The other day I went to the vitamin store to get some vitamins, and I was looking at the different cleanses they had and it got me thinking…

In the same way that it’s important to occasionally do a body cleanse, it’s just as necessary to do a detox cleanse for your mind!

Just like little toxins or garbage that can get stored in your body over time and look like extra weight that is burdensome and unattractive, the same thing can happen with your mind – you can end up carrying around extra weight that is ugly and negative – starting in little bits that build up over time.

With your body it can sneak up on you, feeling sluggish, then one day you look in the mirror and realize hey – you are 20 lbs overweight.  Well with your mind that negative energy, thoughts fear and doubts can start slowly and then become 20lbs of gained weight that’s hovering around you like a little black cloud above your head!

Your energy starts to go down, your spirits feel low, you are not sleeping through the nights, you’re becoming more of a pessimist – if this sounds familiar it could be things that you’ve been allowing to build up in your mind that you need to clear out of there in a detox cleanse – just like you might do for your body!

So how do you begin? Continue Reading

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I talk about the term I coined called the Next Evolution in Business, which essentially means that instead of trying to crush your competition, you actually work WITH them!  It is where the future of business is headed.

You probably feel similarly, but sometimes doubt can come up – for example, is it true that the nice guys finish last? Is it only the selfish people that earn top dollar or can the person with heart and there to serve others also be rewarded financially?

There are ebbs and flows with every business, so if that seems to be the case and you’re feeling a little bit down, hopefully this story can offer you some encouragement!

I have been really close friends with a certain Hollywood producer for about 20 years or so.  I used to work in television – where this whole “Nice guys finish last”  attitude was VERY prevalent – and I did not enjoy it! (in fact it’s one of the biggest reasons that I decided to leave that business!)

At any rate, about 5 or 6 years ago I was at a small house party with this producer in Hollywood, and that’s where I met Eric Mabius (the guy that plays fashion editor Daniel Meade on the show Ugly Betty).

He hadn’t gotten the part in Ugly Betty yet – he was just a regular guy at a party with his wife (Ivy Sherman).

We spent practically the whole night chatting, laughing, sharing stories.  He and his wife (then girlfriend) were so much fun and down to earth – it was a pleasure to be in their company! And unlike many of the other “Hollywood types” at the party they related to me well as I didn’t treat them any differently than if they grew up on my block back home.  So we stuck together.

These were so not the ‘typical’ Hollywood folks – Ivy was an incredible artist and showed some of her work – she was talking about starting a business painting murals for children’s rooms – all in all it was just great to chat with this super nice couple!

So while we were talking I started to fix some drinks (as I was the hostess for the party) and then Eric said that one of the drinks he really liked was a Mojito. I had never heard of this drink before, and he was shocked!  His response was, “This cannot continue!” (it was really funny).

Next thing I knew, he grabbed my hand and pulled me outside.  Eric actually jumped the fence to the neighbors backyard to pick some wild mint that was growing there.  Continue Reading

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What's Stopping You?

When I was working my way through university in the summers, I had a job at a totally rustic resort that was only accessible by sea plane – it was that remote!  This place catered to high powered American executives that paid quite a lot to stay in the lodge, fish, and just get away from it all.

There was no TV, no radio – it was a really peaceful place!

I was the only waitress working there, and I actually got to spend a lot of time sitting on the dock just chatting with these guys.  They were CEOs and top executives of some big companies – these guys owned tons of stock and they were very wealthy.

I was a bit intimidated by them because of that at first, but the experiences that I had as I spent time with these people through my summer job showed me that all these guys that were super super successful were really just like me – regular human beings (I know – I was surprised too!

They showed me that there was no difference between me and them.  Even though I was ‘just a waitress’, they never treated me any differently or showed me any less respect, and I learned a lot just from chatting with them!

I mention this because it really served me later on when I got into the business I am in now and started working with these big name gurus – the people on the talk shows, bestselling authors, etc.

I know that a lot of my students kind of feel they are somehow separated from that – that they’re very different or somehow not on that level, which is just so completely not the reality of it!

