FEAR&FAIL Conference Brussels vol.6
Fear&Fail Conference is champions' stage - for courageous and daring.
3 powerful stories by 3 people on their personal journeys to freedom from their fears and failures.
Each story reveals the path of the speaker - their beliefs, challenges, limits and breakthroughs. It's real, authentic stories all of us can relate to, learn form and use as a tool for personal growth.
While failure is only a perspective of looking at things, fears are our underlying forces that shape our realities. Fear and Fail method is transformative in nature as it involves sharing deep emotions in an intimate safe setting. Each speaker has 15 minutes to share their story and take us on the journey we've perhaps also experienced, but didn't reflect on in such a way.
Fear&Fail is about witnessing the transformation process of someone daring to get up and tell their personal story to get over or discover the fears that drive us all.
We as audience, help the speakers by asking further questions in the Q&A session which uncovers even more about the mindset - how we deal with adversity and how we find ways to persist and move on. We talk about it because we believe that creativity and innovation can thrive only in an environment where trust and authenticity exist. Showing our vulnerable sides is therefore not a sign of weakness but of great courage and capability for leadership and entrepreneurship.
Come to be inspired! Come to grow! Come to connect with others in a meaningful way!
Meet our brave speakers and book your spot to witness their incredible journeys live:
Evert Desmidt
Evert is a Belgian entrepreneur, life coach, and adventurer. He held management positions in corporates and startups, both in Europe and the US, and now runs his own coaching and consulting practice based in Brussels. As a founder of The Life Bootcamp, Evert aspires to combine personal development and outdoors, challenging people to connect the mind and the body for reaching their full potential. Inspired by Oscar Wilde, Evert believes that "The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for." Evert’s definition of success is to be able to spend your life in your own way.
Brigitte Jacobs
Brigitte was born in Belgium discovering at an early age that challenge will be her long term companion in life. At the age of 16, she suffered from rheumatic fever, had to quit school and did not finish secondary education. She worked as a beautician, receptionist, car rental agent, administrative assistant, secretary to end up as Senior Management Assistant. Most of her career took place in large international organisations based in Brussels. Since her childhood, she is passionate about puppets, drawing, theatre, handicrafts. Brigitte dedicated all possible free time to put her passions into practice: theatre classes and workshops, costumes and masks design, acting, sculpture, singing classes, writing. All this despite a troublesome, insidious and ruthless partner: persistent physical pain.
Ali Sohail
Ali Is passionate about innovation and the future of work. He is an innovation and marketing consultant, a startup mentor, a multiple-time hackathon organizer and facilitator, an entrepreneur, a pitch coach, maniac foodie and also casually crazy about travelling. In his daily routine, he is switching roles between running his startup, doing a speaking or hosting gig and consulting. He co-founded deskOteque - a tool via which flex workers can browse and select from a long list of spaces (coworkings, bars, cafés, restos) and check-in to work from that space on a pay-per-use basis. Ali also cofounded Co-Create, an end-to-end innovation consultancy. Prior to his entrepreneurial spark was ignited, he worked with corporate offices of multinationals in Belgium and Germany, in Marketing, Finance and PR roles.
The plan for the evening:
19:00 - 19:30 Welcome, drinks&snacks, introduction
19:30 - 20:30 The event: 3 genuine stories from brave speakers (Evert, Brigitte & Ali)
20:30 - 21:30 Networking, drinks&snacks