Jeremy Rifkin

Emotional,   inspiring,   intense,   motivating, and hope-giving are just a few words to describe Jeremy’s story of overcoming Obsessive  Compulsive  Disorder.    At  the age of twelve, Jeremy developed a severe case of OCD–Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Anxiety came first, followed by a stream of methodical actions he felt he had to perform in order to calm his many panic attacks: repetitive praying at bedtime; endless reorganizing of clothes, furniture, and other household objects; walking in patterned movements; obsessive counting; and constant tapping, just to name a few. On most days these rituals occupied up to four hours of his day. His quality of life rapidly declined. He lost over thirty pounds in just over two weeks, his grades in school dropped to the point where he was always in danger of failing, and he became depressed and lost interest in all the boyhood activities he previously loved.  He lived with this crippling illness for almost seven years before his life began to turn around.

Jeremy Bennett is a man on a mission. He takes his audience into a dark corner of the human mind, then draws them back out again with the hope that OCD can be managed. And it can. He is living proof.  In his motivational presentations and in his book, The Power of the Mind: How I Beat OCD (Release date Summer, 2010) he tells his journey and gives hope to those who have lost it.

Jeremy has a degree in Psychology and Philosophy from St. Francis Xavier University, is an international motivational speaker, a professional Psychological Illusionist, and is currently starring in Vision TV’s ‘Supernatural Investigator: Chaos Magick’ and is in production of a 13 episode television series called ‘Occam’s Razor’ where he travels the world investigating different supernatural subjects.  He is also the Co-Chair of the Canadian Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine Congress and star of ‘Believe’, a made for television special that was broadcasted internationally.

Jeremy believes all success starts with a thought.  It’s how we treat and nurture that thought that will determine what we attract into our lives.

Full Biography

Jeremy Rifkin is president of the Foundation on Economic Trends and the bestselling author of nineteen books on the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment. His books have been translated into more than thirty five languages and are used in hundreds of universities, corporations and government agencies around the world. His most recent books include:

  • The Third Industrial Revolution
  • The Empathic Civilization
  • The Hydrogen Economy
  • The European Dream
  • The End of Work
  • The Age of Access
  • The Biotech Century

Jeremy Rifkin has been an advisor to the European Union for the past decade. Mr. Rifkin advised the government of Spain during its presidency of the European Union (January 1st – June 30, 2010). Mr. Rifkin also served as an adviser to President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, Prime Minister Jose Socrates of Portugal, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero of Spain, and Prime Minister Janez Janša of Slovenia, during their respective European Council Presidencies, on issues related to the economy, climate change, and energy security. He currently advises the European Commission, the European Parliament, and several EU heads of state.

Mr. Rifkin is the principle architect of the European Union’s Third Industrial Revolution long-term economic sustainability plan to address the triple challenge of the global economic crisis, energy security, and climate change. The Third Industrial Revolution was formally endorsed by the European Parliament in 2007 and is now being implemented by various agencies within the European Commission as well as in the 27 member-states.

Mr. Rifkin is also the founder and chairperson of the Third Industrial Revolution Global CEO Business Roundtable, comprised of 100 of the world’s leading renewable energy companies, construction companies, architectural firms, real estate companies, IT companies, power and utility companies, and transport and logistics companies. Mr. Rifkin’s global economic development team is the largest of its kind in the world and is working with cities, regions, and national governments to develop master plans to transition their economies into post-carbon Third Industrial Revolution infrastructures.

Since 1994, Mr. Rifkin has been a senior lecturer at the Wharton School’s Executive Education Program at the University of Pennsylvania — the world’s #1 ranked business school— where he instructs CEOs and senior management on transitioning their business operations into sustainable Third Industrial Revolution economies.

Mr. Rifkin’s monthly column on global issues appears in many of the world’s leading newspapers and magazines, including The Los Angeles Times in the United States, The Guardian in the U.K., Die Süddeutsche Zeitung and Handelsblatt in Germany, Le Soir and Knack in Belgium, L’Espresso in Italy, El Mundo and El País in Spain, Kathimerini in Greece, Informatíon in Denmark, De Volkskrant in the Netherlands, Hospodárské Noviny in the Czech Republic, Wort in Luxembourg, Eesti Päevaleht in Estonia, Trud in Bulgaria, Clarín in Argentina, and Al-Ittihad in the U.A.E.

Rifkin has been influential in shaping public policy in the United States and around the world. He has testified before numerous congressional committees and has had consistent success in litigation to ensure responsible government policies on a variety of environmental, scientific and technology related issues.

He has been a frequent guest on numerous television programs, including Face the Nation, The Lehrer News Hour, 20/20, Larry King Live, Today, and Good Morning America. The National Journal named Rifkin as one of 150 people in the U.S. that have the most influence in shaping federal government policy.

Mr. Rifkin holds a degree in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a degree in international affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Rifkin speaks frequently before government, business, labor and civic forums. He has lectured at hundreds of the world’s leading corporations as well as more than 200 universities in some 30 countries in the past 30 years.

Mr. Rifkin is the founder and president of The Foundation on Economic Trends (www.foet.org) in Bethesda, MD. The Foundation examines the economic, environmental, social and cultural impacts of new technologies introduced into the global economy.

Expertise:  Biotechnology | BUSINESS | Economic Outlook | Environmental Issues | Future Trends / Futurists | Globalization | Political Analysis | Sustainability