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The Marks Method

25 Years of Wall Street Grit.

From the trading floor to the boardroom, I bridge the gap between financial complexity and human performance. It’s not just about the numbers; it’s about the nervous system behind them.

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Trusted by Leaders in High-Pressure Environments

Apple Podcasts
Spotify
ReThink Group
NCAA
Bank of America
Apple Podcasts
Spotify
ReThink Group
NCAA
Bank of America
The Silent Cost of Stress

Your Top Performers Are Hitting a Ceiling—And It’s Not About Skill.

“In my 25 years on Wall Street, I saw brilliant traders blow up accounts not because they lacked intelligence, but because their emotional brain hijacked their analytical brain.

Today, I help organizations eliminate the ‘Panic-Perform-Burnout’ cycle. This isn’t about feeling good; it’s about functional efficiency under chaos.

Result: Moving teams from reactive survival to calculated, high-stakes execution.
The Trust Accelerator

I spent 25 years ignoring the body. Then the body demanded to be heard.

On the surface, I was the definition of Wall Street success. But behind the sharp suits and the P&L statements, the pressure was creating a fracture I didn’t want to see.

It culminated in a crippling panic attack that changed everything. The skills that had made me successful—stoicism, suppression, and pure grit—were the very things almost destroying me.

I didn’t just want to “recover”; I wanted to understand. I spent years studying psychoanalysis and neuroscience to decode my own wiring. Today, I use that same blueprint to decode the mental architecture of the world’s most elite performers.

From reactive survival to conscious mastery.

Frameworks, Not Fluff

Keynote Presentations for the High-Stakes Economy.

Signature Keynote

The Quiet Edge

In a world that rewards speed and aggression, the true competitive advantage is signal detection amidst noise. Learn how to train the prefrontal cortex to remain dominant even when the amygdala is screaming.

Strategy Session

The Trader’s Mindset for the Corporate Arena

Translating 25 years of P&L psychology to quarterly earnings, M&A negotiations, and leadership pivots. Moving from reactive management to calculated execution.

90-Minute Intensive

Emotional Regulation Lab

A high-impact workshop where attendees leave with a personalized “Pressure Blueprint.” Practical neuro-tools for maintaining functional efficiency under chaos.

The Intellectual Rigor

The Marks Method: Where Neuroscience Meets The C-Suite.

I

Neuroscience

The "Why" Understanding the biological mechanics of neuroplasticity and the autonomic stress response. We move from reactive biology to conscious regulation.

II

Psychoanalysis

The "Pattern" Identifying the subconscious narratives and hidden "scripts" that drive counter-productive behavior in high-stakes environments.

III

Finance

The "Application" Learning to treat attention and emotional capacity as a finite, high-value capital resource to be allocated with surgical efficiency.

Booker’s Assurance

Why Evan is different than the “Hype” speaker you hired last year.

01

No Pom-Poms

Evan doesn’t scream. He engages. He uses strategic dialogue and deep-dive case studies, not clichés or recycled motivation.

02

Industry Fluent

He speaks the native language of risk, ROI, and volatility. No translation required for your finance, legal, or executive teams.

03

Customized Data

Evan reviews your company’s specific KPIs or recent industry challenges prior to the event to tailor every metaphor and framework.

04

Post-Session Retention

Attendees receive a digital “Quiet Edge” toolkit including behavioral anchors to maintain the training long after the lights go down.

On-Demand Keynote Topics

Engineered for Specific Organizational Challenges

Topic 01

Decision Making Under Uncertainty

Learn the cognitive frameworks to eliminate “Analysis Paralysis” and maintain surgical precision when the data is incomplete and the stakes are high.

Topic 02

High-Performance Burnout Prevention

Move beyond “Self-Care” into functional recovery. A deep dive into nervous system regulation for teams operating in 24/7 volatility.

Topic 03

Emotional Regulation for Leaders

Understand the “Neuro-Politics” of leadership. How to remain the calmest person in the room to influence outcomes and stabilize teams.

Topic 04

“Recession-Proof” Mental Game

Training the mind to view volatility as an opportunity. Building the psychological resilience required to lead through economic pivots.

Topic 05

Neuro-Economics of Attention

Managing attention as a high-value capital resource. Learn to allocate focus with surgical precision in an increasingly noisy market.

Live On Stage

Highlight Reel: Performance Under Pressure

“We expected a finance guy. We got a psychologist. The feedback score for Evan’s session was the highest we’ve seen at this event in the last three years.”

VP of Global Events

Fortune 500 Financial Services

“Evan bridges the gap between the cold logic of the markets and the messy reality of human emotion better than anyone I know.”

Founder

The ReThink Group

The Conversion

Bring “The Quiet Edge” to your next event.

Limited availability for 2026-2027 corporate events, private retreats, and institutional conferences. Secure a performance framework that translates Wall Street rigor into organizational excellence.


* All inquiries receive a personal follow-up from Evan’s management team within 12 business hours.






Evan Marks

25-Year Wall Street Veteran
Investor
Keynote Speaker
Founder, M1 Performance Group