A BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS WITH GARY VAYNERCHUK
FOLLOW YOUR PASSION AND MAKE A BUSINESS OUT OF IT
Is there a blueprint for success? Can you make a living out of your passion? Check out this amazing success story form Gary Vaynerchuk who developed a “blueprint” for success in his new book “Crush it”, a true masterpiece. Check out the valuable lessons form Mr. Vaynerchuk in this interview for ABC news radio.
Gary Vaynerchuk is a New York Times bestselling author and American businessman who was born in Belarus and immigrated to the United States as a young child. His father Sasha pulled Gary into the family business, a local liquor store called Shopper’s Discount Liquors. Before long, Gary recognized that consumers collected rare wines. Gary transformed himself into a wine expert, rebranded the store as Wine Library, launched a retail website in 1997, and by 2008 he had raised annual revenue from $4 million to $60 million. In 2006 Gary achieved one of his life-long goals when he was caricatured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal in an article about online wine sales.
In February of 2006, Gary launched Wine Library TV, a daily video blog about wine. As the audience grew and word spread of his informal and unorthodox approach to wine, Gary made numerous national television appearances as a wine expert, including spots on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Ellen Degeneres Show, The Today Show, Nightline, and Mad Money with Jim Cramer. In 2009, Gary was recognized as “Innovator of the Year” by Wine Enthusiast magazine, and as part of Decanter magazine’s prestigious “Power List” of the most influential figures in the industry.
Gary’s first business book, entitled Crush It! Why Now is the Time to Cash in on your Passion, was released in the spring of 2009 and debuted as a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. In “Crush It!,” Gary’s first pearl of marketing wisdom is take whatever it is you love the most and develop that into a business. Educate yourself in every aspect of your passion. Read every bit of material about your subject, find others who are considered experts in that subject and learn from them. Insert yourself into the conversations on the topic and make your opinion known. Once you become an expert in your field, develop content to “sell” your ideas to others. The key to developing this rapport is building trust. Gary states over and over to be authentic and original with the content and the “eyeballs” will come.
Differentiation is another core marketing value discussed in “Crush It!” With the Internet age upon us it is exceptionally easy to blend in with the noise and chaff. One must truly be exceptional to stand out in a crowd. A favourite quote of mine from the book is “So how are you going to differentiate yourself from all the other clowns? (“Clowns” is, of course, used in the best possible way.)” It’s this, in-your-face method that Gary delivers the message that you need to be the best you that you can be. A lot of determination and super hard work. Gary has been a true inspiration to me and I believe his work brings tremendous value to anyone in business.
With gratitude,
Paul Mantel
Tags: best selling author, business, Gary Vaynerchuk, passion, success, wines
ZHANG XIN; AN AMAZING SUCCESS STORY FROM ASIA.
The Characteristics of a successful entrepreneur
What sets successful entrepreneurs apart from average entrepreneurs? What is it that makes a real difference? In parenthood, top sport, politics or business for that matter. One of the keys to REAL success has to be drive; having a strong desire for success or achievement. The success story of Zhang Xin is a fantastic example of a person who is changing the world by this important and vital characteristic.
When Zhang Xin was 14, she lived in a firetrap Hong Kong slum and toiled in grimy factories stitching shoes and clothes and assembling toys. She dreamed of getting an office job, learning English, and studying in Britain. Today, at 39, Zhang has done all that — and more. Thanks to hard work, she studied at Sussex University and got a master’s degree in development economics at Cambridge. Then Wall Street beckoned, and she worked as an analyst in New York at ING Barings and Goldman, Sachs & Co
Now Zhang is back in China, pursuing an entirely new career: real estate. Her privately held Beijing company, which pulled in revenues of $405 million last year, is called SOHO China Ltd.
SOHO is an acronym for “small office, home office,” and most of its projects are residential and commercial developments for the upper middle class. The rapid rise in small Internet-based companies gave her and husband an idea for combined living and working spaces.
Zhang became the first non-architect to receive an award at the Venice Biennale, for her “bold personal initiative.”I don’t come from an ivory tower background,” she adds. “In many ways, that makes you much tougher in executing your plans.” As tough as any of China’s up-from-the bottom entrepreneurs.
Check out the continuous dedication and future plans despite the economic downturn:
In a larger sense, Zhang represents the new breed of Chinese entrepreneurs, who were born in China, were educated in the prestigious universities in the west and were trained in business and management in leading American and European companies before returning home. Zhang is forward looking, self confident and business savvy. Most of all Zhang is a calculated risk taker and is ENORMOULSY driven. Zhang is an example of the new dynamos in China’s Economy.
