Do It Now: 2011

Friday, December 23, 2011

Do It Now

"Do it now!" can affect every phase of your life. It can help you do the things you should do but don't feel like doing. It can keep you from procrastinating when an unpleasant duty faces you. But it can also help you do those things that you want to do. It helps you seize those precious moments that, if lost, may never be retrieved.

Live The Life You've Dreamed,
Derrick Carpenter, Dream Lifestylist
Dreams By Design Team

Looking to create freedom with a home-based business, I'd love to help you. 201-305-3561
http://OwnYourLifeIn45Seconds.com

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Audit Tax Tidbit

Happy Holidays!

Short tidbit for LegalShield Associates & their new members.
IRS Audit protection is one of the major lines of coverage, a new member is covered from the tax return of the year they sign-up, that would be your 2011 Return...

So take a few minutes & check-in with your potential clients, who are fence-sitting. No one wants the hassles of an audit, but it happens, having a licensed tax attorney to go to work with, maybe for you, as you, for pennies a day seems like a no-brainer to me.

Enjoy your Holiday & remember you can sign-up online 24/7 but year-end business ends 2pm CST on Friday 12/30/11...that' it from here

Live The Life You've Dreamed,
Derrick Carpenter, Dream Lifestylist
Dreams By Design Team

Looking to create freedom with a home-based business, I'd love to help you. 201-305-3561
http://OwnYourLifeIn45Seconds.com

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After Holiday Activity

Happy Holidays Dream Builders & Game Changers,

I don't need to tell you that Christmas comes a full week BEFORE the end of the month (year) and I certainly don't need to tell you how much momentum you can bring into 2012 by not taking a "holiday week" the 26th-30th...

Listen to Mr. Brian Carruthers, LegalShield Million Dollar Per Year Income Earner (Replay) Call: And get the scoop on some serious after Christmas activity----> 712 432 1085 pin 740917#

So many people don't truly understand our simple system, it's not the results, but the activity, which drives your business. Before you finish decking the halls, do ONE simple activity...Listen to this call with a notebook & pen, your business will all the better for it.

Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas! Let's Go Hard & Finish 2011 Strong!

Peace & Prosperity!

Live The Life You've Dreamed,
Derrick Carpenter, Dream Lifestylist
Dreams By Design Team

Looking to create freedom with a home-based business, I'd love to help you. 201-305-3561
http://OwnYourLifeIn45Seconds.com

I'm all a-twitter: http://twitter.com/HomeBizTaxCoach

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Happy Holidays

Remember this thought as we move through the 2011-12 Holiday season:

You are not limited to the life you now live. It has been accepted by you as the best you can do at this moment. Any time you're ready to go beyond the limitations currently in your life, you're capable of doing that by choosing different thoughts.

The holidays bring us ample time to get together with friends and family from far-flung corners of the state(s)

You may feel this is an excellent opportunity to let them know, in person what you've been up to or how you've been progressing.

As you talk with people over the holiday, remember your Purpose
...to discover if people have the types of problems or needs that your solution can help them solve. And if they do, and they're
obviously prepared to take action, then offer them the opportunity to change their present situation.

A wonderful starter question is (first name) Do you know anyone who would like to do better in 2012 than they did in 2011?

And let the conversation flow from there...This way you can make a positive contribution by helping others achieve their goals while continuing to naturally and effortlessly achieve yours!

That's real prosperity... and a wonderful gift to give!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS DREAM BUILDERS & GAME CHANGERS...MAY ALL YOUR HOLIDAY WISHES COME TRUE!

Love Ya!

D&D

Live The Life You've Dreamed,
Derrick Carpenter
Dreams By Design Team

Looking to create freedom with a home-based business, I'd love to help you ~ 201-305-3561. http://OwnYourLifeIn45Seconds.com

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Biggest “Waste-of-Time Things” People Do To Build Their Business

Biggest "Waste-of-Time Things" People Do To Build Their Business

We have a list we call "waste-of-time things to do" in building your business. The second thing on the list is explaining a marketing plan in detail to a new person. Don't do it. By the time you get all the way through it, they don't understand it anyway. Just give them enough to get started. It's not necessary to explain the whole thing. Keep it real simple.

Also, the company has evolved with the tools, things like the internet, the DVDs, and the websites. Speaking of the internet, it has almost caused the downfall of this profession for a few years. People thought that all they had to do was recruit using computers. Well, it doesn't work. Computers are only good for training, follow-up and communication. It does not work to blast cyberspace to recruit people.

The point here is, once you have all the tools, all you have to do with your potentials is direct them to the right tools and then follow up if she (he) has any questions.

Tragically, the number one waste-of-time thing that people do in trying to build their business is to look for people to sponsor into their business. If you do the business right, you will never have to do that. Instead, you start off with a friend. A lot of people, however, say that they are willing to talk to strangers, but don't want to talk to their friends.

Their problem is one of two things. Either they don't believe it, or they don't understand it. If you believe that you could be financially independent in 1 to 3 years, and you understand it well enough to explain it to them why would you want to give that kind of an opportunity to a total stranger before you gave it to your best friend?

Of course, you start with your friend. That person will know about 200 people that you don't know. You teach the one you already have (your friend) how to do "this" and "that," and how to introduce you to their friends. Can anyone meet a stranger if someone will introduce the stranger to them? The easiest way to be successful in LegalShield is to make a friend, then meet their friends.

