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I do the Master Cleanse for my health.

If you have a need to loose weight this is a great way to jump start a weight loss/management program and get you health back on track.

What is the Master Cleanse? The Master Cleanse is a way to cleanse the body of and remove the cravings associated with drugs, coffee, teas, and cigarettes. Some get off prescription drugs as well.  The cleanse involves drinking only a concoction made from fresh lemons, grade B maple syrup and cayenne pepper, as well as a laxative tea. No solid food is eaten for the entire cleanse. According to proponents it is recommended to be on the cleanse for a minimum of ten days, but some people stay on the cleanse for longer periods of time.

    Did I get hungry?  Yes, and when I did I sipped my lemonade tea. It takes the hunger away. I took it with me most places in a thermos if I was away from home for any any length of time.

-         Did I cook while on the cleanse?  Yes I did prepare meals for my husband but they were light and not involved recipes.

-         Did I exercise during the cleanse?  No, I choose not to however, I was as busy as before.  I lived my life as before.  No solid food.  Nothing.

-         Did I think about food?  Yes, but I kept the reason for the cleanse in the front of my conscious.  It passes like everything else.

-         Did I go back to caffeine?  Yes, why?  I am human.

        “ The Master Cleanser by Stanley Burroughs.” Click the link to buy it.   http://bit.ly/cZMmPi

I am not a medical doctor but, I am in the health care field and I am very observant of what is going on around me.

I noticed that doctors are ordering vitamin D levels on their cancer patients and this piqued my interest. I wanted to know why?

When two friends developed cancer and both had extremely low vitamin D levels. I wanted more information about the correlation between vitamin D and cancer. I understand that vitamin D is important to take with calcium for bone health but I was concerned about the connection with cancer.

This article is not a scientific paper to persuade you to add vitamin D to your diet. I am writing it with the hope that you will give it some thought and do some research of your own. After you have done this you can make an informed decision about adding vitamin D to your health regimes.

How do we get adequate supply of vitamin D? We get it from the sun, diet and from supplements. Being exposed to the sun for 30 minutes a day seems to be sufficient.

The lighter the skin the more vitamin D is absorbed. For darker skin the sun exposure need could be double that of light skin individuals.

How much to take and what should my levels be for protection against disease? Research is all over the place with this one. This is where it gets tricky. The National Institute of Health a government agency, has a Dietary Supplement fact sheet for Vitamin D, click the link to go there.

http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/vitamind.asp

At this site you will find the recommended concentrations of serum vitamin D for your health and what adequate intakes should be.

I will add this. My physician wants my serum levels to be 2-3 times the recommended levels and my daily intake to be 3-4 times the recommended levels by the government agency.

Taking vitamin D has many health benefits to numerous to cover in this article. It is often a neglected vitamin. You could have very serious health consequences if your levels are low.

Do some research, ask your physician to check your vitamin D level. At this time you and your doctor can determine the best action to take for your health.

My blog is about a person’s total success. If you are not healthy and don’t feel good how successful can you be?

Honor yourself!

OK already,  so you have heard this before,  well here it is again.  Do you have a vision board and if not why not?

They are so easy to make, they are fun and when you make them you are deliberately forecasting your future.  How cool is this?

Maybe the question should be, how scary it is  if you do make a vision board.

What is a vision board: It is a snapshot of your personal desires, goals and dreams in drawings, pictures and writings.  When you create a vision board you are having fun and thinking about what you want to come into your life.  You are activating the universal law of attraction to bring these desires into your reality.

A few years ago I decided for the first time to make a vision board.  I had no idea if it would work but I remained opened to the idea that it would. I cut pictures from magazines.  I paste money from foreign countries that I received during my travels.  I put a big cruise ship and lots of interesting, thoughtful and fun things on my board.   I added more items as time passed.   I placed the board in a location that I could view often.  I stared at my vision board everyday for 6 months or more.

I moved my household to a different location and state thus packing the board away.  I unpacked it recently and was overcome with emotions when I realized that everything on that board had come into my life.  I was so full with gratitude as I touched the items on that vision board.

So, needless to say, I started another vision board.

