Valuable Takeaways from Visonary Richard Montanez, Creator of HOT Cheetos, by, Gina Meyers

Over the past month or so, I have been able to listen to two amazing entrepreneurs, visionaries, Ms. Tyra Banks, Americas Top Model Creator and Mr. Richard Montanez, creator of Hot Cheetos.


Valuable Takeaways from a Visionary

You've Got to be HUNGRY, Choose the line

You choose the line, if you are hungry, it's your choice, even if you are put in another line. Mr. Montanez recalls a story from the 1960's when he was placed in the "Latinos Only" line for reading. The "Whites Only" line for the 2nd grade children, the teachers were two pretty blondes with blue eyes and they had cookies. Richard was literally hungry and he figured whichever line he got into, he'd probably be beaten by one or the other teacher. His little pals who were Mexican, asked him (Richard) why he was waiting in the "Whites Only" line for reading? He said, "Because they have cookies." When he made it to the front of the line, the teachers stock piled each of his pockets with freshly baked cookies. Richard talked about how to this day, when he looks at a blonde haired woman in front of his wife, she whacks him. So, you choose the line, short of the DMV line, you have a choice! For entrepreneurs, the takeaway is, "you have to be hungry and stay hungry."


Stop! You don't need anyone's permission. Don't wait for someone's approval

I am sure you've heard there is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs. Well, you also need to be your own cheerleader and remember:

You don't need anyone's permission to be successful and to try. If you are looking for permission, you've got it in Mr. Richard Montanez, don't forget, he has given you permission.


Be Who You Are, Everyone Else is Taken

In order to achieve greatness, you have to look ridiculous. You have to get over yourself.


Taking the it's who you know not what you know to a whole new level

In fact, it is not who you know, it's who knows you that matters.

You need support people in your life and they need to have these two qualities
1) Inspire You
2) Encourage You

Get busy researching, visit your local library
Both Tyra Banks and Richard Montanez have had at least one supportive person in their life. For Tyra, her mom was her biggest support and for Richard, his wife has been his biggest support.
Both of the support people encouraged their visionaries to visit the library and to research what they didn't know.

While both disagree on "looking the part", both agree on "speaking the part". You must be able to articulate what your vision is so others who can make your dreams happen can see it too!


Get over it!
How many times have you had a great idea and someone else has stolen it. Richard says, "don't be mad if someone else has your same idea, be happy for them that they did it."

In life, there will be setbacks, but keep on trying, when you are a visionary, you know you must keep on persevering.

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From Janitor to Creator of Hot Cheetos

Blood Red Velvet Cake Recipe

Gina Meyers Books For Sale

Love at First Bite: The Unofficial Twilight Cookbook

The international phenomenon known as Twilight fever has ignited excitement in the kitchen. Delectable delights to satisfy the appetites of the humans can be found in the fictional book Twilight. Love at First Bite: the Unofficial Twilight Cookbook is meant to offer a satisfying array of warm, lovely dishes that anyone of any age can cook with ease and enjoyment. To help the reader determine the level of skill involved in preparing each dish, the recipes are labeled "easy", "medium", or "hard". One fork means "easy", two forks, "medium", and three forks means it is a "difficult" or "hard" recipe. Filled with forbidden love, action, and danger, so brace yourself, and bring your very best table manners and your appetites. Don't forget your forks. Beautiful Bella Swan will be serving up some scrumptious delights to satisfy even the pickiest puritan "vegetarian" vampires. Intertwined in the pages of Love at First Bite, you will find Bell's Lasagna, Harry's Famous Fish Fry, Mushroom Ravioli, Blushing Bella Punch, just to name a few. Your senses will be filled deep with the sweet aroma of mouthwatering I Dare You to Eat Pizza Edward, and sinfully delicious Red Velvet Cake. You know when the rooster crows, it is time to awaken your sense of taste and take a Bite at Dawn to Lemon Blueberry cake, Plum Pecan Waffles, or Grand Slam Sundae. Red juicy ripe vine tomatoes marinated in raspberry vinaigrette tempts the taste buds and is a featured salad in the There Are Cold Cut Sandwiches in the Fridge section. Pucker up and take a long cool sip of Sparkling Honey Lemonade in a citrus salt rimmed glass, one of the virgin recipes found in the beverage chapter. Give into your epicurean temptation and take a bite into Love at First Bite: the Unofficial Twilight Cookbook. The recipes will leave you breathless and hungry for more. Besides luscious recipes, you'll also find cast lists for Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse, as well a Twilight Party Planning Checklist, Bella's Prom Planner, and tons of trivia. Also find invaluable resources on upcoming Unofficial Twilight Conventions, Twilight Cooking Classes and more. ISBN-13: 978-1450222006 $50.00

