Hello.  My name is Michael Chriswell.  I’m an entrepreneur, a professional speaker, a sales trainer and a closet videographer.  My professional passion is to help people and organizations to achieve authentic life/work success.  The primary way I accomplish this is through my live and online sales training and personal development programs.

My biggest personal passion is to encourage and inspire people to have genuine faith in God, above all things.  I appreciate you stopping by to learn a little bit about who I am, what I do or how I might serve you or your organization.  Here’s a little bit about more about me….

You can check out the links to the left to view some of the work I’ve done or am currently working on.  The SERVICES tab showcases my work and how I serve others.  The SpecialVideos tab has some inspiring interviews I’ve done with a few of my sports heroes, along with some short Documentary stories that I’ve been fortunate to be a part of and produce.  The BLOG is a weekly post/newsletter, my wife and I do, about striving towards achieving authentic life success.  It consists of a short “inspirational” or “life lesson” type video and a short post by my wife and I, about what we’re learning on our journey.

20 Personal Questions:

1. What is your favorite thing to do?

Ride dirt bikes with my best friend and my kids.

2. What is your favorite book?

The NIV Bible

3. What is your favorite kind of music?

I love Frank Sinatra on Saturday Mornings, Classical when I’m reading, High Energy Dance when I’m writing or running, Jimmy Buffet when I’m by the pool or on  a boat and the rest of the time I’m probably listening to Michael W. Smith or Phillips, Craig and Dean

4. What is your favorite thing about yourself?

My optimistic attitude

5. What are three adjectives people use to describe you?

encouraging, inspiring, teachable

6. If money were no object, what would you do with your time?

I would find and produce movies and  “life story” documentaries that showcase the “Evidence” of God and give him the Glory, he so richly deserves.  I have done two so far and I feel called to do more as the resources are made available.

7. What is your greatest strength?

Communication

8. What is your greatest weakness?

Pride which grew from insecurity throughout my childhood

9. Who are you here to help (who do you have a heart for)?

Christians, just like me, who are well meaning in their approach, yet unknowingly stuck in a dangerous pattern of “seek first” success instead of “seek first” God.

10. What living person would you most like to spend the day with?

Bill Hybels, followed closely by Ricky Carmichael

11. Who do you respect the most in your life?

My dear friend and hero Brad Minns - He makes me want to be a better man in the most important areas of my life.

12. Who has had the most influence in your life?

Jesus Christ and my life coach of 6 years, Larry Smith

13. What do you value most in your life?

Making memories with my family and friends.

14. What is your greatest failure?

In 2002, at the ripe old age of 28, my wife and I lost virtually everything we owned in a 24-hour period, after the loss of our first business, a 10,000 sq. foot health club called the Lord’s Gym.  It was a 5-year dream that was essentially stolen from us.  We were left penniless and with $500k in debt.  We were practically prisoners in our own home for 6 months, after the media ran us through the mud and slandered our good name with misinformation.  It was the worst thing and the BEST thing that has ever happened in my life.

15. What is your greatest success?

I have always said that I could prove to someone that I’m successful, if I could just introduce them to my circle of close friends.  I have THE MOST AMAZING and high quality CLOSE friends on the planet.  Because they call me “dear friend”, this is my GREATEST success.  They have loved me while I’m standing on top of the mountain and they have loved me while I was crying in the valley.

16. If you could give the world one piece of advice, what would it be?

Set aside everything you’ve learned or been told, by the world, about God, life, success, money, and happiness.  Then pick up the Bible, read it, and then replace your current definitions of those things with what the Bible says is true about them.  Then be obedient and disciplined to live according to your new definitions and values.  A personal relationship with God is the GREATEST SUCCESS SECRET IN THE WORLD

17. If you could have a room full of any one thing, what would it be?

A room full of Yamaha Motocross Bikes and Fox Gear!

18. What do you value most in other people?

Humility

19. If you could choose one of your personality traits to pass on to your children, what would it be?

My enthusiasm

20. What is the best advice you’ve ever received and given?

From Larry “The Life Coach” -  True harmony in your life will only exist when you learn to live your life according to your values rather than your needs.