Hey everyone! Come on over to my new blog! I own my domain name now and the blog is all new and improved! You can find me at www.reinventingbeautiful.com and I am looking forward to seeing you there!
Check ME out!! My blog is so pretty! MommyPerks & Rick rock!
I love it! I’m so excited to get back to blogging…felt like forever;) A special thank you to Rick & Shara at MommyPerks for doing such an amazing job and putting up with my endless questions!!
Now…let’s start Reinventing Beautiful!
Creative Blogs I Love
Blogging rocks! I am meeting so many amazing and wonderful people. I love the creative souls you meet! Take a look at Calie’s Creative Corner blog…you’ll see what I’m talking about! These ladies are having so much fun creating beautiful blogs and handmade items…makes me want to start scrapbooking right now!
Have a beautiful day!
Do you have a favorite charity? What’s yours and why?
To give of yourself is to truly live! Dylan was diagnosed with Epilepsy when he was four years old. What a defining moment…life as we knew it forever changed that day! You don’t take a moment for granted. I feel blessed that God chose me to be Dylan’s mom! I cherish every day!
For months we were confused, scared and completely in the dark about what was happening and what we could do to help and support him. Then we found Epilepsy Foundation MN and Lori B.! She was our life raft in some rough waters! She found valuable resources for us and educated us! She even went to Dylan’s school to educate them!
We give as much as we can during each Stroll For Epilepsy and are proud to support a foundation that gives so much and makes people effected by Epilepsy feel accepted and in control! Dylan’s Dream Team grows every year and we’re working on coming up with our 2010 theme for his team!! It’s not always giving a gift of money-your gift of time is just as valuable-your gift of educating yourself in case someone having a seizure needs you is priceless!
Find a cause, a fundraiser or a foundation and support it! Doesn’t matter what it is-open your heart and feel the joy of giving! Check out Dylan’s Fundraising Page!
Hosting my blog
So excited! Bought my domain name last night Reinventing Beautiful! Now…working with the awesome people at MommyPerks.Com to get things up and running so I can share with my friends & the world!
Decided on Reinventing Beautiful because there is so much beauty in the world that get’s overlooked that I decided to blog about the simple beauty and take pictures of our beautiful everyday world! Looking forward to sharing & rambling with you all on the journey…will keep you updated on the hosting journey!
Have a beautiful Sunday!!
Who decides what beautiful is?
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder…really? If that’s true than I need to worry about what people think when they see me. As in I need others to validate my looks in order to feel beautiful? So every morning I get up, dress appropriately, slap on some makeup and fix my hair. Then, I head out into the world with a watchful eye on others, comparing myself to them, observing their reactions to me, all the while praying for a positive outcome…I think NOT!
To me real beauty is loving that there’s only one YOU! Beauty comes from your heart not your appearance. There are many physically beautiful people who love only themselves, therefore it’s just superficial beauty. You can’t pretend to be beautiful. It just is! It’s how you live your life and how you give of yourself that makes you beautiful!
I get that appearance is important but it should not stop us from reaching out to someone and getting to know them. There is beauty and purpose within all of us. If you don’t open your heart to that possibility you may miss out on the chance to meet someone extraordinary and meaningful in your life.
If you see me on the street I will greet you with a smile, in fact I’ll already be smiling before I see you. It’s who I am! I embrace the beauty in the world with all my heart! I find beauty in every day…a hug from my children, a smile from my husband, the fact I have a job, a home, I’m alive! I think that I will live to be at least 100 because I need that much time to see all the beauty in the world!
My ATTITUDE is beautiful. Do I see a beautiful person when I look in the mirror? As a matter of fact I do! It’s okay if that’s not what you see when you look at me because I do know that I am a beautiful person. I give of myself as often as I can, I love my family and my friends and none of them have any reason to doubt that. A stranger on the street or online may become a very dear friend to me because my heart is open to the possibility! I am thankful for my life and the beauty that surrounds me!
Have a beautiful day all of you beautiful people!!
Working from home-WAHM-Financial Freedom-Team Work Makes Dreams Work!
I am looking for women & men to go into business with me. Are you motivated? Are you tired of punching a clock everyday putting money in somebody elses pocket? Are you a strong leader or do you want to be one? Are you outgoing? And do you love helping others feel good about themselves? It doesn’t matter who you are or where you live-if you have a vision of financial freedom then I have a company that can help you achieve your dreams! What are you looking for? A company with products that do what they promise? That stands behind their products & alongside their distributors? A compensation plan that can put residual income in your pocket month after month? Don’t wait for your ship to come in…jump in the water and make your dream come true!! I want to help you build a successful business with “It Works Marketing”. Startup costs are very reasonable. These products were featured in Hollywood twice!! They were showcased at the exclusive Emmy & Oscar Awards celebrity gift suites!! We are a world of instant gratification and with the Ultimate Body Applicator-a first to market “wrap” that shows results in 45 minutes the products sell themselves!
“Team work, Makes Dreams work!”
Murphy the Cat
Meet Murphy-adopted from the animal shelter, the runt of the litter that once fit into the palm of my hand. Now a days Murphy is mostly a vicious little beast that bites at least one person daily! Oh alright he’s not THAT horrible but he does bite A LOT! Besides biting Murphy’s favorite thing is straws-yep good old-fashioned straws you use to drink with. Turn your head for a second and that straw will be gone as your drink spreads across the floor/table/counter wherever you left that open invite to our Crazy Murphy!
