This podcast was recorded by iLearningGlobal.tv in 2008. It is 22 minutes long but I don’t think I’d change a minute of it even if I were recording anew today.

I talk about how to face tough economic times, how to build a big career even when you are starting with virtually nothing, and much more. In it you will hear my personal story and feel my enthusiasm about what is possible for YOU.

Please take the time to listen to this message and share it with others who could use a boost of motivation or confidence. I want to be a resource for you in all the ways that I can. Then drop me a note and let’s stay connected.

Here is the recording link: Click here to access the message.

I’m repeatedly asked, “Let me know when you are presenting or performing locally so that I can come and see you.” So, here goes:

(Business) June 15, 2010 – Tuesday from 9am to Noon:   Seminar on Relationship Intelligence®

I’m the next speaker in the 101 Leaders Institute’s Prosperity Series. This event will be at the Westlake Village Inn (right next to Bogie’s) on Tuesday, June 15 from 9am to Noon.

This seminar will focus on how you can elevate all of your contacts into “Asset” status. Your life and your business is a series of relationships. The better you can choose relationships, cultivate and manage them, the more likely you will be to succeed.

This is NOT just about “people skills”. Instead this is a seminar about making conscious, intentional and strategic choices as to who and how you will connect.

Concepts in this seminar have come from my psychological research (that led to the publication of The Acorn Principle) and my consulting experience that resulted in the book and system known as Relationship Selling.

You will never again look at your relationships in the same limited ways that you did in the past.

Come and join me for this exciting 3 hour seminar on the morning of Tuesday, June 15th at the Westlake Village Inn. Enroll via this link: www.101Leaders.com or just drop me an email with your info jim@101Leaders.com.

Single enrollments are just $199. Every attendee will receive a free copy of one of my recent e-books. See you there!

(Fun) July 13 & 27, 2010 – Musical Performances

Free: 2 Tuesdays from 5 to 7 pm, Happy Hour, at Bogie’s Night Club at the Westlake Village Inn. Come join me for some Rock n Roll music. I’ll be playing guitar and singing for two hours. No cover charge, casual attire, just drop in and have some fun at Bogie’s before dinner, or stick around and dine too. I’ll be covering all the classic R&R groups like: The Beatles, The Eagles, James Taylor, Simon & Garfunkel, John Denver, Glenn Campbell, The Kinks, The Animals, Neil Diamond, Elvis, Buddy Holly, and even Jason Mraz.

No reservations required, just grab some friends and drop by for some fun.

All this week I’ll be guest hosting a local radio show, The Business of Life on KKZZ AM1400 in Ventura, California. This “drive-time” show belongs to Coach Ron Tunick and I’m guest hosting while he’s on vacation. You can tune in online if you are not in the area. It’s from 4pm to 6pm Pacific time and here’s the link.

The Business of Life with guest host Jim Cathcart

There is an exciting line-up of guests joining me this week.

Dr. Terry Paulson, author of The Optimism Advantage

Dr. Nido Qubein, Chairman of Great Harvest Bread & President of High Point University

Dr. Tony Alessandra, author of The Platinum Rule, Chairman of Online Assessment Center

Tony Hseih, CEO of Zappos

Nance Guilmartin, author of The Power of Pause & Healing Conversations

Jason Vanderpal, product manager for Guitar Center, former GM of Hollywood Guitar Center

Mark Sanborn, author of The Encore Effect, The Fred Factor & It Doesn’t Take A Title To Be A Leader

And, a surprise guest who called in and then agreed to stay for the hour, Scott McKain! Author of All Business is Show Business and The Collapse of Distinction.

This is “Life Skills Week” and we will be talking about specific things you can do to make your life more rewarding and productive. Please call in and listen with friends!

And when Coach gets back on June 14th, I’ll be interviewing Darren Hardy, publisher of SUCCESS magazine. Darren’s new book The Compound Effect will be the focus of our interview. Tune in!

Santa Barbara, California

On May 18th, 2010 I will be speaking on Relationship Selling- Turning Contacts into Assets, from 6:45 pm to 9pm.
The event is being held by Catalyst and the proceeds from ticket sales will go to the Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care.  These are the wonderful folks who cared for Max Martinez, the father of my daughter-in-law Sonya.

