Bobby L. Villarreal

So who's the sucker now? You obviously were curious about this week's topic that you clicked on the link and well you ended up on this page, SOLD! Let me be up front with you, as much as we hate to admit it we are all sales people of some type. That's right, WE ARE ALL SALESPEOPLE! This week I want to expand your mind and help you understand what sales really is. Today's job economy is very stiff but companies are always hiring salespeople no matter what type of economy. The problem is no one wants to do sales because maybe they had a bad previous experience or just intimidated by its requirements. Regardless of the excuse, I want to make this very clear to you, we sell everyday and we don't even realize it.  You see selling doesn't necessarily mean that you are providing a product or service to a consumer and the person earns a commission. Selling is helping a person make a decision on an idea or experience. The consumer believes your advice and well th...

With the Easter holiday being this week and all, I thought this would be a great topic to discuss. Passion, what does it mean to you and what is yours? Before we dive into the topic let me just be upfront, I will not discuss anything whether you're a believer or non-believer. The point I want to simply make across today is to help you understand what passion is and how you can apply it to your own life. According to Webster's Dictionary, passion means intense emotion: anger; rage; ardent love; zeal; enthusiasm. That's quite a bit of meanings and yet diverse. To me it means love or the expression of love. It may mean something else to someone else but bottom line is that we have a general understanding of what passion is. In today's culture, there are many people who are lost and consumed by the media and other outlets that feed into their minds. No offense if you're a reality show junkie, but just about everything on television these days is just straigh...

That's right you read it right, I want to dig a little deeper and talk about our everyday encounters we have with people. Regardless, of what we do for a living, we all interact with human beings on a daily basis whether we like them or not. (sarcasm.) I mainly want to highlight this week is how well do you value your relationships and how can you utilize them. (If you think I am going to be talking about ex-boyfriends or girlfriends today, you got the wrong blog! You are being redirected now!) You see one of the biggest missed opportunities we tend to forget is that everything we do throughout our lives is based on relationships. Let's be realistic here, we all can attest to having a friend that does this and that, blah, blah. You must realize that whenever you are in a situation we always have someone to turn to no matter the circumstances (in regards to your situation). We all have a friend or relative that loves to watch football and drink beer every Sunday, we all know...

Happy Friday everyone! It's been a month since my last blog topic, let's just say March was a hectic month for me. Anyways, today's topic is about the new economy and how you must adapt to it whether you want to or not. In 2008, we witnessed one of the most economic downturns the U.S. has faced in it's history. After six years now, we are still recovering from the recession and in case you have not realized our economy has transformed into a "new" economy. For those of you who are jobless or waiting on the fences for something to come across your path, I don't want to be the one to break it to you but it's like the Italians say "fah-gett-about-it." The unemployment rate is still roughly about 7%, there are a lot of people who are underemployed, working multiple part-time jobs and others who went to college who are not doing anything that has to do with what they studied. Jobs are being diminished everyday and there are plenty of reasons f...

This week's topic, "The Significance of 10,000" Most of you are probably wondering why in the heck am I talking about the number 10,000, while a few of you may have a slight idea as to where I am going with this. There is a best-selling book titled, "Outliers: The Story of Success" by Malcolm Gladwell. I highly recommend this book to those of you who have not read it. Gladwell provides a wealth of information in regards to being successful and argues if we are born with luck or does hard work really pave the road to success for you. He introduces the 10,000 hour rule throughout the book and after intensive research he discovered that it takes about 10,000 hours before you are to become an expert in your desired field. Sounds crazy, but when you actually analyze it, it makes sense. Most of us want to be successful but do not want to have to put any work in, most importantly we do not want to sacrifice. In our culture today, we live in a world of entitlement...

This week we dive into a very intriguing topic, "Why Change Is Good." We all have experienced some type of change throughout our entire lives. For some of us it may have been a bad or good experience but regardless it had an impact on your life whether it was minor or major. I was having a conversation the other day with a friend of mine that I hadn't spoken to in months. We were catching up and both of us had complimented each other on how much we had changed since the last time we seen each other. He had told me that becoming a father had changed his life and that his child meant the world to him. As he was telling me this I could just feel his emotion through his expressions. I began to realize how much his character had developed. During graduate school, a topic we had discussed in a course was adapting to change in an organizational culture. The workplace has to be one of the most difficult settings to adapt to change. Most of us have either gone through...

