Leaving school at age 22 with no money only to become a millionaire businessman by age 25 would seem like the story of someone who got lucky with a great business idea. But Michael Hyatt shows you there’s a lot more to his success than the idea itself. Success is the small steps you take, and a consistent march is the key.

In this presentation, Hyatt shares candid business and leadership philosophies including: how to avoid common mistakes leaders make; why sometimes failing is good; why asking powerful questions will lead you to the right answer (not just your answer); how to find the best way for a product’s success; how to hire people smarter than you and let them excel; how to win in the new demographic shift; and how to support all members of your team. Filled with these and many more lessons Hyatt has learned throughout his journey, this upfront talk will inspire audiences to think differently in their approach to business success.

It’s never been cheaper to start a business, but it’s still just as hard. Being uncomfortable in business is a good thing. And getting real perspective on where we are in today’s economy is critical. It’s easy to take high-fives in the good times, but what you do in the darkest hours defines you as a leader.

Michael Hyatt believes in the great potential for opportunity while there’s “blood on the streets” and times are tough. Tough times can define leadership. It’s important not to be an optimist nor a pessimist, but a realist. Realists come out best in hard times. With an ability to capture and explain difficult concepts easily for audiences, Hyatt explains his successful philosophy in challenging times — evolve or die.

Michael Hyatt is a mentor and investor in many startups, including the Rotman School of Management Creative Destruction Lab and The Founders Institute. He has built two highly successful tech firms, valued at hundreds of millions of dollars.

What’s his secret to startup success? The first thing Hyatt tells a budding entrepreneur or startup is “focus”. Do one thing and one thing well. At the same time, you need to embrace discomfort, pain, and sacrifice. If you become comfortable as an entrepreneur, you might as well be dead.

In this presentation, Hyatt shows that to achieve success you need to prepare for a marathon, not a sprint.

We live in a moment where so much is changing from month to month, week to week. This is a time where long-term planning can be difficult, and successful businesses need to be adaptive and flexible. To that end, Michael Hyatt, one of Canada’s top entrepreneurs and a renowned tech visionary, has decided to take a more agile approach to speaking engagements.

In this customized virtual presentation, Hyatt will join your audience for an interactive and in-depth discussion of business concerns, trends, and ideas to keep top of mind as they adapt to the new normal. The format for the session will involve a short opening presentation by Hyatt on overall industry and economic trends, followed by an “ask me anything”-style session where the audience can quiz him directly (through an organization representative) on his immediate thoughts about what matters most to them.

Audiences will learn:

• How to best navigate the swift and intense to digital for almost every business in the COVID era
• How to innovate in uncertain times and adapt to rapid change
• Specific takeaways for their industry to provide a competitive edge

We are living in strange times, where it feels like we’ve travelled to a parallel world unimaginable just a year ago. The rapid shift forced by the pandemic has pushed the digital transformation into overdrive, collapsing 10 years of developments into mere months. Now, we all need to live and work in a virtual business world. But all that change is just the start.

Even with lockdowns and quarantine, there will be no slow down—the relentless drive towards more efficient and capable computing/robotics/AI continues. Truly, technology will continue to disrupt and become connected with everything we do.

Throughout history, change is often a challenge. It’s a source of anxiety and yet it’s so difficult to predict. However, we continue to overcome these challenges again and again. There can still be a golden era ahead of us. To thrive, we can find a source of great possibilities by trying new things.

In this presentation, Michael Hyatt will talk about meeting change and uncertainty with creativity, adaptability, and innovation.