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When Doctors Said "Forever,"
I Heard "Not Yet"

A surgeon once told me my limitations from a life-threatening injury were permanent.
They were wrong.

Not because they were a bad doctor, but because they were working from old data.
They'd never seen someone willing to do anything to rewrite the rules of their own recovery.

I'm Chris Eversley, and I specialize in helping people break through when everyone else says they're stuck. Whether it's your career, your leadership, or a major life transition—
I help you find the path forward when the path isn't obvious.

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Here's What I Know About Getting Unstuck

I've been the guy who had it all figured out.
Professional basketball career, clear path, championship-level confidence. Then life threw me a curveball that shattered my femur, nearly cost me my leg, and forced me to rebuild everything from scratch.

I've been the guy starting over at 33.
Learning to walk again while figuring out what the hell I was supposed to do with my life. Launching a business from a hospital bed. Discovering that sometimes your biggest breakdown becomes your greatest breakthrough.

I've been the guy who found his way through.
Not by grinding harder or "staying positive," but by learning how to navigate uncertainty, adapt when the game changes, and surround myself with the right team.

Now I help others do the same.

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You Don't Need Another Motivational Speaker

You need someone who's actually been where you are.

Whether you're:

  • A leader navigating your first major transition

  • An athlete facing the end of your playing career

  • A professional feeling stuck despite external success

  • Someone rebuilding after a significant setback

I don't give you generic advice about "mindset." I give you the actual tools I used to go from 10 degrees to 110 degrees—literally and figuratively.

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SERVICES

  • Most leadership training is like MapQuest - outdated directions that don't account for modern, real-world obstacles.

    I facilitate workshops for teams who need to perform when stakes are high and the path isn't clear. No trust falls or motivational posters. Just the frameworks I used to rebuild from a hospital bed.

    Your team learns how to make decisions with incomplete information, raise your floor so bad days don't tank progress, and identify who's built for the road trip vs who just talks a good game.

    The Big West Conference brought me back twice.
    Results speak louder than testimonials.

    Ideal for:
    • Executive teams navigating change
    • Departments under pressure
    • Organizations where performance matters more than process

    Book a workshop before your next quarterly planning session.

  • Your junior staff are trying to build books of business using networking strategies from 1995.

    I work with firms where young talent needs to hunt for clients to survive. They've got the technical skills, but they're trying to build relationships the way their partners did - when handshakes and golf games were enough.

    I teach them how to build authentic personal brands that attract the right clients and referrals. How to leverage modern tools while respecting relationship fundamentals. How to stand out without looking desperate.

    Ideal for:
    • Law firms
    • Financial services
    • Consulting practices where junior staff need to develop client pipelines

    Your associates' billable hours won't matter if they can't bring in business.

  • I don't do borrowed stories or generic motivation.

    I speak to audiences in the middle of their own rebuilding process.
    My keynotes pull from the messy middle - 21 hours a day in a hospital bed, business ideas that flopped, doctors who said "forever" that I proved wrong.

    Every talk comes back to finding opportunity in your obstacles.
    Not because it sounds nice, but because I've lived it.

    Conference & summit organizers tell me people are still quoting my talks months later. That doesn't happen with recycled content.

    Ideal for:
    • Leadership retreats
    • Organizations going through change (RIFs, reorgs, etc.)
    • Conferences aiming to create a memorable experience for attendees.

    Your next event needs a speaker who moves people, not just entertains them.