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LifestyLeof success ezine

In this issue: Frontpage | Personal Development | Career Advancement | Business Development | Backpage

designed to enrich, empower, and forward the growth of your li fe, career, and business

volume 2, issue 2a publication rom A Path to Success.com

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A Word From Your Coac h

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LifestyLeof success ezine volume 2, issue 2 | 2a publication rom A Path to Success.com



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So what have you been up to or the past

60 days. Yes, I know, March is already

here. Can you imagine that. Where does

the time go.

Goals and time are two creatures which

do like to live in harmony with each oth-

er. It is your job to ensure you have goals

which are realistic and managable. You

will also need to ensure you make the

time necessary to accomplish the tasks

necessary to complete your goals.

Goals do not happen on their own. Theyonly happen because you set out to ac-

complish them. It is the desire within you

which will compel you to continue down

that road. Without the desire or the end

goal, all you did was to create a dream.

So I am not beating around the bush,

stop dreaming i you stopped achieving

your goals. Take the 60 day assessmentand work on continuing to achieving

your goal(s). There is nothing stopping

you but you. You can do it, I know it and

you know it. But the correct question to

ask is, do you want to do it? How bad to

you want it?

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OurContributors

Eve Abbott combines the latest in brain research with humor to create lively programs loaded with

practical time-saving techniques. Ms. Abbott helps people leverage their unique brain style into

better business results while reducing stress. Eves personal mission is to save every working Ameri-

can an hour a day so they have more time or lie. For more inormation on painless productivity

programs and ree tips ezine see: http://www.ABrainNewWaytoWork.com

Kristen Beireis is a Virtual Marketing Proessional and Coach. Her company, Virtual Helper 4 U,

is dedicated to helping Coaches who are overwhelmed with marketing. She supports Coaches

in expanding their businesses and working less by taking Marketing tasks o their Marketing

Plate. Lea rn more at http://www.VirtualHelper4u.com.

Carlos Cruz is best known as The Evening Coach. Carlos, the ounder o A Path to Success and

the editor o Liestyle o Success, is a ormer U.S. Navy Service Member, serial entreprenuer, me-

dia specilist, consultant and speaker. Carlos is also known or his straight-orward approach as a

no-nonsense, problem solver who provides the highest level o support to his clients. For more

inormation visit: http://www.apathtosuccess.com.

Since 2002, Robin Jones has been coaching people to thriving businesses and balanced personal lives,

using a unique combination o proven marketing strategies and lie coaching techniques with his clients.

They see external results in their businesses that they never would have i magined, and internal clarity,

excitement, and peace. I youre ready to not just understand marketing in a completely new way, but to

learn to market yoursel in a way thats exciting, un, and aligned with who you are, contact Robin or a

r*ee consultation Or visit his site at http://www.SuccessBecomesYou.com.
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2008 Simplify Your Life Checklis tSince the government as well as companies sells your personal information, do not rely

on it to protect you a nd your good name. Use these resources to reduce your risk of

Identity Theft and stop unsolicited junkmail, credit cards and privacy piracy.

Your Monthly Assessmen tThe Wheel of Life helps you consider each area of your l ife in turn and assess whats off

balance. It helps you identify areas that need more attention.
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2008 Simplify Your Life Checklist It turns out personal identity thet costs more than previously re-ported. Secret Service case reviews ind that the actual median l oss

or individual victims is $31,356.00. Plus, an average o 600 hours wasted to clear their name. Do the checklist or

you, your amily and your enterprise. Reduce the risk o wasted time, inancial raud and privacy piracy!

members and college-aged kids rom solicitations o creditors. This

improves your credit rating, too!

Government Agencies: Birth, Marriage, Home Pu rchase, & Death:

Public records of all our major life events are sold to advertisers. Call

the largest dealer, Acxiom, at their Consumer Advocate Hotl ine (877)

774-2094. OR go to www.acxiom.com and hit the Contact Us link to

request an opt-out orm.

Terminate Unwanted Catalogs: Contact Abacus at [email protected] or write Abacus, PO Box 1478, Broomield CO 80093. Supply

your address and the ull names o everyone in your household.

Prevent Your Internet Browsing Data from being shared: Register

at www.networkadvertising.org to opt out o advertisers selling your

browsing cookies.

