Stress Mangement for Overwhelmed Moms

By Jeff Herring

One of the things I really enjoy as a therapist is helping people learn how to handle stress. I often ask clients what a typical day is like for them, so I can understand what they are up against.

"Take me from getting up to going to bed" is one way I usually ask the question.

I've heard about some horrendous schedules. After listening to some people, the question changes from "How could you feel so stressed-out?" to "How could you not feel so stressedout'?"

Of all the schedules I have heard about, I truly think the most stressful are those of women who have the dual careers of "professional outside the home" and "professional mom" at home.

Notice that I haven't used the popular term "working mom." All mothers work.

Consider the words of Amy Grant from her song "Hats!"

"One day I'm a lover, one day I'm a mother. What am I supposed to do? Working for a livin,' all because I'm driven, to be the very best for you."

She seems to have captured some of the angst and pressure of the typical dual-career woman.

What a schedule!

Follow along with me as I describe the typical daily schedule of one dual-career mom.

• 5:30 a.m. Alarm goes off. Get up and get ready for work. • 6 a.m. Make kids' lunches and fix breakfasts.

• 6:30 a.m. Wake up kids, make sure they get bathed, dressed, fed and ready for school. Make sure oldest is at bus stop by 6:45 a.m.

• 7:15 a.m. Leave house, drop one kid off at school and the youngest at day care. Listen to the day-care worker tell about problem with your child yesterday.

• 8 a.m. Arrive at work.

• Noon. Do errands on lunch hour.

• 3 p.m. Leave work to take one child to doctor's appointment.

• 4 p.m. Return to work.

• 4:15 p.m. Take call from oldest child who just got home and is checking in. Work until 6 p.m. to make up for time off in afternoon.

• 6:15 p.m. Pick up kids at day care.

• 6:45 p.m. Arrive home, fix dinner, give baths, help with homework, get ready for the next day, get kids in bed.

• 9:30 p.m. Time for self and to be with husband.

• 9:45 p.m. Fall asleep. Next morning get up and do it all over again.

Whew! It wears me out just to think about that schedule. In my conversations with dual-career women, several themes have emerged. Let's take a look at what is most stressful followed by some suggested solutions.

What is most stressful

• Juggling multiple schedules

• Finding quality time for everyone, including oneself

• Spending the weekend catching up instead of relaxing

• Coming home to cranky, hungry kids

• Exhaustion - physical, mental, emotional

• Worrying if kids are well cared for while you are at your job

Solutions we have found together

• Get your partner to help.

• Make lists. This was one of the most common suggestions. Make lists of all the to-dos and appointments and commitments. Having them on paper not only organizes you, it can clear your head as well. One crucial key is to make sure your own needs get on the list.

• Plan ahead. Cook several meals and freeze them. Plan outfits for a week, etc.

• Hire someone to help with cleaning. If you can't afford it, hire someone anyway, even if it's only once a year.

• Keep just one room of your home clean. Many people say this makes them feel less pressured.

• Get out your schedule book and make two appointments. One is for time completely to yourself. The second is with your spouse or partner. Protect these times as you would a business appointment or job interview. I learned this technique from my wife when she wrote her name down in my appointment book a few years ago. I got the message.

• Once a month, or with a similar regularity, pamper and indulge yourself in some way.

• Create realistic expectations and priorities for yourself. Consider what's more important, a clean house or time with your family. Well, that's what I've learned from the dual-career moms I know. I invite your comments, experiences and suggestions.

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Decisions

by Kenneth Hoffman

Dear Diary,

Next week – summer vacation! I can’t wait for Saturday! I think I’ll meet the guys at Speedy’s garage. I got this cool retractable box cutter. We’ll probably go out Saturday night and streak some cars. Nicky has it in for the Science teacher for always calling us down for noise. If I don’t do that, I could go over to the Shop Rite and apply for that job cutting up cardboard for the paper drive. It pays twenty whole dollars for only three hours work. I could use the cash.

I found this old baseball bat at the lot. Me and the guys could climb that fence in the park and shag rocks at the windows of the houses across the street. By the time they find out where the rocks are coming from, we’ll be long gone. Or I could meet the baseball coach and try to get on the Little League team as an advisor. I get to go to a Yankees game for free if we sign on as a chaperone.

