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Danny Bader
Survived 8,000 Volts. Now Helps People Come Back to Life and live with Radical Reverence
8,000 volts. No heartbeat. A second chance at life. Keynote speaker and six-time author Danny Bader transforms his extraordinary near-death experience into a powerful wake-up call. He challenges audiences to stop living on autopilot, lead with intention, and ask themselves: What will I create with the time I have left?
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In 1992, Danny Bader and his friend Bruce were lowering a ladder when it touched a power line. 8,000 volts went through them both. Danny had no heartbeat. Only he came back.
Since then he has asked one question, and now he asks it of audiences:
What will I create with the time I have left?
Danny is a keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, podcast host, and six-time author, including Back to Life, A Radical Reverence for Your Life, and Sixty for 60, which he co-wrote with his son, Joey. His signature keynote, Back to Life, starts with that 1992 accident and turns it into a practical way to live and lead. He shows people how to move from Rock Bottom, through the Functional Fog that keeps good people stuck on autopilot, to a Radical Reverence for their lives.
Leaders across hospitality, corporate, financial services, education, and the trades have brought Danny in, including the Ritz-Carlton Residences International Leadership Conference, Gaylord Palms, and Ritz-Carlton properties in Aruba and Half Moon Bay. Audiences leave inspired, focused, and aware that life isn't forever. Danny makes that awareness feel freeing instead of frightening.
His message is simple: This life is not all there is… it's just all there is right now.
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Back to Life: What will I create with the time I have left?
In 1992, 8,000 volts stopped Danny Bader's heart. He came back; his friend standing beside him didn't. In his signature keynote, Danny uses that moment to wake audiences up from Functional Fog: the autopilot state where capable, successful people are doing fine on paper but no longer fully living. With powerful storytelling, real humor, and refreshing honesty, Danny helps every person in the room see that life isn't forever, and that this truth is a gift, not a threat. People leave energized, reconnected to what matters most, and ready to live with a radical reverence for their lives.
Audiences will:
- Recognize the Three Levels of Living (Rock Bottom, Functional Fog, and Radical Reverence) and where they are right now
- Embrace the Sacred Question as a daily guide for creating the life they desire and deserve
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