The Law of Attraction - Breaking the Prosperity Ceiling

Like ripples in the ocean, love has no bounds. Those who understand the imprint of their choices on life, begin early to comprehend the value of saying what they truly want to happen.

What you speak out of your mouth will happen.

Speak only truth and good into existence. Positive encouragement should be spoken and will result in positive encouragement. The distance between what you speak and what you become is your faith and belief.

Those who speak power and positive assurance, live the reality of their dream. Positive constructive thought and action implant the reality into their joy of living and their reality grows into a positive existence for those around them.

Can you visualize what you say? When you see it, you create it. The power of positive constructive thought reveals the reality of the ripples as they do exist.

Just as a ripple in the ocean is unending, so is your thought and voice. Speak positive power into reality with the ripples of attraction drawing them back to you and break the prosperity ceiling.

More information about the law of attraction and how you can Break the Prosperity Ceiling will soon be posted right here… Stay tuned!

Posted on December 23rd, 2008 by admin  |  No Comments »

Leaders do one thing well — LEAD

Everybody wants to know what a leader does, and that’s easy. He, or she, leads WELL!

When I awakened this morning, I did what I do every morning, checked my email on the way to the bathroom. (Yes, I’m adicted.) It’s as automatic as checking my voicemail and my text messages. My daughter go home from work last night (okay, I’ll admit, I got that text before I went to sleep) safe. I had three voice mails from yesterday that hadn’t showed up yet when I went to bed - do they have voice mail lag? And I had a tweet from Jeff Herring (who went to bed AFTER I did last night) who was awake a whole hour before me in a different time zone. SHEESH JEFF!!!

He’s a leader. Of course, he has a life. But he makes the time to lead his troop of article marketers in their drive to provide quality content. What’s he doing? He’s writing - of course.

I had four other really important emails. Two from motivators who schedule their email messages to be delivered early in the morning, so their readers receive motivation early in the morning - they’re leaders too. Two from readers of my messages who wanted more information about last night’s motivational email message.

Are you looking for motivation? Visit a leader… Motivation comes with the territory.

Jan Verhoeff

Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by admin  |  No Comments »

Light it up - Those Blinking Christmas Lights

It seems some complain about the lights of celebration, but should they?

During the fall, we listen to weekly Friday night football games in the community stadium with the frequent BOOM of the cannon whenever we get a touch down, not to mention the BLAZING lights of the stadium while the game is going on and on into the night while the cleanup crew work to prevent people’s trash from being blown through the neighborhood. Not complaining, just a comparison.

During all seasons we listen to boom-boom base rapping up and down the streets from the hoodlam’s boomboxes slung over their shoulders or strapped into their cars with all the windows down.

Sports tournaments take over all the local radio stations and disrupt traffic through a small town where their sporty parades fill up mainstreet three or four days out of the year. Life stops here if we go to state, the majority of the businesses close down and people call off work so they can attend the state championships.

These are NOT complaints. I wouldn’t change a single event. I love them all.

But… Christmas lights, even blinking ones that run all night, Christmas Carols and music in the neighbors yard is simply a method of people sharing their holiday. What’s wrong with a little Christmas spirit in these days of economic stress? If you’re jealous, ask for some help to decorate  your yard. If you prefer to celebrate a different holiday, go for it!

It’s called freedom.

Don’t put bleach in the peanut butter unless it’s your sandwich. Everyone has their own means of celebration and we should seriously celebrate life rather than torturing each other with mean spirited picky behavior.

The funnies thing is, those who are quickest to condemn the Christmas Light Celebration probably sport a Tolerance Bumper Sticker on their car… Yeah, that works.

Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by admin  |  No Comments »

Life Happens - When You Least Expect It

A long discussion about life can mean a lot of different things, or it can mean absolutely nothing. Most generally, it means I’m going to learn something.

People who leave your life, come into your life for a reason or a season. Some simply come into your life to show you that the cross you bear is light, compared to the ones in the other room. Today I experienced a cross bearing moment and realized how totally wonderful and awesome my children can be.

I’ve always believed that when the Master tunes the fiddle, it doesn’t matter who is playing the tune, it’s going to sound good. Today’s events proved once again that the Master is still in control and He knows how to tune the fiddle perfectly.

