Common Sense Living

If you are involved in Internet Marketing at all, you no doubt got to witness an 18 year old becoming a millionaire this week. It was really cool, and well deserved.  

He came up with an amazing product called Mobile Monopoly. Everything he did was top notch from the training, to the prelaunch videos.  

Overnight success? 

Not quite.  

That’s what everyone thinks. He launched a product and made millions in one week.  

How long do you think it took him to come up with this product, have it designed and created? 

How long did he spend writing and shooting the videos?  

How much money did he put into this product before he saw a cent in return?

How many friends might have felt snubbed when he refused invitations to work on his product?  

It sort of reminds me of Bill Gates and all the years he spent ‘playing’ with computers in his garage. Geek. Nerd. Anti-social?  

And let me tell you, support is hard to find. You don’t know how often I hear now successful people say that their families were begging them to quit, to give it up.  

Who is this message for?  

2 groups. 

If you are one who is working on your dream – go for it. Never give up.

If you are one who is witnessing someone working on their dream – don’t discourage them. You might not believe in what they are doing, but they might be financially supporting you in a few years.  

Don’t feel snubbed or neglected because they are so consumed. Its not personal.  

Only 1% of the population has that much passion and drive. If you are lucky enough to know someone in this group, you might just be amazed.

I love my neighbors. I really do. They feed me often.  

The neighbors on one side are a little older. They could retire if they wanted to, but they don’t want to. So I’ll do things for them, and they give me homemade Italian food. I like that deal.  

I make sure they can get in their driveway when they get home after a big snowfall – they give me food.

She said she wanted to clean the beach, but couldn’t get to it. I like having things to do when I’m outside – so I did it. They feed me.  

And its not stuff you can buy.

Today he brought me lasagna, an Italian sausage sandwich with grilled red peppers, and a big thing of fruit salad. He’s always kidding me because I eat so much fruit.  

I’m trying to get him to show me how to make some of it, like his red sauce.

And, I’m just about to get my first ripe beefsteak tomato out of my garden. It’s a good week for food! 

There’s 3 points to this story - 

Always be willing to lend a helping hand. 

Show appreciation when someone does lend a hand. 

Good food goes a long way! 

Don’t you feel special when you have something that’s exclusive? Something that not everyone can have?  

That’s the feeling you can have all of the time when you make your own food. And its a fairly inexpensive way to show people that you appreciate them.  

Even your family.  

You might not think that they notice, or even care. But let me tell you – they do. 

How many times have the guys brought something fabulous their wife made into the office?  

I’ll ask my daughter what she wants for dinner. She often just says, “Good food.” 

She gets tired of the fast food joints with her friends, or the packaged instant food at other people’s houses. She wants, and appreciates good food.  

What about you? Don’t you deserve the best? A little special treatment? 

Food that will make you look and feel great? 

Steer clear of the fast food lane tonight and make something fabulous. There’s tons of fresh fruits and vegetables that don’t require any cooking at all this time of year. Throw something on the grill and you’ll be feasting in no time 

Your family will thank you.

Your body will thank you.

Your waistline will thank you.

If you need help finding something fast and fabulous to make >>>

I just had to share this video. What an amazing lady.

We all feel like when we get more money, or a better job, or a better car, or the spouse, or, or – that then we’ll finally be happy.

Then, when we get what we think we wanted, we’re still not happy. Oh no. Either the thing we wanted comes with some unexpected consquences, or we some some other bright shiny object that we can now obsess about. We’re always in this state of unhappiness.

But its the people who seem the happiest that attract better things, doesn’t it? Its like we all want some of that happiness drug to rub off on us.

I found this old video on YouTube that I thought you might get a kick out of – and maybe be inspired by -

Be Happy!

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I hope you had a great 4th of July holiday!

We had great weather, great food including the Shish-Kabobs my daughter had a taste for, and Spanish Omlets, and lots of fresh fruits and vegetables.  You just can’t beat the lighter, fresher fare of summer, can you?

We played in the lake and saw great fireworks at the Naval Base. It was great celebrating with the soldiers and their families. It felt so much more patriotic. And they played classic old patriotic songs that I had long forgotten about -

but then, the week continued…

I’ve been working on a project that hasn’t been going well. Its just very difficult for me. I keep putting it on the backburner when I get frustrated.

I was feeling a little sorry for myself this morning. OK, a lot sorry for myself. And then I opened my email from Whole Life Overhaul.

Yes, I get the emails myself to make sure the system is running OK. Anyway- here’s what it said -

Whole Life Overhaul
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Good Morning!

“And the rockets red glare-
the bombs bursting in air”

Life feels like that sometimes, doesn’t it?

How many times throughout history have people beat
seemingly impossible circumstances and come out victorious?

Of course, many times it was do or die – literally.

Ok, so you might not die if you don’t see your goal through.
Or if your goal is health or weight loss related- maybe you’ll
die sooner. But when you give up and quit, there’s a different
sort of death – deep inside.

Think back to a time when you gave up and quit. How did
that make you feel? Does it still affect you today?

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Now think back to a time when you really stuck it out and
accomplished something. How did that make you feel?
Exhilarating, isn’t it?

And now for the next line of the song…..

“gave proof through the night,
that our flag was still there.”

Are you ready to Prove It?

Carole

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