I want to stress something here. After I have signed up one of my friends, I immediately help them turn around and get their first person. Do the same with your new associates. Then start working down line to get the duplication going. In the process of doing this, along comes a second person. Now I have two people that I'm working with.

This business has never been about signing up a bunch of people. It's about this—you get one person, and then help that person get one person. Then you teach and help that person to sign up one more.

Meanwhile, you start over and get one more. Then you have a real flow going. Once you get up to five—if you are working for your people like you should be—you now are going to be really busy. Remember that each person knows over 200 others. Some people misunderstand this. They say that we tell them you only sponsor five people. That's not true. Once you get the five, you put the brakes on for a moment and work with them until one of the five doesn't need you anymore.

It could be the first person you brought in. It might be the last one. It doesn't matter. When that person no longer needs you, you're free to offer someone else the opportunity. When you stop to think about it, isn't that what's really great about this business? You get to choose the people you want to work with.

You c(sh)ould have up to five new people by the end of your first full month in the business. If you start somewhere in the middle of a month, then you start counting after the first month in the business.

Before I continue, I'm going to tell you about a huge mistake that I made in this business. This is a mistake you want to avoid.

Like I mentioned earlier, most of your potentials will know about 200 people with whom they could share their newfound opportunity. However, never, ever tell your new person to make out a list of 100 or 200 names. Don't do it—and here's why.

You've done all this preliminary work of telling someone that this business is not selling, it's networking and Network Marketing is different than selling. The person finally signs up in your business. This person might have had a job 15 years ago selling vacuum cleaners, insurance, encyclopedias or whatever. Guess what the first thing a sales manager tells the salesperson to do? Make a list of 100 names. Can anyone explain to me why you would need a list of 100 names simply to sponsor your best friend? You know who your best friends are. Instead, compile a short list.

What's a short list? If you were to go on a cruise, think of the five people who you would like to see have the time and money to be able to come with you. That is your list of names!

By the time you start meeting their friends, and meeting their friends, and so on, you're going to be so busy that you just have no idea how it grows. All we do is go around and meet people. That's all we do. So don't tell anyone to make out those big lists, or they'll think this is about selling.

If we take a look at the figures, we see that 5 multiplied by 200 is 1, 000. You now have a thousand potential people to meet through the five you already have. Just teach the ones you already have, how they can introduce new people to you.

You're going to help your 5 people so they get 5 serious people. That takes you to 25 serious people. 25 multiplied by 200 equals 5,000. These 5,000 plus the original 1,000 adds up to 6,000 potential people to meet through the people you already have. When would you have time to be out looking for strangers?

You're going to teach your people to help their people. It now goes from 25 up to 125. That's 25 multiplied by 5 each. You could be there in about six months. But, if it takes a whole year, so what? These are all serious people here. Now, you have 125 multiplied by 200, which equals 25,000. Now your potential number of people to meet has reached 31,000 through the people you already have. Again, when would you have time to be looking for strangers?

Live The Life You've Dreamed,

Dawn & Derrick Carpenter

Dream Architects

Dreams By Design Team Co-Founders

dawnanderrick@prepaidlegal.com

201-305-3561

Live The Life You've Dreamed,
Derrick Carpenter
Dreams By Design Team

Looking to create freedom with a home-based business, I'd love to help you ~ 201-305-3561. http://OwnYourLifeIn45Seconds.com

I'm all a-twitter: http://twitter.com/HomeBizTaxCoach

P.S. You won't believe this website I found: http://HOMEBIZTAXBREAKS.BIZ

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

This ██ ████ the Internet will ████ like if SOPA passes

Former Senator Chris Dodd -- head of the Motion Picture Association of America -- says that China censors its Internet, so we can too:

"When the Chinese told Google that they had to block sites or they couldn't do [business] in their country, they managed to figure out how to block sites."

These are the voices our lawmakers listen to. If we're going to win, we need to drown them out before TOMORROW's committee vote on SOPA.

Our goals for the week are one call per congressmember per minute -- and one million emails: Please click here to make a call or send an email, or do both right away -- it'll really only take a couple of minutes.

It's do-or-die time: The House Judiciary Committee will likely pass the Stop Online Piracy Act TOMORROW, Thursday. Once the bill moves out of committee, the House can pass it at any time.

If you've already made a call, please use our "censor anything" tool to urge your friends to contact Congress:

We want to make sure people understand what the Internet could be like if SOPA passes, so we're asking millions of people to protest censorship as part of our #CensorshipEverywhere campaign -- use our tool to censor parts of your own posts to Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and anything and everything else.

To uncensor it, your friends will need to contact their lawmakers and ask them to oppose SOPA:

Click ████ to uncensor this post and create a ████████ ████ and ████ it to ████ friends. To ████████ it, ████'ll ████ to use our ████ to ███████ ████████

Here's an example of what a censored email would look like:

The most important thing this week is that EVERYONE join the protests in some way. If all of us drive our audiences to make phone calls, we're unstoppable. We need to jam Congress's inboxes and melt their phone lines if we're going to stop SOPA.

Finally, if you have a website, post this call widget and urge your users to make calls -- Please paste this code into your website, blog, or Tumblr:

<iframe src="http://act.demandprogress.org/go/382?akid=1086.163090.J6393T&t=5" width="588" height="625" border="0"></iframe>

Or add this script to your site:

<script src="http://act.demandprogress.org/go/383?akid=1086.163090.J6393T&t=7"></script>

Join us and be a hero for Internet freedom and free speech.

