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'''Randy Paul Gage''' (April 6, 1959) is an American author and [[motivational speaker]] who writes [[self-help books]] and lectures on the subjects of success and [[prosperity]].<ref name=BizWk/><ref name=CH7543934/><ref name=CH7543934/><ref>{{Cite web|title = Mediocrity or Greatness? That is the Question.|url = http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/239337|website = Entrepreneur|publisher = Entrepreneur|access-date = 2016-01-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Entrepreneur: Are You A Mad Genius?|url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/rodgerdeanduncan/2015/11/17/entrepreneur-are-you-a-mad-genius/#2715e4857a0b6b1049213c47|website = [[Forbes]]|access-date = 2016-01-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Deviate From Business As Usual|url = http://news.investors.com/management-leaders-and-success/011116-789178-deviate-from-business-as-usual-and-go-with-new-ways.htm|website = Investor's Business Daily|publisher = Investor's Business Daily|access-date = 2016-01-16}}</ref><ref name=BMOForbes/><ref name=CT20120110/><ref name=HP2658818/><ref name=IST/><ref>{{Cite web|title = 7 Ways People Know You Aren’t Being Authentic|url = http://www.inc.com/kevin-daum/7-ways-people-know-you-aren-t-being-authentic.html|website = [[Inc.com]]|date = 2015-05-11|access-date = 2016-01-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Winning the Next Wave of the Internet: Mobile|url = http://www.inc.com/marla-tabaka/take-risks-to-win-mobile-war-randy-gage.html|website = Inc.com|date = 2012-10-31|access-date = 2016-01-16}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Gage was born and raised by his mother.<ref name=MadSMInt>{{cite news|title=Self Motivated|author=Jeff Richgels|publisher=Capital Times|date=September 1, 2003}}</ref> After being charged with [[armed robbery]] at age 15 to fund a drug deal,<ref name=STMny/><ref name=StarIoS/> he was expelled from [[Madison West High School]] and served time in [[Juvenile delinquency|juvenile jail]].<ref name=MadSMInt/><ref name=STMny>{{cite news|title=Me & My Money: Ex-delinquent now Millionaire|publisher=[[The Straits Times]]|date=November 15, 2009}}</ref><ref name=StarIoS>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/story.aspx/?file=%2f2007%2f3%2f1%2flifefocus%2f16924352&sec=lifefocus|author=Rubin Khoo|date=March 1, 2007|title=Inspired to succeed|publisher=[[The Star (Malaysia)]]|accessdate=June 11, 2014}}</ref> Released on [[probation]] in 1975,<ref name=MadSMInt/> he moved to [[Miami, Florida]] and worked as a [[dishwasher]] in a [[Pancake house]] on [[minimum wage]],<ref name=BizWk/><ref name=MadSMInt/><ref name=STMny/><ref name=StarIoS/> becoming a manager at the age of 16.<ref name=STMny/> At the age of 20, he started in the network marketing industry with [[Amway]].<ref name=MadSMInt/><ref name=STMny/> At 30 he opened his second pizza restaurant, but after it failed was left heavily in debt.<ref name=MadSMInt/><ref name=STMny/><ref name=StarIoS/>

==Career==
Gage began writing self-help books on the subject of prosperity from 1990.<ref name=CH7543934/><ref name=STMny/><ref name=StarIoS/> He formed the coaching and training business "Gage Research & Development Institute, Inc." (GR&DI) in 1991,<ref name=STMny/> I andn March 1996 he released the audio coaching program ''How to Earn at Least $100,000 a Year in Network Marketing''.<ref>{{cite book|title=How to Earn at Least $100,000 a Year in Network Marketing|author=Randy Gage|publisher=Gage Research & Development Institute|date=March 1, 1996|ISBN=9781884667138}}</ref>

