Outdoor Lighting Ideas and Options
Grab some great hints for illuminating your outdoor space with these outdoor lighting ideas and options.
Whether you use your outdoor living space for entertaining, relaxation or both, you don’t want the fun to end when the sun goes down. As you explore deck and patio design ideas, consider that the right outdoor lighting ideas and options will help beautify the space and ensure it can be a ’round-the-clock destination.
Click here to read the full article.
40 Stunning Ways to Landscape Around a Swimming Pool
40 Stunning Ways to Landscape Around a Swimming Pool
Turn your basic swimming hole into a relaxing oasis with these creative ways to use low-maintenance landscape plants, hedges, rocks and more in your pool design.
Click here to read article.
A Little Motivation for Your Day
With Mother’s Day Right Around The Corner… 15 Best Mother’s Day Gift Baskets for Every Mom!~
Whether your mom’s love language is chocolate, tea or flower seeds, wow her with a thoughtful gift basket this Mother’s Day — no wrapping required.
Click here for great mother’s day gift basket ideas for the special moms in your life!
25 Quick Ways to Add Charm to Outdoor Dining Areas
Set the scene for relaxing get-togethers and fantastic meals with these updates!
Click here for Quick Ways to Add Charm to Your Outdoor Dining Areas
Design Ideas for Porch Steps and Stairs
Give your feet an experience and dress up your home with these designs and materials, including exotic wood, stone and concrete.
Click here for design ideas to spruce up your porch and stairs!
9 Drinks to Try this Holiday Season 🎄
Get into the holiday spirits.
Skip the boring beer this year — holiday parties deserve festive drinks like Christmas Sangria and Maker’s Mark® Eggnog.
Check out the below drinks and links to add a little more cheer to your life this holiday season.
1.) White Christmas Mojito
If you like coconut you will enjoy this cocktail!
Click on the author’s name to get to the recipe.
Photo & Recipe By: HalfBaked Harvest
2.) Christmas Sangria
This sangria is the right balance of crisp and fruity, with a slight touch of sweetness!
Click on the author’s name to get to the recipe.
Photo & Recipe By: Cake’n Knife
3.) Peppermint Mocha White Russian
With peppermint, vodka and a touch of milk, this is the perfect post-dinner drink!
Click on the author’s name to get to the recipe.
Photo & Recipe By: With Salt & Wit
4.) Apple Cranberry Moscow Mule Cocktail
The ginger-apple-cranberry flavor combo is so good and are quintessential seasonal flavors!
Click on the author’s name to get to the recipe.
Photo & Recipe By: Heather Christo
5.) Rudolph’s Night Off
Pomegranate | Rosemary | Ginger Beer – Such an easy but impressive cocktail!
Click on the author’s name to get to the recipe.
6.) Jingle Juice Holiday Punch
You only need 3 ingredients to create this masterpiece! YUM.
Click on the author’s name to get to the recipe.
Photo & Recipe By: Inspired by Charm
7.) Peppermint & Whipped Vodka Hot Chocolate
Just adding a little twist to this seasonal favorite.
Click on the author’s name to get to the recipe.
Photo & Recipe By: Home Cooking Memories
8.) Maker’s Mark® Eggnog
This large-batch crowd pleaser is perfect for your next gathering.
Click on the author’s name to get to the recipe.
Photo & Recipe By: Maker’s Mark®
9.) Hot Cranberry Apple Spiced Cider
Spiced Cider is a holiday must. The flavor is perfect!
Click on the author’s name to get to the recipe.
Photo & Recipe By: The Cookie Rookie
Enjoy!
Need a little pick-me-up?
“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” – Aristotle
There comes times when I have some self-doubt creeping in or sales may not be landing in my favor. Other times, it feels like relationships just don’t seem to be clicking. When I start to get a little anxious, I always get that hunger for learning. I wander around the aisles of the bookstore. I get on Amazon and read the reviews you know those “if you like this book you might also love ____”. Lately, everything I’ve read is just meh. Just repetition of the same material and content I’ve heard years before. It had been quite a while since I found a gem of a read. Definitely, quite a long time since I’ve picked up a book that is life-changing.
While waiting on a cell-phone repair, I wandered into a bookstore and this one called out to me, “READ ME!” High Performance Habits by Brendon Burchard. It’s off to an inspiring start. It’s the kind of book that makes you want to rush home and devour some more.
I’d love to share a few of my all-time faves. This is my go-to list of books I’ve read most more than one time. Some are dog-eared. All have highlighted passages. Some I’ve read 10 times. Not only does the content never get old, I often discover something new messages within the pages. Life situations change and that old text now speaks to me in a different way delivering a new and timely lesson.
