John oleary biography

In 1987, John O’Leary was a curious nine-year-old boy. Playing with fire and gasoline, John created a massive explosion in his home and was burned on 100% of his body. He was given 1% chance to live.

This epic story of survival was first showcased in his parents’ book, Overwhelming Odds, in 2006. Originally printing 200 copies for friends and family, his parents have sold 70,000 copies, most in back-of-room sales at John’s speaking events. It was this book that first invited John to embrace his miraculous recovery and share it with the world.

John inspires nearly 75,000 people at 100+ events each year. He speaks to companies and organizations across industries, such as: sales, healthcare, business, safety, marketing, financial services, faith, education and insurance.

Consistently described as “the best speaker we’ve ever had,” John receives nearly 100% of his engagements from referrals. His schedule is a testament to the power of his message and who he is as an individual. His emotional story-telling, unexpected humor and authenticity make each of his presentations truly transformational.

John’s first book ON FIRE: The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life was an instant #1 National Bestseller; 120,000 copies have sold and it has been translated into 12 languages. John’s Live Inspired Podcast is a top 20 for business on iTunes & Inc. Magazine. His online community is 200,000 strong.

John considers his greatest success to be his marriage to his wife Beth, their four children and his relationships with friends and family.

American government official and business executive (1926–1987)

For other people named John O'Leary, see John O'Leary (disambiguation).

John Francis O'Leary (June 23, 1926 – December 19, 1987) was an American government official and business executive. He held top positions in the Federal Energy Administration and the U.S. Department of Energy before moving to the private sector, where he rose to chairman and chief executive officer of General Public Utilities Corp.

Early life

O'Leary was born on June 23, 1926, in Reno, Nevada. He was educated in public schools in Nevada and California. O'Leary graduated from Central High School in Washington, D.C. and entered the U.S. Army in 1945. He was discharged with the rank of corporal in 1946. He received a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the George Washington University in 1950 and did graduate work in economics there from 1950 to 1953.

Career

O'Leary joined the staff of the U.S. Bureau of Mines in 1950. In 1952, he became a staff member of the Division of Minerals and Fuels. He then served as a specialist in minerals and fuels economics at the Office of the Assistan

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Identity:

John O'Leary was born at Main Street, Tipperary, the eldest son of John O'Leary, a shopkeeper, and Margaret Ryan. His sister, Ellen O'Leary (1831-1889) was an Irish nationalist poet, and his younger brother Arthur, (who died of tuberculosis on 6 June 1861), took the oath of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. O'Leary never married, and after 1885, lived with his sister in Dublin.

Life:

O'Leary was a journalist, and a leader of the Fenian movement for Irish independence. He studied law at Trinity College, Dublin, where he attended nationalist movement meetings. After a short imprisonment in 1848, and on discovering that he could not become a barrister without taking an oath of allegiance to the British crown, he turned to medicine. He attended Queen's College, Cork, for two years, then Queen's College, Galway, where he contributed occasionally to the Nation. In 1854 he moved to London to continue his studies, and in 1855 left to live and study in Paris for fourteen months.

It was during this journey that he met Whistler, either at a station between Boulogne and Paris, or on the steamer to Le Havre. By the time they arrived at the French capital, O'Leary had decided to lodge with Whistler at the Hotel Corneille (Rue Corneille), which had a mixture of medical and art students; he stayed there for three months. Anderson suggests that Whistler's introduction to Irish nationalists 'on the run' in Paris by O'Leary, in combination with his Irish ancestry and recent soldier-cadet past, coloured his view of Irish and British politics.

O'Leary returned to Ireland, but often travelled to Britain and America on clandestine Fenian Brotherhood business. After many trips back and forth to London in August 1861, he moved there permanently, to 4 Thames Terrace, Pimlico, where renewed his friendship with Whistler, who lived close by in Chelsea. O'Leary returned to Dublin in the summer of 1863, when he became joint editor and chief writer of