We need you,

- David, Holmes, Tiffiniy, other David, and the rest of the team.

PS: This is it. Please help drive as much traffic as possible to Congress this week. Use these buttons to enlist your friends to fight censorship -- your post or tweet will be 'censored':

Live The Life You've Dreamed,
Derrick Carpenter, Dream Lifestylist
Dreams By Design Team

Looking to create freedom with a home-based business, I'd love to help you. 201-305-3561
http://OwnYourLifeIn45Seconds.com

I'm all a-twitter: http://twitter.com/HomeBizTaxCoach

Beware of the Grinch

Beware of the Grinch by Denis Waitley

Now's the time you should hear this! For very good reason! Now, please don't ask why. It's not simply the season.
Sooner or later the Grinch will invite you
To give up your life's goal as something you can't do.

It could be his head isn't screwed on just right.
It could be, perhaps, that his pants are too tight.
But I think the most likely reason of all
Is that his heart is too cold and his vision too small.

The Grinch is a dream stealer of many disguises.
A friend or relation with depressing surprises.
Just when you feel that your business is booming
He fills you with thoughts that are glooming and dooming. He whispers about the forthcoming disaster
And about the new plan where you'll get rich much faster

When you say you look forward to earning a million.
He'll scoff and retort: "Not one chance in a billion!"
With a stock market rising and confidence strong
You'd think he'd get real and start going along.
But he howls and he growls with his terrible frown
"Whatever goes up, has got to come down!"

Sometimes the Grinch is quick to appear.
Sometimes he shows up year after year.
But whatever your "Why" and no matter "Who"
The dream stealer, Grinch, will start hitting on You.
He's the fear deep inside that insists you can't sell.
He's the voice that says, "Stop! Things are going too well!"

He especially hates Christmas and the spirit of giving
For he selfishly thinks that by "getting" you're living.
He thinks passionate service is too big a "Why"
And that money's the only incentive to try.
But he's missing the point, and hasn't a clue
That every Who out in Who-ville has a Dream to come true.

Sooner or later all dream stealers find
That they're out in the cold and left far behind.
What they could have or might have or should have possessed
Has now passed them by and left them depressed.

As you sit by the fire and plan the new year
Surrounded by family and friends of good cheer.
Remember the Grinch, with his feet in the snow."
Standing puzzling and puzzling: "How could it be so?"
"It came without ribbons! It came without tags!
It came without packages, boxes or bags!"

"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store." "Maybe Christmas... Perhaps... means a little bit more!"
It's a spirit to treasure each day and each night
It's the reason the American dream is still burning bright
It's a mission of hope you can trust and believe
"The more that you give, the more you'll receive!"

This week during the Holidays, look for ways to give more!

Live The Life You've Dreamed,
Derrick Carpenter, Dream Lifestylist
Dreams By Design Team

Looking to create freedom with a home-based business, I'd love to help you. 201-305-3561
http://OwnYourLifeIn45Seconds.com

I'm all a-twitter: http://twitter.com/HomeBizTaxCoach

Monday, December 12, 2011

What Can You Learn from a Quarterback?

From: Randy Gage: There's a very powerful lesson for you from a quarterback. And yes, ladies, this means you as well! http://su.pr/33xgeI

Believing in Yourself

So they said he would never be a high school quarterback. He was. Said he could never do it in college. He did. Said he would never win a National championship. He did. Said he wouldn't be drafted in the first round. He was. They said he could never win in the NFL. But all he does is win ballgames.

Of course I'm talking about Tim Tebow.

So what's the lesson in all this for you? Do you have people that don't believe in you? Did people tell you network marketing couldn't work? Did you face rejection, ridicule or apathy?

Cool. Now you've had your test. Now get out and turn it into a testimony!

-RG
http://su.pr/33xgeI

Live The Life You've Dreamed,
Derrick Carpenter
Dreams By Design Team

Looking to create freedom with a home-based business, I'd love to help you. 201-305-3561
http://OwnYourLifeIn45Seconds.com

I'm all a-twitter: http://twitter.com/HomeBizTaxCoach

P S You won't believe this website I found:
http://HOMEBIZTAXBREAKS.BIZ
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Friday, December 9, 2011

Jay-Z: We all must fight poverty

Greetings Dream Builders & Game Changers,

The Law of Attraction is a deceptively simple philosophy by which we can live life on our own terms and attract things, experiences and people to us.

In the simplest possible terms, the Law of Attraction says that "like attracts like." This is evident in the world around us -- think about old sayings like, "birds of a feather flock together," or "tell me who your friends are, and I'll tell you who you are."

In my opinion it's best not be, "anti- anything."

"I will never attend an anti-war rally-- call me when you have a pro peace rally and I'll be there." ~Mother Teresa

I, like Mother Teresa, prefer to be pro-something. I am pro-prosperity, so we must not fight poverty, so much as promote prosperity.

Having said that- there are some great universal nuggets in this short video clip featuring hop-hipreneur Shawn Jay-Z Carter.

Video~Jay-Z: We all must fight poverty http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2011/12/08/n_jay-z_poverty_education.cnnmoney/

Live The Life You've Dreamed,
Derrick Carpenter
Dreams By Design Team

Looking to create freedom with a home-based business, I'd love to help you. 201-305-3561
http://OwnYourLifeIn45Seconds.com

I'm all a-twitter: http://twitter.com/HomeBizTaxCoach

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Business Goals for 2012

If you were not able to listen in to the conference call today outlining LegalShield's goals for 2012 you can listen online! Just log in to Associates Only and click on the "Business Goals for 2012" update.

