Last week, one of my National Speakers Association colleagues, Charlie “Tremendous” Jones passed away. Charlie wasn’t a close friend but yet I was impacted by his life. I rememeber the first time I met Charlie at an NSA meeting. He was over the top excited and gave me a giant hug. I remember thinking, “What is this guy on!”. It turns out he was on “life” and that’s the way he treated everyone. Charlie paved the way for so many speakers as he was a pioneer in the speaking profession and he was so RICH. He gave away thousands of books as he believed in the power they had to change lives. As recently as a few weeks before his death, he was still impacting other people. Take a moment to view this interview with a legend in motivational speaking, Charles “Tremendous” Jones.

Note: This was recorded less than two weeks before his death.

Tim Richardson is an inspirational speaker who speaks about how giving increases employee morale, lowers employee turnover, increases customer loyalty and creates higher profits for Fortune 500 companies. He is founder of the Bill Walter Melanoma Research Fund. For more information on Tim, go to www.TimRichardson.com