1. A. Keith Turner
TurnGroup.com
ArtisKeith.com

2. Why even discuss Mental Toughness?
Mental Toughness - A. Keith Turner

3. Ability to control your mind under the most strenuous circumstances
Stress
Mental Toughness - A. Keith Turner

4. Story 1
Youth Football
Mental Toughness - A. Keith Turner

5. Overcoming Fear
Mental Toughness - A. Keith Turner

6. Take-Aways from Story 1 Youth Football Assessed my Strengths
Assessed my Weaknesses
Determined the Variables that were out of my Control
THEN I WENT FOR IT!
Indoor Professional Football
Mental Toughness - A. Keith Turner

7. Story 2 I want to be an ENTREPRENEUR!
Mental Toughness - A. Keith Turner

8. Should I Start a BUSINESS?!
Researched business basics
Determined my willingness to sacrifice ($$$, Cars, Friends, Stuff…)
I talked to a few friends that were entrepreneurs (mostly married)
I spoke with someone that I held in very high regard
Perceived Job Security
vs.
Reality of Risk
Mental Toughness - A. Keith Turner

9. Take-Aways from Story 2 Leap of Faith
Prepared Physically & Psychologically
Prepared Financially
Understood my Risks and Rewards
BELIEVED IN ME
THEN I WENT FOR IT!
Founder of TurnGroup Technologies
& several other companies
Mental Toughness - A. Keith Turner

10. So what gives me the Authority to share this? After all I have not retired with riches… I still work … I still continue to work on start-ups…
Mental Toughness - A. Keith Turner

11. …Because I get up everyday and GO GET IT It is not easy, but never Quit (or quit)!
Mental Toughness - A. Keith Turner

12. Keith Turner, CEO -Has launched four companies, and is on his fifth company. -Morehouse College (Cum Laude); Washington University, MBA (2014) -IT Solutions, Business Dev, Digital Marketing, Analysis, Graphic Design, Website design, Mobile App Dev. -TurnGroup.com / ArtisKeith.com
Mental Toughness - A. Keith Turner