Ideal Life Vision

Are You A World-Changing Light Bearer? by Marnie L. Pehrson

Annie — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:06:58 +0000

Recently, my husband and I took a trip to Helen, Georgia. It’s a quaint little German village in the mountains. There are shops selling all kinds of trinkets and collectibles. As I perused the shops, a few things caught my eye, but nothing compelled me to take it home.

I asked myself, “Why don’t I feel like buying anything?” The answer came instantly, “Because I don’t collect things. I collect people.”

It’s true, this month I celebrate my 22nd year in business, and the greatest treasure I’ve amassed in that time is people — colleagues, customers, clients, friends and fans. Wonderful people who impact my life for good — people who light up the world around them and bring radiance to my existence.

Recently I made a list of the 20 most influential individuals in my life and jotted down the qualities I admire in each and what they’ve taught me. I began to see a pattern around a central theme. From this exercise I coined a term with my own definition. I call it being a “Light Bearer.”

A Light Bearer is a wise, intuitive Inspired Creative who lovingly lights the way for others. S/he is passionate about assisting people in breaking free from bondage to ultimate freedom (whether the chains are of one’s own making, generational or inflicted by others). They are courageous leaders for not only the rising generation but also for lifelong learners of any age.

For several years now, my goal has been to Light the World — to prepare the planet for an age of peace, love and unity. I do that by collecting and promoting Light Bearers! I believe that within each of us is a light that if fed and flamed can literally change this world. My Light-Bearer friends are fore-runners lighting the way for others and preparing the world for that coming day.

You might say that’s impossible, that I’m a dreamer, that there is an onslaught of evil in this world — bad news every day everywhere. But even the Founding Fathers knew the power of a few, tireless individuals who are organized and valiant in their cause. Samuel Adams articulated it best, “It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather a small, tireless minority intent on lighting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men.”

Over the years, I’ve noticed that Light-Bearers fall into 3 primary categories or phases. I’d be curious to hear which one resonates with you (just leave a comment below).

1) Thought Leaders are people with a new system or method that shares truth and freedom with the world. Ann Webb is a thought leader on LifeVision. Leslie Householder is a thought leader on financial freedom. Thought leaders are liberating captives with a new or innovative idea or method. Whether they realize it or not, their core message is freedom. They may be lighting the way to financial freedom or political freedom. They may be liberating people from their past or freeing them to create their own lives.

2) Advocates tend to surround thought leaders. These people may follow several Thought Leaders. They are learning sponges gathering in light and truth. They may eventually become Thought Leaders themselves, but for many it’s not about the new idea. It’s about applying the idea in a way that makes it practical. They usually bring their own life experience, knowledge, training and interests together with the Thought Leaders’ ideas to create a unique way of applying them.

For example, let’s say a woman becomes a Certified LifeVision Coach, and she’s drawn to work with women (like herself) who’ve come out of an abusive marriage. She can then uniquely apply Ann’s material to assist a narrow niche of women who may never find Ann’s material in any other way.

If you’re a Thought Leader, you need Advocates, because there’s simply not enough of you to go around. The world needs your idea and Advocates are an ideal way to reach them in ways you never could on your own. The Advocate acts as a bridge to your material. The women coming out abused marriages may never think to look for LifeVision information, but they are more likely to be drawn to the Advocate because the Advocate knows their pain.

3) Lamp Bearers are in the trenches lighting the way for their families, friends and neighbors. They may have no desire to own a business, teach a class or mentor others. Yet, they are impacted by the message, perhaps indirectly by the Advocates. They’ve found the light, and now they’re sharing it in a natural grass-roots way. Lamp Bearers embody the idea in their daily interactions. You’ve met these people. They have a glow about them. They’re good people, serving and lifting others with their presence. A Lamp Bearer lives the light!

A Note to Thought Leaders: If you’re a Thought Leader, you need to know that your audience is primarily Advocates, then Lamp Bearers. To truly leverage your message, you need to have systems in place to create and foster Advocates.

A Note to Advocates: Don’t dismay that you don’t have a compelling “new” idea. Take the training you’ve received from Thought Leaders, combine it with your own life experiences, and start reaching out to the people with whom you resonate.

