There is a four letter word that is woven into the fabric of my soul, and that word is WILL. I have always had the WILL to persevere, the WILL to believe in myself, the WILL to take action and the WILL to never give up. This word has given me the unyielding strength to conquer all the negative situations I’ve encountered. WILL has allowed me to make something positive out of my life. I came up...

  Face your fears and fight your fears. Don’t you ever give up. This is your life. You are the one who decides your outcome. The past is not meant to hold you back but to prepare you for a great destiny. Your best days are ahead of you.  Lift your head high and rise up to the occasion. It is going to be a crazy ride but in the end it will all be worth it. “Trials, temptations, disappointments...

Don’t ever let excuses steal victory out of your hands. Let an excuse be slippery and slimy like an eel: hard to grasp and even harder to keep hold of. If you find an excuse leaping into your hand and trying to make itself comfortable there, grab it by the throat and throttle the life out of it. Whatever you do, don’t coddle it like a babe. It is a vile thing, and should be dropped. Instead of...

Derek Clark and the Never Give Up Team are so excited to find out that motivational and inspirational speaker Derek Clark is now top ranked  (#3) with Google. Thank you all for your support! Are you searching for an inspiring keynote speaker or a personal development sales trainer? Derek Clark is an international speaker and author of Never Limit Your Life: From Personal to Professional, and the critically...

I’m sure my mother was frustrated when she accidentally became pregnant by a man who had so many emotional problems, who would rape her, have a history of violence, who was a thief and a convicted felon. Now I understand people can change for the better after making bad choices, but only IF they want to. It appears that my biological father was never going to learn and was doomed to be a loser....

Motivational Speaker and Foster Care Speaker Derek Clark From the outside, Derek Clark’s life looks perfect — a successful motivational speaker, foster care speaker and expert, foster care Ambassador, inspirational author and singer/songwriter with a dedicated wife, four children and so much more. But what hides behind the success and perfect facade, are scars that mark his body and a harsh past...