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Dr. Bruce Lipton is one of my all-time heroes. A former medical school professor and research scientist, his experiments have examined in great detail the processes by which cells receive information.
The implications of this research radically change our understanding of life, showing that genes and DNA do not control our biology; that instead DNA is controlled by signals from outside the cell, including the energetic messages emanating from our positive and negative thoughts.
Prepare to be stunned by a completely different way of thinking about death and dying – full of love, passion and joy!
At 8 years old, Roberta had a surprise visit from someone she calls an emissary of the Light.
Subsequently, she has spent almost all her life focused on her fascination with what happens at and after death.
Years of research have shown her what happens at our cross over, and what is most important for us to do in this life.
I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t read her amazing book, The Fun of Dying, but her sincerity and her immense expertise come through loud and clear.
I was fascinated with her description of the 5 levels of the Summerland, the name she gives the place we go to after death IF we’re lucky and have done our internal work.
Which means, of course, the more we increase our spiritual frequencies in this life, the ‘higher’ we go after we die.
Click HERE or on the Daring Dreamers Radio icon to listen in to this powerful, eye-opening interview.
Warning: her Daring Answer may not please you if you adhere to strict, rigid Christian ideals. It will please you if you have an open mind – which, being a Daring Dreamer, I’m sure you have!
Click HERE to read Life After Life: The Investigation of a Phenomenon–Survival of Bodily Death
Click HERE to get The Magical Approach: Seth Speaks About the Art of Creative Living (A Seth Book)
Click HERE to get A Course In Miracles
Click HERE to get Roberta’s book, The Fun of Dying
(which I loved, in particular the incredible appendices where she lists and describes which books to read and why.)
Click HERE to get her next book, The Fun of Staying In Touch
I’ve been watching as my friend and good buddy Rehana Webster, who is a world-class expert at handling trauma she travels the world – lately to remote locations deep within the rugged mountains of Pakistan (see the photo below, where she navigates the rickety bridges over treacherous rivers!).
Rehana works with women who have had acid poured into their faces, who were raped, molested or abused, and even women who have been targeted to be killed in ‘honor’ killings.
Rehana uses her unique techniques for busting trauma to help them come back emotionally from such extreme trauma to reclaim their minds and emotions, and live better lives.
Why is this work so important?
Rehana told me that, in her experience, 90% of Pakistan’s population needs help with shock and trauma release. Imagine almost an entire country suffering shock and trauma. That’s serious business!
Have you ever noticed how someone who is upset can’t think straight until they get their nerves calmed down? There’s a very good reason for that. They’re in survival mode – Fight, Flight or Freeze.
We’re wired that way. Why? Because when you’re fleeing an enemy or attacker, what do you need to think about other than get safe, get safe, get safe? Our F-F-F mode kicks in so we can get to some kind of safety and survive even the most horrific experiences.
But once a person gets to a safe place where she can breathe a sign of relief, the strangest thing happens: sometimes (most times) she can’t unwind by herself. She keeps freaking out, or having flashbacks, terrible dreams, or repetitive visions of what happened.
She may not be able to ‘get present,’ or may experience a level of extreme watchfulness for danger called hyper-vigilance.
If you know any vets or women who have been brutally assaulted, or people who have gone through accidents, home invasion, domestic violence, rape, war experiences … you’ve seen trauma’s effects close at hand.
Talk therapy is pretty useless – the trauma settles into the very cells of the body, and you can’t talk it out. Energy therapies like TBT (Trauma Buster Technique), EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), etc. are the fastest way to eliminate the shock and trauma from the body.
(Get her Ebook, Trauma Buster Technique here,
or get it on Kindle here: Trauma Buster Technique: Effective, Safe, Rapid Treatment for Psychological Trauma
Have you ever had an experience of surprise, shock or trauma? It landed in your body, and is still there! Maybe you had years of teasing, or bullying, or neglect from your own parents, siblings or classmates.
You’ll want to listen in as Rehana and I discuss how to defuse trauma so you can get your mind, emotions and life back, and as she talks about her stripped-down, efficient-in-the-field version of EFT she calls the Trauma Buster Technique.
Click HERE or on the IDYR icon to the left to listen in to our shorty (30 minutes) interview.
