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LESSONS  FROM LEGENDS

What are the common denominators of career success? What do highly successful people have in common? Dr. Gene Griessman has spent years interviewing leaders in business, politics, science, entertainment, and sports. Many of these individuals have become the legends of our time: Aaron Copland, Hank Aaron, Ray Charles, Ronald Reagan, Tennessee Williams, Jack Nicklaus, Jack Lemmon, Julie Andrews, Sandra Day O'Connor, Gloria Steinem, Ted Turner, David Rockefeller, Loretta Lynn, Kris Kristofferson, Linus Pauling, Art Buchwald, Francis Crick, B. F. Skinner, Bear Bryant, Mary Kay and scores of others. Dr. Griessman has discovered certain success themes that run through all their stories. You will learn what these themes are in this powerful keynote or seminar.

This program is filled with real-life stories taken from interviews with some of the world's most famous people. It's packed with information and laced with humor. The focus is on nine achievement factors that show up again and again in successful careers.

If you want to improve your life - whether you're starting a new career or learning how to manage your time - there is one strategy to follow: study what successful individuals do and model what they do.

Gene Griessman has crafted a unique view of success and achievement reflected in keynote addresses and seminars that are informative, humorous, and inspirational. His specialty is studying what makes people successful and sharing what he has learned with organizations that want to produce peak performers.

Internationally famed author and motivational speaker Gene Griessman has spent years interviewing superstars from many fields for TV, radio, magazines, and newspapers. What he has learned about their common characteristics will provide you with invaluable tools for you to move more rapidly along the road to career success.

Virtually everyone wants to achieve more, but many individuals simply don't know how to do it. Often, what they need most are ideas from people who are already successful. In every field, there are achievement factors that explain success. Learn what these factors are in this informative and inspirational session. These achievement factors are illustrated with real examples drawn from Gene Griessman's interviews with some of the legends of our time.

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Dr. Gene Griessman is an internationally known public speaker, author, actor, and executive coach. He has spoken at conventions and annual meetings and conducted seminars all over the world.  As actor and playwright, he has performed his one-man play on Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, before audiences of thousands at the Georgia Dome and the Ice Palace, and aboard the aircraft carrier the USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN.  He has conducted exclusive interviews with U.S. Presidents, famous actors, sports figures, business leaders, and Nobel Laureates

Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award and the Kay Herman Legacy Award, he often appears on television and radio, and his award-winning productions have aired on WCNN and on TBS.  He is a member of the Television Academy of Arts & Sciences.

His book TIME TACTICS OF VERY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE is now in its 24th printing. THE WORDS LINCOLN LIVED BY: 52 TIMELESS PRINCIPLES TO LIGHT YOUR PATH focuses on the achievement secrets that Lincoln used to become successful. It's in its 8th printing.  Other titles include the audio book THE INSPIRATIONAL WORDS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, the CD, LESSONS FROM LEGENDS (Winner of the 2006 JPF "Best Educational Album) and "LINCOLN'S WISDOM,"   the DVD LINCOLN ON COMMUNICATION and the book 99 WAYS TO GET MORE OUT OF EVERY DAY.

Dr. Griessman has taught at the College of William and Mary, North Carolina State University, Auburn University, Tuskegee University, and Georgia Tech. He has served as Fulbright professor at the University of Islamabad in Pakistan, as consultant at the National Agrarian University of Peru, and as a visiting researcher at the University of New South Wales in Australia.

He has been listed in WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA and WHO'S WHO IN THE WORLD for many years. Griessman is a voting member of the Television Academy.