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Don’t Be Afraid to Solicit Feedback For Remarkable Performance

July 14th, 2008 at 12:05 pm » Comments (19)

Over the weekend, I was at the Texas-based National Tractor Parts Association's annual leadership conference to give an inspirational keynote presentation at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 12, 2008. On that morning, ...more »

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

May 14th, 2008 at 9:05 pm » Comments (2)

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 »

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 #25

April 24th, 2008 at 10:00 pm » Comments (12)

It's been 25 weeks since I started the weekly gratitude posts at Adversity University. I continue to be astounded over the fact that regardless of how my week went, ...more »

Confessions of a Motivational Speaker

December 2nd, 2007 at 10:56 pm » Comments (37)

To start off this week, I thought it would be fun to share behind the scenes look at what it has been like to do something for a living that ...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 »

Ask! Ask! Ask!

September 19th, 2007 at 2:39 pm » Comments (8)

The Abraham-Hicks book, Ask and It is Given, inspired me to write today's post. One of the greatest things we can do for ourselves is to ask for something we ...more »

Washington DC Speaking Gig

May 15th, 2007 at 5:47 am » Comments (0)

In order to keep this blog interesting and informative, I have a couple of photos from a recent speaking engagement at George Washington University where I led a workshop entitled ...more »

Attracting Clients Without Lifting a Finger and Make Money!

March 21st, 2007 at 8:08 am » Comments (0)

Did you enjoy yesterday's story about the temperamental "money laundering" machine? I hope you did because I really had fun with it. The creative process of writing truly nurtures my ...more »

Announcing a Newly Redesigned Motivational Speaking Website!

October 16th, 2006 at 6:34 pm » Comments (0)

A quick news flash to inform you of my newly redesigned motivational speaking and writing website. You can see it at: www.sjhopson.com If you like how my site looks and are ...more »

Keynote Speech for First Communications Corporation

August 3rd, 2006 at 11:22 am » Comments (0)

Thanks to Susanne Noel of First Communications telephone company, I have a sample of pictures from a keynote presentation I did this morning for the entire company. Susanne is the ...more »

Photos from NSA Convention - Orlando, FL

July 30th, 2006 at 7:48 am » Comments (0)

Well, here they are. The first snapshot on the left is a courtesy of my friend Dov Friedmann, an internationally renowned photographer from New York. On the left is ...more »

You Meet People for a Reason: There are No Accidents!

July 27th, 2006 at 3:47 pm » Comments (2)

If you're wondering why you haven't received a post from "Adversity University" in the last few days, it's because I was away at the National Speakers Association (NSA) convention held ...more »

How I Survived a Most Embarrassing Experience at a Speaking Engagement Involving a Bottle of Mouthwash

May 27th, 2006 at 12:19 pm » Comments (4)

It helps if we can maintain a sense of humor even in the midst of adversity. Adversity doesn't necessarily mean life or death situations but can include life's most embarrassing ...more »

On the road for speaking engagements

April 21st, 2006 at 4:02 pm » Comments (0)

I've been on the road traveling for speaking engagements the last few days. A couple of days ago I spoke at the Hudson Country Club where a group of businessmen and ...more »