Yossi Ghinsberg
Yossi Ghinsberg is one of our generation's most unique keynote speakers. Amazon survivor, author of Laws of the Jungle and creator of 'The Power to Survive'.
Yossi Ghinsberg is one of our generation’s most unique keynote speakers. Amazon survivor, author of Laws of the Jungle and creator of ‘The Power to Survive’.
In the midst of the uncharted Amazon, after losing his three companions, one man was tested to the extreme. Alone and bare to the bone, for three harrowing weeks he battled to survive against all odds.
However, Yossi Ghinsberg lived to tell the amazing story. As well as how the ordeal profoundly affected his understanding of himself and his life purpose.
Ten years later Yossi returned to the Amazon and made it his home. Working with indigenous forest dwellers for three years they built Cha-la-lan, a model eco-tourism village that inspired the entire world. The following decade of his life he dedicated to the treatment and rehabilitation of opiate addicts across the globe.
Author of the international best-seller ‘Jungle’, Yossi Ghinsberg has had his story unfold on the silver screen with 'Jungle' was amongst one of the most-watched movies on Netflix and Amazon Prime in various territories around the world. A harrowing story of survival (Daniel Radcliff plays Yossi), only one man can truly capture the extraordinary journey, and that’s the man himself – Yossi Ghinsberg, a gifted and masterful storyteller whose unique virtual presentations will create a lasting impact.
With Jungle garnering much attention on the various streaming services around the world many of your clients will now be familiar with his incredible story, bringing so much more context and connection to Yossi's already compelling virtual presentations.
Yossi now travels the planet sharing his messages on vision, hope, survival and the inevitability of change.
When I listened to Yossi tell his story I climbed into another world - the trials, the tribulations, the extremes, the insurmountable, all brought to life by this most wonderful of human being. At times it was a quiet whisper, other times raucous laughter, picking me up and caressing my inner self with astute wisdom and practical application. Every once in a while one is privileged to be part of something very special and this was certainly one of those times.
Mental Skills Coach, All Blacks
It's always a challenge to find speakers of the right calibre for these high profile events. Your story was both fascinating and challenging. You possess the extremely rare gift of a great storyteller with the ability to create word pictures which capture the imagination of an audience and take them on a journey with you. We look forward to an opportunity to work with you again in the future."
AMP
I received very positive feedback from your very articulate, interesting performance. Many dealers were capable of quoting the key messages from your story... which is exactly what we hoped for.
General Motors
Yossi's entire presence had a profound effect on me and your words resonated in me for a long time.
Founder of TEDxBratislava
Yossi's presentation was simply outstanding. Feedback from our delegates that his presentation was "fantastic", "captivating", "they were in the raft and on the river with him", "they didn't want him to stop", what more can you ask of a Keynote speaker.
Event Organizer, Remax
My speaking topics...
Real Survival vs Imaginary Survival
Never has humanity been exposed to so much information. Generations today are privy to wars and crises raging both near and far. As a result, humanity as a whole may be suffering from chronic sympathetic stimuli, states Yossi. Having learned about real survival during his time conducting research in the Amazon jungle, Yossi warns that imaginary survival is far more dangerous than real survival.
Why? Because imaginary survival triggers a physical response that converts life-saving hormones into life-threatening poison. Allowing our restless minds to go into 'survival mode' unnecessarily causes chronic stress that brings disease and disintegration. Yossi can teach audiences how to be discerning, in real-time, and how to switch off survival mode to more efficiently deal with life's challenges.
Key takeaways from Yossi's Real vs. Imaginary Survival presentation include:
- Imaginary Survival is not only inefficient for tackling life's challenges, it also poisons the human system, converting challenges into illness and disease.
- Real Survival mode lets us operate at peak performance. When necessary, all our faculties--mental, physical, emotional and spiritual--conflate to make a superhero out of you. It's not real survival mode that is the problem.
- False activation of this 'fight or flight' survival system is the source of terrible health consequences. It's also extremely prevalent in today's world.
- Instrumental training in how to discern danger and mechanically switch the body from survival mode to relaxation mode.
Audiences will learn how to discern between real, palpable danger and imaginary survival so you can fix this 'bug in our system' long before it causes disease or distress.
