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The month of January was a whirlwind here with organizing and producing the launch of our new book, “Life Choices: Navigating Difficult Paths.” Of the 26 authors from throughout the United States and Africa, 24 of them were in attendance. On Friday evening, we had a “Get to Know Each Other” cocktail party downtown at the Las Vegas Rocks Café on Fremont Street better known as “Glitter Gulch”. Then Sunday, we held an author showcase and book signing during the Vegas Voice Health, Wealth, Travel and Good Times expo. Each of the authors presented for five minutes. Over 2000 people attended the Expo and came by the booth. The showcase had about 350 people throughout the day. Some came, some went, but the room remained full for the entire showcase. We are now in the process of a virtual book tour and submitting news articles on all the authors and their stories for various media. The book is an important book. The stories are incredible. Of course, they are… because these people have lived incredible lives and had to overcome some really challenging situations to become who they are. Two of the authors were friends of mine from South Africa (Mary Monaghan and Anne Dreyer.) It was the first time either of them had visited Las Vegas. I so enjoyed driving them down the Las Vegas Strip and listening to their screams of delight with all the lights and glamour of our town.
Anne stayed in Las Vegas another week and presented a Master of Etiquette certification course, which 20 people attended at the Las Vegas Country Club. We had women from several states fly in for the course. Several others who were registered were not able to get here because of the mass of snow around the country causing many flights to be cancelled or delayed.
Personally I had an awakening that it will only be a couple more months before I’m old enough for Social Security. Wow! How does life fly by so quickly? It seems just the other day that I was graduating high school and moving to Las Vegas to start an exciting new life…
My mentoring business is doing well. I am working with some fantastic people, assisting them with putting together their speaking offerings as well as marketing materials and mentoring some of them through the process of writing their books.
In addition, my art work continues to be exciting. I have three watercolor paintings in a juried show at the City Lights Art Gallery in Henderson, Nevada during the month of March. If you are out Henderson way, please stop by the gallery and see the work of artists from Las Vegas and Henderson who will be showing from March11th through April 3rd. The one with the gazebo and the big white flowers is no longer for sale. It’s been promised to Tammy Wilson of West Point, Mississippi.
The cover art for the new book in our series, “Life Choices: Putting the Pieces Together” has been created. It is every bit as beautiful as the first one. So we are almost ready to start considering stories for this book. If your life has ever fallen apart so that you had to pick up the pieces and put your life back together and would like to share that story, please contact me for the submission guidelines. You can email me at judi@judimoreo.com or call me at (702) 896-2228 and I will send them to you.
Oh, and my story “The Robin” was just published by Health Communications, Inc. in their latest publication, “The Ultimate Bird Lover”.
Remember, you are more than enough!
Judi
The Secret to Getting What
You Want
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The secret to getting what you want is to believe it’s possible. But how do you believe it’s possible if you are unsure?
First, find out everything you can about what it is you want to have, to do, or to be. Do your research. Find out what parts might be easy, what might be hard, what might be good, and what might be bad. The more you find out, the more uncertainty you eliminate. This will help to alleviate your fears.
If you are still unsure, sit down and figure out what it is about your ideas and goals that makes you hesitate. Do you feel like you just don’t have the education or the skills necessary? Do you feel you lack the interpersonal skills to get along with people? Maybe you feel you don’t have the work experience, the time, the money, the energy or the resources.
Give Up the Fear
Let’s face it, the only thing that’s really holding you back is fear….the Fear of Failure. Believe me; we ALL suffer from it at one time or another. We all have thoughts like, “Oh, I couldn’t do that. I might fail and then where would I be? Look what I will have given up to try something new and if I fail, I’ll have nothing. I won’t be able to support my family, myself, or pay my bills. Besides, what will people think?” Sound familiar? Let me assure you, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR! You can BE, DO, and HAVE anything in life that you want. What do you dream about? A great relationship? A bigger house in a better neighborhood? A luxurious vacation each year? A job that’s fulfilling? A new car? It’s all within your reach, no matter what your situation is now.
Thinking About Staying Behind
When we have a fear of failure, we are putting our energy into failing. We become what we think about – so if fear of failure is always on our minds, what are we most likely to attract into our lives? You guessed it – FAILURE! We are concentrating on failure and therefore, directing our subconscious mind to make us fail. When we think about our failures on a daily basis, we are simply rehearsing our upcoming results. Do you often find yourself thinking, “I can’t do it because I’m not smart enough, attractive enough, educated enough, or thin enough?” Do you concentrate on the things you don’t have or can’t do such as, “I don’t read music, speak another language, drive a car or know how to golf?” Negative. Negative. Negative. “I can’t.” “I’m not.” “I don’t.” You’ve rehearsed this long enough. You might as well go ahead and finish the whine. “Everybody hates me. Nobody likes me. I’m gonna eat some worms and die.”At some point you have to stop worrying about “being enough” or what people think and just get on with it. Accept the responsibility for your own success and determine to move forward from this point on!
