Signature Keynote by Brandon DesJarlais
Finding Fearless
A high-energy keynote that helps audiences turn fear into clarity, composure, courage, and forward motion.
From high-speed fear to human connection
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Founder of Beyond the Board
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Hollywood Stunt Performer
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Host of Keep Pushing Podcast
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World championship downhill skateboard competitor
Most people are not stuck because they lack potential.
They are stuck because fear has quietly become the decision-maker.
Fear is sneaky. It does not always show up as panic. Sometimes it looks like overthinking. Sometimes it looks like perfectionism. Sometimes it looks like being “realistic” when the truth is, we are avoiding the thing we know we need to face.
In uncertain seasons, people often wait for confidence before they act. Teams hesitate. Leaders second-guess. Students play small. Creators and entrepreneurs sit on ideas too long. Good people with big potential start building their lives around what might go wrong.
Finding Fearless helps audiences see fear more clearly, so it stops running the room.
This keynote is built for audiences who are:
Navigating change, uncertainty, or transition
Waiting to feel ready before taking action
Overthinking the next step
Struggling to trust themselves under pressure
Avoiding risk, discomfort, or honest conversations
Craving more courage, connection, and momentum
Finding Fearless gives people a way forward.
Finding Fearless helps audiences understand fear as information, not a stop sign.
Brandon teaches a practical framework for moving through fear with more clarity, better preparation, steadier composure, and courageous action. The goal is not reckless confidence. The goal is wise courage.
The kind of courage that helps people speak up, make the move, start the project, ask for help, tell the truth, or take the next step they have been avoiding.
“Courage is not something we wait to feel. It is something we practice.”
What your audience will take with them
Finding Fearless is designed to leave audiences with more than a temporary burst of inspiration. It gives them language, tools, and a personal challenge they can carry back into their work, relationships, leadership, and daily decisions.
Takeaway Cards
A new relationship with fear
Audiences learn to see fear as a signal they can listen to, not a wall they have to obey.
A practical framework for courageous action
The 4C framework gives people a simple way to move from hesitation to action.
More self-trust under pressure
Brandon helps audiences understand how to stay grounded when uncertainty rises.
A clearer sense of what matters
Fear gets easier to face when people know what they are moving toward and why it matters.
A shared language for teams and communities
Finding Fearless gives groups a common way to talk about courage, discomfort, risk, and growth.
Momentum that starts immediately
Audiences leave with a specific next step, not just a nice idea.
The Finding Fearless Framework
A simple, practical path from fear to forward motion.
Fear becomes less overwhelming when people have a structure for working with it.
The Finding Fearless framework is built around four moves: Clarity, Calculation, Composure, and Courage. Together, they help people slow down, assess what is real, regulate pressure, and take the next brave step.
1. Clarity
Before you can face fear, you have to understand what it is pointing toward.
Clarity helps people name what they want, why it matters, what is in the way, and what fear is trying to protect. Without clarity, fear gets vague. And vague fear tends to grow.
3. Composure
When pressure rises, fear can hijack the body before the mind has a chance to lead.
Composure helps people stay steady in the moment. It gives them tools to pause, breathe, regulate, and make cleaner decisions when the stakes feel high.
2. Calculation
Courage without calculation can become recklessness.
Calculation helps people assess risk honestly, prepare wisely, and separate real danger from emotional discomfort. It is the difference between being all-in and being careless.
4. Courage
Courage is the moment where preparation becomes action.
It is not waiting until fear disappears. It is choosing to move with fear in the room. Courage is the step, the conversation, the decision, the leap, the truth, or the commitment that moves life forward.
The goal is not to become fearless because you never feel fear.
The goal is to become fearless because fear no longer gets the final vote.
Why Brandon?
Because this message was not built in a boardroom. It was built on roads, in community, and through real life.
Brandon DesJarlais learned courage through motion.
As a kid, fear often felt close. Growing up around instability, addiction, anger, and uncertainty, he learned what it felt like to shrink, stay quiet, and scan the room for what might go wrong.
Then he found longboarding.
What started as a way to move through the world became a way to move through fear. Downhill racing forced Brandon to make high-consequence decisions at high speed. Competing, traveling, falling, getting back up, and skating around the world taught him that fear was not something to avoid forever. It was something to understand, respect, and move with.
But over time, his definition of courage changed.
It was not just bombing hills, racing at 70 miles per hour, or doing stunts for movies. It was telling the truth. Asking for help. Building community. Letting people see the messy parts. Creating spaces where others could feel brave enough to show up as themselves.
That realization became the heart of Finding Fearless.
Today, Brandon brings together the energy of an athlete, the vulnerability of a storyteller, and the practical wisdom of a community-builder. His message is simple:
You do not need to wait until you feel fearless to begin.
