Danielle LaPorte

Danielle LaPorte (born May 25, 1969 in Windsor, Ontario) is a bestselling Canadian author, inspirational speaker, entrepreneur, and blogger. She is the author of three non-fiction books with an emphasis on conscious goal-setting and entrepreneurship. Her newest, White Hot Truth looks at the current dynamics of the self help culture and spiritual devotion. She is also the co-author of a book on personal style. The Desire Map: A Guide To Creating Goals With Soul has been translated into 8 languages, evolved into a yearly day planner system, a top 10 iTunes app, and an international workshop program with licensed facilitators in 15 countries. LaPorte’s website, DanielleLaPorte.com (formerly WhiteHotTruth.com), discusses spirituality, entrepreneurship, and personal growth. Forbes named her blog one of the top 100 websites for women in 2012, calling LaPorte “a contrarian self-help guru." LaPorte is one of Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul 100 Leaders. A group in Oprah Winfrey’s words, that “is uniquely connecting the world together with a spiritual energy that matters.” 2Career Without a college degree, LaPorte began working at The Body Shop in one of their retail stores. After requesting and receiving several promotions, LaPorte became director of Social Inventions at The Body Shop’s Canadian headquarters, I just kept doing big things, then asking for promotions once I did them. Doing, asking, doing, askin