The Distinction
While some motivational speakers may create an immediate spark of inspiration that soon fades away. Rory Vaden's methodology will create a lasting change that produces positive results in an individual's life both personally and professionally.

As a Self Discipline Strategist, Rory relays profound truths coupled with humorous anecdotes and empowers professionals 10 conquer their fears and lake immediate action in all aspects of their lives. Consulting with organizations, companies and individuals all leveraging self-discipline to create extraordinary performance. Rory has shared the stage with John Maxwell and conducted special programs for companies owned by Dave Ramsey and Zig Ziglar.

The Appearances
His unique insights on overcoming procrastination, creative avoidance and personal setbacks have been shared on shows such as Oprah radio with Dr. Oz and featured in print media such as SUCCESS Magazine™. As the Co-Founder of the multi-million dollar public training company, Southwestern Consulting, his pragmatic advice has been field tested by thousands of professionals from all different industries. Rory has personally coached numerous clients, including Chad Goldwasser, the former #1Keller Williams Real Estate Agent Worldwide.

The Clients
His keynote and consulting client list includes companies like; Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Bank of America, Mary Kay, Trane, Shaw, United Healthcare, Project Management Institute, AFLAC, McGladrey and the Direct Selling Association.

The Backstory
Striving to be a living example of his own principles. Rory's self-discipline has led him from being raised early on by a single mother in a trailer park to attain Magna Cum Laude degrees in Management, Accounting, Leadership and an MBA from the University of Denver. He is also a first degree black belt in Shao-Lin Kung Fu and a former record breaking ultra producer for the world's oldest direct sales network marketing organization The Southwestern Company.

The Experience
In 2007, Rory became the youngest person ever to be entered in the World Championship of Public Speaking, and he became the first runner-up for Toastmasters International out of 25,000 entries worldwide. He is the author or the book No Laughs to Know Laughs: How To Be Funny to Make More Money and the audio series entitled, The Audience is NOT in their Underwear: How to Craft Truly Compelling Presentations and Deliver Them Like a Champ.

The Movement
Today in addition to being an author, speaker, consultant and entrepreneur, Rory is leading a rapidly growing international social movement called the Take The Stairs World Tour in which he is raising money for charity by climbing the 10 tallest buildings in the world. He has already climbed the Empire State Building in New York City, The CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, the Majestic Building in Taipei, Taiwan, The Sears Tower in Chicago, IL and The Canton Tower in Guangzhou, China.

Combining a hilarious and compelling delivery with unprecedented expertise, Rory energizes audiences into action with his signature program: Take The Stairs - 7 Steps To Achieving True Success. Rory's new groundbreaking book on the subject, Take The Stairs: The Secrets of Overnight Success, will be published by Penguin and hits airports and all major retailers in February of 2012.

• Take The Stairs: Success Means Doing Things You Don't Want To Do (Signature Motivational Speech 45 - 90 minutes) - Success is different for each of us but the path to get there has the same obstacles: fatigue, rejection, failure, distraction, burnout, complacency, and countless others. And yet there is one common characteristic and one universal trait that virtually every single successful person must have before they add anything else; discipline - the discipline to do the things they don't want to do. Self-discipline strategist and motivational speaker Rory Vaden shares key insights and erases common misconceptions about how to build lasting self-discipline.
  
  
• Next Generation Marketing: Making Social Media Work in 30 Minutes a Day (Breakout Session Workshop 45 minutes - 2 hours) - 500 million people are on Facebook, 76 million are on Linked In, and the Tweeters are growing at an exponential rate. Social Media is not a fad, but an inevitable medium of future business communication. Yet some people are full of star-gazed cyber myths of becoming overnight millionaires or making their brand an overnight internet phenomenon. Some have the improper expectation that it's the next "escalator" to success. It's important to understand the reality of what social media will and won't do and, most importantly, how to use social media effectively in your business. Social media expert Rory Vaden shares the discipline of managing these new tools to get real results for your business.
  
  
• Leaders Take The Stairs: Creating a Culture of Discipline in Your Organization (Main Stage Speech 45 - 75 minutes) - Companies and organizations that make the leap to greatness have an almost fanatical mindset and mission of making short term sacrifices for a long-term vision. It drives every part of their business, including accounting, hiring, training, leadership, marketing and so forth. But if you look in MBA curriculums or HR training programs, you won't find anything that teaches leaders this pivotal skill. Here you will learn practical steps from entrepreneur and motivational speaker Rory Vaden for infusing your organization with a mentality of discipline.
  
  
• No Laughs to Know Laughs: How to be Funny to Make More Money (Breakout Session Workshop 45 minutes - 4 hours) - Work is always more fun if you can laugh along the way but it's a rare gift to be able to make other people laugh. In fact, most of us think you are either born funny or you're not, and it's one of the most disempowering misconceptions of all time. Two-Time Toastmasters World Champion of Public Speaking Finalist and motivational speaker and humorist Rory Vaden explodes this humor rumor by teaching ordinary people the secrets of how to make people laugh. Believe it or not, humor can be learned as long as you have a little discipline.
  
  
• Top Producers Take The Stairs: Advanced Sales Training and the Habit of Self-Discipline (Breakout Session Workshop 45 minutes up to 2 full days) - The number one cause of failure in sales is "creative avoidance". Salespeople are constantly torn between the support work required to fulfill their service to their customers and with going out and prospecting for new business. Sales training is important to the success of a great salesperson, but what's more important is cultivating a habit of self-discipline. The real secret to success in sales is being able to do the things you don't want to do. Executive sales consultant and sales coach Rory Vaden shares a customizable combination of motivation and sales training techniques to help your producers reach the next level.
  
  
• The Audience is NOT in their Underwear: The Discipline of Mastering Presentation Skills (Breakout Session Workshop 45 minutes - 4 hours) - Whether in front of an audience of 1 or 1000, presenting can be scary. Everybody knows that presentation skills are more important than ever and that there is an unspoken expectation that every presenter should be entertaining and engaging. What most people don't know is that there are secret presentation techniques that even the best speakers in the world rely on to look better than they are. Applying these universal formulas is certain to not only increase your confidence as a presenter, but your income, as well. Toastmasters World Championship Finalist and professional speech coach Rory Vaden will help you overcome the fear of public speaking and enlighten you with some of the best techniques ever available.