Today is a good day to celebrate many things but most of all a Birthday of a man that changed the world and our minds on how e see each other.
"A Dream Is A Goal That Has Not Been Realized Once It Has Been Reached It Is Now A Reality"-Luciano Santini
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Luther King, Jr. was an American clergyman, activist, and leader in the
African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role
in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. Wikipedia
Good morning my friends and here is a question for you.
What does it take to open up your mind to a world of opportunity and to be able to see the world in a whole new way or perspective?
I have pondered on this question for a while now. It has been a while since I have blogged and to be honest with you it was because I had been really thinking about what this world has to offer to all of us if we really choose to live our dreams the way we should but never really understand.
It has been true that many have stated myself included to simply just go after your dreams and yes that still stands to be true.
You see though now we need to take action and many times we think we are taking action but in reality we are still waiting for the perfect time to act on our dreams and well we are going to talk about doing and not just thinking.
You see in our minds we believe that we are always doing the right thing to move our lives ahead but yet we go no where:Why is that? That is a great question do you not think so?
A question and followed up with another question and that is because we all go in circles asking ourselves the same question over and over which is WHY this and WHY that. The answer is simple that we never take action and we need to do is simply follow our dreams and really make a plan to take action that is it that is the secret.
In business and I find this to be really distrubing because most owners really believe that there is no one else that can do what they do as well as they do it and well it annoys the hell out of me because when someone believes that they are the only one; What happens? Well you know (You Loose) All businesses start well level off and then die off or close doors not because they had no business but because owners believe that they are the only ones that can do the job right.
In all reality one has to be able to see that sometimes we need help or guideance in the right direction and that is where a coach comes in either for individual training or staff and entire company training.
When we aren't getting results, it's easy to find excuses. The problem is that everyone can justify their behavior (or lack thereof), but until we take responsibility for our results, we will not move ahead.
Craig Ballantyne
"Rationalizations are generally convenient evasions of reality and are used as excuses." - Kekich Credo #20
The coach a good coach no a great coach will make sure you understand your role and your position in the company to the point where you take that new knowledge and take it upon yourself to lead your company where it needs to be and get to reach and accomplish the goals to be able to compete in this crazy world.
"Take Your Mind And Change The Way You Think Life Will Become A Clear Path To Follow"-Luciano (The Key) Santini
Good morning my friends it has been a while since I wrote on my blog. The reason why is because we have had to move to a larger home due to my boys growing up. It has been a job just trying to make the time between my family and the move and keeping up with seminars and workshops whew!! But it was accomplished.
What I would like to talk about today is simple really. I would like to talk about how I was able to pull the move keep up with my work and family time during the move. You see when I am faced with an issue I welcome it because it is a new challenge that life brings. We can either become idle or do nothing or we can tackle it with vigor and beat it down until it is done.
I am not saying beat yourself down (laughing) what I am suggesting is that you take whatever issue you may be faced with and break it down to smaller goals and get them done one by one. My wife was upset that I did not hire someone to box our stuff and move them for us and I was like what!
I said let us look at this and perhaps a lesson can be learned and taught at the same time. She was opened to the thought so we moved on. We went to places to pick up boxes and took them home and had the boys tape them up to make them stronger.
The boys enjoyed doing this stuff and it was fun for me to actually see them do some work for themselves so there was the lesson for them and gave us something to really appreciate and smile about.
They are 12-7 and 4 years in age but to be honest they were so happy to do these things and help us and of course they were rewarded with some of their favorite dishes and hot chocolate and a few dollars here and there.
When you are faced with a problem that may seem you cannot do because it is to big well break it down to smaller ones and you will reach your goal.
BUSINESS SITUATIONS
Inn business my friend it is the same way, sometimes we are faced with issues that seem too big to do or face and guess what you take the above steps we talked about during the move and you can break them down into smaller pieces and get the situation or issue resolved. I understand that in business it is a more difficult task but it can be done.
“Nothing Will Start Until You Take The First Step”-Luciano The Key Santini
I have talked to so many business owners regarding this issue on facing issues such as customer service which seems to be the biggest issue with most businesses and why well it is simple (not Really) but it can be if the owner would take the time take aninventory of his talent that he has employed and then make some tough choices that perhaps needed to have been made in the past so it would not affect his future of his business, but they do not do this because it has been to long or they have no idea how to that.
