Mr. Motivator says, "Choose Your SmartPhone"!!!

Do you know that smartphones can make us smarter? Therefore it is vital that we learn as much as we can about the smartphone selection process. If you look around you will observe that there are lots of people, from students, soccer moms, pastors, construction workers, entertainers, corporate executives, educators, etc that are using smartphones. Even though the demand is great, they have difficulty knowing how to choose the right phone. The good news is that doing your homework before you make a purchase can help you find the smartphone that best meet your needs. Here are some helpful hints:
1.  Select a phone that fits. The size of the mobile device and how it feels in your hand is important.
2.  Identify your user profile. Verify your ability to talk, text, and check your e-mail.
Your smartphone purchase should enable you to connect with social networking and other moneymaking offers. Today's technology can rock your world.
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Management 101

From sports I learned how to get a group of people to work together.  As a quarterback, I usually was the organizer.  I would put a disparate group together and try to get them to work down the same path.  I had to understand people's motivations, their weak and strong points more than anything.  And that's Management 101 - knowing how to organize people, how to manage people and motivate them, how to get people to work toward a common goal of winning.  In advertising, you take fifty, sixty, however many people are working on the pitch, and set a goal of getting everybody to be their best and to come together to work as one.  It's very similar in sports.

I would have been a good coach.  That's what you are in business, at the end of the day.  If you run your business, you're a coach.  I'd have been a better coach than an athlete.  I know how to motivate and, hopefully, inspire people.  I think I'd be a very good play caller, in fact.  I'm just a good strategist.  That's what running a business is.

Business is no different from sports.  Businesses are people, and the most successful businesses find the best talent that works together well.  They don't have a star system.  I never wanted one prima donna, one creative superstar, in the agency.  You want people to work well together.  It's so easy for me to see why some sports teams don't make it.  The winning teams have the right pieces that come together.  It's that simple.  You can see it.  I never understand how guys putting professional teams together don't understand that.  You can't just put a bunch of stats together.  It's very clear.  And it's no different in a work environment.  Over the years, I've hired one or two people who turned out to be a mistake, people who did not foster that team spirit.  It was much more about them as individuals.  They didn't work out.  I've learned from those mistakes.
                                                                by Donny Deutsch

The Contrasting Skills

                                                        The Contrasting Skills

Everything I would learn and need today in business, I did on the field or court.  Sports taught me five key things.  Everybody is going to tell you sports teach you discipline, teamwork, and leadership, and I agree.  But it's what I see as the contrasting skills that are important.

First, you need to learn how to lead and follow, and know when each is appropriate.  There are many times you're called upon as a leader.  Some of us do it naturally, some of us don't.  But you need to know when to lead and when to follow.  Sports teach you that.

Second, you need to learn to both compete and collaborate.  You've got to be mentally tough to compete and win, but you have to have the ability to work as part of a team.  You have to collaborate with other people because you can never get it done by yourself.  Ever.  That's important, as we discover later in life.

Third, in sports, because so much is done in day-to-day practice, you have to know about execution.  You do something well because you've practiced it fifteen hundred times before you ever get on the field or on the court.  But execution isn't enough.  You also have to be strong at strategy.  When do you employ which plays?  And what's the plan to beat this team?  Strategy and executioon are core contrasts that you learn in sports.

Next, you learn how to win and how to lose.  You don't ever like losing, but you learn from it.  You're going to do both in life, and so you need the ability to manage both, well and productively.

The final one is balancing confidence and humility.  You have to be ultimately confident when you go out there.  Confidence wins, always.  That's one of the things Jack Welch taught us at General Electric.  But that confidence has to be laced with enough humility, because there are others out there that could beat you if you're not on your game, and others that are better at certain areas.  And if you don't compensate for their strengths, you're not going to win.

Every one of those five core contrasts can be used to overcome adversity and make you stronger and victorious.  You do them naturally in sports, where they are critical, and then you learn to apply them in the business world.
                                                                      by Brian P. Kelley

The Ten Commandments for Network Marketing

                                The Ten Commandments for Network Marketing

1.   Thou shalt build your business on a character foundation and practice the Golden Rule as you
      build.

2.   Thou shalt not make unto anyone false perceptions of the income opportunity or the "miracles"
      your products will work on their health.

