Robert Evans Wilson, JR.

Wisdom in the Weirdest Places is a collection of the most popular articles from the internationally syndicated column The Un-Comfort Zone. Here in one place, along with brand new material, you can read your favorite stories by Rob Wilson.How often are you feeling drained, overwhelmed, and unable to find the energy to go after your most important goals? Wisdom in the Weirdest Places explores the many aspects of motivation from inspiring others (employees, customers, volunteers, even family members), to self-motivation. Here you’ll find the ＂How To＂ for achieving your dreams. Rob has examined much of the world’s tried and true wisdom. Through his experience and studies, he has discovered that the path to success is often right in front of us. The problem is that we can’t see it because our vision is clouded by doubt and fear. This book will empower you; enrich your life; and make you enthusiastic about the opportunities that surround you. It’s about successful living. In these stories you’ll delve into motivational concepts that range from the simple to the complex. You’ll go from observing others who have already achieved what you want, to digging deep into your subconscious to find out what is holding you back.This book, at times a memoir, is a self-help book that is informative, touching, and sometimes funny. These compelling and easy to read stories are written to be timeless so that you can read them at any time and in any order.

Rob Wilson has been a student of human motivation since high school - initially to develop believable characters for his fiction. As a college student, he studied psychology and worked in mental health. His first job as a motivator was in suicide prevention. He worked for a short-term mental hospital where he learned how to help people, who were suffering from depression, quickly get up and functioning back in society. Wilson then took his understanding of human motivation and put it to use in advertising. He motivated people to move to the next step in the buying process for hundreds of products and services. His advertising success led to a teaching opportunity at Georgia State University. For five years, he taught advertising, marketing, and public relations through their Small Business Development Center. Rob later converted his classes into workshops and seminars and took them on the road. Overtime, seeing his audiences’ enjoyment of the creative thinking portions of his seminars, Rob developed a motivational program on innovation and creative thinking. A powerful storyteller, Rob’s stories create vivid images in the minds of his listeners and readers. Whether it is for his speeches, articles, fiction or advertising, they convey memorable messages that inspire people to deal with their most difficult challenges and achieve their greatest dreams. Rob is the author of the internationally syndicated column on human motivation: The Un-Comfort Zone. Each month Rob explores the many aspects of motivation, innovation, and leadership, and how to apply them in a competitive business environment. Rob is also the author two other books. The wildly funny book: OFF THE WALL! The Best Graffiti Off The Walls Of America, an illustrated collection of bathroom graffiti. And, the humorous children’s novel, The Annoying Ghost Kid, which was recently optioned by a motion picture company.