Step One: Cut out pictures of things you love. Step Two: Paste them onto paper. Step Three: Realize your life's ambition.
Since childhood, I've had a vivid recurring dream in which I can move objects without touching them. When I awaken from the dream, I can't believe it isn't true. For hours I'll glare at objects—starting with cars or furniture, gradually lowering my sights to scraps of Kleenex—incredulous that I can't move stuff with my mind. Except, that now I can. (Let me insert this NOW - my thoughts will be put in italics- This article is taken from Oprah.com and written by Martha Beck. I have done the same thing in visualizing things to move. Years ago I was able to make watches stop. I firmly believe in the power of the mind and believe that God gave us that power AND that we don't utilize it the way he intended. So, all that said - please read this really long article.)
A friend just gave me a gizmo called Mindflex, a game that includes a magnificently dorky-looking headset, a console, and a little foam ball. The headset transmits your brain's electrical activity to a fan in the console that blows the ball into the air. By thinking different thoughts, you control the fan, and thus the altitude of the ball.
The fact that this works delights, but doesn't surprise me. The discoveries of physicist Werner Heisenberg, not to mention my recurring dream, long ago convinced me that the mind influences physical matter. If Heisenberg's work is unfamiliar, let me translate the theory into English "Consciousness can shape reality."
This oversimplification makes my brain wince...which moves the Mindflex ball, confirming for me that the New Age ideal of mental magic—the notion that thoughts can create reality—is kinda, sorta supported by evidence. My goal is to teach you how to use one aspect of that magic, something indubitably cheesy but surprisingly effective. I'm talking about a vision board. (This New Age mental magic, in my belief, is nothing more than what God intended for our minds - to use it for Power and Faith and then to be blessed by God).
All the Pretty Pictures
Next to the Mindflex on my desk is a photo box containing many images I've torn from magazines. I plan to glue them all to one large piece of art paper. The resulting collage will be a vision board; its purpose, to depict (and lead me to) my desired future. This whole process makes me roll my eyes—but damn if it doesn't work. Sometimes.
I've made several vision boards that bombed out, and some that were so successful that the hairs on the nape of my neck prickled for months. Years ago I glued up a headline that said MAKING AFRICA WELL. I thought it was a joke—oh, sure, like I could do that—never expecting that a few years later I'd be invited to speak in Africa and while there meet folks who are healing African ecosystems. Suddenly, I found myself volunteering to work with them.
(Ask me to tell you the story of my own personal vision about a lease purchase that went horribly bad and the loss of over $15,000....and how God got it back in a very New Age Mental Magic sort of way.)
I've discovered there's a trick to making a vision board that brings forth such improbable coincidences (or, if you believe in God - these are not coincidences but Faith in action.) It starts with avoiding common pitfalls that result in faulty, inoperative models. Many people hear the basic instructions—"Find pictures of things you want in your life and stick 'em where you can see 'em"—and create virtually identical collages: a wad of cash, a handsome husband, a gorgeous body, a luxury car, a tropical beach. (Personally, these don't sound so bad!!)
Snore. These images constitute our culture's idea of the good life. Even a rich, happily married beauty queen with a Porsche in the driveway and a house on the ocean will crank out this same vision board. This has no juice at all. To really work, a vision board has to come not from your culture but from your primordial, nonsocial self—the genetically unique animal/angel that contains your innate preferences.
When you start assembling pictures that appeal to this deep self, you unleash one of the most powerful forces on our planet: human imagination.(the power God gave us) Virtually everything humans use, do, or make exists because someone thought it up. Sparking your incredibly powerful creative faculty is the reason you make a vision board. The board itself doesn't impact reality; what changes your life is the process of creating the images—combinations of objects and events that will stick in your subconscious mind and steer your choices toward making the vision real.
Vision Board 101
I've known for some time that staring at objects while holding pictures in my head makes reality oddly responsive. I was persuaded of this by two events so striking and improbable that I'll describe them to you in some detail. Both occurred while I was illustrating a children's book, which was never published because: (1) My animal/angel didn't really want to create it; (2) I got tired after doing about 25 percent of the illustrations; and (3) the book basically sucked. (She and I are on the same wavelength here - I have a children's book all ready to be published. But, unlike her, I always wanted to create it, did create it, and it does not suck. The Underwater Dentist is just waiting for some angel to produce it.)
Anyway, one illustration I did finish depicted a startled elephant. I wanted to paint it from a child's perspective, with the pachyderm rearing back, lifting one front leg, raising its trunk, and opening its eyes and mouth in surprise. I had no photographs that showed this scenario, and it wasn't the easiest thing to imagine. So I went to a circus, found an elephant who seemed to be parked in neutral, crouched down in front of him, and squinted, imagining what he'd look like with his leg lifted and his trunk raised. The elephant looked back at me...and adopted precisely the pose I was picturing. He remained in this awkward position for several minutes as I scribbled a sketch.
Just days later, I was working on another illustration involving parrots (this children's book was set in post-genocide Cambodia—what fun for kids!). In the midst of my research, I learned to my surprise that there was a species of parrot indigenous to my own turf in Arizona. I stared at these parrots in my bird book, wishing that one day I could see a living specimen. At that moment, I swear to God, I heard a scratchy thump, and three rare parrots landed on the window screen less than a yard from my face.
That's when I began believing that animals respond to intense visual images held in the human imagination. So does my Mindflex, and perhaps even complex phenomena like one's love life or career. I also noticed that the mental state that produced the elephant and parrot miracles was very different from the hankering I directed at my usual goals. And I've come to realize that you need to get into that mind-space if you want your vision board to work for you like a short-order cook hopped up on Red Bull. Here's how to do it....
Step 1: Please Your Animal
There are two basic procedures involved in creating an effective vision board. First, instead of cogitating about familiar images, scout for the unfamiliar. Your mind can't do this. Your animal/angel self can. Just page through a magazine (and walk through the world) noticing things that trigger physical reactions: a heart thump, a double take, a gasp. The only responses involved should resemble these:
"Ooooh!" "Aaaahhhhh." "Whoa!" "!!!!" "????"
These "thoughts" register in your stomach, your heart, your lungs—anywhere but your head. You can't produce them in response to cultural clichés or abstract ideas. Nor can you always know why your body reacts to an image. Wondering, then finding out, is one of the most delicious things about assembling a vision board.
For example, as I rummage through my current collection of images, my body is utterly unmoved by photos of mansions or designer clothing. What interests it are pictures of an abstract sculpture, a dried leaf, and (overwhelmingly) a map on which the migratory route of the springbok antelope is shown in red. !!!! Go figure.
Though it makes no logical sense, I know from experience that gluing these pictures on one big page will begin catalyzing something beyond my mind's capacity to calculate or conceptualize. If you're not already accumulating images that rock your socks, stay alert. Whenever you find them, filch them.
Step 2: Let Go Mentally and Emotionally.
Most folks master Step 1 easily, gathering new and interesting images by the bushel. It's like making the Mindflex ball go up: You stare at the ball and picture it rising. Powered by the output of electricity from your brain, the fan starts to blow, et voilà! Up goes the ball. You do this with focused, intense thinking—something you're almost always engaged in.
Step 2 of making a vision board requires something trickier: not thinking. This is the counterintuitive process that makes the Mindflex ball descend. To do it you must relax completely and let your mind go blank. You don't concentrate on the result you want—i.e., the ball going down. In fact, you concentrate on not concentrating. Slowly the fan decreases speed and the ball begins to drop.
This is exactly what you should do once you've created a vision board. Stop thinking about it. Lose it. Recycle it. The biggest mistake aspiring reality creators make (aside from that predictable cash/tropical island collage) is continuing to push something they've already set in motion. You've felt the repellent energy of salespeople desperate to hook you—it makes you sprint away so fast, you cause sonic booms. Don't use that results-oriented energy.
Anecdotes about vision board success always include statements like "Then I forgot all about it until the very moment, years later, when I found myself standing on the Champs-Elysées, holding that exact plaid umbrella!" The key phrase is "forgot all about it." The purpose of the vision board is to focus your attention—briefly. After that, the less mental strain you feel, the sooner good things will happen. That initial intense focus helps us create "search images," and by relaxing, we increase our chances of noticing the things we seek. Then it's time for the trickiest step of all....
Step 3: Be Still and Still Moving
Making a vision board is not a substitute for elbow grease. Magical co-creator or not, you still have to do stuff. For example, I want to be better at social media—you know, all that Faceplace Twootle Googler stuff. So I put a headline on my vision board: SOCIAL MEDIA GENIUS. I tried reading blog posts and signing up for all sorts of new online accounts, but I was making zero progress. Two weeks later, I was working on my laptop in a bookstore when a man with a kind face asked me if I liked my computer. He turned out to be a social media specialist and an extremely nice guy, and I hired him to be my social media genius. He's brilliant, he's motivating, and he's kicking my ass, teaching me how to accomplish my goals. I wanted the Force to give me fish; instead, it sent an expert fisherman to teach me.
