"As an award-winning speaker myself, and speech coach to celebrity speakers, authors, and executives, I know a good speaker when I see one. Even though I have no interest at all in sports, when I heard Maryann Karinch talk on "Extreme Athletes" I was enthralled, captivated, and inspired to race to the back of the room and buy her book. I was not the only one. After a standing ovation, the rest of the audience, who were 98% male rushed to purchase her book also. This audience has NEVER done that before.

If you want an interesting message, well delivered, by a speaker who will connect with your audience Maryann Karinch could well be for you."

Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE
Past President National Speakers Association

Lessons from the Edge
"A keynote presentation on conditioning yourself for success"

Maryann brings her expertise about high performance and personal adventure stories to audiences in her presentations.

The lessons are practical insights from extreme athletes on mental, emotional, and physical conditioning for success. The fun is stories of how the lessons came to life in high risk stiuations. The practical value is performance techniques that help you put the lesson to work in business!
Her insights on issues of interest to executives have been featured in USA Today's Money Section, Investor's Business Daily, the San Jose Mercury News, Forum with Michael Krasny on KQED (NPR in San Francisco), and many other venues.
Investor's Business Daily featured these insights from Maryann in the "Leaders & Success" column:
   
Plan for both the expected and the unexpected: "If you're prepared for adventure, the answer you need in a crisis will come."
   
Keep your big picture in mind; don't sacrifice everything in order to reach a single, short-term goal.
   
To boost your chances of success, tap into all your senses--including your intuition.
   

Excerpts from an interview with the San Jose Mercury News give another glimpse of what she has to offer:

Why do extreme athletes do it? Do they crave the danger, the risk-taking?
I think one of the fundamental reasons is what I call a competence rush. By that I mean, you're in a tense situation, but yet you have control. You have the ability to save your life; you have the ability to have fun. You have the ability to do something high risk that other people would avoid and you can do it well.

Does the extreme sports mentality go hand-in-hand with the risk-taking we see in Silicon Valley?
The similarity (between exteme athletes and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs) is that the successful people know how to mitigate the risk. It's not just that they're willing to take a risk; they know how to do it with excellence.

 
Contact Maryann if you have any questions about her books or presentations. You will receive a prompt, personal response.
 
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