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Looks like Affiliate Marketing going under the scrutny of the Fedral Trade Commission. i personally have always taught folks to brand them self and not try to look like you ARE the company that you get commissions from, but now bloggers and affiliate marketers will be forced to disclose they are indeed an affiliate.
Affliate Marketing and the internet has grown by leaps and bounds the last couple of years. I guess we should expect a few regulations. I'll keep you posted as rules are rolled out. As for affiliate marketing strategies? Create your own brand and image... make sure folks know they can contact you with questions, folks would much rather purchase from someone who they know like and trust.
A message from... Cindy McAsey-Marketing Strategies Coach
Taking Twitter to the Next Level
OK, so you’ve got your twitter account up and cooking, you’re using 3rd party apps to filter and aggregate search (I use tweetdeck) and you’ve got a tweeting routing down pat, now what?
Now it’s time to take a much deeper look into the social web and start looking deeper into conversation themes, discovering who’s influencing what, who’s saying what and how often, and what’s trending around a topic. There is a new breed of search engine forming around the “now search” that is plugging into social sites like twitter as well as blogs and social networks.
Below are three newish real-time search engines that allow you to take a deep look as what’s going right now.
OneRiot - this is essentially a bookmarking site for twitter. Users share tweets that contain URLs to web pages and this site keeps track and returns search results based on topics. This is a really great way to discover some new sites related to subjects and you can interact with the twitter shares right from the site by replying to or retweeting good stuff you find.
Topsy - lots of stats when you search including the a collection of authors by volume for each topic you are trending. Really like this to find people who are very active around a topic or who are your best retweeters.
crowdeye - currently a twitter only search engine it gives you results from tweets and retweets including graphs and charts.
Cindy McAsey Barefoot in the Garden
888.272.6701 ext #1
KEYWORDS: Marketing Strategies, Social Marketing, Cindy McAsey
A message from... Cindy McAsey-Marketing Strategies Coach
In the world of Social Media, there is no exact right way to get started social marketing. The strategies will probably have lots of variables such as:
1. Overall Goals - Are you looking to increase SEO, brand recognition, targeted traffic, conversions, etc.?
2. Finding Followers - Where can you go online to find the majority of your targeted demographic?
3. Available Manpower - Are you a one man (or woman) show? Or do you have people you can outsource to? Maybe you work for a company who has staff on hand to assist?
In a perfect world, you would clone yourself since you know exactly what you would like to happen within your social media campaign. However, we are far from a perfect world, so in reality, we are limited by time and resources.Depending on your resources, you may need to determine which methods to focus on first then build into your overall marketing plan.
Seek out Targeted Networks
You are ultimately after targeted traffic. There is no point in joining networks that have no interest in your niche or business. This traffic will more than likely never convert into a lead or even a sale. In other words you will be wasting your time.
You will need to research various sites such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Myspace, etc. to determine which site(s) have the audience more suited for your business or service. Choosing targeted networks to be a part of will increase your relevancy and provide you with a funnel of highly targeted traffic interested in what you have to offer.
Guest Blogging
Is one way to get started in the social media world, it might not be a bad idea to approach more established social media sites in regards to guest blogging for them. Guest blogging is basically offering to write a blog post that gets posted on their site. In return you usually get to post a small plug or snippet about you or your site at the end of the blog post. If you look closely at my blogs I have a few guest bloggers.
Guest blogging accomplishes a few things.
It establishes credibility for yourself on a large scale/established site
You get a nice link back to your site.
Social Bookmarking
Utilizing the various social bookmarking sites such as Digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit, delicious and Newsvine; you can not only create backlinks, but create a buzz about your site if you have linkworthy content. If your submission is linkworthy, chances it may be picked up by other bloggers and drive even more traffic to your site. Unfortunately, most social bookmarking traffic is not the highest converting depending on your approach, angle, and product or service offered.
Create & Execute a Plan
While there are certainly more available options than what I listed above, it is up to you to decide what methods are best suited for your business or service. After looking over potential social media options, I suggest creating a plan or map of potential sites and audiences to target.
Review your plan once it is completed and revise it if necessary. Be sure to eliminate any site(s) that do not suit your targeted audience. This will allow you to focus more effort towards sites containing people with interests related to your product or service which will increase the chance of a lead.
With your plan in place, it is time to execute it. Do your best to monitor traffic using Google Analytics or Veretracking. If you see a particular social media site driving more targeted traffic to your site, look at increasing your activity on this social media site while scaling back on social media sites not performing as well.