My son recently took up playing the fiddle and has learned a few choice notes along with the right way to stroke the horsehair on the strings. He rarely squeels, and his notes are fairly well drawn. I’m definitely not complaining about the way he plays.

As a lover of fine music, I must say the joy that comes as I listen to my children play various instruments runs deep into my soul. When the song happens to be one of my favorite (another child recently learned to play “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain”) I’m just happier ‘n a fly on a hot summer day!

The lesson I learned today had little to do with playing music and everything to do with learning about life and growing up.

People who come into your life for a season limp along, teaching you little bits of something, often hanging onto your coat tails and lingering for what they can get from you. They often don’t offer you much in the way of gratitude and on those rare occasions that you do get something back from them, it’s tedious and costly effort that allows you to accept their gift. The season most generally ends on a sour note, costing you vivid anguish and great pain before they slip off into the sunset never to be heard from again. Or they meander in and out of your life, painfully reminding you that once up on a time they meant something to you, and  you should still feel something for them… Even if the feeling was never mutual.

On the other hand, those who linger in your life for a reason, show you something in the earliest period of life that you need to learn and proceed in one manner or another to teach you that lesson from that point forward. Perhaps not in a dedicated manner, but rather passively, allowing you to learn by way of mutual existence. In many cases, this person teaches you life lessons through a third party, with whom he has left all his wisdom.

Rarely is the third person aware he’s being used in such a way, and almost never is the lesson a great credit to the teacher. Rather the third person fulfills the instruction in a way that leaves the teacher visible and exposed.

Today’s lesson reminds me of a proverb, “Once burned, no longer plays with fire.” Which brought to mind another proverb about “she who drinketh too much wine, delivers spoiled fruit.”

“While I labored to provide for the heir of the vineyard the grapes rotted on the vine.”

~Annonymous

As a writer, I often write from personal experience. Though I seldom actually name my inspiration, there are those who recognize themselves among the words. There are others, less knowledgable about my craft who imagine themselves to be a greater inspiration than they truly are, and miss connect their lives with articles that had nothing to do with them specifically. Those people ocassionally recognize their own characteristics among the slackards and drunkards who become antagonists in my work. Little do they know, I wasn’t writing about them personally, but rather about low-quality characters of ill repute of which they remind themselves.

Those who believe themselves greater than they truly are often recognize dispicable characteristics they’d rather others didn’t know. In-laws and out-laws are among these.

Jan Verhoeff

Posted on December 21st, 2008 by admin  |  No Comments »

Faith Comes on the Wings of Honking Geese

This morning, Kevin overslept, missed the bus, and I ended up driving him to work. Although I generally would have considered that a bit of an imposition… Just simply because he was being irresponsible. I have over the past month realized that things happen for a reason. Sometimes, the reason is theirs, but sometimes it’s for me.
 
The windshields were icy and I had to scrape for several minutes before I could get on the road. Once I pulled onto the street, I heard this honking noise above me… Like LOUD! I looked up at a gaggle of geese running about a mile wide, as far as I could see, between my house and the neighbors, there were V’s of geese, connected on the long stream, but splitting off into several V formations.
 
Given the past three days, I’m seeking the blessings in each moment, confirmation of my faith, and visibility for the hope of continuance, that these issues are a passing phase and they too will pass. There have been moments when I allowed fear to get a hold, but mostly, I’ve been consistently faithful that this is a learning experience, and I just need to hold onto God and Faith.
 
Out of necessity (the heater was steaming up the windows in the van) I drove with the windows down, across to Hwy 225, down to I25, and along Belview to Santa Fe where Kevin works. I know the geese were far away by the time I got to Santa Fe, but I could still hear them honking. Their encouragement was endless, this morning.
 
