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Anthony Trucks

Anthony Trucks

Keynote Speaker: Former NFL Football Player, Entrepreneur, Foster Child, International Speaker, Author, Success Coach, Competitor on American Ninja Warrior & Podcast Host

Anthony Trucks Biography

Anthony Trucks is a former Foster Child, NFL Football Player, Competitor on American Ninja Warrior, Author, and Identity Shift Coach. From foster care to the NFL, to successful business owner, Trucks has accomplished what statistics would say is impossible.

But it didn’t start out that way. At the age of three years old he was placed into the foster care system where he remained until age 14, when he was adopted by a poor, all-white family. In high school he set a challenging and lofty goal for himself …making the varsity football team. Hard work and determination lead to Trucks not only making the team but being offered a full ride scholarship to the University of Oregon and ultimately going pro in the NFL.

A fluke shoulder injury sent his NFL dreams crashing down just as quickly as they’d come. Drawing on what he had learned in childhood, Trucks realized that he had to pivot and pivot quickly.

With a degree in kinesiology, Trucks decided to open his own gym. However, it wasn’t long before Trucks found himself run down with a struggling business and a personal life that was suffering as well.

A conversation with a friend reminded Trucks that others viewed him as an inspiration and a hero because, despite the odds, he always overcame. In that moment, Trucks began to think, “what if I could be an inspiration for others?” It occurred to Trucks that the gap between his current situation and his desired outcome wasn’t a method, a secret marketing strategy, or anything like that. What was missing, was within.

Trucks once again put in the work. He spent years researching, practicing, and essentially rewiring his brain on a deep psychological level to achieve the necessary changes to become the person he wanted to be. Little by little, he slowly became a well oiled “shift making” machine.

Now it is Trucks’s passion and life’s mission to pass along the knowledge that took him 30+ years to learn. As the founder of “Dark Work” and creator of the “Dark Work Experience” Trucks teaches people how to access the power of their identity through Dark Work, tap into their full potential, and Make Shift Happen!”

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Anthony Trucks Speaking Topics

Make Shift Happen

How To Up Your Game & Elevate Your Success In Life

Ideal Audience: Corporate and General Audiences and can be tailored for Leadership, Sales, and your Specific Industry

Value: Increase personal productivity for yourself and your employees which leads to more bottom-line effectiveness, efficiency, and income.

Whether it’s to raise the bar and access success at work, start a business, become an author, or reach the top of Mt. Everest, we all have big goals in life. But many of us spend more time talking about the things we want to do, than actually doing them. Yet every day we’re surrounded by people who achieve really big goals. From executives to entrepreneurs to athletes, we all have someone we admire for the elite level of success they’ve achieved. But why were they so successful, when so many of us fall short of our goals time after time?

As a former NFL football player, American Ninja Warrior, and successful entrepreneur, Anthony Trucks knows it takes an incredible amount of work to achieve big goals and elite levels of success. But many times, there are necessary “shifts” standing between what we want to achieve and what we believe we’re actually capable of achieving. Anthony believes these “identity shifts” are the KEY to reaching our goals, because they unleash the amount of effort, we put toward achieving them.

In this insightful and engaging program, Anthony shares how we can make the “shifts” that will skyrocket us to achieving our biggest goals. Learn the three core “shift stages” — See, Shift, and Sustain — and how elite performers use them to reach higher levels of success in their career, their relationships, and in life. Get ready to Make Shift Happen!

Takeaways: In this program, you’ll learn...

  • How our beliefs are linked to our behavior and how we perform each day
  • What an “identity shift” is and how it’s either keeping you from, or accelerating you towards, achieving your biggest goals in life
  • The 3 “Shift Stages” and how they influence whether we achieve our goals - or not How to use the “Create Creates” method to achieve long-term success
  • How to develop habits that help make achieving your goal easier

Dark Work Wins

How to Optimize Your Identity For Peak Performance

Ideal Audience: Corporate, Entrepreneurs, Athletes, and General Audiences and can be tailored for Leadership, Sales, and your Specific Industry

Value: Elevate yourself and your team's personal power, skill sets, and conviction to WIN, which leads to more impact, income, and limitless success.

