Fran Horvath - The "Human Potential Coach"

Fran Horvath - The "Human Potential Coach": The Six Mistakes of Man, by Cicero

2007-05-10T11:29:00.000-04:00

Fran Horvath - The "Human Potential Coach": The Six Mistakes of Man, by Cicero

I don't think it's a Mid Life Crisis!

2007-01-04T15:51:00.000-05:00

I don't think it is a mid life crisis - but, I've just quit a high paying job that I held for 7 years - with absolutely no other source of income.

I've started studying the Kabbalah, I listen to Wayne Dyer and Deepak Chopra MP3's every week and I have a picture of a Jaguar XKR on my fridge - and I am probably going to buy this year.

The only thing is - I am totally at peace! Isn't a mid life crisis about trying to quiet an inner feeling of dissatisfaction? I feel like I am moving toward something I want - not running away from something I despise.

True, I didn't feel like I could live the life of higher consciousness and bliss I desired while customers were calling me frantic about receiving the wrong color pen! I was an account exec for a very large B2B distributor of Office Products, Furniture and Professional Cleaning supplies.

So, my customers were all fortune 500 companies - and I had to deal with CEO's who cared about profitability and process improvement; as well as admnistrators who's task was to keep the office full of blue pens - God forbid we should ship a black pen by accident.

OHMMMM...but, that is not my life anymore. I have been free for, well, what day is this?
It is a bit more difficult to keep track of the days of week when you don't get out of your pj's everyday.

Officially, I became "self employed" January 1st. WhooHoooo!

I think rather than a mid life crisis - I just got to a point in my life where I could no longer
ignore the feelings I was having that I wanted more! I wanted more peace, more joy, more
simplicity, more money, more fun!

All I had was work! Work and a faint dream.

Now, I don't recommend the path I have chosen - just jumping out of the airplane without a parachute. Most people I know who have made a change to self employment have started out working part time while still receiving a salary from their J.O.B.

I just couldn't do it. I worked 80 hours a week - and hated getting up every morning. I just couldn't imagine the struggle of no income could be any worse than the misery of doing something I despised every day for 12, 14, 18 hours a day.

So, here I am.

I actually do have a great plan. If you have read my blog or been to my website before you know I am part of a wonderful network marketing company. I started working with them a little over a year ago - had great success - with very little time invested. That was during a slow period at my J.O.B - between Thanksgiving and New Years 2006. I spent about 5 hours a week for about 6 weeks and had grown my income to about a third of what my "regular job" paid me.

And, I was making great money at my "regular job". But, as it always goes...80 hour work weeks were right around the corner and my little business just disappeared.

Any business, including direct sales, requires time and attention to build, grow and flourish. You can not expect to work for 30 hours and then quit! BUT, what I did realize is - if I could be that successful with the effort I had put in a year ago - what in the world was stopping me from replacing my income in just a few months?

Well, nothing of course except ME! So, I jumped.

I can't wait to see what happens next...I mean "create" what happens next.

To Your Total Success,

Fran

Fran Horvath
Total Success Coach
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Fran Horvath - The "Total Success Coach": I don't think it's a Mid Life Crisis!

2007-01-04T17:10:00.000-05:00

Fran Horvath - The "Total Success Coach": I don't think it's a Mid Life Crisis!

Health Insurance Solution

2006-07-30T19:34:00.000-04:00

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A Little Motivation

2006-07-27T23:07:00.000-04:00

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
Samuel Johnson

The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
Socrates

The future depends on what we do in the present.
Mahatma Gandhi

Replay your day today. What have you done to further your goals? What have you done to set your goals back? What will you intend for your tomorrow?

What if you ask yourself these same questions tomorrow night?

In my effort to gain my personal freedom in a full time self employed career - I found myself "loathing" the time I spent on my "JOB".

Even though I "knew" that what you think about expands...we all know the quotes..."as a man thinketh..."

When I finally decided to take control of my thoughts as well as my goals - everything changed. Nothing changed about my "job" - it was exactly as it had been for six years. Some days better than others; but I changed how I chose to think.

If you have never experienced a shift in thinking when everything else around you stays the same - you've got to experience it. To say that it is empowering and just a little exhilarating is an understatement.

At that moment I had one of those "aha" experiences my college chemistry prof always talked about. At the moment I changed how I thought about what I did every day with my time - my desires and goals started to chase after me.

I know that sounds a little "eastern" or "fufu" but think about it. Two people can witness the same events - be raised in the same family and turn out completely opposite because of their own choices.

One child chooses to not follow in the destructive footsteps of an alcoholic parent while the other imitates it. The circumstance did not make the life of either child - the choice, the reaction to the circumstance defined the future.

