Month: October 2020

One of the things in my book “The In-Between Artist”, and the last sentence in my book, and the wish on bucket list was to see the Dodgers win their next World Series Championship, They finally did this year, and it also the year I was able to publish my father’s life story, which was also on my bucket list! I hope everyone will work hard in the life that they are given, and you to will see things come true on you bucket list too! I have two, and I hope you do too!. I am checking two major things off on my bucket list this year, Hope you can too! Live your passion! Enjoy your passion, and love life! What a year for the Dodgers! It was a great team that played together to win!. Just like a sales team has to work together to win the big prize! Go Dodgers,! Do it again next year! I was there with my oldest son Vince 32 years ago at the big Kirk Gibson game! What a great feeling feeling! It happened again! Congratulations to A GREAT TEAM!!

Wow!, just want to let everyone know, I had an interview on the “Frankie Boyer Biz Talk Radio Show” at 10:30 AM today. it will be aired on Monday at 8AM, Pacific Time..
After the airing of the show, you can pull up the interview on her website, since by noon. Pacific Time, she will have downloaded it sometime Monday afternoon October 26th. I was interviewed about my book I recently published, “The In-Between Artist”. Enjoy the interview! I will be interviewed by Michael Guberti, on his National Radio Program Friday, October 30th. I will let you know when you can hear it. Also on November 1st, at 1 pm, I will be interviewed on the 500 Section Lounge Podcast. I will let you know when that will be available for listening. And then Friday November 20th, I will be interviewed by Shep Cohen, on his radio show,” The World of Work with Shep Cohen Friday , November 20th, at 1PM. Again, I will keep you posted. And also I wrote a 1000 word article for I-Pain Living magazine. It was accepted for publication this week. I will also let you know when you can see this by way of the internet.
Great things are happening! Hope everyone has a great weekend! Remember to keep smiling, even though we are wearing a mask and keep your eyes wide open, and when you have your masks on, smile with your eyes! My dad used to say. it is one of the biggest assets we have is our smile, and it makes other people happy as well! That is when we are able to smile BIG!

1. Work hard
2. Enjoy your work
3. Have a good attitude at all times
4. Commit to learning something new everyday, that will help you with your job. Be an expert at understanding the product you are selling.
5. Meet or talk to two new people every day
6. Be persistent
7. Give other people what they want, and your will always get what you want! (ZIG ZIGLAR)
8. Make a good TOP TEN PROSPECT list, and a 15 back-up list, if you lose one.
9. Follow up a minimum of 5 times, for every new large prospect. keep in touch every two weeks.
10. Become a best friend with your largest accounts, and always be available.
Extra tip: January 1st, of every year , make yourself a sales goal list; and a personal goal list, and put it in an envelope every year, and look at it at the end of the year, and see how you did.. It is not a bad idea to post the goal lists in an area where you can see the lists as well. I always have ten major goals each year, and have always been able to achieve a minimum of 8 to 9 of them every year for nearly 30 plus years, since I started doing this.! It has resulted in me being a very successful salesman. Good Luck! SELL! SELL!, SELL!, and have fun! Follow my top ten, and you will too will become a successful sales person.

Have you ever looked at the intensity of the eyes of a baseball player before he gets that big hit, or home run, in order to win a game. That is what a great salesman’s eyes look like when they are about to close a big sale. It really motivates them inside and out, when he or she finally closes the sale! It is like hitting a home run , in baseball, to win the big game. This is what I would compare it to. What a great feeling it is! A great salesman feels like he he or she is on top of the world at that time. If you have a chance to see the Dodgers win the World Series this next week, look closely at the hitters eyes, prior to getting that big hit that wins the game for their team! Go Dodgers!
What a team they have this year! Let’s see if the Dodgers can bring the Championship back to L.A. this year! It has been 33 years!

I personally was able to get into my father’s mind many years after he passed, from his notes he left behind. I was able to see how he achieved success in between all his illnesses.

DD’s Five Golden Rules:
1. Always have a big smile, it pays dividends.
2. Listen more than you talk.
3. Make people feel good about the decision that they are making, and make sure they feel good about what they are buying, and convince them that you are helping them full their need at the time.
4. Give other people what they want, and you will always get you you want.. This is taken from Zig Ziglar, one of the most popular motivational speakers of all time.
5. Always make eye contact, this builds trust.

Try these above tips. It works and I have been using these tips all my life. My dad “The In-Between Artist” also lived by these rules , and he managed to have a very successful life.

Throughout his tumultuous childhood, David D’Orazi witnessed his bi-polar artist dad being taken away in a straitjacket, undergoing 37 electric shock treatments spending months in psychiatric hospitals. But Tony D’Orazi still managed to become a highly successful artist, who was the first cartoonist to work on Walt Disney’s Snow White, and invented the character of Dopey, for the first 80 minute film for Walt Disney. This film at that time was the largest grossing movie of all time for Walt Disney. He also had his own Emmy Award wining popular kid’s TV and radio shows as Uncle Tony O’dare. This brief article was written, by Alissa Wolf , copy right (Quarterly EZINE website article) the next quarter, 2020. This is a website, for the Radio, and TV and podcast producers to look at, in order to book guests for future shows. This article was written by Alissa Wolf, a a well known New York Copywriter.
The whole story is in the Tony D’Orazi Biography. “The In-Between Artist”. It is available on Amazon.
BIG QUESTION: Is there a link between Mental Illness and Genius? That is a great question?
This will be a great article, and is intended to create interest in the Media World”, who may offer me interviews, on TV, and Radio programs, in the future, after reading this ad.
I already have a podcast that will be coming up soon , October 30th, on Mark Guberti podcast for 20 minutes, as well as the 500 Section Lounge , November 1st. 2020. Have a great weekend! As soon as I hear when I am going to be on the air, I will let everyone know.
Be Safe!

Kind regards,

David F. D’Orazi

After writing this story, “The In Between Artist” , I have been asked multiple times, how I managed to get through all the things my dad went through , as I grew up, and how I managed to deal with them on a day to day basis. When taking a walk today, I figured it out, how I was able to keep a positive mindset throughout my life, and maintain a positive mental attitude.
As I look back, I give a lot of credit, to my step Grandpa Roy, who always was a jokester, and made me laugh. He was a Magician too, and always did coin and card tricks for me. My Grandpa Roy was really a funny guy, and had a great sense of humor., and always managed to get people to laugh. And for that , I owe him a lot, especially for what influence he had during my growing up years.. What he taught me, has been carried through my adult years as well!
It has made a big difference , on how I look at life in general. Nothing like a great sense of humor, and a good laugh!. It is like a golden gift. Who was your funny grandpa in your life? Or that person that taught you how to laugh, and have a great sense of humor? It’s even fun to laugh at the silly things we do ourselves day in and day out.

Stay Positive, and ignore all the negative things, that might get in your way today. As long as the positive things outweigh the negative things, consider it to be a great day to be alive! Also “if you are able to give people what they want, you will always get what you want”. This is an old Zig Ziglar motto, and it works! Try it in your daily life! I have experienced success by living by this motto every day of my life, and it has resulted in much success, especially in my sales world.