What the Heart Wants
March Madness: The Heat is On (and not the Basketball madness)
March will be a very interesting month I have a feeling. After just getting over a cold, I have a renewed motivation to kick ass!
It’s in the air…do you feel it? The success wheel is turning and starting to speed up. Just this morning I got an email from a client:
I thought you’d like to know that someone bought the tomato growing guide today–my first e-book sale! How cool is that??
Thanks again for all your help!
So what’s on the agenda for March? Plenty!
What Do Entrepreneurs and Olympic Athletes Have in Common?
Last night I watched as incredible men and women athletes skated down a mountain wall of ice or boarded up one. World athlete leader after another, I began to find the common denominators. They all felt overwhelmed with guilt and disappointment when they lost, they all showed a combo look of fear and confidence before they started, and they all…gave it their all.
I was sitting on the floor looking up at the TV thinking, “Man that’s impressive. I can’t even image the feeling, knowing you are the best in the world at what you do.” Then my thoughts took a different direction… “There are extremely impressive, hardworking men and women entrepreneurs or employees all over the place!”
Help “Maximus” Be the Next CBS 2010 Survivor Contestant!!
I am writing to all of you in hopes that you will give me your support on something that means a great deal to a close friend…and therefore, is important to me as well.
Mo Willis is a top-notch guy married to my boyfriend’s sister and has had his heart set on becoming a SURVIVOR Show Contestant for years. He has just compiled an audition tape-and here’s where you come in!
In order to even be considered for the show, the criteria is…your audition video MUST be in the top ten viewed videos! So, I’m assisting him by asking all of my friends to view the short video (less than a minute)!
Your Inspiration Today:
Rocky Balboa’s Speech to Son
“It ‘aint about how hard you’re hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward – how much you can take, and keep moving forward!”
When I heard this, it was as if stars aligned and it all suddenly made so much sense. I’ve heard similar phrases and words, but this particular set sunk in deep down. Anthony Robbins taught me that at the most random time, you can hear something that will Awaken the Giant Within.
Learning How to Work With Challenging People and Situations in the Workplace
“The Grass Blows, The Wind Blows, and People Do What They Do.”
My mom told me that phrase when I was a little girl and it stuck with me all these years. Grass, Wind and People are some of the constants in life. You can’t change people. You can only accept them and learn to work or live with them as they are.
A Preview of BySheSaid.com | Custom Rusted Metal Creations by Sharon Ludwig
Sharon Ludwig has been a residential home builder and land developer for over 15 years. Although construction was truly a great passion while rearing her two beautiful daughters, Kimberly and Amber, Sharon continually received what she called “downloads” of creative artistic ideas. Although she incorporated many of these expressions in her projects, most were filed under “Creation Folder” on her computer.
As Life tends to provide exactly what we need albeit sometimes challenging for purposes of growth, the 
real estate market fell into its current doom and gloom condition. Consequently, Sharon at long last found herself with time on her hands, thus BySheSaid.com was born. Although the web site is currently under construction, “Gateway” a division of BySheSaid.com is well under way.
Amber’s 21 Rules to Live By
I’ve discovered that when you do good things, you almost get addicted to doing even more good things. Maybe we just thrive on the feeling of greatness or the priceless feeling of helping people.
I’ve compiled a list of some of the things I do that make me feel good about myself. Please add to this list or review and implement some of these things in your life…
13 Ways to Increase Employee Retention and Keep Your Team Happy
I assume we’ve all been in situations where we had a Star employee or representative working under us that eventually turned into a messy termination. Hurt feelings, misunderstandings, disappointment. All you want is one more chance to do all of those things that would have kept them around and happy for years to come.
Live Your Life in the Front Row
During my time at Vector Marketing I got the privilege of meeting some very powerful leaders, but one stuck out to me in particular. A man named Jon Vroman.
While Jon and I worked at Vector (who markets Cutco Cutlery) he co-founded a very powerful non-profit called “The Front Row Foundation“. The mission is to help people facing life threatening medical conditions get into the front row seats to concerts, sporting events and live performances of the recipients’ choice.
From Jon:
Someone once asked me, “Jon, why do you put so much effort into front row tickets?”
50 Little Things To Do To Make a Spark in Your Relationship
I was listening to the radio the other day when a set of doctors, Drs. Charles and Elizabeth Schmitz, were being interviewed about their latest upcoming book. As an author (more to come about What the Heart Wants: A Teen’s Journey From Lost to Found) I was of course curious to see their angle. Their book was called, “Golden Anniversaries: The Seven Secrets of Successful Marriage”. But what struck me about this interview was that these doctors said:
- Traveled across the world doing hundreds of interviews on married couples – each married over 30 years
