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Timothy K. Lynch
Office of Fleet Management
City of Philadelphia
Rick has a magical approach that provides a clear and
concise message specifically designed to the needs of his
audience. Rick will provide all the motivational magic you
will ever need, propelling your organization to the next
level of greater success.
Thomas Mulhern
Frontier Communications
Rick Saldan is a compelling and absorbing motivational speaker and
magician.I have been to five of his
Motivational Magic presentations and it is amazing how he keeps our
college audiences on the edge of their seats.
A highly entertaining performer with great comedy flair. Rich content to
increase students' productivity, peak performance and motivation. If you
need an outstanding motivational speaker for colleges, Rick is definitely
one of the world's greatest speakers and magicians!
Dr. Rob Gilbert, Sport Psychologist,
Montclair State University
Rick Saldan has the wit, wisdom and sorcery of a wizard. He
has a dynamic personality, and all will enjoy his
captivating stories, comedy and magic!
Dennis Slaughter
Credit Suisse First Boston
Rick Saldan delivers a first-class show! A pro in every
sense of the word. Funny, unique, entertaining and polished.
Brian Letscher, Actor
Hawaii Five-O, NCIS, Cold Case, Law & Order and The Mentalist.
Rick Saldan is a wonderful combination of master magician, comic
improviser and first class speaker. The audience loved his program, which
was music to our ears. If you love celebrity motivational speakers such as
Tom Hopkins, Dale Carnegie and Zig Ziglar, then you'll love Rick!
Dottie Burman, President
Burtley Productions, Inc.
Rick Saldan
is an incredibly talented performer and motivational speaker with great insight. He shares many powerful
motivational messages that will enhance your life for the better!
Jack Murray, President
Dream Illusions
Rick is one of the best inspirational speakers on
the scene today. Funny, fun loving and highly energetic. If you want to
make your next event into an extraordinary one, then invite professional
speaker Rick Saldan and his amazing Motivational Magic.
Andres Lara, President
Inspiration Times Magazine
A Writing Space of Your Own Author: Beth Mende Conny
When we talk about creating a writing space, we're really talking about two kinds-a physical space and a mental space. You need both in which to work.
Sure it would be great to have a fantastic office with a great view, but if you can't keep others out of it or get yourself into it, it won't do you much good.
Let's start then with mental space. You lay claim to it through declaration: "I am a writer."
Sounds simple, but it's not, for you have to speak with conviction. If you don't, you won't take yourself seriously Š and neither will others. They'll keep crossing the boundaries you've never set.
To write, you must let others know where you begin and end, and how you need a place to call your own, be it a room, corner or desk. They may not like what they hear, but most will grudgingly acquiesce with time.
Next up, physical space.
As much as you would like, you don't need a room of your own. For example, when I first launched my writing career, I shared my first "office" with a washer and dryer. My second office was a corner of my dining room; my third, a desk in my infant's bedroom. Within each I wrote scores of articles and books, amid dirty laundry, place settings and baby toys.
Today, I have a great office with two windows and a door that locks. I've earned it. But it's only one my work spaces. I also have my favorite tables at Borders and Starbucks, an isolated carrel at the local community college library and a sunny bench at the city park. To each I bring my pens and pads, reference books and, occasionally, my laptop.
My most productive space, however, is my bed. Propped up on pillows, often at 2 a.m., I've written some of the absolute best work of my career.
Sometimes the bedroom is filled with traffic-kids, hubbie, dog. I've trained them all, however, to not interrupt me, to respect the boundaries I've set down. Do they do so all the time? Heavens no. But that's okay. Interruptions are okay Š at least occasionally.
Interruptions, after all, are the crack through which everyday life slips, the very life that allows me to transform thoughts, experiences and emotions into words. These words also form a space Š for my creativity.
Know then that you need-and can have-any number of places in which to work. Look around, look within, then write. The very act of writing creates its own space.
Beth Mende Conny is the founder and co-president of WriteDirections.com . She has published more than four dozen books and collections, and helps individuals and businesses bring their projects to publication. She can be contacted at Beth@WriteDirections.com .