These basic social media marketing strategies should give you a great foundation to build your social media campaign on. Remember to track your progress and focus on targeting networks relevant to your niche, removing or reducing efforts on lower performing social media sites.
Cindy McAsey
888.272.6701 Barefoot in the Garden
KEYWORDS: Marketing Strategies, Social Media, Cindy McAsey
Surely by now you realize twitter is one of my favorite social networks. If you use the right tools it's one of the fastest ways to connect with folks in your target market (niche). One of the twitters applications (free) I have found very valueable is Tweetdeck. It's an adobe air product, downloads to any computer, connects & organizes your twitter information so you can effectivly market.
Here is a quick demonstration of the newest tweetdeck upgrade.
A message from... Cindy McAsey-Marketing Strategies Coach
So many times I've had frustrated people contact me and wonder why they aren't successful online. In fact I wrote a detailed article about this very topic over at http://barefootmlmtraining.blogspot.com. Here is another well known business person Gary Vanynerchuk (known as garyvee on twitter) who drives home the point so well.
You can always count on an ecstatic, loud, hyper Gary V. to make his thoughts known. In this short to the point video is Gary's PHCC theory on business, blogs, and social media.
Patience
Hustle (”Work Your tail Off”)
Content
Community
Sit back and be ready for the inside scoop on what it takes to make it online...
KEYWORDS: Marketing Strategies, Cindy McAsey, Gary Vaynerchuk, garyvee
A message from... Cindy McAsey-Marketing Strategies Coach
This morning while I was reading an article about Twitter flat lining, (slow growth) over the last month something dawned on me... It could be way too many twitters have decided to automate their system too much, making it not near as effective.
I'll admit I used the auto DM feature for a couple of months and it was handy to know every person following you was getting a taste of my tweets. In fact many times folks would respond back to me so I would check their profile & start relationship bulding, it worked great for awhile. Like most other automated tools it had run it course for me anyway and I've now quit using anything automated connected with twitter.
Actually I feel most folks start using the auto DM feature to save time. I wanted to give new followers benefit sfor following me (free tools) and attempt to connect on a more personal level with out it looking like an obvious DM.
Here is the auto DM I ran on my twitter account for a few months...
"Hi, Here r couple of free tools I use; twhirl.org & tweetlater.com, saves time. Send me a DM & I'll check your profile."
I've gotta say this message did the trick "until" many twitterers caught on the the auto DM feature and many others started auto DM's. The sad part of the whole auto DM mess is many didn't understand how to attract new followers into building a personal relationship, by giving value first.
As an example here are some of the auto DM's I received...
Thanks for the following! Want to know more about the real estate market? http://spamurl... Get 25,000 Followers Quick! - http://spamurl... Please join me. I'd like to recruit you as a spymaster to my spy ring - http://spamurl... Thanks for following. Looking forward to your tweets. Please let us know what you think of our product http://spamulr Take the effort out of weight loss...
In the twitter community auto DM's are getting annoying especially if your account is growing at a fast pace. When you reach this point it's time to stop and focus on REAL relationship building.
Another automated twitter tool I enjoyed for awhile is auto following back those who followed me. This was becoming more of a hassle going in and un-following the folks who didn't take the time to add their profile picture or the obvious spammers who were following in hopes that my system had an auto-follow back. Today I go in and follow only the new followers who qualify.
My qualification rules for a follow in twitter.
Have a profile picture
Not look like an obvious spammer
If I was just starting out on twitter, I would probably use some of the many automated tools to get my system up and having enough followers to respond to my tweets. There comes a time on twitter that you just need to buckle down and build relationships with the twitter network you have. I think that magic number is different for everyone depending on your marketing strategy for twitter.
Twitter considers the threshold 2000 following/followers ratio to let you keep or freeze your account. You will need to keep your following/ follower ratio even going through the "2000" number. When I look at a new followers profile I also look at how many times they have updated their account. If they haven't had many updates but have a huge following/followers ratio I know they are automating their account to build it fast. Then I look tweets they've done if they are actually communicating and not just promoting (spaming) then I follow them back.
A message from... Cindy McAsey- Marketing Strategies Coach
The money is in the list. You’ve probably heard that before right? Well, that’s not exactly true. Not the whole truth anyway. The biggest obstacle you face and have to overcome when you publish a newsletter or put any free or paid information out there is the fact that people have gotten used to getting junk (from your competitors) disguised as helpful free or paid information.
Many writers put out sub standard information simply because they’re writing from a mentality of “I gotta get paid” and when you do that, you completely forget about the people you’re writing to and start to concentrate on you and what you want.
