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4 Core Blueprints to Reclaim your Life, Awaken Your Soul and Your Business:

In part 1 of this series we talked about the quick fix people are looking for as opposed to taking responsibility for creating your life.

And I asked you…

So where do you start if you are ready to take responsibility for your life and create your future?

There are 4 core areas, or what I call core blueprints, that require your attention if you want to have a life that is in flow with your true passion and purpose. When you’ve created all 4 of your blueprints and you have all 4 of these areas functioning at a level that satisfies you, then your life will be more peaceful and effortless than you have ever imagined it could really be…

No magic bullet required!

In the next 4 weeks we will discuss each of these areas:

*Introspection and Discovery of Purpose
*Blueprinting the Life of Your Dreams
*Sales/Marketing/Communication Skills
*Mentoring for Your Life and Your Business

First I’d like to have you go back and look at how you reacted to the assignment I gave you at the end of part 1. You remember, the four lines I asked you to read out loud and then look at what your reaction told you about yourself.

I’m making the assumption that you’ve at least taken one simple action towards creating your life by doing this. So how did that go for you?

What came up?

Your body reacts to your thoughts and feelings, situations real or imagined, all the time but most of the time we aren’t aware of it, or you’ll look for a pill or a drink to cover the reaction.

Why do you think people refer to your ‘gut’ reaction?

When your stomach gets butterflies or starts swirling do you reach for an antacid or do you go inside and ask yourself what’s really happening here?

Because now, in part two of this series, we’re talking about Introspection and Discovering Your Purpose.

Introspection does not require hours of meditation or trekking to Tibet. You can start very simply by just listening to what your body is telling you.

For example:
When you notice your body having a reaction, take a minute and see what was just happening that you are reacting to. Was it a phone call, an email, a conversation, or seeing something you don’t want to do coming up next on your calendar?

Or was it a daydream, a thought of fear or doubt that isn’t even real?

First you have to know what is driving your life now before you can make a shift that will move you in the direction you want to go. Why randomly make changes in your life if you don’t know where you’re actually at or what your truly want?

It’s like shooting arrows at a target while someone is spinning you around instead of planting your body, taking a proper stance and aiming at your target. That would be silly, wouldn’t it? And yet you’re basically doing the same thing every day if you haven’t created your first blueprint of Introspection and Discovery of Purpose.

So how do you get started figuring out what your purpose is?

These are criteria that I use to qualify every opportunity that comes up in my life. I believe they will serve you as well as they have served my clients in the last several years.

7 Criteria for Recognizing Your Passion and Purpose

1. Doing it makes you feel good about yourself

2. You would do it for free

3. You loose all track of time when you do it

4. You love to talk about it to everyone

5. You are happy to teach others

6. If this were how you spent all your time, it would be a good thing.

7. It makes you want to get out of bed in the morning

If you are truly living your purpose and doing what you are meant to do n this life, you will easily be ale to say yes to all 7 of these criteria. And just as importantly, you will be able to confidently say no to any pportunity that doesn’t rate a resounding yes. And I mean all 7, every time.

If you say yes to 6, but 1 of these criteria is a no or a maybe for you, hen say no to whatever it is. It’s not worth your time and effort to do nything that isn’t a perfect fit for you. You don’t want to be coming from place of lack and grabbing on to something that isn’t meant for you.

I can hear all the “yes, but..” now. It doesn’t matter how good the opportunity could make you look or how much money it could bring or what your friends will say if you don’t do it. Just say no. Your life will start working on such a higher level as soon as you really embrace this concept of saying no to the good to say yes to the great.

That’s the first step to creating your life and creating the first blueprint.

You must have a place that you confidently stand in your life. Your own personal line in the sand. And only you know what that is. I can’t give it to you and neither can anyone else.

Another good tool I would suggest you use is creating your own personal manifesto. If you haven’t done that, you can go to http://LynnPierce.com and sign up for this ezine, and you’ll get an email with a special report on how to create your personal manifesto as my gift to you. I take you step by step through how to create it and how to use it. It’s a powerful tool.

To be living your blueprint of introspection and purpose you have to be in a place of abundance in terms of confidently saying no to an opportunity that say be a good one to have the space available in your life to welcome a great one.

