Check out this new title, Marketing and Motivation CZAR. One of our clients called me the Marketing and Motivation Czar and I was grateful.  I never would think to give myself that title.  I am blessed with clients and staff that inspire me and I am thankful I can help them.

 As a university speaker, I speak on securing mentors and positivepeople in your life but most importantly, finding out what holds you back or what I call your shadow.  I let my shadow hold me back from success and happiness too long and I call my truth about this, my Dawn.  My book “Discovering Your Dawn” is a story of love, friendship, tragedy and hope.  

Please know how grateful I am to you for reading this blog and my book. I never imagined the impact the book would have I just knew I wanted to help people.  At our first book signing January 16th I was shocked over 125 people attended and I signed books from 12:40 to 4pm  it was amazing. 

I really wanted the book signing to be more networking and I wanted to interact with everyone not sit behind a table and sign books but Barnes  and Nobles was packed because my staff marketed the event so well. As a top motivational speaker I want to give my best to everyone I meet and I did not get to spend the time I wanted with each guest so my friend Tom Stephens is hosting the next event.

We are having the second book signing Feb 6th at Liberty Tax in Wadsworth at 1:30pm  this event should be smaller and I will get a chance to talk to everyone.

My book “Discovering Your Dawn”  was written to help people unlock their potential and I am hearing from people across the United States and now from other countries that the book is life changing.  I am so thankful the book helps people that was my goal.  I just want readers of this blog to know  that this book was hard to write and the journey contained many tears. To make an impact I had to share my mistakes and show the reader the reality of my bad choices.  I did not want to publish this book but so many people came to me that needed the book that I could not turn my back on the truth. I begged God so I did not have to publish but he had other plans.  I have learned to trust God and not push my own agenda, please know that is a daily struggle but I love God and trust his will for my life. As a christian speaker I am not perfect and I am a sinner like all of us. I just want you to know that I am trying to be a help to God.

I hope “Discovering Your Dawn” helps you and you share it with anyone who needs it.  The book benefits three charities and I want to thank each of you for inspiring me to get the courage to publish.  Jasmine wrote a nice note to me and I wanted to share that if you want to find me on twitter I am katherinemiracl    no e on the last name.  Jasmine thank you for inspiring me. 

I love marketing and motivating people and businesses to unlock their potential and I hope to see you Feb 6th for our second book signing!

Mentors unlock your potential by  University Speaker Katherine Miracle

Mentors provide knowledge, contacts and support for Mentees.  The successful mentor relationships have the mentee and mentor helping each other.

Mentors provide inspiration, share quotes and recommend books that will help you grow personally and professionally.  My mentors have opened doors for me and helped me make connections that have led me to successful projects and relationships. 

As a mentor I have tried to show  my mentees how passion has changed my life. When I learned from my past, added my interests(passion) I was able to create my future. In my career I often overlooked my past desire to become a college instructor and I kept thinking someday.  When I met with my mentor Virginia Marti Veith, she asked the question all mentors should ask mentees. What  career uses your past experience, captures your passion and fits your future plans?  I found myself pulling my past desire and expressing how I felt my business and teaching could combine to create my future.  Virginia Marti Veith is President of an Art and Design College and I am a marketer, advertiser and public relations strategist so I thought I would never be a fit.  My mentor saw my potential and asked me to teach Advertising Promotions class.  I never knew this class existed but my mentor created an opportunity.  I fell in love with teaching and went on to teach three other courses for Virginia Marti College of Art and Design in addition to teaching at Academy of Court Reporting and Technology, Polaris and The University of Akron. Who knew a simple question from my mentor would led me to finding my passion to teach and run my business.

Passion is gained through not finding exactly what you want but starting a journey to find your purpose and putting your commitment to the test. Risking, giving up everything and believing in your purpose is tough but living your life without passion means complacency and living a lie. My mentors taught me that you must find your truth!  I call it discovering your dawn, the moment when your truth is known and you learn from your past. One of my mentors says this is the day when you begin to live. It is not easy and does not mean your life is always happy it just means that you cannot deny what your purpose is and you cannot go back to the way you used to live.  Some people wait for someone else to take action and I found that I was waiting for someone to write a book to help college students and my mentors pushed me to realize I had the story, the experience and the passion to help college students.  Mentors see potential in you that you cannot see.