This is the zone of reality creation: regularly picturing delights that don't yet exist, emotionally detaching from them, and jumping into action when it's time to help the miracles occur. I'm barely learning this, to be (in T.S. Eliot's words) "still and still moving." But in the moments I get it right, every step I take seems to be matched by a universal mystery, which obligingly, incredibly, creates what I can't.
So that's my 411 on vision boards, but please, don't believe me. Try it yourself. Do it as a lark, a hobby, a physics experiment (though calling it that may cause Werner Heisenberg to spin in his grave like an Olympic ice dancer). So start oohing and aahing, cutting and gluing.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Friday, April 30, 2010
BEFORE AND AFTER
Before REVERSE After 8 weeks After 17 weeks - SEE PICTURE AT LEFT
This is from a Rodan and Fields Consultant and User:
I got engaged in September 2009 and didn't want to wear heavy make-up to conceal my really bad sun damage. I used Rodan + Fields REVERSE Regimen and ANTI-AGE Eye Cream, then added UNBLEMISH Regimen at night to treat hormonal acne.
In just 8 weeks, my skin becoming smoother, brighter and the sun damage began to disappear. I cannot believe my results after 4 short months using a simple routine. The best part is I don't need to wear foundation and my skin is amazing!
-Kayte Abramson -
Rodan + Fields Executive Consultant
This is from a Rodan and Fields Consultant and User:
I got engaged in September 2009 and didn't want to wear heavy make-up to conceal my really bad sun damage. I used Rodan + Fields REVERSE Regimen and ANTI-AGE Eye Cream, then added UNBLEMISH Regimen at night to treat hormonal acne.
In just 8 weeks, my skin becoming smoother, brighter and the sun damage began to disappear. I cannot believe my results after 4 short months using a simple routine. The best part is I don't need to wear foundation and my skin is amazing!
-Kayte Abramson -
Rodan + Fields Executive Consultant
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
NO PAIN NO GAIN
More advice from Dr. Rodan and Dr. Fields:
No Pain No Gain? yes and no. There are some in-office exfoliation procedures like chemical peels, micro-dermabrasion and lasers that yield excellent results but may require several days recovery time. At-home exfoliation products and procedures are less aggressive and, if done properly, should not result in any “down-time.”
If your attempts to “do-it yourself” cause redness, peeling, itching and scaling, SLOW DOWN. You may be overdoing it and breaking your skin’s protective barrier. Give your skin a rest and help it heal with a soothing moisturizer containing anti-inflammatory peptides or botanical ingredients. Also, don’t forget to apply a broad spectrum UVA/UVB sunscreen DAILY to protect your recovering skin.
So, here's the commercial - The Product SOOTHE #2 has the anti-inflammatory peptides and botanicals needed to soothe the skin. AND...the product SOOTHE #3 is the broad spectrum sunscreen.
Check the ingredients on what you are using now. If it doesn't have what the doctors say you need - switch!
No Pain No Gain? yes and no. There are some in-office exfoliation procedures like chemical peels, micro-dermabrasion and lasers that yield excellent results but may require several days recovery time. At-home exfoliation products and procedures are less aggressive and, if done properly, should not result in any “down-time.”
If your attempts to “do-it yourself” cause redness, peeling, itching and scaling, SLOW DOWN. You may be overdoing it and breaking your skin’s protective barrier. Give your skin a rest and help it heal with a soothing moisturizer containing anti-inflammatory peptides or botanical ingredients. Also, don’t forget to apply a broad spectrum UVA/UVB sunscreen DAILY to protect your recovering skin.
So, here's the commercial - The Product SOOTHE #2 has the anti-inflammatory peptides and botanicals needed to soothe the skin. AND...the product SOOTHE #3 is the broad spectrum sunscreen.
Check the ingredients on what you are using now. If it doesn't have what the doctors say you need - switch!
Friday, April 16, 2010
ACIDS FOR THE SKIN
The info being shared is taken directly from Dr. Rodan and Dr. Fields. I am not technical enough to even begin to share the below info. However, I do know what makes my skin feel good, look good and exfoliate. I also know that as we age, WE MUST EXFOLIATE THOSE DEAD SKIN CELLS that just hang around. So, bare wtih the medical jargon and read below. Look at the products you are using. If the ingredients have what is listed - FANTASTIC. If not, and here is my commercial.....click on the link and order what you need. You deserve to look the best you can!
Hydroxy Acids
Hydroxy acids are chemical exfoliators that work by dissolving the adhesions between cells in the epidermis, allowing skin-dulling dead skin cells to easily slough off to promote cell renewal. There are three classes of hydroxy acids: alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs), beta hydroxy acids (BHAs) and poly hydroxy acids (PHAs).
AHAs: These exfoliators work on the top layer of the skin to help increase cell turnover. Commonly used AHAs include glycolic acid (derived from cane sugar) and lactic acid (derived from milk). Used in lower concentrations, AHAs are appropriate for home use; however, you may experience sensory irritation (stinging) when first using AHAs. By starting slowly, with intermittent use in the first couple of weeks, most people will find that their skin accommodates and the stinging greatly diminishes or disappears completely. Find lactic acid in Rodan + Fields REVERSE Deep Exfoliating Wash and REVERSE Skin Lightening Treatment, and glycolic acid in UNBLEMISH Clarifying Toner.
PHAs: This up-and-coming class of hydroxy acids may have varying benefits depending on the molecular configuration. PHAs include lactobionic acid and gluconolactone. Look for them in future Rodan + Fields products.
BHAs: Oil soluble, BHAs penetrate into the pore to help remove dead cells that build up and entrap acne-causing oil and bacteria. Salicylic acid is the only BHA and can be found in Rodan + Fields UNBLEMISH Spot Fading Toner.
Hydroxy Acids
Hydroxy acids are chemical exfoliators that work by dissolving the adhesions between cells in the epidermis, allowing skin-dulling dead skin cells to easily slough off to promote cell renewal. There are three classes of hydroxy acids: alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs), beta hydroxy acids (BHAs) and poly hydroxy acids (PHAs).
AHAs: These exfoliators work on the top layer of the skin to help increase cell turnover. Commonly used AHAs include glycolic acid (derived from cane sugar) and lactic acid (derived from milk). Used in lower concentrations, AHAs are appropriate for home use; however, you may experience sensory irritation (stinging) when first using AHAs. By starting slowly, with intermittent use in the first couple of weeks, most people will find that their skin accommodates and the stinging greatly diminishes or disappears completely. Find lactic acid in Rodan + Fields REVERSE Deep Exfoliating Wash and REVERSE Skin Lightening Treatment, and glycolic acid in UNBLEMISH Clarifying Toner.
PHAs: This up-and-coming class of hydroxy acids may have varying benefits depending on the molecular configuration. PHAs include lactobionic acid and gluconolactone. Look for them in future Rodan + Fields products.
BHAs: Oil soluble, BHAs penetrate into the pore to help remove dead cells that build up and entrap acne-causing oil and bacteria. Salicylic acid is the only BHA and can be found in Rodan + Fields UNBLEMISH Spot Fading Toner.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
HOUSE DUST IS NOT JUST DIRT
According to Dr. Rodan and Dr. Fields: Dead skin cells account for 90% of house dust. Gross … but true. You shed approximately a million dead cells every 40 minutes. That adds up to 1.5 pounds a year!
As you age, your natural cell turnover rate slows down, taking twice as long to regenerate a new epidermis for a 50-year-old as compared with the time required for a 20-year-old.
So while you may have less house dust as you grow older, the build-up of dead, dull cells on your skin’s surface is hardly a worthwhile trade-off. So, exfoliate everyday; a little bit will go a long way toward keeping skin looking young and vibrant.
Contact me for two secret ways to exfoliate - one with product and one without product.
As you age, your natural cell turnover rate slows down, taking twice as long to regenerate a new epidermis for a 50-year-old as compared with the time required for a 20-year-old.
So while you may have less house dust as you grow older, the build-up of dead, dull cells on your skin’s surface is hardly a worthwhile trade-off. So, exfoliate everyday; a little bit will go a long way toward keeping skin looking young and vibrant.
Contact me for two secret ways to exfoliate - one with product and one without product.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
A DAY IN DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL
Dani Johnson came to Franklin, Tennessee, for a day of teaching. I am a huge fan of this woman, and to finally get the opportunity to hear her live was phenominal. She makes you feel uncomfortable with your comfort zone, she doesn't inspire as much as she makes you think and change. Dani knows all the excuses and has made millions in this business. Here are just a few morsels from yesterday's session:
Invest in yourself for a guaranteed ROI (return on investment)
Characteristics of Successful People: Have a vision; have a burning desire to outweigh the excuses (which are just well-planned lies); have specialized knowledge and specialized skills; have the ability to recognize an opportunity and seek wise counsel.