Does that make sense?

Too often whether it’s a relationship, a job, or a dream; you’re limiting your own ability to live your purpose by fearfully holding on to things in your life that, upon introspection, you would realize are not serving you at the highest level.

The law of attraction is not the only Universal law. One that has always been a very important one in my life is the law of creating a vacuum. Nothing new and great can come into your life unless a space has been created for it to occupy.

If all the available space in your life is filled with things that are less than perfect for you, there is no room for anything better to show up.

So you can use the law of attraction and sit and wait, or you can beg and plead,
or you can stand on your head, but you will not get your desired end result.

Until you let go and know that the Universe will bring into your life exactly what yyu need to fulfill your purpose, you’ll have no space available for it come into your life.

Have you ever been in a bad relationship and wished for a better person to come into your life, but you wouldn’t break up with the first person because you were afraid you’d be alone?

How did that work out for you? Eventually, if you suffer enough and the pain becomes great enough you’ll make the leap and leave. Then, lo and behold, someone else shows up.

That’s the way it works in every area of your life. You can always take the slow and painful route and wait to be so miserable that you make a change out of desperation or you can choose now to actively listen to your body when you have a ‘gut reaction’ and begin to create blueprint #1: Introspection and Discovery of Purpose using the tools you’ve learned here.

Next week we’ll move on to my favorite part, Blueprinting the Life of Your Dreams.

So get to work right now on discovering your purpose and creating your personal manifesto so you’ll be standing in a place of knowing who you are, where you’re starting from and where you want to go so we can begin to create that life for you next week!

Until then, I’d love to hear your thoughts. Just comment on this post on my blog.

Lynn Pierce, the Success Architect, has taught people how to combine business and personal development to reach the pinnacle of success and live the life of their dreams for over 25 years. In addition, she is also the founder of one of the most exciting annual events for women entrepreneurs, “Women’s Business Empowerment Summit”. Now she shares her keys to success and life mastery with you. You can get the first five lessons of “Change One Thing, Change Your Life: A Personal Transformation System” at http://www.yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com

I would love to have you share your opinions and personal insights on my blog where I’ll also post this article.

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4 Core Blueprints to Reclaim your Life, Awaken Your Soul and Your Business

This has been going on forever, since advertising began, but I swear it’s getting worse. Everywhere I look I see people advertising quick fixes for almost anything you need, business or personal.

For instance, I’m shocked at the list of horrible side effects people are willing to endure to get a quick fix for one thing or another from a pill they can pop instead of changing a habit.

The simple fact is there is no magic bullet, but there are some core principles that if implemented fully into your life will make you feel like you do have that magic bullet.

It’s become a part of our society to treat the symptoms and never even take the time to uncover the cause, much less take responsibility for it or do anything constructive to change it.

In a real sense it’s true of weight problems, health issues, issues in personal relationships, addictions, money issues, lifestyle issues and certainly with business.

In business the quick fix is king. Why do you think the get rich quick pitch is perennially one of the biggest money makers for marketers, followed closely by the next tricked out tool that will, of course, make you rich right now?

I’m sure if you’ve been in business for any length of time you’ve heard someone say, “Sell them what they want, not what they need.”

Even seemingly intelligent people who know the quick fix isn’t going to happen will still buy it just in case this one is the real deal. I know I’ve done it. It’s human nature to not want to miss out on the next big thing.

But when you look inside yourself and take a deep breath and get centered and listen to your inner voice, you know none of it is true. The truth is, it all begins and ends with you.

So where do you start if you are ready to take responsibility for your life and create your future?

No magic bullet required!

In the next 4 weeks we will go in depth on each of these areas:

*Introspection and Discovery of Purpose
*Blueprinting the Life of Your Dreams
*Sales/Marketing/Communication Skills
*Mentoring for Your Life and Your Business

Right now I’d like you to read each one of those 4 lines out loud and notice the feeling in your body when you say the words.

Do you tense up?
Does your stomach tighten?
Do your shoulders drop?
Do you take a relaxed breath?

How does your body instinctively react to the words when you read them out loud?
And yes, it does make a difference to say it out loud.

What thoughts pop into your mind?
What kind of pictures show up in your head?

