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How to Get More Referrals, More Prospects & More NEW Clients During a Recession
It's hard enough to get more prospects and new clients during a booming economy when people have money to spend. When the global economy takes a nosedive and freefalls fast, it's 100 times harder to get prospect to talk to us. So, how can you get more referrals and...
Emotional Brilliance – Talking to Ourselves
Are the ways in which other people act emotionally disturbing to you? Are you sometimes of the opinion that other people don't seem to care enough? Do you question the insensitive ways of other people? We are all subject to deeply felt emotional responses that seem to...
Money Talk: The 10 Best Things You Can Say to Your Children about Money
Many parents do not know how, do not want to, or lack the communication skills necessary to talk to their children about money in general. So when a money crisis develops, the potential to pass fearful and negative attitudes towards money to the next generation...
What if Money Were No Object and You Had All of the Time in the World-What Would You Do in 2009?
As you begin to embark on an exciting new year, I'd like to encourage you to breath in the possibilities! Now is the time to release any of the pain and struggle from 2008, unhook yourself from fears related to the economy and your financial status. Let go of problems...
From Surviving to Thriving
"In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." - Eric Hoffer, American social writer 1902 - 1983 As we hear the cries for change, it's time to bring the message home...
Stop Shopping Cart Abandonment By NOT “Shipping” Your Customers To Your Competitors!
According to a recent Stompernet study, the industry average for shopping cart abandonment is 59.6%. Shopping cart abandonment means that someone goes to a website, reads the sales letter, and clicks on the buy link to go to the secure order form, but they don't...
The Path of Authenticity: 7 Stepping Stones to a Life of Joy
What does it mean to live authentically? Authenticity holds a power that is almost mystical in nature. It's magnetic and we long for it now more than ever. Why? My view is that authenticity opens the doorway to a life of spirit. What does the path of authenticity look...
How Parents Can Discipline Children and Promote Learning Without Stress & Punishment or Rewards
Traditional child disciplining approaches are no longer successful for far too many young people. For example, a parent related the following to me after a discussion of how society and youth have changed in recent generations: The other day, my teenage daughter was...
The Number One Most Common Goof In Personal Development Is Trying To Get Rid Of Your Ego
One consistent and popular theme concerning the Ego is it is looked upon as bad and something we have to constantly work to get rid of. I myself fell into constantly berating the ego and fighting against it. Doing this unknowingly created an on going and increasing...
The Spiritual Traveler
The New
'Eco Spiritual Travel'
'Vegging out Vacation' or 'Getting hit with a stick in Buddhist Bhutan' - is there a 3rd alternative? We used to go on vacations in order to 'vacate', to empty out our built up stress, our 'backed up' clogged up energies. We'd plop ourselves on the beach just...
The Ezine Queen's 7 Reasons to Grow Your Business with Ezines – The Most Effective Online Sales Tool
Business owners across any and every industry are constantly on the lookout for effective (and cheap) ways to market their products and services online. Looking beyond the inundated world of advertising many have found the email newsletters or ezines to be one of the...
How to Burn a Path to Your Dreams
Starting a new year at this time of sudden and often shocking change whether it be environmental, economic or cultural, it's easy to see how the negative emotions of fear, anger and blame can take over. We feel helpless and hopeless and look at the year ahead with...
Do Not Wait till Jan. 1st
Quote of the Month THINGS TURN OUT BEST FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE BEST OF THE WAY THINGS TURN OUT!! I am going to rant a little bit here. I am here to tell you that each and every one of us is at our exact station in life because of our thoughts, our words, and...
New Year: Are You Making These 5 Bone-Headed New Year's Resolutions Mistakes?
We've been told to make New Year's resolutions, but most people don't realize why New Year's resolutions almost never work. For years, I've been teaching people the secret "success code" that happy, rich people unconsciously follow. Many people come to me after...
Five Ways to Keeping Family Harmony
History itself affirms that the family is the foundation of society. It is the glue that holds together civilization itself. Block by block, it builds nations. But the most important place for family is inside each of us; it is who we are. We're living in days when...