Anne makes you feel like you can do anything. I was so inspired after listening to her speak.
- Tami, CSC attendee, October 2023.
Anne Mahlum: Your Motivational Speaker
Hi there! I’m Anne and I want you to know that you’re not destined to live small if you don’t want to. The operative word being “if.” We all have our own set of circumstances, trauma disadvantages and advantages, some more than others. We can blame and discredit others, and we can victimize ourselves, but until we realize the only person who loses when we do that is us… life will continue to be so much harder than it has to be.
There is another option to consider and that is to empower ourselves, no matter what. To work through our pain. To harness our talents and skills. To learn. To show up. To bet on ourselves. To pick ourselves up again and again and again. To keep shooting even if you’ve missed the first three shots. The road will be harder for some than others, but the playing field isn’t level or fair – it never has been and it never will be.
It’s simple really. Those who understand and accept they have a choice – no matter what – will find the tools to compete. Those who don’t, won’t.
A Sought-After Keynote Speaker for Top Organizations
Empowering Talks for Every Audience
Anne Mahlum has spoken at over 120 events in the last 11 years to audiences of all sizes, including the Million Dollar Round Table, TEDx, corporate events, academic institutions, conferences, and women’s events on a variety of topics, such as:
- How to Live Life on Your Own Terms
- How to Start, Build and Scale Your Company
- Leadership
- Entrepreneurship
- Being Bold
- Finding Your Happiness
- Social Change
- Women’s Empowerment
My Formula for Success
- I play a game I know I can win. I focus on highlighting my strengths and I don’t worry about my weaknesses.
- There is more than one right answer. Over-analyzing is paralyzing.
- Don’t waste time on things that don’t move the needle in your life.
- Make decisions quickly, not recklessly, quickly.
- Always work backwards from your goal and anything that doesn’t support that goal shouldn’t get your energy.
- The most important skill you can learn is how to play a bigger game, otherwise your life, your business, your relationship, your finances, your health all stay the same. The only way to continue to win is to continue to elevate.
- I always lead with possibility, opportunity, and optimism. I NEVER let fear take the wheel.
- There is no such thing as bad fuel. Use your pain to your advantage.
- I love comparing myself to others I admire because they always remind me what’s possible.
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Anne’s Story
Anne Mahlum is an American entrepreneur, motivational speaker, experienced CEO, investor, advisor, philanthropist and athlete. She is extremely passionate about empowering people how to live life on their own terms.
Growing up in a small town in North Dakota, little in Anne’s childhood indicated she would one day be a two-time founder, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and thought leader. Through sheer grit and determination, she built her net worth of $100 million by building her successful businesses, [solidcore] and Back on My Feet, from scratch.