On Thursday Jan. 28th, 2010 I went to my first PUG (Pictage User Group) meeting in Dearborn, MI. The guest speaker was Mike Larson. He was such an inspiration to me. I went to the PUG meeting with my AWESOME and dear friend Julie Paczykowski, her assistant Emily, and my high school friend Shawna Keener. It was great to get away and have some inspirational time for my business! Mike Larson talked about Character Marketing. Mike said that we need to DREAM BIG or GO NOWHERE. I believe this wholeheartedly. He also shared a quote with us. “If you have no idea where you are going…every road will get you nowhere.” ~Henry Kissinger
I have been thinking that my business needs a little bit of a makeover because of Mike’s talk. I am currently updating my website and blog and working on branding. It is now my time to DREAM BIG and make some goals and changes for 2010! He also said, that you can try and it is ok to fail. We will never get anywhere if we don’t at least try. I have to be a model for my children and want them to see that a business does succeed, but it has it’s ups and downs. So, my promise to you is that this year I will be striving for EXCELLENCE! I want to be your friend and your photographer!
TRY SOMETHING. EVALUATE IT. TRY SOMETHING ELSE.
I want to thank Mike Larson for coming to the DETROIT PUG and inspiring me!
Here is a photo that Mike took of our group.
Tags: Detroit PUG, Toledo local photographer
I love that Henry Kissinger quote and the idea of encouraging us to try something and then evaluate – and then try something else – it reminds us that we have a lot of shots (not just one) to get it right)…kind of like taking a photo!
You can do it!! How awesome that you got to meet Mike… I follow him on Twitter and really enjoy his comments.
Aw! Fun! See some familiar faces in there – Heather (red shirt/cream scarf) & Kevin Autry! Do you know them? If not, you should! They are a great couple