Martin Brown
Martin has changed the lives of many people his story of how he overcame seemingly insurmountable challenges.
About
Gender
- Male
Based in
- South Africa
Languages
- English
Notability
- Business Leader
Available for
- Entertainment ,
- Guest Appearance ,
- Organisational Development Programme ,
- Panel Participation ,
- Speaking
Themes
- Accountability ,
- Business ,
- Business Turnaround ,
- Disability ,
- Disruption ,
- Diversity ,
- Entrepreneurship ,
- Goal Setting ,
- Managing Yourself ,
- Mental Strength ,
- Mindset ,
- Motivation and Inspiration ,
- Overcoming Adversity ,
- Personal Development ,
- Resilience ,
- Self-Esteem ,
- Success
Biography highlights
Martin Brown delivers business-expanding, life-changing, interactive keynotes that inspire change, challenge thinking and accelerate personal and professional growth. Martin has one of the most amazing stories to tell! Nothing is more compelling than a vivid story that reminds us of our incredible human potential.
Martin has developed an amazing global business with great success over the past 18 years, designing and manufacturing custom-built all-terrain power wheelchairs. During Covid he started another company, relying fully on his engineering and IT background, combined with his medical experience, Martin forcefully took charge of circumstances and began to climb the entrepreneurial ladder to become the successful, multi-award-winning businessman he is today.
Martin is one of the most powerful inspirational and motivational speakers you will find because he knows how to stir passion, inspire action and genuinely move people to change. It’s not about Martin; it’s about you, your client and your audience. He’s passionate about making a difference and it comes through on and off stage. His commitment is simple: serve you and do whatever it takes to make your event a home run. Martin broke his neck and became paralysed to the C4 level, a quadriplegic, and only able to move his head. With a stick in his mouth, he has changed the lives of people all around the world.
Martin holds an NTC 5 Mechanical Engineering, NTC Information Technology, and Advanced Life Support Paramedic. Martin is a well-published and interviewed entrepreneur that has even shared his innovative concepts on the world-renowned TEDx platforms.
His fearless, inspiring and fun approach loosens up your audience, accelerates connection and deepens inspiration because your audience will be both entertained and engaged. He is a global innovator and adversity expert whose concepts on business and destructive forces of life have changed the views of many people around the world.
Biography
Martin Brown delivers business expanding, life-changing, interactive keynotes that inspire change, challenge thinking and accelerate personal and professional growth. Martin has one of the most amazing stories to tell! Nothing is more compelling than a vivid story that reminds us of our incredible human potential.
Martin has developed an amazing global business with great success over the past 18 years, designing and manufacturing custom-built all-terrain power wheelchairs. During Covid he started another company, relying fully on his engineering and IT background, combined with his medical experience, Martin forcefully took charge of circumstances and began to climb the entrepreneurial ladder to become the successful, multi award-winning businessman he is today.
Key Learning Points from Martin’s Presentation
Adversity is an Advantage
Living after Destructive Change
Entrepreneurial Journey
Persistence Pays Big
Adapting to Change
Martin is one of the most powerful inspirational and motivational speakers you will find because he knows how to stir passion, inspire action and genuinely move people to change. It’s not about Martin; it’s about you, your client and your audience. He’s passionate about making a difference and it comes through on and off stage. His commitment is simple: serve you and do whatever it takes to make your event a home run. Martin broke his neck and became paralysed to the C4 level, a quadriplegic, and only able to move his head. With a stick in his mouth, he has changed the life of people all around the world.
Videos
Talks
The Dude Who Broke My Neck
This amazing and thought-provoking keynote presentation will take you on an eye-opening journey that will leave you breathless. The staggering potential of us mere mortals, to survive, and excel is not always so evident to us.
- We procrastinate all the time
- Always have excuses upon excuses
- We underestimate our own self worth
- And we quit just before we reach our goals
But now based on the true-life story of a quadriplegic who had it all going for him, then lost it all, paralysed from the neck down, only able to move his head. Martin will take you through the depths of adversity, and he will show you how he turned it all around.
This story is told with a lurking twist that stirs all kinds of emotions and will leave you with an inspiring message that is guaranteed to change your thinking forever.
Designed for all levels of business people across the corporate environment, this presentation is delivered in a story-telling fashion by a master story teller, from the presenters’ own personal life experiences that is emotional and uplifting, with some innovative personal and business lessons.
The Dude Who broke my Neck takes a path through some shattering personal loss and Martin knows how to stir passion, inspire action and genuinely move people to change. It is designed to make people think creatively and inventively showing that our only obstacle in life is the grey matter between our ears.
“Then silence… this was like a wary goosebumps type of silence. It was the silence before the barrage of questions that I knew would ultimately seal my fate. Questions I knew the answers too, but I didn’t want to know the answers. “Can you move your foot?”
Martin Brown’s presenting skills will draw the audience to the edge of their seats and send them on a breathtaking journey. You will explore the world of the seemingly impossible experiencing determination, innovation and the challenge of risk. Once you hear him speak, you’ll want him back. For this keynote or book this multi-award winning entrepreneur and business owner, and to the journey that everyone will be talking about long after your event is over.
How to use Adversity to your Advantage
At some point or another, life punches everyone in the face. The punch may be hard, or it may be soft, but it’s definitely coming, and our success or failure is largely determined by the answer to a simple question: How well can you take the punch?
The degree of success we achieve in life is directly proportional to the amount of adversity we can tolerate. If we ever want to accomplish big things like building a successful business, becoming the best in our field, or changing our life in some way, we need to start training ourselves to endure the pain all those things require. It’ll also prepare us for the next time life punches us right in the face for that is inevitable!
I am a living example! I broke my neck and became paralysed to the C4 level, a quadriplegic, only able to move my head. I lost everything! With a stick in my mouth and a computer, I started to create a global company that designs and manufactures all-terrain wheelchairs for disabled people all across the world. I have faced some of the greatest adversities one could possibly imagine, and life has surely gone a few rounds with me in the ring but still I will never ever give up.
No matter how bad the situation, no matter how hopeless it seems, there is always an opportunity to turn adversity to your advantage. You just have to discipline yourself to spot the opening, and then find the courage to use it. There is a saying: If one door shuts another will open, but most of the time we whimper and complain about the door that just closed. Turn around, you will then see the other opportunities that surrounds you. Learn from the past don’t fixate on it.
How to use Adversity to your Advantage – It is time to take control of your life again.
Martin Brown’s presenting skills will draw the audience to the edge of their seats and send them on a breathtaking journey. You will explore the world of the seemingly impossible experiencing determination, innovation and the challenge of risk. His upbeat approach and positive humour sets the stage for a memorable and exciting presentation that will leave a powerful impression of achievement and possibility in your mind forever.