That’s a surefire recipe for disaster.
“Whenever you write anything for your subscribers, website visitors and customers don't write with the sole intention of getting a check. Getting checks is nice but your business lives or dies based on how many people believe you genuinely want to help them achieve their goals.”
Without an effort from you to show your readers that you value them enough to part with real information and that you see them as more than just a dollar sign, you’re going to be lumped in a group with all the rest of your competitors with a big sign on your forehead marked “Will Do Anything For Commissions”.
Responsive readers are born from conscious efforts to build a solid relationship with them. People connect with other people. Not mindless robots that only want commission checks.
Now don’t get me wrong....
I’d love for you to buy the products I recommend, but I’m not going to force that on you. When I do enough of the right things in your eyes, I will have earned the right to ask you for your money in the form of commission checks from other products and services.
The big thing is I have to earn that right by giving up good information that's of actual use to you. When you write anything you expect other people to read, the same thing applies to you. If you’re going to create information full of affiliate links then you’re completely missing the point of what it takes to get people to value what you have to say.
I’ve done that in the past and it is nowhere near as effective. If you want people to eagerly anticipate your next email with every intention of jumping on any products or services you recommend, you should follow the three secret rules because it is entirely possible to accomplish.
Evergreen Marketing Strategies You Can Take To The Bank
Before I get into the heart of this I want to make sure you completely understand the direction I’m taking. I have nothing against giving you specific techniques and strategies because they are important but they are never more important than the thought process that went into creating them.
I’ve do my best to give you the overall thought process I have when I sit down to write. By doing that, you will be able to learn how to come up with your own specific ideas based on the concepts I’ll show you.
Evergreen marketing strategy refers to the fact that I’m giving you proven concepts (that never stop working) based on the nature of the people you sell to. People can change a lot of things about themselves but their nature isn’t usually one of them. People can go against their nature (for short periods of time) but rarely can they change it.
In the future you should make a conscious effort to try and understand why something is done instead of just copying what you see someone else successfully doing. There’s always something more beneath the surface that you can study and learn from.
Stay tuned to this channel as I'll be sharing more about the 3 secret evergreen marketing strategies.
A message from... Cindy McAsey- Mom w/family and a farm full of animals ~ chasing em til I am 90
Focus of Happy People
Do you think happy people are blind to reality? Or, do you think they see things that the rest of us miss?
I think the answer may be a little of both, but I also think in the end, people are happy because they make up their minds to be. Let me explain what I mean.
Most happy people aren't blind to the pain in the world, but because they have chosen to be happy, they don't focus their attention on it. They don't let the cruelty and injustices that are undeniably present in the world rob them of the pleasures and beauty that are also undeniably there.
And, it's entirely possible that happy people can see things that others don't, because their power of paying attention is enormous. Your attention, when you really focus it, is a lot like a searchlight. When you focus on beauty, you're simply going to see more beauty than other people do.
The same thing happens when you focus on a problem: you see it everywhere you look, even though people around you may have to have it pointed out to them. The challenge is using that laser-like focus to find solutions.
Today I did an experiment on Twitter, I was hosting a nutritional focused web conference and wanted to get the word out on twitter. I decided to track the keywords "sick kids" and "not feeling well." I didn't realize there are so many folks in this world sick and not feeling well! After 15 minutes of tracking and communicating I had to take my focus on something else before it drove me nuts.
I've decided I must start searching for some more positive focused folks rather than folks who don't have anything better to post on twitter but to complain.
Where is your attention focused lately? Do you see mostly problems, or solutions? Are you surrounded by people you enjoy and appreciate or are you surrounded by people who give you nothing but trouble? Does life send you never ending pleasures or a litany of pain?
A message from... Cindy McAsey-Marketing Strategies Coach
Imagine you are at a social networking event, such as a chamber mixer event. It's a large room of people from all different walks of life. Some of these people are dressed in business suits, some in party dresses, some in overalls like they just came in from doing chores. Who would you tend to network with?
Now imagine all of these people in this room dressed exactly the same, like they are in uniform or something. Do you think you would migrate to the same folks? Even though everyone is dressed exactly the same I bet if you really studied this group you could still tell alot about these people by the way the shape or health of their body, their hair, skin, hands and nails.
With this analogy in mind take a look into some of the groups of different social networks. In twitter it's very simple to put together a quick group of people by searching on a trending topic or keyword at http://search.twitter.com. When your profile shows up in a group, how does it look compared to others the group? Does it fit? Do you think folks would migrate to you and want to connect?
