Early in Scott’s life he played wide receiver at Florida State University under coach Bobby Bowden and was a top-ranked kick-boxing champion having his last fight broadcast by ESPN. But on November 3, 1984, Scott’s life took a dramatic turn when he was involved in a horrendous accident while a passenger in his friend’s car that left him paralyzed from the chest down and diagnosed a quadriplegic.

Despite this grim prognosis, Scott stood up this challenge. To survive, beat the odds and put himself in a position to thrive and achieve the extraordinary, Scott took accountability for what happened! Then he realigned his mindset and embraced this paralyzing irrevocable change and forged forward with all the grit he could muster. Over time, this unstoppable attitude paid unbelievable dividends!

Scott started achieving goals in his rehabilitation that few doctors thought possible. Within a year of being paralyzed and regaining some mobility, Scott enrolled back into college, earned a degree in finance and upon graduation, Scott sought a career which would give him a lasting and meaningful impact in people’s lives, an agent in the insurance and financial industry. He joined Northwestern Mutual and specialized in life and disability insurance planning in both the individual and business markets. As he grew his practice he started teaming up with his peers & mentors and began tackling the wealth and estate planning markets. In his fifth year he qualified for the prestigious Million Dollar Round Table, a 100% commission driven award that less than 8% of agents worldwide achieve yearly.

In 1994, Scott made the gut-wrenching decision to leave a hugely successful career in an industry he had so much passion for to welcome a new life changing opportunity to team up with his brother Mark. Together they founded Global Golf Group, an international company that markets custom blended fertilizers, chemicals and golf equipment to golf courses in Southeast Asia. Their enterprise continues to thrive today.As an International Keynote Speaker, Scott speaks to more than 100,000 people annually, and has presented in over 25 States and in such countries as Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Greece, India, Mexico and Prague, Czech Republic.

Scott’s “Stand-up” Highlights:

• A Founder of Global Golf Group – an International company marketing custom blended fertilizers to golf courses in South East Asia.
• Million Dollar Round Table – former agent in the Insurance Industry & recognized by MDRT, a 100% commission DRIVEN award.
• International Keynote Speaker, Author & a founder of G-Force International – a company offering coaching & educational resources including Scott’s upcoming new book, G-Force, which DRIVES home his 6-G strategy:
• Grit: Your willingness to persevere, to never give up in spite of the hurdles!
• Grin: Your ability to laugh and have a sense of humor during the toughest of times!
• Grip: The strength behind the strategic alignment of a team coming together as one!
• Goals: Setting & executing goals that stretch the mind!
• Global: Thinking bigger, your scaling & the impact you can have as a leader!
• Golf: Turning your passion into creative ideas! What’s your Golf Club?
  

After his setback, Scott:

• Authored “G-Force” & Co-Authored “Conversations on Success”
• Played full contact wheelchair rugby, a.k.a Murderball, a Paralympic Sport
• Became a 17 handicap golfer
• Snow skied from 12,000 feet above sea level
• Scuba dived to the depths of 120 feet

Scott's most requested topics are...

Stand Up To Your Challenges
Our world is changing at the fastest rate in human history. Maintaining the status quo is fraught with danger. Others in your ultra-competitive industry could be passing you by. Creating break-through opportunities for your organization and achieving extraordinary results as a team and as leaders is all about how you respond to circumstances. Finding solutions to help your team rise above the competition means being willing to stretch beyond self-perceived limitations, persevere and stand up to challenges.

This dynamic and uplifting keynote presentation will entertain, educate and inspire your attendees to view their challenges from a different perspective. Using his unique concepts of vision, mindset and grit, Scott will teach your organization tangible actions you can implement to be more productive, thrive and beat the odds. Scott will inspire your attendees to rethink their own possibilities and he will challenge them to set aggressive mind-stretching goals which will impact the bottom line of your business beneficially.

Key Themes

• Vision is one of your greatest tools we have in life. It's free, it costs you nothing and it can bring you everything.
• Mindset is focusing on what you can control like your level of optimism, your attitude and focusing on the positives of any situation. Your Mindset is staying true to your goals and business plan and making adjustments along the way as circumstances change.
• Grit is your willingness to be resilient. To maintain your poise and execution across all time horizons; this day, this week, this quarter, this year knowing nothing worth achieving ever comes too easy. It's your willingness to fail, and your unwillingness to quit.
  

