David Humes

Highlights:

• Co-author of the Stepping Stones to Success book with Deepak Chopra, Jack Canfield and Denis Waitley
• Internationally Certified Sandan (3rd degree Black Belt) in the martial arts style of Wado-Ryu karate (way of peace and harmony)
• Award winning past-president of the National Speakers Association Tennessee (NSAT)
• Voted "NSAT Chapter Member of the Year" by his peers three times
• Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist
• Certified Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
• NLP Master Practitioner Training
• Adobe Photoshop ACE (Adobe Certified Expert)
• Professional musician/drummer
  

David is absolutely convinced that his decision to commit to personal growth at the age of 22 led to a successful career as a professional musician/drummer and now as an author and professional speaker. He had the privilege of performing with Timothy B. Schmit (Eagles), Lyle Workman (Sting), Myron Dove (Santana), Carlene Carter, Larry Stewart (Restless Heart), Steve Wariner, and the Gatlin Brothers. David also appeared with (opened for) George Strait, Alan Jackson, Alabama, Merle Haggard, Dwight Yokum, Lee Greenwood, and Marshall Tucker to name a few.

David says, "The difference between an amateur and a professional is that an amateur plays great when they feel great, a professional plays great no matter how they feel."

Intensely interested in any psychological technology that would give him an "edge" and help him be more consistently "on" as a drummer, he was led to Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP is a tool for mastering both your internal and exte al communication) in 1986. He became a Certified NLP Practitioner in 1990.

He read about and studied Super Learning, Accelerated Learning, and speed reading techniques.

In 2007 he became a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist. He studied REBT (Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy), EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), and the Lefkoe Method for belief change.

David has been practicing meditation since 1980. A huge key to happiness, he says, is "living in the present moment" and "experiencing happiness in the NOW. Happiness happens in the now, not in the past or in the future. Meditation is simply a tool for training your mind and body to relax and be conscious/aware of the present moment."

Becoming a 1st degree black belt in karate in April 2005, 2nd degree in October 2007, and 3rd degree in October 2010 has contributed to his training physically, mentally, and spiritually.

He incorporates the best of all that he has learned into his workshops: 'Black Belt' Time Management Training, Double Your Productivity using Microsoft Outlook 2007, and The Happiness Workshop.

David's experience from presenting over eight hundred seminar dates to thousands of attendees in 48 of the 50 states and throughout Canada since 1999 has helped him breakdown complex concepts into easily understood language that anyone can understand. His clients ask him back and their testimonials speak for themselves.

David has conducted seminars for Verizon Wireless, DirecTV, Capital One Bank, McDonald's Corporation, Johns Hopkins University, the U.S. Army, Roche Pharmaceuticals, the training staff of ITT Technical Institute, and many others.

"Best presenter I've ever experienced and I've been going to workshops and conferences for 20+ years! Organization, breadth of knowledge, presentation, ability to communicate with participants, ability to "shift gears" and respond effectively to any and all questions and without getting behind schedule. The guy's brilliant and just as personable!"

- Steve Button, Seattle, WA