Now let's go a little deeper into your profile and look at your profile picture. Is it portraying the image that best fits who you are? Is it a picture others would migrate towards? Next what site are you linking to. I don't know about you but to link directly to a lead capture page that's asking you to optin is a complete turn off to me. You should like to a site where folks can learn more about you, and maybe have an optional optin or to suscribe to your RSS feed.
One thing I really like about twitter, it's very transparent. With a quick look of someone's profile you can see if they are really using their account to network or promote. You can generally tell if they are using automated services to grow their friends and followers. If someone has over 10,000 friends/followers but has under 1000 updates it throws up a red flag for me.
If you have read the book "Tribes" by Seth Godin you will appreciate his recent talk at TED.
Why tribes, not money or factories, will change the world.
Seth Godin argues the Internet has ended mass marketing and revived a human social unit from the distant past: tribes. Founded on shared ideas and values, tribes give ordinary people the power to lead and make big change.
I've got a question for you... does your profile look like a leader (of a tribe) in Social Networking?
For instance... if you are in the fitness business. Does your profile picture attract a "tribe" of folks intrested in fitness?
I honestly hope this gives you a different perspective on exactly what your current "image" in the social networks is attracting and who you decide to add to your social network. (tribe)
Cindy McAsey Barefoot in the Garden
888.272.6701 Ext 1
KEYWORDS: Marketing Strategies, Cindy McAsey, Social Marketing
It's been a little quite over at Veretekk on the outside, but trust me there are some very cool changes comming your way. This video reflects my feelings of the "Cool Change" we will be seeing over the next few months.
When many internet marketing systems are fading into the sunset Veretekk is just ramping up to mesh with the sign of the times. If you haven't had a chance to take advantage of the free Veretekk System yet now would be a good time.
Customer Service is so important to the health and wealth in your business.
No one can make you serve customers well. That's because great service is a choice.
Harvey Mackay, tells a wonderful story about a cab driver that proved this point.
He was waiting in line for a ride at the airport. When a cab pulled up, the first thing Harvey noticed was that the taxi was polished to a bright shine. Smartly dressed in a white shirt, black tie, and freshly pressed black slacks, the cab driver jumped out and rounded the car to open the back passenger door for Harvey .
He handed my friend a laminated card and said: 'I'm Wally, your driver. While I'm loading your bags in the trunk I'd like you to read my mission statement.' Taken aback, Harvey read the card.
It said: Wally's Mission Statement:To get my customers to their destination in the quickest, safest and cheapest way possible in a friendly environment.
This blew Harvey away. Especially when he noticed that the inside of the cab matched the outside. Spotlessly clean! As he slid behind the wheel, Wally said, 'Would you like a cup of coffee? I have a thermos of regular and one of decaf.' My friend said jokingly, 'No, I'd prefer a soft drink.' Wally smiled and said, 'No problem. I have a cooler up front with regular and Diet Coke, water and orange juice.'
Almost stuttering, Harvey said, 'I'll take a Diet Coke.'Handing him his drink, Wally said, 'If you'd like something to read, I have The Wall Street Journal, Time, Sports Illustrated and USA Today.'As they were pulling away, Wally handed my friend another laminated card, 'These are the stations I get and the music they play, if you'd like to listen to the radio.'
And as if that weren't enough, Wally told Harvey that he had the air conditioning on and asked if the temperature was comfortable for him. Then he advised Harvey of the best route to his destination for that time of day. He also let him know that he'd be happy to chat and tell him about some of the sights or, if Harvey preferred, to leave him with his own thoughts.
'Tell me, Wally,' my amazed friend asked the driver, 'have you always served customers like this?'
Wally smiled into the rear view mirror. 'No, not always. In fact, it's only been in the last two years. My first five years driving, I spent most of my time complaining like all the rest of the cabbies do. Then I heard the personal growth guru, Wayne Dyer, on the radio one day.
He had just written a book called You'll See It When You Believe It . Dyer said that if you get up in the morning expecting to have a bad day, you'll rarely disappoint yourself. He said, 'Stop complaining!
Differentiate yourself from your competition. Don't be a duck. Be an eagle. Ducks quack and complain. Eagles soar above the crowd.''
'That hit me right between the eyes,' said Wally. 'Dyer was really talking about me. I was always quacking and complaining, so I decided to change my attitude and become an eagle. I looked around at the other cabs and their drivers. The cabs were dirty, the drivers were unfriendly, and the customers were unhappy. So I decided to make some changes. I put in a few at a time. When my customers responded well, I did more.'
