The Scary Guy™ delivers powerful training on human behavior, helping people transform negativity into personal strength and lasting peace.
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“Scary, I have remembered everything you said that day. Ever since I heard your speech on how to control my own brain, I’ve used what you taught me a lot.”
Andrew
Yuma AZ, Detention Centre Student
The Scary Guy™ is a globally recognized speaker on human behavior, communication, and personal responsibility. Born in Minneapolis and now living in the northwest of England, he has spent more than 25 years delivering powerful training programmes around the world. Since 1998, when he legally changed his name to The Scary Guy™, he has worked with schools, police, military organizations, corporations, and communities to teach practical tools for handling negativity in human interaction. His work focuses on helping individuals take full responsibility for their own words and actions while learning how to process negativity without becoming victims of it. Through his live training performances and global network, The Scary Guy empowers people to develop what he calls A Powerful Mind, a mindset that transforms conflict into clarity, strength, and personal peace.
The Scary Guy™ is an international speaker and trainer focused on human behavior and communication. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he later became both an American and British citizen and today lives in the northwest of England.
In 1998 he legally changed his name to The Scary Guy™ and began sharing his unique training programmes across the world. His work has reached schools, police forces, military organizations, social services, universities, corporations, and communities seeking practical tools to handle conflict and negative communication.
Over the years he has been called many things by those who have experienced his work, including Agent for Change, Urban Dalai Lama, Warrior for Peace, and Mind-Waker. These titles reflect the powerful impact his message has had on audiences worldwide.
At the center of Scary’s work is the idea that negative words and actions are part of everyday human communication. He describes this as the flow of words and actions as negative energy.
Many programmes address issues like bullying, hostility, and destructive communication by raising awareness. The Scary Guy takes a different approach. His work focuses on practical solutions, teaching people exactly what to do in the moment when they encounter negativity.
His training gives individuals a clear cognitive structure for processing negative behavior without absorbing it or reacting destructively.
For more than 27 years, The Scary Guy has tested and refined the principles he teaches. His message is built on personal experience and on a code he developed after recognizing the lack of effective solutions for dealing with negativity.
Participants learn how to take full responsibility for their own thoughts, words, and actions while developing the mental strength to face negativity without becoming part of it.
The result is what Scary calls A Powerful Mind, a mindset that allows individuals to process negative communication, remain in control of their responses, and move forward with clarity and strength.
The Scary Guy delivers powerful live training performances that challenge audiences to rethink human communication. His appearance may capture attention, but his message leaves the lasting impact.
Organizations invite him to speak because he offers clear, practical tools that people can apply immediately in their personal and professional lives.
Through his work with organizations and communities around the world, The Scary Guy continues to help people understand how to transform negativity into responsibility, strength, and personal peace.
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“Scary, I have remembered everything you said that day. Ever since I heard your speech on how to control my own brain, I’ve used what you taught me a lot.”
Andrew Yuma AZ, Detention Centre Student
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‘’Scary - I wanted to let you know that your programme did make a big difference at Labconco. We had a very volatile first shift-second shift rift, and a harassment situation that literally came to an end after your visit. Several of the people are actually now talking and working together... and nobody goes out of the way to berate or complain about each. I believe they are starting to like and respect each other. You have my thanks. As the night shift lead Manager, I had to listen to all the complaints: "the first shift did this...the second shift did that" etc. I hardly have any complaints anymore! I have seen what a difference you have made in our workplace and wish for the same to happen everywhere you go. You have been in my thoughts often. I've had several strangers, family and friends ask why I was so nice to someone when they were so rude to me. But I've now seen several times how my kindness and respect have had a domino impact on others. Thanks again for the work and effort that you have made.’’
Steven Wulff Labconco Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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“Over half the group admitted they did not believe the topic applied to them and were not comfortable discussing their feelings or relationships with others. The behaviors they exhibited while entering the room were probably sufficient to tell us that; openly grumbling, sitting in the back of the room with arms crossed and eyes rolled back…that is until YOU walked into the room, you connected with their experiences and engaged them as no one else could.”
