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Last week we left off with:

“Several days later Stevie still had not shown up. A few of the customers said they would let me mow their yard one time, since it needed it. But if Stevie came back the next week they would continue to let Stevie come back.

Stevie did come back the next week.

But I kept visiting.”

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And now, set back and lets continue:

I noticed that occasionally Stevie would miss a few jobs. I started to get those jobs permanently.

By the end of the summer Stevie was out of business.

Prozac lady did not want me to mow her yard. Well, I don’t actually know that because she never even heard my offer.

The shiny box?

You had to ask didn’t you? Of course I went to the shiny box. At this point I was no longer excited about pushing the button on the shiny box. But I felt I had to sell that box something.

Something.

It had become almost a quest with me to get that Jetsonian space age box to become my customer.

And so I approached the box. I pushed the button.

“What do you want?” the box asked.

“Would you like me to mow your lawn sir?” I asked.

“No. Do not push this button anymore,” the box requested.

The rest of that summer I visited the box every week. I had to. It had become part of my routine now.

Winter set in and the lawn mowing business ended for the year. But as snow came to us, and in Wyoming we got more than our share, the opportunity to make money was still present.

If it snowed on a school day, there was not a lot of chance to earn income because most walks were shoveled by the time we got out of school.

However, there were always a few people that had not shoveled their walks and I would run ask if I could do it for them.

People were willing to pay $2 to $5 to have their walks and driveway shoveled. More than they were willing to pay for lawn mowing.

You can read all the chapters of “How To Be an Entrepreneur” by going to http://salessuccessmagazin e.com. These stories are copyrighted by Timothy L. Drobnick Sr. 1995 thru 2005. Any person using this article must publish it without modification and include authors bio and links.

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Never before in the history of the business of writing have opportunities opened up and presented themselves in such a large quantity and scale for writers to easily win so much regular business and revenue.

If you know anything about writers of old you will know that they mostly starved, some to death. Yes, they often had to pay such a high price for their love of writing.

Today everything has changed so dramatically and so suddenly. Thanks mainly to the internet and the huge hungry market it continues to build at high every day, the business of writing has been changed forever.

Sadly however, many writers are yet to fully wake up to the new realties of the internet and the fresh and different business and revenue opportunities that are suddenly within such easy reach of any writer. Many offline writers are still stuck saying that they will never write $3 or $5 articles (see my article on this controversial subject at

http://100grandonlinewriters. blogspot.com/2005/06/lots-of-extra-money-waiting-to-be-made.html< /a>

Yet the same writers had no problem starting off their careers writing 10-cents-per-word articles in the old days. Some even wrote for publications that pay in copies and others that don’t even pay (just to get clippings of their published work. And yet those clippings were not anywhere near as effective as “online writing clippings” – that is your articles posted free at article sites, can be today).

But for you to succeed as an online writer you must first understand that all online writing is business writing. In the bricks and mortar world business writing is writing about boring stocks and sometimes boring companies and trying to explain why they are so successful or why they have failed. Incidentally I personally find such writing fascinating.

In online writing, the business writing is different. You can write on any subject, giving a lot of useful details and advice but in the end, you must find a way of getting readers to do what you want them to do. Your objective could be to get them to visit your website or blog for more information and this win higher traffic, which gives you many possibilities. Or your objective could be to get them to head straight to your affiliate website.

In other words your writing is always business writing because the end objective is to sell something, even if it is just ideas. And yet the moment your writing looks like it is selling, it will be shunned and people will not want to come anywhere near your writing. A good example is this article that you are reading so eagerly. It is actually selling something. Get my point? The kind of writing articles do online is very different.

Any writer who understands that all online writing is business writing puts themselves in a very good position to make a fortune from their online business writing.

For example it will become much easier to attract clients because no website will assign you to write something that does not help them sell something.

This business writing that is done online has become even more interesting in recent times because a huge market has developed for writers who can write content to attract specific Google adsense advertisements. Let me explain in a little more detail for the sake of the uninitiated. Most people who carry Google adsense advertisements quickly notice that it is extremely important to attract higher paying ads. The way to do this is by using certain keywords. Usually common keywords in most subjects will attract low bids (because there are numerous sites where these ads can be successfully posted) meaning that the revenue Google shares with the site owner carrying their ads, for clicks will tend to be low. More unique and rare keywords will tend to attract ads that have much higher bids on them. There are actually certain Google ads that pay as much as $100 per click.

