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Want to Advertise Your Business to the Olympics?

10744077670?profile=originalThis offer is for Black-owned businesses only.

Tens of thousands of people will visit London for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics and Paralympics this summer. 

Would you like to advertise your Black-owned business to Londoners, and international visitors and tourists?  People looking for tasty African or Caribbean food, Black hair care products and hairdressers, and a range of other products, services and gifts? If so, please contact me.

I am publishing a list of events to be held in London around the Olympics. There will be many events including dance, film, live music and much more.  Click here to download Olympics Tourist and Business Info

This list will include a directory of Black-owned businesses. If you would like to advertise there, please contact me here or click here to contact me. You can book a small ad for just $50 (£30) and advertise your business to people from all over the world. 


Click here for more Olympics tourist and business info


Plus click here for an interview with one of the Olympics sponsors, Lloyds TSB.



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Early this week I have the please of having fellow MyBBWO member Tamara Garrison-Thomas be a guest blogger on my blog.

 

Even though it goes unnoticed, cold calling is probably the most effective way to grow your business. Believe it or not, cold calling is a part of business development. Steve Richard shares in his blog, ‘Outbound Prospecting The Cold Calling Tactic That Works’ that 71% of sales reps stated that most of their best deals came from self-generated outbound efforts. “Successful businesses do not sit back and wait for the phone to ring or marketing leads to fall in their laps. They proactively make business happen. The fact is outbound prospecting (a.k.a. cold calling or warm calling) is one well-kept secret to 21st century business growth, especially for B2B service and technology companies” (Steve Richard).

If you are still skeptical about cold calling, check out Diane’s story. She’s a mother of 3, divorcee that was fired from 3 corporate jobs. She used cold calling as a method to not only find a job but to build a successful consulting business. You could also check out my friend, Melissa Taft who fell ill when starting her network marketing business. She used cold calling as a method to build her network marketing business because she couldn’t go out and prospect. She is now in one of the top levels of the company and a motivating leader. So, how can cold calling help your business grow? Like in these stories cold calling can help strengthen your ‘sales skills’, get new customers, thus getting more business, and gets the word out about your company. The following 8 tips will help you further realize how effective good cold calling can be for your business and help you set up a system.

Tip #1: Research your target market.

Make sure you research the market you are interested in calling. Do market research (or Google it! Save yourself some time and see what others have done already.) Find out as much as you can about the types of people or companies you’re trying to reach. Will there be secretaries or employees answering the phone? Does the phone call go directly to the owner? What do these companies need that you can offer them?

 

Get of the 8 tips in part 1 and part 2.

Thanks Tamara for sharing your knowledge with my readers.

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Yes, that is correct. More often than not, people are not joining your organization or purchasing your product because it’s the next best thing since MAC or Jamba Juice, they are joining you or purchasing from you because they like you and/or respect you and what you represent.

Often times, people jump right in and begin marketing their company or opportunity upfront and typically, this isn’t very attractive! When the primary, driving focus is on the business or the product, it may detract as oppose to attract.

I am a firm believer in and of Attraction Marketing!  My weakness is “finding people to talk to” but my strength is attracting people to talk to. My personal preference is to attract the people who want to work with me, that think like I do and want the things in life that I desire!  If we are a good fit, I ultimately make the decision to join forces or not!

Click Here to: Check out my video on this very topic!


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My Heart Speaks...of Gratitude

The fluctuating weather is a very cruel joke on those of us who do not have a thyroid! I have thermals on today when a few days ago I wore a cutesy cami with a light sweater. Oh yeah, I didn't want to have to turn the heat back on either, but...

HOWEVER, Thank You, God, for making the cancer near my thyroid known and able to be removed to no longer poison my body. Thank You, God, that I even have thermals to aide in warming my body and then for the days I can control my body temperature enough to enjoy the day's weather. Thanks God, for the fact that I have a place to retreat to when the elements may require it and even more so the place has inside temperature aiding devices THAT WORK! Thanks.

