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    Money For Free
    Yes that’s right money for free, no this is not a mistake or a misprint, and this is how you can get money for free. It is the latest idea on the internet, all you have to do to get your money is what you already do and that is surf the internet, you also get paid for referring other people who sign up for free and they get paid for surfing the net.This is about to become the biggest thing on the internet as not only do you get free money when you surf the internet but you also become a part owner in the company when you sign up. Take note if this idea becomes as big as the experts think it will be as big as you tube which google just bought for 1.8 billion dollars, now that’s interesting.Could the same thing happen with this that is very possible? The only things we have to do is sign up
    the greatest challenges many of us face. Perhaps you set a goal or a desire this year but in the day to day of our busy lives we lost track of it and as a result we end up abandoning it until next year. Keeping ourselves accountable can be accomplished in a few ways. Here are our 11 tips for creating a focused and fun approach to success:

    1. Take the goal and break into smaller steps and review it each week , even giving yourself a score.

    2. Make a chart, to chart progress, each step of the way

    3. Hang signs around the house, in the car, at work --- saying: "Stay Focused".

    4. Tell family and friends about the goal and intention

    5. Create your own mastermind group to help you stay on track and support your ups and downs

    6. Partner with a friend or colleague to be an "accountability buddy", share your plan with them and talk once a week to let them know how you are doing

    7. Hire a coach to help you identify your goals and keep them on track all year towards extraordinary success.

    8. Create celebrations of success, reward yourself -- gold stars, dinner out, a new something!

    9. Meditate each day on focused goal attainment

    10. Write your vision and goals down and

    Pizza Hut Fundraiser for Charity
    Another popular way to raise funds is a Pizza Hut Fundraiser. There are two different types of fundraisers. One is a pizza discount card offering two-for-one deals on up to twenty pizzas.The second fund raiser is coordinating a Pizza Night for your group at the local Pizza Hut and earning 25% of the total revenue associated with your group's purchases.Pizza Discount Card The Pizza Hut discount card is a great fundraiser because not only can you sell the cards to your supporters, you can sell them to the general public as well.Most pizza discount cards provide twenty two-for one deals and the cards are marked each time they are used. Some suppliers use a scratch off version to track usage amounts while others simply rely on an expiration date to cap usage.Prices for the discount
    After working with many business owners and several holistic practitioners I have come to the conclusion that the seed of business is vision. Before you can build an abundant practice or business you must have a clear and compelling vision. The vision is the seed that you grow.

    It goes beyond the daydream of success and deep into what that business will look like. How you as the owner visualize it. Am I talking about using visualization? Well certainly that can't hurt and can even help you in manifesting what you want. But more importantly I am talking about having a clear vision, written down of where you want to go. Your vision statement becomes your road map. It guides you on your journey. A clear vision helps you to make good decisions for your business. Often there are tempting distractions that get us off course. We decide to add a new product line or create a new service, and down the road we find that it doesn't feel like the right fit. When we look back at our vision, there it is clear as day. The new service or product wasn't a part of the vision. That's why it didn't fit or wasn't successful. It didn’t fit into the company mission, vision and values.

    Sure, we want to be creating new services, new products, new opportunities for business growth, but we want to stay on our path. If the new service takes us too far off the path then it might not be the right choice and as the owner it's your role to evaluate that.

    Do you have a compelling vision? When you write a compelling vision statement it inspires and motivates. It has the detail you need to move forward.

    Business owners that have been working with me will tell you that I keep coming back to this with them and in my own business. What is the vision? What does the company look like? What are the services, the clients, the products? What growth has the company experienced? What does it feel like, sound like? Writing a detailed vision that includes all of the emotion helps you to develop a clearer plan. I recommend writing your vision statement in as much detail as possible. Write it in the present tense, as if it is happening now. Include the details of who, what, where, when, how... And the emotional details – the feelings you have living that vision, the feelings of the clients/customers/staff, what it looks like, sounds like, and smells like.

    For example: “My practice is booming, new clients appear each week, easily and effortlessly. My clients love the service that they receive and they tell their friends and family. During each session with a client, I feel totally present and connected to them and their needs. I am able to easily provide the exact service they need that day....”

    Once you've created a written vision story, next make a picture. The picture doesn’t have to be that of an artist, just one that represents where you are headed. Hang it on your wall where you can see it. Read your vision regularly, every day if you can. This keeps you inspired and excited about the business that you are building. If you vision story doesn’t inspire you then you need to rethink it, rewrite it. Your vision of your business and life should make you feel great!

