Growing, changing, evolving and building a strong Personal Foundation one month at a time.

Thirty days go by in a heart beat -- make a change and do it every day for 30 days and the odds are it will become a part of your life. At the end of each month you will find that some or many areas of your life will be improved. This concept can apply to any area of your life ....

Your Finances

Your Mental Health

Your Personal Environment

Your Physical Health

Your Relationships

Let's start this mission with month One -- This "first challenge/assignment" will, for some, be one of the hardest for others it will be nothing ......

Water --- Good purified water this will be the only beverage you will drink for the first 30 day assignment. THE ONLY exception to this would be fresh (not bottled,canned or concentrated) vegetable juice or fruit Juice.

Are you up to the task?

This means no alcohol, no coffee, no soda, no diet soda -------- none of these Justfor30days

One day at a time and I guarantee you -- you will experience a significant change in your physical health.

Here are the rules for the purified water/fresh juice challenge -- drink 1/2 your body weight in ounces per day. You weigh 160 lbs you drink 80 oz. Spread this out over the day.

First thing in the morning drink a glass of warm water with one ounce of lemon juice in it -- this will wake up your body and get "the juices" flowing. This really helps to get your kidneys, liver and bladder moving and cleansed after laying prone and sleeping for hours.

If you do not already have a good purified water system there are many on the market. You can spend as little or as much as you want. Reverse osmosis, a charcoal filtration, a drip through rocks system .......... the list goes on.

You must eliminate: chlorine, fluoride and all of the yuckie little critters that are prevalent in most public water systems.

I personally use John Ellis' Living Water system and then I put my water in the Vitalizer plus. I consider water to be one of the most important parts of my daily diet.

Dehydration has been found to be at the root of many diseases. There are many books on this subject -- a great one is ....

 " Your Body's Many Cries for Water" - here's a quote -

"You're not sick; you're thirsty. Don't treat thirst with medication."  Dr. F. Batmanghelidj

I wish you all the best in your first 30 day challenge. Send me your questions and comments.

Release Your Limiting Ideas and Enjoy a Miraculous Day,

Coach Martella

"If the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning is eat a live frog, then nothing worse can happen for the rest of the day!" ~Brian Tracy

When you first look at a network marketing opportunity most people are struck by the money that can be made. They get all excited and decide to start but they soon find out that there is more to it than just making money.

Every network marketing opportunity if done correctly is a chance to have a home based business that will eventually yield financial freedom. This happens over a period of time if you work the business.

The Key To Business is Lead Generation

Many businesses will tell you that they are successful because they know how to generate leads. Leads are easier to use than cold calling because if you find the ones that are already looking for an opportunity, you have less to do.

Some people purchase leads through Goggle and others have great systems for generating them. The more leads you have the more people you talk to and the more people will join your organization.

You must understand that generating leads is just one part of the process. You will also have to talk to people and know what to say to them when you call them to follow up on the lead.

The Key To Business is People

People do not like to be sold anything by a stranger. Because of this the way to get solid leads is to build a rapport first. By talking to people and letting them get to know you, you become someone they can trust. Once you have their trust you can find out what they need and see if you can fill the need.

Many people in network marketing make the mistake of trying to tell someone everything they could ever want to know about a business and more. The trick is to tell them a little and if they genuinely seem interested, you put them on with someone who knows more than you.

There are people in any network marketing business who have been in for a very long time. These people know the intricacies of talking to people and can help you with your calls.

When you start talking to people and they decide they want to join you in your business by creating their own business, it is very important to continue to talk to them. People have different learning curves and often the best producer will be someone who others will give up on.

This is a tough one because network marketing is about people. It is about talking to people who have an interest in a home based business opportunity and helping them see one that works for them.

Most people would say that you have to at least like people of you are going to be in network marketing. The reason for this is because you will be talking to hundreds of people over time. The good news is that if you find people who are already interested in an opportunity you don't have to talk them into anything.

Networking to Success

If you have ever gone to a networking event on or offline, you will know that it can be awkward. You don't know the individual and you are not sure what to say. You will meet people who are very friendly and they put you at ease. These are the people who are very successful because they have learned how to make people feel at ease with them right away.

If you totally do not like people you probably will not make it in network marketing. However, if you are willing to learn how to talk with people so that you can develop rapport easily, you will have no problem working within network marketing.