One of the guys knows when old man Miller in the wheel chair is going to be out of town. He has this forty-five under his bed and it’s fully loaded. We could get it and scare some kids. The only thing is there’s going to be his brother there, making a ramp for the stairs. He asked me to help build it but I don’t know. Maybe I will.

Speedy says he knows where there is a car with the keys in the dash all the time. It’s this Nissan with the cool rocket headlights. I bet they pop out real easy. Speedy’s brother is going to college next year and he’s going to donate his project hot rod to the car club. Maybe I’ll join and help fix it up for the car show in August. I bet I could make that baby shine like a mirror. There’s so much to do in the summer. So many choices, I can’t decide. Oh, well, I have the rest of my life to live, as long as I have fun this summer.

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Goals - Write Them Down Create Your Life

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
-- Fredrich Nietzsche

Writing brings things into the real world makes them tangible so have you written down your goals yet? If not why not? Words are an integral part of the thinking process. Words convey images, pictures, feelings, emotions to the mind. Say to yourself what is that smell it really stinks, then say what is that fragrance and see the difference in what the mind produces.

We think many things and we can be thinking of something without realizing fully what it is but add the magic indgredient of writing them down and see what happens. When we clothe our thoughts in words an amazing thing happens they take on a shape, body, form and substance. In other words they come into the real world. Try it and you will see how easily they become a real thing instead of an illusive thought.

Another amazing thing happens the subconscious take on the thoughts that are now in the real world and make them happen. We can now phsically look at our impossible dream. Even the act of eye in cordination with the hand holding the pen makes a firmer impression on the mind. As we read and reread the goal we implant it deeper and deeper in the mind.

Put it up somewhere where you will see it, maybe on your bathroom mirror. Draw a picture of the next step put your picture doing it. An example would be a goal to buy a new car. Put the picture of the car and a picture of you at the wheel up where you can see it frequently.

The amazing thing that happens is the mind transforms the picture into reality. Keep rewording your goal. Use lots of action verbs and use the present tense like it has already happened. Don't just do it once, but once a day. You will be amazed at how it changes and new ideas are added.

Putting it in writing breathes life into it making it a force which cannot be easily stopped.

Try these different things this week.

1. Set up a weblog here are two places you can do that free.

http://www.tripod.lycos.com/
You get 50 mgs of free space about 5000 pages and they have a weblog with the site builder This is a good resource to record your goals daily.

However, if you want to keep your goals private then go to http://www.xanga.com/default.asp. Sign up for a free web log and it has both private and public viewing.

These are free resources.

Then go back to lessons there have been four articles up to now. This is the fifth. (You can retrieve the previous articles by autoresponder from mailto:jassminesarticles@sendfree.com. Record all your writing then write daily reaffirming and redefining your goal. Keep doing each step and you will reach your impossible dream.

Until next week,
Jassmine

About the Author
Judi Singleton is the owner of Jassmine.com, Gotojassminesitenow.com She has been a mental health counselor for 20 years, has published two books. Judi resides in Oregon. She has two ezines: A Light in the Window is a spiritual journey ezine. If you believe life is a spiritual journey subscribe: mailto:Jassmine-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Jassmine's Journal where every subscriber gets a free ad subscribe: mailto:jassminejournal-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Contact Judi at mailto:Jassmine@Jassmine.com

Learning From Life

by Charlie Badenhop

Do you ever find yourself thinking, "Life has taught me some tough lessons, and the scars do not heal easily."? This article can help you learn valuable lessons from the past, instead of allowing the past to determine your future.

The quality of the life we live, is based upon the learning we derive from our experiences. I know that for myself, it is sometimes easy to feel that "Life has taught me some tough lessons, and the scars do not heal easily." When I find myself thinking like this it means that I have fallen into the trap of believing that "It is ‘only natural’ that an ‘X’ type event or relationship, will lead to a ‘Y’ type response." At other times it becomes apparent that if I had somehow learned something different from a particular challenging situation, the quality of my life would be much more rewarding.

In working with a client struggling with alcoholism, we spent our first session with the client telling me in detail how he had come to live such an unhealthy debilitating life. In short he said: "Both my parents were alcoholics, and both of them were physically abusive to me. I grew up never knowing what bad thing would happen next. I learned from my parents that the best way to not have to feel the pain and uncertainty of life was to escape into an altered state of alcohol induced euphoria." When listening to a client tell such a sad story, it is easy to believe that their situation was all but preordained.

