Dan Pontefract

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... everyone! I recently ran a contest for a free signed copy of "The Purpose Effect." The entry fee was the disclosure of your "personal declaration of purpose." Thanks to everyone who were brave enough to submit their statement. During our Sunday dinner, we discussed as a family each of the purpose statements. The goats (our children) were the ultimate judges, but felt that everyone should win a book. "It's not fair," said one of the goats. "These people were brave enough to share their purpose statement, and so they all should win. I don't want to see any losers." Fair enough. Everyone's a winner! But they did pick their top three personal declaration of purpose statements, as follows:

#1 Shane Baetz

Build bridges but dream of sailing. When ready to depart and once you’ve landed on new shores, burn your boats (not the bridges).

#2 Airlie

I’m here to help.

#3 Cameron Bales

I work to let all diabetics keep their feet.

If you submitted an entry, please feel to reach out to me directly (dp at danpontefract dot com) and I'll have a book sent to you via snail mail. Thanks again to everyone.

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We are so proud to have had you at our event. Your talk was a big hit. It moved us. We can’t thank you enough.

Malin Björnell, Salesforce
Dan challenged us to have clarity of purpose, both as individuals and as an organization. He related inspiring stories drawing on his experience in business, technology and academia. As he said, ‘There is no ownership without belonging.’

Christian Pantel, D2L
Fantastic engaging talk for our global partner summit. Thank you so much, Dan!

Barb Kinnard, CEO Response Biomedical Corp
Dan not only brought his presentation to life with his charisma, but also content, style and presentation finesse. Our members were especially interested in his thought provoking and top of mind topic on the future of work and how we’re going to be leading the next generation of leaders.

Cheryl Goodwin, CPA
Dan is a conference organizer’s ideal speaker. Not only did he inspire and energize our group, but he also masterfully adapted his content so it resonated with the audience and our conference theme. As a bonus, Dan is able to nimbly navigate to adjust to a reduced time slot when other speakers went over time without sacrificing the impact of his session.

Director and General Counsel
Dan accomplished what we set out to do, which was not only to be inspirational, but also to leave everyone with tools and food for thought / self-reflection to improve their personal and professional lives.

Hermann Handa, FCT

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