Petersen's life story is riveting and incredibly inspiring. Neal was born “colored” during the harsh apartheid-era in South Africa with a childhood physical disability, unable to walk, yet he overcame these insurmountable barriers to become an accomplished sailor, author, and motivational speaker. His journey from poverty and adversity to success is a powerful narrative that resonates with audiences, inspiring them to overcome their own challenges.
Petersen's story exemplifies resilience, determination, and perseverance. He faced numerous setbacks and challenges throughout his life but refused to let them define him. Instead, he used them as opportunities for growth and learning, demonstrating the power of resilience in the face of adversity.
Petersen's experiences touch upon universal themes such as perseverance, resilience, overcoming adversity, and the importance of self-belief. His message transcends cultural and geographic boundaries, having traveled to over 100 countries, making it relevant and relatable to diverse audiences.
Petersen captivates audiences with his engaging storytelling style. He has a natural charisma and presence on stage, drawing listeners in with his authenticity and passion. Using stunning imagery, Neal incorporates lightning, thunder and fog to bring his story to life.
Neal Petersen’s powerful presentation was the perfect keynote for our Global Inclusion Summit! His dramatic storytelling ignited and captivated our audience. With high energy and fully engaging presentation style, Neal captured the audience’s attention and left us with a fresh perspective on turning disadvantages into advantages. Neal’s inspirational “No Barriers” presentation brought our Summit theme to life!
MasterCard
- Aug 26 2024
Sure to give you a standing ovation. Neal is one of the most inspiring, dynamic and thought provoking speakers you’ll ever witness – he is mesmerizing.
It is rare that I am asked by my senior management at IBM to immediately hire a keynote speaker when he is barely off the stage to give another keynote speech the following week - but that is in fact what happened with you Neal. And I want to thank for the extraordinary presentation you gave in San Diego to 8,000, but for the follow up presentation you gave in Barcelona to another 5,000 with virtually no prep time as well. I truly was in awe of the spirit you drove into the audience and how you made your own journey so very relevant to every person in both locations. You were nothing short of a genius!
(Regarding book-signing) Our security team advised me that we had to shut it down with well over 200 people still in line after your inventory ran out which I believe was well over a thousand books. That is just a record at our events - even with some famous athletes we have used in the past.
You generated some of the highest ratings and most positive feedback I have seen in many years of running WW events in this division.
IBM
- Dec 11 2018
I have been very fortunate to work with Neal Petersen - we brought him in to speak to 3 of our top producer meetings. He is a great speaker and he has found ways to help financial advisors take Neal's experiences and to apply it to their practices in such a way to grow their businesses through the tough times and enjoy the good times.
AIG Advisors Group
- Mar 11 2015
Neal Petersen delivered one of the most inspirational talks I ever heard at a corporate event. He had the whole audience enthralled as he talked about his life and how he set himself what seemed to be an impossible challenge. Impossible that is, unless like Neal, you believe there are “No Barriers".
Qlik 2015
- Mar 11 2015
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