Julio Melara

Julio Melara is one of today's leading motivational speakers and foremost authors on true success. His dynamic enthusiasm and relentless commitment will have you on your feet in minutes.

By climbing the corporate ladder at a very early age, Melara knows what it means to "walk the talk." He became the first recipient of the University of New Orleans Early Achievement Award for Distinguished Professional and Civic Accomplishments. One of his basic tenets is "life is about what you give, not what you get." His no-nonsense steps to achievement are practiced today in corporations throughout America.

There are few people you'll meet in life who are quite like Melara. With a true rags to riches story, he is described as a "man in quest for the best." An entrepreneur, publisher, top-selling author, devoted father and husband, straightforward sales trainer and a dynamic speaker, he has been called "one of America's top motivational speakers" by Selling Power. The first to say that "life is simple, but it's not easy," he started selling at the age of eleven. While working his way through college, he made minimum wage as a courier for a local newspaper. By the time he was 27, Melara had broken every sales record in the 72-year history, one of the country's largest AM stations and he became the very first million-dollar sales producer in Louisiana's radio industry.

Melara went on to become one of America's youngest publishers of a major city magazine at age 30 as publisher of New Orleans Magazine and La Prensa, a bilingual monthly newspaper. As Executive Vice President for New Orleans Publishing Group, he ran an $11 million media company. He is also the author of the books Do You Have Time for Success?, It Only Takes Everything You've Got! The Truth about Success, and Keys to Performance.

Now president and co-owner of the Baton Rouge Business Report, Melara owns Time for Action, a sales- and skills-building training firm. He is a contributing columnist to SalesMasterMind, a national sales newsletter, and has been featured in several publications including Hispanic Business, Selling Power, and The Chicago Tribune.

Described as a "man with a mission," Melara explains in clear, simple language how everyone can develop the tools to a successful and rewarding life and offers his "secrets of success" to hundreds of thousands of people across America. His practical, commonsense approach to success will challenge you as he shares his personal strategies from his books and presentations. Many people dream about success, and Melara lives it. His tenacious commitment and his inexhaustible enthusiasm are infectious, showing you how you can take knowledge and turn it into action.