SPEAKING TOPICS
Life is the sum of all our choices.
I speak on topics related to decision-making in the most important area of our lives: health, business and career. By understanding human behaviour and the basic operating system of the human mind, we can learn to make life’s most important choices with complete confidence
How to Make a Critical Decision with Complete Certainty
When it comes to critical decisions, there’s no such thing as a no-brainer. Every major decision is fraught with misperceptions, biases and tricks of the mind that profoundly influence our choices.
As leaders not only must we understand how our own behaviors and biases impact our decisions, but also the people we work with. How well are they equipped to carry out the organization’s decisions?
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Most people think they won’t know if they made a good decision until they see the outcome, but that is NOT decision-making; that is hoping, gambling, and wishful thinking, which is how most people and organizations make decisions.
Making any critical decision with certainty – means knowing it’s a good decision before seeing the outcome. To do that, we need two things:
- A basic understanding of how the human mind really works, and
- A decision-making process
Nobody would think of operating a car without learning how to drive it, yet we make crucial decisions; we operate the critical machinery of the human mind without ever taking the time to learn how it really works.
In this interactive presentation, we explore how the human mind really works (it’s NOT how you think it does) because when you know how it operates, you will see the world from a very different perspective.
I used to think I was the exception to making irrational cognitive errors because I always felt right about my choices and beliefs. But after a series of disastrous business decisions, I was determined to learn if these outcomes were due to the unpredictability of life or if they were squarely on me.
This talk answers those questions and far more. I will show you how to make a critical decision with certainty—free of the false confidence of biases and assumptions. When that happens, we will have conviction in the decision and its execution.
Whatever else it produces, an organization is a factory that manufactures judgments and decisions. Every factory must have ways to ensure the quality of its products. ~ Daniel Kahneman, noble laureate
Restoring Our Natural Vitality and Health in an Ultra-Processed, Obesogenic World
Without a healthy brain, little else is worthwhile, and without brain health, there is no health.
Health is the essence of everything. We need good health to have energy.
Being a leader and part of a team means facing challenges, meeting goals and much more! All this requires ENERGY!
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Today, 75% of the population is overweight, and 93% are metabolically unhealthy.
I always thought I could tell if someone was obese just by looking at them. You can’t. Obesity is insidious, which is why millions of people are suffering the effects of obesity – only they don’t know it.
Everywhere we turn we’re being badgered – and conditioned – by big industry’s incessant marketing.
- The weight-loss industry peddles special foods and diets.
- Big food says if we move more, we can eat whatever we want… and they happen to have what we want!
- Big pharma says obesity is a disease that we need to fight with their supplements and drugs.
Nonetheless, year after year, we get fatter and sicker because none of their “solutions” address obesity’s root cause, which I can sum up in one word: malnutrition.
Our modern diet of high-calorie, low-fibre, ultra-processed food is the only possible diet that can result in the absurd paradox of being overfed and undernourished; at the cellular level, we’re virtually starving.
Eleven years ago, I was suffering from obesity, lethargy, fatigue, and lack of focus. I thought it was part of middle age. After discovering obesity’s true cause, I transformed my health without drugs or diets. Today, at 66, I’m healthy, lean and in the best physical and mental shape of my life.
With awareness and a slight change in perspective, audiences can learn to achieve a level of health, energy and mental clarity that most people only dream of.
As the author of OBESITY… it’s NOT what YOU THINK it is!, I know how to choose health. This talk will show you how as well.
A Little About Me
I am a speaker, author, and entrepreneur.
As an author I wrote
- The Challenge of Choice … how to make a “good” decision when it REALLY matters! and
- OBESITY … it’s NOT what YOU THINK it is!
As an entrepreneur, I’m the creator of the best-selling board game “MindTrap®” and more than a dozen other products and games that have sold millions of copies worldwide.
Over the years, I’ve enjoyed both great success and colossal failure. It’s through my failures and subsequent recoveries in business and in health that I learned how we can virtually choose success in life and health.
As an experienced speaker, I will ensure …
A great experience on stage. I’ve presented to audiences in many settings and contexts. As a presenter, I use stories, examples, and handouts to not only make a point but also keep your audience engaged and listening. They will leave with practical, applicable next steps to take with them.
A great experience off stage – I know that choosing a speaker can be a stressful task because of all the unknowns. As a speaker I strive to eliminate any surprises to ensure the presentation is well received not only by the audience but by the planner as well
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Testimonials
Speaker’s Books
The Challenge of Choice …. how to make a “good” decision when it REALLY matters!
The choices and decisions we make will ultimately define our lives and the level of happiness and success we will enjoy.
However, most people have no idea how the human mind really works, so their most important decisions are often left to chance and the unpredictability of life.