    Share the vision story and picture with your staff, your colleagues. Letting people know what the vision is gives them the opportunity to help you achieve the vision. Visions don’t just happen because your vision them or visualize them, write them or draw them. They happen because you take action. Reading your vision each day keeps you inspired and on track for taking the inspired actions that must happen to realize the vision. Develop strategies based on your vision to move that vision forward. The vision is the seed that you have planted. Now you have to grow the garden. The strategies become the tools that help you grow the garden and get you to your destination.

    Set your strategies in terms of goals. Goals are set based on your values, your lessons learned and a clear and positive mindset for moving forward. Focus this year on your top 10 priorities. Write goals that are SMART: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time Bounded. With SMART goals you can track your progress and see your success. Selecting the top ten helps you stayed focus on what's really important. Keep your plan in front of you and work it. Working the plan and making it happen is the real key to producing the results that you want.

    Break down your goals each month into smaller monthly goals, and even better is to break them into weekly goals. Establish a system of accountability. Most people start out the year with a great plan and great strategy and as the year moves on, they lose focus and the plan drifts. Our coaching provides you with the ongoing support and accountability to produce results.

    Staying focused on goals and the things you desire is one of the greatest challenges many of us face. Perhaps you set a goal or a desire this year but in the day to day of our busy lives we lost track of it and as a result we end up abandoning it until next year. Keeping ourselves accountable can be accomplished in a few ways. Here are our 11 tips for creating a focused and fun approach to success:

    1. Take the goal and break into smaller steps and review it each week , even giving yourself a score.

    2. Make a chart, to chart progress, each step of the way

    3. Hang signs around the house, in the car, at work --- saying: "Stay Focused".

    4. Tell family and friends about the goal and intention

    5. Create your own mastermind group to help you stay on track and support your ups and downs

    6. Partner with a friend or colleague to be an "accountability buddy", share your plan with them and talk once a week to let them know how you are doing

    7. Hire a coach to help you identify your goals and keep them on track all year towards extraordinary success.

    8. Create celebrations of success, reward yourself -- gold stars, dinner out, a new something!

    9. Meditate each day on focused goal attainment

    10. Write your vision and goals down and

    Networking 101 for Shy People
    Faking ItThose two words sum up my experience in overcoming shyness in order to network.Think about. It's what actors do all the time. Fake a personality or characteristics to make a character more believable. Guess what? Everyone can and does do the same thing, even shy people.Networking is communicating, and communicating [face-to-face, written or via telephone] is vital to spread the word about your business. You must be prepared to talk about yourself, what you do and how you can benefit others at a moment's notice. Yet, shy people have a tough time with communication. Presenting themselves in a confident manner to other professionals is like going out on a limb with no safety net below to catch them. Very scary stuff, and if you're shy you'll know exactly what I m
    services, new products, new opportunities for business growth, but we want to stay on our path. If the new service takes us too far off the path then it might not be the right choice and as the owner it's your role to evaluate that.

    Do you have a compelling vision? When you write a compelling vision statement it inspires and motivates. It has the detail you need to move forward.

    Business owners that have been working with me will tell you that I keep coming back to this with them and in my own business. What is the vision? What does the company look like? What are the services, the clients, the products? What growth has the company experienced? What does it feel like, sound like? Writing a detailed vision that includes all of the emotion helps you to develop a clearer plan. I recommend writing your vision statement in as much detail as possible. Write it in the present tense, as if it is happening now. Include the details of who, what, where, when, how... And the emotional details – the feelings you have living that vision, the feelings of the clients/customers/staff, what it looks like, sounds like, and smells like.

    For example: “My practice is booming, new clients appear each week, easily and effortlessly. My clients love the service that they receive and they tell their friends and family. During each session with a client, I feel totally present and connected to them and their needs. I am able to easily provide the exact service they need that day....”

    Once you've created a written vision story, next make a picture. The picture doesn’t have to be that of an artist, just one that represents where you are headed. Hang it on your wall where you can see it. Read your vision regularly, every day if you can. This keeps you inspired and excited about the business that you are building. If you vision story doesn’t inspire you then you need to rethink it, rewrite it. Your vision of your business and life should make you feel great!

    Share the vision story and picture with your staff, your colleagues. Letting people know what the vision is gives them the opportunity to help you achieve the vision. Visions don’t just happen because your vision them or visualize them, write them or draw them. They happen because you take action. Reading your vision each day keeps you inspired and on track for taking the inspired actions that must happen to realize the vision. Develop strategies based on your vision to move that vision forward. The vision is the seed that you have planted. Now you have to grow the garden. The strategies become the tools that help you grow the garden and get you to your destination.

