Scott Burrows, Insurance and Financial Services Keynote Speaker
Complacency is Not on the 2022 Outlook As I speak to audiences on Insurance and Financial Services sales in the year ahead, I am quick to point out that while the year holds promise, 2022 could be the worst time in insurance sales history to be complacent. Writing for Forbes Advisor (December 27, 2021) […]
Scott Burrows, Goal Setting and Resilience Speaker
Most Resolutions Guarantee Failure. So, Now What? “Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.” – James Clear, Author Forbes magazine just ran an insightful article (December 31, 2021) on the importance of goal setting rather than making resolutions. One of my favorite observations as a motivational resilience speaker […]
Scott Burrows, Grit, Change and Resilience Speaker
What Were Your 2021 Resolutions, Anyway? After my last keynote speech on Grit, Change and Resilience, I asked the participants a simple, yet revealing question: “What were your 2021 resolutions?” The question was met with lots of nervous laughter. The typical answer was “to forget about 2020.” But that’s not a resolution Everyone, including […]
Scott Burrows, Resilience Keynote Speaker
Don’t Confuse Resilience with Elasticity “Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But you keep going. – Yasmin Mogahed, Author As a motivational resilience keynote speaker, I am puzzled when people confuse resilience with elasticity. Resilience is what happens after the […]
Scott Burrows, Insurance and Financial Services Speaker
Financial Advisors: You are Valued as Never Before; Will You Be You There? “In the age of technology there is constant access to vast amounts of information… the eye of the storm is not so much what goes on in the world, it is the confusion of how to think, feel, digest, and react […]
Scott Burrows, Insurance and Financial Services Speaker
In The End, “AI” is No Match for Your Intelligence As a keynote speaker for insurance and financial services groups, there is a new fear I am hearing that has swept across the industry: the fear of AI or artificial intelligence. While we know that the post-pandemic period has seen one of the biggest […]
Scott Burrows, Resilience & Grit Motivational Speaker
The Power of Resilience in Hard Times As a motivational speaker on resilience, flexibility and grit, since the start of the pandemic I stressed that the power of resilience would get us through the toughest times and that the organizations most flexible in their outlook would thrive. In fact, the most resilient companies would […]
Scott Burrows, Pharmaceutical Sales Keynote Speaker
I’m Tired of the “Bitter Pill” Jokes – You Too? As a pharmaceutical sales speaker, who has a broad background in sales and motivating pharma sales teams, I am tired of the “Bitter Pill” jokes. What I mean by that are people minimizing your professional background and efforts. If this past 18 months has […]
Scott Burrows, Motivational Sales Speaker
What are you afraid of? As a motivational sales speaker, it’s strange that more people don’t want to go into sales. This is especially true after most of us spent more than a year locked down, and many of our family, friends and neighbors got laid off. Did you know that according to the […]
Scott Burrows, Motivational Resilience Speaker for Virtual Events
At the Crossroads: Why Resilience will Change the World As a motivational resilience speaker for virtual and in-person events, I know it is resilience that will lead us out of hard times if we have the vision to see ourselves as being successful and living positive lives. The Resilience Focus Studies on resilience in […]
