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Valentine’s Day Google Doodle

February 14th, 2012

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Have you seen the Google Doodle for Valentine’s Day? It’s so cool!

If you missed it, you can watch it right here:

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I hope you’ll enjoy the Google Doodle Valentine!

And that you had a very cool Valentine’s Day, filled with love and chocolate.

And it doesn’t end there…

Valentine’s Day seems to have inspired a wealth of very generous specials by my online friends.

Tiffany Dow, the writing whiz, has an incredible sale where everything in her PLR store is just ONE dollar apiece!

Even ebooks that normally cost $116!

She’s nuts, but hey, I appreciate her generosity and I’m taking her up on it. I’ve had my eyes on a couple of her new products and so I’m going to take advantage of her special deal and grab them for pennies on the dollar (quite literally).

So what the heck is PLR and why would you want some?

Well…

PLR means private label rights, which means you can actually
take her stuff, edit it and turn it into your own ebooks, or
use it as blog posts, or whatever.

But here’s the coolest part – her books and articles are
REALLY good, so if there’s something you’d like to learn more
about, now is your time to get the info cheap.

Tiff is a former journalist, so she’s got fact checking down
to a science and you can count on getting high quality info. Oh, and very well written!

Here are just a few of the topics she covers:

Lose weight
Lower blood pressure
Make money online
Write an ebook
Start your own PLR business
Women working at home tips
Forex
Affiliate Marketing
Stress Relief
Getting Your Ex Back
Dating guides for men and women
And so on.

She’s got a TON of stuff.

CLICK HERE to check it out!

Here’s how it works:

Make a list of the things you want (copy and paste them into a document or a clipboard. Then count how many you have.

Then go to the “Specials” tab and purchase your credits (they come in $5 increments, i.e., $5, $10, $15, etc.

Check out, and you’ll get instructions on how to get your PLR products.

Here’s how it works:

Email her at writeconsultant AT aol.com with your transaction ID or receipt copy and tell her which PLR items you want her to send you.

And you’ll get some cool stuff.

This will be good for a couple of days, but check it out now before you forget.

And that’s not all…

If you missed Marlon’s Marketing Dashboard, now is the time to
grab it. He’s dropped the price to a ridiculous $20 (for the $59
product) and it’s REALLY good.

CLICK HERE to find out more

He even throws in a ton of bonuses, so I feel almost silly to add one of my own.

But I AM adding my own bonuses for either of the above:

I’ll send you a guide on how to write your own ebook (you can
use Tiff’s PLR as a basis

And I’ll also send you a guide on how to use Squidoo!

Take a look, and if it’s something you think you’ll find useful, now is the time to grab your copy.

I have almost everything by Tiff and love her stuff.

And ditto for Marlon – you may remember that I’ve been
raving about him before.

And how will you get your bonuses (mine, that is)? Just email your receipt here:

ElisabethHelp AT Gmail DOT com

Anyway, it’s late and I better send this out now before Valentine’s Day is over.

So have a very happy Valentine’s Day! Uhm, or week!

And tomorrow, the chocolate is probably available for pennies on the dollar too…

Elisabeth

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Thoughts about New Year’s Resolutions

January 17th, 2012

Happy New Year!

How has 2012 been going for you so far? And how have you been doing with your New Year’s Resolutions?

I love New Year’s Eve and the beginning of the new year. It’s like a blank slate. You get to start over again!

Whatever may have held you back during the previous year, you can do better this time. So what is it you’d like to do better this time around?

Here’s the deal with New Year’s Resolutions though…

So many people have been making the same ones over and over again, and by the end of the second week in January, they were history. And yet, when a new year rolls around, they make them again.

This is a baaaaad idea!

Why? Because you’re teaching your inner self that you are a failure. That you’re not to be trusted. Each time you let yourself down, you have even less of a chance to make it next time.

So this year, don’t do it the same old way. After all, you want to empower your inner self, not frustrate it.

Before you make (and/or break) your new year’s resolutions, stop and think!

Oh, and yes, I know, we’re already halfway through January. But that’s okay. Take your time. You don’t REALLY want to wait till NEXT year, do you?

New Year’s Resolutions, Done Differently

I wrote about a different approach to New Year’s Resolutions last year too, and so this year, let’s take another go at it…

Step 1:

Figure out what you REALLY want to accomplish.

Step 2:

Divide it into doable steps.

Step 3:

Make a commitment to take the first step.

Step 4:

Make a commitment to take the next step. Etc.

Step 5:

Repeat with other worthwhile goals, but be sure not to overwhelm yourself.