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The Race of Healthcare

Two years ago when President Obama signed the healthcare reform bill, you would have thought the debate would have been done, and Americans would appreciate the prospect of having irrevocable healthcare.  However some polls indicate that two out of three respondents want the bill repealed.  I will suggest to you that the majority of those who oppose the healthcare bill are working class people of European decent.  And I will suggest to you that their only motive for opposing the bill is that they don’t want a president of African decent to be successful.  They would rather die from the lack of affordable healthcare, than to support the vision of this man who doesn’t look like them.  Ludicrous wouldn’t you say?  Ladies and gentlemen, Racism has not left the room!

 

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Help Me Win A Trip

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I would like to solicit your comments on my recent interview with Alfred Edmond, Jr. , SVP/Editor-at-large of Black Enterprise Magazine.  I was given 10 minutes to interview Mr. Edmond about the challenges facing minority/women entrepreneurs.  Please review the video link below and add your comments to the website.  In the next few days, your comments will be tallied and the blogger with the most comments will be given a pass to the Black Enterprise Conference.  It is conferences like this that have allowed me to grow my own business as well as introduce new trends to clients.  I would be greatly appreciate it if you would share with friends and encourage them to comment as well.

ONLY COMMENTS ON THE WEBSITE WILL COUNT TOWARDS MY FINAL TALLY. 

http://blackloveforum.com/our-founder-would-like-your-comments/

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It's time........

IT’S TIME.... A poem written by my sister Colette Youngblood. Every girl must find her voice to become a woman.

A WOMAN SITS IN A CORNER, QUIET AND AFRAID TO SPEAK.
SHE GREW UP IN CHURCH HEARING THE WORD SPOKEN WEEK AFTER WEEK.
BECAUSE OF THE PAIN THIS WOMAN EXPERIENCED HER WORDS ARE TRAPPED INSIDE.
SHE BLAMES HERSELF FOR THE ABUSE AND HER SHAME SHE MUST HIDE.
SHE KNEW THAT WHOM THE SON SET FREE IS TRULY FREE INDEED.BUT KNOWING IT AND BELIEVING IS THE HELP THAT SHE WOULD NEED.
THERE IS A LITTLE GIRL INSIDE THIS WOMAN THAT NOONE WILL EVER KNOW.
IF THIS WOMAN DOESN’T REALIZE THAT EVERY CHILD MUST GROW.THE PERCEPTION OF THIS WOMAN WAS THAT SHE WAS SPECIAL,
A GIFT HER MOTHERS SURVIVING TWIN CHILD.
THE PERCEPTION OF THIS GIRL WAS THAT SHE WAS NOTHING BUT A TOY HER BODY TO BE DEFILED.
I ASK, WHO A FUTURE HERE, THE WOMAN AFRAID TO LIVE FREELY GUIDED BY A GIRL.
OR A GIRL WHO SEES HERSELF A WORTHLESS TO YOUNG TO REALIZE THAT SHE IS ACTUALLY A GENUINE PEARL.
THE WOMAN HAD DREAMS OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THAT SHE WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED
BUT THE LITTLE GIRLS PAIN HAS SHOWN HER LOVE THAT WAS DISTORTED.
THE WOMAN HAS A JOB, MATERIAL THINGS AND POSTION,
BUT BECAUSE OF IMMATURITY HAS NO CLEAR VISION.
THE GIRL WOULD WAIT YEARS FOR SOMEONE TO TELL HER SHE COULD MAKE IT.
BUT THE WOMAN GREW TIRED AND AROUND PEOPLE SHE WOULD FAKE IT.
NOW THE TIME HAS COME FOR THESE TWO TO MEET,
THEY DON’T HAVE TO BATTLE, IT’S THE MIND THEY MUST DEFEAT.
SO STAND UP WOMAN , GROW UP CHILD
WHATEVER HAS BEEN STOLEN IS BACK FOR USE.
SPIRITUALLY RESTORING ALL LOST TRUTHS.
NO LONGER CAN THIS WOMAN STAR IN A PLAY WHERE VICTIMS ARE THE ENTIRE CAST.
NO LONGER CAN THIS GIRL CONTROL BY LIVING IN THE PAST.
I AM HERE LIVING IN FULLNESS EVERYDAY TO OBTAIN HIS GLORY.
SO I SAY TO ABUSE, NEGLECT, DISAPPOINT, CONFUSION, HATRED, INFERIORITY AND LONELINESS,
YOU NO LONGER WRITE MY STORY.

