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Habits of a Cloistered CEO: The Business Wisdom of Mother Angelica

In this hilarious and inspiring talk, Raymond Arroyo, author of the New York Times Bestseller, "Mother Angelica: The Remarkable Story of A Nun, Her Nerve, and A Network of Miracles" describes how Rita Rizzo, a handicapped, impoverished, child of divorce became Mother Angelica: founder and CEO of the world's largest religious media empire.

This dramatic talk takes listeners on a journey into the life of one of America's most fascinating and unpredictable CEOs; a woman who transformed a makeshift studio in the backyard of her Birmingham monastery into a global cable network reaching over 100 million households on 6 continents.

During his talk Arroyo extracts the lessons and principals that made Mother Angelica the success that she is. Lee Iacocca, the former CEO of Chrysler has called Mother Angelica: "a woman who may well be the patron saint of CEO's". The founder of Domino's Pizza, Tom Monaghan has described her as "one of the greatest entrepreneurs of all time", and called Arroyo's presentations of her work "both inspiring and entertaining." Experience what these leaders already know, and take home the practical business wisdom of a woman who has succeeded against the odds.

"Unless you are willing to do the ridiculous, God will not do the miraculous." --Mother Angelica