I usually like to write something heart felt around New Year’s,
but it took until now to feel compelled and inspired to write. I feel this blog post is from my heart now
that we are entering our 10 year business anniversary and welcoming all the new
changes that will come with that. So
please enjoy! The words are from my heart.
With Love (and Style of course):
Jaime Valdes-Riench
Jaime Valdes-Riench
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It is interesting that we all can be creatures of
habit. If you are like me, you take a certain
comfort when you can forecast and look ahead in order to anticipate what the
next hurtle will be. After all, that is
90% of what an event planner has to do, right? We trouble shoot by nature; it’s deeply rooted
within us. Now what happens when you start allow that to creep into daily to business
life and even your personal life? If we
all forecast too often we start living life like a manual. But life is a novel, not a manual.
If you among that 2%, who is driven to be a leader and
innovator, following your “manual” will just choke your inspiration and
motivated spirit. Do not fall victim to
the comfort of the manual.
Not everyone will believe there is such a thing as your true
destiny. Yes, we make our own destiny. I do believe however there is an infinite potential
we all have when we follow through will all aspects of our passions to the maximum
of our given talents. How do we achieve
success? Constant and consistent motivation; moving that momentum into progress;
and following through until we reach success.
Now here is the kicker.. there is no end. If you want longevity of consistent
success you have to continue even AFTER you reach your goal, OR you start the
manual mode. You also need to take
comfort that you are making progress, even when it is not as apparent (i.e. challenging
situations). Make your personal and
business life a novel, not a manual.
Allow ups and downs to occur, but do not let them strangle you. It is developing an ear to listen to life when
it is forcing you to your true potential.
It is seeing that your where not thrown into a “hard time”, but rather catapulted
into something that makes you uncomfortable, and in turn.. makes you
better. Sometimes things have to happen
to push us out of the “manual” mode so we get back to making a riveting novel
that other want to actually read. Make
your novel inspiring to others. That
ensures your life continues, even after your life ends. 2013 taught me to throw away my manual. 2014 is all about writing a novel. I encourage you to write yours, and get ready
for an amazing harvest of the best years of your life. 