Arel Moodie delivers a fascinating talk on one of the most important life lessons he's learned: You don't have to be the smartest or most skilled to become successful. The secret, effort.

Arel Moodie is a bestselling author and has been a featured speaker at the White House and acknowledged by President Obama.
Inc. Magazine called him a “High-Energy,Motivator” and named him to their “30 Under 30 list” of top entrepreneurs joining people like Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook.
Essence Magazine said “He should be the poster boy for rags-to-riches stories... he is America’s Top Young Speaker.”
After college, Arel built a million dollar event production and Education Company while in his 20s and now as a professional speaker he has spoken to over 400,000 people in 48 states and 5 countries.

For fun, our speaker likes to dance; he has performed at Madison Square Garden and Arel has two viral videos that have millions of views, and one of them was even featured on The Ellen Show!


This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx