A few days ago a mom wrote to me and asked where and when I was speaking in Southern California. I informed her that I was speaking at Creekside H.S. Leadership Academy in Irvine and also Cal State Fullerton over the next few weeks.
The mom also thought that her daughter might not watch the Success4Teens DVD if she gave it to her, but that she might be more inclined to watch it in a “group setting”. I agreed with the mom that it was highly unlikely that her daughter would watch it for two specific reasons. 1.) it was provided by “the parental unit” therefore no good, and 2.) she ’s not motivated to succeed- only her mother is.
What’s more important was exploring the “group setting”. This is where I need to be real clear. My belief (as covered in my Success4Teens DVD) is that 95% of the people on the planet are not successful, and that’s because they are part of “the herd” or the “group setting”. And as we always said on Wall Street, the herd gets slaughtered”…!!!
Success, in my opinion, is very INDIVIDUALISTIC”. The success principles I laid out in “Formula for Success” aka. Success4Teens are for individuals to execute – NOT groups. The rules for success are proper time management, goal setting, knowing HOW to deal with setbacks and HOW to create a positive mental attitude…..these are done on an individual basis not a group basis. The DVD Success4Teens is meant to educate first, then inspire. Motivation comes when the individual employs the principles…!!!!
I will be speaking at Cal State Fullerton in April. The topic is: “Stress & Success in Family Life”. Some might think these are unrelated topics and some might see these as “one and the same”. My belief is that most stress is due to the lack of 1. effective personal time management, 2. setting and executing proper attainable goals,3. knowing HOW to deal with setbacks, and 4. having or knowing HOW to create a PMA or positive mental attitude.
In my dvd “Formula for Success” aka Success4teens, I examine success from three perspectives and refer this to a “3 legged stool” (Mental, Physical and Spiritual). What happens if one of the legs is missing….right- it won’t stand. Well, the aforementioned, covers the mental part….HOW to SET the MIND up…!!
Speaking Engagement
Speaker: Bill Morris – CEO – Success4Teens.com
Place: Cal State Fullerton
When: April 13th – Tuesday
Time: 2:30 -3:45pm
Topic: “Stress & Success in Family Life”
Department of Child and Adolescent Studies at Cal State Fullerton. The course, titled “Child, Family, & Community”, provides an exploration of relationships, including interpersonal relationships, and linkages between children, families, and community systems; influences of age, gender, diverse abilities, culture, race, ethnicity, socio-economic and public policy factors; and community resources available to support families. The over-arching perspective of this course is “everything happens in a context.”
Bill’s Bio
BIO
Bill Morris
Bill grew up just outside of New York City. He completed his undergraduate degree in Finance at Boston College and his graduate MBA at Manhattan College in International Business.
By his early thirties he was chosen to become the International Controller of one of the top tier Investment Banks on Wall Street – Kidder Peabody, responsible for all financial and operational activity in London, Paris, Geneva, Zurich, Tokyo and Hong Kong.
It was during this time of his career that his two sons were born and he also became involved with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Bill became an Executive Board member and “fundraiser” for the Foundation, and began his “enhanced-career” helping kids. Bill created, conducted and was the prime participant in a “Sit-Up-a-thon” to raise funds for terminally ill children for five consecutive years while on Wall Street.
Bill set a World Record for completing 20,100 consecutive sit-ups in 11 hours and 32 minutes. This led to Bill speaking at High Schools and Universities on fitness. Bill wanted to reach all kids, not just athletes, and so designed a program called “Formula for Success”. This program shows all kids, how to get it together mentally, physically and spiritually.
For the past twenty years Bill has been speaking, educating and motivating audiences from kids incarcerated, in rehab, foster homes, “half-way homes”, Boys and Girls Clubs, Big Brothers and Sisters, obese camps, continuation high schools, to speaking at The World Drug Conference, West Point and Stanford University.
His motto in life is “learn, earn and return”, and with that in mind, has created a lofty goal to try and reach the 30 millions kids in the USA with his message and “game plan”. Bill recently created a DVD called Success4Teens. His company website is www.success4teens.com .