So, I chose to believe that I was working toward my goal even though it appeared as though I was stuck in job that I couldn't get out of. That may seem harsh but a lot of people feel like that. There are too many bills to risk walking away - the bills are too great, the responsibilities to great.

But what if, without changing careers or quitting your job to pursue your dream before you are even earning a nickel - instead you chose to continue as before but with a different way of thinking?

Suppose you did your job with a new sense of ownership - like every action you took was taking you closer to your dream. What do you think would happen if you began to "bust out" of the walls of your job by doing everything with excellence?

There is no way that job can hold you! You become too big for your "JOB" and opportunities and people begin to just appear in your life. Coincidence's happen to bring you closer and closer to your dream. Your income grows from your side business faster since you've changed your thinking and actions.

"You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your ominant aspiration."
James Allen

In the long run, men only hit what they aim at.
Henry David Thoreau

The difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next. The difference between the two is the difference between living fully and just existing. Napoleon Hill

Just remember, 100% of the shots you don't take, don't go in.
Wayne Gretzky

Just had to interject here...notice that you aren't just to visualize and think good thoughts. You must take the shot. Action is required! Unless you have reached the higher levels of consciousness where you can make wine out of water - you are going to have to act on your great vision or all you have is a dream.
Fran Horvath - ME!

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.
Doug Larson

The thing always happens that you really belive in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
Frank Lloyd Wright

Maybe Mr. Wright should have said, belief in a thing gives you the passion to persist and make the thing you really believe in happen.

To Your Total Success

Fran Horvath

http://www.fitnesshealthandwealth.com

The Six Mistakes of Man, by Cicero

2006-07-24T17:29:00.000-04:00

1. The delusion that personal gain is made by crushing others.
2. The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected.
3. Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it.
4. Refusing to set aside trivial preferences.
5. Neglecting development and refinement of the mind, and not acquiring the habit of reading and studying.
6. Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.

Cicero, (106-43 B.C.)

Deciding on a Home Based Business

2006-06-28T19:03:00.000-04:00

So, you know for sure you want to make a go of a home based business. Your initial goal is to make some extra money to pay off your credit card debit.

You definitely know you want to create an internet business - but that is about as far as you've made it. How do you decide what business? What do you do - or sell?
Well, isn't that the greatest challenge we all face?

If it was easy to pick a unique product - well, we'd all be working from our Home "yacht" based business.

One of the "secrets to success" at any self employed, or home based business is fast success. Don't buy into that, slow growth is good model. Yes, our goals must be real and we must be setup to handle the growth so we don't compromise our service - but, running any small business is a race to profitability!

Earning money fast does so many things to propel you to success. First, you absolutely have to have money to pay back the credit cards or home equity loans you took out to fund your new business.

No matter what anyone says, you need to make an investment into your home based business. First, you must invest at least 5-10 hours a week. Taking that extra time away from everyday life sometimes creates costs - eating out more; pet sitting; baby sitting; traveling - you need cash as soon as possible.

Just as important, the faster you succeed the more motivated you become. It will be very easy to get distracted by life if it takes you 6 months to make any money. A quick return is the best way to keep your energy and motivation up.

I have said this so many times - but it is worth repeating - I don't believe in get rich schemes! However, I do believe in generating cash flow as quickly as possible. To that end, you must have a strong enough, unique enough product and a process for selecting your product.

Start by listing your hobbies and skills. Investigate any potential products that fit into your lifestyle. The products or services you choose to sell don't necessarily have to be something you have personal interest in - but it is definitely a great place to start.

The learning curve is also lessened if you have some knowledge of the industry or target market. Next, who would your customer be?
What does the competition look like? Obviously, you want to be in a business that isn't extremely competitive - unless, you are offering a new product or service that fits into an already established market.

Being first to market is a huge advantage - if you have a good business behind you. Don't try to jump into an industry with a competitive product just because the industry is booming. The 2nd player is always going to be smaller and less successful than the first.

Now, if you see a great opportunity where the first to market company is failing and you have an strategic advantage - there may be strong reasons for moving into that industry.

To start, investigate your interests and hobbies and the potential competition. We'll take the next step, how to market your great idea....next time.

Your Total Success

Fran Horvath
http://www.fitnesshealthandwealth.com

Live your "Work at Home" Dream

2006-06-26T12:07:00.000-04:00

Live your “Work at Home” Dream

Working at home has been a dream of many that goes back many years. Staying at home and enjoying watching the kids grow up is a goal worth fighting for. In these days – though, it is not just about enjoying your family.

