122. Car Signs Done RIGHT!!!

A while back I wrote a post regarding about what your employees are saying and doing with your business when they are driving your company vehicle. Now ask yourself what does your mobile advertisement say about you, your organization, and the message you are sending your customers?

What does the accompanying image say about the business he (or she) is promoting?

1. He/She has a product to sell

2. He/She recognizes that drivers have be mere microseconds to give him and his sign a quick looky-look then it's eyes back on traffic.

3. This individual makes a brief and memorable way to remember the business especially while all the vehicles are moving.

He used a simple email name on a popularly commonly free EMAIL service, in this case, YAHOO.com. This makes the engagement between the potential customer and the business easy to begin. Seriously, imagine driving behind this guy and he has the his website's domain address stuck on the back window inviting you to visit and you read this:

www.thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com

Try to remember this when you get back to your PC or tablet. (For the record this is a REAL website)

Kudos! to this guy or gal because he/she DID get noticed. In business isn't that the objective?

Thank you,
Dave Guerra

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121. About Mediocrity (Again!)

The other day I posted this image to my Facebook page for my children, my nieces and nephews.  As most of you know I DETEST mediocrity with a PASSION. As they are getting older and I feel that there will no more new ones in the foreseeable future it is time to start being brutally honest with them.

The WORLD has over 6 BILLION people and each and every one of them is scratching and clawing their way to the top.

For most people, something happens along the way and their world settles into mediocrity. Don't get me wrong there is absolutely nothing wrong with mediocrity, if it gets you three square meals a day, a roof over your head, clothes on you and your family's back. However, this will only last so long. Then what?

Here's the deal: Do Not Accept Mediocrity as the end all and be all of what you can become. You can always take one step further, give it just a little bit more, extend your reach. Then will you breakthrough that high level of mediocrity that most people find themselves living in and move to a level of HIGH Activity and mediocrity will be a thing of the past!

The intent here is to know that Mediocrity is NOT something most people aim for but find themselves perfectly happy living in.

DON'T be most people!

Thank you,
Dave Guerra

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120. About Being Proactive

Here's a little something about being Proactive.

When I wrote my mini-series about Planning, in a nutshell, what I was saying is that Planning is ALL about being Proactive!

Being Proactive is plain and simple all about thinking ahead! Thinking ahead at what needs to be done, what has to get done, how it will get done, and covering as many of the outcomes as possible. Knowing fully well you cannot cover them all but as part of being proactive you have to try to cover as many as you can.

When you are developing a plan (for business, for a special event or for personal reasons) you are in essence taking the initiative and declaring your intentions loud and clear. The more detail your plan contains the more deliberate and audacious you can be. Being Audacious and Being Deliberate are what I consider two foundation pieces to being Proactive.

Now take this one step further: Take this beyond the planning phase of life. Take being Proactive and make it part of your EVERY DAY life. Look at things and think (and plan) two to three moves ahead. Consider the possibilities and then execute. Thus effectively taking the initiative.

Take the initiative in life by realizing that your decisions (and how they align with your life's principles) are the primary determining factor for how effective you are in your life.

Take responsibility for your choices and the consequences (both good and bad) that follow. No matter what they consequences are you are prepared because you were Proactive.

Thank you,
Dave Guerra

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119. Life's Required Reading: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

Folks, thanks for following me. I really do appreciate you taking the time out of your life to read my words. I am forever grateful to you. It is something that I have wanted to do for quite a while and I am glad I did it. I want to share something with you. Right now it is Spring Break week and my kids are at home enjoying the break before the final push to the end of the school year. While this week was not about staying up late and goofing off, it was about getting plenty of rest and staying busy so as not to lose the momentum to make that final push.

Well long story short, my daughter was tasked to read a book for school. However, prior to this I told her that I really wanted her to read one book that I felt would help in changing her perspective on life. Mind you she is about to become a teenager and I wish my parents had known about this book and the foresight to encourage my brothers and I to read it. That's OK because I eventually did read this book It rocked my world when I read it and I certainly hope it rocked her world. When she finished it she thanked me for giving her the book to read. She said she understands some things differently now and she said that she will revisit this book from time to time, much like I still do.

I highly recommend this book. Do not let the title fool you it is NOT about making money. It is about becoming Rich as an individual, as a human being. It is about understanding that with consistency, perseverance, commitment and dedication (among other things) you can get exactly what you want to include financial riches. It is about overcoming your fears (and not letting them consume you). Most of all, it tells you in no uncertain terms that you can become what and who you want to become no questions asked.

The book is "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill. Give it a try.


Thank you,
Dave Guerra

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118. 4 Rules to Keep Going and Moving Forward!

You want to keep going and moving forward?
 
Then remember just these four simple rules: 
  
           #1. Application: Apply yourself to whatever it is you do
           #2. Discipline: Do it no matter how much it hurts or what others think or expect.
           #3. Focus: Fine tune yourself so that all you see is what matters most.
           #4. Repetition: repeat #1, #2, & #3 for as long as it takes and then continue repeating.


Thank you,
Dave Guerra

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