Hyrum W. Smith (October 16, 1943 – November 18, 2019) founded the Franklin Quest Company in 1983.
Smith was the author of 10 Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management (1994) and What Matters Most (2001) as well as producing audio tapes.
He graduated with a degree in business administration from Brigham Young University in 1971.
[1] He also wrote a few religious books: Where Eagles Rest (1982) a collections of sermons he gave over the years, and Pain is Inevitable, Misery is Optional (2004) about his 1998 excommunication from and 2004 rejoining of the LDS Church.
After being diagnosed a few months earlier, he died from cancer on November 18, 2019.