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I Mopped My Floors with Cat Pee!

I Mopped My Floors with Cat Pee!

I bet that got your attention! Now, before you go thinking I'm about to share some crazy, natural, cat pee cleaning solution....and you run over to the local cat lady's house to see if you can borrow some....or before you assume I'm totally making that up just for the sake of grabbing your attention-let me assure you of two things. 1. Mopping your floors with cat pee is a bad idea. A very, very bad idea! No one would or should ever do this on purpose! Do not try this at ho

Are You Afraid of Lions?

Are You Afraid of Lions?

"No! Of course I'm not!", you might laughingly reply. "Why would I be afraid of lions?! I don't live where lions roam wild and the only ones I ever see, are kept a safe distance in a zoo habitat or on TV!" True. That is likely very true for the majority of my readers. But, in some ways, it was also true for the people this verse was referring to: "A sluggard says, "There's a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!" The Bible, Proverbs 26:3 Now, now, don't get a

Do You Want Pity? Or Progress?

Do You Want Pity? Or Progress?

When most people come to a dead end, with a cross road, and are faced with the choice of turning left or right, they make a choice. Even if they hesitate momentarily, they can clearly see that standing still and going straight are not options. They might evaluate, try to see (or even guess!) whether turning left or right is the better choice. But eventually turn they will. Coming to this cross road might make them uncomfortable. For some? Being faced with that choice? Might

You are Not a Bear!

You are Not a Bear!

A bear eats and eats and puts on the pounds in preparation for a long winter nap! He escapes the cold and snow and hunger by sleeping that entire season away! In the direct sales industry, I have found it to be true that some months are easier selling months than others. Like, for example, the months when it's easy for bears to find food! But unlike bears, we can not store up fat, hibernate (not sell or work) all winter long and expect to burst out into spring with a still s

Today is Your Day!

Today is Your Day!

And tomorrow, and the next day, and the next. So long as we have breath! But the trick is to focus on them-as they come, one at a time! And the even harder part? Is letting go of yesterday. We have a tendency to beat ourselves up for what we didn't accomplish yesterday and allowing that to stop us for moving forward today! Forget yesterday!!!! So what if you didn't finish your to-do list? Who cares if you didn't make those follow up calls? No big deal if your house was left

What are You Feeding?

What are You Feeding?

Unless you live in a bubble, or some world I've never heard of, distractions are pretty much impossible to avoid. Some things? We can accomplish even though we are constantly distracted We ladies can be amazing multi-taskers!! Like; talking on the phone and cleaning! Or folding laundry while calling out spelling words for children to practice. But let's be honest for a minute. Accomplishing work, for our business, is not something easily done with a barrage of distractions c

Chasing the Wrong Rabbit?

Chasing the Wrong Rabbit?

I get it...you have bills to pay, children to feed, vacations to take and more! Money might not buy happiness, but it sure buys a lot of things we need to live and things we want and things we think we can only dream about that might make us happy! But here's the problem. When we focus on the money, and spend so much time and energy just trying to keep our head above water earning it, we lose all the joy in our journey. We are no longer chasing a rabbit of happiness..but one

Intentional Actions

Intentional Actions

"Oooh! Oooh! I've got it!! I'll buy this, and do that and then that other thing and I'll say such and such and...and..." Everything will go just right and your business will explode, right? Sound familiar? Don't get me wrong, exciting ideas are exciting! And thinking through all you will do and say and being hopeful for the growth to come are all fantastic! However, there is a final step that goes far beyond the thinking, the planning, the buying, the preparing, the excitem

What a Waste!

What a Waste!

Did you ever hear the story of Punchinello & his boxes and balls, by Max Lucado? Punchinello is a wooden person, created by the Maker, Eli. One time, he and the other wooden people became obsessed with collecting boxes and balls! Who has the most!? Whose are the prettiest or the most expensive?! Finally, towards the end of the story the characters upped the ante! Now they raced to see who not only had the most boxes and balls, but who could be at the highest point in the vill

You CAN Do the Impossible

You CAN Do the Impossible

I have heard too many women share the same sentiments to think I am alone in my all or nothing dilemma. When I can't clean the entire house? I'm tempted to not bother cleaning any part of it. If I'm afraid I won't complete a project well, or at all? I'm likely to avoid accepting the challenge in the first place. And the more overwhelming a task appears? Or the more I doubt my ability to do it very well? The chances increase that I won't even give it a go. This is for some,

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