Scott Alliy In Search Of Entrepreneur Heroes
Interview
Ralph Zuranski:
What is your definition of heroism?
Scott Alliy:
Heroism is a noticeable act perpetrated by an individual
meaning someone or something; it could be a dog for example
that the end result has a distinct physical or an emotional
effect on themselves or those around them. Basically doing
something for yourself or somebody else that id sure to be
noticed by someone that is an unselfish act done by someone
in good spirit without any expectation for reward.
Scott Alliy:
For instance if I give blood I am a generous and
compassionate person, if a hemophiliac gives blood he is a
hero. So it is that risk element in there that makes you
stand out just a little more.
Scott Alliy:
It is that busy father for example that decides to coach the
little league. He for some people may be called a hero
himself. It is going above and beyond that distinguishes a
compassionate act from heroism.
Ralph Zuranski:
What is your perspective on goodness, ethics and moral
behavior?
Scott Alliy:
My Christian beliefs tell me that goodness and ethics will
ultimately prevail. I believe that if you follow the path
of righteousness, and here is the key; it is so much easier
to do that when you are engaging in activities that are
kenned to your personality or your physicality and when you
are surrounded by others who basically mirror or mimic or
share or compliment your own skill set and traits.
Scott Alliy:
Also I think finding your passion, finding your purpose and
doing those things I think make it easy to be an ethically
and morally sound person verses engaging in activities where
some of your activities may be somewhat questionable for you
to feel to compete.
Ralph Zuranski:
When was the lowest point in your life and how did you
change your life path to one of victory over all obstacles?
Scott Alliy:
The lowest point in my life by no doubt was when I was
nineteen and I had left home at a very early age, I had a
very promising educational career and of course let that
slip away.
Scott Alliy:
I had a questionable upbringing and I found myself flat on
my back and spent six months in the hospital recovering from
a major surgery and at that point answers come to you and
you have a decision to make and I decided that life was good
and that I had a purpose and from that point on I began to
take what was a negative upbringing and childhood and turn
it in to a positive that I could share with others and
inspires them.
Scott Alliy:
As you may know I am writing a book that is called “Look at
me now” and it basically tells people how to get from where
they are, whatever point and however low that might be to
where they are going.
Ralph Zuranski:
Do you have the courage to pursue new ideas?
Scott Alliy:
Absolutely, you must be a risk taker if you are to get
rewards in life. One of the things I did to improve my lot
in life was I began to read the books, “Success to a
Positive Mental Attitude” and The Success System That Never
Fails” by Napoleon Hill and W. Clement Stone.
Scott Alliy:
Here is a guy who was selling insurance when he was twelve
years old. Now the interesting thing for people to
understand here is that depending on the length of the
journey, you are not going to be able to see the end result.
Scott Alliy:
For instance a cruise ship he leaves his dock and for fully
ninety percent of the trip he never sees the other side but
he knows that if he is going in that direction he is
eventually going to get there.
Scott Alliy:
So it is being able to have confidence in the vision that is
set out for you and knowing that you are doing the right
thing and sticking with it I think will ultimately get you
from the bad situation you may have found yourself in, and
just to know that it is not guaranteed, that it is not just
laid out in front of you, that much of it is unknown and
that is where faith is so very important. I encourage
everybody who is a risk taker, who does set out to have
faith.
Ralph Zuranski:
Were you willing to experience discomfort in the pursuit of
your dream?
Scott Alliy:
Oh absolutely as a wait lift to yourself you understand no
pain no gain but again it is having that faith and knowledge
that you are doing the right thing and ultimately with
ethics and morals and desire and attention and attitude, you
will prevail.
Ralph Zuranski:
Did you believe your dreams would eventually become reality?
Scott Alliy:
Yes and I believe that is very important. Zig Ziggler said
it best; you can not hit a target that you can’t see. So
you have to know where the bullseye is and if that bullseye
for you is material wealth than so be it, if that bullseye
to you is being a hero to others than so be that.
Scott Alliy:
Just know that this is for you, decide that this is for you
and pursue it with a zest that can only come with the faith
and the confidence that come with knowing that this is the
right thing for you to be doing.
Ralph Zuranski:
What place does the power of prayer have in your life?
Scott Alliy:
Prayer is very important to me. A good situation is when I
started to find a seminar. I actually walked away from the
corporate world and I didn’t tell you this but this is a
very interesting prayer and faith story.
Scott Alliy:
I walked away from the corporate world and I came home and
told my wife “I have got good news and bad news. I have
quit my job in the corporate world and yes I know we have a
lovely home and three cars and a son in college that we are
paying for but I know this is the right thing to do.
Scott Alliy:
I good news is that I am going to start findaseminar.com
with no money and nothing but faith and knowledge and
confidence in my expertise developed over years of
experience and trial and error so I wouldn’t encourage just
anybody to do something so bold but three months later my
wife lost her position so we found ourselves completely out
of work and struggling with a son in college and so on and
so forth and at that point a piece came over me and I just
knew then that I had done everything that I could.
Scott Alliy:
It was obviously out of my hands so I turned to God and I
prayed and low and behold we came up with a new strategy, a
marketing plan of all things and the skies began to clear
and as the book “Think and Grow Rich” says we began to see
the first signs of the abundance that is ours because we had
the courage to persist and at that point I knew we were in
good hands, but to be able to look your wife in the eyes and
say at the darkest moments that I know it was going to be
ok, when tears are running down her eyes, that takes prayer
and faith and that is what pulled us through.