Reporting ID Theft or Credit Fraud: I hope you never have to use

these resources. But, just in case

- Equiax (800) 525-6285- Experian (ormerly TRW) (800) 301-7195

- Trans Union (800) 680-7289

- Social Security Administration raud line (800) 269-0271

- Federal Trade Commission ID Thet Hotline (877) 438-43 38

FTC guidelines for ID Theft victims: http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/

recovering_idt.html.

Get Rid of Junk Mail: To opt out o several mailing l ists at once, con-

tact the Direct Marketing Associati ons Mail Preerence Service at PO

Box 643, Carmel NY 10512 or ill out their online orm: http://www.dma-

consumers.org/consumerassistance.html.

We each get 41 pounds of junk mail annually. Contact http://

www.41pounds.org and pay just $41 or 5 years o protection. Plus, do-

nate 1/3 o the $41 to environmental/community organization o your

choice.Junk mail production creates more pollution annually than 2.6

million cars on the road. 41 Pounds has already saved a million trees

with sign-ups!

Social Security: Review your Earnings and Beneits Statement careully

or errors once a year. Order a ree copy by calling (800) 77 2-1213. You

will also spot i someone else is using your SS number: a avorite step

by undocumented oreign nationals.

Credit Ratings and Credit Fraud: Reduce the number o pre-approved

credit oers you get by requesting these bureaus remove your name

rom their lists:Experian (800) 353-0809 Equifax(800) 219-1251 TransUnion (800) 241-2858

Every quarter careully check your ree credit report rom one o the

three credit bureaus by contacting the only authorized source at www.

annualcreditreport.com OR by calling (877) 322-8228.

Opt Out of Prescreened Credit Offers: Go to http://www.optoutpre-

screen.com or call (888) 567-8688) to protect yoursel, elderly amily

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Your Monthly AssessmentThe wheel o lie allows you to determine whether you are ocusing too much on

one part o your lie and so neglecting others.

When lie is busy, or all your energy is ocused on a special project, its all too easy

to nd yoursel of balance, not paying enough attention to important areas

o your lie. While you need to have drive and ocus i youre going to get things

done, taking this too ar can lead to rustration and intense stress.

Each segment o the wheel represents one area o your lie. Consider each section

- how satised are you with all these areas o your lie? Are you putting as much

time, energy and attention into these areas as you would like?

You need to be totally honest with yoursel because no-one will see this exceptyou!

The centre o the wheel is 0 and means you are totally dissatised; the outer edge

is 10 and represents ull satisaction and achievement.

Decide your degree o satisaction rom 1 to 10 and mark it on the relevant

spoke. Now draw a line to join your degree marks together. How balanced is

your lie? Which areas make you happy, satised and ullled? Which areas need

improvement?

Your result shows you the degree to which you are satised with your own level o

balance in your lie.

How round is it? The rounder the wheel, the more balanced your lie. I this was a

literal wheel on a car or bicycle, how smooth would the ride be? Pick one or two o

the sections that youd most like to see change in.

I youd like ongoing support or creating a plan to smooth out your Wheel,

consider hiring a coach. Interview at least three to nd one who matches your

needs and your style. Feel ree to contact me or ideas, resources, or reerrals.

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Goal Planning & Strategies60 days have past since the start of 2008. It is t ime to start looking at how things are

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Goal Planning & Strategies60 days have past since the start o 2008. For the many who have decided to

create realistic goals and not empty resolutions, this is the best time to see ex-

actly how things are going. That is right, it is time or your 60 Day Assessment.

Goals arent goals uniess there is some sort o action b eing taken to see their

completion. It is the same thing with hope and desire. One is stationary and

one has momentum.

When you do your assesment, you are not looking to see whether or not you

have ailed or succeeded. What you want to do is identiy any o bstacles in your

way. Are you working more hours? Have your inances changed? Did you just

have a new member added to the amily? Has your health changed?

You and only you will know what is the real answer and what is an excuse.Since it is just you doing the assessment, answer yoursel honestly. Period. You

have no one to answer to but yoursel. This alone should give you the strength

you need to see the real picture at hand.

You want to do your best to conront the obstacles you are experiencing. 60

days have past within the blink o an eye. Did you even realize we are March.

You may have known this month is March. But do you k now it is March and you

started your goal planning in December.