Rehana Webster (Founder of TBT, EFT Master, NLP Master and AAMET Trainer of Trainers) used to work with the Correctional System in NZ, has trained over 200 doctors (!!!) in Pakistan to help their patients with TBT, and has been invited by very prestigious organizations like DOST Foundation and OXFAM to present workshops for the people they help in India and Pakistan.
All that sounds pretty formal, but she’s a kick-ass fun gal who loves to laugh as much as I do!
You can find her on Facebook, and at http://TraumaBusterTechnique.com.
Here’s the amazingly courageous Rehana Webster as she takes time off from trekking deep into the wild mountains of Pakistan to help women (and men!) in need.
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This is for you guys in the crowd!
Ken Solin, a men’s activist, is the author of Act Like A Man. He says, “the title is a play on what men are told over and over from the time they were boys.
Most of what I focus on is for women, but when I found Ken Solin and his books, I thought what a perfect match for you guys in my audience!
“It’s hard to get men and their emotions in the same room at the same time,” says Solin.
“And it’s harder for men to connect to their feelings than it is for women. Women start talking to each other when they’re little girls. Men compete.”
The result is a disconnect between men’s hearts and minds and an emotional gridlock with women.
Ken says men have a hard time opening up to each other, don’t know how, and don’t know even where to begin. Or what that might even do for them. Or how it benefits their relationships with women. (see link below to get Act Like A Man)
He offers a solution like the one he created for himself many years ago.
After many years of creating a lot of wealth…and yet feeling miserable…he started on a journey of courage to create something profoundly different for himself, something more fulfilling. He hasn’t looked back yet – and has helped scores of guys do the same.
Want safe guy friends?
If you’re a guy (or if you know a guy) who wants safe, loyal, long-term guy friends, and to find out how to ease the pressure of all the pushed-away anger, fear, worry, etc. that’s lurked inside of you like un-spent ordnance since you were a kid, and you didn’t know what to do about it, here are some answers for you.
I was so pleased to speak with Ken – he’s a man who’s done the work!
CLICK HERE or on the IDYR logo to the left to listen in on my interview with Ken Solin.
If you can’t get it on your iphone, search iTunes > podcasts > Daring Dreamers.
You can find Ken at his site: KenSolin.com
Click here to get his book, Act Like A Man
Click here to get his new book, The Boomer Guide to Finding True Love Online
“The riches that you receive will be in exact proportion to the definiteness of your vision, the fixity of your purpose, the steadiness of your faith and the depth of your gratitude.”
~ Wallace D. Wattles, extraordinary entrepreneur, author, artist and scientist, in hiw book, the Science of Getting Rich
“Wallace Delois Wattles (1860–1911) was an American author. A New Thought writer, he remains personally somewhat obscure, but his writing has been widely quoted and remains in print in the New Thought and self-help movements. Wattles’ best known work is The Science of Getting Rich in which he explained how to become wealthy.” (from amazon writeup)
It’s just 99 cents! Click on the link below:
Wallace Wattles: All 9 Books (+ 3 audiobooks)
This collection contains all 9 works written by Wattles and links to audiobook versions of his 3 most popular books.
• The Science Of Getting Rich (+ audiobook version)
• The Science Of Being Well (+ audiobook version)
• The Science Of Being Great (+ audiobook version)
• How To Get What You Want
• Jesus, The Man And His Work
• A New Christ
• Making The Man Who Can (Or How To Promote Yourself)
• The New Science Of Living And Healing (Or Health Through New Thought And Fasting)
• Hellfire Harrison
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Who said we had to be serious all the time?!?
If you’ve ever wondered about ‘having’ to exercise, ‘having’ to ‘eat right’ or ‘having’ to market or go to a J.O.B. (just over broke) – you’ll enjoy this little poke at our society’s rules.
Go HERE for other books by Angela. And more at AngelaTreatLyonBooks.com.
Here’s what a friend of mine wrote about me:
“Angela Treat Lyon is a professional painter and sculptor, author, publisher, Business and Marketing Success Trainer, and EFT Instructor/practitioner.
Maybe you can tell Angela has a bit of a maverick streak: not only is she crazy enough to carve stone by hand, but has traveled all over the world…including riding across the US on a motorcycle, sailing from Hawaii to California, and traveling for two years in her truck in the late 80s, just because.”
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Join me on BlogTalk Radio with Solo Pro expert, Barbara Sunders as she grills me: HERE
Creating Books for Passive Income: Professional artist, EFT trainer, business coach, and best-selling author Angela Treat Lyon shares her life-long journey as an entrepreneur.
