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Short:
Bill Murphy is a keynote speaker, high performance coach, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author, sales leader, and endurance athlete who helps people turn ambition into action by building the commitment to keep going when motivation fades.
With more than $1.5 billion in career closings, Ironman finishes, five Boston Marathons, and 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days, Bill knows what it takes to pursue difficult goals. But his message goes beyond pushing harder. Through powerful stories and practical strategies, Bill helps audiences build resilience, strengthen their mindset, take meaningful action, and pursue success with greater purpose and impact.
Long:
Bill Murphy is a keynote speaker, high performance coach, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author, sales leader, and endurance athlete who helps people turn ambition into action by building the commitment to keep going when motivation fades.
Over the course of his career, Bill has closed more than $1.5 billion in business while continually testing the limits of what he believed was possible. He has completed Ironman races, run the Boston Marathon five times, including once on crutches, and completed 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days.
But Bill’s message is about more than pushing harder or refusing to quit.
After years of relentless achievement, Bill realized that success on paper does not always equal fulfillment. His own journey forced him to examine what was driving him, let go of beliefs and emotions that were no longer serving him, and redefine what meaningful high performance looks like.
Today, Bill brings those lessons to corporate teams, sales organizations, leaders, associations, and athletes through powerful storytelling and practical strategies audiences can put to work immediately. He challenges people to stop relying on temporary motivation, get clear on what they are truly committed to, build routines that support their goals, pivot when the plan stops working, and take action when circumstances get difficult.
As the author of Thriving in the Storm, Bill also brings a deeply personal perspective on resilience, adversity, and the ability to move beyond simply surviving difficult experiences.
Bill believes the greatest accomplishments are not only about the finish lines we cross ourselves, but the people we help along the way. His message equips audiences to pursue excellence with greater commitment, resilience, purpose, and impact.
Stage Introduction
What separates people who set big goals from the people who actually achieve them?
Our next speaker believes it is not motivation. It is commitment.
Bill Murphy is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author, high performance coach, sales leader, and endurance athlete who has spent his career learning what it takes to keep moving when things get hard.
He has closed more than $1.5 billion in business, completed Ironman races, run the Boston Marathon five times, including once on crutches, and completed 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days.
But Bill will tell you that the finish lines are not the most important part of his story.
Through his keynote, The Edge of Excellence, Bill challenges us to think differently about what drives us, what holds us back, and what it really means to commit to the goals and people that matter most.
Please join me in welcoming to the stage, Bill Murphy!
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Book Title
Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller!
When the storm hits, you have three choices: give up and become a victim; do what you can to survive; or learn to thrive.
You don’t need to have exceptional talents or resources to overcome adversity, be resilient, and achieve extraordinary goals. You are capable of more than you realize. You can learn to thrive. Bill Murphy is proof.
He’ll be the first to tell you he is nothing special, but he has been able to overcome an abusive childhood, post-traumatic stress (PTSD), mental health challenges, and unexpected crises to finish an Ironman, earn a black belt in Krav Maga, and run the Boston Marathon five times—including one on crutches. He’s a regular guy who is now thriving at the top of his profession, too. And in Thriving in the Storm, he explains how you can achieve similar success.
Murphy shares the 9 key principles and the 21 mental exercises that have helped him succeed beyond what anyone thought was possible. By distilling wisdom from other experts like Tony Robbins and Grant Cardone, sharing personal anecdotes, and telling inspirational stories from other achievers he’s encountered, Murphy has created a straight-talk, self-help resource for anyone who wants to transform their feelings of shame, anger, resentment, rejection, and fear into great success, happiness, peace, and an overall enthusiasm for life.