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The Diamond Team is about
achieving our most important goals. Here's just a sampling of the goals accomplished,
tolerations eliminated and other achievements by this dedicated group of
winners . . . |
| December |
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lost 45 pounds of weight
(Michael H) |
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got very clear about my
business and the direction I want to take it in the years ahead,
fired some clients who were not serving me well and vice versa,
raised my fees to reflect the value I add to my clients and I moved
to more retainer-oriented relationships and fewer one-shot programs,
This approach already has almost $150K of business booked for 2007
which will require far less time on my part because of the leverage
involved (Michael H) |
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hired a new virtual
assistant and a web designer/marketing person which has massively
increased my productivity and effectively laid the ground work for
amazing success in 2007 (Michael H) |
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asked by a major client
to submit a proposal for on-going work for next year (Lorraine L) |
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paid off 3 large loans ~
getting that debt load down, down, down (Lorraine L) |
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Went on a cruise
vacation during the week after Thanksgiving, had a great time
(Lorraine L) |
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received advance from
Japanese publisher on 101 Best Ways to Be Your Best -
publishing this month (Michael A) |
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finished totally
remodeling my house and readied for sale (Dee Anne M) |
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number one goal for this
year: got well and healthy (Dee Anne M) |
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developed positive and
empowering thinking skills that will serve me for the rest of my
life (Dee Anne M) |
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November |
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got an appointment to
meet with an organization that has a home like we are wanting to
start for young girls who have small children, no education and no
job. (Chester T) |
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gave over $2K to charity
(Michael A) |
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edited and published our
first video on the web (Michael A.) |
| October |
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got retirement website
site launched (Jane H) |
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finalized a
comprehensive new vision for my business that will lead to over $1
million in sales in 2007 (Michael H) |
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booked an additional
$100,000 in business for 2007 during August & September (Michael H) |
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secured a virtual
assistant to support admin tasks and project management
(Michael H) |
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doubled my sales team. 2
more and I will meet my first goal (Deb P) |
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increased my sales to
over $900.00 working the business part-time (Deb P) |
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found something that I
love to do! That is the best of all (Deb P) |
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got an offer to have my
latest book translated and published in Japan. It even includes a
nice advance (Michael A) |
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achieved goal of
lowering car payments by $500 per month and purchased two new cars
which we are really enjoying ~ great gas mileage, too! (Lorraine L) |
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planning a vacation
before the end of the year. We've not vacationed for over 10 years!
(Lorraine L) |
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elected to serve on the
Board for Chamber of Commerce (Lorraine L) |
| September |
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read the Bible in its entirety
(Chester T) |
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practiced using skype to record
interviews/teleseminars. Successfully converted a skype recording
from a Quicktime file to an mp3 and uploaded it to the web for
listening (Lori P) |
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wrote and submitted 5 new articles
for publication on the web and have 5-6 more roughed out and ready
to complete (Lori P) |
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expanded my networking and received
valuable feedback on the kind of information my target customers are
seeking (Lori P) |
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continued to add content and to
modify and improve each of my websites and blogs. Created a new
header for one website. Added affiliate products and services to
promote (Lori P) |
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learned how to set up and run a
Wordpress blog on my website. Unlike Blogger or Typepad, I now have
complete control over the design and special features (Lori P) |
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the articles I submitted for
publication in the past five weeks are now bringing free traffic to
my sites (Lori P) |
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signed sales & purchase agreement to build a
2500 square foot "Carriage House" at South Pointe at Spear (Michael
& Dawn A) |
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created and implemented
FunAmazingMagic blog for customers, clients & friends
www.funamazingmagic.blogspot.com (Tim M) |
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advertised in Southern California's
"School Assembly Directory", a target market niche periodical for
school assembly programs (Tim M) |
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shot instructional magic videos
(tricks, party tips, performance philosophy) as resident expert on
ExpertVillage.com — going live later this month (Tim M) |
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booked and performed return
engagement for bruch shows at Hollywood's Magic Castle (Tim M) |
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Implemented production of, set
distributor meeting, engaged supply source for magic product
(prop) for magicians |
| August |
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attended annual KIDabra marketing
convention for family entertainers (Tim M) |
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took a much needed 5-day vacation to
Lake Superior (Lori P.) |
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have FINALLY eliminated all stacks of
papers, books, and miscellaneous from my office (Lori P.) |
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figured out how to set up and use
both Skype and iCal (like Outlook) on my iMac! (Lori P.) |