Dont let this realization get to you. That is why we do assessments. That is why

we create realistic goals and take a whole month to plan out our goal strategy.We know things will happen, especially things which will work toward under-

mining or sabotaging our progress

We use assessments to see where we are. We use the skill o questioning to

solicit answers related to our target goal, assessing our status. By simply ask-

ing yoursel, why am I here, can start to bring out many answers you can use

to create renewed action. This action will eventually create the momentum

you will need to give you the renewed energy needed to continue with your

journey.

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Importance of A Virtual Assistan tYou know what it s l ike when you have so much work to do, you have no t ime to grow your

business. One way to solve that problem is to bring in a Virtual Assistant. Change your

lifestyle and work less. Work the same a mount of t ime and grow your busi ness faster. It s

all about having someone by your side to help you in the process.

Kinder, Gentler Definition of Marketin gConquer your marketing fears and learn how to attract new clients by enhancing yourability to communicate clearly and build relationships.


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The Importance of A Virtual AssistantAs a savvy bu siness owner, you grow your business in the most economical

and proitable way you can. At some point, your business becomes more

about doing the work than it is about providing the service or productthat you built your business around. At that point, theres a decision to

make. Do you continue working on the non income-generating tasks or

do you bring in some help. Oh, wait! Bringing in help costs money and you

arent ready or that! I challenge that thought.

Growth requires help. A business cannot grow with only one person. Ater

all, there ARE only so many hours in a day. Remember the saying; You have

to spend money to make money? Well, heres a perect example. By pay-

ing someone else to take just 5 hours o your desk, in a month, you now

have 5 hours o time to spend with clients, creating more products, andother income-generating ideas youve been waiting to put together. Just

one Client could pay or 5 hours o help. Most likely that one new Client

only takes 3 hours a month to work with. Thereore, you have a whole 2

hours o income that you proit AFTER paying or some help. So, spending

money actually DOES make money.

Now, you might be wondering who would work or only 5 hours a

month. Most part-timers want a minimum o 10 hours a week. Sure, i you

want an employee you may have to come up with 40 hours o work per

month. You will also have to pay Social Security or that employee (and all

those other pesky ees). So, why would you do that? You wouldnt! Espe-

cially since you can pay a Virtual Assistant or as little or as many hours as

you want in a month. Best o all, a Virtual Assistant is Contracted out so

you dont have to pay any beneits. You ONLY pay or the time they work on

YOUR projects.

What is a Virtual Assistant anyway?

The oicial deinition o a VA, written by the International Virtual Assistants

Association (http://www.IVAA.org ), is:

A Virtual Assistant (VA) is an independent entrepreneur providing adminis-

trative, creative and/or technical services. Utilizing advanced technological

modes of communication and data delivery, a professional VA assists clients in

his/her area of expertise from his/her own office on a contractual basis.

Imagine having someone who was proicient in Word, Excel, Online Mar-

keting, Desktop Publishing or Prooreading available to help you out, as

needed. No more converting your newsletter rom a document to HTML,

cutting and pasting it into your newsletter program, and setting it to go

out. No, you dont have to do all that anymore. You can just type it up and,

magically, your newsletter ends up going out when you want it to. In the

meantime, you have just spent an hour with the new client you now have

time to take on.

Build your own personal Business Team! When your business is burst-

ing at the seams to expand, it s time to start building your business

team. Some VAs bring an entire team with them. You could have your own,

personal, marketing team just waiting to take over your marketing process-

es. You could create a team that includes a marketing VA, a writing VA, a

website VA and an administrati ve VA. In adding these VAs to your business,

you get experts that are willing to do the work or you and there is very

little training involved. In act, i you hire an experienced VA, the only train-

ing youll do is teaching them how to work with you.

Many business owners have increased their income by having VAs do all

the non-income generating work. Some business owners have been able to

spend more time with their amily, due to hiring a VA. Others have ound

the reedom to be creative in their business. What you do with your extra

time is up to you. How you grow your business is also up to you. Hiring a

VA will give you a support system and someone you can trust to take the

work o your hands, when you are ready.

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A Kinder, Gentler Definition of MarketingRecently my friend and colleague, Kristen, and I led a couple of intro-

ductory calls or Your Heart-Based Marketing, designed or coaches and

other service proessionals. We started out by a sking a simple question:How do you react when you think about marketing?

