Robert J. Smith, MFA has authored and co-authored several #1 Best Selling books. He's earned numerous #1 rankings sales production and set numerous records with multiple Fortune 500 Companies.Born in metro Detroit, Smith learned to compete at a young age, winning baseball championships in his first season at the age of nine and in his final season at the age of thirty, including a streak of six out of his first eight seasons, all on eight different teams. His work ethic was developed in his blue-collar beginnings. No one in the history of Automobile Capital of the World, or in the Great State of Michigan, has completed more oil changes in one day, one week, or one month than Smith has. In fact, he averaged two cars at once from 6:30 a.m. to midnight, seven days per week, for thirty-one straight days during a Mobil Oil recall in the early 1980s. After moving to Florida, Smith and another route driver teamed up to complete all of their deliveries after every other route truck driver for Coca-Cola was called back into the warehouse during Hurricane Elena. After developing the #1 home market merchandising route in the Sarasota territory, Smith suffered an on-the-job injury which led to a career change into the financial services industry. As a financial services advisor, Smith reached #1 worldwide rankings at AXA Financial, The Equitable, Mutual of New York (MONY), and BankAtlantic/BB&T/SunTrust/Truist. He set records at John Hancock and New York Life. His name is enshrined in a plaque on Madison Avenue.Smith has consistently ranked in the top 1% in financial services worldwide, and in the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), out of roughly 15,000,000 people listed. Robert J. Smith Productions is also an "IMDb Top 5,000 Company." Smith and his companies also consistently rank at the very top of the front page of Google Searches, besting a former NFL running back by the same name, and even a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame front man, with the same name and the same middle initial. He also ranks in the top 1% in his industry and in the top 1% in his vast network on LinkedIn, according to that site's Social Selling Index (SSI). Most importantly, Smith's consulting work helps his clients accomplish some, or all of the above, as they need it.