The ICE Center kickoff celebration was a perfect venue for O'Hurley who has been entrepreneurial in leveraging his talent into a second career as an innovator, performer, and businessman. His presentation was lively, entertaining, and truly inspirational.
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John O'Hurley has entertained and inspired thousands with his hilarious and deeply personal memoir, The Peterman Guide to the Extraordinary Life, in which he outlines the signposts for an authentic and more purposeful life. It is based on his refinement of a single statement said to him more than twenty years ago, a statement that changed his life.
Since then, his life has been nothing short of a renaissance. He carved his way into American pop culture in both television and film, most notably with his portrayal of the wildly eccentric character, "J. Peterman" on television's most popular comedy, Seinfeld, for which he won a Screen Actor's Guild Award. He has starred on more than fifty television shows and two dozen films. He became one of America's most popular game show hosts with such classics as To Tell The Truth and Family Feud. He continues to star on Broadway and around the country in such hits as Chicago and Spamalot. He is the voice of more than a dozen popular characters in animation such as SpongeBob and Family Guy. He was the ultimate champion in the first season "Dance-off" on ABC's Dancing With The Stars, and was named as one of People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive.
He is the author of the New York Times Bestseller, "It OK to Miss The Bed On The First Jump, And Other Life Lessons I Learned From My Dogs" and the sequel, "Before Your Dog Can Eat Your Homework, First You Have To Do It." This year he penned his first children's book, "The Perfect Dog", which was an Amazon best-seller for Christmas, now a released as a musical. He is also host of the NBC Thanksgiving television tradition, The National Dog Show, enjoyed annually for thirteen years by 25 million viewers.
As a composer and performer in the classical arena, he has two current Billboard-chart CD's, Peace of Our Minds and Secrets From the Lake.
He also extends his reach today into the world of business as a private venture capitalist and frequent guest on CNBC, Bloomberg Network, and Fox Business Channel. He is actually part-owner of the real J. Peterman Company, the subject of his Seinfeld-ian parody and also the co-Founder of the new sustainable energy company, Energy-Inc.
He was a Recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2011 for his work in the Arts and Philanthropy.
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THE PETERMAN GUIDE TO THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE
"John, you have two choices in life; you can have an Ordinary life, or you can have an Extraordinary life. It has nothing to do with money or power, but everything to do with the power and richness of your choices."
THE PETERMAN GUIDE TO THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE is a 30-45 minute motivational presentation based on John O'Hurley's chance-meeting with a self-made man, who described his success in that simple sentence. O'Hurley has developed this theme into a funny, touching, personal and also instructive narrative, defining the "Extraordinary Life" by the three easy-to-grasp principles of Imagination, Contemplation, and Appreciation. These principles give listeners a guide to constantly chart the quality and direction of their lives.
YOUR DOG CAN SAVE YOUR BUSINESS
This 30-45 minute business instructive uses the the simple principles of canine behavior to humorously and pointedly teach the fundamentals of Selling and Goal-setting. In addition, O'Hurley explores the personal fundamentals of Confidence, Public Speaking, and Personal Deportment.
These principles have been described in O'Hurley's 3 Best-Selling books and his 13-year history as Host of the NBC National Dog Show on Thanksgiving Day and viewed by 25 million people annually.
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Award-winning actor, tv host, business leader and New York Times Best-Selling author John O' Hurley is best known for his role as J. Peterman on the iconic show, Seinfeld. Fun...
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