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Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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Whatever;s Good For Your Soul

Which Is More Important? Time or Money?

Just wanted to share with you an interesting short 3-part video series by Myron Golden that answers that question and reveals the highest paid profession on the planet.

Click Here For Part 1

Click Here For Part 2

Click Here For Part 3


I found this series very interesting so I wanted to share the value with you.

Enjoy.

Much Success and Abundance,

~Adriane

"The Freedompreneur"

How To Hit Your Goals

The Best ABC's Ever! Press Play!

Take the A-and accept the challenge
The B-and believe in ourselves
The C-convert our thoughts into hopes
The D-the determination to convert our hopes into dreams
We should E-expect some obstacles on the way up
And F-fight while we're faithful and finish the course
We should G-get God on our side
And H-have a Harvey model of leadership
We should I-inspire someone else
And J-take Jesus on our journey
We should K-keep on keeping on
And L-be a leader
We should M-make everyday count
And N-never give up!
We must O-overcome our obstacles
And P-put our best foot forward
We must Q-quit quitting
And R-run the race with patience
We must S-strive on
While T-trusting in The Lord
We should U-use our talents
And V-value our time
We should W-wait for understanding
And X- x-ray our own lifestyles
We should Y-yearn to achieve all that we seek
And Z-be zealous when reaching the top!

--Tim Lee, 2004 Hampton University Commencement

Learning To Say No

When we start out at the beginning of every month in our businesses  We have our monthly goals set,  Method of operation or our schedule in place, and we are ready to take over the world… then what happens…sometimes life gets in the way, unexpected interruptions pop up all over the place and all of our planning gets tossed to the side … an issue a lot of us have, is that we tend to over extend  ourselves and one of the biggest stumbling blocks we can have in our business is not having the ability to say No.

Let’s take a look at why we are so afraid of saying no.  For the most part, we are afraid of hurting someone’s feelings; we do not want to be rude.  Why? Because we want to help people,  we want to be in agreement with others,  we do not want to be the only one in a group decision to say no,  we have a Fear of conflict—that if we say no we are going to make someone mad and we are going to burn a bridge, or we are going to close a door-- if we say no once we may not be considered again and we will lose an opportunity.

Saying no does not mean any of these things; these are situations that for the most part we make up. Thoughts we create in our own minds.  We give so much of ourselves  to others, and we should give – give to our business, give to our success partners and colleagues, but we also have to keep in mind you have your own business as well, You have your own priorities and needs, just like everyone has his/her own needs. Learning to say no is about respecting and valuing your time and space.

It is all about how you say no and putting systems into place that is fair to you and your business and allows you to give exceptional customer service, exceptional support to your success partners and having the time for your family and loved ones (because for some of us that is one of the reasons you decide to go into business in the first place is for time freedom and to spend more of that free time with loved ones.)  

Even though it seems easy to just say no…Right?  My children will tell you that I have no problem saying no to them. But it is so very different in a professional setting. At times it is not as easy as it seems when you are trying to be diplomatic and avoiding conflict inside of your business.

Here is My List of Seven great No’s and how to use each one: 

No #1. “I can’t commit to this as I have other priorities at the moment.”

Just too busy, this “No” lets the person know your plate is full at the moment, so he/she should hold off on this as well as future requests. If it makes it easier, you can also share what you’re working on so the person can understand better. I would use no this when I have too many commitments to attend to.

No #2. “Now’s not a good time as I’m in the middle of something. How about we reconnect at X time?”

It’s common to get sudden requests for help when you are right in the middle of something. This "No" is a great way to (temporarily) hold off the request. First, you let the person know it’s not a good time as you are doing something. Secondly, you make known your desire to help by suggesting another time (at your convenience). This way, the person doesn't feel like you are blowing them off.

No #3. “I’d love to do this, but …”

This is a gentle way of breaking no to the others. It’s encouraging as it lets the person know you may like the idea and there’s nothing wrong about it. Their ideas are absolutely great, but I can’t take part due to other reasons such as prior commitments or different needs.

No #4. “Let me think about it first and I’ll get back to you.”

This is more like a “Maybe” than a straight flat out “No”. If you are interested but you don’t want to say ‘yes’ just yet, this is the "No" to use. Be sure to specify a date or time-range (for example: say, in 1-2 weeks) so the person can expect a reply fro you. If you’re not interested in what the person has to offer at all, don’t lead them on. Use another "No" that is more straight forward.

No #5. “This doesn't meet my needs now but I'll be sure to keep you in mind."