A Note to Lamp Bearers: You are SO important in lighting the world. You are reaching family members, friends, and neighbors who might never listen to the Thought Leaders or Advocates. Keep on shining!

Over the course of your days, you may find yourself moving in and out of these three phases of Light-Bearing. Each is important and each can change the world.

If you are a Thought Leader or Advocate, I invite you to get a free copy of my audio, “Change the World in 3 Simple Steps” where you’ll discover how to reach people with your message and make money doing what you love. Stop by http://www.MarniePehrson.com

About Marnie Pehrson
Marnie Pehrson is a best-selling author, speaker, and online publicist who helps light bearers build influential online platforms. Through her flagship site, IdeaMarketers.com, she uses innovative contextual content marketing to put your articles, press releases, information products, videos, audios and expertise in front of your ideal clients. Marnie is a wife and mother of 6 and the author of 22 fiction and nonfiction titles including her latest: Trust Your Heart: Building Relationships That Build Your Business http://www.TrustYourHeartSeries.com

Clarity is the Key

Annie — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:42:46 +0000

In a Tae Kwon Do studio where my sons used to train, there was a sign on the wall that said, “Your goal is to become a black belt.” This helped remind them, in the middle of a difficult training, to keep their focus on the goal!

When you work for yourself, it’s easy to spend a whole day at your desk and accomplish nothing of value. This almost always happens when you aren’t really clear about what it is you’re trying to do.

In that moment of awareness, ask yourself, “What exactly am I trying to accomplish here?” You really do need to know your destination with as much clarity as possible. Make your goals specific, and put them in writing and then combine them with the power of your own voice and music. (Ideal LifeVision) Your goals must be so clear that a stranger could look at your situation objectively and give you an absolute “yes” or “no” as to whether you’ve accomplished each goal or not. If you cannot define your destination precisely, how will you know when you’ve arrived?

The period I’ve found useful for defining and working on specific goals is 90 days. In that period of time, you can make
dramatic and measurable changes if you set crystal clear goals. Take a moment to stop and write down a snapshot description of how you want your life to be ninety days from now.

What will your monthly income be?
How much will you weigh?
Who will your friends be?
Where will you be in your career?
What will your relationship be like?
What will your web site look like?

Be specific. Absolute clarity will give you the edge that will keep you on course.

Just as an airplane on autopilot must make constant corrections to stay on course, you must periodically retarget your goals. Reconnect with your goals by listening to them every morning (or evening). Post the BIG ONES, especially your financial goals on your Vision Board as well.

If you aren’t yet at the point of clarity, then make that your first goal. It’s a big waste of time to go through life being unclear about what you want. Most people stall way too long in the state of “I don’t know what to do.” They wait for some external force to provide them with clarity, never realizing that clarity is self-created. The universe is waiting on you, not the other way around, and it’s going to keep waiting until you finally make up your mind. Waiting for clarity is like being a sculptor staring at a piece of marble, waiting for the statue within to cast off the unneeded pieces. Do not wait for clarity to spontaneously materialize — grab a chisel and get busy!

Be flexible.

There’s a key difference between knowing your destination and knowing the path you will take to get there. You’ve heard this analogy before: But an airplane is off course 90% of the time, yet it almost always arrives at its destination because it knows exactly where it’s going and makes constant corrections along the way.

You cannot know the exact path to your goal in advance. I believe that the real purpose of planning is simply so that you remain convinced that a possible path exists. We’ve all heard the statistic that 80% of new businesses fail in their first five years, but a far more interesting statistic is that nearly all of the businesses that succeeded did not do so in the original way they had intended. (And I have experienced that in ALL of my businesses.)

If you look at successful businesses that started with business plans, you will commonly find that their original plans failed miserably and that they only succeeded by trying something else.

A local renowned author and business consultant Stephen Covey often uses the expression, “Integrity in the moment of choice.” What that means is that you should not follow your plans blindly without conscious awareness of your goals. For instance, let’s say you’re following your plans nicely — so far so good — and then an unforeseen opportunity arises. Do you stick to your original plan, thereby missing the opportunity, or do you stop and go after the opportunity, thereby throwing yourself off schedule?

