The concept of business entrepreneurs leading innovation is appealing because it denotes more than just starting a business. So, we are people who open up major new possibilities in education, health, the environment, technology, social communication, and other areas of human need, “just as business entrepreneurs lead innovation in commerce, social entrepreneurs drive social change.”

One who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise.

Entrepreneur is a person who has decided to take control of his future and become self-employed whether by creating his own unique business or working as a member of a team. Entrepreneurs compete with themselves and believe that success or failure lies within their personal control or influence. Entrepreneurs are about loving their journey, not their destination. So, Are You An Entrepreneur?

Entrepreneur as Salesmanship Is a Way of Life
You need to invest your time, energy, money and resources in what you know and love. Every entrepreneur knows how to use several hats: the innovator, the team leader and motivator, the salesperson to communicate the benefits of your product and services, and even to finance the suppliers and clients. That´s why we see opportunities in everything we do.

What does the future of business look like? What YOU need to do as an entrepreneur to bring about the change that’s needed? The future of business is the future of technology. Technology is going to not only be with us for the rest of our lives, but will become even more integrated into everything we do. Think about it, why learning technology in today’s world is no different than learning how to write English was in North America 50 years ago.

What is the Biggest obstacle overcome… and the Biggest business mistake… for these Extreme Entrepreneurs?

Quotes from Great Entrepreneurs

“To escape criticism – do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.”
– Elbert Hubbard

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”
– Alvin Toffler

“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.”
– Jim Rohn

“Never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in …”
– Winston Churchill

“Quitters Never Win, Winners Never Quit.”
– Clayton Makepeace

“Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.”
– R.S. Ingersoll

“The mark of a true MBA is that he is often wrong but seldom in doubt.”
– Robert Buzzell

“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”
– Theodore Roosevelt

“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.”
– George S. Patton

“Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”
– Winston Churchill

“Success is dependent upon the glands – the sweat glands.”
– Zig Ziglar

“A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history – with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.”
– Mitch Ratliffe

Great Advertisement Quotes

“There is one category of advertising which is totally uncontrolled and flagrantly dishonest: The television commercials for candidates in elections.
– David Ogilvy

“It takes courage to be creative. Just as soon as you have a new idea, you are a minority of one.
– E. Paul Torrance

“Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.”
– Mark Twain

“There is a great deal of advertising that is much better than the product. When that happens, all the good advertising will do is put you out of business faster.”
– Jerry Della Famina

“If you are writing about baloney, don’t try and make it Cornish hen, because that’s the worst kind of baloney there is. Just make it darn good baloney.”
– Leo Burnett

“Any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one.”
– Leo Burnett

“Advertising is like learning – a little is a dangerous thing.”
– P.T. Barnum

“Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody else does.”
– Stuart Henderson Britt

“The advertisements are the most truthful part of a newspaper.”
– Thomas Jefferson

“The free-lance writer is the person who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.”
– Robert Benchley

“It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give it up because by that time, I was too famous.”
– Robert Benchley

“It doesn’t have to be eternal to be immortal.”
– Anonymous

The basic, generic “cola” taste of both Coca-Cola and other competing cola drinks results from a blend of vanilla and cinnamon flavoring. The small differences in taste that distinguish one cola-flavored drink from another result from the inclusion of small amounts of other flavoring ingredients. Contrary to popular misconception, kola nut extract is not a prominent ingredient in cola-flavored drinks.

Published accounts say it contains or once contained sugar, caramel, caffeine, phosphoric acid, coca leaf and kola nut extract, lime extract, flavoring mixture, vanilla and glycerin. Merchandise 7X is the “secret ingredient” in Coca-Cola and has remained a secret since its invention in 1886. The description of the ingredient is kept in a security vault in a bank in Atlanta, Georgia. Alleged syrup recipes vary greatly, and Coca-Cola reluctantly admits the formula has changed over the decades. The formula was changed in 1935 with the help of Rabbi Tobias Geffen of Atlanta to allow it to be certified kosher.

In a much-publicized corporate disaster, Coca-Cola introduced New Coke in 1985. After public outcry, the recipe was restored to the original “classic” formula.

Recipes for other soft drinks and products – Pepsi-Cola, KFC chicken and McDonald’s special sauce – are also closely-guarded trade secrets, but the Coke formula certainly attracts the most attention.

Amateur sleuths have tried to reverse-engineer the production process and ingredients. The secret formula is the subject of books, speculation and marketing lore. The company consistently claims that all published recipes are incorrect.