She began as an artist and sculptor, and now works with authors and business owners.
She shows you how to take your own brilliance to create income through your books.
In her program at MonthAfterMonthMoney.comAngela trains authors to start with the marketing before they’ve even started the book. Listen in now and hear how she does it . . . HERE.
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Wendy Lipton-Dibner, extraordinary educator and speaker-trainer, sent out a newsletter today with the following question and remarks in it, and I thought it was so profound I wanted to share it with you.
So stop what you’re doing right now and pay 100% attention, because the answer you give may change your entire business from now on. She says:
The answer to this question could define significant choices you’ll make from this point forward – in your business and even in your life.
Once you have the answer, your world will change.
It could actually be the missing link to your success.
Sound dramatic? You decide.
Here’s the question:
If you had the chance to speak for 10 seconds and your voice would be heard by every human being in the world…
But then after you spoke you would never be able to speak to another human being again as long as you lived…
Your message is your gift to the world.
Use it effectively and you could make a significant impact on others…not to mention dramatically increase your success.
Once you find your message, strategically position your business around it.
Use it in your marketing. Teach it to your team. Share it with your customers. Bring it home to your family.
Let it be the Guiding Rule that drives your decisions.
When your business is aligned to your message, your workday will flow more smoothly and your results will be profound.
Your message will bring you the energy you need to do the hard stuff and the grace you need to move people to action.
What’s your message?
It’s the most important question I could ever ask you.
Find your message and use it to make an impact on every life you touch.
Because life is far too short to settle for less.
Get her 10-step book here:
Focus on Impact: The 10-Step Map to Reach Millions, Make Millions and Love Your Life Along the Way
Get her success book here:
The Expert Success Solution: Get Solid Results in 16 Areas of Business and Life
The short little video story of the Tiger and the Lamb, a clip from “Finding Joe.” Are you a tiger hiding amongst the sheep?
Finding Joe is a story about finding who you are, where you’re going, where you’ve been and how to start fresh. Patrick Takaya Solomon is the first time feature-length director. The film features Deepak Chopra, Mick Fleetwood, Rashida Jones, Tony Hawk, Catherine Hardwicke, Laird Hamilton, Alan Cohen, Robert Walker, Akiva Goldman.
Finding Joe explores, through testimonials and interviews with academics, actors, writers, athletes, and entrepreneurs who were inspired by “The Hero’s Journey,” how the interview subjects changed their lives by believing in their own inner gold.
Malinda Zarate of EmboldenedHeart.com interviews Daring Dreamers Radio Host, Angela Treat Lyon!
Why is it so important to be an independent thinker, or an entrepreneur?
And how can you dig under an upsetting emotion and find gold?
Malinda interviews me as I share how to find resolution to upsetting emotions and limiting thoughts in less than 7 minutes – a tactic you can use again and again.
CLICK HERE or on the Daring Dreamers Radio icon to the left to get to one of the most important interviews anyone has ever done of me – thanks, Malinda, for a great time, and allowing me to zero in on specific ways to heal quickly!
I was very honored last week to interview Dr. JoAnn Dahlkoetter, Olympic Edge peak performance Coach.
Dr. Joann provides performance psychology, corporate training, and Performing Edge Coach Certification programs for CEOs, coaches, sports parents and athletes to help them reach their highest potential in sports, business and life.
When I spoke with Dr. Joann last week, she had just gotten off the phone with an invitation to coach Olympic athletes at the Sports Training Facility for the next Games in London. What an honor!
In our conversation, I got her to tell us about what helped her to go from starting at 19th place to come in a triumphant 2nd in one of the most brutal races of all – the Hawaii Ironman Triathalon.
She also shares with us how she developed her 3-Ps program afterwards from her extreme experience there.
Some of what else she shows us:
1. What you can do to create consistent peak performance in your life
2. How to use magnets to pull success towards yourself (and let IT do the work for you!);
3. And how to have Olympic Thinking on a steady basis, that helps you win whatever game you play in life and business.
Dr. JoAnn is the CEO of Performing Edge Coaching International Association, a global resource and Certification Training Program for Coaches. If I weren’t already a coach, I’d want this certification myself! In case you want to get certified as a Performing Edge Coach, you can either click here or on the banner under this post.
