Advice From Across The Pond

Getting started. Sometimes that is the hardest thing in the world to do. For some of us. There is so much talent out there but people don't believe that they can do it. So they never get started. Can you imagine some of the greats of our time and before never getting started? Would we be blessed with the art and music of these people? Would we be able to experience life as we know it. Everything we do and take advantage of is at our fingertips because someone got started. Hear what internet marketing guru Diane Coriette has to say about getting started.

Felicia: Tell our listeners your full name and what you do.

Diane: My name is Diane Coriette, and I'm in London, England. I run a business online called Women Internet Marketers. It's an alliance of three businesses that consist of a membership site an online social network and an online magazine. It helps beginners who want to start and internet business and to help those who are already online raise their profile.

Felicia: Walk us through the process of you deciding what you would like to do, and getting to the point of actually doing it? What was that like?

Diane: The birth of my daughter made me change the direction of my life and I decided that I wanted to work from home. I did not do very well in school early on but later in life I decided that I wanted to start learning again. I started teaching someone about how to use her computer and I realized I was good at teaching. At first I was annoyed and bitter about what I had missed out on in life. But now I realize that I did not miss out. I enjoy my life now the way that it is. The way it was designed to be.

Felicia: You said teaching people things and moving forward, but at some point they still hit a wall. What are some things that you have noticed that cause people to hit those walls? What are some of the things that keep people from realizing their dreams?

Diane: Fear. Usually people say "I am not good enough". And that stems from fear. Mindset is a big part of it. Self belief.

Felicia: What advice would you give them?

Diane: I always coach people to focus on the outcome. I help them bring back the feeling of a time when they were successful. Sometimes we just need to remember.

Felicia: People who want to start a business sometimes don't know where to start. In your opinion, what would be the beginning of that process?

Dianae: You have to know who you are going after? Is there a need for that particular business or product?

Felicia: They also have to believe that they can do it.

Diane: When I started my business it was all about mindset. But I don't want people to use that as another excuse to not get started. I believe you can still work on your mindset. If you are will to at least get started you can work on the rest.


You can hear the rest of this advice from across the pond by clicking below. Diane Coriette gives some amazing advice. She is certainly giving more than just LipService!

You can reach Diane at: www.womeninternetmarketers.net

Financial Independence Is A Choice

In this day and time we are looking at financial challenges all around us. How do we survive the crisis of the housing industry, layoffs that are at an all time high? Some of are being hit harder than others because we were not prepared for this type of challenge. As adults, we have to prepare our children for these kind of times. Financial independence is not automatic. It is not something that we have to take for granted that our children will achieve. We have to educate them early so that they are not unprepared for time like these. My interview with William R. Patterson, author of the Baron Son speaks to this like none other.

Felicia: William tell us a little bit about what prompted you to write the Baron Son?

William: The choice to be financially indenpendent is not necessarily a logical decision. It is really about helping people overcome those emotional hurdles. So we wanted to help them overcome those emotional hurdle through story telling.

Felicia: What prompted you to write it in the manner that you wrote it in?

William: We wanted it to be a timeless tale. We call it "ages past" Our desire to do this story was evolved out of the late ninetees when we were in similar economic conditions as we are today. People were losing everything. They were struggling in their relationships, and some were suffering from debt related depression.
We wanted to give people a way to rebuild so that they would not repeat these mistakes.

Felica: Were there any personal influences as a young man, that led you to this path that you are on today?

William: Absolutely, I can remember asking my father for an allowance and he said no, but he said he would show me how to find wealth. He told me that instead of buying a high-priced pair of sneakers, I could invest in that company's stock to build wealth.

Felicia: About how old were you at that time?

William: I would say early teens.

Felicia: So you were in the early stages of becoming a young man.

William: Yes, my father taught me how to buy candy in bulk and undercut the local corner store and make money that way as well.

Felicia: How important do you think it is for parents to take that apporach with their children? A lot of us go into adulthood not prepared for the different things that are going to come our way in terms of finances, investing or even work ethic.

William: It is of critical importance. If the children do not learn financial responsibility, then most children are doomed to repeat the behavior of their parents.

Felicia: So for people who have not had this information passed on to them from their parents or mentors, what do you say to those people? They are not in their teens. They may be in their 30's or 40's?

William: It's never too late to begin turning around your financial situation. But you need a mentor or coaching system.

