Gary Yamamoto puts excitement and energy back into the lives of people. Regardless of how boring and mundane their job, Gary shows people how to overcome mental stagnation and enjoy work and life! Gary’s background seemed exciting enough. He managed the design, installation, and testing of the most complex communications systems for the US Government throughout the Pacific Rim countries, from Adak, Alaska to Antarctica. He also managed the reliability and vulnerability test and evaluation of the Polaris, Poseidon and Trident warhead for nuclear submarines. But for Gary, that got to be just more of the same so he decided to start his own business. Without any knowledge of the publishing business, he decided to do start a trade book publishing company where he was publisher and CEO for over 5 years. He then sold his half of the company to his partner to move on to a new adventure. Wanting to share his knowledge to a larger audience, Gary then became a full-time professional speaker. His presentations help people to overcome stress and challenges, and to also improve their performance, and productivity through both good times and tough times. His keynote and workshop presentations are structured in an easy to learn and apply framework. Tailoring his presentations, your attendees will leave his presentation feeling uplifted and knowing they have effective methods to improve their performance and increase their productivity. Simply put, Gary's presentations are a combination of information, motivation, and humor. An enthusiastic and dynamic speaker, he combines valuable insights with fun, useful examples, memorable stories, personal experiences, and audience interaction. He offers the keys to help attendees to increase performance, enhance personal and professional development, and further enjoy their lives. He will bring and use his trademark samurai sword to show attendees he is on the “cutting edge” and to help them "get the point." Yamamoto has spoken to a wide and diverse clientele, from corporations, associations, and government agencies. He is the author of 5 books, including "Professional Power, Personal Excellence," that shows individuals how to improve their careers by improving not only their abilities, but also their behavior. Gary Yamamoto also offers a unique and entertaining program with total audience involvement—his dynamic and fun presentation on dreams. This totally interactive program is fun, sometime hilarious, where Gary shows attendees how dreams can provide insights, solutions, and guidance. Video to see dreams presentation: http://www.goldstars.com/videos/Yamamoto_Gary.htm. Titles The Future Belongs to Those Who Prepare For It! (tough times, change, motivation, communication, performance) Restore the Passion: For Work and For Life! (re-energizing, motivation) Professional Power, Personal Excellence: Increasing Performance and Productivity! Motivational Leadership: Motivators Beyond Pain and Pleasure Coping With Stress GENIUS: Finding Innovative Solutions The Wonderful and Insightful World of Your Dreams! (Dream interpretation: either as a fun partner program or a creativity guidance program) Sales Success: Changing the Underdog Mindset to Top Dog! (improving sales people, moving to new mindsets) The Blueprint for New Footprints: Simple Tips to Change Your Life Now! Resilience: Engaging the Disengaged at Work (getting other people up to be great performers) Topics Performance, Motivation, Creativity, Change, Stress, Leadership, Self-improvement Click topic above to see more speakers on that topic Speaker's Asking Fee Range $5,000 - $7,499 Click on fee range to see more speakers. This is the starting keynote fee range - other programs may be higher. State AZ Click on state above to see more speakers from that state. Fees The fee range quoted means the speaker's fee starts somewhere within that range. Note that speaker's fees are subject to change and some speakers may have special fee quotes.

TESTIMONIALS: "Thank you so much for being such an important part of our employee event this week. The feedback I have received since your presentation has been incredibly positive and appreciative. Your message was exactly what we'd hoped for...priceless." - Goodwill Industries of Southern Arizona “Gary, you created a level of excitement among my fellow professionals that I have never experienced in twenty years as a parks and recreation practitioner. Your innovative delivery and insightfulness into the future enabled us to see clearly the significant issues facing us in the years to come.” - Virginia Recreation and Park Society “You were the talk of the day following your presentation during our national convention… The Audience left the session on a real ‘high’ and could have listened to you for the rest of the morning.” - American Medical Technologists “You did everything we wanted and more. Your stories and humor were wonderful and got your point across. You got people excited and taught them to really ‘Focus on the Future!’” - Home Life Financial Assurance Corp. “What can I say – you were outstanding! You are invaluable and your ideas and useful techniques benefited our clients.” - Lockheed “To be honest, until the conference I have never heard any “motivational-type” speaker who I thought had any credibility. I understood what they said but found them to be far from genuine in their delivery. You are the clear only exception to my past experiences… Thank you for re-energizing my spirit with the energy and inspiration that only personal vision can provide. It is something I won’t forget.” - Greater Vancouver Convention and Visitors Bureau "Thank you very much for coming to speak...The response that I got from our membership was extremely positive and everyone thoroughly enjoyed your insight. ...It was very refreshing to start off the year with such a positive, insightful, motivational speaker such as yourself. We could not have asked for a better way to start the year! I do believe you left everyone in the room with a refreshed passion for what they do and the initiative to regain the confidence they needed for a successful upcoming year.... I wish you much success and would highly recommend your talents to anyone that would be interested in listening. - Southern Arizona Mortgage Lenders Association