The kind of business writing required here is where unique keywords will be used without the content losing its’ original value and meaning. There are probably hundreds of thousands of sites that carry Google ads and many of them are not happy with their earnings and would like to earn more. Business writing from online writers who understand exactly what the client wants is in very high demand. By the way it is very easy for an online writer to quickly become an expert in this sort of business writing by simply setting up their own blog and applying to post Google ads and then learning and practicing their online business writing skills on their own site to start with. They can even use the same site to attract clients and writing business.

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>From smoke and dirt to pollution and oil, it is amazing how much gunk can collect on a window over time. I sit here in my office looking out the window that appears to look the same as it did when it was new, but wondering why it was always a gray overcast outside. I was just used to the slow collection of crud so I never really noticed how opaque the window was becoming. It took a lot of cleaner, four rags, and a lot of elbow grease to make the window acceptably transparent again, but it’ll never be the same as it was when it was new.

Just as with the window, from birth, we all collect some level of gunk on our souls. This gunk consists of misinformation, prejudices, conflict, trauma, and myriad other experiences that layer over our creative insides. These layers slowly change the way we see our world by creating an opaque film over our soul’s eye. With that we begin to see the world in a way that we assume that it is and not necessarily in a way that it truly exists. Our reality becomes tainted preventing us from perusing and becoming everything that we could possibly become. However, somehow we need to clean off that gunk to obtain a clear view of life.

—Writing to Clear my Vision—

After 15 years of sharpening pencils and banging on the keyboard, I am still amazed at the things that happen as I continue to write. In the early days, I simply did it because it helped to pay the bills and it was fun to see my books at the bookstore. But, as time passed, I began to realize that the more I write, the more I learn about myself, and the more layers that peel off of my soul.

I must say, that the most fulfilling experience I ever had as a writer was the day that I saw my soul. To settle your doubts, it wasn’t so much a physical manifestation of a soul, but it was the automatic typing of my fingers to create content so rich that I had to pinch myself to see if it was still me. This bizarre, yet fulfilling, sensation pushed me into an entirely different frame of mind and a sense of satisfaction and self-belief like I had never known.

—Writing to Scratch the Surface—

Writing can take on many different shapes and sizes. Some write for research. Some write for pleasure. Others write for money. But, at the core of writing is the expression of one’s inner being. It is an outlet for the soul. A way for it to give so that it can dig its way out of the layers of contradiction and goo that have piled on over the years.

Many books have been written about the act of keeping journals or writing pages in the mornings to describe the first things that are in your mind to clear the way for the remainder of the day. The idea behind such practice writings is to begin to dig through years of muck and mire to touch the ultimate writer within us. However, it is much more than that. It is the release of our creative self that we all have inside and provides us with guidance and direction through our lives.

—Writing to Touch the Soul—

The soul is that energy that keeps is alive and connected to the Universe. It is the most basic part of our existence, but contains the knowledge and emotion of the Universe. When you touch your soul, your fingers take on a life of their own and you “feel” the things that you must write. Whether you feel it as inspiration or some divine message, it doesn’t matter. It all boils down to the fact that you are connected to your inner self and have punctured a hole through which the inspiration can flow.

Once you touch your soul, your life will change. It’s like a chain-reaction that changes your outlook and your direction. You feel what you are truly made of and find that you are capable of everything. All of the challenges you’ve encountered throughout your life suddenly transform into lessons.

The easiest way to begin the journey of self-discovery is to begin writing. Don’t write about the fly on the wall or the sunset. Write what you feel. What is the first feeling that comes to you.

While your first few attempts will appear, perhaps, embarrassing, they are simply a representation as to the way the soul’s message is translated through the years of experience piled on top of it. The objective is to dig through the layers to reach your core. Just keep writing. Every time you write, you’ll find that the feeling you’re documenting becomes clearer and more intelligible.

