MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER – DR. STEVE HARRIS – THE MIND DOCTOR

Motivational Speaker Dr Steve Harris translates a powerful combination of real-world experience, business success and academic insight into a language we can all understand.

His background as a World Champion Sportsperson and Award Winning Entrepreneur set the perfect stage for his MBA (UCT) and his PhD on Mental Toughness

He’s got an impressive toolkit to provide the sharp insights and turnkey observations to empower your team, company or conference to unlock their true potential.

Steve’s skills as a Motivational Coach have earned him a spot on the Coach Foundation, one of the biggest names in the coaching industry.

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RP Campher
11/11/2025
Dear Steve

Trust you are well.

From my side I want to thank you delivering a very insightful speech.

I received great feedback from various farmers.

Thanks for the updated PDF we will share it with our members

Kind regards
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Philip Von Memerty
11/06/2025
Good afternoon, Steve.

Hoping well . A sincere thanks and appreciation from N2P and all Hog Day Conference 2025 delegates .

We thank you for taking time off your busy schedule ,to address this audience .

DR Steve Harris was the guest speaker at our annual Hog Day Conference held in the Western Cape on 31st October ,2025.

We were 80 pig producers and 80 sponsors present . Because our industry had been through a few difficult and challenging years ,and because we felt we needed to close the three-day conference with a speaker who would inspire and motivate the delegates – we chose Dr Steve Harris .

Prior to the event we mandated Steve to motivate the delegates “ to perform at their peak , to Raise The Bar – Not only to Survive ,But ,To Thrive “.

I am extremely satisfied with our choice . Steve used his academic learnings in combination with his lifetime experiences to present an insightful , thought provoking , motivational presentation . His knowledge on gaining “ mental toughness” was shared in an understandable ,humorous and professional manner . His interaction with the audience was free flowing .

The feedback from the delegates has been positive . We can highly recommend Dr Steve Harris for your next motivational or management event .
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Elmarie Theron
6/16/2025
An Inspiring and Enlightening Experience

Attending Dr. Harris’s seminar at the Helderberg Bowling Club was truly a privilege. His insightful, intuitive approach to personal growth resonated deeply with me and affirmed many of the values I’ve been working to cultivate in my own life.

Dr. Harris generously shared his living document—a remarkable resource that I’m eager to explore further, along with the thought-provoking books he recommended.

His ability to connect with the audience and guide meaningful reflection is a rare gift. I’m grateful for the experience and look forward to learning more from his work.

Highly recommended for anyone seeking wisdom, clarity, and authentic personal development.

— Elmarie
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Jaco Burger
3/24/2025
Morning Steve

Thank you, Dr Steve, for an energetic and informative session with you. This was one of the best 2 hours I spent for a long time. It challenges one ALL the time and I loved it . I have to spend more time on this though as it was A LOT to take in.
Thank You

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Ingrid
Sales manager, AkzoNobel
3/17/2025
Hello Steve,
Thanks for joining us last week. It was great to meet you and share something of your story.
Feedback: your approach to mental toughness, sparked interesting conversations among teammates that I think will morph and be refined over time to suit our situation. Participants felt challenged to assess their habits and behaviours to improve their health, business strategy, perceptions, etc. We’ll be returning, again and again, to the concepts that you outlined to stay focused on the activities that matter while trying to shed those that bring little value to our business. The idea of “inches” was well received, and I’ve overheard several conversations in which “Blue Oceans” or “Red Oceans” strategies have been mentioned.

Kind regards,
Ingrid

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Grant Bairstow
Director, Vivo Energy Power Services
2/26/2025
Afternoon Steve.
Feedback has only been positive with your messages resonating with the delegates both at a personal and organizational level.

I for one very much enjoyed and appreciated your participation. The participants enjoyed the use of the sport examples to demonstrate your points and particularly the message regarding success AND significance. Your interaction with the delegates during the presentation enforced the messages and allowed a deeper understanding of the principles you shared. I am confident that your presentation will positively impact our journey to be the leading and most respected energy company in Africa.
Thank you. Much appreciated.
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bring mental toughness to your next event

Which is more important to you, someone who?

