Drew Brees

4-12-10 Dianne de Las Casas at the Get Motivated! Seminar at the New Orleans Arena with her friend, Liz Reyes

Friends:

I attended the Get Motivated! Seminar at the New Orleans Arena on Monday, April 12, 2010. I hung out with my husband, Antonio, and my friend, Liz Reyes, a media consultant and lifestyles expert. It was a great day and I received many nuggets of wisdom from the fabulous lineup of speakers that included Rudy Giuliani, Former Mayor of New York; Laura Bush, Former First Lady of the United States; Tamara Lowe, International Speaker and Best-Selling Author; Sean Payton, New Orleans Saints Head Coach and reigning Super Bowl champion; General Colin Powell; Bob Patel, International Speaker and Stock Market Expert; Zig Ziglar, International Speaker and Best-Selling Author; James Smith, Financial Wizard; Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints Quarterback and Super Bowl XLIV MVP; and Stephen Pierce, Multi-Millionaire Internet Marketer. Here are some of the highlights:

Rudy Giuliani – “Stay connected with the world around you. Learn how to use technology to connect and adapt it to your business and personal life. Read. Read about things you are interested in. Listen. You don’t learn when you are talking. You learn when you are listening. Debate. Talk to people that disagree with you. Write. Capture your thoughts. Write down the pros and cons when making a big decision. Think. Take time to thank about what you really believe.”

Laura Bush – “Reading is a guiding passion in my life. Literacy is the cornerstone of democracy. Every child in the world should be able to read.”

Tamara Lowe – “Everyone is motivated but everyone is motivated differently. Find out what a person’s motivational DNA (Drives, Needs, Awards) is. Get past your past. Loser make excuses but winners take action.”

Sean Payton – “Some of your greatest rewards come from your greatest challenges. Celebrate your achievements and milestones, not just the big victories. Find time to celebrate small accomplishments.”

General Colin Powell – “It doesn’t matter where you start, it’s where you finish. Leadership is all about followership and giving them a sense of purpose. Leaders have to be passionate and inspiring. Human connection and respect creates followers.”

Bob Patel – “Wishing doesn’t get you anywhere. Action does. There are three kinds of people: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who ask, ‘what happened?’”

Zig Ziglar – “Encouragement is the fuel on which hope runs. You can have everything in life you want if you help others get what they want.”

James Smith – You have to take charge of your own life and your own future. Where you spend your time is where your heart is. Don’t work for your money. Make it work for you. Make money but don’t leave victims. Your words are your prophecy. The way you approach the least defines who you are.”

Drew Brees – “Five Pillars to Success = FAITH. F is for Fortitude. A is for Attitude. I is for Integrity. T is for Trust. H is for Humility. If you do things the right way, good things will happen for you.

How to Lead a Team to Victory: Set goals. Do one thing to exercise your leadership every day. Lead by example. Never ask someone to do something you are not willing to do yourself. Lead with consistency. Lead with passion and show them that you care.”

Drew Brees also loves this Winston Churchill quote: “You can accomplish anything in life if you don’t mind who gets the credit.”

Stephen Pierce – “In life, what you see depends on where you sit.”

I felt inspired and privileged to see so many great achievers under one roof in one day. Plus, it was wonderful being able to spend time with Liz. Not only that, the whole promotional and sales department of my publisher, Pelican Publishing Company, was sitting right behind me, How cool is that?!

Now I leave you with my life’s mantra: “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you’ve imagined…” – Henry David Thoreau

Until next time…

Warmly, Dianne

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