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  • Childhood cancer to Paralympian

  • 1+ billion viral views

  • Emmy-winning Apple TV+ show

 

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Adaptive Resilience: One More Thing, One More Time

Josh Sundquist is a Paralympian, bestselling author, and Emmy-winning Apple TV+ storyteller whose videos have generated over 1 billion video views. He inspires audiences to live by his mantra 1MT1MT (One More Thing, One More Time).

Your attendees will leave energized and equipped to:

  • Foster forward-thinking amid market volatility

  • Rebound from disappointment

  • Do one more thing to embrace transformation

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

 
 
 
 

navigate change with hope and humor

Josh collaborates closely with your planning team to customize each keynote to your audience, event theme, and company culture. He blends clean stand-up comedy with soulful storytelling and research-backed takeaways. Hilarious audience interactions are punctuated by moments of profound reflection. It’s a roller-coaster experience of laughter, insight, and inspiration.

 
 
 

A Mindset That Ignites TEAM Performance

Audiences leave with renewed resolve to overcome both personal and professional challenges. They gain a fresh perspective on grit, gratitude, and potential. Josh's message of 1MT1MT becomes a lasting internal mantra. Months and even years later, attendees quote the keynote and applying its lessons with their teams. It’s an experience 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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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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moments they’ll remember

You Only Strike Out When You Quit

Weeks after his amputation, nine-year-old Josh kept swinging through twenty strikes before landing a hit—a metaphor for the perseverance it takes to succeed.

Josh playing baseball after amputation

Support Is a Team Sport

When Josh was diagnosed, 18 friends threw a head-shaving party in his honor—a powerful reminder that real teams show up for each other when it counts.

Josh’s friends shaving their heads in solidarity

Change Is Our Chance to Grow

After losing his soccer dreams, Josh learned to ski and eventually became a Paralympian. Proof that disruption can be the start of transformation.

Josh racing for Team USA after cancer

Turn Constraints Into Creativity

Josh's viral Halloween costumes demonstrate how teams can unlock standout ideas by reframing their perspectives.

Josh’s one-legged Halloween costume
 
 
 
 
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TRULY Custom-Built keynotes

Josh arrives early, immerses himself in your sessions, then rewrites his speech overnight so that when he takes the stage, your people hear their own story woven into his.

 

Speak your language

Industry acronyms, inside jokes, even yesterday’s slide memes.

 

Reinforce your message

Tie leadership themes straight into the narrative.

 
 
 
 

Surprise by name

Shout-outs to attendees who made headlines onsite.

 
 

“He spoke our lingo, recited our catch-phrases, knew our leadership structure, and understood details about our clients and services. We felt like he was part of the company.”
—Will Raymond, Production Manager, GM Financial

 
 

From Keynote to Daily Practice

The 1MT1MT Framework helps your team apply Josh’s message long after the event.

It’s a simple cycle: Clarify purpose. Take one step. Reflect. Repeat.

It transforms inspiration into consistent action. Adaptive resilience becomes a sustainable habit.

 

 
Your keynote was the highlight of the event. You spoke our workstation language and tied perfectly into our theme—proof you did the homework.
— Brittany Conant, Senior HR Business Partner, HP
 
 
 
 
Other speakers give canned talks. Josh sat in the day before, grabbed our business context, and wove it in seamlessly—we’re over the moon.
— Wade Shows, Director of L&OD, Kaiser Permanente
 
 
More than 7,000 people heard Josh speak at our annual management conference. A miracle himself, Josh inspired us to make the most of our own lives
— Mary Sammons, CEO, Rite Aid