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read two books to learn more about
coaching and consulting (Lori P.) |
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finished 5 articles on Weight Loss
and Nutrition that are now ready to distribute on the web (Lori
P.) |
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Revisited my mission statement and
have gained even greater clarity about what it is I want to
accomplish and why (Lori P.) |
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launched monthly eZine (Alice S.) |
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good progress on writing mystery
novel and started writing another (Alice S.) |
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launched new content management site
http://SuccessNet.org/cms/
(Michael A.) |
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lost 20 pounds since January 1st
(Chester T.) |
| July |
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had a goal to have 6 websites created
by the end of the year, now have the 6 sites up and running 5 months
ahead of schedule (Lori P.) |
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now have 3 blogs. Learned and
implemented a new technique to quickly and easily add blog posts,
added 28 posts in July (Lori P.) |
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created several new systems to get
more work done in a faster, more efficient way (Lori P.) |
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Set up a system to receive RSS feeds
for news articles and Podcasts in key subjects so that I can quickly
and easily stay current with the latest news (Lori P.) |
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Added RSS feeds and Adsense Ads to
all of my blogs (Lori P.) |
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received first response from one of the
three major credit bureaus that successfully removed negative
and damaging information from my credit report more quickly and
easily than I thought it would be (Eddie W.) |
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became a lot more consistent with my
blog and feel as though it's getting easier to keep adding content
into it—used to be a bit of a problem for me a few months ago (Eddie
W.) |
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continuing to put
money aside every day ($1.50) for my
trip to Nicaragua (Barry B.) |
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started health
coaching course that is already providing me with the structure for
my coaching practice—one of my primary goals
for the year (Barry B.) |
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completed the
"Passion Test" (Steve U.) |
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received an unexpected raise
through one of my employment positions (Eddie W.) |
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brought
my total affiliate list to 10 (Eddie W.) |
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received
permission from other peers within my industry to use their content
within my blog (Eddie W.) |
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Obtained credit reports & learned
more about my credit within 3 weeks than I've known my whole life,
sent out dispute letters regarding some negative information (Eddie
W.) |
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set up a home for un-wed mothers
who have not completed their high school education and to teach them
skills and get their GED so they can be self supporting (Chester T.) |
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at the end of the second quarter, I
have more than doubled my income, gross income is up 120% and gross
profit is up 112% (Judy W.) |
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the increase in income is allowing
me to contract two colleagues to work on the “Shoplifting IS
Stealing!” project team (Judy W.) |
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took both of them to a Character
Education conference, it was the first time I have had any
assistance to staff the exhibit booth, what a treat (Judy W.) |
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made enough sales at the exhibit to
cover the booth costs and the fee for the staff |
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the sales letter to market the
“Shoplifting IS Stealing!” Family Program online is in final draft
(Judy W.) |
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the “Shoplifting IS Stealing!”
Community Awareness Handbook graphic redesign is almost complete
(Judy W.) |
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the “Shoplifting IS Stealing!” DVD
label has been redesigned (Judy W.) |
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produced and presented a 4-day
children's magic workshop to rave reviews generating over $4100 (Tim
M.) |
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dropped body fat weight index by 3% (David E.) |
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succeeding in having one hour of daily quiet-solitude time (David
E.) |
| June |
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completed writing eBook "Energy
Soup" (Barry B.) |
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continue
to walk and jog about 25 miles a week, gained some upper body
strength with a rowing machine I use at the gym about 2X/week (Lori
P.) |
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wrote 25 pages of the draft for a book on Weight Loss Motivation
(the blog) (Lori P.) |
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launched my first Blog at
http://SuccessNet.org/blog/ (Michael A.) |
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applied for and was approved for Google Adsense, added the ads to my
Weight Loss Motivation blog (Lori P.) |
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taught myself how to use Adobe Illustrator, created a logo and
tagline for the Chocolate Veggies blog, designed, created, and added
a header for greater visual appeal (Lori P.) |
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figured out how to do domain mapping for my Chocolate Veggies blog,
all pages are now linked to my domain name should I ever want to
move the blog (Lori P.) |
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drafted a 10-part eCourse on the health benefits of blueberries to
start an autoresponder series (Lori P.) |
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researched, designed, and wrote a sales page for my blueberry
cookbook, successfully added payment links and created a download
page, tested it with an Adwords campaign, no luck, completely
redesigned and improved the page (Lori P.) |
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created 2 websites with Dreamweaver and 2 blogs—a free one with
Blogger.com and one I set up myself with Typepad.com (Lori P.) |
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opened
up additional savings accounts at my financial institution to allow
myself the simplicity and joy of managing my money online using T.
