Breaking Records: 21 Lessons from 21 World Record Attempts

How does someone go from “not smart enough” for the gifted program in elementary school to winning the top electrical engineering lab prize at MIT? Can someone picked last for flag football (because he couldn’t catch the ball) go on to become the world’s fastest juggler - catching more balls in a minute than anyone has ever caught before? How does someone go from looking through the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® book as a child, marveling at all the amazing things others have done, to breaking more than 150 records in less than 5 years?David Rush shares his journey from ordinary to extraordinary, telling stories with real-life lessons from his record attempts and inspiring his audience to dream big and accomplish more than they ever thought possible. The lessons learned along the way can be used by anyone in any field to find more success and turn failures into accomplishments.

David Rush is one of the most prolific Guinness World Records on the planet. He is a author, keynote speaker, entertainer, MC, and technology industry veteran at Cradlepoint the industry leader in cloud-delivered 4G and 5G network solutions. He has an electrical engineering degree from MIT, an MBA from Boise State.

At MIT, he won best undergraduate lab of the year in electrical engineering for a juggling simulator. He's been a contestant on America's Got Talent, a two-time winner of the MIT-wide Talent show, and has been heard and appeared on hundreds of TV and radio stations including the TODAY show, the Huckabee Show, The Dan Le Batard Show, The Bob and Tom Show, the Tonight Show and more. He's broken over 150 Guinness World Records Titles promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Math through talks and DavidRush4STEM.com - all since late 2015. He is the world's fastest juggler, the world's slowest juggler and has the record for most bowling balls juggled, most consecutive ax juggling catches, and longest duration balancing a bicycle on the chin.

He has been at Cradlepoint since April 2010 and is currently a Sr. Product Manager driving the LTE, 5G and hardware platform roadmap.

David is a dynamic speaker that engages audiences on any topic ranging from growth mindset and grit to comedic juggling, from current events to LTE, 5G, and beyond.

In 2015 he started setting Guinness World Records to promote STEM education and espouses the power of having a growth mindset.

David and Jennifer met as students at MIT. They were married in 2009 and they have enjoyed seeing the world together with their two boys. Jennifer is a mechanical engineer at HP.