For this week's topic I thought it would be a great idea to do a special one for Valentine's Day. Wait a second you are probably wondering but Bobby your topic mentions 'haters". Yeah it does and it obviously got your attention to get you here to read this. Well that's because I truly believe we should celebrate love with each other every day regardless of what day of the year it is. So let's dive right into this week's topic. Haters, what is a hater? The true definition of a hater is someone who dislikes intensely or passionately. Although, we all might have our own definition of a hater, especially in today's culture, but all in all they all correlate with the each other. Regardless, of what it means to you we all have had our own experience with haters and have learned to deal with them as well. Most notably, what we have learned from those experiences we have learned to apply them to our life. (Remember last week's topic.) We all have once in ...

Happy First Friday y'all! Hope you have been enjoying my blog thus far, I appreciate all the feedback and responses I've been receiving. This week's topic is "The Importance of Education and Why It Should Matter To You." First off, when we hear the word education the first thing we immediately think is school. Although, they both correspond with each other yet the both are quite different let's take a closer look at their meaning. Education means a) the act or process of educating; instruction; b) the science of teaching; pedagogy. Meanwhile, school is an organization that provides instruction. After knowing this we can agree that education is the process of learning and school is the setting of where learning takes place. Today, the education system has changed and the learning experience has gone from the classroom to outside the classroom. So what I want for you to do for now is to distinguish education and school. Education exists in every ...

Who's ready for the Super Bowl this weekend? I am sure everyone is excited for the parties, half time performance but MOST of all the funny commercials. I always look forward to the commercials as well, maybe it's because I love marketing so much. Anyways, this week's topic is "There's No "I" In Team." As cliche this may seem, it holds up to be very true in our everyday lives. Football is one of my passions, I loved playing the game growing up but most of all the principles I learned from playing the game. Had it not been for football I probably would have been a troubled kid growing up but thank God for blessing me with the ability to play. The principles I adopted were determination, discipline, leadership, respect but most importantly TEAMWORK. All these principles have impacted my life so much that I still hold true to them even in my professional career and the way I do business on a daily basis. What does teamwork mean to you? Teamw...

I figured since MLK Day was this past Monday, that this would be a great topic to discuss this week. Why do we dream? What do we dream of? I have always wondered what the significance of dreaming was. Lately, I have been spending a lot of time with God and I have learned that dreams is one way He communicates with us. For instance, this morning I read Genesis 40, this is about when Joseph interprets two dreams to a cup-bearer and a baker. They told Joseph about their dreams and Joseph told them the significance behind them. If you get a chance read it, pretty great story. I thought waking up and reading this today was pretty cool to share since this week's topic is about dreams. I believe we dream because it gives us hope and inspiration from within us to go out do something significant with our life. Whatever it may be, its what keeps us going because we want to achieve something in our lifetime that we will be remembered for during our time here on Earth. Dr. Martin Luthe...

Happy Friday y'all! I hope your 2014 has been off to a great start. Let's dive right into this week's topic, "What Is Your Why?" Why do you do what you do? Why do you love what you do? Why, why, why... We have all asked ourselves at one point in our life,  although we seem to forget to constantly to remind ourselves. Your reason may be for your parents, your child, or just helping others in general. There are many reasons that motivate us to do what we do in our everyday life. Do you wake up in the morning and ask yourself why do you go to work? I would think yes that we all can attest to this. Most of us work because it's what puts food on the table, pays the bills, provides for your family, etc. you get the drift.  I totally respect hard-working parents and admire those who work their asses off to provide for their family. I was raised by not only a hard working but single mother, growing up I always knew that her why was my brother and I. I am v...

Hope everyone enjoyed their holidays with their loved ones this holiday season. Well, let's dive right into today's topic. Resolutions, resolutions, resolutions... We have all been sold into the idea of making resolutions for the new year mostly our entire life and yet the majority of us never follow through with them. Why is that? Well, the reason I believe people never follow through is that they quit before they even try. For example, the most popular resolution people make every year is to lose weight or to start going to the gym. It's astounding how much revenue gyms bring in right after the holidays compared to the entire year. January has to be every gym rat's favorite month to go to the gym.(sarcasm) No offense, but we all have been guilty of this or know someone who has. We start off right for a few weeks and then we begin to get distracted with life. I understand that we all have our own problems or obstacles in life that distracts us from staying focuse...

First, I would like to welcome you to my blog and I hope that you enjoyed your holidays. On my blog I will be posting topics on business, marketing, and life. Stay tuned for my first topic of 2014 this Friday. Cheers!