Author, filmmaker and modern-day yoga master, Rich Tola, aims to inspire everyone on the planet to be their best possible self with his award winning book, How to Drink from the Fountain of Youth: 30 Steps to Everlasting Youth. The motivational book and handy note-taking journal is ideal for anyone looking to lose weight, feel more energized, be more confident, define their personal goals and aspirations, plus grow mentally as well as improve their entire outlook on life. It's also for aspiring Millennials still searching for their calling, and for baby boomers who finally have the money but not the motivation to pursue their passion. Winner, The Firebird Book Award in two categories: Aging and Mind/Body/Spirit.
A SAG-AFTRA member since 2009, Rich has also produced more 100 hours of original content across all media platforms including his yoga-inspired film, Boulevard Zen, and his short films, Skateboard Bandits and Zen Diaries: The Lockdown, both winners at the 2019 Global Shorts Awards. His reality TV series, YogaStyles of Rich and the Almost Famous, is where yoga meets history throughout the streets of Chicago.
From humble beginnings in Trenton, NJ, the son of an old-school Sicilian barber, Tola graduated from The University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) and received his MBA from Northwestern University (Kellogg). In the 80’s, he was an All-Ivy League baseball player working for Wall Street juggernauts Goldman Sachs and Drexel Burnham Lambert before living in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia as an International Bank Consultant. In the 90’s, he was a top-producing New York City real estate broker and high-flying Internet entrepreneur securing The Trump Organization as his first strategic client. In the early 2000’s, he was an award-winning real estate developer restoring Historic Landmark properties throughout inner-city neighborhoods.
Tola's entertaining memoir, Simply Between Millions: From Wall Street to Hollywood, takes you on a wild and witty ride from the heights of Wall Street to Hollywood's Boulevard of Broken Dreams. It's a fast-paced book with a heartfelt story about perseverance and spiritual awakening, and as one reader puts it, "a wildly entertaining and inspirational book on life never getting you down - even when you're down!"
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