Dan Clark Biography

Dan Clark is President/CEO of the international communications and high-performance consulting firm, Clark Success Systems. He is also a New York Times best-selling author, award-winning athlete, professor, adventurer, journalist, gold-record songwriter and recording artist, philanthropist, and one of the most sought after speakers on the platform today. Achievers North America and Achievers Europe unanimously named Clark one of the Top Ten Speakers in the World, and, in 2005, he was inducted into the National Speakers Association Hall of Fame for his mastery in seven areas of speaking excellence: originality of material; uniqueness of style; experience; delivery technique; client and peer image; reputation and professional integrity; and ability to relate to an audience.

Described as “a master motivator with an extraordinary intellect,” Clark is leading an international movement to teach organizations how to transform themselves from being successful to having significance. While others preach, “think outside the box,” Clark asks, “what if the answers are still in the box?” While successful individuals seek change from the outside in, have an obsession with what’s impressive, focus on fame and fortune, and get what they want, Clark teaches that individuals and organizations who achieve significance seek to become more of who they already are, have an obsession with what’s important, focus on purposes instead of just setting goals, and want what they get.

Having fought his way back from a paralyzing injury that cut short his American football career, Clark’s unique and comprehensive understanding of how to get from where we are to where we want to be ignited a desire in him to share his revolutionary insights with the world.

Clark has had the honor of presenting his ideas at the Festival of Thinkers in Abu Dhabi, UAE, to the general assembly of the United Nations World Congress, to the senior leadership of the United States military, and to US/Coalition combat troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Africa. He has spoken to over 4,500 audiences, in all 50 states, in 50 countries, having been invited to share his innovative and counter-intuitive views on significance, leadership, resiliency, increasing productivity, building team unity, and exceeding internal and external customer expectations with many of the world’s most significant organizations including Apple, NASA, Honeywell, Marriott Hotels, Delta Airlines, Troon Golf, and the Mayo Clinic.

As a prolific writer, Clark is a New York Times best-selling author of 20 books, and a primary contributing author to the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, where he has been published in more than 40 million books in 40 languages worldwide. His story “Puppies for Sale” was made into an award-winning film at Paramount Studios starring Jack Lemmon.

As an adventurer, Clark has soared to the edge of space in a U2 Spy Plane, flown fighter jets with the Air Force Thunderbirds, flown over Baghdad at 100 feet, and 100 mph in a Black Hawk helicopter, raced automobiles at Nurburgring, raced dog sleds in the arctic (spending the night in an igloo at 60 degrees below zero), won an America’s Cup Class sailboat race in the Pacific, and carried the Olympic Torch in the 2002 Winter Games.

Also a philanthropic patriot, Clark serves on the International Board of Governors of Operation Smile, and with the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force on his National Civic Leaders Board.

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