Motivational Speaker in Portland, OR

As a young boy growing up on a farm, Brad Larsen spent many a hot, summer day on a tractor in the middle of the hay field. On those days (or you could say “While he worked, he would dream of….” just to avoid redundancy), he would dream of gliding across a calm lake on water skis, pulled by a boat. In his dream, as he leaned in to the turn, he would stretch and make one of those big rooster tails like he saw in the movies. Later in life when he had his own boat and had the opportunity to fulfill that dream, he found it wasn’t as easy as it looked. Making those big rooster tails began with making some key decisions. The first time that he was able to get up on a slalom ski, he found himself outside the wave created behind the boat, known as the wake. To a novice water skier like himself, the wake can seem daunting. But to fulfill his dream of making rooster tails, he had to decide to cross the wake. The same is true for everyone! Deciding to cross the wake doesn’t lessen the challenges of water skiing, but with hard work, creativity and optimism, the wake can be conquered. Once the wake is crossed, the big rooster tails, that Dr. Larsen dreamed about as a young boy, can be accomplished. With hard work, optimism and creativity we can mitigate the challenges we face in life, but our dreams can only come true if we make the decision to cross the wake. Dr. Larsen inspires his audiences with his own personal stories of crossing some particularly difficult "wakes" in his life, fulfilling his personal dreams. Audiences are entertained and inspired as he shares his own unique stories in a light hearted, humorous manner.