Blind Adventure Seeker and Speaker
Miles has been blind since his early twenties, but has not let that stop him from challenging barriers. He has sought adventure and succeeded on expeditions to deserts, mountains and the polar regions.
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Blind Adventurer and international motivational speaker Miles Hilton-Barber is one of the most widely sought-after motivational speakers on the world circuit today, having had the privilege of speaking at over 1,400 corporate events in 74 countries to date. Despite losing his sight in his early 20’s, His quality of life and level of success was radically transformed at the age of 50, not through sight restoration, but through changing his attitude to his blindness.
“Potential for growth and ongoing success for individuals, companies and organizations is not primarily dependant on a change in the economy or their circumstances- but a change in the ATTITUDE of their management and leadership towards their current circumstances” he says.
Since the age of 50 Miles has set numerous world records undertaking extreme endurance events across all seven continents of our world in the fields of mountaineering, desert and polar ultra-marathons, power-boat racing, scuba-diving, motor-racing and long distance, aerobatic and supersonic flying amongst other achievements.
His presentation outlines a radical yet simple set of life principles that will enable companies, individuals and organizations to become more successful today, despite facing unprecedented global change, wrapped up in a fast-moving, colorful and humorous presentation with photos and video clips from his many expeditions and adventures.
He will challenge you to look again at who you are, and how you can achieve so much more than you think you can in both your personal and business life, because “The only limits in your life are those you accept yourself”…
Companies where Miles has spoken before include:
3I, 3M, Abbott Pharmaceuticals, AbbVie, Accenture, AIG, Barclays Capital, BBC, Bombardier, Boehringer Ingelheim, BP, British Gas, British Telecom, Caterpillar, CibaVision, CIPD, Cisco Systems, CitiGroup, Coca Cola, Cunard, Danone, Deloitte & Touche, Deutsche Bank, Diageo, EDF Energy, Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals, EON, Ernst & Young, European Court of Human Rights, Ferrero-Kinder, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, HBOS, Heineken, Hong Kong Jockey Club, HSBC, IBM, Institute of Directors, John Lewis, Johnson & Johnson, JP Morgan, KPMG, Leica, Lenovo, Lloyds Banking Group, Logica, Marks & Spencer, MerkSharpDohme, Million Dollar Round Table, Nationwide, NATO, Nestlé, NHS, Nokia, Norwich Union, Novartis, Npower, O2, Orange, PepsiCo, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Philips Electronics, Powergen, Procter & Gamble, PWC, Raytheon Systems, Reckitt Benckiser, Red Bull, Rolls-Royce, Rotary International, Royal Bank of Scotland, Royal Geographic Society, Sandhurst Military Academy, Sanofi Aventis, Shell International, Siemens, SKF, Sony, SPAR, Standard Chartered Bank, The British Council, The Daily Mail, The Red Cross, Unilever, Unisys, Viacom 18, Virgin Atlantic, Vodafone, Volkswagen, Waitrose, Western Union
Guy Baker
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars.
Lord David Puttnam
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars.
Tony Gordon
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars.
Peter O’Neill
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars.
Steve Pateman, Director, Corporate Banking
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars.
Andrew Steet, Global Manager, Financial Audit (SI-IAF)
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars.
Sue Copper, National Sales Manager
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars.
Richard Thornley, Regional Director-Japan
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars.
Matthieu Champion
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars.
Matthieu Campion
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars.
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