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Peter Dankelson - Guitarist, Motivational Speaker & Advocate; Co-Author, "How I Learned to Rock My Life" Ambassador for Children's Craniofacial Association

Peter Dankelson

Profile updated July 21, 2025
LocationTravels from Chicago, IL, USA
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Gratitude, Positivity, and Living a Life That Matters

How to Rock Your Life

This session shows how being your own hero starts with being kind to yourself. You know that little voice inside your head? It can either build you up or it can tear you down. That's why words matter. They shape what you believe about yourself and how you feel about your life.

Using an example of your life as a book, this session shares how every day is an opportunity to write a new chapter, edit an old one, and decide what’s consuming the most pages. What’s the biggest chapter in your book? What type of character are you?

Rocking your life is about becoming the best version of yourself. It means honoring your past but not allowing it to consume your future.

Rocking your life means:

  • Choosing courage over fear
  • Practicing gratitude
  • Accepting things you can't change
  • Learning from failure
  • Never giving up on yourself
  • Finding your tribe
  • Pursuing your passion
  • Reminding yourself to laugh once in a while!

Peter Dankelson, with a dose of humor, shares how he practices these strategies in his own life. Every session ends with Peter taking classic rock song requests. Audiences feel like they’ve just attended a motivational concert!

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Books by Peter Dankelson

How I Learned To Rock My Life: The Peter Dankelson Story - Book by Peter Dankelson

How I Learned To Rock My Life: The Peter Dankelson Story” (2022)

How I Learned To Rock My Life: The Peter Dankelson Story

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