—What’s next?—

Whether your objective in life is to be a writer or not, the idea behind writing is simply to touch your soul. It’s no wonder so many people live their lives in spiritual destitution. The creativity that ought to fuel every thing in life is stifled. Don’t starve your spirit. Learn what creative gift the Universe has given you. Love it and care for it. It’s as important as the food you eat and the air you breathe as it is what supports your life.

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It seems like an obvious and stupid question doesn’t it?

When can you know a sales prospect is not interested in your offer?

You know when he says he’s not interested, right?

Not necessarily. Let’s say you’re calling someone on the phone, you don’t know each other, and before you can get to square one, he says he’s not interested.

What is he not interested in? Is it in speaking at that moment, listening to a presentation, or your product or service, specifically? You just can’t KNOW from this statement.

So, you might try to reply with a transition phrase, such as “Well, I appreciate that, but” and continue from there.

If he comes back again, with the same or a similar line, well, the game should be over, and we should let him go, with a nice phrase such as, “Thanks for your courtesy.”

Next?

But how can we know when someone is no longer interested if we have communicated many times and possibly visited and made a formal, written proposal? Let’s say we’ve called back, left voice and email messages and we’re getting zip, in return?

Can we infer the deal is dead, we blew it, or we’re too expensive, too late, or just too anything for his or her tastes?

Maybe, but it’s just a guess, at best.

All of us who have more than a few years of sales or business experience know that miracles happen. A prospect that you thought was deader than dead a few months before might call you and be hot to trot, or you might contact him and hear the same happy news.

Personally, I like to see the nails in the coffin before I am convinced a deal is dead.

So, if I get silence after having numerous contacts, I’ll wait a spell, and then try again, perhaps offering a new service or product or piece of information in my message.

And sometimes, I do feel a pulse and the deal comes back to life!

Dr. Gary S. Goodman, President of http://www.Customersatisfaction.com, is a popular keynote speaker, management consultant, and seminar leader and the best-selling author of 12 books, including Reach Out & Sell Someone® and Monitoring, Measuring & Managing Customer Service, and the audio program, “The Law of Large Numbers: How To Make Success Inevitable,” published by Nightingale-Conant. He is a frequent guest on radio and television, worldwide. A Ph.D. from USC’s Annenberg School, a Loyola lawyer, and an MBA from the Peter F. Drucker School at Claremont Graduate University, Gary offers programs through UCLA Extension and numerous universities, trade associations, and other organizations in the United States and abroad. He holds the rank of Shodan, 1st Degree Black Belt in Kenpo Karate. He is headquartered in Glendale, California, and he can be reached at (818) 243-7338 or at: gary@customersatisfaction.com

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Myth: You need to work your abs everyday.

Truth: The best way to develop abdominal strength and tone is to work your abs to exhaustion. You need to allow your abdominal muscles to recover..this equates to 24-48 hours of rest time between workouts. Increase the intensity of your workouts gradually. If you overdo it, not only will you be excessively sore (a little soreness is a good thing, it signifies that you have worked the muscle enough for it to repair itself and become stronger in the process), but you may discourage yourself because you will need more rest time than normal and it will be harder to do your ab exercises.

Myth: The more situps you do, the better.

Truth: Doing hundreds of situps will not help you lose abdominal fat! Situps actually do little to increase strength because they focus on edurance and are inefficient; it is hard to overload the abdominal muscles doing situps. Thus, you will be wasting your time. Crunches (yes, crunches) are the best way to overload the abs and work the entire midsection, whether you do them on the floor or on a Swiss Ball (my personal favorite!). There are many variations of crunches, and each targets different parts of the abdominal muscles. While doing crunches, it is imperative that you focus on proper technique and gradually increasing resistance. Using this method, you can fatigue your abdominal muscles using fewer reps.

Myth: Situps are the key to getting “cut” ab muscles.

Truth: If you have layers of abdominal fat covering your abs, situps, or any other exercise, for that matter, won’t do you much good. For a strong, cut midsection, keep in mind these tips:

1. Train your abs with resistance. If you are a beginner, try crunches without resistance first. As you get stronger, then move to more challenging moves or crunches using a Swiss Ball.

