The answer, believe it or not, can be given in one word: Stoicism. Interest in Stoicism is booming, with bestselling books and celebrities like Michael Douglas and Jerry Seinfeld embracing its wisdom. While many are drawn to its promise of staying calm under pressure, Stoicism offers much more—it’s a philosophy designed to cultivate virtue. In this talk, David Kaspar will break down its core principles and reveal how Stoicism provides powerful tools for achieving success without compromising integrity. By digging deep into Stoicism, David Kaspar will show how living by it will enable you to have massive success without losing your soul.

David Kaspar is a philosopher and high performance coach who specializes in ethics and in how to live the best life possible. Born in New York City, and raised in Ridgewood, NJ, he received his PhD from The State University of New York at Buffalo. He has taught at University of Nevada-Reno and St. John’s University, and now teaches at Rutgers University. He has published Intuitionism (Bloomsbury Press) and Explorations in Ethics (Palgrave Macmillan), and his next book, The Stoic Way of Greatness is coming out soon. He has given talks in numerous states, as well as in Canada, Turkey, and Israel. David has created a personal development system called High Performance Stoicism, which provides a path to
greatness for the 95% of us. He delivers it through one-on-one coaching and group coaching. In his spare time, he plays blues guitar, enjoys reading Victorian Era novels, and examines how conspiracy theorizing became mainstream.