Mike sees all problems as challenges and all struggles as opportunities. Mike has isolated the issues that trouble today's youth and brings it into a lighthearted hour-long event at schools all over the world. Mike uses videos, humor and personal experiences to weave the message in a very unique way that kids will listen to. Mike has been there and heard many of the lecture style formats which don't get through to today's kids in the most effective manner. The message has been the same for years but the way we need to bring it to today's youth (our future leaders) has changed. One of the major goals of our organization is helping students to triumph over the destructive addictions of today’s society so they can live a life full of healthy relationships! Mike talks about drugs, alcohol, tobacco, peer pressures, education, treating all people the same, team work, habits, losing the "I can't" attitude, choices and life. Mike talks about their power to choose and how many bad choices can take that freedom away. Many children are confused and are shocked to hear their first exposures to drugs usually come from a friend. Mike deals with how to effectively handle that. Mike uses several experiences from the Survivor 2 TV show. He explains that the choices made on Survivor could cost you a million dollars but the choices you make everyday could cost you much more than that...they could cost you your family or even your life. Mikes goal is to empower kids to make the best choices with whatever deck they are dealt. If you can conceive it in your mind, you can attain it. We are in the process of creating materials for the kids continuing education on the topics Mike speaks on. Mike has reference letters from schools all over the world elaborating on the effectiveness of his program. Mike receives hundreds of emails from kids looking for advice at events where he spoke. He continues to press on because of all this encouragement and the changes kids promise to make. Mike is committed to getting his message into every home in America.