Just Do It… Right Now

November 3, 2010

Last week a colleague pulled me into her office to ask advice. She’d met a man she’s really falling for, but couldn’t invite him to her birthday party because she had a date with another guy. The first guy found out about the party and was hurt he wasn’t invited. My colleague didn’t know how [...]

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The Fun in Fear

October 31, 2010

Halloween is a day (OK, night) where we delight in fear. We watch scary movies, visit haunted houses and don our most frightening masks. We venture through the dark streets and throw caution to the wind, gladly taking candy from strangers. It’s fun to cover our faces and peek through our fingers at the fright [...]

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The Value of Pain

October 28, 2010

In a recent interview on “The View,” Stephen Colbert from Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” shared lessons he learned from his mother, a courageous woman who raised nine kids on her own after Colbert’s father and two siblings were killed in a plane crash. Barbara Walters asked him how his mother did it. “Strong faith,” [...]

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Motivational Speaker Working With Rotary

October 25, 2010

Great mention in this article from the Ramona Sentinel about some recent work I did as a motivational youth speaker for Rotary: Rotary shares message of leadership, ethics, determination with students Pixie Sulser Published 10/21/2010 – 9:47 a.m. Eighth-grade students Cassidy Blankenbaker and Colton Jansen were chosen at the end of their seventh grade year [...]

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Motivational Speaker Presentation (Video) for UCLA

October 21, 2010

Here’s a video clip of the presentation I gave last month when for 6000 new college students at UCLA.

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Press Release: Motivational Speaker Brought In By Los Angeles Police to Boost Credit Union

October 11, 2010

The Los Angeles Police Federal Credit Union brought in motivational speaker Scott Greenberg to address personnel at their annual staff meeting on October 11, 2010. Greenberg spoke on resilience during tough economic times. Motivational speaker Scott Greenberg gave the keynote address to the staff of the Los Angeles Police Federal Credit Union on Monday, October [...]

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Motivational Speaker Asks: Can One Bad Apple Spoil The Bunch?

September 22, 2010

Conventional wisdom suggests that group values and norms influence individual members. People naturally want to fit in. They’re inclined to be agreeable. But what if one person rejects the group’s norms and acts out? Can they adversely impact an entire group? I came across an interesting archived interview on “This American Life” the other day [...]

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September 15, 2010

ShareThis Email PDF Print Los Angeles, CA (Vocus) September 14, 2010 Los Angeles-based motivational speaker Scott Greenberg will give the keynote address at the UCLA New Student Welcome and BBQ on Monday, September 20, 2010 at 4:00pm in Drake Stadium. UCLA expects between 6000 and 7000 new students to attend. Other speakers will include University [...]

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Coping With Criticism

September 11, 2010

As a motivational speaker I’ve had my share of criticism. My programs are often formally evaluated by the audience. It’s amazing how one harsh review can negate a large stack of accolades. Criticism feels like a knife wound and heals more slowly. It demoralizes us. And although most criticism is directed at behavior, we usually [...]

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Get In Over Your Head Because You’re Taller Than You Think

September 8, 2010

“What am I doing on this stage?” I wondered. “I have no businesses speaking to this audience.” For three years, I had been a youth speaker, giving presentations exclusively to teenagers. Now I was giving my first corporate keynote at a national sales meeting for a sporting apparel company. I’d worked like crazy to prepare. [...]

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