How to start yours:

1. Your subconscious works in pictures and images.  Collect pictures of things you desire to come into your life.  Cars, money, checks, homes, computers, jewelry, large groups for your business. You can add a resignation to your boss or even quotations that move you.   Let your dreams soar.
2. Get colored pencils for drawings and writing.
3. Buy a sturdy board from office store along with glue and tape
4. Draw, write and paste pictures on your board.
5. Use dates you want things to occur.  Go for it.
6. Engage your senses and emotions when adding to your board.

TIP: Do not place anything negative on your vision board, ever!

You vision board is only limited by the extent of your creativity.  It should evoke a positive response from you and make you feel happy when you look at it.

Your vision board should be intentionally placed in a location that gives you maximum exposure to it. Constantly wash your subconscious mind with the energy from your board  to manifest your desires quickly.

If you fear criticism or the need to justify your vision board to others, place it in a private location for your eyes only.  Your little secret.  How delightful.

Start collecting pictures for your board today and begin to live your life by your design.

Honor yourself!

What is the Master Cleanse: The Master Cleanse, also known as the Lemon Cleanse and the Maple Syrup Diet, is a body and mind detoxification program created by alternative medicine performer Stanley Burroughs in 1941.

The Master Cleanse is a way to cleanse the body of and remove the cravings associated with drugs, coffee, teas, and cigarettes. The cleanse involves drinking only a concoction made from fresh lemons, grade B maple syrup and cayenne pepper, as well as a laxative tea.

No solid food is eaten for the entire cleanse. According to proponents it is recommended to be on the cleanse for a minimum of ten days, but some people stay on the cleanse for longer periods of time.

Four days ago I started the Master Cleanse for my 5th time. I do the cleanse to maintain my good health and well-being. I have encountered a few challenges this time.

I usually do the cleanse 2 times a year and it has been a year since I did the cleanse last.

My first challenge was a huge, gorilla type headache the first two days. This is a result of caffeine with-drawl. I love my coffee and tea. The evening of day two I gave in and took 2 Tylenols and slept for 10 hours. I awaken without a headache. Wonderful!

Next my lower back begins to hurt and I wonder, “what is this!” The pain was manageable so I disregarded it. It passed. For a full day my hips were hurting, I thought this is strange. It passed as well. I call these problems healing crisis, my body detoxifying and healing itself.  I love my miraculous body.

I decided to use unsulphured blackstrap molasses instead of grade B maple syrup. All I can say is YUK! I ran to the health food store for grade B maple syrup.

At the end of day 4 I am feeling good

I was really hungry once today because I went out without my lemonade mixture. Never again. When I get hungry I sip my lemonade mixture. It works for me. I also remember why I am doing it.

I have lost 8 pounds mostly water I think. All is well with six days to go without food. Yes, and I am cooking for my husband. More on day 10.

Until next time

Honor yourself!

Will you get the desired results you want from your project or goal or will it fizzle out and die in an exhausted heap?

I recently started making cold calls again.  Naturally, I was excited and I started out like a tornado like most of us do when starting a new project.    I made 77 plus dials my first day and vowed to make 100 dials the next day and 150 the day after that.

I was to be this super dialer and super cold caller.   Well need I say more?  Like a tornado I started out fierce and powerful and full of energy…but I soon fizzled out in my first few days.

How do you start a new project?  It doesn’t matter what it is.  It could be going back to college after being out of school for 25 years.  Do you take a full load or do you take one or two classes to begin?   Maybe you desire to loose 50 pounds, get in shape, get your health back or any goal you may have.  The way you begin your project will determine how your project will end.

I remember when I was learning to play the piano as an adult.  At that time I was very busy.  I owned a brick and mortar business with over 50 employees and my time was limited.  I would practice for an hour before my lesson.  My performance was dismal.

My teacher informed me that it is more productive to practice 15 minutes a day rather than an hour  before my piano lesson.  She was correct.  I tried it and it worked.  If you have something you want to learn and a task to do try doing it in 15 minute increments.  We all can find an extra 15 minutes in a day.

There is only one way to be successful with your projects and goals and it is to begin in a slow and strategic manner.  Let’s use the example most of us understand, losing weight.   Why not change your eating habits slowly rather than a flash in the pan quick diet?

