Stephenie Meyer

Okay, I am fascinated by this woman.  Yes, we all love Twighlight.  What's not to love?  Average girl next door falls in love with a gorgeous powerful vampire who loves her in return with a power fierce enough to fight off legions of rival vampires and werewolves.  It's great and the success of her story has been impressive.

Here's why I think Mrs. Meyer is one of the cool people:

Think about it.  She was a stay at home mom just living her life going about her daily business.  Raising three wee ones while her hubby worked outside the home.  She had a dream.  It was a neat story.  How many of us have cool dreams?  How many of us write them down and then proceed to make full length books out of them?  Yeah, she took action and that's what sets her apart right away.

She found something about which to be passionate and decided to pursue it to the end.  Once she had her finished product she decided to push through the rejection in finding an agent and then landed one out of all the queries she sent in.  Stephenie didn't stop there!  She kept pulling out of her mind a story that would unfold in complexities and intrigues enough to create such a fan base all over the world that seems mind boggling.

Interviews with her to this day reveal her sweet nature and humble personality.  Don't misunderstand, her confidence is high, however, she proves that you can be confident and reachable all at the same time.  She has critics galore and yet one thing I notice is that she lives her life.  Now her husband is retired and they raise their kiddos together.

See, this story wouldn't be here if she didn't decide to do something about her dream.  She took out a pen and began to jot it down.  How many times have we had ideas and just let them slip?  Can't be a hater on her for being so successful when she did the one thing most people neglect to do...MOVE FORWARD.  Stephenie Meyer is creative and her stories are great.  So, yeah, she is one of the COOL PEOPLE!

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Melissa Rycroft

Why am I writing about a former contestant on the Bachelor?  Because I think she's pretty cool.  Her story is unique and everyone can clearly see she has recovered well from her bachelor days.  For those of you who may not be familiar with the events that happened, I'll do my best to update you as best I can.  It needs to be prefaced that I do not watch television at home.  Purposely, we decided not to have a t.v. because of how easy it is to just plop in front and stay there for hours.  I caught this episode of the bachelor and the follow up episode while I was visiting at a friend's house.  So, from what I know I'll share, which is the jist anyway.

Watch this video for a catch up...




So she gets dumped on national television.  Okay, being dumped is definitely a bad experience...PERIOD.  But let the record stand that being dumped in front of millions of people cannot feel good at all.  Here's the part where it starts to get interesting.

Melissa goes through that emotional trauma, then begins to come to her own.  This is why she's so cool.  She gets invited to be a guest on talk shows and even competed in "Dancing with the Stars".  For New Year's she hosted the Time Square New Year's show with Carson Dayley (and by the way is now happily married to someone other than that bachelor Jason fella).  As we were gathered around watching the New Year's countdown I couldn't help but feel happy for her.  She went through that heavy emotional time in her life but has obviously come out of it so well. 

Surely she's prospering and feeling great about life now.  The funny thing is, that the dump-er Jason is nowhere to be found.  He's just a little insurance salesman with his ego somewhere.  The best thing for Melissa was what happened, and it seems she's faring well because of it. 

I love people who can take a bad situation and make something great out of it.  No matter what it is or how it happened.  She could have easily turned down interviews and such because it "hurt" too much, but instead she bucked it up and made some great things happen in her life.  Hats off to Melissa Rycroft for being one of the cool people!

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Robert Kiyosaki

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Got a Minute

Here's another gem in my "Got a Minute" series. Enjoy Mr. T. Harv Eker....

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Got a Minute?

One more video to change your thinking. Jack's story is awesome. He followed his dreams, instincts, and took action. He's a great person to take advice from don't you think? Got a minute? Could create your life abundantly.

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Interviews with the Greats!

There is nothing better than to hear success stories of people who have been there and done that. People who are like you and me, regular, good, self improving people. People who wanted to make something huge happen, got over themselves and did. This is one of the best examples of that strategy. Ladies and gentlemen: Mr. Richard Branson:

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One More Case

Here's one more expert on advice about Life Insurance. As we continue to follow this subject in the next few weeks, you'll begin to see more and more reasons why it is a terrible mistake to have any kind of life insurance that is not term. However, as this will suffice for now, be aware, that not all term was created equal. Don't fret, it's not as complicated to understand as you might think and we'll cover all the basics as we go along.
This video hits a little extra close to home, since I'm located in Utah as well. Believe me, this example is for the entire country.
Go Suze!