Note that I said “doable steps” – the idea is that you should make it attainable, and you should make it something that really matters to you.

In a recent year, I wrote about making not New Year’s REsolutions but New Year’s Projections.

I envision my new year and what I want to happen. Then I come up with action steps and take them, one at a time.

This is not a contest. It’s your LIFE!

So let’s not make resolutions to beat ourselves up with. Instead, let’s make some that inspire us to bigger and better things. Let’s come up with envisionings to live our dreams.

So what is it YOU want to have happen in your life this year?

What can you do to make it come true?

The Key to Successful New Year’s Resolutions

Focus on doing the things that are under YOUR control.

For example, if you want to get published, start writing.

And once you have written things, make sure they’re really good.

And then, submit them for publication – in suitable places.

There’s no reason why you can’t stretch and aim for the moon, but also consider what would work – i.e., in this case, consider your audience, and your competition.

I remember the first poem I ever got published in a “real” literary magazine. It was “Chemoceremony” – and you can check it out on my Average C Cup site.

It was the first Villanelle I ever wrote, and I put my all into it. I spent days writing it, and I was very pleased.

It was a poem about how I turned chemotherapy into a sort of ceremony, and I had thought for a while about how I might merge those two, and one day it clicked.

And since that poem was a villanelle, a specific form, I decided I wanted to send it to the Formalist.

Now the Formalist is a pretty competitive journal, plus it won’t accept multiple submissions. But I felt that this poem was right for it, and I decided to send it.

And bingo! They liked it too, and published it! Woohoo!

The reason – I knew the journal and I knew my poem was a good fit. So I took a chance at a long shot and it worked.

Of course, I also submitted lots of poems in a variety of places that were rejected, but that was just part of the “game.” I kept at it, and by the time I published Average C-Cup, most of the poems in there had been published in literary magazines.

And all it took was a commitment to keep sending them to suitable places.

So as you consider your goals, make it about taking action. Also make it about getting GOOD at taking action.

If I hadn’t worked on getting good at writing poetry, and at selecting the right publications, and writing well-crafted letters and submitting in proper format etc., I wouldn’t have been successful.

But I would never make a commitment to get this many poems published. That was not something that was under my control.

Still, if you take right action, with the right attitude, with the right kind of “New Year’s Resolutions,” and with visualizing success, chances are that you get where you want to go.

And with that, get ready for a FABULOUS New Year!

Elisabeth

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How to Allow Abundance

November 24th, 2011

Do you ever wish you knew how to attract money? How to make your projects work out the way you were hoping for? Here’s the key… You need to know… How to Allow Abundance.

Well, my cyber friend Wendy Betterini is a major expert on the subject. She’s written several books about it, among other things, but right now, she has outdone herself…

How to Allow Abundance: Wendy’s Course

She has created a course on how to attract money, or rather, how to ALLOW ABUNDANCE.

You see, attracting it is one thing. We’ve learned from the Secret how to attract. We know about the law of attraction, and some of us may think it doesn’t work because – where is everything I’ve been trying to attract?

Well, there is more to the law of attraction than deciding what you want. It took me quite a while (and a lot of reading Wendy’s materials, plus those by Abraham/Hicks, and Michael Losier, and lately Tara Springett, and I’m now understanding it.

Still, understanding and actually doing aren’t the same thing. And so I’ve been very happy with Wendy’s course which focuses on the missing piece in the equation, though it also is comprehensive enough to capture the whole process.

So how DO you allow abundance

I’ve written before about how I learned how to allow (or even how to understand what it’s all about), but Wendy provided a whole lot of resources that helped me actually allow!

And in this course, she’s put everything together, from Tapping exercises to meditations to lots and lots of other exercises. And she’s fun! So this won’t be a boring and solemn course at all. You’ll enjoy yourself as you work towards every increasing abundance.

If you click on the image above, you’ll get a sneak peak into what Wendy’s Allowing Abundance course is all about. This is not a “blind” ad – she lays it all out.

And she’s also given me access to an ecourse I am allowed to give to you for FREE, so here goes. Check it out – you’ll learn some cool tools as you go through her ecourse day after day.

What’s in Wendy’s FREE “How to Allow Abundance” e-Course?

Wendy’s How to Allow Abundance e-Course has 6 parts, not counting the welcome email, and will be sent out over about 10-12 days or so.