Attendees will learn how to apply Scott's concepts to help them:

• Transform the way they think outside the box
• Chart a path to drive change and business results
• Turn setbacks into sustainable comebacks

Realign Your Mindset ~ Transform Your Results
In today's competitive environment, organizations should consider responding to market challenges by increasing innovation as a means to personal and business success. Innovation can happen anywhere at any time. During this powerful message, Scott shows how by creating focus and clarity through vision, mindset and grit, your innovation agility can be inspired and your results transformed. With his perseverance through tremendous personal adversity and his use of business intelligence, Scott turned the odds in his favor to succeed in business and in life. His shared experiences will help inspire innovation across your organization.

Key Themes

• Vision is dreaming in Technicolor. It can inspire innovation and can help shape your business strategy.
• Mindset is thinking bigger on your own behalf, your organization's behalf and understanding that by scaling your efforts you can increase your customer's benefit.
• Grit is your willingness to challenge the rules which will then drive business results.
  

Attendees will learn how to apply Scott's concepts to help them:

• Inspire new thinking that can ignite innovation
• Challenge old processes by taking more creative risks
• Blend new cultures with the existing culture
  

Take Responsibility: Using Vision, Mindset & Grit to Achieve Success
Does your organization have a culture of accountability? How much more productive would your organization be if everyone held themselves accountable? During this presentation, Scott's eloquent and entertaining storytelling brings the theme of taking responsibility to life, and demonstrates how vision, mindset and grit can become a viable part of your organizational strategy.

Scott teaches how these concepts can help you tackle ongoing challenges and changes, promoting a path of business growth, which can result in faster-than-expected and even unprecedented outcomes. Learn how to apply these concepts to your personal and professional life and how by taking accountability you can achieve greater heights of success and prosperity.

Key Themes

• Vision is finding the passion to pursue your next level of achievement as an individual, a team, an organization.
• Mindset is knowing adversity can be converted into personal and business success and not considered a setback. Mindset is the continual mental orientation, preparation and actionable adjustments needed to meet oncoming challenges.
• Grit is the day-to-day determination to persevere when all else beckons you to retreat, fall back, give in, or perhaps worst of all, simply stay where you are.
  

Attendees will learn how to apply Scott's concepts to help them:

• Unleash their potential by being more accountable
• Open their mind to new opportunities and new ideas
• Challenge their way of thinking with better questions
  

Thanks again for sharing your story with us - I continue to sing your praises to others who I know are on the lookout for motivating messages at their meetings.  Please feel free to let me know if I can do anything to help solidify a future opportunity.
Highland Capital Brokerage

"Thank you so much for organizing Scott’s presentation for Eli Lilly and Company.  Scott is a wonderful, heartfelt speaker.  The new sales team listened to Scott attentively through until the very end; I feel they took away a lot from his experience.  He even had a handful of the reps talking to him afterward the speech.  Please thank Scott for us; he is truly an amazing person!"
Gloria Gimbrone - Eli Lilly Canada Inc.

"You gave so many stirring examples from your own life, and the audience saw visible evidence in these.  It is one thing to talk about Vision, Mindset, and Grit, but you are living proof of someone who has put this into action in his life.  It’s hard for an agent not to be motivated into applying your 3-pronged formula for running his/her own agency.  It’s not just what you said; it’s who you are. This is what changes behavior. "
Teresa Richardson, CPCU Leadership Development Advisor State Farm Insurance -Texas Zone

"Scott has a very high energy message that can motivate your team to take it to the next level. His motivational thought process allows others to reflect where they are today and what the thought process is for personal growth. He speaks from the heart and has a very unique real life experience that others can learn from."

U.S. Foodservice

 

"Our team bonded with a sense of purpose at a level I have never witnessed. It was amazing! Your Passionate Message surrounding the "WHAT" questions versus the "WHY" questions, still resonates at every company meeting. That is very powerful."

Cameo Professionals

"I just wanted to let you know that your presentation was extremely well received. It launched our event with an inspirational tone that carried through the entire conference."

Investacorp

"Your story, your vision, your mindset, and your GRIT touched my heart... The tear that you evoked in my eye represented the courage that I thought didn't exist, the strength to persevere, and the determination to learn from my fears."
Merrill Lynch