Signature Keynote · Brandon DesJarlais
Finding
Fearless™
A high-energy keynote that helps audiences turn fear into clarity, composure, courage, and forward motion — from high-speed fear to human connection.
The Problem
Most people are not stuck because they lack potential.
They are stuck because fear has quietly become the decision-maker.
Fear is sneaky. It does not always show up as panic. Sometimes it looks like overthinking. Sometimes it looks like perfectionism. Sometimes it looks like being "realistic" when the truth is, we are avoiding the thing we know we need to face.
In uncertain seasons, people often wait for confidence before they act. Teams hesitate. Leaders second-guess. Students play small. Creators sit on ideas too long. Good people with big potential start building their lives around what might go wrong.
Finding Fearless helps audiences see fear more clearly, so it stops running the room.
Built for audiences who are:
- Navigating change, uncertainty, or transition
- Waiting to feel ready before taking action
- Overthinking the next step
- Struggling to trust themselves under pressure
- Avoiding risk, discomfort, or honest conversations
- Craving more courage, connection, and momentum
A Way Forward
"Courage is not something we wait to feel.
It is something we practice."
Brandon teaches a practical framework for moving through fear with more clarity, better preparation, steadier composure, and courageous action. The goal is not reckless confidence. The goal is wise courage — the kind that helps people speak up, make the move, start the project, ask for help, tell the truth, or take the next step they have been avoiding.
The Takeaways
What Your Audience Walks Away With
Not a temporary spark — a lasting tool your people can actually use Monday morning.
A new relationship with fear
Audiences learn to see fear as a signal they can listen to, not a wall they have to obey.
A framework for courageous action
The 4C framework gives people a simple way to move from hesitation to action.
More self-trust under pressure
Brandon helps audiences stay grounded when uncertainty rises.
A clearer sense of what matters
Fear gets easier to face when people know what they're moving toward and why it matters.
Shared language for teams
Finding Fearless gives groups a common way to talk about courage, discomfort, risk, and growth.
Momentum that starts now
Audiences leave with a specific next step, not just a nice idea.
The 4C Framework
The Finding Fearless Framework
Four moves — Clarity, Calculation, Composure, Courage — that take audiences from fear to forward motion.
Clarity
Before you can face fear, you have to understand what it is pointing toward. Clarity helps people name what they want, why it matters, what is in the way, and what fear is trying to protect.
Calculation
Courage without calculation can become recklessness. Calculation helps people assess risk honestly, prepare wisely, and separate real danger from emotional discomfort.
Composure
When pressure rises, fear can hijack the body before the mind has a chance to lead. Composure gives people tools to pause, breathe, regulate, and make cleaner decisions.
Courage
Courage is the moment where preparation becomes action. It is choosing to move with fear in the room — the step, the conversation, the leap that moves life forward.
The goal is not to become fearless because you never feel fear. The goal is to become fearless because fear no longer gets the final vote.
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Why Brandon
Why Book Brandon
Built on roads, in community, through real life — a speaker whose lessons come from lived experience, not theory.
Brandon DesJarlais learned courage through motion. As a kid, fear often felt close. Growing up around instability, addiction, anger, and uncertainty, he learned what it felt like to shrink, stay quiet, and scan the room for what might go wrong.
Then he found longboarding. What started as a way to move through the world became a way to move through fear. Downhill racing forced Brandon to make high-consequence decisions at high speed. Competing, traveling, falling, getting back up, and skating around the world taught him that fear was not something to avoid forever. It was something to understand, respect, and move with.
Over time, his definition of courage changed. It was not just bombing hills, racing at 70 miles per hour, or doing stunts for movies. It was telling the truth. Asking for help. Building community. Letting people see the messy parts.
You do not need to wait until you feel fearless to begin. You become fearless by moving forward with intention, support, and courage.
Best-fit Audiences
People standing at the edge of something.
Speaking Formats
Built for the room, not pulled off a shelf.
Finding Fearless can be delivered as a standalone keynote or adapted into a deeper experience depending on your event goals, audience size, and format.
Signature Keynote
A powerful, story-driven keynote built around the Finding Fearless framework. Best for conferences, company events, and association events.
Keynote + Q&A
A keynote followed by audience questions or a moderated conversation. Best for groups that want more interaction and practical application.
Fireside Chat
A conversational format exploring courage, reinvention, community-building, risk, resilience, and Brandon's personal story.
Workshop / Breakout
An interactive session where participants apply the Finding Fearless framework to real decisions, goals, and challenges.
Live Podcast Conversation
A live interview-style experience inspired by Brandon's Keep Pushing podcast — intimate, honest, conversational.
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Keep Pushing Podcast
Go deeper into the ideas behind Finding Fearless.
Brandon's podcast explores the same themes at the heart of Finding Fearless: courage, vulnerability, reinvention, identity, leadership, community, failure, and the messy process of becoming who we are meant to be.
- Aaron GambelOn rock bottom, fatherhood, and choosing to stay
- Travis BrewerOn fear, injury, and rebuilding after life changes
- Garrett GentleOn character, values, and becoming someone people can count on
What People Say
Energetic. Honest. Deeply human.
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FAQ
Frequently asked.
The keynote is typically 45 to 60 minutes. It can also be adapted for shorter programs, longer sessions, or keynote plus Q&A formats.
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