Alvin Law

Alvin Law

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Calgary, Alberta

Leadership, Resilience, Change, Attitude & Productivity Expert

Alvin Law is a Hall-of-Fame Keynote Speaker & one of Canada's most sought after attitude experts that creates mindset shifts in the face of challenges & change. Alvin Law is an experience speaker who uses his story to challenge and inspire the most resistant heard-it-all-before audience and provokes them to examine their thinking and behaviours that are positively or negatively impact their team and their work.

ALVIN LAW BIOGRAPHY

Alvin Law’s story and his keynote presentations aim to inspire your people to stop seeing problems and start seeing possibilities. Alvin is an Attitude Expert who uses his story to challenge and inspire audiences. He teaches them how to adapt to and embrace change, and recommit to their role in your organization. Alvin will use his story and his life to model adaptability, resilience, and drive. By the end of Alvin’s presentations, audiences will value and develop skills for a positive outlook on life, so that they take ownership of their role and identify their mental blocks to develop a positive and productive attitude for themselves and their team.

For Alvin Law having no arms as a child was little more than an obstacle. Thankfully, his family taught him that through having a strong work ethic and a positive attitude that he could do anything and fulfill his dreams and aspirations. With a mission to spark a worldwide Attitude Revolution, he uses his story to challenge and inspire people to rewrite the negative stories they tell themselves about themselves; to stop feeling like victims in their lives and get proactive; to stop making excuses and start making choices. Over 7,500 corporations, organizations, and groups on five continents have used Alvin Law to ignite, engage and transform their people. On stage, he shares secrets to meeting—and conquering—life’s many challenges.

Alvin Law was born with no arms as a result of the Thalidomide drug. Overwhelmed with his tragic prognosis of a life void of quality or independence, his birth family abandoned Alvin as an infant. Thankfully, he was adopted by foster parents who nurtured him, teaching him to use his feet for hands. In doing so they gave him the gift of freedom as many people outside of his family were not so supportive of him doing anything but being limited to his disability. Alvin Law, motivational speaker and bestselling author shares his personal journey with others and the mindset, attitude and determination it took for him to overcome negative thinking habits and the constraints he faced in society to face new challenges head on and use his disability to redefine the term to focus on his ability.

Alvin Law has been presenting his compelling life story to groups across Canada, the United States, and around the globe since 1981. He is a broadcaster, fundraiser, and musician. He has also worked for non-profit groups in advertising and public relations, the civil service. Alvin has even run for public office. Alvin is in demand to speak worldwide. He also gained recognition as one of Canada’s top five motivational speakers. He is one of Canada’s most inspirational speakers and is in high demand worldwide for his presentations.

As a result of Alvin’s incredible story, his passion to help others, and his captivating presentations, Alvin was inducted into the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers Hall of Fame. He has spoken on five continents to over 2,000,000 people. He is the author of the bestselling book Alvin’s Laws of Life…5 Steps to Successfully Overcome Anything. Alvin demonstrates that nothing is impossible when we have a positive attitude, have the right people around us, and a resilient work ethic. Alvin Law lives in Calgary with his wife Darlene Law who his biggest fan and support.

 

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The Wealthy Speaker podcast

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Overcoming Obstacles and the Power of Attitude

Alvin Law Topic Presentations

the attitude effect

  • Virtual PresentationKeynote PresentationWorkshop SessionHalf Day TrainingFull Day Training
  • Focus: leadership, for leaders, personal leadership

    You’ve probably heard of The Butterfly Effect – a principle of chaos theory which states that a butterfly flapping its wings in New Mexico, at the right point in space and time, can cause a hurricane in China. It might take a while, but the connection is real. It’s an interesting way of expressing the fact that seemingly very small actions can have drastic effects.

    The Attitude Effect works the same way. A team leader, manager, supervisor, or C-level executive with a poor attitude tends to pass it on to employees and co-workers, lowering morale and creating a negative work environment. And employees tend to pass it on to customers…who then decide to take their business elsewhere. To put it plainly, a leader with a bad attitude can have a drastic effect on the productivity and profitability of the entire company.

    The good news? Our attitude is the one thing we have complete control over. We can’t always choose what happens to us on a day-to-day basis, but we can choose our attitude. And when a leader adopts and practices good attitude habits, it ripples throughout the entire organization. Productivity, innovation, engagement, quality, service, and customer loyalty can skyrocket when you have a positive company culture.

    In this presentation, you’ll learn how to make The Attitude Effect work for you. You’ll learn how your interpretation of business and personal stresses impact your work, your attitude, and your co-workers, and how to be aware of and re-interpret your attitudes on a day-to-day basis. This presentation won’t teach you how to do your job – you can hire an MBA coach for that. What it will do is demonstrate how practicing good attitude habits helps you become the type of leader people are excited to work with. It will give you the tools you need to practice The Attitude Effect at work and in your personal life. (No mantras, group hugs, or sing-alongs… promise!)

there really is no such word as can’t - there’s always something you can do

yes, you can: 5 steps to successfully overcome anything

Testimonials

Alvin is a genius. He is one of the most relatable speakers I have ever heard. When Alvin started to speak, he quickly became “one of us”. He made us laugh, he made us cry, he made us think. Most importantly Alvin helped us understand that we become what we pay attention to. I love this guy.

Terry Small

The Brain Guy

A seismic mindshift took place… I’m not a huge fan of motivational speakers – I firmly believe that you can’t impose motivation on others, it has to come from inside them. Alvin owns his own motivation, and ignites it in others because he models the behaviour he speaks about. He lives it every day. He doesn’t tell people to change – they want to change after seeing him.

Paul Bridle

CEO
Excellence Squared Ltd.

We are so grateful that you would take time from your busy schedule to come share your insights on our impact as speakers as well as your fabulous expertise in speaking delivery. Your grace and ease are readily apparent to anyone watching. Many have said how touched they were by your speech. Some said they couldn’t even stay afterwards as they were so moved, they needed some quiet time for themselves.

G. Burton

Canadian Association of Professional Speakers

Your energy, passion and zest for life is phenomenal! You did an outstanding job of energizing and facilitating students and played a key role in the success of this year’s conference! Your Keynote address was both intriguing and inspiring. It had just the right balance of humor and hardcore-life-leadership lessons! It is moments at events like this year’s conference that leaders such as yourself step forward and show others just what the true meaning of passion is.

R.Mayuk

SADD Alberta

Your presentation was the highlight of our meetings. You touched everyone in the room with your passion and drive. It was a very timely presentation, as we are currently undergoing major changes. There is no such word as can’t, has become a symbol for our staff.

J. Phillips

All Weather Windows

Articles & Media

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Books

Alvin's Laws of Life: 5 Steps to Successfully Overcome Anything
Alvin's Laws of Life: 5 Steps to Successfully Overcome Anything
Alvin's Laws of Life: 5 Steps to Successfully Overcome Anything

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