Wisdom in the Weirdest Places: How to Motivate Yourself and Others: A collection of Inspirational Stories from The Un-Comfort Zone (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780615934792)

Rob Wilson has been a student of human motivation since high school - initially to develop believable characters for his fiction. As a college student, he studied psychology and worked in mental health. His first job as a motivator was in suicide prevention. He worked for a short-term mental hospital where he learned how to help people, who were suffering from depression, quickly get up and functioning back in society. Wilson then took his understanding of human motivation and put it to use in advertising. He motivated people to move to the next step in the buying process for hundreds of products and services. His advertising success led to a teaching opportunity at Georgia State University. For five years, he taught advertising, marketing, and public relations through their Small Business Development Center. Rob later converted his classes into workshops and seminars and took them on the road. Overtime, seeing his audiences' enjoyment of the creative thinking portions of his seminars, Rob developed a motivational program on innovation and creative thinking. A powerful storyteller, Rob's stories create vivid images in the minds of his listeners and readers. Whether it is for his speeches, articles, fiction or advertising, they convey memorable messages that inspire people to deal with their most difficult challenges and achieve their greatest dreams. Rob is the author of the internationally syndicated column on human motivation: The Un-Comfort Zone. Each month Rob explores the many aspects of motivation, innovation, and leadership, and how to apply them in a competitive business environment. Rob is also the author two other books. The wildly funny book: OFF THE WALL! The Best Graffiti Off The Walls Of America, an illustrated collection of bathroom graffiti. And, the humorous children's novel, The Annoying Ghost Kid, which was recently optioned by a motion picture company.