3.   Thou shalt not take the name of your company for granted or use it in vain, thereby, becoming
      a product of the product.

4.   Thou shalt remember your workdays to keep them productive and the Sabbath to keep it
       holy.

5.   Thou shalt not kill the dreaming spirit of any new distributor and remember that you are
       responsible to those you sponsor, but not for them.

6.   Thou shalt not commit any impurity within your organization or company worldwide.

7.   Thou shalt not bear false witness concerning any part of the company's growth, mission or
       products.

8.   Thou shalt not covet thy crossline's sales organization, nor steal the downline of another
       company.

9.   Thou shalt remember to keep God first, family second, and your company third in priority.

10.  Thou shalt honor thy upline and downline that thy days within the company may be long
       and enable you to build a substantial residual income.

                                                                                          by Hungry Minds

Sources of Income for Professional Speakers

Professional speaking is like a mansion with many rooms.  You will find room after room of opportunities opening before you as you explore products, consulting, and many other "accessories" discussed in this book.  ("Speak and Grow Rich").  You are not limited to the spoken word on the platform, but only by the value of the ideas, information, and inspiration you offer. There are many avenues of opportunity available from which speakers can earn income throught their expertise. By: Dottie and Lilly Walters
Speeches
Entertainment
Panels
Master of Ceremonies
Infomercial Host
Spokesperson
Expert Witness
Consulting, Coaching, Troubleshooting and Professional Advice
Writing Educational Articles
Training, In-House Seminars, and Workshops
Moderator/Facilitator
Seminars to Promote a Client
Public Seminars
Virtual Seminars
Speaker Products                                

Nine Skills of Successful Professional Speakers

A successful speaker must be ...
1.  a passionate expert on a topic.
2.  compassionate toward the audience.
3.  A target specific marketer.
4.  able to customize the topic to a particular audience within the market.
5.  a creator of marketing tools.
6.  a salesperson.
7.  a serviceperson.
8.  a businessperson.
9.  a greater speaker.

 By:  Dottie and Lilly Walters

The World of Professional Speaking

Being on the rope is everything.  All is waiting to perform.  - Karl Wallenda, circus tightrope performer
Professional speakers feel the same way about the thrilling business of appearing before audiences and delivering useful information in an entertaining and beneficial way.  Being before the audience - speaking is everything.  All else is waiting (and preparing) to speak. You, too, can follow this powerful calling.  You can educate, inspire, and lead people to take action and make important changes in their lives.  By becoming a professional speaker, you can prosper at levels you may never have dreamed were possible in your life.
Based on your own ever-growing body of knowledge you can also write books, create other useful products, become a professional consultant, and add many more valuable "accessories" to your speaking career.  If you have the drive and dream and can follow our plan, you literally can Speak and Grow Rich.
Speaking - speaking well - is like a great dance involving your audiences, your customers and the great minds of all the ages.  You coordinate the many intricate steps of this dance:  the gathering of knowledge, the marketing, learning to better touch hearts and minds.  As you take each step, "Speak and Grow Rich" will act as your instruction manual, your source of information, and your inspiration.
At first you will struggle to hear the music that is meant for you.  Soon, you will discover your market and your strengths; then you will enter the dance with confidence! Author: Dottie and Lilly Walters

Friend

What would we do without our women friends?  I can't imagine how we could survive without the hugs and humor, the closeness and kleenex that our female friendships provide.  Men often envy the importance that friends play  in our lives - and they should.  It's a special relationship women share that most men seem to have trouble achieving.  For all the talk about male bonding, I think a lot of men find friendship with a woman easier than friendship with another man, I know my husband does. It's interesting how in each stage of life new female friends emerge, and how they stay friends forever. Women rely on friends.  If you're lucky like me, you have a built-in best friend called a husband, but I will always need my female friends, and I think most women do.  We simply can't exist without the connections to other women.  That's where we draw sustenance and find safety.  We can count on our women friends when we need a good laugh or a good cry.
Women have always known this, as they found ways to cover vast distances in order to congregate - to share their tasks with other women on the promise of  efficiency, but in fact, because we've known through the centuries that when we're together we have more fun                                                                                                                            Author Cokie Roberts

