Who is Dr. Robert C. Worstell, anyway?

An introduction, in several parts.... because this guy is a multi-faceted genius.

Rev. Dr. Robert C. Worstell,  BS, M.Msc, MBA, PhD - and a handful of certificates in computer science and networking - got his degrees relatively late in life, preferring to continue his hands-on studies in the fields of counselling and consulting. He has invested over 35 years researching the human experience, from religions to metaphysics to self help and back.

Meanwhile, he's balanced this out with "practical" studies in graphic arts, computer and wireless networking, and agriculture - as well as paying his dues with supervising and CEO duties (at times). But his first loves and passions have been artwork (helping people laugh) and personal development studies (helping people help each other).

So his many hats are here:

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Author of the successful "Go Thunk Yourself" book series, Dr. Worstell has authored many training courses as well.

"My problem has always been in keeping up with the ideas that pop into my head. The 'Go Thunk Yourself!' books stemmed from a burning question as to whether all self help bestsellers had the same underlying system involved. As this research continued, the scope widened as well. 'Go Thunk Yourself, Again!'  involved an underlying study into the basics of logic, analysis, and how people think. The result was a system which speeds up individual thinking to 'Internet speeds'. Back into the depths of the mind, I then had to consolidate these two and take it to the next level. A person had to USE this stuff, afterall. So 'Go Thunk Yourself, S'more!' was originally intended to be a final work.

"But the muses intervened. There were other quirks - every answer posed new question. The path wasn't smooth enough, so I dived back in. 'Go Thunk Yourself, Compleat!' was an effort down this line - composed of the many essays and papers I had written during the research so that anyone could find their own path up the mountain."

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Editor

And the work didn't stop with these four books: "I found that the books I'd referenced, while in the public domain, were hard to use as online versions or the many varied forms people were offering were mostly hard to use, unless you printed them out hardcopy - several hundred pages at once. My graphic arts training rebelled - plus I knew that the versions I had updated them into for my own studies were far and above a better way to read these either on-screen or as a printed version. And people deserved better."

Print-On-Demand publisher Lulu.com was the answer to his readers' needs. Not only did they provide a simple and fast way to publish his own books, they also made it simple to edit and re-publish these old self help classics which defined and explained the principles modern "Success Coaches" guard almost as trade secrets.

"Lulu's simple publishing methods also made it possible for me to recombine various authors into single volumes, or to put several volumes of an author's works into one collection. Like Thomas Troward or Genevieve Behrend. As well, I could put three separate classics into a study volume so that people could get three approaches on the same subject - and enjoy the revelations which come from the cross-comparisons."

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Artist / Illustrator

Robert has always been active in the arts - from his earliest teachers' complaints that he used the margins of grade school assignments for his sketches. Go the assignments mostly right, but not "neat" enough for some...

His work and studies continued in this field, a second parallel course to his humanity studies. While he worked to help others with their problems, he sketched and studied art techniques, plus various media in his spare time. Often he would initiate cartoon series for local in-house newsletters. He completed several courses in this area and has recently taken to caricature-work during summer weekend festivals since returning to Missouri.

Plans in this area are to write, illustrate, and produce children's books as his self help studies complete.

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Researcher / Philosopher

This was the first hat. Because you have to research in order to write. Dr. Worstell got bitten with this bug very early: "Grade school had its usual horrible boredoms for any bright child - and my candle has always burned quite brightly. I was precocious, with a capital 'P'. Always reading, always asking questions - and usually running the patience of those questions dry before my questions did.

"I learned to read early and was into Classic Literature by the 6th grade - Lorna Doone, Moby Dick, it was great that these were in illustrated, footnoted versions. Shortly, I picked up the New Testament and started trying to make sense out of it. Again, conflicting answers and the various interpretations showed that this area was not an easy solve. Then, it was high school and preparing for a future in Engineering. However, the continuing stifled halls of academia quickly began haunting every turn. College was more nonsense I had been enduring my entire life up to that point - saving only the short bliss of summers on the farm.

"So I entered the 'real world', ended up on the West Coast for nearly a couple decades, and then returned to my native Missouri, still filled with more questions than answers. So I entered studies part-time while working day jobs and the family farm. Since community college and online courses were far easier than expected - especially with 20 years of experience behind me - I was able to enter accelerated programs and get 7 degrees in 7 years.

"However, these didn't do anything except pose more questions - just my luck. Interestingly, this 'well-balanced approach' to study gave me answers they weren't expecting. Algebra gave answers to Economics, which gave results in Geography. These Ivory Towers of Academia worked better when you cross-compared their data.

"That then started making  my research amazingly simple. Just cross-compare seemingly disrelated data... Anyway, it's all in my 'Go Thunk Yourself!' books - in all its gory details."

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Farmer and general good guy

"I took over running the family farm a few years ago, as my Dad was no longer able to do everything with his age," relates Dr. Worstell, "and it's been an incredible learning experience. I'd grown up on this farm and nothing much had changed. But the world had - and farming had become a subsidized affair. You grew commodities and were paid as little as possible. So unless you have a healthy pension, farming was a constantly losing proposition.

"Bit by bit, I've been continuing my studies, now in agronomics instead of philsophy, and finding some amazing data. Ever so slowly, I've been able to make changes from year to year which are resulting in restoring the land and making this farm move over into higher-paying direct-to-consumer model, going off commodities as I can and moving away from middle-man economics.

"Wouldn't you know it? Farming tends to confirm a general-systems theory of philosophy I'd run into through the self help research I'd started years earlier. Kinda like a 'Unified Field Theory of Everything and Its Brother'. When you take 'The Secret' DVD, stir in an ample portion of 'What the (Bleep) Do We Know?' and 'The Secret Life of Plants' - that's a potion which gives some VERY interesting answers to eons-old questions.

"But I do have time to pet all the dogs and cats - and make pets out of the livestock meanwhile. And I have a lot of nieces and nephews to keep entertained when they visit. They love to feed the chickens and watch both young calves and full-grown cows eat corn from their hands."

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You could have Dr. Worstell as a radio guest or a lecturer...

Email:

robertworstell[remove this]@robertworstell.com

Address:

Robert C. Worstell
15559 Audrain Rd 821
Mexico, Mo. 65265

Phone:

(573) 581-3003

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