Ralph Zuranski:
Who are the HEROES in your life?
Scott Alliy:
You know, I don’t read comic books for example and I don’t
necessarily although I must admit, anybodies who is out
there giving their life and protecting our country certainly
has my vote for heroic duties but it is the common folk who
I found in my life there was a family and I wont mention any
names but a mother and father were so profound in my life, a
family up the street from where I live.
Scott Alliy:
God bless them because they gave me inspiration and
guidance. In fact they drove me to catechism and made sure
that I went to church and such but it is a type of people
that I find myself even to this day asking “What would they
do in a given situation” that makes them very special that
even though they are not physically here with you they were
always mentally there with you and you know, they were just
sound people that you just knew any decision they would make
you just knew was the right one for you to make as well.
Ralph Zuranski:
Who do you think are the HEROES today that are not getting
the recognition they deserve?
Scott Alliy:
I think that people that are living their life to honor God
that are therefore sitting an example for others even
wayward people to see and view, it gives that basic post in
the road that tells you were to come back to, no matter how
far you wander off, these types of people are the beacon
that says “This is the right way to do it, this is the road
to walk and if you just do it this way we will accept you
and you will be on the right path.”
Scott Alliy:
I think those are really society’s heroes, the people that
go out there everyday and make it happen whether they are a
retail clerk or a wood worker or a corporate executive who
has opportunities to do something unethical or moral and
chose not to do that, these are my heroes. Integrity and
character is what you do at the cookie jar when no one is
looking.
Ralph Zuranski:
Why are HEROES so important in the lives of young people?
Scott Alliy:
I think looking back now as a 49 year old person I probably
would have had a different answer before but I think it is
because the small mind is not necessarily capable of the
decision making process to recognize those signs, those
hints that God gives each of us. A hero or a person of
substance or a person of ethics and morals is there as a
beacon to remind them of where the truth and the light is.
Ralph Zuranski:
How do people become heroes?
Scott Alliy:
I think the best way to become a hero is to live your life
as to improve yourself or those around you each and
everyday. Also to avoid those situations in life that would
present you opportunities to dishonor yourself or those
around you or even God and at the same time to be aware of
opportunities to reach and help and recognize those in need
and bring them to a level where they to can repeat the
process.
Ralph Zuranski:
How are you making the world a better place?
Scott Alliy:
I would like to think that findaseminar.com is a tremendous
tool to help people find the education they need to increase
their job skills and increase their career skills and to
increase their life learning skills, to be able to take and
look at four-hundred companies in one place in cities and
towns and see what’s going on all over America in one big
location I think has got to be the ultimate use of the
internet.
Scott Alliy:
I am proud to be associated with that and I am proud to be
associated the a team that has helped me put this together
to make this such a wonderful product. We have now reached
roughly twelve to twenty thousand; we’ll say fifteen for the
sake of an argument, registration.
Scott Alliy:
That is fifteen thousand people per year that we are helping
improve their life and that is just an amazing and wonderful
feeling.
Ralph Zuranski:
Do you have any good solutions to the problems facing
society, especially racism, child and spousal abuse and
violence among young people?
Scott Alliy:
The solution is in the book. The solution is in the Bible.
I think the key is to recognize those times in your life
when you have situations that present themselves to you to
lead others who you feel are involving themselves in such
things.
Scott Alliy:
One course of action is avoidance and another way is to step
in and lead them to the steps of self consciousness and I
think spreading the word and being willing to get involved
is part of being a hero in that sense because you leave
yourself open to insult and you leave yourself open to
challenge but I think it is being able to get involved is
probably the key.
Scott Alliy:
Having that vision, keeping those eyes open, I have very
poor eyesight but I have perfect vision and I think each of
us should develop good vision because then we can see and be
aware of what is going on around us and that is the first
step in making a difference in society is understanding what
is right and what is wrong and just what is going on and how
your talents and your energies can be used to rectify as
much as possible and need be.
Ralph Zuranski:
What are the things parents can do that will help their
children realize they too can be HEROES and make a positive
impact on the lives of others?
Scott Alliy:
I think there are two things; the first one is that they
need to live to be honorable. That is paramount that they
set that example. I think the second one is that they can
engage their children in confidence building activities and
at the same time still challenging their children so they
can help their children avoid needless humiliation or
insult.
Scott Alliy:
For example, the father who wants his son to live his for
gone youth, to be the baseball star that he never was and to
recognize that this is or isn’t this child’s talent and take
the time to find out what is for that particular boy or girl
and to involve them in those activities that are known to be
confidence building and I think that is the key.
Scott Alliy:
It is important as well that they invest a lot of time in
their kids. Not just time in the sense of minutes and hours
but analytical time in real concentrated effort in really
doing what is best for the child and not necessarily for
themselves.
Scott Alliy:
They must have the willingness to get involved. I am
convinced as having let home at fifteen years old, I am
absolutely convinced that it is in those times of caring and
the interest that family I told you about showed, but more
importantly to show me the beacon, to show me the way, to
show me where the middle of the road was, I am absolutely
convinced that it was knowing where the middle of the road
was that gave me the opportunity to come back to the middle
of the road and be able to live favorably in society.
Scott Alliy:
I had to leave the town I was in because people in small
towns begin to get a depiction of yourself and I go back
there today and it is almost comical and the respect that I
have is very rewarding but again I give thanks and praise
not only to God but to the people who took the time to
believe in me and to know that the physical person that was
standing in front of them was not the person that could or
would be if they had just get back to the middle of the
road.