But the truth is that we can make any critical decision with 100% certainty. That means knowing we’ve made a good decision before we see the outcome—the most valuable skill that any of us can acquire.
Editorial Book Reviews
REEDSY REVIEW
Fast presents a thought-provoking exploration of decision-making, dissecting the complexities that underlie our choices. A well-crafted journey into the psychology of decision-making, blending insightful anecdotes, historical perspectives, and practical advice. A must-read book for those seeking to enhance their decision-making skills.
BLUEINK REVIEW
This is a well-written, sharply focused book that will spur readers to question their own decision-making processes. Snazzy quizzes for rating one’s decision-making acumen are included, and there’s a colorful seven-step flowchart for aiding in making the right choice. For people in the business world and beyond, this compelling book could be a real game-changer.
BOOKLIFE REVIEW
In this informative book, Fast advises, “the degree of happiness and satisfaction you’ll get out of life will ultimately come down to the quality of the decisions you make.” Fast makes a decisive argument for why decision-making skills are crucial and are something every one of us can learn to do. His straightforward guidance can be applied across a variety of settings.
BOOK TRIB REVIEW
This book is chock-full of great information, fun facts, interesting quizzes, and fascinating real-world examples that will take you on a fascinating journey into the inner workings of the human mind.
KIRKUS REVIEW
In these energetically written pages Fast dissects a wide variety of cognitive tendencies. He’s excellent at clarifying these concepts, using examples from history and current events to illuminate how people hinder their own decision-making abilities. Readers are sure to see themselves in some of Fast’s examples and will likely learn a lot from them. A fast-paced, thought-provoking behavioral blueprint.
BOOK NERDECTION REVIEW
The author did a lot of research on the subject of unconscious decision-making and is well-versed in the concepts. Everything the author talks about makes sense to the average reader, and the book is well-written and clear. A must-read for people with a knack for making bad decisions, which is most of us, honestly.
OBESITY … It’s NOT what YOU THINK it is!
OBESITY … exposes the endless myths around the greatest health crisis we’ve ever faced because it is destroying our health and the future health of our children.
Obesity is a health issue; it is NOT a weight issue; in fact, skinny people suffer from obesity as much as the rest of us.
When people understand the actual cause of obesity, they will also know the cure, which means knowing how to maximize their health without dieting, counting calories, buying nonsensical products or food restrictions of any kind.
Editorial Book Reviews
BOOK TRIB REVIEW
Fast can hardly ignore the matter of food and its effects. In fact, he opens his chock-full-of-info book with the line, “Our relationship with food is broken. Consequently, so is our health.” And that’s the essence of this most unique work, in its engaging tone, mountains of advice, and observations about how savvy marketing and an avalanche of media misinformation have led us astray. Some powerful food for thought.
REEDSY REVIEW
OBESITY … it’s NOT what YOU THINK it is! is a fascinating and highly informative look at how to get healthy and stay that way by making wise choices about what we eat and why we eat it. It also explores how we got ourselves into an obesity predicament and more importantly, how we can get out.
BOOKLIFE REVIEW
In this straightforward, eye-opening guide to eating healthy, Fast offers an informative and honest exploration of rising obesity rates—and what can be done about it.” The cure for obesity is not to focus on weight; it’s to focus on health,” A no-holds-barred look into the rising obesity rates and ways to get healthy.
BOOK NERDECTION REVIEW
Fast does something unique compared to a lot of books in this area: he analyzes every stage of the process with a lot of care. This is very important because a lot of books only focus on the solution while this author creates a lot of context, which can help a lot of people to understand their current state of affairs. The solutions are interesting and simple. This is a very interesting book because is not developed in the traditional sense, offering multiple insights that conventional weight loss books don’t do. A very good book and one that, hopefully, gets the attention it deserves because it has a lot to offer to the general public.
BLUEINK REVIEW
Although the author has no medical credentials, intense research cited in the text, plus practical knowledge and first-hand applications, convinced him that worldwide obesity is a result of typical Western-style diets. Writing with a thriller’s “what happens next” flair, Fast pulls in the reader, starting with the first packaged breakfast cereals, which replaced the eggs/bacon/porridge of decades ago. Attractively illustrated and clearly expressed, the author builds to an indictment of processed foods and the Big Food industry. Avoiding a dry recitation of medical studies, Fast makes his point with easy-to-understand research and anecdotes.
KIRKUS REVIEW
While Big Food’s dastardly tactics have, of course, been well covered elsewhere, the author offers an engaging, eye-opening tour through suspicious or misleading propaganda and scientifically valid findings. Best of all, his book provides support and vision regarding the “surprisingly simple way” that Fast himself lost 30 pounds and regained vitality and health.
Contact Me: richard@richardfast.com