2. You need consistent cardiovascular exercise (helps to burn fat faster, performed at 80% of your maximum heart rate).

3. Cut the fat in your diet to shed body fat and create definition. This is the only way your abs will show through! Remember, great abs are made in the kitchen!

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Are you ready to abandon your poems? Before you toss your newest poem away, revisit it using some exercises that have proven helpful to poets who are feeling “stuck.” If you explore some of these ideas, you may be steps closer to placing your poetry in a well-known literary journal.

You can make submissions on your own, or hire some help. Every poem, on average, must be submitted to 100 markets before it is accepted. For poets, these numbers are sad, but true. Even the best poems must cover a lot of territory before they appear on the printed page. A reputable author’s submission service may offer you more time to write while they take care of the submissions. Remember that a good submission service screens potential writers for quality work. They don’t take everyone.

When writing poetry, a poet considers language. They also consider form, and may even consider audience. But that is not all. Though form serves as a vehicle or container, and audience can help drive a poem; and while it is language that gives voice to poetry, it is basically the root of the poetthe poet’s experiencethat gives voice to the voice. Even when poetry does not reflect the poet’s direct experience, it is still filtered through her or his eyes. Both poem and poet are inextricably connected; one cannot exist without the other. The material from which the poet culls the poem is that which has been sown, tilled, pulled, dumped, dredged, fermented, stored, and often kept hidden all the poet’s life. If the poet feels brave enough, or even if she is terrified beyond belief, she will excavate this treasure and use it to lay a foundation. Foundation laid, the poet then uses language to form the structure, build the ramparts which hold the poem together. Having built the poem with the blood and bone and truth of her, the poet thus offers a monument that withstands even the critic’s wind. Or, at least the storm of self-doubt.

Following are some simple ideas for exploring poetry and using your own experience to create a poem. If you’d like in-depth technical information on form and poetry structure, there is a brief list of recommended books at the end of this article.

* Practice using your voice by writing a poem about a life experience, a memory, a desire, or a belief.

* Write a poem about your name. You may do this in either a positive or negative lightwhatever is meaningful to you. You may even pick a name you like and write a poem about that name, making it your own.

* Select a poem written by someone else; write your version of the poem.

* Select two poems by different poets which contain the same theme. Write a couple of paragraphs comparing the poems.

* In your own words explain what you think makes a “good” poem.

* Pick a topic you dislike and write a poem about it.

* Try writing song lyrics. Compare your lyrics to a poem you’ve written.

* Read some material on different structures of poetry (iambic pentameter, rhyme, sonnet, etc.). Write a poem with the same theme in each specific structure. Pick at least three different structures.

* Write a poem explaining poetic rhythm.

* Explore and write examples of lyric and narrative poetry.

Some books on poetry worth owning:

A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver

In the Palm of Your Hand by Steve Kowit

How to Interpret Poetry by Laurie E. Rozakis

The Poetry Dictionary by John Drury

Exploring the ideas listed above may help open new doors for your writing. In addition to your poems being well crafted, they must be submitted regularly and extensively. Beat the odds with strong writing COMBINED with a powerful and tenacious submission strategy.

About the Author

Mary Diane Hausman was born and raised in the Texas Hill Country, and that experience provides a strong voice for her work. She teaches college level creative writing and poetry as well as public workshops. She has utilized Writer’s Relief Inc., an Author’s Submission Service, for ten years which frees her time to write. For more information, visit their web site at http://www.wrelief.com

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It has been said that a customer makes a decision to buy within the first 30 seconds of their experience at a retail store. That means that as a salesperson, you must create an environment that is comfortable for your customer and conducive to making a sale, all within 30 seconds of their arrival.

Sound impossible? It’s easier than it seems.

As a salesperson, you have 100% control over the experience that customers have in your store because it is your home turf. You have the advantage of knowing your store and products inside and out and using that knowledge to prepare yourself for your customer’s arrival.

Establishing a comfortable and engaging environment for your customer is also easy because it does not require any special training or skills. It means being aware of your customer and having an understanding of their importance to your job and your company.

