In his TED Talk, Dan Thurmon delves into the concept of living off balance to purposely transcend constantly evolving life patterns.
Dan is a recognized expert in delivering peak performances both on stage and in the workplace. He is a renowned speaker, an author and the president of Motivation Works, Inc. He is a recent inductee to the prestigious “Speakers Hall of Fame” and is known for crafting exciting yet informative keynotes that incorporate comedy, juggling and even acrobatics. Dan believes that we will never achieve “perfect balance” and should, instead, learn to embrace uncertainty and initiate positive changes that lead to growth. Also, we should go beyond the pursuit of “success” and enhance our life experiences and professional endeavors with purposeful, positive contributions.
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Dan Thurmon is a peak performance expert, lauded author, and a lifelong student of success, happiness, and achievement.
Dan is on a mission to encourage attendees’ uniqueness and contributions, to discover a sense of purpose and greatness and to have meaning at work, and in their lives.
At the young age of 11, Dan learned the power of performance through a mentor who taught him some amazing physical skills, and also gave him a channel for his bountiful energy. He quickly excelled as a variety artist, comedy entertainer, and entrepreneur. Even in his high school years, the connection between business awareness, high level service, and self-improvement became evident and fascinating.
Graduating with honors, his entertainment business paid for his business degree at the University of Georgia. He applied the lessons in sales, management, and marketing to his entrepreneurial ventures in real time.
Since that critical pivot of life and work, he has worked with organizations around the world, in every spectrum of business: Fortune 500 companies. Startups. Associations across hundreds of industries. Troops on the front lines. Students, teachers, and entrepreneurs. Through his presentations and workshops, Dan helps these organizations to accelerate improvement, facilitate true breakthroughs and enable and encourage greatness.
Inducted into the Speakers Hall of Fame and a member of the illustrious Speakers Roundtable, Dan also served as President of the National Speakers Association, leading their CEO, staff and 3,500 world-wide members in a profound transformation.
Organizational change happens when people make breakthroughs. Dan’s presentations help organizations to become more of who they strive to be. When that happens, people become better. Companies become better. And the world becomes better.
Dan‘s keynotes are:
- Off Balance On Purpose
- Perform – Ability
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