Lead Generation Helps Success

Most people do not have a strong method of lead generation. They think that they have to talk to their friends and family who usually are not interested in anything but going to work everyday. Those people who are the most successful in network marketing spend their time talking to people who are currently seeking opportunities.

Granted some people are only interested in looking but there are a few people who will be willing to take a chance on your opportunity if they see it as something that will benefit them. Your job is not to convince them but to show them the opportunity and help them use it to resolve a problem they need to resolve.

You do not have to be a people person to be successful in network marketing but it does help. You will need people to help carry the message about your opportunity to others and you will need to be able to talk to many people about how you can help them.

The myth of network marketing is that you have to sell products in order to make it work. Although there are many sales people in network marketing and there are people who sell it like it is a product, network marketing isn't about selling.

Network marketing is about building rapport with people and helping them resolve a problem. For many people a network marketing opportunity will help them get to financial freedom. For others it will help them make a comfortable living. If done well, an individual can be very successful.

Selling and Network Marketing

Many people would say that selling is the most important aspects of network marketing and in some cases this is true but there are two aspects of an opportunity that you must take a look at to see what you need to do.

On the one hand there is a product that can be sold. People can sell vitamins, travel, soap, natural drinks and more. These products are available for sale but most people do not sell them. Instead, they show people how their product can benefit them and can help them save money.

On the other hand there is a business opportunity. Many people try to make people jump into their business by pushing them to buy the beginning kit and getting involved. Those who are successful talk to people about the opportunity and wait for it to create a spark within the prospect.

Selling should have nothing to do with network marketing if you are able to build the rapport with people and present an opportunity that they can see as something they need.

I Don't Know Enough People

No one knows the many people who will be interested in a network marketing opportunity. If they did money would be made a lot faster. However, there are hundreds of ways to generate leads and the best ways tap into people who are all-day looking for an opportunity.

Lead generation is one of the many criticisms that people have with network marketing but it does not have to be difficult. There is a system that you can use that will generate more leads than you can imagine. This system allows you to talk to only people who are already looking for an opportunity so you do not have to sell anything.

There are a lot of people who will tell you that working from home is not the utopian situation most people think it to be. And that’s true enough. But being self employed (as opposed to telecommuting) and working from a home office has its advantages. What is important is to recognize them for what they are and then maximize them.

First of all is the time saved on the daily commute to office. Even with a conservative estimate of one hour of travel each way, that’s two hours a day you are gaining for yourself. And since you are you own boss, you can use it how you want. Just be careful not to let the time slip through your hands. One good idea is to designate some daily tasks that you MUST complete in the one extra hour of the morning. Depending on your work load and how much you want to take on, there’s nothing wrong in using some of the time saved on yourself to relax and being able to function better the rest of the day.

Saving on commuting also means saving on transportation costs.  Depending on your other transport needs, you may even be able to do without a car. Either way, you can save hundreds of dollars every month.  Work out the amount of your savings on transport and make sure that at least half of it is actually saved in the bank. As in the time you save, you can spend part of the money on yourself. After all, it’s your money and whom are you working for anyway?

One of the biggest problems of going out to work everyday is that you soon get tired of eating the food you carry from home and start eating out. That’s not just expensive but also not so good for your health. Now you’re working from home, not only is the temptation to eat out removed, but perhaps you could use some of the time you are saving on commuting to make nice healthy lunches for yourself? Another way you save by working from home is the less you are out around town, the less temptation there is to be lured by an attractive display window into buying things you don’t really need.

Obviously when you are self employed, all the profits of your work come to you. With the direct relation between the effort and the income, you will be motivated to be as productive as you can be and hopefully, end up making a lot of money for yourself.

A home office means that you won’t be wasting time on water cooler gossip and all the other negatives of the formal office environment. Not only does this save you time, you won’t get distracted by the non essentials involving other people and will be able to devote all your energies into making your business a success.

And finally, there is one huge advantage of working from home that cannot be measured in time or money. And that’s being able to devote more time to your family. Of course, family should not distract you from your work, but being self employed means that you have the freedom to schedule your work to ensure family priorities are not ignored.

