10 Secrets of eternal youth

For most of us, growing up is still an option.
Bill West offers these 10 tips to stay young.
1. Ignore nonessential numbers.
By this Bill means age, (over)weight and height.
Let your doctors worry about them.
That’s what you pay them for.
2. Associate only with cheerful friends.
Let the grouches bother somebody else.
3. Turn off the TV and keep learning.
Learn about computers, gardening, music, art.
Never leave your brain in Park.
Idle minds are the devil’s workshop.
4. Enjoy life’s simple things.
Sunrises. Sunsets. Loved ones, Pets.
The wind in the pines. The sound of surf.
5. Laugh often, long and loud.
Laugh until you gasp for breath.
6. Endure, grieve, and move on.
Tears happen when you lose those you love.
You are the only one with you all your life.
Be alive while you are alive.
7. Surround yourself with who and what you love.
Family. Pets. Art. Music. Plants. Hobbies.
Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health.
If it is good, preserve it.
If it is unstable, improve it.
If it’s beyond what you can improve, get help.
9. Don’t take guilt trips.
Take a trip to the mall. To the next county.
To a foreign country. Not where the guilt is.
10. Show those you love that you love them.
If you died today, make sure they know you love them.
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Mastermind alliances

Do you participate in a mastermind alliance?
If not, you should. Such alliances are powerful.
You will gain insights you can attain no other way.
Napoleon Hill wrote about this in “Think and Grow Rich”.
He wrote that this brings together the power of many minds.
You concentrate on attaining definite objectives.
We participate in one with members here and in Europe.
All of us are consultants who bond to help each other.
We meet monthly on Skype and yearly at a resort.
We met for a great sharing session in Tampa last year.
We plan to meet later this year in Philadelphia.
I participate in another group that works on marketing.
We meet monthly to review each others’ marketing plans.
These sessions have greatly improved my marketing skills.
It has given me a chance to help others with theirs.
If you’re interested in this, email me.
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Tom Hopkins on avoiding failure in sales.
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Keep your passion alive

Infusionsoft CEO Clate Mask offers five quick tips for success.
1. Write all the reasons you love your products or services.
2. Tell others the story of why you became an entrepreneur.
3. Imagine what you want your business to look like in 5 years.
4. Read inspirational books and articles about success.
5. Take time to rejuvenate and regain your energy.
Reshape those questions if you’re not an entrepreneur.
These are good tips to rekindle your passion for life.
1. Write all the reasons why you love what you do.
2. Tell others what you are passionate about and why.
3. Imagine what you want your life to look like in 5 years.
For the rest, refer to No. 4 and 5 above.
Passion is the lifeblood of business and life.
McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc knew that. He said:
“If you work just for the money, you’ll never make it.
“If you love what you’re doing, success will be yours.”
Love your business, your career and your life.
Pass your passion on to everyone you meet.
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Dance in the rain

Our friend Ty Boyd sent along a great quote recently.
“Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass.
“It’s about learning to dance in the rain!”
Dancing in the rain is a great metaphor for coping.
Remember when you were a kid?
What a kick it was to run in the rain?
It was a summer cooler, like a run through lawn sprinklers.
And stepping in puddles which your mother abhorred.
“You’ll ruin your new shoes,” she would say.
As much as we tried her patience, she always forgave us.
Our mothers were molded in the image of God.
They were 90% patience, bless ‘em.
Ty asked if I would be at the NSA convention in Orlando.
NSA is not the National Security Administration.
Nothing that sexy. It’s the National Speakers Association.
I’m sorry I’ll miss Orlando. Just too much to do here.
Three books in the works and a new membership program.
Ty will enjoy it. He’ll get a lot out of it, too.
He’ll come home excited about new ideas.
He’ll make a list. And get to work doing what he loves.
That’s what all of us should do every day of our lives.
Get excited. Make that list. Prioritize it.
And get to work . . . doing what we love.
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Trust your intuition

Cliff Brenner was a highly creative thinker.
He was one of my clients at Philadelphia Electric.
I was one of his unofficial clients when I had a problem.
Over the years we have talked for hours.
Often together over lunch, later by long distance.
Cliff lived in Philadelphia. I live in South Carolina.
We always talked on April 30, his birthday and mine.
No matter what the obstacle was, Cliff helped me solve it.
Cliff’s gone on to that great creative agency up there.
I truly miss his sound reasoning and creative solutions.
There has to be at least one Cliff Brenner in your life.
Maybe you are a Cliff Brenner in someone else’s life.
Many of us limit our intuition by becoming super analytical.
We analyze problems to death. And it prevents bold decisions.
Call it “paralysis by analysis”. It’s what bean counters do.
My wife — and business partner — is highly intuitive.
I have learned to trust her judgment about my crazier ideas.
Sorry, guys, but most women are more intuitive than we are.
Some seem to have forgotten we have an intuitive side.
Women trust their instincts and feelings.
They listen to their “inner spirit” and trust it.
Here’s one way to fine-tune your intuition:
Think about how you “feel” — not just what you “think”.
If it doesn’t smell right, it probably isn’t right.
Listen to your “inner spirit”. It will guide you.
That’s a God-like sense we’re endowed with.
It’s the Great Creator inside every one of us.
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