Here are a few of the reactions we got:

I get a tight sensation in my chest and a pit in my stomach.

I eel small and powerless.

I ind something, anything else to do.

I eel like Im going to throw up.

I eel a lack o integrity, like Im pushing something on people that

they dont want or need.

Any of these sound familiar?

That last person went on to say that she had mentors who were highly suc-

cessul in their careers, that people locked to them, and they seemed to

get where they were eortlessly and with no marketing.

I assured her that they are marketing, but because their marketing was in-

visible, they werent doing it in conventional ways. They may not have even

thought o it as marketing but just, simply, being themselves.

Then a small miracle occurred on that call: a simple definition for mar-keting was born.

Communicating Clearly and Building Strong Relationships.

Thats it. No magic, no perect elevator speech, no networking talent, no

luck. No website required; especially no trying to get clients.

When I irst started my lie coaching business, a colleague and I would go

to networking events and wed challenge each other to come away with

ive clients each. We never got one, because we were ocused on getting

clients, not on building relationships and communicating clearly.

Imagine a scenario where a man and a woman show up to a networking

event with 100 others. One is a great salesperson - hes smooth and charm-

ing, says all the right things, and even believes deeply in what hes ped-

dling. Hes really going ater getting new clients.

The other ocuses only on establishing relationships with new people,

deepening existing relationships, and communicating her message clearly

with everyone.

In terms o attracting the attention and interest o potential clients, Ill put

my money on the latter every time.

Not only is this a more eective approach, its easier, because it only re-

quires you to be yoursel and be with people in a way thats aligned with

who you really are.

The bottom line here is an emphasis on attracting clients, rather than

going out and getting them. Building relationships and clear communica-

tion attract people naturally. Pitching, selling, getting, working, and gener-

ally trying to get people to do what you want repulses them. By the way,

this is true in every context, not just building your business.

O course, building relationships and clear communication arent all thatsimple; there are some things you can do to enhance your abilities. Here are

a ew tips to consider or each:

Clear Communication

I say clear, because most of the time, marketing messages confuse or

bore people. Here are some things to think about that wil l help you lead

your marketing conversations in a way that will clariy and excite your pros-

pects.

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A Kinder, Gentler DoMContinued From Page 11

1. Know who your ideal clients are. This may seem obvious, but i I asked

you right now, what are all the demographics (age, gender, career range,

economic status) o your target market? could you rattle them o?

Harder still, could you come up with the psychographics? I youre a inan-

cial planner, how important is risk-aversion in your clients? I youre a lie

coach, do you want your clients to have an ainity or creativity & open-

mindedness? These are the internal qualities that deine the clients you

want to work with.

If youre clear with people on this, it makes it easy for them to self-

select, saying to themselves, yes, thats me, or thats not me, and/or, I

know someone like that.

2. Be able to talk intelligently about the challenges of your target mar-

ket ; nothing builds trust and credibility aster. I they know you understand

whats diicult about their situation, theyll also see you as the person who

can help them.

3. Know the value you provide. Again, this one may be obvious, but too

many service providers are clear about what they do (their processes and

procedures), but not about the beneits their clients receive rom working

with them.

Why is this important? Because prospects dont care about your pro-cess. They care about what you can do for them. I you cant tell them

what outcome they can expect working with you in about the irst minute,

youll lose their attention and interest. Point to the outcome they want, and

you retain them.

4. Have a few concise stories about client successes. These comprise the

proo or the beneits o working with you. Giving them anecdotes is better

than giving concepts, or two reasons: theyre real examples o how you

help people like them, and they touch a n emotional nerve in the listener,

engaging their imagination about how you can help them too.

I you can talk clearly and succinctly about these our things, youll not only

gain the attention and interest o your ideal clients, youll begin the process

o building real relationships with them.

Building Relationships

1. Be genuine. You know when somebodys being even the slightest bit

phony with you , and youre as transparent as they are. Human beings have

a natural BS radar. Even i you could pass yoursel o as something youre

not, do you want to run your business that way?

Remember that not every prospective client is right or you. Your ideal

clients are the ones you click with, and you cant develop anything realunless you think, talk, and act like the real you.