These are all indications of where you instinctively feel good about where you’re at and where you know you need some help. If you pay close attention to your reaction you’ll also feel how much resistance you have to doing anything about your current situation in respect to that area of your life.

Isn’t it amazing how much information you can find out about yourself from verbalizing and then just being aware of your reaction?

Listen to what you really need and move toward those things first.

Next week we’ll go into Introspection and Discover of Purpose.

Until then, I’d love to hear your thoughts. Just comment on this post on my blog.

I would love to have you share your opinions and personal insights on my blog where I’ll also post this article.

http://www.YourBreakthroughToSuccess.com/blog

What’s New

Quote to Contemplate

“You are your own best investment. You must invest in yourself before anyone
else will invest in you.”

Lynn Pierce

Are you 100% committed to investing in yourself?

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What’s NewThis week’s article kicks off a series of 5 articles on the “4 Core Blueprints to Reclaim your Life, Awaken Your Soul and Your Business”. I expect this series to start a lot of conversation on my log, just like we had in April when we talked about becoming an expert and creating product.

I’m getting ready to go to my new home in North San Diego county next month. One of my mastermind partners helped me do the research to find a great townhouse at the beach and I’ve got the movers lined up so now I just have to finish packing. Then I’ve got 2 days to unpack before heading to New York for a private group.

Fall was my favorite season when I lived in the southeast. I’m hoping fall may come to New York a little early this year, because I’m pretty sure it won’t be fall yet when I’m in Atlanta the first few days of October and I don’t plan on going east for anything else in the fall.

I will be looking for a pet sitter in San Diego, so if you know of someone there, let me know.

I’m doing a ton of travel in the next month or so I’ve got a big list of events to tell you about.

Women’s Business Empowerment Summit faculty members have some great things happening in September and October that you’ll want to take a look at.

My good friend Brendon Burchard is bringing 2,000 people together for a transformational personal growth training event along with his friends Dr. John Gray (Men Are From Mars) and Marianne Williamson (Oprah radio host and author of The Age of Miracles).

And GET THIS:
He’s holding the entire event in a gorgeous circus tent! Seriously, under a BIG TOP in Long Beach, California!

http://www.lifesgoldenticket.com/event/721214

Dr.Judith & Dr. Jim are the leading voice for what is becoming an international movement known as Soft Sell, heart-based Internet Marketing.

They also produce the ONLY Internet marketing conference for the Soft Sell Community, “Bridging Heart and Marketing II” which takes place September 12-14 at The Ayres Hotel – just minutes from the Los Angeles airport.

The underlying theme of their conference is that “Selling is Spiritual Service”

For more information go to:
http://snipurl.com/3eyqw

Debbie Bermont is giving a free three-part teleseminar series on “How To Tap Into The Universal Energy Flow From An Aligned Space To Accelerate Your Business Growth.” There’s a powerful universal energy force that is working for you 24/7 to ensure your success.

These calls are recorded so if you didn’t register went I sent the email out for these calls you can catch the last one live next week & get the replays of the first 2.

You can register now at:
http://outrageousbusinessgrowth.com/LPR

I am part of a project being done by Jed Reay along with a few other communication experts and I did a very interesting phone interview last week that I beleive you’ll get a lot of great content from.

Get access to our interview and some free bonuses at:
http://www.jedthecommunicator.com/lynnpierce.html

Just to let you know, I’ve never publicly talked about several of the points Jed brought up. I’m going to listen to it myself because I felt an uplifting energy as the conversation went deeper into a more spiritually oriented
conversation and we talked about communication with your true self and not just your communication to make money, although I give you plenty of tips on that too!

I’d love to hear your opinion, so take a listen.

Remember to join the conversation on my blog where you’ll also find each week’s ezine posted for your comments.

Take 2 minutes to create an account on Twitter, at least to get your name before someone else takes it.

Just go to http://www.Twitter.com
Then visit my page at:
Tweets by lynnpierce

And click “Follow” that is displayed under my photo.
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Join John Gray, Marianne Williamson and Brendon Burchard in Long Beach

I have to tell you about an event EVERYONE is talking about. When he first told me what he planned to do I really couldn’t believe it and at the same time I knew it was the perfect thing….

