Bio:

Bob Logan has lived an incredibly varied life, rooted in strict military family values. Logan learned early on that change can actually be a good thing. He embraced change as a youth, attending seven schools in twelve years as the son of an Air Force fighter pilot.

Originally, he planned to become a fighter pilot like his dad, attending the U.S. Air Force Academy. He went on to complete his MBA in Management at the Eller College of the University of Arizona.

What followed was an incredible career that included teaching high school history; a corporate management stint with AT&T; coaching Division I football at the UA and as the head coach of the Bologna Doves in the Italian-American football league! He spent the bulk of his career at the University of Arizona as an Assistant Dean and Associate Athletics Director, raising hundreds of millions of dollars for the College of Science and the Athletic Department. Some of the largest gifts in the history of the University of Arizona are the result of Bob Logan’s work.

Now a highly sought after motivational speaker and author, Bob Logan speaks to audiences from all industries about the value of perspective. After walking the iconic 500-mile Camino de Santiago on three occasions, Logan learned first-hand how to step back and look at life differently.

Understanding what is most important in life and how to reprioritize your family, faith and friends while not sacrificing your work is a skill everyone needs to hear. In 2023, Logan documented these lessons in his award-winning book, “Let Your Path Find You.”

Logan believes in a life worth living and how one must strive to find their “why” and purpose. Come along and join Bob Logan on his inspirational journey.

Speaking Topics:

Fear, Failure and Comfort Zones — Keys to Success in Business (and in Life!)

Clearly, in our post-pandemic world, the entire workplace has changed. Remote work or in the office? Virtual meetings or in person? Needless to say, for many, our priorities have changed and our view of the world has changed. But in the business world that we all live in, it is still about people and relationships. How does one balance the important difference between profits and work-life balance? How do we grow our organization while at the same time addressing the needs of our staff and key employees? Join Bob Logan as he takes us down a path of overcoming fear, dealing with failure, working outside of our comfort zones and conversely, helping find kindness and gratitude as key components of our lives. Be prepared — you will come away with a different way of thinking about life and your role in it.

Key takeaways:

1. Break away from routines that dominate daily life
2. Recognize and embrace what is truly important
3. Control what you can control and release everything else
4. Understand and recognize that key decisions are not often as risky as they seem
5. Maximize your innate potential and live in the moment

 

The Pursuit of Happiness: Why Is it so Elusive for so Many People?

In the realm of contemporary life, the relentless pressures of work, marriage, parenthood, financial success, and other factors often lead individuals on the incessant treadmill on the pursuit of happiness. Is it money, job titles, or a big house that brings Happiness? What the research shows will truly surprise you. Intrigued by this pervasive phenomenon, Logan embarked on a scientific endeavor to unravel the key components to how to live a fulfilling life.

Logan’s extensive research, conducted over 20 years at the University of Arizona College of Science, yielded an astonishing collection of over 17,000 peer-reviewed studies on Happiness. These academic works revealed a common thread among many individuals—a general dissatisfaction with their current life circumstances or their future prospects. But how does one change that?

Logan’s captivating presentation delves into a select subset of scientifically validated techniques that, when implemented, can effectively enhance one’s happiness. Many of these techniques are surprisingly simple — smile more, get out into nature, travel for experiences, etc. Depending on the audience size, attendees will engage in collaborative projects aimed at achieving collective Happiness. These experiences foster a sense of self-improvement and empower individuals to identify the necessary adjustments in their lives to attain greater happiness.

Key takeaways:

1. What is the dollar threshold needed to achieve a level of Happiness
2. How can one find gratitude in their lives on a daily basis - no matter how bad it is right now
3. Understanding one of the key brain chemicals to Happiness — Oxytocin — and how it changes your entire body
4. Would you rather be a lottery winner or a paraplegic? The answer will surprise you.
5. The power of Kindness and Mr. Rogers

 

How Walking 500 Miles Changes You — An Adventure Story of the Camino de Santiago

The Camino de Santiago is a 500-mile pilgrimage across Northern Spain that has been in existence for nearly 2,000 years. Annually, over 250,000 people from all over the world take on this 4-6 week pilgrimage experience. Bob Logan has walked the Camino on three times and to say it changed his life would be an understatement. It put his life in perspective and how he looked at the world totally changed.

During this interesting “adventure” talk, Bob Logan presents the many life lessons he learned that can immediately be applied to everyone’s own life. These include, “the power of being uncomfortable”; “overcoming challenges”; “dealing with daily doses of adversity”; “understanding the importance of living a simpler life”; “how gratitude and appreciation should play a bigger role in our lives”; and “achieving something bigger than oneself”.

Bob Logan’s Camino de Santiago talk provides a humbling look at how many of us are living their lives currently in America. How one should try and set aside the trappings of materialism, corporate advancement, the never-ending striving for more, more, more we all live. He will downplay the importance of our “connected social media society” and push you to embrace “relationship connectedness” and living in the moment as the key to living a more fulfilling life.

Key takeaways:

1. How sometimes being put in uncomfortable situations can make you a better person
2. Understanding that it is OK to do something when everyone tells you not to (if you believe in it!)
3. Coming to the realization that many people have worse problems than we do
4. Can one take a step back and realize there is more to life than work, status and money?
5. The importance of experiential travel and discover many of these types of travel opportunities

 

How Come My Co-Worker Is So Difficult To Understand? Learning the True Colors of Other People and of Yourself

We all go through our daily activities dealing with many types of personalities. From the spouse/partner we know all too well, to the clerk at the dry cleaner or at the supermarket. Then we get into the more difficult personality situations – dealing with a difficult boss or customer, the business manager reviewing our budgets and expenses, the freewheeling salesperson who refuses to follow the rules, and on and on.

True Colors® is an easy to understand, easy to remember temperament/personality model that helps people of all ages increase their personal performance. The use of this model will help increase understanding of yourself and others as well as improve communication. True Colors® also helps create a spirit of collaboration, cooperation and synergy. For nearly 50 years, True Colors has helped improve and enhance the performance of some of the world’s most successful organizations.

Bob Logan is a certified facilitator of the True Colors® personality assessment tool. In a fun and engaging way, he brings along his audience to look very deeply into understanding themselves first and then learn about how to understand others better. It is an enlightening program that can be applied in the corporate setting, the family setting and to individuals and their personal lives. In a nutshell, you are a better person by virtue of being a part of the True Colors® program.

Key takeaways:

1. Get a quantitative assessment of your own personality
2. Understand specifically why you have trouble dealing with some people and techniques to overcome
3. How understanding others can help you in your professional and personal life
4. Becoming a better communicator
5. Quickly be able to see the characteristics of other personalities-and how to adapt