CLICK HERE or on the icon to the left to find out Dr. Joann’s secrets to creating and maintaining an Olympic Edge Mindset every day in your life and business.
You can also go to iTunes and search Daring Dreamers Radio for this show.
Dr. JoAnn Dahlkoetter is the best-selling author of Your Performing Edge and is an internationally recognized performance consultant and world-class athlete (get her book here – scroll down the page a bit to get to it).
She is a licensed psychologist and has been a medical staff member at Stanford University Medical Center for 10 years; she is winner of the San Francisco Marathon in 2:43:20; she placed 2nd in the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon, and was rated the No. 1 triathlete in the U.S. by Triathlete Magazine.
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I’m so delighted to have as my Featured Guest this week someone I highly respect and admire: Wendy Lipton-Dibner, Internationally Acclaimed Speaking Expert and Best Selling Author.
I had the very good fortune to attend one of her speaking programs, and was really impressed with Wendy’s knowledge, expertise, kindness and understanding of why people do – and don’t do – what they do.
If you want to accelerate your business success, you’ll want to listen up, because Wendy has a unique twist with her proven strategies that help you increase your income and your impact through effective speaking.
In every industry from health care to hair care Wendy has proven time and again, “Your most powerful business asset is your voice!”
You may be familiar with how people buy a program or product…but then never take action on what they learn.
Wendy has an unusually high implementation rate: over 93% of her surveyed audiences have received measurable results from her training. She is internationally recognized as an authority in both personal and organizational change and the psychosocial factors that move people to action.
Crowned the “female Zig Ziglar” by author/publishing expert, Rick Frishman, she is the author of two bestselling books, Shatter Your Speed Limits®, and M.A.D. Leadership for Healthcare…and she serves as a trusted advisor, trainer, consultant and coach for doctors, executive leaders and top influencers worldwide. She’s helped hundreds of thousands of people get what they truly want.
Join me and listen in, and find out:
For information about Wendy’s latest programs, go here: ActionSuccesswithWendy.com
CLICK HERE or on the IDYR icon to the left to go to the show with Wendy, or go to iTunes, search Daring Dreamers Radio, and sign up for the RSS feed so show updates come to you automatically!
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Stacey Vornbrock is well known as a highly successful Sports Performance Expert, who works with professional athletes to help them increase range of motion, reduce and heal from injuries and perform in top-notch form..
She has pioneered massively successful work with her specific, targeted injury recovery and high-performance tapping protocols using EFT, the Emotional Freedom Techniques for pro athletes.
Did you know that your emotions come across as actual chemicals in your body?
How do you unweave trauma and the pain, fear and chemicals from your system? How do you stop that flinch in your body when it’s afraid and anticipates more pain?
Listen in as she makes the underpinnings of the actual chemical make-up of trauma, pain and injury crystal clear.
I was fascinated to hear how she helps her sports pros recover quickly, even from jet lag, change in elevation, dehydration and location change (imagine being a pro sports person and having to fly from one game to the next all over the world – you’d be a jet lagged wreck!)!
CLICK HERE to go right to my interview with her, or search iTunes > podcasts > Daring dreamers.
You’ll also want to go here: FasterInjuryRecovery.com, to check out the four powerful recovery ebooks we talk about during the interview.
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What does a ski-jump nose have to do with shyness about asking for money?
What do big lips have to do with talking a lot?
What do roman noses and being good with money have to do with each other?
It’s all in your face!
I’m so delighted to introduce you to Naomi Tickle, the world’s foremost Face Pattern Recognition Expert!
You’ll be really astounded when you hear what Naomi describes in this fast-moving interview! She explains all about what it means when people with turned-up noses, inverted V eyebrows, narrow or wide faces, or flaring eyebrows!
She looked at my photo and said, “You should give workshops!” And guess what I do? Yup!
She also said, ” Strangers will come up to you and tell you their deepest secrets and afterwards they will wonder why they unburdened their problems to a total stranger.” Which is exactly true – it always amazes me that people do that – no matter where I go.
Here’s another one: “You are up front with people and very direct and to the point. In other words you don’t mince words, you let people know what you think or feel.”
How did she know all that?
Because she’s the authority on patterns in the face, and she can see it just as clearly as we see red sunsets! Pretty cool. Can you imagine what it would have been like if your parents had recognized your deep dreams and natural tendencies from early on, and guided and supported you in that?