And GET THIS:
He’s holding the entire event in a gorgeous circus tent! Seriously, under a BIG TOP in Long Beach, California!

http://www.lifesgoldenticket.com/event/721214

It’s called the Life’s Golden Ticket Super Seminar and it’s the first event I’ve ever heard of to combine transformational teaching with theater. It’s really going to be spectacular – a legendary event.

In 3 magic days you’ll learn to:

— Gain greater life clarity
— Learn to let go and live “passionately present”
— Rediscover your strengths and purpose
— Build dramatic wealth and abundance (fast)
— Rewrite your destiny by discovering life’s golden ticket

The best part is the event is in a magical space and Brendon is a truly inspirational trainer. Brendon just told me this is “like a success seminar meets Cirque du Soleil.” Wow.

I’m sure you’re like many people trying to find meaning and inspiration in these difficult times. I believe this event is your ticket to that — to finding something magical within yourself.

http://www.lifesgoldenticket.com/event/721214

I hope you check it out. And I hope you take the opportunity to learn from Brendon, John, and Marianne in this unique and inspirational setting. I know I’ll be there.

If it’s ever been time to claim your golden ticket to a life of infinite possibilities, profit and purpose, here’s your chance.

Why Can’t We Say What We Mean?

This project Jed put together was so successful because of the diverse backgrounds of all involved. Each person involved has something very, very special to share with the world and to help our readers/listeners/viewers to improve their situation and help them move their business and communication skills to a new level.

Here’s how Jed sees this:

You see, we are interactive beings by nature, but many of us have lost our true ability to use that gift. There are far to many reasons for this loss, and that is not the point nor the nature of the 14 of us to focus on the negative, but to focus on what is and how we can improve upon this every day.

What also was found to be very interesting as the “commonalities” of all involved is everyone’s strong sense of faith, spiritual relations, strong work ethic and very strong sense of service, and last but not least a strong sense of SELF. Together, those characteristics make up this successful completion of “Why Cant’ We Say What We Mean? Developing Meaningful Business Relationships Through Effective Communication”

Lynn Pierce
Lynn is known as the “Success Architect” and is author of multiple books including: “Breakthrough To Success: 19 Keys to Mastering Every Area of Your Life” and #1 bestselling co-author of “Wake-up… Live the Life You Love”. Lynn is the founder of Women’s Business Empowerment Summit.

Commonalities

1)    Making communication natural from a simple platform
2)    Visionary
3)    Sales Background
4)    Ability to connect at multiple levels
5)    Dedicated to service
6)    Personal and spiritual commitment
7)    Inwardly focused as well as outward vision

get access to our interview and some free bonuses at:
http://www.jedthecommunicator.com/lynnpierce.html

Just to let you know, on a personal note, I’ve never publicly talked about several of the points Jed brought up. I’m going to listen to it myself because I felt an uplifting energy as the conversation went deeper into a more spiritually oriented conversation and we talked about communication with your true self and not just your communication to make money, although I give you plenty of tips on that too!

I’d love to hear your opinion, so take a listen.

5 Keys to Developing the Courage to Go for Your Dreams

How do you develop the courage to go for your dreams? That’s the million-dollar question, isn’t it? Because if you don’t learn how, it will not only cost you the millions you could have earned, it will cost you the realization of your passion and your purpose.

It’s a lot of fun planning the vision for your life and the action steps you’re going to take to live your passion. It’s another thing to keep moving forward as it all starts to become real. That’s where the fear sets in and you start to wonder what ever made you think you could do this.

Here are 5 keys to developing the courage to go for your dreams:

1. Move past the fear

I’m sorry to tell you I haven’t found a magic pill for this. It has to come from inside of you. Nobody can do it for you. And it all starts with your vision.

There is so much more to creating a vision for your life than just discovering your passion. There’s so much more than just writing down some goals. I would venture to say that you’ve done that before and it wasn’t enough to get you where you want to go.

Fear not! There’s a system for creating a vision for your life, just as there is a system for anything else you want to be successful at. The question is whether you will take the time to learn it.

Discovering your purpose was only the first step. To walk through your fear, you have to be clear on where you are going.

2. Create a strong vision

You need a vision that is so strong you can’t possibly walk away from it.