  • Presents about their experience to motivate you or additionally adds their personal, academically researched content that leads towards new competitive advantages and higher performance?
  • Provides a humorous and entertaining presentation or additionally evokes critical thinking and a range of memorable emotions?
  • Gives a handout on the subject or additionally provides a published book in PDF format that includes the latest and rare content on the subject?
WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD THESE STRONG TEAMS…
TEAM
BUILDING

a unique, inspirational team building experience

Steve’s team building offers motivational presentations, workshops & a wide array of appropriate group activities.

 

CONFERENCE
FACILITATOR

a facilitator to get your objectives working for you

Help your group understand their common objectives, assist in achieving their goals & developing strong skills.

 

bring mental toughness to your next event

MOTIVATIONAL WORKSHOPS

These motivational talks and workshops blend skills associated with motivation to help you discover marginal gains in your performance. e.g.

  • Going from fragile to agile by identifying and magnifying previously hidden personal differentiators. This enables you to accelerate ahead of current problems into a future where you are more competitive and fulfilled.
  • Improving your mental and physical abilities through application of critical thinking, holistic wellness, fostering teamwork, managing conflict and aligning your culture with the organizational culture.

Creating new competitive advantages that help manage struggles as well as set new benchmarks through the seven components of mental toughness (concentration, composure, controlled aggression, confidence, calculated risks, competence and commitment)

TEAMWORK AND CULTURE MOTIVATION

These teambuilding presentations and workshops speaks to the notion of culture eats strategy for breakfast and blends the skills of teamwork...

  • Understanding how the components of teamwork and culture drive performance.
  • Improving your team and the organization’s competitive differentiators through application of critical thinking, managing team wellness, unifying individual strategy and culture with the team’s strategy and culture, managing conflict and fostering teamwork.
  • Creating new teamwork and culture competitive advantages by empowering the team with the seven components of mental toughness (concentration, composure, controlled aggression, confidence, calculated risks, competence and commitment).

MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELLNESS

Dr. Steve blends the benefits of motivation with mental, emotional and physical wellness to help you manage uncertainty and discover marginal gains in your performance. e.g.

  • Identifying where wellness choices locate you on the continuum of surviving to thriving. Overcoming setbacks, managing anxiety, building stress resilience, and understanding the signs and symptoms of depression and other extreme emotional states.
  • Advancing your holistic wellness differentiators by developing the seven components of mental toughness (concentration, composure, controlled aggression, confidence, calculated risks, competence and commitment).

SALES MOTIVATION

This sales presentation or workshops blends a range of skills associated with sales with the hard skills of sales so that you can discover marginal gains in your sales performance. e.g.

  • A critical look at your current skills associated with marketing, sales, CRM, use of technology and customer service.
  • Improving your selling competitive differentiators through application of critical thinking, managing holistic wellness, unifying your culture with the organizational culture, managing conflict and fostering teamwork.
  • Creating new selling competitive advantages by developing the seven components of mental toughness (concentration, composure, controlled aggression, confidence, calculated risks, competence and commitment).

STRATEGY MOTIVATION

This strategy presentation or workshop blends the hard skills of strategic planning with soft skills so that you can discover marginal gains in your and the organization’s performance. e.g.

  • Ensuring that the design of your strategy repeats existing value and creates new value that hitherto was perceived as not possible.
  • Improving your strategic competitive differentiators through application of critical thinking, managing holistic wellness, unifying your personal strategy and culture with the organizational strategy and culture, managing conflict and fostering teamwork.
  • Creating new strategic competitive advantages by developing the seven components of mental toughness (concentration, composure, controlled aggression, confidence, calculated risks, competence and commitment).
Choose from a selection of 9 motivational topics to suit and help meet your companies objectives:

Steve’s motivational speaking offering is unique, he offers you motivational topics to choose from to suit your company and help you to achieve your companies objectives. These topics are tailor-made and suited to match your requirements, use a holistic approach and produce remarkable results!

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Featured Books By Dr Steve Harris

MENTAL TOUGHNESS

MASTERING YOUR MIND

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“An easy reading practical guide to mastering your mind and enhancing performance in life, business or sport. Many books cover these areas but few make practical sense.”

IMPIMPI

BLACK ANGER, WHITE FEAR

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South Africa is trapped in a titanic clash between black anger and white fear. Fervent freedom fight­ers try to de­stabilise the government and wrestle power from the white minority.

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