You can engage your customer immediately by simply interacting with them in a way that shows that you care about their needs and have the knowledge to help them.

Greet your customer

Meeting and greeting your customer from the moment they walk into your store sets the tone for the rest of their shopping experience. By acknowledging their presence, they will feel important and will see that you are friendly and helpful.

In retail, the absolute worst thing you can do is make a customer wait for service or wander aimlessly around your store to search what they came in to find. They may have driven over 15 minutes to get to your store just to find one item. When they get there, they expect to find exactly what they are looking for and expect that you will help them find it. Without your help they may become frustrated and lost, and may leave empty-handed.

If, for some reason, it is necessary that the customer wait, do not let them feel neglected. Make them comfortable and let them know you will assist them as soon as you can, or give them an alternative resource for their questions.

Establish yourself as their resource

Immediately following your initial greeting you need to establish yourself as the customer’s resource. Your customer needs to know that you are the index of your store and that their experience will be efficient and pleasant with you as their guide.

Even if the customer is not ready for your help at the present time, it is important that you let them know you are available for questions and assistance when they are ready. If your customer feels like you are crowding them, they will likely want a few minutes to ‘look around’ before they feel comfortable enough to allow you to help them. Either way, establishing this contact immediately will let them know where to go when they do have a question.

Listen

When the customer is ready for your assistance, you must be ready to listen. Listening means discovering the meaning behind their words and the questions they ask. Too often in retail, salespeople try to find a quick solution, and dive into a speech about the first product a customer mentions. Take the time to allow the customer to reveal their unique needs and desires. Then you will be able to match them with a specific product that is perfect for them.

Listening to the customer will make them feel comfortable talking with you and ultimately, buying from you. They will feel understood and appreciated from your personalized service, and they will remember the experience.

It is amazing how simple these initial steps are when you understand their importance. They are easy to implement and so effective in creating a pleasant and welcoming environment for your customer as soon as they arrive.

So the next time a customer comes in, pay attention to how they are treated within the first 30 seconds. Watch how others greet them and take a hard look at how you typically greet them. Come up with a few ways to improve your greeting and put them into action. After all, if a sale is determined by the customer’s first impression, don’t you want to make sure it is a good one?

Tom Richard is a sales trainer and author. Visit his website to join his weekly ezine http://www.tomrichard.com

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Quotations are safe to use during public speaking engagements because if the quotation is not funny, it doesn’t matter since you are just reciting it. You did not write it. It can still be used to make your point.

You can use the power of the name of the person who did write it. People will be more likely to laugh or at least chuckle if a famous person made up the quotation.

If you are not sure to whom the quotation belongs, it does not matter at all. Unless I am absolutely certain who said something, I always give myself an out. I usually say ‘I BELIEVE’ it was ____________ who said. This keeps me out of trouble for attributing the quotation to the wrong person. Sometimes I say, ‘My great, great grandpappy used to say . . .;, or ‘My old aunt Maude used to say . . . ;. However, if you know for sure who said something and their name carries weight, go ahead and use it.

There are literally thousands and thousands of notable quotations available to you. Stop at any bookstore and look at quotation books. You can also look on the Internet for searchable quotation web sites. Here are just a few examples of some of my favorite quotations:

* Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. Winston Churchill

* I am a friend of the workingman, and I would rather be his friend than be one. Clarence Darrow

* I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn’t explain away afterward. Rudyard Kipling

* Get your facts first and then you can distort them as much as you please. Mark Twain

* Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn’t spend half our time wishing. Alexander Woollcott

* He is more apt to contribute heat than light to a discussion. Woodrow Wilson

* Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. Thomas Edison

* When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him run. Abe Lincoln

* It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

* When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

* In the first place God made idiots; this was for practice. Then he made school boards. Mark Twain

(take out school boards and substitute anything that fits your purpose).

When you are being funny, don’t feel bad about twisting the quotations to meet your situation. Mark Twain will never say a word about it. Neither will anyone else if you introduce your quotation by saying, ‘Someone once said,’ or ‘My great, great, grandpappy used to say.’ Then change the quotation around any way that suits you.

