{"id":6430,"date":"2026-08-12T11:03:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T11:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markpattisonnfl.com\/?page_id=6430"},"modified":"2026-08-12T11:17:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T11:17:30","slug":"finding-your-summit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/markpattisonnfl.com\/keynotes\/finding-your-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Your Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>body.page-id-6430 .page-header{display:none !important}<\/style>\n<style>\n.rks{--red:#fb3741;--ink:#14181d;--muted:#5b6470;--line:#e9ecef;--bg:#f6f7f9;--dark:#0d1014;font-family:inherit;color:var(--ink);line-height:1.6;-webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased}\n.rks *{box-sizing:border-box}\n.rks .wrap{max-width:1140px;margin:0 auto;padding:0 24px}\n.rks h1,.rks h2,.rks h3{margin:0;line-height:1.12;font-weight:800;letter-spacing:-.02em}\n.rks p{margin:0}\n.rks-btn{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:9px;padding:15px 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p{margin:18px auto 0;max-width:56ch;color:#c7cdd6;font-size:18px}\n.rks-cta-actions{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:14px;justify-content:center;margin-top:32px}\n@media(max-width:980px){.rks-grid3{grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr}.rks-tgrid{columns:2}.rks-explore{grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr}}\n@media(max-width:820px){.rks-split{grid-template-columns:1fr;gap:34px}.rks-media:after{display:none}.rks-take{grid-template-columns:1fr}.rks-klist{grid-template-columns:1fr}.rks-hero-inner{margin-left:0}.rks-hero:before{background:linear-gradient(180deg,rgba(9,11,15,.55),rgba(9,11,15,.92))}.rks-strip .wrap{gap:24px}}\n@media(max-width:600px){.rks-grid3{grid-template-columns:1fr}.rks-tgrid{columns:1}.rks-section{padding:56px 0}.rks-keynote{padding:28px}.rks-explore{grid-template-columns:1fr}}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"rks\">\n<section class=\"rks-hero\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"rks-hero-inner\">\n<p class=\"rks-eyebrow\">Signature Keynote<\/p>\n<h1>Finding Your Summit<\/h1>\n<p class=\"rks-hero-sub\">How to define a summit worth ten years, break it into stages you can actually survive, and keep moving when the route disappears. Mark Pattison&#8217;s flagship talk, built on the true story of the Seven Summits.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rks-hero-actions\">\n<a class=\"rks-btn rks-btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/markpattisonnfl.com\/contact-mark\/\">Check Mark&#8217;s availability<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"rks-btn rks-btn-ghost\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r49BitVSB_4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Watch the TEDx talk<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"rks-trust\">Praised by leaders and audiences at <b>Google<\/b>, <b>Harvard<\/b>, <b>Sports Illustrated<\/b>, <b>FLUKE<\/b>, <b>Q Sciences<\/b> and <b>EO<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"rks-strip\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<ul class=\"rks-stats\">\n<li><strong>7<\/strong><span>Summits climbed<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>10 yrs<\/strong><span>To finish the goal<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Emmy<\/strong><span>2022 award winner<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>TEDx<\/strong><span>Featured speaker<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"rks-featured\">\n<span class=\"lab\">As featured in<\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/markpattisonnfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Fox-News-01.png\" alt=\"Fox News\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/markpattisonnfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Forbes-01-1.png\" alt=\"Forbes\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"rks-section\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<p class=\"rks-kicker\">The premise<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"rks-h2\">Everyone has a summit. Almost no one finishes the climb.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"rks-underline\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rks-split\">\n<div class=\"rks-copy\">\n<p>It took Mark nearly ten years to become the first NFL player to complete the Seven Summits. Not because the mountains got harder, but because life did, injuries, doubt, a career that would not stay out of the way, and years where the goal quietly slipped to the bottom of the list.<\/p>\n<p>Finding Your Summit is the story of what it actually takes to finish something that big: how to define a goal worth ten years of your life, how to break it into stages you can survive one at a time, and how to keep moving on the days the route disappears and quitting would be completely reasonable.<\/p>\n<p>This is not a highlight reel. It is a working model for anyone chasing a goal that will not fit inside a single quarter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rks-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/markpattisonnfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mark-pattison-emmy.