Sure being self employed and working from home can be very tough, demanding and at times very stressful .But if you appreciate the advantages you will have for what they are and not take them for granted, you will find that working from home can be extremely fulfilling.

I have complied a list of twitter tools that may be helpful in your quest to become an expert twitter.

Have fun with it...

twtpoll

Twtpoll is a simple survey/poll twitter app. Enter your question there! Then share your poll on Twitter, Facebook or via email.

Mr. Tweet

Mr. Tweet helps you easily build meaningful relationships by looking through your network and tweets.

TwitterFriends

TwitterFriends helps to find out the hidden network of Twitter contacts that are really relevant for you. You can also visualize the network of your relevant contacts and their contacts.

Twitter Grader

Twitter Grader measures the power of a profile. In simple words, you can measure the power and authority of your twitter profile using this service.

Tweetree

Tweetree puts your Twitter stream in a tree so you can see the posts people are replying to in context. It also pulls in lots of external content like twitpic photos, youtube videos and more, so that you can see them right in your stream without having to click through every link your friends post.

Twitterless

Twitterless tells you who stops following you and graphs your follower history over time, making this info available in a variety of useful views.

Phweet

A Phweet is a shortURL that makes conversations and conference calls possible between Twitter friends and across other social networks. Let your friends know you are talking. Invite them to join in. No numbers, no new profiles. Simple, just start Phweet talking.

Happytweets

Happytweets is a measuring stick for how positive, or happy, a particular Tweep is.  Enter the Twitter username for you or one of your buddies, click the “get happy” button, and you’ll find out how happy your Tweets are.

Retweet Radar

You can get hourly, daily trends on hot terms, people and urls ‘retweet’ed on Twitter via retweetradar.

TweetCube

TweetCube allows you to share files on Twitter. Simple as that. Blast out your images, videos, music and more with just a couple of clicks, and your files are automatically posted on Twitter. The maximum file size you can upload is 10mb.

EasyTweets

EasyTweets is an online marketing tool to promote and grow your business by leveraging the power of microblogging. You can use it to post to and switch between multiple Twitter accounts in seconds, check replies, and track new followers.

TweetStats

TweetStats can graph your Twitter Stats including Tweets per hour, Tweets per month, Tweet timeline, Reply statistics.

Twittermail

You can send an e-mail to your secret TwitterMail address. The body of the message will be published in your Twitter Profile. If a friend send you a post on twitter (by using @yourusername) it will send it to your email address.

HelloTxt

HelloTxt lets you update your status and read your friends’ status across all main microblogging and social networks all at once.

tweetwrappr

One of the unique service that helps you to gift wrapped your tweets and send to your family, friends etc. This is really good to wish on any events or occasion to anyone in more fun way.

Twitturly

Twitturly is a service for tracking what URLs people are talking about as they talk about them on Twitter. On Twitturly, people “vote” for a URL. The more votes it gets the better it ranks. If it does well enough, it gets promoted to the home page and as the votes increase it gets displayed higher up the home page.

Tweet your secret

SecretTweet was created to allow Twitter users to share secrets anonymously.

Twuffer

Twuffer allows the Twitter user to compose a list of future tweets, and schedule their release.  You can tweet hourly/daily/monthly announcements.

TwitterCounter

TwitterCounter is a service for Bloggers, Social networkers and other well connected individuals to communicate and track the number of followers they have on Twitter.

Twits Near Me

Twits Near Me is very simple but interesting service that shows you what people near you are saying on twitter.

Twitbin

Twitbin is a firefox extension that allows you to keep up with all of your Twitter conversations right from your browser sidebar. Send messages, receive messages, share links, and more from Twitbin, the best twitter addon for firefox out there.

Commuter Feed

Commuter Feed is a free service that lets you post reports on traffic and transit delays in your local area using Twitter.

Twittervision

A real-time geographic visualization of posts to Twitter. You must have a location and an image defined to appear on the public feed.

Twessenger

Twessenger is a Twitter add-in for Windows Live Messenger. When enabled, Twessenger automatically updates your Messenger Personal Message at regular intervals to reflect your latest Twitter tweet.

twitsay

Twitsay is just a simple service which lets you send 10 seconds of voicemessages to your Twitter account. Your data will be encrypted and stored in our database and is used to send your voicemessage to Twitter only.