 Consider these questions in 2010:

What do your  Mentors do to help you?

How to choose them

What areas of your life do you need mentors?

How to secure them

Your unique mentor program

Communication and follow up

Help for your mentor

Stretch mentors- famous or hard to reach mentors

Exercise:

Select Three mentors

Select Three mentors

Mentor Plan of Action

List desired areas you need a mentor

Select desired mentors

Set dates to secure mentors

Tis the season….joy, giving, goodwill and to all readers I am blessed to have your support and prayer as I

recover from surgery.  I am stronger everyday and being in the hospital I saw exceptional team work that I

am thankful for this holiday season. 

As you consider the holidays and how you will interact with family, friends and co-workers at holiday parties

you may be experiencing apprehension and have a tough time seeing how people function as a team. 

As a corporate motivational speaker I am asked to work with teams so they can function effectivily and create

success.  When I meet with audience members they tell me horror stories of office bullying, discrimination,

exclusion and workplace violence.  Miracle Resources has created a new product called “Workplace

Bootcamp”  We found experts in all the areas that teams struggle with, communication, deadlines, respect,

leadership, confidence, selflessness, cliques and staying true to the team mission.  The Workplace Bootcamp

rolls out in 2010 and I will be working with companies on the following part of the boot camp: 

“Exceptional teamwork, increasing your passion and productivity” 

 The seminar will help you be an effective team player, create a team charter, manage timing of projects, find

confidence to grow as a leader, create a professional work style and meet deadlines.   This session helps teams

stop gossip and negativity in the workplace. This session builds accountability teams, mentor programs and

breaks up cliques. The interactive and fun exercises break down barriers and build relationships. The results

of this session are increased productivity and workplace harmony.

I am so excited to help organizations, corporations, non profits and small businesses with our boot camp. 

As you approach the holidays consider the topics in our bootcamp. If your holiday was free of negativity,

gossip and carrying past issues you might actually enjoy the holidays and not sweat the small stuff.  2009 has

been a journey for me and it surrounded the publishing of my book “Discovering Your Dawn”  so many people

were included in the book and I was not required to ask their permission but I felt it was the right thing to do.

I need to ask forgiveness for the mistakes I made and the way I treated people during a time of tragedy in my

life.  I call 2009 my radical forgiveness tour, I met or spoke with 26 people who I needed to forgive.  This year

changed my life and I am free of guilt, carrying past issues, negativity and gossip.  I have learned so much and

trust me this journey included many tears and learning the truth about myself.   My wish for you in 2010 is

that you Discover Your Dawn,  what I call the moment in your life when you learn your truth.  When you

discover your dawn you can take your past, combine it with your passion to create your future.  Thank you

for your comments and support of this blog.  Thanks to the corporations and colleges who selected me to be

their corporate motivational speaker or university speaker.   Have a great day everyone and enjoy the

holiday season !

Katherine Miracle presents the following to college students:

Overcoming Stress and Preventing a Personal Crisis (see Bio)

Katherine shares the mistakes she made during a time of tragedy in an effort to help others prevent personal crisis. Using real life examples she makes her experience one that others can relate to. This presentation impacts college students because it is about the loss that she experienced when two of her close friends and sorority sisters were killed. Katherine has written a book about this topic. It is called “The Year the Devil Loved” and it is scheduled to be published later this year.

Why this presentation is important for students: College Students report feeling increased stress and sometimes will not ask for help in times of crisis. Student audience testimonials show that students will listen to a speaker/college instructor who has survived tragedy and can help them prevent a crisis.

The topics in the presentation include:

• Accepting others view of what is beautiful
• Creating your own personal/professional code of ethics
• Dealing with relationship issues
• Eliminating pride
• Eliminating the fear of success
• Moving away from negativity
• Not recognizing the danger of jealousy
• Preventing stress from controlling your life
• Recognizing emotional abuse and verbal abuse
• Releasing dependence on others
• Stopping self doubt
• Study tips for stressed out students
• Understanding addiction
• Understanding guilt

Katherine’s hope is her book and public speaking including sharing the Code of Personal Ethics that she developed will help college students build and maintain healthy relationships.