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Jim Lawless
Jim Lawless is a renowned UK inspirational speaker specialising in change and personal development.
In 2003, an audience member bet Jim £1 that he could not prove the power of his Ten Rules for Taming Tigers - by becoming a jockey and riding in his first televised race within 12 months. It was a good challenge as he was 3 stone too heavy to be a jockey and couldn't ride a horse. Working with the Ten Rules as his guide, he took delivery of his pound on 22 November 2004 on returning to unsaddle from the…
Jim Lawless is a renowned UK inspirational speaker specialising in change and personal development.
In 2003, an audience member bet Jim £1 that he could not prove the power of his Ten Rules for Taming Tigers - by becoming a jockey and riding in his first televised race within 12 months. It was a good challenge as he was 3 stone too heavy to be a jockey and couldn't ride a horse. Working with the Ten Rules as his guide, he took delivery of his pound on 22 November 2004 on returning to unsaddle from the 12.00 race at Southwell.
Jim's entertaining and practical speeches and workshops give his audiences a new set of possibilities and responsibilities, change their ideas about what they can achieve and send them out excited about making a difference. He will inspire peak performance - at work or at home and he brings a fresh approach to personal and business communications.
He has great credibility with audiences having not only achieved his sporting goal, but also having worked at board level in business and sales and as a current advisor to several major UK and international companies.
Jim is also the author of the book Taming Tigers, the antidote to self-help and a highly practical approach to overcoming fear and doing things you never though you could do. It is also a searingly honest and inspiring account of his year becoming a jockey.
Testimonials
"I have worked with Jim on stage at three high-profile Barclaycard leaders' conferences. Not only is he engaging, challenging, inspiring and very funny but he delivers a practical, compelling model for achieving results which he has risked his life on the racecourse to prove."
Gary Hoffman, Group Vice Chairman, Barclays Bank plc.
"This was a very important event for my department. Your challenging and inspiring presentation and professional (but hilarious) hosting made the day for us. One of the delegates went straight back and ran a 'Taming Tigers' training session for his own team! No racehorses where involved, thank heavens. "
Ian Dyson, Finance Director, Marks and Spencer plc
