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Wednesday evening I was privileged to attend a GMA (Guerrilla Marketing Association) Teleseminar.  The guest speaker was Romanus Wolter, whose new book Kick Start Your Success: Four Powerful Steps to Get What You Want Out of Your Life, Career, and Business became available a few weeks ago.

Romanus was interviewed and explained the Four Powerful Steps to Get What You Want Out of Your Life, Career, and Business:

Step 1: Gain Confidence by Stating Your Intentions
Define your goal and be motivated by your own definition of success.   

(I found this concept most interesting as I realized that WE are in control of our OWN definition of success.  It is NOT what others call success as success means different things to each of us.)

Step 2: Obtain Focus by Creating Your Instant Impact Message
Convert your goal into words to bring your purpose into focus.   

(Putting your goal into words and onto paper gives you focus and the words take on a life of their own… to be changed — or not — as you go.  Romanus explained how the initial goals can and will probably change as our goal(s) becomes a reality.)

Step 3: Find Your Voice by Using Your Success Script
Start powerful conversations that catapult you forward with conviction.   

(He goes on to explain and encourage how engaging in conversation with others and letting them know of our goals and intentions can take us to new levels and how our own enthusiasm for our goal is contagious enough to make others want to help and become involved.)

Step 4: Triumph by Becoming Inter”ask”ive
Acquire the tools necessary to stick to and achieve your big dreams.   

There was a Q & A after each concept was discussed.  This was fantastic as I took advantage to ask some real-life questions.  I was impressed how quickly Romanus responded, not missing a beat!

Sometimes I think I live a very sheltered life.  To my disadvantage… I never even heard of Romanus Wolter before Monday night’s GMA Teleseminar.  How much easier my life would have been — had I!

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The email below was sent to me privately.  I believe it is so important I am posting it here.  Please send this link to all you know.  WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!

A mastectomy is when a woman’s breast is removed in order to remove cancerous breast cells/tissue.  If you know anyone who has had a mastectomy, you may know that there is a lot of discomfort and pain afterwards.

Insurance companies are trying to make mastectomies an outpatient procedure. Let’s give women the chance to recover properly in the hospital  for 2 days after surgery.

PLEASE… Sign the petition below to urge Congress to pass the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007 (S. 459/H.R.758) to ensure no more women are forced to experience a “drive-through” mastectomy

It takes 2 seconds to do this and is very important … please take the time and do it!

Breast Cancer Hospitalization Bill – Important legislation for all women.

PLEASE… send this to everyone in your address book. If there was ever a time when our voices and choices should be heard, this is one of those times. If you’re receiving this, it’s because I think you will take the

30  seconds to go to vote on this issue and send it on to others you know who will do the same.

Lifetimetv.com: Breast Cancer Awareness
 
http://www.lifetimetv.com/breastcancer/index.php

Lifetime Television has put this bill on their web page with a petition drive to show your support.  Last year over half the House  signed on.

PLEASE!!!  Sign the petition by clicking on the web site below.

You need not give more than your name and zip code number.

http://www.lifetimetv.com/breastcancer/petition/signpetition.php

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The company I am talking about will remain nameless, as my article is more on the importance of keeping customers/clients informed as to what is going on – especially when they are paying for your service.

NOTE:  It has always been my understanding that when one signs up for a “trial period” that trial period is to ENTICE the customer to STAY ON and to demonstrate how the service IS ESSENTIAL to them.  Recently I have had an experience quite opposite to what one would expect.

I recently signed up with a brand new service.  It was not until I actually signed up and paid the money for the 30-day trial that I found out the service was “still in beta!”  For sure… had I known I would not have bothered and would have waited until the service went live – for real!

The company running the service is obviously experiencing some major problems.  However, instead of informing their founding/charter members they are just ignoring them.  Support tickets go unanswered, and everyone is sitting in darkness wondering what is going on.  In my case my service is NOT working so I really can’t do anything. 

As my 30-Day Trial draws to an end, I am hanging in to see if things change.

MY POINT…  When you are running a company/service, or whatever… It is ESSENTIAL and common courtesy to keep your customers informed.  People can be more understanding than you would think!  Customer Service SHOULD BE #1 with any company, no matter what!  Those that forget their customers will pay the price in the end.

MY MOTO… “Things happen, it is NOT the things that happen…  BUT THE WAY THEY ARE SOLVED!” (ignoring your customers, new or old, is NOT solving anything!)

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I’ve come a really long way since I started “living a life of gratitude” instead of regret and bitterness at what I did not have or missed in my life.

A small example:  Last night I went to the variety drug store.  An item I wanted had been out of stock the day before (while being on sale).  I was given a raincheck and told to come back the next day as there was a possibility it would be in. 

Being out for my daily walk I decided to stop in to have a look.  Lo and behold – after searching all over – behind some other boxes there was “my item!” 

BEFORE:  I would have said: “They ONLY HAD ONE!”

NOW:  I said:  “One is better than none!”

I bought my product, continued my walk and went home grateful I had at least one.  (AND… I still had my raincheck to come back for more when they were in stock!)

It’s such a small thing/example, but I felt I wanted to share it.  It is significant to the way I live my life today.  A much happier and contented life – AND… more productive too!

SIDE NOTE:  IF I learned nothing else from Tony Robbins, the one thing I will always remember is:  YOUR PAST IS NOT YOUR FUTURE!  That one statement freed me from the baggage I lugged around for almost 60 years!  I have since learned to draw on my past to make things better for others through my eCard designs.

Remember… Be good to yourself!  YOU deserve it!

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I can’t even believe this as I am writing it.

I have been a customer of IDT.net for two or three years.  I asked about phone books today and was told – after a long wait on hold – they DO NOT have phone books and that “I should look in the White Pages to find a place where to order!”

I asked what to look under and the IDT representative said she did not know.

I am still on hold.  She is finding out now…

Ok, I’m back… I was told to call the Yellow Book at: 1-888-266-5765.  I was told the phone books would cost from $6.00 to $150.00.  This information came from the IDT representative. 

Imagine having phone service with NO PHONE BOOKS!  What next.

Check out my April 27, 2007 post about IDT and the Fraudulent $.99 Paperless Phone Bill Charges.

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