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To perform under pressure, we need to find daily resilience, motivation and confidence.
In Mountains of the Mind, Bonita Norris shares how we can achieve extraordinary feats when we take responsibility for our inner world and learn how not to let excuses, limiting beliefs and fears define how we show up for our goals, our teams and ourselves.
This immersive keynote is packed with actionable takeaways that audiences can implement immediately, leaving them motivated and inspired to conquer their own Everest.
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We all hate making mistakes, and nobody wants to fail.
Yet, if we want to achieve extraordinary goals then both mistakes and failure are inevitable parts of the journey to success.
In this immersive keynote, Bonita Norris shares her own personal story of how a simple mistake in the mountains led to a failure that she initially struggled to mentally recover from, until she understood that failure could be, and then later became, the catalyst for even greater success.
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Bonita Norris explores how the first ascent of Everest was made possible through data and scientific rigor after 30 years of failed attempts on the world's highest peak.
The story we all know and love about the first ascent of Everest in 1953 is that of man over mountain: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's superhuman effort to make it to the summit. But is that the whole story behind the first ascent?
This inspiring keynote tells of the unsung hero of Everest, Dr. Griffith Pugh, who unlocked the mystery of how to get the two climbers to the top and back down again
• alive, using data.
Today, we are grasping to understand how the data and AI revolution will transform our lives. Within this uncertainty there is a reluctance to change, and a fear of leaving old ways behind. We wouldn't be alone in feeling this way: 70 years ago the pioneers of Everest were grappling with much the same- their belief system, so closely held onto, was actually holding them back from realizing their potential.
This keynote reframes the story of the first ascent of Everest as a triumph not of man over mountain but of data over dogmatic thinking.
Bonita Norris is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Mountains of the Mind - Inspiring Teams to Reach New Heights, In The Death Zone: How To Utilize Fear To Achieve Success and Data Over Dogma: How Data Made The First Ascent Of Everest Possible. The estimated speaking fee range to book Bonita Norris for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Bonita Norris generally travels from LondonUK and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Jan Reynolds, David Snow, Ed Viesturs, Wendy Booker and Silvia Vasquez-Lavado. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Bonita Norris for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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