Aim at nothing and you will hit it 100% of the time. Nothing becomes dynamic until it becomes specific. The marketplace pays for value. What determines your value? Knowledge and Skill. Find somebody that has what you want and do what they do. If money were no object, how would you live? Leaders have followers.
Excellence plus dilligence = success.
The basics of success: Get the public's attention, have a simple presentation, know how to close, cultivate to draw referrals, be duplicatable. Simplicity!!!
If it's to be, it's up to me! Your income will always follow your personal growth.
Yes, a bunch of random thoughts, but hopefully you get the idea. I have more pages of notes, but this is not the place to share them. Dani Johnson offers digestible information that provokes you towards personal development and learning how to increase your value in the marketplace.
Click on the link and get three free MP3 downloads by Dani Johnson that will change how you do things. It will also show you business development products you can purchase from Dani Johnson.
Have a blessed day.
Invest in yourself for a guaranteed ROI (return on investment)
Characteristics of Successful People: Have a vision; have a burning desire to outweigh the excuses (which are just well-planned lies); have specialized knowledge and specialized skills; have the ability to recognize an opportunity and seek wise counsel.
Aim at nothing and you will hit it 100% of the time. Nothing becomes dynamic until it becomes specific. The marketplace pays for value. What determines your value? Knowledge and Skill. Find somebody that has what you want and do what they do. If money were no object, how would you live? Leaders have followers.
Excellence plus dilligence = success.
The basics of success: Get the public's attention, have a simple presentation, know how to close, cultivate to draw referrals, be duplicatable. Simplicity!!!
If it's to be, it's up to me! Your income will always follow your personal growth.
Yes, a bunch of random thoughts, but hopefully you get the idea. I have more pages of notes, but this is not the place to share them. Dani Johnson offers digestible information that provokes you towards personal development and learning how to increase your value in the marketplace.
Click on the link and get three free MP3 downloads by Dani Johnson that will change how you do things. It will also show you business development products you can purchase from Dani Johnson.
Have a blessed day.
Monday, March 15, 2010
THE RED NOSE DILEMMA
You just caught the latest round of the flu and cold. Your nose has started having a life of its own, despite buying the softest tissue you can find. Of course, before you bought the tisssue you had to use napkins, toilet paper and paper towels. Your nose is now a red beacon. What to do?
A sad movie, a fight with your husband, the death of a friend, a speeding ticket - all reasons why your face and nose are now red from crying and sobbing. What to do?
I HAVE THE ANSWER. Rodan and Fields SOOTHE #2 cream. It's concentrated, so a little is all you need. I have personally used it in the above situations and within minutes - NO EXAGGERATION - within minutes the redness was GONE!
Order some today and keep it on hand for those Red Nose moments.
A sad movie, a fight with your husband, the death of a friend, a speeding ticket - all reasons why your face and nose are now red from crying and sobbing. What to do?
I HAVE THE ANSWER. Rodan and Fields SOOTHE #2 cream. It's concentrated, so a little is all you need. I have personally used it in the above situations and within minutes - NO EXAGGERATION - within minutes the redness was GONE!
Order some today and keep it on hand for those Red Nose moments.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
3 MISTAKES IN CLOSING
The 3 Most Common Mistakes In Closing by Dani Johnson
This article applies to any type of sales, business building activity, whether you are getting new accounts, closing business deals, or making executive decisions. What I’m going to share with you is from years of hands on experience helping thousands of people dramatically increase their skills in the art of closing. Let there be no mistake, closing is an art that, when you get good at it, becomes fun and exciting as you see the tremendous impact you can have on the lives of ordinary people. Closing is the most critical make or break part of your process for building a successful business so let’s get started with the first mistake:
Mistake #1: Your Posture Weakens When It Comes Time To Ask The Closing Question.
Most of you successfully utilize scripts that you’ve either purchased from experts or received from leaders in your company. You use these scripts, your skills and your natural gifts to make great connection with prospects whether they are from warm, cold or lukewarm markets. You then successfully bring them to either a web presentation, live conference call, pre-recorded message, fax on demand, a live group or 1 on 1 presentation. Many of you, when it comes time to asking that first closing question, you buckle. You don’t even have the words out of your mouth and you’re shaking in your shoes.
In your mind, you’re already prepared for them to say “no”. You are absolutely afraid of rejection therefore you are provoking the prospect to walk all over you and drill you with questions. You’ve now lost control of the conversation because your tone is that of somebody who is terrified, unsure or just assuming that they won’t enroll in your program.
The closing game is all about posture and posture is authority. Whoever has the strongest posture will win. Many of us feel that we don’t know how to speak with posture. If you have kids, then you already know how to speak with authority. Picture yourself directing your kids to clean their room. That is the same place of authority that you need to come from with your prospects. When it comes time to read the closing script, you must carry the authority of a business developer waiting to see if this is the person you want to work with or not? Does he/she have eyes to see or is he/she blind as a bat?
Mistake #2: You Talk Too Much And Keep Selling.
The business presentation is over and you turn to your prospect and say, “This is such a great company with the most cutting edge products and you (the prospect) are blessed to be at the right place at the right time. With your talent and skill, you can make a lot of money!” No matter how smart you think you are or how much credibility you think you have, here is the sobering fact. The prospect can care less about your opinion because you are already involved with the company. If you want to be a professional, you have to learn how to get the prospect to talk themselves into closing the business deal.
Mistake #3: You Don’t Know What To Say
When you don’t know what to say, here’s what usually comes out of your mouth after the business presentation, “So, what do you think?” They think the sky is blue. They think the kids need to be put to bed. They think they’ll call you tomorrow. It’s your job to control what your prospect is thinking. You want them thinking about what hit them during the business presentation. You want them thinking about what their life will be like ten years from now if they don’t make a decision to do something. Your script needs to ask the questions that matter most to the prospect addressing their needs and goals. They should not be thinking about the products or the compensation. The prospect should be thinking about what he is going to do with his life starting today. Many of you don’t know what to say so you ask a yes or no question like, “Do you want to get started today?” Most of the time, your prospect says “No” and it’s over right there.
There are 2 very important keys to asking the closing question:
A) You have something strategic to say that will get a strategic result.
B) You must say something that is duplicatable.
The prospect is going through the psychological process in his mind of asking themselves, “Is it simple, does it work and can I do it?” Think about it, if you are really slick and articulate the prospect is looking at you thinking, “He’s really good. I don’t think I can be that good.” Or “It seems like you have to know a lot. I don’t have the time to learn all that.” The end result is the prospect thinking, “I don’t think I can do this.” You don’t want to depend on your good looks, your dynamic personality or your favor from God to become a good closer. Why? Because you are not duplicatable. What is duplicatable is people reading a script. This is really going to tweak some of you.
Go to Danijohnson.com and order her script book.
This article applies to any type of sales, business building activity, whether you are getting new accounts, closing business deals, or making executive decisions. What I’m going to share with you is from years of hands on experience helping thousands of people dramatically increase their skills in the art of closing. Let there be no mistake, closing is an art that, when you get good at it, becomes fun and exciting as you see the tremendous impact you can have on the lives of ordinary people. Closing is the most critical make or break part of your process for building a successful business so let’s get started with the first mistake:
Mistake #1: Your Posture Weakens When It Comes Time To Ask The Closing Question.
Most of you successfully utilize scripts that you’ve either purchased from experts or received from leaders in your company. You use these scripts, your skills and your natural gifts to make great connection with prospects whether they are from warm, cold or lukewarm markets. You then successfully bring them to either a web presentation, live conference call, pre-recorded message, fax on demand, a live group or 1 on 1 presentation. Many of you, when it comes time to asking that first closing question, you buckle. You don’t even have the words out of your mouth and you’re shaking in your shoes.
In your mind, you’re already prepared for them to say “no”. You are absolutely afraid of rejection therefore you are provoking the prospect to walk all over you and drill you with questions. You’ve now lost control of the conversation because your tone is that of somebody who is terrified, unsure or just assuming that they won’t enroll in your program.
The closing game is all about posture and posture is authority. Whoever has the strongest posture will win. Many of us feel that we don’t know how to speak with posture. If you have kids, then you already know how to speak with authority. Picture yourself directing your kids to clean their room. That is the same place of authority that you need to come from with your prospects. When it comes time to read the closing script, you must carry the authority of a business developer waiting to see if this is the person you want to work with or not? Does he/she have eyes to see or is he/she blind as a bat?
Mistake #2: You Talk Too Much And Keep Selling.