Did you know they used face patterns to figure out what guys would be good at what in the military – and had 98% accuracy?
Listen in as Face Pattern Recognition Expert Naomi Tickle tells us all about it and how you can recognize your deepest dreams just by looking in the mirror!
CLICK HERE or on the IDYR logo to the left to get to this 32-minute, fast-moving, wish-it-was-longer interview! And, go here to get her book, What Makes People Tick and a free shorty reading: TheFaceReader.com!
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Dr. Eric Pearl, who used to be a practicing chiropractor, was awakened one night by the lamp on his bedside table going on all by itself.
If you don’t know who he is, you’ve really missed out.
I wanted to interview him ever since I read his book, The Reconnection: Heal Others, Heal Yourself, and I’m so pleased I was able to get into his busy schedule!
He discovered how to heal with energy w/o even touching anyone. He now teaches how you can do that, too. Listen in as he describes how that knowledge of healing came to him right out of the blue, and how he didn’t even believe it, humself.
“When we connect with this energy, there’s an optimal regeneration, a reorganization of tissue outside the illusion of time and space,” he explains.
You can get his book, The Reconnection: Heal Others, Heal Yourself at the major online bookstores, and at TheReconnection.com.
CLICK HERE or on the IDareYouRadio logo to the left to listen in and find out how he was suddenly able to heal in such an amazing, completely new-to-him way!
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Ever had a dream where you were told it was imperative that you go see your doctor…after he had just sent you home with an “all-clear” bill of health?
He had, after all, said, “You’re only 44—too young for cancer, you know.”
You might have thought to yourself, “If he isn’t worried, why should you be? After all, he’s the doctor, right?” So you get dressed and head for home, worry free.*
That’s exactly what Kathleen did. She went home, worry free.
And then, her dreams kicked in! Listen in as Kathleen O’Keefe-Kanavos tells us about the amazing, intuitive, prophetic dreams she had in her journey through not just one, but two bouts of breast cancer almost exactly five years apart.
Fortunately enough for her, she paid attention, and took action, even when her doctor adamantly refused to do what she asked him to do. It was a race for time!
Perhaps knowing me and my penchant for alternative health practices, you might expect that she went that route. But no, she went the conventional route. Adding her own versions of right-eating, right exercise, etc. Led by her dreams and intuition.
If you ever doubted your dreams and your intuition, this story will help you trust again. Listen carefully to how Kathleen saved her own life by trusting her dreams and intuitions.
Kathleen, now an advisor to the R. A. Bloch Cancer Foundation, showed what real courage and real inner knowing is when she stood up for herself and said to her doctor what she KNEW was right: “I KNOW something’s wrong, help me…NOW.”
Find out what she did, and what new policy she got the hospitals to initiate after she was told, “sorry, we can’t help you!” She’s a force to be reckoned with!
PLEASE JOIN ME ON MY SHOW to find out more – click the IDYR logo to the left, or HERE to get to the show.
I invite you to get her powerful book, Surviving Cancerland, The Psychic Aspects of Healing here: survivingcancerland.com, or click on the blue book cover in the banner below.
And connect with Kathleen on Facebook here: facebook.com/kathleen.o.kanavos
(*Mini-summary of a part of Kathleen’s book, Surviving Cancerland)
I recently met a gal with whom I instantly fell in ‘like.’
Her name is Sharón Lynn Wyeth.
She’s got this weird thing she does….
A former teacher with extensive training at the Monroe Institute and other prestigious institutions, Sharón has studied and tested her own theories about names, and the individual letters in them, for over 20 years.
Sharón has created an incredible system that allows you to know about a whole lot about a person – just from his or her name!
Why would you want to know that?
For yourself:
Because if your name starts with an A, you’re going to have completely different social motives and interactions and reactions than, for example, someone with a beginning Y.
I had always puzzled why my youngest son did a particular thing a few years ago which created total havoc in our family for 3 or 4 years. When Sharon told me how people whose names start with his first initial think, it all fell right into place, and I could finally have completion. What a relief.
About others:
Let’s say you want to form a partnership with someone and you get this red-flag feeling but can’t substantiate it.
When you use Sharón’s information, you might be able to avoid the disastrous catastrophe that partner might bring you, or create the success that is possible if you know how to interact with her that’s just right for your combination of name-aspects!
