At The Mary Leak Foundation, we are committed to providing comprehensive instruction to disadvantaged youth in areas that will facilitate their personal growth and development into healthy and well adjusted adults. We are further dedicated to improving their quality of life through an acculturation to professional skill sets and financial instruction.
* The below listed topics are available for presentation in either lecture (L) or workshop (W) format. Request a speaker for your organization today!
LIFE SKILLS
Motivation & Personal Development: Developing a Vision for your Future
Leadership: Stepping Out From the Crowd
Tapping into Your Creative Genius: For Profit, Growth or Social Change
Personal Productivity: Maximizing Your Time, Energy & Resources
Self Esteem: Recognizing the Gifts Within You
Situational Awareness, Self Analysis & Impulse Control: A Survivor’s Guide
Discovering Your Passion: Living a Life of Purpose
Personal Marketing: How to build and leverage your personal brand to more easily accomplish your goals
Time Management & Prioritization: Because there really aren’t 24 hours in each day
Goal Setting & Plan Formation: There is no Success Without a Plan
Image & Perception: How to Avoid Being Misinterpreted
Communication & Understanding: The Keys to Wholesome Relationships
Hard Choices: How to Navigate the Minefield of Adolescence and Adulthood
Fitness: Health, Balance, and Marketability
The College Experience: A Professional and Entrepreneurial Networking Perspective
Critical & Lateral Thinking: Developing a Mission-Oriented Way of Living
The Human Element: How to Get Others to do What You Need Them to
Managing Change: In Your Personal and Professional Life
Entitlement Thinking and Accountability: The Internal Struggle
Education vs. Entertainment: You are a Reflection of How You Spend Your Time
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Personal Financial Management: To Spend or To Save… Is that Really the Question
Cash Flow Analysis & Budgeting: How to Live Within Your Means
Retirement Planning: Be Prepared or Prepare to be Hungry
Cash Flow, Quality of Life & Net Worth: How Best to Measure Success
Taxes, Inflation & The Cost of Living: Your Money’s Diminishing Purchase Power
Debt & Credit Management: How to Create and Manage Your Financial Identity
Image, Consumerism & Retail Marketing: The Mind Game of Capitalism
The Art of Negotiation: How to Make Acquisitions Below Retail/Market Value
Operational Management: The Power and Efficiency of Systems Implementation
Savings, Loans & The Cost of Capital: The Banking Scheme
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Business Development & Management: Creating Your Business Infrastructure
Entrepreneurship: The Wealth Multiplier
Financial Statements: Understanding & Utilizing the Income Statement, Balance Sheet, & Statement(s) of Cash Flow
Assets vs. Liabilities: a Social, Professional and Economic Analysis
“Monetizing” Talent: How to Turn Your Passion Into Profit
Monarchies, Business, Government & The Church: An Empire State of Mind
Time, Energy & Money: Our Most Valuable Resources
INVESTING
Investing & Wealth Creation: Having a Plan for Too Much Money
Earned, Passive & Portfolio Income Analysis: Why all Income Isn’t Created (or Treated!) Equal
Leverage & Other People’s Money (OPM): The Wealth Building Secret
Legacy, Succession, & Multi-Generational Wealth: Ensuring That all Your Hard Work Isn't Squandered or Appropriated
“Good Debt” vs. “Bad Debt”: How to Avoid the "Rat Race"
Asset Protection: Don’t Let Love, Life or Poor Planning Take all You’ve Worked For
Real Estate: The Great Wealth Builder
PHILANThROPY
Public Service: “To Whom Much is Given, Much is Required”
At Risk Youth: “Each One, Teach One”
Young Men of Color: “What Happens to a Dream Deferred?”