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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
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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
Come to Yourself Author: Audrina Jones Bunton
The bible illustrates a story about a man who had two sons. The younger son told his father that he wanted his share of his father's estate now, instead of waiting until his father died. So his father granted his request and divided his wealth between his sons. In a matter of days, the young son packed his belongings, and left home for a distant country. There, he wasted all of his money on reckless living. After he had spent everything he had, a severe famine spread over the whole country, and he began to starve. He persuaded a local farmer to hire him to feed his pigs. He found himself at such a low point in his life, and became so hungry that even the pods he fed the pigs, looked good to him. Nevertheless, no one gave him anything. He drowned in self-pity for sometime.
However, when he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, “At home even my father’s hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!” He made the decision to stop drowning in self-pity and to do something about his situation. Why, because he came to himself and realized WHO he really was. He returned home to ask his father for forgiveness and upon his return, his father received him with opened arms, and a grand feast.
Like the prodigal son, you may find yourself drowning in self-pity. You may find yourself at such a low point in your life that doing something immorally wrong seems enticing. Like the prodigal son, you may find yourself in what seems like the ultimate mess. You may feel as though you are constantly being defeated. But realize that no amount of complaining or self-pity will bring relief.
Do not carry defeat -- trample defeat. Do not sink in self-pity -- arise to the occasion. Self-pity is an endless pit, and like the pigs, you will always find someone willing to remain in the mess with you. You will also find that others are unwilling to help you get out of the mess. No one will or can save you from yourself -- only you can.
So without compromise -- come to yourself and realize WHO you really are. Realize that you deserve the best because you are the best. Take heart and just simply -- come to yourself – and allow God to pick you up from the ruins of your broken life.
Motivational Speaker, Audrina Jones Bunton was born the seventh of eight children in her household in Pinehurst, North Carolina into a loving and committed Christian home. In her youth, she fondly recalls traveling throughout the U.S. with her family, as her parents ministered from state to state year after year—helping people as they traveled.
A graduate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a Bachelor's degree in Sociology, Audrina is a Competent Toastmaster of Toastmasters International and serves as the North Carolina District Sergeant At Arms. She is a former counselor of the Durham Pregnancy Support Services, a Christian-oriented crisis pregnancy center in Durham, North Carolina and is currently a Social Research Assistant at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Audrina serves as the Youth Director at the Come As You Are Evangelistic Center in Aberdeen, North Carolina.
Modeling after a song that her mother so often sings, and one that Martin Luther King, Jr. often quoted, her life and speeches are based on the following lyrics, “If I can help somebody as I pass along, If I can cheer somebody with a word or song, If I can show somebody he's traveling wrong, Then my living will not be in vain.”
Audrina resides in North Carolina with her husband William, and 2 children, Audrina Lorraine and William Woodrow.