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Pattison holding his 2022 Sports Emmy Award\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"rks-section rks-section--alt\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<p class=\"rks-kicker\">Ideal audiences<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"rks-h2\">Built for anyone chasing a summit that will not fit in a quarter<\/h2>\n<div class=\"rks-underline\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rks-grid3\">\n<div class=\"rks-rcard\">\n<div class=\"n\">1<\/div>\n<h3>Annual meetings<\/h3>\n<p>A season-opening keynote that sets an ambitious goal and gives the room a way to actually reach it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rks-rcard\">\n<div class=\"n\">2<\/div>\n<h3>Leadership offsites<\/h3>\n<p>A framework for leaders setting multi-year strategy, not just next quarter&#8217;s targets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rks-rcard\">\n<div class=\"n\">3<\/div>\n<h3>Sales kickoffs<\/h3>\n<p>A story about staying in the climb long after the excitement of day one wears off.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rks-rcard\">\n<div class=\"n\">4<\/div>\n<h3>Associations and conferences<\/h3>\n<p>A universal story about long-term goals that lands with any professional audience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rks-rcard\">\n<div class=\"n\">5<\/div>\n<h3>Universities<\/h3>\n<p>A story students and young professionals use to define their own version of a summit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rks-rcard\">\n<div class=\"n\">6<\/div>\n<h3>Anyone facing a long climb<\/h3>\n<p>Built for audiences chasing a goal that will take years, not weeks, to reach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"rks-section rks-section--dark\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<p class=\"rks-kicker\">The outcome<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"rks-h2\">What your audience walks away with<\/h2>\n<div class=\"rks-underline\"><\/div>\n<ul class=\"rks-take\">\n<li><b>A method for defining<\/b> a summit worth years of effort, not just this quarter&#8217;s target.<\/li>\n<li><b>A way to break a huge goal<\/b> into stages small enough to actually survive.<\/li>\n<li><b>The discipline to keep moving<\/b> on the days the route disappears and quitting looks reasonable.<\/li>\n<li><b>Permission to take ten years<\/b> if that is what the goal actually requires.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"rks-section\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<p class=\"rks-kicker\">Signature keynote<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"rks-h2\">Finding Your Summit: the full arc<\/h2>\n<div class=\"rks-underline\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rks-keynote\">\n<span class=\"tag\">Keynote &#8211; 60 \/ 45 \/ 30 min &#8211; fully customizable<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What the room actually gets<\/h3>\n<p class=\"kp\">Mark walks the audience through the full decade, the goal, the setbacks that nearly ended it, the moment he almost let it go, and the final summit push, then reverse-engineers the framework into steps your audience can apply to their own long-term goals.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rks-klist\">\n<li>How to define a summit worth years of your life<\/li>\n<li>Breaking a ten-year goal into stages you can survive one at a time<\/li>\n<li>What to do in the years the goal falls to the bottom of the list<\/li>\n<li>Reading the moment quitting looks reasonable, and pushing through it anyway<\/li>\n<li>Building a support team for a climb that takes longer than expected<\/li>\n<li>Knowing the summit when you finally reach it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"rks-btn rks-btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/markpattisonnfl.com\/contact-mark\/\">Bring this keynote to your event<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"rks-section rks-section--alt\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<p class=\"rks-kicker\">Your speaker<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"rks-h2\">Meet Mark Pattison<\/h2>\n<div class=\"rks-underline\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rks-split\">\n<div class=\"rks-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/markpattisonnfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mp-everest2.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Pattison on the summit of Mount Everest\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"rks-copy\">\n<p>Mark Pattison played in the NFL for the Raiders, Saints, and Rams, spent a decade as a Sports Illustrated executive, and became the first NFL player to complete the Seven Summits with his ascent of Mount Everest.<\/p>\n<p>His climb became the NFL Films documentary Searching for the Summit, which won a Sports Emmy in 2022. He also wrote the book Finding Your Summit and hosts the Finding Your Summit podcast, but this keynote is where the story was built to be heard first, live, on your stage.