Successful people feel exactly the same way we do. When they do succeed, they feel happy about it, and failure feels just as bad to them as it does to us!

BUT, the main difference that I have noticed in super successful people is that Continue Reading

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March 26th, 2009, at 5:00pm PDT or 8:00pm EDT could change your life.

Learn the secret to massive NO COST business growth that the big guys have been using for years.

If you’re sitting at your computer, wondering how to launch your new product or service, and getting frustrated that you’re not getting the results you NEED, then this message is for you!

Maybe you’ve heard about all those people doing massive launches that are making $20K, $50K, and even $100K every time.

As a small business owner or entrepreneur, will you ever have the kinds of connections you need to make that happen?

…well, you do now!

It’s time to stop feeling stuck out there on your own! Tomorrow night, you’ll learn the no-cost, no-risk marketing strategy that has been turning the business world upside down! It’s a free teleclass – just register here if you are ready to get your Big Break!

On this 60 minute call, I’ll cover the key strategy to making money quickly on a product launch. This is NOT a product, nor another training program. It is NOT anything expensive.

You’re going to hear about a business tool that matches you up with promotional partners (already there waiting for you) AND teaches you strategies of how to collaborate for product creation, exposure and product sales! Continue Reading

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Are you lacking energy and enthusiasm? Are you tired of living from pay-check to pay-check?

Maybe you’re tired of 60-hour work weeks. Maybe your work life balance feels more like a pipe dream with the deadlines, pressures and late nights at the office that prevent you from having a happy, balanced home.

Or maybe you’re just burned out from years in the same field and you want to feel inspired again.

If you’re dragging your feet to work every day, is it time to replace the leather in your shoes? Or cash it all in for a better life?

According to a survey by CareerBuilder.com, over 50% of workers feel tremendous stress on the job, and 77% say they feel burnout.

If you can relate to any of this and your professional life is leaving you drained, then perhaps it’s time to re-examine life’s possibilities for you.  You can find a new way of working, earning money, and truly achieving a work life balance.

It may require a complete shift in how you think about earning money. Most people trade TIME for money.

Millionaires, or “Millionaires in TrainingTM (MIT)” look at trading their VALUE for money, thus allowing them to free up their valuable time.

How can you get paid for your value instead of your time? Continue Reading

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A couple years back, I had an experience that I will never forget. It was a day that changed my life.

I was invited to sit down with The World’s Greatest Goal Setter, the real life Indiana Jones, John Goddard – for the very first time.

I had read about him and his famous “goals list” in one of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books.

There are articles written about him in Life Magazine, National Geographic Magazine, Reader’s Digest and others, and he’s been featured in over 200 television shows!

I was fascinated by the idea of someone who could create 127 life goals and then set out on an amazing lifelong journey to achieve each and every one of them.

I knew this man was a special soul, and someone that I had to meet in my lifetime.

If you know anything about John’s goals list, you know that they are not meagre goals!

His incredible journeys and experiences have included retracing the route of Marco Polo through the Middle East, Asia and China, studying numerous primitive cultures firsthand, reading the entire collection of the Encyclopedia Britannica and the Bible from cover to cover, and climbing Mt. Everest – just to name a few.

I was deeply honoured when John invited me to his California home to sit down with him and his wife Carol in their living room, just to ‘chat’ about life and the art of goal setting.

Both he and his wife were incredibly gracious as they welcomed me into their home. I’ve seen pictures of John on his travels, and he actually does resemble Indiana Jones, with his adventurers hat and well worn khaki shirt and shorts.

But today he doesn’t look anything like the mythical figure I’ve seen, and it almost surprises me to see how regular he looks!

After agreeing to some tea from his wife, I settled down next to him and looked around his living room, which resembled a film set straight out of The Adventures of Indiana Jones, with artefacts and found treasures from his many adventures neatly placed around the room, each with their own unique story.

Suddenly, the $15 replica native mask I had in my own living room that I brought from a store seemed silly, and I vowed to replace it with found treasures from my own life adventures.

But more importantly, I vowed to have my own life adventures! Continue Reading

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I read an interesting book called “Blink”1 by Malcolm Gladwell, who was recently called one of the most influential thinkers of our time.

