What Is Your Life Purpose?

Today it is more important than ever to begin your journey on finding your life’s purpose. When one begins to think about this, it is easy to get overwhelmed. That is because it is big. For some it may invoke some fear.  Others are numb to it, thinking that they do not need it, or that it does not exist.

It certainly does exist, and your life will be infinitely happier once you are on your path. The good news is that it is actually fun to find your life purpose, and the system you can follow to begin your journey.

Your Purpose/Meaning Of Life

The meaning of your life or purpose will be found through the Process of Transformation.

1. Explore

Do what you like, and what you think you may love. Do similar things, and play with it…don’t get locked in to what is comfortable just because it is ok, and it pays the bills. When you are no longer learning, and when things are stagnant, leave that, and explore more.

Travel, help others, and constantly change jobs in which you have not found something that truly feels right.

Take the stance and realize that school taught us NOT to fail, but it is through failure that so much more is attained! When you do fail, take the stance that every failure is good in some way. Always, no matter what, love where you are NOW.

2. Personal Development

You don’t know everything.

I am sure you can relate…sometimes when I learn about a new subject, I just totally get how little I actually know. It is amazing how much is out there!

Perhaps it is our ego that likes to keep us from taking more time to learn, read, and develop ourselves. That is also odd because if it is our ego that wants us to stay comfortable and away from that sometimes, I also believe that sometimes our ego that wants us to be big, and keep learning.  That is a battle that can be fought on both ends. In any case, I believe that we can build ourselves without ego; I believe we can even trick the ego to get on our good side, and use its power to our advantage.

What I do know is that if we stop challenging our mind, and stop reading, learning, and asking questions, parts of our brain stop working. Our intelligence and our desire to keep learning dwindles, and little by little we are on the couch every night, watching others live their dream on the radiant light box we call a tv.

If you want to find your true purpose, the last thing you want to lose is your curiosity to learn. Your learning simultaneously expands your mind power, soul search, and body understandings.

So how can you develop yourself? There are so many ways! Join interesting Meetups, go to the bookstore and pick new books each time, go to seminars, be open to it all, say yes to learning…

3. Ignite

Through exploration and personal growth you will come across activities you like, topics you enjoy; this is the time to ignite! By ignite, I mean take action. Nothing has ever happened without action. Do it!

Through actually doing it you will find out if this truly is something you are passionate about. If you are passionate, it can lead to your purpose. So keep doing it for a longer period. If after igniting, you lose the initial passion, or if there is no more learning, or if it just feels monotonous, or time is just going by and you are just filling space, what you are doing is clearly not your purpose. Leave it behind, and go back to step 1.

4. Discover

If, after igniting what you are interested in, you feel a deep sense of fulfillment, then you are likely getting really close to finding your purpose. Finding your purpose is not something that happens over a day, a week, or sometimes not even over a year. However, you can find what you are passionate about in a day or a week, and it is through doing what you are most passionate about that will open the doors to your true life purpose.

Anders Finding Life’s Purpose July 8th Speakers In The Park

Anders Gustavsson will be the guest speaker on Speakers In The Park on July 8th @ 9:15 PM.  Register for Speakers In The Park to learn more about fulfilling your life’s purpose.  If you registered once already then you do not have to register again.  Order your MP3 downloads of the Speakers In The Park.

Building Monsters and Starting a Small Business

This is a reprise of a post I did on my Working at Home on the Internet Blog last October telling a short story of the making of a Halloween Decoration, “Dead Joe“, and how it relates to the Building of a Small Business. The picture below is of a scared, hold-on-for-his-life, beer-drinking skeleton just sitting on the patio with a look of fear on his face.

Maybe he was thinking of starting his own Small Business?

Sure, the financial market is on a roller coaster ride at the present time and there are plenty of things to worry about with your 401(k) and maybe even your job itself.

This post isn’t about the worries of keeping your job, but if you are in a position of change and you are thinking of getting out of the rat-race and starting your own business, there are some things that relate to the building of that monster that may help in the pursuit.

The Idea Stage

When K brought home a cute little bony head that made some scary sounds and thought it would make a nice little addition to the Halloween decorations, I thought it a needed a little more. It was so small and puny and looked so forlorn all by itself on the step. I knew I could make something a bit cooler, scarier and just a bit more lifelike (or dead-like) to entertain the Trick-or-Treaters.

The Building Of The Monster Is Just Like Starting A Business

• First, I set the head on a small stepladder we have and rarely use. Starting to get a little more defined “body”, a skeleton if you will. There is something to work with.
• Second, I grab one of my old work cut-off vests, but it had no arms. It needed more!
• Third, what do I do with just a torso? Give it some legs, of course. An old wornout pair of jeans with no bottom should do the job.
• Fourth, it still had no arms, needed an old work shirt. No feet at the end of the legs, needs my former work boots. Hands? Old work gloves.