This "No" comes in handy if someone is pitching a deal or opportunity which isn't what you are looking for, let him/her know straight-out that it doesn't meet your needs. It helps as the person know it’s nothing wrong about what he/she is offering, but that you are looking for something else or you are happy where you are. At the same time, by saying you’ll keep him/her in mind, it signals you are open to future opportunities.

No #6. “I’m not the best person to help on this. Why don’t you try X?”

If you are being asked for help in something which you are not the expert, you can’t contribute much to, and you don’t have resources to help them. Let them know they are looking at the wrong person for the answer. If possible, refer them to an expert. This way you help steer the person in the right place and you are not giving incorrect information.

No #7. “No, I can’t.”

This is the simplest and most direct way to say no; don’t think so much about saying no and just say it outright.

This list of no’s can work both ways.  It can help you to learn how to say no easier and this list can help you understand why someone may say no to you and why you should not take a “No” so personally.

So now let’s talk about systems…

Systems that you could put into place in your business can be as simple as creating a schedule for coaching calls, office hours for phone calls. Making sure that your team knows your expectations up front when you welcome them into your success line- make your office hours available to them in a welcome letter or in a new member’s orientation.

We can still give to others, but do it in a way that will benefit both parties involved—Schedule Your Time.

Learn to say no more to things that do not meet your needs or your business needs. You will find that it is not that bad and people are actually more understanding that YOU think.

By Saying No more to requests that do not meet your needs or your business needs, you will find that you will have more time for your business, yourself and your family.

Here is a quote from Jeffery Combs who is a coach, trainer, and motivational speaker

“If you are an addicted "Over Obligator" you will continue to say yes to people and obligate yourself out of guilt and control. If you are exhausted, unorganized and overwhelmed now is the time to change. Let go of your tendency to enable others, volunteer for everything and say yes without considering your time and your feelings.” 

Source: http://zenhabits.net/say-no/

Success Leaves Clues: Routines

Traits and routines shared by the world's richest people.

The Second Best Time Is Now!

Leaders Are Readers Book Suggestion: The Strangest Secret - Earl Nightingale

 "One of the great motivational books of all time." -Economist, Terry Savage

Click the image above to purchase the audio CD includes FREE MP3 version of this album. 

Provided by Amazon Digital Services

Also available as an audio book at audible.com

It is also available as a .99 kindle book that you can download the kindle app/reader for your computer

Dream Big - Lisa Nichols

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Discover Where You Thrive! | What Is You Entrepreneurial Personality?

One of my mentors taught this in a recent webinar and it was very interesting...

Discover more about your personality and where you thrive:

Step 1: Take this personality quiz @ http://www.marcaccetta.com/personality-test/index.php

Step 2: See below what type of entrepreneur are you.

Listed in this order:
Color - Personality - Celebrity Entrepreneur Model
Quality/Qualities
Where You Thrive

Red - Fast logic Competitive - Donald Trump
Power Red

Leveraging Systems
Knowing the Numbers
Being the Leaders
In the front of the room
Having control
Setting Goals and Stick to the Plan

Blue - Fast Emotion Spontaneous - Richard Bronson
High Energy Blue-Creative-Visionaries

Focus on Marketing Strategies
Use Story Telling in your Marketing
Be on the forefront
Be Everywhere
Let your creative guide you
Leverage Social Media to build relationships
Find Help for details (need greens)

Green - Slow Logic Methodical - Dr Phil
Analytical

Create Systems and Processes
Track Your Business Numbers
Leverage Data Driven Tools To Track Results

Yellow - Slow Emotion Humanistic  - Oprah
Fight for a cause

Create or submit to your team culture
Lead with your cause
Host team building hangouts and gatherings
Become a contributor or collabrator and share
your ideas and talents with others to cultivate team's success

Sources: Nicole Cooper-How To Create A 6-Figure Income Online; Personality Test http://www.marcaccetta.com/personality-test/index.php

Record and Listen to Your Affirmations Daily

"Relax and allow affirmations to go through your subconscious mind!"

According to whole brain research, you can learn subjects quite rapidly as a result of deep relaxation and music used in a systematize, organized process. Because of this, it is also possible for you to learn new belief systems using the same techniques.

The process of taped affirmations combines positive affirmations with both music and relaxation. This makes it possible for your mind to accept the affirmations at an accelerated rate, resulting in your desired behavioral change.~Brian Tracy

Try recording your favorite affirmations then playing them back up to two times a day. Once in the morning and once at night. You can do this by recorder app on a smartphone...or Make a slide show and upload it to YouTube. Make it a daily routine.