Here are the six parts:

Part 1: What is the Law of Attraction and How Does it Affect Me Financially?
Part 2: How Is Lack Formed?
Part 3: Thoughts and Emotions that Attract Lack
Part 4: Activities that Intensify Lack
Part 5: Forming an Abundance Mind-Set
Part 6: Activities that Increase Abundance

Why so much about lack? Because we need to understand how we sabotage ourselves before we can stop doing it.

Wendy definitely goes into the abundance increasing mode in her last two emails.

So what do you think? Want to know more?

Claim Your FREE “How to allow abundance” ecourse

To get your FREE e-course, simply type your name and email address into the form below and click on “Yes! I Want Abundance!”

To Your Abundant and Happy Life!

Elisabeth

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Happy Thanksgiving! Gratitude Quotes & Thoughts

November 24th, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you living in the US, and a wonderful day to everyone else! And a few thoughts about Gratitude and why it’s so important. Plus some of my favorite Gratitude Quotes.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Some people asked me during the last few days whether I celebrated Thanksgiving where I came from (Germany). And the thing is this…

Thanksgiving in the form celebrated in the US is a uniquely American thing. But giving thanks during harvest season is not.

In fact, when I grew up, there were all sorts of harvest festivals, which involved expressing gratitude for a good harvest: Erntedankfest – festival to give thanks for the harvest!

And I know they have them down under too – except they’re in spring, which is THEIR fall.

The Importance of Being Thankful

So no matter where you are, now is a good time for giving some thoughts to what you might be thankful for.

Don’t have much to be thankful for? Think again. If you can read this, you have plenty of reason to be thankful, for your eyesight, your health, your roof over your head, the food in your fridge, and the loved ones around you, or even those that might be a phone call away.

While I don’t want to think of expressing gratitude in a way that’s too utilitarian, i.e., too focused on the benefits it brings, it won’t hurt to be aware that being grateful is just plain good for you.

Not only is it good for your health, it’s good for reducing stress, and it raises your vibrations. Your brain cannot be upset and thankful at the same time, so focus on giving thanks and you feel better fast.

And feeling better in turn brings better things into your life.

Gratitude and Advanced Manifesting

In my last post, I wrote about Tara Springett’s book, Advanced Manifesting. Just scroll down to find it, or click on the “Last post” link at the beginning of this post.

Yes, she wrote quite a bit about gratitude. But she didn’t stop there. She had the ultimate of gratitude exercises…

Being grateful for the bad stuff. Or rather, the stuff you didn’t like. For when things didn’t go according to plan.

It’s a bit like Abraham-Hicks’s “positive aspects” exercise – no matter how much you dislike something or it rubs you the wrong way, find positive aspects about the situation or person or thing.

Expressing gratitude can be approached the same way: No matter how something is going against your wishes, find something about it that you can be grateful for.

Gratitude when things don’t go well…

I used to gripe a lot about how challenging my life was when I found/find myself in a financially tight spot. And yet, there’s always opportunity for gratitude.

Like one of my friends likes to say – these are growth opportunities. And I meet interesting people and come across valuable information I wouldn’t have found if things had been easier. I have learned new skills (and continue to learn new ones) and those new skills have opened up surprising opportunities.

So spend some time thinking about what good things might have come out of situations you weren’t very thankful for at the time.

And then express your gratitude.

Gratitude Quotes

Here are a few cool gratitude quotes I have come across over the last few days:

“Gratitude makes sense of our past,
brings peace for today
and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
- Melody Beattie

“The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.”
- Eric Hoffer

“Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.”
- Christiane Northrup

“Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.”
- Margaret Cousins

“Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.”
- Brian Tracy

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”
- Epictetus

“Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home.”
- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

And Another Gratitude Quote…

And then, here’s probably the most important one – the reminder that we need to EXPRESS our gratitude for it to bring real benefits:

“Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone.”
-G.B. Stern

In keeping with Stern’s quote, be sure to tell your loved ones how much you appreciate them.

And I want to tell you how much I appreciate you for visiting me here and reading my musings.

Have a very happy Thanksgiving Day!

Elisabeth

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“Advanced Manifesting” (Tara Springett) Review
November 7th, 2011

I’m really excited about a new book I just read: “Advanced Manifesting” by Tara Springett! It’s subtitle is “Tibetan Buddhist Secrets for Fulfilling Your Dreams.”

As you know, I’m very interested in Manifesting and the Law of Attraction, and so I wasn’t sure how many new things I might learn, and I was very happily surprised! This book is truly taking the manifestation process to a whole new level.

Tara Springett is a psychotherapist as well as a teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, and she has combined the two in her practice.

In Advanced Manifesting, Tara Springett introduces us to the finer points of how manifestation works according to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, and, more importantly, gives us a wealth of detailed step-by-step processes.