How to Smile?
Wake Up: engage with care and attention
Be thankful: the opportunity to serve is a gift
Be approachable: We are at each other´s service
Complain Less: being positive is more fun
Smile Really: it´s where pleasantness begins
2 Extra acts of kindness weekly: plant 104 more seeds of generosity each year

How to Move?
Start Early and Go Long
Exceed Expectations
Have a Sense of Urgency
Be Resourceful and Resilient
Solve Problems (don´t share them)
Call first, paperwork last.
Know Everyone: networking works. 1 extra contact daily sparks 180 more personal connections every 6 months
15 extra minutes a day creates over 90 hours a year for what´s most important to you
1 extra risk each week leads to 52 more opportunities every year for excitment and growth

No. 1 – Have confidence in your people.

* See each person as a winner.
* Expect success from everyone.
* Let people know you think they can win.

No. 2 – Recognize each accomplishment, no matter how small.

* Show people that you know what they do.
* Make each small accomplishment seem major – it really is.
* Make your praise public – people love to be recognized among their peers.

No. 3 – Sell the dream, again.

* Never think you can stop “selling the dream.”
* People need to be constantly reminded of the rewards of their hard work.
* Encourage people to talk about their personal goals and dreams. (You could have a “dream” session and ask each person to tell his personal “success dream.”)

No. 4 – Don’t give up on people when they make mistakes.

* Live with them through the tough times, as well as the easy times.
* Care about each person as an individual.
* Allow people to learn from their mistakes. Never criticize.

AND…Never be guilty of giving up AS A LEADER.

Coach, The A. L. Williams Story by Art Williams

Every year, the Chilean bank BCI organized a contest to select and recognize the fastest growing companies under 6 categories: Startup Entrepreneur, Woman Entrepreneur, Social Responsible Entrepreneur, Continual Improvement, Technology&Innovation, and Global Business. There were over 1,600 participants.

This is a way to contribute to the country’s growth identifying and empowering new business leaders in areas such as technology, business and social awarness.

Here is a 4 minute video broadcasted in “Mirada Empresarial” Canal13 Cable.

These are the questions The Future Is Wild Set out to answer, by involving the world’s leading scientists in creating a fully animated vision of what we might find, if only we could travel in time. See it all began with Science.

From the beginning we wanted The Future is Wild to be about more than simply guesswork, so we recruited 16 scientists from top institutions around the world to provide the scientific basis for the project.

They’re experts in fields such as geology, climatology and biology, and together they painstakingly projected where evolution and planetary events might take the Earth 5 million, 100 million and 200 million years from now.

By blending good science with real imagination our team has created three very different worlds along the timeline; exotic places you can explore through animatronics, films, theme parks, books and even Manga comic books.

Whether you’re 8 or 80, we’ve an exciting adventure to share with you – so welcome!

Source: BBC – The Future is Wild

I Love Living Life. I Am Happy by Nick Vujicic 9:00

Al Pacino’s Inspirational Speech 4:40 Any given subday inch by inch

Henry V- Speech 5:14

Famous Failures 1:16

10 Keys to Success by Donald Trump – Think Big 9:41

Tony Robbins At His Very Best video 8:16

So, what is your favorite movie?
Place the trailer link in the comments are with your thoughts.

We search for answers. Yet all along, the world’s greatest leaders already have the answers. They are ready to share them with you. And all you need to do is listen.

We invite you to turn up the volume on your PC, and then watch this 3 minutes inspirational movie:

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12 degrees – The Extra Degree
Una pequeña y a veces imperceptible esfuerzo hace toda diferencia en los resultados, separando lo normal de lo extraordinario. ¿estás dispuesto a dar entregar ese pequeño esfuerzo adicional?
Para obtener lo que nunca hemos tenido, tenemos que esforzarnos como nunca antes hallamos entregado, pues lo que distingue a los hombres y mujeres exitosos es su confianza y persistencia para esforzarse hasta lograr lo propuesto. Entonces, ¿cuál es el objetivo que quieres lograr?

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech – 2005

Innovación, flexibilidad, creatividad, perseverancia, colaboración, son cualidades que nos muestra Steve Jobs en su discurso para graduados.

Goal! The Dream Begins – an outstanding video you can pick up at Amazon.com or other video stores. It’s the kind of movie that makes you want to reach for the stars. Enjoy the preview.

