Daniel Lerner is widely regarded for his work as a coach, speaker and author encompassing happiness, achieving excellence and success. For the past two decades, Daniel has committed his time to research the impact that emotion has on various aspects of life, specialising in the study of positive psychology. Determined to help others realise their true potential, Daniel pushes the importance of having a healthy psychological state to help individuals thrive in both work and home life.
An only child of two musicians, Daniel was subject to a childhood filled with culture and passion. His upbringing inspired him in his adult life to pursue a career focussing on excellence and well-being. After graduating from college, Daniel spent a decade pursuing classical music, located at Columbia Artists and International Creative Management where he was responsible for developing up and coming young performers. After such diverse experience, Daniel made the decision to co-found 21C Media Group and began work as the Director of Artist Development.
It was during his time as the Director of Artist Development that Daniel began to find his passion for human emotion and the mind. He began studying with sports psychologist Dr Nathaniel Zinsser, exploring the relations between mindsets and successful artists. Motivated to learn as much as possible about the way that the mind worked, Daniel went back to school attending the University of Pennsylvania and graduating with a degree in Positive Psychology. Daniel is now a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania teaching Applied Positive Psychology as well as a faculty member at New York University, where his Science of Happiness class is one of the largest and most popular classes.
Using his expertise in positive psychology, human emotion and the mind, Daniel is now highly sought as a keynote speaker. Using his revolutionary research, Daniel has worked with a variety of different clients from students to athletes, budding musicians to countless Fortune 500 companies. He is well known for helping corporate clients to deal with pressing issues of work, including managing stress and anxiety, realising potential and achieving peak performance. To accompany his public speaking, Daniel also worked alongside Dr Alan Schlechter to author U Thrive: How to Succeed in College (And Life), a book compiling a number of stories and top tips for making life long positive decisions.
Having previously delivered to NCAA coaches, financial organisations and various universities, it is without a doubt that Daniel is a suitable speaker for a plethora of different audiences. In all that he commits his time to, Daniel is motivating, intellectual and passionate with a drive to help everybody achieve their true potential. With extensive research, Daniel has come to answer the question of what happiness has to do with making achievements- a lot! With decades of experience of performing at the highest levels of the industry, Daniel is the perfect speaker to allow corporate audiences to get a better grasp on how emotions affect performance.
How to hire Daniel Lerner
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When he's at corporate events, Daniel covers the following topics:
- The new era of wellbeing - how COVID-19 is changing our perspective on health, happiness and opportunity
- Greatness, goodness and grit - how to realise your potential and succeed at work and in life
- Bringing your work to life - do what you love, and love what you do
- Passionately successful - making the most of ambition and happiness
- Beyond words - how great achievers realise their unique potential
- Thriving in college - achieving success in school and beyond
"He has a rich background on so many topics, but what I love about Dan is how he delivers his sessions. They are full of real life scenarios, current research and funny stories. I am not surprised his class at NYU, ‘The Science of Happiness’ is one of the most popular on campus! When you see Dan teach, you immediately sense his intelligence, intellectually AND emotionally. He has worked with corporate executives, elite musicians, and athletes on how to enhance their performance and use positive psychology to build and sustain success. Dan knows how to help people move toward excellence"- True North Sports
"Daniel takes the stage with an optimism and passion that is evident in both his subject area and personality. His presentation was ranked the highest by far from our participants, and the rave reviews I received afterwards about him were endless. By not only explaining the psychology, but also posing thought-provoking questions, Daniel made sure the speech was interactive and reflective rather than simply passive. We have asked Daniel to come back to our next retreat as a featured speaker, and I hope we can continue to welcome him there!"- Wharton MBA Lead-In Retreat
"Dan is electric! When he speaks, people tune in like the world is on pause. In the 10 years that I have known Dan he has done speaking engagements for my wealth management practice, to clients and referral sources, and for my alumni association (University of Maryland). The responses that I receive after each and every event are beyond positive … they are uniquely exceptional"- Oppenheimer Funds
"Outstanding. Wonderful. One of my former board members was in tears, came up to me, took my hands, and said 'Les, he changed my life'"- ACC New Jersey
