From Corporate Zombie to Abundance
The signature TEDx story that helps your audience rewrite their story.
Best as an opening keynoteWatch a clip · 2:09
What it is
At 40, Eugene lost a job that paid him well. He was told he was too old and overpaid. What followed was nine months without work, three children, and a family living on government food coupons. This keynote is that story — told not as hardship, but as the moment the script he had been following stopped working.
Why audiences respond to it
Most rooms contain people quietly following a script someone else wrote: work harder, earn more, wait for permission. This talk names that pattern out loud, then shows what replaced it. Because Eugene is describing his own life rather than a framework he read about, the room tends to lean in rather than take notes.
What it covers
- Why the old script doesn’t work
- Shifting your mindset from scarcity to abundance
- Empowering your audience to create unlimited possibilities
Where it fits
Opening keynotes, kick-off events and conferences where the job is to reset how the room is thinking before the rest of the programme lands.
The BICSI 2020 Winter Conference closing speaker, who captured the attention of the entire crowd with his audacious storytelling of his life’s mistakes, which he turned around to lead to his success. It was definitely a high note to end a successful Conference.Carol Everett Oliver, BICSI President-Elect, Florida