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Braam Malherbe    

Extreme Adventurer, Conservationist, Motivational Speaker & Author, "The Great Run"

Braam Malherbe, a renowned international speaker, extreme adventurer, conservationist, youth developer, and author, has a rich history of pushing boundaries and promoting important causes. Among his notable feats, he has successfully run the entire length of the Great Wall of China, which he details in his book "The Great Run: Conquering the Sleeping Dragon Within: Life's Lessons on the Run," and the entire coastline of South Africa. In a daring test of endurance, Malherbe completed a race to the South Pole under -45 Celsius temperatures and rowed unassisted for 92 days from Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro.

Malherbe's career is not only about personal accomplishments but also about inspiring and challenging others. He founded the DOT Challenge, a social initiative encouraging individuals to "Do One Thing" to make a positive impact. Through his public speaking engagements, he helps others move from a life of success to a life of significance, emphasizing the importance of leadership, personal growth, innovation, change, resilience, purpose, courage, and teamwork. His motivational talks are designed to empower listeners to overcome obstacles and achieve what might seem impossible.

Moreover, Malherbe leverages his adventures to raise awareness and funds for important causes. His run from Plettenberg Bay to Cape Town was dedicated to raising awareness for the protection of species in the Langebaan Lagoon. Likewise, his run along the coastline of South Africa was to support Operation Smile, and his race to the South Pole was to highlight the problems caused by climate change. These endeavors underline Malherbe's commitment to saving the planet's biodiversity and motivating others to take action.

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Extreme Adventure

The story of your brand and your business is the biggest adventure you will ever encounter: come on the adventure of YOUR lifetime. Using stories from his greatest adventures, as well as his deepest regrets and failures, Braam helps people re-discover and re-connect with their personal and their business purpose. He elevates their thinking and connects personally. Learn:

  • Personal mastery and discipline
  • Values based leadership
  • Persuasion and negotiation

Leading with Courage

Self-leadership and team-leadership require a level of authenticity, vulnerability and courage that moves us beyond ordinary to extraordinary. Braam, who is CEO and director for several organizations speaks to people in leadership on a personal level they don’t usually expect. His personal adventures such as skiing to the South Pole, completely unassisted, in a race against time, required him to dig deep and find courage and leadership where there was none. How do we continue to lead every single day, even if there is no external motivator? Learn

  • Personal leadership
  • Values based leadership
  • Team leadership

Discovering your Purpose

Passion and energy only comes once you go on your greatest adventure: discovering your purpose. Braam connect with the audience by helping them re-discover your childlike dream and understanding how their greatest failure and pain can be used as your most powerful asset. Personal adventures both physical and spiritual ensures you will be entertained and also deeply connected to your sole/soul purpose. Learn:

  • Your sole/soul purpose
  • Personal accountability
  • How to move towards success and significance
  • How your job, family and career is part of your life-adventure

The I in TEAM

Discover the power of the individual in helping a team reach peak performance. Assess your own contribution: in nature you are either an asset or a liability… And learn from Braam’s personal adventures and his troubled past in order to step up to a life of significance. Learn

  • Personal accountability
  • Teamwork
  • Collaboration

Nothing is Impossible

How to turn big dreams into reality. Braam talks about his epic adventure and world-first: running the entire length of the Great Wall of China. A race against time that saw him and his running partner pitted against sandstorms, exhaustion and fear. Discover how family, purpose and a single child made it possible to overcome the impossible. Learn

  • Discover and harness your purpose
  • Develop a dream worth fighting for
  • Mental resilience and grit
  • Mobilizing teams

Change and Innovation: : Lessons from Nature, the Greatest Innovator

Don’t survive. Thrive. Learn from nature and use change as a way to differentiate and accelerate. Change means you are alive. Stagnation means you are dying. Learn:

  • Innovation
  • How to respond in the moment of Crisis
  • How to leverage assets

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Extreme Performance

Under extreme pressure and difficult circumstances your options are either failure or peak performance. Braam shares the story of his third world-first achievement: rowing unassisted from Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro all in the name of the DOT Challenge. Tremendous challenges face him from start to finish including near collisions, sleep deprivation and dehydration. Learn:

  • Dreaming big, planning well and minimizing risk
  • Discover your purpose and pursue it
  • Overcome obstacles and develop resilience
  • Mobilizing teams and influencing others

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