How to Build Confidence and Destroy Fear

presented by J.D. Roth



All of us have grand dreams and big ideas, but all too often we lack the courage to see them through. Plus, there's Real Life. With family and friends and work and other obligations, who has the time to make dreams come true?

As we get older, we find we're trapped by the desires and expectations of others. We feel locked into a life we no longer love.  In his presentation, J.D. will help participants explore how to build confidence and destroy fear. We'll talk about how find freedom in an unfree world, about how to choose the road less traveled.

Most of all, we'll explore the idea that it's not only acceptable but absolutely
vital to put yourself and your interests first in life.

J.D. Roth's Bio

J.D. Roth is an accidental personal-finance expert, a regular guy who found himself deep in debt.
After deciding to turn his life around, he read everything he could about money and finance. In 2006, he started the award-winning blog Get Rich Slowly, which Money Magazine named the Web's most inspiring personal-finance blog and Time named one of the best blogs of 2011. J.D. is the author of
Your Money: The Missing Manual  and he now writes at More Than Money.

J.D. has spent the past few years undergoing a series of transformations. He paid off $35,000 in debt and built a substantial nest egg; he lost fifty pounds and learned to run and lift heavy weights; he traveled to fifteen countries on four continents; he learned to speak Spanish; and he changed from an introvert to an extrovert.

J.D. is passionate about pursuing personal excellence and about living life to the fullest.