Jess Ekstrom

Let’s face it, there’s always a “what’s next?” Your ability to individually and collectively reach that next big milestone — without burning out – has to do with the answer to the following question:

How do we create motivation that lasts when we’re never done?

It turns out — while traditional leadership approaches focus on external rewards, the latest science shows us that the most flourishing contributors have a personal, internal connection to their work. That’s right; people with high intrinsic motivation experience lower rates of disengagement, higher levels of innovation and more fulfillment than those focused primarily on external factors.

Forbes Top Rated keynote speaker, Jess Ekstrom, uses modern research and her experiences starting two multi-million-dollar businesses to guide audiences to deeper engagement, fulfillment and lasting motivation in their role.

If you’re looking to infuse individuals at any level of your organization with unshakeable motivation through gripping storytelling and entertainment, it’s here.

AUDIENCE TAKEAWAYS:

• How to wire yourself and your teams to become intrinsically motivated instead of externally validated

• How intrinsic motivation leads to increased problem solving and fulfillment

• The three psychological needs that inspire lasting motivation

• Simple secrets to more powerfully create and innovate every day

• Three questions to lead yourself and others with a greater purpose in mind

Nowadays, it’s so easy to get warped into negative thoughts and constantly feeling like you’re moving from problem to problem.

A recent study at the American Academy of Neurology found that prolonged negative thinking diminishes your brain’s ability to think or reason clearly and it quickly drains your energy.

You’d think the solution to negativity would be to tell yourself to “just be positive!” but we all know that doesn’t trick your brain, it only frustrates it.

TAKEAWAYS:

• Finding the overlap between passion and profit

• Why optimism is the key to positive growth

• How to turn setbacks into comebacks

• A better future starts with a brighter mindset

Let’s get one thing straight: meaningful work is not assigned to you, it’s created by you.

Most of the time we believe that in order to do something meaningful, we have to do something else: live somewhere else, work somewhere else, do something else, be someone else.

But what if we didn’t have to change our circumstance to do something meaningful, but changed our mindset around it?

So according to the Chapman University Survey, why do most people fear public speaking more than they fear sharks?

TAKEAWAYS:

• Fulfillment is not a destination we hit one day, but a choice to how we live today

• Develop an entrepreneurial mindset to increase your agility and handle what’s thrown your way

• It’s not about the task, but what you make the task mean

• Learn what is success (purpose) and what is achievement (reward)