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Term Insurance is the BEST Option

Here's a viewpoint from a Pro:

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It's MY Life So It's MINE to Make

Sugarland's "Settlin'" is one of the best songs on this message. Have you heard it? If not, get your ears on this video and listen to the lyrics. Tired of shootin' too low? Time to stop Settlin' for anything less than everything, dontcha think?

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Get a CLUE!

Victim Clue # 3: COMPLAINING (From Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker)

Why do we complain? Does it really feel better to vent? I mean, really? After you've just spent hours talking with someone about all the petty things that bother you (and you haven't discussed on single solution) do you really feel uplifted after that? Chances are more likely that you still feel drained, if not more so. Then why do it? Because we feel benefits in being a victim. Time to stop that, don't you think?

"Complaining is the absolute WORST possible thing you could do for your health and your wealth." ~T. Harv Eker

Read that again. The WORST. Not just one of the worst, but the ABSOLUTE WORST thing we can do. Yet, it gets done minute after minute, day after day, so on and so on. It is scary how much we as a society complain. A society that is privy to luxuries other countries could only dream of. {Before you start complaining that you have no luxuries in life, try telling that to the people around the world without food, without a home, without transportation, without medicine, those in war, etc.}

The craziest part is that we complain about the silliest things. I hear it all the time! I hear the complaints about how "other" people drive; about how things were planned incorrectly, about the way people manage; about what's on or not on TV {There's a good one}, and we can go on forever. Even things you might think merit complaining, such as: ill health, broken relationships, uneven finances, etc; especially these things need to be removed from the complaint bucket. In fact, I would dump out that bucket and then burn it so it melts into the oblivion of complaint worlds and leaves your world alone.

"When you are complaining, you become a living, breathing "crap magnet." ~T. Harv Eker

So if we are a crap magnet, and crap continues to flow to us, what do we as humans have a tendency to do? Complain MORE! Do you see the vicious cycle the path of complaining leads us in? Let's do ourselves a favor and STOP STOP STOP complaining. Period. End of story. Dot com.

A challenge that I decided to take on and I pass it on to you is set yourself on a timer for 7 days. No complaining about absolutely anything! When you feel a complaint rise in your mind, simply say to yourself, "CANCEL! Thanks for sharing." then just think of something to be grateful for.

If we simply replace our complaints for gratitude we can have the world at our fingertips and doors will open to us that we didn't even know were there (probably because all we could see was the wood of the door and we were complaining about how we like oak instead of knotty pine). Won't that be worth it?

What if you are surrounded by complainers? Get away! RUN! Stay in the presence of only those people who are seeking to better themselves and their communities. If you absolutely, no exceptions must be around such people, then only focus on WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOU. You cannot change anyone, no matter how hard you try (so stop complaining about them for one). Make sure you stay on your course and by law of attraction you will either see more light in them, or you will zig while they zag. You just have to stay true to your mission and you won't be able to help seeing amazing results in your life!

HERE'S TO BEING A VICTOR!

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Will Smith Describing Alchemy

There are few people in this world who value the fact that hard work can out do any talent or privilege. Thank goodness for that great equalizer! These words of wisdom are applicable to any of us, in any situation, at any time. Make use of it!

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Business Advice from Successful Entrepreneur: DANIEL ALONZO

Coaching tips from one of the nation's leading business leaders:

"Be accountable to a mentor. If you don't have one, you must find one that you can report to daily. It must be someone that will build your credibility with others.

Your ultimate goal in business should be to become OBSESSED with being Financially Independent.

To do that you can't be the status quo! Don't be afraid to put your head down, bury it in the sand if you have to, for a five year run, and then be TOTALLY free.

When you focus on building people, your goals will automatically happen for you. Do so by outworking your competition. There are no room for flakes in business! Don't think you can just "wing it" and make it. Self improvement should be a daily priority so that no one can come to you and say you weren't able to give them what they needed.

In alignment with building people, always show unconditional commitment and be slow to criticize. Your confidence needs to be enough to know and say that you are the best in your field.

If your family's more important to you than anyone else out there, it really doesn't matter what others think of you. Say things to yourself such as: 'Great things always happen to me', 'I'm so lucky', 'I have a million dollars saved', etc. Instead of the other things we say to ourselves all the time.

Go for it! Go for greatness! You are VERY important! Don't ever take that for granted."

~Taken from a business conference call on July 28, 2009. Daniel has built a successful financial services business in approximately five year's time. He is consistently cashflowing between $800,000-$900,000 per year in his early 30's. His business background was non existent until he decided to go for it and build a legacy for his family.

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