motivational speaker
Five Reasons Why You Should Book a Motivational Speaker for Your Employees
The past 18 months have been a rollercoaster of challenges for any organization. Even the best companies are suffering leadership fatigue and employee burnout. Executives and managers are virtually keeping constantly in touch, usually by Zoom, guiding employees as best as they possibly can. The challenge many executives face, now that things are returning to…
Read MoreWhat makes a great virtual speaker?
Virtual Content Engaging an Audience over Zoom Take-away value Virtual Content In 2020 the world changed for events and keynote speakers. We connected by Zoom, where looking at dozens of other people in “gallery view” became the norm. If you think about the role of a great keynote speaker it is to change the lives…
Read MoreHow to have difficult conversations at work
You’ve got to fire someone. Your consulting project is way behind schedule. The budget has to get cut. In any job you’ll have to have tough conversations where fear can end up being the fuel for positive and effective change, or it can crumble you into wishing you had done the whole thing differently. With…
Read MoreUsing Fear As Fuel – Patrick Sweeney Webinar at MIT’s Sloan School of Management
I’m very excited and honored to be the first non-faculty member ever to lead a webinar for MIT’s Sloan School of Management’s online webinar series designed to support ongoing professional development during these challenging times. August 20th, 2020, at 10 am EST Make sure you sign up today – it will be fun and insightful!
Read MoreHaven’t figured out how to use Fear as Fuel? Find joy First
ALL YOUR DREAMS ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FEAR; NOW NEUROSCIENCE SHOWS WHY DELIGHT CAN BE TOO. The presentation went great! The guy at the gym said yes! The plane landed safely.
Read MoreThe Simplest and most effective bio hack to do today.
Here’s the deal – just about everyone is afraid of taking cold showers. Bear with me because it’s a great place to practice using fear as fuel! What’s the worst that can happen; you’ll be uncomfortable for five minutes and maybe embarrassingly bit of shrivel. What’s the best that can happen – you can never…
Read MoreSt. Patrick’s Lessons in Courage
St Patrick was a slave around 400 AD who used fear as fuel to power a daring escape from slavery and eventually to change the world. There are some things about his courage, bravery and intelligence you might not know, and at least one thing about St Patrick’s day you can use to win a…
Read MoreLessons from Spring training – Fear & The Closer
There are two very intense and potential terrifying roles in baseball – the batter who can tie the game in the bottom of the 9th and the closing pitcher. David Aardsma was a 14 year MLB veteran who now leaders pitcher development for the Toronto Blue Jays. In this short video, he lets you into…
Read MoreThe Bravest Man Alive – I bet you don’t even know him!
I sat down with the world’s bravest man, 89 year old Colonel Joe Kittenger (USAF RET) in Orlando, Florida to talk about what fear means to him, and what it was like to jump out of a hot air balloon at 100,000 feet; 52 years ago when cars were about as reliable as a toaster,…
Read MoreTalks at Google on Fear and Courage
Patrick was invited to the European HQ of Google in September and talk about the surprising power of fear. Here’s the talk with a great Q&A at the end.
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