Remember my Top 12 images of 2018 last year, where I had you all vote for your favorites and it carried over the span of 12 days?
Well I am bringing it back this year, except it will be my top 10 pictures of 2019 over the span of 10 days and it starts next week.
I will post 4 pictures each day and you vote for your favorite.
You may recall what I did for another family on Christmas Day of last year.
Well once again, I want to make a difference for others this Christmas and with what I have planned just a few weeks from today, just wait until you see how I plan on making a positive influence for others this Christmas.
And for those who may be wondering, that's synthetic fur on my hat.
Some of the most successful people in history have succeeded from failing over and over. There are few better things in life than hearing individual stories on those who have failed numerous times but found a way to turn it into success. Their success stems from their sheer determination and ability to face adversity.
Perseverance and belief are the difference between success and failure. Too many people today see failure as an obstacle to avoid rather than an opportunity to become stronger and wiser because failure is crucial in life. It's how we react to them is what matters most.
I am very grateful for meeting Buck yesterday and we had a pleasant discussion. Looking back, this will be one of the moments and experiences that I will never forget.
If he didn't have to fly out after the show tonight, I would love nothing more than to shoot a sit down interview with him. You never know, maybe one day we meet up again.
It's been 730 days since I made the big decision to do what I do professionally and I immediately started writing my business plan, followed by 2 intensive weeks creating my website. Strategic planning is so important when starting a business because it's all about business development, hitting your targets, reaching goals, learning from your mistakes, improving yourself, elevating your brand, working towards the long term picture and ultimately giving your niche market what they want to see and hear.
This was a path that I had many doubters at the time (not on Facebook, a different community), who all strongly advised me to not take this route until I gained experience in the horse world. That I was 100% destined to fail if I jumped right in (especially cold turkey), in a completely new industry that I had zero experience in.
Well despite what I was being told, I still pursued my dreams because it all came down to me believing in myself.
It's been a heck of a second year, reaching new milestones, meeting and working with so many wonderful new and familiar faces, getting more marketing pieces done, expanding my products and services, and the third year will be even busier, bigger and better. But bigger and better requires even more hard work and steeper challenges, I'm ready for it. I couldn't have done this without such a supportive group of friends.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, each and every time I work with someone, I learn something new to either manage or apply it moving forward. The learning experiences that I went through in my first year were instrumental but the ones that I went through in my second year are on a whole new level.
So what can you expect from me in year #3? Well, I'm going to continue with what's been working and as many of you have already figured it out, I am putting a lot of focus on the educational side, as there is one big product and one big service that I am working on for a 2020 release.
But it goes beyond that, I'm hoping to start hitting the road again but I just need to lay the foundation to my 2020 product first, as it will open up so many more pathways and doors for opportunities and growth.
If you told me at the start of this year, that Dubai would be the only destination that I would be travelling to in all of 2019, I would have disagreed. Getting ill and not being well enough to travel despite being given numerous invites throughout the year was definitely not the outcome that I was expecting at the time. But we live, we learn and we take the initiative to improve ourselves for next time so that we don't make the same mistakes.
With that being said, a return trip back to Dubai in my third year is a possibility but it hugely depends on many factors and how the timing goes.
I'm so grateful that so many people enjoy seeing my work. I'm a strong believer that if you don't put in the hard work, you won't see success and this includes stepping outside your boundaries when required. So expect to see some new impressive things in year #3.
I love this inspirational quote as it can relate to anyone, regardless what your profession is. To me, it's not even a question, I would far much rather be known for greatness than to settle for being mediocre.
Many have been wondering what's been happening between CBC and I ever since I had the first point of contact with them.
Well, they loved my idea but unfortunately because they only have a limited number of slots available and with the thousands of applicants that they receive every year, they have to carefully choose which proposals they feel will compliment each other the best, to fit in with their big vision, so they often have to eliminate many worthy ideas. So unfortunately, you won't be seeing my vision to represent the Equestrian world on their network - at least not for now.
That's completely understandable. 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗜 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘁. I become stronger, because how one handles rejection speaks volumes about their resiliency. And to get "yes's" you will often have to go through many "no's."
Two very important things that I would like to mention.
1) This is not to say that I won't be submitting more of my ideas to them (as I brainstorm them) as time goes on.
2) It doesn't mean that I still can't go ahead with exactly what I have in mind when I feel that the time is right for it.
Putting yourself out there and tossing your idea to a wide genre 83 year old National broadcast network is tough and it takes courage, but I still sincerely thank the CBC network for seriously considering my vision and to reach out to me.
I still have no doubt in my mind, that the idea that I have in mind for this short documentary would be monumental. It's still on my list to do, but getting on with CBC definitely would have for sure jump started it. So in other words, you will see this short documentary one day, it just won't be through CBC.