With less ambition or business acumen, Zhang might have well ended up in an office on Wall St. What makes her stand out is her enormous drive to make a difference, her awareness and vision for the coming of age of her homeland. As Zhang puts it:”Revitalizing Beijing’s street culture is my job”
With gratitude for Zhang Xin for setting an example for what is possible.
Paul Mantel - http://www.livelifeco.com
LEADERSHIP EDUCATION WITH RICHARD BRANSON
ENTREPRENEURSHIP WITH RICHARD BRANSON
From high school drop out to multi billionaire..how do you do that? Operating my own business I am very interested in other business leaders and leadership development around the world to see what their philosophy is about achieving massive wealth creation. At an amazing personal development conference that we promote I learned from one of the speaker that anyone can be your teacher as long as you listen. What better to learn and listen from people around you who are achieving huge results right now, here today. Sir Richard Branson needs no introduction…wow..what an amazing leader. I came across the following in his book (“Business stripped bare”) which is just so profound for any type of business. Talking about the simplicity and fanatic dedication that will bring you results. Here it is.
Those business leaders who seek, in interviews and in their writings, to turn their industries into complex puzzles, subtle chess games of one sort of another – these people really, really annoy me. It isn’t enough for them that they’re good business people: they have to be Confucius. To listen to them, you’d think you must be born into an industry to make any headway in it. And this is rarely true unless you are truffle hunting. A basic understanding of the business, gleaned by immersing yourself in every little detail for months or even weeks, is often enough to get you started. The volume of information you’ll need to hack through will be high – so find some friends to help you – but the underlying business model is always fairly simple.
Remember to communicate, and pay attention to detail. You wouldn’t believe how far you can get, just by remembering and practicing those two rules.
In our business we train and guide people within an extremely, proven successful business model to make sure that they will succeed. All they need to do is follow the system, nothing else. My observation is that people still are changing a successful formula. The ones that are fanatically dedicated, can communicate and are determined to keep it simple are the winners.
When I met Mr. Jim Cathcart, in Macau/China earlier this year he was talking about: “exceptionalise your business”, which is such an important and valuable statement and I believe not many business owner do. Sir Richard Branson is the prime example of being exceptional in what he does.
So thank you sir Richard Branson for being such a great leader and setting the example of what is possible.
Paul Mantel - http://www.livelifeco.com (visit my website for business opportunity)
Tags: Achieve Success, billionaire, education, entrepreneurship, global entrepreneurship, home based business, jim cathcart, leadership and development, network marketing, polaris global, polaris global marketing, richard branson, self discipline, self reliance, success, wealth creation, work from home
ACHIEVING SUCCESS WITH THE AMAZING MR. RAY CHARLES!!
GRATITUDE FOR THE AMAZING RAY CHARLES
A few months ago I watched the movie “Ray”, the life story of Ray Charles, one of the most incredible life stories I have ever seen. Completely intrigued about how someone from an under privileged background can create such enormous success. Taken away by such inner strength, total self reliance and confidence. This is such a lesson to all of us how to achieve success.
The great Ray Charles was an explorer who returned time and again from expeditions across musical boundaries to give us, in his own unique way, melodious stories and charts of his adventures. From rock ‘n roll, soul , R&B, swing, gospel to Country music Ray Charles broke barriers that nobody thought was possible. In so doing he changed what had previously been only a black and white territorial paper map of American music into a 3-D, solid terrain model, full of colour.
Ray Charles Robinson was born Sept. 23, 1930, in Albany, Ga. His father, Bailey Robinson, was a mechanic and a handyman, and his mother, Aretha, stacked boards in a sawmill.
At just five years old Charles had to endure the trauma of witnessing the drowning death of his younger brother in his mother’s large portable laundry tub. Soon after the death of his brother he gradually began to lose his sight and by 7 years of age Ray Charles was blind.
But Charles would not be denied and rather than give up, he made a significant geographical relocation to Seattle, Washington. It was in Seattle’s red light district at just 16 where he met a young Quincy Jones only 14 himself. He taught the future producer and composer how to write music and arrange. It was a friendship that lasted a lifetime with the two working on many sessions together later in their careers.
His first 3 recordings were made in Tampa, Florida in 1947 and included Guitar Blues, Walking’ And Talkin,’ and Wonderin’ And Wonderin’. Charles got his first taste of commercial success in 1953, when he arranged and played piano on bluesman Guitar Slim’s recording of The Things That I Used to Do, which sold more than a million copies. The real Ray Charles emerged in 1954 on a record called I Got A Woman. The recording reached #1 on the R&B chart in 1955. More significantly it brought together elements of gospel music in a secular setting, in a way they had never been married before, and served to spawn a whole new genre later to become known as Soul.
