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Weekend Update: Six Ways I Managed to Win the Humorous Speech District Finals

October 19th, 2008 at 11:02 pm » Comments (27)

[caption id="attachment_693" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="District Humorous Speech Contest First Place Trophy"][/caption] If you've been following my journey on the Toastmasters Humorous Speech Contest in the last month or so, you know ...more »

Inspirational Luminary Announcement

October 7th, 2008 at 9:50 am » Comments (2)

Today, Tuesday, October 7, 2008 is the day I am the featured inspirational luminary on InspireMeToday.com, a website that provides the Best of the Best Inspiration Daily from different luminaries. Go ...more »

Quick Update

September 16th, 2008 at 3:58 pm » Comments (5)

Hello Everyone! This is a quick note to let you know why you haven't heard from me.  Right now I'm at a hotel in PA for a speaking engagement at Penn ...more »

Driving Your Business to the Next Level: A Local Cleveland/Akron, OH Seminar

May 14th, 2008 at 9:05 pm » Comments (4)

For the first time since I began my speaking career, I've partnered with someone from the local Cleveland/Akron, OH area to put together a seminar that we are calling Driving ...more »

SOBCon08 Update

May 4th, 2008 at 7:31 am » Comments (34)

Today is the last day of the "blogging biz school" and yesterday's presenters were great - each of them had a unique slant on how to establish your blogging platform ...more »

Update - News Alert - New Hosting Server

April 28th, 2008 at 11:26 am » Comments (4)

This is a quick update to alert everyone at the Adversity University community that if you left a comment (to which I responded) over the last few days, it may ...more »

More Pictures From Las Vegas

April 25th, 2008 at 6:41 am » Comments (7)

Here I am, giving this photo thing another try. I don't know what happened last night but at one point I managed to get all the photos in yesterday's ...more »

End of the Week Gratitude Theme #24

April 18th, 2008 at 8:16 pm » Comments (7)

I purposefully waited an extra day before writing the end of the week gratitude post because I wanted to give everyone a chance to digest the previous article on how ...more »

Results of BeTheNextBestSellingAuthor Competition are In!

March 16th, 2008 at 6:28 pm » Comments (32)

It's been surreal ever since I woke up this morning to find an email from Lyman Reed, a subscriber to the Simpleology newsletter.   Imagine my surprise when I learned from him that I had been selected ...more »

Special Note for Problogger Visitors

February 26th, 2008 at 1:28 pm » Comments (12)

Did you come here through the guest article I did for Darren Rouse's Problogger? If so, let me welcome you with open arms!  Thank you for taking the time to visit and for ...more »

Stephen Hopson Interview with John Wesley, PickTheBrain Coming Up!

February 1st, 2008 at 10:00 pm » Comments (6)

Now has never been a greater time to bring you someone who may not need much of an introduction for he is one of the most prolific self-development writers in ...more »

Stephen Hopson Interview with Shaun Boyd Coming Up!

January 18th, 2008 at 5:41 pm » Comments (2)

If you've been part of the Adversity University community for some time, chances are pretty good you've seen at least one or two stories by Shaun Boyd of LifeReboot because ...more »

New “Stephen Hopson Interview” with Christine O’Kelly Coming Up!

January 4th, 2008 at 6:09 pm » Comments (7)

  Although Christine O'Kelly is relatively new to the blogging scene (September 2007), she is one of the most interesting, authentic bloggers I've had the pleasure of making acquaintance with. I discovered ...more »

Oh Lordy, Time for Some Gratitude!

November 3rd, 2007 at 5:19 pm » Comments (16)

Last night, I was sitting on my couch in the living room, contemplating life (which is something I frequently do these days, with a cigar to boot).    Photo Credit:  OG-Made.com As often ...more »

“Taking Yourself to the Next Level” Speaking Gig - Orlando, FLA

October 18th, 2007 at 2:48 pm » Comments (13)

The title of yesterday's presentation for InforSource (the client) was customized for their sales and administrative teams, "Taking Yourself to the Next Level."   InfoSource, based in Winter Park, Fla is a ...more »