My wife Nancy sang and spoke at a treatment center for women yesterday. This is what she had to say on her blog.

We all get chances to give our lives away.

Today I had an opportunity to share bits of my story and sing some of my songs in a very unique setting. I sang to the residents at the Trempealeau County Health Center. Just to look into their eyes, see their tears and smiles, I knew they knew and I felt their connection.

I sang “Rock me Jesus” a song I wrote back in the 90’s when I was in one of the darkest places of my life. As a little girl, I would escape into the safety of heaven and Jesus would rock me all through the night, yet what I wanted was my momma to keep me safe from all harm.

Visiting with some of the wonderful woman afterwards gave me a renewed appreciation for life, healing, hope and grace. I was able to share some of my survival skills with them and encourage them to love themselves.

There are so many walking wounded in this world that need what you have to give. I challenge you to take that risk and bless someone today and just give your life away.

You can visit Nancy’s blog at http://blog.nancynelsonmusic.com

Most of us have heard of positive affirmations, goals or mission statements. If you really think back you do realize these work. So every year I have sat down and written my goals and what I want to achieve. That is until I joined Send Out Cards.

At a Treat Em Right seminar through Send Out Cards, I learned how to create my “I Am” statements. Your I Am Statements are your dreams, goals, and desires, all stated in the present.

This might sound funny but ever since I have remembered I have always said “I am a stud”. Now that might sound conceited but this is a tough world. We get knocked down every day. When I am going through a rough patch I always remember I am a stud. Changes my outlook everytime.

So recently I sat down and made my I Am statements for this year. I have borrowed some from my mentors that pertained to my life and I have created my own. I thought I would share them with everyone.

I am in God’s favor.
I am spiritually in tune.
I am a very successful, confident, extremely busy person who has something of incredible value in the market place.
I inspire people to live to their potential.
I am toned, stong, and in great shape.
I am a level 4 card sender.
I am helping others become senders of cards.
I am quickly building success units of three.
I am quickly building groups of 12 and showing others how to the same.
I am an inspirational and creative writer.
I am a best selling author.
I am an exceptional speaker.
I am passionate and entuhusiastic.
I am attracting the right people in my business.
I am attracting wealth in abundance.
I am financially independent.
I am playing a world wide game.
I am believing God for bigger and better things.
We are being assisted by God, being provided with special advantages and being given preferential treatment.
Everything I put my hands to prospers and succeeds.
We are enjoying our dream home on a lake.
We are living within 20 minutes of Sara and Michael.
We are as many vacations as we choose.
We are enjoying a romantic, passionate and happy marriage.
I am an Eagle.

I hope you enjoyed them. Now go make your own I Am Statements.

I have always thought of myself as positive thinker. As a rule if I get down or I am bombarded by negative thoughts or negative people I try to turn my thoughts to being positive.

It has become so easy to be have negative thoughts in this day and age. The economy is tough and so many people are being affected. We have wars and turmoil going on. If you read or listen to the media you are hit by a ton of negative things.

So how do you control your thoughts? Do you give in to the negative? I have found two things that help me. When I am being bombarded, I either read a book or listen to a CD that will inspire me.

I am reading Appreciation Marketing by Tommy Wyatt and Curtis Lewsey right now. As I was reading this book I came across a poem written by Terri McPherson in one the chapters. I hope you enjoy it.

Choosing a Response

My ability to respond to a world,
over which I have no control,
is a powerful gift.
If I crumble in the face of adversity,
I have chosen to be
weak and beaten down.
If I soar to the heights of happiness,
I have chosen to fly.
Situations will choose me,
But they will never own me.
How I react to them will always
Be a matter my own choice.

This poem really hit home to me. I am the only one in control of my thoughts.

So what can you do to control your thoughts? Here is my suggestion. Read positive and inspirational books. When you are driving in your car or working out, listen to positive and inspirational CD’s. Write down everything you are thankful for. Send a greeting card to someone and try to lift up their spirits.