Live The Life You've Dreamed,
Derrick Carpenter
Dreams By Design Team

Looking to create freedom with a home-based business, I'd love to help you. 201-305-3561 http://FollowUsToTotalFreedom.com

I'm all a-twitter: http://twitter.com/HomeBizTaxCoach

LinkedIn Tip 2 - Why we give away the book

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Jan Vermeiren - Bert Verdonck" <connect-with-us@networking-coach.com>
Date: Dec 8, 2011 4:02 PM
Subject: LinkedIn Tip 2 - Why we give away the book
To: "Derrick Carpenter" <doubledmarketing@gmail.com>

Dear Derrick,

last week you downloaded the e-book version of "How to REALLY use LinkedIn".

As you noticed on the website we are giving away 1 million copies of the e-book.

The reasons why we are doing this are:

1) We want to "pay it forward" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay_It_Forward).

We firmly believe and have experienced ourselves that the biggest factor for being successful in life is ... people. However, one of the most limiting beliefs human beings have is that they don't have access to the people they need in order to advance their life.

LinkedIn solves that problem, at least on a professional level. But many people don't know how to use LinkedIn. Enter our book!

Since we have received help from so many people, giving away the e-book version of our book is our way of paying it forward and helping as many people as possible to become (more) successful.

2) We want to raise money for charity in two ways.

a) When people buy the paper version of "How to REALLY use LinkedIn (2nd edition)", our royalties go to charity.

b) When people got some value out of the book, they can support charities by donating.

Do you want to help us to make 1 million people as successful as possible?

Then think about people in your environment who are looking for new customers, employees, partners, suppliers, internal or external experts or a new job.

Point them to the website of the book: http://www.how-to-really-use-linkedin.com so they can get their free copy of the book and the extra tips via email!

Or share the link in the LinkedIn and Facebook Groups you are member of.

Together we can make this world a fantastic one to live in !

Jan and Bert

PS: in case you are wondering how we are making money when we give everything away: we make a living by giving presentations, workshops, webinars and corporate programs about offline networking, LinkedIn and referrals. So, don't worry about us :-)

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Networking Coach
Ekkersgatstraat 1 bus 2
2840 Rumst - Belgium
Tel (B): + 32 (3) 216 27 47
Tel (NL): +31 30 80 80 144
Website: www.networking-coach.com
Website: www.how-to-really-use-linkedin.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/LinkedInBook

Live The Life You've Dreamed,
Derrick Carpenter
Dreams By Design Team

Looking to create freedom with a home-based business, I'd love to help you. 201-305-3561 http://FollowUsToTotalFreedom.com

I'm all a-twitter: http://twitter.com/HomeBizTaxCoach

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

How To Win Friends & Influence People

How To Win Friends & Influence People
by Dale Carnegie

Below you will find the condensed wisdom of Dale Carnegie, the gentleman who studied what made successful people successful, and then wrote How To Win Friends & Influence People. Personally, I believe when the principles below on Attraction, Influence, and Leadership are consistently applied into every aspect of your life, then you too will discover that building your LegalShield business is easier than you ever thought possible!

How To Make People Like You

1. Become genuinely interested in other people.
2. Smile.
3. Remember that the person's name is the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
4. Be a good listener; encourage others to talk about themselves.
5. Talk in terms of the other person's interest.
6. Make the other person feel important—and do it sincerely.

How To Win People To Your Way Of Thinking

1. The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
2. Show respect for others' opinions. Never say, "You're wrong!"
3. If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
4. Begin in a friendly way.
5. Get the other person saying;"Yes, yes!" immediately.
6. Let the other person do a great deal of talking.
7. Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers.
8. Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view.
9. Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires. 10. Appeal to the nobler motives.
11. Dramatize your ideas.
12. Throw down a challenge.

How To Be A Leader

1. Begin with praise and honest appreciation.
2. Call attention to other people's mistakes indirectly.
3. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
4. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.
5. Let the other person save face.
6. Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement.

Add this book to your library. Include its wisdom into your life. Experience the Carnegie magic!

Reprinted from http://Nexera.com

Live The Life You've Dreamed,
Derrick Carpenter
Dreams By Design Team

Looking to create freedom with a home-based business, I'd love to help you. 201-305-3561 http://FollowUsToTotalFreedom.com

I'm all a-twitter: http://twitter.com/HomeBizTaxCoach

Monday, December 5, 2011

Allowing Emotions To Fuel Your Desire

Allowing Emotions To Fuel Your Desire
by Jim Rohn

Emotions are the most powerful forces inside us. Under the power of emotions, human beings can perform the most heroic (as well as barbaric) acts. To a great degree, civilization itself can be defined as the intelligent channeling of human emotion. Emotions are fuel and the mind is the pilot, which together propel the ship of civilized progress.

Which emotions cause people to act? There are four basic ones; each, or a combination of several, can trigger the most incredible activity. The day that you allow these emotions to fuel your desire is the day you'll turn your life around.

1) DISGUST

One does not usually equate the word "disgust" with positive action. And yet, properly channeled, disgust can change a person's life. The person who feels disgusted has reached a point of no return. He or she is ready to throw down the gauntlet at life and say, "I've had it!" That's what I said after many humiliating experiences at age 25. I said, "I don't want to live like this anymore. I've had it with being broke. I've had it with being embarrassed, and I've had it with lying."

