Motivational speaking is a fine art, and a very lucrative career it seems. And if you don’t believe me, take a look at these successful motivational speakers who used their talents and know-how to carve a career out of helping people and changing lives. And if changing lives is not satisfying enough, the increase in bank balance must surely help.
Anthony Robbins:
Anthony Robbins has for a long time been a popular motivational speaker. Not only that, he is also a well established author of numerous self help books, including the bestselling book, Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement.
Robbins first gained popularity in America through various television infomercials that promoted his personal development seminars and audio programmes. Soon he became a well-known force in the industry, and has even worked with a string of famous public figures. Popular personalities, world leaders, and celebrities associated with Robbins include Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton, Princess Diana, Pamela Anderson, Quincy Jones, and Anthony Hopkins.
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Some people become great businessmen; others become moguls. It takes passion, determination and vision to belong to the club that these 8 belong to. But these 8 people are special in another way: they influence the world around them in many ways.
Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos is not just known for being the founder of Amazon; he is also known for coining the term Artificial Intelligence. Time named him the person of the year in 1999 and he has plans to transform reading for the digital generation. His influence gave people from all around the world the opportunity to shop online.
He was born in 1964, graduated from Princeton University and founded Amazon in 1994. It was a bookstore initially and soon expanded to include everything possible: laptops, clothing, movies and toys.
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Mayer Amschel Rothschild
Mayer Rothschild is the founder of modern banking. He introduced diversification, rapid communication, confidentiality and high volume to banking. He sold antiques, wineries, rare coins, and imported manufactured materials after leaving to take over his father’s business. Rothschild created the first international banking network, which had branches in London, Paris, Vienna and Naples. This empire spread throughout the world and today comprises real estate, venture capital, investment banking, corporate banking, private banking and trust, and asset management.
Henry Ford
Henry Ford is perhaps one of the most well-known businesspeople, mostly for quipping “People can have the Model T in any colour - so long as it’s black”. Henry Ford created assembly lines that were used for mass production of inexpensive goods: the concept is known as Fordism. Besides being known for creating the Model T, he also registered 161 patents. He and stockholders formed the Henry Ford Company in 1901. Henry’s vision was that the average American family should have transport and he priced the models at $825 in 1908. Soon, almost every American family had their own car.
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Does your company have a Green Director? Does it have a Director of Diversity? There are some companies that do have such portfolios; corporate social responsibility is a big thing to them and goes beyond volunteering at the local soup kitchen. Social responsibility or corporate social responsibility is the same thing that has different names.
To be truly aware and a player in the corporate social responsibility field, a company has to care about diversity in the workplace, its environmental impact, to whom it is selling, ethics and public policy as well as the community it serves. Being socially responsible is a big accomplishment, and it is one that many companies are serious about.
Time Warner
Time Warner is a media company that was founded in 1983. It started off as three separate companies: Time Inc, Warner Communications, Inc, and America Online Inc. Time Inc and Warner Communications, Inc merged in 1990 and was later joined by America Online.
Why we’re including them:
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