Antoine Dotson Part 2. This nice lady is named Sweet Brown. She is from my City, Oklahoma City, and is interviewed after her apartment complex caught on fire. It’s hilarious, and there have been several remixes; but still waiting on the funniest one to come out.
Share your thoughts on this video… Did it make you LOL?
Funniest Remix Below:
“Greatness” is such a vividly descriptive word that epitomizes the height of success. We know greatness when we see it. We can imagine the propensity for greatness residing in someone that currently only has potential. How does greatness happen? How do you achieve greatness? How do you define greatness?
Greatness occurs when an individual’s inward fire of passion collides with fuel of their deep inward desire to be great. Passion alone won’t get you there. Deep inward desire will get you close, but it won’t get you there.
Passion + Desire = Greatness Fire!
That’s How You Achieve and Define Greatness.
Share your thoughts on passion, desire and greatness.
I have been traveling quite a bit lately, which has caused me to really assess my different flying experiences. My conclusion is quite simple… Southwest Airlines @southwestair “gets it” and the others don’t seem to quite “get it.”
I know that’s a relatively broad generalization, but for the most part it’s true.
If we look at purely a bottom line perspective, Southwest Airlines continues to report profits, while the rest of their competitors are struggling financially. There is something about their unorthodox style that just makes good sense for their organization and their customers. They continue to make money and make fans (like me), for some reason fans and money seem to go hand in hand.
7 Business and Leadership Lessons From Southwest Airlines:
There seems to be a direct correlation between excellent customer service, a consistently good product and great overall value. If you don’t believe me read my thoughts on what Chick-fil-A Can Teach us About Success.
Every business and leader can and should learn from these 7 Lessons. The additional value for businesses like Southwest Airlines and Chick-fil-A is the fact that their customers blog about, tweet about and share their great experiences. When was the last time you read a tweet, facebook update or blogpost about someone being happy about paying $25 dollars for their luggage to fly with them.
Change with the times, listen and learn.
Share your thoughts on Southwest airlines or other businesses that get it. Why are some businesses willing to stay behind the times and not learn from the success of others?
People make things much more difficult than they have to be. Life is really not that difficult, it’s a matter of Loving God, Loving Others, dreaming BIG, thinking BIGGER and embracing the fact that we were created for more.
Some people try to turn the most simple things into a Quantum Physics Mathematical Hypothetical Equation.
STOP Making Things So Difficult… Seriously!
Roman Philosopher Seneca was quoted describing difficult in this manner, ”It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.” Dare to not make things so difficult… Seriously!
Why do people make things so difficult?
A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.
The father was furious, ‘If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I don’t work hard everyday for such childish frivolities.’ The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy’s questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?
After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down , and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $25.00 and he really didn’t ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy’s room and opened the door. ‘Are you asleep, son?’ He asked. ‘No daddy, I’m awake,’ replied the boy. ‘I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier’ said the man ‘It’s been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here’s the $25 you asked for.’
The little boy sat straight up, smiling. ‘Oh, thank you daddy!’ He yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. The man saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father. ‘Why do you want more money if you already have some?’ the father grumbled. Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,’ the little boy replied. ‘Daddy, I have $50 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.’
The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son, and he begged for his forgiveness. It’s just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time s lip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. Do remember to share that $50 worth of your time with someone you love.
If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of hours. But the family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.
dream BIG. think BIGGER.
Thoughts?
Thx to whoever sent this little e-mail story around 4 yrs. ago. I have held on to it.
This is a video of an original piece that my girl @marcypriest did for the Artist Bible based on Matthew 26:38. Just listen to the words and marinate on this piece. It’s really, really good and her vocals are just sick.
As we approach Easter weekend… watch this video and Keep Your Eyes On Him.
I was recently re-reading an old Business Week article entitled The Great Communicators; which outlined some secrets of the worlds greatest business communicators. Effective communication is skill that we can all learn and polish; it’s about the ability to be persuasive, believable, inspirational, charismatic, authentic and overall magnetic.
We are all drawn to different styles of communicators; however the end result to effective communication is the same, the communicators were able to take us on a journey and make us like it. It doesn’t matter if you are a: SAHM, Pastor, CEO, Teacher, Politician, Worship Leader, Customer Service Rep., Leader, Coach… we can all learn from effective communicators. Here are 12 Tips from some of the world’s best business communicators:
Who are some of your favorite communicators and why? Do you have any additional tips to add?
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