This is information that we all need. Do go without this knowledge! Listen to the rest of this interview with William R. Patterson. He is giving critical information to achieving financial freedom. He gives the top seven reasons why people do not succeed. This is more than LipService!

You can reach William at: http://www.baronseries.com

Sabotage

Have you tried something and quit before you saw any results? Have you discovered a talent within yourself but dismissed it? Have you looked into the jaws of success but were afraid to proceed? I can certainly say that I can identify with that. I started my event promotion company over 12 years ago as a graduate student. I had no fear because I felt I had nothing to lose. I was not necessarily trying to reach a goal, I was just doing what felt good and what felt natural. And I was so good at it! But when the bar was raised and when the expectations became higher and my livelyhood depended on my success, I folded. At the first sign of falling, not failure, but just merely falling, I ran. I ran to corporate America because it was safe. I need there was no threshold to cross in higher management. I could reach the peak and not be expected to do more. So as I interviewed Kim Watt, I could easily put my face into her story as she was telling it. I knew she was not alone in her line of thinking when she talked about sabotaging her success because we were operating the same way right around the same time and for about the same length of time! Check out our interview:

Felicia: Tell us some things about you that have made you the woman that you are today?

Kim: I am finally pursuing my speaking career. I read Les Brown's book when I was about 18 years old. I knew what I wanted to do and what I should have been doing it but I was afraid to go after it. And now I am living that dream.

Felicia: Give people a time span between the time you identified your gift and when you actually started doing it.

Kim: 15 years!! 15 years!!! I knew I had more in me but whenever I would get close to it I would sabotage myself.

Felicia: Wow. Give us an example of how you would do that. How would you sabotage your own future?

Kim: Any time things would go well for me, I would quit or run away. People who cared about me who tried to get close to me I would push them away. I didn't believe in myself. I lost faith in God, I lost faith in myself. I got really depressed. The birth of my daughter McKenna literally saved my life.

Felicia: So the turning point for you was around the time your first child was born. What was your thought process during that time?

Kim: Before the birth of my daughter I was so selfish. But having her made my whole life changed. I changed the way I thought, I changed the people around me. But that didn't happen over night. I found myself telling my daughter (when she got older), to never give up. No matter what happens, keep trying. And a light went off! I thought "who am I"?

Felicia: Since you have been on this journey, how have you been able to create a balance between being a wife, mother and entrepreneur?

Kim: It is extremely hard. But I want to better everyone else, I want to do a lot of things but I never wanted to lose focus on what life is all about. So I would say not to be driven by money. Think about those moments that are most important to you. You have to schedule yourself. You have to cut out time for your husband, your kids, yourself. There are moments that you cannot get back.

Felicia: You have to have your "dream" days.

Kim: Yes, you have to have time where you just get to yourself and maybe read or whatever. When you are out there trying to do everything for everyone else, sometimes it gets overwhelming and you want to throw in the towel. But life is worth the journey. You have to keep going.

You don't want to miss the rest of my interview with Kim Watt national and international motivational speaker. Click below to listen to the rest of our interview. Learn from her on how to keep that balance. She is doing more than giving LipService!!!!

Contact Kim Watt at: http://www.kimberlywatt.com/ or kim@kimberlywatt.com

When you begin to doubt your brilliance, or your beauty, write a letter to yourself. It should begin something like this:

Dear you:

You are so beautiful. You have something in you that the world needs to see. Your brilliance is evident in your walk. Your love for life shows in your smile. I can hear it in your voice that you want to be free.

Life is a field of flowers. So pick yours wisely chile
Some die quickly, others hang around for awhile
The essence of a mans beauty is not determined by the perfume he wears
The essence of a mans beauty is measured by what he shares

Life is like a field of flowers. So pick yours wisely chile
Some die quickly, others hang around for awhile
You say you’ve got a dream and I can see it in you.
When the Maker when into that field of flowers, He picked you.


Life is a field of flowers. So pick yours wisely chile. Some die quickly, but once you release your brilliance, your dream will hang around for awhile.

Written by you, .........to you.


Simon T. Bailey has a new book out called Releasing Your Brilliance. I asked him a few questions about what we were in store for with this book. This is part of what he said:

Felicia: What does releasing your brilliance mean?

Simon: I wrote the book to engage, enlighten and encourage those who have hit the wall professionally, personally, physically & emotionally. It's for those who feel they have greater potential but have no clue as to what that could be. It's for those who feel like the least, the last and the lost.

