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Nick Santonastasso is a world-renowned keynote speaker, bestselling author, and expert in human behavior, neuroscience, and performance psychology. Born with Hanhart Syndrome and overcoming unimaginable physical and emotional challenges, Nick has spent the past eight years studying how the brain, identity, and emotional patterns drive human behavior. He has dedicated his life to teaching others how to rewire those patterns to unlock resilience, lead themselves, and perform at a higher level—personally and professionally.

Nick speaks on some of the world’s biggest stages, including the World Government Summit, where he served as a main keynote speaker. He has shared the platform with icons like Elon Musk, Ray Dalio, Tony Robbins, Steve Forbes, Deepak Chopra, and many others. His immersive and high-energy style has electrified audiences across the globe, including a 14,000-person event in Barcelona.

He collaborates with global leaders and has trained teams across industries—tech, biotech, finance, government, and health. His clients include HP, Mubadala, the United States National Security Agency, and other enterprise organizations navigating change, culture shifts, and performance challenges. Nick has also been featured in Forbes, BBC, and Netflix, further amplifying his global impact. His speeches, programs, and social media have impacted over 1 million people live and reached billions of viewers worldwide.

Nick’s core message is clear: the greatest constraint in any organization is the psychology of its people. His sessions help audiences break through mental limitations, shift identity, and adopt new narratives that fuel lasting transformation. His approach is rooted in neuroscience and refined through real-life experience.

But Nick is not just a guy with an inspirational story. What sets him apart is the internal methodology. He’s developed a repeatable framework that helps people upgrade their beliefs, interrupt negative patterns, and expand what they believe is possible for themselves and their teams. Whether he’s speaking to Fortune 500 sales teams, C-suite executives, government leaders, or emerging entrepreneurs, his delivery hits on both the heart and the head.

His keynotes are emotionally charged, highly interactive, and packed with immediately usable takeaways. As seen in his highlight reel, he creates full-room immersion through storytelling, humor, science, and practical strategy. He doesn’t just inspire—he activates change.

VICTIM TO VICTOR: ANNIHILATE

EXCUSES TO EFFORTLESSLY DOMINATE YOUR GOALS

Never say you can't, ask how you can. With this in mind, Nick Santonastasso provides audiences with strategies, frameworks, tools and systems from the top achievers in the world. He teaches professionals how to be better leaders and perform at their optimal level by annihilating excuses and becoming victors of their own life.

In this power-packed talk, Nick shares his step-by-step approach to become a better leader, gain more confidence, improve your finances, improve your health, and find out your true life purpose to have fulfillment and make more of an impact.

ANNIHILATE YOUR EXCUSES

Most professionals are not living up to their full potential and falling short of their peak performance, whether it is with their finances, relationships, business or health.

Running the same disempowering story in their head over and over, they are trapped in the negative cycle they created.

Through his remarkable personal story, Nick shares how to realign your focus on what you have and what you can control instead of what you're lacking.

You can create a new empowering story where you're the hero instead of the victim and, as a result, have better relationships, improve your finances, and

become a better leader.

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