The business presentation is over and you turn to your prospect and say, “This is such a great company with the most cutting edge products and you (the prospect) are blessed to be at the right place at the right time. With your talent and skill, you can make a lot of money!” No matter how smart you think you are or how much credibility you think you have, here is the sobering fact. The prospect can care less about your opinion because you are already involved with the company. If you want to be a professional, you have to learn how to get the prospect to talk themselves into closing the business deal.
Mistake #3: You Don’t Know What To Say
When you don’t know what to say, here’s what usually comes out of your mouth after the business presentation, “So, what do you think?” They think the sky is blue. They think the kids need to be put to bed. They think they’ll call you tomorrow. It’s your job to control what your prospect is thinking. You want them thinking about what hit them during the business presentation. You want them thinking about what their life will be like ten years from now if they don’t make a decision to do something. Your script needs to ask the questions that matter most to the prospect addressing their needs and goals. They should not be thinking about the products or the compensation. The prospect should be thinking about what he is going to do with his life starting today. Many of you don’t know what to say so you ask a yes or no question like, “Do you want to get started today?” Most of the time, your prospect says “No” and it’s over right there.
There are 2 very important keys to asking the closing question:
A) You have something strategic to say that will get a strategic result.
B) You must say something that is duplicatable.
The prospect is going through the psychological process in his mind of asking themselves, “Is it simple, does it work and can I do it?” Think about it, if you are really slick and articulate the prospect is looking at you thinking, “He’s really good. I don’t think I can be that good.” Or “It seems like you have to know a lot. I don’t have the time to learn all that.” The end result is the prospect thinking, “I don’t think I can do this.” You don’t want to depend on your good looks, your dynamic personality or your favor from God to become a good closer. Why? Because you are not duplicatable. What is duplicatable is people reading a script. This is really going to tweak some of you.
Go to Danijohnson.com and order her script book.
Monday, March 1, 2010
NOTES FROM A NEW BLOG BY DRS RODAN AND FIELDS AND NURSE MARY
Follow this new blog at www.dermrf.com
Following is the first postings:
By Nurse Mary Radford, Director of the RF Connection
1. What UNBLEMISH toner is right for me?
We designed UNBLEMISH to treat the entire acne cycle. For a significant number of acne sufferers, this includes PIH, the remnant brown marks that remain after a blemish has healed. If you are in this majority, use UNBLEMISH Spot Fading Toner to lighten these souvenirs. If you are one of the lucky few who does not battle with PIH, use UNBLEMISH Clarifying Toner. Both toners unclog pores, calm skin, and prepare it for the treatments that follow
2. I’m using the UNBLEMISH Regimen and my skin has become dry. Should I use it less frequently?
This usually means that the medicines are doing a great job of clearing pores and renewing the skin to reduce blemishes. You simply need to moisturize the skin between the pores. Rodan + Fields Dermatologists skincare offers products that hydrate skin without clogging pores. Continue to use the UNBLEMISH Regimen as directed and layer your moisturizer of choice over the Dual Intensive Acne Treatment twice daily.
If you are under 20; we recommend the ESSENTIALS Moisturize with Melaslow. If you are 20 or over we offer ANTI-AGE Skin Protectant SPF 15 Sunscreen or Night Recovery Cream.
Come back here often to read their posts or subscribe at the above website.
RODAN AND FIELDS DERMATOLOGISTS - ROCKS!
Following is the first postings:
By Nurse Mary Radford, Director of the RF Connection
1. What UNBLEMISH toner is right for me?
We designed UNBLEMISH to treat the entire acne cycle. For a significant number of acne sufferers, this includes PIH, the remnant brown marks that remain after a blemish has healed. If you are in this majority, use UNBLEMISH Spot Fading Toner to lighten these souvenirs. If you are one of the lucky few who does not battle with PIH, use UNBLEMISH Clarifying Toner. Both toners unclog pores, calm skin, and prepare it for the treatments that follow
2. I’m using the UNBLEMISH Regimen and my skin has become dry. Should I use it less frequently?
This usually means that the medicines are doing a great job of clearing pores and renewing the skin to reduce blemishes. You simply need to moisturize the skin between the pores. Rodan + Fields Dermatologists skincare offers products that hydrate skin without clogging pores. Continue to use the UNBLEMISH Regimen as directed and layer your moisturizer of choice over the Dual Intensive Acne Treatment twice daily.
If you are under 20; we recommend the ESSENTIALS Moisturize with Melaslow. If you are 20 or over we offer ANTI-AGE Skin Protectant SPF 15 Sunscreen or Night Recovery Cream.
Come back here often to read their posts or subscribe at the above website.
RODAN AND FIELDS DERMATOLOGISTS - ROCKS!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
TRAINING - ARM YOUR NEW DISTRIBUTORS FOR SUCCESS
Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing, end them. - William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III, Scene i (58-90)
Hamlet may not have been talking about network marketing, but his words do apply. Almost every network marketer has experienced the slings and arrows of the naysayers, those often well-meaning friends and relatives that stand in the way of our making an outrageous fortune! Experienced network marketers, clothed in the armor of past success, are less vulnerable to outside influences. The new distributor, however, is vulnerable, and that sea of troubles can act as a barrier to reaching their true potential.
What did the knights of old do to prevent an injury? That s right they armed themselves. Their armor was heavy and cumbersome, and they needed a squire to help them prepare for battle. Well, the same is true for your new distributors. While the armor they must use is less cumbersome than that of the knights, you must help them arm themselves for success. In other words, you must be their squire.
What do I mean by arming for success?
When a new distributor joins your network marketing organization, they are moving into an environment that demands strong armor. There are a lot of slings and arrows that can hurt their chances for success and create a sea of troubles -- of doubt, disbelief, even failure.
As Rich Dad, Poor Dad author Robert T. Kiyosaki points out, most people in this world are afraid to experience success. They are held back by negative thinking, and consequently suffer the pain of mediocrity. Because they have not been armed for success, and are more focused on security and survival, they subject themselves to a life of servitude and poverty and being someone else s employee.
Arm your new distributors from negative thinking and potential disaster. How? By understanding why so many people are negative about network marketing and the prospects of the success it can bring.
Let s face it. There are a lot of people out there that do not want you to become successful. When you are successful, you point out the lack of success in their lives. When you take away any excuses they ve been hanging onto and you force them to look at their lives as they really are, it makes them very uncomfortable. You ve heard of the expression Misery loves company. Well, it s true.
Doug Firebaugh, network marketing guru, calls it the "Unspoken Understanding," which is simply the silent agreement that most people have with each other, namely don't mention my mediocre life, and I won't mention yours. Your success and the success of your new distributors, just points out the naysayers mediocrity.
Leaders help others. If you are going to be successful in network marketing, you must arm your new distributors against people who will try to convince them their business won't work. Show your downline you want them to be successful. Encourage them. Show them how the most successful network marketers have achieved their success, and teach them to model those attitudes, habits, and actions. Remind your distributors that they are the CEO of their lives. Arm them with the power of positive thinking so they don t let others live their lives for them with their negative attitudes.
To paraphrase Hamlet, by opposing negative thoughts, we end them.
Hamlet may not have been talking about network marketing, but his words do apply. Almost every network marketer has experienced the slings and arrows of the naysayers, those often well-meaning friends and relatives that stand in the way of our making an outrageous fortune! Experienced network marketers, clothed in the armor of past success, are less vulnerable to outside influences. The new distributor, however, is vulnerable, and that sea of troubles can act as a barrier to reaching their true potential.
What did the knights of old do to prevent an injury? That s right they armed themselves. Their armor was heavy and cumbersome, and they needed a squire to help them prepare for battle. Well, the same is true for your new distributors. While the armor they must use is less cumbersome than that of the knights, you must help them arm themselves for success. In other words, you must be their squire.
What do I mean by arming for success?
When a new distributor joins your network marketing organization, they are moving into an environment that demands strong armor. There are a lot of slings and arrows that can hurt their chances for success and create a sea of troubles -- of doubt, disbelief, even failure.
As Rich Dad, Poor Dad author Robert T. Kiyosaki points out, most people in this world are afraid to experience success. They are held back by negative thinking, and consequently suffer the pain of mediocrity. Because they have not been armed for success, and are more focused on security and survival, they subject themselves to a life of servitude and poverty and being someone else s employee.
Arm your new distributors from negative thinking and potential disaster. How? By understanding why so many people are negative about network marketing and the prospects of the success it can bring.
Let s face it. There are a lot of people out there that do not want you to become successful. When you are successful, you point out the lack of success in their lives. When you take away any excuses they ve been hanging onto and you force them to look at their lives as they really are, it makes them very uncomfortable. You ve heard of the expression Misery loves company. Well, it s true.
