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My Philosophy
Everything matters. We will never be perfect, but we can be positive-minded, try our best in everything we do and laugh about our failures and shortcomings as the wisdom gleaned from every failure is free in comparison to the cost of not trying. Thats it. Simple.
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Thoughts on Parenting
Children / Parenting: I intend to raise healthy children. A healthy child would be positive-minded, independent, appreciative, and recognize and keep in mind how amazingly wonderful it is merely to be alive and healthy in this day and age, living in this country and this city with the advantages and blessings we enjoy every day. I will date each of my children one-on-one and be sure I am spending quality time with them as individuals. I will be rock solid emotionally for them and show them my beliefs through my actions demonstrating at the very least what it means to b...
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My Legacy
My work legacy will be comprised of written and electronic systems that will survive my passing and help people live healthier and happier lives for many years to come. My children, friends, family and employees are my living legacy which I hope to imprint with values I represent. If I could leave my children just a few good characteristics they would be; to truly do what you love and really love what you do. Wake up every morning with joy in your heart and the intention to do your best in all you do. Go to sleep every night beaming with pride and satisfaction as you compl...
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Management Strategy
My management strategy comes down to this simple list: Envision Plan Delegate Follow-up Measure Improve Activities like; Protyping, Financing and Goal Setting typically fall under Plan as they are not top-level stratgies. Thats it. Got a better strategy, please share it.
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Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur
Get a real job John Valenty! I heard that a lot, but I never seemed to need one.Heres a recap of myentrepreneurial experiences from early on: Extreme lemonade stand at age 8 (hired my first employee) House pet sitting at age 10 (got my first bank account) Shipshape Yacht Maintenance at age 11 (Got my firstbusiness cards) Quality Yard Maintenance at age 14 (Got my first magneticsigns for the truck Iwasnt old enough to driveyet) First franchise purchased at age 15. Sunshine Polishing Systems (Thanks for your help with that Mom and Dad!) Earning more than my high schoo...
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How do we measure on the wealth scale?
The Real Measure of wealth is how much youd be worth if you lost all your money - Bernard Meltzer When I first read the quote above, it immediately felt right on. As a student of success, I still wanted more perspective to understand my own strengths and weaknesses better. At a few points in my life,I thought I was doing OK, but I have since learned that I was measuring real wealth wrong. This was a wakeup call for me. Sure--by many definitions, my family and I are healthy and our assets are 7-figures higher than our liabilities. Thats good, right? Not so much.
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Your Search Marketing Channel
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) may be one of the largest and most un-tapped opportunities for your company. SEO is best described and making your site search engine friendly. How much business can you earn from SEO? Potentially millions. The cost/benefit ratio of SEO is likely to out-produce your top salesman and could potentially do more business than your entire marketing department. Will SEO work for every type of company and product? No. But I havent found one yet that couldnt benefit tremendously from it. Where do you start with SEO? The funny thing is that elements of SEO can be...
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Leadership Check-Up
I get asked a lot what it takes to succeed. With perseverance and attitude at or near the top, leadership has got to be a close second. If you dont have it, you are likely working alone or only with paid employees, family and the closest friends. That will severely limit your success. Leadership cannot be bought and it is not something like authority which you can be assigned by another person. Youve either earned it or you havent. If you want the immense benefits of what leadership has to offer, then theres no better time to start earning it than right now. Before you start, let me sav...
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The "I'm Not-Technical" Excuse
Well now this is a big topic. If youre here, you must have some interest in Web marketing yourself. In any case, youre here and thats what matters. Youre gathering data and developing expertise in your field. Many people think that Web marketing and web technology is something they can just hire and fire their way through. They think that their good judge of character and common sense is enough. I dont believe this is a safe assumption. Successful CEOs and organization leaders can no longer get by with minimal Web marketing expertise. The Web marketing channel is too large, too da...
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The Management Dashboard
Over the years Ive employed several highly regarded CEO coaches to kick my ass, point out my management weaknesses and suggest strategies to improve teamwork, productivity and sales growth in my company. One of the most basic, common and effective coaching techniques I noticed being used over and over was identifying their clients weaknesses through asking a series of basic questions.
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Habu EDF Jet Review
This is a review of the new Habu EDF jet by Parkzone. The Habu EDF jet is a great machine. First off, as far as bind-n-fly radio controlled electric jet aircraft go, this Habu EDF is the best Ive seen yet. The Habu EDF may seem expensive; however, nothing could be further from the truth. If you count the cost of the parts separately, youre literally getting the plane for free. Seriously... it is better than that. Add it up:
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My Pet Peeves
Wasting time (pissing it away) Lack of accountability Unnecessarily dramatic behavior Especially loud aggressive people People who talk too much Moving my stuff and not putting it back Leaving lights on when not in use Dishes left in the disposal side of the sink Preparing way more food than can be eaten Purposeless chit chat on the phone Habitual disorganization Self destructive tendencies Excuses and victim mentalities Complaining, negativity and bad attitudes Anger, blame and resentme...
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Wax-free-surfing
Last weekend I pulled my surfboard out of the protective sock only to find out (again) my wax was completely melted into the sock and needless to say, not on the board. Well, I decided at that moment I was never going use wax again. Im over it. Today I commited to wax-free-surfing for the first time ever and Im here to tell you it works. I got 3 rolls ofwaterproof non-skid rubber with sticky tape on one side. I cut out strips to fit (front pad). It worked great. Try it. Get over the wax thing. Its 2008. Youll be so glad you did. Heres a couple pics of my set-up.
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Driving lessons with 500 horsepower
Today my son Zachary got his driver's permit and we went for our first real drive together with him in the driver's seat. Since the Suburban was blocked in the driveway by my wife's Father's car, we had no choice but to do Zach's maiden voyage behind the wheel of my 500 horsepower E63 AMG. OMG!Zach did great. I was completely relaxed in the passenger seat. He noticed it handled much better than Mom's beast. He's right.Zach is a great kid and I hope for all our sake he is lucky enough to get through high school (and life) without hurting anyone or himself as many teens do these days.
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Fun in the sun today
My girls and I went to the beach today and had a great time. Fiona got up on a surfboard for the first time today. I was a proud Papa.Last Summer we enjoyed a lot of mid-week beach days by going right after work until sunset. Those are good memories. Time to start doing that again.
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My Fun Things To Do List
I said I was a "systems guy"... so this is my silly system (list of fun things) for remembering all that I like to do! When you write down your list, there is never a shortage of fun things to do when you have time. Playing ice hockey Surfing NL Hold'em Poker Reading Writing Planning Organizing Fishing Cleaning the garage Boating Wake boarding Shooting Camping Shopping Skiing & snowboarding Eating Desert Riding Riding the motocross track Paintball Movies Building & flying R/C aircraft Building projects Quiet time alone
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Family Pictures
Here are a few family pictures from Christmas and a day on the lake. family
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My name is John Valenty. I'm one of those high-achiever-types some say--a serial entrepreneur, CEO of Wellness.com and Earnware Corporation. My mission is to develop information-based-systems that help people live healthier, happier and more successful lives. I consider myself a "life enthusiast" most of all. More...
