Your audience needs a blueprint forged in the trenches with dirty hands and bloodied knuckles.
Eighty-five seconds from my TEDx talk. The full talk is at the foot of this page.
Speaking at the High Net Connect ‘Power Up Your Business’ conference, Marylebone Theatre, London, June 2023
David Blackhurst. Keynote Speaker (+TEDx), Author, Founder, Philanthropist… Polymath, supercharged by ADHD. Talks on resilience, rebuilding and the power of human connection.
Breakup. Breakdown. Breakthrough. That is the short version of how I got here.
I am a quadrathlete, a polymath, an inventor, innovator, a systems architect, but perhaps most importantly, a survivor of deep depression and suicidal ideation.
My brain was blessed with an ADHD “supercharger” that I didn’t discover until I was in my forties. My delivery is raw, emotionally resonant, fast-paced, devoid of corporate BS and woo-woo.
Rebuilding a broken mind or a broken motorbike takes time, I use grounded real-world experience from 25 years of nomadic adventure stories to keep your audience locked in from start to finish, breaking heavy tension with sharp, disarming humour.
When I step on your stage, I don’t talk about “bouncing back”, when you’ve been broken, it takes time to rebuild; instead I help your audience to map their own exact operational systems to turn their mental chaos, trauma, or burnout into clarity and fuel for massive, purpose-driven output.
Underneath the unapologetic maverick persona is a man driven by a profound, protective love for humanity. My ultimate goal isn’t personal wealth, it’s legacy.
Beyond my £57K salary cap, all profits from book sales, speaking fees and all my other business interests are channelled directly into not-for-profit projects.
Book me, and you are helping me to bring that mission to fruition.
Signature Keynote Topics: introductory rate, from £3,000
I am a new voice on the speaking circuit, not a veteran recycling the same keynote for the hundredth time. What I bring is first-hand, visceral material and the kind of emotional resonance that moves a room, rather than an audience that politely agrees it was interesting. My introductory rate reflects that, and it will rise as the diary fills.
The Absolute Zero Audit: How to apply ruthless, surgical precision to your own life to recover and rebuild following burnout, trauma, or failure.
The ADHD Supercharger: Why lacking the “standard user manual” for your brain is actually your greatest leadership asset, provided you know how to build your own systems.
The Sphere of Influence: Do what’s right, not what’s easy. Why your daily routine and conduct is the ultimate prerequisite for scaling a business and building a life of fulfilment and meaning.
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