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In his New York Time bestselling memoir, "The Heart & the Fist," Eric Greitens shares the fundamental philosophy of his life's work: to be effective in solving the world's problems or even just to live a meaningful life, one must live with both courage and compassion. In this speech, he shows audiences how they can apply that lesson to their own frontlines to create purpose in their lives.
Through his masterful storytelling, he takes readers on an adventure around the world, introducing them to the many teachers who have influenced him: the nuns of Mother Teresa's home for the destitute and dying, his boxing coach in inner-city Durham, his Navy SEAL instructors, and refugees from Bosnia and Rwanda. Along the way, he includes lessons on humility, vision, courage, hope, and friendship. With striking images from his travels abroad, engaging stories, and a fresh look at today's challenges, Eric inspires his audience to become stronger, more compassionate, more courageous individuals.
Eric Greitens is a celebrated author and expert on how to lead organizations through hardship and challenge. As a Navy SEAL, Eric led teams through the hardest military training in the world and deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, where he was the commander of an al Qaeda targeting cell. As an international humanitarian volunteer, he created hope in some of the worlds most difficult situations of poverty and war, and worked with refugees of the Rwandan genocide and survivors of landmines in Cambodia. Now, as the leader of one of America's most innovative nonprofits, he inspires wounded veterans around the country to begin to serve again in their communities here at home.
Through all his experiences, he has seen that the most successful leaders do more than endure challenging times; they embrace them. With high energy, good humor, and vivid stories, Eric will inspire your people to embrace challenge, create hope, and thrive in in challenging times. Combined with his interactive audio and visual presentation, audiences will carry those lessons with them to become wiser and stronger leaders.
Every great venture encounters hardship, every great life encounters pain, and every great team suffers together. In the face of hardship, some teams collapse, while others come together. In the face of pain, some individuals quit, while others persevere. In the face of suffering, some causes are abandoned, while other leaders create cohesion. No leader can, and no good leader should, avoid challenges. No good team can, and no good team should, avoid hardship. The virtue of resilience is the ability to adapt to challenges, hardship and pain in such that we become wiser and stronger. How do you build such a team? How do you become such a leader?
In this inspiring speech, Eric Greitens explains how we can turn pain and suffering into wisdom and strength, and through that hardship, transform ourselves and our teams into leaders and top performers. Based on his current research, Eric breaks down the key traits and characteristics that allow individuals and teams not just to survive, but to flourish and realize their full potential. By drawing on his unique experiences and stories, he provides vivid examples of others who have lived through harrowing circumstances to become wiser and more effective. This thought-provoking speech also provides practical methods and training for applying the principles of resilience to everyday life and work.
Eric Greitens is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Why it Takes the The Heart & the Fist, Inspired Leadership through Challenging Times and Building Resilience: Brave Leaders & Better Teams. The estimated speaking fee range to book Eric Greitens for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Eric Greitens generally travels from St. Louis, MO, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Jim Morris, Gerald Chertavian, Robert Cialdini, Shawn Achor and Professor Richard Dawkins. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Eric Greitens for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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