The Ultimate Gift – This is a movie that will inspire you, and more. It stars Academy Award nominee Abigail Breslin, Drew Fuller, James Garner, Ali Hillis and Brian Dennehy. Based on the best-selling book by Jim Stovall, The Ultimate Gift is an unforgettable, involving story that has already been responsible for millions of dollars of donations being to charity.

The Astronaut Farmer - This might not be an Academy Award winning movie, but the inspiration and positive messages more than make up for that. Best of all, this delightful movie (though rated PG) is perfect for the entire family. It’s message – Never give up on your dream!

Akeelah And The Bee – Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. Find out more by watching this..

Facing The Giants (2006) – This great movie is about endurance and persistence. Sometimes we give up even before we start. We don’t think we are strong enough or that it is just impossible. How persistent are you…?

Memorable Quote:
Grant Taylor: I want God to bless this team so much people will talk about what He did. But it means we gotta give Him our best in every area. And if we win, we praise Him. And if we lose, we praise Him. Either way we honor Him with our actions and our attitudes. So I’m askin’ you… What are you living for? I resolve to give God everything I’ve got, then I’ll leave the results up to Him. I want to know if you’ll join me.

Nike Lance Armstrong “Feed The Warrior”

Nike Golf – Never – Tiger Woods

Roger Federer and Tiger Woods ad

Sharapova – Nike Commercial ‘I feel pretty’

Michael Jordan “Frozen Moment” Nike Commercial

Michael Jordan “Tell Me” Nike Commercial

Michael Jordan “Dream” Nike Commercial

Look Me In The Eyes – Jordan Commercial – Become Legendary

Nike Beatles “Revolution” Ad

Great Nike Commercial: “These guys can do everything”

Nike “I Can” commerical

Warhawk Matt Scott in Nike ‘No Excuses’ Commercial

Michael Jordan “Let Your Game Speak” Nike Commercial

Michael Jordan “Failure” Nike Commercial

Stay focused on your goals and decorate your desk with this beautiful “Champion’s Creed”

Success leaves clues. Reading the lives of people who have accomplished great things will helps develop belief, and shows us what works and does not work in life.

In fact, in the olden days, reading biographies was part of people’s education. People like Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson learned their leadership skills by reading biographies.

Ruben’s Recommended Reading List
General George Patton
George Washington
General Norman Schwarzkopf
Sam Walton
Dave Thomas
Ray Kroc
Harlan Sanders
Robert Schuller
John Wooden
Lou Holtz
Ronald Reagan
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
Nelson Mandela
Billy Graham
Viktor Frankl
Donald Trump
Michael Johnson
Mother Theresa
Gandhi
Winston Churchill
Bruce Jenner
Rich DeVos

Ruben’s Recommended Inspirational Movies
Chariots Of Fire
Cool Runnings
Rocky
Magnificent Obsession
The Rookie
Captains Courageous
Iron Will
16 Days of Glory
Miracle
Apollo 13
Rudy
The Right Stuff
Braveheart
Gladiator

