While carbonated soft drinks have experienced volume dips, healthy drinks are enjoying double-digit growth. 

Attempting to catch up to this wave, manufacturers of all sizes are now rushing to the marketplace with new products. Coca-Cola recently brushed off their venerable Tab brand to introduce new Tab Energy, resplendent in a pink and white checked can.

"If you can dream it, you can do it," he once said. Again, "All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them." And make dreams come true is exactly what he did. Disney produced the first animated film with sound, the first animated color film, the first full length animated film, and the first film combining animation and live action.  He was also a pioneer of feature productions for television and children’s television programming.  And along the way he invented the theme park.  He had many dreams, and he had the courage to make many of them come true.

By Disney’s own testimony, his dreams were spawned by his insatiable curiosity.  “Ideas come from curiosity,” he observed.  “When you’re curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.”  Like inventing a talking mouse that took a nation by storm, winning 19 Academy Awards,  and turning a Florida swamp into the greatest entertainment complex in the world.

Disney’s curiosity caused him to wonder about everything he saw – why it worked the way it did, how it might work differently – and about things he didn’t see but only imagined – why they didn't exist and what it would take to bring them about.  He wondered and he dreamed and he acted.  And he changed his world.

“Always remember that this whole thing started with a dream and a mouse.” – Walt Disney

To learn more about the life and career of Walt Disney, go to Disneydreamer.com.

About Bill and Peggy Florence:

Billy Florence is a veteran, entrepreneur and philanthropist.  Billy Florence and Peggy Florence are frequently featured guest speakers on subject of business ownership, leadership skills, business development and personal motivation.

by Billy Florence

Years of owning and building businesses have provided me with the opportunity to meet and learn from some truly amazing people. You might be surprised to learn that people who achieve in sports, business, and public service have more in common than a casual observer might guess.  

Q. What could a winning basketball coach, top CEOs, prime ministers and presidents have in common?

E-health is growing more pervasive among—and more relevant to—physicians and patients alike.  – Billy Florence
Long after the first e bubble, physicians continue to move online and to report that the information they find on line influences their real-world medical decisions in significant ways. More physicians than ever before are adopting online tools to deliver patient care.

We are all nervous or fearful at times. This is as true of those who become legends in business and sports as it is of those who become footnotes in history. Fear is real. We must recognize it exists before we can conquer it. Norman Vincent Peal suggests these words as a first step in conquering our fears: "I can get rid of fear." David J Schwartz, in The Magic of Thinking Big, states, "Action cures fear. Isolate your fear and take constructive action."

The road to success is always uphill. It’s a fact.  Booker T Washington said, "Success isn’t measured by the position you reach in life; it's measured by the obstacles you overcome." Learning how to enjoy the journey means we must learn to learn how to deal with discouragement. Failure isn’t permanent unless it is the last time we try It’s a choice."