This is where you have to stop and reconnect with your goals to decide which is the better course. No plan should be followed blindly. As soon as you gain new knowledge that could invalidate the plan, you must exercise integrity in the moment of choice. Sometimes you can reach your goals faster by taking advantage of shortcuts that arise unexpectedly. Other times you should stick to your original plans and avoid minor distractions that would take you further from your goals. Be tight on your goals but flexible on your plans.

Having a clear goal is far more important than having a clear plan. Clarity and specificity ARE the Keys!

Increase Your Credibility with a Professional Editor By Faye Levow

Annie — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:25:43 +0000

Would you walk out of your house to go to a business meeting without fixing your hair, brushing your teeth, or putting on clean clothes? Probably not. (At least I hope not!) And if you did, would other business people take you seriously? No, they certainly wouldn’t.

It is the same with your newsletters, marketing pieces, websites, articles, and books. When potential customers see misspelled words, poor grammar, missing punctuation, etc., it says to them that you don’t really care about your presentation. It makes them wonder if you would care enough to do a good job for them. This is why you need an editor to look over your material and make corrections.

You always want to put your best foot forward, especially in business. Professional editors are essential to your credibility. When you find a good editor with whom you have rapport, set up an arrangement that allows you to send them material on a regular basis, especially if you frequently write short articles or blog posts.

If you are writing a book, you may need a substantive editor first. That is someone who can dig into your text and make sure your message is getting to your audience clearly and succinctly AND IN YOUR VOICE. This is the strength of only some editors, so choose your book editor very carefully. Check their references and testimonials. Look over their website. A good substantive editor is worth her/his weight in gold!

Remember: Use the assistance of a good editor for all of your written projects to maximize your credibility in the marketplace.

Join Faye and Ann for the Ideal LifeVision Expert Call on Friday, May 4th 2012 at 11AM MT. On this call, you will discover why a book can help you increase your business, how to get started writing and the secret to writing your book without ever putting your pen-to-paper or fingers-to-keyboard!

Friday, May 4th 2012 at 11AM Mountain, 1PM Eastern, 10AM Pacific
Primary dial in number: (206) 402-0100
Guest pin code: 435982#
Listen online: http://InstantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=28236378

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From coaching to editing to publishing, Faye Levow’s passion is to help authors get their books out of their heads, and get their message, in their voice, to their audience. She specializes in going Beyond the Book™ to discuss branding, future products, and other opportunities that can bring greater success and satisfaction to an author.

President of Launch Pad Publishing, Faye has been writing and editing for over 30 years and coaching authors for the last seven. She has been a features writer for magazines and newspapers, a contributing author in several books, and has edited magazines, newsletters, and numerous books in a variety of genres, including a Washington Post best-seller.

Faye spent much of her life in sales and marketing and considers marketing to be an important piece of the publishing puzzle.

Get your free report “Five Costly Mistakes Upcoming Authors Make and How to Avoid Them“: http://launchpadpublishing.com/

Masterminds – What is it? Should you be in one?

Annie — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:19:12 +0000

At 1:00 am this morning I arrived home from my quarterly mastermind in the heart of New York City (SoHo). New York in the spring …..ahh, nothing like it. Quaint cafes, flower shops, and chic boutiques…..not what I went for, but nevertheless, some of the many side benefits of being in one of the coolest coming-together-of-the-minds.

Why a mastermind?

A Master Mind is when two or more people work in perfect harmony for the attainment of a definite purpose. One of the chief benefits is that each person can draw on the education and influence of the others. – Napoleon Hill

For me the benefits of the mastermind are many:

Accountability: At each and every mastermind, we commit to what we will do before our next one. And of course, as part of that, we need to report what we actually did and where we are with our “plan”> There is a huge difference in progression when there is a “return and report” factor. I know my mastermind sisters have my back and also that they will hold me in my excellence and accountable for what I say I’m going to do.