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If you are an entrepreneur in the service industry or have physical products to sell, there are two things you must have in your business toolbox. Although, I have yet figured out how to incorporate one of them into my business, I do own both. So what am I talking about? The first thing is a smartphone. Not sure if you have seen the latest Blackberry commercial taking jabs at iphone users saying that they don’t need a toy but a tool help run their business. On a side note, I think Blackberry is trying to stay alive in a world that is all Apple everything. Almost everyone those I know with a Blackberry are leaving with for an iPhone or Android phone.

Whether you have a Blackberry, Android or, iPhone, you are already on the right path. Smartphone are great for busy businessmen and women. Yes, you can make calls, send texts/pictures/videos, and update your social networking profiles but here are tons of apps available that can help run your business. I can’t fail to mention that apps tend to be created and release more often for iPhone and Androids before they (if they are ever) are released for Blackberry. I think I have found a way around this for you guys, which I will talk about a little later.

Check on the entire post and learned about how you can turn your smartphone into a cash register.

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Time after time after time and again, I get the following responses from people that are either looking to start a business, looking for a business opportunity, looking to transition into a business that is profitable, or new to business altogether:

1) I chose this business because I’m absolutely in love with the products.
2) I chose this business because it’s my passion.

In business, if you truly are running a business as opposed to a hobby, it often doesn’t matter what the business owner is “passionate about.” What truly matters is what other people, a.k.a the CONSUMER wants and what people are already paying money for. 

It takes more than passion to build a business. Many newbies tend to forget this fact, or just don’t realize this fact and get caught up in the "I-I-I syndrome."

Today, I want to share a video link addressing being “passionate about business.”

Video Link for Today

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Best Regards!

Veronica Gold

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Don't Believe the Network Marketing Hype

10744076890?profile=originalIs there lots and lots of hype in every network marketing company? Of course, we've all witnessed it. The overly positive, extra excited big wig that tells that amazing story, of that super journey and gets the room going and next thing you know, people are signing up like crazy!

The business of network marketing is heavily driven by emotions and by dreams. You have a group of individuals that are desperately wanting to change their circumstance, make more money, have more time, be financially free and clear of the rat race and hence the emotional state of these individuals is at an all time high. The hype-guy or gal starts to speak about their success, that was an instant success and about the crazy commission checks, the residual income, passive income and the other income that was streaming in from every which way without them doing much of anything at all and what do you, that is all that it takes! Everyone in the room is excited. Everyone in the room is empowered. Everyone in the room is uplifted and ready and willing to try something new because it is going to set them free. Sold!

Everyone is, or at least the new distributors are officially high! It takes 1 to 4 days typically for the distributor to come down off of this high. Sometimes it takes a few hours. With the attractive compensation plans of today, sometimes it takes 1 month or 2. Suddenly, the reality kicks in. Nothing is happening. More money is suddenly being requested to attend trainings and for auto-ship, etc., etc. The new reality is suddenly that it is going to take more work than what was heard! You quickly resort to the Task List that they gave you, assuming they gave you one that tells you to:

  • Make a list of your friends and family
  • Book an in home opportunity meeting
  • Put your people on a conference call
  • Do a 3 way call with your up-line
  • Follow the plan, follow the system
 
You get no, after no, after no and maybe even a few hell no's! Your confidence is suddenly shot and the next thing you know you are convincing yourself that you've been scammed, that you should have known better than to get involved in one of those pyramid things! Suddenly your friends and family avoid you and won't take your calls anymore.

