Rita emmett biography

  • Whose books all together are in 34 countries, have sold over 205,000 copies worldwide and have been featured in over 428 interviews including with Katie Couric.
  • Rita Emmett leads productivity and self-improvement workshops.
  • PERSONAL: Born April 12, in Chicago, IL; daughter of Tom Dorney (a businessman) and Helen Fischer (a waitress); married Bruce Karder (news video editor).

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    Rita Emmett is a “Recovering Procrastinator”, Professional Speaker and best-selling author whose books all together are in 34 countries, have sold over 205,000 copies worldwide and have been featured in over 428 interviews including with Katie Couric. As a speaker, Rita's presentations help transform audiences from semi-productive to MEGA-productive, from fatigued to energized and from scattered to focused Rita, and her husband Bruce and their 5 children were all born and raised in the Chicago area. They believe in the positives of raising children as Cubs fans because it teaches how to handle disappointment, how to be eternally optimistic and to forever have the extreme hope that things will always be better next year. Great Life Skills … don’t you agree? Her customized presentations covering Procrastination, Clutter, Customer Loyalty, Burn-out, and Communication Skills have helped hundreds of organizations improve their performance, productivity and profitability, a

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    056: Conquering uppskjutande with Rita Emmett

    Pete Mockaitis
    Rita, thanks so much for being here on the “How to Be Awesome at Your Job” podcast.

    Rita Emmett
    I’m delighted to be with you. We’re talking about one of my favorite topics, and inom think it’s one of those things that you joke about, but the consequences are serious, so it’s really a great topic: procrastination.

    Pete Mockaitis
    Oh, yes. I’ve been looking forward to this. It’s funny. We had one appointment, then we moved it, didn’t we? It’s kind of ironic.

    Rita Emmett
    We did. We procrastinated.

    Pete Mockaitis
    It’s not because we didn’t want to. There were genuine other commitments and obligations popping up. inom think we’re going to have some fun, too. One thing I wanted to hear about just real quick right up front, fryst vatten prominently on your website, we’ve got you chatting with Katie Couric. Tell me, how does one find themselves i

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    Emmett, Rita

    PERSONAL: Born April 12, in Chicago, IL; daughter of Tom Dorney (a businessman) and Helen Fischer (a waitress); married Bruce Karder (news video editor), May 21, 1994; children: Robb, Kerry Emmett. Ethnicity: "Irish, Ukrainian." Education: Northeastern Illinois University, B.A. (English, psychology); National Louis University, M.S. (adult education), 1985. Religion: Christian. Hobbies and other interests: Travel, writing, family, friends.

    ADDRESSES: Home—2331 Eastview Dr., Des Plaines, IL 60018. Agent—Jane Jordan Browne, Multimedia Product Development, 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60605. E-mail—[email protected].

    CAREER: Author and lecturer. Leyden Family Service, Franklin Park, IL, public relations, 1977-95; Emmett Enterprises, Inc., Des Plaines, IL, professional speaker, 1995—.

    MEMBER: Chicago Speakers Alliance, National Speakers Association, New Century Club, American Society of Training and Development, Professional Communicator's

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