Honest Feedback: One requirement for a mastermind to really work is to put on your big-girl pants and toughen that tender skin! Because The Mastermind is where THE TRUTH is told! I know I can count on my mastermind team to tell it like they see it along with a more accurate perception of how I’m showing up in the world. You can’t be objective about yourself! We need feedback from a close group of friends to hold up a mirror so we can see the good….and the not-so-pretty because it’s the honest truth that helps us grow. I got some really blunt feedback on both my 1 hour presentation as well as how I’m perceived when people first meet me. (Both things to work on and very appreciated! )

Hot seats: In my mastermind – we each have 50 minutes to do a presentation on the current state of our business and then to ask for the help and feedback we need from the group. Of course your hour is GOLD, but even participating in the other members “hot seats” helps me be a better coach as well as glean ideas that aren’t necessarily directed at me, but are equally applicable to my business.

Plan of Action: During a 2 1/2 day mastermind, there is time to look into the future and make a plan for the next quarter. I write pages and pages of insights that I learn from feedback on my business as well as other inspiring ideas that were shared. At night and on the plane ride home, I organize my thoughts and ideas and create a concrete plan for the next 90 days. This is the blueprint for the business that keeps me on track (of course – all is added to the updated LifeVision)

Celebration: A critical piece of the mastermind – where we not only get to brag, but are actually required to talk about the top 3 things that are working in the business. Why? Because it’s fairly typical for an entrepreneur to be hard on themselves and to only look forward and forget about the progress they have already made. Oh…so guilty on this one. So take a deep breath and share your biggest breakthrough and accomplishment for the past few months!

Collaboration: Honestly, this is the ultimate fringe benefit of being in a mastermind. Now you have an entire group of people that are willing to work on projects with you (particularly Joint Ventures – JV’s that benefit both). In the past month I have Joint ventured with 2 of my mastermind members. This is a way to get exposure for my business to other types of people in other parts of the country! It’s so fun to host a call or plan a retreat as you get to know these team members and combine your strengths

Skill Set (implementing new ideas). As part of my current mastermind, my business coach takes several hours sprinkled throughout the 2.5 days to teach and train on topics that collectively the group is weak on. I love learning from someone who has already done what I’m aiming to do. I always find it uncanny how relevant the topics are to my own particular needs (the skill of a great business coach)

How to create your own Mastermind:

How to Create and Run a Mastermind Group

Create a Mastermind Group for your Coaching Market

7 Real-Life Tips for Creating a Successful Mastermind Group

What is the purpose of money in your life? By Greg Blackbourn

Annie — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:50:18 +0000

Having the appropriate mindset is the key to living a life of abundance, wealth, and prosperity. There is a phrase I tell all of my clients—in fact, I have it printed on a plaque in my office so that I can read it multiple times a day. It says this: “Money should not be the primary reason for doing or not doing anything”. So many people value money first—over their physical health, their mental and intellectual wellness, their relationships, and their spiritual well-being. They think that the only way to be rich is to have a lot of money, but this couldn’t be farther from the truth.

The truth is that this kind of mentality will never lead to wealth. Sure, it may lead to financial success, but even that isn’t guaranteed. More importantly, however, is the fact that wealth is more than just monetary success. Wealth comes from living a balanced life of abundance in all areas: physically, mentally, socially, spiritually, and financially. True wealth is being healthy enough to play with your kids. It means having the desire to constantly learn and grow mentally. It means having healthy, lasting relationships with your family, friends, and mentors. And yes, it can also mean having your finances in order so you aren’t constantly consumed with worry and fear.

This is where mindset becomes critical. You are either stuck in the bondage of a scarce mindset or you exist freely in the abundance mindset. In the scarce mindset, you push all other aspects of your well-being aside and focus solely on the collection of money. You are worried you won’t have enough to pay all your bills. You are afraid that your money will run out, so you save beyond what’s reasonable.

In the abundant mindset, however, you come to realize that those stuck in a consumptive mindset are allowing money and the fear of scarcity run their lives. You begin to truly see what wealth is. When your mindset starts to shift in this direction, you being to understand the importance of valuing yourself first.

I constantly ask those around me the following question: who is the most important person in your life? The answer is very simple: You! When you value yourself first and create a balance among all five areas of your life, you free yourself of the scarcity mindset and start living in the abundant mindset. This allows you to create conditions of extreme prosperity in your life.