The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: From Cauldron Cakes To Butterbeer & More

Smuggle in some muggle magic with The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: From Cauldron Cakes to Butterbeer And More! Inside this new and improved edition of The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: From Cauldron Cakes To Butterbeer, you will find all things sugary to satisfy your sweet tooth, including Ron’s Love Spell Sugar Cookies, Butterbeer Cupcakes, Pumpkin Juice, Hermiome’s Precious Potion, Mulled Mead, Rock Cakes, Treacle Crisp, Pumpkin Fudge, Yorkshire Pudding, Cauldron Cakes, King’s Cross Butterscotch Bars, Harry’s Tea and Get Out Of a Jam Cookies, Cockroach Clusters, and much, much more, if you dare. ISBN-13: 978-1463555054 $30.00

The Magic of Bewitched Cookbook: Clients, Cookery and Cocktails

Want to cook fun easy meals while remembering one of your Beloved 1960's sitcoms Bewitched? "Well", as Samantha would say hop on your brooms with an appetite and take a nostalgic flight back to yesteryear with The Magic of Bewitched Cookbook: Clients, Cookery and Cocktails. A magical cookbook with plenty of culinary classics that unthaws the proverbial TV dinner and brings to life delectable desserts, mouth watering main dishes, scrumptious appetizers, yummy breakfast treats, satisfying soups and sandwiches, and beverages sure to please any mere mortal. Find out what Darrin Stephens favorite meal is and what's boiling in Serena's Saucy Guide to Life, get advice from Bewitched's resident boss, Larry Tate with his little black book of hangover remedy cures. Get Gladys Kravitz, world's noisiest neighbor sugar cookie recipe, fly on over to the Clients Coming Over In An Instant Appetizers, and pull up a chair in the Tales of Toadstools and Barstools with Dr. Bombay's Sure to Cure Favorite Home Remedy drink. The Caldron is stirring up a tasty Witches Brew in Madison Avenue Mocktails. The Magic of Bewitched Cookbook has helpful kitchen tips, trivia tidbits, rare photographs, a listing of McMann and Tate Advertising Clients, an index and great recipes! No magic wands needed, just cooking the old fashioned messy mortal way! ISBN-13: 978-0595477609 $50.00

The Magic of Bewitched Trivia and More
	Witch-ever way you look at it, The Magic of Bewitched Trivia and More book is a magical, must have. An enchanting accompaniment to any Bewitched lovers collection. It's an out of this world galaxy guide to trivia, recipes, fun facts, never before seen photographs, and much more. It's FAN-tastic, FAN-tabulous, and a fun read! ISBN-13: 978-0595315574 $50.00

The Magic of Bewitched Trivia by Gina Meyers

Best Witches and much success with this and all your other books."Kasey Rogers, Louise Tate from Bewitched. "Gina Meyers pays respect to one of the classic television shows of our time. In the process, we discover more than just an entertaining and nostalgic sitcom, but one that has earned a place in our social fabric. Black cloak fabric, that is! Marcella Carrillo, book reviewer "This is a very involved book about Bewitched, even if you didn't know much about the show, you do after reading this book." Anne M. Morrall, Australia Bewitched Fan The Magic of Bewitched has totally cosmic trivia, fabulous fun facts, rarely seen photographs, 101 Things To Know About Bewitched, and lots more! ISBN-13: 978-0595447442 $50.00

