
Darren Miller
Darren Miller is the President of Every Breath A Gift, LLC, which highlights a two decade career in financial services, endurance athletics and non-profit management.
An established professional keynote speaker and corporate leadership coach, his business of inspiring strength began while competing in marathon swimming, and ultra-distance running competitions around the world to raise money for his Forever Fund at the UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. In August 2013, Darren became the first athlete to complete the 'Oceans Seven' challenge on his first attempt. He was most recently was named "Top Extreme Adventure Athlete" by The Weather Channel, an 'Everyday Hero' by Men's Health and is highlighted in the 2020 Guinness Book of World Records.
He leverages his experience in financial sales, endurance athletics and non-profit management to present powerful seminars that engage, motivate and inspire. Focused on the time-tested concepts of the F.O.R.E.V.E.R. Blueprint, he instructs executive management and national sales teams to visualize and grasp their passions in life to become stronger leaders and push their physical and mental limits. His Blueprint includes powerful concepts around forging mental tenacity, strengthening corporate leadership and effective time management practices.
Darren's clientele span many industries, including financial services, healthcare, energy, robotics and the military. He also regularly addresses all levels of education, non-profit and religious institutions both on the national and international stage.
He currently resides in Palm Springs, California with children, Reagan and Penn.
Darren Miller is the President of Every Breath A Gift, LLC, which highlights a two decade career in financial services, endurance athletics and non-profit management.
An established professional keynote speaker and corporate leadership coach, his business of inspiring strength began while competing in marathon swimming, and ultra-distance running competitions around the world to raise money for his Forever Fund at the UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. In August 2013, Darren became the first athlete to complete the 'Oceans Seven' challenge on his first attempt. He was most recently was named "Top Extreme Adventure Athlete" by The Weather Channel, an 'Everyday Hero' by Men's Health and is highlighted in the 2020 Guinness Book of World Records.
He leverages his experience in financial sales, endurance athletics and non-profit management to present powerful seminars that engage, motivate and inspire. Focused on the time-tested concepts of the F.O.R.E.V.E.R. Blueprint, he instructs executive management and national sales teams to visualize and grasp their passions in life to become stronger leaders and push their physical and mental limits. His Blueprint includes powerful concepts around forging mental tenacity, strengthening corporate leadership and effective time management practices.
Darren's clientele span many industries, including financial services, healthcare, energy, robotics and the military. He also regularly addresses all levels of education, non-profit and religious institutions both on the national and international stage.
He currently resides in Palm Springs, California with children, Reagan and Penn.
Find The Purpose for Your Pain
Overview: The first step is to take an uncomfortable dive into the darkness to find the light. We all struggle with something. This could be death, divorce, addition, incarceration - specifically, to harness the pain for growth, where we learn to be more resilient for success. Today, we struggle with the global issue of mental illness. For example, many of our youth struggle with self-worth. In my experience, they, along with most of society lack a general purpose. They do...
Open Your Eyes to Apprecite Life
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The goal is to take a hard look at the legacy we are building for those we love. While at times we focus on financial means, our legacy is an appreciation of life through the strength we pass along through non-financial means to the next generation of leaders.
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Breakout sessions of roundtable discussion. Audience is asked to be open and honest to share one focus of their legacy they are looking to leave behind for their loved...
Remember to Keep Family, Work and Passions in Balance
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Audience asked to fill-out the job aid which lists the Family, Work and Passions under the three pillars on the worksheet. Under each of those pillars, list the top three things you love most about being around your family, three reasons you enjoy the career you have chosen and the three things you could not live without in your life, outside of family and work. Next to each of the three lines for each, rate on a scale of 1-5; 1 being every day,...
Embrance Positive Self-Talk to Keep Moving Forward
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Identify positive and negative behavior from last year, to be either repeated or discarded for this year. As you're setting the course for success, be aware of destructive action. How you are talking your way through the noise of your daily routine?
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Make a list of all the times you struggled at the end of your day. The main point is to write down those specific times and go through each one individually. What was your goal? What...
Visualize the Heroes in Life Who Drive You
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Visualization is about leveraging the view of seeing yourself accomplishing the task you have challenged yourself with. A successful visualization is one which gives you strength.
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The most valuable time we have can sometimes be spent alone. A great practice with visualization begins when you can spend roughly 30-60 minutes/week in a quiet environment. This is never easy in the face-paced world we live, with family, work and...
Establish a Consistent Management Routine
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Audience asked to complete the hourly worksheet for an 'average day' during their past week. Hour by hour, sales person completes the job aid to identify where they have extra time in their day. A few key pieces to focus: How many hours are spent sleeping? How many hours are spent on a lunch break? Morning activities? Evening activities? Social networking/television/other unproductive activity? While every day is different, this needs to be a...
Reinforce A Legacy of Leadership
-Legacy drives action; inspire others through your example
-We all have challenges; keep moving forward
-Through legacy, through purpose, we develop the tenacity to know we can accomplish anything
-For your family, for yourselves, for your team.

