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		<title>Sandy Botkin</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sanford C. Botkin, Attorney and Certified Public Accountant is Chief Executive Officer and Principal Lecturer of the Tax Reduction Institute based in the Washington, DC area. During the past ten years, Mr. Botkin has taught more than 50,000 taxpayers how &#8230; <a href="http://www.personalgrowthportal.com/2010/02/23/sandy-botkin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-weight: 300;">Sanford C. Botkin, Attorney and Certified Public Accountant is Chief Executive Officer and Principal Lecturer of the Tax Reduction Institute based in the Washington, DC area.</span></h1>
<p>During the past ten years, Mr. Botkin has taught more than 50,000 taxpayers how to save over $300 million on their taxes with his seminar. He consistently earns rave reviews for his clear and humorous presentations.</p>
<p>Prior to joining the Tax Reduction Institute, Mr. Botkin spent three years in the tax department of the international accounting firm, Touche Ross. He has extensive financial and legal experience, including five years as a legal specialist in the Office of Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service.</p>
<p>Mr. Botkin has authored numerous technical articles for national publications, lectured to various professional and trade groups, and has served as an Adjunct Professor of accounting and law at the University of Maryland and Columbia Union College. Mr. Botkin’s outstanding teaching ability has consistently earned him excellent ratings. In fact, Mr. Botkin was one of eight attorneys selected by the Internal Revenue Service to train all new attorneys to the Internal Revenue Service’s Corporate Tax Division.</p>
<p>Mr. Botkin is a member of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is also a “Distinguished Real Estate Instructor” and is listed in “Who’s Who in Business.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.taxreductioninstitute.com/">http://www.taxreductioninstitute.com/</a></p>
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		<title>Harv Eker</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using the principles he teaches, T. Harv Eker went from zero to millionaire in only 2 1/2 years! He combines a unique brand of ’street-smarts with heart’. T. Harv Eker is the founder and president of Peak Potentials Training, the &#8230; <a href="http://www.personalgrowthportal.com/2010/02/23/harv-eker/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-weight: 300;">Using the principles he teaches, T. Harv Eker went from zero to millionaire in only 2 1/2 years! He combines a unique brand of ’street-smarts with heart’. T. Harv Eker is the founder and president of Peak Potentials Training, the fastest growing personal development company in North America.</span></h1>
<p>Eker’s high-energy, ‘cut-to-the-chase’ style keeps his audience spellbound. T. Harv Eker’s motto is “talk is cheap” and his unique ability is getting people to take “action” in the real world to produce real success.</p>
<p>Eker is the author of the best-selling books, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind and SpeedWealth. He has also developed several highly-acclaimed courses such as The Millionaire Mind Intensive, Life Directions, Wizard Training and Train the Trainer. He is also the producer and trainer of the world-famous Enlightened Warrior Training.</p>
<p>T. Harv Eker is the son of European immigrants who came to North America with only thirty dollars to their name. He grew up in Toronto, but spent most of his adult years in the United States.</p>
<p>Money was scarce throughout his childhood, so at thirteen, Eker began his work career. As a teen he delivered newspapers, scooped ice cream, sold novelties at fairs, and suntan lotions at the beach. After a year at York University, he decided to take time off to pursue his dream of becoming a millionaire.</p>
<p>During his early adult years, he lived in five different cities, including Lake Tahoe and Ft. Lauderdale. He had a variety of jobs and started more than a dozen different businesses, but regardless of what he did, or how hard he worked, he just couldn’t achieve success.</p>
<p>Finally after many years of frustration, Eker hit the jackpot. He opened one of the first retail fitness stores in North America and grew the business to ten stores in only two and a half years. He then sold part of the company to a Fortune 500 corporation.</p>
<p>With the sale, Eker reached his dream. He was finally a millionaire; however, in less than two years, the money was gone. Through a combination of poor investments and unchecked spending, Eker was back at his original net worth … again.</p>
<p>It was at that point that Eker began developing his theories about people’s mental and emotional relationship to money. He realized that his “inner-money thermostat” was set for a specific amount of financial success, and that everyone else had a financial set point too. His most profound discovery was that this money blueprint could be changed. Using the principles and practices found in his book, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, Eker reset his own blueprint to not only create success, but to keep it and grow it, and become a multi-millionaire.</p>
