Doing the Impossible, Swallowing the Sword, Cutting through Fear | Dan Meyer at TEDxMaastricht

Ever want to be a superhero and do the impossible? Dan Meyer believes no matter how extreme our fears or how wild our dreams, we each have the potential to be superheroes, do the impossible, and change the world! Winner of the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine at Harvard, director of a humanitarian aid agency working with orphans in Kazakhstan, and 39x world record holder and leading expert in one of the world's oldest and most dangerous arts - sword swallowing - Meyer is passionate about inspiring people to do the impossible and change the world. What most people don't know is that he grew up with social anxiety disorder and extreme fears, teased and bullied by the bullies.

In his first TED talk, Meyer describes his journey from extreme fears to extreme feats, outcast to outlier, coward to courageous, wimp to world record holder, loser to Ig Nobel Prize winner, and quitter to finalist on America's Got Talent. In his talk, Dan describes his quest to overcome the limitations of human nature, perform superhuman feats, and change the world. He reveals the secrets to the science of sword swallowing and the art of doing the impossible, and secrets for how YOU can do the impossible in YOUR life!

http://CuttingEdgeInnertainment.com Dan Meyer is a 39x World Champion Sword Swallower, multiple Ripley's Believe It or Not with 7 Guinness World Records, known as the world's leading expert in sword swallowing as president of the Sword Swallowers Association International and winner of the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine at Harvard for sword swallowing medical research.

As a performer, Dan Meyer is best known as the "Most Dangerous Act" that wowed the judges on America's Got Talent to Las Vegas and Hollywood, for his dangerous feats and extreme daredevil stunts such as swallowing swords underwater in a tank of SHARKS for Ripley's Believe It or Not, for swallowing a sword heated to 1500 degrees RED HOT for Stan Lee's Superhumans, swallowing 29 swords at once, and for PULLING a 3700 lb CAR by swallowed sword for Ripley's Believe It or Not Baltimore.

As a global TEDx and motivational inspirational speaker, Dan speaks on overcoming obstacles and doing the impossible at TEDx, PINC, Ig Nobel, and Ignite talks at corporate, science, medical, college, Upward Unlimited, and youth events around the world with his most requested TEDx talk, "Doing the Impossible, Swallowing the Sword, Cutting through Fear": http://youtu.be/v7tqyim1qhw

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