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Posts from April 2017

Sep 192018

4/29/17

“You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.” — Andrew Carnegie

4/28/17

“I’m going to share with you the key to success in any business. The secret in a word, is heartpower. Capture the heart, you’ve captured the person. Get people to fall in love with your company.” — Vince Lombardi
4/27/17

Here are some tips I’ve been learning about speaking to Millennials about our businesses and/or products:

Talk about what is relevant to their style;
Realize they deserve respect and give it to them;
Recognize that they are tech savvy, educated and have a lot more information;
Be transparent. They can see right through …

4/26/17

Millennial business owners aren’t shopping for products and services so much as they are looking for solid business partners to forge a future with.
Therefore, “Millennials are less brand loyal than other generations.” — Goldman Sachs, Business Insider, Andy Kiersz
Interesting statistic for small businesses. It’s the relationship that counts to these young people who comprise a huge part of the population.

4/25/17

When you’re through learning, you’re through. – Will Rogers

4/24/17

Good Monday morning! Starting a new week and ready to learn new things! Always stay in student/learning mode. We can be either green and growing, or ripe and rotting.

4/23/17

Three most dangerous words: I know that.

4/22/17

There are people who start a business and in a matter of three months, want to solve all the financial problems they’ve been carrying for years.
Well no business works that way.
It requires time and persistence. — Paulette Cheverie

4/21/17

A long term, successful home business isn’t about speed, it’s about persistence.

4/20/17

For all home business entrepreneurs, remember, you win the game by focusing on the actions you need to do now.
How do you climb the staircase? One step at a time.
Don’t get ahead of yourself.

I get these gems from weekly leadership and business training. Just passing them on. mlr

4/19/17

The philosophy of Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens is, “My goal is to win the next game one possession at a time. That’s it. I don’t have any other goals.”
Makes sense to me. Next phone call. Next appointment. Next member. Keep it up! One step at a time.

4/17/17

Good Monday morning. Starting another week, looking forward to what it will bring. Smile today. Be positive. Be encouraging. It will come back around to you in leaps and bounds.

4/16/17

The Anxiety and Depression Association of America says:

“Most people feel anxious or depressed at times. Losing a loved one, getting fired from a job, going through a divorce, and other difficult situations can lead a person to feel sad, lonely, scared, nervous, or anxious. These feelings are normal reactions to life’s stressors.
But some people experience these feelings daily or nearly daily for no apparent reason, making it difficult to carry on with normal, everyday functioning. These people may have an anxiety disorder, depression, or both.”

We all experience anxiety sometimes

There are things a person experiencing these feelings daily can do to help themselves. Read more about ideas you can use to help yourself or a loved one who is experiencing this.

Even home business owners need a business plan to be successful. Associate yourself with a company that helps you with that. Do your research.

Home Business Plan

4/14/17

Keep moving forward with patience, persistence and perspiration … and smile while you go. It will make someone else smile too. I promise. “Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.” — Napoleon Hill

4/9/17

I post a lot about mentoring and coaching because that is part of what I do. Here is a little helpful tidbit for those who are being mentored and coached, including mentors and coaches: Be coachable. Don’t try to reinvent the wheel. It’s already been invented. mlr

4/8/17

A post from a year ago: The question was recently asked by an awesome coach, “What do you learn when you fail?” How interesting. We should all ask ourselves that. The things that hurt instruct, if we are willing to accept that instruction. — Martha

4/7/17

If people can’t trust you, you can’t mentor them.

Trust Integrity Sincerity

4/5/17

Be dependable and committed. I know it’s easier for me to trust people who display those qualities. Credibility is part of the framework of trust. When we are dependable, trustworthy and committed, people trust us. More importantly, it continues to teach us how important those qualities are and allows us to have a better view of ourselves and contributes to our overall wellness. mlr

4/4/17

Our actions speak loudly to our team mates, business associates, work mates, friends and family. Let’s make sure they are good. It’s one of the things that a healthy life are made of. mlr

“Your actions speak so loudly I cannot hear a word you say.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

4/3/17

Say what you mean and mean what you say. This will help us think about our decisions, which helps us emotionally and mentally, which also helps our physical health. It also develops character, which allows people to trust us, which helps in our relationships, which helps us emotionally and … . Oh, it’s a circle. mlr

What Character is by Frank Vandersloot

These posts are designed to be inspirational and help us in our efforts to have healthy lifestyles. Enjoy.