Doug Firebaugh, network marketing guru, calls it the "Unspoken Understanding," which is simply the silent agreement that most people have with each other, namely don't mention my mediocre life, and I won't mention yours. Your success and the success of your new distributors, just points out the naysayers mediocrity.
Leaders help others. If you are going to be successful in network marketing, you must arm your new distributors against people who will try to convince them their business won't work. Show your downline you want them to be successful. Encourage them. Show them how the most successful network marketers have achieved their success, and teach them to model those attitudes, habits, and actions. Remind your distributors that they are the CEO of their lives. Arm them with the power of positive thinking so they don t let others live their lives for them with their negative attitudes.
To paraphrase Hamlet, by opposing negative thoughts, we end them.
Friday, February 19, 2010
AFTER 5 MONTHS
If you look below, the first photo of me was on Sept 7, 2009. This one (to the left) is 5 months later (Feb 4, 2010). I am only wearing Rodan and Fields Peptide powder and eye makeup (OMG - who goes out without eye makeup!). I look at the before picture and the NOW picture and am personally amazed. The changes in the cellular structure of my skin are so apparent. How everyone that reads this cannot at least TRY the products for 60 days is beyond my comprehension.
I was content with my skin and my aging face. CONTENT. I would shop for the newest anti-aging potion to be advertised - try it - and then switch to the next new thing. No longer - in fact I don't even have makeup in the house. Someone who didn't know me said my skin looked luminous! Another lady just recently looked at my skin from several angles - in the sun - and then touching her own face told me it was amazing how alive my skin looked.
What is even more amazing is that these changes have taken place IN THE WINTER. I am asking you to PROVE ME WRONG - Order some REVERSE and UNBLEMISH, take a picture, then come see me in 60 days. These products are guaranteed to make a change in 60 days - if not - you get your money back!
FOR THE FIRST THREE PEOPLE TO TAKE UP MY CHALLENGE - I will give you - FREE - a copy of the Doctors Top Selling Book - IF YOU USE THE PRODUCT FOR 60 DAYS. And, if you don't like what it does for your skin - return the bottles - get your money back - AND KEEP THE BOOK FREE.
Be sure to contact me and let me know you are ordering as this is ONLY for the first THREE people to order off my website.
Contact me and let's talk skin.
I was content with my skin and my aging face. CONTENT. I would shop for the newest anti-aging potion to be advertised - try it - and then switch to the next new thing. No longer - in fact I don't even have makeup in the house. Someone who didn't know me said my skin looked luminous! Another lady just recently looked at my skin from several angles - in the sun - and then touching her own face told me it was amazing how alive my skin looked.
What is even more amazing is that these changes have taken place IN THE WINTER. I am asking you to PROVE ME WRONG - Order some REVERSE and UNBLEMISH, take a picture, then come see me in 60 days. These products are guaranteed to make a change in 60 days - if not - you get your money back!
FOR THE FIRST THREE PEOPLE TO TAKE UP MY CHALLENGE - I will give you - FREE - a copy of the Doctors Top Selling Book - IF YOU USE THE PRODUCT FOR 60 DAYS. And, if you don't like what it does for your skin - return the bottles - get your money back - AND KEEP THE BOOK FREE.
Be sure to contact me and let me know you are ordering as this is ONLY for the first THREE people to order off my website.
Contact me and let's talk skin.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
DAY 3 OF 21 - SETTING AND ACHIEVING GOALS
The dictionary defines a goal as the end toward which effort is directed. Most people are turned off by the thought of effort. Goal setting then usually gets put off or put aside for a future time. Goal setting gives direction to your life. Setting a goal is like having a pesonal road map to guide you daily. You should no more take chances on conducting your life without direction than you would consider taking a trip without a map or Google directions.
In everything I have ever read and every seminar I have attended, one theme is constant: all successful people - the world's top achievers, the real movers and shakers - are goal setters. AND, they WRITE THEM DOWN. So, it seems to me that to be successful, an achiever, one needs to not only set goals but write them down. Goals are personal and uniquely yours. If you are not convinced about the benefits of goal setting, let me ask you this: If you don't know what you want from life and therefore don't set goals for your future, what do you think you will get? Where will you end up? You will drift through life like a ship without a rudder. You'll find yourself at the end of your life wondering what happened to your goals and dreams for you and your family? What happened to the fun you were going to have?
Sidney J Harris has said: Regret for things we have done can be tempered with time, it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
There are many ways to approach goal setting, this one is called PERSONAL POWER PLAN. Get a pad of paper and pen - a pad large enough to contain all your notes,yet one that will fit in a file folder. Divide your goals into six categories: mental, physical, spiritual, relationships, career-professional, and financial.
Mental - education of any kind, reading, writing, planning , thinking and self-improvement.
Physical - health, nutrition, exercise, self image and appearance.
Spiritual - your personal philosophy, morals, ethics and values; meditation and prayer.
Relationships - your family and partner, your social life and community relationships.
Career-professional - job oriented skills - degrees, titles, licenses; business ownership.
Financial - your savings, investments, retirement plans; your child's education, personal security and long term health requirements.
Now take 6 sheets of paper and write one of the above categories at the top of each paper. Now list each and every wish or dream or desire or goal pertaining to that category. Don't limit yourself - list things as if a perfect world exists. Now it is time to translate these things into an affirmative manner.
And remember: Regret for things we have done can be tempered with time, it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
They must be stated as if the result were an actuality.
Goals must be definite, not vague.
A feeling of gratitude, appreciation, or thankfulness must be present.
Experience the feeling or emotion accompanying the expected result.
Now you must follow through. Writing your goals down is only the beginning. As Webster said - ...the end toward which effort is directed.
1. Determine the specific date or time frame for accomplishment.
2. Decide the steps you need to take toward accomplishment.
3. Plan your work and work your plan for accomplishing your goal.
4. Put all this in writing too.
5. Review this daily - make a daily list of mini-to do's.
The most important thing to utilize in your goal setting efforts is your power of belief. Just like the Bible says - "if you can believe, all things are possible".
In everything I have ever read and every seminar I have attended, one theme is constant: all successful people - the world's top achievers, the real movers and shakers - are goal setters. AND, they WRITE THEM DOWN. So, it seems to me that to be successful, an achiever, one needs to not only set goals but write them down. Goals are personal and uniquely yours. If you are not convinced about the benefits of goal setting, let me ask you this: If you don't know what you want from life and therefore don't set goals for your future, what do you think you will get? Where will you end up? You will drift through life like a ship without a rudder. You'll find yourself at the end of your life wondering what happened to your goals and dreams for you and your family? What happened to the fun you were going to have?
Sidney J Harris has said: Regret for things we have done can be tempered with time, it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
There are many ways to approach goal setting, this one is called PERSONAL POWER PLAN. Get a pad of paper and pen - a pad large enough to contain all your notes,yet one that will fit in a file folder. Divide your goals into six categories: mental, physical, spiritual, relationships, career-professional, and financial.
Mental - education of any kind, reading, writing, planning , thinking and self-improvement.
Physical - health, nutrition, exercise, self image and appearance.
Spiritual - your personal philosophy, morals, ethics and values; meditation and prayer.
Relationships - your family and partner, your social life and community relationships.
Career-professional - job oriented skills - degrees, titles, licenses; business ownership.
Financial - your savings, investments, retirement plans; your child's education, personal security and long term health requirements.
Now take 6 sheets of paper and write one of the above categories at the top of each paper. Now list each and every wish or dream or desire or goal pertaining to that category. Don't limit yourself - list things as if a perfect world exists. Now it is time to translate these things into an affirmative manner.
And remember: Regret for things we have done can be tempered with time, it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
They must be stated as if the result were an actuality.
Goals must be definite, not vague.
A feeling of gratitude, appreciation, or thankfulness must be present.
Experience the feeling or emotion accompanying the expected result.
Now you must follow through. Writing your goals down is only the beginning. As Webster said - ...the end toward which effort is directed.
1. Determine the specific date or time frame for accomplishment.
2. Decide the steps you need to take toward accomplishment.
3. Plan your work and work your plan for accomplishing your goal.
4. Put all this in writing too.
5. Review this daily - make a daily list of mini-to do's.
The most important thing to utilize in your goal setting efforts is your power of belief. Just like the Bible says - "if you can believe, all things are possible".
Saturday, January 30, 2010
DAY 2 of 21 - EXPERIENCE THE EXCITEMENT OF ENTHUSIASM
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. Collette
Enthusiasm is the spice of life, the quality that delivers excitement to every pore of your being. Enthusiasm is like the key to your car's ignition. Just like your car requires a key to start the engine, you require enthusiasm in order to function above and beyond the norm. Sometimes your car needs a little boost. So, too, do we often need a boost. Our boost is excitement. Excitement and Enthusiasm go together.