Yes, productive feelings of disgust come when a person says, "Enough is enough."

The "guy" has finally had it with mediocrity. He's had it with those awful sick feelings of fear, pain and humiliation. He then decides he is "not going to live like this anymore." Look out! This could be the day that turns a life around. Call it what you will, the "I've had it" day, the "never again" day, the "enough's enough" day. Whatever you call it, it's powerful! There is nothing so life-changing as gut-wrenching disgust!

2) DECISION

Most of us need to be pushed to the wall to make decisions. And once we reach this point, we have to deal with the conflicting emotions that come with making them. We have reached a fork in the road. Now this fork can be a two-pronged, three-pronged, or even a four-pronged fork. No wonder decision-making can create knots in stomachs, keep us awake in the middle of the night, or make us break out in a cold sweat.

Making life-changing decisions can be likened to internal civil war. Conflicting armies of emotions, each with its own arsenal of reasons, battle each other for supremacy of our minds. And our resulting decisions, whether bold or timid, well-thought-out or impulsive, can either set the course of action or blind it. I don't have much advice to give you about decision-making except this:

Whatever you do, don't camp at the fork in the road. Decide. It's far better to make a wrong decision than to not make one at all. Each of us must confront our emotional turmoil and sort out our feelings.

3) DESIRE

How does one gain desire? I don't think I can answer this directly because there are many ways. But I do know two things about desire:

a. It comes from the inside, not the outside. b. It can be triggered by outside forces.

Almost anything can trigger desire. It's a matter of timing as much as preparation. It might be a song that tugs at the heart. It might be a memorable sermon. It might be a movie, a conversation with a friend, a confrontation with the enemy, or a bitter experience. Even a book or an article such as this one can trigger the inner mechanism that will make some people say, "I want it now!"

Therefore, while searching for your "hot button" of pure, raw desire, welcome into your life each positive experience. Don't erect a wall to protect you from experiencing life. The same wall that keeps out your disappointment also keeps out the sunlight of enriching experiences. So let life touch you. The next touch could be the one that turns your life around.

4) RESOLVE

Resolve says, "I will." These two words are among the most potent in the English language. I WILL. Benjamin Disraeli, the great British statesman, once said, "Nothing can resist a human will that will stake even its existence on the extent of its purpose." In other words, when someone resolves to "do or die," nothing can stop him.

The mountain climber says, "I will climb the mountain. They've told me it's too high, it's too far, it's too steep, it's too rocky, it's too difficult. But it's my mountain. I will climb it. You'll soon see me waving from the top or you'll never see me, because unless I reach the peak, I'm not coming back." Who can argue with such resolve?

When confronted with such iron-willed determination, I can see Time, Fate and Circumstance calling a hasty conference and deciding, "We might as well let him have his dream. He's said he's going to get there or die trying."

The best definition for "resolve" I've ever heard came from a schoolgirl in Foster City, California. As is my custom, I was lecturing about success to a group of bright kids at a junior high school. I asked, "Who can tell me what 'resolve' means?" Several hands went up, and I did get some pretty good definitions. But the last was the best. A shy girl from the back of the room got up and said with quiet intensity, "I think resolve means promising yourself you will never give up." That's it! That's the best definition I've ever heard: PROMISE YOURSELF YOU'LL NEVER GIVE UP.

Think about it! How long should a baby try to learn how to walk? How long would you give the average baby before you say, "That's it, you've had your chance"? You say that's crazy? Of course it is. Any mother would say, "My baby is going to keep trying until he learns how to walk!" No wonder everyone walks.

There is a vital lesson in this. Ask yourself, "How long am I going to work to make my dreams come true?" I suggest you answer, "As long as it takes." That's what these four emotions are all about.

— Jim Rohn

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Saturday, December 3, 2011

Seven Qualities of Leadership

Seven Qualities of Leadership

by Jim Rohn

If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself. Because leadership is the ability to attract someone to the gifts, skills, and opportunities you offer as a sponsor, as a manager, as a friend... I call leadership the great challenge of life.

Therefore, what's important in leadership is refining your skills. All great leaders keep working on themselves until they become effective. Here are some specifics:

Learn to be strong but not rude. It is an extra step you must take to become a powerful, capable leader. Sadly, some people mistake rudeness for strength... It's not even a good substitute
Learn to be kind but not weak. We must not mistake kindness for weakness. Kindness isn't weak. Kindness is a certain type of strength. We must be kind enough to tell somebody the truth. We must be kind enough and considerate enough to lay it on the line. We must be kind enough to tell it like it is and not deal in delusion.
Learn to be bold but not a bully. It takes boldness to win the day. To build your influence, you've got to walk in front of your group. You've got to be willing to take the first arrow, tackle the first problem, discover the first sign of trouble.
You've got to learn to be humble, but not timid. You can't get to the high life by being timid. Some people mistake timidity for humility... Humility is almost a God-like word. A sense of awe. A sense of wonder. An awareness of the human soul and spirit. An understanding that there is something unique about the human drama versus the rest of life. Humility is a grasp of the distance between us and the stars, yet having the feeling that we're part of the stars. So humility is a virtue; but timidity is a disease.
Be proud but not arrogant. It takes pride to win the day. It takes pride to build your business. It takes pride to accomplish much. But the key to becoming a good leader is being proud without being arrogant. In fact I believe the worst kind of arrogance is arrogance from ignorance. It's when you don't know that you don't know... That kind of arrogance is intolerable. If someone is smart and arrogant, we can tolerate that. But if someone is ignorant and arrogant, that's just too much to take.
Develop humor without folly. That's important for a leader. In leadership, we learn that it's okay to be witty, but not silly. It's okay to be fun, but not foolish.
Lastly, deal in reality...deal in truth...and save yourself the agony. Just accept life as it is. Because life is unique. For example, I've found the methods that work well for one leader may not work at all for another. And yet the fundamentals of leadership always work well for just about everyone: in life, business, in the community, and at home.

