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Dan Millman - World-Renowned Industry Leader
Dan Millman Quick Facts
Main Areas: Wellness, Empowerment, Universal Laws, Peaceful Heart, Warrior Spirit, Spiritual DevelopmentBest Sellers: “Way of the Peaceful Warrior”
Career Focus: Author, Teacher
Dan Millman is an author and speaker who shares his message that we are all peaceful warriors in training. He has written a dozen books, including the bestseller, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, which has inspired men and women of all ages in 29 languages worldwide. It is a beloved spiritual saga that has helped readers rediscover life’s larger meaning and purpose.
Dan is a former world trampoline champion, Stanford gymnastics coach, and Oberlin College professor. His interests changed from developing talent for sports to developing talent for living. Dan offers fresh perspectives that reveal a clear path to deeper fulfillment, so people can enjoy a spiritual life in the material world and live with a peaceful heart and warrior’s spirit.
As an international speaker, Dan has influenced people from all walks of life, including leaders of business and finance, heath, psychology, education, politics, entertainment, sports, and the arts. For more than two decades, he has presented talks and seminars to professional organizations across the world. He discusses such topics as “The Twelve Gateways to Human Potential,” “Laws of Business, Laws of Life,” and “Living on Purpose.”
Other Programs & Highlights
Dan's most recent publication is Wisdom of the Peaceful Warrior - an essential companion that clarifies and illuminates the teachings in his first book.
Peaceful Warrior, a motion picture starring Nick Nolte (as "Socrates") - adapted from Dan's book, Way of the Peaceful Warrior - was released by Universal Pictures in 2007. Now available on DVD.
Dan Millman has spoken at national and international conferences, such as Apple University, United Bank of Switzerland, Unity Churches, The Center for Professional Development, and the International Conference on Business and Consciousness. He has also lectured at institutions like Luton University in England and the University of California, Berkeley.
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Dan Millman
• Act happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love and do what you will.
• All the peoples of the world are trapped within the cave of their minds. Only those few warriors, who see the light, who cut free, surrendering everything, can laugh into eternity.
• Embrace this moment, put one foot in front of the other, and handle what’s in front of you. Because no matter where your mind may roam, your body always remains here and now.
• When in haste, rest in the present. Take a deep breath and come back to here and now.
• Everything you’ll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body. But you haven’t learned how to read the wisdom of the body.
• If you want a kinder world, then behave with kindness; if you want a peaceful world, make peace within.
• Inside you is untapped strength of will, of spirit, of heart. The kind of strength that will not flinch in the face of adversity. You have only to remember your purpose, the vision that brought you to Earth—the vision that will take you to the stars—and to the depths of the oceans and up the stairway of the soul. Great strength of will resides within you, waiting for expression.
• Wake up! If you knew for certain you had a terminal illness—if you had little time left to live—you would waste precious little of it! Well, I’m telling you...you do have a terminal illness. It’s called birth. You don’t have more than a few years left. No one does! So be happy now, without reason—or you will never be at all.
• We are both burdened and blessed by the great responsibility of free will—the power of choice. Our future is determined, in large part, by the choices we make now. We cannot always control our circumstances, but we can and do choose our response to whatever arises. Reclaiming the power of choice, we find the courage to live fully in the world.
Getting Started With Dan Millman
Dan Millman is first and foremost known for his best-selling book, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, and this is the ideal place to get started. In the book, Dan takes you on a firsthand spiritual odyssey, or quest, for happiness. In his journey, he meets a 94-year-old mentor nicknamed Socrates.
Socrates warns him, “To survive the lessons ahead, you’re going to need far more energy than ever before. …You must cleanse your body of tension, free your mind of stagnant knowledge, and open your heart to the energy of true emotion.” Socrates then proceeds to teach Dan the “way of the peaceful warrior.”
If you are looking for spiritual understanding of the human condition, The Way of the Peaceful Warrior is a quick read. Socrates shatters every preconceived notion that Dan has about academics, athletics, and achievement. Dan eventually stops resisting the lessons and begins to try on a whole new ideology—one that values being conscious over being smart, and strength in spirit over strength in body.