If you believe you already know a lot about manifestation, you’ll quickly discover, as I did, that there’s a lot more to it than most other books have us believe.

Yet it’s not complicated. At least not when you follow Tara’s eight steps. Here they are, straight from the Table of Contents:

Step one – Finding the wish that brings genuine happiness

Step two – Harnessing the power of your unconscious mind

Step three – Taking action

Step four – Raising your vibrations

Step five – Overcoming craving

Step six – Dealing with the waiting time

Step seven – Removing any remaining obstacles

Step eight – Receiving the fulfilment of your wish

How Advanced Manifesting Works

The manifestation process starts with step one, finding out what it is that you REALLY want to manifest. The often overlooked aspect of this crucial step is that the desired goal of the manifestation needs to benefit not just the would-be-manifester but also the world around him or her.

And both parts are crucial.

So many of us are all too focused on helping others that we forget looking out for ourselves. But some people are also doing the reverse – focus only on themselves when it comes to deciding what to manifest, with no consideration of the greater good.

Tara has a cool graphic that shows us how these two aspects interact and what they lead to.

She shows us that neither of these approaches leads to successful manifestation or true happiness. You need to find something that will benefit you, but you also need to want it for the greater good of something or someone outside of yourself.

Well, Tara’s book is certainly going to be helping a LOT of people – if they read it and take its teachings to heart. And follow the instructions.

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As you saw on the list above, there are 8 key steps to advanced manifesting as Tara teaches it. And they all need to be there for successful manifesting to occur. Though they do not all have to be there perfectly, which is a big relief.

Advanced Manifesting – The Challenges

What I like most about the book is Tara’s in-depth exercises and step-by-step processes that help us deal with the inevitable challenges.

What challenges? It can be hard to believe that we really CAN manifest what we truly desire. So we need help with keeping up the faith.

Manifestation is also rarely instant – even when using advanced manifesting techniques. So that can really gnaw on our confidence. It can make us desperate as we yearn for our desired outcome. We might even be tempted to try to bring about changes in others. Those are all things to avoid.

Fortunately, Tara’s exercises help us overcome those challenges.

And about those delays… with Tara’s stories, which are really quite entertaining, we can see how any seeming delay or failure turns out to be for our greater good.

Among the stories she shares was how she met her husband – who turned out to be EXACTLY what she had really wanted deep down but wasn’t so sure she’d ever be able to find. And he came with her total dream house too (or rather, he went out and bought it after they were together!).

All that happened after much frustration with the dating scene and pretty much having given up. And with her friends harassing Tara about being too picky etc. Well, she’s still happily married.

Another story involved a lengthy job search. Tara had gotten a position that was limited to one year, so she went out to look for jobs that started after the year was up. And was rejected over and over again.

At one point, a seemingly perfect position opened up at a friend’s company, which she almost got, but at the last minute, an inside candidate was selected.

Finally, after all the searches, Tara found herself unemployed when that 1-year position ended.

Not much of a master manifester, you might think…

Well, just wait a minute.

Two weeks after her job ended, she met her future husband, who lived in another country, where she joined him. If she had landed a job, this would have not been so easy (or so easy a decision).

Also, deep down she wanted to have her own business, and bingo! It all fell into place. Perfect manifestation after all.

So the wisdom I get from this is that we don’t always get what we think we want, but instead we may get something much better that works much more perfectly with what is really our ultimate goal.

I’ve experienced a lot of these things myself. But this is not the place to share MY stories. This is about Tara’s book.

A few more highlights

I’d like to share just a few more highlights of the Advanced Manifesting book (very biased).

a) It’s a fun read

Tara has a great sense of humor, and I found the book a very entertaining and enjoyable read.

b) How to deal with the waiting time

One of the biggest challenges of manifesting is that there is generally a waiting time until things turn up. And keeping the manifestation process going rather than pushing things away or repelling them is very important – and very difficult.

So Tara offers a number of great techniques that help with this process.

c) A cool new “wrinkle” on gratitude exercises

Tara has a cool way to make gratitude exercises more powerful than ever. She provides a technique that involves expressing gratitude for things that did NOT go our way – and thereby taking away their power and becoming manifestation tools.

This exercise also has a terrific mood-lifting effect.

There’s lots more, but this review is already much longer than I had planned, so I’ll stop here – for now.

Needless to say, I highly recommend Tara Springett’s Advanced Manifesting.

One more thing… I just found out that if you get Tara’s book during her launch, you’ll get a WHOLE bunch of bonuses!

