We have all been there …

Feeling like our world is crashing around us …

Financial noose around our necks with savings accounts evaporating and creditors calling …

Relationships strained and kids uncommunicative …

The weight just stays on and the pains won’t subside …

Can’t sleep for the worries and our gut is in knots …

What do we need to escape from this hamster wheel, running in an endless circle day in and day out?

HOPE

Hope is a life force …

It keeps people alive in dire circumstances

It allows them the space to takes steps toward their goals and dreams, however small

As hope is nurtured, people move from hoping for a happier, healthier future

to actually having one

I recently read an article written by David B. Ward, PhD., a professor at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington where he defines hope as “a belief and a feeling that a desired outcome is possible”

Dr. Ward goes on to suggest that the  foundations of hope are Options, Action, Evidence and Connection

How much hope one allows oneself about the desired outcome is directly related to the belief and feeling that options exist to achieve that outcome

The greater number of options, the more likely one feels hopeful

Hope is sustained or diminished  by your belief and feeling that you are willing and able to ACT on those options

And hope is influenced by the evidence you have that the desired outcome is possible

For example, if you have accomplished a task or seen others like yourself achieve that goal, you are much more likely to feel hope that you can too

Finally, your hope is directly related to your feeling of connection to others who support or help you to achieve your desired outcome – it is entirely RELATIONAL

Our hope truly increases as we are surrounded by others who support our hope

Each of us can be a beacon of hope for someone else as we help them

Discover options …

Work toward action…

Remember evidence …

And create connections around their goals and dreams

I encourage you to let me help you

Together we can create a space where hope – your hope – can prevail

And you can begin living a life where you can Imagine Your Possibilities

This business opportunity!

That marketing tool!

Those not-to-be-missed business seminars!

Got to have, know, be, do it ALL if you are going to be a successful marketer!

NOT!

So how do you sort the Great from the Good, the Essential from the Excessive?

Well …

It starts with you…

In the same sense that you CANNOT be all things to all people

Every tool, trick, strategy, biz opp and gizmo is not going to be right for you

Getting distracted by each bright and shiny object as it splashes on the scene

guarantees one thing …

In no time at all you will be out of money, out of energy and feeling stupid …

You would be better off to sit down, with your laptop or yellow legal pad

And write a narrative (take your time – this is a process)

About who YOU are, what YOUR interests, skills, talents and gifts are

And what you are prepared to offer as you work on developing your own unique ability …

Excel at coaching?

Systems wizard?

Ace copywriter?

Natural in front of the camera?

Really drilling down to find that THING that excites you no end

That feels like a effortless form of communication for you

And working from that place first – this is KEY

You can delegate, outsource, automate all those other tasks that leave you feeling

Bogged down, worn out, frustrated

And concentrate on developing what you LOVE to do

So it can find expression and add value to the lives of others

When in doubt, check in with your gut!

As you consider an approach that you think you HAVE to do

(Since clearly everyone ELSE in this online world seems to do it effortlessly)

And it is just NOT speaking to you

Trust Your Gut!

When you have really taken the time to identify your unique gifts

The mentors who will assist you to develop those talents

Will magically appear – it’s Law!

And you will begin to attract those individuals who are meant for YOU!

So the S**T has hit the fan …

Finances are in shambles …

Sleep is not happening …

You struggle through your work day and you struggle at home

You’re constantly tired, probably overweight, and sick of looking at yourself in the mirror

And you’ve forgotten completely what it means to work at something

That feels meaningful and on purpose

Worry and stress are your constant companions

Except for those times when you are simply PISSED that got yourself here

And you know you’ve got to make some changes

So now what…?

You didn’t get here overnight, you won’t emerge in 5 minutes either

But there are steps you can take to redirect your course

And you have started simply by admitting, finally admitting, there is a problem…

And now it is my turn

If you will allow me to assist you

And offer the prospect of a different reality, a different perspective

I would like to show you how you can OBLIGATE success

Starting NOW

If you are doing Poverty

It is because you have a philosophy that supports it

Which will persist until you understand WHY that philosophy is there in the first place

As my uncommon mentor Joe Schroeder so eloquently states

“Ingenuity arrives when you are in a situation so painful

That you are driven to change;

The aggravation of being in it gives your brain the impetus to figure out

HOW to escape from a situation that doesn’t fit”

And there is help awaiting you

In the power of association

Where you reacquaint yourself with what you have always known

But may have temporarily forgotten

And you insert yourself into the company of those who are where you want to be

Learn the way to stand above your circumstances

And be amazed as those circumstances transform