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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

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

“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

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:
http://twitter.com/lynnpierce

And click “Follow” that is displayed under my photo.
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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.

Register at: http://WomensBusinessEmpowermentSummit.com

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.

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:
http://twitter.com/lynnpierce

And click “Follow” that is displayed under my photo.
(That’s all there is to it.)

How to Protect Your Laptop from Fire, Theft and Other Tragedies

This article is by guest author Mark Widawer who sadly had this experience.

Yesterday, I told you about how my laptop computer was stolen from inside my hotel room…while I was sleeping just a few feet away.

Hard to believe, but true.

I was pretty well prepared for such a disaster — better than most, but not as good as some — and my business was saved because of it. But there were other things I could have done — and had always intended to do but hadn’t that could have either prevented the theft in the first place, or helped me to recover even faster.

You might think that what I’m about to recommend to you is a bit excessive. Well I’ll tell you, “It’s always too much until it’s not enough.”

In other words, you might think that doing one or two of these techniques is enough — and you might think it’s excessive. I promise you it’s not. If you lose your computer — either through an accident, or theft, or fire — you’ll need everything on your side to recover your personal information, your business, and your identity.

It’s always too much until it’s not enough. Remember that. Adopt it as your defensive motto for any part of your life.

Today we’re going to cover ways to protect your data and your computer. If you’ve used the tools or advice in the past, go ahead and leave a comment on my blog at http://www.TrafficAndConversion.com. I’m sure there are other people will read this and appreciate your input. If you’ve got questions about any of this, go ahead and ask them.

1) COMPUTER LOG-IN – Always password protect your computer. Require a password each time your computer is rebooted or wakes up from sleep mode. If you have multiple users on your computer (for you, your spouse, coworkers, etc) then also make sure that their logins are password protected. Otherwise, someone can log into their account and get to your data.

2) LOJACK FOR LAPTOPS — I had meant to install this ever since I got my new laptop, but always thought I’d have more time — no such luck.

If I had Lojack for Laptops, I could have activated a search feature, which would work with the local police to help locate the laptop as soon as it was connected to the Internet. (Doesn’t work in every country, but it will definitely be on my next machine.)

http://www.LojackForLaptops.com

Lojack for Laptops has a Premium version which allows you a very special feature, assuming want to keep your data top-secret: You can set Lojack to delete your data if it is stolen. That will keep your data away from someone else’s prying eyes, but if you ever recover your laptop, you won’t be able to get the data either. But that’s why you back up your computer, right?

3) LOCAL BACKUP – Here’s a bit of good news — I have good backups of my laptop, so I’m able to recover all of my data. I use Acronis True Image because it is fast and very easy to use. My entire 160gb hard drive backs up in just two hours…if I need to do a complete backup. But, it’s a simple matter to schedule an automatic “incremental” backup every week or every night so that all of the changes are saved in just a few minutes.

You can get a copy at Acronis.com or you can go here to get an instant 20% coupon. http://www.MarkPrefers.com/acronis

VERY good software, and much better than the names you are probably more familiar with.

4) ONLINE BACKUP – If you have a local backup, why do you need an offline backup, too?

Well, there are two VERY important reasons. First, if you are traveling and lose a file — or your whole computer — you can access your online backup instantly from anywhere.

Second, if your home or office (where ever you keep your local backup) is robbed or has some other disaster (fire,
earthquake, etc), you still have another backup somewhere else, safe and sound.

I use Mozy which lets you back up your entire computer — no matter how big the hard drive! And unlike many similar services (Carbonite, etc), it will also backup external USB drives.

You can get a free account to back up up to 2 Gigs of data for free at http://www.MarkPrefers.com/mozy, but I gotta
tell you…the full service is just $5 a month.

HIGHLY recommended.

5) PASSWORD PROTECTION – Today’s browsers like Internet Explorer and Firefox, have the ability to keep you logged into some of your favorite sites, and to even log you in automatically.

Well, I advise against memorizing your passwords using your browser. Instead, use a program like Roboform (http://www.RoboformFreeTrial.com).