It is about controlling your time, your schedule, your income, your stress – your life. It is not just about making sacrifices for the things “that really matter”. It is about having it all – the best career, in the best environment – on our own terms. I know a lot of people use this term and it is becoming cliché – but it is about living your life on purpose.

I am passionate about encouraging people to dream big – and to helping them live their dreams. For most people – to fully live their dream – means working for themselves.

If you have ever attempted to make a little extra money "on the side" - you know most ideas sound better than they actually perform. Mostly, you end up spending more money than you ever earn - if you earn anything at all. I know you still believe in the idea - or you know people who have succeeded or you wouldn't be reading this article. So, let's take a look into making a living or part time living from the comfort of your home. You owe it to yourself to gain the freedom a home business can offer.

In the past, there have been multi-level marketing plans to sell everything from vitamins to soap. There have been mail order catalog opportunities. Many tried buying and selling real estate. Each of these opportunities made many people a lot of money, but each of them also cost many people a lot of money.

You probably have experienced first hand or know someone close to you who has had a "bad" experience. The problem is many inexperienced people get into money making schemes after attending a meeting somewhere. Even when the offer/product/company is legitimate, most people fail in business. WHY?

According to the US Small Business Administration, over 50% of small businesses fail in the first year and 95% fail with the first five years. That is all business – not just network marketing or internet based business. That is a scary statistic. This means that the average business is doomed to fail from the beginning. It also means that you will lose a lot of money if you start a business. WOW! No wonder you are leery about putting up your hard-earned cash for what is statically a crapshoot, a roll of the dice.

We already know from experience there is no sure thing - and that two different people getting into the same business can have very different results. So, what is the answer for the average person who does not want to lose their savings and even their home investing in a business? Start building a "digital business" online.

Create a website that generates its income without you needing to invest in inventory or even lease a building to house your business. Then create two or ten more websites generating income for you.

You may not know how to create a website today. It is an easily learned skill. There is software you can buy or download free that will help you. There are tutorials on making a website profitable. You can do this.

Once you have a website online you can put other people’s advertising on your site and be paid when someone buys one of their products. If this was my puppy dog webpage and I mentioned a great puppy toy with a link to my advertiser’s puppy web page you might go there and buy the toy. If you did, I would get a commission.

You could also put ads on your pages that only require someone to click on the ad for you to be paid. Again, if you were on my puppy dog toy page and an ad talks about a toy. You click on the ad to go see it and I am paid for you clicking on the ad. The advertiser feels their sales page is compelling enough for them to sell enough of that toy to cover their cost of the clicks that got you there.

Some advertisers do not require you to buy the product when you click on an ad, but I will not be paid unless you fill out their application. This is usually seen on sites like insurance sites or loan application sites. You do not have to get a policy or take out a loan for me to be paid. When you fill out the form, I qualify for my commission for sending you to the advertiser.

These are typically the ways a beginning website entrepreneur starts generating income on the Internet. Once you understand that part of internet marketing, you may move on to selling your own digital products.

A digital product is one that can be downloaded from your website. You can sell your own e-book you wrote yourself or an e-book you purchased and have the rights to sell online. If you are a programmer, you can sell you own computer program from your site. You could also sell someone else's program that you purchased the rights to sell.

Notice that not all of the above ideas require you to invest in a lot of inventory. Even the products are free if you create them yourself. Not everything you are doing so far requires a large investment of your hard earned money. It does require a large investment of your time.

All of the material you need to create a website can be found free online if you do not want to purchase some popular program. Your only expense SHOULD be a domain of your own, such as yourdomain.com. You can get free hosting from various places but for moneymaking venture, this is not advised.

For a small investment, you too can be PRESIDENT OF YOUR OWN COMPANY. Maybe the statistics are the same for success online as they are in other businesses, but this is a chance to find out without losing the farm doing it.

If the ideas in this article spark your interest in internet marketing – go back to my website where you can find a wealth of resources with more foundation building techniques as well as advanced business strategies.

My goal, my passion, is to help people get a glimpse into their own potential and then assist in the process of growth.

There is a sense of uneasiness about most people that they just can not pin-point the cause. It is this uneasiness that I wish to address and identify. Each one of us is here for a reason – with a purpose. We can never be satisfied – let alone passionate about life if we are living below our own potential.

That anxiety or distress you feel is real. It is the desire of your higher self – trying to reach you. Don’t be satisfied with the mundane!

To your Total Success
Fran Horvath
http://www.fitnesshealthandwealth.com/

DISTRACTIONS - Building a Home Based Business

2006-06-26T08:36:00.000-04:00

Building of a home based business is most often undertaken part time while working a "primary" job. For most people - it is their dream to build a business and eventually "fire their boss".

