Zig Ziglar’s “Consistently Persistent” Mentality

I have not been very “Consistently Persistent” lately.  In fact I have fallen off the wagon over the past couple of months.  I was so inspired when I started this blog and I was even more inspired when I built and started pitching my website (www.OurHealthyVillage.com …Check it out! 😉 ) back in March.  I thought I would be an automatic success and I would be able to blog about it, maybe write a book and do some talks and help others achieve their goals… And then I realized delays and set backs.  I basically ran out of money to live off of while I was getting my website out there.  As a result I have had to put things on the back burner and work towards other aims just to get by….

But “this morning I woke up feeling brand new, I jumped up, feeling my highs and my lows, in my soul and my goals…”  I love Talib Kweli!

I started the day off with a quick meditation and took a walk.  While I walked I was listening to a Seth Godin podcast and Tom Ziglar, Zig Ziglar’s son, was being interviewed.  If you have never heard any of Zig Ziglar’s talks, I highly recommend that you check him out, especially if you are a fellow entrepreneur.  Very motivational.  Anyhow, so Tom Ziglar mentioned an idea of his dad’s which was the idea of being consistently persistent.  I looked inward and asked myself if I was truly being consistently persistent.  Just the fact that I haven’t written a blog in months answers that question.  So here I am, giving it another shot.

The best part of where I am sitting right now is the fact that I have experienced a great set back and a huge disappointment after spending so much time talking myself and my ideas for the website up to where I thought it was going to be too easy.  It has been a good reality check, but at the same time, to tell myself that I won’t back down, that I want to make this work, that I AM going to make this work… I am going to work towards being consistently persistent and success will just follow!

Thanks for reading and have a great day! 🙂

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Great Bill Cosby Quote!

The Thing About Love…

The thing about love…It’s crazy what it makes you do and think.  How we behave, how we see ourselves, how we change through it and for it.  I’ve been in love…many times.  That one time I committed to marriage, for nine years.  Gave those years to that one person.  The one that meant so much before I was old enough to even know what that truly meant.  But still I rode it out, until it died that slow, quiet death.  When you come to the point where the passion has been gone for so long and there is nothing else holding on to you and you can finally look at that person and honestly say “we did the best we could, but it was over quite a few years ago.”  And then there was the rebound…It was a passionate love, accompanied by the notion that I was not going to make the same mistakes that I made with my marriage.  I vowed to myself that I was going to be fierce and express what I want and not settle for less.  He loved that openness  and honesty and passion.  It was nothing he had ever known before, and it scared him.  A love without the typical complications?  It couldn’t be real!  Years after the demise of that love, he still sends me messages every year when he is intoxicated and is reminded by the loneliness of the holidays. and I appreciate those moments of the residual emotions…And then there was the most profound love.  I could write a book on what love should look like based on this one.  But circumstances supposedly pulled it apart.  I decided to be more honest, than fierce.  To really give myself up to the one, and be me completely for him.  It seemed perfect, unhindered, at first.  This grand love was not to be so.  Full of deceit and fear on both his part as well as mine.  Cherishing so much what it was, I almost would’ve told myself anything to believe it was right…All in all, what I did learn is that true love is not created with or for someone else.  True love is the love one has for themselves.  True love is when one does not need the reassurance, or affirmation, or accommodation of others.  It is once you are so sound and comfortable with being in a room by yourself, hearing your own voice, and developing a positive and healthy relationship with the inner chatter that you can actually learn to appreciate the company with another human being, hopefully with another human being that appreciates there own inner dialogue just the same.  So my advice to you, keep practicing loving and accepting.  Be kind to yourself.  Be passionate about all that is around you, all that you are about and eventually you will find the one that is equally as passionate about you.  Namaste! 🙂

My Attempt at Grabbing My 15 Minutes of Fame!

So my good friend, Shalene, came across a contest through a talk show that she follows and told me about it.  The contest was to pitch a great business idea and win a $20,000 prize!  She suggested I give it a shot.  To begin with, it was such a great feeling knowing that one of my dear friends had such faith in me and my business venture.  So I was on my way, seeking out my 15 minutes of fame!

The contest was sponsored by Skype and the idea was to use Skype to send a quick video message explaining my business idea.  I was so inspired!  I wrote out a script, rehearsed it about 50 times, I set up a lovely backdrop behind me, and logged onto Skype.  It was so great because it gave me an opportunity to really get my message direct, precise and to the point in less than two minutes…Click Send!  And wait…and wait…and wait some more!

I meditated on it for days!  I visualized what it will be like to sit on the couch and be interviewed by the show’s host.  I had read somewhere that to really program your thoughts and subconscious chatter, it is a good trick to write down what your burning desire is.  Everyday, I wrote “I won $20,000” about thirty times in my journal and then read it back.  I was in the zone!  Like an Olympic athlete, I visualized exactly how it was all going to go down!  Then I started thinking to myself, if I only have fifteen minutes of fame, what could I say to fully utilize my short time and truly impact my life, impact others lives, impact the world?!  I mean, in my mind, I was absolutely going to be placed in front of a million+ viewers!  How incredible it would be to be on that platform and not to mention how $20,000 would catapult my health and wellness internet company to the next level!  I was really pumping myself up!  My heart and mind was spinning!  My daily attitude was so positive, people noticed the extra pep in my step!  I was planning on hanging on to this feeling for the rest of my life, it felt so good…And I hadn’t even won yet!…

SO, the waiting was over, and the results were in.  I was not one of the three finalists.  My business involves connecting local businesses that offer health and wellness solutions with the community, all with the hopes to raise up the local economy collectively.  My plan is to increase social awareness and health consciousness.  Really make an honest and sincere difference in this world!  What I did not consider was the premise of the talk show and the audience.

This talk show focused more on finding the best fashion trends, the best wrinkle cream and the how-to’s such as how-to please your husband, how-to get your kids to school on time and still look good doing it!  All important subjects to many people, but may not be quite the audience or more importantly the atmosphere conducive for my particular genre.  Regardless, this was a great, eye-opening experience for me as a budding entrepreneur!

I learned many things!  For one, it is all about the market segment, the audience.  I know now that I need to be very aware as to who I am speaking to and at what time of the day it is.  Certain times of the day we may be a fashionista, car-pooling mothers and at other times we are health nuts looking to find a great yoga instructor.  So yes, market awareness is crucial!

The other lesson I learned is that a good positive attitude and a definite purpose does wonders!  Visualizing the end result and being at that peak energetic level makes the creation of any project or business venture that much more exciting and invigorating!  So many business gurus and motivational writers and speakers such as Tony Robbins, Brian Tracy, Les Brown, Earl Nightingale, Jim Rohn, Napoleon Hill (and the list goes on) all send out a similar messages.  Develop a burning, undeniable desire and visualize the desired results until you accomplish your goals.  I vow to myself that I will not stop and I will continue to be excited and preserver and know that my success is inevitable!

 Know that your success is inevitable as well!  Go out there and achieve your dreams and goals!  In the words of one of the greatest bands of all time, Journey, “Don’t Stop Believing!”