The Sweeney Agency

About Sam Cawthorn - Inspiring and Motivational Speaker:

Sam Cawthorn is a thought leader and expert in not only bouncing back, but bouncing forward. He is the CEO for Empowering Enterprises and has been featured in USA Today and New York Times. Sam is at the forefront of global trends and has the unique ability to transform impossibilities into possible realities. Sam has been nominated for many awards, and recently won the 2009 Young Austrailian of the Year for Tasmania.

In October 2006 Sam’s life changed forever when he was involved in a major car accident, where he was pronounced dead. He was thankfully resuscitated, but left with an amputated right arm and a permanent disability in his right leg. He was hospitalised for over 5 months and was told that he may not survive and best case was that if he was to survive he would never walk again. A year later he defied all odds taking his first steps into a new life, where his story would continue to inspire and change the lives of Australians and people all over the world.

It was Sam’s difficult journey that enabled him to develop a mental resilience and strength that gave him the tools to miraculously recover from an accident that could have taken his life.

Sam’s story is simple, yet his message demonstrates the awesome power and strength found within the human spirit when faced with the choice to continue living as a victim of a tragic accident, or to make a choice to seize the opportunity of life.

Sam has a diverse background within the Australian Federal Government as a Youth Futurist and is also a highly skilled musician, and one of the only people in the world that plays the guitar with an above elbow amputation. His powerful message will challenge his listeners to be truly who they are and to believe in all that they have to give. He provides the skills to be resilient, overcome fears, and to achieve goals and dreams that we may think are unachievable. Sam walks his talk, and it is through his experience that his authentic message is heard.

What Sam Cawthorn Talks About:

Bounce!
Life sometimes throws us a tough times which we neither expect, nor have the know how to deal with. Too often we focus on bouncing back to the place we were before the crisis struck, however you will see that going back is never the answer but bouncing forward. Sam’s Bounce presentation will take you on a journey of discovery and he guarantees that you will not be the same after hearing his inspiring message.

Sam is a thought leader and expert in not bouncing back, but Bouncing Forward. He is an accident survivor and now lives with a disability yet he is also The Australian of the Year, Australia’s highest civilian honor. He is a living example of how someone has bounce back quickly after hitting rock bottom, and this has only happened to him in recent years. He will share:

• The Blueprint to Bouncing stronger greater and better then ever
• The 3 Pillars to Overcoming
• The secrets to Adversarial Growth

Building The Bridge
At one time or another we have all heard the phrase Get Over It yet when faced with a crises we require specific tools to build our bridge and move forward. Taking responsibility for overcoming these hurdles requires the skills to make the right decisions and lay the right foundations. In this presentation, Sam discusses the tools to effective decision making in times of change. He teaches the skills to overcome personal judgements that create roadblocks in adapting a positive attitude and mindset. In Sam’s own words overcoming personal challenges is easier said than done, yet with the skills in place to identify the issues and break through the barriers we all have the capacity to find the answers.

Key outcomes include:

• How to identify the issues, barriers and find the answers
• What is needed to build our personal bridge
• How to move forward from adversity
• Embracing positive mindsets

Leveraging Positivity
From recent studies, 45% of workers were unhappy in their current jobs. The mean onset of depression 35 years ago was 29 years old. Today it’s 14 years old. Depression rates are 10 times higher than what they were during the 1930s Great Depression.

In order to have greater productivity and better profitability’s in our workplaces there needs to be a shift in mindset, a change from neutral to positive and happiness. Positive workers have greater levels of productivity, produce higher sales and perform better in leadership positions. They also are less likely to take sick days, become depressed, quit or become burned out. Harvard study now shows that if you think positively before entering a challenge you have 50% better challenge of succeeding then your counterparts.

Sam will be speak about bouncing forward into a happiness culture in our workplaces and how we can all benefit from being happy and positive each day. In this highly interactive, dynamic and engaging workshop he will unpack Harvard research, share powerful stories and deliver measurable outcomes to create a more profitable businesses and mindsets. Key outcomes include:

• The 5 Principles to Leveraging Positivity
• Fuelling success practices in our workplaces
• Unleashing the greatest ever performance within ourselves

The Winning Attitude
On the stairway to recovery having the right attitude is paramount to success. Sometimes in life it is not what you know, but who you are that determines your ability to create a positive life full of opportunity, even when all seems lost. In this session, Sam identifies the true meaning of attitude, and teaches the skills required to make changes to our approach to life. Positivity is King and if we learn how to channel this energy we enable our mind and emotions to deal with any challenge that may come our way. Is attitude something we are born with, or a choice that we make?

Key Outcomes:

• How do we become aware of our attitude and exactly what it is
• How we empower ourselves to change our attitude
• How to develop a Winning Attitude