One day I decided I was sick and tired of the way I was living, and decided to change my life.

I was tired of living paycheck to paycheck.   I was a little better than most in that I did have a paycheck.  I knew people that didn’t.  Still I was weary of having more month at the end of my money.

At the time I was not sure what I was going to do to change my life, but I knew if I didn’t it would only get worse.  You can’t stand still.  You either move forward or backwards.  I started little by little, and learned that things I had been raised to believe were no longer true.    I didn’t have to get a JOB and stay there till I died or retired.  I could change.  I could be free.  It it was to happen I knew I had to make that change.  Only I could do that.

What about you?  Are you tired of owning your life and your money to the bank?   Would you like to be free?  Would you like to travel and enjoy life?     If so,  what’s stopping you?   Do you have dreams?  What are they?

If you are not where you want to be,  what are you doing to change your life?  Have you thought of it?  Change is not fun but it takes change to get where you want to be.

Ask yourself what are you going to do to have the live of your dreams?   It can be yours!  You can do anything you want if you’re willing to take charge and make things happen.

Don’t let anyone EVER stop you from being successful and living the life of your dreams.

Take Action and change your life for the better!

Dream big and make those dreams happen!   I changed my life, and you can do it as well, if you make up your mind to make it happen.    Hope to see you one day on the beaches of the world.

We’re starting a new year. 2010 is done and gone. You can’t change anything about it now…..it’s too late. Did you have a good year, or a bad year? Are you any better off today than you were a year ago?

if not, what will you do this year to change and move ahead on your passions and dreams? Think about that.

2011 is only beginning. Now is the time you can change your destiny and work on reaching your dreams.

Too many people start of each year, making all sorts of “resolutions”. They start out all committed but a month or 2 down the road, they somehow lose interest and don’t keep those committments.

Success takes focus and constant effort. It means working on improvement, even when you don’t feel like it. It means setting some realistic goals and buckling down and reaching for them.

What do you want in 2011? Be specific. Write it down and then work on making things happen.

Hope you had a great holiday and that 2011 is the best year of your life. It starts now!!!!

See you at the top.

MLMBlonde

2010…the year of transitions. People were getting laid off, downsized, companies closed, The average workplace was about midway between the extremes of high threat and high opportunity. The personal stakes were relatively low but high on stress as people entered work everyday threatened that they might be leaving that day, week, or month without their job.

The threats are nothing like those imposed by a mugger or a sweatshop boss. But threats to livelihoods around the country nonetheless. People’s income spiraled downward as companies faced major economic disaster, just as families incomes dwindled. There is no way you can create survival strategies or techniques to weather the threat that hit our families as quickly as it did in 2010. Some employers used the economic distress as sufficient excuses to become the sweat bosses of old. It is difficult to sustain a very high level of motivation, even if you wanted to in that kind of environment. And you don’t. We all know motivation by stress and threats is a dead-end strategy, and we are naturally more attracted to the opportunity side of the motivation curve than the threat side.

Yet it is also an unfortunate truth that most supervisors make casual use of threats, forgetting that they do not have, or want, the coercive power to motivate by fear alone. Threats, of course, move people toward the survival side of the motivation curve, which moves them away from the opportunity side. So threats tend to move people away from the high motivation of genuine opportunities. Yet they generally fail to move them up the survival side of the motivation curve sufficiently to create high fear-based motivation. So threats are generally counterproductive. In fact, we can state as a general rule that, in any civilized workplace: Threats are always de-motivating.

Did you feel the threats in a misguided effort to motivate you as an employee in 2010? Threats are not nice, and you see yourself as a fundamentally nice person (and I bet you are right). Most managers say they never or rarely use threats, but many of the people I helped at the end of this year would not agree. They all felt threatened by the company, their bosses, and the workplace environment.

Most employees say their supervisors do hold threats over them on a routine basis. Most people feel that their bosses use their power to withhold opportunities and rewards and on occasion to actively punish and do harm. In my work, I’ve interviewed and surveyed thousands of my team and people in all sorts of organizations, big and small, and I’m willing to bet that you are convinced that you felt threatened or coerced into doing something you didn’t want to do all in one year…2010.

You need to “get out of your way” and “get our of their heads” and get one with your life. Understand how valuable you are so you can manage the impression you make on others. I mean don’t just take my word for it, Ken Blanchard, a wonderful trainer who says his goal is “to take the B.S. out of behavioral science,” often tells audiences that “motivation is a six inch job. It all comes down to the space between your ears.” Then he holds his hands up to his ears to demonstrate that it’s what people hear and what they think of it that matters. Anything outside the space between the ears is superfluous!