Once you have a strong, compelling vision that’s based on your passion and purpose in life, how could you let anything stop you?

When you know what you want and you’ve visualized it over and over and over until it becomes part of who you are, how could you stop?

When you see yourself in the life you will have upon the realization of you vision, how could you stop?

The answer is, you can’t! You can’t stop; it’s impossible! You can drag out the process, but as hard as you try, you can’t stop!

3. Stop projecting future catastrophes

Are you aware that 95% of the things you spend your time worrying about never happen? So, isn’t worrying about the outcome of things you haven’t done yet ridiculous?

Once you realize you’ve invested so much of yourself into your vision that there’s nothing that’s going to stop you from creating everything you’ve envisioned, what’s the point in letting your fears delay the inevitable?

And it is inevitable. With the vision you’ve created, you’ve tapped into the Universal Laws and everything you need is being drawn to you as we speak. You’ve used the law of attraction by being clear on what you want and asking for it. You’ve used the law of creating a vacuum by clearing out a lot of the things that no longer fit in your life to make space available for something better to show up. Think about it.

You can run and you can hide, but eventually everything you visualize will come to you if you take all the necessary steps. So why fight it? This is what you want more than anything, isn’t it?

Are you crazy? Why would you spend your time discovering your passion and creating a vision for it if you had no intention of following through? Are you the kind of person who does things like this for an intellectual exercise?

Well guess what, the joke’s on you. You’ve created a process you can’t stop. It will move forward whether you have chickened out or not. So what’s the point in trying to avoid your future success?

4. Get Out of the Way

When did you want something so bad you could taste it and then decide you were too scared to go for it?

The only courage you need to go for your dreams is the courage to get out of your own way. Just take a deep breath and move aside.

If you look back over your life, I’m sure you can find many examples when you did just this.

So the next time you feel like your courage to go for your dream has abandoned you, just tell yourself there is no reason to fight it. Falling into your fears can postpone your success for a while, but you can’t stop it, so why even try.

Get back on that horse and keep riding to the finish line.

5. You’ve Always Had It, Dorothy

The good news is you don’t have to worry about how you’ll develop the courage to go for your dreams. You already have it.

When you feel like it’s too big for you to go on, look at how far you’ve come already.

The bottom line regarding courage comes from the Wizard of Oz. Towards the end of the movie, Dorothy thinks she’ll never go home. Just then Glinda the good witch shows up. She tells her she’s always had the power to go back to Kansas but she didn’t tell her before because she wouldn’t have believed her. She had to learn it for herself.

But to find out how to unleash the power she had inside, she needed to ask for help. Don’t be afraid to ask for what you need.

So my little Dorothy, you’ve always had the power inside you. All you have to do is have someone show you where it is. You’re so much stronger than you give yourself credit for.

Get some mentoring if you aren’t achieving what you want as fast as you want it. You may need an outside perspective and a little refocusing. Because when your actions and your purpose are in alignment everything falls into place. Things just flow. I can help you get there.

I’d be happy to mentor you to successfully:

# Make your dreams more than just a dream
# Develop specific, targeted goals
# Take action on your goals
# Create a plan that gives you the courage
# Create a roadmap to make your success a reality

Lynn Pierce, the Success Architect, has taught people how to combine business and personal development to reach the pinnacle of success and live the life of their dreams for over 25 years. In addition, she is also the founder of one of the most exciting annual events for women entrepreneurs, “Women’s Business Empowerment Summit“. Now she shares her keys to success and life mastery with you. You can get the first five lessons of “Change One Thing, Change Your Life: A Personal Transformation System”
at http://www.yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com

I would love to have you share your opinions and personal insights on my blog where I’ll also post this article.

http://www.YourBreakthroughToSuccess.com/blog

What’s New

Quote to Contemplate

“It is by attempting to reach the top in a single
leap that so much misery is produced in the world.”

William Cobbett
1762-1835, Journalist and Reformer

What are you trying to leap over?

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What’s NewOne Important Note: My email was down while I was away-from last Wednesday night until yesterday and those emails are gone. So if you sent me an email in the last week know that I did not receive it.

