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Terry Orlick, PhD,

"Around the world, athletes, coaches, teachers, and performers know Terry Orlick as "the best" in his field. He has led the applied fields of mental training for excellence and quality living for the past thirty-five years. Terry has more experience working directly one-on-one with great performers on enhancing the consistency of their performance and the quality of their lives than anyone in the world." - Amazon.com Terry was born in Canada, has university degrees from Syracuse University and the College of William and Mary in the United States and the University of Alberta in Canada. He is a world renowned leader in teaching and coaching people how to perform to their capacity and enhance the joyfulness of their lives. Terry has been a Professor at the University of Ottawa and leading the field of focus training for excellence in multiple disciplines for over 35 years. Terry has worked with and learned from thousands of Olympic and Professional athletes, developing athletes, coaches, corporate leaders, astronauts (including personal interactions with Astronaut Chris Hadfield), leading surgeons, top classical musicians, dancers, opera singers and other performing artists, mission control professionals, military pilots and many others engaged in highly demanding, high stress performance occupations. Terry teaches and coaches the key mental links to excellence that are necessary for consistent high quality performance and high quality living to people of all ages. See his free on-line Journal of Excellence on www.plslearningsolutions.com and www.zoneofexcellence.com In addition to his extensive work with high level performers, Terry has devoted much of his life to helping children and teenagers grow and perform with a stronger sense of self-confidence, harmony, joy and appreciation in their lives. Terry knows first-hand the challenges involved in getting the best out of yourself, giving your best to others and living with a higher sense of joy and balance in your life. His work has made a meaningful difference in the lives of millions of people around the world- including children, parents, teachers and many of the world's best performers.Terry is the author of over 200 articles, 24 books and 8 audio CD's. His highly acclaimed books include In Pursuit of Excellence, Positive Living Skills, Embracing Your Potential, Feeling Great, Nice On My Feelings and Cooperative Games and Sports. Dr Orlick's innovative audio CD's include the Zone of Excellence CD series for Performance Excellence and his Positive Living Skills audio CD Program for children, teenagers and adults. Vision

Terry's vision and mission is to help you become the person and performer you have the potential to be, to empower you and those with whom you work, live and interact to perform and live consistently closer to their true potential. That is his mission and a goal that he pursues in some way everyday. (In Pursuit of Excellence, Ch.1 pg 3) Terry Orlick's insights and practical contributions are sure to provide unique and meaningful guidelines for anyone, at any age, committed to improving their performance and the quality of their lives in both their professional pursuits and personal lives. Terry Orlick's Journal of Excellence was Founded in 1989, the focus of this Journal is excellence in performance and excellence in living. This free access on-line Journal is devoted to nurturing excellence in all human endeavors and all worthy pursuits. Our goal is to inspire excellence, present a forum to discuss the positive pursuit of excellence, and provide practical strategies and perspectives for successfully pursuing high-level goals.

The Journal of Excellence is committed to excellence in sport, the performing arts, education, coaching, parenting, teaching, leadership, and every workplace. This is the only journal, which has EXCELLENCE in multiple domains as its sole focus. The ultimate mission of the Journal of Excellence is to provide insights and strategies for being successful in the pursuit of performance excellence and excellence in living.

For more information on Terry Orlick and his work, or to ask about his availability for speaking engagements, workshops or individual consulting work,or to find out when he will may coming to your area click on the following link  www.plslearningsolutions.com