I help people work on rebuilding their economic future and build leaders. I’ve helped hundreds across the country…and I can help you too.

I woke up this morning to a call from my banker telling me I needed to transfer some funds into my checking account.  It seems my account was “overdrawn”.  My first reaction was NO WAY.   I knew I had plenty of money in my checking account.

Ten years ago, I would have freaked out, been worried and upset.  Back then even a small amount of money would have driven me nuts.   I would have been very upset and worried

Instead, I just laughed.  I knew that they had to be wrong.  I went to check the account, saw they had a balance in the red and transferred in some money.  The Banker again asked me if I wanted to “link” accounts so nothing would ever bounce, but I didn’t.  I prefer to hear from them immediately and get it fixed.

I then went and printed out their records to compare with my own.   Going down the list most things matched and I went to where I had no more outstanding checks.   I then went to look at deposits, and found a deposit I had made at the bank two weeks prior was not put into my account.

I found the receipt and took it to them.   They could not immediately tell me where my money was but I wasn’t too worried.  Within an hour they called to say they had located my deposit and it would be in my account within 24 hours.   It was.   They also charged me several fees of $35 each for “their error”.   I had to call and get that fixed and I was back to the future.

Ten years ago I lived paycheck to paycheck.   Back then I would have totally lost it if that had happened.   This time I felt calm and not phased at all.   The amount was quite large but I figured it would get fixed.   I’ve learned to go with the flow and I no longer live paycheck to paycheck.

It’s a much better way to live.  I know too that If I can do this, so can you.   Stop living by counting pennies and find a way to a better life.  Find and build residual income that comes in even and keeps on growing.  It’s out there waiting for you.

It’s certainly nothing that will fall in your lap, however, if you are willing to go to work daily, little by little, to grow a business.  You do can live a lifestyle where you can enjoy life.    Live life on your terms.   I know if I did it you can too.   Get started today.   Don’t put it off.

Who are you?

Have you ever thought of that?  What do you like to do?  What do you dislike?

Do you have a job you love or do you even have a job?   What’s your favorite thing to do?

Do you know what you’d like out of live?   If you could live any place in the world, and money was no object, where would you live?  What kind of car would you drive?

If you never had to worry about time or money ever again, what would you be doing right now?  Who would you help?  Would you share with others?  If so, who would you help out?

You”ve probably had someone aske you thing before,  yet,  have you ever given these types of questions any thought?  Do you still have dreams or have you given up on your dreams?

Maybe it’s time to be back to being a child.  When children are young, they feel like they are indestructible and can do anything.  When they age, things change and sometimes they start to believe they can’t have what they want.   They feel they can’t do anything, and are stuck in their circumstances.

Your mind can play tricks on you if you let it.  If you want to change your life, start working on changing your mindset.   Define who you want to be.   Change who you are into the person you want to be.

It’s not always easy to overcome some mindsets.  It will take work and lots of it.   Nothing is always easy but if you want to be the best you can be, you have to change.  Change is good.

Nothing stays the same.  Life changes and if you learn to change and roll with the punches   you can become anything you want to be.   Don’t let anyone stop you.   Go to work and make things happened and define the life you’ve always wanted to live.

If you ever want to be free to leave your dreams,  you must be willing to get started and go to work, and NEVER quit.

See you at the top

Time to think about holiday cards. We all have loved ones that may be in other states, or countries. It’s time to start thinking of cards and gifts. The season is once again upon us.

Thanksgiving is almost here. After that we’ll be into Christmas season. Christmas cards are a tradition. How are you doing yours this year? Do you send cards?

If you send cards, photo cards are even better. If you can put your family on the card, and send to your loved ones, wouldn’t that be cool? I know I love seeing photos of my kids, and grandkids. When they put them on a card, I save that card forever.

We are on the countdown now. It’s time to get those cards ready and rolling along. What if there was an easy way, you could design them online? What is if saved you both time and money? What if you could send gifts with the card as well, without leaving your home?

Well you can. Just ask me for a free trial. The count down is here. Check to see how many days are left until Christmas. Time to get your cards ready.

If you presently are growing a business,  I hope it’s going well for you.   I truly believe the only way to create a solid future is to be in charge of your own life.  The old way we knew it years ago, where you got a job for life no longer exists.   If you don’t have a business, begin to think of things you can do to create some income that will come in and give you some security.