Maybe you decide that you are not a quitter and that you are going to prove everyone wrong. You believe that this industry and the business that you've chosen can work! Let me just say that you are absolutely, positively CORRECT! Network marketing and MLM can and does work. Does traditional network marketing models work? Yes, they do which is why you were given the above task list. But there is more available to aid your success and fast track your success. If you are like most people, you don't want to beg and plead for family and friends to join your business. You'd rather people track you down and beg and plead to join your business I'm sure.

A bit of advice I have for you is to do your homework on how to attract people to your business opportunity. The sooner you do this, the faster you'll be out of the rat race and on the road to true financial freedom. Don't believe the hype. Believe in yourself, your leadership and your SYSTEM (hopefully you have a proven one) and you will build a successful MLM business.

In order to get the most out of your Network Marketing business up front and avoid failure, I highly recommend you quickly develop the skill to attract people and lead people rather than chase people. TEAM UP WITH RIGHT PEOPLE and the RIGHT SYSTEMS! Realize that all products, systems and people were NOT CREATED equal!!! That's what I did and it was one of the best decisions I've ever made.  I learned how to use Network Marketing as a vehicle to MORE and PLENTY!  Do you need a new way?

 

 
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The fact of the matter is if you truly believed it in your soul, you could call in to work well and yes, fire your boss. I am not saying you can close your eyes, believe it and do it immediately.  You could, but you’d probably end up broke and homeless. But there is no doubt that it is doable and being done each and every day through a vehicle that the masses just simply don’t believe in.  Network Marketing and Multi Level Marketing, otherwise known as the Direct Selling industry is this vehicle. 

 

Like most people you probably expect to retire one day, maybe in a few years, maybe in a few decades, but you hope to be able to one day have the retirement income coming in reliably every month as you finally relax and enjoy it. But something is very wrong with this picture. You'll be elderly by then! You'll have the free time, but who wants free time when they're 65?  The traditional plan for an employee is to work for 40+ years, giving away most of their life to traffic, a time clock and people they hate, then relaxing when they are too old to live the life they dreamed of….assuming that they have a retirement plan that takes care of them when and if they are fortunate enough to retire and assuming that they live to be that old.  Side Note – retirement plans were designed around the fact that most people would die before being eligible to collect….people are now living longer which is why the retirement system is in a rut!!

 

For Network Marketers the plan looks a little different. Set up a business in your spare time that will pay you even when you stop working... then stop working!

 

Imagine... where would you be now if you had read this message 5 years ago, 10 years ago, 15 years ago?

 

A network marketing business gives you the freedom that most people are not even capable of imagining.  As your business grows (and you're helped every step of the way by other people just like you) your income increases. This is income on top of your regular job income, because you don't have to quit your job to do this. Most network marketers won't quit their jobs until their business-income overtakes their job-income. Then they fire their boss, walk out, and never look back.  Others put so little time into the network marketing business because of the simplicity that they never quit their “other” jobs or close their “other” businesses!

 

If it takes you 5 years - heck, even 10 years - to eliminate the need for a job, what would you do with your time? Most people would travel more, get serious about their hobbies, volunteer their time to the charities they're passionate about, learn new skills, visit friends and family, etc.  And yet these same people, with their same wishes, spend their time working for a boss, worrying if they'll get fired, arriving home late, then flopping down in front of the TV in sheer exhaustion.  They go to bed, wake up at 6 a.m. the following morning and do it all over again and again and again.

 

Be different. Put the remote down.  Put the shot glass down. Plant some new seeds in your spare time.  You probably don’t have the money or the time to invest in starting your own business from the ground up, but I’ll bet you have the time and the money to invest in building your network marketing business from the ground up.  Donald Trump has done it, Robert Kiyosaki has done it, Warren Buffet has done it.  I’ve done it! What’s stopping you from doing it?  Click Here and find out how I build residual income from home, in my spare time, AROUND everything else that I have always done!

