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Dr. Nicholas C. Sturdifen Sr. is a husband, father, entrepreneur, speaker, and facilitator dedicated to impacting the perspectives of individuals around the world. He is the creator of the 5PHE© engagement approach. His primary objective is to help people secure true happiness, their version of success, and peace through all of the chaos. As the President of Life Push, LLC, Dr. Sturdifen has leveraged his wealth of personal and professional experience across multiple levels of education, non-profit organizations, and for-profit organizations to provide an opportunity for people to begin maximizing as many of the interactions they are fortunate to experience. He has dedicated over a decade of his work to the human services, mental health, and education fields. This has led to thousands of people in need receiving help, jobs being created, and growing Life Push into a multi-million dollar operation for the betterment of others. Dr. Sturdifen also taught social entrepreneurship in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech and continues to guest speak to students and professionals regarding all things engagement, perspective, and influence. He is the author of the book The Center of Influence, which focuses on the success that is in our influence and the influence that is in our purpose. Dr. Sturdifen earned his doctorate degree in strategic leadership and a master’s degree in human services counseling, focusing on crisis response and trauma from Liberty University. He earned a master’s degree in business administration and an undergraduate degree in global marketing management from Averett University. Dr. Sturdifen has seen the power of engagement firsthand and is committed to helping others learn how to effectively use engagement to achieve the best in as many aspects of life as possible.