He is a multi faceted entrepreneur. Few others, if any, have the wide variety, diversity and longevity of experiencing athletic adventures in the most exotic and sacred places on the planet.

Most athletes and adventurers hone specific skills and movements to high level excellence. While confidence comes from skill, courage comes from learning to manage fear in first time experiences. Smith has faced first time fear plenty of times in a variety of wilderness athletic adventure situations Because he has literally put his life on the line many times, he's an authority on managing fear and overcoming self-imposed limits.

A master storyteller, he speaks from a vast variety of personal adventurous experiences to entertain, teach, motivate, inspire . . . leaving his audiences revved up, prepared with skill building tactics for handling risk, and excited to meet their challenges with courage and confidence.

According to David:

"The Spirit of Adventure is a light within each of us. With it, we are all capable of extraordinary feats of creativity, cooperation, and courage. Without it, fear wins".

"As a speaker and teambuilder, my job is to show people how to harness it to overcome obstacles, take risks and manage change".

Risk taking is invaluable as an everyday tactic, not just an occasional strategy. Today business environment is like perpetual whitewater. Navigating today's perpetual rapids of change requires risk oriented management skills. David teaches how to convert the fear of change from an enemy to an ally and reframes risk from aversion to excitement.

"David Miln Smith is not your average world class adventurer".

"I believe we are at our very best when we are pushed up against our personal limits to be completely engaged. To pay attention, and to deliver. We are alive, focused, flowing and sometimes fearful. To survive and thrive, we must meet the challenge."

"A message of strength, endurance, a can-do attitude."

Manager, Special Services IBM

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"Life is not a spectator sport"

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Key Benefits:

• Winning in the Corporate Jungle
• Overcoming Obstacles and Taking Action
• Learn to bridge the spirit of adventure with the workplace
• How to create teamwork and partnerships.
• How to calculate and manage risk
• Greater confidence, self-knowledge and courage

CHANGE RISK TAKING COURAGE

"The Joy of Risk- The Thrill of Reward" Thinking Outside of the Box

Challenge The Limits

Facing Change . . . Head On.

Mastering change means mastering ourselves - - working with various inner dimensions known to all but not often named. Most of us will do almost anything to avoid admitting we feel fear. We procrastinate, delegate, delay, fan the flames of conflict, or regret inaction. According to risk-taking expert David Miln Smith, fear can be a potent life giving energy that gets us to our goals if we understand what to do with the fear.

We can celebrate the greatest obstacles in our paths because they are the promise of event greater wins in the long run. This is the spirit of adventure and a lifelong theme in the soul of one extraordinary man who knows from personal experience that fear is a gift.

Perfect program to either open-up or wrap-up any conference which is presenting new ways of doing business, launching a new product or rewarding excellence. Adventure stories framed for business audiences. This substantive talk reveals the secrets of successful risk taking and incorporates team-building as a key strategy.

An instructive look at how fears can hold us back or launch us forward in any area of our lives -- professionally, personally, physically, emotionally, mentally, and/or spiritually. Motivating, instructive, and inspiring. Lots of audience participation. Talks are customized for clients based upon corporate goals. Keynote, breakout, workshop, after dinner.