Aaron Shawn Harper

LEADERSHIP SPEAKER • AARON SHAWN HARPER

 Inspiring fragmented cultures to transform into winning environments

Leadership Speaker • Disability Advocate •  Win-ologist

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About Aaron

Shawn Harper is a former NFL offensive lineman who played for the Rams, Colts, and in NFL Europe. A junior college Hall of Famer at NIACC, he was drafted to the NFL from Indiana University, Bloomington, where he earned degrees in criminal justice and sociology. 

For nearly 20 years, Shawn has directed American Services and Protection, one of Ohio's largest minority-owned security service providers, based in his hometown of Columbus. He has engaged corporate audiences at notable companies like Dow, Sonic, JP Morgan Chase, FedEx, and Procter & Gamble. 

An accomplished author, Shawn's books, *The Winning Edge: 8 Principles That Will Bring Out the Winner in You* and *The Winologist*, are available on Amazon. Growing up in a single-parent household with five siblings, Shawn faced poverty, learning disabilities, and a stutter, earning a "Most Likely to Fail" vote in school. Yet, he transformed adversity into opportunity, inspiring others to embrace a winner’s mindset.

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Using the P.L.A.Y Formula to Win in Life

Shawn Harper is a former NFL offensive lineman with the Rams, the Colts, and NFL Europe. He is a junior college Hall of Famer at NIACC and was drafted to the NFL from Indiana University, Bloomington, where he earned a degree in criminal justice and sociology. He has directed a security business for nearly 20 years in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio. Shawn has worked with corporate audiences at Dow, Sonic, JP Morgan Chase, Star Financial, FedEx, Proctor & Gamble, and many more. He’s the author of two power-packed books available on Amazon: The Winning Edge - 8 Principles That Will Bring Out the Winner in You, and The Winologist. Shawn was failing in school due to 5 documented learning disabilities and a debilitating stutter. An average football player with no accolades, he was even voted “Most likely to fail” in his graduating class. Shawn Harper was on the road to becoming another inner-city statistic but chose a new journey by shifting to a winner’s mindset! Shawn learned that he wasn’t disabled; instead, he was uniquely enabled. He made it his mission to help others get out of their own way and equip them with the mindset of Playing to Win! In this talk Shawn Harper shows men and women both personally and professionally how they have been living by default, not by design. He reminds them that living the way they have been shows up as a statistic to being dead or dead broke. Shawn shares his own methodology of the winning mindset used by professional athletes and how to apply it to their business or organization. Your Attendees will learn how to: ➢ Understand the real reason they are not achieving their goals. ➢ Uncover resistance and rejection in themselves and/or around them. ➢ Conquer goals like the pros. ➢ Turn their failures into their friends.

What You Agree to will Make or Break You

Shawn Harper is a former NFL offensive lineman with the Rams, the Colts, and NFL Europe. He is a junior college Hall of Famer at NIACC and was drafted to the NFL from Indiana University, Bloomington, where he earned a degree in criminal justice and sociology. He has directed a security business for nearly 20 years in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio. Shawn has worked with corporate audiences at Dow, Sonic, JP Morgan Chase, Star Financial, FedEx, Proctor & Gamble, and many more. He’s the author of two power-packed books available on Amazon: The Winning Edge - 8 Principles That Will Bring Out the Winner in You, and The Winologist. Shawn was failing in school due to 5 documented learning disabilities and a debilitating stutter. An average football player with no accolades, he was even voted “Most likely to fail” in his graduating class. Shawn Harper was on the road to becoming another inner-city statistic but chose a new journey by shifting to a winner’s mindset! Shawn learned that he wasn’t disabled; instead, he was uniquely enabled. He made it his mission to help others get out of their own way and equip them with the mindset of Playing to Win! In this talk Shawn Harper shows men and women both personally and professionally how often they fail to establish agreement with themselves on a subconscious level and why nearly 90% never end up achieving their goals, visions, and dreams. Shawn shares his tactics to achieve ‘kick-butt’ results in ambitions and goals. Your Audience will learn how to: ➢ Discover the internal agreements that have been affecting their lives. ➢ Gain a clearer understanding of how to overcome resistance to change. ➢ Tactics and strategies to deal with rejection and self-doubt. ➢ Create agreements within themselves that leads them and others to a winning mindset.

Awards & Publications

Books published

The Win-ologist, The Winning Edge (books)

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Shawn Harper is a former NFL offensive lineman with the Rams, the Colts, and NFL Europe. He is a junior college Hall of Famer at NIACC and was drafted to the NFL from Indiana University, Bloomington, where he earned a degree in criminal justice and sociology. He has directed a security business for nearly 20 years in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio. American Services and Protection is among the largest minority-owned security service providers in Ohio. Shawn has worked with corporate audiences at Dow, Sonic, JP Morgan Chase, Star Financial, FedEx, Proctor & Gamble, and many more. He’s the author of two power-packed books available on Amazon: The Winning Edge - 8 Principles That Will Bring Out the Winner in You, and The Winologist.
Shawn grew up with 5 siblings in a single-parent household after divorce plunged the family into poverty. He was failing in school due to 5 documented learning disabilities and a debilitating stutter. An average football player with no accolades, he was even voted “Most likely to fail” in his graduating class. Shawn Harper was on the road to becoming another inner-city statistic but chose a new journey by shifting to a winner’s mindset! Shawn learned that he wasn’t disabled; instead, he was uniquely enabled. He made it his mission to help others get out of their own way and equip them with the mindset of Playing to Win!

In April 2023, Shawn Harper was our keynote speaker at the Lean Rocket Lab LOCAL Fundraising event, supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses in Jackson, Michigan. Having heard Shawn speak before, I knew his passion for winning was perfect for our diverse audience, which included business owners, community leaders, and educators. Shawn also held a special session for our program participants, where he shared his story and inspired them directly. His powerful, compassionate message sparked determination and a drive to win among the audience. We received overwhelmingly positive feedback and highly recommend Shawn for any event

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