Derrick Sweet is the Chairman and Founder of the Healthy Wealthy and Wise® Corporation (www.healthywealthyandwise.com), a multi-national training and development company offering personal development and corporate training programs in Canada, the United States and Europe. Derrick is also the Founder and Executive Director of the Certified Coaches Federation (www.certifiedcoachesfederation.com), an international Life Coach & Executive Coach certification company with training programs offered in more than 200 cities world wide. He is the author of the highly celebrated books, You Don't Have To Die To Go To Heaven, Get the Most Out of Life, Healthy Wealthy and Wise...The Common Sense Guide To Creating Abundance, and, his latest, The Life Mastery Course (2010 release/Warwick Publishing). 

Derrick is the Founder and Executive Director of the Professional Speakers Federation (www.professionalspeakersfederation.com), an international speakers association dedicated to helping speakers both improve their speaking skills and development their speaking business. Derrick has been speaking professionally for more than twenty years and is known as a truly gifted speaker who speaks from his heart on what we can all do to live in the realm of our higher self, create internal wealth, make a significant contribution, live with a greater sense of purpose and truly Get the Most Out of Life! His hearty laugh, sense of humor, and ability to inspire his audiences to new heights are distinct trademarks of a Derrick Sweet keynote speech or workshop. His inspirational keynote presentations and customized workshops are in demand today by some of the most progressive corporations and associations in the world today.

Derrick has worked with a wide range of companies and organizations in both the private and public sectors, from Fortune 100 corporations, governments & municipalities, as well as small to mid-sized companies. A partial list of some of Derrick's clients include: General Electric, KPMG Peat Marwick, Hewlett-Packard, American Express, Time Warner, Apple Computer, General Motors, Walt Disney, Wells Fargo, Toronto District School Board, The City of St. John, Kansas Credit Union League, Toronto Metropolitan Police Department, The City of Barrie, Rogers Communications, The City of Burlington, Bank of America, North Carolina Credit Union League, International Association of Administrative Professionals, Human Resources Association of Ontario, Templeton Funds, Fidelity Investments, Ontario Nurses Association, Continental Airlines, Credit Union Managers Association, Sun Life Financial, Mississauga Hydro, Wyoming Credit Union and Sanyo Electronics.

Derrick’s expertise on human potential comes from over twenty five years of research and development which focused on the “common sense” habits, beliefs, actions and expectations that consistently create inner peace, prosperity and fulfillment. Derrick earned his Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration at Johnson State College. Derrick is a Certified Neurolinguistic Programming Trainer (NFNLP), Certified Hypnosis Trainer (NGH), and a Certified Master Executive Coach (CCF).

At thirty-eight years of age, Derrick retired from a distinguished career as a Vice President & Senior Investment Advisor with a major investment firm (where he managed approximately $60,000,000.00 on behalf of clients around the world) to focus one hundred percent of his time on his inspirational message of purpose, passion, and how to Get the Most Out of Life!

Prior to starting the Healthy Wealthy and Wise Corporation Derrick started and ran several companies, including the Teddy Bear Gram® Corporation, which earned him international recognition as a successful Entrepreneur. Derrick is listed in the international WHO’S WHO of Entrepreneurs. Derrick’s adventures have been featured by Entrepreneur Magazine, Ottawa Life Magazine, The Sun Newspapers, 680 AM News, Metro Magazine, CHUM FM, Much Music, Regional Contact, Rogers Television, CHRO, CBC and CTV.

When Derrick isn't giving keynotes and workshops he splits his time equally working with the company's Healthy Wealthy and Wise® corporate clients, the Certified Coaches Federation's Master Coach Trainers, and the Professional Speakers Federation's members and coaches. Today Derrick lives a simple life at the Big Sky Ranch (nestled in nature in the beautiful Kawartha Lakes, Ontario) with his business partner and wife Marsha, and their dogs and horses.

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