Rare Confidence: Strategies & Inspiration To Strengthen Your Belief That You Can Achieve Anything! (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781466234352)

One of the most passionate and inspirational people you'll ever meet, David Shirey is a tremendously accomplished leader with a successful track record in national sales management, team building, introducing new products to market, and media relations; while dealing in extremely competitive & technical markets. A true hands-on executive who speaks across America while consulting companies on growth strategies and coaching executives to higher performance. David has a proven history of immediate and dramatic impact - utilizing a genuine, upbeat, and infectious leadership style. David spent over five years directing all sales activities for the largest of Lamar Advertising's 165 markets while spending time each week leading confidence building & sales training sessions. David's team exceeded company set budgets 20 out of his last 21 months in this role during one of the worst economies in modern American history. Producing $32M of revenue in 2010, which was 16% over their $27M budget, David's motto was "We've decided not to participate in this recession!" Spending the early part of the last decade as the Director of Sports Sales for IRIS Technologies' Landro Play Analyzer Division, David led all sales & business development activities of this extraordinary technology to the sports world. David's group increased sales over 250% three straight years while he was front and center with the media touting this incredible coaching tool. During the mid and late 1990's, David worked as Computer Enterprises, Inc.'s Director of New Business Development Division guiding sales operations for this IT services firm. David oversaw offices in Pittsburgh, New York, and Los Angeles while helping the organization to receive a very high ranking on Inc. Magazine's list of America's fastest growing, privately held companies. David has been involved with and/or supported dozens of charities in recent years including: Coaches vs. Cancer, March of Dimes, The Jewish Community Center of Pittsburgh, The Lymphoma & Leukemia Society, The Muscular Dystrophy Association, The Carnegie Mellon University School of Art, and Autism Speaks. David holds a Bachelor's Degree from Ohio University and manages multiple youth baseball teams in the Pittsburgh area where he resides with his wife Lisa, son Alex, and dog Lacy. For more information on how David may be able to help you or your business go to www.davidshirey.com.