I know you’ve received a lot of emails from me in the last couple months announcing all the complimentary training calls we did with our faculty members and I got a tremendous number of thank you’s for all the great content from
those of you who attended the live event.

This past weekend was the 5th annual Women’s Business Empowerment Summit.

It was absolutely fabulous and a totally uplifting exciting weekend and I guarantee you that everyone I had a chance to speak to personally had a blast. Then the photos and video testimonials are posted I’ll let you see what people
had to say.

I got home about 3:00 on Monday afternoon and took a nap I didn’t wake up from until 10 the next morning! I was completely exhausted from 4 months of preparing for the event and additional stress of something personal that had happened in my life about 2 months ago. Interestingly that situation resolved itself Tuesday and lifted a huge weight for me. The thing is that life goes on and so does your business no matter what level of personal crisis you are dealing with privately.

I’m taking this week off and relaxing. I went back to the spa at the FireSky Resort & Spa yesterday for a wonderful facial. That was exactly what I needed, being pampered and then coming back home for another nap.

Putting on a big multi-speaker event is a completely different business model than doing my own boot camps and 10 times the work, but I love doing it because of the benefits the women who attend tell me they receive each year.

That’s my passion expressing itself through the service I provide in education and support to women entrepreneurs.

Beyond the partying and networking, I know of at least one new business that was created on the spot between 3 women who had never met before and it sounds like it will be a big hit. I’m getting thank you notes for highly recommending, maybe pushing, the VIP lunches because they have definitely paid off already for the women who attended.

I also did a 30 minute live TV show style interview at the end of the day on Saturday that everyone got to watch to see how easy it is to do your own show, or have your own infomercial created. It’s one of the services I provide to my clients and my guest for this taping was Vivian Glyck, founder of http://JustLikeMyChild.org

The audios of the event are already finished and I’m picking them up later this morning, so if you’d like your own copy before anything is even posted on the website you can use this order link to get the same pre-publication discount as was offered this weekend. $197 for all 20 sessions!

https://lynnpierce.infusionsoft.com/saleform/nilwhnat

For the best discount, pre-order the complete event on DVD for only $347 and I’ll give you all the mp3’s as my gift to you!

https://lynnpierce.infusionsoft.com/saleform/nilihnat

All the faculty members really stepped up and gave us the inside scoop on how they do what they do and how you can use their techniques and strategies to grow your business. The true test is when you see other faculty members sitting in the audience taking notes and then buying the other faculty members programs and there was plenty of that going on.

The training calls that led up to the summit are all on replay so it’s not too late to take a listen. You’ll get the entire list by email when you register.

http://WomensBusinessEmpowermentSummit.com

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Are You Leaping to the Top?

Have you ever noticed that the issues you’ve been dealing with in your personal life are also the same issues that come up in business? Funny how that works!

The thing that struck me about this week’s quote is that it addresses an issue that keeps showing up in many people’s lives. I’ve heard it in several coaching sessions I’ve done in the last few weeks.

When you attempt to reach the top in a single leap it produces misery on two levels.

First, are you jumping over all the small things that are bumps in the road of life you would rather ignore than deal with? Are you under the belief that you only have to deal with the big obstacles that actually block your path?

I hope not, because if you are, instead of dealing with little inconveniences when they come up you could find yourself dealing with big challenges, like life threatening illnesses or bankruptcy. Remember, you always have a choice to pay attention to the signals you are receiving when they are small bumps in the road rather than waiting until the become boulders blocking your path.

Do you think you are being expedient to jump over all those little things by telling yourself that you have no fears?

Do you charge on despite those queasy feelings in your stomach?

Those feelings need to be listened to. They are telling you there is something making you uncomfortable about what you are doing. Stop and ask yourself why. Really look at it. Don’t just push through and do it anyway.

Ignoring the warning signals your body and your mind are giving you only leads to disaster. You can’t ignore the signals without them getting bigger and bigger until they are so big you have no choice but to deal with them.

I’m not telling you to stay in your fears. Of course you aren’t going to do that, but you are going to give them a fair and rational hearing. Then you can make an informed decision on what you want to do next rather than plowing through with your head buried in the sand or the clouds.

Secondly, ask yourself if you are trying to leap all the way to the top because you are a perfectionist?

What does that have to do with this?

