May. 16, 2009 - How to Build a Successful Online and Social Media Presence for under $2.00 per Day.

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Apr. 28, 2009 - Getting What You Expect!

Getting What You Expect!

How do you start your day? Which side of the bed do you get up on??? You know…is it the right side? OR????? Try this simple technique to set your intentions and expectations for the day and give yourself a really great place to start from. Do you realize how much power you possess about what happens each day? It amazes me when I stay conscious to it, instead of rolling out of bed and seeing what happens. Start the day with gratitude that you woke in a nice warm bed and saying to yourself: “It’s going to be a wonderful day.” This sets up a nice filter through which the events of the day will come through. Try this for a week and see how those days are different (or not) from days as usual.

I’ve been enjoying some weekly audio interviews that Speaker, Healer, Author, Jennifer McLean offers. Last week she interviewed Dr. Judith Orloff who has a new book, Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself from Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life, and shared some wonderful tips on staying away from the negative. One theme she shared was to look at EVERY single experience as a growth opportunity and to be aware of what that situation is teaching you. In my coaching training, I have found the stuckness that occurs for many clients is not learning anything from a previous lesson and getting to revisit the same situation in different clothing, over and over and over. By becoming more aware and LEARNING the lesson, you can evolve and move to the next place. I loved the quote from the Dalai Lama who said, ”When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.”

Coach’s Tip:

1. Start your day with an intention that it be wonderful and then look for evidence all that that it IS!
2. Examine if there are places you are stuck that you could recontexualize the meaning you have attached to the circumstances, and accept the lesson that is there to help you grow.

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5. UPCOMING WEBINAR: Learn How To Deduct Your Vacations ( and afford them and go on more!)

Complete schedule of the upcoming webinars is here.

6. WEBINAR RECORDING: Create an AMAZING 2nd Quarter.
If you missed it, you can still listen in to this call. You also get the Awesome Year Plan and a form for planning the next 3 months, included with the MP3. Are you on track for your best year ever?

Tech Tip: Getting Business Done In 140 Letters (Or Less)

Twitter is hot. Really hot!

Are you twittering? My Twitter name is Joeann (how easy is that?) Please follow me! I’ll be helping Amy Chorew show you what you need to know at the upcoming WCR Meetings on May 15 in DC. Come at 9 AM to the Professional Development Steering Committee Meeting and learn everything you need to know about all the technology that will give you the edge! And….if you are starting to Tweet and are not using Tweetdeck…it’s probably making you a little crazy. Organize and have some great tools for following groups, watching your direct messages and sending ReTweets! Download it for free at www.tweetdeck.com.

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Make it an ExtraORDINARY Week, it IS up to YOU!!!!!!

Apr. 21, 2009 - Volunteers

Apr. 15, 2009 - Gratitude Haiku

Quoting myself today...

Fun to use the Haiku format (5-7-5 syllables)

Alluring and Attracting
Easily Loving What is
Life is Good Today

Apr. 14, 2009 - Inspiration, Education and Resources

Tuesday Inspiration

As my friend Stephen Fells, from Agency Logic, says... this proves you can’t tell a book from its cover. This was recorded just last weekend. I got tears in my eyes watching it. Do you think there’s no hope to attain that dream you really, really want? Think again.

Tuesday Humor

This explains a LOT! How men’s and women’s brains are different. Even Bub laughed. Share it with your significant other and see if you can relate.

Tuesday Thinkers

Michael Bungay Stanier is such a fascinating guy. He is doing weekly interviews with people on the topic “Doing Great Work.” Many of his interviews are about how to work less and how to eliminate the clutter and crap that gets in the way. You can access the Finding Your Great Work Interviews and choose the ones that speak to you! Or, be like me, and listen to them all! And then thank Michael.

In the interview with Bill Jensen, who wrote The Simplicity Survival Handbook, he shares that information is doubling every 55 days and he asserts we can never expect to keep up with it all or handle it all. We need the courage to start to saying no, and to start eliminating all of the things that don’t really make a difference. A new distinction he brings is “speed freak clarity,” saying it will save 2-4 hours a day. More on Bill’s website: www.SimplerWork.com.

This Week’s Opportunities

1. YES, You CAN afford it! Learn How To Get The Vacation You Deserve: My vacations are now business expenses. On Thursday, April 16 at 9 PM EST you can hear all the details of how you can do this too. If that time doesn’t work here is the weekly schedule for April. If you have a vacation or trip coming up, save yourself time and money by booking on my travel site. As a preferred customer, you get concierge service as well as saving time and money!