But that dream dies too soon for most wanna be entrepreneur's because of lack of planning. The drive is usually motivated by some need to get out of the current situation. Maybe the work is un-motivating; maybe the company has layed off 100's of colleagues and the fear that you will be next is motivating; maybe it is a feeling that you are a harder worker, smarter person, more principled person than the people you work for...

Whatever the motivation-a dream of a working for yourself - a home based business emerges. You even find a great idea that has huge potential.

Why is it then that years have passed by and you are still at that job you despise? What happened to the dream? You spent hours and days on the project at first - why did it just die?

Honestly, it didn't die - because it was never really created. Just having a dream and an idea are not enough to propel you forward to build a business that can someday support you.

So, what happens? For most - it is simply lack of planning. Goals and real committment are required. A business plan - even a simple plan are required to make any type of progress toward financial freedom.

I don't care how great the idea is-or how leading edge the product is - an idea simply won't materialize into a successful business without a strategy.

At the very foundation a schedule of time investment is required. It must be decided up front - that a committment of 5, 10, 20 hours a week will be spent on the business. If this simple committment to a dream can not be made - there is not point in investing money or energy.

Once you have made the decision to invest your time - your plan can begin to fall into place. Decide ahead of time when you will spend that time. Make an appointment with yourself and make it as important as any other appointment in your life.

Once you give your dream of a home based business your committment of time - you are 1/2 way home!

To Your Total Success

Fran Horvath
http://www.fitnesshealthandwealth.com

Flaws in the Laws of Attraction and Prosperity

2006-05-18T18:51:00.000-04:00

Have you read the prosperity guru's laws of prosperity - put every single thing into place just to find yourself POOR(er) and with LESS BELIEF than when you started?

Most "guru's" talk about the laws of giving and receiving without providing the fine detail that makes all the difference in actually achieving prosperity.

I can't recall the number of people who report following the laws of prosperity just to end up completely broke for giving away their money and possessions with absolutely no evidence of prosperity in sight.

If you find yourself relating to this scenario - don't despair. You can still trust your inner belief that the theories are real. You must also "know" that you are not the one person that is not meant to be prosperous.

Just because it hasn't worked for you up until now, does not mean that you are not meant for all the success you desire. It just means that you have something else to learn.

In this discussion we are going to address the principle of Giving.

Most prosperity proponents talk about giving in such a limited way (and even those that are more expansive with their explanation) as to lead the prosperity student to believe that the giving they must do so to their own sacrifice.

I have heard about people completely giving away their furnishing - because of the vacuum theory. Nature abhors a vacuum...Give away what it is that you desire for yourself. Well, mostly these students just end up sitting on the floor - feeling foolish.

Giving IS an essential law of prosperity - but you must embrace the whole law. There are three types of giving and all are required to bring about the desires of our imagination.

The first type of giving is - giving back to God. You can not possibly say that you embrace the belief that there is abundance in the universe if you can not part with 10% of the good gifts that God has already given you. In essence you say that you do not trust the abundance theory and therefore, can not participate in its rewards.

You must believe before you do. This belief is what drives your actions. Therefore, if you believe that there is enough prosperity in this world for you and everyone else - you must trust the same God who provides all prosperity with your measly 10%.

When I say MEASLY - please don't get offended. No matter how prosperous you are...compared to the resources that are available to all of us - there aren't many living or deceased who have come close to obtaining all the power and prosperity that is available to us.

After you give back to your creator; you must then give to yourself. It is amazing how many people have a hard time accepting this. If God created you - then you must be a valuable, lovable, deserving person. To believe otherwise, is to denounce God's creation and God in the process.

If you can believe you are an heir to God's thrown; a child of the King - and live from this belief; without arrogance, but thanksgiving and humility - you can then be open to accepting the good things that the position allows.

Many students mistakenly begin to live beyond their financial means after a statement like the above - because a caution is necessary and often not included. Yes, you are a child, a very creation of the creator of all good things - and your beliefs so far in life have brought you to the very place you are currently in.

Your beliefs and actions upon the laws of prosperity will change your life - but most students have an emotional belief in the theory and don't quite execute properly right out of the gate.
You must be sure you have removed the obstacles to your prosperity before significant benefits are observed.

We will talk about being thankful in another message.

Just know that giving to yourself does not mean you have to run up your credit card buying symbols of wealth. You will never become prosperous by charging your symbols of prosperity.

Giving to yourself could simply mean that you take time to meditate or practice yoga or learn something new. You can be generous to yourself without involving debt or even purchasing a thing.