The Building of Your Business

• First, start with your strength. Are you good at writing? Fixing computers? How about just what you really, really like doing? If you have a talent or expertise in any field, it could be well worth starting a business, but you have to have a solid base, just like the bony little head of “Dead Joe”.
• Second, you have to have a vision. Even though you have a solid base on the what you do, you still need to be able to envision where you want to go with your business. See what your end result COULD be.
• Third, you need to be able to adapt to whatever the situation calls for. Whether it is adding employees, equipment, or buckling down and doing it yourself, you will have to give your business some legs.
• Fourth, look to the future. You already had a vision of what your business might be; now look at what it CAN be. Since you started with a skeleton and built the body piece by piece, you are in control of what the end result will look like. It is up to you.

I just wanted to give you an idea of how I think and maybe even some new ideas of ways to approach starting and running a Small Business.

Thoughts? How did you start your business? or better yet… How do you plan on starting your business?

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Lisa Nichols Rocked The Direct Sales Motivational Call!

The first of the Speakers In The Park call was awesome with motivational speaker, Lisa Nichols!� I have received so many emails with praise for her motivational message as well as her sincerity and believe it or not her cute-ness!� The call went into overtime with Q & A and lasted almost 1 hour 20 minutes.� The Q & A part was as good as the inspirational chat that she gave about her best selling book, No Matter What!

Click to listen to an excerpt of the call.

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Motivation For Direct Sales Professionals

Lisa shared with us about her best selling book, No Matter What! which is now on the best sellers list. Lisa achieved her dream and goal to show the world that an African American women of not-a-great back ground can create a best selling book and cinch a $17 million book publishing deal.

• It was great I really enjoyed it.� I plan on ordering the book today…Thanks, Tamera
• Lisa was phenomenal last night!!!!� Thank you so much for bringing her to the Speakers in the Park. Phyllis
• Awesome! I can not believe how much info Lisa gave! It was cool to hear her be so real and sincere. Lisa K.
• Thank you for that awesome opportunity!!!� I really enjoyed the call last night and the questions and comments from listeners that followed.� Thank you!� I hope that we can bring Lisa to this area for an event.� I am sure that all of the Mary Kay people could help you plan that. Lori S.
• Deb, If you are planning an east coast seminar with Lisa, out Longaberger team will definitely help out! I think getting her to the east coast would be AWESOME! Wilma B.

Lisa Young, Direct Sales Expert

Write A Home Business Plan For Tax Deductions

All successful businesses have a business plan. A business plan assists you in achieving your goals in business as well as increases your tax deductions.

I am often asked what are the secrets to success in a home business. At first I thought that there were no secrets. Now I am starting to realize that the true secret to success in any business is to treat it like a business or a profession. That doesn’t mean that you must work full time it just means that you must act like a professional. When you treat your business like a hobby you will get hobbyist results. When you treat your home party business like the professional earning opportunity that it is you will earn a consistent pay check. The size of the pay check will be in direct relationship to the time invested. Professionalism is an attitude not a time commitment.

Listen to the hour long recording which we recorded during the Power Hour last year. This Power Hour call is a direct sales training seminar on how to write a business plan for home party companies.

(Please remember that this recording took place in the past so any specials or offers made are expired.)

Business Marketing Plan-IRS Home Office Deductions

All successful businesses have a business marketing plan. Your business plan is a perpetual work in progress and it provides you with a marketing path to follow in your business and it makes you IRS compliant for taking the home office deduction as well. It will change from time to time. Your business plan will provide you with goals and clarity for your business and keep you in compliance with the IRS for your home office deduction.

How To Write A Business Plan

When you write your business plan like a professional and update it yearly you will be setting yourself up for business success. As you listen to the audio recording you will learn how writing a business plan will keep you on track. Many people have a plan but never write it down. Take the time to write out your goals and the actions that you will take to reach your goals so you have a way to gauge your success and determine how you are doing.

IRS Business Plan Templates

The IRS expert accountant approved direct sales business plan template for direct sales and home businesses is part of the Power UP For Professional Results program. A good business plan will set you up for success in your home party business and also give you the security you need for you home office deduction when dealing with the IRS.

Direct Sales Professional Theresa Bernheisel

My friend Theresa Bernheisel is a sales professional success story. She provides a shining example of professionalism in direct sales and is a role model for direct sales consultants every where. Theresa and I network frequently and I am always impressed with here leadership and consistency in positive attitude. Her lead generation system of networking every where she goes using here lead book to generate future business and bookings is something that any sales consultant can incorporate into their business.

• How long have you been in direct sales and how did you get started?

I started with Direct Sales in the 70’s. At that time I had a full-time beauty salon and was a walk-in hostess twice a year. I loved the product but never knew how much money my consultant was earning. Once I found out, I thought I could do this and it wouldn’t be as hard on my back and legs as my other work.

• What is it that you love about direct sales and the network marketing industry in general?