But, how do we add it? We need to turn to the universal laws we explored yesterday. They apply to all things. They apply to our enthusiasm, excitement and energy. When we look at the Law of Substitution, we will see that we have to substitute the negative and unenthusiastic thoughts with energetic and positive thoughts. You may hate to clean the house, but it has to be done sometime. If you substitute "I love a clean house and I feel really good when things are neat, clean and orderly" for hating to clean the house, you will actually feel the emotion that a clean orderly house will bring.
You must surround yourself with people who are doing things and who are excited about what they are doing. Stay away from those who will bring you and your performance down by their negativity.
Three rules for enthusiasm, excitement and renewed energy:
1. Every day when you wake up - before you get out of bed - say to yourself "This is a great day! Good things are going to happen to me today!" Regardless of the weather or your personal circumstances or any outside influence - start your day with a positive attitude.
2. Act as if this were the big day you have been waiting for. A day of sunshine and smiles. The first day of the rest of your life.
3. Believe that your thoughts, choices and decisions made on this day will be the right ones. Give thanks for the day. Psalm 118:24 says - This is the day which the Lord has made - rejoice and be happy in it. You must believe. And, if you believe, your day will be magnificent.
Wake up tomorrow and have a really great day!
Enthusiasm is the spice of life, the quality that delivers excitement to every pore of your being. Enthusiasm is like the key to your car's ignition. Just like your car requires a key to start the engine, you require enthusiasm in order to function above and beyond the norm. Sometimes your car needs a little boost. So, too, do we often need a boost. Our boost is excitement. Excitement and Enthusiasm go together.
But, how do we add it? We need to turn to the universal laws we explored yesterday. They apply to all things. They apply to our enthusiasm, excitement and energy. When we look at the Law of Substitution, we will see that we have to substitute the negative and unenthusiastic thoughts with energetic and positive thoughts. You may hate to clean the house, but it has to be done sometime. If you substitute "I love a clean house and I feel really good when things are neat, clean and orderly" for hating to clean the house, you will actually feel the emotion that a clean orderly house will bring.
You must surround yourself with people who are doing things and who are excited about what they are doing. Stay away from those who will bring you and your performance down by their negativity.
Three rules for enthusiasm, excitement and renewed energy:
1. Every day when you wake up - before you get out of bed - say to yourself "This is a great day! Good things are going to happen to me today!" Regardless of the weather or your personal circumstances or any outside influence - start your day with a positive attitude.
2. Act as if this were the big day you have been waiting for. A day of sunshine and smiles. The first day of the rest of your life.
3. Believe that your thoughts, choices and decisions made on this day will be the right ones. Give thanks for the day. Psalm 118:24 says - This is the day which the Lord has made - rejoice and be happy in it. You must believe. And, if you believe, your day will be magnificent.
Wake up tomorrow and have a really great day!
Friday, January 29, 2010
21 WAYS....your three powers
This 21 day series is being taken from the book " Putting the Positive Thinker to Work" by Alice Potter. There might be some paraphrasing, but for the most part it is from her book.
Welcome to the world of 21! If you stick with me in this blog for 21 days, you will be embarking on an adventure that can - i f you let it - be exciting and rewarding. The number 21 has always been a significant one. You become an adult at 21. You are able to drink, drive, and sign your name. It's the dividing line between growing up and being grown. In the world of chance, the game of black jack is the winning number. Then there is the 21-gun salute. And, they say it takes 21 days to develop a new habit. So, let's start our 21 days.
You are unique, special and wonderful. You are unlike any other living soul on this planet. You have abilities, capabilities and powers you have never known existed. You have potential. You possess three fabulous powers - powers that may have been dormant or rarely used until now.
1. The power of thought. The power that no one else can control but you.
2. The power of choice. The power that no one else can control.
3. The power of decision. The power that no one else can control.
You have been gifted with these awesome powers, but over all three, you have been given total and complete control. When you properly control these God-given powers you will have complete control over your life and that happens in it. Many people will say that something that happened was God's will. Forget that! It was God's will to give you the power of choice. If you messed things up by your wrong or inappropriate choices, be gracious enough to accept the blame, knowing that you now have the power to change things. You can turn your life around because you now understand the power of choice.
You come to a fork in the road, you have to choose one way or another. You may confer with others, but ultimately it your power of decision. Your life up til now is a direct result of your utilizing your three powers. Once you understand and accept that YOU are in control of your life - it is liberating.
Postive thoughts brighten our day, increase our enthusiasm, keep us young (!), maximize our health and improve our skills. We must eliminate negative thoughts and reprogram our thoughts with self-chosen positive thoughts. Your attitude is the "you" you present to the world. If you present a negative attitude, you will never succeed, you will never attain your goals, you will never create lasting friendships. You will never be happy.
You can do this - you and you alone are in control of your thoughts, choices and decisions. Constantly clear your mental house. Stop - Halt negativity. Replace it with a positive thought. Do this for 21 days - every day.
Welcome to the world of 21! If you stick with me in this blog for 21 days, you will be embarking on an adventure that can - i f you let it - be exciting and rewarding. The number 21 has always been a significant one. You become an adult at 21. You are able to drink, drive, and sign your name. It's the dividing line between growing up and being grown. In the world of chance, the game of black jack is the winning number. Then there is the 21-gun salute. And, they say it takes 21 days to develop a new habit. So, let's start our 21 days.
You are unique, special and wonderful. You are unlike any other living soul on this planet. You have abilities, capabilities and powers you have never known existed. You have potential. You possess three fabulous powers - powers that may have been dormant or rarely used until now.
1. The power of thought. The power that no one else can control but you.
2. The power of choice. The power that no one else can control.
3. The power of decision. The power that no one else can control.
You have been gifted with these awesome powers, but over all three, you have been given total and complete control. When you properly control these God-given powers you will have complete control over your life and that happens in it. Many people will say that something that happened was God's will. Forget that! It was God's will to give you the power of choice. If you messed things up by your wrong or inappropriate choices, be gracious enough to accept the blame, knowing that you now have the power to change things. You can turn your life around because you now understand the power of choice.
You come to a fork in the road, you have to choose one way or another. You may confer with others, but ultimately it your power of decision. Your life up til now is a direct result of your utilizing your three powers. Once you understand and accept that YOU are in control of your life - it is liberating.
Postive thoughts brighten our day, increase our enthusiasm, keep us young (!), maximize our health and improve our skills. We must eliminate negative thoughts and reprogram our thoughts with self-chosen positive thoughts. Your attitude is the "you" you present to the world. If you present a negative attitude, you will never succeed, you will never attain your goals, you will never create lasting friendships. You will never be happy.
You can do this - you and you alone are in control of your thoughts, choices and decisions. Constantly clear your mental house. Stop - Halt negativity. Replace it with a positive thought. Do this for 21 days - every day.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
HOLIDAY WOES AND HOLIDAY LOVE
This has been one of my most interesting holiday seasons. We went to Canada to visit our son and daughter in law, plus their two children - my fabulous grandchildren. One is two years old and the new one is our granddaughter born Dec 9th. How fab is that!!! The trip has been fabulous - I love being a grandmother.
While here I have had a gall bladder attack to end all attacks. I spent two separate days in the hospital. Thank God for demerol and some other shot they gave me. Surgery in the States would have been immediate, but here in Canada it's not that way. Then, the day I got to Canada someone hacked into my email accounts and Facebook accounts. As many of you know, an email was sent to all my contacts saying I was mugged in London and needed money. I eventually got back my two email accounts, this blog, my photography site (what? you haven't looked at it yet? http://www.judithmariephotography.com/) , but still I have no Facebook. However, they wiped out all my contacts and my feeble brain has a hard time remembering all your email addresses. So, if you are reading this and have not gotten an email from me recently, please send me an email so I can be back in touch with you.
The weather here in New Brunswick has been brutal. Cold blustery winds - like pictured in Winnie The Pooh, and snow snow snow. My skin would normally be taking a beating - but - yes, here comes the commercial - I have been slathering on my Rodan and Fields creams and my skin has stayed wonderful.
If I am able to download or upload a picture - you will see the Holiday Love in my new granddaughter.
2010 is the dawn of a new decade and the dawn of a new me. I have some resolutions that will make a difference in my life in 2010 and some of these resolutions will make a difference in YOUR life - if you jump on board.
My Holiday best to all of you - whatever holiday you are celebrating.....
While here I have had a gall bladder attack to end all attacks. I spent two separate days in the hospital. Thank God for demerol and some other shot they gave me. Surgery in the States would have been immediate, but here in Canada it's not that way. Then, the day I got to Canada someone hacked into my email accounts and Facebook accounts. As many of you know, an email was sent to all my contacts saying I was mugged in London and needed money. I eventually got back my two email accounts, this blog, my photography site (what? you haven't looked at it yet? http://www.judithmariephotography.com/) , but still I have no Facebook. However, they wiped out all my contacts and my feeble brain has a hard time remembering all your email addresses. So, if you are reading this and have not gotten an email from me recently, please send me an email so I can be back in touch with you.
