Dan Clark (motivational speaker)

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Dan Clark
Dan Clark the motivational speaker at million dollar round table.jpg
Dan Clark as the closing main platform speaker
at Million Dollar Round Table.
Born (1955-03-14) March 14, 1955 (age 68)
Mesa, Arizona
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Motivational speaker
  • author
  • CEO
Known for Chicken Soup for the Soul , Public Speaking

Dan Clark (born March 14, 1955) is an American professional motivational speaker, author, and CEO of Clark Success Systems. Clark is also on the International Board of Governors of Operation Smile and on the National Advisory Board for Operation Kids. Clark is the author of twenty-one books. [1]

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Early life and education

Dan Clark was born in Mesa Arizona on March 14, 1955. Clark accepted a scholarship in football and baseball to the University of Utah where he majored in psychology. [2] During a tackling drill Clark cracked the 7th vertebra in his neck and severed the axillary nerve in his right shoulder. [1] [2] [3] Clark recovered full function in a couple of years [1] and was invited to speak to local high school kids about his recovery. From there Clark was invited to speak for Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" campaign. [1]

Career

In 1980, Clark acted as a consultant at Clark Financial Real Estate Development Corporation. In 1983, he started his own company, Dan Clark and Associates, where he was CEO.[ citation needed ]

Clark before a flight with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. Dan Clark in a flight suit on a jet fighter.jpg
Clark before a flight with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.

In 1991 and 1992, Clark delivered four speeches in the former Soviet Union, where one of his speeches aired live on Moscow One Television, broadcast to all 15 independent Russian states. [1] Clark was also the general session keynote speaker at the United Nations World Congress in Hamburg, Germany, in 1992. [1]

In 2005, Clark traveled to Iraq and Afghanistan and spoke 23 times on 10 bases plus on the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) aircraft carrier. [1]

Writing career

In 1983, Clark published his first book, Getting High - How To Really Do It. His third book, One Minute Messages, consisted of 250 of his own short stories of 24 lines each. Clark would give copies away to people he met on the condition that they promised to buy their own copy to give to someone. The book sold over 150,000 copies. [1]

Clark was approached by Mark Hansen and Jack Canfield, the co-creators of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, about how he marketed One Minute Messages. [1] Clark became a primary contributing author to the Chicken Soup for the Soul series in 1993, contributing as an author and editor to its first 12 volumes. Clark's Chicken Soup for the College Soul was number two on the New York Times bestseller list in 1999, with over 1,000,000 copies in print. [4] [ failed verification ] One of Clark's short stories, Puppies for Sale, was turned into a short film starring Jack Lemmon. [1] As of February 2006, Clark has sold over 100,000 copies of Puppies for Sale at his speaking engagements. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Robinson, Doug. Motivator’s walk same as his talk, Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah). Published 26 Feb 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  2. 1 2 Lythgoe, Dennis. Utahn takes motivational message to Iraq, Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah). Published 28 April 2005. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
  3. ↑ Gosse, J. Jacqueline. "Conversations with Dan Clark: Chicken Soup for the Soul contributing author and inspirational speaker finds his passion." Mayo Magazine . Published spring/summer 2003, pp 14-19.
  4. ↑ Awards & Recognition. Chicken Soup for the Soul . Retrieved 14 September 2009.
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