2. 1st Quarter Checkup TeleConference - Are you on track with your 2009 Goals? Join me for an hour-long “check up” by phone. We’ll review your goals and design strategies so you can know what you’ll need to do in the coming quarter to be where you want to be! My Awesome Year Plan (in case you didn’t do a plan) and a 1st quarter Checkup form are included in the $17 cost (an hour of coaching for $17…what value!). Friday April 24 at 9 AM AZ & PDT, Noon EDT.

3. Good Morning Real Estate is only offering their $1 special through April 15. If you sign up before that date, you can access all the speakers that have been interviewed this year. Then the site will be taken off line to rework into something even better.

If you missed last week’s call "21 Luxury Secrets" - listen to it here. It offered some great information.

Make This Week EXTRAOrdinary! It IS up to YOU!!!!

Apr. 14, 2009 - Happy Tuesday

The pulse of the world seems a bit happier this week! I love it when that happens. Maybe, it is the wonderful sense of new life and renewal that Spring, Easter and Passover bring. I am thankful for this season. Maybe, it’s watching the saga of a new hero, Captain Richard Phillips (and isn’t it amazing there are pirates? How insulated is the world most of us live in). I am thankful for heroes! Maybe, it’s that we finally are seeing some good financial news and hearing analysts saying the free fall is over. I am thankful for news that doesn’t engender fear. And, really, I’m darn thankful that I woke up this morning above the grass in a warm house and a gorgeous pink sunrise. (Waking up to rain would have been ok too! My garden loves the water). There are 3 resources below to MP3’s and videos that I found wonderful. Enjoy!

So how is life in your world? Are you choosing the news and the thinking that make you feel good? What are you thankful for?

I hope your week is a very happy one. It IS up to you!

BTW- if you'd like my Tuesday Tips delivered to your inbox, you can subscribe at http://www.joeann.com/newsletter.htm

Apr. 7, 2009 - Passion by Rumi

"Passion makes the old medicine new:

Apr. 7, 2009 - I want to take a vacation!!!!

Tuesday Travel Tip:

I Can Afford a Vacation This Year, After All!

There is nothing more heartwarming than a thank-you note from
a long-time Tuesday Tips reader:

“Joeann, Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I had no idea it would be possible to take a vacation with my family this year. We are facing challenging economic circumstances and the numbers did not work! Now I am considering a choice between renting a condo resort in Orlando for less than $10/day per person, and a Dream Trip Cruise of the Caribbean. I never imagined a vacation could be so reasonably priced.”
-- F.M., Jersey City, NJ

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Bub and I have already taken two vacations this year! Want to hear more? Join me and Frances Flynn Thorsen for one of our weekly travel webinars - Full schedule is updated regularly at www.joeann.com/fosslandsforums.htm.

This week, we’ll be answering questions and giving you answers on Friday…

Apr. 7, 2009 - Friends of Many Kinds!

This paragraph should be a good reminder for you to review your system of connecting with and touching all your friends and past customers and clients. If you don't have their birthdays, it might be a good warm call. And be sure to clear your spam folder regularly so you don't miss 50 cards!

So, back to friends...the next way this is showing up in my life is all the people who have asked to be my "friend" on social networks. I may be missing something by not accepting everyone as a friend, but I look at each request and make sure there is some relevance. I can't imagine why an Indian IT guy in Bombay wants to be my friend. I ignore quite a few.

This new way of staying connected is very fun and delicious. Since many of us are home officed, we miss out on the camaraderie and brainstorming that happens in a more traditional office setting. Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn can provide this or they can suck a lot of time and cause you to waste productive time or ignore the traditional face to face.Hopefully, you have developed a well thought out strategy. Sherry Chris from BH&G says she spends 2.5 hrs a day on social networking. Tech guru, Amy Chorew, says limit it to 12 minutes a day. What is the magic number for you and your plan?

And, yet more about friends...at Bernice Ross's Awesome Females in Real Estate Conference, she invited a man, John King, to share with us about leadership and teams. His book, Tribal Leadership (for a free audio download) sounds fascinating. In the time he spent with us, we were treated to some very innovative and intriguing thinking about what it takes to connect and lead effectively. One of his findings was that a group of 6 was a perfect size for an activity like brainstorming or project creation. Another was that over 80 people will break into sub-groups and must be managed with that understanding. Several years ago, I actively participated in several small masterminding groups that have since disbanded. I believe I am ready to create a few of these groups again to tap into the shared brilliance that mastermind groups offer.

"No one of us is as smart as all of us."

This inquiry into friends is one I plan to delve into a bit more and I invite you to do the same and let me know what you think!

Mar. 17, 2009 - Help Lily help The American Heart Association!!!!!

You can make a difference in teaching a 7 year old about philanthropy !!!

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