Interesting Fact of the Week

The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a carburetor.









Related Story: History of Harley Davidson

Look UP!!!!

I received this email today, and thought I would share it.

THE BUZZARD:
If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and is entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of 10 to 12 feet. Without space to run, as is its habit,it will not even attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner for life in a small jail with no top.

THE BAT:
The ordinary bat that flies around at night, a remarkable nimble creature in the air, cannot take off from a level place. If it is placed on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is shuffle about helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until it reaches some slight elevation from which it can throw itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash.

THE BUMBLEBEE:
A bumblebee, if dropped into an open tumbler, will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but persists in trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It will seek a way where none exists, until it completely destroys itself.

PEOPLE:
In many ways, we are like the buzzard, the bat, and the bumblebee. We struggle about with all our problems and frustrations, never realizing that all we have to do is look up!

Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, But faith looks up! Live simply, love generously, care deeply, and speak kindly.

Book of the Week

Today's Book recommendation is........

Networking with the Affluent by Thomas J. Stanley

About the author

This book was recommended to me by a good friend and fellow peer Travis Ramsdell.

Question of the Day

How would your best customer describe you?

Related Article: Customer Service, Retention and Loyalty By Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE

Quote of the day

"Genuine leadership comes from the quality of your vision
and your ability to spark others to extraordinary performance."

— Jack Welch: Former General Electric chairman and CEO.

Jack Welch Bio

Keiserism of the day

"If you want to "feel good", get off your ass and do something to feel good about. Michael Keiser

Related story: Lance Armstrong

Fact of the day

Today's fact is........

The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design.

Related Story: Carolyn Davidson Nike Swoosh Designer Wikipedia

Book Recommendation of the week

Today's Book recommendation is........

"Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ"
by Daniel Goleman

Related Article: What's Your Emotional Style?
By Daniel Goleman

Question of the Day

How much value do you place on your product?

Related Article: Setting the Right Price By Cathy Stucker

Quote of the Day

"One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today."

Dale Carnegie
Related Article: Wherever You Are, Be There by Jim Rohn

"As a business owner, always seek the truth, rather than seek to prove yourself right".
Michael Keiser

Related Article: One of the worst excuses for failure imaginable but so common. By Donald Todrin

Fact of the Week

Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

Related Article: The Stress Management and Health Benefits of Laughter by Elizabeth Scott, M.S.

Book Recommendation of the Week

Today's Book recommendation is........

Little Red Book of Selling by Jeffrey Gitomer


Related Article: Are You Committed To Be A Sales Crusader? by Jeffrey Gitomer

Question of the Week

Today's Question is........

Where do your best ideas come from?

Related Article: Mastermind Groups - Harness the Power of an Advisory Board Michael Keiser

Quote of the week

Today's Quote is.........




"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal."- Henry Ford: was the founder of the Ford Motor Company




Related Article: Why Most People Will Never Reach Their Goals! by Ken Burgess

Keiserism of the Week

Today's Keiserism is........

Take the things you learn and blend them into your style. When we copy another's philosophy, it is the equivalent of wearing someone else's shoes. They may fit, but you know they aren't yours and people will start to wonder why you are walking funny.

Related Article: Are You a Cool Kid? Or, Just Trying to Be One?

Interesting Fact of the week

Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team his sophomore year.

Related Article: The Truth about Failure, by Laurie Hayes (HBB Source)

Recommended Book of the Week

On Wednesday's we provide the recommended book of the week. Today's book recommendation is .................





The E Myth Revisited
by Michael E. Gerber



Related Article:
Organizing For Growth by Michael Gerber

Question of the Week

On Tuesday's we provide a question of the week. Today's question is......

How many hours per week do you

spend putting out fires?

How does it affect your business?

Quote of the week

On Monday's we provide the quote of the week. Today's quote is.......

"Problems cannot be solved by the same

level of thinking that created them"
— Albert Einstein, Genius

Happy 4th of July

This entry is dedicated to our country's first entrepreneurs. The ones who took the greatest risk of all and had the courage to follow their passion, and stand by their decision.

"But, the greatest decision of all time, as far as any American citizen is concerned, was reached in Philadelphia, July 4, 1776, when fifty-six men signed their names to a document, which they well knew would bring freedom to all Americans, or leave every one of the fifty-six hanging from a gallows! " Napoleon Hill

Chapter 8 Think & Grow Rich

The 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence.

This country was founded on courage and risk. The desision to become an entrepreneur also takes courage and risk, but none so great as our Founding Fathers.

Thank you for paving the way.

Fact of the week

On Thursday's we provide the Fact of the week.

Today's Fact is ...............................

Sheep can recognize other sheep from pictures

How do they do that?