I have literally hundreds of websites I log into every week. If I had to type them all in by hand, I’d easily lose an hour a day both by typing the passwords and by having to remember and guess at the rest. I use Roboform, which lets me remember just one password to unlock them all. Not only will Roboform fill in my usernames and passwords, it will fill in my address and credit card info, too. But, its password protection is strong, and my data — even in the wrong hands — is protected from their prying eyes. I’m glad I’ve got Roboform.

Lots of suggestions have poured into my blog at http://www.TrafficAndConversion.com, and I’ll share some of those with you, too.

I’d like to thank Mark for sharing his experiences and hopefully saving many of you from the same experience. Please post any suggestions you may have on his blog as well as mine to share the information with all of our readers.

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

“It is never too late to become what you might have been.”
George Eliot

What are you waiting for?

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What’s NewI’m getting ready to leave tomorrow for a weekend in San Diego. I’ll be checking out a hotel for another event I’m doing and attending a charity event being held by my friends Mike Koenigs, Frank Kern and Vivian Glyck to benefit JustLikeMyChild.org After spending time in the desert I’m looking forward to the cooler weather and seeing the ocean.

I’m still reading the books I bought for the long holiday weekend and a few more I dug out of a box in my garage-most of my books are packed waiting to be moved. Maybe that has something to do with the article last week and this week referencing books and the power they have to improve your life.

This week’s article follows up on last week’s article where I gave you a suggested reading list. You can find all the articles posted on my blog. This week’s we’ll talk about how to use them as professional development tools.

I am so happy with the training calls for 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.

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 Scott Dennison on increasing conversion rates with video and next Tuesday is Michelle Price on Social Networking Savvy for Women Entrepreneurs.

And if you missed Brendon’s call on Tuesday about non-profit & corporate partnerships, unfortunately Instant Teleseminars was experiencing a problem and the webcast function and recording were not working properly, so only the lucky people who were on the phone line got to hear Brendon Burchard.

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. I saw Southwest is doing $29 each way airfares, so check it out!

Register at: http://WomensBusinessEmpowermentSummit.com

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.

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:
http://twitter.com/lynnpierce

And click “Follow” that is displayed under my photo.
(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.

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 www.yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com.

What’s New

Quote to Contemplate

“Not only strike when the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.”
Oliver Cromwell

Are you ready to make something happens in your life?

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What’s New
If you are in the U.S. I hope you had a great long holiday weekend for the 4th of July.

I had a friend in town last week and when we went to lunch near a Barnes & Noble I had to go in and stock up on books for the long weekend. I got 5 and one of them that I would highly recommend is “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coehlo. I’d love to hear what you think of this book if you’ve already read it.

I really took an extended, more like a 6 day weekend and took it easy. Then I found out one of the reasons why I felt so compelled to relax was that I was over-doing a mineral complex I just started taking and it was working like a natural Valium (don’t ask me for the name, I’m not prescribing). I had to ask the person that put me on the minerals why I was still so tired when I had gotten all this rest.

So the moral of the story is to always be aware of how your body is reacting to anything new you’re taking in the form of supplements or food. I didn’t take any today, just to make sure it was out of my system before I start the reduced amount. But I’m still a little groggy.

Never the less, I’m doing a ton of interviews again this week about Women’s Business Empowerment Summit and how to turn your passion into cash.

I’ve added 2 new faculty members that will be posted on the site shortly, Scott Dennison on Unlock The Secrets to Converting More Of Your Site Visitors into Sales With Online Video
and Michelle Price on Social Networking Savvy for Women Entrepreneurs.

The WBES training calls are incredible this year. I think this is the best year ever with many new, cutting edge topics and faculty members you haven’t had access to before. We’ve got another great call tonight on how to get an infusion of cash for your business with Rex Wisehart.

And if you missed Mike’s call on Tuesday about generating traffic with video, he blew us away with what he taught!

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 ends tomorrow. There are hot deals on airfares all over the place, so book yours today.

Register at: http://WomensBusinessEmpowermentSummit.com

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