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David Boyd is an award-winning educator, powerful motivational speaker, and transformational linguist. An IACC and ICF Certified Life Coach (CLC), David offers transformational personal and professional coaching, mentoring, and motivational speaking in character and leadership development.

Drawing on over a quarter century of expertise and passion, David seamlessly blends timeless truths from Chinese classics, such as Sun Tzu’s Art of War and the Classic on the Way and Personal Power (Dao De Jing), with cutting-edge coaching techniques including Growth Mindset and Emotional Intelligence to empower individuals and organizations to gain clarity on their identity and purpose to make their Way through the maze of life.

With these he shares authentic insights gleaned from his own journey through toxic perfectionism and performance-based worth, addiction and self-abuse, codependency and people pleasing, and destructive self-talk and limiting beliefs.

David's ultimate goals are threefold -- to uncover, recover, and discover:

1. Uncover: To help people uncover their true identity and embrace their place in the universe as unique treasures free from limiting beliefs and labels.

2. Recover: To assist people as they recover their self-worth and ground it in their identity instead of their performance to recover their infinite potential and possibility.

3. Discover: To guide people as they discover their unique gifts and passionately pursue their personal purpose on this planet.

Current position (1)

Assistant Professor

USAF Academy

Degrees (4)

Asian Studies

Cornell University

1998 to 2001

East Asian Languages & Civilizations

University of Colorado, Boulder

2002 to 2005

Comparative Religion

University of Colorado, Boulder

2002

East Asian Languages & Cultures

Indiana University, Bloomington

2005

Presentations

Presentations (4)

There is ALWAYS a Way!

There is ALWAYS a way to get from where we are to where we want to be in any area of our lives. It does not matter how long we have felt stuck or trapped, how we got where we are or whose fault it is, or how many times we have tried and failed in the past. There is ALWAYS a way -- a way forward, a way upward, a way onward. There is ALWAYS a way -- a way though, a way around, or a way out. This critical belief is a foundation of change, a source of comfort, a wellspring of hope, and a key to personal empowerment. A journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step -- the one right in front of us. Take it.

Building Beyond Broken: We are Masterful Mosaics in the Making!

Mental health and emotional wellbeing are at all time lows throughout the world and are reaching pandemic levels. Depression, loneliness, suicide, and addictions point to a painful lack of identity, worth, and purpose. Lives are broken, dreams shattered, and hopes lost. Discover the tools and insights to break free from depression and despair, stop settling, and expand our vision to the infinite possibilities that are available to each of us at any moment. Join the movement to liberate our lives from limiting labels, confining cultural constructs, and subjective social stereotypes. You are not broken! You are a masterful mosaic in the making with great gifts to give. You are awesome, you are amazing, and you are absolutely essential in this world!

Tired of Losing? Success Strategies for how to Start Winning at Life from Sun Tzu's Art of War

Drawing on timeless tactics and success strategies from Sun Tzu's Art of War, this presentation goes through how to take command of your life, plan for success, and achieve victory in a few simple steps. I reveal three critical actions for winning, five secret success factors, and five essential attributes to transform your life!

Who Do You Think You Are!? Eliminating Limiting Labels, Negative Self-Talk, & Belittling Beliefs

As we think in our hearts, so are we. Our beliefs about ourselves create our thinking and our thinking about ourselves elicits feelings, which in turn drive our behaviors, which ultimately determine our results, direction in life, and our destinies! Many of us are bogged down by suffocating stereotypes, negative self-talk, and parasitic beliefs that literally suck the energy out of our lives. We deserve so much more. Learn how to transform your thinking, reclaim your worth and identity, and open up unimaginable opportunities.

Past talks (3)

Emotional Intelligence

Academy Military Training Non-Commissioned Officer Stage 1 Course

United States Air Force Academy

November 4, 2022

Growth Mindset

Interpersonal Leadership Training (ILT)

United States Air Force Academy

June 9, 2021

Emotional Intelligence

Interpersonal Leadership Training (ILT)

United States Air Force Academy