Start Living
With Purpose.
Danny Bader Will Transform Your Team From Surviving to Thriving & Never Look at Monday Morning the Same Way Again.
Inspiring organizations worldwide to the profound difference between just living and being fully alive through authentic storytelling, life-tested wisdom, and a radical reverence for the precious gift of time.
Danny's Keynote Topic:
Back To Life
From Surviving to Thriving: How to Move Your Organization from "Just Living" to Being Fully Alive
In a world where 67% of employees admit they're just going through the motions, Danny Bader delivers the ultimate wake-up call.
Drawing from his extraordinary 6-minute death experience and over 12,000+ days of intentional living since, Danny reveals the three distinct levels every person and organization operates within—and provides the proven blueprint to elevate teams from mere survival to radical reverence for their work and lives.
This isn't another motivational speech about working harder. It's a fundamental shift in how your people show up, connect, and perform when they truly understand the difference between existing and being fully alive.
THE BACK TO LIFE KEYNOTE EXPERIENCE
From Surviving to Thriving: The 12,039-Day Journey
Your team will never look at Monday morning the same way again.
Danny opens with a number that stops everyone cold: "12,039. That's the number of days since I died. 12,039 days since 8,000 volts of electricity ripped through my body and stopped my heart, my brain, and my lungs. 12,039 days since my friend Bruce and I both left this world... and then only I came back."
From this riveting foundation, Danny takes audiences through his transformative journey from the depths of despair to discovering what it truly means to be fully alive. Through powerful stories—the phone booth call that saved his life, the lawnmower that taught him about life's noise, and the 12-year-old cancer patient who redefined love—Danny reveals the Three Distinct Levels of Life Engagement that every person and organization operates within.
THE THREE LEVELS YOUR ORGANIZATION LIVES IN:
Rock Bottom - The dangerous disconnect where fear and negativity dominate
Functional Fog - Where 67% of employees go through the motions ("living the dream" with dripping sarcasm)
Radical Reverence - Where breakthrough companies and individuals thrive with purpose and passion
THE BACK TO LIFE BLUEPRINT
Danny's proven 5-principle framework that transforms how teams show up.
These aren't abstract concepts—they're battle-tested principles that carried Danny through marriage, fatherhood, leadership, and loss. Born from the necessity of rebuilding a life after tragedy, this framework has guided thousands of individuals and organizations from just existing to truly thriving. Don't let their simplicity fool you; these are powerful, timeless principles that create lasting transformation.
The magic happens in application, not theory. There's no ranking of importance, no rigid sequence to follow. As Danny presents each principle, your team will identify which 1-2 they need most right now. Because moving from "just living" to being fully alive isn't a one-time event—it's a daily practice that starts with intentional action.
Develop Vision - Moving from reaction to intention with crystal clarity
Know Thyself - Authentic leadership through values-based decision making
Seek & Be Support - Building unbreakable team connections and psychological safety
Be Still - Finding clarity and wisdom in the chaos through strategic stillness
Evolve - Embracing continuous growth as competitive advantage
DANNY’S GAME-CHANGING TAKEAWAYS
1. THE LEVELS ASSESSMENT: WHERE IS YOUR ORGANIZATION REALLY OPERATING?
Teams gain instant clarity on whether they're stuck in "Rock Bottom" (the valley of victim thinking), trapped in "Functional Fog" (going through the motions), or operating with "Radical Reverence" (fully alive and thriving). This diagnostic framework immediately identifies why performance plateaus and how to elevate entire cultures.
2. THE STILLNESS ADVANTAGE: CUTTING THROUGH THE LAWNMOWER NOISE
Leaders learn Danny's "lawnmower principle"—how constant noise drowns out the voice that matters most. Teams discover practical techniques for creating strategic stillness that leads to clearer decision-making, authentic communication, and breakthrough innovation in an always-on world.
3. THE SUPPORT EQUATION: FROM ISOLATION TO COLLABORATION
Organizations implement the profound truth that "you were never meant to do this alone." Through Danny's Dick's Sporting Goods story and sandbag metaphor, teams learn to empty their negative energy daily and create psychological safety where seeking support becomes a competitive advantage, not a weakness.From Surviving to Thriving: The 12,039-Day Journey
Your team will never look at Monday morning the same way again.
“I have seen many motivational speakers, but our time with Danny really hit home for me and my team.”
Ready to Start Living
With Purpose.
Danny Bader Will Transform Your Team From Surviving to Thriving & never look at Monday morning the same way again.
Awakening organizations worldwide to the profound difference between just living and being fully alive through authentic storytelling, life-tested wisdom, and a radical reverence for the precious gift of time.
MULTI-BESTSELLING AUTHOR
Four More Life-Changing Books That Have Inspired Thousands
Stop Living on Autopilot. Start Living with Purpose.
In his powerful new book, A Radical Reverence for Your Life, Danny challenges you to shift from sleepwalking through your days to living with profound intention and awareness. Drawing from his extraordinary near-death experience and decades of transformation, this isn't just another self-help book—it's your wake-up call to stop waiting for the "right time" to live fully.
What happens when you truly understand that your 23,000 daily breaths and 100,000 heartbeats are automatic... but not guaranteed?
Danny's unique perspective will shatter your autopilot mindset and inspire you to take complete ownership of your story. Through heartfelt storytelling and practical insights, he guides you through his revolutionary three-level framework that moves you from merely surviving to truly thriving.
Meet Danny Bader
I'm Danny Bader—husband, father, author, speaker, and someone who literally came back from the dead to tell you that there's a profound difference between just living and being fully alive. I'm one of eight kids from an Irish Catholic family, and for the first 28 years of my life, I lived without any significant challenges—until the day 8,000 volts of electricity changed everything. My friend Bruce and I were working on a roofing job when we lowered a metal ladder into a power line. We both died that day. Only I came back.
That experience—dying for about six minutes and returning to life—began a journey from the depths of despair to discovering what it means to live with radical reverence for every breath, every heartbeat, every moment we're given. Today, I'm blessed to be married to my incredible wife Lisa for over 30 years (my brothers joke that it took 8,000 volts to get me to the altar!), and we have three amazing kids who continually teach me about love, resilience, and what really matters.
I've written four books and had the privilege of speaking to thousands of people across the country. Whether I'm talking to electrical contractors or billion-dollar company executives, my mission is simple: to help people slow down, think deeply about how they're living, and offer them the powerful principles I've learned to support them in living happy, fulfilling, resilient lives. I believe that when you understand your breaths and heartbeats are automatic but not guaranteed, everything changes—and that awareness can be the most empowering realization of your life.
Thank you for being part of this community. I hope we get to connect soon, whether through my books, a speaking engagement, or just a conversation about what it means to be fully alive.
With gratitude and radical reverence for this incredible gift called life,
P.S. Remember—there's a helluva difference between just living and being fully alive. The choice is always yours.
Awakening organizations worldwide to the profound difference between just living and being fully alive through authentic storytelling, life-tested wisdom, and a radical reverence for the precious gift of time.
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