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NEAL PETERSEN
AUTHOR OF NO BARRIERS
Neal Petersen is an electrifying motivational and inspirational keynote speaker, author and entertainer. His new book, Journey of a Hope Merchant was released in October 2004. Neal speaks to audiences about realizing goals using conquest over adversity. Over the last 10 years, Neal has helped individuals, corporations, associations and educational institutions learn his process to turn goals into reality. His inspirational keynote presentations are fun and interactive, have great audience participation, and are filled with valuable messages that do make a difference in people’s lives.
Neal opened the IBM America’s/Asia/Pacific conference and addressed 8,000 attendees. After the presentation he personalized Journey of a Hope Merchant which lasted 7 hours and sold 1000 books! He was then requested by IBM top Execs to be in Barcelona that weekend to do the IBM European conference with 5,000 attendees, which too was rated a tremendous success!
His expertise is based on his own real life experiences. Only a few people have realized their dreams of reaching the stars, but even fewer have sailed alone around the world! It is an unparalleled adventure, the longest race for any man or woman, 27,000 miles in a boat. Alone! Neal’s keynote presentations are like no other. He has demonstrated what can happen when one truly lives by faith and preparation, believing that there are no obstacles so great that they cannot be overcome. He has proven that “In life there are no barriers, only solutions.”
Neal is among millions of people born with disadvantages. His were physical, financial and political. Neal is no stranger to adversity. He has faced and overcome hurdles most of us cannot imagine. He was born crippled with only one hip joint and black in a working class family during South Africa’s racist era. He was the least likely person to become an international sportsman. “When you overcome obstacles, you become strong,” Neal says. His dream was to have his own yacht, and to race across the world’s toughest oceans, and eventually alone around the globe. Many said that he could not do it. Neal persevered, overcoming his handicap, working hard and saving the money that would give him the means to eventually design and build his own boat, and at age 31, he raced 27,000 miles alone around the world via the Southern Ocean and Cape Horn to become one of less than 300 people in the history of humanity to achieve this feat. Neal believes his disadvantages were really advantages to learn from and overcome.
Neal customizes his presentation for his clients. Before he meets his audience, it is important for him to understand the issues they must deal with. In order to achieve this, he will request a meeting with you prior to the engagement, or via conference call. Neal is willing to meet your environment to conduct his research, understand your employees’ needs in person, so that when he meets your audience, it is not for the first time. He is set apart from other speakers by his investment of time and resources in your organization to ensure first class work. Neal stands behind his work. If he does not deliver what we promise, we will refund your full presentation fee. This is our guarantee of excellence! We hope you will choose Neal to share this amazing and up-lifting real-life story with your audience.
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