Are you a Mom? If so, thank you for making life fun, fulfilling and meaningful

I know how much the Moms in my life do for me, and mean to me – and I have the same deep gratitude for any woman who has had the title “Mom” in her life.

So thank you

As we grow and more people join the team and become customers of our products, more powerful and amazing women reveal themselves — and because of that — live’s are transforming in ways no one could have guessed when we launched Empower Network back in late 2011.

When the original vision was set in stone for Empower Network by Dave Wood and I back in mid 2011, I had a dream we would show people how to transform into their most powerful selves, and learn how to use all their past “baggage” as motivation for themselves and inspiration for other people. However, that concept has taken on a life of it’s own.

A lot of the progress we’ve made is because of the women here at Empower Network.

I’ve watched some of you come out of your shells.

I’ve watched a lot of you step into your power.

I’ve seen many of you venture out and do things you weren’t sure you could do.

And I’ve watched you NAIL it, and prove to yourself and the world that you’re meant for greatness, and that you can change people’s lives with your words and experience.

On this Mothers Day I want you all (both men and woman) to remember a lesson I learned back in 2008 when I got clean from a long battle with alcoholism and addiction (which I’m still clean and sober from over 5 years later).

The lesson came unexpectedly when I started to go into treatments centers, institutions and jails to speak to men who were in the same desperate place I once was — trying to overcome their struggles and find a new way to live. I would build relationships with these men, and they would tell me how they were going to get out and stay clean, take care of their families and change their lives for the better. But not all of them did. And that started to cause me to second guess what I was doing.

Until one day I was venting some of my frustration to one of my earlier mentors, and he said, “David, the only thing you can give someone is hope. Nothing else. The rest is up to them”. He went on to point out something that has changed my life to this day.

He said, “A year ago, David, you couldn’t stay clean. You tried everything. You changed friends. You tried geographical changes. You even had judges, authority figures and family members tell you — even beg you — to stop trying to kill yourself. It was ONLY when you started to get outside of yourself and help others that you found a way out”

That conversation changed my life, and still to this day – is why I do what I do.

What does that have to do with Mothers Day, you say? I believe Mothers have the same effect. I also believe Fathers do, too. I believe when we lift each other up, we also lift ourselves up. When we lift our children up, we lift ourselves up.

So Ladies: keep lifting each other up. Keep telling your stories. Keep being fearlessly honest, even when you think you’ll be judged for it. And remember, the people that matter don’t judge, and the people that judge don’t matter. There’s a woman sitting somewhere right now who desperately needs to hear what you have to say. So say it.

And Fellas: don’t ever give up on your dreams. Life is not about being a tough guy. I wasted a lot of my years protecting my damaged ego because I didn’t want anyone to know who I really was, and how I really felt inside. I ran from my own shadow, and hid from my fears and insecurities on the streets and in places I feel terror when I think of today. I covered up my feelings anyway I could, mostly with drugs and alcohol. It was ultimately the people who I was running from who helped me saved my life. One last lesson I’ll share today that I learned on my journey, is: there is no competition in life or business, there’s only collaboration. Lock arms, and hold on tight to your brothers and sisters. They might save your ass, or your life, sometime down the road.

I gotta run. We’re having some Moms over today, and my daughter Bailee and I are repsonsible for the dessert. Enjoy your day, Moms

- David Sharpe
“I Rose Up From The Ashes . . .”

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Your iPhone, I'm sad to say, is not like Las Vegas: What happens there often does not stay there.

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The subject of a brief controversy stirred up by Business Insider, Apple recently changed the way it identifies your device, starting with iOS 6, for advertisers that serve you well-aimed ads. To which you might reasonably reply: "Wait a minute -- Apple is identifying my advice for advertisers so that they can serve me well-aimed ads?!?!"

Welcome to 2012, where pretty much everything with a battery is tracking you, and every site that prompts you to enter a login and password is trying to provide you with relevant ads.

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No matter: Turn "Limit Ad Tracking" on. You will still see ads on your phone, but they won't be "targeted" to you based on your activity.

2. Opt Out Of Targeted iAds

To more thoroughly block targeted ads, you can specifically prevent Apple's own iAd system from tracking your behavior and presenting ads based on that activity.

To do so, open Safari on your iPhone and visit http://oo.apple.com. There you'll see a screen asking if you want to opt out of Interest Based iAds. If you flip the switch to "Off," the ads you see will not be based on your history. Instead, they will be general, non-targeted advertisements. (See? Flip the switch to "Off" when you want to turn something off. How hard was that?)

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While you're tweaking your iAds, you might also shut off location-based iAds, or advertisements based on your current location. Go into Settings, then Privacy, then Location Services, then System Settings (at the bottom), then switch "Location-Based iAds" to the "Off" position.