The movie “Ray” is a must see. Gratitude to Mr. Ray Charles for changing the world. Love it!!!
Paul Mantel – http://livelifeco.com
Tags: Achieve Success, documentary, entrepreneurship, global entrepreneurship, gratitude, home based business, jazz music, leadership and development, network marketing, polaris global, polaris global marketing, ray charles, self discipline, self reliance, success, wealth creation, work from home
KEYS TO SUCCESS WITH MATT CROWDREY!!!!!
SELF RELIANCE WITH A SUPER-FISH
Matt Cowdrey (born 22nd Dec 1988)is Australia’s new ‘super fish’ after collecting his fifth gold medal and fourth world record at the Beijing Paralympics. His achievements also saw him awarded Paralympian and Male Athlete of Year at this year’s Paralympian of the Year Awards.
He won five gold medals – all in world record times – and three silver medals, placing him at the top of the individual medal count for the Paralympics. This eclipsed his medal haul at Athens in 2004 of three gold, two silver and two bronze, and earned him the role of flag bearer for the Australian team Even before the Beijing Games had begun, Matt had already achieved Paralympics, World Championship and Commonwealth Games glory.
Born with a congenital amputation to his lower left arm, Matt broke his first Australian open record at age 11 and his first world record at age 13. He has since gone on to break more than 70 world records at the Beijing closing ceremony
Outside of sport, he balances a full training program with studying for a double degree in law and media at the University of Adelaide.
Check out the valuable lessons from Matt and the comments from his mother in this amazing story:
Laurie Lawrence (one of the most successful sport coaches) once said: “When you get a talented person who is prepared to pay the prize you will have a superstar!” Matt Crowdrey is in my eyes the ultimate definition of a superstar. Matt stated that when he is in moments of success he is not focussed on anyone else or any other thought process. He is complete in the moment and things just happen. How profound. We often seem so occupied with things around us. What people think of us or how we would look like to the outside world.
The only way to succeed as a human being is to do things for yourself. Matt was told by his parents to do things for himself. So often do we shift the responsibility or blame external factor for our own results. Matt Cowdrey is a perfect rolmodel for all of us to take full responsibility for our own creation. We are truly the creators of our own universe.
So thank you Matt for raising the bar again. You are a true inspiration to me and I will follow your performance very closely.
Paul Mantel – http://www.livelifeco.com
Tags: Achieve Success, entrepreneurship, global entrepreneurship, home based business, leadership and development, matt cowdrey, network marketing, polaris global, polaris global marketing, self discipline, self reliance, success, wealth creation, work from home
WEALTH CREATION WITH MR. YOSSI GHINSBERG
WEALTH CREATION WITH YOSSI GHINSBERG
During my visit to Puerto Rico in October last year I had the enormous privilege to listen to one of Mr Yossi Ghinsberg well known “out of the box” educational seminars. It was about the true meaning of an entrepreneurial mindset
In 1981, while traveling in South America; Yossi was separated from his friends and survived (against all odds) three weeks in the midst of the uncharted Bolivian Amazon. Nobody in the world thought that he was still alive. This is probably one of the most amazing survival stories ever known. The ultimate in self reliance.
He was born and raised in Israel and served three years in the Israeli navy on the Red Sea where he befriended the Bedouins of the Sinai Desert who greatly influenced him with their wholesome philosophy and nomadic lifestyle. He is a sought after inspirational and motivational speaker and at times seminar-leader to the world’s top corporations and organizations throughout the globe.
Yossi said: “I speak to audiences worldwide usually in corporate environments and one of my favourite themes is ‘think out of the box’”
The box is an all-encompassing place, it is our creed, our religion and we are willing to defend it to our life. It is hard for us to accept that in fact we are all products of conditioned and manipulated environments, that we are detached from our true essence: we are free living beings, here to express ourselves and grow on the abundant planet earth. Instead we cling and won’t let go of what we were taught to believe and accept as truth.
True entrepreneurship does lie in the departure of the ‘Herd’. Being the victim of you circumstances is truly a mindset and at the end of the day a choice. I personally know it is frickin’ hard to think outside the box. Only with consistent awareness of my being and choices I make will I be able to start living outside my boxes. So a huge thank you to Mr Yossi Ghinsberg for that special moment in Puerto Rico and making a difference in the “boxed” world we try to break out of. This to me is true wealth creation.
By the way: Yossi is a yoga practitioner, he does not own a TV and he does not play golf.
With gratitude,
Paul Mantel – pmantel@internode.on.ne