Aim High! No, Even Higher!

Set goals that stretch you...that allow you to aim high...to reinvent yourself, and to go beyond your best. Redefine yourself...not by what you wear or mark on your body...but by who you are, what you achieve...and what you do to make a difference in the world.
Aim high! No, even higher...
~Les Brown

Always Dream A New Dream!

You've Got The Power! Now Is Your Time!

You've got the Power! In the face of adversity, challenging circumstances and financial hardship....don't underestimate who you are. You've got the POWER...to turn your situation around. You've got the POWER...to create success, great experiences and abundance!!

You've got the POWER....regardless of where you are or what you are facing. At any moment, things can change for you in the blinking of an eye. You've got the POWER. Don't give up. Get up and get in the race! You've got the POWER! You have GREATNESS within you!~Les Brown

Have A Safe and Happy 4th! - From FreedomOver40

Daily Affirmations - July 3, 2014

DIY: Daily Affirmation Cards.

Original post By Loveknobbyknees | http://en.paperblog.com/

a daily affirmation jar is a place you go every morning to find one word that will inspire you throughout your day. it’s a super simple and quick project that you’ll never regret bringing into your life.

 1.) create your list. daily affirmations should be positive words that will motivate you all day long. they should be meaningful to you, but feel free to use my list as inspiration. often when creating a list like this, it’s easy for words to seem repetitive (strength/power, generosity/charitable, etc) but once you start using power vs. strength in your daily life, you’ll find both are necessary options.

2.) paint your words one per card. i created 50 cards in all. if you don’t feel up for painting, you can hand-write, type, etch, sketch, ink blot, whatever you’re comfortable with. i prefer paint because i like the sloppy, inspired look it gives, plus it allows room for doodles.

 3.) let dry.

4.) use your super cool jar (mine is a pig) to house your daily word cards. leave this in a place that is part of your morning routine: bathroom, kitchen, next to the front door. that way, you won’t forget to select your word for the day. 

5.) pick a word! whatever you pick should be used to pump positivity into your day. if you take it seriously, you’ll find new meaning around every corner. after all, happiness is a choice (especially on days you pick it). 

Source: http://life.paperblog.com/diy-daily-affirmation-cards-468955/

I AM AN ENTREPRENEUR - July 2, 2014

6 Key Principles To Winning In A Home Based Business

1. Always Be A Student-Be Coachable

Be coachable and willing to be mentored so that you can
learn, grow and be more.

2. Work On YOU harder than your Business - Personal Development Daily
Read or listen to personal development books and/or audios at
least 30 minutes per day.

3. Let Go - Excuses and Self-Sabotaging Emotions hit the door

Your customers, your team members and your future depends on you.
Learn how to roll with the punches and excuses is not an option.
When someone decides not to partner with you...it's okay.
It is not the end of the world...Every opportunity is not for everyone.
You have to move on and say Next. Two things you must have to WIN is
1) Mental toughness and 2) Skill Set

4. Grow Where You Are - Pick your business wisely--Pick a company that
you will stick with for the long haul. F.O.C.U.S.- Follow One Course Until
Successful. Running more than one business at a time can make you look
unstable, it is confusing, and may hurt your credibility.

5. Maintain a Daily Method of Operation (a Schedule)-

All professionals work by a schedule. Make your time work for you.
Be sure to schedule personal and family time.

6. Master Skill Sets and Stay Plugged In

Invest in up-to-date training courses, learn phone skills, master lead generation, online and offline marketing methods, attend as many company and team events as you possibly can. Leverage systems and tools to automate your business.

Freedom Over 40 Lifestyle: Summer Fun with Asia and Justin

Hangin out with my children, being silly with Justin at the park and having lunch withboth Justin and Asia lunch at Cracker Barrel. I love living the freedom lifestyle! #freedomover40

Me and the kids at lunch...Justin tired of me taking pics and Asia doing what she is always doing...looking at her phone... lol

It is sooo great to be able to have the freedom to hangout with these two amazing young people :)

Freedom Over 40: Age Is Nothing But A Number

t’s not likely that any change in entrepreneurial ability occurs with age. It’s certainly not an issue of having ideas: for example, Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals at age 76. Whitney Johnson in the Harvard Business Review argues that entrepreneurs get better with age. Billionaire Carlos Slim (aged 73), perennially one of the richest people in the world argues that workers in developed economies are in their prime in their 60s. Vivek Wadhwa, well-known technologist and academicargues that ideas come from need, understanding of need comes with experience and experience comes with age . Other factors like aversion to risk clearly change with age but also with experience of economic issues. This American Express OPEN Survey looked at factors driving entrepreneurship across age groups and shows shifts over time in risk aversion as well as passion.