<p>During his years of struggle, Eker vowed that should he ever get rich, he would help others do the same. He has kept his promise. Today, he is the president of Peak Potentials Training, one of the largest and fastest-growing seminar companies in the world. He has already touched the lives of over 500,000 people, helping them move closer to their goal of true financial freedom.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.harveker.com/">http://www.harveker.com/</a></p>
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		<title>Dan Clark</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every meeting needs the opening keynote speaker to kick it off in an emotionally stirring, powerful, tone-setting way. The closing capstone speaker is critical in leaving your people on a high, inspired to implement what they’ve heard, learned and felt! &#8230; <a href="http://www.personalgrowthportal.com/2010/02/23/dan-clark/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-weight: 300;">Every meeting needs the opening keynote speaker to kick it off in an emotionally stirring, powerful, tone-setting way. The closing capstone speaker is critical in leaving your people on a high, inspired to implement what they’ve heard, learned and felt! Why settle for a professional presenter who merely shows up to deliver the same canned monologue he uses for every engagement?</span></h1>
<p>Don’t you think your people deserve to experience the power of a Hall of Fame Professional Speaker who intimately connects with each audience member, sharing an unforgettable, entertaining message written just for your meeting?</p>
<p>Dan Clark Does More Than Speak &#8211; He Puts On A Show!<br />
It all begins with a conference call with your meeting planning committee to discuss your specific needs, theme, purpose, attendees, desired message and exactly what you want Dan to accomplish. Dan’s preparation for each speech is legendary!<br />
“Don’t even consider hiring Dan Clark to speak at your event &#8211; - UNLESS you’re looking for a speaker who will REALLY customize his message, understand your audience and their needs, use humor to reinforce powerful principles, rivet your audience’s attention on practical ideas that can improve their lives and leave a lasting impact. The choice is yours, get some ordinary speaker, or get a unique blend of power, passion and principals. I saw Dan Clark speak to 8,000 people at a corporate event and then watched the audience give him a well deserved standing ovation.”</p>
<p>–Joel Weldon<br />
Idea Consultant, Seminar Leader and Hall of Fame Professional Speaker</p>
<p>After the conference call, Dan studies his notes and draws from his vast and diverse experiences and interviews with extraordinary people to formulate a tailor-made speech, specifically for you and your people, for that specific time slot and place on the program, crafted to accomplish your unique goals and meet your desire to take your organization to the highest level imaginable.</p>
<p>As the general session speaker at the beginning or closing of your convention, Dan becomes your powerful “Third Party Sale” from the “outside” who validates that what your organization is doing is right on track! By talking about your key people by name and referring to your products and services and values and culture throughout his speech, Dan is your advocate to echo what you are saying in his own passionate, entertaining, polished, professional way! Choose one of Dan’s topics or mix and match all three.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.danclarkspeak.com/">http://www.danclarkspeak.com/</a></p>
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		<title>Bill Bartmann</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill is the ultimate underdog/survivor/achiever, overcoming personal circumstances and tragedy to rise to the top enterprise in America. Homeless at age 14, a member of a street gang and a high-school dropout &#8211; Bill took control of his life by &#8230; <a href="http://www.personalgrowthportal.com/2010/02/23/bill-bartmann/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-weight: 300;">Bill is the ultimate underdog/survivor/achiever, overcoming personal circumstances and tragedy to rise to the top enterprise in America. Homeless at age 14, a member of a street gang and a high-school dropout &#8211; Bill took control of his life by taking the <a id="KonaLink0" href="http://personalgrowthportal.com/2010/02/23/bill-bartmann/#"><span style="color: #8e8e8e;">GED</span></a> exam and putting himself through college and law school.</span></h1>
<p>At the request of a bank, he took over a foreclosed oil-field pipe manufacturing plant and turned it into a million dollar a month business, until OPEC slashed the price of oil &#8211; leaving Bill out of business and a million dollars <a id="KonaLink1" href="http://personalgrowthportal.com/2010/02/23/bill-bartmann/#"><span style="color: #8e8e8e;">indebt</span></a>.</p>
