The Blind Blogger Maxwell Ivey

Maxwell will share his life's journey of going from blind failed carnival owner to respected equipment broker to successful creative entrepreneur. Explaining the methods of how he was able to overcome his losses and become the awesome person he is today. Full of honest heart warming story telling and sprinkled with humor. And wrapped up in a bow when he challenges the audience by singing his latest song what's your excuse.

Maxwell will teach the audience one of the biggest secrets to his success. That being the willingness to ask for help or opportunities and accept them when offered. He will share expressions that free them from the fear of looking weak by asking for help. And help them overcome the fear of looking egotistical by asking for opportunities. He will teach them about building a community, who and how to ask, and how to act when someone offers to help you or tries to give you the gift of a big opportunity. He will share successes and setbacks, but you will never doubt he believes in the power of asking.

You have to give the world the chance to find something about your work to love. Maxwell shares successes that came from putting his work out into the world even when he was unsure. You will hear about the website that people still make fun of that he used to successfully sell hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of amusement equipment on five continents. You will hear of the love he fostered by sharing mistakes on his first blog post and first video as The Blind Blogger. He will share about the progression of his podcast videos and how he grew his audience of loyal followers in spite of all the mistakes he made on the technical side. In many cases people have come up to him before the conference was over to share how he had challenged them to take action on a long unfulfilled goal or dream. He always asks himself if he is making excuses, and he will have the audience thinking of ways to write that book, start that podcast, or book that first speaking event.