Bob Steenlage Business & Speaking Resume

Interview: Bob Steenlage from Tim Jackson Films Library on Vimeo.

Highlights

9 year experience as a full-time professional speaker

• Spoke in over 2,500 schools, colleges, corporations, military bases, parents meetings, & prisons from 1991 – 1998
• Inspiration, Choices, How to keep your “Cup Half Full”
• How to be a Better Parent
• How to Think properly
• Over-Coming Obstacles
• Character, Drugs & Alcohol
• How to Live Longer with a Better Quality of Life
• Be Responsible
• Speaker upon request from 1998 to the present
• www.bobsteenlage.com
• 13 years experience as a science/math teacher & coach
• 40 years experience as a Sales/Marketing Rep–Top 1%
• 4 years as an officer in the US Army; resigned as a Captain (2 years in grade
• Platoon Leader & Company Commander in Vietnam 1968.
• Awarded the Bronze Star Medal
• Every 20th of Bob’s West Point Class of 1966, killed in Vietnam

Accomplishments

• Personal biography Fighting Back, written by nationally known author, Mike Chapman (Sixth Printing)
• Featured in “Profiles of Champions” in the book, From Gotch to Gable & in the Illustrated History Book of Sports at the U. S.Military Academy (West Point)
• Bob’s West Point class featured in the best-selling book, The Long Gray Line, the American Journey of West Point’s Class of 1966;(4th printing)
• On various radio and TV programs
• Was graduated from the army’s elite Airborne & Ranger Schools
• Captain of West Point’s Wrestling team; undefeated in duel meets all 4 years
• Member of the 1966 NCAA Div I All-American Wrestling Team
• Iowa’s first ever Four-Time State Wrestling Champion (1959-1962)
• 2003-Named top sports moment in history of sports at Britt, Iowa
• Member of the Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame (Cresco, Iowa)
• Details on www.iowawrestlinghalloffame.com (2005 Inductee)
• Member of the Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa
• Named in 2005 by the Des Moines Register as one of the top
• 100 Sports Moments in Iowa in the last 100 years(1st 4-Time Wr Champion)
• Bob Steenlage Exhibit in the Dan Gable International Wrestling
• Institute & Museum in Waterloo, Iowa
• Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America

Education:

• 1966 U. S. Military Academy (West Point) graduate with Bachelorof Science Degree in Engineering
• Graduate Courses from Roosevelt University in Chicago,Minnesota State University, U. of WI–La Crosse & Eau Claire Campus

Personal

Married 45 years. Wife: Bobbi, former teacher at Britt. Eight children,ages 42 to 25 (includes an Orthopedic Surgeon;  Assistant General Council for John Deere Corp, Veterinarian, Media Specialist, Doctor’s Specialist, and Large Construction Co. owners & builders, http://anchorbuildersmn.com

Without exception, the most important human quality that a person can possess, that will contribute to their long term happiness and success, is to develop an in-depth “Attitude of Gratitude”

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today,& creates a vision for tomorrow.”

“You cannot be grateful and be bitter.You cannot be grateful and be unhappy. You cannot be grateful and be without hope.You cannot be grateful and be unloving.”

“So learn how to be grateful, as if your life depended on it because it does.”

Suggestion: If you want to get physically stronger, lift weights, for  example. If you want to learn how to be truly Grateful, as mentioned above, lift thought-changing weights which means, disciplining yourself to daily write down in a notebook at least 10 Things you are Thankful for. Then meditate on these things as you go to sleep at night, instead of thinking about your problems, as most people do. Dwelling on the things you are grateful for is the Key.

Your subconscious mind rehearses this positive information all night long………..each day you become more and more Thankful. You begin to realize that you truly care about others; taking the emphasis off yourself. It’s like jumping from one side of the fence to the other.
……..DESPAIR….to….HOPE….to….REALITY & BLESSINGS…..As you become more Grateful in your heart and care more for others, as a result of this exercise, you will begin to attract more positive things into your life. It will keep you from giving up, which most people do. Your Attitude will change………….Your whole life will change.

It works for everyone over a period of time. This understanding has  been the second most important truth for a successful, happy life that I have learned in my entire life time.So Discipline yourself to do this exercise starting today!

“So learn how to be grateful, as if your life depended on it because it does.”