Harv Eker's money management system (Eddie W.) |
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started
an ongoing bootcamp style exercise circuit class that our members
really enjoy and have created not only an additional revenue stream
but also an additional service to market and as increased member
reactivation and retention (Eddie W.) |
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took
my first step in a serious investment effort toward my future
financial freedom and opened up a high-interest online savings
account (Eddie W.) |
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saved just over half of the money I had planned to put away this
year (Cindy D.) |
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managed to live through renovations of my store, regardless of
delays, cost over-runs, screw-ups at every level, sleepless nights
and going into debt again! And we aren't done yet (Cindy D.) |
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completed all of my plans of action for
my top 3 personal and top 3 business goals and sent to mastermind
team (Eddie W.) |
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Met and exceeded my monthly income goal
of $7500 from my entertainment services company for the last two
months (Tim M.) |
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earned Expert Author
status through EzineArticles.com (Alice S.) |
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Met with a highly influential fitness
pro who is looking to create his first infoproduct and asked for my
assistance as well as being a 50/50 affiliate of the generated
profits from the sales (Eddie W.) |
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received my first affiliate program
commission notification via email of $99.50 (Eddie W.) |
| May |
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started
using the money management method taught by T Harv Eker after
listening to his Millionaire Mind Intensive Home Study Course and
have a greater sense of control over my money (Eddie W.) |
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finished up a major direct mail campaign that resulted in a flood of
new interest, increased activity as well as additional sales
commissions (Eddie W.) |
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started
training a new employee to work alongside me and help cover more of
the marketing tasks that I can never seem to get around to for
promoting the weight loss center as well as give me more time to
provide better service for clients (Eddie W.) |
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signed
up the president of the local chamber of commerce on the weight loss
program I work with and the relationship couldn't of started out any
better (Eddie W.) |
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sold
our house for full asking price last Friday (Lorraine L.) |
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spent 15 minutes
to fix a 6-month toleration which limited the full capability of a
$10K+ state-of-the-art cornerstone piece of fitness equipment (Eddie
W.) |
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signed up for
first affiliate program and started promoting through my Blog (Eddie
W.) |
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reached my
milestone of 20 lbs lost - missed it by five days, but I did it - 25
more to go (Michael A.) |
| April |
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7 more CE Credits
finished and 18 more to go (Chester T.) |
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completed two
retirement coach training programs (David B.) |
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finished first
draft of 400 page e-book (David B.) |
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ran 9 miles for
the first time (David B.) |
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bought 2 new
domain names, set up hosting for a year, first step in starting my
own business—Shared
Information Resources
(Steve U.) |
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started using an
iPod to manage the vast amount of audios that I never make the time
otherwise to listen to (Eddie W.) |
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developed personal
time management system to get myself more organized and focused
towards my goals and am enjoying the results thus far, may also
alter the setup in the future to turn into an information product
(Eddie W.) |
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registered domain
names for online projects that I'll be focusing on this year as well
as others to compliment my future online business model (Eddie W.) |
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added a new client
who is already thrilled with the results he is getting after only
two sessions (Eddie W.) |
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asked to speak
at Gartner Service Oriented Architecture Conference in Tokyo
this July, my
presentation will be simulcast in Japanese, way cool (Steve U.)
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cleaned
up some invoicing that had been hanging around thought to be worth
about $4K and it turned out to be over $6K (Patrick M.) |
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new coaching contract with a top level
executive in a local company (Lorraine L.) |
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got all of tax
information to accountant last week, already have Q1 2006 done, will
keep on top of it, this is a big deal for me (Chester T) |
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augmented a MAP
(Massive Action Plan) for all business files (Alice S.) |
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added a Blog & RSS
to my website (Alice S.) |
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adding a
newsletter for my opt-in group (Alice S.) |
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finished two
chapters to my mystery novel (Alice S.) |
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Moving after 14
years, major goal last 4 years, accomplished (Rebecca B.) |
| March |
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a very
successful presentation to a group of fellow coaches (Western
Mass Coaching Alliance), every time I facilitate a discussion
around this topic of staying focused and energized I feel like
I’m getting better at it (Barry B.) |
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major reorganization of my
office/studio, instead of many stacks of papers and books I have
just a few left to tackle, much less other clutter, so much
easier to work when I have free space (Lori P.) |
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added more ram to computer and
"cleaned up" a bit, deleted many gigs of unnecessary documents
and files, it now runs faster and I have fewer software problems
thus saving me time (Lori P.) |
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taught myself how to use Dreamweaver,
created a small website to provide reviews of weight loss
programs, signed up with a web host, and uploaded the site to
the web (Lori P.) |
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started a Blog called
"Chocolate Veggies" to share my thoughts on healthy eating and
inspired living (Lori P.) |
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putting finishing touches on
my e-cookbook, Blueberry Best! Recipes for Healthy Living, ran
Google Adwords campaign to test ads and determine a price point.