The weather here in New Brunswick has been brutal. Cold blustery winds - like pictured in Winnie The Pooh, and snow snow snow. My skin would normally be taking a beating - but - yes, here comes the commercial - I have been slathering on my Rodan and Fields creams and my skin has stayed wonderful.
If I am able to download or upload a picture - you will see the Holiday Love in my new granddaughter.
2010 is the dawn of a new decade and the dawn of a new me. I have some resolutions that will make a difference in my life in 2010 and some of these resolutions will make a difference in YOUR life - if you jump on board.
My Holiday best to all of you - whatever holiday you are celebrating.....
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
FAMILY IS LOVE
I am headed to Canada for Christmas. My husband and I will be visitng our son and daughter in law plus the 2 yr old grandchild AND Our brand new granddaughter!!! Life is sweet. I am so thankful that my daughter will be checking in on my parents so we can make this trip. Family is Love. While I will miss the 5 grands here, we will be having our Christmas with them as soon as we get back. Family is Love!
Please take a breath and think of your family and be thankful for being blessed. We all have someone or something to be thankful for during this Christmas Season. Jesus is the reason for this season and me and my family will be making note of that reason as we celebrate the love of Family.
To all those who take the time to read this blog - may you be blessed a little extra this month.
To all those who are reading this for the first time - may you also be blessed
And, to those who have never taken the time to read this blog, even though you have the address...
May a flock of peacocks take up residence in your yard and never leave!
Please take a breath and think of your family and be thankful for being blessed. We all have someone or something to be thankful for during this Christmas Season. Jesus is the reason for this season and me and my family will be making note of that reason as we celebrate the love of Family.
To all those who take the time to read this blog - may you be blessed a little extra this month.
To all those who are reading this for the first time - may you also be blessed
And, to those who have never taken the time to read this blog, even though you have the address...
May a flock of peacocks take up residence in your yard and never leave!
Friday, December 11, 2009
A WEALTH STRATEGY - NO, NOT WINNING THE LOTTERY!
You don't have to win the lottery to have a wealth strategy
What do the following things all have in common:
* Winning the lottery * Earning millions of dollars through your career * Inheriting a family fortune * Recording a hit song * Writing a bestselling book * Creating residual income through network marketing
There may be a few similarities, but the one we're looking at is that they can all provide you with ongoing income that you won't have to continuously work for, day after day. You could take the money and run, so to speak!
You can use any of these methods to create the financial stability and lifestyle you want, and also to create more time for yourself and your family and the things you love to do in your spare time.
But there is one glaring difference between creating residual income from your own network marketing business and all the other things on the list:. Winning the lottery isn't easy to do, and neither is making millions at a conventional business venture, and being an heir to an immense family fortune is quite unlikely (at least for me!). Also, when was the last time you tried writing a hit book or song? These things aren't easy. But creating healthy residual income through network marketing is a simple process.
Residual Income is money you get paid month after month for work you have already done. Think of how a singer gets paid royalties on their songs, or authors get money from book sales. They continue to get paid long after they did the initial work of singing the song or writing the book.
Residual Income can work for you too.
Network Marketing is a very realistic way to change your financial outlook for the better and to make your financial future much brighter.
Think of this: If you were to go out into the big wide world and try to earn a million dollars you would probably take decades to achieve it. You would work tirelessly year after year to earn as much as you could, and to save as much money as you could.
And perhaps maybe one day you would make it, and get to a $1,000,000 bank balance. The beauty of that would be the fact that you could live off the interest alone, which would amount to perhaps $50,000 a year. Could you live on $50,000 a year of free money? So all you need is the initial million in the bank right? Wrong.
Think of this: to create $50,000 per year of residual income through network marketing you would probably have to spend 3 - 5 years working part time. Wow - not 10 years or more working full time!
You can see why so many people choose Network Marketing as their wealth strategy!
When you build a solid network marketing business and you put in the effort and energy required to get it moving, you're doing exactly what a millionaire would do with his or her millions, or a smart lottery winner would do with their winnings. These people would take that money, invest it, and live off the earnings from the investments. But instead of investing millions of dollars you are simply investing your time.
With Residual Income you are giving yourself the gift of freedom to choose and freedom to do what works for you - business-wise, energy-wise and time-wise. Residual income is the best kind of income you will ever earn.
Network Marketing can change your life. Ask me.
What do the following things all have in common:
* Winning the lottery * Earning millions of dollars through your career * Inheriting a family fortune * Recording a hit song * Writing a bestselling book * Creating residual income through network marketing
There may be a few similarities, but the one we're looking at is that they can all provide you with ongoing income that you won't have to continuously work for, day after day. You could take the money and run, so to speak!
You can use any of these methods to create the financial stability and lifestyle you want, and also to create more time for yourself and your family and the things you love to do in your spare time.
But there is one glaring difference between creating residual income from your own network marketing business and all the other things on the list:. Winning the lottery isn't easy to do, and neither is making millions at a conventional business venture, and being an heir to an immense family fortune is quite unlikely (at least for me!). Also, when was the last time you tried writing a hit book or song? These things aren't easy. But creating healthy residual income through network marketing is a simple process.
Residual Income is money you get paid month after month for work you have already done. Think of how a singer gets paid royalties on their songs, or authors get money from book sales. They continue to get paid long after they did the initial work of singing the song or writing the book.
Residual Income can work for you too.
Network Marketing is a very realistic way to change your financial outlook for the better and to make your financial future much brighter.
Think of this: If you were to go out into the big wide world and try to earn a million dollars you would probably take decades to achieve it. You would work tirelessly year after year to earn as much as you could, and to save as much money as you could.
And perhaps maybe one day you would make it, and get to a $1,000,000 bank balance. The beauty of that would be the fact that you could live off the interest alone, which would amount to perhaps $50,000 a year. Could you live on $50,000 a year of free money? So all you need is the initial million in the bank right? Wrong.
Think of this: to create $50,000 per year of residual income through network marketing you would probably have to spend 3 - 5 years working part time. Wow - not 10 years or more working full time!
You can see why so many people choose Network Marketing as their wealth strategy!
When you build a solid network marketing business and you put in the effort and energy required to get it moving, you're doing exactly what a millionaire would do with his or her millions, or a smart lottery winner would do with their winnings. These people would take that money, invest it, and live off the earnings from the investments. But instead of investing millions of dollars you are simply investing your time.
With Residual Income you are giving yourself the gift of freedom to choose and freedom to do what works for you - business-wise, energy-wise and time-wise. Residual income is the best kind of income you will ever earn.
Network Marketing can change your life. Ask me.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
PLEASE take the time to read this....
This was recently posted by a realtor we know to the person that signed her up in this business: "Thank you for blessing me and thinking of me first! You gave me one of the GREATEST gifts of my entire life! The opportunity to earn CONSISTENT Monthly income now close to five figures, and literally changing other peoples lives. There is nothing inside of me that can understand when someone says no to Rodan + Fields. There is NO better opportunity out there for someone to earn this kind of income and impact this many lives. Thank you again."
If you want to change someone's life, make an impact on the world with the money you can make, support a charity, create a charitable organization, support your church, whatever your passion or dream - I guarantee this business can get you there. It's not easy. You have to work. And yes, you have to invest money and time. We can show you how to get your initial investment back in 30days! What other business can guarantee that rate of return? Even your initial investment is guaranteed to be returned to you if you decide this busienss is not for you. People, there is nothing out there like this. As one man in the business said, we are in the business of restoring families.
What if I could show you how you and your partner could stay at home together and make more money than you both do now ---in 12 months. Would it be worth your time and a small investment?
We use our credit cards to make Christmas fun for all our family. Why not use your credit card to invest in your family? We are willing to take our time to train you and help you grow your business.
Rodan and Fields is growing and expanding like no other direct sales business available to day. See the Light ---Catch the Spirit--- Join us today.
If you want more info, please send a message or click above for the website.
If you want to change someone's life, make an impact on the world with the money you can make, support a charity, create a charitable organization, support your church, whatever your passion or dream - I guarantee this business can get you there. It's not easy. You have to work. And yes, you have to invest money and time. We can show you how to get your initial investment back in 30days! What other business can guarantee that rate of return? Even your initial investment is guaranteed to be returned to you if you decide this busienss is not for you. People, there is nothing out there like this. As one man in the business said, we are in the business of restoring families.
What if I could show you how you and your partner could stay at home together and make more money than you both do now ---in 12 months. Would it be worth your time and a small investment?
