Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Team Elite is back in Salt Lake City & The 2009 Directory is Here

What an amazing directory. This directory is on the rise in Salt Lake City. In 2008 we set industry records achieving a 50% increase in revenue. This great success added to the directory growing 902 pages in the last few years is a monumental achievement. It is a true honor to manage the flagship directory for our company and to set the pace for other directories. Our team is an Elite Group of advertising professionals known as Team Elite within our company. I look forward to the opportunity to tell you more about this amazing team. Until then check out our team video.

2009 Yellow Page Directory


2009 Team Elite Video

Fun Experience At Thanksgiving Point.

I had a great opportunity a while back to get some amazing pictures of The Salt Lake City sports teams Mascots. We came up with an idea to put all these Mascots on the front cover of our Salt Lake City Directory. During this photo shoot we had a great time and some great pictures. Here are a few.

Line Them Up - You're Under Arrest :)

Great Picture

Picture With Friends

Saturday, December 27, 2008

The New Dream Makers Academy Office

I am so excited to announce the new Dream Makers Academy office. It has been years in the planning and finding the perfect location for us to call home. The need for an office has been more evident as each passing course has called louder and louder “Find Me a Home!” Participants having to wonder where the next location will be and assistants having to move all the logistical pieces from location to location, for over 30 years our courses have been held in hotels, homes, banquet halls, and anyplace we could find space. Well that is all over mid January when our official home and new course room is completed. As you are reading this our office is under construction and approaching completion. My vision is for you to help celebrate the home of healing, coaching, training and location where people are living the dream.

Here are a few pictures of the construction project.

The Master Floor Plan:

The Course Room - Under Construction - From Front Of The Room



The Course Room - Under Construction - From Back Of The Room



The Reception Area - Under Construction - From Left Side


The Reception Area - Under Construction - From Right Side

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Christmas At Our House

I am truly blessed with a wife who can make a front room look like this. Santa is a great organizer look how pretty he made all the piles. :) As you can see there was lots of paper to throw away and 2 foot of snow to get through to find the garbage lol. However it was an amazing day and I hope your family had the same experience. 

The Night Before: 

 

The Calm Before The Kids: 

The Kids & Kittens waiting to come down the stairs: 

"Glad she was holding that kat back"



Tuesday, December 23, 2008

My Daughters Birthday Party

Wow does time fly. We celebrated my oldest daughter’s birthday which is on January 5th and my youngest daughter’s birthday which is today December 23rd. As you can imagine she does not like her birthday being so close to Christmas because people usually combine her gifts lol. My youngest made it easy this year because she only wanted one thing, Pink Cowgirl boots and at made it very clear at 5 AM that it was her birthday and it was time to get her present. How could I say no… And for all you thinking she has me wrapped around her finger and thinking I gave in at 5:00 AM you’re wrong. I waited till 5:15 AM :( - I know – I know – She asked for them so cute. You look at how excited she was and you tell me if you would say no…

See it does not look so easy does it.... 

My oldest daughter got the digital picture frame she has been wanting for a long time. So about a week before the party I asked my wife who was invited to the party and she said it was a select few. Well those of you who know me should know that I do nothing small. So I invited every kid I could on short notice. I just got one thing to say… “WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS I THINKING?” How in the world could all those kids destroy so much and be so loud. I am surprised our kittens survived the evening and thanked the lord above that we have a housekeeper. However she has been off for a few weeks so guess who had to clean up…. HA HA HA guess again. The kids got to clean up the enormous mess that was made. I learned a valuable lesson this year. All birthday parties will now be held off site in a location that is suitable for a disaster lol.

 

Saturday, December 20, 2008

I am blogging

I have been asked time and time again for my blog address and until now I have been a “non blogger”. I know this is sad and everyone is setting one up so here we go I am officially a bloggerJ. Since this is my first blog I figured I would use it to tell you a little about myself, my family and my businesses.

About Me:
I am a believer in achieving the impossible while being a humble servant to anyone in my space. I am a stand to empower, enliven and ignite the human spirit. I support people to create their life by design. I am a proud father of three beautiful daughters whom are all my best friends. I have found the women of my dreams. She is a huge support to me and my beautiful children. I am an executive business consultant with over 12 years experience. I’m an industry expert in marketing, advertising, yellow pages and strategic business operations. I assist people and companies in gaining the competitive edge. My experience and education in personal development, coaching, training and business make me a skilled professional. My commitment to inner work, personal development and personally growth have been built by attending over 350 courses, seminars, retreats and training in a wide array of fields. These abilities have been an integral part of my success. I am a proven high energy leader and team player with numerous references from senior executives, international facilitators and executives. I am blessed with a career of my dreams. It fulfills my dream to be a leader, friend and great father. I dedicate my life to my children, friends, family and helping anyone I can. I am a man who stands in his truth, integrity, humility while remaining vulnerable, open and loving.

My Favorite Movies:
My favorite movies would have to be The Secret, Peaceful Warrior, Door to Door, Brave Heart, Legends of Bagger Vance, Facing The Giants, Astronaut Farmer, First Night, Walk to remember, Sleepless in Seattle, Rocky, Troy, What the bleep do we know, Angels in the outfield, and Flight of the navigator.

