Lowery is the creator and host of Headgames Radio, heard nationwide on Sirius Satelite Radio. The daily program explores all aspects of performance excellence. Through interviews and discussions with renowned experts and practitioners, Lowery offers listeners real insight on how to become the best they can be in their chosen field.

Lowery built a brilliant NFL career out of an ability to achieve his best when it mattered most. A seven-time All-Pro kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, he demonstrated the ability to perform under extreme pressure, game in and game out, in a remarkable career that lasted seventeen seasons and saw him set league records for accuracy and number of field goals. In 1993, he won the NFL Players Association's most prestigious award, the Byron R. "Whizzer" White Humanitarian Award.

Lowery's success only came about through dogged perseverance. Before joining the Chiefs he was cut by eight different NFL teams a total of 11 times. That combination of perseverance and grace under pressure was a winning combination for Lowery. The placekicker, afterall, may be the loneliest position in pro sports—standing on his own, as the fans scream, the defense getting ready to charge, with the game, maybe even the season, resting on his shoulders. During his playing career Lowery's understanding of peak performance was intuitive. Since retiring he has made it a topic of study, and an ongoing passion, to understand the "what" and "why" of peak performance.

A two-time veteran of the Whitehouse Office of National Service (for both Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton), Lowery holds a Master's Degree from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a degree from Dartmouth. He is the founder of Native Vision and Nation Building for Native Youth, two nationally recognized leadership programs. Lowery is also the Acting Chair of the prestigious new National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education.

Some people are born with it. For many, though, it's a practiced artform. No matter who you are, achieving great success in school, life, and work is a skill that must be learned, nurtured, and continually exercised. Nick Lowery knows about battling stress and achieving great success. After being turned down for 11 jobs in professional football, he went on to become one of the greatest ever to play at his position.

Today, we know more about enhancing our performance than at any time in history. We are in an emerging age of Exceptional Achievement. Nick Lowery's presentation explores all aspects of performance excellence—how you can be at your best when it matters most, how you can confront pressure and anxiety and make it work for you, and how you can help your children learn the fundamental lessons of life. Being cut 11 times by eight teams, Lowery had to learn how to take his game to a level never before achieved, making him one of the most accurate and successful field goal kickers in NFL history.

Drawing from his own experience, the latest in scientific research, and the experts from his acclaimed Sirius Radio show, Lowery taps into the unique, and often unprecedented, fusion of mind and body possessed by high achieving individuals. Lowery examines high-performing professional athletes, executives, musicians, doctors, and scientists to provide us a road map to achieve peak performance. His vivid stories examine what happens when performers run into obstacles, reach a slump, or fail to reach an objective, and how they have come through the fire of adversity to achieve success in the boardroom, the playing field, and the battlefield of life.

Discover the radically different principles and practices that set truly exceptional achievers apart from the rest. Lowery knows that the biggest breakthrough in performing at an elite level is developing the belief that you belong there, and his insightful lessons help you take that step

Join former NFL great Nick Lowery for this passionate, compelling and highly engaging talk about the present and future of America's Indians. As the creator of two highly successful leadership programs for Native youth, and the Acting Chair of the National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education, he has a deep understanding of the current situation of his people, as well as concrete ideas for building a brighter future. This talk will generate debate and discussion about the history, present, and future of America's first peoples. It is an ideal choice for a campus lecture series, diversity program, or centerpiece of the celebration of American Indian Heritage Month.

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