PS. If you would like a copy of the book please let me know and I will send you one in the mail!

SHOES IN CHURCH

I showered and shaved…………… I adjusted my tie.
I got there and sat………….. In a pew just in time.
Bowing my head in prayer………. As I closed my eyes.
I saw the shoe of the man next to me….. Touching my own.
I sighed.

With plenty of room on either side……. I thought, ‘Why must our soles touch?’
It bothered me, his shoe touching mine… But it didn’t bother him much.
A prayer began: ‘Our Father’………… I thought, ‘This man with the shoes, has no pride.
They’re dusty, worn, and scratched. Even worse, there are holes on the side!’ Read More

An old Grandfather said to his grandson, who came to him with anger at a friend who had done him an injustice, “Let me tell you a story.

I too, at times, have felt a great hate for those that have taken so much, with no sorrow for what they do.

But hate wears you down, and does not hurt your enemy. It is like taking poison and wishing your enemy would die. I have struggled with these feelings many times.” He continued, “It is as if there are two wolves inside me. One is good and does no harm. He lives in harmony with all around him, and does not take offense when no offense was intended. He will only fight when it is right to do so, and in the right way.

But the other wolf, ah! He is full of anger. The littlest thing will set him into a fit of temper. He fights everyone, all the time, for no reason. He cannot think because his anger and hate are so great. It is helpless anger,for his anger will change nothing.

Sometimes, it is hard to live with these two wolves inside me, for both of them try to dominate my spirit.”

The boy looked intently into his Grandfather’s eyes and asked, “Which one wins, Grandfather?”

The Grandfather smiled and quietly said, “The one I feed.”

Have you ever thought about starting your own business? If you have, there are a couple of options. There is network marketing, owning a franchise, or starting your own business.

If you can buy a franchise you will spend thousands of dollars and basically buy yourself a job. You can start your own business, which usually takes a great idea and lots of money. Or you can take a look at network marketing.

If you are like me when you hear the work network marketing, you probably cringe. You might think network marketing is one of those pyramid schemes or maybe it is multi-level marketing.

Well pyramid schemes are illegal and if you have a job right now, you are in a multi-level marketing. Most companies have a CEO at the top, then he or she will have a couple people answering to them. Those people will have a layer of management under them and so on and so forth. The key is I have a very small chance of ever making the same kind of income the CEO does. That is not true in a network marketing company. You have control of how much money you are going to earn.

These are the reasons you should take a look at network marketing:

1. Network Marketing has a very low initial cost. Most network marketing companies have a start-up cost ranging from $100.00 to $1000.00.
2. In Network Marketing you have the opportunity to develop residual income. This is what is so appealing for network marketing. The longer you work your business, the more your income is going to be residual. Meaning your income is going to be coming to you whether you are working or not.
3. You can Leverage your income. When you work for yourself you can only work so many hours to create your income. In network marketing, you have a team of people working with you so you can exponentiate your income.
4. You make money by helping other people make money. So how cool is that. The only way to make big money is by helping other people. The more people you help create a successful business and income, the more money you make. In most network marketing companies, it does not take a million successful people. If you develop 4 to 5 leaders in your business, you will create a large residual income.
5. Your income is directly related to your own personal growth and self improvement. If you would interview the major money earners of any network marketing business they would tell you to read self improvement books. By working on yourself you build up your income.
6. You become part of a Team. One of the coolest feelings is when you are part of a team striving for a common goal. You develop personal relationships with people all over the world.
7. Speaking of all over the world. You can work from ANYWHERE. In most network marketing companies it does not matter where you work from. All you need is a phone and an internet connection. In most cases, you can even be relaxing on vacation and still have your business making money for you.

I have been in network marketing for a while now and the longer I am in the business the more thankful I become. I am not selling anything, I just share the opportunity. Some will, some won’t, so what, someone’s waiting.

I am very grateful and appreciative for the opportunity I was shown.

