Apple Stores.
Chick-Fil-A’s.
Ritz Carlton’s.
Wrigley Field.
Nordstrom’s.
Peninsula Hotels.
Lulu-Lemon Stores.
In-N-Out Burger.
Southwest Airlines.
The markets are very accepting to friendly people and places.
Couple that with a dynamite product/service, and you’re on your way to a successful enterprise.
Create something worth talking about and then don’t forget to smile.
Today is July 27, 2012.
Your successes and your failures today are all a byproduct of action in your previous days.
Success is your responsibility.
Happenstance is a lie.
Luck is only a reality to those that are fluent in laziness.
You didn’t get here by chance.
You did this.
Own it.
Tomorrow’s success is contingent on today’s action.
You started and then what happened?
It got harder than you expected.
It looked different from the inside looking out than the outside looking in.
The other guy got a head start.
You drilled a dry hole.
You found out that skill development was greater than your natural gifting(s). That frustrated you.
You fouled out.
Someone said no.
You got hung up on.
Dealer was showing ace. You had a pair of 8’s.
You pulled a hammy.
You got writers block.
You needed sleep.
You had to work on the weekends.
And so forth…
I would estimate that 9 out of 10 people throw the towel in on 9 out of 10 things they start to do or try to create.
Why?
Simple answer – it’s easier to quit.
It’s easier to claim the dream wasn’t real.
Everyone loves the talk of getting married.
Where’s the discussion on being married?
Look at those who you call a hero and companies/churches you consider to be heroic.
Chances are they’re holding on to most of the towels that had the chance to be thrown in at some point in time.
Hands:
Great for introducing yourself to others and making things out of other things. Service is their functionality.
Eyes:
Great for seeing – but seeing what no one else does in the moment, in the art, or in the chaos. Blessed is he whose eyes give him vision.
Mind:
Unfathomable processing speeds and comes preloaded with the latest creative software. All studies show this is one’s greatest gift.
Heart:
Created to be put into and/or given to some thing, cause, passion or idea. Guard it above all else, for it determines the course of your life. Prov 4:23
Question…
Are you being or becoming fully you?
#LTMP
“If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.”
– Thomas A Edison
The anthem in our business is that we seek to be value focused – which will achieve results – instead of being results focused and hoping to add value.
So your idea, product, or service isn’t selling?
Chances are the market’s perceived value of what you are offering is less than the price you are asking or charging.
The market never stops asking “where’s your value?” Check yourself.
Ashton.Gustafson 