TGIF: Healthy Tuscan cooking

In Tuscany, we fell in love with the people and the food.
Siena is three hours north of Rome by car.
Florence is an hour away. Both are worth the trip.
The people are friendly but most speak Italian only.
Carry a small Italian-English dictionary. It helps.
Their cooking isn’t the traditional pasta we think of.
Spinach is one of the staples of many Tuscan dishes.
Most Tuscan dishes are low fat, low sugar, high health.
This recipe calls for lean flank steak or London broil.
It feeds four healthy diners.

Tuscan Grilled Steak
3 large garlic cloves, crushed
2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 lb. flank steak or London broil
Salt and pepper
4 tbsp low-fat ricotto cheese
4 tbsp no fat milk
2 cups fresh spinach minced
2 large garlic cloves crushed
Make steak topping by whipping cheese, milk, finely minced spinach and 2 crushed garlic cloves in small cooking pot over low heat until all four are well blended.
In a small bowl, mash garlic and oil into a paste. Sprinkle steak with salt and pepper. Rub garlic paste over both sides.
Preheat grill to high heat. Grill steak 5 to 7 minutes on each side, until medium-rare. To check, cut into meat with a knife and remove from grill when meat is slightly less done than you want. It will continue to cook from its own heat. Transfer to cutting board. Cover and let rest 10 minutes. Slice very thin, against the grain and at a slight angle. Drizzle with any accumulated platter juices. Serve immediately with sauce on side to top steak slices.
A good Chianti, warm bread and a small salad create a feast for four.
Next week we’ll talk about getting better organized. See you then.

Great personal success secret

Know how successful people assure their continuing success?
They hold themselves accountable for achieving their goals.
They keep a daily record of what they want to achieve.
They track daily how they are progressing on their goals.
An easy way to do this is to keep a daily journal.
In my journal each night I review my day.
I write "What advanced my important goals today."
I list them and think about what I need to do tomorrow.
I write "What will advance my goals tomorrow?"
Six little words to hold myself accountable today.
Six little words to set my goals for tomorrow.
For instance, I am teaching a six-hour seminar today:
"Award-Winning Reporting and Writing".
Today’s goal is to share how top journalists work.
My long-range goal is to help others rise to that level.
A secondary goal is to work out at the gym for an hour.
Health and fitness is important for an illness-free life.
One of my goals is to write this blog to you today.
A long-range goal: Help you become more accountable.
To show you an easy way you can do it.
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Tomorrow we’ll talk more about success. See you then.

Great business success secret

Everyone on Earth is here for a purpose.
It might be a great purpose. It might be a poor one.
Some are here to serve as poor examples.
Mike Aun’s grandfather was a Lebanese immigrant.
He became a successful business man and mayor.
He had lots of advice for young Mike.
"Watch what the poor do and don’t do it."
Mike heeded that advice to become successful.
He won the World Championship of Public Speaking.
He has his own insurance agency empire.
He’s set up a foundation to finance good works.
If it worked for Mike, it will work for you.
Watch what businesses do to drive away customers.
Figure out how you can do the opposite.
Watch what ham-handed marketers do.
Do the opposite and your campaigns will succeed.
Also watch what successful people do.
Figure how you can follow their model.
How you can customize it for your customers.
When you know the secret, success is a sure thing.
But you must take action.
Get off your duff.
Go do something — now!.
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Tomorrow we’ll talk more about success. See you then.

Success Secret: History's greatest motivator

Yesterday we talked about the greatest success secret.
Can you guess what's history's greatest motivator?
It’s living with a direction and a purpose.
I explain this in detail in "Your Life’s Great Purpose".
I’m concerned by what is happening to our young people.
The lure of drugs, gangs, sex and violence is powerful.
They think these four are cool.
I started writing about making hard choices.
I wanted all people to make smart choices.
I had made my own share of poor choices.
But I learned from them and become stronger.
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About planning your life in eight major areas.
Spiritual. Mental. Physical. Family.
Community. Financial. Career. Fun.
People began to tell others about the eLetters.
Our subscribers rose to 3,000 plus and growing.
We've turned the eLetters into a motivational book.
Ruth King has interviewed me about this book.
You can watch the interview on the Profitability Channel.
Just click here.
Tomorrow we’ll talk more about motivation. See you then.

The greatest success secret

Want to know the greatest success secret of all time?
You'll find it in the writings of Zig Ziglar. Napoleon Hill.
Jack Canfield. Mark Victor Hansen. Stephen Covey.
It's the ability to handle crises. Setbacks. Rejection.
This is true of all super successful people.
Athletes, coaches, journalists, entrepreneurs.
Who succeeds best in sales and business?
Those who keep going after losing a sale.
They rapidly recover from rejection and setbacks.
They can handle disappointments and adversity.
They accept that all of us fail en route to success.
Successful people have had more failure than success.
Thomas Edison. Abraham Lincoln. Oprah Winfrey.
Successful sales people prepare for failure.
Here’s a way to prepare for failure and rejection:
Triage your customers and prospects.
In Group A, put the calls you are certain will succeed.
In Group B, place the "maybes".
In Group C go the Big Frogs. The hard to sell ones.
Set your plan for the day with a Group A first call.
Make the sale and you’re on a high.
You know the feeling. It’s fun to be selling.
Go immediately to Group C. Go for a Big Frog.
Your sales confidence is riding high after a big sale.
This is the time to close a Big Frog sale.
End the day with a final Group A call.
It will send you home on a high.
Try it. You’ll like it. It will put fun back into selling.
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Click on "Success Strategies".
Tomorrow we’ll talk more about success. See you then.