DOING

It’s not the wanting, hoping or wishing.  It is the visualizing and then as Nike said, “Just Do It.”

A friend sent me this at the start of the new year.  One of her friends sent it to her.  Perhaps you’ll be inclined to share this with one of your friends.  We all need to keep this in mind:

The way to achieve is not to try. The way to achieve is to do.

The difference between trying and doing is all in your perspective. That difference makes all the difference in the world.

When you see yourself as trying, you are burdening yourself with the expectation of failure. Instead, put all your energy and focus into doing your very best, and into expecting the best results.

Merely trying is itself an excuse, and it gives you permission to make all sorts of other excuses. Doing, on the other hand, gets results.

If you’re going to make the effort, then make it count. Let go of any thoughts that you’re just trying, and embrace the most positive expectations.

You are absolutely capable of making a real and valuable difference. So forget about trying, and with well-deserved confidence, go ahead and get it done.

What do you think?

Every year at Christmas we decorate inside and out.  We move approximately 170 Rubbermaid containers that are stored in two off site locations plus our outside yard displays to our home.  We begin on the inside (first) in the first week in November.  Our goal: to finish by Thanksgiving Day.  This year we finished exactly one month from the date we started in November.  What you’re about to see is the end result.  We haven’t shown it all, but there’s enough for the viewer to enjoy.  We hope you do.

We wish you a Merry Christmas.  Happy Holidays to all.

What do you think?

I agree with others. Gene Simmons and KISS got this one perfectly. Thank you KISS. Most of all as a Veteran, a Father and Grandfather I want to than the men and women serving now for the freedom my family and I enjoy. It was not free.

God bless all of you and your families.

DR Rawson

We are the small businesses of America.  The dreamers are the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker, the mechanic, the florist, the barber and more.  Each new business began with a dream, an idea and a thought that they could start their own business.  These are the 99.7% of all businesses in America.

ADP is the world’s largest processor of payroll checks for businesses.  According to a study that they did in 2006, they found that 82.9% of U.S. employment was in businesses with less than 500 employees (the classic definition of a small business).

I don’t agree with Occupy Wall Street or the Occupy SEC rally that’s on the 17^th in Washington, D.C.

I do believe in the power of journalism and it’s possible to inform anyone and everyone regarding social injustice.  The Occupy movement brought attention to the fact that 1% are haves and the 99% are the have-nots.  But, is this true?  I don’t think so.

First, the 99% consists of many more classifications than ONE.  How about the poverty line?  How about lower, middle and upper middle class?  These classifications have existed at least since the 1950’s and probably before.

Back in the ‘90’s we had the young upwardly mobile professional (Yuppie).  They weren’t rich . . . yet.  But they let the world know they were going to try hard to be exactly that, rich.

The 99.9% need help too.  People see their way out of poverty by starting their own business.  They see a way forward and up by starting their own business.  The problem has always been money.

Yesterday, the House passed HR 2930, The Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act.  This bill deserves your support.  This will help localize investment capital without running afoul of the SEC.  This is a chance for the community to help business get going.

Get involved.  Here’s how:

Sign the Legalize Local Investment Petition!

Ask your Senators to support The Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act

YOU can make a difference for U.S.  We are the 99.7%

What do you think?

The year was 1981 – 1982 and our Team had a brilliant idea (we thought).  Let’s clone the Apple Computer (on the left above).  After all, IBM was allowing clones of its very successful machine, etc.  We ordered our first batch of computers (500).  When they arrived six weeks later, they all worked and the software we licensed ran perfectly.

We were off . . .

Well, not exactly.  After making contact with the first retailer we received a call from Apple’s law firm.  The notification (very politely) were that a Cease and Desist order was on its way to us.  After spending a lot of money, we shut the operation down immediately and closed the company.

My point for bringing this up is that Steve Jobs was famous for sticking to his guns.  In his head he had a plan.  It wasn’t always known to the rest of us but nevertheless he had a plan.  None of us understood why he wouldn’t allow, as IBM had done, the cloning of the Apple computer.

Over the years, the decision to be that independent has paid off for Apple and its share holders.

The world and indeed we as individuals will miss his vision and most of all his steadfast leadership.

Our condolences go out to the Jobs family and the 45,000 plus Apple employees around the world.

Footnote:

With the introduction of the iPhone 3 our family and my office has made the change to all apple products.  At my desk is an iPad with a keyboard, a 27″ iMac with a second 24″ wall mounted monitor and then a keyboard, magic trackpad and mouse for the iMac and an iPhone with its own keyboard. My MacPro laptop goes with me when I travel (my wife doesn’t like it when its missing).  I call all of this fabulous technology, the command center.

]]> http://www.drrawson.com/2011/10/steve-jobs-another-tribute/feed/ 0 http://www.drrawson.com/2011/09/re-election/ http://www.drrawson.com/2011/09/re-election/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:33:50 +0000 DR Rawson http://www.drrawson.com/?p=1027 Re-election fever is already taking hold in America.  Soon we’ll see ads all over the media. After giving a lot of thought to what’s really be accomplished and the condition of politics in Washington, D.C.; you have to ask, why would we re-elect any of the 545 people that supposed serve our interests.

Stimulus money has gone everywhere in search of big business and yet we know that it’s the small entrepreneuer that employs the bulk of our U.S. citizens.  It’s time for a change.  Have a look at this graphic and see if it makes sense to you.  If so, please pass it on.

Frankly I never could overcome the objection so we did the next best thing, we bought the competitor in that community.

There’s a third party organization that’s at the forefront of the Made in the USA movement.  Certification is key (Click Here to Visit their Website).  You can’t just say it, you need to prove it by an audit of your products and the associated supply chain you use.  Why?

We’ve watched over the years as more and more people buy foreign cars.  Our U.S. manufacturer’s ego clearly got in the way of good common sense for a long time.  I’ll agree that foreign competetiors made U.S. manufacturers finally bring their A design and performace game.   It is hard to get brand loyalty back once you’ve let the customer down.

However, we NEED to support people in the U.S.A.  Our neighbors, friends and of course our families have all been affected by the lack of manufacturing and other types of jobs here in America.  I should also tell you that if I were an Indian from India or an Israeli or Egyptian citizen, I would say the same for each of those countries.

We should support with our dollars companies that make products in the U.S.A. What do you think?

Take a look at this video:

On September 11, 2001 I was consulting to a furniture company (turn around) when my friend Gavriel Sanders in New York called me to let me know what was going on.  Like many of you, I was glued to the television.  For the most part, all but the most necessary functions within our company stopped.  The horror, the service, the sacrifices that were made should have been and I sincerely hope are lessons for us all.

At the request of clients I drove across America (you couldn’t fly) to New York in 53 hours and 20 mins.  When I arrived, my first view (from the Jersey shore) of the downtown skyline (in the daytime) was overwhelming and even now, it’s hard for me to write this.

For the past 17 years I’ve been a fan of General Motors.  I’m an even bigger fan of keeping jobs here in America and that’s why we buy American made automobiles.  Yes, we know they have some foreign parts.  Supporting America is also important.

While I lead a global company, my heart, my family and my home is here in America where I was privileged to grow up.

Thank you General Motors for commissioning this work.  Well done.

God Bless America and the men and women that sacrificed for us all, each day.  Thank you!