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Resilient Thinking. Relentless action.

One More Thing, One More Time

Josh Sundquist is a Paralympian and bestselling author whose high-energy blend of humor and inspiration motivates audiences to adopt his ski racing motto, 1MT1MT (one more thing, one more time), to elevate their performance in sales, customer service, and leadership.

 

cultivate adaptive resilience

Josh’s inspiring journey from childhood cancer to the Paralympics will leave your team with actionable insights to:

  • Foster forward-thinking amid market volatility

  • Reverse negative trends and rebound from disappointment

  • Push through project fatigue to embrace transformation

  • Hold onto a growth mindset—and a sense of humor

 
 
 
 

navigate change with hope and humor

Josh teams up with your planners to create a customized keynote that reinforces your event’s themes. He blends clean stand-up comedy with soulful storytelling and relevant takeaways. Hilarious audience interactions are punctuated by moments of profound silence. It’s a roller-coaster ride of laughter, tears, insights, and still more laughter.

 
 
 
 

deploy persistence to defeat uncertainty

Audiences walk away with resolve to overcome personal and professional challenges, a fresh perspective on all they have to be grateful for and a commitment to do 1MT1MT to reach their fullest potential. Attendees quote Josh’s speech for years to come. It’s the keynote they’ll never forget.

 
 
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Rave Reviews

Josh artfully made a connection between the Walmart story and his own. His first speech was so moving that we hired him to come back a second time!
— Julie Murphy, Chief People Officer, Walmart U.S.
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He’ll make you laugh out loud and fill you with raw emotion...Lasting, positive impact with actionable takeaways.
— Nada Stirratt VP, Global Marketing Solutions, Facebook
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Josh is a wonderful, inspiring, and engaging speaker. The sign of a captive audience at Google is when all laptops are shut!
— Erika Choung, Google Talks Planner, Google
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We are still talking about your presentation, quite literally every day.
— Emily Foss, Senior Manager of Sales, Allstate
Josh was phenomenal. We are just over the moon.
— Wade Shows, Director of Learning and Organizational Development, Kaiser Permanente
In my 20 years of advertising I have never seen a standing ovation at the end of a presentation — and I have seen a lot of great speakers!
— Brian Berner, Head of Advertising Sales, Spotify
 
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Your audience will learn...

 
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1MT1MT

When Josh was training for the Paralympics, his motto was 1MT1MT (one more thing, one more time). What's the 1MT1MT you could do today to get closer to the future you are training for? What's that little bit of extra effort you could make to better serve your customers?

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Change is our chance to grow

Josh had to give up his childhood dream of playing for the local travel soccer team. But as a result, he discovered something even better: the dream of a Paralympic uniform. When we accept change—in our lives, our workplace, and our industry—we create the space necessary for new growth.

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You only strike out when you quit

Josh went up to bat in a softball game a month after his amputation. He got three strikes in a row. But his friends let him keep swinging. It took more than twenty to get a hit. That game was a lot like life. In most endeavors, you only strike out when you quit. How many strikes are you willing to take?

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Sell solutions, not products

An airline employee offered Josh a seat with “extra leg room” because he has one leg. Which is funny since he gets extra leg room...automatically. She wanted to help, but she made the most common mistake in customer service: offering a solution before understanding the problem. Don't tell your customers what you want to sell before learning what they want to buy.

 
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It's not how fast you ski, it's how fast you get back up

In his first ski race, Josh fell. Five times. In sports, in life, in business, the principle is the same—you will fall. The question is, how fast can you get back up? How quickly can you learn from a mistake and then recover by implementing that new knowledge?

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When life gives you lemons, make Halloween costumes

We all have problems. We all have things we wish we could change but can't. And we certainly all have stress. But sometimes within those situations we can find a bit of humor, and that can make the challenges a little easier to endure.
Josh's Halloween Costumes →

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Leadership is putting yourself in their boot

Josh's first ski instructor had two legs, but he took off a ski and balanced on one leg to give Josh an example to follow. Whether you are a business leader, a community leader, or a student leader, that's an illustration of how to be effective: put yourself in their boot. And leave a trail they can follow.

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Collaboration doubles our resources

For years, Josh accumulated a box of unused left shoes. Then he met his solemate, Stephen, an amputee missing the opposite leg. Now Josh and Stephen exchange shoes and each have twice as many as before. Likewise, when we collaborate with co-workers and with other divisions, we all end up with more.

 
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Custom Built keynotes

Whether it’s ten people in a boardroom or 10,000 in an arena, Josh writes a bespoke speech that weaves his story together with the story of your organization. He actually attends your entire event, sitting in on general sessions, chatting with attendees and studying your culture so he can:

 
 
 

Reinforce your leadership team's key messages from previous sessions


Interact with individual audience members by name from on stage


Choose anecdotes from his life that support your theme


 

Speak naturally in the nomenclature and acronyms of your industry


Refer to inside jokes and events from prior days of the conference


Teach 1mt1mt's that will be relevant and actionable for your audience

 
 
Inspires and awes his audiences with his true life experiences. He is a must for your next meeting!
— Vinnie Tracey, President, RE/MAX International
highlight of the event. You connected in such a meaningful way.
— Brittany Conant, Senior HR Business Partner, HP
captivates everyone in the audience with his positive attitude and true life stories.
— Meeting Planner and HR Specialist, boeing