To Your Success,

Jim Rohn

About the author: Jim Rohn (September 17, 1930 — December 5, 2009) was considered to be America's Foremost Business Philosopher, with a career that spanned over 40 years and touched the lives of over four million people worldwide. Internationally hailed as one of the most influential thinkers of our time, Rohn helped motivate an entire generation of personal development trainers as well as hundreds of executives from America's top corporations.

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Thursday, December 1, 2011

ACCEPT NO LIMITS

ACCEPT NO LIMITS

"A person is limited only by the thoughts that he chooses."—As A Man Thinketh

We each earn the income we do today because that is the amount we have limited ourselves to earn. We could easily earn 5, 10, 20 times or more if we did not limit ourselves through the thoughts we maintain. Don't believe that's true? Surely you know people who earn much more than you who don't have your education, your skills, or your intelligence. So why do they earn more than you?

Learn from the story of George Dantzig that Cynthia Kersey wrote about in "Unstoppable."

As a college student, George studied very hard and always late into the night; so late that he overslept one morning, arriving 20 minutes late for class, he quickly copied the two math problems on the board, assuming they were the homework assignment.

It took him several days to work through the two problems, but finally he had a breakthrough and dropped the homework on the professor's desk the next day.

Later, on a Sunday morning, George was awakened at 6 a.m. by his excited professor. Since George was late for class, he hadn't heard the professor announce that the two unsolvable equations on the board were mathematical mind teasers that even Einstein hadn't been able to answer.

But George Dantzig, working without any thoughts of limitation, had solved not one, but two problems that had stumped mathematicians for thousands of years.

Simply put, George solved the problems because he didn't know he couldn't.

Bob Proctor tells us to "keep reminding yourself that you have tremendous reservoirs of potential within you, and therefore you are quite capable of doing anything you set your mind to. All you must do is figure out how you can do it, not whether or not you can. And once you have made your mind up to do it, it's amazing how your mind begins to figure out how."

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Monday, November 21, 2011

Goals

Taking the time to sit down and write out your goals for the present, the near future and the more remote future is a necessary part of transforming your life.

So stop and ask yourself some important questions:

What do you want for yourself?

What do you want for your family?

What do you want for your business?

How much are you willing to give?

How much do you want to share?

What are your goals?

Are these goals inspiring?

How do they make you feel?

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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Wealth Is Neutral

Wealth is Neutral
.

At its most basic, money is a tool that enables us to meet our individual needs. As a form of potential energy that empowers us to generate change, it is neither good nor bad. Yet many people react emotionally to issues concerning finances, unconsciously condemning currency itself, the manner in which money is spent, and people who live lives of financial abundance. Individuals who are rich in gifts such as high intelligence are acknowledged for their positive traits while those who have acquired material riches or aspire to become wealthy are frequently judged harshly. However, wealth is not a trait upon which judgment can be legitimately passed. It tells us nothing about how a person lives, what they believe in, whom they care for, or the scope of their values. Like any blessing, wealth is merely an instrument of purpose that can be used both constructively and destructively.

From an early age, people learn to court wealth while simultaneously associating money with greed, selfishness, and unethical behavior. Consequently, this idea becomes entrenched in their hearts as envy. To attain a balanced and rational comprehension of money, as well as a fairer perspective of wealth, we need to recognize that outward manifestations of wealth tell us little about the individuals enjoying those blessings. When we feel the finger of jealousy prompting us to draw unflattering conclusions about people whose lives seem more financially secure than our own, we should remind ourselves that there are many elements of their circumstances we cannot see. Their wealth may be the result of long hours of taxing labor, they may donate a large percentage of their resources to charitable causes, or their bounty may be an incidental aspect of a life spent doing what they love. Ultimately, we can heal our hurtful associations with money by turning a blind eye toward both wealth and poverty when interacting with others and instead focusing on the individual before us.

If you take a moment to consider you own feelings regarding money and wealth, you may discover that you equate financial prosperity with happiness, power, security, independence, or self-indulgence. Money itself, however, is none of these things. You can begin developing a healthier view of wealth by simply accepting that while some possess great wealth and others do not, we all have the potential to create lives of beauty, substance, and wisdom using the resources we have been granted.

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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Law of Diminishing Intent

Law of Diminishing Intent

The Law of Diminishing Intent states: The longer you wait to do something you know you should do now, the greater the chances are that you'll never actually do it.

This law applies to every area of our lives, we can refer to it a procrastination, laziness, fear of failure or success, perfectionism, etc. they all boil down to lack of getting started.

In the 12-step recovery movement, men & women in recovery often volunteer their time to speak to others who may also suffer from the disease of addiction, and who are unable to attend regularly scheduled 12-step recovery meetings.