Once you create these conditions, you become an asset to those around you. Only by putting yourself first can you truly be of service to others. When you live abundantly, money is no longer the primary reason for doing or not doing anything. With this mindset, you can truly live a life of abundance where you are constantly serving those around you. And this is the kind of lifestyle that produces real, lasting happiness.

~ Greg Blackbourn

Greg Blackbourn has been in the financial service industry for 14 years. He is the President of Vitality Life; a company that helps its members become educated and self-reliant in all aspects of their financial life: Savings, Protection, Investments, and Cash Flow Management. Greg has built a team of expert advisors to build a solid foundation for each client that. These experts work synergistically to bring a holistic experience to each person engaged in his process.

For the past 7 years, Greg has created abundance in his family life. He has spent a minimum of 2 hours each week one on one with each member of his family; wife Nicole and 6 children (5 boys and 1 little girl that will never date). In addition he has a minimum of 4 hours on top of that that he spends with the entire family together. It has been at least 20 hours per week of focused attention on his most important assets.

Greg enjoys building relationships with all of the people that come into his life. When he is not with his family or in the office, he can be found either on the golf course (99% of the time) or in the mountains shooting guns with his friends. People are his most important asset.

Greg Blackbourn
President
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BALANCE – the mother of all “practices”

Annie — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:42:39 +0000

Work too hard and your relationships suffer. Play too much and you can’t pay your bills. Exercise too much and your body doesn’t have time to recover. “Try” too hard and spontaneity suffer. Yeah…..you know what I’m talking about.

BALANCE – the ever-elusive but MOTHER of all practices! And it’s never ending – and I would say that it’s not something that is “achieved” but rather something you continually strive for or at the very least, strive to make peace with.

But even if you did achieve it, LIFE would come along and throw something at you that would mess it up! There is no state of motionlessness for a bike rider – it is constant motion or fall on your face (I did that once – first time with my new ‘clip ins”)

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving” – Albert Einstein

Here’s another little metaphor for Life and Balance. It’s like baking a loaf of bread. If you want to get it right, everything needs to be roughly in the proper proportions. For bread you measure volume – like cups and tablespoons. For LIFE, you measure your time!

The secret to the previous dilemmas of work versus relationships and play versus money is that it’s not solved by choosing one or the other, but by making the right allotments of time.

Ok – enough poetic philosophy (which I don’t mind writing a paragraph or two) but now it’s time to get down to the brass tacks!

What do you do to make your life work ? (in terms of balance?)

It’s a question I ask many friends, family, clients and business associates.

And it won’t be surprising to read that I’m going to recommend Ideal Lifevision as a great tool for helping you keep focused on the things that matter most to you. When you focus on what’s really important in your life – I would imagine (if you’re fairly normal) that you will find there are things from all areas of your life.

Your family is important.
Your relationship with God is important.
Your health is important.
Having enough money to enjoy life is important.
Being fulfilled in your career is important!

Now does Balance mean equal portions of time ? Remember back to the bread analogy and consider making your bread with 1 cup of flour, 1 cup of salt, 1 cup of water, 1 cup of yeast and 1 cup of oil – YUCK!! It wouldn’t look pretty and it wouldn’t taste pretty.

So for me – balance simply means working on at least 1 goal in each of the Life Areas. I typically try to work on more – but it’s important for my balance that I have at least one. And then it’s time to be realistic with your time. Use a calendar or a piece of paper and start blocking out the time to read to your son, mediate and connect with God, 30 minutes of exercise a day etc.

Because what you’re ultimately after – with the bread or with our LIFE is that quality experience!

Success Story – “Balance” – Brent Coles

The “Perfect” Body by Elizabeth Anderson

Annie — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:16:26 +0000

Do you look in the mirror and see flaws?

Well, you’re not alone. Most people, regardless of their weight, shape, or size notice extra weight on their butt, thighs, and legs. Maybe it makes them want to cry or just smash in the mirror.

Whether you’re a 300 pound mother of three or a fitness model in magazines, it doesn’t matter, we can still be critical of our bodies. There is always more we can do: another workout, more weight to lose, something else to fix.

