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Don is entertaining and convincing. His talk was exactly what our organization needed--it made a significant impact.

Debbie Zimmerman Polk County Administrator, Florida

Unforgettable. The best talk we ever had at our annual conventions. Way to go, Don.

Irene A. Sjostedt Director of Professional Dev, AAMSE

Don is the best. Accept nothing less than the master--and the pioneer of the wellness movement.

John Langdon, MD Florida Hospital Institute

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Books

Speech Topics

Cast Off Your Burkas: How To Overcome Formidable Obstacles To A Healthy Lifestyle A High Performance Life

Aging Under the Influence - Of A Disciplined, Joyful Lifestyle

How To Shape And Sustain A Lifestyle Founded On Personal Responsibility, Exceptional Physical Fitness, Sound Diet And A Quest for Happiness, Added Meaning and Purpose, Freedom And Reason

Worksite Wellness That Makes A Difference

Get rid of inhibitions that constrain and disguise your fullest possibilities as a highly evolved human. Doing so will get you in shape for the real challenge -- overcoming the norms and customs that reinforce mediocre levels of health, happiness and freedom. I have five proposals to guide you in this quest.

Five Questions: Before describing my five proposals, please consider these five questions:
1. Are you normal? Yes or no.
2. What is your weight and height? Make a note -- and show what you wrote to the person next to you.
3. What do you suppose is nature's most powerful medicine or semi-panacea? One word should be sufficient. (Show the person next to you what you wrote.)
4. Ever been on a diet? Yes or no. Did it work? Did you lose weight AND keep it off? Yes or no.
5. What comes to mind when I ask, "What are the best of times?" How often each day do you say, or think, something like, "Wow. I am one fortunate person. This is so sweet. This is the best of times."
The Five Proposals: And now, five suggestions, aided by a few visuals, to set you on your way to advanced levels of health, happiness and freedom.
1. Don't be normal
2. Be realistic - set modest expectations
3. Become addicted to nature's wonder drug -- exercise
4. Try my new diet -- the Exercise Diet or "TED"
5. Seek 23 DBRU equivalents daily.
Conclusion and Parting Words

There you have it -- the five suggestions. I hope they put you in a good mood and motivate you to try to prove that you can do it. It won't be easy but then, nothing worthwhile ever is.

Maybe the time has come to resolve to go out there and celebrate life more than you already do, to seek DBRU equivalents and ways to become more fit, play more, have more fun. And, as suggested, seek new levels of health, happiness and freedom.

As my daughter said to me not so long ago during her high school days, "Dad, may all your dead rhinos be like totally bloated on this lovely day." Thank you and be well.

How and Why To Expand Worksite Wellness In Order To Promote Quality Of Life, Not Just Health

Expand wellness programs beyond a prevention and medical management orientation. How and why to address preseentism and boost personal and organizational effectiveness with five strategies:

1. Teach critical thinking skills;
2. Introduce positive psychology about human happiness;
3. Promote new discoveries about meaning and purpose;
4. Assist employees better understand science while stimulating their sense of wonder, gratitude and commitment to reason and free inquiry; and
5. Raise interest in ethics and the nature, sources and applications of common decencies.

The talk describes obstacles to a gradual shift of worksite wellness to REAL wellness for quality of life enhancement.

A Dozen Ways Doctors Can Promote Healthier Lifestyles

Why A Wellness Mindset Will Help You Deal More Effectively With All Matters Related To Politics, Sex And Religion

Some topics should be avoided in polite society, but not these three!