Professional motivational speaker and author Clint Cora's life so far has been fascinating to say the very least. During his early years growing up in Toronto, Canada, he had to endure racism and emotional abuse. But these were nothing compared to the personal tragedy of his mother's suicide. Despite these enormous hardships, Clint weathered the storms of adversity and went on to become a Karate World Champion while having a successful corporate career.
Based on his unique journey, Clint Cora is certainly somebody who knows about motivation and how to use it to become successful. He has been at rock bottom and not only has he survived, but he rose to the top. And now his mission is to help others overcome challenges and achieve success. Clint's strategies for success and his motivational messages will help your group whether it's a corporation, association, college, university or youth audience, rise to the top as well - see Clint's Speaking Programs.
Professional Background
After
graduating with a MBA degree, Clint worked in the pharmaceutical industry as a drug sales representative.
He progressed through different
positions including sales trainer, product marketing manager and
national sales manager leading an elite hospital team across the
country. Throughout his entire career, he has worked in very diverse
environments with people from a
wide cultural and regional mix. In additional to being a visible minority, his professional life
has
always
been rich in diversity which makes Clint an expert in this area.
After a twenty year corporate career, Clint wrote
a book called How
To Get A Dream Job In
Pharmaceutical Sales - Direct Inside Advice and Guidance From a Sales
Manager
to help others start a pharmaceutical
sales
career. He also reviewed
his life experiences including both successes and adversities
he faced. The
result was
another book, The Life
Champion In You, which his signature
motivational keynote is based on.
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Since becoming a professional speaker, he now motivates audiences everywhere with his captivating keynote speeches, seminars, books and CDs. Clint Cora is not just a motivational or diversity speaker who happens to be a world champion athlete, but also one who is a proven, successful business executive who can accommodate the needs of your particular audience, whether it's a professional or school group.
Athletic Background
Being a
self-professed ultimate
geek
as a child, Clint Cora was not born a natural
athlete.
However,
this didn't stop him from eventually having countless successes in
martial arts competitions including winning Canadian and World
championships.
The martial arts figures at the top of each webpage are in fact actual silhouettes of Clint.
Clint was also a proud
member of the Canadian National Karate Team.
In
fact, he has had such a long competitive career in martial arts, an
entirely separate section is devoted to it - see
Clint Cora's Martial Arts
Background.
One of the unique aspects of Clint's talks is that he
includes martial arts elements to demonstrate key messages.
This results in a very entertaining presentation for your audience.
In addition to martial arts, Clint is a CSIA Level 2 certified ski instructor who taught with the world famous Snow Eagles Ski School in Quebec. He is also a NAUI Master Diver certified scuba diver who has dived all over the world and has had exciting close encounters with dolphins, rays as well as sharks.
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Clint Cora practises what he preaches as a motivational diversity speaker and author since he utilizes the same success strategies to take on challenges from a variety of fields. Audiences learn these same methods of achieving success as those that Clint uses on a regular basis.
Other Interesting Facts
A
musician since childhood, Clint plays the piano, guitar and fronted
rock bands during his teen to university years. While attending university,
he was a model in a campus
calendar called Men
of
McMaster. He also had a key role as a
stage actor in the live theatrical play, 13th Knight.
Before Clint Cora became a professional speaker, he achieved DTM, the highest award at Toastmasters International.
Born in Toronto, Canada, Clint has lived in Vancouver, Winnipeg and Montreal. He is currently based near Toronto and lives with his Lhasa Apso dogs.
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