Verma to be featured speaker of Napoleon Hill Day on Oct. 28

October 17, 2019
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Founder of TutorBright, Sunny Verma, is the featured speaker for the annual Napoleon Hill Day at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise on Monday, Oct. 28.

The event, organized and sponsored by the Napoleon Hill Foundation, is part of the annual commemoration of the birthday of Napoleon Hill, the Wise County native and author of “Think and Grow Rich,” and other motivational books. Verma’s lecture, which is free and open to the public, begins at 11 a.m. in the David J. Prior Convocation Center.

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In 2009 Verma founded TutorBright - the worlds largest in-home tutoring company. It began after volunteering to help out a friend’s younger sister with twelfth grade English. Watching her build confidence and gain a new zest for life, Verma developed a love for education and quit his job as a management consultant - giving birth toTutorBright. The company started with humble beginnings by gaining new clients by knocking door-to-door. What started out as one-man operation, TutorBright now employs over 20,000 tutors, educating and raising the self-esteem of several thousands of students, and has received several accolades in business and education. 

Verma is a sought-after speaker and expert on self-esteem, education and entrepreneurship. He is a regular contributor on major television programs across the country. His thoughts on mindset have been featured in The New York Times, Readers Digest, and Huffington Post. Verma was a nominee for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and was recently recognized as a City Mogul in Toronto. 

Napoleon Hill was born in poverty in a one-room cabin on the Pound River on Oct. 26, 1883.  From these humble beginnings, the Wise County native became an advisor to presidents. During the early 20th century, Hill interviewed the nation’s most successful business leaders, including Andrew Carnegie and Henry Ford.  From those interviews and more conducted over 20 years, Hill compiled his eight-volume set “The Law of Success,” a collection of the philosophy of individual achievement.  He later condensed his research to compile “Think and Grow Rich,” often called one of the most important motivational books ever written.

First published in 1937, “Think and Grow Rich” has sold millions of copies worldwide and continues to appear on the list of top business books.  In this classic on personal achievement, Hill introduced the concept “whatever the mind can conceive and believe the mind can achieve.”  Seventeen principles from Hill’s philosophy of personal achievement include cultivating a burning desire, faith, and persistence in the attainment of goals. Hill’s writings are still must-reads for business professionals.

The Napoleon Hill Foundation is a nonprofit educational institution dedicated to promoting Hill’s philosophy. For more information, contact the Napoleon Hill Foundation at 276-328-6700 or by email at napoleonhill@uvawise.edu.