In 2001, he published ''How to Build a Multi-level Money Machine: The Science of Network Marketing'',<ref>{{cite book|author=Randy Gage|date=2001|title=How to Build a Multi-level Money Machine: The Science of Network Marketing|publisher=Prime Concepts Group|ISBN=9780967316468}}</ref> considered to be the seminal textbook to success in the network marketing business.<ref name="BizWk">{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=49701575&privcapId=49687683&previousCapId=11251407&previousTitle=Ash%20Capital|title=Randy Gage|publisher=[[Business Week]]|accessdate=June 11, 2014}}</ref><ref name="NwMktTimes" /> Gage has since written nine other books,<ref name=CH7543934/><ref name=BMOForbes>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bmoharrisbank/2013/03/01/the-most-disruptive-marketing-trends-of-2013/|title=The Most Disruptive Marketing Trends Of 2013|author=[[BMO Harris]]|publisher=[[Forbes]]|date=March 1, 2013|accessdate=June 11, 2014}}</ref> including two New York Times bestsellers, the [[John Wiley & Sons]] published 2012 best seller ''[[Risky is the New Safe: The Rules Have Changed|Risky is the New Safe]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|title = Think and Grow Richin the New World|url = http://www.networkingtimes.com/isolates/page.phtml?article_id=2456093|website = www.networkingtimes.com|access-date = 2016-01-16}}</ref><ref name="PWNov2012">{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/nielsen/HardcoverNonfiction/20121112.html|title=Bestsellers > Hardcover Nonfiction|publisher=[[Publishers Weekly]]|date=November 8, 2012|accessdate=June 11, 2014}}</ref><ref name="NYTBstSlrNov2012">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2012-11-18/hardcover-advice/list.html|title=Best Sellers|publisher=[[New York Times]]|date=November 18, 2012|accessdate=June 11, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/08/books-bestsellers-idUSL1E8M85OY20121108|title='The Racketeer' retains top spot on U.S. bestseller list|publisher=[[Reuters]]|date=November 8, 2012|accessdate=June 11, 2014}}</ref> and 2016, ''Mad Genius''.''<ref name=":2" /><ref name="Cataclysmic" />'' He has also authored a series of self-help audio and video materials, releasing over 50 resources which have been translated into 25 languages.<ref name=NwMktTimes>{{cite web|url=http://www.networkingtimes.com/nt/authors.php?aut=265|title=Randy Gage|publisher=Networking Times|accessdate=June 11, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.randygage.com/pdf/media/Success_featuring_Randy_Gage.pdf|title = The Bucks Start Here|date = March 1998|access-date = |website = successmagazine.com|publisher = Success Magazine|last = Noonan |first = Peggy}}</ref> As well as coaching around the subject of prosperity,<ref name=CH7543934/><ref name=CT20120110>{{cite web|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-01-10/features/ct-tribu-weigel-more-resignations-20120110_1_job-market-randy-gage-employer|author=Jen Weigel|date=January 10, 2012|title="I quit" can be good for you|publisher=[[Chicago Tribune]]|accessdate=June 11, 2014}}</ref><ref name=HP2658818>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-earle-mcleod/rich-bias_b_2658818.html|title= Why Hating Rich People Is Making You Broke|author=Liz Earle McLoed|publisher=[[Huffington Post]]|date=February 11, 2013|accessdate=June 11, 2014}}</ref> Gage also lectures globally.<ref name=BizWk/><ref name=IST>{{cite news|title=Financial Freedom with Network Marketing|author=Emmett Oliver|publisher=[[Sunday Tribune|Irish Sunday Tribune]]|date=September 28, 2008}}</ref><ref name=STMny/><ref name=StarIoS/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagonow.com/barefoot-in-the-burbs/2012/10/randy-gage-risky-is-the-new-safe/|title=Randy Gage: Risky is the New Safe|author=Karen Putz|publisher=[[Chicago Now]]|date=October 1, 2012|accessdate=June 11, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Interview With the Experts - Safe is the New Risky|author=Gerald Chuah|publisher=[[New Straits Times]]|date=October 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.agel.com/randy-gage|title=Randy Gage|publisher=[[Agel Enterprises]]|accessdate=June 11, 2014}}</ref> A report about his book, ''Why You're Dumb, Sick and Broke...And How to Get Smart, Healthy and Rich!'', says that "Gage asserts [in the book] that many of us have prejudices about wealth and false beliefs about success that are holding us back."<ref>{{Cite web|title = Randy Gage of Prosperity Factory Inc. Shares With Us How Self-Development Is the Key to a Successful Network Marketing Company|url = http://www.obtainer-online.com/news/en/randy-gage-of-prosperity-factory-inc-shares-with-us-how-self-development-is-the-key-to-a-successful-network-marketing-company.html|website = OBTAINER|access-date = 2016-01-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Five Dos and Don'ts for Businesses on 'Empire Avenue'|url = http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/219748|website = Entrepreneur|publisher = [[Entrepreneur]]|access-date = 2016-01-16}}</ref> An article published in March 2013 by [[Forbes]] featured Gage's work as one of the most disruptive marketing trends of 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bmoharrisbank/2013/03/01/the-most-disruptive-marketing-trends-of-2013/#2715e4857a0b462f06f166ec|title=BMOHarrisBankVoice: The Most Disruptive Marketing Trends Of 2013|website=Forbes|access-date=2016-01-16}}</ref>

