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Extreme fears to extreme feats | Dan Meyer | TEDxTampaRiverwalk

3,428 views · Published 15 October 2014 · 21:13 · Indexed 21 October 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Ever want to be a superhero and do the impossible? No matter how extreme your fears or how wild your dreams, sword swallower Dan Meyer believes we each have the potential to be superheroes, do the impossible and change the world. In his TEDx talk, Dan explains his quest to overcome the limitations of human nature and break through the boundaries of fear and social anxiety disorder to perform superhuman feats and do the impossible. Dan 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, quitter to finalist on America's Got Talent and 35x World Record holding Sword Swallower doing extreme feats. And he reveals insights on how you can do the impossible in YOUR life!

Dan Meyer  is a 35x world champion sword swallower, was a finalist on America’s Got Talent, winner of the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine,  and the “world’s leading expert on sword swallowing”.  He is president of  the Sword Swallowers Association International, based in Tampa, Florida.

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