Everyday Italian

In my Italian-American household and my Taste of Italy Cooking Classes, fun gatherings have always centered around good food, and great conversation. Everyday Italian focuses on the simple pleasure of cooking healthy, easy to follow, time tested recipes. Everyday Italian is resplendent of the fresh & seasonal ingredients found in Italy. With the spirit of Italy in mind, you will enjoy creating family favorites such as Aunt Rose’s Tallerina, My Mama’s Artichoke Cheese Squares, The Brooklyn Mama’s Brusetta, Chicken Cacciatore, Veal Scaloppini, Zucchini Italiano, Torte Angelica, Nonie Julie’s Anise Biscotti Cookie, and a whole lot more. Buon Appetito. Besides tasty Italian recipes, you will find fun quizzes to test your knowledge. You Know You Are Italian When, Hot to Spot a Real Italian, How To Embrace Your Inner Italian Mama, and Memories of Italian Cooking, and a Handy Weights and Measures Guide. ISBN-13: 978-1492993735 $50.00

Dorm Room Essentials Cookbook

You are getting ready to go off to college, congratulations! Now you can impress the girl or boy down the hall as she or he walks by your door, they will smell a wonderful aroma, what are you cooking? Inside Dorm Room Essentials Cookbook, a college cookbook, you will find gluten-free recipes, vegetarian specialties, gourmet recipes, desserts; appetizers just to name a few. How else do you expect to stay energized for early-morning classes and late-night study sessions? With Dorm Room Essentials Cookbook as your guide, you will find great resources that will help the beginning cook understand cooking abbreviations and terms, make substitutions in recipes, and convert to and from the metric system. There is even a Cooking Essentials Guide to the best products on the market as well as The Well-Stocked Dorm Room Pantry Checklist. To assist the budding dorm room chef in determining the level of skill involved in preparing each dish, the recipes are labeled "easy", "medium", or "hard". Bachelor's Degree means "easy", Master's Degree, "medium", and Doctorate Degree, "hard". Most recipes found in Dorm Room Essentials Cookbook are Bachelor's Degree Level, or "easy". With Dorm Room Essentials Cookbook, you not only get well balanced meals that are easy to prepare in your dorm room, but you also get a bonus: there are Holistic Healing Exercises, and a section on How to Make a Dreamboard. These are perfect for the dorm room resident who wants to be able to create a well-rounded lifestyle. ISBN-13: 9781502486998 $50.00

Dorm Room Dining

You are getting ready to go off to college, congratulations! Now you can impress the girl or boy down the hall as she or he walks by your door, they will smell a wonderful aroma, what are you cooking? Inside Dorm Room Dining, a college cookbook, you will find gluten-free recipes, vegetarian specialties, gourmet recipes, desserts; appetizers just to name a few. How else do you expect to stay energized for early-morning classes and late-night study sessions? With Dorm Room Dining as your guide, you will find great resources that will help the beginning cook understand cooking abbreviations and terms, make substitutions in recipes, and convert to and from the metric system, and a well stocked dorm room pantry checklist. In addition, is a handy list of cooking basics (foods and tools) that are perfect for the dorm room resident who wants to be able to create simple, delicious snacks and meals with minimum effort. With Dorm Room Dining, you not only get well balanced meals that are easy to prepare in your dorm room, but you also get a bonus: The Eight Keys To Balance, Five Elements To Produce Harmony In Your Environment, Six Inexpensive Cures To Health, Wealth, Prosperity, Understanding The Yin And Yang Energy, and Rules For Being Human. ISBN-13: 978-1466232976 $25.00

