Author Archive: John Terhune

By education John is an attorney. He attended University of South Florida for undergraduate school and then attended Florida State University College of Law earning his Juris Doctor degree. During his time at FSU College of Law, John won a spot on the elite Moot Court team and competed nationally against other top law schools in appellate and trial competitions. In his final year in law school John won a National Competition and was named the Top Student Trial Advocate by the American Trial Lawyers Association. Upon graduation John immediately went to work as an Assistant State Attorney eventually heading up the felony division in a northern Florida jurisdiction. His record of winning 97% of over 200 jury trials while handling over 10,000 criminal cases generated a top rating as a trial lawyer. During this period John served as an adjunct instructor at multiple colleges and universities. In 1989 John shifted his focus from law to business. Since that time John has coached or consulted with thousands of entrepreneurs and corporate executives in multiple industries in 18 different countries. As a keynote speaker John has appeared in front of more than 1 million aspiring business entrepreneurs. He has shared the stage with Presidents Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford; with General Norman Schwarzkopf and Colonel Oliver North; with football legends Coach Tom Landry, Coach Don Shula, Rudy Ruddager, Bob Griese, Bart Starr, Rocky Blier, and Joe Theisman; and with inspirational and motivational figures such as Dr. Norman Vincent Peal, John Maxwell, Denis Waitley and Zig Ziglar. He has authored multiple books on success principles in business as well as his favorite subject of attitude development. His newest book "Enhanced People Skills" will be released in March of 2015. John's passion for the subject of attitude, led him to develop “Attitude Pumps” which are short five minute audio and video vignettes about the development and maintenance of a winning attitude. These profound messages about the significance of one's attitude have profoundly affected hundreds of thousands of listeners worldwide and are set to be launched as an App in both the Android and Iphone stores in March of 2015.