Selina Maitreya, photographer consultant, wrote this for a recent blog post and wanted to share it with you…”As we start another year, walk in your integrity and make this YOUR
best year ever!”  Lessons I’ve learned….Selina Maitreya 2011

• Never underestimate the power of a talented, driven photographer..
• The world is full of paradox.
• If you wait long enough things will shift completely.
• What goes around, comes around and around and around again.
• As we grow older the world gets smaller. Kindness is contagious.
• In the photo business everything has changed yet nothing has changed.
• Relationships still are key ,they just come into play at a different time.
• Vision is the value clients seek, and the statement photographers must
  make again and again and again.
• People are basically good.
• Nice guys do not finish last. Nor do nice women.
• The sky is NOT falling and print is not dead.
• Kindness is contagious.
• Vision is a divine gift. Successful photographers share consistent traits.
• Not sweating the small stuff leads to not sweating the really big stuff.
• Negativity is toxic. If photographers are grounded in negativity no
  amount of marketing in the world will help them to grow their business.
• Kindness is contagious.
• Dorothy was onto something when she told Toto
  “People come and go so quickly around here!”
• As crowded as the field of photo is, it is only competitive in numbers.
• Photographers as a group are the most interesting, fascinating,
  talented, complicated, funny, and loving people. Having great intentions
  to do anything gets you nowhere, with out action to fuel your desires.
• Photography businesses take 2-4 years to fully mature once a solid vision
  and a well developed sales /marketing program are in place.
• Kindness is contagious.
• If you cheat or devalue your suppliers by constantly negotiating with
  them to lower their fees, your clients will do the same with you.
• A valued,respected and well paid employee will return the favor in
  spades.
• Smiling is good for your health. You can’ t smile without feeling
  better, and happier.
• Going to grace by listing what you are grateful for, will always turn
  around a bad day.
• Faith is the best companion you can have, and trust is a valued friend.
• Hard work is good for the soul, and a positive outlook can completely
  change your world.
• People  are basically good and
• Kindness is contagious.

In Grace
With Gratitude
Selina
http://www.selinamaitreya.com
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