Thursday, February 11 • 8:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m. – FREE
J.R. Martinez is an actor, best-selling author, motivational speaker and wounded U.S. Army veteran. His life path has been incredible, and even a bit improbable. Once a high school football player from a small town in Georgia, the only son of a single mother who emigrated from El Salvador, he proudly joined the Army in 2002 as a way to give back to the country that had already given so much to him and his family.
In 2003, while deployed in Iraq, Martinez's Humvee hit a roadside bomb. He suffered smoke inhalation and severe burns to 34% of his body, and spent almost three years in recovery. During his recovery, a nurse asked him to speak to another burn patient; when Martinez realized the positive impact he had on that man, he decided to use his own experiences to help others.
In this inspiring Keynote, Martinez, author of New York Times best-selling book Full of Heart: My Story of Survival, Strength and Spirit, will share his life story, and what he discovered he was capable of achieving when faced with tough and unexpected challenges. He'll inspire you to:
- Accelerate your personal success into 3-D: desire, dedication and discipline
- Face challenges, recover from setbacks and find new opportunities in your personal and professional life
- Adjust your dream or vision, and even create entirely new goals, in the face of adversity
- Set short- and long-term goals, stay motivated and develop the perseverance to achieve those goals
- Stay open-minded to new opportunities, and remain fluid enough to respond to unexpected circumstances
- Learn to “unvictimize” and become a true leader in your business and your life
- Work with different types of people and build a team environment based on respect
By focusing on shorter-term goals and keeping optimism (and even humor) at the forefront, Martinez teaches that one's entire outlook and perspective can be transformed. His message – "We’re all stronger and more resilient than we think" – will help you to become more than what you can envision, in both your personal and professional life.
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About J.R. Martinez
J.R. Martinez is an actor, bestselling author, motivational speaker, advocate, and wounded U.S. Army veteran. But perhaps most significantly, he is an inspiration. After high school, Martinez joined the army, was deployed to Iraq, and while driving, hit a roadside bomb. He was trapped inside, where he suffered smoke inhalation and severe burns to 34 percent of his body. During his recovery, a nurse asked him to speak to a burn patient, who had become withdrawn. After a brief visit, J.R. realized that he had a positive impact on this patient and decided to use his own experiences to help others. Martinez has since become a highly sought-after motivational speaker. He has spoken to troops at various bases around the world, as well as to such groups as the Clinton Global Initiative, the Red Cross, and dozens of universities, non-profits, and Fortune 500 companies.
J.R. starred in All My Children, was named the Season 13 champion on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, can currently be seen on SAF3, has guest starred on Army Wives, and has been featured on many shows, such as Oprah, 60 Minutes, Ellen, The View, The Tonight Show, Good Morning America, CBS Nightly News, and on CNN, Fox, HLN, and Univision. He's also been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, The New York Times, and US Veterans Magazine, was featured on the cover of People Magazine in their annual "Sexiest Man Alive" issue and was named one of People's "Most Intriguing People" of 2011.
J.R. Martinez is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, Full of Heart: My Story of Survival, Strength, and Spirit. He's also very passionate about dedicating his time to non-profits; he serves as a spokesperson for Operation Finally Home, as well as for the Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors, Glasswing International, Free the Children, the Viscardi Center, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA.)
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Meet and Greet with J.R. Martinez
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