Jim Cathcart: Relationship Selling – Turning Contacts Into Assets

SPEAKER:
Jim Cathcart is the original bestselling author of “Relationship Selling,” and “The Acorn Principle.”  He is the founder of Cathcart Institute, Inc., The 101 Leaders Institute, and The Professional Speaking Institute. Cathcart is an advisor to the Schools of Business at both Pepperdine and California Lutheran Universities, and was inducted into the Professional Speaker Hall of Fame. With over 31 years of professional speaking around the world, Cathcart is one of the best known and most award-winning motivational speakers in the business. He has delivered more than 2,700 presentations to audiences around the globe! In 2007 he was listed as one of The Top 100 Minds on Personal Development by Leadership Excellence magazine. Today Cathcart is listed in the professional Speaker Hall of Fame, is a recipient of the prestigious Golden Gavel Award, has been the president of the National Speakers Association and received the Cavett Award for a lifetime of service. He has authored 14 books and scores of recorded programs, and is an executive coach to numerous high-achievers.

BENEFITTING NON-PROFIT:
The net proceeds from this event’s ticket sales benefit Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care of Santa Barbara, whose mission is to “provide high quality, comprehensive home health, hospice and related services necessary to promote the health of residents, including those unable to pay.”

TUESDAY, May 18:
5:30pm VIP Reception (must RSVP online to attend reception)
6:45pm Seating for Speaker, no late admittance
University Club of Santa Barbara, 1332 Santa Barbara Street
$10 with RSVP online, $15 at the door

Follow this link to the magazine so that you can read this and many other inspiring articles.

You will also find an assortment of videos streaming free from their site. One of them is my presentation on TSTN network addressing The Purpose of Selling. Take a few minutes and view it, then if you think it will have value in your next meeting play this short message for your team and discuss what it means for all of you to connect more strongly with your customers and prospects.

I look forward to staying connected with you and providing much future value through all of these media.

Jim Cathcart

The 101 Leaders Institute “Prosperity Series” Seminar on Thursday, February 25th will feature NY Times Bestselling Author Don Hutson. This morning seminar will be from 9am to Noon at the beautiful Westlake Village Inn.

Don is a long time colleague and close friend of mine who has also served as president of the National Speakers Association and received many of the top awards in this industry. He’s an inspiring guy who has traveled the world. He is a well known leader in Memphis, TN as well as in the global community. This ad was featured in this month’s Memphis Business Journal.

Come and learn from Don at the 101 Leaders Prosperity Seminar on Thursday, Feb. 25th from 9am to noon. To register just drop us an email or give us a call at 805 777 3477. Email is jim@101Leaders.com. Individual enrollment is just $199 for this highly interactive live seminar and if you want to attend all seven seminars in the series, it is only $795 total.

Sign up today and bring your best clients, hottest prospects and most promising coworkers to join you. Group pricing is available for ten people or more.

Call us today! Preregistration is needed, call or email us today and plan to be there at the Inn on the 25th.

Professional Speaker and Author of 15 books, including 2 international best sellers, Jim Cathcart, CSP, CPAE is available to collaborate with and coach you to your next big breakthrough.
Spend a day focusing on expanding your opportunities, leveraging your skills and increasing your confidence.

A few thousand dollars invested in strategy and coaching may generate hundreds of thousands or millions in payoffs for you.
Come with me and let’s discover how much more successful you could be.

Email jim@cathcart.com or call us at 800-222-4883

January 19, 2010  Ventura County, California

Top 5 Speakers Award goes to Jim Cathcart

Speakers Platform, one of the nation’s leading speakers bureaus, announced today that Jim Cathcart was chosen as one of the top 5 professional speakers in the Sales/Customer Service category from among thousands of speakers.

This internet-based selection process that took place over several weeks, was open to all comers who selected the speakers they believed to be the top performers in the most common topic categories, such as: Sales, Motivation, Leadership, Politics, Communication, etc.