I already have it, but I’ll go and get myself another copy so I can get those bonuses too! Plus, it’ll make a great gift

Happy Manifesting!

Elisabeth

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Getting The GREEN Light: Why Halloween Means GREEN To Me
October 29th, 2011

It’s been a while since I last wrote, but today, I’m feeling really inspired…

It’s Halloween weekend, and this is always a very special time for me.

Why?

No, it has nothing to do with parties and trick or treating, though that’s fun too of course.

But you knew that already since I associate Halloween with GREEN! In several ways…

You see, it has to do with something that happened on Halloweeen 1989:

That was the day I formally immigrated to the United States and got my GREEN card!

And that GREEN Card gave me the GREEN light for a lot of things I couldn’t do before.

And it changed my life.

You see, I first came here as a foreign student, to study linguistics in Berkeley.

And once I was here, I fell in love with living in the U.S. It was that “be all you can be” attitude that got me hooked. And that’s about GREEN too, isn’t it?

Which is why I’m so big on self help and self empowerment.

At the time, the chances of being able to stay here in the U.S. were very slim. But amazingly, I ended up getting a teaching position in Virginia, and I became eligible for a Green Card!

In order to get my status changed from student visa to permanent resident status, I had to fly back to Germany and visit the American Embassy over there.

And I returned on Halloween!

I threw a big party for my new colleagues, featuring all sorts of green food stuffs.

No green food today, though I COULD defrost some spinach and have a couple of lime jellos In fact, I’m going to!

And for some weird reason, I’m sitting here wearing my St. Patrick’s t-shirt today. Go figure.

And to stick with the GREEN Theme, let’s talk about GREEN Light, as in Getting the Green Light, as in green traffic lights.

I’ve written about Marlon Sanders here before, including, I believe, about his Traffic Dashboard.

I’ve got to say… his traffic dashboard has definitely helped me turn on the green light for me and the traffic I’ve been getting. It’s brilliant!

And his traffic dashboard along with his other dashboards and tools, along with his sage advice, have definitely brought more GREEN into my life

And Marlon just announced an ultra-quick Halloween contest, and I would like to win! Or at least send enough referrals his way
to make it to a decent spot on the leaderboard

So I’m asking for your help… IF you have a website and want to get more traffic, consider giving YOURSELF the green light…

I’ve come up with a BIG bonus, giving you my personal time and my expertise to help you promote your website or blog – or an affiliate product of your choice.

So if you could use more traffic for your website, check out my VERY special bonus deal for you, good for the next 48 hours only (until 7 PM on Monday, i.e., Halloween!):

CLICK HERE to Get the GREEN LIGHT!

As you’ll see, I’m going to go all out and actually give you a strategy session to figure out how to best help you get more visitors to your website.

AND I’ll write AND submit an article for you on the topic of your choice, with a resource box that takes the reader to the
website of your choice. That should give you some GREEN (light) of your own.

And that’s not all. I could go on and on about the special Traffic Dashboard Club Membership site where I’ll stash some extra resources and tips for you, but, well, you just have to go look at my blog post on the subject:

CLICK HERE to Get the GREEN LIGHT!

In that post, you’ll also find out how to claim your bonuses (simply send me your receipt to my HELP email with the phrase “Traffic Dashboard Bonus” in the subject line.

Right underneath that post, there’s another post where I write in more detail just WHY I like Marlon’s Traffic Dashboard so much.

Let me know if you have any questions by writing to my help email:

ElisabethHelp AT Gmail DOT com

Meanwhile, have a very Happy Halloweeeen Weekend!

Elisabeth

CLICK HERE to Get the GREEN LIGHT!

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http://www.twitter.com/ElisabethKuhn

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Birthday Thoughts: TWO Special Birthdays
September 12th, 2011

Do you love birthdays? I do!

And so I’ve decided to share my birthday thoughts…

Every year, on my birthday, I reflect on the past year, the things I’m grateful for, the… uhm… “growth opportunities” I have made it through in one piece, and so on.

I also spend some time thinking about what that next year might bring, with anticipation. And a bit of deliberate planning or rather (en)visioning.
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On my birthday 18 years ago, I was in the middle of going through chemotherapy for breast cancer, and I wasn’t sure whether I’d make it to my next birthday, so every single one of my birthdays after that has been a gift!

You can find a couple of my poems about that experience on my special website for that topic:

AverageCCup.com

YOUR Birthday Thoughts?

So how about YOU?

How do you feel about YOUR birthdays? Do you celebrate?

How do you celebrate?