We use our credit cards to make Christmas fun for all our family. Why not use your credit card to invest in your family? We are willing to take our time to train you and help you grow your business.
Rodan and Fields is growing and expanding like no other direct sales business available to day. See the Light ---Catch the Spirit--- Join us today.
If you want more info, please send a message or click above for the website.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
MICRODERMABRATORS OR..... RODAN + FIELDS???
The following info is from a site on the web (in all fairness, pls read to the end):
Why pay tens of thousands of dollars for something that doesn't cost that much to make? Microdermabrators have been selling extremely well in the U.S. since 1997 and due to this phenomenal sales growth the market has been flooded with "me too" microdermabrators.
"Here is what you need to know. During the high point of the microderm growth phase in the U.S. there were three major manufactures; DermaGenesis, PowerPeel and Aesthetic Technologies / ATI (Parisian Peel). It was estimated that 1 out of every 3 practitioners using a microdermabrator at this time was using a system from one of these three manufacturers. Since then it is estimated that there are over 40 different manufacturers of microdermabrators trying to sell you a system claiming theirs is better than the previous one.
Here is a little secret - they all do the same thing in the end!
We have made it easy for you. Don't spend your hard earned money on "bells and whistles." We have teamed up with the former manufacturer of the DermaGenesis Microdermabrasion system to bring you wholesale priced systems. Special Deals for our customers!
TheLaserTrader has a great deal for you! For a limited time if you buy a laser or IPL system from us you can get a complete microdermabrator system for just $2,850!!!
Here's what you get -
Brand New system - The Skin Science Microderm
Regular Price $12,000
Unit comes with 25 Procedure Packs which include 2 handpieces, 4 filters, tubing and 12 lbs. of Aluminum Oxide crystals.
* lifetime warranty - if you buy the consumables through the manufacturer;
* limitless over the phone support;
* please add $50.00 for standard ground shipping and handling within the continental United States;
* for an additional $495 you add 50 more Procedure Packs (for a total of 75 procedures).
*NEW MODULE AVAILABLE - Upgrade your existing Skin Science Microdermabrator or order a new system with the Crystal Free Module - The Module Price is $2,695.00 - includes the crystal-free handpiece with four different size tips.
Now with one system you can perform both procedures (Crystal or Crystal-FREE)!"
That's the end of THEIR commerical - Now Mine -
No wonder Doctors charge thousands of dollars to have mircro dermabrasion done. No wonder your skin looks like you were sandblasted - you were! please note - aluminum oxide is an abrasive material used in sandblasting!!!! That is what is used in these machines.
Dr. Rodan and Dr. Fields have created a micro dermabrasion system YOU CAN DO YOURSELF IN YOUR OWN HOME - for sooooo much less money!!!
Micrdermabrasion Paste polishes your skin with a sugar and salt scrub featuring vitamins C and E. Improves cell turnover and leaves skin silky smooth.
One 4.2oz jar costs $77.00 and gives you 25 - 50 applications, depending on how much you use each time. THAT'S $1.50 TO $3.00 PER SCRUB!!! Some of my customers, using the micro dermabrasion paste 2-3 times a week use a little less and get 75 scrubs per jar - that's about $1.00 per scrub!! Compare that with the above system or with what you pay at your Dermatologist!
I can show you how to get this product wholesale and bring down your per scrub use to less than a dollar!
The online system above is $9.90 per procedure PLUS the thousands you spend for the machine!
DO IT AT HOME THEIR WAY......OR DO IT AT HOME THE RODAN AND FIELDS WAY.
Why pay tens of thousands of dollars for something that doesn't cost that much to make? Microdermabrators have been selling extremely well in the U.S. since 1997 and due to this phenomenal sales growth the market has been flooded with "me too" microdermabrators.
"Here is what you need to know. During the high point of the microderm growth phase in the U.S. there were three major manufactures; DermaGenesis, PowerPeel and Aesthetic Technologies / ATI (Parisian Peel). It was estimated that 1 out of every 3 practitioners using a microdermabrator at this time was using a system from one of these three manufacturers. Since then it is estimated that there are over 40 different manufacturers of microdermabrators trying to sell you a system claiming theirs is better than the previous one.
Here is a little secret - they all do the same thing in the end!
We have made it easy for you. Don't spend your hard earned money on "bells and whistles." We have teamed up with the former manufacturer of the DermaGenesis Microdermabrasion system to bring you wholesale priced systems. Special Deals for our customers!
TheLaserTrader has a great deal for you! For a limited time if you buy a laser or IPL system from us you can get a complete microdermabrator system for just $2,850!!!
Here's what you get -
Brand New system - The Skin Science Microderm
Regular Price $12,000
Unit comes with 25 Procedure Packs which include 2 handpieces, 4 filters, tubing and 12 lbs. of Aluminum Oxide crystals.
* lifetime warranty - if you buy the consumables through the manufacturer;
* limitless over the phone support;
* please add $50.00 for standard ground shipping and handling within the continental United States;
* for an additional $495 you add 50 more Procedure Packs (for a total of 75 procedures).
*NEW MODULE AVAILABLE - Upgrade your existing Skin Science Microdermabrator or order a new system with the Crystal Free Module - The Module Price is $2,695.00 - includes the crystal-free handpiece with four different size tips.
Now with one system you can perform both procedures (Crystal or Crystal-FREE)!"
That's the end of THEIR commerical - Now Mine -
No wonder Doctors charge thousands of dollars to have mircro dermabrasion done. No wonder your skin looks like you were sandblasted - you were! please note - aluminum oxide is an abrasive material used in sandblasting!!!! That is what is used in these machines.
Dr. Rodan and Dr. Fields have created a micro dermabrasion system YOU CAN DO YOURSELF IN YOUR OWN HOME - for sooooo much less money!!!
Micrdermabrasion Paste polishes your skin with a sugar and salt scrub featuring vitamins C and E. Improves cell turnover and leaves skin silky smooth.
One 4.2oz jar costs $77.00 and gives you 25 - 50 applications, depending on how much you use each time. THAT'S $1.50 TO $3.00 PER SCRUB!!! Some of my customers, using the micro dermabrasion paste 2-3 times a week use a little less and get 75 scrubs per jar - that's about $1.00 per scrub!! Compare that with the above system or with what you pay at your Dermatologist!
I can show you how to get this product wholesale and bring down your per scrub use to less than a dollar!
The online system above is $9.90 per procedure PLUS the thousands you spend for the machine!
DO IT AT HOME THEIR WAY......OR DO IT AT HOME THE RODAN AND FIELDS WAY.
Friday, November 20, 2009
JUST DO IT!
Most of the things that hold you back do so with your cooperation. When you choose to stop giving power to your limitations, many of them disappear. There are things you assume you never could do. But how many of those negative assumptions have you actually tested?
It could be that the biggest obstacle standing between you and your most treasured dream is your own thinking. It could very well be that the main thing holding you back is your belief that you cannot move forward. Imagine what would happen if you were to let go of that belief. What if you stopped focusing on what you think you can and what you think you can't do?
What if you simply started making the effort, each day, each moment, to move toward that dream? You'd quickly realize that many of the obstacles you imagined, are not even there. Yes, there are always challenges, and yet they are rarely as difficult or imposing as you imagine. Step boldly forward to meet them, and you'll find yourself moving successfully though them.
Without a doubt, you have what it takes to reach whatever place you choose to go. Just get started and you'll know.
Looking for a new direction in your life? Want to work towards a financially secure future? Want to make those dreams have a chance of actually happening? I want to help you. I want to give you the gift of my time to help you change your future. I am here to help a few more people. Not everyone will qualify for the time I am eager to give. Click above and let's set up an interview to see if you qualify. Guaranteed you will be happy you took this step. JUST DO IT!
It could be that the biggest obstacle standing between you and your most treasured dream is your own thinking. It could very well be that the main thing holding you back is your belief that you cannot move forward. Imagine what would happen if you were to let go of that belief. What if you stopped focusing on what you think you can and what you think you can't do?
What if you simply started making the effort, each day, each moment, to move toward that dream? You'd quickly realize that many of the obstacles you imagined, are not even there. Yes, there are always challenges, and yet they are rarely as difficult or imposing as you imagine. Step boldly forward to meet them, and you'll find yourself moving successfully though them.
Without a doubt, you have what it takes to reach whatever place you choose to go. Just get started and you'll know.
Looking for a new direction in your life? Want to work towards a financially secure future? Want to make those dreams have a chance of actually happening? I want to help you. I want to give you the gift of my time to help you change your future. I am here to help a few more people. Not everyone will qualify for the time I am eager to give. Click above and let's set up an interview to see if you qualify. Guaranteed you will be happy you took this step. JUST DO IT!
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