by Ruben Gonzalez | Jul 3, 2015 | Ruben's Travels, Self Talk, Success
August 2006 Ruben and Tom Hopkins flying in between speaking engagements… I’m off to Scottsdale to speak at Tom Hopkins Sales Bootcamp. It will be great getting to hang out with 700 of the top salespeople in America. Some of the other presenters will be...
by Ruben Gonzalez | Jul 3, 2015 | Achievement, Goal Setting, Leadership, Motivational Stories, People Skills, Success
August 2006 6-year-old Gabriela brushing her teeth this morning… The time… 7:21 AM. I heard some noise in our bathroom, grabbed the camera, and caught a great Kodak Moment. Gabriela, our six-year-old Princess, brushing her teeth on her own initiative....
by Ruben Gonzalez | Jul 3, 2015 | Attitude, Leadership, People Skills, Success
One of people’s top needs is the need to feel important. By becoming skillful at making others feel important, others will respond more positively to you and to your ideas. By the way, this stuff will only work if you are sincere. If you are trying to use this...
by Ruben Gonzalez | Jul 3, 2015 | Fun Adventures, Inspirational Stories, Motivational Stories, Success
Ruben, Renato, and Marcelo (Ruben’s brother) at Salt Lake Opening Ceremonies My brother Marcelo and I trained for the Salt Lake City Olympics for 5 years side by side with Renato Mizoguchi (the little guy in the middle), and we didn’t know a thing about...
by Ruben Gonzalez | Jul 3, 2015 | Achievement, Attitude, Leadership, Success
Ruben Making Chick-fil-A Sandwiches in 1978 and Manager Steve Mason in Foreground My first job in high school back in 1978 was working at Chick-fil-A. We had a horrible location up in a dark corner of the second floor of a small shopping mall in Houston. Back then...
by Ruben Gonzalez | Jul 3, 2015 | Attitude, Peak Performance, Popular, Success, Team Building
K9 Officer and Drug Dog I was speaking in Pittsburgh a few weeks ago. One of the other presenters was a Police Canine Officer. He brought his German Shepherd and was telling us about the training drug and explosive sniffing K9s. It turns out that a top drug dog is...
by Ruben Gonzalez | Jul 3, 2015 | Achievement, Attitude, Goal Setting, Inspirational Stories, Motivational Stories, Overcoming Challenges, Peak Performance, Planning, Popular, Success
Ruben and Rudy Ruettiger Average people expect their dreams and goals to fall on their lap. They are not willing to inconvenience themselves for their dreams. They refuse to do anything outside their comfort zone to reach their dreams. They don’t stand for...
by Ruben Gonzalez | Jul 3, 2015 | Achievement, Goal Setting, Inspirational Stories, Planning, Success
Ruben at the Salt Lake Olympics I’m going to share a sad fact with you. When I speak at an Elementary School and ask my audience, “Do you have dreams?” almost every hand goes up. When I ask the same question at a Middle School, only half of the hands go up. When...
by Ruben Gonzalez | Jul 3, 2015 | Achievement, Peak Performance, Success
Training Run in Salt Lake City There is a simple thing you can start doing right now to help you improve your relationships, your results at work, the quality of your products, and anything else in your life. Something that doesn’t take much time, but saves you...
by Ruben Gonzalez | Jul 3, 2015 | Achievement, Attitude, Leadership, Overcoming Challenges, Peak Performance, Success
You were created to chase your dreams. For that reason, you will never be truly satisfied until you break down all barriers that restrict and limit your soul’s aspirations. But you have to be willing to pay the price. There will be a struggle. That’s how...
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