When I was a young woman, my mom pointed out to me there is nothing wrong with failure. You sometimes have to do it in order to succeed. Here is the example she gave me: “When you were a child, you learned by trial and error. When you were learning to walk, it was not a game. Neither was it a test which you could pass or fail. It was skill building. You were learning a skill that you would need throughout your lifetime. If you fell down, no one said, ‘That’s it. You had one chance and you messed up. You get no more chances. Stay down.’ No, when you fell down, we encouraged you to get up and try again. Then one day, you did it all by yourself. That’s how it works. You try. You fall down. You get back up. You fall again. You get back up again and again until you get the result you want.”
There’s nothing written in the rule book of life that says you get one try and only one. Persistence is, in fact, one of the attributes of most successful people. Persistence means to go on resolutely in spite of opposition. It also means to go back and be willing to change things. You must decide what you want and then go after it. You can modify the process until you get the result you want. If you keep doing the same old thing in the same old way, you’ll keep getting the same old result. If you want a new result, you must do something differently.
What Will Other People Think?
Most of us have been taught we should be concerned about what others think about us and we should seek their approval for all we do. We hear a little voice in our heads yelling, “If you fail, you’ll look like a fool.”
When I was in high school, I didn’t try out to be a cheerleader because I was afraid I wouldn’t be as good as the other girls and wouldn’t get selected for the squad. There it was --my fear of failure. In my mind, if I was rejected, it would mean I failed. So I decided it would be better not to try at all than to try, fail and look like a fool. The sad part of this situation is that with my energy and enthusiasm, I’d have made a great cheerleader. Would my life have been different if I had been a cheerleader? I will never know because I was too afraid to try. I’ll bet you can look at your life and remember times when you were too afraid to try. We’ve all wondered about how our lives might be different now if we had taken a few more chances instead of succumbing to the fear of failure.
What’s wrong with failure anyway? Why do we let it stop us from doing, achieving, and having what we want? Failure just means you’ve discovered one more way that doesn’t work. Thomas Edison worked for more than a year and a half to create a better, long-lasting light bulb so it could be used in a mainstream application. During that time he found 9,999 ways that didn’t work. If he hadn’t persisted, you might be reading this by candlelight! If you try and still don’t get the result you want, it simply means you were willing to risk, it may take a little longer than you expected, perhaps your goal was unreasonable, you have to do something differently next time, or you have an opportunity to start something new which is more suited to you.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could just overcome this fear? We know there’s always a chance we will fail, so why worry about it? Everyone else has the same chance of failure as we do. We are not the exception to the rule but we will never succeed unless we try.
Life is an Experiment
In life, we try one thing, it works. We try another, it doesn’t work. Instead of letting it paralyze you, do some self analysis. What went right? What went wrong? What went right that could have gone wrong? What other possibilities are there? Then do something differently. Be deliberate and take reasonable risks. Break down the process into smaller more manageable steps. Put the proper effort into achieving your goals and go after what you want. Keep on trying until you get the desired result.
When you have a goal, a dream or you see an opportunity but you need help to get what you want, let someone know. People will help you if you ask them. If they don’t know you want something, they will sometimes give it to someone else. Be clear. Don’t just drop hints. Other people can’t read your mind. They don’t know what you dream about or what you’d like to become. Ask for help and accept it when offered.
(Excerpt from You Are More Than Enough: Every Woman’s Guide to Purpose, Passion, and Power)
Hubspot TV is coming to Las Vegas |
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The Las Vegas Chapter of the National Speakers Association will be hosting NY Times Bestselling Authors of “Inbound Marketing” and the creators of HUBSPOT TV when they share their million dollar method. LIVE! March 19, 2010, from12 noon to 5:00pm at the Las Vegas Rocks Café in Las Vegas NV.
If YOU have a website but you:
- Don’t understand how to make money from it
- Want to learn how to build your following and list
- Need to understand the power of social media
- Feel confused by SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
- Are ready to become an online Superstar
Then you’d be crazy to miss the masters during their 2010 one-time only west coast event. To find out more or register to attend this event, go to www.nsalasvegas.com
Mind Workout: All Is Well |
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Learning Log
What It Is
A tool to encourage you or others to make learning a habit.
What You’ll Need
A spiral notebook or empty journal for each participant
How It Works
Encourage each team member to keep a learning log!
Have them write down interesting things they learn from books, other people, observations, the Web, etc. Set aside a specific time each month to ask them to share some of the items from their logs.
Ask them if there are any ideas they have logged that might be implemented to improve service, quality, processes, systems and products to the end user in your place of business or organization.
Creating a specific time for your team members to share what they have learned will translate into the enhancement of skills essential to achieving results.
What Judi's Clients Are Saying |
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“I was amazed at how Judi kept all of our attention and made the training fun and interesting.”
“I have so much to take back to our supervisors.”
“I could tell that Judi took the time to prepare the materials about the job we do, we must use her again.”
“I never like mandatory training but was glad to attend because of the trainer.”
Participants from Metro Los Angeles
I know what I want. I have a clear picture of how I want to be and what I want to do. I work toward the achievement of my goals every day. I achieve my desires through the knowledge of my purpose, the passion of my desire and the power of my commitment. I am more than enough.
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