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Why Small Business Owners Don’t Take Vacations & Why They Should

Many of us postpone creating our True Life Goals because we wrongly prioritize the importance of tasks.  First, let’s look at Why Small Business Owners Don’t Take Vacations: We say: I can play AFTER the work is done I can work out When I’m Finished Working I can only Take a Vacation After I meet my quotas We put our clients before ourselves, our stress …

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How to Start Your Own Startup for under $100!

So, you are interested in creating a $100 Startup Business? Doing a business that you love? Possibly a company you can run from anywhere?  In that case, I have a recommendation for you. You need to read Chris Guillebeau’s book The $100 Startup: In this post, I’m going to go through some of the most important topics, tell you why they work, and get you started …

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Overcoming Perfectionism

One of the biggest issues that business owners and all of my clients have is a disease called Perfectionism.  I call this a disease, because it is.  It is debilitating, and it stops you from getting what you really want in life.  It makes you feel awful, and it is not (by any stretch of the imagination) improving your life in any way.  In this …

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Want to Change Your Life? Change Your Attitude About Work

Today I want to share something with you that might be the biggest breakthrough that I’ve ever had related to work.  If you want to change your life, change your attitude about work.  But first… a little history. Working as a Child For as long as I can remember, I worked. My parents would put us to work in the yard, I’d work on weekends, …

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Business Success Tip: Get Over Your Old Stories

One topic I would like to write about today is the idea of making up stories.  We make up stories all the time.  We have stories about ourselves, about other people, and even about the world–and the way that the world works.  The best way to become more successful in life and in business is to Get Over Your Old Stories. What is interesting about …

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Find Your Spark, and Ignite the Fire Within!

My whole life, I’ve been searching for something.  For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to do something great.  I’ve wanted to build something, and be a part of something big.  I’ve wanted to help people to accomplish great things.  I’ve wanted to Find My Passion  and share them with the world.  And – I want YOU to find Your Passion, as …

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Your Free 50 Page eBook: Lifestyle Mastery -Love Your Business & Your Life!

Happy New Year! As you all know, I’ve been hard at work putting together this eBook.  I’m releasing it NOW and I’m releasing it for FREE because I want to do everything I can to help you achieve all of your personal and business goals in 2011! So, What’s in the eBook? Lifestyle Mastery- Love Your Business & Your Life is an overview of the first three …

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Look For Me on Discovery Channel!

Just a quick blurb to let you all know that the show I filmed with Discovery Channel is going to air in Asia and the South Pacific.   FUN ASIA Southern Thailand   is showing 3 times on TrueVision, on Discovery TLC   Monday, Dec 20, 1 pm, Friday, Dec 24, 5 am, & Friday, Dec 24, 1 pm   Here’s a write up on …

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Pat Flynn Rocks at Smart Passive Income & You Can Too!!

You ever see a cool new car -and all the sudden- you see it everywhere? That’s kind of how it is with Pat Flynn from Smart Passive Income. I first came across him in an interview from John at JetSetCitizen.  After that, I saw him EVERYWHERE.  It makes you wonder… was the car there all along?  For the record, Pat has been there for quite …

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Learning From Children, Teaching Abroad

As many of you know I’ve taken up teaching in Thailand.  I had nearly ten months of pure vacation and wanted to give back something more to the community.  Also, after multiple visa fiascos, some soul searching, and deciding that I want to stay on in this country, I’ve found it most useful to have a work permit. The short of it is that if …

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Interview with Robin Esrock: Travel Journalist, Blogger & TV Star of Word Travels

If you’ve ever dreamed of becoming a professional globe-trotter and getting paid to see the world, read on.  I’m really excited to share Robin Esrock’s story and how he went from traveling and blogging to getting published and then hosting a major travel show on television.  I’m sure you’ll find this success story as inspirational as I have… You have a very exciting story about …

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The Importance of a Great Coach

If you’ve been following along with some of my updates on Facebook, you’ll know I’ve been getting my butt kicked severely by my friend Kris.  After spending ten weeks eating and partying too much in Bangkok, I realized I really needed to Get In Shape Girl! As luck (or the Universe) would have it, the second I got back down here and announced my new …

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Letting go of the Fairytale and Taking Personal Responsibility

Here it is.  The moment of truth.  I, like most of my female counterparts, have held onto the Disney dream that it was only a matter of time until the man in shining armor arrived at my door, ready to tell me wonderful things, take me amazing places, and pay off my credit card debt.  He’s handsome, strong, and happy to do it.  Oh, and …

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Interview with Sharon Hurley Hall, Get Paid to Write Online

As part of the inspiring force to help you ‘take the leap of faith’, we will be conducting mini interviews featuring global entrepreneurs who have become “Business Backpackers”. Because we are all busy traveling, working, and having loads of fun, it is a short list of questions that will hopefully give you a quick glimpse of others “Living the Life”. Our forth  mini-view comes from …

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Finding Yourself in Remote Locations

There are moments in life where we get a glimpse of our true nature.  We find a piece or a reminder of what and who we are.  We see moments of time slow and we feel the remembering set in.  We remember – if only for a moment why we came; we know innately that we have a true purpose and feel the very depth …

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Trusting Your Intuition and Going on Faith

“It’s the possibility that keeps me going, not the guarantee, a sort of wager on my part.  And though you may call me a dreamer or a fool or any other thing, I believe that anything is possible.” -Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook When I was younger, I didn’t know what to believe, or who to believe.  My mother and father had very different opinions and …

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How To Run a Location Independent Busines

Many people would love the opportunity to run their business from anywhere in the world. I must admit, I am happy every day that I have this amazing opportunity to operate my business abroad. I spent about two years establishing my business & lifestyle consulting practice and getting my systems in place. I always had the idea in my head to become a location independent …

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How to Reduce Your Responsibility (part II)

“The cause of any and all stress in my life has largely been due to the belief that I was somehow responsible for other people or things outside of my control.” Let’s face it: this world can be scary, unpredictable, and changes ALL THE TIME. This is why we have learned that “The only constant IS CHANGE”. So, living in a world of constant change …

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Notes From Chris Guillebeau’s 279 DAYS TO OVERNIGHT SUCCESS

Chris Guillebeau 279 Days to Overnight Success Every so often I come across something brilliant that needs to be shared. Download this, read and learn, print it and wear it, but whatever you do, don’t pass it over…don’t tell yourself, “Oh, I’ll download it later,” because you won’t; just DO IT NOW and thank me later! Chris Guillebeau’s 279 Days to Overnight Success: http://chrisguillebeau.com/3×5/overnight-success There …

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Female Traveling Solo, Going it Alone

Sometimes, when you really want something in life, you have to go it alone. Being a female traveling solo and going it alone can be an overwhelming and scary adventure, at first. With all of my travels in my life I have had somewhat of an itinerary, except now. This makes for an interesting scenario. First, I don’t know where I’m going, and then, I …

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Finding Utopia: How to Find Utopia by Thomas More

One day, as I was walking around Ao Nang, I found Utopia—well, the book, anyway. I was intrigued by the name and picked it up in a used bookstore for 140 Baht. I must say that this has been the best purchase that I have made in Thailand and is one of the most amazing reads I’ve come across in YEARS.  On my personal quest …

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A Lesson on Letting Go, or, Mai Pen Rai

The last time I was in Thailand was in 2003, right before the Tsunami hit. While many things have changed and most things look entirely different, there is one thing that has not: the people. The most refreshing thing about Thailand is the beauty of its people. For someone who has never been here, it is difficult to explain, however, I think it can be …