I love that you can work your business around your family commitments and that you get paid what you are worth not what someone else thinks you’re worth.

• Share with us a bit about Latasia Jewelry?

Latasia is a family-owned debt-free company that puts the customer and the field first. Actually 74% of every dollar of profit goes to the hostess and field. We are the only company that has a separate Bridal – Special Occasion line in addition to our regular line of jewelry. We’ve just introduced our elegant lingerie line for women in sizes S to 3 X

• You are a successful leader in your company. How do you define Success and what it means to you?

Success is bringing happiness to my hostess, guests, consultants and others I meet along the way.
And also what drives you to succeed?
Seeing success in others and watching them grow. Success in any business has its challenges. Success is not possible without some challenges and hardships along the way.

• What have been some of the most valuable lessons you have learned in your business journey so far?

Never give up. I truly love and believe in the Direct Sales Business, in fact I’ve been with 3 companies who decided to go out of business. Find a company with a product and hostess program that you believe in and go for it! There will always be challenges (even in the corporate world), just find a way to work around them.

• I really like your networking contact book that you take on the road with you. Would you like to share that with our readers? How did you develop it and is it available for other sales professionals?

I developed the book because I was tired of lost paper, paper here, paper there, notes and leads on napkins, etc. I tried a notebook, but it didn’t look professional and I didn’t get all the information I wanted from a potential booking or recruit when I was out and about. My Lead Generating Booking is purse-size friendly, which was important, and it’s organized so that the person I’m talking to can just fill in the information that I need to send them a catalog and information about my business (and follow-up)

• Is this something that you sell to your team or other consultants in other companies?

Yes I do offer it for sale. If anyone is interested, they can give me a call. 570-386-5511

• Have you used it in your team training?

Yes, in sharing how to bridge conversations when you’re out and about doing your daily things.

• Please share a bit about the opportunity of working with Latasia that you would like others to know about.

Latasia offers a low-cost start-up for an over $800 kit + paperwork. No registration fees ever. A consultant earns 40% commission to start, and then advances to 50% commission. Latasia pays for all hostess credits! Free access to our company website for placing orders, checking deliveries – training, etc.

• Finally, what would you consider your five keys to success?

1. Perseverance
2. Learning to listen (That’s a constant battle …. LOL)
3. Patience
4. Networking with other professionals
5. Constant & Continuing Education

Theresa Bernheisel is a direct sales professional who emulates integrity and understands that attitude is everything in direct sales. If you are interested in purchasing Theresa’s book contact her at:
570-386-5511

Direct Sales Leaders Use “The Secret” & “Think And Grow Rich”

The book by Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich, is my business and personal guideline for life. I love it. One of the best-selling self-help books ever written, it hit the press during the Great Depression. With millions of people out of work and a war on the horizon, Napoleon Hill’s philosophy gave people hope and inspiration that life could get better. The philosophy of the book is the same information presented in the “The Secret” which is a popular book today. Direct sales leaders in all companies are putting the philosophy of The Secret into action in their businesses and using the concepts to achieve success. I love both books.

Law Of Attraction

Using the power of positive attraction, and living a life of gratitude as an inspiration for life is the key to success in any business. I just found this video of Napoleon Hill sharing about his philosophy in Think And Grow Rich on YouTube and thought I would post it here for all to enjoy.

This is a logo that I created for print articles and have submitted it to the online logo contest at Pixal Head Online. I am not a graphic designer in any way and when showing up in print the visible logo is only the oval part, no surrounding box frame. I created it in PhotoShop and now include it with all of my print articles and use it occasionally on the internet.

Write Articles For Publications

I submit articles to many local print publications as well as online blogs and web sites in the area of healthy living and lifestyle choices. Some of the print publications which feature a regular column with my articles are geared toward young people, special needs or seniors, in regard to living healthy and enjoying life. I found that frequently in print publications, the publisher would forget to include my contact information with the article. I wanted to create a graphic that would reproduce well in both color and black and white, as well as include my contact information. I picked a wave because it represents a way of life.

Krakoosh

Krakoosh is a surfer term which as a verb means living on the edge and enjoying life! Krakoosh the verb also refers to living on the edge when you ride a wave right on the edge of the thrill and the disaster. Krakoosh is also a noun which means the sound a wave makes when you go past the thrill of riding the wave and it comes crashing down on your head. Krakooooosh! This may very well be a trademarked name as there is a surfer magazine called Krakoosh! I am not stealing their word. It is a word that I have always liked and included in my vocabulary and as inspiration, ever since I hooked up with the surfing world in Hawaii. I can surf, if you call standing up on the board for 15 seconds surfing. I am much better at the noun version of krakoosh as the waves are always crashing down on my head.

Anyway, I used my love of the surf and my favorite word krakoosh as inspiration for this logo for my healthy lifestyle articles in print. Now, I always have contact information, even if they forget to include it. It is becoming almost a brand in some publications.

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