Nationally Recognized 
Keynote Speaker

Passion!
8 Steps to Reignite Yours

Keynote Description:
As working professionals, we could all use a little jolt from time to time.  This session may be the only time all year when you take a moment to reflect on the things you need to do to reignite the passion that brought you into the workforce in the first place.  World-touring entertainer and actor Mark J. Lindquist offers a keynote that is as entertaining as it is enlightening as he sends you out the door on fire.
Learning Objectives: 
  • Participants will gain an awareness of the mental roadblocks that stand in the way of progress; this progress can be in our personal lives, the workplace, or in the pursuit of our passions.
  • Audience members will gain an understanding of the importance of a workplace culture that is dedicated to the development of an individual’s strengths.  The quickest way to reignite a person’s passion for what they do is to develop a culture that honors the strengths of the individual and allows them to make major contributions to the organization within their strength zone.
  • Members of your team will leave with an expanded vision for their future within your organization.  Many of us feel “stuck” from time to time as we progress through our working lives.  Whether it is your first week on the job or you are a CEO of the organization, individuals will leave this session with a new vision for the future that will propel them out of the rut and into an exciting journey toward a passion-filled life in all areas, at work and at home.

Service!
My Way of Life

Keynote Description:
Customers and clients make the world go round.  Without our customers, we are on the unemployment line.  Without good customer service, our customers go elsewhere.  During this keynote address, audience members will learn how to be intentional about creating give back moments that your customers will never forget.  Participants will leave this session with an understanding that if a true sense of value is to be theirs, it is to come through service – service to the heroes who provide us with our livelihood.  For the company constantly on the lookout for themes to rally around that inspire a greater desire for outstanding customer service, look no further.  This is the presentation that will forever change the way your people understand and apply “customer service.”
Learning Objectives:
  • A life well lived is a life spent giving back to those who have given so much to you.  This principle establishes the customer and client as the principal source of everything you see at your company.  The employees, the building, the products and services you provide… none of it would exist without your customer.
  • Audience members will become intentional about creating the unforgettable moments that express to your customer base the depth of your appreciation.  Your people will learn to become familiar with the extra mile along which these moments are created for your customers.
  • Job satisfaction, sense of worth, and workplace happiness can all be attributed to one concept:  If a true sense of value is to be yours, it is to come through service.  Participants in this session will gain an understanding of the necessity of high levels of one of a kind customer service as they seek to lead fulfilling lives in the workforce.

Gratitude!
Live It.

Keynote Description:
In the days and weeks following 9/11/2001 Mark J Lindquist was a 20-year-old AmeriCorps volunteer and an American Red Cross emergency support worker at ground zero at the Pentagon.  Using this shared experience as the basis for his principles, Mark shares with you a perspective on this national tragedy many say is the first original thing they’ve ever heard about September 11th.  Audience members will learn about “The best person you have ever been,” which Mark says is the person you were on September 12th, of 2001.  On that day, we called our mother and we told her we loved her.  On 9/12/2001 we mended fences with people, we said we were sorry, we didn’t let the little things bother us.  On that day we were the most kind, caring, compassionate, loving, giving, patient person we have ever been.  Following this keynote, participants have made phone calls, written letters, and repaired relationships that were long overdue for a fresh start.  If you are looking for a shift in culture and perspective within your organization, Mark’s powerful playbook for the daily application of gratitude will profoundly impact your people.
Learning Objectives: 
  • Audience members will gain a greater understanding of the power of gratitude as it is expressed in our relationships at home and at work.  The application of gratitude is a universal truth that can contribute to a happier and more successful life.
  • Participants will learn simple strategies that can be used on a daily basis to incorporate gratitude into their daily lives.  We all possess the ability to be kind, caring, compassionate, loving, giving and grateful; many times, what stands in our way is we simply forget.  During this session you will learn strategies to access the same level of gratitude you felt on September 11th, 2001.
  • Thinking and speaking about gratitude and writing it down as a cultural value in your organization is nice and makes everyone feel good.  However, the true power of gratitude isn’t released until you express it or communicate your sense of gratitude to others.  Audience members will walk out of the room with specific people in mind and specific steps they will take to implement gratitude into their life today.
The Victor, by C.W. Longnecker

If you think you're beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you like to win but think you can't, it's almost a cinch you won't.
If you think you'll lose, you've lost.
For out in the world we find...
Success begins with a fellow's will, it's all in the state of mind.
If you think you're out classed, you are.
You've got to think high to rise.
You've got to think well of yourself, before you can win the prize.
Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man.
But sooner or later, the one who wins is the one who thinks she can.
© 2018 by Mark J Lindquist, Mark J Lindquist Motivational Speaking and Entertainment, and Mark J Lindquist Enterprises, Inc.

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