Ruth Williams

Ruth Williams has spent her career motivating people to stretch their limits and reach out for their highest potential.

She feels, “The only limits we have are those we impose on ourselves.  No one can limit you but you.”

Born in New Orleans, Ruth attended Louisiana State University where she completed her Bachelor of Science degree in English.  She received her Master of Arts degree in Psychology from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida.

Ruth has designed, developed, and delivered training programs in various industries, including government, the financial industry, and marketing and sales.  As a consultant with Franklin Covey, she does speaking and training nationwide.  She has trained and managed thousands of people in various aspects of professional and personal development.  She has worked with companies including American Express, Chase Manhattan Bank, Citibank, Nextel Communications, the U.S. Navy, the Air Force, Home Shopping Network, World Omni Lease, Lockheed Martin, Ryder Trucks, the PGA Tour, State Farm Insurance, and Tapp Pharmaceuticals, as well as some colleges and universities.

She has a keen desire to enhance the self-confidence and esteem of others, instilling within people the ability to live life as they want and to achieve their innermost desires.  She believes that people can be motivated and she uses this approach to help people make positive changes in their lives.

Ruth has an exciting and fulfilling personal life as well.  She is an avid sports enthusiast and a successful marathon runner.  She has completed several Boston and Disney Marathons and the New York Marathon.  However, her proudest achievement is her relationship with her family.

Pat and Ruth are the proud parents of 19 children.

They include four of Pat’s birth children and one of Ruth’s.  Fourteen of the children were adopted from foreign countries: Brazil, S. Korea, the Philippines, and Romania. “The children present my greatest motivational challenges, and, aside from my husband, are my greatest joy.  And the average law of mathematics may produce as many as 70 to 80 grandchildren.  Now, there’s real potential.”