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Jungle Survival Skills for Business
The Power To Survive
After a tragic separation from his friends, one man is lost alone for weeks in the heart of the Amazon with no food or weapons, in the midst of the worst rainy season in decades.
Through this inspiring experience Yossi Ghinsberg takes his audiences on an emotional experience of inner strength and self-discovery. This keynote presentation is based on Yossi's international bestseller 'Jungle', now a major motion picture starring Daniel Radcliffe as Yossi.
You can hear a pin-drop in the room when Yossi takes the stage. But there is much more than sheer entrancement in his storytelling. Yossi translates his own lessons of survival into principal and effective strategies for business excellence. In this unique presentation audiences will;
- Feel empowered to adapt to their circumstances. They learn that we are co-creators of our own realities, in life and in business
- Explore how adversity is part of life; being a victim is a matter of choice, following our business survival instincts will often lead to success
- Learn how to move away from competition into a collaborative mindset, one that fosters innovation and ultimately, survival
Jungle Survival Skills for Change
Innovation: In Flux, In Flow
In many industries, the rapid rate of change employees are facing can leave people feeling as though they are lost in the wilderness. Something Yossi Ghinsberg has experienced first hand. After a tragic separation from his friends, Yossi was lost alone for weeks in the heart of the Amazon with no food or defenses, in the midst of one of the worst rainy season for decades.
Yossi translates his own lessons of survival – where every single moment left him at the mercy of the jungle, and his ability to adapt fast to the changing circumstances literally meant the difference between life and death – into effective strategies for those experiencing change in the work environment
This keynote presentation is based on Yossi's international bestseller 'Jungle', now a major motion picture starring Daniel Radcliffe as Yossi.
From this unique presentation audiences will;
- Feel empowered to adapt to their circumstances. They learn that we are co-creators of our own realities, in life and in business
- Explore how adversity is part of life; being a victim is a matter of choice and following our business survival instincts will often lead to success
- Learn how facing our fears and looking for innovative ways to embrace change, can lead us towards our desired outcomes
Jungle Survival Skills for Teams
Collaboration, Innovation, Survival
After a tragic separation from his friends, one man is lost alone for weeks in the heart of the Amazon with no food or supplies, in the midst of the worst rainy season in decades.
This keynote presentation is based on Yossi's international bestseller 'Jungle', now a major motion picture starring Daniel Radcliffe as Yossi.
A key insight from Yossi’s harrowing story is that the law of the Jungle itself relies on collaboration. Working intelligently with his changing conditions, Yossi was able to perceive innovative ideas vital to his survival. Yossi challenges organisations to think about how they can apply collaborative thinking; expanding out from the limiting mindset of pure competition, designing environments where teamwork can thrive, skills are utilised and ideas are shared. In this unique presentation audiences will;
- Learn how to move away from competition into a collaborative mindset, one that fosters innovation and ultimately, survival
- Feel empowered to adapt to their changing circumstances and roles and forge a united team
- Learn that we are co-creators within the wider team and organisation
- Be motivated to become day-to-day heroes in their lives and at work
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There Are No Them
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JUNGLE: A Harrowing True Story of Survival
What begins as a dream adventure for four amicable, if hastily met, muchileros (backpackers) quickly becomes a struggle for survival as they unravel under the duress of the jungle. They are an odd mix to be sure: Marcus, the Swiss mystic; Karl, the shady Austrian geologist; Kevin, the well-intentioned American photographer; and Yossi, the Israeli adventurer.
Jungle is the incredible true story of Yossi Ghinsberg's triumph over the most adverse and frightening of circumstances. It is a tale of survival and human fortitude against the wildest backdrop on the planet.
LAWS OF THE JUNGLE: Jaguars Don't Need Self-help Books
Alone, with no food, supplies, or weapons, Yossi Ghinsberg was lost in the Amazon for twenty-eight days. Against all odds, he survived, and his story became the international bestseller Jungle. Now, in Laws of the Jungle, Ghinsberg shares the profound truths the treacherous Amazon taught him. These nine revelations inspire personal consciousness and an evolved perspective on our nature as humans and as beasts.