If you drink three soft drinks daily, cut down to 2 a day for the first few days then down to 1 a day after that.  After you are successful  consider walking for 15 minutes increments for a week then increase to 20 minutes the next week and on to 30 minutes after one month.  You get the point?

This gradual build up increase the odds of your successful long term weight loss goal being permanent. To begin by walking an hour when you perhaps have not walked 5 minutes in the past 10 years is unrealistic but this is exactly what some folks do.  As I think about it, everything I have had success at, I did in steady increments that increased over time.  

Don’t be a flash in the pan.  Think long term.

TIP:

Set your goal, set your plan, slowly but surely get started and build momentum.  It works.

It is the steady consistent action that takes you where you want to go.  When roadblocks come up and they will, it is called life, make adjustments and keep going.

Confucius says, “ When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust goals, adjust the action steps.”

Back to my cold calling.  Now that I have set realistic goals, I am beginning to enjoy it as I once did.  This time around I started out slowly and I am gradually building up to my desired outcome.

Go easy on yourself and give yourself some love. Try this tactic with your next project.

Honor Yourself!

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Timing is one of the keys to success.  A few short years ago if you wanted to be an investor in real estate you would not buy houses to hold.  The values were going up and up and you knew as an investor this was not sustainable.  You would buy and flip.

Today if you want to be a real estate investor you would buy foreclosures and hold. .  Most people know timing as it relates to trading stocks and bonds.  Buy low sell high.

When you make a decision to make changes in your life always do a check for the right timing.  This could make the difference between failure and success.

Yes, you have the ability to choose the best moment to get involved in an opportunity?  There are clues.  Is the opportunity old and stale?  Have you had any significant changes in your life?  If so, how can this alter your decision.

A couple of years ago I made a decision to get involved in a great opportunity.  I had suffered a major loss in my life less than a year earlier.  I thought I was doing fine.  I wasn’t.  I felt that getting involved with this opportunity would help me  feel better.  It didn’t.   I needed more time and I gave it to myself. The timing was not right for me to make a life changing decision at that time.

Are the masses diving in without training or expertise? Is it widely talked about?  If the masses are pursuing an opportunity it is over.  Go in another direction.

Do not follow the masses!

If you want to start a business today look for a business that is new and fresh, look for a niche or sub niche.  A product or service that people need but cannot find easily.  Decide on an internet, home-based  or a brick and mortar option.  What option is the timing right for?

TIP:  Only 12% of sales occur online.  There is a huge opportunity offline as well.

With the keying of several strokes on a keyboard a person can purchase a variety of products in minutes without leaving their home.  Is this form of marketing and buying the wave of the future?  Almost every home has a computer; some homes have more than one.  Is this a fad?

If you want to market a product on the internet do you have the comprehensive training for the proper execution of the product or service you want to market.  This is all a part of the timing.  Is the time now to learn Internet marketing?

You do realize there is a strategy for learning all things new.  Learn how to market your chosen niche and take advantage of this new revenue producing activity.

R.I Fritz Henry says, “ Timing, degree and conviction are the three wise men of life.”

Before you make a life changing decision think hard and long about the timing.  Is it the right time for this?

Honor yourself!

Whatever It Takes

I am committed to doing “Whatever It Takes” The die has been cast.

I’ve stepped over the line.  I am out of the comfort zone. The decision has been made.
I won’t look back, let up, slow down or back away.
I am finished and done with low living, sight walking, small planning, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tame visions, mundane talking,
chintzy giving, and dwarfed goals.

I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, deluded or delayed.
I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of adversity, negotiate at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity
or meander in the maze of mediocrity.

I am committed to doing…

Whatever It Takes!

Taken fromWMI Consultant Manual

I spent many years living in Florida and the weather there taught me great lessons about life.

I especially remember an early morning before dawn. I was awaken by thunder that rumbled and made my house shutter. The lightening was so sharp that it lit my bedroom like daylight. 
Our dog Ralphy was scared of bad weather, he jumped in the bed with my husband and I.