My Favorite TV Shows:
Ok be prepared to start laughing. My all time favorite TV show is MacGyver. What can I say; I love how he was always optimistic and positive no matter how bad the situation may be. I have also enjoyed The Apprentice, Cops, CSI, The Contender, Friends, 7th Heaven and Touched by an Angel.

My Favorite Books:
Think and Grow Rich, The Power of Intention, Shark Proof, 7 Habits of Highly Successful People, The One Minute Manager, Getting Things Done, How To Win Friends and Influence People, It’s Never Crowded Along The Extra Mile, Rich Dad – Poor Dad, Success Mastery Academy, The Leadership Pill, Personal Power, Essential Guide For Healers, Energy Anatomy, The Sales Advantage, Ready For Anything, Winning, How to become a rain maker, The Future Investor, The 360-degree Leader, Execution, The new psycho-cybernetics, Developing the leader in you, True to our roots, Integrity, The 360 Degree Leader and Freakonomics.

My Favorite Music:
I am a big fan of audio books more than listing to music. I figure if I have the time to listen to something why not use it to increase your skill set so you can better improve your ability to serve others. So I focus my time listening to personal development, leadership, management audio books. If music is my only option I would listen to country, classical, jazz, meditation, soft rock and spiritual books.

My Heroes:
My children, my wife, God, Jesus, Albert Einstein, Anthony Robbins, William Wallace, Christopher Columbus, John F. Kennedy, Aristotle, Leonardo Da Vinci, Winston Churchill, Spiderman & Superman LOL, King Arthur, Muhammad Ali, Diana - Princess of Wales, Mother Teresa, Rosa Parks, George Washington, and David Livingstone

My Family:
I have an amazing wife who is my best friend and truly sent from the heavens to put up with me and for me to find creative ways to make her feel on top of the world. My two oldest daughters live with my x wife and my youngest lives with me. My youngest is autistic and is truly an opportunity for me to find creative ways to support her and for me to learn patience. I adore my children and strive to be a good father while creating the space of friendship with all of them. My wife has been amazing since the first day I met her. She is smart, beautiful and I can honestly say is my soul mate and best friend. I could not imagine a more perfect person to be my wife. It is almost like god answered my dreams and gave me a queen. We have two dogs and have recently added two cats to our family, however we are chicken to let the dogs and cats out together. Come on you can’t tell me that you are not a little worried as well lol. So we are slowly introducing them and taking our time. Ok more time than it should however we are working on it. Here is a picture of our family.


















Top: Mariah, Me, Sarah, Taleah
Bottom: Cocoa, Madison, Mocha

What Do I Do:

I have a lot of projects in the fire however all have to-do with living my dream. I have outlined my responsibilities below if you want some reading material lol, but this is the important part. Each of these companies supports me living in my dream. I love advertising and helping businesses succeed and gain the competitive edge. So PDC has been a perfect home for me and I value my career there. At the same time I am the ultimate Good Samaritan and have a passion for supporting people and helping them live their dream. Dream Makers Academy supports me in doing this in a big way. I do a lot of consulting as well and people I have worked with have enjoyed the results and have been willing to pay me to get my advice so that is why I am publishing my books and consulting companies.

PDC Pages: http://www.pdcpages.com/
  • My primary career is I am one of the District Sales Managers for the Flagship Directory published by PDC Pages. Our team is accountable for up to 40 Elite Advertising Consultants and $6,000,000 to $10,000,000 in annual revenue. Our combined experience has been utilized to train and develop an elite team of industry experts that have lead the charge in achieving records previously thought to be impossible. Our high performance culture combined with our commitment to integrity provides a great work environment. Utilizing cutting edge strategies and marketing techniques creates an ostensible increase to our directory. We have increased our page count over 900 pages and our advertiser base over 4000 in just over 36 months. We are on the rise in Salt Lake City!

Dream Makers Academy, Inc: http://www.dreammakersacademy.com/

  • My passion is helping people be empowered, enlivened and to ignite their human spirit. Dream Makers Academy, Inc. is the playground I use to help people “Create Their Life By Design”. Combined with the efforts of my partner Gary Acevedo we created this company to maximize people’s potential, train and develop the next generation leaders, and to empower people to get out of their own way. I provide the vision, direction and leadership in the business operations of the company. We have combined the best of our experiences to create a company that supports people to identify and live their dreams.

Sales Mastery Training: http://www.salesmasterytraining.com/

  • I am currently in the process of writing a series of books that will be industry specific sales guides. In addition to these books Sales Mastery Training.com will become the online resource for executives and managers to find information and become a resource for one another. This will be an industry specific mastermind arena to help each other brainstorm ideas on motivation quotes, sales meeting ideas, team building activities, marketing ideas, effective sales aids and much more. The intention to this material is to provide the proper tools for every industry that will get things done.

The Final Answer, Inc:

  • I have been Executive Business Consultant for over 12 years. The Final Answer is my consulting firm. I am an industry expert in advertising, marketing, branding, sales, public relations, business operations and business startups. Companies, executives, sales managers who have retained my services would say I use out of the box strategic ideas that give them a competitive edge and a strategy to succeed. My experience and education in personal development, coaching, training and business make me a skilled professional and a leader in the consultant arena. I am committed to inner work, personal development and I have personally attended over 300 courses, seminars, retreats and training in a wide array of fields to provide me with a great set of tools and skills. These abilities have been an intricate part of my success in my companies and entrepreneurial ventures.