We tell ourselves that if we have the “perfect” body, get Botox, lip injections, hair extensions, breast implants, or tummy tucks, this will make us feel beautiful and FINALLY love ourselves.

Maybe this is getting so exhausting and painful that we’re just done. So, we wake up one morning and look in the mirror and recognize it’s our beliefs that are causing us pain. We realize that no drop in weight or plastic surgeon’s scalpel will ever address these issues.

We start to connect the dots and pay attention to our emotions and beliefs even when it is painful.

Whether your beliefs and emotions make you want to lose 5 pounds or eat the entire house, both are to avoid and stuff the pain. The outside may look different; one of us is a size 2 and the other a size 20. The inside pain is the same. So, for the first time, we stop ourselves, we don’t avoid the feelings. Instead, we start to really examine our feelings and beliefs that are keeping us from loving ourselves.

With each limiting belief we let go of, we remember more of the truth about ourselves. We are perfect, beautiful, and worthy. No cellulite on our butts or number on the scale can EVER take that away!

It is up to each and everyone of us to look in the mirror and replace the hate with love, criticism with acceptance, and false beliefs with truth.

One woman at a time, it is up to us, it is up to ME, it is up to YOU. You have the power to change the world, and change the course of humanity. It is time that you create a world where every woman and young girl knows her worth and value and this starts with loving yourself.

Welcome Beautiful Women!

Here’s more from the amazing Elizabeth Anderson:

http://youtu.be/Vgqzl3eEkGs

Join Elizabeth and Ann for the IdealVision Expert Call on Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 3PM MT. She’ll share the top action steps to create the body and health you deserve!

Thursday, April 19th at 3:00pm Mountain
Dial in number: (206) 402-0100
Pin code: 435982#
Click here to listen via the Web

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As president of Elizabeth Anderson Fitness, Elizabeth teaches both men and women to GET FIT, LOOK FABULOUS, and FEEL AMAZING! She is the creator of the “LOVE to LOSE lifestyle; a step-by-step program to LOVE YOURSELF and LOSE WEIGHT”.

Elizabeth has been named a CitiHealth Fitness/Nutrition expert and publishes a monthly article in Healthy Utah Magazine. She was also recently featured on ABC4 news with one of her clients who has lost 50 lbs. using Elizabeth’s program.

You can get your special free report at: http://elizabethanderson.com/

The Business of Marriage

Annie — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:09:54 +0000

In case you missed it, I interviewed Shannon and Dino Watt, Founds of The Business of Marriage. Honestly, it was one of my favorite calls. They are on my Board of Experts because when it comes to relationships, especially marriage, there’s no one better.

We had a great time on this call talking about:

1. The difference between “going out” and “date night”

2. How to really communicate with your spouse

3. How to use your spouse’s Love Language (or Love CURRENCY) to improve marriage/communication

4. A great way to communicate about SEX !!

Dino and Shannon are both advocates of Ideal LifeVision and offered some great tips of things to include in your LifeVision – and even how to phrase it! It was a lively call with some great tips of creating Your Ideal Relationships! Take the time to listen to this call. You’ll love it!

I Hired an Image Consultant

Annie — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:22:51 +0000

This week I experienced something in my life that was LONG overdue! I hired an image consultant. This came about because my closet was full but “I have nothing to wear!”. Seriously, I’m sure some of you can relate. I can pull a hanger out and my dress doesn’t fall to the ground because I have so many UNWORN clothes!

Something had to change when my son said “You’re wearing that AGAIN?” If your teenage son notices, you know you’re in trouble!!

So Tressa Branin is my new image consultant and I’m so excited! We spent a couple hours doing a lot of things:

We determined my “style” by going through a questionaire. I was a mix of “natural” and “dramatic”. So Tressa determined I was Urban Hippie! YES! I love that. (If I had turned out to be a romantic frillie, I would have fired her!
Next we went through my body shape – oh, painful when she had to cross examine every aspect of my body. But the results weren’t shocking. I’m pretty average across the board other than long legs and short waist,
Color analysis – you know the drill – draping those color swatches around your neck to see if you look like death or ALIVE! Me? Cool Colors? I was shocked. Trying to make peace with the fact that yellow and green (at least the shade I love) don’t look good on me!
THE CLOSET – prior to Tressa coming – I had the homework assignment of going piece by piece through my entire closet and throwing out what I knew I shouldn’t be hanging on it. But then, Tressa transformed into Stacy London (the hilarious co-host of What Not To Wear – one of my favorite shows years back). Literally, she made me try it on and then…..SHE TOLD THE TRUTH!!! Enlightening, entertaining and Educational! (Sorta sad when she took several fairly new outfits with her and told me she was taking them so they didn’t find their way back into my closet.