'I take it that has paid off for you,' Harvey said. 'It sure has,' Wally replied. 'My first year as an eagle, I doubled my income from the previous year. This year I'll probably quadruple it. You were lucky to get me today. I don't sit at cabstands anymore. My customers call me for appointments on my cell phone or leave a message on my answering machine. If I can't pick them up myself, I get a reliable cabbie friend to do it and I take a piece of the action.'
Wally was phenomenal. He was running a limo service out of a Yellow Cab. I've probably told that story to more than fifty cab drivers over the years, and only two took the idea and ran with it. Whenever I go to their cities, I give them a call. The rest of the drivers quacked like ducks and told me all the reasons they couldn't do any of what I was suggesting.
Wally the Cab Driver made a different choice. He decided to stop quacking like ducks and start soaring like eagles.
How about you?
Smile, and the whole world smiles with you... The ball is in our hands! A man reaps what he sows. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up... let
us do good to all people.
A message from... Cindy McAsey-Marketing Strategies Coach
In the next few minutes you will discover there are people out there who build businesses without "business" in mind when they first try a product. That's how I got started in business. That's what you should want too. A business. One of the biggest mistakes I see today online is people wanting to make money but don't care about business. Here is a fact. If you take the time to build a real business the money will come. (and now sooner than later I explain below) I just felt like it was time you heard from someone else other than me.
As you read these testimonies and think about the power we have with Veretekk and the System our team uses it kind of gives ya chills to think about the possibilities. Guys our manufacturer "Shaklee" isn't some fly by night here today gone tomorrow company like we so often see online. It's the real deal and they've worked hard to earn the reputation they have. Companies don't stay in business for over 50 years and have an 80% reorder rate if they aren't doing something right!
Here are those testimonies....
Twenty years ago I was introduced to Shaklee by my friend Renee Drew, and I will be forever grateful. She asked if she could show me some products she was excited about and starting to sell. I politely became a member (for the discount) bought a few cleaners and let them sit on my shelf for a few months, because they were so different I didn't quite know what to do with them. In the mean time I read everything the company sent me, and became sold on the philosophy and felt I could trust all of the products to help keep my family healthy, and just maybe I could make some money with this.
Slowly I "changed brands" and became totally sold when my baby at the time had gotten repeat ear infections. I started looking at his diet and crushing up garlic and giving him infant toddler vitamins. His health greatly improved and he didn't have to have the surgery they wanted to do. With my next child I decided I would take only Shaklee vitamins as my prenatal care. Everything the company said was true and my belief grew and grew.
I couldn't help but tell people about the results. So just as you share the tip of a great restaurant...I started to build a Shaklee business, by sharing with family and friends and my friends friends. It grew like new branches and leaves on a tree. Some people that have been introduced to Shaklee through seeds I've planted and I've never even met them!
In the last 20 years Shaklee has paid us over $200,000. Because these are products people love they naturally re-order. During that time I can say I only actively worked about two years. Last year I started sharing again and keeping in better contact with current customers. Because of that extra effort and actively doing a few more presentations my income grew nearly $6,000 in one year. I find this exciting in this economy. What else could I do that I can be in the driver's seat to determine how much I will be paid, based on how much I want to do...........and still pays me when I don't do anything, or can't due to family obligations. Shaklee is our retirement plan, our tax reduction plan and our hope for a healthy and prosperous future. Kelli Abrahamian, Shaklee Director
Here is another testimonial....
I was introduced to Shaklee nearly 19 years ago. My oldest child was about a year old and he will be 20 in May!!! I was very young and, honestly, broke.....so the cleaning products appealed to me. It was great to be able to save money and not have to have any of those toxic chemicals in my house!!! :)
I worked the business for a short time then thinking that it would be great to have a little extra income for my family. However, I began having more babies and my focus changed to my family.
Over the years, I have been through a lot of changes. I have sold several different things over the years but have come full circle to Shaklee. There is just nothing that compares!!! A little over a year ago, Ross (my handsome husband) and I, decided that we would like to work the business and get a check coming in........pay for our products, maybe give us a little extra money for the retirement years. After working for a short period of time, we realized that there is far more potential in this business than just a few hundred extra/month! We began to dream bigger...
We have 8 children, the youngest being just 7 years old. This is the first year that she is in school full time. I have worked with kids for nearly 20 years and when she entered school this past September, I realized it is time for a change.
