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I hope that you are having a great day…

I have something very special that I want to share with you….. something so powerful that hundreds of people are finding new hope in their lives.

Sam Crowley’s “Every Day is Saturday” is inspiring people across the globe. His message is fresh and straight forward and literally changing lives.

He recently gave away a free report entitled “Seize Your Power” you can grab your copy here… and if you have already received a copy read on because he is giving away more!

The response has from people who have downloaded and read that report has been nothing short of inspiring….. check out just some of these remarks…

“Thank you for the hope you have given to me – l thought l was past it at 63years but l don’t want to take my Saturday dreams to the graveyard!!!”
-Nadean”

.. and

“Your message hit me like an atomic bomb” For once I have received a message that didn’t first focus on what I was doing wrong, and then looking for a pay-out at the bottom of a very long, boring email!!!!

I downloaded your “Seize your Saturday Power” and actually read it Most of them . . . I just download and close the file before even glancing at them. Your story is inspiring because you talked about “your experience”.

The most powerful line that jumped off the page was:

“Here I was with a message that was being muted.” -Irma, New York

Then Sam released one of his power-point presentations from an Intense 2 Day Boot Camp he conducted in Orlando Florida along with his World Famous Every Day is Saturday CD….. which is simply Fantastic!

You have got to get a hold of this

This is all free and just goes to show how Sam is truly different from all of the other noise out there.

I really wish I could share more of the testimonials for you… but this blog post would turn into a book…..

Check out what thousands of people have said is the freshest, most inspirational and motivating message they have ever heard.

Wishing you all the best.

Eat an ‘elephant’ one piece at a time.

With the work load I have, I noticed I was dropping physical exercise from my days. I considered how I could incorporate some, regardless of the time constraint. So, I decide that in my 5 minute breaks, and during larger breaks, I’d do step ups onto an outdoor step. I calculated that, just this small daily action, adds 3 hours of exercise to my week. My legs are feeling it already, and my weight is coming down. What in your life could you tackle in a small way like that example?

Creating wealth from scratch is extremely tough for the majority of people, in fact if you look at the statistics of wealth in the world only 1% of the worlds population have true wealth and 99% of the population are suffering from a lack of wealth.

To start creating wealth you must have a wealth mindset and what I mean by this is you must be able to think the right way to accept wealth to come into your life.

This is why 99% of the population struggle as they are constantly bombarded by media and politicians that the world is in chaos and this sends out messages to the “normal” person they should struggle.

Do politicians and bankers struggle?

Can they pay their bills and claim expenses?

Yes of course they can because they know the secret, if you can call it a secret to be able to have the power to control their own destiny.

To be able to control your own life and finances can be easy by altering your habitual thinking and stop following the herd and start to lead your life in the direction of becoming wealthy and succesful.

Every millionaire, multi-millionaire and most importantly billionaire have this way of thinking and of course to start getting the opportunities to become wealthy you must start doing the same.

Your habitual way of thinking, feeling and focus determines your lifes path and dominates if you can start creating wealth from scratch.

Start focusing on the good and positive and mix this with a feeling of strong and exciting emotion where you want to see your life heading.

Visualise your own success and totally commit to making your goals happen.

Creating wealth from scratch doesn’t have to be difficult but you must be able to deal with the setbacks, all self made millionaires who have created wealth have all had failures but the secret is to never give up.

You can do this too.

This article was brought you by Edward James who is a consultant for online/offline companies and helps the everyday man and woman become more wealthy and successful.
At the next link, you can get Edward’s free eBook “The Secret Of Becoming Rich!”

A Problem
It’s interesting when you consider the balance we attempt every time we have a conversation. For example: A person is trying to communicate an idea to you by speaking. You in turn, are listening (supposed to be anyway) that is why they’re speaking of course. And so now, the dilemma is exposed when the person is finished speaking; we need something wonderful to say.

Most of us tend to listen selectively, hearing what we want to hear, and filtering everything else out. At this point we begin to postulate our own “Genius” ideas, even while the other person is still talking! Of course “we” would never do anything like this, I’m talking about other people. Now, if we’re thinking of what to say, while they’re still talking, is it possible then to still “really” listen? Hint: The correct answer would be No.