You become fearless by moving forward with intention, support, and courage.
Best-fit audiences
Finding Fearless is built for people and teams standing at the edge of something uncertain. It works especially well for audiences who need a reset, a spark, a shared language, or a reminder that they are capable of more than fear has allowed them to believe.
This keynote is a strong fit for:
Leadership conferences
Team offsites
Sales kickoffs
Company retreats
Student leadership events
University programs
Association conferences
Nonprofit events
Community-focused gatherings
Creator, brand, and culture events
Wellness and personal development events
Mission-driven organizations
It is especially relevant for audiences navigating change, burnout, uncertainty, reinvention, self-doubt, or a need for renewed momentum.
Speaking formats
Finding Fearless can be delivered as a standalone keynote or adapted into a deeper experience depending on your event goals, audience size, and format.
Signature Keynote
45 to 60 minutes
A powerful, story-driven keynote built around the Finding Fearless framework. Best for conferences, company events, leadership gatherings, school programs, and association events.
Keynote + Q&A
60 to 75 minutes
A keynote followed by audience questions or a moderated conversation. Best for groups that want more interaction and practical application.
Fireside Chat
30 to 60 minutes
A more conversational format exploring courage, reinvention, community-building, risk, resilience, and Brandon’s personal story.
Workshop or Breakout
60 to 120 minutes
A more interactive session where participants apply the Finding Fearless framework to real decisions, goals, conversations, or challenges in their lives and work.
Live Podcast-Style Conversation
30 to 75 minutes
A live interview-style experience inspired by Brandon’s Keep Pushing podcast. Best for events that want a more intimate, honest, and conversational format.
Not sure which format fits best? Start with the keynote. From there, Brandon can help shape the experience around your audience.
Go deeper into the ideas behind Finding Fearless
Brandon’s podcast, Keep Pushing, explores the same themes at the heart of Finding Fearless: courage, vulnerability, reinvention, identity, leadership, community, failure, and the messy process of becoming who we are meant to be.
Through honest conversations with athletes, creators, leaders, and everyday people rebuilding their lives, Keep Pushing gives audiences another way to connect with Brandon’s message before or after an event.
Featured conversations
Aaron Gambel on rock bottom, fatherhood, and choosing to stay
Travis Brewer on fear, injury, and rebuilding after life changes
Garrett Gentle on character, values, and becoming the kind of person people can count on
Watch/Listen to Keep Pushing on Spotify
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What people say after working with Brandon
Brandon’s work connects because it is energetic, honest, and deeply human. Whether he is speaking from a stage, leading a workshop, hosting a retreat, or building community in the streets, his gift is helping people feel more awake, more connected, and more willing to take the next brave step.
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Built for the room, not pulled off a shelf
Every audience is different. Brandon does not treat Finding Fearless like a canned speech dropped into a random room.
Before each event, Brandon works to understand who will be in the audience, what they are navigating, and what you want people to walk away with. The keynote can be customized for corporate teams, students, leaders, founders, creators, nonprofit communities, and mission-driven organizations.
Planners can expect:
A pre-event discovery call
Clear communication before the event
A keynote tailored to your audience and event theme
Optional Q&A, fireside chat, or workshop add-on
Audience engagement that feels natural, not forced
A speaker who brings energy, heart, and professionalism
Availability for photos, meet-and-greets, or post-event connection when schedule allows
The goal is not just to deliver a great talk.
The goal is to help your audience leave with something they can actually use.
Frequently asked questions
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The keynote is typically 45 to 60 minutes. It can also be adapted for shorter programs, longer sessions, or keynote plus Q&A formats.
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Yes. Brandon customizes the keynote based on your audience, event theme, goals, and the moment your group is navigating.
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Finding Fearless works well for leadership conferences, team offsites, sales kickoffs, student leadership programs, universities, associations, nonprofits, and mission-driven organizations.
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Yes. Brandon can offer a deeper workshop or breakout session built around the Finding Fearless framework. This works especially well for teams or groups that want practical application after the keynote.
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Yes. Finding Fearless can be delivered virtually, in person, or in a hybrid format.
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Yes. The message works especially well for students navigating identity, confidence, fear, leadership, change, and the pressure to figure out their future.
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Yes. Brandon’s background in community-building and nonprofit work makes Finding Fearless a strong fit for mission-driven organizations. Select reduced-fee opportunities may be available depending on the event, audience, and alignment.
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Start by filling out the inquiry form with your event details. From there, Brandon or his team will follow up to learn more about your audience, goals, date, location, and format.
Ready to bring Finding Fearless to your audience?
If your event needs more courage, connection, and forward motion, Brandon brings a keynote experience that is personal, practical, and built to move people.
Finding Fearless helps audiences stop waiting for fear to disappear and start taking the next brave step with more clarity, composure, and courage.
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