Every Minute Matters

Know the warning signs of a stroke and teach them to others!  Recognize and respond to the warning signs which include sudden:
Numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body.
Confusion.
Trouble speaking or understanding.
Difficulty walking.
Dizziness.
Loss of balance or coordination.
Severe headache with no known cause.
If you or someone near you has the warning sign of a stroke, respond by calling 9-1-1 immediately.
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A Woman's Place

"A woman's place is in the house ... and in the Senate, " the T-shirts and buttons proclaim at women's political events.  "A Woman's Place Is in Uniform," trumpets a book about women in the military.  "A woman's place is at the typewriter," declared Fortune magazine back in 1935.  That was convenient for the economy and so it was decreed. A few years later a woman's place was in the factory or in the nursing corps because that was essential for the war effort.  Then a woman's place was in the home.  And now?  A woman's place is anywhere she wants to be. So what is a woman's place?  For most women, it's many places, different places at different times.  For almost all women, it's the place of nurture, whether for the planet or one small creature on it. We learned from our mothers, both in word and in deed, we teach it to our daughters in the knowledge that they must carry on the culture and care for it.  Even as they go forward into the next millennium, knowing things we never knew, they will be connected back to those women in Marathon, Greece.  From that continuity they will derive the strength to make their place wherever they think it should be.   Author Cokie Roberts

Targeting Marketable Topics and Titles

Speakers are actually in the information business.  As you develop your subject, study it, write articles about it, and come to new conclusions, your body of knowledge becomes more valuable and salable in many other formats.  You can create videos, audio albums, workbooks, consulting sessions, CD ROMs, training materials, reports, calendars, posters, T-shirts, hats and even toys based on your expertise.  These products are the valuable offshoots of the body of knowledge in your speeches.  They not only add significantly to your speaker's income, but are also reminders that leave a trail that prospects follow back to you. Sales of speaker products can do more than boost your level of income.  Creating excellent products also add credibility and prestige to your position as an expert.  You're much easier to publicize when you are the author of professional products. Product is cited over and over by every successful speaker we know as one of the best marketing tools and sources of income for your speaking career.Studies that people only absorb and remember ten percent of most presentations.  We learn best through repetition.  Products provide that repetition and help attendees retain the knowledge you give them.  They can continue learning from and enjoy your expertise - at work, at home, while driving in their cars, as they jog, etc.
Author - Dottie and Lilly Walters

Speaker Products: Triple Your Income

Speakers are actually in the information business.  As you develop your subject, study it, write articles about it, and come to new conclusions, your body of knowledge becomes more valuable and salable in many other formats.  You can create videos, audio albums, workbooks, consulting sessions, CD ROMs, training materials, reports, calendars, posters, T-shirts, hats and even toys based on your expertise.  These products are the valuable offshoots of the body of knowledge in your speeches.  They not only add significantly to your speaker's income, but are also reminders that leave a trail that prospects follow back to you. Sales of speaker products can do more than boost your level of income.  Creating excellent products also add credibility and prestige to your position as an expert.  You're much easier to publicize when you are the author of professional products. Product is cited over and over by every successful speaker we know as one of the best marketing tools and sources of income for your speaking career.Studies that people only absorb and remember ten percent of most presentations.  We learn best through repetition.  Products provide that repetition and help attendees retain the knowledge you give them.  They can continue learning from and enjoy your expertise - at work, at home, while driving in their cars, as they jog, etc.
Author -  Dottie and Lilly Walters

Wings and Weights

Applying the 'wings and weights' concept to grief, sometimes grievers need to cut the cord, at least for a time, and release particular people or habits as they focus on mere survival.  The separation may or may not be forever - but at least for now, it may be necessary for the griever's own mental health and ability to cope.  If weights are bringing us down and hindering our situations instead of helping, we need to let go, in a gentle, loving way. Conversely, some people hold us up in remarkable ways - and if ever there is a time we need wings, it's now.  Make every effort to be around the people who lift you up.  Keep them close.  These unforgettable people will help you get through the difficult times. Especially right now, do what is necessary to take care of you.  Think about your relationships.  Think about the people you know.  Think about your interests and activities.  Be aware, and make healthy choices in light of your well-being.

We remember the people who laugh with us.

And we especially remember the people who cry with us.

But more than ever...

We remember the people who pray with us.

