Do you dream of becoming a successful entrepreneur? Or have you already started a business and need a boost to get it going? This book provides the spark that will make your dream a reality. Drawing on years of personal and professional experience, Dr. Joel Freeman gives advice, shares experiences from his successful entrepreneurial adventures, and takes you on a humorous, but rewarding, journey. Filled with proven ideas and hints on how to get maximum marketing impact through elbow-grease and ingenuity, this audio CD is like having your own private consultant and entrepreneurial mentor. Listen to it and learn how to create the demand for your own business venture.
AUTHOR'S BIO: Accomplished author. Internationally sought-after conference speaker and workshop facilitator. Professional counselor. Success coach to executives. Behavioral analyst. Organizational culture change specialist. Corporate trainer. Motivational consultant and mentor to pro athletes. Multiculturally astute, with travels to 46 countries. Critical Incident Debriefing coach. Photographer. Award-winning film maker see clip. Passionate about dynamic, fun-filled excellence. Devoted husband and father. Off-key singer and extremely bad dancer. A life motivated by curiosity.
Born in Maine (1954) and raised in a small town in Alberta, Canada, Joel A. Freeman brings a rich reservoir of personal experience blended with contagious enthusiasm, clarity and down to earth humor to empower people from diverse walks of life with improved communication skills and maximized productivity.
The Freeman Institute(tm) (TFI(tm)), of which Dr. Freeman is CEO/President, is a Maryland-based company with an international impact -- with five main arenas of expertise:
I. Seminars/Workshops/Conferences/ Presentations/Corporate Training/Staff
Development.
II. Long-term organizational culture change.
III. Executive coaching, specializing in Critical Incident Debriefings (CID).
IV. Cultural Competency and Black History.
V. Entrepreneurship/Creative Business implementation
With a Ph.D. in counseling, Dr. Freeman served as mentor/chaplain for the NBA's Washington Wizards (formerly the Bullets) for 19 wonderful years ('79-'98). Freeman facilitates many seminar programs, including the popular:
-- "Dealing With People Who Drive You Crazy!"®
-- "A White Man's Journey Into Black History"®
-- All Stressed Out and No One to Choke
-- "Diversity: The Value of Mutual Respect"
-- "When Strangling Someone Isn't An Option."
-- "If Nobody Loves You, Create The Demand!"
With six books currently in 28 foreign translation editions and listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World, Freeman facilitates seminars with leaders in the Federal Judiciary, music and entertainment industries, corporations, business management, government agencies and heads of state of other nations.
Freeman resides in Maryland with his wife, Shirley and their four children, David, Jacob, Jesse and Shari.