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Emotional Generosity
A Hopeful Rant
What an unfortunate culture we're building by demoting to a problem what is a normal human condition - need. I'm tired of being called needy. I'm tired of talk show hosts and writers babbling about getting my needs met by myself then selling books on how...
Achieving Self-Mastery
How do you achieve self-mastery? Mastery comes from confidence. Confidence comes from experience. Experience comes from practice. Practice comes from commitment. And commitment comes from vision. Please read that last paragraph again. Then do the...
All I Want is a Bag of Mulch…
I was not looking for an opportunity to be a preacher. All I wanted was to purchase some mulch at the discount store and go home but there was a hole in the bag so the cashier sent someone to replace it. Hence, we waited. Then, a shirt was missing a price tag so the...
Coming Home
Did you enjoy your morning today? Did you wake up with a sigh of contentment or a groan of despair? How many times did you hit the snooze button? All of these measure the happiness of our lives. Letting us know whether or not we are just going through the...
Create Your Own Anti-Emergency Fund
Do unexpected car repairs, quarterly insurance payments or those darned property taxes find you hard pressed to squeeze one more dollar out of an already stretched monthly budget? Or do you usually end up reaching for the plastic in your wallet to make up the...
All I Want is a Bag of Mulch…
I was not looking for an opportunity to be a preacher. All I wanted was to purchase some mulch at the discount store and go home but there was a hole in the bag so the cashier sent someone to replace it. Hence, we waited. Then, a shirt was missing a price tag so the...
Coming Home
Did you enjoy your morning today? Did you wake up with a sigh of contentment or a groan of despair? How many times did you hit the snooze button? All of these measure the happiness of our lives. Letting us know whether or not we are just going through the...
Create Your Own Anti-Emergency Fund
Do unexpected car repairs, quarterly insurance payments or those darned property taxes find you hard pressed to squeeze one more dollar out of an already stretched monthly budget? Or do you usually end up reaching for the plastic in your wallet to make up the...
The Eight-Step Process to Better Asking
In one of my earlier articles, "How To Ask For Anything You Want," you learned that the world responds to those who ask. When you begin to ask for what you need and want, you've taken control of your life, and are proactively steering its direction. Many...
You’re an Employed Professional and You’re Thinking of Bailing Out…
Have that burning desire to go out on your own...carefully consider the following... Leverage your current income to fund the essentials you will need to run your own operation. Whatever it is- your computer, software, supplies, marketing materials etc. etc. Depending...
Help Yourself
Those folks in Nazareth were amazed to hear a carpenter's son preaching from Isaiah's prophecy. In response to their surprise, Jesus said, "No doubt you will say to me, 'Physician, heal yourself'" (Luke 4:23). Unlike Jesus, I may not be able to...
How to Stop Living with One Foot on the Brake
Are you allowing your own success or pushing it away? Rate yourself on a scale from 1-5 on the following descriptions, with 1 being "almost never" to 5 being "almost always." 1. I read self-help books but they don't seem to make a lasting difference in...
Know You Always Have Choices
Do you know the saying "wherever you go, there you are"? Even though you always take yourself wherever you go you do have a choice of who you'll be when you get there. Here's something to think about. If you don't realize you are doing exactly what you want to...
Magic Words That Make Millions
I've just finished reading (for the second time) a book called Magic Words That Bring You Riches, authored by my good friend Ted Nicholas, a member of our Board of Directors. Ted has sold over 200 million dollars worth of information products worldwide by direct...
Marketing 101
You may want to grab a pen and some blank paper, and the beverage of your choice... Now, let's get started building YOUR business! Lesson 2 HOW TO MAKE PROSPECTS BEG TO BE YOUR CLIENTS! =======> The Myth of the Natural Born Salesperson Have...