This is Neimology, NOT numerology. I was pretty amazed to hear how Sharón explains what letters and names really mean – and she sure nailed me pretty well when I asked about my own name!
I invite you to listen in and hear Sharon reveal what I bet you never had a clue about in your name! CLICK HERE or on the IDareYouRadio.com icon to the left to catch the full interview!
Check out her website for other goodies here: KnowtheName.com!
Boy do I have a wonderful resource for you! I’ve been in touch with someone who, as he says, “used to be resigned to the fact that ‘a dentist’ was all he was going to be.”
He finally developed the courage to give that viewpoint up and barged forward to overcome his shyness and inability to “be out there.”
Dr. Joe Rubino is not just knowledgeable, not just wise, not just kind and compassionate – he’s a guy who’s actually Done the Work. While at the same time you can tell he is passionate about what he does, he doesn’t interrupt or run all over you when you speak with him. He actually *listens*! Woohoo!
One of the things we gals experience when we are interrupted or told what we ought to do or when a guy tries to “fix” us is that we feel disempowered and small.
You know what that feels like – and we gals can do the same to you guys, right? It feels awful.
Joe is a real example of what we all like in having a conversation with someone who pays attention and responds accordingly. What a breath of fresh air!
Joe is passionate about his work helping people develop self-esteem – to the point that he has started the ball rolling on a project with an intention to help 20 million people – that’s right, 20, not 2 – to feel better and increase their self-esteem in the next couple years.
Why? Because he wants to help enough people – both through his own work and with those who join in – so we can create critical mass, our total consciousness reaching and going over the tipping point for a better world with less strife and more joy and peace.
Joe has developed amazing systems through which he guides you to more courage, more calm, more solid sense of who we are and our place in the world.
You can find out about his books and programs to help you raise your self-esteem HERE.
And just know that when you get it, I and others in the EFT and self-development crowd that you know all have wonderful bonuses for you, as well.
And, for a freebie taste, HERE‘s a really wonderful video of Joe being interviewed by Ridgely Goldsborough in his Modest to Millions Show in a big old mansion, talking about how people create wealth and stay wealthy through developing stronger self-esteem. I’ve watched it three times now because it’s so inspiring to me and has such good ideas.
I know you’ll want to see it, too. Bookmark it so you can go back to it, OK?
It was really fun to interview Dr. Joe, and I loved it that he gives away a lot of information during his talk, as well. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! You’ll find it by clicking on the logo to the left, or right HERE.
Having thought of myself as a renegade artist for so long, I never thought I’d be teaching anything – much less the subject of business or marketing – at any government agency.
So it was a real surprise when a friend of mine who is the course director at our local Honolulu Small Business Administration, called me and asked me if I’d like to give some classes there.
There are people who really could use what I know! So I put together four possible classes they might want to run.
So you can see the various possibilities, here’s what I proposed:
They wanted the internet marketing one.
That was a surprise, but I didn’t mind.
Then I had to think, “who is my audience? Who will be coming, and how do I prepare my class for that group?”
In your local SBA, I can almost guarantee you there will be at least one person who knows that women comprise 52+% of today’s business owners.
Women are sick and tired of the push marketing model, and are naturals for pull, or attractor, marketing, AND not only know how to do it, but have had a major presence in the bazaars and marketplaces of the world for hundreds of years.
What will teaching at the SBA get you?
If you offer a course at the SBA, you won’t even believe what that will get you. They have hundreds of members who are in biz who read the monthly press release that goes out announcing the classes.
That exposure alone can increase your readership considerably if you give a website address that has an opt-in box on it with an attractive offer for people to go sign up on your list.
Do you know something most people do not?
Do you have a skill or talent you can share?
The credibility from having taught just one class there would be all you’d need to catapult you into a whole new sphere of influence!
I suggest that you go down to your local SBA, if you have one, or a town near you, and see what’s up. If they have classes you can register for, take one and get to know the admin people, and make friends.
Then call them and mention that you have something they can use – and if they take it, you’re in!
…. or whatever your skills, knowledge or expertise is in.
Offer something that has to do with whatever you know how to do, and whatever you would feel comfortable showing a complete newbie how to do it.
Once you teach there for a few months, your name will get around as the one to go to for whatever you’re known as the expert at. People will start calling you and asking for services. So in addition to what you do online, you’ll also have a good local clientele.
Why would you want a local clientele?
