Up to date, Swee Chiow has given more than 270 talks to audiences ranging from kids to senior management in corporations. 77,000 people have attended his talks. He draws from experiences of over 40 expeditions and translates it into lessons relevant to the audience.

He speaks on topics such as Vision, Teamwork, Leadership, Determination, Planning, Risk Assessment, Handling Failure, Passion and Courage.

To engage Swee Chiow as a motivational speaker,
drop an email at hello@daretodream.com.sg

Swee Chiow giving a talk

"Your session was inspiring and provided our leaders a different perspective of team work, leadership and passion for achievement. It offers useful lessons which can help them achieve their business objectives and ambitions."
Satish Khatu, General Manager, IBM ASEAN/South Asia Region


"Swee Chiow is an excellent living example of daring to dream. He has the guts, grit and gumption to pursue his dream, overcoming all odds and moving on to new challenges. He is an example of the CAN-DO spirit."
Mr Choo Chiau Beng, Chairman & CEO, Keppel Offshore & Marine

"Business, like life itself, is a series of challenges and targets. Swee Chiow embodies how determination and enthusiasm can reduce the toughest of goals into a realistic objective: a valuable lesson for business...and life"
Clive Saffery, CEO, Swire Beverages, China

"Swee Chiow is truly inspirational in his approach to goal setting & achievement. He is a role model for all in the audience. He brings out the practical aspects and lessons learnt of both success & failure. The way the application of his philosophy can be applied in the business world is truly inspirational. Thanks for motivating the Asia Region team."
Graham Lythgoe, Asia Region Manager, Caterpillar Asia Pte Ltd

"Swee Chiow is very inspiring. He shares his experience and paints a vivid picture on how he achieves his dreams. It's a story of leadership, commitment and teamwork. Success is taking one step at a time to reach the goal. Nothing beats hearing the story from a local boy who has reached top of the world literally."
See Chin Teik, VP, Personal Systems Group, Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific


Signing autographs after a talk


"Khoo Swee Chiow – his is a beautiful and inspiring story of human endurance, courage and relentless pursuit of what's in the heart. Swee Chiow delivered a dynamic message that resonated with our delegates – drawing many parallels between the conquest of the Everest and our daily organisational life. Delegates walked away with refreshing insights and new meaning to leadership, team work, conflict resolution, as well as some questions which are best left to each to ponder and internalise. Hearing Swee Chiow was an unforgettable experience."
Pan Wei Cheong, COO, Kurnia Insurance, Malaysia

"Our delegates very much enjoyed your dynamic and highly inspirational presentation and are still talking about it. They specially like the video highlighting core values of teamwork, positive attitude and efficient execution through your experiences."
Brad Levitt, Group Head, Capital Markets, Standard Chartered Bank

"For an individual who has scaled great heights and challenged the limits, Swee Chiow is an unassuming and amiable person and a very engaging speaker. His insights into the key ingredients for success draw many parallels with the business world and he delivers his message in a very simple yet effective manner. Many of the things he said struck a chord with the audience and everyone felt uplifted after his presentation. Definitely one of the best speakers we have ever engaged for our workshops."
Madhu Rao, Chief Financial Officer, Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts

"Swee Chiow's determination, courage, focus and passion shine through in his journey to achieve his dreams. His talk was highly captivating, realistic and truly an inspiration to many for the challenges to come."
Peter Jhaveri, MD, Tetra Pak, Malaysia

"Your messages were very succinct and relevant and you were able to convey that through sharing your experiences which really made the messages come alive. Perhaps one of the most important points was your ability to connect with the audience, no easy task given the fact that we're all from many different countries throughout Asia and also from the US. Your casual, easy and personal style resonates well. You were able to be "one of us", and not just another speaker on stage, and that makes your delivery come across with so much more impact."
Teh Ban Seng, Vice President & Managing Director, Asia Pacific Sales and Marketing, Seagate Technology

"Swee Chiow's energetic and enliven accounts of his life as an adventure certainly puts many of us to ponder and wish we had lived that part of his life. It takes great courage, strong determination, and high Adversity Quotient (AQ) to do what he had decided for his life. He shared on how much it is on mind over matter and on learning new skills. Certainly, we see the applications in our business world - our mind is what limit us, our skills if not sharpened or re-learned also limit us, if we do not focus on important things at critical time, it also limit or may even kill the business. Surely, Swee Chiow has lived up to his passion and we must learn from him on how to build that passion in our lives."
Koh Ching Hong, Managing Director, Fuji Xerox Singapore

"Swee Chiow is a tremendously gifted and inspiring speaker who shares from experience how you can achieve your dreams through courage, passion, commitment and tenacity. His sheer determination to achieve the extra-ordinary provided an exalting example to all of us. His experiences to pursue your dreams and adventure into new territories are a motivating force for our growth journey."
Paul Lageweg, Area Director East Asia, British American Tobacco

"Your talk helped us convey the essence of our conference to the sales management team from a very different perspective. It was a fascinating and inspirational experience for all of us. You have set the standard for our future conferences."
Glenn Havener, VP, Sales & Marketing, FCI ASIA

"The talk was tremendously inspiring to our staff - even to those of us who were hearing you for the second time. The business situation we are facing as a team is very much like your Everest ascent - full of ups and downs , and we are in it for the long haul. So it was very apt and well tailored to our context."
Nayantara Bali, General Manager, Procter & Gamble, ASEAN/Australasia/India

"Mr Khoo's life experience was both touching and inspiring. His courage reflects what the Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation is all about: to serve as an inspiration to others, to encourage us to dare to dream and leave our comfort zones and to help make a difference in other peoples lives. In so doing, we get to live our short life to its fullest potential."
Charlene Chiang, President, Nu Skin Enterprises Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei

"Swee Chiow sets lofty goals for himself, and achieved them through careful planning, sheer determination and lots of hard work. He has inspired us to believe that each one of us can also similarly achieve the goals in life we set for ourselves."
Moses Lee, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health

"Mr. Khoo proved a most engaging speaker for our 900+ high school student body. Students and faculty were not only impressed by his achievements but also inspired by the lessons Swee Chiow has learned from his experiences."
Paul Chmelik, Principal, Singapore American School

"I certainly found Swee Chiow's speaking most inspirational, exciting and personally motivating. It was highly relevant yet totally original. It was very real rather than theoretical or fantastical. And it changed the way I do things as soon as I left that room."
Hunter Hastings, USA

"Swee Chiow's sharing of his experiences was one of the most captivating and inspirational testimonies I have ever heard. Swee Chiow's achievement is a testimony of how one can turn a dream into reality with sheer focus, hard work and determination."
Alina Tan, Singapore

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