Kyle Willkom Has Always Strived to Live an Action-Packed Life.

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• Wrote three books on leadership:

  • Action Packed Leadership

    • #1 Amazon Best-Seller​

  • Wake Up Call

  • The Thinking Dilemma
     

• Created the Action Packed Life online leadership course (reaching high school students across the country)
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• Founded Teaching You Money to help people better understand their finances
   

• Was the first employee of a million-dollar marketing startup
   

• Has run 6 full marathons.

  • Marathons completed are: Portland, New Orleans, North Carolina, Michigan, Singapore, and the original marathon from Marathon to Athens, Greece. 
     

• Worked with RampUpMKE to help make Milwaukee more accessible for people with disabilities. ​
   

• Climbed Mt. Washington with author and mountaineer, Chuck Garcia​.
   

• Started a tech company in Nashville with author and speaker, Matt Tenney. 
   

• Started a comedic rap group that got over a quarter of a million views on YouTube
   

• Broke his hand trying to stiff-arm a charging bull in Oklahoma (and still did a leadership training in New Jersey the following week - see photo below with cast on hand)
   

• After tearing his ACL at the age of 10, became an all-state basketball player and then a walk-on for the Marquette University Men's Basketball team 
   

• Led several service trips to New Orleans to help rebuild after Hurricane Katrina. 
   

• Spent a year training with the Army in the ROTC program 

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Now Kyle travels the country, guitar in hand, delivering inspirational speeches that are funny, interactive, and life-changing.

His speeches motivate and challenge students to have a vision, set goals, accomplish big things, and become a better version of themselves.