We have worked harder since then... around the kids' schedules. This June, I am pleased to say that I will be able to close my daycare and go FT Shaklee! :)
Our reasons are different now. We love helping people!!! We have many personal testimonies related to our fabulous Shaklee products!
We find that after both putting in about 50hrs./week, we don't have the time left for one another that we would like. We want our time back!!! BEFORE we are too old to really enjoy life. We want to travel the world and take time to enjoy the people in our lives. It is our goal to retire Ross from his cooperate job in just 5 years. We need to make Key for that to happen and I fully believe that is possible.
Honestly, if we can do it working 50 hrs/week EACH and having 8 children, anyone can!!!! Colleen Reichenberger (& Ross)
One thing for sure there are many many more testimonials just like these. Did you notice how long they have been with the same company? Think about it.... most businesses don't fail, people quit. One thing I know for sure if you have the right company (one that has stood the test of time) and you hang in there you WILL succeed. That's what I've done and it's working. I don't generally pay to much attention to percentages, but when I saw my business increase 56% in 2008. I knew I had a system that's working for us.
As a side note... Shaklee just introduced weekly pay for gold ambassador bonuses. Here is one quick scenario to get ya thinking... sponsor only 2 GOLD Ambassadors with Mission PAKs. You'll earn $300! Sponsor 4 you'll $600. That's cash on your table next week not next month. Yes you can make quick cash, but what we teach on our team is much more than that. We teach how to build a real business... like I said earlier the money will come.
You might think this message is a little one sided about my primary company and your right. I do have a strong passion for why I do what I do. Did you know you can be part of our Veretekk Platinum Control team and stay with your main company? Ya can and it's working great. Gosh I can't imagine being in business without the support of Veretekk. Just the social networking and training alone make it worth the time to get a fre.e silver system if you don't already have one.
To your Success on the Net,
Cindy
Barefoot in the Garden 888.272.6701 www.cindymcasey.com My Life's Purpose is Others' Success
May Good Fortune Be With You. May Your Guiding Light Be Strong.
As you read through this short tale of 2 horses, picture in your mind the deep compassion the guide horse has....
2 Horses: A lesson on compassion
There is a field, with two horses in it.
From a distance, each horse looks like any other horse.
But if you stop your car, or are walking by, you will
notice something quite amazing. Looking into the eyes
of one horse will disclose that he is blind. His owner
has chosen not to have him put down, but has made a
good home for him .
This alone is amazing.
If you stand nearby and listen, you will hear the
sound of a bell. Looking around for the source of
the sound, you will see that it comes from the
smaller horse in the field.
Attached to the horse's halter is a small bell.
It lets the blind friend know where the other
horse is, so he can follow.
As you stand and watch these two horses, you'll see
that the horse with the bell is always checking on the
blind horse, and that the blind horse will listen for
the bell and then slowly walk to where the other
horse is, trusting that he will not be led astray.
When the horse with the bell returns to the shelter
of the barn each evening, it stops occasionally and
looks back, making sure that the blind friend isn't
too far behind to hear the bell.
Like the owners of these two horses, We are not
thrown away just because we are not perfect or
because we have problems or challenges.
We watched over and attract others into our
lives to help us when we are in need.
Sometimes we are the blind horse being guided by
the little ringing bell of those placed in
our lives.
Other times we are the guide horse, helping others
to find their way....
Good friends are like that... you may not always
see them, but you know they are always there.
Please listen for my bell and I'll listen for yours.
And remember...be kinder than necessary-everyone
you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
Live simply, Love generously, Be Compassionate, Be alert to help those in need.
Now let me ask you do you have that same kind of compassion for your business and other business associates? If you find compassion is lacking it's time to sit down and focus on what is really important and exactly why you what you do in the first place.
Excellent Video by Steve Jobs CEO of Apple Computer.
A great quote from the video: You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
If you take 10 to 30 seconds a day and read the message below until it becomes a part of every day. It will get your mindset right to build and succeed in what ever you set out to do in life.
I believe and have for many, many years that we win with inspired people not with long "to do lists" or with systems. This doesn't mean systems and "to do lists" aren't important and useful, far from it. But if there is a secret to business or life it is that inspired people are those who will work hard, build strong and deep, and build themselves a future that is very difficult to describe.
Read the following and sit back and think about it.
Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets.
So love the people who treat you right,
Forget the ones who don't,
And believe that everything happens for a reason.
If you get a chance,
Take it.
If it changes your life,
Let it.
Nobody said that it'd be easy,
They just promised it would be worth it.
