About the Author

Charles Betterton, MSCED -- Charles has been helping individuals, organizations, and communities discover and manifest more of their ultimate destiny for forty years by fostering development, empowerment, and transformation. He has extensive leadership experience in disaster relief, government, community development, community economic development, business and nonprofit organizations and a Master's in Community Economic Development (CED) from Southern New Hampshire University. Charles has lived for 25 years in intentional communities with a focus on Spirit, Service, Stewardship and Sustainable Living including Stelle, Illinois, home to the Center for Sustainable Community and he lived at Rainbow Farm, the Emissaries of Divine Light community near Muncie, Indiana. Charles has co-founded dozens of non-profit organizations involved in personal, organizational and community empowerment including CENTER SPACE (the Center for Spiritual, Personal And Community Enlightenment) and the Ultimate Destiny University for Successful Living. He has also cofounded "cause-oriented" companies based on the 4 Ps of Purpose, People, Planet and Profitability including Ultimate Destiny Network. Charles has developed and delivered scores of seminars and workshops and authored or co-authored dozens of books including the 14 titles in the Ultimate Destiny Success System Library. He has produced major events for up to 1,800 participants featuring world-class trainers such as Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, Jim Rohn, Les Brown, Mark Victor Hansen, Bonnie St. John, Brian Tracy, Chin-Ning Chu and others. Charles is a member of the World Business Academy, Social Venture Network, Heart Math, The Love Center, Institute of Noetic Science, and others. Charles is helping manage the non-profit Ultimate Water for Humanity to provide greater access to structured water to some of the one billion residents of SpaceShip Earth who don't have access to clean water. His other present projects include a campaign for Solving Our Personal, Community, national and Global Success Puzzles www.ultimatesuccesspuzzle.com. The strategy includes a campaign to Expand the Circle of Success by establishing a national and then international) network of CAN DO! Community Empowerment Resource Centers that will provide Successful Living Skills for the 21st Century. His email is charlesbetterton@gmail.com and his main web sites are: www.charlesbetterton.com, www.centerspace.com, and www.ultimatedestinyland.com.