Stop Relying on Motivation.

Start Getting

Committed.

Turn goals into action with the mindset, resilience, and commitment to keep going when things get hard.

Bill Murphy

Keynote Speaker, Author, Sales Leader, & Endurance Athlete

Motivation can get you started.

Commitment is what keeps you moving.

Keynote speaker, high-performance coach, Author, sales leader, and endurance athlete Bill Murphy helps people move beyond simply wanting better results. He challenges audiences to get clear on what matters, take meaningful action, and get really good at not giving up.

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Your People Already Know What They Should Be Doing. The Question Is,

Will They Do It?

We have more access to information than ever. We listen to the podcasts. Read the books. Watch the videos. Attend the conferences. Set the goals.

Then real life happens.

The market changes. The goal gets harder. The excitement wears off. The work becomes inconvenient. And too often, action stops.

Bill helps audiences close the gap between knowing and doing.

Through powerful stories, practical mindset shifts, and lessons earned in business and some of the toughest endurance challenges in the world, Bill shows people how to stop waiting for motivation and start building the commitment required to move forward.

Because high-performing organizations do not need more people who are simply interested in succeeding.
They need people committed to taking action, adapting when challenges arise, supporting the people around them, and finishing what matters.

About

Keynote Speaker, High Performance Coach, Sales Leader, and Endurance Athlete

Meet Bill Murphy

Bill Murphy knows how to accomplish hard things.

He built a successful career in the highly competitive mortgage and real estate industries. He has coached sales professionals for more than a decade. He has completed Ironman, marathon, and extreme endurance challenges, including the Great World Race. He even completed a marathon on crutches to support Make-A-Wish.

But Bill also knows that achievement alone is not the answer.

For years, his approach was simple. Put your head down. Outwork everyone. Keep pushing. Prove people wrong.

It worked on paper. It also taught him firsthand that success fueled by the wrong things can leave you accomplished and still unfulfilled.

Bill began doing the inner work to understand not only how he achieved, but why he was pushing so hard in the first place. Today, he brings both sides of that experience to the stage.

Bill helps audiences pursue meaningful goals without simply grinding harder. His message combines commitment, resilience, accountability, teamwork, and action so people can perform at a higher level while becoming better teammates, leaders, and people along the way.

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Commitment Changes What Happens Next

Source: Gallup

79%

of employees globally are disengaged at work.

23%

increased profitability among highly engaged business units.

76%

goals achieved when combining written goals, action commitments, and weekly accountability.

From Interested to Committed .

A Keynote Built to Create Action That Lasts

Bill is not interested in giving audiences a temporary burst of motivation that disappears before the event is over.

He wants them to leave ready to do something.

Through unforgettable stories from business, endurance racing, mental toughness training, philanthropy, and his own personal transformation, Bill gives audiences practical ways to rethink how they approach goals, obstacles, and the people around them.

"Bill Murphy delivered what can best be described as an amazing story of experiences that led to triumph over adversity. Bill’s honest and personal delivery touched everyone – thank you, Bill Murphy, for a truly inspiring experience."

– Lorraine Herbert, Owner, RE/MAX Professionals

The Book

Thriving in the Storm

Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller

What if the thing that happened to you did not get to decide what happens next?

In Thriving in the Storm, Bill Murphy shares the personal story behind his success and the practical tools that helped him move beyond simply surviving adversity to building a life where he could truly thrive.

Through 9 key principles and 21 mental exercises, Bill helps readers face what is holding them back, strengthen their resilience, take meaningful action, and discover just how capable they are when life gets hard.

Because you cannot always control the storm. You can decide who you become in it.

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What if we got really good at

not giving up?