Ruben Gonzalez Speaking Topics

• From Ordinary to Extraordinary

  Ruben is proof that ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things if they follow a few simple steps. Ruben is funny, direct and on target. He’s on a mission to inspire and equip people to think differently, to take immediate action, and to produce better results. To achieve more than ever before.

  Through his riveting stories and keen insights Ruben brings the Olympics to life. He will give your audience an Olympic experience they will never forget. A transforming, powerfully emotional experience. Truly an event. Ruben’s story of his quest for the Olympics gives people hope and strength. His story moves people to commitment and action. After experiencing Ruben’s program, your people will know exactly what it takes to succeed in life.

  Your people will be inspired and equipped to take whatever they do to the next level.

  Your people will learn:

  • How to build confidence and destroy fear.
  • How to unleash their passion and drive.
  • How to unlock their full potential.
  • How to turn defeat into victory.
  • How to become more resilient.
  • How to reach their personal and professional goals.

• Becoming Unstoppable: Success Secrets of a Four-Time Olympian

  Ruben’s story of his quest for the Olympics gives people hope and strength. His inspiring story moves people to commitment and action.

  Your audience will learn how to build confidence and destroy fear, how to unleash their passion and drive, how to unlock their full potential, how to turn defeat into victory, and how to achieve their personal or professional ambitions.

  This program is perfect for a group facing change, challenges or set-backs to overcome. Your audience will learn how to become resilient and how to become unstoppable on the way to the top.

  Your people will learn:

  • How to condition their minds for success.
  • How to become unstoppable in the face of challenges.
  • How to take their commitment to a higher level.
  • How to become confident and laser focused.
  • How to become better leaders.

Sales Secrets of a Four-time Olympian

Ruben sold copiers in downtown Houston for several years. He regularly speaks for sales kickoffs all around the world. In addition to selling copiers, Ruben sold paper shredders. He tells a story about how he knocked on every door of every floor of every building in downtown Houston many times. The only building he could never get into was the Enron building because it had such tight security. He always wondered what was going on in there. Now that he knows, he thinks that he could have sold them a million dollars worth of paper shredders!

Ruben doesn’t talk about sales techniques and closes. He talks about attitude, stick-to-ive-ness, and mental toughness. The things that it really takes to succeed in sales and in life.

Your people will learn:

• How to sell uniquely from their competition.
• How to become high performers.
• How to gain a competitive advantage.
• How to separate themselves from their competition.
• How to commit to their goals.
• How to keep moving forward while constantly improving.
• How to consistently be at their best.
• How to connect and listen to people to sell more.
• How to get and stay motivated.

Safety and Managing Risk – Secrets of a Four-Time Olympian

Many people think that lugers are adrenaline junkies. On the contrary, lugers as a whole are very analytical and rigorously follow proven processes. They understand that in order to consistently have the best times, they need to manage risk and stay safe because when you are hurt you can’t train.

The adrenaline junkies quit after a few weeks and go on to something else.

Although Ruben enjoys challenging himself with high risk activities, he always manages risk by learning from the experts and doing lots of due diligence before taking action. In sports, at work and in life, you don’t know what you don’t know and what you don’t know can hurt you.

In this presentation Ruben shares the importance of learning what to do and what not to do to stay safe and to produce more.

He does this through entertaining stories about climbing Kilimanjaro, skydiving in South Africa, luging, running with the bulls in Pamplona, and other great high risk experiences where Ruben was able to stay injury free by managing the risk around him.

Your people will learn:

• How to reduce disability.
• How to achieve superior safety in the workplace.
• How focusing on the task at hand increases safety.
• How to take responsibility for your results.
• How to using due diligence prevents accidents.
• How to be present and how to create contingency plans.

Overcoming Challenges – Secrets of a Four-Time Olympian

Ruben did’t take up the sport of luge until he was 21 years old. He was a marginal athlete, lived in hot and humid Houston, Texas, and financed his Olympic training himself. People laughed at him and said he was crazy. He broke many bones on the way to the Olympics and eventually became the only person to ever compete in four Winter Olympics each in a different decade.

He’s an ordinary man who accomplished the extraordinary and THAT’S what makes him special. Because people in his audiences relate to Ruben and after hearing him are inspired to go the extra mile and fight for their goals and dreams.

Your people will learn:

• How to become resilient in the face of challenges.
• How to become mentally tough.
• How to create a vision that keeps them from becoming discouraged.
• How to create the mindset of a champion.
• How to outlast their competition.
• How to win regardless of the circumstances.

Embracing Change – Secrets of a Four-Time Olympian

Anybody that can switch from soccer to luge at the age of 21 and make it to the Olympics knows a thing or two about embracing change.

The luge is a lot like race car driving. In car racing, you use different tires for different road conditions. In the luge you prepare your steels differently for different tracks and for different weather. You have to be ready for any changes in conditions.

Whenever conditions change, whoever adapts first wins. Change is actually a good thing because it is like a blank slate – it gives you an opportunity to leave the competition behind.

If you don’t embrace change you’ll get left in the dust. Like a 6th-grade-educated truck driver who became a millionaire used to tell me, “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.”

In the 1970s, in the days of mechanical watches, Switzerland owned 50% of the world’s watch business. They refused to embrace the quartz movement technology and Japan took their business away.

When fuel injection replaced carburetors in the 80s, the mechanics that didn’t embrace that change went out of business. When the analog copiers I sold in the were replaced by digital technology, the salespeople who didn’t embrace change lost their jobs.

Vinyl records got replaced by CDs, and today they are not putting CD players in laptops because that technology is being replaced. In the telecommunications industry, they went from selling boxes to selling cloud services, the list goes on and on.

So deal with it. Everything that is comfortable for you right now is eventually going to change. But that’s a good thing.

Change is good. It gives you a chance to get ahead of your competition – as long as you embrace it.

Your people will learn:

• How to navigate challenges, problems and setbacks with agility.
• How to use creativity to stay ahead of the game.
• How to innovate in any situation.
• How to take advantage of change to surpass your competition.
• How to thrive in the midst of uncertainty and change.