You Can "Choose to Lose" and Actually Win!

Joe Malarkey is unlike any other speaker you've seen. And you've seen lots of speakers. Industry experts. Motivational speakers. Newsmakers. Big names and talents. Anyone you can think of... and many more that might not have occurred to you. But none like Joe.

Joe Malarkey's hilarious, tongue-in-cheek "Choose to Lose" program suggests that by lowering your expectations, you actually increase your chances of coming out ahead! Nonsense? You bet!

But Joe Malarkey ties it all together with an important message: You can't let the chance of failure prevent you from taking the steps to succeed. His presentation provides the perfect tone for any business meeting or event.

Who Is Joe Malarkey?
Audiences always want to know, "what qualifies this speaker to talk about my business?" And that is the key to Joe Malarkey's speaking career. Virtually no one knows more about the pitfalls, mistakes, honest errors, lapses in judgment and lethal mistakes of not just one industry, but many. And Joe Malarkey doesn't speak of those failures from a hypothetical viewpoint. He has been there in the trenches, falling on the sword, taking the heat, paying the price and finally moving on to another endeavor. That kind of experience can't be purchased, it can only be endured. Joe's experience runs the gamut of business.

Joe Malarkey has run small businesses that started as big businesses. He has been an industry spokesman when silence would have been the better choice. And through it all, Joe has one point of pride, one gleaming hook, from which to hang his coat of experience: "I've never been indicted!"

As an entrepreneur, Joe Malarkey was among the first to recognize the emerging Pacific Rim economy when he opened his short-lived chain of tall men's clothing stores in Japan. His time spent in the advertising field resulted in many tremendous near successes such as his campaign for the Alternative Meat Association, "Spam, the other, other white meat!" He served with great pride prior to his removal from the board of Crockett, our largest manufacturer of slide rules. While his "why mess with the calculator when slide rules are so easy to use" philosophy did not result in the industry turn around hoped for.

Joe Malarkey is widely credited with obtaining a bankruptcy ruling that saved many employees their unemployment benefits. These are but a few highpoints in a career full of easy-to-climb peaks and expansive valleys. So when audiences are asked, who is the one they want to talk about failure from personal experience, only one word comes to mind: Malarkey!

Joe Malarkey looks like every other professional speaker for about 5 seconds. Then he proceeds to take every trusted formula, good idea and motivational classic and turn it inside out. Joe Malarkey's experience as a comedian gives him a fresh and totally unique approach and audiences love it. Joe is one of the funniest professional speakers in America today.

Joe Malarkey features "The Chose to Lose Highpoints" in his motivational speaker presentation covering key issues including, Affirmations, Memory Systems, Goal Setting, Weight Loss Plans, Time Management, Success and Failure, Relationships, Business Attire, Subliminal Tapes and Personal Growth. Joe's presentation topics encourage and empower individuals to excel on a personal level that in turn equates into more efficient business and professional success.

How Do I Use Joe Malarkey?
Companies and associations all over America have used Joe Malarkey in a variety of ways. He is the perfect opening or closing speaker for a convention. He is a popular choice for awards banquets and after-dinner entertainment. He is frequently asked to speak in the afternoon when attendees have been bombarded with information and/or training throughout the day. Joe Malarkey lifts them up and revitalizes them. Joe Malarkey has presented to groups as small as 25 and as large as 4000. He has spoken to all levels of employees, and all types of associations.

Unique, fun and outlandish, Joe Malarkey has been featured on 60 Minutes and in all the industry trade magazines, and is a member of the National Speaker Association's Speaker Hall of Fame. But most important for your group is the enthusiasm and fun he can bring to any part of your agenda!

Joe Malarkey is "The Worst Motivational Speaker in America." Joe Malarkey delivers a forty-five minute, 244 laughs and one powerful message presentation. Writing, developing and performing the Joe Malarkey one-man-show, Joe Malarkey has taken the business meetings industry by storm. Unique, fun and outlandish, he brings enthusiasm and fun to any part of an agenda, with any size audience. More important, he imparts a strong message of facing change and overcoming fear of failure, which stays with audiences long after the laughter has ended.

Joe Malarkey has been used by such diverse groups as American Airlines, Million Dollar Round Table, National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers, Lockheed and numerous franchises. He has been featured on 60 Minutes and To Tell The Truth and profiled in several meeting industry trade magazines.

Joe Malarkey was inducted into the National Speakers Association's Speaker Hall of Fame, whose luminaries include Zig Ziglar, Jim Rohn and Ken Blanchard.