Or would you prefer people forgot that you had them?

So let’s get to the two special birthdays, in the order the birthday “kids” were born:

Special Birthday #1

Well, my friend and mentor Dennis is definitely in the “Celebration” camp! And this year, he has a big milestone birthday!

So I want to help him celebrate!

Happy Birthday Dennis!!!

You see, to celebrate, Dennis has put together a totally insane package of some really valuable info (almost all of which I already have, and every one of the included items is excellent!)

It’s more than $200 worth of outstanding information about how to build an online biz and make it thrive.

But even if all you have is a personal blog – there’s ONE must-have item in there that you’ll want anyway, and that item alone is worth at least twice as much as the “investment”.

What is it? It’s a guide that tells you exactly how to protect your blog from hackers! And even if you’ll use nothing else, that guide alone is worth at least twice the price of Dennis’s special (and let’s not even think about the cost of having your blog hacked!

This is really priceless information!

Fact is, the whole birthday deal is less than a fast food meal for two (without dessert!).

Less than two fancy coffee concoctions at Starbucks!

Less than ONE movie ticket!

Dennis’ Birthday Steal!

And in case you’re wondering… yes, this is the same Dennis I told you about a while ago (at least if you get my emails or tweets), the one who went from broke and deeply in debt to owning a booming business in just a few years.

How’d he do it? With a very simple step-by-step plan (check out his story):

CLICK HERE for Dennis’ 5 Bucks Story!

BONUS BONUS BONUS

Here’s my Recession Buster BONUS:

If you help celebrate Dennis’s Birthday TODAY by taking him up on his Deal (or his “5 bucks” ebook where you can read his VERY inspiring life story AND get a fool-proof plan to greatly increase your income…

…then I will GIVE you a cool “Recession Buster” BONUS, a guide filled with ways to SAVE money and make more. “5 bucks” fits right in!

How to get your Birthday Deal Bonus:

Get either Dennis’s Birthday Deal OR his 5 Bucks Book and just forward your receipt to my “help” email:
ElisabethHelp AT Gmail DOT Com

Please include “Birthday” in the subject line.

I’d love to share this recession-busting guide with you.

It even comes with an audio version, so you can pop it into your iPod or other device and listen to it on the go.

Special Birthday #2

And there’s another birthday today… Not quite a milestone (that’ll come in two years), but still:

My sister!

Happy Birthday Sophia!

She too enjoys celebrating her birthdays and was off partying (I assume) when I called. So I had to sing her “Happy Birthday” on her answering machine!

I was a bit disappointed that I didn’t get to talk to her in person, but it’s her who has the special day, not me, though I sure am glad she was born, and I remember that with appreciation every time her birthday rolls around.

As I do for my other sisters, my brother, my friends, etc.

I thought about calling her yesterday, but the thing is that we have this little superstition in Germany (at least in the circles I was moving in when I lived there) that you’re not supposed to wish people “Happy Birthday” early.

Belated is fine on the other hand, though the best way is to wish them Happy Birthday right on their birthday!

So there are two special birthdays today, and probably millions of others as well, considering we only have 365 days to pick from.

And if it’s YOUR birthday today, I wish you a very happy one too, as well as a fantastic next year.

In keeping with the birthday thoughts theme of this post, I just remembered a greeting card I came across years ago (and which I sent to a friend who wasn’t quite so happy with HIS milestone birthday) that said…

Your birthday is the day the earth was graced with your presence!

I think that’s an excellent way to put it.

And so… whether today is your birthday or not, you have one every year, and why not celebrate your presence on this earth today and every day…

I forgot whether it was someone in Alice in Wonderland or Winnie the Pooh who was celebrating unbirthdays. I’m all for it

Have a fantastic day!

Elisabeth

P.S.: Dennis’ birthday special (and my bonus) is only good for today, though the 5 bucks book/story will be available longer.

Dennis’ Crazy Birthday Celebration Deal!

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Funny Work Quotes – For Labor Day And Beyond
September 6th, 2011

Funny work quotes – it’s interesting to see what people find funny about work. Or not so funny.

As I was looking for funny Labor Day work quotes for a client’s daily quotes series, I came across some very amusing – and thought-provoking – quotes.

