The response to the March newsletter was overwhelming-thank you for all of your comments! The frustration with negative thinking about the economy seems to be very high. The great news is that many of you are doing really well as evidenced by our new section below: Sales Success Stories. A special thank you to our contributors this month!

I am personally going to challenge all of us to continue to spread only positive words and thoughts about the economy. Now, that is not to say that people are not struggling out there. But instead of just sympathizing with people, sit down with them and brainstorm on some areas that they might be overlooking in their business that could yield excellent results. Encourage them to focus on new opportunities or changes they can make rather than what isn't working. By putting our energy there, we can all begin to move toward abundance.

On March 11th, MSNBC.Com released the following, (as seen in the Express Personnel Services newsletter), "According to Anderson Forecast, a quarterly economic report released by the University of California at Los Angeles, the economy is expected to avoid a recession amidst a struggling housing market and higher gas prices. The forecast anticipates the job market to continue to slow in 2008, with the unemployment rate rising to 5.5% by the end of the year. The report also expects the economy to post a gross domestic product (GDP) growth gain of around 1.5%, rising to about 3% in 2009. The GDP was 2.2% in 2007."

In response to that article, Palbinder Badesha, Owner of Express Personnel Services in Corona reminds us, "Don't let fear prevent you from growing and developing your business! This is the time to examine and control your overhead, ensure that you are getting the maximum return on your investment from your employees and pursue sales aggressively. This is a great year to differentiate yourself from your competition - when things improve you will be ideally placed to grab all that new business!"

Inspired Action:
1. Decide, right now, that you are going to stop speaking about the economy in negative terms and instead speak about all of the great things that are happening.
2. Decide that you are only going to share success stories with your friends, family and business colleagues rather than dwell on what might not be working.
3. Forward this newsletter to someone you know who really needs to read it.

Open yourself up to all of the great opportunities that are around you! Release your negative thoughts and decide that this is truly going to be your best year of business yet. Why not?

In honor of NAWBO-IE's Amazing Women Awardees and Honorees who will be honored this month in Ontario (see panel at left), read on and enjoy the Get Inspired article from Marsh Engle, acclaimed author, radio show host and founder of Amazing Woman's Day 2008-a truly amazing woman herself! Dr. Ray reminds us this month to focus on becoming a Superstar and Eydie teaches us how to finish the job!

Make this your best month yet!

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Get Inspired

Marsh Engle

"I'm clear about one thing, something must change." These words ran through my mind as a continuous mantra as I faced the avalanche of challenges that had become my constant companion. It was 1999. My mom had just died unexpectedly. Shortly thereafter, I received word from my doctor that my bout with fatigue was much more than simply being overly tired or stressed. It was the signs of a much more serious health issue - one that threatened my life. Then, my father died. Indeed, something had to give.

My years of stressing and striving for success as an entertainment executive had caught up with me. Unhealthy standards of performance. Late nights. Long hours. Poor diet. Little exercise. It was all part of it. But, now I was forced to refocus, re prioritize, and re frame my relationship with success.

Until that moment, I believed there was surely only one approach to success. But now it was clear that the existing definition was not working. Sure the financial rewards were there; but, where was the balance? I set my sights towards reinventing my connection with life. But, where was I to begin? After all, I'd spent 40 odd years doing it the other way. I was now looking for a new slant on my style of success - one that allowed more ease and loads more enjoyment.

Over the next decade I immersed myself in the world of the amazing woman. Since that time I've gained the opportunity to sit with hundreds of feminine leaders from all walks of life. I became inspired by what I witnessed through their actions and their attitudes. I made time for an inner journey to explore what really mattered most to me. And, committed to re-define my sense of Self-value. As a result, my approach to life - and to success - changed. The essential elements of this new creative flow became my roadmap: a solid clarity of intention. An eye toward fresh, new possibilities each moment. A deepened level of esteem that allows spontaneous response to opportunity. Tireless enthusiasm spiced with a real sense of wonder. What I call this new approach is 'Empowered Success'.