None of this information should really be a surprise. The reality is that some people have an entrepreneurial drive that is inherent. Some develop it over time and some are forced to it by necessity. And experience clearly helps success. An interesting study by the Founder Institutefound that up to approximately the age of 40, businesses were more likely to succeed as their founders age increased, but that this improvement plateaued at 40.

Need more evidence? Here are nine-and-a-half entrepreneurs who started their businesses aged over 60 and have had great success.

Lynne Brooks (age at startup: 60)

Lynne Brooks won the Later-Life Story Contest at the Center for Productive Longevity with her story about quitting a job she didn’t like at age 59 and then getting laid off from a new job less than a year later. So she set up her own non-profit business, Big Apple Greeter, in 1992 as a ‘Welcome Visitor’ program for New York.

Ray Corkran (age at startup: 60)

Ray Corkran decided to enter the field of Elder Care partly because of an incident in his own family. But he did it at age 60 when he bought the Home Instead franchise. citing uncertainty over Medicare and Medicaid and baby boomers hitting 65 as reasons to be optimistic about the financials. And, worst case scenario, now he’s got a place to hang his hat in 20 years, if it comes to that.

Wally Blume (age at startup: 62)

Blume spent over 20 years in the dairy business, and then he spent a few years creating an ice cream business with some partners. It eventually had a big hit flavor and Blume decided to go it alone and mortgaged his house to buy out his partners and start Denali Flavors. The company has eventually had over $85 million in annual sales.

Mary Tennyson (age at startup: 63)

Mary Tennyson came up with her idea after her 92-year-old mother stumbled, fell and broke her hip. Her mother, (still active even when using a walker) had trouble carrying a bag. So Mary came up with the idea of a pocketbook that attaches to a walker. The successful StashAll was the result.

Gail Dunn (age at startup: 64)

Gail Dunn had years of experience working on cars when she decided to set up a business to help women and others struggling with dealing with the automobile industry. So at 64 she set up the Women’s Automotive Connection to provide automotive advice and service as well as lots of advice. They run automotive boot camps and more.

Harlan Sanders (age at startup: 65) 

Perhaps better known by his formal address, Colonel Sanders is essentially a household name as the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken. After a military career as well as several failed previous ventures, he took his first social security check and founded the famous franchise which he eventually sold in 1964.

Lisa Gable (age at startup: 70)

At an age when many have retired, Lisa Gable got tired of an annoyance and invented a new kind of bra strap, the Strap-Mate which receives wide distribution and is still available today. She was still running the company at age 85!

Art Koff (age at startup: 72)

Art retired at 65, like many people, but couldn’t face not working and knew that lots of other older people were in the same boat. So he started a job board for older people called Retired Brains in 2003. Ten years later it is still going strong – and so is he.

Jeanne Dowell (age at startup: 80)

Jeanne Dowell spent over 40 years teaching yoga, including a stint under the US Olympic Committee. Then in 2008 she founded Green Buddha clothing, with her daughter, Dana Dowell Windatt, with the goal of inspiring Gratitude. The company exemplifies that by giving a percentage of its profits to charity.

That’s nine. But what about the half? This article started out with the tech industry and a strong propensity in that industry to look to youth. And there is a strong tech entrepreneur who started a VERY successful company aged over 60. But he did also start a hugely successful company prior to that when he was a ‘young’ 46 years-old.

David Duffield (age at startup: 46 or 64)

David Duffield

Duffield was one of the founders of Peoplesoft – a hugely successful enterprise software company that was eventually acquired by Oracle. After the acquisition he went on to found Workday – another enterprise software company that looks set to be just as successful – and he founded that at age 64.

It is clear that age is not a real factor in startup success. Good ideas, passion, commitment, energy and experience all are. Some advice to the VC community – pay a bit more attention to experience and a bit less to youth.

So Now...Why Not You???

Source: https://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/advisor/older-entrepreneurs--the-startup-mentality-is-not-bound-by-age-000959494.html 

Welcome To Freedom Over 40!

Welcome To Freedom Over 40!

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I am so excited about my new lifestyle blog "Freedom over 40"
This blog is for everyone but focused on the "Seasoned Entrepreneur"

We are just getting started--a work in progress :). 
Please stop by from time to time and let me know what you think.
 I would love to hear about any content ideas you as seasoned entrepreneurs would like to see.
This blog is for YOU! Please feel free to comment below any thoughts and suggestions.

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