Jun

22

ACTUAL Social Networking with Clients, Colleagues, Friends & Family

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A recent TV commercial for Coleman camping equipment stating that they were the original social networking site with their little green stoves reminded me that getting back to ACTUAL socializing has become a lost art.

Don’t get me wrong, I believe digital social  networking is aaaahmazing and blogging is freedom of expression in its purest form. I also believe the lost art of actually visiting with people face to face and not just through facebook is a pretty cool thing. I also think that the art of sending cards and  gifts through the snail mail postal system is another art that isn’t near extinction yet, but it’s been fading into the background.

Research shows that only 3% of our mail is personal and the rest is filled with marketing, logos and bills. More data suggests that 83% of people would rather receive a paper greeting card than an electronic greeting card. It means the sender spent a little more time thinking of you and spent a little extra care in creating or selecting the card. What would happen if you sent more greeting cards and gifts to friends, family, clients and colleagues?

What would happen if you became more social and invited them to lunch or to coffee to connect? What about sending them a Thanks a Latte card wiht a $5 or $10 Starbucks card in it and invite them to join you to catch up, to actually socialize and network.

The greeting card industry shows that most people send about 10 cards per year, but they have a need to send about 70 cards per year. Now you have a system at your disposal to actually send actual greeting cards, gift cards, gifts and postcards in a couple minutes from your computer for less than the cost of a retail greeting card. You can completely customize your cards with your handwriting and photos. When you click the SEND button, your card is printed, stuffed, stamped and mailed for you in 24 hours. I’m in love with this system of sending out cards and gifts.

It allows me to connect with my tribe on a regular basis and allows me to express how I feel about them simply and easily. The best part is it allows me to acknowledge and appreciate them and make their day. I know appreciation wins over self promotion every single time and what I send out comes back to me exponentially. I choose to send out positive vibes every single day to stay connected.

How are you choosing to stay connected with your network? How do you choose to socialize and actually meet, greet and make other’s days? I choose to add love, light and joy to my day by sending positive thoughts through pictures, words and deeds.

How are you making the days of your network? If you want to brighten somebody’s day, my treat, and test drive this vehicle for the Law of Attraction; send me an email at Gail@BizBuilderCards.com and I’ll set up a gift account for you to send a card on me. Let me know how it works out and how it feels to make somebody’s day with an unexpected social card.

Jun

7

Adventures, Misadventures & Executive Decisions

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So maybe you’ve made some decisions that didn’t turn out like you had anticipated. Maybe you’ve gained your life experience from some ‘bad’ or ‘wrong’ decisions. Make an executive decision to use the lesson, not lose the lesson of your experiences.

As a speaker and author, I tend to chalk it up to another adventure… or misadventure which gives me lots of material for my programs and articles. Reframing any incident, whether it be a moment or monumental, can make the situation a little easier to endure. We have the power to make that executive decison on our perceptions. I tend to think of life as a grand adventure made up of many smaller adventures and new experiences. 

Just like a pearl necklace; your life is a strand of many moments strung together. It’s our decision to create those moments that make up the grand strand. Who wants a boring life anyway?  Why not take some risks – no risk, no reward.

Because adventures make good stories, and good stories are made up of overcoming conflict or adversity, then coming out victorious;  I’ve made an executive decision to view my experiences as fodder for my work.

It seems to me that the measurement of a good story stemming from a misadventure is directly proportional to the length of time that has passed since that episode. :-)   It takes more time to pass for some adventures before they can become ‘a good story’ without the sting pf their rawness.

Yes, even being stranded in the Sea of Cortez for a couple hours alone with my SCUBA guide, running out of air, abandoned by our dive boat (with all my belongings – ID, money, clothing), being swept out to open ocean by the current, verging on the realm of  hypothermia, the sun setting, nobody to be seen for miles around, and my ship departing in the very near future.

That little misadventure not only took several of my 9 lives, it took several years before I could reframe it without a visceral reaction to the memory. How are you seeing your challenges? I contend we can choose how long it takes before we reframe something. You know they say we will look back and laugh about some of our bad decisions and misadventures. We can also choose to laugh sooner rather than later. It’s all about what we DECIDE to do. There’s no magic formula.

How do you see your life? Are you living your own adventure? What types of life experiences are you creating? How are you reframing your misadventures so you can make better decisions next time.  As one of my mentors says, “You can’t hit a home run if you don’t swing”. I choose to take a swing at life and chalk it up to an adventure.

As entrepreneurs, execs and enlightened employees, we make umpteen decisions daily. Isn’t running your own business a grand adventure? We may never know how just one tiny decision can change the course of our life. It’s up to us to course-correct if needed, or remain on that path. I’m making an executive decision to live an adventure.  I’m choosing to see my life experiences and ‘bad decisions’ as stepping stones on my way to success, how about you? If you need a guide to lead you through some of your executive decisions and plot your entrepreneurial adventure, give me a call.

Jun

6

Deciding is the First Step to Success

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What is the secret of success? Right decisions. How do you make right decisions? Experience. How do you get experience? Wrong decisions.

It all starts with a decision. Deciding to act. No action is started without first making a decision to do it. Deciding sets off a series of behavior that takes us down a path – we choose the path to success or otherwise. Once you realize you may be on the wrong path, it’s your decision to continue in that direction or bushwhack your way back to the right path.

