To the store or maybe your neighbor?

In this day and age, we are all cluttered with ads, people shoving propaganda down our throat and after continually being bombarded with "stuff" how do we know what is legit and what is just there to try and make money? We all have to be very good at doing our research and watching out for who is out to get us and what is legitimate. I myself have seen over and over again people getting scammed or feeling like they were ripped off. That really causes me to feel for them because someone used their emotions to get the best of them. Lets be real, most everybody makes buying decisions based on the eomotional strings that are being pulled at that paticular time. Have you ever felt like that? Ever buy something and say what did I just do? Companies are very good at using our emotions and our desires to want to be in a certain status class against us. You may not have ever thought this way but it is true. I myself like so many others try to be very careful to control who and where I buy from. How do you know what is a good company to buy from.

I look for several key factors when I am using a service or buying a product. The first thing I look at is do I fee like I am being treated the way they would want to be treated. The Golden rule to me is the most important part of how I live everyday. "Do unto others as you would want them to do for you." The second thing I look for does this person care about me or am I just another way for them to make money. Good business people always know that it is not about this present sale, it is about the future return of business and referals. The last thing I look for in purchasing anything is the company a solid company with a good reputation. I check out things like the BBB (Better Business Bureau), I go to consumer reports or ask people who have done business with them in the past what they thought. There are many ways to do research to be sure you are getting the best service, most reliable product, and quality care.

Have you ever thought that your quality store could be the person that lives next to you? Going to a store may not be the best way to get your next cell phone or install that ADT alarm system you always wanted. The best service, price, and reliability may be right next store to you.

If this was the case, would you buy your next cell phone from them? I would love to hear your thoughts......

To do or not to do....

The question is, "Is it worth the time and effort to become a better person?" Personal growth and development is a key to anyone having success in any endeavor. Failure, in the words of Jim Rohn "is small errors in judgement repeated every day." It sneaks up on us if we let it because it's not something that is tangible that we can see. Failure is the result of not knowing where we are going and not having a clear path drawn out for us. To avoid failure, we need to make good decisions to do what we know will help us move forward and then manage those decisions daily.

John Maxwell who is the world's authority on leadership has an incredible book called "Today Matters." In his book he talks about managing the decisions that we make. Most of us have no problem making good decisions to either go to the gym because we are going to get in shape this year, or save more money, or eat better. Why is it that when we make those decisions for a new years resolution, by February, we lose motivation and get away from doing those things? It is because we fail to manage the decisions we made. See, successful people make good decisions at an early age and then spend the rest of their lives managing those decisions. That is what makes them successful.

Success is making the decision to start good success habits like, reading, listening to cd's, watching DVD's, doing things that will help us grow as a person and help us to become more than we are today. The key is once those decisions are made, to make them into daily habits. After several weeks, these practices then become habits which then become a lifestyle. If we want to become better, we must stretch. An elastic band un-stretched is useless.

These principles have had a profound effect on my life and the person I am becoming. I was the person who had incredible drive and great work ethic. I worked really hard and graduated High school a year and a half early. At the age of 21, I became the foreman of my uncle's landscaping company. I went to college and became the only Suchocki male in my family to ever get a BA. I accomplished all of this but it was only due to hard work and work ethic.

Who was the person I was becoming a long the way? During the day I worked hard to accomplish these things but at night I partied hard. I got wrapped up in the party scene and was hanging around with other people who wanted to party and have fun. Now there is nothing wrong with having fun. I, deep down had always wanted more out of life. I have always had this deep down passion for helping people. One day everything changed. My best friend at the age of 19 was killed in a car crash. That had a profound effect on my life and one day I decided enough was enough. And so began my personal development journey.

I began to engulf every book on personal development I could. I began to attend trainings that gave me the knowledge to be able to grow as a person. I learned that associations are the biggest driver in the person you will become. I learned that the only difference between the person I am now and the person I will be ten years from now is from the books I read and the people I hang around with. This has proven so true because the better I have become, the better people I have attracted around me and the better success habits I have developed.

Success is not a destination it is a journey. Along this journey so many things will happen, people will come and go, and you will become the person you never thought you could become. What success habits are you forming in your life? Who are you associating on a daily and weekly basis? Once I learned these simple truths, my life changed for ever. I am happier, more fulfilled, and better than I ever thought I would be all because I constantly strive to become a person with profound charecter and incredible success.

On a daily basis I manage those decisions I made to constantly grow and learn all I can.

Is it worth it for you? It won't be easy but what I have found is, IT IS WORTH IT!

Who is Jacob D. Suchocki?

I want to take a moment and let you know exactly who I am. I was born and raised in a small town in Massachusetts located in the exact center of the state. I have a younger sister and parents who are self-educated but do not have more than a high school education. My family is very tight and we all want the best for each other. It is there where I was taught from my father to be a true thinker. He taught me to think on my own and follow what it is I believed. I was home schooled from 6th grade and graduated from High School at the age of sixteen. I would like to think that I am brilliant but in all actuality, I worked hard and made it happen. I was then thrown into adulthood where I got my license, my first full time job, and started in college full time all in the same year. This really projected me into the real world of responsibilities. It is then that I learned you had to work very hard to get ahead in such a fast paced demanding world. Working full time, going to school full time, and paying my way, this allowed me to develop an incredible work ethic. I worked in landscaping for my uncle for many years putting myself through college. At the age of 21, I became the foreman of his company. Shortly after finishing school, I then started my own business. One thing I learned in college was that 90% of businesses fail in there first 5 years. I found that to be true. The reason is is that most do not have the capital or the knowledge to minimize costly mistakes. After 2 years of being in business, I gave it up and like so many others, I was never taught how to run a successful business. I knew the trade but not the Business. In the back of my mind I knew there had to be something out there. I re-entered the rat race knowing that there had to be something else. Then I found it and have begun an incredible journey since.
More to come!

Freedom

What exactly is our definition of Freedom? For some it is being able to not worry about how rent will be paid tomorrow. For others it may not having to be a slave their alarm clock. For me it comes down to being able to make my own decisions on a daily basis and having complete control over my daily schedule. See, I believe true freedom is being able to what you want, when you want, with whoever you want. There is so much power in the sentence. I beleive we were put here on earth to do far more than go to work everyday, come home, eat dinner, turn on the TV and then go to bed. If true freedom is being able to do all these things, the when, what, and who then why do most of us settle for the same old thing. It easy very easy to just settle and not go out and do something that will change our lives and work towards our freedom.
Freedom is something that has been fought for since the beginning of time. As the world grows older and older, we seem to fight less and less for our freedom. In this day and age, our individual freedoms are becoming less and less. it seems as though we fight less and less for our freedom. We can have a free life and accomplish our dreams. It will not be easy! Napoleon Hill one of the greatest minds in history says"Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can acheive." What does your mind telling you on a daily basis? What you reading that will help you begin to fight for your freedom? Is mediocre ok or do you want more? I myself have made a conscious decision everyday to do whatever I can to take back all of my freedoms I was granted when I began here on this ball of mud. Freedom does not come free! WHat are you willing to give up to get it?