Quote of the Day

Successful people are successful because they form the habits of doing those things that failures don't like to do.” - Albert Gray 

Success Is A Lonely Road

The road to success is lonely. In order to succeed you have to separate yourself from the pack. Most people in life will set you up to fail instead of succeed. You can't keep going along with the crowd and do whatever they are doing and expect to succeed. That is not going to happen. Therefore, you have to separate yourself from the masses and walk the lonely road yourself. You can't always depend on others. Instead believe in yourself and I guarantee you will succeed in life. Success is also a lonely road because the people who you thought looked out for you will begin to dislike you. The reason for this is simple, they want everything to stay the same, and when you become successful you pose a threat to their belief of everything staying the same, therefore they develop a sense of hatred towards you. It's human nature. But the question I have for all of you is...


ARE YOU GOING TO CONTINUE LIVING YOUR LIFE THE WAY OTHERS WANT YOU TO LIVE, OR ARE YOU GOING TO BEGIN DOING WHAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU?


CHOOSE WISELY...


Choose option A and you will never succeed in life


Choose option B and success is inevitable


"I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure-- which is: Try to please everybody." - Herbert Bayard Swope

The following song describes it best:

This is the story of them against us
Win or lose
Forcing your feet into someone else´s shoes
Everybody´s got someing to say
That we oughta live their way
What were doin´s not okay
In fact
They got their heads full of some overblown scheme
Opportunity they missed
Back when they were sixteen
And all they want to do is push you to be that
And all you wanna do is scream back

What Is Your Advice To Dream Chasers? (Answers from the Successful)

Gerald Ford: Never give up and have a positive reaction to failure.



Danny Gilbert: Be curious. And, the more you give, the more you get. It's as simple as that.



Kenneth Hendricks: Learn the business from the ground floor up not from the top floor down.



Wayne Huizenga: Have a passion for what you do. Work hard. Have great people with good personalities. Enjoy the ride, but balance work and family.



George Kaiser:  Identify and affiliate with creative talent. Brainstorm concepts and analyze constantly, but at the conceptual level not the spreadsheet level.




Michael Ilitch:  Ask lots of questions! And, when and if you get the chance to travel, always look for new ideas to bring home! Set your goals and never give up!



William Moncrief: Accumulate a lot of singles and gradually get into the doubles and triples before you try for the home runs.



Phillip Ruffin: To succeed you have to put in the hours and when you think you are there, put in more.

Jorge Perez: Have great focus. Set high but achievable goals and work extremely hard at achieving them. Be flexible and ready to adapt to change.



James Sorenson: Listen to yourself. Be guided by your real passions and convictions, not just by what you think might get you ahead in life.


Arthur Blank: Find and follow your passions. Develop a culture and live it. Positive financial results will flow from that.

Mark Cuban: Everyone has the will to succeed. Only those with the will to prepare do.