Often the speaker or speakers may say, "make a meeting your first destination upon leaving this facility." Their experience has shown them time and again, people who put off making that first meeting upon release are most likely to suffer a relapse. This is the law of diminishing intent.

Not picking up the phone to call a parent, sibling or other relative, always with the intention of doing so, leads to another day the call doesn't get made, until finally the thought becomes, it's been so long they don't want to hear from me now.

This often quite contrary to the truth, but as human beings we can rationalize our behaviors quite well.

The axiom to this law is quite simply, doing the next you can do, right now. If that's picking up the phone & making that call, so be it. If it's turning on the dishwasher or mowing the lawn, just do something.

Think of something you've had the intention of doing or starting, what is one thing you can think of to get the ball rolling? Do It Now.

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Take 100% Responsibility for Your Life

Take 100% Responsibility for Your Life - Starting Today!
By Jack Canfield

This isn't a trick question.Certainly you know the answer -- who is the person who has been
responsible for the life you live right now? YOU.

Everything about you is a result of your doing or not doing... Your income. Debt. Relationships. Health. Fitness
level. Attitudes and behaviors.I've often said that you are either creating or allowing everything that is happening in your life.

I think everyone knows this in their hearts, but often times people convince themselves into thinking that external
factors are the source of their failure, disappointment, and unhappiness.

External factors do not determine how you live. YOU are in complete control of the quality of your life, by either
creating or allowing the circumstances you experience.When I hear people complain about the state of their life
(be it their problems with personal finances, weight, their jobs, or general dissatisfaction), I like to help them see
things differently. If they feel "stuck" and unable to move forward for whatever reason, I ask them to scrutinize both what is working well
and what isn't working well in their life and see how they've arrived at where they currently are.

For example, if a woman tells me she's unhappy with her weight -- she travels frequently, and has no to time to
exercise or seek healthy foods -- I point out that her weight is not a result of her travels and schedule. It's an
outcome of what she chooses to eat and how she chooses to move, regardless of her daily agenda.

Why not make a conscious effort to pre-plan healthy meals and snacks, even if it's on the go, and sneak in 10 minutes
here and 10 minutes there to be physically active (hey, I know some frequent flyers that make it a habit of running
through airports!).

If you're frustrated with any area in your life, then it's time to take a little inventory.

Certainly there are wonderful things happening, whether it's your job, your romantic relationship, your children, your
friends, or your income level. Your accomplishments are just as important as your missteps.

First, congratulate yourself on your successes; and then take a look at what isn't working out so well. What are you
doing or not doing to create those experiences? Watch out! If you find yourself beginning to complain about
everything but the choices you've made, then you need to take a step back. See if you can stop blaming outside
factors for your unhappiness.

When you realize that you -- and only you -- create your experiences, you'll realize that you can un-create them and
forge new experiences whenever you want. How empowering is that!

You must take responsibility for your happiness and your unhappiness, your successes and your failures, your good
times and your bad times. All too often we choose to claim the successes and blame the failures on others or other circumstances.

When you stop blaming, however, you can take that energy and redirect it to focus on shaping a better situation for yourself. Blaming
only ties up your energy. Imagine roping all the energy into a positive effort.

Some ideas to make this happen:

1. Believe, Believe, Believe! Have unwavering faith in
yourself, for good and bad. Make the decision to accept the
fact that you create all your experiences. You will
experience successes thanks to you, and you will experience
pain, struggle, and strife thanks to you. Sounds a little
strange, but accepting this level of responsibility is
uniquely empowering. It means you can do, change, and be
anything. Stumbling blocks become just that -- little hills
to hop over.

2. Take no less than 100% responsibility. Successful people
take full responsibility for the thoughts they think, the
images they visualize, and the actions they take. They don't
waste their time and energy blaming and complaining. They
evaluate their experiences and decide if they need to change
them or not. They face the uncomfortable and take risks in
order to create the life they want to live.

3. Stop complaining. Look at what you are complaining about.
I'm fat. I'm tired. I can't get out of debt. I won't ever
get a better job. I can't stand the relationship I have with
my sister. I'll never find a soulmate in life. Really
examine your complaints. More than likely you can do
something about them. They are not about other people, other
things, or other events. They are about YOU.

4. Make an immediate change. Are you unhappy about something
that is happening right now? Make requests that will make it
more desirable to you, or take the steps to change it
yourself. Making a change might be uncomfortable for you. It
might mean you have to put in more time, money, and effort.
It might mean that someone gets upset about it, or makes you
feel bad about your decision. It might be difficult to
change or leave a situation, but staying put is your choice
so why continue to complain?

You can either do something about it or not. It is your
choice and you have responsibility for your choices.

5. Pay attention. Looking to others for help and guidance is
helpful, but don't forget to stay tuned in to yourself --
your behavior, attitude, and life experiences. Identify
what's working and what isn't. If you need to, write it all
down. Then...

6. Face the truth and take action for the long term. You
have to be willing to change your behavior if you want a
different outcome. You have to be willing to take the risks
necessary to get what you want. If you've already taken an
initial step in the right direction, now's the time to plan
additional steps to keep moving you forward, faster.

Isn't it a great relief to know that you can make your life
what you want it to be? Isn't it wonderful that your
successes do not depend on someone else?

