Ant is an international keynote speaker on positive risk taking in business. For over a decade, he’s developed the leaders of Blue Chip companies teaching mental toughness to help them build courage, perform under pressure and deliver results.
Ant worked as a Sport Psychologist coaching big wave surfers, motoGP riders, rock climbers and other risk takers on how to break through mental barriers when he realised, according to him, he was a fraud. He hadn’t done anything risky in his life. He wanted to know if anyone could learn how to become a risk taker. So Ant decided to take up freediving and learn first hand how to perform under pressure.
Now one of the deepest men in the world, Ant has pushed through both physical and mental barriers to hold his breath for over 8 minutes, dive to -100m and to swim 240m on one breath. In short, he knows how to overcome some of the most demanding and uncomfortable challenges a person can face. Ant teaches others how to “lean into discomfort” and take positive, calculated risk.
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Bravery begins with belief | Ant Williams | TEDxMelbourne
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. By definition, Freediving is a life threatening sport, every single time it's attempted. What is your definition of "Stepping up to the Edge?" One of the deepest freedivers in the world, Ant can descend to the staggering ocean depth of minus 100 metres on a single breath of air. With a breathhold of eight minutes, Ant was ranked World Number Three for five years in one of the toughest disciplines of the sport. For two decades, he has studied the psychology of human performance, applying this knowledge to coaching both elite athletes and business leaders. He has undertaken the challenges of international consulting assignments with Super Rugby Teams, Olympians, World Championship athletes, and was director of a motorcycle racing team in the prestigious MotoGP world championship.ANT WILLIAMS - The Risk Taker's Handbook: How to Excel Through Positive, Calculated Risk Taking
Ant is an international keynote speaker on positive risk taking in business. For over a decade, he’s developed the leaders of Blue Chip companies teaching mental toughness to help them build courage, perform under pressure and deliver results. Ant worked as a Sport Psychologist coaching big wave surfers, motoGP riders, rock climbers and other risk takers on how to break through mental barriers when he realised, according to him, he was a fraud. He hadn’t done anything risky in his life. He wanted to know if anyone could learn how to become a risk taker. So Ant decided to take up freediving and learn first hand how to perform under pressure.“Your presentation at Macquarie yesterday was awesome I was absolutely enraptured as were my colleagues. You were able to bring us all on a journey with you, we felt your highs, lows, solitu ... keep reading Macquarie Bank
“Ant made a massive impact on our top performing sales teams”
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