by Ruben Gonzalez | Jul 3, 2015 | Achievement, Attitude, Leadership, Peak Performance, Success
Successful people are constantly looking for anything they can use to gain an advantage. Successful people look ahead in order to position themselves to be in the best place when opportunity strikes. Start thinking ahead. By thinking ahead and planning ahead, you will...
by Ruben Gonzalez | Jul 3, 2015 | Leadership, Ruben's Soapbox, Team Building
Sonny Corleone – From the movie “The Godfather” One of the key scenes in the movie “The Godfather” is when hotheaded, Sonny Corleone, recklessly shows his enemies that his family is not united when it comes to entering the drug business....
by Ruben Gonzalez | Jul 3, 2015 | Attitude, Inspirational Stories, Leadership, Motivational Stories, Overcoming Challenges, Planning, Success
Alexander Cushing – 1913 – 2006, Founder of Squaw Valley Ski Resort September 2006 I just got back from Reno, Nevada where Zig Ziglar and I got to speak for a terrific audience of about 4000 people. While in Reno, I got to spend some time with my good...
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 | 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...
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