    Set your strategies in terms of goals. Goals are set based on your values, your lessons learned and a clear and positive mindset for moving forward. Focus this year on your top 10 priorities. Write goals that are SMART: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time Bounded. With SMART goals you can track your progress and see your success. Selecting the top ten helps you stayed focus on what's really important. Keep your plan in front of you and work it. Working the plan and making it happen is the real key to producing the results that you want.

    Break down your goals each month into smaller monthly goals, and even better is to break them into weekly goals. Establish a system of accountability. Most people start out the year with a great plan and great strategy and as the year moves on, they lose focus and the plan drifts. Our coaching provides you with the ongoing support and accountability to produce results.

    Staying focused on goals and the things you desire is one of the greatest challenges many of us face. Perhaps you set a goal or a desire this year but in the day to day of our busy lives we lost track of it and as a result we end up abandoning it until next year. Keeping ourselves accountable can be accomplished in a few ways. Here are our 11 tips for creating a focused and fun approach to success:

    1. Take the goal and break into smaller steps and review it each week , even giving yourself a score.

    2. Make a chart, to chart progress, each step of the way

    3. Hang signs around the house, in the car, at work --- saying: "Stay Focused".

    4. Tell family and friends about the goal and intention

    5. Create your own mastermind group to help you stay on track and support your ups and downs

    6. Partner with a friend or colleague to be an "accountability buddy", share your plan with them and talk once a week to let them know how you are doing

    7. Hire a coach to help you identify your goals and keep them on track all year towards extraordinary success.

    8. Create celebrations of success, reward yourself -- gold stars, dinner out, a new something!

    9. Meditate each day on focused goal attainment

    10. Write your vision and goals down and

    My Ten Insights to Playing a Bigger Game (Part 1)
    I was talking to a friend of mine who had invested in a very high end coaching program last year. As I was asking him about his experience and what incentivized him to invest in his growth he said, 'I knew if I really wanted to take my game to a whole new level, I had to do things VERY differently. Even though the coaching was good, it was surrounding myself with 8 other people that were challenging ME to play the game full-out that was the payoff.' This is a guy who consistently generates a high six to seven figure income each year.It got me thinking about how I played my game in 2006. I already surround myself with people playing a bigger game every year. I have a mastermind group who constantly challenges me to think bigger. But what specifically did I do that helped me double my income this year
    sily and effortlessly. My clients love the service that they receive and they tell their friends and family. During each session with a client, I feel totally present and connected to them and their needs. I am able to easily provide the exact service they need that day....”

    Once you've created a written vision story, next make a picture. The picture doesn’t have to be that of an artist, just one that represents where you are headed. Hang it on your wall where you can see it. Read your vision regularly, every day if you can. This keeps you inspired and excited about the business that you are building. If you vision story doesn’t inspire you then you need to rethink it, rewrite it. Your vision of your business and life should make you feel great!

    Share the vision story and picture with your staff, your colleagues. Letting people know what the vision is gives them the opportunity to help you achieve the vision. Visions don’t just happen because your vision them or visualize them, write them or draw them. They happen because you take action. Reading your vision each day keeps you inspired and on track for taking the inspired actions that must happen to realize the vision. Develop strategies based on your vision to move that vision forward. The vision is the seed that you have planted. Now you have to grow the garden. The strategies become the tools that help you grow the garden and get you to your destination.

    Set your strategies in terms of goals. Goals are set based on your values, your lessons learned and a clear and positive mindset for moving forward. Focus this year on your top 10 priorities. Write goals that are SMART: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time Bounded. With SMART goals you can track your progress and see your success. Selecting the top ten helps you stayed focus on what's really important. Keep your plan in front of you and work it. Working the plan and making it happen is the real key to producing the results that you want.

    Break down your goals each month into smaller monthly goals, and even better is to break them into weekly goals. Establish a system of accountability. Most people start out the year with a great plan and great strategy and as the year moves on, they lose focus and the plan drifts. Our coaching provides you with the ongoing support and accountability to produce results.

    Staying focused on goals and the things you desire is one of the greatest challenges many of us face. Perhaps you set a goal or a desire this year but in the day to day of our busy lives we lost track of it and as a result we end up abandoning it until next year. Keeping ourselves accountable can be accomplished in a few ways. Here are our 11 tips for creating a focused and fun approach to success:

    1. Take the goal and break into smaller steps and review it each week , even giving yourself a score.

    2. Make a chart, to chart progress, each step of the way

    3. Hang signs around the house, in the car, at work --- saying: "Stay Focused".

    4. Tell family and friends about the goal and intention

    5. Create your own mastermind group to help you stay on track and support your ups and downs

    6. Partner with a friend or colleague to be an "accountability buddy", share your plan with them and talk once a week to let them know how you are doing