How’s your life going?   Are you happy with your current job?  Do they pay you enough?  Do they give you lots of free time and vacation, good benefits and job security?

If you can answer yes to those questions, I would like to congratulate you.   It’s wonderful to have the freedom to live the life of your dreams, and there are plenty of people that do that.

Unfortunately, there are also plenty of people that don’t have that option.  Many are working long hours, in stressful environments, with little or no benefits.   Many companies have cut out benefits, and tell their employees to be grateful they still have a job.   They expect you to put them first before family or anything.   People in this category area always thinking they want to change their life.

Which are you?   Are you the one with plenty of time, money and freedom or the 2^nd one, trading hours for dollars, and working long hours for little?

Are you stressed?  Do you want to change your life?

If you’re the 2^nd one, are you going to do anything to change that?   Remember, you do can change that.  You can create a future for yourself.   You can live the life of your dreams, but it starts with being willing to change.   It may not be easy.  It may mean you have to work that horrid job, as you put in more time building a business on the side that will give you a future.

It may mean you have to give up TV.  It may mean you have to sacrifice for a while as you start to work your way out of that mess.   It all starts and ends with YOU.    Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t make it happen, you can.

I’ve been in both places.  I’ve been in the JOB world where I worked long hours, a lot of overtime with little time off.   In that time, I saved money because I had no time to get any place to spend any.  I had very few vacations and if I had any time off at all it was a long weekend every now and then.

I came to the place where I’d had enough and decided I wanted to change.  I didn’t know what I was going to do or how I was going to get out, but I knew that if I was going to make It different, It would start and end with me.  I didn’t know what I was doing but I did know, that no matter what I would find a way and not give up until I did.

It was a huge change.  It was not easy but it was worth it.   Today I am free to come and go as I please.  I have no boss.  I am my own boss.    I have no cubicle.  I work when and where I want.   I am totally changed from where I was 15 years ago.  I’m thankful I stepped out and made it happen.

Are you ready to change your life?  I hope that if you’re looking to make a change, that you will get started and NEVER quit.  Never give up.  IF I did it, anyone can.  I know that for sure 100%.

Wish you the best of success.

Years pass by very quickly.  Holidays come and go but as the years go holidays seem to come faster and faster.    Can you believe we’re only about 3 months from another Christmas season?   Well we are!   It is 3 months EXACTLY from today.

It’s time to start thinking about getting ready for the hustle and bustle of the season.   By the time you go shopping, wrapping and doing all the chores to decorate, you’re tired before the fun times.  Then you have parties, and extra baking, traveling and planning for the season.  One of the tasks I USED to dread, was card sending.   Now I have fun with it.  I send funny cards I create myself  in seconds.  I can send them to one person or large groups.  

Normally at this time of year whether you celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah, most people send cards and/or gifts.   They either send Christmas Cards and/ or Hanukkah cards.    Sometime if money it tight, they look for lower priced cards and send them in place of a gift.  A nice card, with some family photos can be a real winner.

Also you start to think about getting those holiday greeting cards out as well as gifts to mail out of town.   What a chore.  I know I used to dread that as one thing I’ve done all my life is send out holiday greetings to all my clients and customers.    About 6 years ago I started using an amazing service, which allowed me to do this much easier.  Prior to this it was 3 or 4 weeks of getting my cards done.  Now I can send hundreds of cool cards, with photos and even gifts and be done in less than an hour.

If you’d like more details on the service, feel free to contact me anytime, or fill in the banner below, and I’ll let you try it out for free.   Make this season one of fun, and take the chores out.

Hope you’re ready for another fun and delightful season, and never forget the reason for the season.

Do you believe the economy is as bad as they say?

I don’t!    I travel a lot and most flights are totally full.   When I cruise,  the ships are packed.   If the economy is as bad as they say, how can so many people be traveling?

We even took a road trip this year, and again,  no shortage of cars on the road.  At nights hotel parking lots were well filled.

This week we decided to go to the mall.   Had to search for a parking place… found one after going up and down several rows.   Inside, the place was packed with shoppers.  I say shoppers because they were all carrying lots of bags.

I know people have had rough times with the housing industry and banks tricking people into paying too much for things, yet I sure don’t see the economy being what the news says.   If that is so, explain why it’s hard to be able to take a trip with  out so many crowds?

Your future starts and ends with you.  Don’t let bad news and brainwashing have you thinking it’s all bad.   If it’s as bad as the news pitches it we would not be seeing all the travelers and shoppers, and that’s a fact.

Think about it…food for thought!