Sources:
Ruben Gonzalez
Olympic Motivation

Memorable Quotes
Bonnie: George Malley! You learned the Portuguese language in 20 minutes?
George Malley: Not all of it.
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Dr. Bob Niedorf: All right, I’ll start the questions, and I’ll be timing your responses, and we’ll be recording. Any questions?
George Malley: What’s your first name?
Dr. Bob Niedorf: Uh, my first name is Bob.
[George reaches across the wide table to shake hands]
George Malley: Shoot, Bob.
Dr. Bob Niedorf: Right. Name as many mammals as you can in 60 seconds. Ready? Go.
[Starts stopwatch]
George Malley: Hmm. 60 seconds. Well, how would you like that? How about alphabetical? Aardvark, baboon, caribou, dolphin, eohippus, fox, gorilla, hyena, ibex, jackal, kangaroo, lion, marmoset, Newfoundland, ocelot, panda, rat, sloth, tiger, unicorn, varmint, whale, yak, zebra. Now “varmint” is a stretch; so is “Newfoundland” (that’s a dog breed); “unicorn” is mythical; “eohippus” is prehistoric. But you weren’t being very specific, now, were you, Bob?
Dr. Bob Niedorf: [pauses, then stops watch and laughs] Well! Ahh, I’ll, uh – I’ll try to be more specific. You ready for the next one?
George Malley: Shoot.
Dr. Bob Niedorf: Answer as quickly as you can… how old is a person born in 1928?
[starts stopwatch]
George Malley: Man or a woman?
Dr. Bob Niedorf: [stops stopwatch and pauses] Why?
George Malley: Specifics, Bob.
Dr. Bob Niedorf: Okay, one more time. How old is a MAN born in 1928?
[starts stopwatch]
George Malley: Still alive?
Dr. Bob Niedorf: [stops watch, pauses, nods] If a man is born in 1928, and he’s still alive, how old is he?
[starts stopwatch]
George Malley: What month?
Dr. Bob Niedorf: [stops stopwatch] If a man was born October 3rd, 1928, and he’s still alive, how old is he?
[starts stopwatch]
George Malley: What time?
Dr. Bob Niedorf: [stops stopwatch] 10 o’clock… PM!
[starts stopwatch]
George Malley: Where?
Dr. Bob Niedorf: [stops stopwatch; now impatient] Anywhere!
George Malley: Well, let’s get specific, Bob! I mean, if the guy’s still alive, born in California, October 3rd, 1928, 10 PM, he’s 67 years, 9 months, 22 days, 14 hours, and…
[takes Bob's hand to see his wristwatch]
George Malley: … and 12 minutes. If he was born in New York, he’s 3 hours older, now isn’t he?
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Doc: Let’s see, uh… George… George… there’s a tumor in your brain, that’s spread out like a hand, threads of it, you know, everywhere. But instead of dysfunction – now here’s the mystery, George. Instead of destroying brain function, so far it’s been stimulating it. We can’t understand that. You have more area of active brain use than anybody ever tested – ever – because of those tentacles. I mean, we’ve seen tumors like this before, it’s called astrocytoma. And it explains, uh, the dizziness, and… the illusion of light. But the way it’s in there, waking up areas of the brain, it’s a… big mystery. So…
George Malley: And it’s killing me.
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George Malley: Now, uh… he didn’t say how long.
Lace Pennamin: Days, or weeks… they don’t, they don’t know.
George Malley: I’m so sorry, Lace. I know how you hate surprises.
Lace Pennamin: I tried so hard not to love you.
George Malley: How’d you make out?
Lace Pennamin: Terrible.
[they chuckle]
George Malley: Hey, would you, uh, love me the rest of my life?
Lace Pennamin: No. I’m gonna love you for the rest of mine.
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Lace Pennamin: So, let me ask you something, George. When a man comes over with a basket full of tomatoes, what is he expecting? Dinner?
George Malley: Nah, no, no. Just hoping.
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Banes: [speaking about George's transformation] He never really changed at all. Isn’t that right Doc? I mean he never really got any smarter. Doc?
Doc: Banes… how’s your lady love?
Banes: We… um… we broke up.
Doc: Really? That’s too bad, yeah. Now George has a love at his side and she is sticking with him. You know why? Because he bought her chairs. That’s pretty smart to me. You ever buy Lisa’s chairs?’
Banes: Doc’s real drunk tonight.
Doc: Every woman has her chair, something she needs to put herself into, Banes. You ever figure out what Lisa’s chairs were and buy ‘em?
[pause]
Doc: Nope. But, you’re right about one thing, George never changed.
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George Malley: Everything is on its way to somewhere.
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George Malley: [this is from a scene cut from the normal version, after George has escaped from the hospital] … and this I wrote for you, Nate. This is about soils and some of my own thoughts.
Nate Pope: Your thoughts?
George Malley: Yea.
Nate Pope: You write down the secret to life in here, George?
George Malley: Ahh Nate, you think I know that?
Nate Pope: I think you know something. What? You sum it up in this book here? Or maybe you didn’t sum it up. Maybe you think I wouldn’t get it, or that I wouldn’t understand it.
George Malley: Ahh Nate, you already know it.
Nate Pope: I want you to tell me George.
George Malley: All right.
[pulls out an eraser]
George Malley: Here you go.
Nate Pope: That’s a dumb eraser, George.
George Malley: Come here. Now Nate, everything that we need is already in us, we just got to clear away the crap that it’s buried under. Now I want you to erase something.
[Nate erases]
George Malley: OK. There you go.
[pointing at the eraser]
George Malley: See that? That’s the crap. Love is buried under fear, and partnership, is right there under competition, and there’s compassion underneath the greed. Nate, you gotta take your eraser and do the work. It’s hard work and nobody can do it for you. There’s no drug. That’s the sum of it.
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Doc: [after hearing several of the townsfolk openly disparage George in the Bar] Why do ya have to tear him down? What are ya so afraid of? What have you got to lose? He wasn’t selling anything! He didn’t want anything from anybody! He wanted nothing from nobody! Nothing! And you people have to tear him down so you can sleep better tonight! So ya can prove that the world is flat and ya can sleep better tonite! Am I right? Am I right?… I’m right… The Hell with all of ya. The Hell with everyone of ya.
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Doc: George, how did you manage to get your pressure to come down?
George Malley: Oh… I found my pace. Simple thing really. Hard to explain.
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Doc: [George has just made a pen move across the table] Th-that’s telekinesis!
George Malley: Yeah… is that O.K?

