Every president does things like this on major holidays, so this is not meant to be political. It is meant to make us think about Thanksgiving, and all that we have in this great land.
When you finish this video, please go to this short, powerful linked Cutting Edge of Marketing and Sales blog post.
Fire gave the ancients light and heat for warmth and cooking. We need a fire in our belly to get us to shine our light and warmth of manufactured homes to a world needing what we offer. ##
L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach
We are all influenced by others and through our interaction with others. Sometimes, we are also influenced by those we’ve never met, but whose words and/or deeds inspired us.
Can’t say exactly when or where the thought of “Castles in the Sky” hit me as an inspirational theme. But this quote below is close.
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“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
– Henry David Thoreau
MHProNews and MHLivingNews.com were both “castles in the sky” concepts. We saw what the industry needed. We set our sights out to build them, putting “the foundation” under the vision to make it happen.
So visions are grand, so long as the steps are taken to make the visions into reality. In a recent visit to Downtown Disney with my bride Soheyla and our son, Tamas, I saw a quote like this:
“Everyone needs deadlines. If we didn’t have deadlines, we’d stagnate.”
We know MH Pros who are building their own castles in the sky. Get your motor running with a vision, then set the steps and deadlines needed to make them happen. ##
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“There is no man living who isn’t capable of doing more than he thinks he can do.“
Henry Ford
American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company
“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.“
Stephen Covey
1932-2012, Educator, Author, and Speaker
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Robin Crow
The spin stops here today, here is the truth…
…there is no “status quo.”
Learn. Earn. Return. ##
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Poster and graphics, LATonyKovach.com.
“I just sit in my office and read all day.”
That’s how Warren Buffett, one of the richest and most successful people in the business world, describes his day. Reading!
Buffett advises everyone to read more. At MHProNews, this is a topic Buffett and we agree.
http://open.bufferapp.com/how-to-read-more-and-remember-it-all/
The Staples speed reading test includes data on how various age and educational groups stack up in words per minute. According to Staples, the average adult reads 300 words per minute.
When I took the test (late and a bit tired…), my personal reading rated scored at 361 WPM, above average, but far from fast.
Third-grade students = 150 words per minute
Eight grade students = 250
Average college student = 450
Average “high level exec” = 575
Average college professor = 675
Speed readers = 1,500
World speed reading champion = 4,700
But I’m reading hours daily. How about you?
http://t.staples.com/sbd/cre/marketing/technology-research-centers/ereaders/speed-reader/
Read for understanding, even if you may think differently than the writer. Fresh perspectives often lead to that breakthrough, ‘aha!’ moment. We recommend 15 minutes daily here on MHProNews, and 7-8 minutes a day on ManufacturedHomeLivingNews.com. The more industry pros who do that, the more our sales will rise. Seriously! ##
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“The urge to save humanity is almost always a false-face for the urge to rule it.”
— H. L. Mencken
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Tyler Craddock
VAMMHA.org
If you’re not gonna go all the way, why go at all?”
– Joe Namath
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Tom Kovach
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”
John D. Rockefeller
American Business Magnate and Philanthropist
1839-1937
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
Albert Einstein
Theoretical Physicist, 1879-1955
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur and CEO of Apple Inc.,
1955-2011
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Robin Crow
