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Frontier Communications

 

 

Rick Saldan is a compelling and absorbing motivational speaker and magician.  I have been to five of his Motivational Magic presentations and it is amazing how he keeps our college audiences on the edge of their seats. A highly entertaining performer with great comedy flair. Rich content to increase students' productivity, peak performance and motivation. If you need an outstanding motivational speaker for colleges, Rick is definitely one of the world's greatest speakers and magicians!


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Montclair State University

 

 

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Credit Suisse First Boston

 

 

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Hawaii Five-O, NCIS, Cold Case, Law & Order and The Mentalist.

 

 

Rick Saldan is a wonderful combination of master magician, comic improviser and first class speaker. The audience loved his program, which was music to our ears. If you love celebrity motivational speakers such as Tom Hopkins, Dale Carnegie and Zig Ziglar, then you'll love Rick!

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Burtley Productions, Inc.

 

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Dream Illusions

 

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Inspiration Times Magazine

 
 

The Worst Advice for New Entrepreneurs
Author: Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D.

When I started my business, the guidance was awful. I call one advisor "the coach from hell." There was lots of misguided psychobabble mixed with self-serving suggestions of expensive resource.

I encourage clients to use their own intuition as a filter to evaluate all advice. I also advise being especially skeptical when advisors speak firmly. A longer version of these tips can be found at http://www.movinglady.com/linkages/myths.html.

1. Career freedom means starting a business. Clients often assume they can reach career freedom only by starting a business. I know dozens of people who feel very free in a corporate setting. They swim easily in the corporate stream and learn to balance their lives. Some even return after successful entrepreneurial ventures.

2. "Don't worry, be happy." Some advisors tell you, "You'll be great," even if they secretly believe you're following a harebrained path that is doomed to fail. Do your own research and get second and third opinions.

3. "Visualize success." While I support visualizing and attracting, I do not believe you can attract business from a non-existent target market. Better to attract prosperity and fulfillment. You might also try to attract knowledge and discernment so you can evaluate your various advisors.

4. "If you can dream it, you can do it." You can dream of meeting the Queen of England but you may have to wait awhile. The reverse is often true -- you must have a dream before you experience the reality -- but some people manage to skip the journey and enjoy the arrival.

5. "If other people can have a successful business, you can too." Unless you strongly resemble to those "other people," they're irrelevant.

6. "You will probably fail. Your advisor may be using fear to motivate you to work harder -- or to sign up for his success course or leave the field so there's more room for him. Get a second opinion.

7. If you feel energized about your goal, you will be successful. Feeling energized just means you enjoy some aspect of what you are doing. Figure out what you enjoy and design a life to include more of it.

8. You can always go back to what you were doing before. After months or years of trying to start a business, you and your former career will be different. You may be viewed as a deserter. Better to begin with a job that you can leave if you become successful. Stay in a position of power.

9. You have had a successful career so far and you'll figure out how to be successful now. Basketball players do not always thrive on football teams and baseball is a different game altogether. Enough said.

10. You will be fine; you just need more confidence. If you lack self-confidence in several areas of your life, see a clinician. Otherwise your lack of confidence in your entrepreneurial skills is probably reality-based and should be viewed as a source of strength, not weakness.








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Cathy Goodwin, is an MBA, PhD and Certified Free Spirit. As a coach, she supports people who want to tunnel under their career wall and make a move to career freedom. For her free ezine, send a blank email to subscribe@movinglady.com. Website: http://www.movinglady.com.

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