Lastly, giving to others.

The benefits to giving to ourselves are very often over shadowed by giving to others. While this may seem altruistic and honorable - it is really an error that keeps prosperity from flowing into our lives; and it may also block prosperity from flowing into the lives of those we are supposedly helping.

I know this isn't an easy thing for most of us to believe - but consider the parent who over indulges a child even into adulthood. The parent is very often sacrificing their own security and happiness for the child they love so dearly.

There are so many levels where this is wrong.

Not only is the child learning an unhealthy behavior - At the same time this behavior is stopping the child from learning valuable lessons that need to be learned before growth will occur.

We can all relate, I think, to this scenario. A person must first be balanced and growing in their own development before they are equipped to give any good things to anyone else. Love in and of itself is not sufficient to direct us to do that which is correct and in the best interest of others.

Just think of the couple who marries too young before they have any understanding of who they are and what they desire in a partner - love is not the only requirement for serving others. We must also be equipped ourselves with the tools of service.

One of the easiest ways to develop the gifts of giving to others is to ask for guidance from God. This simple act opens up the opportunity for blessings to flow through you for the good of others. When you ask for divine guidance - you are directed in what and how to give so that you are fulfilling the desires of God and truly being a blessing to others.

In this way, you are becoming an instrument in Gods plan for others. Let yourself be used by God by seeking direction.

These steps prepare you to be open to receive.

For Your Total Success!

Fran

www.fitnesshealthandwealth.com

See It Before You Receive It

2006-05-18T16:30:00.000-04:00

Have you ever witnessed a great athlete visualize their event right before they take their swing or approach their starting position? Every successful coach and athlete know how critical it is to banish doubt and only visualize success.

I am always amazed at how Olympic gymnasts are able to fall off an apparatus and get right back on and perform like nothing went wrong. How much mind control does that take? I have researched this visualization phenomena and discovered that it is not just limited to athletics.

Visualization is an essential tool for business success - or success in any endeavor.

If your mind can not conceive of a thing - chances are you will not be able to achieve your goals. It is like baking a cake for the very first time and you have no recipe and you've never actually seen a cake baked before. What are the chances that just because you have flour, eggs, butter, sugar, salt out on the counter you will actually end up with a cake if you have no plan and no end result in mind?

There is another concept embedded here - the idea that there must be an intelligence behind the creation of a thing. Things, goals, results don't just appear out of nothingness.

So, one of the master keys to actually getting what it is you are after is to have a vision. This vision should be as real as you can make it. If you have a goal to be the top salesperson at your company, you need to create the entire event in your mind.

Everything you do from the moment you wake up until you are handed the award at the National Sales Meeting. Rolling out of bed, hugging your puppies (of course I have to hug the puppies before I do anything else), what you eat for breakfast, the flavor of coffee, the smell of the coffee, all the up to...

what you say at the podium, the sounds you hear, the texture of the food you ate, the smells. Enlist as many senses as you can and keep replaying that vision over and over again.

Before you know it you will actually begin to act on that goal - you will be fearless when calling on new prospects; you will begin to associate with different crowds, your attitude will change - seeing opportunities instead of obstacles.

The attainment of anything you desire is directly correlated to how well you first see it in your mind.

The world within is governed by mind. When we discover this world we shall find the solution for every problem, the cause for every effect; and since the world within is subject to our control, all laws of power and possession are also within our control. Charles F. Haanel

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FIND OUT WHAT COMPANY BROUGHT MULTIMILLIONAIRE TRAINER OUT OF RETIREMENT

2006-04-24T20:24:00.000-04:00

Have you ever wished you could just tag along with the world's most successful people and just pick up the crumbs that fall?
I always thought it would be cool to know someone wealthy and just tag along and do what they did and invest in what they
invested in. Sure it would be on a smaller scale - but - what a start. I mean, how great would it be to have Donald Trump tell
you what real estate to buy? To know what neighborhood the prices would double or triple in the first couple years!

Of course there are plenty of wealthy people willing to sell you their training material and "teach" you how to be successful - but
how many people actually get wealthy that way? Some do - no doubt. Have you read all the "how to" books and had less success
than you expected?

What if you could actually follow one of those millionaires around. What if you knew what he calls his first opportunity to create
what he calls "sipping out of a coconut" money? What if you could get involved with him in that business - on the ground floor.

Remember, this guy teaches people exactly how to find that successful business blueprint. He literally wrote the book on identifying
an opportunity ripe for total success. This "Perfect Storm" as this millionaire calls it - is the opportunity I found - by accident.