The end result with not doing anything is that nothing will get done or accomplished and your customers both internal and external will suffer during this situation.
The other issue is how long has this been going on? If has been going on for a while the choices that need to be made become far more difficult because perhaps people have bonded or they have set in their ways and do welcome change. Sometimes one has to make some tough choices when it comes to family and business.
As you can see taking care of business is easy but you have to have a plan and a system in place to be able to figure out your issues and problems and resolve them. It can be and it will be difficult at times but they have to be made. The best way to accomplish this is either to hire a business coach to assist you with a plan or simply to take care of the issue for you.
Perhaps sometimes it can be daunting to capture this way of thinking but if you want your business to flourish then you have to make some tough choices.
We at Santini Self Development Enterprises will bring results to you whether in personal or business life so you can live the enriched life that you deserve.
Give us a call if you ever have a need for either personal or business assistance and let us bring you some results because after all is that not what you want!!
“Remember that one cannot wait for the perfect time to reach a goal because if you do you may never find the perfect timing but one thing for sure that you will find is the end of time”-Luciano Santini
Good morning to all who read and follow me on Linked-in and facebook and twitter and numerous other social media networks. Today I would like to start with a little something from one of my favorite people in the world Mr. Napoleon Hill.
The imagination is the workshop of the soul, where are shaped all the plans for individual achievement.
Before you can build anything worthwhile, you must first create it in your mind. Your mind is not constrained by physical limitations or boundaries. In the workshop of your mind, you can visualize things that have never been. It is said that Albert Einstein visualized how the universe might look if he were riding astride a beam of light through infinity.
Then he worked out the mathematics to support his theory of relativity. You can use the power of your imagination to visualize solutions to difficult problems, to develop new ideas, and to see yourself achieving the goals you have set for yourself.
If you read the above short story and I say short story because if you want to say someething to someone try to use short stories and you will find that people will understand you much better. Today I believe is but a few days away from a day that is celebrated all around the world and well it also my birthday so yes you will be celebrating my birthday HA Ha Ha Ha.
"In Life Nothing Lasts Forever But The Memories You Create Will Last An Eternity"-Luciano Santini
Success in business as well as in life comes when you plan it out. You must be very specific what you want the end result to be.
Many people know that I am a coach of the mind and a coach of the business world and a coach on life and to be honest when someone calls me a coach I smile because they are missing what I do. You see my friends I am someone that will bring about results to your life and to your business. I am the one who will not think about the money but about where you want to be with your business and your life.
There are many ways to celebrate any holiday but this one around the corner will be a very difficult for eveyone this year due what took place in Connecticut. I am not sure what to say or even what to think about that situation other then I truly feel horrible about it and I cannot even begin to fathom what those parents and family members are going through.
What I can say is that my heart goes out to them and may God carry them through these times which will be most difficult.
These things are not supposed to happen to a child and yet it has, perhaps now they the politicians will see the importance of gun control. We will have the pros and the cons on this issue and we all understand them both.
Is this what it takes for changes to occur in our lives-to loose little lives. We can shed a tear or two if we are politicians and tell the world how sorry we are and show up at the places of where the situation occurred and that is all nice and fluffy but what what about the real issue?
We as people need to come together and stand up if not for ourselves for our children. People in the past fought wars to keep their children safe from harm and they continue to do so in other countries. I believe in peace but I also understand that sometimes that Peace can be and is threaten by outside sources and you have to protect yourself and your family.
We had a police officer come to our office to address this issue on violence and we asked questions and what it came to was that as an individual you do what you have to do to stay safe! and I was so no techniques or nothing and me being form a background on security minded from my personal background was taken aback because in my mind I was like WOW!! these guys are not trained.
Pretty scary really so I will be getting certified on safety so I can take care of this issue myself.
In the business world there are so many changes that take place and real changes that need to take place in both life and whatever business one is taking on. The thing to do is to sit somewhere and write down what it is you want to achieve and then take time to write out a short plan to start the steps needed to get there.
Success in business as well as in life comes when you plan it out. You must be very specific what you want the end result to be.
Hello everyone in the world and to all those that read my blog. Today though it is early my heart is broken in a million pieces. Each piece of my heart goes out to the parents in Connecticut. I cannot even start to say the words that would describe such a tragedy. I cannot even imagine what the parents are feeling right now but pain and a sickness.