 

www.veronicagold.com

www.facebook.com/theveronicagold

 

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I know a lot of people who sometimes just “drop out” of sight.   I believe it’s a sign of the times. Too much pressure. Too many expectations.  Too much stuff going on.  The only way people seem to handle the stress, strife and struggles of life is to hide.  

 

I guess that’s normal. If you knew a storm was coming, you’d hide.  If there was a tornado outside, you’d go in the basement.   When a caterpillar wants to turn into a butterfly, it wraps itself up in cocoon.

 

Women need to refresh, reflect, and rewind.  There is so much stuff. Dealing with illness of a loved on, financial struggles, depression, self-esteem issues, family crisis, work stress or just plain burnout!  

 

Let’s unplug. Women need to let their hair down. Women need to talk. Women need to just getaway and do Girly Stuff.

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Experience 3-days of discovery, strategies, growth and fun:
  • reconnect with your highest goals and deepest values
  • discover the Disney Secrets to grow your leadership, business or career
  • start or grow business to build your financial empire
  • know how to leverage your unique leadership style for success
  • be more confident asking for and getting what you want
  • finally balance your life so you enjoy more while achieving more
  • learn business and marketing strategies and systems proven to work
  • awaken your true inner beauty to live your best life
  • more from Passion to Profit, from Profit to True Wealth
  • learn to build and leave a legacy
  • connect with other amazing women — entrepreneurial peers, leaders and business owners — willing to encourage and support you … and more!

Walk away re-energized and ready to take your life, career or business to the next level!

 

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Have a spa party. Sit on the beach (and not be judged) but just really talk about stuff. 

Get inspired by others who are making money online. Get spiritual nuggets from real Christian Business Women.

 

Sound fun? Sound like what you need? Join Kim Coles, Dr. Stacia Pierce and friends at April Raine's Glamorous Getaway Conference.

Empowerment Weekend | April 19-21, 2012

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Are you ready to lose some body fat?

Are you eating enough? Are you eating too much? These are two important questions if your goal is to lose body fat. To determine your daily caloric intake visit http://www.acaloriecalculator.com/ and input the required data. It’ll also tell you the number calories you need to consume if your goal is to lose body fat. The goal is to reduce your calories by 500 each day. You can do so by a combination of eating less than your target daily caloric intake and exercising.

 

If you’re unsure about the number of calories in your favorites, simply visit http://www.calorieking.com/foods/. You’ll discover that your favorites like a Chef Salad… or that blueberry bagel…or that raspberry tea may not be the low calorie food or beverage item you thought.

 

Have a healthy day!!!

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Can I Help You Sale Your Products?

I'm always looking for businesses to introduce to my SORMAG community.

 

We are a group of multi-cultural readers:

 

Women & Men

 

Ages 18 - 75

 

Who enjoy purchasing online.

 

In honor of St. Patrick's Day I'm offering a Buy One Get One Free Business Ad

 

This is your chance to introduce your business to 3500+  Readers and 3500+ Social Media Followers

At a price that fits every marketing budget.

 

Click HERE for more information.  Click HERE to see a sample Ad.

 

I look forward to helping you.

 

 

 

 

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Marketing is a very important part of any business no matter the size or budget. As a Solopreneur we have to come up with creative ways to get the word out about our perspective endeavors. Guerrilla marketing is one of them. So what’s Guerrilla Marketing? It is an advertising strategy thats all about low-cost unconventional means (graffiti, sticker bombing, flash mobs) to promote a product or an idea. The goal is to create buzz and maybe go viral.

Here are a few guerrilla-marketing ideas that you can apply to your business.

1) Create a flyer and posted it where potential customers might see it – post office, church/community center, or library. For example, Tekserve (a New York City Apple Computer reseller and Apple Authorized Service Provider) has a bulletin board right when you walk into the store. They allow their customers to post flyers and business cards on it. I think that so awesome of them.