An Answer
In this example, the effective way to communicate would be to, listen intently to the ideas they’re communicating. It’s ok to form a basic idea of how you’re going to respond, just don’t let it consume your thoughts to the point where you can’t hear what they’re saying. When they’re finished speaking, take a pause if you need to and figure out what you’re going to say, then let ‘er rip. *Note* It’s ok to pause and have a moment of silence…..it really doesn’t have to be awkward EVERY time.

A Few Tips

1. Voice Inflection and Body Language: Words create emotions; every time you speak, a positive or negative emotion is created within the other person. We’ve all heard: “It’s not what you say, but how you say it.” Use voice inflection to illustrate your points more effectively. This includes: Tone, Pitch, Volume, and Rhythm. Become aware of your body language when speaking. It’s said that 55% of communication comes from body language, 38% from tone of voice and 7% from the actual content. People understand that words are cheap and this is why they subconsciously look for other signals to decode the information you’re transmitting.

2. Listen Intently: Listening alone accounts for 50% of communication; If you can listen well, you can communicate well. Normally, when someone speaks, the other person subconsciously decides they either, aren’t worth listening to and filter out most of what’s said or they’re so consumed with how they’re going to respond, that they don’t listen carefully.

Many problems arise due to miscommunication; this happens because the correct message either wasn’t transmitted or received correctly, resulting in frustration and/or confusion. If we could only learn to communicate well, imagine the frustrations that could be avoided in our daily lives. Another technique that’s simple to use, is to become just as involved in what the person is saying as they are. This creates an immediate connection, because enthusiasm and sincerity are sensed by the person communicating.

3. Eye Contact: What’s the proper amount of eye contact in a conversation? There’s a concept called matching, you simply mirror the other persons level of eye contact. If they’re giving you solid eye contact, say 85% and glancing away briefly before returning, then you do the same. It’s important to understand that a person’s ability to look you in the eye, is directly related to that person’s confidence in themselves. By improving your confidence and self esteem, you can become a better communicator. This takes some work and dedication, but is sure to pay off in more ways than one.

4. Speak With Authority, Conviction and Passion: Often, someone speaks just to fill dead space and they don’t really know what they’re talking about. This is a Mistake. Instead, when you speak, you want to do so with Authority, Conviction and Passion. Speak from your diaphragm, to get a deeper sound. In this manner, you cause people to want to listen, making your words more effective.

A Conclusion
Many mistakes are made when communicating, we’ve only attempted to cover a few key issues here today. When someone is speaking, do your best to really listen to what they’re saying before formulating a response. Vary your voice inflection to increase the attention span of your listener. Understand that Body Language is a large part of Communicating and learn to match the other persons level of eye contact for a comfortable exchange of words. Learn to speak with Authority, Conviction and Passion and you’ll increase the effectiveness of your words. Communicating effectively is a difficult task, but if you have the will to learn and apply these principals, you too, can become a better communicator.

Guest Article by Adam Curren:
Adam Curren has been writing and editing since April 2008 and he specializes in Personal Development/Educational Articles. Adam’s goal is to improve the quality of life for his reader through the written word. Please feel free to view more of Adam’s work through the following links: charactergrowth.com www.ehow.com www.christianmagazine.org www.lifeoptimizer.org

Feeling overwhelmed with responsibility, bored with the same tired routine, or frustrated about how to create meaning in your life? Then snippets of time, well spent every day, can lead to extraordinary changes.

The contents on the pages of this book, are guideposts to which you can return throughout the day, providing energy, motivation, ideas, options, personal choices and inspiration when you want them most.

Time For My Life: 365 Stepping Stones is a daily call to action helping us take consistent, energized action. There is, of course, also an abundance of no-fluff, feel-good material, on each one of its pages!

When the content of this book gets you to move even just one centimeter towards the fulfillment of your desires then it is doing its job. The role of Time For My Life: 365 Stepping Stones is to stir you into action and change your life, habit by habit.

Here is something else to keep in mind…
Apparently the average person talks to himself or herself about 50,000 times a day and its said that these personal conversations of ours are negative 80% of the time. Visitors to www.forwardsteps.com.au and www.ask-thea.about.com often ask me how to remove those negative thoughts.

Let me share a secret with you…
Thoughts are not something to be removed. They can only be replaced, just as as it is when we’re replacing habits that do not serve us. Use the pages from Time For My Life: 365 Stepping Stones as your daily point of focus, before the gremlins begin to take hold!

