In his third term, Brown served as chair of the Human Resources Committee. While in Miami, he continued to focus on social issues by developing a youth center training program. In , Brown entered the public speaking arena on a full time basis and formed Les Brown Enterprises, Inc.
In , Brown recorded the Emmy Award-winning series of speeches entitled You Deserve , which became the lead fundraising program of its kind for pledges to PBS stations nationwide. Become a Member Sign up. Already a member? Contribute to our 20 Campaign. In his third term, he served as chair of the Human Resources Committee. He served three terms before leaving the legislature in , returning to Miami to care for his ailing mother.
In Miami, Brown continued to focus on social issues, developing a youth career training program and holding community meetings. After a year, however, the case was dropped and no improprieties were found.
When he entered the motivational speaking arena in the mids, he had virtually nothing, having moved to Detroit with his clothes and just one tape of his motivational speeches. He rented an office that he shared with an attorney. Brown read books on public speaking and studied the habits of established speakers.
He first spoke to grade school students, then high school students. Clubs and organizations followed. Less than four years later, in , he received the National Speakers Association's highest award — the Council of Peers Award of Excellence — becoming the first African American to receive such an honor.
He was known in professional circles as "The Motivator. Brown also hosted a short-lived talk show, The Les Brown Show , in In October , he was hired on as morning host at WBLS, also in New York, a position he left in May to spend more time on his speaking career and to undergo treatments for prostate cancer.
Since then, Brown has continued his career as a motivational speaker and writer. They both had been married previously. The two divorced in due to irreconcilable differences, though he claimed the two would remain friendly. Brown has 10 children from multiple relationships, as well as 15 grandchildren. As a motivational speaker, Les Brown has created a number of books, videos and audio recorings, including his bestselling book Live Your Dreams. He has also been widely interviewed and portrayed in the media:.
All rights reserved. Early Life Leslie Calvin Brown and his twin brother, Wesley, were born on February 17, , on the floor of an abandoned building in Liberty City, a low-income section of Miami, Florida. Finding His Passion After high school, Brown found employment as a city sanitation worker, but he was determined to achieve what he desired.
Politics and Social Issues Brown would eventually be fired from his position as broadcast manager and DJ, partly for being too controversial of a figure.
Speaking and Writing When he entered the motivational speaking arena in the mids, he had virtually nothing, having moved to Detroit with his clothes and just one tape of his motivational speeches. His mother made him fight for himself and because of her, he decided to give that kind of a push to other people, to make them fight for themselves and their dreams.
Les has nine children, fifteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Les Brown was first employed as a sanitation worker. Next job he took was as a Radio Jockey. On that job he spread political awareness, and got an encouragement from Mike William, after which he decided to try himself in politics.
He was very dedicated and wanted to serve the people during his political career, which made him hold his seat for three terms. He left the seat, so he could help his adoptive mother, because she was in poor health.
And after that fail, he started giving his motivational speeches , even travelling to Denmark, Dubai, Canada and so on. He has had successful empire of Les Brown Enterprise by He used television, motivational programmers, shows and radio to reach out to any soul in need of his motivational speeches.
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