As fate would have it, a week after beginning to work with this client, I went to a business luncheon to hear an inspirational speaker discuss how we can live our life fully, and succeed in times of hardship. Indeed, the speaker was truly inspirational. When the talk was over I waited around to thank him.

After introducing myself and thanking him, I asked him how he had come to lead such an exemplary life. He looked around to make sure no one else was listening and in a low voice he said the following: "Both my parents were alcoholics, and both of them were physically abusive to me.I grew up never knowing what bad thing would happen next. I learned from my parents that the worst possible way to deal with the pain and uncertainty of life was to escape into an altered state of alcohol induced euphoria. My parents taught me a difficult but very important lesson. I learned from them that staying present in the moment is the only real chance we have for living a fulfilling life."

What a truly great example of embodied spirit the motivational speaker offers us. The quality of our life is not dependent on the circumstances we encounter. The quality of our life is dependent on what we learn from the circumstances we encounter. Perhaps the greatest example of this wisdom is present in the life of Nelson Mandela. He is a man that suffered great pain and hardship, and somehow his suffering seasoned his soul in a way that has led him to be compassionate and caring.

In the course of exploring how to live our life more fully we can consider pondering one question over and over again, "What can I learn from the difficulties I am experiencing, that will actually ADD to the quality of my life?" At the very least we can begin to entertain the fact that: We can derive a wide range of learning from any single circumstance, event, or relationship. When we get the most stuck in life is when we believe that the one thing we did learn is the only thing that can be learned.

© Charlie Badenhop, 2003. You have permission to publish these articles electronically free of charge, as long as the bylines are included. A courtesy copy of your publication would be appreciated.

About the author:
Charlie Badenhop is the originator of Seishindo, an Aikido instructor, NLP trainer, and Ericksonian Hypnotherapist. Benefit from a new self-help Practice every two weeks, by subscribing to his complimentary newsletter "Pure heart, simple mind" at http://www.seishindo.org/newsletter.html. Contact Charlie at seishin@seishindo.org.

Finding Our Life Purpose: Basic for Our Happiness

by Robert Elias Najemy

Each of us has incarnated to play a specific. When we find our special role and play it with love, we experience contentment and happiness. When we lose contact with our life purpose, or do not have the courage to live it, we experience discontent and sometimes depression.


WE MAY NEED TO MAKE CHOICES

In some cases, we may need to make choices between the following:
a. Money or meaningfulness
b. Comfort or creativity
c. Security or evolution
d. Social "success" or social responsibility
e. Superficial happiness or real inner contentment
f. Satisfying others¹ expectations or our own inner voice or wisdom.

Let us examine what we can do to regain contact with our life purpose.


1. FREEDOM FROM SOCIAL PROGRAMMING


We need to free ourselves from our social conditioning concerning what kind of work has value. We need to be free to select the type of work and life style which suits us regardless of what others think of our choices. If our loved ones have a problem with our choices, we need to have enough inner confidence to lovingly help them understand that we are simply asking for the freedom to pursue that which fulfills us.

Often the simplest roles can offer us the greatest spiritual lessons and self-satisfaction. Take, for example, the roles of motherhood or fatherhood. Not much importance is given to them today because many feel that working in an office has more prestige or creativity. Yet, there is no more important and demanding role than that of parenthood.


2. OVERCOMING FEAR

We will need to overcome any fears that might obstruct our ability to give ourselves wholeheartedly to our goals. Such as fear of
a. Failure
b. What others think.
c. That we may not make it financially
d. That we may not be perfect in what we do
e. That we might make a mistake.

We are all in a process of evolution. Making mistakes is natural when we are learning and creating. It is important to understand that we are worthy and lovable even though we are not perfect and even when we not have perfect results.


3. SUCCESS IS NOT REQUIRED

It is imperative that we free ourselves from excessive concentration on success as a measure of our self-worth. If our motives are as pure as possible and our efforts our best for our present stage of evolution then the results do not matter. Christ, Socrates, Gandhi and Martin Luther King all lived their life purpose but were all killed by the societies in which they lived.


4. CONTACT WITH OUR INNER VOICE

We will need to develop a deeper contact with our inner voice through prayer, silence, and meditation. Then we will hear the "small voice" of inner wisdom and know, within ourselves, the role that we have come to play.