Jim Cathcart is the author of 15 books including the national best sellers: Relationship Selling and The Acorn Principle. He has received the Golden Gavel Award, The Cavett Award and was inducted into the National Speakers Hall of Fame. As past president of the National Speakers Association and a former board member of the Global Speakers Network his influence is felt throughout the speaking profession.

Cathcart’s latest book is “ConnectAbility”, coauthored with Dr. David Ryback & David Nour. It was just released by McGraw-Hill and is available on Amazon.com and most book resources. As a Sales/Customer Service speaker Mr. Cathcart is best known for his book Relationship Selling. He’s the original author and leading proponent of Relationship Selling in 1985 and has published a multitude of works on this subject.

With over 2,700 professional speeches around the world over the past 33 years Jim Cathcart has become known as one of the leading motivational speakers. His client list includes a majority of Fortune 500 clients and spans every industry. When he was informed of his selection as the Top 5 recipient he said, “I am grateful for this acknowledgement and wish to share it with all of the inspiring thinkers, authors and leaders from whom I’ve learned and continue to learn. Though this may be my moment in the spotlight, I would not have been here without their inspiration and guidance. Speakers Platform has performed a great service by conducting this selection and I’m honored to be among their top honorees.”

Mr. Cathcart’s current emphasis is the expansion of a seminar series worldwide in collaboration with Don Hutson, CSP, CPAE and the members of Speakers Roundtable. This series, known as The Prosperity Seminars, is being offered in Westlake Village, California, Memphis, Tennessee, Dallas, Texas, Singapore and coming soon to other cities. The purpose of this series is to bring Hope and Solutions to the business community by bringing Hall of Fame Speakers and Best Selling Authors to your local area at an affordable price.

For information on the Top 5 Speaker selection process and the other recipients contact Michael Frick at Speakers Platform, 415-861-1700.

For information on booking Jim Cathcart to speak to your group contact Cathcart Institute, Inc. at 800-222-4883 or email: info@cathcart.com, website: http://Cathcart.com or call your favorite speakers bureau.

“No Change…No Change.

When someone says “NO” it doesn’t necessarily mean “NO” unless you believe it….Find a new way to ask.

Make your ceiling your floor. Get on top of your potential and reset to a higher level.

Reset fast. Make your New Year tomorrow!

See it in your imagination and write it down.

Be a creator and collector of experiences.

Someday is not a day of the week.”

I would add to that, “When you write your goals & dreams on paper, they are no longer just in your head. They are now in the world and will start to become a reality!”

Giovanni wowed us all with his joy, creativity, magic, wisdom and caring attitude. It’s impossible not to like this guy! Take a look at these video clips on Gio’s own website to see some of the wonderful ideas and amazing performances he shared with us. Click on the banner that reads “See Video Now!”

Gio is just one of over a dozen faculty members of 101 Leaders Institute. We are bringing a Hall of Fame Professional Speaker & Best Selling Author here to the 101 corridor seven times a year. To attend these great sessions and stay tuned to our news be sure to follow both http://Cathcart.com and http://www.101leaders.com.

The next presenter is the remarkable presentation skills coach and Hall of Fame Professional Speaker Patricia Fripp. She’ll be here January 23rd, 2010 from 9am to noon. Don’t miss her seminar.

NEXT!!!!! The Amazing Giovanni Livera will be our featured seminar leader Tomorrow December 3, 2009 at the Westlake Village Inn. You don’t want to miss this one!

Learn to:

• Find solutions where others see only limitations

• Show your team that Anything is Possible

• Make hard work into Fun

• Generate Optimism despite the challenges

• Get other people on your side

And have one of the best times you’ve ever had while learning lots! Single attendance is $199 and enrollment in the full series of 7 events is just $795. Enroll now!

Sign up for this Prosperity Seminar Series, 7 seminars per year for only $795. (Single Seminar fee is just $199 and may be applied to full enrollment within 30 days if desired.)

The Next 101 Prosperity Series Seminar Is:

Thursday, December 3 – 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

For More Information Contact:

Jim Cathcart
805 777 3477
info@101Leaders.com

Check our website: http://www.101Leaders.com

We are delighted to be of service to you and your business.