And so, I’m going to share some of those funny work quotes with you and comment about what they say about us and our relationship with work…

Funny Work Quotes – “Necessary Evil”

“When a man tells you
that he got rich through hard work,
ask him: ‘Whose?”
- Don Marquis

“Work spares us from three evils:
boredom, vice, and need”
- Voltaire

All I’ve ever wanted was an honest week’s pay
for an honest day’s work.
- Steve Martin

The world is full of willing people;
some willing to work,
the rest willing to let them.
- Robert Frost

“The best way to appreciate your job
is to imagine yourself without one.”
- Oscar Wilde
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Funny Work Quotes – Curious stuff about work

If it weren’t for the last minute,
nothing would get done…
- Anonymous

“How can I think outside the box
when I work inside a cube?”
- Found on a coffee mug

“Nobody notices what I do.. until I don’t do it.”
- Also found on a coffee mug

Funny Work Quotes – How to get OUT of “work”

“Tell your boss what you really think about him
and the truth shall set you free.”
- Patrick Murray

“I love my boss,
I love my job,
I’m self employed”
- Anonymous

“Executive ability is deciding quickly
and getting somebody else to do the work”.
- John G. Pollard

“If you don’t want to work,
you have to work to earn enough money
so that you won’t have to work.”
- Ogden Nash

“I always try to go the extra mile at work,
but my boss always finds me
and brings me back.”
- Anonymous

Funny Work Quotes – Taxes

“America is a land of taxation
that was founded to avoid taxation.”
- Laurence J. Peter

“Why does a slight tax increase
cost you two hundred dollars
and a substantial tax cut
save you thirty cents?”
- Peg Bracken

“Did you ever notice
that when you put the words ‘The’ and ‘IRS’ together,
it spells ‘THEIRS?’”
- Author Unknown

“Taxes:
Of life’s two certainties,
the only one for which you can get
an automatic extension.”
- Author Unknown

“A fine is a tax for doing something wrong.
A tax is a fine for doing something right.”
- Author Unknown

My Commentary on Funny Work Quotes

It was fun looking (and especially finding) all those funny work quotes. And there are lots more.

What does that tell us about work? Most of us don’t like much what we do for a living. And even when we do, the pay may not be what would make it all worth our while – but we’ve got to eat.

So what can we do about that?

Figure out what we REALLY would like to do!

The question is – is that because we do work we don’t like, or because we just don’t like working.

Confucius said….

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

I partially agree – it’s a good idea to have a job you love. But don’t think it won’t be work. In my years as a professor, I used to resent it when people told me they didn’t think reading and writing was work – after all I liked reading.

But when you HAVE to read certain stuff, and on deadline, it’s work, no matter how enjoyable the actual activity may be under different circumstances.

Still, doing what you love is really a key part of making your work and your life successful. You’ll be unlikely to get really good at and enthusiastic about something you hate.

So let’s find a way to make a living doing what we love…

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In the meantime, I hope you had a great Labor Day Weekend (and enjoyed my funny work quotes)!

Elisabeth

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Gratitude – Lessons from Hurricane Irene
August 28th, 2011

Hurricane Irene is gone, and I’m feeling gratitude for that. Still, the after-effects will be with us for a while.

Among the first one – no power!

And “no power” reflects how that makes us feel – quite disempowered. And yet, there are a lot of ways we can make do, at least for a few hours or possibly a few days. I sure hope it’ll be over soon, but I’m also looking into ways that I can get my work done if it takes longer.

In the meantime, I’d like to focus on gratitude.

First, for the storm being over, and the beautiful day today.

For the fact that it was less severe than anticipated.

Gratitude for my sturdy condo building that kept me and my neighbors safe.

And gratitude for the lessons learned from previous big storms. They made this one easier to take:

I realized that I need reliable lighting – and so after the last one I invested in a few camping lanterns, and they’re great! And, most importantly, safe!

I’m also learning to roll with the punches a bit better. So I couldn’t go online – and instead, I took some time out to rest, go to bed early, get sleep. And read some stuff I hadn’t gotten to in ages.

And as serendipity would have it, I came across a book I had had for years probably, but at the time I wasn’t ready to follow the advice inside of it. Now I had the time, and so I read it – and it offered a solution to the problem that’s been plaguing me for a while.

What’s the book? It’s at home and I’m at Starbucks typing this – something about Miracle diet by Diane Kress I believe.

I might update it later…

When I first looked at it, it seemed overly complicated. Now I’m ready to do it. So I’m on day 1 of the miracle dist, which reminds me I will have to go home to get my next round of suitable prescribed food.

More on the details later.

Another thing I’m grateful for is Starbucks (and the other places that let us use their free wireless!). The place was mobbed earlier, and even now all the outlets are taken.

And I’m here, hungry and with a sore back from hunching over a miniature table to do my typing, and afraid to leave because I’m worried I might not get another outlet when I come back. Aaargh.