Because you want to connect with and stay in touch with your local community; you don’t want your face in front of your computer screen all day anymore; and because it ain’t good for your bod to be sitting all day long.
I guarantee you that you know more about your subject than the “normal” person out there – and that makes you an expert to them! Try it!
Doing local classes strengthens your internet marketing expertise by improving your communication skills and self-confidence. You go!
Why do I call Dr. Joe the Extreme Self-Esteem Expert?
Because he’s committed to helping 20 million people get back their self-esteem, confidence and self-empowerment. That’s extreme. And he’s doing it!
What would you do if someone told you that you need to give up the ‘right to invalidate’ yourself? That’s what Dr. Joe is all about – real, concrete, powerful self-assurnce.
Check out Dr. Joe’s Self Esteem System – it’s incredible. It helps you release your invalidating doubts, fears and insecurities. If you know of anyone who could use it, it would be great to turn them on to this interview. Check it out the System right HERE.
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ne question he asked practically knocked me off my chair: “What are you so passionate about that you would do it another 200 years?” Whew! Imagine having that kind of passion that it would fuel you for that long – I love it.
Dr. Joe is one of my favorite people on the planet – I know you’ll love hearing what he says. There’s enough Good Stuff in this one interview to fill two great teleclasses!
Click on the I Dare You Radio logo above to go to the interview (in 2 parts), or on this link HERE. Enjoy!
One of California’s foremost stone sculptors, Patricia Bengston-Jones is a shining example of a Daring Dreamer – someone who doesn’t take Normal for one minute and who bucks the odds to live her Deepest Dreams. Not because of any rebellion, necessarily, but because it’s simply who she is and what she does.
She’s a powerful example of someone who really lives her passion, not alowing the numbing, everyday trance that surrounds us that says, “get a job, be norrrrmaallll…” overtake her!
I was really taken with her work. I love the raw, mythical quality of it, and how she allows the stone to be stone, rather than trying to make something pretty-pretty out of it. It’s stone: heavy; plain; figured; textural; translucent; eternal; even humorous.
I love how her forms give you an inkling of a story, but not much more than will tickle your own frames of reference and put you on the beginning of a path to create your own stories from the images.
Here is one of the pieces I loved the most. Although these are all maritime themed, not all of her works are. Let’s Clean the Barnacles Off: made from Travertine and Slate, 10″ x 7″ x 20″
Here’s what she has to say on her site: PBengtson.com
“As a seeker of knowledge, with ten years of landscape and (color) field painting in 1972, I returned to finished my education, to find answers in my search of the ‘unknown’.
“This led me into sculpture and using concepts of the prehistoric monumental stone sites and myths. I visited England, Italy and Mexico, and lived in the Southwest.
I used the monolithic forms, arches and stacking or layering to denote the passage of time in my sculpture
“This background information along with the mythology of the Vikings, has helped me research my own heritage which combines Swedish and Northern European.
“My endless search has helped to shed some light on the unexplained phenomena of my past cultures. It enables my sculpture to come together as a ‘Passage to My Heritage.’ ”
Make sure you visit her site for more mythical, powerful stone and glass work – especially check out that gateway she’s carving in the image above! See lots more of her works at her website, PBengtson.com.
Guest article by Samantha Hartley, Enlightened Marketing Expert
I once had a client, Greg, who came to me for assistance with his marketing.
He’d invested a fortune in his company but wasn’t attracting enough paying clients.
He was scraping by, waiting for the momentum to kick in.
Greg hadn’t been frugal about his marketing materials. They were developed by professional designers and copywriters and were polished and fashionable. There was only one problem: they didn’t communicate his brand.
How do you help them?
What do you do for them that no one else can do as well?
Why should anyone choose you instead of the alternatives?
That’s what your prospective clients want to know. When people meet you or see your website, they’re asking, “How should I think about you? Where do you fit in the filing cabinet of my mind?”
Like Greg, many entrepreneurs who come to me for help with their marketing are actually struggling with an identity problem: they don’t have a clear one.
Your brand identity includes:
In Greg’s case, he could have ditched the expensive brochures no one reads, and the confusing web site filled with puzzling images and then just shared from his heart:
“I work with small business owners who are tired of hiring candidates who present well but don’t perform. I help them to identify the profile of the ideal candidate and the best way to select them. As a result, they hire the right one the first time, save money on training and make money by having a productive employee from the get-go. My system doesn’t rely on self-reporting, so profiles are more accurate, as seen by our 92% retention rate.”