When you think everything you do has to be perfect you don’t allow yourself to take the steps of being a work in progress.

Are you waiting to get started on something because you want to have all the pieces put together so you can do it all at once?

Are you waiting to have a new website for your business until you can do it right?
Are you waiting to write your book until you know exactly what is going to be in it?
Are you waiting to start your own business because you don’t know everything you need to know?
Are you waiting for the perfect time when you can just roll everything out in a perfect form like it has been that way all along?

These are all symptoms of perfectionism. I understand, you don’t want anyone to think you don’t know what you are doing. Being a work in progress takes a lot of self-confidence because it’s a very vulnerable place to be.

At the same time, if you try to do things in a single leap, misery is almost guaranteed. So, I am suggesting to you that you start whatever it is you have been postponing until you have all your ducks in a row. Put it out there, get feedback, work it and re-work it.

In the last 6 years my life has been quite a journey. I started out with an idea to write a book about women’s prosperity, which still hasn’t been written. That project took a turn and became “Change One Thing, Change your Life”. Things have taken many twists and turns since then between the personal and business development products and boot camps and summits I’ve created.

As far as I’m concerned they are completely intertwined. You can’t have true and lasting success in one area of your life without also being healthy and your version of balanced in the other.

I’ve made a lot of changes in my websites, my title, the different ways I provide services to you and the expanded focus of my business. I can assure you I will continue to evolve before your eyes. I am committed to bring you opportunities and other experts to help you do the same.

More and more great opportunities I want to share with you are coming to me all the time. I do my best to screen them and only send you the best of what I have access to. I see it as an obligation to keep you informed of any product or seminar that could improve your life and put money in your pocket.

If you would like personal mentoring, send me an email detailing what you would like help with. As your mentor I hold a bigger vision for you than you hold for yourself. When you have faith and a team that believes in you, it gives you courage. When you don’t have to do it all yourself, all things are possible for you. Commit today to go for your dream 100%.
Lynn Pierce, the Success Architect, has taught people how to combine business and personal development to reach the pinnacle of success and live the life of their dreams for over 25 years. In addition, she is also the founder of one of the most exciting annual events for women entrepreneurs, “Women’s Business Empowerment Summit“. Now she shares her keys to success and life mastery with you. You can get the first five lessons of “Change One Thing, Change Your Life: A Personal Transformation System” at http://www.yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com

I would love to have you share your opinions and personal insights on my blog where I’ll also post this article.

http://www.YourBreakthroughToSuccess.com/blog

What’s New

Quote to Contemplate

And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Anais Nin

Are you blooming or in pain staying the same?

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What’s New
The Paid for Life event last weekend with Frank Kern & Mike Koenigs in San Diego was great. I always enjoy spending time with Mike & Rocket and their extended Traffic Geyser family. The Hotel Solamar is a Kimpton property, just like the FireSky where I’m holding Women’s Business Empowerment Summit next weekend. Kimpton is great for that cozy intimate hotel feel. So look for me to be doing an event there soon, and the weather was absolutely wonderful all weekend.

I’ve been telling you about the books I’m reading and now my mastermind is reading my #1 favorite book, “The Magic of Believing” and it’s great after having read it more times than I can count to see it through new eyes. I was so excited about the group doing it that I went out and bought a fresh copy to highlight all over again!

I’ve had an idea rolling around in my head for a while now about doing a book club for you. It would be done as a membership and I would send you the book each month that we’re discussing and then we’d have a private members group discussion about what we learn and a whole bunch of other benefits.

If that sounds like something you’re interested in, send me an email with book club in the subject line and your thoughts on what you’d like to have it look like to be of benefit to you. I’ve been thinking about this ever since my book came out last year, so I’d like your opinion as I get it put together.

This week’s article is straight from a friend’s email to his list. Yesterday Mark Widawer emailed saying that his laptop was stolen on vacation from his hotel room while his family was sleeping in the room! Today he shared some tips to safeguard your computer and your information before this happens to you. Unfortunately we always think we’ll get around to this stuff later. If you have tips to share, please post them on both of our blogs so everyone can benefit.

We are now only one week out from Women’s Business Empowerment Summit. All the faculty members are really stepping up and giving us some great content you can use before you even get to the summit on the training calls.