Now I am one of these people who sleep like a log with the rain and inclement weather. So why was I not in a dreamy restful sleep?

I realized that I had gone to bed worried and depressed. I woke up with that same sick feeling. My business that I was growing was not going well. The more I pondered and worried about my situation the louder the thunder and the sharper the lightening. The rain was so loud against the windows it sounded like hail. Maybe it was.

As time passed dawn came with a thick black cloud cover. Gradually…the thunder and lightening eased and the rain subsided. The cloud cover gradually throughout the day rolled over and the sun shone through.

As the morning progressed I thought about how frightening the storm was and how beautiful the day turned out. The air was clean, fresh and the grass and trees looked greener. The sky was that brilliant blue we all love and recognize. The storm gave us much needed water to drink. Then I remembered the ole saying…no water…no food. Though scary as the storm was much good came from it.

Suddenly, I felt so much better. I realized that in my life I go through bad and trying times that are dark and scary like that storm. When I go through those times I now ask myself what lessons can I learn from what I am now experiencing and what good can come of it.

I know without a doubt that If I remain focused on where I want to go and not concentrate on where I am any storm I am living through will also pass like the storms of nature. It is all the same thing? So, hold on.

Honor Yourself!

Read this only if you want to fill your leads funnel fast, easy and cheap.

A few months ago I got involved in this method of advertising only to give it up without much effort.  Recently I got involved again.  The results are really surprising.

These leads are specific to your industry and are likely looking for what you have to offer.  I have tried many marketing strategies.  Some of them work and some do not.

This one does.

This is not:

• Google Adwords

• Making phone dials

• Free articles

• Videos

• Twitter

• Facebook

• Banner advertising

This has been around for a while but is making resurgence.  It is ezine advertising.

Yes, this is it, advertising in e-zines.

E-zine owners send your ad to their e-mail list.  It works like a charm.

E-zines are electronic magazines that are delivered into subscribers email box.  The same as paper magazines are delivered into your mailboxes at your home or post office box.

These e-zines are delivered daily weekly, semi-monthly and monthly.  Some of the large e-zines have tens of thousands in their subscriber base.

No doubt you are subscribers to many e-zines yourself and you have noticed the ads in these publications.  If you want quick targeted traffic to pursue your offer this is it.

Before you advertise, subscribe to the e-zine to check out the content and make sure it corresponds with what your offer will be.

Like any advertising medium good ad copy important.  It is easy to test your ads with smaller and less expensive e-zine.  If your ad copy pull well, you have the go ahead to advertise in e-zines with a large subscriber base.

TIP:  Many e-zines allow article publication.  If you are a writer you can submit your article for publication free of charge in the e-zine.  Most importantly you can add a short biography and your website.  This is free publicity.

Contact the owner of the e-zine for the details.

There are many e-zines online, look them up and choose a few that is in your market category.  You could be in for a shock.

Expect great things from this revived advertising medium.

Honor yourself

These are some tips that I have covered that will keep you on target:

* Be specific and know what you want. Don’t be vague and unsure. If you don’t know what you want how can you get it?
* Do have a time line. If you want to go to college give yourself (4) years. Not having a definite time to graduate means you could get your degree in (10) years or never.
* Brainstorm at the beginning of your goal setting process any obstacles or challenges that could emerge and sabotage your great plans. If your goals are long term do this frequently.
* Goals must be written down to embed them into your subconscious. When goals are not written down on paper it is a dream and we all know what happens to dreams. We forget about them.
* Have a plan of action. This is what, when and how in the accomplishment of your goal. The more detail the plan the better your chances are for success.
* You absolutely must have a passion or compelling and burning desire to go after what you want. There will be obstacles that come up and your passion for your goal will keep you on target. Giving up will not be an option.
* State your outcome in positive ways. Engage your feelings. Become emotionally attached to your goal.
* Read and state your goal daily. The best time is first time in the morning and the last thing before going to bed. If I have a challenge I will ask my subconscious how to solve it just before going to sleep but before I affirm a good night sleep and I get an answer that I act on immediately. This is why people use the phrase “let me sleep on it.”
* Focus. What you focus on expands and become part of your reality.