NEW Employee Spotlight: Danny Bates

Get to Know Our Graphic Designer, Danny!

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Danny is originally from Dayton, Ohio but recently moved to the Cincinnati area and began working for RSVP in January of 2019.

 

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Before he started working for RSVP, Danny played hockey and studied Fine Arts / Graphic Design at The University of Mississippi.

 

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Even though he doesn’t have any pets of his own, he still loves being around the fur balls in his family!

Left: Zeke, Husky & Great Pyrenees (Sister’s Dog)

Middle: Sidney, Golden Retriever & Irish Setter (Parent’s Dog)

Right: Laela, English Bulldog (Girlfriend’s Dog)

 

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When he’s not creating designs for RSVP, Danny enjoys staying creative by painting, drawing, and making music with friends.

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Danny is extremely grateful to have amazing people in his life. He loves creating art, music, and design work but his favorite place to be is spending time with his family.

 

All images are Danny’s own & may not be republished without express written permission.

 

 

How Kids Judge the Halloween Candy You Give Out

Everyone has their candy preferences, but what are kids thinking about what youā€™re putting in their bag?

However grateful and well mannered they are, itā€™s impossible for trick-or-treaters to avoid casting some judgment on the treat-giver-outers they encounter.

The Old Timer

Youā€™re old school. You donā€™t go for newfangled gadgets or trends. You like the classics. When youā€™ve been around the block as many times as you have, you know whatā€™s good and you stick with it.

The Spaz

You get an A for awkward. Either you grossly underestimated or ā€œCandyā€ was flagrantly forgotten on SEVERAL grocery lists.

The Party Pooper

Youā€™re probably allergic to sugar and happiness, but our new cavities are still going to get some sweetness tonight.

The Trusty Provider

Nothing too fancy, nothing too nasty. Youā€™re a solid source of one or two enjoyable or tradable ā€œfunā€ sized treats.

Cheapy McCheapster

Youā€™re handing out candy from last yearā€™s after-Halloween sales, arenā€™t you? Money may not grow on your trees, but tonight some toilet paper might.

The Legend

We shall one day tell our own kids of you good sir/madam. And the gold-plated private jet you must have lying around somewhere.

 

Contributed by Bethany Briggs

 

50 Years of Gratitude

ā€œThe healthiest of all human emotions is Gratitudeā€ 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.Ā  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.

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Iā€™ve had the fortune of visiting some cool places in the US and abroad. These are a few pictures where Iā€™m feeling grateful!

 

 

I have been blessed with what I believe are Godā€™s greatest gifts. I turned 50 this year and Iā€™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 destinationsā€¦Ā  The air in the mountains is so clean and fresh, and that resort is magical and very relaxingā€¦

 

 

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 Dadā€™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, Iā€™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. Weā€™re all in different professions now, but each successful in their field. Iā€™m grateful that we are each married to wonderful wives and have beautiful families. Iā€™m also grateful that we schedule annual family reunions to spend time with each other during these busy times. Justinā€™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:Ā  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:Ā  Emma 9, Gia 12, Maya 11. These are my step-daughters and they are a handful!Ā  Girls are for sure different than boys, and Iā€™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. Heā€™s a multi-poo and heā€™s smart and intuitive. I canā€™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. Iā€™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 doesnā€™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 Iā€™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 weā€™ve helped them in a small way in exchange.

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This is my family and Iā€™m proud and grateful to be among them and serve!Ā  Ā 

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I hope youā€™ll join me and make 2018-2019 your best year ever by having an Attitude of Gratitude!

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Anthony R. Sucato

Owner, RSVP / Sucato Marketing Systems

 

All images are Tonyā€™s own & may not be republished without express written permission.

NEW Employee Spotlight : Amy Flounders Baker

Get To Know Our Administrative Assistant, Amy!

The last year has been a whirlwind! Amy got married, moved to Ohio with her husband, and started working for RSVP.

 

 

She loves staying active but has never been a natural athlete. Slow and steady is her mantra! She crossed two items off her bucket list in the last few years. She ran the Flying Pig marathon in 2014 and in 2015 finished the Maryland Ā½ Ironman.

 

 

She’s a huge animal lover. Amy and her husband have a small dog herd.

 

 

Amy renovated a house in 2016 during some time off. She loved demo day and the whole process of rebuilding from the studs. Her friends and family all helped out, which made the end result even better.

 

 

Amy and her husband went on a cruise in March (our first one). She loves the ocean and most of her vacations have revolved around the beach.

 

 

Her favorite place to be is with friends and family, giving thanks for every day!

 

 

All images are Amy’s own & may not be republished without express written permission.

#Unplugged

Last week, we were blessed to travel to the lovely Dominican Republic home to gorgeous white sand beaches, gracious hospitality, and very spotty almost non-existent wi-fi.

We were very excited for our nine-year-old son to experience his first trip out of the country. Between the three of us, we had 2 cell phones, one work laptop, our family laptop, an iPad, and a Fitbit.

Upon arrival, like bonafide tourists, we were snapping photos of the palm trees and buildings and ourselves with tropical beverages. And what would one do with these photos next, upload to Facebook, of course! No such luck. Downloadingā€¦. Errorā€¦. Unable to processā€¦.

I joined the gaggle of other guests at the lobby desk in search of wi-fi codes. In a resort that attracted visitors from various parts of the world, I could see this desire to connect is not unique to the USA.

But alas $40 per day!?! Iā€™ll pass, thanks. Reluctantly, we unplugged for the week.

In any language or even without words, you can see the disconnect being connected has created. Itā€™s no wonder this video has been viewed over 50 million times.

In our week of being unplugged, we discovered:
1. We didnā€™t miss it that much. (Okayā€¦ maybe after day 2)
2. We still like each other. Whew!
3. Work went on fine without us. The people we trusted did what they were supposed to do.
4. We spent more time really appreciating the beauty of our surroundings instead of just photographing the sights for social media.
5. We made new friends poolside from all over the USA, Canada, and France. We learned about their culture and even picked up a few new words in other languages.
6. We got a real kick of watching people take selfies (one gal must have taken 40 selfies in the pool) and Snapchat (one musclebound dude nearly broke a leg on sandcastle while capturing his best kissy face on camera). Very entertaining!
7. Without tracking it via the device, weā€™re pretty sure we logged 20k-30k steps/day. Thereā€™s a lot more time to walk and discover when your heads not down on a screen!
8. On the four-hour flight home (GASP) we played cards and talked while others watched movies solo they had downloaded in preparation.
9. By day 7, disembarking at home and observing entire families deeply entranced in their phones, we found ourselves reflecting on what impact all this connectivity is having on real social relationships.

I hope that you will get the chance to be #unplugged if not, by force, then perhaps by choice. In a recent survey, 29% of cell owners describe their cell phone as ā€œsomething they canā€™t imagine living without.ā€ I assure you, you can. Itā€™s quite refreshing!

Challenge: Set aside a day each week to be device free. Canā€™t do a whole day? Start with an hour each morning.

ā€œAlmost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.ā€ ā€”Anne Lamott

 

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