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Daniel J. Kadlec
Daniel J. Kadlec is an author and a journalist. He has been a contributing writer at USA Today, Time Magazine, and Money Magazine. He has written three books, two of which he has co-written with public speaker Ken Dychtwald. He has made appearances on The Oprah Whinfrey Show, CNN, CNBC, Good Morning America, The Nightly Business Report, and Wall Street Week. He lives in the New York area with his wife and three children.

Early Days/Interests
In St. Louis on September 14th, 1955, Daniel Jospeh Kadlec was born to Edwin and Audrey Kadlec. He has an older brother and a younger sister. As a teenager, Kadlec suffered from hip injuries from rapid growth development and spent a good amount of middle school in a wheel chair. In high school, he proceeded to play center on his basketball team with a height of 6'3''.

Kadlec met wife Kimberly MgLaughlin in Bloomington Indiana while working for the local news paper. They married in 1986 and moved back to Kadlec's hometown, St. Louis, MO. Kimberly Kadlec went on to pursue a career in Marketing and advertising and is now one of Dan's biggest influences in terms of topic and inspiration.

Dan Kadlec's hobbies besides writing include biking, gardening, and boating. He truely lives by the books he writes and follows his own advice everyday.

Awards

 * College of Communication By-Line Award recipient, 2005
 * Magazine award for General Excellence, 2005 (Time Magazine)
 * New York Press Club award, 2002
 * National Headliner Award, 1998.

Education

 * Vianney High School from 1971-1975
 * Marquette University from 1975-1979
 * B.A. in Communications

Masters of the Universe
Kadlec's first book, Masters of the Universe, was published by HarperCollins in May 1999. The book is based on interviews with nine dealmakers including Sanford Weill, Sumner Redstone, Carl Icahn, Hugh McColl, Ted Forstmann, Henry Silverman, Stephen Bollenbach, Gary Wilson, and Joe Rice. These deal makers have been the ones to bring their companies to the top and bring their competition to the ground. Kadlec gets into the minds and tells the stories of these smart and ambitious men in hopes that people read and learn. Kadlec got all nine of these men to sit down with him and speak about their success in the business world.

The Power Years
For his second book, Kadlec teamed up with Ken Dychtwald to write "The Power Years." They shared the same insight and together they produced this "User's Guide to the rest of your life." They spent some time researching so that they could share the stories of real people and give good advice. The authors provide insight on how people can: rediscover life's purpose, reinvent retirement with a balance of work and play, live in the location of ones desire, preserve relationships, have enough money to do what one has always wanted to do, and most of all, learn how to have fun again. This book is exclusivly for those who have experienced success and how they should learn how to have fun with it. These are the years when your income will be the largest, so make the most of it in your "Power Years."

With Purpose: Going from Success to Significance in Work and Life
Kadlec and Dychtwald team up again in Kadlec's third book. It was released March 3, 2009. Aimed towards people who want to do meaningful things with their life in a limiting economy, "With Purpose" offers the advice for them. People who want to give back to the community, but feel that they don't have the resources, can read this book and realize that they in fact do have the resources. The book urges people that want to have a lasting impact on the world, to do so. It is meant as an inspiration to people so they can get out there. What the world needs today are people to be inspired to do something. Regardless of the economy, change need to occur. There are people out there who want change and don't realize that it is in their own hands. Kadlec hopes to reach these people.

Time Magazine
After leaving his position of 10 years as a reporter/editor at USA Today in 1996, Kadlec moved on as a Senior Writer and columnist at Time Magazine. He specializes in topics about personal finace, self-help, and the Baby Boomers. During his time at Time, Kadlec wrote seven cover stories ranging in topics such as "The Low-Card Frenzy" and "Where Did my Raise go?" 11 years later, he left his full time position in 2007 to work on his books from home. He continues to write monthly for Time and now Money Magazine. He is the former editor of Time's Generations section, which was written for baby boomers.

Money Magazine
As a monthly contributer to Money, Kadlec feels the freedom to write from experience. Though still about personal finance, a lot of his stories come from his own home. In his article, "Don't Let Money Ruin Your Marraige," he talks about how his wife in her executive position at Johnson and Johnson is becoming the "bread winner" and how to not let it effect the household stability. In a recently popular article, "A Letter to My College-bound Daughter" that grabbed the attention of Oprah and parents of teens all over, Kadlec addresses the money issues that teens will face once in college. Credit cards and debt are the main issues. Kadlec offers solutions to these problems as easy as making sure that your child is ready to handle such things as a credit card.

Other
Kadlec is a contributor at Minyanville.com for the Business and Marketing section.

The Oprah Winfrey Show
In early October, 2007, the producers of The Oprah Show got a hold of Kadlec after reading his article "A Letter to My College-bound Daughter." The show they were working on was about the frugal teenager and todays economy. Teens today do not know how to hear the words "no" come out of their parents mouth in regaurds to purchasing things. Kadlec's article is written in letter-form to his teenage daughter that has just headed off to college at Miami University in the Fall of 2008. It is filled with money advice and how to avoid debt. Oprah recognized the importance of this issue and invited Kadlec and his daughter onto the show on October 22, 2008. The show was a hit that lead to a follow up sequence on CNN with reporter Kyra Phillips.