He wrote about “Thin Slicing”, or the ability to get a fast amount of information (in the blink of an eye) when you’ve immersed yourself in its study.

He illustrated this point with a story from the Getty Museum in California. They bought a marble statue for 10 million dollars and had a geologist test the surface of it to make sure it was authentic. After 2 days, the geologist determined that it was.

Then the Museum decided to brag about it.

Shortly thereafter, they were showing the sculpture to Italian Art Historian, Frederico Zeri, who served on the Getty’s board of Trustees, and Evelyn Harrison, one of the world’s foremost experts on Greek Sculpture.

When Zeri was taken down to the museums restoration studio to see the korus, he found himself staring at the sculpture’s fingernails.  They seemed somehow wrong to him, but it was in a way that he couldn’t immediately articulate.

When it was Evelyn’s turn, the curator took her down to the basement, swished the cloth off the top of it and beamed, “Well it isn’t ours yet, but in a couple of weeks it will be.”

To his shock, Evelyn turned to him and said, “I’m sorry”.

She had no idea why she said that, she just had a feeling, a hunch.  You see, these two individuals had spent most of their life pouring over original sculpture and art and had become experts.

Something got recorded in their brain that they were unable to explain.  They absorbed a complicated amount of clues along the way, and it turned into instinct.

This same thing happens to me with marketing, and probably to you within your own expertise.

When these experts looked at the sculpture, right away, in the “blink” of an eye, they instinctively knew it was a fake, although they couldn’t logically explain to the Curator why they had come to that conclusion.

This area of your brain is not connected to your speech.  In 2 seconds, they knew what eventually took the museum 14 months to confirm.

Successful people in business or even in stock investing can often get unexplainable feelings or indications that something is not right or when something is great and they should move on it quickly.

I bet you have your own unique expertise and instincts based on your life experience, hands-on experience and training, and that you could teach that valuable info to another human being who could really use your help and guidance.

What information or skill is literally immersed into your being, your brain that has become your instinct?  Answer that, and your life could change. Continue Reading

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Happy Friday!  I saw this in an e-mail and I HAD to pass it on – Hopefully will give you a smile as you end the work week!

10 working tips for 2009

1) Do not get into trouble

2) Aim for greater heights

3) Stay focused on your job

4) Exercise to maintain good health

5) Practice Team work

6) Rely on your trusted partner to watch your back

7) Save for rainy days

Rest and relax

9) Always smile when your boss is around

10)        Nothing is impossible

Enjoy Your Weekend!!

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There’s a whole new way of earning a living that wasn’t available 10 years ago, but that today is building massive success stories and even millionaires.

Growing up, you were probably taught in school and by parental figures that there’s a pattern to life.

You start with elementary school, then high school, then university, then getting a job and making money for someone else (often while carrying the hefty burden of a student loan).

Then, retirement (although that has begun to change as more tired workers expecting to finally be able to enjoy life are finding out that retirement isn’t even an option for them).

To be fair, working for others is not necessarily a bad thing. It can be a great experience in your life.

What is not natural is how many millions of people are only one pay-check away from disaster, that the entire socially accepted system is based on making money for someone else, and that someone else can just fire you at anytime.

You earn just enough to pay your bills, but it’s never enough to travel and enjoy the world, or to buy that big back yard jacuzzi to soak in at night, or even to feel secure and happy about your future!

Instead, you feel trapped – with no end of the cycle in site.

Does this seem “natural” or secure to you? Continue Reading

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Have you ever heard the expression ‘Junk in the Trunk’?

It’s actually a slang term that refers to someone that has a full figured bottom.  You know I’m on the treadmill a couple of times a week to reduce my back end – but in your business, you really need some junk in the trunk!

FACT:  The bigger the back-end of your organization, the bigger your bank account.

If you want to maximize your list, have additional profits centers that bring in money while you sleep and have a system in place that sells to people who already love your stuff, this is stuff you need to know!

FACT: Knowing these common niche marketing myths and understanding those ‘junk in the trunk’ implications is going to make your business easier and much more profitable.

Here’s an example for you: Continue Reading

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