Tina Mickelberg Manager, Training & Development, Dayton’s Distribution Centers, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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“Awesome show – thought-provoking – a must-see for every person!!” “Very thought-provoking, life-changing!” “EXCELLENT! This show alone was enough to make the entire conference worthwhile.” “Very timely – A very important message.” “We need this type of programme on prime-time TV.” “A wake-up call to help change the mindset of America” “Thank you for being ‘Real’ with the ‘Hard Truth’ to be a human again. God bless you!” “A wonderful and impressive show. Thank you, Scary Guy, for sharing your gift. Your endeavours by changing things one person, one child at a time, will and does change our universe. I haven’t been so touched by a presentation and belief in a long time. Your wake-up call isn’t just for the young.”
From MSSA, Minnesota Social Services Association Conference
Keynote by The Scary Guy:
This show is the first of Scary’s programmes. It is delivered as a 90-minute show in a theatre setting. It can be delivered from a small core group to a large-scale audience. Scary works both from the stage and at ground level. Using a cordless handheld microphone, he will fully engage and interact with the whole audience as he takes them on a roller-coaster experience of their own emotions, delivering an unforgettable wakeup call through sharing his own life story.
Scary receives resounding feedback on his training, indicating the longevity and substance of what he teaches, and the impact it can have on the individuals present:
“Scary Guy! I don't know if you do remember me, but I was the chap you hugged at Eggars School [seven years ago] and what you said back then has helped me out a lot in adult life, bullies aren’t getting to me now! PS: What matters the most is that your teaching works!’’
– JT. Ex-Eggars High School, Student UK
The Prejudice Elimination Show and Circle of Courage form the foundation for Scary’s training. This is the first step for your group to become fully aware of what they currently do with all the negative words and actions that they see and hear from others: are they reacting to them, taking them on and becoming the same negative energy in some form? Or do they have the capacity to hear them and create something different?
It is only once a person becomes fully aware of their own actions that they can make such change!
In this show, Scary will present his 7 Day 7 Night Challenge™ – a structure through which everyone will be able to clearly examine who he or she is and what they are currently doing with everything that they see and hear.
Just this show alone will have a dramatic impact on the communication and behaviour within your group. This first step is a powerful call to action that will stay with people for a lifetime!
‘’We found out more in that one show about how to respectfully manage ourselves, our emotions and our relationships with others than in all our multi-agency meetings!’’ - D. Brett Principal
Keynote by The Scary Guy:
The Cognitive Thought Resolution and Key Training is the second phase of Scary’s training. It is delivered as a 90-minute show in a theatre setting.
In the first phase of his programme, Scary illustrated that the solution to name calling and bullying does not lie in finding the bad guy. It will never be possible to close the mouths of all of those that produce negative. Precious time, money and manpower is frequently worn out attempting to manage this constant flow!
In this training session, Scary teaches the cognitive skills for the individual to become fully responsible for all that they create in their own words and actions. In becoming aware of their own patterns of communication and behaviour, they will be able to harness the wherewithal to create something different when they are confronted with rotten, negative energy – no matter who is the source.
In place of reactionary habits, Scary presents The Key as a tool for individuals to construct a different solution in their brain. Scary has defined a functional framework for thought processing – in a manner that every individual can clearly see and apply for them self.
Participants will leave the session with solid-state information that they will be able to draw upon in the heat of conflict. They will have the ability to walk away, drawing on the strength of a new and different mindset that they have created; a mind-set they can use in all aspects of their life.
“We are constantly exercising the new behaviour (The Key) as a family. Normally J would have screamed back or hit the other child, but he told me that he just stood there and remembered what Scary had told him. The other boy didn’t get the anticipated reaction ... this is a big step forward for us ... my son talks now and tells us when he feels hurt.” – J’s Mother. Parent.
Watch The Scary Guy in action!
Watch The Scary Guy in action!
