JOE SIMPSON

Joe Simpson´s Touching the Void, has become one of the all time classics of mountaineering, hailed as an account of psychological, even philosophical witness of the rarest compulsion.

It is a tale of two men thrown into a nightmare of terrifying life and death choices and heartbreaking decisions. It is about agony and terror, courage and weakness. It tells of trust and friendship tested to the very limits of human endurance.

You need no special knowledge of mountain climbing to understand the many inspirational messages to be found in the telling of this powerful human drama.

It is about the triumph of the human spirit, the immense instinct to survive and the innate strength we have within us to succeed.

Content

The appeal of Joe as a speaker is that he tells his story in an unassuming, articulate and often humorous style. He refrains from giving patronising analogies between his exploits and the jobs of the people in the audience, preferring that they draw their own conclusions from the multitude of key messages that are wrapped up in his story. The overriding feeling is one of total amazement and that no matter how tough things may get, there is a way to not only come through it, but to achieve even greater goals.

His presentation deals with many issues that are important in just about every event, and certainly in the lives of every individual. Those of planning, strategy, teamwork, goal setting, leadership, responsibility, motivation and our ability to reach beyond what we thought was possible.

TESTIMONIALS 

"The 200 or so CEO's who attended, universally praised your enthusiasm and passion...the comparisons of your story with the pitfalls of business were clear to everyone. One of many comments from delegates were... 'this is one of the most gripping presentations I have seen (and I've seen plenty), Joe can really make us question how hard did we try and were we really committed."

"Thank you very much for your contribution to Successful Selling 99. Feedback from delegates has been extremely positive. Thanks again for the invaluable role that you played."