TweetLater

You can schedule tweets and keep your Twitter stream ticking over with new tweets even when you’re not in front of your computer. Publish tweets when your international followers are online and you’re asleep. You can send automated thank you notes to new followers, and automatically follow new followers, if you choose to do so.

twitterfeed

Twitterfeed is a free service that will automatically tweet any post directly via your rss feed on twitter that you publish on your blog.

Twidentify

This will help you see what discussions are current, and how interest in specific topics changes over time.  You can search all of Twitter, but sort the results by the people who get retweeted the most.

Twitlonger

Twitlonger is a way to let you post to Twitter when 140 characters just isn’t enough. With Twitlonger, you can write what you need and a link to what you said will automatically be posted to your Twitter account.

My Tweeple 

My Tweeple is a great way to manage all of my Twitter people in one place. You can easily see who are you following and who’s following you. With a simple click, You can follow, unfollow, or block people, and these changes instantly update Twitter.

Tweetburner

Tweetburner is the webservice that lets you shorten URLs, post them to Twitter and follow statistics about them. Simply, Tweetburner lets you track what happens with the links you share.

Happy Father's Day to all the wonderful fathers out there. I enjoyed reading this short story by one of my favorite motivation speakers "Jim Rohn". I hope you enjoy it too.

"Invest in your family and they'll invest in you. Inspire them and they'll inspire you. With your inner circle take care of the details. When my father was still alive, I used to call him when I traveled. He'd have breakfast most every morning with the farmers. Little place called The Decoy Inn out in the country where we lived in Southwest Idaho. So Papa would go there and have breakfast and I'd call him just to give him a special day. Now if I was in Israel, I'd have to get up in the middle of the night, but it only took five minutes, ten minutes. So I'd call Papa and they'd bring him the phone. I'd say, 'Papa I'm in Israel.' He'd say, 'Israel! Son, how are things in Israel?' He'd talk real loud so everybody could hear - my son's calling me from Israel. I'd say, 'Papa last night they gave me a reception on the rooftop underneath the stars overlooking the Mediterranean.' He'd say, 'Son, a reception on the rooftop underneath the stars overlooking the Mediterranean.' Now everybody knows the story. It only took 5 - 10 minutes, but what a special day for my father, age 93." -- Jim Rohn

Web 2.0 and Video Marketing are on the rise...will you catch the wave?

WEB 2.0 is here! Leadership. Training. Development. Mentoring. Support.

It is changing the world.... day by day.... Making a Difference Everyday.

If you are wondering why you are still not making money online with your own home based business opportunity, it's because you're probably lacking confidence, or you may have never been trained to be a leader which then gives you confidence.

We will show you how to us the secret law of attraction to help you build your business.

Bob Proctor, Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Michael Beckwith... they all had it right.

The secret is the law of attraction, and the 'secret' that missing in your business is 'leadership'.

If you want to build highly successful TEAM, become a leader first.

Then your prospects, sales, and money will follow.

Yes Folks That's right,

Start by saying I love you, I love you, I love you ....................

If you spent your entire day and every day for a week repeating those 3 words over and over again in your mind your life will become more successful overnight.

Take a walk today for 15 minutes and say I love you to EVERY SINGLE PERSON YOU ENCOUNTER --- I can hear you now you are thinking the person that wrote this is absolutely bonkers ---------- Yea right -- I'm sure I am going to say I love You to everyone I encounter. ---

I will give you a break do it silently in your mind --- however just do it.

When you are at the grocery store checkout stand ---- Say I love you to the clerk

When you are at the gas station pumping gas --- silently look AT EVERYONE --- DON'T ELIMINATE ANYONE --- NO QUALIFYING --- silently say I Love You to everyone you see at the gas station.

When you are talking to someone on the phone ---- no matter who it is say I Love You over and over in your mind as you are listening.

This is your mantra for the next week -------------- I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU ................ non stop.

Say it to the birds, the bees, the dogs, the ants, the spiders and your food and water.

Of course to your family and friends -- the dearest ones in your life -- please do say it out loud.

Here's an experiment --- if you have an unruly child -- look them in the eye and softly say I Love You over and over and over again for at least a minute.   Or whisper it in their ear --- not just one or 2 times ----- at least 30

Leave nothing or no one out ------------ I GUARANTEE YOU THAT YOUR LIFE WILL BE MORE SUCCESSFUL BY THE END OF THE 7 DAYS!!!!