<p>Refusing to give up, Bill and his wife &amp; business partner, Kathy, borrowed $13,000 and created a new industry &#8211; Debt Resolution. Three years later, they had repaid the entire million dollar debt. Over the next 13 years, they grew the company to 3,900 employees with revenues in excess of $1 billion and earnings in excess of $182 million.</p>
<p>There they pioneered novel financial instruments still utilized today on Wall Street. They also implemented unheard of perks and benefits for their employees, such as salaries at two times the industry standard, free<a id="KonaLink2" href="http://personalgrowthportal.com/2010/02/23/bill-bartmann/#"><span style="color: #8e8e8e;">health</span></a> care, free on-site <a id="KonaLink3" href="http://personalgrowthportal.com/2010/02/23/bill-bartmann/#"><span style="color: #8e8e8e;">daycare</span></a>, 250% 401k matching program and legendary company trips where they took ALL of the employees and their spouses on annual trips to the Bahamas, Las Vegas and Ocean Cruises. One year they leased twenty-seven 747 jets so they could fly 6,000 employees and spouses to Disney World.</p>
<p>Bill and Kathy have individually graced the covers of national business magazines: Kathy on the cover of Forbes, and Bill on the cover of Inc. They were listed individually on the Forbes 400 Wealthiest People in America list. One national magazine ranked them number 25.</p>
<p>In 1998, tragedy struck when Bill’s former business partner committed fraud and sent the company into<a id="KonaLink4" href="http://personalgrowthportal.com/2010/02/23/bill-bartmann/#"><span style="color: #8e8e8e;">bankruptcy</span></a>. Although Bill’s former business partner told the prosecutors that he had acted without Bill’s knowledge, admitted his guilt and was sent to prison, the US Attorney General, John Ashcroft, in the post-Enron business environment, indicted Bill. Five years later, after a 2 month long trial where the government called 53 witnesses and produced over 1,000 exhibits, Bill rested his case without calling a single witness or producing a single exhibit. The jury unanimously acquitted Bill on all counts.</p>
<p>Ironically, 17 months after his acquittal and six and a half years after his company was liquidated, the Federal Bankruptcy Trustee issued his report which publicly acknowledged for the first time, “CFS was not a fraud”.</p>
<p>This experience would have embittered most people, but not Bill. He now travels the country, sharing his story of how he created his success and how he dealt with his challenges.</p>
<p>Bill has been credited with singlehandedly changing and reforming the collection industry in America. His new mission, just as ambitious, is to “reverse the business failure rate in America”.</p>
<p>Bill is already on his way to accomplishing what has been called an impossible task. You, too, can be part of this exciting movement – a movement that will transform the face of America and improve the lives of millions of people!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.billbartmann.com/">http://www.billbartmann.com</a></p>
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		<title>Erik Bowman, M.A. Ed.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Erik Bowman is an author, speaker, serial entrepreneur and business consultant with over 20 years of experience. As a serial entrepreneur, Erik is a results-oriented, strategic thinker with proactive, creative and analytical abilities. He works successfully with all functions and &#8230; <a href="http://www.personalgrowthportal.com/2010/02/23/erik-bowman-m-a-ed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-weight: 300;">Erik Bowman is an author, speaker, serial entrepreneur and business consultant with over 20 years of experience. As a serial entrepreneur, Erik is a results-oriented, strategic thinker with proactive, creative and analytical abilities. He works successfully with all functions and levels of management.</span></h1>
<p>Innovation and creation is his lifeblood. He learned early on in life that he had a unique gift, and that was finding an imaginative solution to fill any need. He lived his life built around the principle of using my inner creativity to bring a valuable service to others. He didn’t know it at the time, but he was living in harmony with a 2,500 year old ancient wisdom found within the book of Guanzi.</p>
<p>The book of Guanzi is a compilation of Chinese economic and political philosophic materials named after 7th century BC philosopher Guan Zhong, who was Prime Minister to Duke Huan of Qi. The actual authors of the Guanzi are unknown, perhaps because it is a compilation of the vast knowledge accumulated through the years by some of the wisest Chinese philosophers and scholars. However, it is widely believed that Guan Zhong originated many of the core concepts of the philosophy before it was passed along and improved during the following ages.</p>
<p>He didn’t come across Guanzi until I was a student at university when he elected to take a number of Eastern philosophy and world religion courses. There he found mention of the Guanzi and the philosophy of Inner Enterprise. His interest was piqued and he had to learn more.</p>
<p><strong>From Erik Bowman:</strong></p>