In addition, I created a digital e-cover in Photoshop and a web
page to announce the upcoming release, I have a few people
signed up for notification when the e-cookbook is ready (Lori P.) |
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I can now run 3 miles in about
32 minutes, had thought the best I could do was 12 minutes a
mile! (Lori P.) |
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newspaper interview for an article on coaching for the business
owner (Lorraine L.) |
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one
of my clients hired me for the rest of the year on retainer
(Lorraine L.) |
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first check in my home-based
business with Agel was for $650 (Randy H.) |
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closing on our new 3 bedroom, 1
bath house March 31 (Randy H.) |
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completed first 6-mile run
(David B.) |
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90% of spam on one of our
emails eliminated by talking with the ISP! (Herman S.) |
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found new office space and plan
to be in it by October (Chester T.) |
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finished a database system
project that automates all of my sales pages (Mike L.) |
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acquired several new
customers/marketing partners (Mike L.) |
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asked to submit a proposal to
put my radio show on Sirius (Mike L.) |
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increased business income $4000 for
last month (Jeff D.) |
| February |
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article published on
EzineArticles.com and UltimateArticleDirectory.com (Alice S.) |
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found a home-based business
that best suits my interests and experience (Carol B.) |
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quit drinking coffee (Cindy D.) |
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had my biggest sales ever
yesterday (Cindy D.) |
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promoted and conducted my first
teleclass (Barry B) |
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passed my CLU (Certified Life Underwriter) exam (Micah W.) |
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5-figure proposal from last November accepted, I had given up
hope that this work would come to me
(Lorraine L.)
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hired a virtual assistant to start
on March 1st, BIG decision (Lorraine L.) |
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bought
new computer with flat screen (Lorraine L.) |
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started women's group with local
Chamber of Commerce (Lorraine L.) |
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got
caught up on invoicing all clients (Lorraine L.) |
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designed website logo,
wrote 1st press release, submitted first article online, refined
vision and mission statement (David B.) |
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my website is
being designed along with stationery, business cards, note cards and
a bookmark piece (Jane H.) |
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joined a
Toastmasters group and made a two minute talk (Jane H.) |
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interviewed
virtual assistant for billing and all financial entries, she's
already helping me organize my home office (Jane H.) |
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gathered and
delivered all financials to the accountant (Jane H.) |
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reserve a bridge
line for my teleclass and trust that
I’ll figure out how to make it a worthwhile experience for those who
join the call (Barry B.) |
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invited by Employee
Assistance Program provider from Alberta, to administer their
services in Eastern Canada so that, especially in Quebec and New
Brunswick, services will be handled in French. (Patrick M.) |
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lost 7
lbs (Richard H.) |
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hired a great assistant
who is starting to learn my business (Debbie W.) |
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mentoring someone who
will free me up to work on my top 3 goals (Debbie W.) |
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Completed logo and hired
web design firm for Women With Dreams (Debbie W.) |
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creating articles for
distribution to grow my online business—great progress! (Alice S.) |
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wrote a mission
statement for my website (Alice S.) |
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utilizing the Daily
Inspired Action Plans—a great way to stay on task (Alice S.) |
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found and hired new assistant (Leslie
W.) |
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signed on three new, large accounts
for both business (Leslie W.) |
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located a great running coach and
training with fellow runners (Dave E.) |
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doing 1 hr/day of quiet time for
prayers, reading, & reflection (Dave E.) |
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created the vision & strategy for
branding “Rinchen Khandro” (Anne M.) |
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“fired” coach who wasn't
understanding where I wanted to go (Anne M.) |
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top oals defined, project plans &
tasks firmed up (Lori Pirog) |
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Top 5 values defined & mission draft
written (Lori Pirog) |
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now on track with doing appropriate
weight lifting exercises (Lori P.) |
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huge progress with my eBook (Lori
P.) |
| January |
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Over 500% increase in Jan. '06 revenue over
Jan. '05 (Bernie C.) |
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“dazzled” my staff with my new
presentation (Steve U.) |
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lost 8 pounds in 31 days (Michael A.) |
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went back to running after back
fracture (Mia Y.) |
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got a radio interview (Lisa A.) |
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1st real vacation in five years
(Rebecca B.) |
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best month ever in 14 years of
business (Judy W.) |
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reduced my weight by 18 pounds
(Michael H.) |
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secured an 18-month retainer contract
with repeat client (Michael H.) |
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completed final draft of information
product (Michael H.) |
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completed draft of e-book (David B.) |
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139% increase in Jan. '06 revenue
over Jan. '05 (Michael A.) |
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re-started a daily exercise routine
with my daughter (Katie F.) |
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stopped smoking & drinking (Hossein
G.) |
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working w/ large sales org. to
negotiate financing for customers (Dave E.) |
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