As part of my consultation, I also received access to http://www.totalstylesolutions.myprivatestylist.com/ This is an awesome site that gives me 50 pages of the styles I should be wearing (and not wearing)that compliment my body type.

Bottom line ….here’s what I got:

A big smile on my face
An organized wardrobe and closet
A list of my next purchases that MAKE SENSE and will work with what I have
The knowledge I need to coordinate my wardrobe so that it’s cost effective
A long list of what I can and shouldn’t wear
My colors!
My Style
A great new friendship with the amazing Tressa Branin.

Now nothing changes overnight – I haven’t gone shopping yet. I want to be strategic but I am definitely on the right track!

You should do it! Here’s her info:

Tressa Branin

Image Consultant

Total Style Solutions

www.totalstylesolutions.com

(801) 755-0925

Start a Movement! ~Ann Webb

Annie — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:25:23 +0000

This past week, I had the opportunity of going to Orlando, Florida to be a sponsor at Be The Change Event – a movement created by Suzanne Evans. Suzanne’s taglines include: “Make a Difference” ”Marketing Your Movement” ”Start a movement.” These ideas resonate with most of the people I associate myself with – whether business colleagues or clients.

Who doesn’t want to make a difference on this planet and create momentum through a movement ?? But only 1 paragraph into this article, you may be asking yourself – exactly what is a movement?

Let’s start with what a movement is NOT:

It’s not just a vague, non-specific Shout-out such as “Transformation – Living your True Potential” (Huh?)
It’s not something that you and you alone are passionate about (“I’m bringing back the Chia pet!!)
It’s not something you can do without stretching and strengthening yourself through massive growth. (blogging, speaking from the stage, marketing, designing, products, services etc)
It’s not an ego trip, where you’re the Sage on the Stage and this is only about your own gratification.

No – Movement is much bigger than that. It may begin with something you’re solely passionate about – but you find you are compelled to share it with others who quickly become passionate about it as well. Others join you and your movement is born.

That’s how Ideal LifeVision became a movement! But in all candidness, Ideal LifeVision had a rocky beginning. In the late 80‘s when I first began sharing how this amazing tool skyrocketed me out of poverty, I was taken back by the reaction I got. “You what? Talk to youself on a tape recorder? Seriously? That is SOO WEIRD!!”. With people literally laughing behind my back, I knew it was an idea who’s time was not yet, but down the road a bit. It took another 15 years before this movement would be embraced by the masses.

But in 2005, I knew it’s time had come and I was ready to roll Ideal LifeVision out as THE goal setting tool that would change the lives of thousands, hundreds of thousands and eventually millions (still pluggin away!)

So here’s the questions to ask yourself to find out if what you’ve got is worthy of a MOVEMENT:

Is it ongoing and ever-expanding? Will it stand the test of time and be around next year?
Does it have a specific aim and outcome ?
Is it something that will require you to grow and change as your movement develops?
Will it change your inner world first?
Is it the driving force behind everything you do?
Does it leverage your history, struggles and successes to impact your tribe in a positive way?
Do people resonate and connect with you when you describe it?
Do others want to join you and become a part of what you’re creating?
Does it have the potential of creating “fanatics”?

Your movement may be about a social cause. It may revolve around around a product or service you’ve created. Seth Godin, one of the most revered marketing gurus of our time knows a lot about creating Tribes and Movements. In his famous Ted Talk “Create a Movement” he says that every now and then “someone stands up and says: this one is important. This is a cause that I am passionate about and I want to organize people around me to help get something done.” He ends with “go out and create a movement”.

So is it your time? Will your passion become the next movement? Share with us, what your movement is!