Debra Searle was heralded “…Britain’s latest sporting heroine.” (The Times) when the media worldwide went crazy for the story of the 5ft 5” young lady who carried on rowing alone when her husband, a 6 ft 5” experienced oarsman, left the boat after developing an uncontrollable fear of the ocean. Debra, who was loving life at sea in a 23 foot plywood boat, saw no reason to stop and rowed on to become the youngest and only the third woman in the world to have rowed an ocean solo.
The 3000 mile journey that was initially supposed to take 6 weeks took Debra a staggering 3 ½ months and saw her battling with 30 foot waves, force 8 squalls and sharks, while having to dodge tankers that came too close for comfort on more than a few occasions. Worse than all of this, however, was dealing with the loneliness and solitude but focussing on one motto kept Debra going: “Choose your attitude” and she certainly did.
Not just a woman with an interesting story, Debra Searle is a successful business woman in her own right. Debra became Managing Director of her first company at the age of 23 with the launch of The Well Hung Art Company. Today she successfully runs two companies alongside a developing TV presenting career with the BBC.
Debra Searle is one of the up and coming motivational speakers
in the UK. Debra’s overwhelming positivity and ‘go for it’ attitude are contagious, while her modesty is endearing. She regularly delivers both motivational presentations and after dinner speeches using her story to powerfully but subtly draw out key business and interpersonal lessons. Companies have benefited from Debra's delivery of themes such as 'mind tricks for success', 'goal setting and rewards', 'using visualisation to succeed', change management', 'enhanced colleague relationships', 'how to re-write your own history' and how to 'choose your attitude' no matter how impossible the end goal may seem.
Debra powerfully illustrates with slides and stunning video footage and leaves her audience in no doubt of their own ability to achieve the extraordinary.