And then I realize that all I have to do is bring a book (and a power strip, which the person next to me has done – my ibook is actually plugged into his power strip! That’s how HE got a place to plug in his stuff (and it includes various other gadgets he brought from home that needed to be recharged).

I’m also ecstatic about the fact that our elevator is running in spite of the power being off.

Thanks to the condo association’s decision to upgrade their generator, they now have the wherewithal to run the elevator during power outages. The thought of walking up and down 10 flights of stairs was making me depressed and tired just thinking of it, and then I discovered this morning that the elevator was actually running! Yay!

I’ve also been quite remiss with keeping up with this blog, so now I’m going to start again and share some tips on self-help and self-empowerment.

But first, another thought about Gratitude – that I have a home to go back to that may not have power right now, but it does have food in the fridge, and it’s time for a VERY late lunch.

More later.

Meanwhile, I’ll keep all those who have been harder hit by the hurricane in my prayers. And may be power be with us again soon.

Elisabeth

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Favorite Self Help Books, You Wealth Revolution, and Darius Barazandeh
May 18th, 2011

Favorite self help books… I’ve been meaning to do the occasional book review for a while. But nothing has inspired me quite as much as the book I’m reading right now. Which I found out about because of Darius Barazandeh and You Wealth Revolution.

That’s right. And the best thing? It’s FREE! You can tune in right now, and listen to the last several programs.

I checked it out, did a bit of research on the participants and found THREE books I simply had to have. So tonight, I went to our local Barnes & Noble and bought the one they had: Alexander Loyd’s “The Healing Code.” The other two should arrive tomorrow in the mail…. Meanwhile, I’ve started reading the Healing Code.

VERY cool, to say the least.

Remember how much I’ve been talking about stress and the importance of getting a grip on it? I was right! Stress really is at the source of must about every problem. And handling stress needs to be our number one priority.

Except this doesn’t go nearly deep enough…

The Healing Code explains exactly how it works and just why stress is causing problems, and the whole range of problems it causes. Sheesh, my own thoughts about that barely scratched the surface.

According to Alexander Loyd, almost all problems, especially health and energy problems, are caused by stress.

And he goes into a lot of detail about the sorts of things that cause stress and problems, and the kinds of problems they cause.

Now I didn’t buy the book for learning more about how I get stressed, obviously (or maybe not so obviously). I bought it because it offered a solution.

Meanwhile, Loyd and his cowriter go into great detail about the power of beliefs. There’s a very cool story about a little boy who was training to be a martial artist, and whose assignment was to break a brick during a special demo day.

He had never done that, but managed to do it perfectly. And here’s the quote: “The breaking of the bricks was simply the physical manifestation of the boy’s internal beliefs.”

And then, the next paragraph goes on:

“What are the bricks in your life? Whatever they are, chances are they are there because of a belief problem. The one thing I will promise you is that if you can believe the truth, the bricks that are blocking your path will fall away.”

Whoa!

And this is what this book promises. To help us make the bricks that are blocking our path fall away.

According to Loyd, beliefs are very powerful and can heal or kill you. The problem? Finding hidden beliefs.

And he argues that the root of everything is the heart. And to heal problems you have to heal the stress, and to heal the stress, you have to heal your memories.

And the Healing Codes he presents in his book are supposed to do that. Well… let’s see.

He begins explaining the healing code, and then, on page 213, is the disclaimer… “The Healing Code and Instant Impact are for informational and educational purposes only. Neither is intended to diagnose , prescribe, treat, or cure any disease or mental condition. The FDA has not evaluated this information and we make no curative claims.”

Awwww.

Seriously, it’s sad, but these legal disclaimers are necessary, or else, the FDA would probably come after the authors.

Anyway, so this is all for informational purposes, and educational purposes.

As is the rest of You Wealth Revolution!

And then, there are the Healing Codes described, with detailed instructions.

Next, there are equally detailed instructions about figuring out the heart issues that need to be healed.

Finally, the book includes an instant impact exercise, which basically involves intensive breathing.

I’m going to try it out and let you know how it’s working. And of course, I’ll also write about the other books.

In the meantime, be sure to check out Darius Barazandeh and YOU Wealth Revolution so you’ll be able to catch the rest of the lectures. They leave them up for 48 hours after they happen, so you’ll have plenty of opportunities to listen in.

And yes, they also let you upgrade to get them as mp3s and as a fancy version that comes with transcripts as well as bonuses.

Now, I’ve got to get back to my favorite self help book

Have a great evening!

Elisabeth

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