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New Year’s time is upon you again, isn’t it? Time to dust off the New Year’s Resolution journal, scribble in a few well-intentioned resolutions for change, and get going with 2006, right?

Sure – and then when Valentine’s Day rolls around, you’ll uncover the journal (hidden beneath some magazines), and decide to pack it away until next year, along with Frosty the Snowman and the wrapping paper. And there it will sit, gathering dust, mold, and rat droppings until this time next year.

Sounds good and productive, doesn’t it? (In case you couldn’t hear the sarcasm in that statement… it was there, trust me.)

New Year’s Resolutions don’t seem to last, do they? In fact, a recent poll* shows that people are tossing the idea of New Year’s Resolutions in the trash can, from the tune of 88% of people making resolutions down to 45%*. The reason? They just don’t work.

Au contraire, mon frere – I believe they can work, just not in the way most people do them.

Remember the colloquial definition of insanity? Doing the same thing and expecting different results. Well, this is what’s going on, all over the place.

I cruised the ‘net, checking out various articles and websites that claimed to have the upper hand on New Year’s Resolutions. Each one promised a new and more effective way to make resolutions, so “this time, they’ll work.” And every one involved lengthy planning sessions, brainstorming, writing your goals, getting support, etc. Good ideas? Sure. Gonna work? Doubt it.

But Einstein doubted it first

Einstein summed it up nicely: “The significant problems we face today cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” So all the goal planning, affirmations, good intentions, and six-step-processes-to-reach-your-goals are essentially useless, unless you change your level of thinking.

How to change your level of thinking

Eat gingko? Not exactly. Stand on a ladder? Umm, no. Changing your level of thinking is about changing the source of your thoughts. And since your thoughts are reflections of the state of enlightenment of your heart, you change your thoughts by opening your heart to greater levels of witnessing of the Divine Reality.

In other words, rather than make your conclusions about how life works based on your experience of creation (that’s called “living from your humanity”), make them on your experience of the Creator (that’s “living from your Divinity”).

What does this have to do with New Year’s Resolutions?

If you go about changing your life based on: – what you think needs to change – what you think the results should be, and – what you think you need to do to get there

then you are trying to change your life based on your life. Trying to get dry using a wet towel. Trying to pull yourself up by your own shoelaces. And that only works in cartoons.

Would you rather have a better way to do it?

Rather than make New Year’s Resolutions based on what you think, try making them based on what your heart’s intuitive powers can tell you. And to do that, try this process:

1. Consider the thing you want to change. It can be anything in your life. And if it’s the same thing as your last year’s New Year’s Resolution, great. (I mean, sorry – but great, use it now.)

2. Begin the process I call the Remembrance – remembering the Name of the Divine (whatever you call it, or however you conceive of it). Let it expand your heart, still your mind, and connect you to the Divinity all around you.

3. Ask for a new perspective. Let your expanded heart hold the thing you want to change, and keep Remembering. Pay close attention to your feelings, mental imagery, and subtle sensations that arise in your awareness. Trust what comes!

Example: 1) I want to have a wonderful relationship with my daughter, Yasmin. She’ll be six years old in February, and she’s blossoming in the most amazing ways. I want to make the most of our relationship.

If it were up to me, I’d probably think of things like, “spend more time with her”, “take her places more often,” and “do nice things for her.” Good intentions? Sure. But I’ve had those intentions all along, and it’s only done so much. Let’s see what happens next.

2) When I started in with the Remembrance, I felt a softness and compassion come into my heart. I felt a greater connection with Yasmin, and my heart swelled with joy.

3) What came to me then was, “Make her feel as good about herself as possible. Make her world wonderful, magical, and exciting.”

Notice that I didn’t get directions; I got directives. I didn’t get a map; I got a compass. Rather than dwell on results, I now have intention, a path to walk. Where we end up is not really in my hands. But, I do have a course to follow, and that allows for flexibility, creativity, and change – something that a static plan can never offer.

Still have that old New Year’s Resolution journal lying around? Well, put it to good use – sit on it while you take a moment to travel into your heart!

— * From a random telephone survey conducted by Stephen Shapiro, president of Goalfree.com, with the assistance of Opinion Research Corp. of Princeton N.J.

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