We are running calls right up until the week of the event. I’ve added a couple new faculty members so go to the site and check out the additions to the line-up. You’ll have a chance to learn from some top experts that don’t normally come out and speak, so I’ll bet you may not have even heard their names before!

Tonight I’ll be interviewing Judith Gerhart on Divorce Your Way, discussing the financial aspects you need to know to protect yourself.

When you go to register for the calls, on the next page you can grab your seat for the summit in August. Our $99 hotel rate room block ended, but as of now they are still honoring that rate. There are hot deals on airfares all over the place, so book yours today.

The best way to get up close and personal with the faculty is to do the VIP upgrade package. Only 30 attendees will be having lunch with our faculty members. That give you 3 days with a lot of one on one time. What could you do with an opportunity like that?

Remember to join the conversation on my blog where you’ll also find each week’s ezine posted for your comments.

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(That’s all there is to it.)

Professional Development Tools: How to Effectively Use Inspirational Books, Audios and Videos

What books are you currently reading? What audios are in your car? One of the quickest ways to master anything is to read books, listen to audios and watch videos on the subject. These are your tools for professional development and business success.

If you’re spending free time reading novels or listening to music, you’re missing a major key to personal and business success. People who achieve high levels of abundance generally read two or three inspirational books every week. They aren’t parked in front of the TV all night.

With today’s technology you have many choices of how to best receive personal growth information. There is no longer an excuse for not having time to be educated.

Look at this partial list of delivery methods for getting professional development information to you:

• Read online or listen to PDFs online–software can read text to you!
• Listen to audio or watch streaming video online
• Download audio or video to your iPod
• Download print, audio or video to your cell phone or PDA
• Print out a PDF to take with you in a folder
• Read a print book
• Listen to CDs or watch DVDs – in your car, on a plane, on your TV or computer

You’re probably thinking, “I barely have time to complete all my tasks now. How could I add anything else?” But, we all have the same 24 hours each day.

Since you can’t add hours, it’s up to you to decide how to spend the ones you have. The advent of the iPod makes it easier to access professional development tools. Now you can listen discreetly while standing in line or waiting for an appointment. iPods aren’t just for kids. They’re important tools for business success and personal growth.

To create the life of your dreams, you must make new choices about how to spend your time. If it were possible to achieve your personal development goals by doing what you’re doing now, you would already have everything you want.

I’m sure you’ve heard the adage that you can’t solve a problem with the same mind that created it. It’s the same with any personal growth change you want to make in your life. You can’t create a new life with the old habits that produced the life you have now.

Just as when you were a child and books magically took you to places you’d never been, inspirational books will guide you to become the person you want to be and will help build the business success of which you dream.

Every multi-millionaire I’ve met had many personal growth obstacles to overcome in their lives. Not one of them was born into a life of ease. They dealt with circumstances ranging from total poverty, abandonment as a child, abuse, depression, life-threatening illness, divorce, business loss and bankruptcy.

This reality shatters all the excuses you’ve been using throughout your life for why you can’t succeed. For many, inspirational educational tools were the beginning of their road to personal and business success. These professional development tools will start you on the road to your dreams, too.

Let me give you some examples of abundant people who are big readers. Robert Allen, real-estate guru and author of best-selling books including my favorite, Multiple Streams of Income, reads several books at once by leaving them in various rooms throughout his home so a book is always available.

Cynthia Brian, co-author of the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Gardener’s Soul and author of Be the Star You Are, finds it easy to read several books a week because she carries a book everywhere and spends at least two hours nightly reading instead of watching TV.

David Anderson of Famous Dave’s really raises the bar. He’s a self-proclaimed night owl, sleeping an average of five hours. He not only reads two or three books a week, but 20-30 magazines a month! He reads continually for personal development and to stay current on business trends.

You say you want more from life, but will you move outside your comfort zone to make it happen? Maybe reading a book every week seems unfeasible. Commit to reading one book this month, or in the next two weeks. When you find it’s not so difficult, up your quota.

The key to effective use of inspirational books, audios and videos is that you implement what you learn. Put your new knowledge into practice; don’t just read, listen or watch for the sake of spending time doing it.