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John M.

Personal Coach and Motivational Keynote Speaker

John Mollura spent 15 years leading mission-critical field testing supporting NASA and elite U.S. military units, where clear thinking, trusted teams, and decisive action were essential. Today, he is a keynote speaker, author of Let It Fly: STop Overthinking. Take Action. Live With Confidence., and leadership coach who helps high-performing leaders and organizations create clarity, build trust, take decisive action, and grow confidence. Since transitioning into leadership development, John has coached more than 400 high-performing professionals one-on-one and delivered keynotes and workshops to audiences across the United States and internationally. Across that work, John has seen a consistent pattern: sustainable high performance is built long before the moment of execution. It starts with clarity. Leaders must first create clarity within themselves—separating facts from the assumptions, stories, and fear that can distort good judgment. They must then create clarity for others through clear expectations, direction, support, and follow-through. Because clarity builds trust. Trust enables decisive action. And action creates the evidence from which confidence grows. Drawing from mission-critical environments, entrepreneurship, and hundreds of one-on-one coaching relationships, John brings practical frameworks and real-world perspective to the challenges leaders face when the stakes are high. Through his keynotes and workshops, audiences learn how to: Separate data from drama under pressure Create greater clarity for themselves and the people they lead Build trust between leaders and teams Turn clarity into aligned, decisive action Build confidence through evidence and follow-through John’s keynotes combine the energy of a great stage experience with practical, powerful tools people can use when the stakes are high—helping them think clearly, build trust, take action, and create the confidence that follows.

🇺🇸Milford, United States$375/hr100% JSS5.00 (4)Since Jan 2024

Earnings and projects

MRR
$4k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#8,004 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#2,418 / 62.1k
Revenue, last 30 days
$4.4k

Last 6 months: $24k

World#6,898 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#2,097 / 62.1k
Total earnings
$83k

Billed in all: $87k

World#47,965 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#9,414 / 62.1k
Per project
$5.2k

$12k in the last 6 months

World#33,615 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#5,566 / 62.1k
Projects, last 6 months
2
50% fixed50% hourly
World#88,918 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#11,762 / 62.1k
Projects in all
16
56% fixed44% hourly
World#155,087 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#22,338 / 62.1k

Earnings, last 30 days

$86.6k+$4.4k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$80.0k$82.5k$85.0k$87.5kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: #1 in 1 skill of 15

Rarest: top 0.53% in Motivational Speaking, of 189. Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. 1Motivational Speaking189 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #1Top 0.53%
  2. 2Test Requirements29 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #1Top 7%
  3. 3Project Requirements66 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #3Top 5%
  4. #4Education Presentation723 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #2Top 0.55%
  5. #6Test Development184 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #2Top 3%
  6. #6Requirement Management118 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #1Top 5%
  7. #8Test Report140 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #1Top 6%
  8. #9Test Execution265 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #1Top 3%