More often people think of the Nike swoosh logo or Starbucks’ green mermaid.
But those aren’t brands – they’re logos.
You may think of Big Mac hamburgers, Crocs holey shoes and iPod players. But those aren’t brands – they’re products.
Even for entrepreneurs and solopreneurs, brands need to be positioned, which means defining who they’re for and why they’re the best choice for them.
In the example above, we have an intended audience (small business owners) and a differentiator (very accurate profiles); this is the beginning of brand building. In addition, you should articulate a brand promise (money saved on training and made on productivity) that lays out what to expect from an experience of your brand.
Unenlightened marketers skip this step entirely and doom themselves to commodity status. Do you want to be just another entry in the Chamber of Commerce directory? Of course not! You want to be the Starbucks of your profession.
Starbucks proved the power of branding by transforming a measly pennies-per-cup beverage into an experience its audience would pay scads of money for.
They expanded the coffee playing field from simply aroma and flavor to include atmosphere, skilled service (not from wait staff, but “baristas”), fair trade and more benefits than my poor little truck stop coffee counter had ever heard of.
(Hint: differentiated value)
The irony here is that almost every business has a brand identity of some kind, just not necessarily the one they want.
I’ve heard people refer to “the expensive place,” or “that weird guy who does something health-related.”
They’ve called brands “cars for old people,” or “the ones made in sweat shops.”
Our task is to brand ourselves, consciously, with an identity, and work to make it at least as prominent in the minds of our audience as the other impressions they receive.
If you don’t do it, someone else will do it for you, and you might not like the results.
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© Samantha Hartley 2009 EnlightenedMarketing.com
I’m delighted to bring you dynamic entrepreneur, Samantha Hartley, who is an expert at helping business owners recognize and create their business brand identity.
If you have a business, this is important – and even more so if you have no brand identity, you’ll really want to listen to this week’s show.
Why do you need to be so conscious of it, and careful in its creation?
Most of us think of branding being your business card, how your brochures and other promotional materials look, your office, your websites, your Facebook pages and Twitter feed – even how you answer the phone!
Your Brand identity is at the root of all the things I listed above. Once you have created a brand identity that is aligned with your values, talents, gifts and the value you bring to the marketplace, it expresses
I invite you to click on the link or the logo to listen in to our powerful conversation where Samantha shares lots of hints and tips about branding, what it is and how you can up the oomph of your own.
Her tips will help you consolidate your thoughts and ideas about getting your brand created in a way that concisely and clearly communicates the value of your business.
Take her great brand assessment (free) at her site to see where your understanding of your business and its value and how you express it stands–you’ll get back a 5 to 11 page report according to the answers you give on the assessment. I took it, and learned a lot!
I interviewed Samantha again for more info on branding, in case you’re at the point where you’re ready to take your business to the next level. I call it: Can People Find You Amidst the Marketplace Chaos?
Click on the I Dare You Radio logo to the left, or Listen to this important information HERE.
We also created a shorter (12 min.) audio for you about the Branding Action Roadmap Course, which you can hear here (hear hear!): Are You Invisble in the Marketplace? The Branding Action Group will Save Your Pretty Butt!
Click on the Daring Dreamers Radio logo to the left, or LISTEN HERE
Elaine Nitz is a Success Coach and Energy Healer, and is my guest this week on the Daring Dreamers Showcase.
Her new book, Release Your Limitless Self, Disarm Your Self-Sabotaging Trigger Phrases, is a fantastic resource of an enormous pile of setup phrases that you can tap on and use to literally disarm the phrases you hear in your everyday life that keep you from moving forward and creating the success you desire.
Click on the IDareYouRadio logo to the left to listen in as she tells what it took to move from being a programmer in the ultra-left-brain world to an intuitive energy healer!
You can find her at TapIntoYourDreams.com.
Click right here to get her book, Release Your Limitless Self! Disarm Your Self-Sabotaging Trigger Phrases
If you have ever felt confused as to what to say when you are tapping using EFT, the Emotional Freedom Techniques, relax and let this book serve you!
Release Your Limitless Self! Disarm Your Self-Sabotaging Trigger Phrases is a powerful collection of phrases and setup statements that help you find just what to say to get through the limiting beliefs and habits that have thus far stymied you in your quest to create and live a better life.
