How to Boost Your Confidence When Life is Trying to Keep You Down No matter who you are, where you live, or what you’ve chosen as a career, life is stressful. Even the most successful people in the world have endured tough situations and they made the conscious decision to take control of their lives, take advantage of every opportunity given to them, and change their stories into ones of success. Building up that confidence to tackle challenges and grab opportunities is a trait we should all … [Read more...]
Conditional Love and the White Canvas Shoes
The shoes were unlike any I'd ever had. I gently placed them on the windowsill next to the bunk bed, turning them slightly to the right so the sunlight would fall on them and create a shadow. We didn't have curtains on any of the windows. Privacy was to be avoided at all times, but I didn't give that much thought back then. I had the bed on the bottom. I'd wanted a top bunk but had been afraid to ask for one. A little girl named Marguerite was above me. She didn't say much, just pushed the … [Read more...]
Entrepreneurship From an Expert Perspective
Working with newer online entrepreneurs, marketers, and authors is a source of great joy for me. If not for the people who helped me get my business off the ground in 2006, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be where I am today. While this business is not rocket science, there are many moving pieces and steps that take time setting in place. Here, I'll share my thoughts on entrepreneurship from an expert perspective. I had been a teacher for twenty years, yet my life was one filled with lack, regret, … [Read more...]
The Picket Line
It was May in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles, so it might as well have been the middle of August anywhere else. The dog days of summer start before most of us have had enough springtime. I looked down at my Timex watch with the faux leather band, shading my eyes from the sun with one hand and hoisting the wooden sign with the handwritten message, written in block letters on a piece of poster board, over my shoulder with the other. The picket line went south all the way to the … [Read more...]
Knowing, Doing, and Becoming Your True Self
For almost two decades, I've mentored others to help them create a lifestyle and a business as an online entrepreneur and author that provides time freedom and unlimited income potential. My work in this area is based on my own journey online and the success I have continued to achieve. The concept of knowing, doing, and becoming is at the center of this work. I share just about every detail of my strategies and processes with these people I feel so honored to work with, as only a few things … [Read more...]
The Tiny Notebook
She finished the final sentence in the story, closed the notebook, and carefully put down her pencil. Then she sat upright, staring down at the tiny notebook and thinking about what she had written. Her thoughts wandered for a bit, and when she came back to the present moment she realized that she was turning the tiny notebook over and over in her left hand. This one had off-white pages with a beige cover. It contained 48 pages in all. She sat it down on her nightstand and eased herself into … [Read more...]
What’s Your “Why”?
If Your "WHY" Doesn’t Make You Cry, Perhaps It Isn't Big Enough During the years leading up to my coming online in 2006 and leaving my previous life behind, my "why" was building up to a single moment where there would be no turning back. But, I did not realize this until a year or so later because I was not in tune with my body and mind nearly enough to recognize the signs of what was occurring in my life experience. What's your "why"? I’m really not sure who coined this phrase - If your … [Read more...]
On Positive Thinking and Living
I've been called a positive thinker, and many other terms that aren't so positive when it comes to my belief system. I'll share some history on this with you... For the first five decades of my life, I walked under a dark and stormy cloud. This was a conscious choice on my part, but I did not see it that way while I was living with my choices. At the time, I looked outward to find my way, placing blame on others and for situations beyond my control to justify my life experiences. Taking full … [Read more...]
Stories We Tell Ourselves
Whether you are conscious of it or not, somewhere along the way you will have developed your own life story in your mind. This story provides a unique insight into your subconscious mind – including your ambitions, desires, and fears. The stories we tell ourselves hold great power over how our life experience unfolds. My story included details of growing up in poverty, moving many times while I was growing up, and not being able to make friends and fit in with others around me. This story, or … [Read more...]
Creating a Book Inspired Mentoring Program
Book Inspired Mentoring Are you considering creating a group mentoring program? You may be struggling for a way to make it unique. You want a program that stands out from what is currently being offered in your niche. Creating a book inspired mentoring program may be the answer to build and grow your business. An early mentor suggested I try a book inspired coaching or mentoring program. With a book-inspired program, you can use a book and build an extraordinary program around it. Of … [Read more...]