What is a blog?

I found this definition of a blog on blogger and love it

http://www.blogger.com/tour_start.g

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A message from the Universe

Pssst… It’s me again… the Universe.

You deserve more, you know, much more. And I just happen to have “some”.

Imagine.

Try this. STOP trying to predict, and therefore limit, where it’s going to come from. Just know it’s going to come, and let me figure out the rest.

Cool?

By the way, you rock. Shhhhh…

Have a great day.
Lots of love.
XXXX

LIFE=GOD=LOVE

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A survival guide to attaining success

From Worrier to Warrior – A survival gudie to attaining success

Would you like to realize your goals in your success university business? Many people would and yet few people actually succeed and many give up before they even really try.

What kept me going was my determination to succeed.  But even more importantly than the financial gain was a desire to help.  Having trained in adult education, training (in the not for profit sector) and then life coaching I have always had a desire to help and support anyone willing to invest the time and money needed to learn.

When I recorded the Science of Getting Rich on podcast (you can listen to it at the Personal Growth Podcast Directory) it added to my desire to not only help, but to also ensure I added massive value to everything I do.

The internet is a face less, soul less entity that makes it difficult for people to really connect to who I am so I overcame that by providing loads of free value.

Now in 2008 I am looking to continue in that vain of providing value, supporting women looking to build a work at home business and living up to my mantra “what I want for myself, I want for everyone”

Of course there is one very important point that “everyone” must understand.  I may want it for you but you must want it for yourself because without that no amount of help and support will make a difference.

If you think that I or any of my products (or anyone other product for that matter) will be the thing to finally help you achieve success you are unfortunately very wrong.

Only you can help you to achieve success. I am the catalyst to supporting you achieve that but the action taken must come from you.

When you’re for-real ready to put your whole effort into realizing your goals, YOU WILL SUCCEED.

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Diane Corriette builds online businesses that provide residual income. She builds her own and also uses the services of only one company - Success University. The powerful combination of personal development products and an amazing business opportunity makes this the only business she promotes that is not 100% her own. If you are not part of her team join at http://expand.successuniversity.com/slim

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Staying focused in 2007

One of the difficult things for me in 2006 was staying focused on one particular path. Something else came along and I would stop what I am doing to look at this new opportunity.

Of course it meant I didn’t create as large an income as I could have from just staying focused. But I have never been one to only focus on one thing either. I would find it far too dull!

But in 2007, so far, since January 1st, I have managed to stick to my plan of promoting two of the businesses I want to run and earn an income from which are:

http://www.thewealthdirector.com
My home based business that is a fantastic worldwide resource. It offers the opportunity for me to build a team of people no matter where they are in the world and that’s great.  I am building this business to become my main passive income earner online because it allows me to help other people to do the same and I like that.

http://www.personalgrowthpodcastdirectory.com
This is the other business I am passionate about. Creating podcasts that can be distributed to people around the planet! The directory now has a number of podcasts on it and so my only work left to do is to get loads of people visiting and subscribing to the site.

I have come close to allowing my focus to wonder, but for the first quarter of 2007 I have been really good at just promoting these two sites and nothing else.

I am of course continuing to blog in as many places as possible because I love blogging!

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Optimism vs Pessimism

Optimism vs. Pessimism
Some people see the glass as half empty.  Others see it as half full.  But is it really as simple as that?  Is it possible to be a bit of both? What are the advantages and disadvantages to both?  Maybe there is more to both mind-sets.

When you think about it, most people tend to be an optimist sometimes and a pessimist other times.  Ironically, a lot of times things turn out how the people tend to feel about them.  If a person feels like something will go well or feels optimistic about it, it usually seems to go well.
The same is true of the reverse.  When someone feels like something will go badly, it tends to do just that.

So why is this?

Henry Ford once said, "If you think you can, or you think you can’t, you are right!"  Does this mean that what we think about, whether positive or negative, tends to happen?
The only answer that I can really give to that is yes, but very basically.  We cannot simply think things into existence, no matter how optimistic we are, if that is all we do.  And when it comes down to it, that’s not really optimism, but delusion.

But then is there any real difference between pessimism and optimism if, when it comes down to it, the results aren’t any different?  The short answer is yes, with an added but.

Pessimism will tend to lead to bad outcomes, whether it is because you just think things will turn out poorly and thus do not take any action, or because the pessimism will color your actions and choices and as a result you tend to do things that will make the result what you expected, the bad outcome.

Now where the but comes in with optimism is that the mere act of thinking either optimistically or pessimistically will for the most part produce not much difference in outcome, with perhaps a slight edge to the optimist.
However, when you add positive, productive action to that optimism, this is when truly amazing things can happen.
You can be as optimistic as you want that you will find a way to get the money for that new car or new house, but unless you are including the productive action that helps to push things to that end, you will never get there.  The difference between only thinking optimistically and thinking optimistically while acting in a productive manner is kind of like saying to an empty fireplace "Give me warmth and then I will put some wood in you".

I once knew a woman who always said, "I would rather expect the worst and be pleasantly surprised on the rare occasion when good happens than be disappointed all the time".  This pessimistic attitude of hers has brought her nothing but misery and strife, and yet she still thinks it has nothing to do with her.  She does not realize that her pessimism is coloring her entire life and making the bad things she expects to happen actually happen. My response to her was always, "I would much prefer to expect the best and enjoy what life gives me than to constantly worry about how bad things are."  For a long time, we had the same results.
Then I realized that I needed to do my part and put positive, productive action behind my thoughts.  And while I am not where I want to be yet, I have moved much closer to it and have been much happier along the way.

So I would say to you: be optimistic!  Expect the best out of life!  Expecting the best out of life is better than being miserably pessimistic.  Above all though my optimistic friend,  don’t forget to do your part to not just think but also act optimistically.

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Nick Schultz has studied motivation and personal development for over a decade and firmly believes in the philosophy of "You can get anything you want, but helping enough other people to get what they want."  He runs a free site at http://www.wealthtreeseeds.com which features daily inspirational quotes and is working to include free courses on a variety of financial and personal development subjects for his subscribers.

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The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him forever in the next.

Amen.

                                    

                               

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