    7. Hire a coach to help you identify your goals and keep them on track all year towards extraordinary success.

    8. Create celebrations of success, reward yourself -- gold stars, dinner out, a new something!

    9. Meditate each day on focused goal attainment

    10. Write your vision and goals down and

    Overcoming Adversities and Becoming a Leader: The Zig Ziglar Story
    This groundbreaking leadership research by has received extensive endorsements and enthusiastic reviews from well-known prominent business, political, and academic leaders who either participated in the study or reviewed the research findings. You will discover the proven success habits and secrets of people who, in spite of difficult or life threatening challenges shaped their own destiny to become successful, effective leaders. The full results of this research will be presented in the upcoming book by Dr. Howard Edward Haller titled “Leadership: View from the Shoulders of Giants.”The nine initial prominent successful leaders who overcame adversity that were interviewed included: Dr. Tony Bonanzino, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch, Monzer Hourani, U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye, Dr. John Malone, Larry Pino,
    on your vision to move that vision forward. The vision is the seed that you have planted. Now you have to grow the garden. The strategies become the tools that help you grow the garden and get you to your destination.

    Set your strategies in terms of goals. Goals are set based on your values, your lessons learned and a clear and positive mindset for moving forward. Focus this year on your top 10 priorities. Write goals that are SMART: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time Bounded. With SMART goals you can track your progress and see your success. Selecting the top ten helps you stayed focus on what's really important. Keep your plan in front of you and work it. Working the plan and making it happen is the real key to producing the results that you want.

    Break down your goals each month into smaller monthly goals, and even better is to break them into weekly goals. Establish a system of accountability. Most people start out the year with a great plan and great strategy and as the year moves on, they lose focus and the plan drifts. Our coaching provides you with the ongoing support and accountability to produce results.

    Staying focused on goals and the things you desire is one of the greatest challenges many of us face. Perhaps you set a goal or a desire this year but in the day to day of our busy lives we lost track of it and as a result we end up abandoning it until next year. Keeping ourselves accountable can be accomplished in a few ways. Here are our 11 tips for creating a focused and fun approach to success:

    1. Take the goal and break into smaller steps and review it each week , even giving yourself a score.

    2. Make a chart, to chart progress, each step of the way

    3. Hang signs around the house, in the car, at work --- saying: "Stay Focused".

    4. Tell family and friends about the goal and intention

    5. Create your own mastermind group to help you stay on track and support your ups and downs

    6. Partner with a friend or colleague to be an "accountability buddy", share your plan with them and talk once a week to let them know how you are doing

    7. Hire a coach to help you identify your goals and keep them on track all year towards extraordinary success.

    8. Create celebrations of success, reward yourself -- gold stars, dinner out, a new something!

    9. Meditate each day on focused goal attainment

    10. Write your vision and goals down and

    Franchise Buyers and Integrity During the Sales Process of Buying a Franchise
    Most franchisees, about 60% of them, do not fully tell the truth during the application, candidate screening process or sales interview. Franchise Buyers need to concentrate on complete integrity during the sales process when purchasing a new franchise or buying out the rights and transferring an existing Franchise.For over a decade I ran a franchising company and was appalled and the number of lies I caught, in fact I got to the point to simply not trust anything anyone said during the buying and interview process. I'd have to say that a franchisee who misrepresents themselves ought to realize that that miss representation will adversely effect things like start-up cash flow, ability to manage, ROI, and operational costs associated with interest rates, equipment leases, and general operating credit
    the greatest challenges many of us face. Perhaps you set a goal or a desire this year but in the day to day of our busy lives we lost track of it and as a result we end up abandoning it until next year. Keeping ourselves accountable can be accomplished in a few ways. Here are our 11 tips for creating a focused and fun approach to success:

    1. Take the goal and break into smaller steps and review it each week , even giving yourself a score.

    2. Make a chart, to chart progress, each step of the way

    3. Hang signs around the house, in the car, at work --- saying: "Stay Focused".

    4. Tell family and friends about the goal and intention

    5. Create your own mastermind group to help you stay on track and support your ups and downs

    6. Partner with a friend or colleague to be an "accountability buddy", share your plan with them and talk once a week to let them know how you are doing

    7. Hire a coach to help you identify your goals and keep them on track all year towards extraordinary success.

    8. Create celebrations of success, reward yourself -- gold stars, dinner out, a new something!

    9. Meditate each day on focused goal attainment

    10. Write your vision and goals down and read them everyday

    11. Have fun with each success and acknowledge it!

    To move yourself into the success you desire spend some time now, creating your vision and focused plan for success. Building the business that you want is possible. With a focused vision, strategic plan and implementation plan you can achieve what you set out to.

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