If you need just one thing to do different today, than you did yesterday, make it this: Commit to taking 100% responsibility for every aspect of
your life. Decide to make changes, one step at a time. Once you start the process you'll discover it's much easier to get what you want by taking

control of your thoughts, your visualizations, and your actions!
______________
Jack Canfield, is the founder and co-creator of book brand
Chicken Soup for the Soul and a leading authority on Peak
Performance. If you're ready to jump-start your life, make
more money, and have more fun and joy in all that you do,
get your success tips from Jack Canfield now at
http://www.JackCanfield.com

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Why YOU must make it !!!

Why YOU must make it !!! By David Bruerd

Christine works in a small company in Layton, Utah that produces lapel pins and recognition awards.

She loves her work.

She knows that these pins are awarded to the thousands of people who advance in levels in their Network Marketing company every month. She has worked here since she was 16.

She is now 23.

She uses all her income to support her unemployed mother and disabled sister Cathy.

Cathy requires special care which costs thousands of dollars and Christine works hard to provide it.

Everything for her hinges on more and more people being awarded these pins, so she can continue to have a good paying job.

That's why you have to make it.

Felipe owns the Mexican restaurant your team meets at every Wednesday night.

He loves your positive attitude and friendly nature. You enjoy the food and the casual ambience.

And the food is superb. He is thrilled to have you all as a group coming in frequenting his And the food is superb. He is thrilled to have you all as a group coming in frequenting his restaurant.

Because you're all there is between him having to close up or stay open.

The business his family has owned for 42 years. The economy has crushed him.

Less and less people are coming through his doors and he almost cries when he sees you and your MLM team come in on a Wednesday night. He knows he can survive another week until things get better. As your team grows, more and more people join you on the Wednesday night.

While you raise a glass at the table, Felipe raises his hands and thanks God he's made it through another week.

That's why you have to make it.

A man sits on a train staring into the wall. He wonders what brought him to this hell he has to now endure.

He has lost his job...again. His boss assured him that 'tough business conditions' were the reason and he simply could not keep him on. He has no idea what to tell his wife. He can't call her because their phone was disconnected on Friday. They're two months behind on their mortgage and the bank has been playing things tough. He sits on a train because six weeks ago, a tow truck came and took their car away from their driveway. He wishes someone would come along and show him a way out.

Someone who could put out a helping hand and say "it's okay, we can get out of this together. I will show you a better way."

That's why you have to make it.

The world needs heroes. It needs people like YOU, willing to live life loud. TO BE EPIC.

It needs people to step up and say I will do what it takes to make things better for myself and others.

Take what you've been given with this opportunity and use it to help people like Christine, Felipe and the man on the train.

You and I have the opportunity and responsibility to stimulate the personal economy of MORE people than any Presidential Administration ever has or ever will.

When you lift yourself up through this business, it's inevitable that you raise others with you.

As you grow and prosper, that growth and prosperity will shine into the lives of others.

It's just the way life was meant to be.

And that's why you have to make it.

Your friend in success,

David B

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Monday, November 7, 2011

Evaluating Your Associations by Jim Rohn

If you were to evaluate the major influences in your life that have shaped the kind of person you are, this has to be high on the list: the people and thoughts you choose to allow into your life. Mr. Shoaff gave me a very important warning in those early days that I would like to share with you. He said, "Never underestimate the power of influence." Indeed, the influence of those around us is so powerful! Many times we don't even realize we're being strongly affected because influences generally develop over an extended period of time.

Peer pressure is an especially powerful force because it is so subtle. If you're around people who spend all they make, chances are excellent that you'll spend all you make. If you are around people who go to more ball games than concerts, chances are excellent that you'll do the same thing. If you are around people who don't read, chances are excellent that you won't read. People can keep nudging us off course a little at a time until finally, we find ourselves asking, "How did I get here?" Those subtle influences need to be studied carefully if we really want our lives to turn out the way we've planned.

With regard to this important point, let me give you three key questions to ask yourself. They may help you to make better analyses of your current associations.

Here is the first question: "Who am I around?" Make a mental note of the people with whom you most often associate. You've got to evaluate everybody who is able to influence you in any way.

The second question is: "What are these associations doing to me?" That's a major question to ask. What have they got me doing? What have they got me listening to? What have they got me reading? Where have they got me going? What do they have me thinking? How have they got me talking? How have they got me feeling? What have they got me saying? You've got to make a serious study of how others are influencing you, both negatively and positively.

Here's a final question: "Is that okay?" Maybe everyone you associate with has been a positive, energizing influence. Then again, maybe there are some bad apples in the bunch. All I'm suggesting here is that you take a close and objective look. Everything is worth a second look, especially the power of influence. Both will take you somewhere, but only one will take you in the direction you need to go.

It's easy to just dismiss the things that influence our lives. One man says, "I live here, but I don't think it matters. I'm around these people, but I don't think it hurts." I would take another look at that. Remember, everything matters! Sure, some things matter more than others, but everything amounts to something. You've got to keep checking to find out whether your associations are tipping the scales toward the positive or toward the negative. Ignorance is never the best policy. Finding out is the best policy.

Perhaps you've heard the story of the little bird. He had his wing over his eye and he was crying. The owl said to the bird, "You are crying." "Yes," said the little bird, and he pulled his wing away from his eye. "Oh, I see," said the owl. "You're crying because the big bird pecked out your eye." And the little bird said, "No, I'm not crying because the big bird pecked out my eye. I'm crying because I let him."

It's easy to let influence shape our lives, to let associations determine our direction, to let pressures overwhelm us, and to let tides take us. The big question is, are we letting ourselves become what we wish to become?

—Jim Rohn

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