I help high achievers think and execute with clarity under pressure, thrive in uncertainty, and perform at their peak, so they win when the stakes are the highest. I will not just motivate your audience for a moment, I will create mindset shifts that inspire them for a lifetime. Whether you are a corporation, school, college, or conference, it would be an honor to work with you to create lifelong transformations at your next event. Using inspiring stories, proven material based on years of research in neuroscience, psychology and spirituality and most importantly actionable takeaways, I will deliver a presentation that will linger with your audience long after they leave the room.
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Akshay Nanavati has overcome drug addiction, PTSD from fighting in Iraq with the Marines (where one of
his jobs was to walk in front of vehicles to find bombs), depression and alcoholism that pushed him to the
brink of suicide.
Since then, by embracing his demons, he has built a global business, run many ultramarathons, including a
24 hour run, climbed mountains in the Himalayas, spent 10 days in darkness and isolation, skied 350 miles
across the world’s 2nd largest icecap, and become 1 of only 26 people to ski up a remote glacier in
Antarctica, where he lost 2 fingers to frostbite.
Despite 4 biological defects including a blood disorder that 2 doctors told him would kill him in boot camp, he is now a sponsored athlete and most recently he pushed his body to the brink of death, spending 60 days alone in Antarctica dragging a sled with a starting weight of 420 pounds for 500 miles on what has been called “the boldest Antarctic expedition in modern times.”
Combining his life experience with years of research in neuroscience, psychology and spirituality, he wrote
the book “Fearvana," about which the Dalai Lama said “Fearvana inspires us to look beyond our own
agonizing experiences and find the positive side of our lives.”
Now Akshay travels the world sharing the wisdom he has unearthed from the most extreme depths of
solitude and suffering. He is on a mission to help our human family explore the edges and fall in love with
both play and suffering in order to create a life of greater meaning, joy and fulfillment.
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