Inspiring Visionaries: These speakers are trailblazers in their fields, pushing boundaries, and challenging the status quo. They will ignite the imagination and motivate your audience to strive for greatness.
Industry Experts: Our roster features renowned experts from various industries who have accumulated years of experience and possess unparalleled knowledge. They will share valuable insights, practical tips, and industry trends to empower your audience.
Thought Leaders: These influential thinkers have dedicated their lives to researching and innovating within their respective domains. Their talks will provoke intellectual curiosity and spark meaningful discussions.
Motivational Storytellers: Our storytellers possess the incredible ability to connect with audiences on an emotional level. Through their personal journeys of triumph and resilience, they will inspire your audience to overcome challenges and reach their full potential.
Author MK Mueller spent 10 years as a high school teacher and loved it, but a life challenge took her in a new direction. From the insights she gained, she wrote “Taking Care of Me: The Habits of Happiness” and almost overnight, became a highly sought after speaker and keynoter for businesses, community groups and national conferences. In 2015 she wrote her award-winning book 8 to Great: The Powerful Process for Positive Change, and soon developed a companion 6-12 curriculum and training course for educators. She recently added a K-5 curriculum and now there are over 3500 Certified Trainers and Life Coaches teaching 8 to Great on four continents.
Sarasota, FL
With her 32 years of experience teaching and counseling, Roxie Smith was so inspired by the 8 to Great message that she created the 8 to Great® Creative Writing Course and the Bullet Journal Companion. Today, Roxie is legendary for her heart-hitting, practical, and powerful presentations to students and staff alike!
Alliance, NE
As a health, wealth, and dream coach who has spent 20 years in the Wichita School System, Patty loves sharing the 8 to Great message that empowers students and staff alike to be the best version of ourselves. She recently published her first book, Gratitude 101: The True Key to Happiness, available on Amazon.
Wichita, KS
John Heineman has spent 40 years in education, passionately teaching and speaking at numerous local, regional, and national organizations. His dedication and hard work was rewarded in 2000 when he was named Nebraska Teacher of the Year.
Lincoln, NE
Michael joined our 8 to Great team with 23 years of experience guiding, teaching, and coaching youth in Western Nebraska. He is a highly-respected school counselor and speaker, noted for his innovative work in the areas of career development, bully prevention, at-risk behaviors, crisis intervention, and NOW 8 to Great!
Alliance, NE
“I give the 8 to Great inservice to my staff and certification weekend training a 10+. They were outstanding. Now I want to train more of our team in this life-changing information.”
– Dr. David Geurin, High School principal, lead learner, and author of Future Driven: Will Your Students Thrive in an Unpredictable World?, and an 8 to Great Certified PowerCoach, MO
“We recently had MK Mueller speak to our K-12 teachers in Salina. Speakers sometimes have trouble reaching across all those grade levels. I can honestly say every teacher in the room from preschool to the high school football coach had something positive to say about the day. Many, many, came up to me to say thank you for making this the best in-service they have ever had. We all walked away ready for a great year. Teachers are still referring to MK and quoting her. I am so grateful we brought her in.”
– Cindy Compagnone, Principal, KS
“When MK Mueller came to our school for an assembly, I was an average golfer. After I heard her, I was an exceptional golfer. In that short time she showed me how to believe in myself and my dreams. The very next day I was in a golf tournament, and took 8 strokes off my best ever score! Now I have a golf scholarship and am living the life of my dreams! I love 8 to Great!”
–Allie Ven John, Kearney, NE
“Our student assembly and follow-up faculty inservice were phenomenal. Today I’m grateful for the 8 to Great program and the positive impact it has had on staff family, my students and me.”
–Dr. Russ Lechtenberg, Superintendent, NE
The Live Two-Day Training consists of two 8-hour days, and may be hosted at your location when you’re training 10 or more. The Online Zoom Training is broken into either five 90-minute classes or two 5-hour Zoom classes.
After either training experience, each instructor will have access to all online resources as well as to their coach for the duration of the site license for ongoing support, as well as peer support from the 3,000+ trainers around the world on our private Facebook page.