Click on the link below to find out more. Watch the video - and e-mail me for more information.

http://www.fitness-health-and-wealth.com/agel-opportunity-training.html
fran@fitnesshealthandwealth.com

Motivation NOT Required

2006-05-14T17:25:00.000-04:00

Have you blamed your lack of motivation for your lack of success

In reaching your goals?

Have you spent years making BIG plans for self improvement

just to have those plans die before they ever get started?

Do you have good intentions to start that diet, or learn Spanish or hike

the Appalachian trail stay motivated for about 2 days then go right

back to couch and nachos at night?

You are not alone and it is not because you are lazy or not

smart enough! It is because we have been led to believe that all

successful people we read about or see on TV are successful

because they have the motivation gene that we just didnt get.

Would you be surprised if I told you that those super successful

athletes or business people arent any more motivated than you are?

How can that be? Look at all they have achieved. You have to be

motivated to get up at 5:00 am to work out every day DONT YOU?

Here is a little secret about motivationit is not just something we

will ourselves into having. Motivation is real no doubt but it

is not a matter of our desire that creates motivation.

First, there must be a compelling reason for the goal. Like, it is life

or death you want it that much. A passion so deep that no matter

how many times you fall you keep getting back up until the

mission is complete.

Fallingthat brings me to another critical point that most people who

do not accomplish their goals have in common and that no successful

person in the world ever does: You are going to fail, fall, have setbacks,

stumblejust accept that as part of trying.

Most of us jump right off the wagon if we hit one little stumbling

block. Well, I was doing great on my diet for 2 weeks but then I went

to this party and ate cookies, pastry, pizza.I might as well forget the plan

I had for this 12 weeks its over.

What successful people do is say..okay, that was not a wise choice or

yeah, this or that happened but my goal is still there and I am closer than

I was beforeIll just keep heading in that direction. Make some corrections

so the next time I am faced with this particular situation I will handle it

better. An OFF they gomoving closer to their goal.

While the unmotivated person, jumps off the ship and decides

Well, Im off the ship already, I guess drowning is better than

Getting back in the boat and continuing on with the trip! Does that

Make ANY sense at all?

Of course it doesnt. So WHY, WHY, WHY do we do it?

First, our expectations for perfection are setting us up for trouble. Let me

just reveal a huge success secret to you right now this one is for free:

there is no such thing as perfection GET OVER IT!

No matter what your plan, goals or dreams are you are going to have

setbacks. Expect them watch for them debrief with yourself after

you experience one. Learn from it and Move ON toward your goal.

Most people achieved their greatest success one step

beyond what looked like their greatest failure.

Brian Tracy

So, how do you stay on track and moving toward your goal?

You must be able to get down to the real reason behind your goal.

Whatever that goal is there is some underlying reason behind

Your desire that you must figure out in order to stay motivated

Through the challenges you WILL face.

The goal with a solid, passionate reason behind it will be achieved.

Nothing can derail you if you understand the underlying passion.

If you for example want to loose weight your actual goal is not a

To achieve a particular number on a scale. Nobody wants to be

145lbs - that doesnt even mean anything to your subconscious.

Wanting to look good in your bathing suit is a great goal but,

again, it is not the real reason and it is not powerful enough to

keep you on target to reaching your goal let alone keeping it

once you do achieve it.

What you need though is a deeper reason behind that goal

in addition to a secondary goal. Once you achieve your goal

weight then what?

What is your real reason for wanting to be that weight? Is it to

achieve an abundant level of energy so that you can play with your

kids for more than 15 minutes without getting winded!

The point is to drill down until you feel the real passion to achieve

Your goal.

If it is to loose weight (drill down).look good this summer

(drill farther).have energy to play on the beach with the kids (farther)

.live life on purpose and with passion. Now that is a goal I can get

behind. Keep going because it isnt quite enough.

Why? Why? Why? Keep asking Why.

Did your parents die too young or age too fast because of their lifestyle?

Do you want to show your kids that they have control over their own health

and destiny.

Whatever the goal you must have a passion behind it that will not

let you quit.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone

elses opinions, Their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Oscar Wilde

Your dreams and passions must be your own. Find your own passions what

Great goals do you have and what are the reasons for those goals. Make big,

Outrageous goals and dont listen to anyone who tells you you can not

Achieve them.

Make your Life a series of outrageous goals attempted. Imagine your life if

You actually achieve a few of them!

The Perfect Home Based Business

2006-04-18T13:31:00.000-04:00

Im the first to admit Ive been blessed. Most people look at my life and would gladly trade. Well, at least the career part.