Felicia: Tell us about your journey and what did it take for you to see the brilliance in yourself. That doesn't happen overnight.

Simon: I was presenting in Paris and I realized that night that I had a moment where I touched on something that had died in me. So I went back to my room and asked myself three questions. Those questions were 1. What would you do if you couldn't fail? 2. What would you do even if you never got paid? 3. What makes you come alive?

Felicia: Was it easy for you to answer those questions or did you have to ponder for a while?

Simon: I had to ponder. And I had to dig and I realized that it wasn't about money. When you understand that you are a brilliant diamond, you don't chase money. Money chases you.

Felicia: After you realized that you had a higher purpose, were there any moments that you questioned your decision. Once you were on that journey, how did you feel? Did you ever think you chose the wrong thing?

Simon: Yes, I had bills to pay. What do you do when your bills are screaming louder than your dreams? So I started getting up earlier and putting one foot in front of the other. I became so engulfed in this that I gained the internal confidence that I could do this. It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're NOT that holds you back.

Felicia: How long was this process for you?

Simon: This process to "Releasing Your Brilliance" took about 7 years.

Felicia: At your level of success, do you get scared?

Simon: Yes, of course, you wouldn't even believe the feelings. But in those moments I get an email or see someone who has been touched by my work. And that makes it all worth it.

Don't miss out on the rest of Simon's story on how he went from being a lump of coal to becoming a diamond. Click below to hear the rest of the interview and become inspired. It's certainly more than LipService!

Contact Simon T. Bailey at http://www.releaseyourbrilliance.com/

It's A "Dunn" Deal!!!!

I need to run on a little further Lord. I'm not done. I want to move a little further towards my ultimate goal. I'm not done. Whenever I think I have topped anything that I have done previously, you push me further. So, I guess, I'm not done. I don't worry about where the energy will come from or the resources or the man-power. All I know is that I AM NOT DONE!!! As I sit on the subway train of my life moving from station to station at record speed I see those who never recognize their stop. The train just keeps moving and they never even look up to see where they are. For them it's a done deal. They are already as far as they are going to go and unless someone pushes them off the train they will never move. So as I sit here on this train I know that I have a few more stops to make. I need to get off here or there. There is work for me to do in those places. I may never be done.

Lucinda Dunn is a phenomenal woman I got the chance to interview is on that same train. Making stops, kicking butt and taking names. She is a mother, a sister and friend. She is an author and publisher of a nationally distributed news paper. She has a lot going on, so when you see her wearing one of her many hats, just know that it is anything but a "Dunn" Deal!

Here is a little of our interview:

Felicia: Tell us a little bit about who you are and what you have accomplished.

Lucinda: I am an author of a new ebook series called "Fueling Up". I started Dunn Deal Publishing a few years ago and I have a children's book coming out. I am also helping a lady here in the Carolinas write about her life as a slave interpreter. It's do out in April. I am also affiliated with a studio, SongEnergy studios. And of course the newspaper......

Felicia: It seems like you are living your purpose. So what exactly is that purpose for you?

Lucinda: I have found my purpose. Of all the titles, I am a mother. I want to leave a legacy for my son. I want him to see me doing what I am called to do. I am extremely satisfied with my life because my son sees his mother "going for it".

Felicia: You are building a life that he can see you building as he grows up and hopefully he will pass that on to his children.

Lucinda: Yes, I want him to see me doing it so that he can do what is fulfilling for him.

Felicia: What determined this is what you needed to do?

Lucinda: Just recently, I remembered how I used to badger my dad about being big. He used to tell me that one day I would want to be little again. His point was that if I lived life the way I was supposed to then I would live a life of no regrets and I would not want to turn back the hands of time. So that is why I started my publishing company. I didn't want to regret not doing it.

Felicia: Name two of the biggest challenges that you faced in fulfilling your destiny?

Lucinda: One was fear of failure and the other one was a fear of success. I knew I wasn't the type to go the way everyone else was going, but I am still human. I was afraid of people seeing me fail. ............I was also afraid of the demands that come along with success. When you are successful you are held accountable for everything that you do.

Felicia: How did you succeed in spite of those challenges? What did you put in place to counter act that?

Lucinda: It's a mindset. The main thing for me is that I tried. I want my son to be able to say "my mom tried".

Listen to the rest of my interview with Lucinda, because this is definitely not a "Dunn Deal". Lucinda gives advice to others who want to live their dreams. She wants people to get started today! She is giving more than LipService!

