One Decision Away

From Potential to Performance

The One Decision Away Framework gives leaders a practical 3 step system to assess opportunities, address obstacles, and take decisive action under pressure. A leadership and resilience keynote that drives accountability and execution.

DAVID ATKINS
Leadership, Resilience and High Stakes Decision Making Speaker
Retired NY State Police Captain. Ground Zero First Responder. Million Dollar Entrepreneur. #1 Best Selling Author. Creator of the One Decision Away Philosophy.
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One Decision Away

From Potential to Performance

The One Decision Away Framework gives leaders a practical 3 step system to assess opportunities, address obstacles, and take decisive action under pressure. A leadership and resilience keynote that drives accountability and execution.

#NoExcuses
WATCH DAVID IN ACTION
DAVID ATKINS
Leadership, Resilience and High Stakes Decision Making Speaker Retired NY State Police Captain. Ground Zero First Responder. Million Dollar Entrepreneur. Creator of the One Decision Away Philosophy.

We are only One Decision Away from...

Breakthroughs
Success
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"David moved the crowd in a way that I have never seen moved before!"

David's speech was the best I've ever heard in my 12 years of attending this conference!

Have you noticed…

Fear, adversity, hesitation, burnout, and excuses keep people from performing at their highest level.
We all face these challenges every day, but only a small percentage understand how to break through them instead of being controlled by them.
How do you help your organization rise above the internal barriers that slow decisions, weaken culture, and stall performance?
How do you help your people stop waiting and start moving forward with confidence and urgency?
David teaches organizations a powerful and proven decision making framework that helps people cut through fear, excuses, overthinking, and hesitation. His model reaches the inner core of leadership, performance, and personal responsibility and gives your team a simple, memorable structure for moving forward with courage and confidence.
That’s where David comes in…
The Creator of The One Decision Away Framework

The One Decision Away Framework

You are always one decision away from a breakthrough in your career, health, relationships, or leadership.

People often stay stuck because they try to solve everything at once. Real transformation begins with one courageous decision made today. This framework shows audiences how to move forward without needing every answer or a perfect plan.

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Assess the Opportunity
Most people overthink and overwhelm themselves by worrying about everything at once. Assessing the opportunity helps your team identify the one decision that matters most right now. Clarity creates momentum.
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Address the Obstacles

Obstacles are guaranteed on every meaningful path. David teaches audiences to expect adversity, trust the process, and continue moving forward even when it is uncomfortable. This is how resilient, high performing people are built.

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Take Action

Urgency creates results. Tomorrow is never guaranteed and success is never convenient. David helps your team act today with intention and confidence, turning good intentions into real outcomes. Action is the catalyst for growth.

Often we think about what we truly want to achieve but we must have the Vision within ourselves, to live it, to breathe it, to read it and to focus on it so everything we do is in alignment with making our Vision become a realty.

Why This Matters Now

David’s Story

David is living proof of the One Decision Away message. Fifteen years ago he was six figures in debt, out of shape, and struggling in his marriage. Instead of worrying about the future, he made one decision. He chose to have an honest conversation with his wife.

Why David Atkins

David served 22 years with the New York State Police and retired as a Captain responsible for all operations in Westchester County overseeing more than 400,000 emergency calls annually. He responded at Ground Zero on 9-11 and was honored as New York State Trooper of the Year and Investigator of the Year.
While still in uniform, David built a seven figure international direct sales business leading a team of 1,400 entrepreneurs.
He has completed ultramarathons, become a Number One Best Selling author, and spoken to audiences as large as 20,000 including at the NFL Superdome.
David brings street smart leadership, crisis tested resilience, and real world business experience to help organizations build stronger leaders, stronger cultures, and stronger results.

No More Excuses. The Time Is Now.

Your team is one decision away from a new level of performance, confidence, resilience, and execution.
Bring The One Decision Away Framework to your next conference, leadership summit, or company wide event.
David is available for keynotes nationwide including New York, Dallas, Chicago, Orlando, Phoenix, Las Vegas, San Diego, Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte, Denver, and major cities across the United States.
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David Atkins transforms teams into relentless execution machines through proven adversity-crushing techniques, zero-excuse accountability systems, and the authentic street-smart leadership forged in crisis situations and ultramarathon mental warfare.