                                                                                                                 Judy Brizendine

Grief is Important

Grief is the toughest pain we have to deal with.  It is not the worst human experience, because it leads to resolution, but it is the most difficult for us to enter into voluntarily, which is the only way to get into it.  The rest of our human experiences just happens "to us."  Hurt, injury, anxiety, alienation, and failure all break through, and we suffer.  Grief does not "break through."  It is something we enter into.
                                                                   Author Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend

How People Grow

...Grief is the one that heals all the others.  It is the most important pain there is...It heals.  It restores.  It changes things that have gone bad.  Moreover, it is the only place where we get comforted when things have gone wrong....What is so special about grief?  Why is it the "pain that heals"?  Because grief is God's way of our getting finished with the bad stuff of life.  It is the process by which we "get over it," by which we "let it go"... The soul is designed to finish things.  It is designed to grieve...Cry it out, and it will get out.  It will be over. Author Judy Brizendine

                                                                                                                       

Laughter's Benefits Part II

In addition to the healing benefits of laughter, research has shown that the combination of humor along with modern medical treatment increases positive outcomes.  Various sources have reported the average adult generally laughs a fraction of the amount the average child laughs (fifteen-seventeen times per day for adults versus 300-400 times per day for children).  So considering laughter's miracle benefits, adults may want to try a little harder to laugh more!  Author Dr. William F. Fry, Jr.

                                                                                                     

Laughter's Benefits

Laughter is a "healing" escape.  Since its benefits are so great, think about programming laughter into your life... intentionally!  Whatever you have to do to make it happen, be certain to include laughter as a regular part of your life. Let go of guilty thoughts.  It's okay to laugh.  More than okay, it will boost your healing.  You need moments - and intervals - of relief from your pain.  Author Dr. Will F. Fry, Jr.

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Mr. Motivator Says

Build leaders and teams will come.
If you want to be a leader, you've got to build you.
We build ourselves.
You must become a student of leadership.
Motivation gets you started, but good habits will help you succeed.
You must be ...
Coachable (All good leaders are good followers).
Be positive and optimistic.
You gotta be a good communicator.
You must be an encourager and make people feel good about themselves.
You must have self-discipline in order to be a good leader.
\You must study to show yourself approved.  Know your product and your competitors.
You gotta be a teacher and duplicator (teach people to do what you do).
Intensity (work hard, focus on recruiting and building a team).
You gotta have tenacity.  (Most people quit before they get good at doing what they love doing.  When you are fortunate enough to have a job doing what you enjoy doing, you do not have a job, you have a career and a lifestyle.
Never give up!  Set goals that are realistic and obtainable.
When you help enough people become successful, you automatically become successful.  You build teams by building leaders.

Success is yours, walk in it!
Dare to Dream and Keep Thinking Big!
You will discover your purpose in life.                         Author Mr. Motivator

                                                                                                         

Is there a double standard in the 21st century?

Even though we are living in the 21st century, there are still signs of the rule of double standard.  In the society that we are living in there are two sets of rules of the two sets of people.  The haves and the have nots.  That's why there is such a controversy with the presidential election.  This is a history making event, which is not equalled before and after.

Think Before You Invest

There are numerous stories told about some individuals saving their money for 10, 15, and 20 years losing it in some grand scheme perpetuated by some unscrupulous person, or even some well meaning individual.  They will risk their life savings and work on a promise to multiply investments to a point that guarantees wealth.  Never invest in a highly suspect venture, or with an individual or institution with no track record of being successful in that area.  When in doubt, seek professional advice from those with the proper credentials.

Obviously, this strategy dictates that you should insure your assets.  More small fortunes are lost from people putting money in unsound investments that promise "chance of a lifetime returns."  That's because human nature contains a little greed, and it's easy for someone to convince us that he can take our $10,000 and turn it into 10 times, or 15 times, what it is worth.

If you are not careful, your savings can be lost.  Not only will you not benefit from the interest or income from your principal, but once guided by greed, it's a strong possibility that the principal will be lost too, and you'll have to start over with few or no working years remaining.

Once your assets are lost, starting over can be traumatic and extremely painful, not to mention the economic and physical difficulties.

Share your wealth and knowledge to help others that are in need.  There are those who are hungry, sick, or just need a helping hand.  This is important because the schools, hospitals, and various institutions that are designed to help people never have enough money.  It is our responsibility to pay into those reputable institutions.  From the churches to the hospitals, there are numerous institutions and individuals that need our help.

By Alfred Herron