“The8 to Great Training was the most powerful weekend of my life, bar none.”
– Ray Lewis, Deputy Director for Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of UK, and an 8 to Great PowerCoach
“I’m delighted to have discovered this 8 to Great® certification training for being a more productive and happier staff. I’m so grateful that we have now trained 54 members of our team in this powerful process. Thank you!”
– Heidi Holland, Staff Development Specialist, Truman Behavioral Health, KS
“Every coach knows that you have to go to the gym and strengthen yourself as an individual in order to play your best on the court. The 8 to Great process is like weight-training for leaders educators, and all employees. It makes each person a better all-around team player.”
-Jon Rowberry, Former CEO Franklin Covey
“The two-day 8 to Great Certification training was the most life-changing process I’ve ever been exposed to. I use and teach the concepts every day and feel more alive than ever. As a counselor, I look forward to sharing about it with other counselors!”
– Sally Bruce, High School Counselor, KS
“This was the best educator training I have ever had and now that I know repeat trainings are included, I am going back again the very next time I can! The students really need to start hearing this stuff. I want to thank our Administration for letting me be trained. It was awesome!”
Jeff Chambers, 30-year Educator and Football Coach, KS
“In MK’s recent presentation to the EPA in Washington DC, my team felt it was, by far, the most valuable three hours they had ever spent in a workshop
—Lucy Arenrin, EPA Training Director, Washington D.C.
“So often we develop the professional aspects of our employees without looking at personal issues people face. MK helped our employees know that we are truly interested in them. Now we’re having MK present at all of our regional/national manager’s meetings.”
—Bill Dubberly, Senior Manager, Sprint/Nextel
Everyone knows that a positive attitude is “everything,” but no one seems to agree on how to define it! Is it a set of thoughts, behaviors or emotions? The answer may surprise you—it’s not all three.
Join us to discover award-winning author MK Mueller’s patented FGH Formula for Positive Attitude: Forgiveness of the past, Gratitude for the present, Hope for the future. It’s so simple that you’ll find yourself using it today and sharing it with others tomorrow! See why tens of thousands each year give it credit for changing their lives for the better.
Challenging times are always full of opportunity. Employees today need reassurance that they can survive and thrive, no matter what.
International trainer and award-winning author MK Mueller has graduated from life’s school of hard knocks with a sense of humor and an amazing “can do” perspective. Her engaging presentation is especially powerful because it is positively practical! Join us for this “I’m so grateful I came” experience that everyone will be talking about for months to come.
When former high school teacher MK Mueller wrote her first book, Taking Care of Me, she had just left a domestic violence shelter.
Her experience helped her to take back her power, learn a new level of personal authenticity, and live a life full of gratitude. Soon she was sharing what she had learned with CEO’s, educators, and health care professionals.
Today, this award-winning author inspires and delights audiences worldwide with her powerful and playful Habits of Happiness. If you’re ready to be enlightened and lighten up, join us for this de-light-ful presentation.
Change is inevitable, but the suffering that often accompanies it is optional. With proven and practical skills, MK Mueller helps everyone see the bigger picture and relax!
She’ll show how choosing to focus on what feels good, claiming our dreams, and having the courage to take risks are key components of success! She’ll prove how it is possible to feel peaceful while everything around us is changing. Discover her secrets for staying grateful and hopeful, no matter what!
The rules of effective communication aren’t hard to understand, they’re just hard to remember! Don’t miss this engaging session to hear award-winning author MK Mueller share her simple processes and powerful solutions for the most common communication issues.
“I’m never gonna get everything done…” Sound familiar? If the balance of work and family are squeezing out the personal time you need to be your best you, join the award-winning author of Taking Care of Me, MK Mueller, for the best news you’ve heard in years. Discover how you no longer have to choose between personal fulfillment and pleasing others. With her simple and sure-fire process, everyone wins! Come ready to laugh, learn, and lighten up as you trade in your “to-do” list for a “to-be” one!
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