<p>“Not knowing how to read or translate Chinese, I found a 2 volume English translation by W. Allyn Ricket named Guanzi. The economy principles present in Guanzi philosophy were in accord with my core beliefs and I finally had a name to match my life purpose. A lot of the Guanzi philosophy blends Taoism and Confucianism while discussing concepts of Legalism.</p>
<p>Legalism to the Guanzi can be found in 3 principles: Fa, Shu and Shi.</p>
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<li>Fa: prescribes equal protection for all people under the law</li>
<li>Shu: is the concept of states secrets – those secrets that must exist to protect one’s government</li>
<li>Shi: suggests that it is the position of the ruler and not the ruler himself that has power</li>
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<p>Guanzi stresses individualism and stresses harmony in relationships and a pursuit of a conflict-free society. I found that the many principles found in Guanzi could be applied to both business and personal affairs.<br />
In 2007, I started the Guanzi Institute for Management and Entrepreneurial Studies. I wanted to take the passion I had for Guanzi, and my passion for entrepreneurship and create a path by which people could discover their inner entrepreneur. Through the Guanzi Institute I hope to foster a new generation of entrepreneurs by providing extensive business training, guidance and overall inspiration. It has taken me many years of hard work to gain the abundance and success I have in my life. I hope to then pass on what I have learned so others can prosper and grow. My journey to Guanzi is only just beginning.”</p>
<p>In addition to writing the curriculum for the Certified Entrepreneur<sup>TM</sup> program, he has a number of books focused on Entrepreneurship and personal, professional and financial growth. Including <a href="http://www.startitupbooks.com/" target="_blank">Start It Up!<sup>TM</sup> How To Guides For Business Startups</a>, <a href="http://www.ultimatemarketingsecrets.com/" target="_blank">Ultimate Marketing Secrets<sup>TM</sup>: Social Media Marketing</a>, <a href="http://www.startupeq.com/" target="_blank">Startup IQ<sup>TM</sup>: Discover and Develop Your Inner Entrepreneur<sup>TM</sup></a>.</p>
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		<title>Sheila Murray Bethel</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Sheila Murray Bethel’s expertise in Leadership and Change has helped organizations around the world; maximize human resources, forge a sense of community, and increase bottom line results. She brings a broad view of current trends and relevant issues to &#8230; <a href="http://www.personalgrowthportal.com/2010/02/23/sheila-murray-bethel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Sheila Murray Bethel’s expertise in Leadership and Change has helped organizations around the world; maximize human resources, forge a sense of community, and increase bottom line results. She brings a broad view of current trends and relevant issues to help strengthen your culture and your brand. Her work enhances your existing training and development initiatives.</p>
<p>Business savvy and people smart, she understands how to help people be their best and what it takes for any organization to grow and prosper. Her client list reads like a Who’s Who of Business, Trade Associations, Education and Government. She has given over 3,000 presentations to over two million people in 20 countries.</p>
<p>A master at targeting her presentations for you, Sheila offers powerful, practical guidance for Leadership and Change. She artfully blends content-rich presentations with an entertaining and inspiring style. You receive the double benefit of enjoying yourself while learning practical, immediately applicable real-world material for real-world results. She cuts right to the core issues you care about most and clearly identifies what works, what doesn’t and why.</p>
<p>Sheila is a recipient of the Speaker Hall of Fame award and has been recognized as one of the “Twenty-one Top Speakers for the 21st Century,” by Successful Meetings Magazine.</p>
<p>Her newest book, A New Breed Of Leader: 8 Leadership Qualities That Matter Most In the Real World … What Works, What Doesn’t and Why, is winning global praise:</p>
<p>“… Uniquely in tune with our era of change … right book, right time.”</p>
<p>“… Should be read by every business leader.”</p>
<p>“… If you wonder whether you are the kind of leader needed in the twenty-first century, you’re about to find out.”</p>
<p>Sheila’s articles appear in major on-line and print publications including, The Washington Post, Leadership Excellence, Successful Meetings Magazine, The Sterling Report and many industry specific communication vehicles.</p>
<p>She is creator and host of two National Public Television Specials, Making A Difference, Saving our Kids, and a prolific writer with five books translated into many languages. Sheila has also written over 200 articles and authored and produced more than 50 audio/video training programs.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bethelinstitute.com/">http://www.bethelinstitute.com</a></p>
