There is no hid­ing Mark Eaton’s height and pres­ence when he enters a room. At sev­en feet four inch­es tall most peo­ple nat­u­ral­ly assume he played bas­ket­ball. What many don’t know is that Mark only played 3 min­utes in his entire high school bas­ket­ball career. He hat­ed bas­ket­ball. As an inspi­ra­tional speak­er Mark talks about how he made the unusu­al jour­ney from being a 21 year old auto mechan­ic who couldn’t play bas­ket­ball to a two-time NBA defen­sive play­er of the year and an NBA All-Star.

Being an inspi­ra­tional speak­er allows Mark to share his per­son­al sto­ry of growth and com­mit­ment with indi­vid­u­als and indus­try lead­ers across the nation. While some know peo­ple know Mark is a two time NBA defen­sive play­er of the year and a for­mer NBA All Star, most prob­a­bly don’t know that after high school Mark want­ed noth­ing to do with bas­ket­ball what­so­ev­er.

Look­ing back Mark says he nev­er would have dreamed he would go from some­one who didn’t want to see anoth­er bas­ket­ball to becom­ing an NBA All Star. He attrib­ut­es his suc­cess to com­mit­ment, pas­sion for hard work, com­mu­ni­ca­tion and team suc­cess. These char­ac­ter­is­tics and more are what helped Mark achieve high goals both as a pro­fes­sion­al ath­lete and as an inspi­ra­tional speak­er. These are also some of the top­ics he shares in his inspir­ing speech.

In the world of pro­fes­sion­al ath­let­ics it is said that the most pros­per­ous ath­letes are the ones who are in the gym before the lights turn on and who refuse to leave before the job is done. In the world of sports that job is to improve at your craft. As an inspi­ra­tional speak­er it is Mark’s job to show cor­po­rate lead­ers and their teams that this same prin­ci­ple applies to the board­room and to the office.

The work­place may be dif­fer­ent but the prin­ci­ples still apply. Few things look bet­ter to a boss than an employ­ee who works longer and hard­er than the bare min­i­mum they are asked to do.  Being an inspi­ra­tional speak­er allows Mark to spread this prin­ci­ple to cor­po­ra­tions and their influ­en­tial mem­bers.

The prin­ci­ple of hard work is exact­ly what helped Mark achieve the high­est lev­el of pros­per­i­ty both as a pro­fes­sion­al ath­lete and as an inspi­ra­tional speak­er. While sit­ting at the end of the bench at UCLA, Mark con­tin­ued to work on his skills day in and day out until he was able to try out for an NBA team. As an inspi­ra­tional speak­er he works around the clock to keep his speak­ing skills honed at all times. These skills allow him to teach oth­ers how to con­sis­tent­ly play at the top of their game, how to build the trust and loy­al­ty and the secret to estab­lish­ing an inspir­ing, ener­giz­ing and har­mo­nious work envi­ron­ment

Mark’s speak­ing pro­grams help you iden­ti­fy the one thing that will make you out­stand­ing and dis­cov­er the secret to endur­ing and prof­itable rela­tion­ships. To hear more of his inspi­ra­tional sto­ries, book Mark for your next event by call­ing 800–998-7067 or email­ing wecare@7ft4.com