Hello, I'm Jacob!
As a keynote speaker, best-selling author, and former NFL athlete turned entrepreneur, I’ve made it my mission to empower leaders, teams, and everyday people to embrace failure, lead with resilience, and transform the culture around them. I am blessed to impact and engage with 1,000,000+ lives annually.
Whether I’m on stage or sharing content online, I’m committed to delivering real, practical value - tools you can use to grow your career, overcome fear, lead with purpose, and build stronger relationships at work and at home.
This isn’t just about motivation. It’s about momentum. If you’re ready to step into who you’re truly meant to be, consider this your invitation to fail forward and lead with courage. Let’s do this together!
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In today’s fast-moving world, fear of failure is one of the biggest barriers to innovation, progress, and effective leadership. Jacob, a renowned leadership keynote speaker, helps audiences reframe failure as fuel, not defeat. Blending real-world stories with practical leadership strategies, Jacob challenges teams and leaders to embrace discomfort, take bold action, and build a culture where growth comes from learning, not perfection.
Attendees will walk away with a fresh mindset, tools to lead with resilience through uncertainty, and a powerful framework to create workplaces where failure is normalized, trust is strengthened, and people feel empowered to show up fully. This isn’t just a motivational speech. It’s a mindset shift - built for leaders, teams, and organizations ready to stop playing it safe and start building cultures that win.
Key Audience Takeaways
- Reframe failure as fuel by learning how to use setbacks as stepping stones to innovation and progress.
- Lead through uncertainty with practical tools that strengthen resilience and confidence in high-pressure moments.
- Normalize growth over perfection by creating cultures where learning and experimentation are encouraged.
- Strengthen trust and connection through vulnerability, transparency, and consistent leadership.
- Empower your team to show up fully by fostering an environment where people feel safe to take risks and lead boldly.
Life is filled with pressure, distractions, and constant demands, it’s easy to lose sight of what truly matters. Many individuals go through the motions of life or work without feeling deeply connected to a larger mission. This keynote is a powerful invitation to pause, reflect, and reconnect with your purpose. Jacob takes audiences on a meaningful journey of self-discovery, weaving together powerful stories, life experiences, and practical insights to explore what it truly means to live and lead with purpose. He challenges attendees to look beyond titles, roles, and expectations to uncover the deeper "why" that drives them. Purpose fuels fulfillment, clarity, and resilience.
Attendees will walk away inspired to dig deeper, take intentional action, and craft a life of meaning that impacts everything they touch. When people operate from a place of purpose, they don’t just succeed. They thrive.
Key Audience Takeaways
- Reconnect with your deeper “why” to create clarity, direction, and impact in both life and work.
- Shift from autopilot to intentional living by identifying what truly matters most to you.
- Break free from external expectations and realign with values that lead to lasting fulfillment.
- Build resilience through purpose so you can better navigate pressure, distraction, and uncertainty.
- Take meaningful action to craft a life and career that’s driven by purpose, not just productivity.
While setting goals might seem straightforward, the journey to achieving them is often filled with distractions, setbacks, and self-doubt. In this powerful and engaging workshop, Jacob unpacks what it truly takes to not only set meaningful goals but to chase them down with clarity, courage, and consistency. Drawing from lessons learned in high-stakes environments from professional sports to entrepreneurship, Jacob shares battle-tested strategies for overcoming resistance, staying focused, and building momentum even when motivation runs dry. Participants will learn how to identify what they really want, map out a clear action plan, and develop the mental toughness needed to stay in pursuit. This isn’t just about dreaming big. It’s about doing the work, embracing the hunt, and turning intention into achievement. Whether you're aiming for personal growth, career success, or a major life pivot, this workshop will help you lock in and go after your goals like your life depends on it. Because in many ways, it does.
Key Audience Takeaways
- Learn how to set goals that are meaningful, not just measurable, so you stay connected to what truly matters.
- Build a step-by-step action plan that turns ambition into execution with clarity and confidence.
- Develop the mental toughness to push through resistance, distractions, and moments of doubt.
- Discover high-performance habits used by athletes and entrepreneurs to stay consistent when motivation fades.
- Walk away with a hunter’s mindset - relentless, focused, and committed to finishing what you start.
In this interactive workshop, leaders will explore what it truly means to lead with authenticity, purpose, and alignment. “Leading from the Core” introduces a powerful framework built on personal and organizational values, the guiding principles that shape how we show up and lead others. Using the memorable metaphor of an avocado, Jacob guides participants through a journey from the outer skin to the inner pit, illustrating how real leadership comes from within. Just like each part of the avocado has a purpose, every layer of a leader, skills, mindset, and values - must align for impact. Through stories, reflection, and actionable tools, leaders will learn how to clarify what they stand for, build trust, and lead with conviction. Whether you're managing a team or preparing for the next level, this workshop will help you lead from within and influence everything around you.
Key Audience Takeaways
- Clarify your core values to lead with greater confidence, consistency, and alignment.
- Learn the avocado framework to understand how each layer of leadership, from skill to mindset to purpose, drives real impact.
- Build stronger trust with your team by leading with authenticity, not just authority.
- Reflect on what truly drives you and how that influences your leadership style and decisions.
- Walk away with actionable tools to lead from within and create a values-driven culture that others want
8 Reasons to Book Jacob to Speak
He drives real culture change. Jacob helps teams rethink failure, leadership, and performance to build stronger, healthier workplace cultures.
He’s lived it. Jacob doesn’t just talk about resilience. He’s overcome failure, loss, and setbacks - and brings those lessons to every stage.
He delivers more than motivation. His talks leave people fired up and equipped with real tools to take action and lead better.
He’s a planner’s dream. Easy to work with. Customizes every keynote. Shows up prepared to make your event unforgettable.
He connects fast. Jacob creates instant trust. Audiences feel like he’s speaking with them, not at them.
He makes failure your superpower. Your team will learn how to lead with confidence, even when things go wrong.
He’s trusted by the best. Top brands and Fortune 500s bring Jacob in for a reason.
He creates lasting impact. People don’t just clap. They remember. They change. They grow.