I have been fortunate enough to have worked for several different companies over a period of over 10 years where I have been able to work from home. These have been great, independent sales oriented positions with huge income potential and all the flexibility you could imagine a corporate job could come with.

I have to warn you though working from home is not for everyone. I had to learn to train my neighbors that just because I was at home didnt mean that I could baby sit their kids. HELLO, it is still a job. And the way I always saw it was that I had to be extra diligent so as to give absolutely no reason for anyone to ever question what I did all day.

So, I rarely ever took lunches throwing a Lean Pocket in the microwave doesnt really count. I rolled out of bed, hugged my puppies, grabbed some coffee and walked 10 feet to my office. I was there by 6:00 AM most mornings. I probably spend a good 90% of my evenings with my laptop attached to me working. Id get a shower late in the day or early evening when I realized I couldnt move from sitting at my computer non stop for hours.

On the days I traveled I had my wireless modem and Palm so I was always connected. Maybe most people wouldnt be so obsessive but that is how it was for me. So, here I was with THE WORLDS BEST JOB, making 6 figures, loving hanging with my puppy girls and completely MISERABLE.

I wanted out so bad I had fantasies of working for a fast food restaurant. Maybe I was never really serious about that but I did think of simplifying my life. Working less hours in a less stressful job. Of course, I quickly come back to reality about the less money part I like money. I like to earn a lot of money. I am really really good at spending money.

So, I started searching for something of my own. A Home Based Business or a franchise. Something I could at least say was mine after 80 hours a week. I actually got really excited about a franchise the growth was phenomenal, the company was ranked top of all new franchises. Then I visualized my life if I ran this business. I realized I would be selling this product one customer at a time day in/day out just like I am now. Only now I would be starting from the bottom. Zero income zero benefits. Hmmm, maybe I would keep looking.

I knew that I wanted something more and you know when you are ready for the opportunity it appears. I found something that not only inspired me but something that made me rethink everything about my life. I know that sounds crazy I am as analytical as it gets. I was majoring in Organic Chemistry in college.

I began to see the opportunity and real potential within me that I never even dared to dream about before. So, here I am.

http://www.fitnesshealthandwealth.com

I GOT LUCKY!

2006-04-18T13:27:00.000-04:00

The first thing I am going to have to tell you right up front is that I didnt know how to find a legitimate home based business. I got lucky. No other way to put it. Well, except for the fact that I dont really believe in luck.

I was searching and while I was searching I was heavy into personal development. I have always had this deep desire to grow; emotionally, mentally and spiritually I had to be moving in a positive direction. If I didnt keep learning on purpose I felt this horrible stress and anxiety like I was missing out on something.

I think we all have a need that is born inside of us to continue to develop. I dont think that a lot of people realize that some of the frustrations they feel with every day life is all about needing to grow.

Anyway, I think that when we are searching and keeping ourselves open to new learning and new opportunities good things come to us. I really believe good things come our way all the time but we just arent looking and expecting so we dont even notice.

Have you ever heard the saying that you cant see something that you dont know? You know what I mean, right? Like when you buy a new car and all of the sudden you see your model everywhere; and yesterday you never even noticed them.

You have to know what it is you are looking for to see it even if it is right in front of you.

So, I knew I was looking; I knew some of the key factors I wanted:

· Self Employed

· Enough income opportunity to retire from the corporate job with at least 25% more money than I was making in the corporate world. (25% more was to make up for great benefits I received at the JOB).

· Freedom

o This took on all kinds of meaning for me:

§ From someone elses time table

· My boss sending out a notice at 4:00 PM on Thursday evening about a mandatory meeting for the following morning two hours away from me.

· The freedom to choose the people I would work with. Choose the colleagues and the customers

§ From my alarm clock

§ From work! Freedom to enjoy life.

o I dont know if you can relate to this one but I never did anything but work. I had moved 800 miles from home and hadnt made a single good friend in 9 years.

o When I would travel to visit my family (there was never time to visit my friends) I would always have work with me. My laptop and palm were always on. I could never stay long a few days here or there.

· Security

o There were plenty of re-organizations and downsizing going on all around me even within my own organization. There was no real security working for a big company. And working for a small company was no safer. The big guys (like my company) came in and bought the little guys or drove them out of business. I just won an account from a local supplier this week that is probably going to put this guy out of business. The account meant half of his revenue.

o So, next how about some PEACE

· Peace of Mind

o I wanted to know that what I did for a living would help other people rather than just help me. I wanted to be a part of something that was about helping others while I helped myself.

So, I had some idea of what I was looking for no idea if I was dreaming I have always believed in bigger better ways of doing things. I have always felt like integrity and compassion could be an integral part of the business world I just frankly didnt have the power or authority to make changes at the companies I worked for.