Your Mantra is I LOVE YOU --- to the person that cuts you off on the freeway, to the annoying dog across the street, to the rowdy kids down the block ---- say I love You, I love You, I love you ............... This goes for everyone of you

I don't care if you are a hardened criminal, a pompous twit, a street person or a self made millionaire with an attitude ................. if you want more of anything in life start spreading love.  

If you don't feel like you have any love to spread --- believe you me you do --- you are a love machine ---------- you are overflowing with love --- that is what our pristine self is made out of.  

Look at any brand new baby - a pristine new baby ----- every cell in their being is love and nothing has changed --- you are still that baby and you are still made out of love.  

It is a really a weird concept and believe me when I really contemplated love and what it is it was an incredibly mind expanding concept.

The first day of my epihany about love I did exactly what I described above and have been doing it ever since --- it has been quite a transformation for me.  

Take notice of how you are feeling right now; mentally, physically, emotionally, spirtually -------- Now go take a 15 minute walk and mentally say I Love You over and over again to everyone and everything you encounter and then take notice again at the end of the 15 minutes ------------ how's it going now?   Do this with focus and intention!

Say I love You to each and  every part of your body too; especially any aches or pains you pain have --- if your arthritis hurts --- say I Love You to your painful hands and fingers --- I Love You pain, I love You fingers, I love You toes, I Love You fat hips, I Love You bald head, I Love You zits, I love you fat knees, I love you flat chest, I love you pot belly ....................

You are only limited by your imagination ---- please do this for 7 days --- it is truly astonishing!

Since our last post, we've gotten engaged!!  It's been 3 weeks since we've blogged.  We were busy making wedding plans as we were going to try and get it done before Christmas.  But alas, plans have changed slightly.  We now have a little more time to sit and talk to you.  We are looking at a Spring of 2010 wedding and we can't wait!!!!  Seems like there is a disconnect between the head and the heart so knowing what is the right thing to do and doing the right thing isn't always easy.  This is Gina's daughter's senior year of high school and she couldn't fathom moving away for her last year (we were going to open enroll her to her same school so it just meant a little time on the road for her each day which mom was actually excited about since they don't get a lot of face to face time these days).  So, we have decided to wait until she is nearer the end of her school year to tie the proverbial knot.  It seems like a long time until then but everyone we talk to that has had a graduating teenager promises us that this is the year that will fly. 

The trip to Minneapolis/St. Paul was fun, adventurous and not too stressful on anyone!  As you know, I was a little worried about Gina and her daughter trying to tolerate 2 ten year olds (boy/girl twins) and another teenage girl.  That was a lot of estrogen in itself!!!  Add to that, the 10 yr old boy that is constantly ganged up on by his sisters but who loves to be the center of attention!!!  He talked non-stop for 3 hours!!!  I think Gina and her daughter were ready to go home!!!  Things got better and a good time was had by all!!!  Ty (10 yr old boy) did manage to get an autograph from Joba Chamberlain of the New York Yankees!!!  I don't know how many people he cut in front of, how many toes that he stepped on or how many elbows he threw on his way, but he did say thank you to Mr. Chamberlain, who appreciated the courtesy and extended the same courtesy in return.  Our beloved New York Yankees did win the game against the Minnesota Twins. 

Stay tuned for further developments!!

The beautiful coastline of St. Thomas and the natural contours of its hills and valleys, combined with year-round sunshine and tropical flora, make the Magens Bay Villas Club the ultimate vacation experience. 

The breathtaking beauty of Magen's Beach was voted one of the 10 most beautiful beaches by National Geographic Magazine, and provides the perfect setting for this tropical resort. 

The first rule of success, and one that supersedes all others,
is to have energy.

It's important to know how to concentrate it.
Focus your energy on important matters
instead of frittering it away on meaningless things.

Nothing will add more power to your life
then concentrating all your energies
on a limited set of goals.

You must focus the full power of all you are
on what you have a burning desire to achieve
if you truly want to be successful.

Gather in your resources, rally all your faculties,
marshal all your energies, focus all your capacities
upon attaining your objectives.

You must be single minded, and drive for the things
you have decided upon.

The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.