Everyone has a desire to access their next level of success in life, but it’s hindered by an unseen force holding them back. An inability to apply relentless pressure towards their dream and achieve it at all costs. Champions win not only because they have worked hard, but because they have outworked their competition and instilled a deeply rooted conviction to compete. They will die before they let someone who hasn’t worked as hard as them beat them.

It’s the work they’ve done in the dark that allows them to shine in the light.

As a former foster kid turned NFL football player, American Ninja Warrior, and successful entrepreneur, Anthony Trucks is an anomaly by any statistic and the only way he was able to shine in the light is because of his “Dark Work Experiences” that molded him, hardened him, and built up Dark Work Energy that fields his passion to succeed and shine in the light.

Most people want to “shine” without doing what’s necessary to earn it, and they find themselves falling short of their potential for a lifetime. Anthony believes that when you finally understand the power of a Dark Work Experience, and how to properly and intentionally put yourself through one, you’ll find the “hidden in plain sight” secret to unlimited success in absolutely any area of your life.

In this powerful and soul shaking program, Anthony shares how we can “Do The Dark Work” that will allow us to compete with conviction to shine our brightest in the light.

Learn the three phases of a “Dark Work Experience” — Respect The Shine, Do The Dark Work, and Emerge — and how world class achievers utilize them to access levels of success in their career, their relationships, and in life that 99% of people never experience. It’s time to do the work in the dark so NO ONE can take what is yours in the light!

Takeaways: In this program, you’ll learn...

  • How our skill sets, and brazenness to deploy our skill sets, are only developed in the dark The positive power, and critical need, of Dark Energy and how to tap into it at just the right moments
  • What a “Dark Work Experience” is and how to do one on demand, not just when crap hits the fan
  • How to “Define Your Shine” so you curate a vision that’s magnetic to your soul
  • Learn the single question you must ask yourself multiple times a day to tap into your Dark Energy and fuel your success

Anthony Trucks Videos

3 Things You Need To Know: Anthony Trucks & Embracing the Shift
Former NFL Player's Story is For Anyone Who Feels Overwhelmed ...
Anthony Trucks: "Identity Shift - Making Success Your Second ...

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What topics does Anthony Trucks speak about?

Anthony Trucks is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Overcoming Adversity, Personal Growth, Sports, Football, Authors, Athlete, Television & Film, Business, Finance, Motivational, Virtual Speakers, Social Activism, Diversity, Black Heritage, Sales, Human Resources, Family & Parenting, Mental Health, Psychology and Happiness.

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Anthony Trucks generally travels from Walnut Creek, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.

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Anthony Trucks is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Overcoming Adversity, Personal Growth and Sports. The estimated speaking fee range to book Anthony Trucks for live events is $20,000 - $30,000, and for virtual events $10,000 - $20,000. Anthony Trucks generally travels from Walnut Creek, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Eric Boles, Joe Theismann and Rudy Ruettiger. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Anthony Trucks for an upcoming event.

Anthony Trucks Speaking Topics

  • Make Shift Happen

    How To Up Your Game & Elevate Your Success In Life

    Ideal Audience: Corporate and General Audiences and can be tailored for Leadership, Sales, and your Specific Industry

    Value: Increase personal productivity for yourself and your employees which leads to more bottom-line effectiveness, efficiency, and income.

    Whether it’s to raise the bar and access success at work, start a business, become an author, or reach the top of Mt. Everest, we all have big goals in life. But many of us spend more time talking about the things we want to do, than actually doing them. Yet every day we’re surrounded by people who achieve really big goals. From executives to entrepreneurs to athletes, we all have someone we admire for the elite level of success they’ve achieved. But why were they so successful, when so many of us fall short of our goals time after time?

    As a former NFL football player, American Ninja Warrior, and successful entrepreneur, Anthony Trucks knows it takes an incredible amount of work to achieve big goals and elite levels of success. But many times, there are necessary “shifts” standing between what we want to achieve and what we believe we’re actually capable of achieving. Anthony believes these “identity shifts” are the KEY to reaching our goals, because they unleash the amount of effort, we put toward achieving them.