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		<title>Tony Alessandra</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Tony Alessandra has a street-wise, college-smart perspective on business, having been raised in the housing projects of NYC to eventually realizing success as a graduate professor of marketing, entrepreneur, business author, and hall-of-fame keynote speaker. He earned a BBA &#8230; <a href="http://www.personalgrowthportal.com/2010/02/23/tony-alessandra/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Tony Alessandra has a street-wise, college-smart perspective on business, having been raised in the housing projects of NYC to eventually realizing success as a graduate professor of marketing, entrepreneur, business author, and hall-of-fame keynote speaker. He earned a BBA from the University of Notre Dame, an MBA from the University of Connecticut and his PhD in marketing from Georgia State University.</p>
<p>In addition to being president of Assessment Business Center, a company that offers online, 360º assessments, Tony is a founding partner in The Cyrano Group and Platinum Rule Group–companies which have successfully combined cutting-edge technology and proven psychology to give salespeople the ability to build and maintain positive relationships with hundreds of clients and prospects.</p>
<p>Dr. Alessandra is a prolific author with 18 books translated into 49 foreign language editions, including the newly revised, best selling The NEW Art of Managing People (Free Press/Simon &amp; Schuster, 2008); Charisma (Warner Books, 1998); The Platinum Rule (Warner Books, 1996); Collaborative Selling (John Wiley &amp; Sons, 1993); and Communicating at Work (Fireside/Simon &amp; Schuster, 1993). He is featured in over 50 audio/video programs and films, including Relationship Strategies (American Media); The Dynamics of Effective Listening (Nightingale-Conant); and Non-Manipulative Selling (Walt Disney). He is also the originator of the internationally-recognized behavioral style assessment tool &#8211; The Platinum Rule®.</p>
<p>Recognized by Meetings &amp; Conventions Magazine as “one of America’s most electrifying speakers,” Dr. Alessandra was inducted into the Speakers Hall of Fame in 1985 and is a member of the Speakers Roundtable, a group of 20 of the world’s top professional speakers. Tony’s polished style, powerful message, and proven ability as a consummate business strategist consistently earn rave reviews and loyal clients.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.platinumrule.com/">http://www.PlatinumRule.com</a></p>
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		<title>Brian Tracy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brian Tracy is Chairman and CEO of Brian Tracy International, a company specializing in the training and development of individuals and organizations. Brian’s goal is to help you achieve your personal and business goals faster and easier than you ever imagined. Brian &#8230; <a href="http://www.personalgrowthportal.com/2010/02/23/brian-tracy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brian Tracy is Chairman and CEO of Brian Tracy International, a company specializing in the training and development of individuals and organizations.</p>
<p>Brian’s goal is to help you achieve your personal and business goals faster and easier than you ever imagined.</p>
<p>Brian Tracy has consulted for more than 1,000 companies and addressed more than 4,000,000 people in 4,000 talks and seminars throughout the US, Canada and 40 other countries worldwide. As a Keynote speaker and seminar leader, he addresses more than 250,000 people each year.</p>
<p>He has studied, researched, written and spoken for 30 years in the fields of economics, history, business, philosophy and psychology. He is the top selling author of over 45 books that have been translated into dozens of languages.</p>
<p>He has written and produced more than 300 audio and video learning programs, including the worldwide, best-selling Psychology of Achievement, which has been translated into more than 20 languages.</p>
<p>He speaks to corporate and public audiences on the subjects of Personal and Professional Development, including the executives and staff of many of America’s largest corporations. His exciting talks and seminars on Leadership, Selling, Self-Esteem, Goals, Strategy, Creativity and Success Psychology bring about immediate changes and long-term results.</p>
<p>Prior to founding his company, Brian Tracy International, Brian was the Chief Operating Officer of a $265 million dollar development company. He has had successful careers in sales and marketing, investments, real estate development and syndication, importation, distribution and management consulting. He has conducted high level consulting assignments with several billion-dollar plus corporations in strategic planning and organizational development.</p>
<p>He has traveled and worked in over 80 countries on six continents, and speaks four languages. Brian is happily married and has four children. He is active in community and national affairs, and is the President of three companies headquartered in Solana Beach, California.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.briantracy.com/">http://www.briantracy.com/</a></p>
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