Benefits of Loyalty

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Sep 182018

Loyalty has been defined as “a very personal and powerful form of faithfulness”. If you have a ‘work from the luxury of your own home’ business, you have possibly chosen a company to partner with. When you did that, you probably signed a contract that has its own form of terms and conditions about procedures, products and conduct. When you got married you also ‘signed a contract’, so to speak – on paper and hearts. You may have other relationships, friends, siblings, etc., where you feel a sense of loyalty.

The benefits of being loyal far outweigh what you think you might receive by not being loyal. Very often, the temptations to be disloyal start from an outside source that we have allowed ourselves to be exposed to. In our home businesses, it could be the success that others seem to be having with their company while we are struggling with our own businesses. In our marriages, it can come from a ‘listening’ ear (in the form of telephone calls, texts, social media, or a work mate) to the problems we could be having with our mate. The same thing can happen with friendships, and other family relationships. Disloyalty can come in the form of physical disloyalty or emotional disloyalty.

Working through the situation, finding a way to cope, better understand and stick to it, is almost always the best way. Face the problems, talk things out, explore coping strategies. Practice self-control and self-sacrifice.

Three things I’ve found are wonderful benefits of loyalty are:

Longevity. When you continue to work through the obstacles of having a ‘work from the luxury of your own home’ business, as I do, you begin to see success ONLY when you persist. Find a good company you can work with and be loyal to the process, even when things seem to be going wrong. The same idea applies to marriage. It is only when we persist with loyalty in our marriage that we see the power of what that loyalty does to us, our mate, and the relationship. As time goes by, and with each struggle we cope with together, we build another unbroken link in the process. Look back on the time and things you’ve already successfully coped with in different aspects of your life and meditate on them. Your emotional and mental health, and physical health will benefit as well, because your conscience will be clear and you will be building emotional and mental strength. Since our emotional, mental and physical health are all tied in together, all will benefit. It helps us live healthy lifestyles.

Mutual trust. The longer we show loyalty to the important people, activities, and processes in our lives, the more trust we build. This could mean our customers and team members — will trust us, and the more we can trust them. This could mean our marriage mates — will trust us, and the more we can trust them. We build relationships by mutual trust – in almost every area of life, be it family, work associates, friends, and home business. By staying loyal, being dependable, solid in our resolve, and self-sacrificing, we show over a period of time to others and to ourselves that we can be trusted, and that moves the other people in our lives to be loyal too. We sharpen each other for loyalty. We become mentors to each other, helpers and cheerleaders.

Experiencing the growth. Only by being loyal and sticking it out, can you begin to see, witness and experience what you and those around you can become and do. If we give up and give in to temptation to search elsewhere, look to the side, succumb to doubt, dwell on the negative, and ultimately become disloyal, thereby destroying what trust there was, what could have been will never be. In today’s world, many people are short tempered, disloyal, have short attention spans, are dishonest, and we can become the same, if we don’t work hard on not being those things. Many people never reach or see the full potential of their relationships in their home businesses, marriages, families, friendships, and other relationships and endeavors because they have not worked on being loyal. Do not despair. Do it and reap the benefits.

I would love to tell you about the benefits I have have experienced by being loyal to the company I am partnered with.

Please contact me at marthapmintl@gmail.com , or call me at 602-243-5642 (Phoenix) or 505-750-7847 (cell).

Week of April 17, 2016 Posts

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Apr 272016

Attitude leads to the right behavior. Make your faith bigger than your fears. This applies to our business and personal lives.

Tomorrow is too late, yesterday is over, start where you stand.

I have started over so many times, I know exactly where the starting line is. Just stay in the race. Always know where the starting line is. We’re all going to start over and over. It doesn’t matter how much experience or age we have. There’s always a new adventure and something new to learn. mlr

It’s more important to walk the walk than talk the talk. mlr

Emotional wellness relates to understanding your feelings and coping effectively with stress. It’s important to pay attention to self-care, stress-reduction and the development of inner resources so you can learn and grow from experiences. This is important when you start a new adventure, also, such as a business working from the luxury of your own home. You still have to learn these things.