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rks-badges\">\n<li><b>10 years<\/b> To complete the Seven Summits<\/li>\n<li><b>First<\/b> NFL player to climb all Seven Summits<\/li>\n<li><b>2022<\/b> Sports Emmy<\/li>\n<li><b>TEDx<\/b> speaker<\/li>\n<li><b>Author<\/b> Finding Your Summit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"rks-section\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<p class=\"rks-kicker\">Proof<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"rks-h2\">What audiences say about this talk<\/h2>\n<div class=\"rks-underline\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rks-tgrid\">\n<div class=\"rks-tcard\">\n<div class=\"star\">&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;<\/div>\n<p class=\"q\">&#8220;Mark&#8217;s words resonated across the class to people from all walks of life, which led to a lively discussion that went over time. I would highly recommend Mark to anyone looking for a guide as they find their own summit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"a\">Chris Jamieson<span>Harvard University<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rks-tcard\">\n<div class=\"star\">&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;<\/div>\n<p class=\"q\">&#8220;As a speaker at our convention, Mark Pattison was phenomenal. The way he correlated his climbing experiences to life lessons was masterful, inspirational, and impactful. His story of grit and determination is a story everyone needs to hear.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"a\">Marc Wilson<span>CEO, Q Sciences<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rks-tcard\">\n<div class=\"star\">&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;<\/div>\n<p class=\"q\">&#8220;Your career is phenomenal, but more than your professional milestones shine through. Your passion, your why, your commitment to the journey, those are the gems that shine brightly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"a\">Lex<span>FLUKE, Xcelerate 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rks-tcard\">\n<div class=\"star\">&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;<\/div>\n<p class=\"q\">&#8220;Thank you so much for sharing your story, your energy and passion with us today in class. It was an absolute breath of fresh air and a reminder of what it sounds like and looks like to be in harmony with purpose.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"a\">Danielle Kaufman<span>Harvard University<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rks-tcard\">\n<div class=\"star\">&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;<\/div>\n<p class=\"q\">&#8220;As a longtime member of Entrepreneurs&#8217; Organization, I&#8217;ve been blessed to partake in many amazing experiences that have inspired me to elevate my thinking, my leadership and myself. My most recent Transcend Forum retreat was no exception.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"a\">EO Member<span>Transcend Forum Attendee<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rks-tcard\">\n<div class=\"star\">&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;<\/div>\n<p class=\"q\">&#8220;Great to be inspired by Mark Pattison, former NFL player who climbed seven of the world&#8217;s highest summits as a personal return to accomplishment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"a\">Terrence O&#8217;Hanlon<span>FLUKE Corporation<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"rks-section rks-section--dark\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<p class=\"rks-kicker\">Watch the talk<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"rks-h2\">The message, in his own words<\/h2>\n<div class=\"rks-underline\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rks-video\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r49BitVSB_4\" title=\"Mark Pattison TEDx talk\" loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"rks-section rks-section--alt\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<p class=\"rks-kicker\">Questions<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"rks-h2\">Booking Finding Your Summit, answered<\/h2>\n<div class=\"rks-underline\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rks-faq\">\n<details>\n<summary>Is this the same story as the podcast and book?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"fa\">Same underlying journey, built as a live keynote. The talk is a distilled, staged arc designed to work in 30 to 60 minutes, not a reading of the book.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How long is the keynote and can it be customized?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"fa\">Choose 60, 45, or 30 minutes. Mark tailors the framing and takeaways to your event&#8217;s theme and the specific long-term goal your audience is chasing.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Who is this keynote best for?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"fa\">Any audience setting an ambitious, multi-year goal, annual meetings, leadership offsites, sales kickoffs, associations, and universities.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How do we check availability and book?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"fa\">Use the button below to send your event date, audience, and goals. 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