Sometimes it’s a gentle nudge that tells us we’re on the wrong path. Sometimes if we don’t recognize the nudge, we get a shove, or a slap in the face, or a full-on hammer to the head to drop us to our knees. In life, as in hiking the back-country, our job is to be open and aware of our surroundings, what’s happening around us, what are we experiencing and are we following our internal compass and listening to our gut. Often our instincts kick in before our consciousness does to let us know something isn’t right, a person isn’t quite what they seem, a situation feels icky, somebody seems smarmy. Those are your signals to find a shortcut to your right path.

Once we realize we’ve made a wrong decision, don’t lose that lesson learned from the wrong path. At least you know what not to do or where not to go next time. It’s called experience. I call it adventure. As a speaker and coach, I gather all of the stories from my midadventures around the world as fodder for my programs so I can share with others what not to do. Sometimes the best stories come from the missed adventures and overcoming bad decisions.

So next time you find yourself lost in the woods, on the wrong path, with the wrong people, without a trusted guide and experiencing things you’d rather not; think of it as another life experience on your way to making the right decision. Pay attention to the signs. Listen to your intuition. Take note of where your decisions are leading you and if it’s not where you want to be, make different decisions.  Remember the definition of insanity – making the same decision over and over and expecting a different outcome. Change your decisions, make better decisions and change your life for the better.

Jun

2

How the 2012 Planetary Shift & The Secret To Reaching Your Goals are Connected

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Join us for this free 30-minute teleclass. If you can’t make the call, it will be recorded.

 The times they are a-changing!  And with this comes many transformations in the way we have been doing things.  Moving from the Information Age into the Conceptual Age is exciting, and no more so than in the realm of setting and achieving your greatest desires.  A new concept in choosing and reaching the pinnacle of goal success is with us in the guise of “Inspirational Goaling”.

 Gail Hahn will interview guest expert and author of “Inspirational Goaling”, Lynn Moore in this 30 minute teleclass wherein Lynn will be providing answers to some of the most popular questions she has received about her insightful new goaling system. Learn more about the Inspirational Goaling book at http://www.inspirationalgoaling.com

 Learning Outcomes:

 ·         How was the goaling ‘secret’ discovered?

 ·         How can I know if I am a goaler?

 ·         I’m not sure what I want, how can I REALLY know?

 ·         Why am I afraid to set a goal?

 ·         How are 2012 and goaling connected?

 ·         What fun and hilarious exercise can I do right on the phone to show how both sides of my brain work?

 ·         Why are Relationship Goals a major key in Inspirational Goaling?

·         What are the major Inspirational Goaling steps to follow?

 ·         How do I know if a goal is right for me?

·         What laws do I have to obey for my goal outcome to be what I want?

          Why is Inspirational Goaling described as fail-safe?

 ·         How do you explain Inspirational Goaling in a nutshell?

 ·         What are my free/bonus gifts?

 ”Inspirational Goaling”, sub-titled “How Intuition, Passion And a Taste For Adventure Create Goal Victory When Other Methods Haven’t”, teaches you where the traditional system of goal setting may have failed you, or, if not, how you can enrich the goaling experience by adding Inspirational Goaling methods to the traditional system. Learning this approach provides you with what Lynn likes to call “the missing link” in the goaling process.

 Along with information you can immediately implement into your life/business goaling endeavors, your co-hosts will be gifting you with

 ·         a 25 page guide on “11 Things to Avoid in Becoming Positive, Secure & Thriving During Challenging Economic Times

 ·         a no-charge 15-minute laser goal session with Lynn

  •  a free  50-page special report  from Gail to energize your goals, your life, your work, wealth  well-being
  • a priceless 30-minute REALationship Marketing business strategy session to inspire you reach your financial goals and an additional top-secret bonus from Gail. 

    Join Gail and Lynn for this 30 minute teleclass presented on:

 ·         Thursday, June 3 at 6:00 pm (PT), 7:00 pm (MT), 8:00 pm (CT), 9:00 pm (ET)

 ·         Phone 218 339 7777  Pin 7668800#

 ·         Complimentary

 As we usher in this new era, discover the process of Inspirational Goaling, for the shift is with us and how you get what you want in life depends on transforming some of the ways you’ve ‘always done things”. Learn it early so you can be among to first to ‘try it on’ and show others how it is done!

 About your Co-hosts:

 Gail Hahn, MA, CSP who is an Author, Certified Speaking Professional, Energy Expert, Executive with Send Out Cards, and the CEO (Chief Energizing Officer) of FUN*cilitators and The Energized Entrepreneur Network Facebook Group. She energizes individuals, events and organizations around the world through her blog TheEnergizedEntrepreneur.com, her radio show of the same name on the WINonline.com, VIP Days, Keynotes, Synergy Sessions and Energy Escapes. See her blog at www.GailHahn.com and check out the REALationship Marketing page to learn more about how you can build your relationships and your business.

 Lynn Moore has been a Certified Life Coach since 2004 with particular expertise in the art of bringing people together with what they want most. Born with entrepreneurial DNA and a natural drive for establishing and reaching goals, Lynn has been a successful multiple business owner over the past few decades.  An accomplished speaker, writer and now published author, “Inspirational Goaling” is her first book.  Learn more about Lynn, subscribe to a one-year free subscription to her electronic newsletter and follow her blog at http://www.ClearGoalsCoaching.com  Learn more about the “Inspirational Goaling” book at http://www.inspirationalgoaling.com

 We’re looking forward to ‘seeing’ you on the call and giving away our extra super special bonuses to those who choose to attend and take their business and their life to the next level!

Again, here are the dial-in numbers:

 Live show phone number: 218 339 7777, pin: 7668800#

 Recording after the call: 218 339 2487, pin: 7668800#, when prompted 6310# – this recording will be available immediately after the live call.

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