The place I found is full of the most brilliant, giving and open people you could imagine. They are all about success for anyone who is willing to learn and work. They want those things I mentioned above as much for me as I do. And they know how to get there and are willing to share.

http://www.fitnesshealthandwealth.com

AT 42 YEARS OLD I'VE FINALLY PUT IT ALL TOGETHER.

2006-04-18T11:48:00.000-04:00

How many different times have you TRIED?
How many different programs have you bought?
How much closer are you to your dreams?

Purpose Driven, Live Life on Purpose, Dream Bigger, GOALS, Power, Self Improvement, Get Rich Quick, Money Making Ideas, Inspiration, Prosperity, Build your Business, overcome self doubt and fear, Limiting Beliefs, Leverage, Make money work for you, re-programming. PROVEN! GUARANTEED!

How many of these mantras do you recognize? How many have you actually invested time, faith and money in? How well have they worked for you?

I can stand toe to toe with anyone and hold my own in the battle over who wasted the most moneyyeah, you think that didnt work you should hear about Or, yeah I tried that one too - that one cost me $xxx!!

Now, I will talk to you later about how much I believe in self development so dont get me wrong; I am not knocking any of these programs. I just know how easy it is for us to give up and believe that every dream is just a dream and all of these how to programs are just about making the author rich.

I know because Ive had those thoughts the self doubt; the belief that these programs are nothing more than schemes for getting my money. Or maybe I am just a dreamer and I dont really have what it takes. I guess you would have to come to the conclusion that you are not smart enough, not tough enough. Other people are doing it I have met them. Why not me? Am I destined to be mediocre? Is success some super secret formula that I will just never fully get?

I think that everything I have done, all the searching and learning have prepared me for this moment in time. I cant say that I feel like I am any sharper or savvier. I am sure I have accumulated more knowledge and I have gotten tougher. I used to cry if my boss looked at my funny. Now I dont worry about what others think of me.

Ive found that needing approval from others does nothing but limit your true potential. Even, especially well meaning loved ones. They dont know what you are capable of. While they try to protect you they really just put limits and doubt where faith and dreams lived.

No one knows what your destiny is except you and your God. I am talking to myself here more than anyone. I spent so many years afraid of doing anything wrong. If self doubt isnt an issue for you you are worlds ahead of most.

If you are like I was and you hear voices inside your own head that continue to tell you why you cant do somethingtake it from me. It is so empowering to finally choose to believe in your own dreams and silence the voices that tell you why you cant.

I had a Fitness Coach that teaches that Fear and Faith can not reside in the same place. You have one or the other. Where faith resides fear can not and visa/versa.

Choose to believe in yourself and your dreams. Next, believe that you have arrived at this site at this time for a reason.

http://www.fitnesshealthandwealth.com

Why Can't I Get Motivated?

2006-04-18T11:28:00.000-04:00

Have you ever asked yourself this question?

I know a lot of readers are athletes and professionals who have conquered this mountain but for the rest of us, the ones who havent quite made it yet.

Why cant we keep a New Years Resolution for more than 2 weeks? Why cant we loose that 20 pounds? Why cant you motivate your kids to clean their room?

There is something about motivation that no one has ever told you before. You can not motivate anyone to do anything! Motivation is not about willpower! Motivation has to come from inside of you. But how? Where?

Remember the Sean Connery movie, Entrapment? The World Bank that Mac and Gin robbed is located inside The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. What if I offered you $100 to walk across a plank 4 wide suspended between the two buildings? Thats 88 stories, 452 miles or 1,483 feet high? Not those cables that Mac and Gin walked across heck, I worked for Outward Bound even I could do that. Just a piece of wood about the size of a balance beam.

Would you do it? No safety net!

What if I offered you $1000? Or even a $100,000? What if your life depended on it? What if your childs life depended on it?

Now that is Powerful Motivation! The secret to motivation depends on how important the consequences or results are to you. If you can figure out the reasons, the real heart of why you want a thing you will not fail to achieve it.

Think about why you might want to weigh that certain weight? Do you really have some attachment to that number? Is it the 145 lbs that you are in love with? Probably not to many people really relate to a number. They dont want to be a number they want to be fit, have energy, look good. But that still isnt it. Why do you want to be fit? What benefits does that bring you. Dig until you get to the real reason behind the desire and there is your motivation.

Motivation is the reason you get up early; and it is the reason you dont quit when you hit a road block. Motivation is the driving force behind your success. Goals are important. What is critical is that you know why you want to reach a goal.

Fran

http://www.fitnesshealthandwealth.com