Contact Lucinda at: info@therockhillrunway.com or 803-329-2945

Purpose Revealed......

Hello Destiny! I wasn't sure if I would recognize you when I finally met you. But now that we are here face to face I realize that you have always been with me. You were there all the time. I recognize the whisper of your breath on my neck. You were there all the time. I felt you following me but I didn't know who it was. You never revealed yourself.......until now. All those times when I woke up in the middle of the night sensing that someone else was in the room, it was you. At times I would veer to the left and you would steer me to the right. That nagging thing in my gut that told me to keep moving forward just a few more steps. It was you! Thank you for being with me all this time. Thank you for being mine. You and I are one. We walk in unison. I am you and you are me. Purpose revealed.


Erika McKay is someone who had to become one with her destiny. She iS now an international motivational speaker and corporate trainer. She met her destiny in an emergency room. Here is a little of our interview:


Felicia: Who is Erika McKay? Who is the woman behind the voice?


Erika: .....I really care about who people are and where they want to be and to help them reach their destiny.


Felicia: Have you identified your true purpose?


Erika: For many years I struggled with that. For a long time I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life. I didn't feel fulfilled. I didn't feel like I was doing what I was supposed to be doing with my life. I had to do a lot of soul searching. I finally realized that I was born to speak and encourage others.


Felicia: Were your struggles external or internal? Walk us through that process.


Erika: It was primarily internal but a little external as well. Because I did not have a dream, I latched on to my parent's dream. They wanted me to become a doctor so I had to make a decision. The decision I made was to become a motivational speaker.


Felicia: What was the turning point for you that said "this is it!"


Erika: I was ignoring the signs and going through the process of becoming a doctor. Even after I almost blew up the lab. But I was still determined to become a doctor. And then I attended an internship that was life changing. One night I ended up in the emergency room.......


Click below to hear the rest of Erika's interview as she talks about witnessing life and death situations and how she was in awe of how lives were being saved. Erika met her destiny in the emergency room and now she is saving lives as well. Just in a different way. She is definitely doing more than giving LipService!

Contact Erika at http://www.erikamckay.com/

Say Yes!!!

Just as a child does when they pucker their lips after requesting something from their parents, we anticipate a yes from our maker when we wish upon a star. We look into the far distance and ask can we go there? Can I become that person? Am I worthy of being that person? We ask our peers questions that usually start with "What do you think about this..............? or "Do you think I should do that...........?" We put forth the effort to be concerned with either answer when in actuality we just want them to say yes. Things that we have the ability to do or that are engraved in our very souls sometimes never manifest because we are waiting to hear that little word with a huge impact. YES. We set our inner alarm clocks to wake up earlier than usual so that we don't miss some sort of undeniable sign that means.......YES. In essence we cage OURSELVES only to ask SOMEONE ELSE to free us because we have deemed ourselves powerless. How do we get that power back? Simply by saying yes!!!

I met a dynamic woman packing a powerful punch. Saying YES at every turn, offering freedom to everyone she meets and wearing her own like flag, Cheri Najor says YES!!!! I had an opportunity to interview her. I listened not as an interviewer, but as a student. This is part of what she says:

Cheri: I was completely lost at 17, suffering from depression. I got a book that I devoured and it ignited my life. I believe that I am here on a divine assignment.

Felicia: So many people go through life without love, living a loveless existence.......we have to first love ourselves. Can you elaborate on some of those things for us.

Cheri: We are born knowing exactly how to get our needs met. As babies we don't beat ourselves up for falling. We stumble, we fall, people laugh, we get up. But then we become adults. I grew up in an environment where people did not support me. I developed very low self-esteem. I began to believe what others thought of me.

Felicia: When I met you I would have never thought that. You are a fireball! What was the turning point that allowed you to become this vibrant person that you are today? Knowing you today, no one would know that you suffered from low self-esteem.

Cheri: There were a number of things for me. The first turning point for me was when my boss fired me from a job that I hated. I remember crying as I packed out my office. I had black mascara running down my face. As people would come to comfort me I asked them to please not comfort me. I was so happy I could not contain myself! .............

As we continued this interview Cheir talked about another turning point for her. It was when she heard a story on the radio about a couple that had beat a child to death. She knew then that she wanted to help people. And she has been helping people every since. She is doing more than giving LipService!

Cheri Najor is a speaker, trainer, and coach. Visit Cheri at: http://www.kreativnrg.com/

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