Through Empowered Success I found the path to less stress and more creative ease. After all, I'd often heard that it's all about the journey not the destination. Now I was learning what it meant to walk the talk of those words. With the discovery of Empowered Success, I discovered that work really could be great fun! But, best of all, I found that I could enjoy a more bold, outrageous and authentic expression in every area of life: career, relationships, health and more!

How can you discover the essentials to unleashing empowered success in your life? Here's a few of the steps. Experiment and let me know what happens!

1. Be willing to grow beyond the defined: Each moment we may choose to ignite a fresh new view of life and move beyond our set and familiar ways. At times this may stretch us outside of our comfort zone. And, that can be a good thing! Simply create a habit of asking yourself: Am I defining myself in a way that may be limiting or diminishing? What way do I choose to see myself in this moment?

2. Look to discover the yes in all things: I came to see that the way I describe my every experience deeply impacts the way in which I see the next moment. Ask yourself: How am I connecting with and telling the story of this experience? Is it from an empowered point of view?

3. Ignite the power of possibilities: Focus of intention equals willingness to receive. It's through clarity of intention that we open to and unite with the field of all possibilities. To gain this clarity, begin with asking yourself: What am I willing to be? What am I willing to experience? Allow the answers to surface easily and guide you.

4. Play with fresh curiosity: Allow yourself to play with each experience as though it's new and unexplored. Pretend that you don't know what to expect. Be willing to not know all of the answers. Deepen your skills as a listener. When we do this, guess what happens? We allow a natural sense of wonder and passion to emerge. Our interest in life deepens and so do our relationships.

5. Collaborate with sheer trust: Unbounded creative flow lives in our willingness to trust and act upon our intuitive callings. Allow your senses to come alive and direct you to the best match of choice and action.

6. Bring your creative brilliance to life! But, here is the most important essential to remember: When you are true to yourself, true to others and true to the life you live, then you are in the sphere of Empowered Success. And, that a nice place to be.

Marsh Engle An acclaimed authority on higher creativity and the balance of empowered esteem, Marsh inspires people around the world sharing her breakthrough methods for professional success and personal fulfillment. First recognized as founder of Amazing Woman's Day - a movement to celebrate and inspire feminine leadership, she's spend over a decade investigating and celebrating the creative expression of women in all aspects of life. As author of the Amazing Woman Amazing World book series, she honors the immense value and creative power of women everywhere. The Marsh Engle Show broadcasts each Monday on Voice America Women.

www.marshengle.com www.marshengleshow.com www.wibmnews.com

How to Become a Superstar in the Game of Life

Dr. Gordon Ray

How do you become a SUPERSTAR in an average world? How do SuperStars differ from the great mass of average people? Are SuperStars more intelligent, lucky, talented? These factors may be helpful but they are not the determining ones. All SuperStars have some common characteristics - all of which can be developed. The bottom line is that if you are willing to develop these same characteristics you too can become a superstar in the game of life!

What are some of these characteristics which all SuperStars have in common?

***THEY ALL HAVE A SUPERSTAR VISION! All superstars have a huge picture of what they want to create and be in their life and what they are capable of achieving! Sadly most people have a vision and self image that is several sizes smaller than what they are really capable of - if they were to play the game in their fullest potential. Having a small sized vision and image might be great if you are desirous of losing unwanted weight - but it is greatly destructive to life achievements. Want to be a Life SuperStar? Get a huge vision! See it on the screen of your innerness daily.

***SUPERSTARS ALL MAKE SUPERSTAR GAME PREPARATION! Superstardom doesn't just happen by accident. Michael Jordan the great basket ball superstar once said: "I practice the basics and expand and perfect my skills every day"! If you'll notice in most people's lives and conversations - EVERYBODY WANTS TO PLAY IN THE SUPERBOWL - but not many want to show up for practice. That's not the way it works. To be a winner you have to constantly LEARN - PRACTICE AND DEVELOP WINNING SKILLS! For instance attend an enlightening seminar - THEN consistently practice - practice - practice!

