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Even if you aren’t a fan of RAP music, you’ve gotta hand it to M.I.A.’s pregnant Grammy performance last night on the Grammy’s with T.I., Jay-Z, Lil’ Wayne, and Kanye West. She rocked the house in a signature couture pregnancy outfit…on, yes listen closely ladies….her due date! Her outfit was made with polka dots and mesh fabric putting it all out there. I just had to write about it because to me that takes real confidence and self esteem and I couldn’t have been prouder while I was watching.
Well, I don’t know if she makes Six Figures but I wouldn’t be surprised at all if she did. I met Kim Rowley last week at Affiliate Summit. She was a nominee for a 2009 Pinnacle Award for Affiliate of the Year. She’s a mom and an affiliate marketer and she sells something most of us women love…SHOES! Check out her website, Shoeaholics Anonymous. She sells great shoes and she’s also an affiliate for Zappos.com. I love Zappos and I was reminded why several times over the past week.
Friday I’m off to Las Vegas for Affiliate Summit West. This is my first trip to this conference and my first venture into Affiliate Marketing. I’m excited to start learning about this new area. I signed up to cover this event on a press pass representing Six Figure Moms Club. I really think there might be some opportunities for reengineering your careers in this area so I want to learn more and pass it along to you guys.
On Christmas morning, I was the first one up so I turned on the Today show. They were covering the Origins of Christmas. Did you know that the Christmas bulb originated from apples? In olden days, people hung apples on pine trees to signify the Garden of Eden? You heard it here, quoted directly from the Today show. Christmas bulbs signify the original sin. I’m not really sure I wanted to know that. How about you?
Are you cooking Thankgiving dinner this week? If yes, have you started already? If your answer is no, then I likely just made you feel a little stressed out and a bit overwhelmed. I know, I know some of you superwomen are shaking your heads no and saying no problem, I’ve got it covered. Well, if that’s the case, you’ve got a lot on me. I’m willing to bet, many of you are dreading the cooking exercise.
Since last week’s election, you have inevitably saw some of the statistics covering how President Obama maximized social media tools to connect with his constituents. During his campaign, he reached out to connect with people using the internet through Facebook, Linked In, My Space, Twitter, and other social media tools. He even paused to email a thank you note to his team before his acceptance speech. Undeniably, he had many competitive advantages over John McCain, but one cannot debate that social media played a huge part in his election.
Yesterday was a perfect day for winding down our week at the lake. It rained. It didn’t rain a little, it rained a bunch. All day, all night, in buckets. In Southern California, sometimes it doesn’t rain for eight months so I really miss days when you get an excuse to stay inside and do inside things. I also miss sitting on the porch, listening to the rain and letting the sound lull you into a semi-meditative state where you don’t have to work too hard to let your mind wander to what it really wants to think about. I’ve enjoyed the week at this lake and I’ve enjoyed writing about it and sharing my experience with all of you. However, I’ve had my fill and I’m ready to leave. Time to move on the the next phase of my marathon trip.
Have you ever seriously thought about what you would do with your life if you won the lottery? If your answer is no, then I must ask you, WHY NOT? My prescription for you is to devote some quality time to this question and write a press release about yourself as if you won enough money to live the life of your dreams. I know some of you naysayers are shaking your heads and saying, “Why would I ever waste time working on something I know is unachievable? I’ll do that if and when I actually win”. Well, with that kind of attitude. It likely IS unachievable. But, if you can change you paradigm a bit and work with me here a little, we can have a little fun and develop a plan. Your mission is to visualize your dream life and then work backwords. You just might get closer than you think to your dream life. For example, my highlevel dream if financial resources were unconstrained consists of the following:
If you’re in the coaching business like me, you hear people talking about life purpose all the time. Whether it’s other coaches or clients looking for a more meaningful life, seems like I’m talking about this topic at least once every day. As for me, I’m at a great place with life purpose. I feel like every single thing I’ve done in my career specifically served to lead me to this very moment. Yes, that’s a “whoa that’s big” statement. (For those of you who don’t know, I’m a recovering Telecom Professional, MBA, CPA type turned Executive Coach, Blogger, Writer, Speaker). Actually, I’m so happy with my career that I think my friends are getting a little sick of me and sometimes frightened by my delight. They are looking at me and going. “Ok, Missy. It’s great to be in your fabulous euphoria, but come back down here to Earth with the rest of us and tell us how to get from where we are to our next step”. Fair enough.
Yesterday, I was talking with my good friend John about his business. He was jazzed because he has connected with a mentor who really gets him. John has always used coaches and is an open, evolved guy. He is single, doesn’t have children and works six plus days per week. His friends and customers always pressure him that he works too much and should focus more on his personal life. However, he loves his job and is very happy and well balanced. HE doesn’t feel like he needs to change anything and is very content spending his time building his business.