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With the Safari browser in iOS 6, Apple also introduces a "Do Not Track" feature, which denies websites you visit the ability to track you both on their page and on other websites you visit when you leave.

I know, I know, it's a radical concept: Once you leave a website, that website no longer tracks your behavior. It's like, when I leave my friend's apartment, do I expect him to secretly embed a spy camera on my backpack so that he can keep an eye on my every movement outside of his home?

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Unlike William's creepiness, however, there is an "Off" switch for website tracking! To enable Do Not Track on your iPhone, you need to turn on "Private Browsing." Open up Settings, and then go into the Settings for Safari. Switch Private Browsing to "On" and your phone will start sending a Do Not Track message to any website you visit.

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These three tips should put your mind at ease about the extent to which your iPhone behavior is being tracked. Again, it's not a wholesale solution to your iPhone-tracking concerns, but it will greatly reduce the more suspect, easily-preventable data-collecting activity.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go check my backpack for spy cameras.

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I was a national sales trainer for AT&T for several years and still do a large amount of speaking and training in that arena (financial planning, real estate, insurance etc.). Without question, I suggest that the majority of sales people, and sales managers alike, tap into but a fraction of their full potential.

Over the years I have been commissioned to address this issue, and I have dramatically changed my viewpoint and my approach based upon years of observing the "best of the best" and the "worst of the worst".

Consequently, I can without question assure you that sales performance and long term results have little to do with skills. Now this is often thought to be a radical statement when first made, but I can once again assure you that it is an absolute truth. Moreover, the same holds true for leadership and teamwork which are concepts I speak and consult on as well. How can this be?....when there are countless training courses, speakers, and experts teaching and providing skills around the country?

We have all heard about the number of clients that a typical sales person gets in front of on a daily basis (actually the "lack there of" is more accurate). We have all heard about how many appointments they DON'T set. We have heard success is about technology, product knowledge, listening, selling benefits (versus features), and finally closing techniques. But I assure you....these are the EFFECTS versus the CAUSE of poor performance and lack of harnessing your true potential.

Think about this. With my years of experience in the field I can provide the skills to a sales person that will guarantee them 6 figures or better....guaranteed! But if I give $100,000 skills to a $25,000 performer who continues to think $25,000 thoughts....what results are they going to produce? The answer is obviously $25,000. This truth addresses the great dilemma we have faced in the education and true empowerment of our people.

Why is it that some people will go through a new sales experience and absolutely put their career and results into high-velocity while others going through the same training do absolutely nothing? Same training, same skills, but extremely different results.

Once again....it's not about skills.

Think once again. If you compare the skill difference of a $250,000 performer to the skill level of a $25,000 performer....comparing SKILL LEVEL ALONE, is there that much difference? Is the $250,000 performer TEN TIMES more SKILLED then the $25,000 performer? Of course not.

In measuring skill alone there will be a "razors edge" difference between the two.

However, if you look at the continual thought process (how they think day to day) of the $250,000 performer compared to the thought processes of the $25,000 performer is there a difference? The way they make decisions....the way they leverage and utilize their time...is there a difference? The things they do and don't believe (about the world and themselves), their self-image....is there a difference?
In these comparisons you will find a HUGE disparity between the two regarding their THOUGHT PROCESSES.

The point being, the actions we do or do not take....the skills we do and do not apply, are driven by the paradigm from which we operate. If you want to become a millionaire....you must develop a $1,000,0000 paradigm. In other words, you must start thinking, making decisions, and taking action like the performer you want to become. This is very frightening for the average individual. However, by making decisions and taking actions base upon "today's current reality" you doom yourself to set no records. At best you create a "repeat" of yesterday's results; and often in today's rapid pace, a repeat may even be in question.

Your paradigm is totally unconscious and yet, it drives ALL actions and subsequent results in your sales profession as well as your life. While there has been much talk about paradigms in the last ten years, very few people know what they are and even less know how to address and change them.

Briefly, your paradigm is the combination of your experiences, values, beliefs, self-image, attitudes and habits that are lodged in your subconscious mind. They determine every action and every result you have in your life. When I'm asked to work with sales people, whether in my personal coaching, workshops, or speaking engagements, I can typically assist them to double or triple their results by dealing with the foundational CAUSE.

I am not suggesting that skills are not important....they are. But ONLY if they are laid upon a firm foundation of winning thought. This is much more than just motivation or "positive thinking". If you want to change or improve your results you must change and improve yourself at the CAUSAL level. Your paradigm is the cause! Long term success is not about acquiring new skills it's about shifting your paradigm. Success is about creating and sustaining a winning paradigm.

"To ignore the power of paradigms to influence your judgment is to put yourself at risk when exploring the future. To be able to shape your future you have to be ready and able to change your paradigm."

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