Larry Jacobson, Award-Winning Author, Circumnavigator, Adventurer, and Inspiring Speaker

Larry Jacobson, Award-Winning Author, Circumnavigator, Adventurer, and Inspiring Speaker

When it comes to overcoming tough challenges, rising to fearless leadership, and living a life filled with passion, Larry Jacobson hasn’t just been around the block. He’s been around the world.

Larry Jacobson Leadership Speaker and Adventurer

Larry?Jacobson is a recognized thought leader in the field of non-fiscal retirement lifestyle planning. His work is based on his own successful experience and that of his clients. He was recently named “Retirement Coach of the Year” by the Retirement Coaches Association. His newest book is, Your ideal Retirement Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Retiring with Purpose and Fulfillment.

Successfully transitioning from CEO to sailor, he achieved his dream of sailing around the world, then from sailor to six-time award-winning author, coach, and two-time TEDx motivational speaker. His fields of expertise are Re-defining Retirement, Achieving Your Dreams, Peak Performance, Navigating Entrepreneurship, Living with Passion, Embracing Change, Finding Happiness, and Leadership Skills.

Larry is a natural-born inspirational speaker, and to solidify his skills, was trained by the best speakers in the field. He is a Certified? World Class Speaking Coach and knows how to keep the audience on the edge of their seats. He’s wise, funny, and delivers your message with impact.

A California native, circumnavigator and adventurer, Larry Jacobson is an avid sailor with over 50,000 blue water miles under his keel. He is the creator of Sail Into Retirement?, a self-guided video program, which combines home study and personal coaching to ease the transition from work to retirement.

He is author of the children’s version of that journey, Let’s Go! He also recently published Navigating Entrepreneurship, as a book and an online video course.

Jacobson engages his audiences with vivid storytelling and exciting photos and video, placing them right in the center of the adventure… and illuminating valuable insights on how to set goals, persevere in the face of adversity, achieve new levels of personal success, and fulfill any dream, no matter how improbable or long-deferred.

Jacobson’s business acumen, his deep knowledge of sales and marketing, and his sense of humor are all on board in his keynote speeches. Energetic and upbeat, he not only shares his wisdom, wit, and charisma, he also draws powerful parallels to how participants can apply his lessons in their own personal and business lives.

On the topics of Leadership Development and sales-Performance training, Larry Jacobson is the speaker of choice for many top organizations around the nation. His customized keynotes and hands-on training-workshops are crafted specifically to the goals, objectives, and needs of your event.

Jacobson’s leadership experience comes from experience. After a successful career in corporate America, Larry Jacobson fearlessly abandoned his financial security and comfort zone to fulfill a lifelong dream and sail around the world. During his six years circumnavigating the globe, he accumulated priceless, hard-won experiences and life-lessons: new insights on how to master your fears and limitations, persevere through the inevitable storms on the way to success, and live out your dreams against all odds.

After a successful career in corporate America, Larry Jacobson fearlessly abandoned his financial security and comfort zone to sail around the world and fulfill a lifelong dream. During his six years circumnavigating the globe, he accumulated priceless and hard-won leadership experiences – new insights on how to master your fears and limitations, persevere through the inevitable storms on the way to success, and live your dreams against all odds.

Larry’s dynamic recounting of his incredible journey, and the lessons he’s drawn from it, shine as a navigational beacon of?inspiration?for anyone who’s ever aspired to achieve great things in their business and personal life.

From the tsunami in Thailand to pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the six-year journey presented an astonishing number of life-threatening events, any one of which could derail such an undertaking. Instead, each challenge taught Jacobson his?passion was what drove him through every obstacle put in his way. It’s this passion he inspires his audience to live with in their own lives.

A True Achiever with Outstanding Leadership Skills His Entire Life

A California native, Larry Jacobson grew up on the beaches of the Pacific Ocean. With degrees from the University of California Irvine and Berkeley, his entrepreneurial and adventurous spirit flourished when he started an adventure travel company leading whitewater-rafting explorations on then-unchartered rivers in New Zealand.

From Vice-President to President, to CEO – He Understands Business

  • Larry’s career in incentive travel began as the industry launched into hyper-growth.
  • After just five years, he founded World Class Incentives
  • As CEO, with?active roles in sales and marketing,?he led the company to a top leadership position in the?incentive and meeting planning industry.
  • Jacobson expertly analyzed client distribution systems and applied performance-boosting incentives to?increase?sales, employee satisfaction, and dealer/distributor retention.
  • World Class produced memorable events recognized industry-wide as the gold standard.

Author of the Six-Time Award Winning Best Seller: The Boy Behind the Gate

After 20 years in business, he seized the opportunity to make his dream of a lifetime come true. The account of his adventures at sea is now published in the six-time Award-winning Best-seller,?The Boy Behind the Gate. During his odyssey, Larry and his crew faced innumerable?challenges, learned the true meaning of?perseverance, and experienced first-hand why so few people who try to sail around the world, complete the journey.

Redefining Retirement

In addition to his inspirational and captivating messages promoting dream realization and pursuit of success in the midst of adversity, Larry is a leading authority in the field of redefining retirement. His books, videos courses, and keynotes address the all-important questions about non-financial retirement planning. What happens when you lose your lifelong identity from your career? What will be your encore? How do you make your transition a successful one to provide a continuous life of purpose and fulfillment? Company employees, association members, and financial planners all benefit from the practical wealth of tools and information Larry provides.?Packed ballrooms and standing ovations are common for these speeches, as he speaks with authority from experience.


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Larry Jacobson

Certified World Class Speaking Coach, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, & Retirement Lifestyle Coach, Inspiring Speaker, Award-Winning Author

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