May everyone have outstanding success!

Mark Nelson

In this video, Todd Falcone shows you exactly how to blow away your competition.

He lays out very specific strategies for creating market dominance in building a booming check in any business.

Hope you enjoy it!

If you have any questions please give me a shout!

In studying successful entrepreneurs and professional business people, the most effective ways I have seen for growing your business and increasing your income includes a strategy of following up with your clients and customers.

5 Simple Steps to Double Your Referrals and Upgrade your Clients

1. Use a Personal Touch
   The saying, “they don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care” is true in any business. The more personal your communication, the more effective the message will be.
2. Communicate a Slogan or Message Unique to Your Business or Service
   Successful businesses and service providers understand how important creating a special saying or slogan it is for your success. You want to imprint your unique slogan or message in your clients and prospects mind. So every message you send them should include your slogan or message.
3. Be Consistent and Frequent
   Your goal should be to personally touch your clients at least 18 times a year if not 24 to 36 times a year. To achieve this goal you will need to have a systemized process of staying connected to your clients. My suggestion is to have two systems. The two systems I use are greeting cards and emails.

   My goal is to send a personalized card once a month and an email twice a month. Without a system this would be an impossible task.

4. Use a System to Leverage Your Time
   The most successful professionals and bussinesses create systems and processes that allow them to leverage their time so they can concentrate on their daily activities to run their business.
5. Have an Auto pilot System
   The most effective referral generation and follow up systems work on auto pilot. When you can automate your follow up process, it produces amazing results with very little effort. If your system is not automated, if you are like me there are days where some very urgent things need to be taken care of and they will replace my follow up.

If you have a goal of increasing your referrals, upgrading your clients, growing your business, or increasing your income take the time to create a unique, personal, automated follow up system.
Go to The Best Online Referral System.

Have you ever wondered if what all the naysayers say is true! That only the first or top people in an mlm get rich. Listen to this 7 minute video from Tim Sales and see what you think. After listening check out this site by Clicking Here!

Depending on who you talk to network marketing is either the best thing since sliced bread or you are losing your mind if you are even thinking about network marketing. So who is right? The people who believe in network marketing or the naysayers.

Home-based businesses have become more and more common as people are looking for ideas to make extra money or for ideas to get them out of the rat race of their regular jobs. Attorneys, doctors, financial planners and many other professionals are doing some sort of home-based business. So what is driving this?

For many of us, we were told by our parents to go to college, get a degree and get a good job. As the world is changing this pattern does not always work. So what are the options? Franchises have become too high priced. Working for one company for 30 years is a thing of the past. So for many people a home-based business is a choice that works for them.

A big trend of home-based business opportunities is with network marketing. There are so many people that have negative feelings towards network marketing. That’s really because they do not understand what it is. Network marketing is really a smart way to get started in business. Usually for under one thousand dollars. Rather than spend over one hundred thousand dollars or more you are going to invest your time and sweat equity. Within a year you can build a substantial business by concentrating a few hours a day part time. Some of these opportunities let you build up passive income that will make you financially independent.

Many people will not look at network marketing because they want instant gratification. To make these businesses work you need to be determined, you need mental toughness and stamina to stick with it long enough to make it work. Or maybe they have friends or family that tried network marketing and it did not work for them. Usually the first people new network marketers talk to are family and friends. Well Aunt Susie tells them that is the worst thing they can be looking at. Well let me tell you, that’s the language of the poor. Just because network marketing did not work for Aunt Susie, it doesn’t mean network marketing won’t work for you.

Here’s the real deal about network marketing. There are many different opportunities out there. Look for one that is current and will appeal to the masses. Make sure there is training available or training supplies. And make sure you have a passion for the business.

A friend of mine introduced me to network marketing. What made the most sense to me was I had a choice. I could work for thirty years in a job building up the financial future for someone else or I could try network marketing. Starting out part time, concentrating on improving myself and work hard for five to ten years and build up my financial future.