Public Speaking

As a public speaker, Bob's colorful and seemingly outlandish (yet true) accounts of his remarkable achievements and adventures-combined with his unassuming and genuine demeanor-provide a uniquely inspiring experience.

Bob gives audiences access to how they, too, can get involved, produce outrageous results, and fulfill enormous possibilities.

His core belief and guiding principle "Ordinary people can do extraordinary things" is proven by his experiences. "I am evidence that anybody can do anything," he says. "I'm a truly ordinary man who has done extraordinary things. Some of these stories seem fantastical, but I'm pretty down to earth."

Bob brings to every engagement an authentic and heartfelt desire to connect with the every person's capacity to do it-whatever it is. As speaker, he seeks to spark the innate human desire to make a difference-and the confidence, faith, daring and drive to jump in and to succeed.

Indeed, hearing Bob speak with humility and humor about his astounding and sometimes nearly preposterous accomplishments--and the risks and mistakes that lined the crooked path to each summit --not only fascinates but motivates. Attendees are empowered to overcome insurmountable odds and turn defeat into triumph.

Bob models and communicates an attitude in which obstacles, uncertainties and challenges are either ignored or genuinely become opportunities. His empathy, enthusiasm, generosity, authenticity, listening, connection-building and other key gifts are conveyed in a way that awakens and activates audiences.

Long noted for his unusual projects and unlikely escapades, hailed as a visionary thinker and an astonishing "doer," Bob was moved to share this valuable approach to big projects when his success as "Czar of the Games" sparked many people's wishes and regrets.

"After the Goodwill Games, a lot of people came to me and said ‘I've lived a whole life and don't feel like I've done anything to help. What can I do?'

"I believe it's never too late, but ideally I want to help people before they get to that point," explains Bob. "You can do it, whether in your family, community or the Middle East. "You don't need to just wish you could do something. You CAN."

Bob has mentored many individuals over the past two decades to realize and fulfill bold goals, dreams and visions--to live and work larger than they ever thought possible. As a speaker, Bob translates his experiences into that touches and taps the creativity, compassion, and spirit in every human being.

Any audience seeking an entertaining, affecting and effective motivational speaker will find a gold mine-and a heart of gold-in Bob Walsh.

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WHO THE HELL IS BOB?
The Man Behind the Magic

This is the rollicking story of one of America's little-known but most successful entrepreneurs “riding the wild dream” as Norman Cousins called it. Author Steve Rudman uses wry and witty prose to relate seemingly preposterous tales about Bob and his astonishing antics. More than one influential billionaire, a prominent atheist and famous cardinal, the KKK, CIA, and KGB, several U.S. presidents, a host of sports stars, and Hollywood celebrities are just a few of the characters who play parts in this fast-paced nonfiction novel. Hundreds of pictures feature Bob with some of the most prominent figures and events of the twentieth century.

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