Whether you’re looking for a little positive thinking or ready to grow your business to the next level, I hope you enjoy these classics (followed by my two cents).
E-myth by Michael Gerber (Critical for every entrepreneur)
The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz
How to Win Friends and Influence people by Dale Carnegie
Good to Great by Jim Collins
Duct tape Marketing by John Jantsch (Practical advice for small businesses marketing that doesn’t cost a fortune)
Positive Personality Profiles by Dr. Richard Rohm (Forever changed my perspective on interactions with others)
10 X by Grant Cardone
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill (I had this one on cassette tape in my first car)
Selling the Invisible by Harry Beckwith
The Bible
Drive by Daniel pink
One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard (Principles are timeless)
Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg (Give yourself permission to do great things!)
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (Fascinating research into top achievers)
Just Listen by Mark Goulston
I’d love to hear your all time faves. I’ll add them to my “MUST READ” list.
Contributed by Heather Kuth.
All images are Heather’s own & may not be republished without express written permission.
50 Years of Gratitude
“The healthiest of all human emotions is Gratitude” was spoken by Zig Zigler as he described what he called an Attitude of Gratitude
This is not human nature, and therefore not always easy to implement, and those around me know I am not always grateful in the moment. However, when I step back and reflect on my time on this earth – Grateful summarizes my posture. You, like me, have so much to be grateful for, if we can keep redirecting our attention to gratitude.
I’ve had the fortune of visiting some cool places in the US and abroad. These are a few pictures where I’m feeling grateful!
I have been blessed with what I believe are God’s greatest gifts. I turned 50 this year and I’ll illustrate some of my most precious gifts below:
My amazing, beautiful and talented wife Ira. I took this picture of her recently with the Alaska landscape in the background.
We were married in September 2016 in Asheville at the Omni Grove Park Inn, now one of our favorite destinations… The air in the mountains is so clean and fresh, and that resort is magical and very relaxing…
My loving and supportive parents, Justin & Ilde Sucato. My parents are both 100% Italian, and my Mom came over from Italy when she was a little girl. My Dad’s parents came from Sicily. My parents taught and were examples for my brothers and I that honesty and hard work are the foundations for success. Although my Dad passed in 2010, and I miss him dearly, I’m very grateful for the man that he was, and the example he set for me.
My brothers (Justin, Dan, and Joe) and I grew up very close. We’re all in different professions now, but each successful in their field. I’m grateful that we are each married to wonderful wives and have beautiful families. I’m also grateful that we schedule annual family reunions to spend time with each other during these busy times. Justin’s a successful business owner, Dan is a world-renowned Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon and Chief of Staff of his hospital, and Joe is an accomplished Jazz Musician and aspiring entrepreneur.
My 3 Handsome Boys: Anthony 23, Andrew 19, and Christopher 16 are my pride and joy. These guys are growing up to be fine gentlemen and they continue to make me proud.
My 3 Beautiful Girls: Emma 9, Gia 12, Maya 11. These are my step-daughters and they are a handful! Girls are for sure different than boys, and I’m learning that first hand now! They are caring and sweet, and little firecrackers!
Our Family! This picture was taken at the foot of a waterfall (fed by a glacier) in Alaska. We were all together for this once-in-a-lifetime trip! The boys and the girls. and Ira and I had the best time!
Our puppy Nova was my gift to the girls for their wedding gift. The boys and Ira and I picked him out. He’s a multi-poo and he’s smart and intuitive. I can’t imagine our household without Nova!
This is my ex-wife Teresa. I include here in my collection of gratitude because we shared 18 years our lives together married and raised my 3 boys together. I’m grateful for that chapter of my life, my 3 boys.
This is one of my favorite pictures of our family altogether after our wedding ceremony! It doesn’t get better than this!
And finally, I am so grateful for my RSVP work-family (pictured below) who have been incredible for the last 18 years. Although some of my team members have changed over the years, this group of fine professionals inspires me daily to be my best. They have unique personalities and interested, and that makes our team unique and world-class! We have reached national status for our performance, sales accomplishments, and quality. Each of them has family not pictured here and I’m proud that our business supports their fine families.
My clients who we serve are amazing! My staff and I work with hundreds of incredible people and their businesses who we are proud to consider RSVP family. Each one of them has helped to grow me and my team – and we’ve helped them in a small way in exchange.
This is my family and I’m proud and grateful to be among them and serve!
I hope you’ll join me and make 2018-2019 your best year ever by having an Attitude of Gratitude!
Anthony R. Sucato
Owner, RSVP / Sucato Marketing Systems
All images are Tony’s own & may not be republished without express written permission.