Check out then entire blog post for the remaining three guerrilla-marketing ideas for your business.

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Eliminate Distractions from Your Inbox

One thing I hear solopreneurs talk about is how distracted we get from doing our day to day tasks - you know, the ones truly critical to reaching our goals.  If that's the case for you, look at what you are tolerating. A great place to start?  Your email inbox.

What things are you allowing to distract you?  Do you get tons of emails from vendors that entice you to buy the next best program or course?  What about emails that you never read...yet they take up space in your inbox.  Could you either unsubscribe or at least filter them to a different folder for later reading?

Look for ways to get rid of things that hold your attention when you want it to be somewhere else.

 

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About the Author: Tanya Smith is a creative business strategist and coach specializing in showing service based solo entrepreneurs how to simplify, save time & stand out with simple strategies that engage more quality leads and clients.  Her company Be Promotable provides fresh actionable strategies and virtual resources to promote business owners as power players in their market.  Claim your instant access to a free business systems assessment at: www.tanyasmithonline.com.

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Seeking Sisters In Toxic Relationships

Hey Ladies,

Most of us have been there at one time or another. We find ourselves in toxic relationships and have no idea how we got there. We are either in denial or desperately trying to fight our way out. If that's you I'd like to encourage you to hang in there and do whatever it takes to get out.

If you've gotten out, bravo for you! I'm happy you have made it to the other side. Encourage your sisters and keep pressing forward in faith and love.

I bring this up because I have been there and done that. I went through one toxic relationship after another, but now I am on the other side and want to share words of encouragement and tactics to help my sisters who are still in the trenches. So I'm writing a book about it and conducting research into the topic.

10744080066?profile=originalI've created a free ebook I'd like you to have. It's called 10 Reasons You Might Be Attracting Crummy Guys, Toxic Relationships, and Heartache...and How to Stop It!. You can download it here.-->> http://nomorecrumbsdating.com/ebook

I've also created a quick 5-question survey I'd like for you to take. It would be a tremendous help to me and may be beneficial to you, especially if you own a business.

There is a space to share your story, your cause, and your website. I will include it in the book, which is free exposure for you. There is no obligation to do this at all but there are certainly benefits.

Here is the link to the quick 5-question survey -->> http://bit.ly/xiCdiW

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Empowering Women Entrepreneurs: Does Fear grip you when you think of these three words?

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I need help! Those are three of the most feared words for many that I know of. Why is this?
Do you feel that asking or admitting that you need help means that you’ve failed or maybe you feel inferior?


Let’s take a look at the consequences of not asking for or seeking help.

You continue repeating the same steps getting the same results.

You waste time and money trying out new bright shiny objects. The next best thing.

A great service or product is withheld from the world.

The solution to someone’s problem is hidden and causes them to either
continue on a long search or never realize the resolve for their problem.

You continue to toss and turn afraid that your mortgage won’t be paid or that you won’t be able to keep up with your bills.

A lack of confidence and low self esteem sets in as you beat up on yourself for not accomplishing what you thought you would have by now.

You finally give up.

Is it worth it?

Seeking out the necessary support and resources is an action of a woman who knows that she has gifts that the world needs to be exposed to, an unstoppable woman of tenacity that has made a resolve of no retreat.


It doesn’t make you weak or inferior.

The added support of a coach and/or mentor will save you years of trouble, reduce the mistakes that you end up making and will keep you from reinventing the wheel.

You will also realize increased revenue and save time.

If it hasn’t worked for you for the last 1 – 5 years or more, you can’t afford to continue on your own.
Stop now. Look at where you are? Are you satisfied?

Make an agreement with yourself that you will do whatever it takes to position yourself for empowering success. Don’t cheat yourself simply because you’re afraid of or too proud to say “I need help.”

Ready to take action. Secure your help today! Request my free Breakthrough to Destiny talk. There are a limited number of spaces open.

So I suggest that you request yours now. Click here to request your Breakthrough to Destiny Talk.

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