Inspiring Teams & Organizations to Transform Adversity Into Purpose.

Michael J. Bowen is an Inspirational Speaker, Resilience & Purpose Expert and Author of The Viewfinder.

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SUCCESS

Success is a measure of your achievements.

VS.

SIGNIFICANCE

Significance is a measure of your worth to others.

For over four decades, Michael Bowen has proven which one actually lasts, built on one unshakable belief: your circumstances don't determine your future, the way you choose to respond determines your impact.

A catastrophic injury at twenty-three. A recovery most people don't come back from. Then four decades spent turning that recovery outward through Service, Hope, and Resilience. Founding Ride to Recovery, teaching, coaching, writing, speaking. Every one of it pointed toward someone else, in pursuit of one word: Purpose.

That's Purpose-Driven Resilience.

Not how do I survive adversity, but how do I use adversity to serve others and create meaning?

Michael believes that our greatest challenges often reveal our greatest purpose.

Michael believes that our greatest challenges often reveal our greatest purpose. ✼

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The Purpose Through Adversity Method™

Every keynote Michael delivers runs on one system: The Purpose Through Adversity Method™

Your circumstances don't determine your future. Your response determines your impact.

That's the difference between hearing a powerful story and walking out with a way to use it.

See How This Method Works

Michael’s Keynote Topics

KEYNOTE 01:
D-A-R-E To Be an Elite Teammate

KEYNOTE 02:
Success vs. Significance: Choose the Path Less Traveled

KEYNOTE 03:
Change Your Viewfinder: The Power of Perspective in Times of Change

KEYNOTE 04:
Survivor. Inspirer. Visionary.

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“Michael's talk made me realize and consider how important each day is. That what you do is not just a job, it is making an impact on others...Significance over success!”

Your impact on others is far more important than being successful in your own eyes. His talk has inspired me to want to be that difference for others.

Max DeNamur
Exercise Physiology Student

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