Matthew Pinsent is an English rower and broadcaster who has won 10 world championship gold medals and four Olympic gold medals over the course of his career as a rower. Pinsent was born In Holt, Norfolk, England, and he began his career rowing while studying at Eton College. He then began to row internationally at the World Rowing Junior Championships... read full bio
Khoo Swee Chiow is a Singaporean adventurer, author, consultant, and inspirational speaker who is best known for being the first South East Asian as well as the fourth person in the entire world to complete the Explorers Grand Slam; which is a trek through the South Pole, the North Pole, and the Seven Summits. Chiow began his work as an... read full bio
Pepper de Callier is a leadership coach who has previously been named the Best Corporate Leadership Coach in Europe by AI Media. Callier has also been an author on books on personal development and has also written columns on leadership. Through his work, Callier has talked on HR for The Economist’s international conference and talked on leadership in the current... read full bio
Over four million people follow Molly Burke across all of her social media platforms. Burke is a speaker, model, author, and advocate in addition to being a content creator and author. When Molly was just four years old, her doctor discovered that she had a rare form of the degenerative eye condition known as retinitis pigmentosa, which eventually leads to... read full bio
Twelve years ago, Tracie Berry-McGhee established the SistaKeeper Empowerment Center in St. Louis with the goal of encouraging and fostering the growth of young women's minds, bodies and spirits. Since then, SistaKeeper has grown throughout the United States and into a number of other nations. Via her own counseling practice, which focuses on issues affecting women and teen girls, Tracie also... read full bio
When Mr. Jaquez was 7 years old, his family emigrated from the Dominican Republic to the United States. He graduated from Perth Amboy High School and holds a Berkeley College bachelor's degree in business management. Mr. Jaquez's tale is well known even before any of his successes. He spent his formative years battling the area he was raised in. His... read full bio
The only tightrope walker in Italy who specializes in crossings and high-altitude walking is Andrea Loreni. His educational background blends theoretical philosophy with street theater and his primary objective has been the search for "another kind of truth" since the beginning of his career, something other than the speculative and logical model put out by Western philosophical thought. His creative work and... read full bio
Mara Belón, her husband, and her three boys were in Thailand at the time they were washed away by a huge wall of water in the Indian Ocean. When the tsunami devoured the hotel, she was in one of the showers while her husband and boys were in the pool. AAn awful occurrence that destroyed entire cities and submerged them... read full bio
Having a successful career as radio talk show host and PR/communications specialist, Neale Donald Walsch was in complete shock when a crippling car accident changed his whole life. Walsch was angry and began to speak to God and received an answer to what he should do with his life. The result was the phenomenally successful Conversations with God trilogy. Walsch... read full bio
For thirty-two years, Jerry Coffee has called Hawaii home. The only other place he lived longer was in the infamous Hanoi Hilton in North Vietnam. Those seven years, nine days he spent as a prisoner of war - much of it in solitary, enduring torture - served not to embitter him, but to strengthen his faith, love of country, and... read full bio
Dr. Paul G. Stoltz is the world's leading expert on measuring and strengthening human resilience. He is author of three international bestselling books on the subject and was voted by Executive Excellence as One of the 100 Most Influential Thinkers of Our Time," and is a visiting professor at Harvard Business School, which selected Dr. Stoltz's AQ (Adversity Quotient) theory... read full bio
Noel M. Tichy is an American management consultant, author and educator. He has co-authored, edited or contributed to over 30 books and was the director of global development at GE's Crotonville. He has been named one of the top Management Gurus" He is an advocate of leaders being teachers as well as managers. He is the co-author along with Warren... read full bio
Mao's Last Dancer, Inspiring Best Selling Author - Li Cunxin shares his empowering tale with many lessons, a unique story of determination, passion, integrity and love. Li recounts his determination, perseverance, vision, courage and hard work, and in particular, the sacred family values and integrity that he learned in poverty-stricken China, which has driven him to become one of the... read full bio
Vernice Armour, also known as Flyirl, is known for being America’s First African American Female Combat Pilot. Known for her gutsy mindset and breakthrough mentality, Armour has been featured in outlets such as FOX News, Oprah Winfrey, CNN, MSNBC, and many more. She has been known to inspire organizations and individuals over the years through her mindset and gutsy personality.... read full bio
At the age of 36, the Navy selected Mike Abrashoff to become Commander of the USS Benfold, at the time, the most junior commanding officer in the Pacific Fleet. The challenges that faced him on this underperforming naval war ship were staggering: exceptionally low morale, high turnover and unacceptably low performance evaluations. In many ways, the USS Benfold was actually... read full bio
In April 2003, Aron Ralston set out for a hike in a remote area of the Utah Canyons. An experienced mountain climber, Ralston planned a trip that, for him, was so easy he didn't tell anyone where he was going or pack enough provisions that would last more than a day. An 800 pound boulder dislodged, sending him crashing down... read full bio
LSU declared at the time that "the search for LSU Football's next championship head coach is over" after Brian Kelly was lured away from Notre Dame. With 304 career victories, Kelly is the most accomplished recruit in program history. He didn't take long to establish himself, leading the Tigers to a 10-win season and the SEC Western Division championship in his... read full bio
"Les Stroud is a Canadian musician, filmmaker, and survival expert best known as the host of the television program Survivorman. After a short career behind the scenes in the music industry, Stroud became a full-time wilderness guide, survival instructor and musician. He has produced survival-themed programming for The Outdoor Life Network, The Discovery Channel, and The Science Channel. It has... read full bio
Michael Chang is an American tennis player who is known for being one of the best defensive baselines in the history of Tennis. He is the first player to introduced the jumping two-handed backhand and is the youngest male player to win a Grand Slam singles title, which he accomplished at the French Open in 1989 when he was just... read full bio
Waldo Waldman is a motivational speaker, an author, a leadership consultant, and he is the founder of The Wingman Foundation. He is a retired fighter pilot who is very well decorated and has flown 65 combat missions as an Air Force Lt. Col. and combat veteran. He has written a book called Never Fly Solo which was a Wall Street... read full bio