Howard’s talents were discovered while he was counting peas. He was still a child when, while having lunch at his home in Bournemouth on the British South Coast, he started to complain badly that his brother Duncan “had two more peas” – after a glance at both plates. His parents recounted the peas and noted astounded: Howard was absolutely right.

Howard Potter is not a sorcerer’s apprentice: he is what neuroscientists call a “Savant”, a “knowing one”. There are around 100 gifted savants worldwide acknowledged by science. Their extraordinary abilities are mostly originated by a defect during birth – a faulty connection among neurons in the brain. Savants and their mysterious talents are the most fascinating objects of contemporary brain research.

Savants remember infinite numbers, dates or relations – as natural as we walk or ride a bike. At the age of 6 or 7 they can play the piano or compose like Mozart. They can draw a picture of complex buildings by heart after one look at it or raise two digit numbers by the power of 33 without calculator in seconds. They can recall precisely every single detail of each day of their entire life.

Where does this tremendous knowledge origin from? Is there something of it in all of us? How can our normal brains get access to these dormant abilities: to an unlimited memory, to the creativity of someone like Einstein, or to the ability to read thoughts? According Dr. Darold Treffert, who has been the world leading expert on Savants since the 1960s (and scientific consultant of this series), savants are a unique window to the human brain. “Until we can’t understand the savants”, claims the godfather of savant research, “we can’t understand ourselves.”

“Beautiful Minds – A Voyage into the brain” presents a series of super-talented savants like the “real” Rainman, Kim Peek, the inspiration of Dustin Hoffman’s character in the movie “Rainman”, who knows about 12,000 books by heart – word by word; or Matt Savage a 13 year-old piano and composition genius, who released his first CD with own jazz compositions at the age of 7; or Stephen Wiltshire (Part II.), nicknamed the “living camera” due to his unbelievably precise drawing by heart, or Temple Grandin, who looks at the world through the eyes of animals, or the German Calculating Champion Rudiger Gamm, who raises within seconds 56 to the power of 33 without calcualtor or recalls over 160 decimal digits of 62 divided by 167.

“Beautiful Minds – A Voyage Into The Brain” also presents 3D animations based on the real MRI data of our protagonists. The animations were produced by New York specialists exclusively for “Beautiful Minds”. Furthermore, the series was complitely filmed in High Definition (HDTV 720p), with a four times higher resolution than standard TV. Locations of the documentaries include Germany, France, the USA, Australia, Italy, Ireland and the UK.

In the three episodes the stars among the savants and world leading neuroscientist take us on a journey to three outstanding research fields: episode 1 (“Memory Masters”) focuses on the phenomenon of the human memory; episode 2 on creativity and on the striking human talent to think for the first time a “thought” that has never been thought before (“The Einstein Effect”); episode 3 faces the “eternal” question: Are the male and the female brain in fact alike?

“Beautiful Minds – A Voyage Into The Brain” asks leading brain researchers such as Prof. Gerhard Roth of the University Bremen in Germany, who together with Dr. Darold Treffert is our scientific consultant, about the savant syndrome, and thereby tries to find the first answers to the question: Is there a savant in all of us?

Source: Beautiful Minds: Voyage into the Brain

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Christopher Gardner: You gotta trust me, all right?
Christopher: I trust you.
Christopher Gardner: ‘Cause I’m getting a better job

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Christopher Gardner: Hey. Don’t ever let somebody tell you… You can’t do something. Not even me. All right?
Christopher: All right.
Christopher Gardner: You got a dream… You gotta protect it. People can’t do somethin’ themselves, they wanna tell you you can’t do it. If you want somethin’, go get it. Period.

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Martin Frohm: What would you say if man walked in here with no shirt, and I hired him? What would you say?
Christopher Gardner: He must have had on some really nice pants.

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Christopher Gardner: It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking how did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it. No matter what. How did he know that?