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The Global Coherence Initiative is one of many care and compassion initiatives taking place on the planet. Each year, an increasing number of groups and online communities are radiating compassion and care to the planet in these times of need. We and others feel that these collective heart-based initiatives, rather than being a trend, represent the proactive consciousness platform of the future, in which individuals and communities take responsibility for shaping a new world by increasing love, care and compassion for the global whole.

Many people recognize that their meditations, prayers, affirmations and intentions can and do affect the world. Researchers suggest that these activities can have even more transformative and lasting impact by adding heart coherence to the process. Heart coherence is a distinct mode of synchronized psycho-physical functioning associated with sustained positive emotion. It is a state of energetic alignment and cooperation between heart, mind, body and spirit. In coherence, energy is accumulated, not wasted, leaving you more energy to manifest intention and harmonious outcomes.

Adding heart coherence to meditation, prayer and intention practices is an important aspect of the Global Coherence Initiative. It adds order and increased effectiveness to whatever form of practice you are doing.

The Global Coherence Initiative offers education and technology on how to increase individual heart coherence. As groups of people in the Global Coherence community intentionally send coherent love and care to the world, a more powerful heart-filled environment is created. This helps to build a reservoir of positive energy that benefits the planet. This reservoir can then be utilized to help bring balance and stabilization to people, thereby making it easier to find solutions to problems like climate change, the destruction of the rain forests, poverty, war, hunger and other global issues. In addition, by sending coherent heart energy to the planet, you benefit personally. Practicing coherence has a carryover effect that helps to cushion you through stressors and challenges that occur day to day.

As well, Doc Childre, founder of HeartMath, a leading stress research institute, has written a free booklet De-Stress Kit for the Changing Times that provides a few simple practices to help people intercept and manage stress during this period of challenge and uncertainty.

Another monthly Triggers edition was published and mailed to a select group of Forward Steps readers.

Hop on over to my subscription page for Triggers if you think you’d like to find out more about Triggers, from me at Forward Steps.

Included in each month’s Triggers edition, is my introduction to a friend or someone I’d like you to meet, and this month’s VIP for Triggers I introduced the readers to my friend, Jim Randel…

The Skinny On™ is the brainchild of best selling author, attorney and entrepreneur Jim Randel. Realizing that the traditional book publishing business model was outdated, Randel sought to create a new breed of books, aimed at disseminating information to an audience increasingly used to consuming content on the internet and cell phones.


Their quick-read, story format, and short lead publishing cycles allow the series to provide The Skinny On™ current events and topical subjects while keeping readers informed and entertained. The Skinny On™ is quickly gaining popularity for its comprehensive analysis of topical subjects, told in an entertaining story format.

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Right now, I can tell you that my book Time For My Life: 365 Stepping Stones is finished (time zone AWST Sunday 19 July 2009 6pm).

I am so excited!

Currently, am editing & proofreading, plus setting up the publishing accounts, so that you can buy the book as PDF and/or as hard-copy book. They too take a few days to approve everything, and it’s possible I might need to wait for a postal copy, of a hard-copy proof to accept. That will need to be mailed from USA to Australia. Meantime…

I will be creating unique web pages, complying with their guidelines. As well as, formatting the book to their distinct requirements. I have a day job, so everything goes a bit slower than I would like.

A couple of friends are proofreading for me, as well. Thank you! I am impatient too, and all these things take time. Almost there!

To add to the book’s site, I have some great free bonuses and also some complementary products to create. Meantime, I am working to get this month’s Triggers Ezine published and delivered as well. That too will be a mini-distraction for me for a few days. So much to get moving this month!

You can be sent an email as soon as the book is available to you. You WILL be FIRST to know! Just add your name to the mailing list at Time For My Life: 365 Stepping Stones

Here’s a little something to relax us all, while we wait. Enjoy the gift!

Have big reasons for wanting to achieve the results you declare.

Make these reasons large enough and truly heartfelt, so that they ignite passion and strong emotion behind your dreams. You need to always be able to instantly get in touch with wonderfully powerful feelings about your dream goals. Those emotions will inspire consistent action and will inspire others around you. You will need those inspired friends on the days you feel a bit too flat for taking action.