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John Wareham

Talking Your Way to the Top

Learn the secrets of Potent presentation from the leadership sage and keynote speaker anointed "hands down winner" by the Financial Times.

John Wareham knows all about nervousness. He overcame a debilitating stutter to become national public speaking champion and top international lecturer.
In this life-changing book he shows how to turn nervous energy to charismatic gold and deliver the presentation of your life.

¤How to Seem a Supernatural Speaker ¤How to Turn Nervous Energy Into Charismatic Gold ¤10 Steps to a Sublime PowerPoint Presentation ¤How to Give a Glorious Off-the-Cuff Speech ¤How to Become an Omnipotent Advocate ¤How to Seem Blessed with a Wunderkind Mind ¤How to Run a Miraculous Meeting ¤How to Pitch Bewitching Questions ¤How to Overpower Moguls and Deliver Big-Ticket Deals ¤How to Turn a Demonic Delegate Into an Apostle ¤How to Star on Television ¤10 Commandments of Spellbinding Speaking

"John's magic transforms ordinary citizens into inspiring orators—I've seen him do it."
—Mitch Rosenthal, M.D., CEO, Phoenix House
"A secret weapon... tells how to deliver a message that commands respect in any company."
—Lt. General, Jack Klimp U.S. Marine Corps (rtd)
CEO, Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association

Selected Works

METAFICTION

THE PRESIDENT'S THERAPIST
and the secret intervention to treat the alcoholism of George W. Bush.

"A WINNER: A 'what if' novel wrapped in layers of reality that offers an unnerving case study or alcoholism in the White House." CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

CHANCEY ON TOP
the price of ambition, the value of love, and the meaning of dreams

“A literary bonbon that ranks among the finest.” --The New York Observer

EXPOSED
How a Lost Boy Bucked the System and Found His Voice

'A passionate Kiwi 'Catcher in the Rye'"—Charles DeFanti, professor of literature, Kean University

POETRY

SONNETS FOR SINNERS:
Everything One Needs to Know About Illicit Love

"A passionate lure to the sonnet's delights."—David Stanford Burr, Professor of Poetry, New York University

HOW TO SURVIVE A BULLET TO THE HEART
the uncensored confessions of maximum security prison inmates

"Blood & tears, sorrows & regrets—every heart-stopping moment is captured & freely shared by healing desperados: I love this book." Brian O'Dea—Author, HIGH: Confessions of an International Drug Smuggler

Transformational

THE BREAKOUT PLAN
Free Your Self and Live the Life of Your Dreams

"Compelling . . . Wareham shares a riveting journey into the mind, heart and soul . . . if ever there was a master key to the mental penitentiary, this is it." —Jess D. Maghan, professor emeritus, criminal justice, University of Illinois, former director of training New York City Police and Corrections Departments.

HOW TO BREAK OUT OF PRISON
All Prisons Are Mental Prisons

"Powerful . . . Wareham's unusual sociological premise, real-life examples, highly readable format and self-assessment
personality quizzes will appeal to those seeking to change their lives." Publishers Weekly

WAREHAM'S WAY
Escaping the Self-Sabotage Syndrome

'Wise and Witty . . . The wry classic that inspired new age atheists.'--Brian Sutton-Smith, Professor of Psychology, Columbia University

TALKING YOUR WAY TO THE TOP
The Nervous Person's Overnight Guide To Public Speaking

'John Wareham's cool, clear wisdom' and 'Nietzschean strategies' inspire the otherwise 'inexplicable desire to listen.'--New York Times

Quick Links

CHANCEY ON TOP: Acrimonious Formal Inquiry into authorship of 'Haverford' sonnets at New York's National Arts Club

CHANCEY ON TOP: Why Great Leaders Must Be Great Liars; chance conversation with Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, and Chandler Haste

THE PRESIDENT'S THERAPIST. Video: Did George W. Bush actually need treatment for alcoholism while in the White House?

Email John Wareham

THE EAGLES CIRCLE FOUNDATION: Website of the New York Registered 503C Not For Profit Corporation Chaired by John Wareham, 'Developing community leaders from within the prison population'.

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