Woke up at 5am to Murphy pacing and meowing non-stop in front of his food dish. Hungry? Really? With swag that nearly brushes the floor when he walks this cat could survive without food for a week! But no…never mind it’s a Holiday and the one day I could sleep in Crazy Murphy is hungry and Crazy Murphy shall eat! My good friend Karen cover your ears because honestly this cat is a big fat pain in my behind! His redeeming qualities you ask? Well…he does have soft fur and when we clean the entryway and take the rug out to shake we do have a good laugh seeing the dozen or so straws he’s stashed under the rug:)
Domain name 101 SEO Keywords etc
My head is spinning! Blogging is easy-figuring out a domain name that fits perfectly…not so much! So far “THE” one hasn’t been found. It’s gotta be fun, witty, something that makes people smile because I love making people smile! Short & sweet is what I’m working on…hmmm…let me see if that’s available! It’s your Zoe? Epilepsy Rebel? Tshirt Misfit? Time to get some sleep and maybe it’ll come to me in my dreams. Goodnight world!
It Works Marketing Network Marketing Getting Rich
LOVE this article! It explains PERFECTLY why I joined It Works Marketing & why I know we can all find success with the company! A company that “pulls you up”! I’m on my way-join me?
I am sometimes asked, “Why do so few people make it to the top of their network marketing system?”
The truth is, the top of the network marketing system is open to everyone — unlike traditional corporate systems, which allow only one person to reach the top of the company. The reason most people do not reach the top is simply because they quit too soon. So why would someone quit short of the top?
Most people join only to make money. If they don’t make money in the first few months or years, they become discouraged and quit (and then often bad-mouth the industry!). Others quit and go looking for a company with a better compensation plan, but joining to make a few quick dollars is not the reason to get into the business.
The Two Essential Reasons to Join a Network Marketing Business
Reason number one is to help yourself. Reason number two is to help others. If you join for only one of these two reasons, then the system will not work for you.
Reason number one, means that you come to the business primarily to change quadrants — to change from the E (Employee) or the S (Self-employed) quadrant to the B (Business owner) or I (Investor) quadrant.
This change is normally very difficult for most people — because of money. The true ‘E’ or ‘S’ quadrant person will not work unless it is for money. This is also what causes people to not reach the top of the network marketing system: they want money more than they want to change quadrants.
A ‘B’ quadrant or ‘I’ quadrant person will also work for money, but in a different way. The ‘B’ quadrant person works to build or create an asset — in this case, a business system. The ‘I’ quadrant person invests in the asset or the system.
As a ‘B’ or an ‘I’, sometimes you don’t get paid for years; this, a true ‘E’ quadrant or ‘S’ quadrant person will not do. It’s not part of their core values. Risk and delayed gratification disturb them emotionally.
Delayed Gratification and Emotional Intelligence
One of the beauties of network marketing is that it focuses on developing your emotional intelligence as well as your business skills.
Emotional intelligence is an entirely different matter from academic intelligence. In general, someone with high emotional intelligence will often do better than someone with high academic intelligence but low emotional intelligence. That explains, in part, why some people do well in school but not so well in the real world.
The ability to delay gratification is a sign of higher emotional intelligence. In a recent study of emotional intelligence, it was found that people who could delay gratification often led more successful lives than those who could not.
This is why the educational system inherent in a good network marketing opportunity is so important. It’s the emotional education or emotional intelligence aspect of their programs that I find so valuable for people.
Many people write me and tell me they loved my book, Rich Dad Poor Dad, but I fear that many of them don’t get the most important point of the book: Lesson #1, “The rich don’t work for money.”
Once I have built or bought an asset, that asset works hard to make money for me. But I will not work for money — I will work only to build or buy assets. Those assets make me richer and richer, while I work less and less. That is what the rich do. The poor and middle class work hard for money, and then buy liabilities instead of investing in assets.
What Kind of Asset is a Network Marketing Business?
Remember, there are two reasons to be successful in network marketing: to help yourself, and to help others. Reason number one means helping yourself get to the ‘B’ side of the quadrant. What about reason number two?
The beauty of most network marketing systems is that you don’t really make much money unless you help others leave the ‘E’ and ‘S’ quadrants and succeed in the ‘B’ and ‘I’ quadrants.
If you focus on helping others make this shift, then you will be successful in the business. If you only want to teach yourself to be a ‘B’ quadrant and ‘I’ quadrant person, then a true network marketing system won’t work for you. You may as well go to a traditional business school, which focuses only on your becoming a ‘B’ quadrant person.
The beauty of a network marketing business is that your goal is to create assets, which are other ‘B’s working under you — and their job is to create other ‘B’s working under them. In traditional business, the focus is for the ‘B’ to have only ‘E’s and ‘S’s working for them.
The type of business I was taught to build is a business with me at the top and ‘E’s and ‘S’s at the base. I really don’t have room at the top for many other ‘B’s, which is why in my businesses, I strongly recommend that all my employees look into network marketing as their own part-time business.
The traditional corporate system really is a pyramid, because there are a few ‘B’s and ‘I’s near the top, and more ‘E’s and ‘S’s at the base. A network marketing system is a reverse pyramid: its primary focus is to bring more and more ‘B’s to the top.
One type of pyramid, the traditional type, has its base on the ground; the other type has its base in the air. It’s a pyramid that pulls you up instead of pushing you down. A network marketing business gives everyone access to what used to be the domain only of the rich.
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