2. Get curious about them first. Ask open-ended questions and listen

more than you talk. Not only will you let them know you actively care

about their situation youll ind out what their challenges are and what

outcome they want. Thats valuable inormation or when it comes time to

communicate your message to them. Dont accumulate acts. Learn about

the bigger picture that is that person.

Remember the genuine part. Only direct the conversation in places youre

truly interested in. I you ind it hard to get curious or care about the per-son youre talking to, its not your ideal client. Move on.

3. Identify a potential foundation for the relationship. Every relationship

in your lie has a oundation, i.e., what you ind meaningul in it. Why would

this person be a great client or you?

Some examples might include,

I get to help someone who is struggling.

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The Evening Coach

Want to move from struggling to thriving

Want to re-discover what really matters to you

Want to take action to unleash your full potential

Want to stop feeling stuck and gain momentum

Want to set and achieve realistic goals

Want to wake up in the morning focused and ready

Exclusively for people who are seriously committed. Carlos Cruz, The Evening Coach, is your best way to

prepare yoursel to attack the challenges and obstacles awaiting you the next morning.

Let The Evening Coach help you re-discover the important things you need to get done without the hassel

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Your Evening Coach, Carlos, and You will work together to get yoursel organized and ready to succeed in

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Youre welcome to submit entire articles, or you can query us irst. Depend-

ing on your article idea, you may want to check with us to make sure we

havent already accepted an article on the same subject rom somebody

else. We will also accept really good articles that have previously appeared

elsewhere, but our irst choice will always be original work.

Editing

Submission GuidelinesContinued From Page 16

We preer not to edit heavily. I we like your ideas, but eel that your article

needs signiicant editing or those ideas to come across, well send it backto you with lots o suggestions and recommendations. Otherwise, one o

the editors will ix typos, correct grammar (unless used in dia logue) and

adjust punctuation to our house style. We might change the odd sentence,

but usually only ater checking with you.

Article & Column Lengths

Articles should be about 750-1,000 words. Columns should be about

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Bio and Headshot

Please include a short, 3 or 5 sentence byline or the end o the article. I

you are a business owner, you are welcome to educate or share inormation

about your industry, please do not promote your own company, services or

products in the article. We have advertising rates are available or just that

purpose.

Please do not submit a portrait photo posted on your website. They are not

high enough resolution or our publication. A 200dpi - 300dpi resolution

head and shoulders photo will suice. Please see our digital submission

speciications or more inormation.

Rights and Credits

You will receive you ull credit or the article, including a copyright notice

and bio at the bottom where you can plug yoursel. Do you have a website?

A new book? Articles in other online magazines? Well link it up, although

we reserve the right to edit.

We acquire exclusive electronic rights or two months. We ask (but do not

require) that you give us ongoing non-exclusive electronic rights to post

the article in our archives ater its rotated o the published issue. You have

the right to remove your article rom the archives at any point.

Submission GuidelinesContinued From Page 17

Digital Submission Specifications

We ask that all digital images o artwork be shot at the highest pixel

resolution your camera can provide, the highest image quality and in an

uncompressed ormat. The minimum size digital image we can a ccept is

1600x1200 pixels, or approximately 4x6 inches at 300 pixels per inch (ppi,

alternately known as dots per inch, or dpi). To give us the most design lex-

ibility, please provide images o at least 2400x3000 pixels (8x10 i nches).

I using a digital camera, set it to capture the highest quality image allow-

able. I your camera has a color space setting, make sure the camera is set

to Adobe RGB 1998. To ensure your digital image will reproduce as you in-

tend, please include a printed proo o the i mage that meets your approval.

I you are using illustrations or p hotographs rom other published sources,

you must obtain permission. Photographs o even very old and amous

subjects are not public domain, as there is an issue o photographic rights

involved.

You may burn the digital images to CD or DVD. We do not accept e- mail

submissions above 5MB. Submissions without proper SASE will not be re-

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A Kinder, Gentler DoMContinued From Page 12

He challenges me to be better at my proession.

I eel more creative around her.

Theyre paying me a lot o money or my valuable service.

Understanding marketing as nothing more than clear communication and

building relationships really is that simple. Try these things at your next

networking event and see what happens in the eyes o the olks you meet.

I you reine them, I guarantee youll see results youve never had beore.

Happy connecting!

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