Delivering speeches on resilience, identity, and peak performance.
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Highlights from Ed’s most requested speech
Through gripping personal stories—from street fights to the boxing ring, from addiction to sobriety—Ed equips audiences with tools to face their own battles, make decisive changes, and emerge stronger than ever.
Hard Lessons From The Hurt Business: Four Principles To Make Everlasting Change delivers the following key takeaways:
Ed shows you how to stop wasting energy on things outside your influence and focus on what you can change right now. This shift creates momentum and builds confidence.
- Recognize the difference between controllable and uncontrollable factors
- Redirect wasted effort into actions that create immediate progress
- Apply a physics-based framework for maximizing impact with minimal wasted energy
Lasting change begins with brutal honesty. Ed teaches how to confront the real problem instead of hiding behind excuses or distractions.
- Learn the cost of ignoring reality—and how to pay less by acting early
- Break the cycle of denial and self-sabotage
- Use candid self-assessment to unlock growth and resilience
Ed’s story proves that risk is the price of reward. By investing in yourself—even when resources are scarce—you can transform obstacles into opportunities.
- Discover how to make bold moves that accelerate growth
- Build confidence by taking calculated risks on your potential
- Shift from being a passive player in someone else’s game to creating your own winning odds
Discipline and motivation fade—but identity endures. Ed shows why the fastest way to lasting change is to change who you believe you are.
- Replace self-limiting labels with empowering identities
- Learn why identity shifts outlast willpower and resolutions
- Adopt the mindset of a fighter: someone who acts from strength, not desperation
Audiences leave with a clear, actionable framework:
- Control what you can
- Tell the truth
- Bet on yourself
- Change your identity
Audiences love to hear Ed speak.
His story is a beacon of hope.
Kristen Mitchell
Executive director, Youth Future Shelter Homes
Such an inspiring journey.
Brad Buhanan
Director, Tech Ridge Development
Our group was into it from start to finish. Beyond his speaking talent, Ed was incredibly kind, professional, and easy to work with.
Ryan Hawk
Host of The Learning Leader podcast
Ed inspired me to keep fighting and to ‘bet on myself.’
Trenton Willson
Program coordinator, Utah State University
I especially appreciated how he embraced being on a non-traditional path, earning his degree later in life and proving that perseverance pays off.
James Jackson
Founder, J3 Motivation
Ed’s writing makes me think and has given me plenty of ‘ah-ha’s’ for my business. I highly recommend it.
Marc Mawhinney
Founder, The Coaching Jungle
A masterclass in resilience.
Alyssa DeHart
Executive director, Utah Advocacy Coalition
The entire time he spoke, Ed was in command of the room and the students were wholly absorbed by his words.
Tyler Stillman
Professor, Southern Utah University
It’s a killer newsletter!
Nathan Barry
CEO, Kit
What to expect when you book Ed for your event:
- A well-delivered keynote combining real-world resilience, intellectual depth, and lasting inspiration.
- True presence and engagement before, during, and after the talk.
- An experience tailored to your event and audience. (Want to include a boxing lesson for your team? Ed can do it.)