    In this insightful and engaging program, Anthony shares how we can make the “shifts” that will skyrocket us to achieving our biggest goals. Learn the three core “shift stages” — See, Shift, and Sustain — and how elite performers use them to reach higher levels of success in their career, their relationships, and in life. Get ready to Make Shift Happen!

    Takeaways: In this program, you’ll learn...

    • How our beliefs are linked to our behavior and how we perform each day
    • What an “identity shift” is and how it’s either keeping you from, or accelerating you towards, achieving your biggest goals in life
    • The 3 “Shift Stages” and how they influence whether we achieve our goals - or not How to use the “Create Creates” method to achieve long-term success
    • How to develop habits that help make achieving your goal easier

  • Dark Work Wins

    How to Optimize Your Identity For Peak Performance

    Ideal Audience: Corporate, Entrepreneurs, Athletes, and General Audiences and can be tailored for Leadership, Sales, and your Specific Industry

    Value: Elevate yourself and your team's personal power, skill sets, and conviction to WIN, which leads to more impact, income, and limitless success.

    Everyone has a desire to access their next level of success in life, but it’s hindered by an unseen force holding them back. An inability to apply relentless pressure towards their dream and achieve it at all costs. Champions win not only because they have worked hard, but because they have outworked their competition and instilled a deeply rooted conviction to compete. They will die before they let someone who hasn’t worked as hard as them beat them.

    It’s the work they’ve done in the dark that allows them to shine in the light.

    As a former foster kid turned NFL football player, American Ninja Warrior, and successful entrepreneur, Anthony Trucks is an anomaly by any statistic and the only way he was able to shine in the light is because of his “Dark Work Experiences” that molded him, hardened him, and built up Dark Work Energy that fields his passion to succeed and shine in the light.

    Most people want to “shine” without doing what’s necessary to earn it, and they find themselves falling short of their potential for a lifetime. Anthony believes that when you finally understand the power of a Dark Work Experience, and how to properly and intentionally put yourself through one, you’ll find the “hidden in plain sight” secret to unlimited success in absolutely any area of your life.

    In this powerful and soul shaking program, Anthony shares how we can “Do The Dark Work” that will allow us to compete with conviction to shine our brightest in the light.

    Learn the three phases of a “Dark Work Experience” — Respect The Shine, Do The Dark Work, and Emerge — and how world class achievers utilize them to access levels of success in their career, their relationships, and in life that 99% of people never experience. It’s time to do the work in the dark so NO ONE can take what is yours in the light!

    Takeaways: In this program, you’ll learn...

    • How our skill sets, and brazenness to deploy our skill sets, are only developed in the dark The positive power, and critical need, of Dark Energy and how to tap into it at just the right moments
    • What a “Dark Work Experience” is and how to do one on demand, not just when crap hits the fan
    • How to “Define Your Shine” so you curate a vision that’s magnetic to your soul
    • Learn the single question you must ask yourself multiple times a day to tap into your Dark Energy and fuel your success

Anthony Trucks Videos

3 Things You Need To Know: Anthony Trucks & Embracing the Shift
Former NFL Player's Story is For Anyone Who Feels Overwhelmed ...
Anthony Trucks: "Identity Shift - Making Success Your Second ...

Anthony Trucks Reviews

  • The challenge was to hire someone who could engage all levels and ages of our attorneys, and Anthony did just that. He was absolutely incredible, and such a professional, well-spoken and thoughtful presenter. We couldn't be happier with our experience!
    Michelman & Robinson, LLP - May 10 2023

  • Anthony was friendly, accommodating, and wonderful to work with. He had a very professional yet fun and lively stage presence.
    Unknown - Jan 17 2023

  • Capital One Services, LLC - Dec 13 2022

  • Anthony Trucks was the ideal candidate for the Youth Mental Health Symposium!
    Hope for Depression Research Foundation (HDRF) - Oct 18 2022

  • Motivation Excellence, Inc. o/b/o Alera Group - Mar 30 2022

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