As a parent I can only say that I would fall into an abyss of darkness and never find my way back. I say this because I love my children more then life itself. As a parent we try so hard through good times and bad times to give them all that we can to make their life easier to deal with the reality.
Here is a poem I wrote please read it and leave me your comments.
Questions Unanswered
Written by Luciano (The Key) Santini
There will always be unanswered questions in our minds when tragedy strikes.
There will always be pain when tragedy strikes and there will always be sadness.
There will always be tears coming from our faces and our hearts from within.
No one will ever have an answer but only a thought of the why.
No one will ever know what to do or what to say.
There is only one that has the answers to our questions.
There is only one that will continue to keep them safe.
There is only one that perhaps just saved their lives from the worst to come.
There is only one that will reveal peace in our lives and dry our tears.
There is only one that will take away our feelings of all the fears.
Perhaps our children are singing at his side perhaps that is his way.
Perhaps that was the only way to keep this world at peace.
Perhaps this is the way to teach us a powerful lesson of love and peace.
Many questions will be left unanswered in our minds today and tomorrow.
Many questions we want answered now today and tomorrow.
Do we want the answers becomes the real question does it not?
The answers will be so harsh that they will only add on to our sorrow.
So many questions will be left unanswerd today in our minds.
So many pains will be felt deep in our souls with no way out.
So many hidden skeletons we keep in the back of our minds.
Questions will be asked but never answered we must live with that uncertainty.
Questions can only be talked about and brainstormed for answers but the answers will never come.
There is only one that has all the answers but it is not me nor is it you.
There is only one that someday will share the answers with you and me.
Today we pray for all those we have lost.
Today we cry for their lives to be held in the highest.
Today we ask GOD to let them smile upon a broken world.
Today we get on our knees and pray a prayer of forgiveness .
Today we ask GOD for strength to live in peace.
Today we ask GOD for a new view of who we are and where we are headed.
If we pray and ask we shall recieve from the highest of them all. AMEN
Today I will not write about bussiness or life but about change and the need for it, Remember that we the parents and the people that see this tragedy for what it trully is can make the changes. We the people build this country and we can make the changes if we but choose to do so.
We need to stnd upo to these eveil that lives in our neighborhoods and in our homes,yes in our homes because people like this person was also someones child and they loved him as we love our children.
We need to understand that it starts at home. I have seen children change the way they see the world when parents teach them the world as is not as what we want or believe it to be but for what it is.
I am not saying the world is a bad place to live in but what I am saying is that we need to see the reality around us. We never expect a tragedy to to happen such as Connecticut but what we do need to do is realize that it could happen and how do we prepare.
We as parents are so afraid to tell our children the truth of the world and we should not be, because when we are fearful we say nothing.
I have a son who is in middle school and before he started I had a long talk about what could happen regarding drugs and what did he answer me this: Dad this would never happen to me becausemy friends are good people!
I said to him ok I am not saying your friends are bad people but what I am saying is to be aware of people you surround yourself with. GUESS WHAT!!!
Two months into his school year ( A FRIEND) approached him about drugs and well he was smart enough to make the right choice to talk to me about it the same day and well as a parent I sat with him and explained to him that this is just the beginning of the reality he will be facing in the world of chaos and that he will be making many more choices in life.
I explained to him that life itself is beautiful as long as he surrounds himself with positive people and stay away from negative ones. Will he always makes the right choices,I can only hope he does. One thing I know for sure that he will think about the choices and the consequences that come with each choice he makes.
People loose their way in life for so many reasons and sometimes it does not make sense but to that person something made sense whatever that might have been. People are good in a non-reality world. In a the real world we live to survive that is it we live in a world to survive.
I find that tragedies happen all the time but not like this not in our town, but the fact is that evil lurks everywhere and we need to teach our children as well as ourselves that this exists, that this is a reality.
I continue to hear about gun control and yes I am all for it but the reality of all this is that it has to take a tragedy like this to happen to be able to see the need to control the sale of guns. I also understand those that make the comment(Guns Do Not kill People) (People Kill People) I also understand that when a tragedy such as this happens we see the reality of the world.
It should never have to get to this point to see the world for what it really is and to see and understand that there is evil in it. We do not need to wait to see this. I am not a politician nor a priest I am a parent just like those in Connecticut and around the world who love their children.
