Monday, March 31, 2008

Logic

If you apply reason and logic to this career of mine, you're not going to get very far. You simply won't.

(Sidney Poitier, Academy award winning actor)

Reason and Logic does not apply to an entrepreneur's success. The inner drive and determination that is within oneself will lead a person to success.

Friday, March 28, 2008

Enough Light

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.

(Blaise Pascal, French mathematician
, physicist, and religious philosopher)

Everything in your life depends on your outlook and this determines what you will ultimately do and be.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Playing a Violin

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

(Samuel Butler, British writer)

Life is a never ending series of lessons that one can choose to learn from or ignore. If one chooses to learn and apply the wisdom acquired that person will live an enriched life. In contrast if one chooses to ignore the lesson than it will repeatedly come up and never go away.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Fly

You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren.

(Henry Hudson, English Sea Explorer and navigator)

Always be yourself and continue to strive to improve your character. Never attempt to be like someone else because you were made uniquely. When you are using the innermost talents of what you are and adding to them, you stay true to yourself and will constantly evolve into a better person.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Responsibility

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

(George Bernard Shaw, Irish Playwright)

The type of person you always want to have with you is the one who will always take responsibility for his/her actions whether it is justified or not. In contrast, the type of person you never want to have in your camp is the one who never takes responsibility for their actions, even when he/she is dead wrong.

Monday, March 24, 2008

Faith

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

(Francois-Marie Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and Philosopher)

To separate from the vast majority of people and make a mark in life, a person has to have the faith to to see a vision that is bypassed by most individuals. In other words a person has to envision a positive outcome without any frame of reference and act upon it until it comes true.

Friday, March 21, 2008

Conquer Fear

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

(Dale Carnegie, American Writer and Lecturer)

There are many would be entrepreneurs who wind up at a standstill because of fear. By pressing on through the fear instead of allowing it to freeze a person, allows that individual to develop his/her character. The act of doing also has the added benefit of acquiring experience in how to manage fear, for those who choose to go forward.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Time

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

(William Penn, early American champion of democracy and religious freedom)

Always use your time wisely. By doing this you can minimize the effects of life's surprises.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Influences

There are people who say that merengue comes from Spain. However, you can’t take Africa out of merengue. These rhythms are African, period. Of course there are other influences like the melodies and harmonies, which are European.

(Juan Luis Guerra, Dominican Entertainer and winner of six Grammy Awards)

By coming together as a team of owners you take the unique, positive, influences and traits each person brings to the table and use these attributes to accelerate your success. With more people in the ownership team a corporation can look at things from a variety of angles and come up with new, creative, ideas and solutions that would escape a smaller group of people.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Content

If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly change the color of his skin and go to live in the Negro section of a large city. Then and only then has he a right to such a claim.

(Robert Kennedy, Former Attorney General, Senator and Civil Rights Activist who was assassinated for his beliefs in equality)

In order to become a better human being, a person has to be concerned with humanity as a whole. Being more thoughtful and caring for those around you, especially for those individuals in need will create a better person. The rewards that will be bestowed upon that caring person will come in time when he/she least expects it.

Monday, March 17, 2008

Obstacles

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

(Henry Ford, Founder of the Ford Motor Company)

The state of mind to always focus on your goal and nothing else allows you to see obstacles for what they are. Obstacles are just bumps in the road towards the end destination of success.

Friday, March 14, 2008

Sometimes

I think it probably seemed like I was anxious because I was swinging at bad pitches. I was thinking about it, but I’m going to keep swinging. Sometimes it looks bad and sometimes it doesn’t, but I’m not going to stop swinging.

(Vladimir Guerrero, Professional Baseball player and perennial all-star)

Whenever you set out to do something, do it to the best of your ability. Sometimes you will not look good to other people however, as long as you give your best effort and learn from it you will continue to develop as a person. Continually putting forth effort regardless of how you look will eventually produce positive results.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Experience

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

(Oscar Wilde, Irish Playwright)

To really learn how to do something, you have to do it repeatedly and often. By doing this the experience you receive is something that becomes a part of you for the rest of your life. The more experience you have, the better your decisions are during life's adversities.


Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Opportunity

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

(Thomas A. Edison, Inventor and entrepreneur)

Good things happen to those who work hard and do not give up. If it looks like work, do the work, complete it and go on to the next project. Completing projects gives a person an immense feeling of satisfaction.


Tuesday, March 11, 2008

In Time

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

(Theodore Roosevelt, Former President of the U.S.A.)

A wise person has to know when and when not to use his wisdom. It is better at times to let people figure out how to do things because if you always do tasks for them it will cripple those individuals for life.

Monday, March 10, 2008

Believes

He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted.

(Red Auerbach, HOF Basketball Coach)

One has to trust in somebody or something in life. If a person does not believe in anything than that person lives a hopeless life. A person can do miraculous things when he/she believes.

Friday, March 7, 2008

Honor

I learned that there were people who didn't care about color being a measure of superiority or inferiority. What mattered was the dignity of one's heart and the honor of one’s word.

(Piri Thomas, Hispanic Author)

People's actions are a true measure of their character. Many times what people say and what they ultimately do contrast greatly. Remember your action's, not what you say define who you are as a person.


Thursday, March 6, 2008

Technique

You can not do what you want to do unless you know the correct technique. The only other way you can learn how to do it is by doing it yourself, which would take twice as long than if you went to school.

(Boris Vallejo, Peruvian Artist)

Art school is different from life university, for in the school of life applicable wisdom is more valuable than theoretical knowledge. You can learn about something till you are blue in the face but the wisdom that remains with you for the rest of your life is in the act of doing. In other words, the phrase "life, be in it" is what increases your experience and wisdom levels.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

They All Said

The first time I tried to sing along with my guitar, everybody in the studio booed. They all said it wouldn't work.

(George Benson, Jazz Musician)

Always believe in yourself and your vision. There will always be naysayers who will find every excuse in the world as to why you can't succeed. By staying focused on your objective you will achieve what you strive for. Remember success is a state of mind.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Proactive

When you grow up in New York, you go to it, you don’t expect it to come to you. Maybe some of the tools we learn as New Yorkers—I don’t know if the word is aggressive, but be proactive.

(Omar Minaya, first Hispanic General Manager in Major League Baseball)

It's always better to be proactive, it enhances and makes life more exciting. When you are consistantly going out there and doing something good things start to happen. When you are just sitting around and watching don't expect things to happen because nothing positive ever comes out of that behavior.

Monday, March 3, 2008

Constant

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

(Confucius, Chinese philosopher)

What made you happy in the past is not necessarily what will make you happy in the future. People are constantly changing and evolving with the accumulation of life experiences they gather for themselves. Those individuals who do not seem to change have never gone out to experience life to the fullest, they have just decided to stay in their little niche and remain reclusive.