Manifesting Magnificence: A Personal Growth Workbook

Shine in 2018! Manifesting Magnificence is a personal growth workbook with uplifting exercises to promote positive benefits in the areas of mind, body, and spirit. Mindful living includes creating vision boards, healthy recipes, financial health advice, parenting advice from a psychologist, meditation exercises from a yoga instructor and so much more! Create the feeling of what you want NOW. Chapters include: Using The Law of Attraction and Dreamboards to Live Fully (Visionary Anita Rani), Tune in, Tap in, Turn on, An Easy Guide to Meditation ( Yoga Master, Richard Parenti), The Building Blocks of Self-Esteem (Clinical Psychologist Dr. Allan G. Hedberg), Move Past Your Obstacles and into your Magnificence (Drama Therapist Cecelia M. Klinger), The 21st of Every Month, A Plan for Keeping Your Life in Balance (Professor Linda Ferrari), Feel Good Food Recipes (Cookbook Author Gina Meyers), Tips for Parents (Artist Liz Longo), Brother John the Runner and the Old Abbott (Alan Hill) and much more! Ideal for divorced or separated people. ISBN-13: 978-0692345191 $25.00

The Twin Pomegranates Wine Cookbook

Things just taste better with wine, it is a fact that every great cook knows. Cooking with Twin Pomegranates wine is simply superb. Inside The Twin Pomegranates™ Cookbook, you will find appealing appetizers, mouthwatering main dishes, cheering cocktails, and delightful desserts. Pomegranate wine has medicinal qualities and impressive health benefits. Pomegranate wine has been known to improve one’s health, lower bad cholesterol in the blood, preventing heart disease and certain studies have shown pomegranate wine to destroy cancer cells. Dionysos was the God of wine, fruit, and viticulture. Euripides said, “where there is no wine, there is no love.” Ernest Hemingway pledged, “Wine is the most civilized thing in the world.” Napoleon stated, “In victory, you deserve champagne, in defeat, you need it.” The Twin Pomegranates Cookbook has helpful and healthful tips, yummy recipes, full color photographs, and even a handy weights and measures and substitution guide. There is a guarantee that drinking one glass of Twin Pomegranate wine may promote smiling. To your health, à votre santé. ISBN-13: 978-0982503997 $50.00

101 Things To Know About I Dream of Jeannie & Bewitched

Did you know that the theme songs from “I Dream of Jeannie” and “Bewitched” have lyrics? Did you know that Jeannie, the resident genie from the hit ‘60’s sitcom “I Dream Of Jeannie”, made magic by blinking her eyes? And did you know that Samantha Stephens, the lead character in the 60’s magical hit sitcom “Bewitched” was a squeaky-clean suburban house-witch who tried hard to abstain from twitching her nose and playing her witchy craft in order to please her uptight advertising executive husband, Darrin? 101 Things To Know About I Dream of Jeannie & Bewitched answers those questions and more. In this bonus feature, also receive the theme song lyrics, stories told by real life Bewitched Fans, and tons more!!! ISBN-13: 978-1461053088 $25.00

Bite at Twilight

The international phenomenon known as Twilight fever has ignited excitement in the kitchen. Delectable delights to satisfy the appetites of the humans found in the fictional book Bite At Twilight: Vampires, Forks, & Knives, is meant to offer a satisfying array of warm, lovely dishes that anyone of any age can cook with ease and enjoyment. Whether you are planning a Twilight-Themed Birthday Party, just a simple get together with friends, a Halloween party, or just what to try your creative hand to some culinary delights you are in luck. Filled with forbidden love, action, and danger, brace yourself, and bring your very best table manners, and appetites. Don't forget your forks. Beautiful Bella Swan will be serving up some scrumptious delights to satisfy even the pickiest, puritan "vegetarian" vampires. Intertwined in the pages of Bite At Twilight Cookbook: Vampires, Forks, & Knives, you will find Bell's Lasagna, Harry's Famous Fish Fry, Mushroom Raviolis, Red Velvet Cake, Blushing Bella Punch, and much more. Besides mouthwatering recipes, you'll also find a Twilight Party Planning Guide, and for the teenagers, Bell's Prom Primer. "I bought this cookbook on a whim, and love it! The recipes are easy. I made the mushroom ravioli and my family loved it".-Diana, Philadelphia, PA, Amazon customer "Gina, this is brilliant! I have a teen daughter who needs a boost like this to get her nose out of her Twilight books and into the kitchen." Laurie Vengoechea, San Diego Cooking Examiner ISBN-13: 978-0615282954 $25.00

Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: From Muggles To Magic

Smuggle in some muggle magic with The Unofficial Harry Potter Muggles To Magic Cookbook. Inside this new and improved edition of The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: From Cauldron Cakes To Butterbeer, you will find all things sugary to satisfy your sweet tooth, including Ron's Love Spell Sugar Cookies, Butterbeer Cupcakes, Pumpkin Juice, Hermiome's Precious Potion, Mulled Mead, Rock Cakes, Treacle Crisp, Pumpkin Fudge, Yorkshire Pudding, Cauldron Cakes, King's Cross Butterscotch Bars, Harry's Tea and Get Out Of a Jam Cookies, Cockroach Clusters, and much, much more, if you dare. With The Unofficial Harry Potter Muggles To Magic, you will conjure up easy to follow recipes that have been thoroughly researched and taste tested. Harry Potter fans will delight in recreating their favorite delicacies so smuggle in some muggle magic and try your hand or magic wand at Potter Stew, Hogwarts Best Bruscetta, Lasagna, Banoffi Inspired Pizza Pie, Christmas Coconut Soup, Dumbledore's Delightful Dumplings, and much, much more. ISBN-13: 978-0982503959 $25.00

The Little Gourmet Goes Around The Globe

Smuggle in some muggle magic with Indulge your sophisticated palate, be the envy of your friends, embrace your inner chef and learn to cook easy, exotic, culinary masterpieces with, The Little Gourmet Goes Around The Globe. A cookbook designed for “foodies” ages six to sixteen who have an insatiable desire to be the next Top Chef! The Little Gourmet Goes Around The Globe, is packed with flavorful dishes from the regions of Italy, France, England, Ireland, Mexico, Thailand, China, Hawaii (Polynesian), and Japan. Gourmet recipes such as Thai Coconut Soup (Thailand), Ginger Chicken Stir Fry (China), Corned Beef and Cabbage (Ireland), Fruit Kabobs (Hawaii), Tea and Jam Cookies (England), Crepes Suzette (France), Pasta With Roasted Red Peppers (Italy), Chiles Rellenos Soufflé (Mexico) and dozens more healthy, fun, yummy gourmet recipes. ISBN-13: 978-1460916209 $25.00

How To Cook Like A Hot Italian Mama

In my Hot Italian Mama household, fun family gatherings have always centered around good food, great conversation, and lively interchanges. Let The How To Cook Like A Hot Italian Mama Cookbook be your guide to: economical ingredients, enjoyable, tasty recipes, and easy to follow instructions. Enjoy The How To Cook Like A Hot Italian Mama Cookbook with sure to please simple, easy and incredibly quick Italian inspired recipes. The How To Cook Like A Hot Italian Mama Cookbook takes into consideration what you have in your refrigerator or pantry. Mouthwatering recipes such as The Brooklyn Mama Bruscetta, My Italian Mama’s Artichoke Cheese Squares, Mushroom Ravioli, Yellow Squash and Tomato Parmesan, Pasta with Creamy Garlic and Walnut Sauce, Veal Scaloppini, Spaghettini Primavera and dozens more inspirational dishes. Gina Ferrari serves up easy, tasty Italian main dishes as well as simple desserts sure to be crowd pleasers. Buon Appetito. Besides tasty Italian recipes, you will find fun quizzes: You Know You Are Italian When, Hot to Spot a Real Italian, How To Spot A Non-Italian, How To Embrace Your Inner Italian Mom, and True Italian Stories. ISBN-13: 978-0982503904 $50.00

Reflections, by, Gina Meyers

Reflections….