5. TUNING UP OUR INSTRUMENT

Even if we know our role, we may not be able to play it effectively if we are frequently ill, tired, nervous, fearful or upset. A healthy body and clear mind can be maintained through healthy natural foods, exercises, breathing techniques, deep relaxation and positive thinking. With daily practice of these techniques, our bodies and minds will be capable of expressing our inner beauty and creativity.


6. SURRENDER TO THE DIVINE

An instrument must surrender completely to its player. Finding our role in life means being open to whatever role is useful to the universe at each place and time. We need to let go of egocentric needs and realize that at times we will be called upon to do "great works", and at others, we will be assigned simple task.


7. PRAY FOR GUIDANCE

We can pray for purification and guidance as instruments of divine harmony here on earth. Through prayer and sincerity, we can become transformers of spiritual energy into beneficial works here on the material level. Through our daily meditations, we can receive spiritual energy, which we can then share with those around us in the form of love, compassion, understanding and service.


8. BELIEF IN OURSELVES AND FOLLOWING OUR SATISFACTION

We need to believe in our inner feelings and what brings us happiness. Happiness and inner contentment are signs that we are aligned with our life purpose.


9. USING OUR TALENTS

We need to get in touch with and develop our inherent talents.
They will guide us to what we have come to do.
Be Well


(Robert Elias Najemy's recently released book "The Psychology of Happiness" (ISBN 0-9710116-0-5) is available at
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/holisticharmo-20

and http://www.HolisticHarmony.com/psychofhappiness.html .
His writings can be viewed at http://www.HolisticHarmony.com where you can also download FREE articles and e-books.)

The Power To Choose

by Kem Thompson
kem@daysofsuccess.com

Days of Success
http://www.daysofsuccess.com

I remember the day I decided to become extremely successful. It
was in my penultimate year in medical school. Up until that time
I'd been passing my exams, just sailing along, not putting in
much effort and not getting much out as a result. The funny
thing (funny wierd, that is, not 'funny - ha ha') was that
without realizing it, that same mediocre mindset had permeated other
aspects of my life. I felt deeply dissatisfied and wasn't enjoying
myself. I was also in the habit of blaming others or external
circumstances when thing things didn't go my way.

One day I just felt fed up. I realized I didn't want to go on
living like this. I knew I was capable of doing better than I was
doing. It dawned on me that it was my life in question here -
nobody could live it for me. Nobody could achieve the results I
desired but me. And right then one of the results I wanted was
to excel in my studies. I wanted to be the best medical student
that school had come across. I realized it was up to me to
make that happen. Not my parents, not my friends, not even my
lecturers.

So on that day I 'took my life in my hands' and said in essence,
"from this day on I will do what I need to do in order to excel
in med. school. I will operate in 'Excel Mode' from now on in
every aspect of my life. I'm tired of being mediocre. I will
excel. I choose to be extremely successful".

Making a conscious decision to change was enough to get me all
fired up. My attitude and actions changed during classes too:

I asked more questions, answered more, took more chances to
learn things and so on.

To cut a long story short, that day was the beginning of my
experience of 'The Universal Principles of Success' (if you
want a copy of that article to read and pass along to friends
send an email to 10Principles@daysofsuccess.com). I passed my
finals with distinctions in every subject. I won several
awards for being the best student in each subject and then
won a special award for being the overall best graduating medical
student for the year 1997.

That experience opened my eyes to the power we each have to
choose which way our life goes. I hope it opens your eyes too.

You have so much potential in you right now, mostly lying
dormant. You can literally become and do anything you want -
you simply need to choose to do so and then go for it.

You've got what it takes to be the best in your field, or
the best you can be. I tell you, there is more than enough
room at the top for you when you choose to excel.

Even if you are a Stay-at-home-parent, you can choose to make
it the most fulfilling experience of your life. It's all
up to you. Don't let anyone's words or opinions hold you back
from making the right choices for *you*. It's your life after
all.

This power to choose the direction of your life is one of your
most important qualities. Have you been using it wisely?

You have the power to choose how you feel. Isn't that
amazing? I think it is. If someone treats you in a way
that should get you all upset, you can choose to feel upset or
(which is more powerful) you can choose to rise above their
level and be happy regardless. Be happy about what, you ask.

Be happy that it's up to you to control your emotions. Be happy
that you are using this power correctly. There is plenty to be
happy about in such a situation.

You have the power to choose your thoughts. This has got
to be the most important quality you have right now. Why?
Because 'it all starts with a thought'. That's right. Your
feelings start out as thoughts (spend enough time thinking
about the most irritating person you know, and guess how you'll
feel. The opposite is true too.)

