Robert O'Neill: Motivation

    Robert O’Neill - Robert O'Neill - Robert O Neill

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      • Decorated U.S. Navy SEAL with over 16 years of service, including eight years with SEAL Team Six.
      • Played a pivotal role in the mission to eliminate Osama bin Laden.
      • Participated in over 400 combat missions in regions such as Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
      • Integral in the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates.
      • Renowned keynote speaker and leadership consultant for Fortune 500 companies and global organizations.
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    • Travels from: New York, NY
    • **Fee range: $50,001 - $75,000

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    Master Life’s Toughest Battles and Create Your Lasting Legacy

    Learn from the man who had Osama Bin Laden in his sights and led the team that killed him. When Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Robert J. O’Neill was a SEAL Team Six leader, he led extractions under enemy fire, tailed terrorists for days, and snuck onto land to meet with sources. His training taught him to be resourceful and make good decisions no matter the circumstances. Now he shares his lessons from these experiences to show you how to achieve what may seem impossible and become the best version of yourself.

    Based on his book The Way Forward: Master Life’s Toughest Battles and Create Your Lasting Legacy, Robert O’Neill offers audiences a deeper look into how to use hard-earned lessons from both his time in combat and his personal life to accomplish their goals, overcome adversity, and discover the hero within you.

    The Story of a Life Built on Successful Missions

    Rob O’Neill served America as a Navy SEAL, team leader, and senior chief petty officer with the Naval Special Development Group (SEAL Team Six) during several of the most challenging, storied, and clandestine military operations of our time. With this speech, O’Neill shares what he learned during his more than 400 combat missions across four theaters of war.

    Through his moving and emotional stories, Rob brings to life lessons learned during some of the country’s most headline-stealing conflicts. O’Neill explains to audiences how the best of the military’s best approach strategic planning when mission failure is not an option.

    Audiences come to appreciate the people who are asked to do the hardest jobs – the warriors, husbands and wives, and family men and women – who they know exist but have never met, and who are focused solely on making their missions successful. Join one of the legends of our nation’s military as he shares his views on the ingredients to a successful mission: the right people, preparedness, decision making under pressure, and, above all, a commitment to never quit.

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