SALT LAKE CITY, May 11, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Smith & Merritt Institute, a leader in providing affordable, unbiased financial education and financial strategies focused on solid wealth building, debt elimination, asset protection and estate planning strategies, announced today the signing of a letter of intent to add two new programs from Dr. Denis Waitley, founder and president of The Waitley Institute Inc. into their Abundance: Spending Your Way to Wealth program.
This agreement will grant full rights to allow the Smith & Merritt Institute to include The Waitley Institute's "Your Family and Money" and "Your Children and Money", developed by Dr. Denis Waitley and his colleague, Dr. Maryann Rosenthal, into their product line, and grants them the right to promote the combined program via Seminars and a variety of other media. Dr. Waitley is a recognized authority on high performance achievement and is the author of 15 non-fiction books including global best-sellers "The Psychology of Winning," and "Seeds of Greatness." Dr. Rosenthal, a clinical psychologist, keynote lecturer and expert in family dynamics, is the author of the popular, new book, "Be a Parent, Not a Pushover."
"Our clients make great money, and yet most were living paycheck to paycheck without the hope of ever being able to retire. It became clear as we worked with these clients that their bad habits with respect to money, spending, saving and debt have all been passed down to their children. With the addition of The Waitley Institute's highly regarded programs -- which focus on the critical area of parents as role models and how to mentor extraordinary children, our Abundance: Spending Your Way to Wealth program will now cover the full spectrum of personal and family success and makes our program more powerful and effective than ever," stated Dan Smith, CEO.
Denis Waitley added, "The future of America depends upon individual responsibility and self-discipline of individual family members, especially parents and children. I can't think of anything more important than teaching delayed gratification, core values and fiscal responsibility to this and succeeding generations. That's what this alliance and these programs championed by Smith & Merritt Institute are all about. The timing couldn't be better."
Daniel Smith and Kathryn Merritt have been in the financial sales and marketing industry for nearly two decades. During that time they were instrumental in the launch and management of campaigns for companies such as Charles Givens, Anthony Robbins, Stephen Covey, Peter Lowe, Denis Waitley, Zig Ziglar, Tom Hopkins, and many others.
For more information, call Bruce Grogg, Senior VP, Business Development. (p) 801-456-1616 or (c) 801-891-9131. You can email Bruce at: bgrogg@smithandmerritt.com. The Smith & Merritt Institute's website is: http://www.smithandmerritt.com.