Enroute, the battery light came on, and after the other lights started blinking, I realized the ground cable was loose on the battery. So, on the way back, I stopped at a Quik-E-Lube and had the attendent check the cable. He fixed it and charged me nothing. Then he asked if I’d do him a favor… The guys had come in early this morning for a meeting and were all hungry. He gave me $40.00 to run across to a Carl’s Jr and bring them back some Big Country Burritos for breakfast, and suggested I get me one too. I agreed to do the errand, and picked up the burritos, coffee, and returned. When I pulled in the second time, there was a limo in the driveway. I got out of the van to carry in their breakfasts and the limo driver held the door for me. He was smiling, asked me if I was one of the guy’s mom. I said, “No, just a good samaritan returning a favor.”
 
The conversation went on and I ended up telling him I’m a writer. The owner of the Limo (who was waiting outside) is also a writer and the driver invited me to meet him. I don’t remember what he said his psuedonym is (and he writes under it) but his real name is Oscar Dubois. He was writing on his laptop, while he waited for the driver. He invited me to bring the kids and come to his place for dinner next week after he gets back from his Thanksgiving weekend.
 
The conversation, over our coffee, ended up getting around to ’starving writers’. I told him I wasn’t starving by any stretch, but the money wasn’t coming in like I thought it should. He asked what I write and pulled up some ‘evidence’ on the internet while we talked. He was quite impressed and asked, “If you had the money and time to write anything you wanted and knew it would sell, what would you write?”
 
I said, “I’d pursue the Adventure Series for kids, because kids need to know that even with a single mom/parent, they can grow up normal, with good values and high moral standards, and thrive in a world where life isn’t always perfect.”
 
He said, “That’s a mission statement I can support. Don’t miss dinner. It’s important for your future.”
 
I left the station with his address, a time and date, and his personal cell phone number entered in my cell phone. My van ran well on the way home, no problems, my tummy was full (I’ve learned I love Carl Jr.s Big country Burritos), and there’s a light at the end of the tunnel and I don’t hear a train whistle. Perhaps, God just needed me to GET here, so he could work a miracle in my life?
 
I have faith in my God who works miracles in my life daily, I have wonderful kids, and I have more friends on the face of this planet than any one woman deserves. What could be better than that?
The SECRET of Prosperity is in having FAITH, knowing that God’s still in charge.
 
I’m blessed.
 
Jan Verhoeff

Posted on November 20th, 2008 by admin  |  1 Comment »

The SECRET to Prosperity — Seriously?

SECRET Tips & Strategies for Marketing Ads & Affiliate Products on Your Website

First off… Let’s get this straight! It ain’t a SECRET!

Whew! There, I said it. There isn’t ONE SINGLE Secret that will make your business successful on the Internet. Internet Gurus all over the world (yea, me included) want you to think there’s some big hairy secret that only they know, that prevents you from making money on the Internet.

The honest-to-goodness fact is, there is NOT one secret that will make you money on the internet, there are several. Unless you’re willing to use the strategies and tips you get online, mix up what works for you and let the rest go, you’re NEVER going to make money online. And, that, my friend is the reality.

So what does work?

The following tips and strategies work well. Some gurus use all of them, others use part of them, and some aficionados of independence have struck out on their own to create their own methods. You’ll have to determine for yourself (with the help of a kindly and wonderful marketing guide) which tips and strategies will work for you.

Get a website. For goodness sakes, take some cash out of your Starbucks fund and buy a domain. Set up a hosting plan and do what you have to do to get a professionally designed website that YOU can add to and increase the content, for better marketing genius.

Get the word out. Your website isn’t a secret. Tell your friends, put a message on all your email signatures, referring people to your site, send out a press release. Put up a Bill Board in New York City, but get the word out.

Get content in there. Add some impressive, unique, and information providing content to that website so readers have a reason to stick around. Give them something to do while they’re there. Put some quality on the site and build some context that will bring them back.

Get some traffic flowing. Put up a few ads, write some articles for marketing, and send out some feelers on the Internet that will drive traffic to your website. You can’t get anywhere if you’re not on Main Street. Get there, with CONTENT, Keywords, and MARKETING.

Get serious about sales. You know, everyone wants to do something that requires NO SALES. Okay, but where is the money if you’re NOT SELLING? Give me a break. Somebody has to SELL something before money changes hands. SELL something!

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© 2008 – Jan Verhoeff

 

Posted on November 19th, 2008 by admin  |  No Comments »