Your words start out as thoughts (at least I hope they do:)).

Your actions start out as thoughts too. Yes it's true: you ARE
what you think.

Right now you have the power to choose thoughts that empower
you to be the person you want to be. Absolutely nothing stops
you from doing so, except yourself.

One of my clients had major problems with the thoughts she
allowed to stay in her mind. They were mostly self-depreciating
thoughts. No wonder then that she felt worthless and insecure.
She had all these dreams and desires but wasn't doing anything
about them because she felt she'd fail anyway.

As part of the process of change, I had her do a series of
exercises which involved 'thought conditioning' or changing
her thoughts about herself to positive, empowering ones.

By the time we finished working together, not only had she
become much more confident and positive, she'd achieved one of
her major goals that she'd dreamt of - she now works abroad
in a job she loves. It all started when she 'changed her mind',
so to speak.

You can choose how to spend your time. You have goals and dreams,
right? Well each moment, you're either doing something that's
taking you towards your dreams or taking you away from them.
When you think of time that way, I think you'll spend it more
wisely.

You can choose what you eat. Just like time, each time you put
something in your mouth, you're either nourishing your body and
getting healthier or you're not.

Once you realize this truth, your life will take on a renewed
energy. You will know that you alone are in control of your future.
Hopefully you'll take things into your own hands instead of
letting external circumstance dictate your life.
It's your choice.

***
About the author:
Dr Kem Thompson is a Personal and Business Success Coach. She teaches
individuals and groups how to achieve total success using proven Universal Principles of Success.

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Self Improvment: Success: You ARE One Step Away From Success

by Willie Crawford
willie@williecrawford.com

http://www.profitautomation.com

Copyright 2004 Willie Crawford

We've all heard the stories of people who gave up on a
dream when they were only one step away from achieving it.
We discovered that they were only one step away because
someone else following their path took that next step and
succeeded wildly.

When you observe, or talk to many people in the online
marketing arena, you see lots of people who're only one
step away from success. Not only that, but many need to
take the SAME next step.

For some reason, people like to hire me as a marketing
consultant so that they can "discuss marketing theory."
What these consultations soon reveal is that we've often
studied the same material and have the same basic
understanding of how things work. They understand the
mechanics, the psychology... even the how-to. Yet they're
stuck!

That next step that we often need to take is simply in the
doing. Knowing is not doing. You can understand something
as deeply as possible on an intellectual level, but until
you do something with that knowledge, you're no better off
than someone who doesn't understand.

One of my recent phone conversations centered around how
all of the Internet marketing "gurus" teach the same thing
in their courses... with only slight variations. The reason
for this is that they've all studied the same material.
Certain principles of direct marketing haven't changed in
over 100 years! Certain things about human nature probably
haven't changed in thousands of years. They're immutable
natural laws.

There's a reason every great copywriter, or marketer, that
I know has studied Claude Hopkins and Dr. Robert Cialdini.
These authors understood certain things about human nature
and were able to explain them in an understandable way. If
you study their material long enough, and often enough,
something magical does happen. Their thinking becomes YOUR
thinking. So, of course, all of your marketing gurus will
tell you similar things. They've studied the same material
AND they mentor/coach each other :-)

I've just revealed to you one of the few success secrets I
really know. That secret is that "repetition is the mother
of mastery." That's why really successful people teach
their students to study the same material over and over
again. That's why, 25 years ago, my karate instructor use
to have me spend 4 solid hours just practicing one thing.
Do, or hear, the same thing often enough and it becomes a
part of you.

However, making a piece of information or knowledge a part
of you is not enough. Then you need to take the next
step... the one most of the world seems afraid to take.
You need to act upon that knowledge.
People don't do the things that they know that they should
do because they're afraid of making mistakes. The fact is
that you WILL make mistakes. Hopefully, you don't keep
making the same mistake over and over again. Hopefully, you
learn from the mistakes and then that ingrained knowledge
helps you to make major breakthroughs.
Every successful person that I've ever talked to admits
he's made many mistakes. My coach use to teach me that
since you know you're going to make mistakes, and then move
past those, why not get them out of the way. He preached
"fail fast" so that you can then get to the success born
out of the lessons taught by failure.

