Anna McLean
2x Guiness World Record Holder | Adventurer | Women in STEM Advocate | Motivational Speaker
Anna, 27, UK/USA, draws on her world-first experience of rowing across the Atlantic Ocean taking her audience on a captivating journey of spending 43 days at sea with her brother.
Achieving the seemingly impossible, Anna shares insight into overcoming life-threatening situations, the power of mindset and the importance of finding balance between genders when adversity is all around you.
Whether you are 9 or 90, a school, or corporate organization, her story has something for everyone. Anna tailors her lessons of overcoming physical and mental challenges at sea, the hardships of preparation, and glory of successfully turning her dream into a reality to you. Thrilling, compelling and motivational her story contains it all.
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Turning your dreams into a reality:
From figuring out what your dream might be, to successfully achieving what you had set out to, Anna has a wealth of experience of what it takes to make your dreams come true and at the highest of levels.
The difference between surviving and competing:
Are you a business simply surviving? Perhaps an athlete struggling with mindset? Anna went from being the slowest and the last,, to achieving a world first and 2 world records by gaining a competitive advantage. You can too.
Banter not Bicker:
As a strong advocate for gender equality, understanding the differences and finding balance between sexes was key to communication, collaboration and the overall success of her team. Shocked to see the underrepresentation of women in STEM, inspired Anna to launch the #Sameboat campaign demonstrating the power in men and women coming together as Anna became the first woman to row an ocean with a sibling of the opposite gender.