Tyson Wooters

“ Having worked with Tyson outside of his public speaking career I feel somewhat capable of determining his authenticity as a motivational speaker. By this I mean, Tyson may motivate from the stage- but it isn't how he leads all interactions in his day to day life. Tyson introduced himself with initial excitement and I looked forward to getting to know him. However, he quickly proved that motivation wasn't infused over every task he encountered. In my case, Tyson decided that "too much fun; too little work." I challenged Tyson on this, saying that work and fun are not mutually exclusive and we should try to maximize both. His response was that the brain can only handle one task at a time, failing to realize that fun is a state of mind and not an action that can distract from a given goal. It seemed to me that a motivational speaker, above all others, would recognize and encourage this. Instead, for Tyson, it was all work all the time. I'm not saying that Tyson isn't a motivating speaker. I can't pass judgement on his speaking ability since I've never seen him speak. But I can say that from my encounter with Tyson, motivation doesn't guide every aspect of his life. Instead, within 30 minutes of meeting Tyson he passed undue judgement saying essentially that he had me figured out since he 'was me in high school.' To me, Tyson wasn't encouraging me to reach my full potential, instead he had pre-compartmentalized me. Not exactly a motivating experience. I can't pretend to speak to Tyson's ability to motivate. I only add this feedback to share an experience I had with Tyson- a Tyson inconsistent with the one perpetuated by his career.”