Global Business Speaker Erik Vermeulen presented "Lessons from Lance" as a motivational presentation at the Iran Insurance Conference held in Tehran in January 2012

1. liveSTRONG
Lessons from Lance Armstrong
Presented by Erik Vermeulen

2. Mind Space
1. Feel free to be YOU – it’s YOUR CHOICE
2. Go Big or Go Home!!
3. If it is to be, it’s up to me!

4. liveSTRONG
Lessons from Lance Armstrong
Presented by Erik Vermeulen

5. Lessons from Lance
Successful people are resilient!

6. 2003: 66 seconds to Ulrich
Lance avoids a fallen
Beloki on the day’s
final descent into Gap.
Beloki would break a
leg, shoulder, wrist,
arm and pelvis in a
80km/h crash.
Lance shows his off-
road skills.

7. 2003: 66 seconds to Ulrich
Final climb to Luz Ardiden, 2003

9. 2003: 66 seconds to Ulrich
Final climb to Luz Ardiden, 2003
“Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever.”
Lance Armstrong

10. Lance’s Numbers
Resting HR 32 – 34
VO2 ml/kg 83,8
Max Power @ VO2 600 watts
Max HR 201
Lactate Threshold 178
Ave HR @ endurance rides 124 – 128
Ave watts @ endurance rides 245 – 280 watts
Training miles / hrs 5 – 6 hrs / 100 –
130 miles

12. Our Company’s Numbers
Resting HR How “fit” are we to do our job? Do
we have enough of the right skills?
VO2 ml/kg Can we “feed” our energy needs?
We need to motivate ourselves and
those around us!
Max Power @ VO2 How “strong” (emotionally and
mentally) are we?
Max HR How much harder can push, if we
need to, to beat the competition?
Lactate Threshold How hard can we push ourselves
before causing ourselves stress?

13. Our Company’s Numbers
Ave HR @ endurance rides Day-to-day stuff shouldn’t kill us!
Ave watts @ endurance How hard do we work – what is
rides our output?
Training miles / hrs Ground work we do everyday in
view of targets.

14. Explain in 3 minutes to a 10 year-old
why your business is so exciting, and
why your company makes all the
difference to people’s daily living.

15. Lessons from Lance
Successful people have
presence
Develop Confident
Uncertainty
Find purpose beyond
pleasing
Equals
Positive Energy

16. Lessons from Lance
Successful people do
what others are not
prepared to do
Get rid of “excusitis”
Action cures fear
Accept the law of cause
and effect.

17. Lessons from Lance
The F1 Team

19. Lessons from Lance
Strong teams focus on performance
Get the right People.
Results Count.
CANI: Ask, “How can
we be better?”
Set challenging goals.
Measure. “We cannot motivate people, we can only
influence what they are motivated to do.”

20. The Service Equation
Service = Experience - Expect

21. The Service Equation
People expect only two things
1. That you know they are there
2. That they made the right choice by coming
to you to satisfy their need

22. 2004 What about 6?

23. liveSTRONG
Lessons from Lance Armstrong
Thank You.