Tell your children everyday just how much you care and love them not just when something like this happens. Sometimes we get angry at them because they do dum things or they do not listen and we stay angry at them for the rest of the day REALLY!! oh yes we do WHY!! all the time I see it and Teach it not to be that way!.
Today is a sad day not just in Connecticut but around the world. So many little lives were taken. The opportunity for changes in the world that are so badly needed were perhaps taken as well. So many dreams were taken.
What happens when a deal goes bad with a person that you thought you knew and understood after many years and thought they were your friends? Well it just happened to me and normally I have a thing about not ever doing business with family members and friends simply because there is always that chance that something may go wrong and BAM!! friendship goes bad.
It happened to me this week and well it was like well sorry we could not work it out and I said really! over a lousy $50.00 and they said unfortunatley yes. I laughed to myself but then I said well I am not one to question destiny nor the reasons behind it because I believe that things happen for whatever reason lies behind it.
You see sometimes things happen and you have no idea why,but one thing I have learned in life and about life is not to question the reasons though you may not be able to see them immediately the reasons will show up later and then you will have that aha moment.
Do not misunderstand what I am saying here sometimes you can make some great deals with friends and family I have done that to, however I am very cautious about when and what. One thing is to have a great deal go bad but try to stay away from friends and family.
I try to be as positive in life and business but sometimes your mind is challenged and well you face the challenges head on and the solution always comes if you wait for it that is right I said it!
Wait for it wait for it wait for it yes sometimes the issue might pretty tough but if you wait for the silver lining to appear it will.
Here I am talking about the struggles a person can have and still find that silver lining. Sometimes we will take on death itself and beat it as many cancer patients have and won that battle. Sometime we will look into the eyes of pure evil and still prevail. We will look into darkness and still see a glimmer of light at the end and we follow it until we reach the light.
In Business well it is the same thing Just the other day I did a short seminar to a brand new business on customer service and teamwork and well I asked the owners a simple question.
Do you know the difference between teamwork and a group of people that work in the same place? Here are some suggestions and a nice outline to think about.
Good morning to all my friends and well it might be afternoon in some places around the world.
WOW!!!! I remember the post I did when we went into 2012 and now here is December the end of 2012. I ask myself questions like: What Have I done this year? Where is my Life this year? What have I accomplished this year? Where is my business this year? The most important question is: How am I going to end this yaer to prepare me for 2013.
The way we live our lives has changed dramatically and you know what I am talking about because the world is always turning this way and that way and sometimes we get caught up in the drama and we do not follow through on our dreams do we?
I find that both in life and business that this is a fact of reality. There are many questions that you need to ask yourself in silence and aswer them to yourself and yourself only.
Many people have asked me why should they ask themselves such questions and I answer them like this: You need to answer these questions such as these because if you are going to lie to yourself then what do you Have to look forward to!!
In this video I read a poem I wrote on wasting time. enjoy it and perhaps you will have a better perspectiive on time. You see time is not a thing to take for granted because once that time is gone it is gone and you can never get it back. So it is essential that we take care of our time we are given on this earth to make the best of it whether in business or personal life.
BUSINESS
Business well it is different because in business it is about making a profit and there is nothing wrong with that at all. The problem that I have found mostly when I train businesses on customer service or management skills or communication and organizational skills I find that they are not focused on their lives.
There is so much turmoil within an organization because no one ever wants to be on a team and they may tell you to your face that they in fact do but the reality is that they are doing nothing more the having a conversation with you the owners.
If you want to have a great customer based staff you need to really understand human nature and figure out what they want and give it to them. What!!! do you mean Luciano? Well first of all you need have an understanding of what it is to be a human and what we all want which is a sense of security.
The owners of a business cares about the bottom line and you should but at the same time how are you aquiring that botton line is what is really going to matter at the end.
Lets take a look at a few strategies that you can use to get you there:
First of all have a well rounded idea of your business and your need for training staff. I have to tell you that employee training and giving them proper support and not half training will get you the results you are looking for.
I realize that it is a cost but sometimes we need to get over it and do it.Training is the first thing that suffers but will always remain a crtical element of your business.
When a company's good intentions are to keep costs down and cut back on training it will undermine the company's to remain on top of the game of competition.
I know that sometimes small businesses fall short here however they need to see the future a bit and understand where they are in their training. As an owner I understand costs but when it all comes down sometimes you need that face to face coach or trainer to come in and show you hands on how to achieve your business goals.