"Life is like driving in your car. The windshield is large so you can see where you WANT to go including all the hazards, unknowns and Possibilities. The rear-view mirror is like your past. The view is MUCH smaller, you can't do much about it and it's OK to glance into it periodically for guidance, but don’t Stare or you will crash into your Future!"

You can be better than before.

Resistance and resilience are only a few letters different and yet they mean a world of difference.

Not only can you heal your life, you can overcome your fears which are your biggest setbacks. If you can be honest with yourself, you can change yourself and the world!

You are way more powerful than you think. 

Dredging upon traumatic memories from the past was not on my plate du jour. As a matter of fact, didn’t want any reminders of what I’ve been through, but that’s the problem with “accidents”, “car accidents”, they have a way of exposing the onion layers all at once.

I’m raw like an onion peel and yet I’m more happy, satisfied, and lucky than I’ve ever felt. Freedom. 

From tragedy to triumph 

When you have a traumatic event that unfolds before your very eyes,

You are forced to relive other tramas in your life regardless of if the actual trama involved the same situation.

For me the symbols and the fear all spelled vehicle or car, for the most part.

Getting involved in a motor vehicle accident, not my fault, so far, cross my fingers, knock on wood, every accident I have been involved in has been someone else's fault, that doesn’t make it any better really, it just gives me a little less guilt and more fear and worry and concern than anything. 

Here is my advice: 

You need to get over trauma as quickly as possible.

You need to regurgitate everything quickly as if you have the flu, then rest, recuperate, reflect, self-care, write, journal, paint, sculpt, bake, be quiet. As the song says. 

Billy Joel says it best  in Vienna.

Slow down you crazy child

You are so ambitious for a juvenile

Where is the fire, what’s the hurry about? 

You better cool it off before you burn it out

Truth is… you  can get what you want or you could just get old!

You are gonna kick off before you even get halfway through

When will you realize--the inner waits for you?

Certain people and personalities that you can’t fully trust when you are going through difficult times. horder, the toxic person, the bully, the competitive spirit. Personalities or character deficits that you can partially trust in difficult times, the co-dependent, the know-it-all. These people may tell you “they told you so”, but they will be dependendable in the sense that they be around puffing their chest, if you can handle the bravado, then ok. Co-dependents will blame themselves for your problem, so if you need a shoulder to cry on, they’ll be crying on yours, but you’ll at least get the attention/affection if that’s something you need. People you should steer clear of in good times and in bad, the liar, anyone physically, mentally, or emotionally abusive, difficult situations flare up their already atrocious personality/character flaws. Also, this isn’t meant to sound manipulative, it’s a fact that we are all flawed human beings having a spirit experience. Or some people believe we are spirits having a human experience. 

Gina is the author of numerous unique themed cookbooks and books of inspiration: Purchase her autographed copies here: http://www.ginameyers.com/books2.html

Book Titles that could bring home the bacon

Ever thought of an award winning title for a book? I have. Inspiration was written on my Target Teeshirt when my daughter Lauren Rose was in the third grade. I was in charge of the Monster Hands, a simple creation whereby you put popcorn in a clean, clear glove, the "fingernails" "aka candy corn." Anyways, I came up with Love at First Bite, and that title has been one of those monumental titles that gets noticed and for a cookbook, works!

Anyhow, before I throw my notes away, thought I'd share some titles that I came up with. See if you agree and for what type of book would you place them/what category?


A Date With Destiny, Destino
Financial Bondage, how to overcome the symptoms of worry and anxiety and get your financial life back on track.
The Habits of The Rich
The Habits of The Well To Do.