***SUPERSTARS CONNECT AND SOCIALIZE WITH SUPERSTARS. If you continually socialize with the average crowd of people - most of whom have small or limited vision - you will soon discover that you become just like them. If you want to become a Superstar - become a Social SuperStar socializer. That level of people connections will be the wind beneath your wings!

***Want to expand your SuperStar preparation and experience? Attend my Seminar on April 17th "Key Pieces In The Puzzle Of SuperSuccess". 6 Key Principles which will make your life and success "ELEVATE 2008". For information and reservation - see my website: www.agordonray.com Attend one of Ursula's seminars! They will assist your life in preparation to play and win in the SUPERBOWL GAME OF LIFE!!!!

Dr. A. Gordon Ray, President Horizons Unltd. Intl.

760.967.1295 Huintl@aol.com

The Whole Job!

Get in the habit of finishing the job.

A lot of us think that cooking the meal is the task and then we go off and do our thing. But cooking the meal also involves planning the meal, shopping for the meal, cooking the meal, putting the away the leftovers, loading the dishwasher with the dirty dishes, and then putting away the clean dishes. That is the whole job. If we only do part of the job, then the rest of the job has to be done later which is exactly how we become overwhelmed.

When you bring in the mail, the whole job is to bring the mail in, open it, sift through it, decipher what goes and what stays, and then put the bills where they will be paid etc.

Begin looking at the whole job. What does it entail? You just might find that by not finishing the whole job, you are actually creating the unorganization in your life.

Out of self-discipline comes order, and out of order comes peace and harmony.

Don't underestimate the power of peace and harmony.

Listen to the audio version here! Click here to listen...

Much Success,

Eydie Stumpf

President, Eydie's Office

www.eydiesoffice.com

Amazing Woman's Day 2008

Saturday, April 26, 2008

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Conference | Luncheon | Connection

Grand Del Mar Hotel, San Diego, CA

$155 Reserve Your Spot Now Click Here

Whatever your vision, we've got the insight, the inspiration, the motivation and, the celebration! Join us for a day of motivational entertainment, interactive sessions and esteem-building exercises designed to celebrate the power of YOU - the amazing woman!

Join featured speakers like transformational leader and feng shui master in the Best seller and hit movie The Secret, Marie Diamond; Ardice Farrow of Smart Thinking Smart Talking Women; and Jeannie Fitzsimmons of Awakened Heart, along with hundreds of amazing women for a day of discovering your unique calling of greatness as we ignite our dreams into action!

Plus! Hear the empowering musical sounds of Emmy-winning singer/songwriter Faith Rivera and the harmonizing tones of master guitarist, Mark Romero.

Check out the highlights of our recent celebration

held in Los Angeles, California on February 9, 2008!
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New -

3-Day

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Classes

Investment: $995.00 (Regularly: $2790.00)
3 Ways to save (choose one):
1. Receive $200 off (each) when you sign up with a friend!
2. Sign up by April 14, 2008 and receive $100 off!
3. Payment Plan: Just $298 per month for three months! (when you sign up by April 14th)

The March Selling With Intention Intensive

was another huge success!

Over $1,000,000.00 in new sales opportunities have been

created since this class was launched.

Why shouldn't those sales opportunities be yours?

The 3-Day Selling With Intention Intensive will give you the sales methodology and closing techniques that you have been missing.

"My first one-on-one coaching session with Ursula was two weeks ago, and I took her March 3-Day Intensive this week. I had 7 units sold for the month at that point. She encouraged me to write a new unit goal down and post it everywhere I could see it. Although I thought 15 was a stretch, that is the exact number I ended up selling for March!" Justin Bumpus, Paychex, Inc.

"Selling with Intention provides you with the confidence, the pitch and the follow up techniques to get the sale closed. Any person looking to grow their customer base should spend 3 days with Ursula...you won't regret it!" Christine Dela Cruz, Acorn Technologies

Upcoming class dates:

May 14, 15, 16, 2008

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Call or email Eydie: 951-737-5311 eydie@potentialquest.com