Major successes overshadow a string of minor failures!
This is why major book publishers are willing to publish
1000 books that rarely break even in order to find one or
two best sellers. The best sellers make up for all of the
failures many times over. It's generally the same with
operating a business. So don't be afraid of mistakes. Seek
to avoid them by learning from the mistakes of others.
However, don't let fear of making mistakes keep you from
taking that critical next step.

If you're like a major percentage of online business people
I've studied, you really are just one step away from
success. That step is sometimes a big one, but it's a
necessary one. Look closely at where you are, and you
should be able to see what that next step is for you. Then
take it. If you don't, you'll still be one step away from
success tomorrow, and even a year from now. Now that you
know... go ahead and TAKE that next step.

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Willie Crawford has been teaching others how to build an
on-line business since late 1996. Frequently featured in
radio, magazine and newspaper articles and interviews,
Willie teaches the average guy what the top marketers are
doing but seldom talking about.

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Self Improvement: Success: Little Things Mean Everything

by Jim Meisenheimer

A little over two years ago we moved into a new home in Lakewood Ranch Florida - near Sarasota. Bernadette and I were the second ones to move into the newest subdivision. Our neighbors across the street, Jack and Elizabeth, took honors at being the first to move in.

Jack, who's retired, is quiet and very analytical. He came over the other day and announced that he was putting his house up for sale. He told us he interviewed four realtors. He shared a brief story about each one. What he liked and what he didn't like.

He liked one in particular. His name was Phil. Jack said he was impressive in many ways. He came prepared. He looked and acted very professional and established rapport easily plus had other positive attributes. Jack said he emphasized personalized service, over and over again, and that made a good first impression.

After interviewing the four realtors Jack and Elizabeth were leaning toward giving the listing to Phil. As they were discussing their options, Jack had one more question he wanted to ask Phil. So he called Phil on Friday afternoon at 4:30 and left a message with his assistant, who was a key member of Phil's team.

Sixteen hours later, 8:30 AM on Saturday morning, Phil's assistant returned Jack's call, apologizing for taking this amount of time to return his call.

That's the story - here's the bottom line. Phil and his team did not get the listing, which had a potential commission of $90,000. The reason Jack told us, was that 16 hours to return a call did not measure up to his definition of personalized service. Remember, Jack is very analytical and pays attention to the details.

Little things mean everything and sometimes they can cost you a sale.

Another example. Last Thursday, I was on American Airlines flight #1328 from Miami to Philadelphia. I was lucky and got an upgrade to First Class. My seat was 6F. I noticed the flight attendant as lunch orders were being taken. She seemed friendly and attentive as she noted the individual lunch requests. Her hair was pulled back in a bun and her smile seemed genuine and contagious, as she moved from passenger to passenger.

My initial impression, from a distance, was First Class service in the First Class cabin. That however changed as she approached row 6. She asked my seat partner for his preference and then asked me for mine. She was chewing gum and I mean really chewing the gum. For me, the big distraction was I could see the little red wad of gum she was chewing on.

It's not a big thing to be sure. Sorry, I can't help that it bugged me, it just did. It was a dang little thing that just changed my first impression.

Little things mean everything, especially if you're in sales. Jack called Phil and told him why he didn't get the listing. How many times have you finished second to a competitor and convinced yourself the final decision was based purely on price? Seldom will you get a phone call explaining the real reasons why you weren't the chosen one.

Maybe it was just a little thing.

Little things mean everything and sometimes they can help you close a sale.

So, I got to thinking about little things last weekend between sales training programs I was doing for corporate clients. I must have gotten into a zone because when I was done writing I had a list of 75 little things you can do to increase your sales. This morning I recorded a CD with 75 little things you can do to increase your sales. The package is called, "75 Little Things You Can Do To Grow Your Business And Boost Your Income."

Most salespeople, and for the life of me I don't understand why, take a pass on anything that costs more than 10 bucks. I hope that's not how you think.

This dynamite NEW Info Product will . . . go here for the rest of the story!

http://www.meisenheimer.com/products/75thingscd.htm

A lot of ideas (75) that won't break your piggy bank.

Jim Meisenheimer publishes The No-Brainer Selling Tips Newsletter, a fresh and high content newsletter dedicated to helping you grow your business and multiply your income.

Use this link to sign-up for Jim's F-R-E-E No-Brainer Selling Tips Newsletter and to get your copy of his Special Report titled, "The 12 Dumbest Things Salespeople Do." http://www.meisenheimer.com/

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