A member of the [[National Speakers Association|National Speakers Association (NSA)]],<ref name=MadSMInt/><ref name="WhoHot">{{cite journal|title = Who's Hot? 25 men and women who are shaping our profession - Randy Gage|date = August 2009|publisher = Speaker magazine|page = 24}}</ref> in July 2013 Gage was inducted into the NSA's [[National Speakers Association#Speakers Hall of Fame|Council of Peers Award for Excellence (CPAE)]] Speaker Hall of Fame,<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.nsaspeaker.org/community/recognition/cpae-speaker-hall-of-fame/|title=CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame|publisher=[[National Speakers Association]]|accessdate=June 11, 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811205755/http://www.nsaspeaker.org/community/recognition/cpae-speaker-hall-of-fame/|archivedate=August 11, 2015|df=}}</ref> and at the same event won NSA's [[Nido Qubein]] [[Philanthropist]] of the Year Award.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.nsaspeaker.org/community/recognition/nido-qubein-philanthropist-of-the-year-award/|title=Randy Gage - Nido Qubein Philanthropist of the Year Award|publisher=[[National Speakers Association]]|date=July 28, 2013|accessdate=June 11, 2014}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Gage resides in [[San Diego]], [[California]] after having lived in the [[Miami metropolitan area]] of [[Florida]] until 2013.<ref name=BizWk/> After being shot in Miami in 2000, Gage is a philanthropic and activist speaker/supporter of Shawne Duperon's Project: Forgive.<ref name=CH7543934>{{cite web|url=http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Author+Randy+Gage+says+forgiveness+tool+empowerment/7543934/story.html|title=Author Randy Gage says forgiveness is tool of empowerment|author=Chris Nelson|publisher=[[Calgary Herald]]|date=November 14, 2012|accessdate=June 11, 2014}}</ref>

==Publications==
*{{cite book|author=Randy Gage|title=Mad Genius: A Manifesto for Entrepreneurs|date=2016|publisher=TarcherPerigee|ISBN=9780399175565}}''<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title = Mad Genius: A Manifesto for Entrepreneurs|url = https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Genius-A-Manifesto-Entrepreneurs/dp/0399175563|publisher = TarcherPerigee|date = 2016-01-19|isbn = 9780399175565|language = English|first = Randy|last = Gage}}</ref><ref name="Cataclysmic">{{cite news|last1=Gillaspie|first1=Dixie|title=Are We Facing the 'Most Cataclysmic' Decade in History?|url=http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/270977|accessdate=4 March 2016|publisher=Entrepreneur.com|date=19 February 2016}}</ref>''
*{{cite book|author=Randy Gage|title=Why You're Dumb, Sick and Broke...And How to Get Smart, Healthy and Rich! (2nd edition)|date=March 2013|publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]]|ISBN=9781118548684}}
*{{cite book|author=Randy Gage|date=December 2012|title=[[Risky is the New Safe: The Rules Have Changed]]|publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]]|ISBN=9781118481479}}<ref>{{Cite web|title = Güvende Olmanın Yeni Yolu Risk|url = http://www.dr.com.tr/kitap/guvende-olmanin-yeni-yolu-risk/randy-gage/egitim-basvuru/kisisel-gelisim/urunno=0000000442014|website = D&R|access-date = 2016-01-14}}</ref>
*{{cite book|author=Randy Gage|title=Making the First Circle Work: The Foundation for Duplication in Network Marketing|publisher=Prime Concepts Group|date=2011|ISBN=9780967316451}}
*{{cite book|author=Randy Gage|title=Why You're Dumb, Sick and Broke...And How to Get Smart, Healthy and Rich!|date=November 2006|publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]]|ISBN=9780470049310}}
*{{cite book|author=Randy Gage|date=2003|title=Accept Your Abundance! Why You Are Supposed to Be Wealthy|publisher=Prime Concepts Group|ISBN=9780971557888}}
*{{cite book|author=Randy Gage|title=Prosperity Mind: How to Harness the Power of Thought|publisher=Prime Concepts Group|ISBN=9780971557864}}
*{{cite book|author=Randy Gage|date=2003|title=The 7 Spiritual Laws of Prosperity: And how to Manifest Them in Your Life|publisher=Prime Concepts Group|ISBN=9780971557857}}
*{{cite book|author=Randy Gage|date=2003|title=101 Keys to Your Prosperity: Insights on Health, Happiness and Abundance in Your Life|publisher=Prime Concepts Group|ISBN=9780971557840}}
*{{cite book|author=Randy Gage|date=2003|title=37 Secrets about Prosperity: A Revealing Look at how You Manifest Wealth|publisher=Prime Concepts Group|ISBN=9780971557871}}
*{{cite book|author=Randy Gage|date=2003|title=First Steps: Getting Started Fast in Network Marketing|publisher=Prime Concepts Group|ISBN=9780976229988}}
*{{cite book|author=Randy Gage|date=2001|title=How to Build a Multi-level Money Machine: The Science of Network Marketing|publisher=Prime Concepts Group|ISBN=9780967316468}}<ref>{{Cite web|title = HOW TO BUILD A MULTI-LEVEL MONEY MACHINE|url = http://manjulindia.com/how-to-build-a-multi-level-money-machine.html|website = manjulindia.com|access-date = 2016-01-14}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=49701575&privcapId=49687683&previousCapId=11251407&previousTitle=Ash%20Capital Bio @ [[Business Week]]]

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