In 1983, Tim Richardson read a book that changed his life. After reading it, he took a pen and paper and wrote his goals. The #1 item on the list was to become a millionaire by the age of 35. He's just a "few" years past 35 and well...he's not a millionaire yet, but he's Rich but more importantly he can show your organization or association how to obtain REAL richness.

Tim believes Living Rich isn't about having, it's about giving and it's not about being served but serving others. Tim has spent the greater part of his life thinking about and researching what he calls "Real Richness." He works with hospitals and health care organizations to show them how to live RICH!

Tim Richardson has been president of Total Development Resources, Inc. since 1988. Since then, he has given presentations for Fortune 500 clients, national associations, and clients in many industries including entertainment, health care, insurance, financial services, technology, telecommunications, and many other industries.

Tim, a native Floridian, now lives in beautiful East Tennessee with his wife and five children. He regularly coaches youth sports, is a scouting volunteer, and founder and president of a Melanoma Foundation started in memory of his best friend. He is also co-founder and board member of the Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation and works on a committee to help curb childhood obesity through schools in his community. He LOVES his work and also enjoys mountain biking, snowboarding, water skiing, and exploring the hills and mountains of the Great Smoky Mountains with his family.

Tim is author of Jump Starts: Wit and Wisdom to Super Charge Your Day, co-author of Transformation Thinking: Tools and Techniques That Open the Door to Powerful New Thinking and contributing author of Meditations for the Road Warrior and Grand-Stories: 101 Bridges of Love Joining Grandparents and Grandkids. He's been interviewed on regional and national TV talk shows, radio shows, and also has published articles in numerous magazines, journals and business publications. Tim's newest project is identifying a list of the REAL 100 Richest people in the U.S.

Living Rich: Giving, Working, and Playing Like There's No Tomorrow

When someone talks of being "Rich," it makes most people think of money. But "Richness" has as much to do with what is inside you as it does with what you have in your wallet, purse, share draft account, or IRA. This presentation is about learning how to obtain Real Richness ? a life of giving, influencing, helping, and serving. In this inspirational and thought-provoking session, Tim will show you how to live RICH for the rest of your life as he shares inspiring stories of people making a difference all over the world. He'll also make a business case for caring and discuss show how giving impacts employee motivation, retention, customer loyalty and profitability.

This program will highlight some rich people you have never heard of and the lessons they learned about true wealth. He'll share strategies that even some of the mega-wealthy don't understand... strategies that will help you become among the REAL Richest People in the World.

Tim believes "It's not about how good you are, it's about what good you do." Get ready for a challenge to almost everything you learned about creating wealth as you are inspired to REALLY live rich.

Create Your Own Economic Stimulus

It seems each and every day there is more gloom and doom in the media. Some credit unions have pushed the panic button, while others are choosing a "wait and see" mentality. The survivors are refusing to let VERY difficult times impact the way they do business. They are tapping into every resource available to push the envelope. It's highly probable that the answers to surviving, even thriving, in today's difficult economy are right in front of you, your team, and your organization. Just one creative idea or an innovation spark could make the difference to transform your team, your customers and yes even your bottom line. For over twenty years, Tim Richardson has been working with clients to help them think innovatively and to make a difference in their work and our world. In this lively and creative session, Tim will give your organization tools and techniques to inspire them to be proactive, use new thinking, and develop action plans to stimulate new ways of doing business in tumultuous times. You and your organization can choose to do NOTHING OR you can get busy to make things happen. It's up to all of us to help fix our economic woes and not the responsibility of our politicians, the government, or anyone else to do it for us. Let's get busy together.

Rich Thinking: How to open the door for new wealth for your Organization

Tim believes that thinking will determine either the demise or destiny of your organization. It's simple--change or die. Tim will show the audience how to use new thinking skills to help leaders become the champions of change. They'll learn how to increase workplace innovation, create new models of customer service, and involve everyone in leading the way to Rich Results. Attendees will learn ideas that can be used immediately to generate new ideas and develop change strategies for success. This session is based on Tim's research from his book Transformation Thinking (Berkley).