1. Joeann's Musings:  Gratitude & Memories
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3. Advantage Thinking: It’s What You Keep
4. Create an Extraordinary 2005
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The best things in life aren't things.              Art Buchwald

“We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.”  General Omar Bradley

If the only prayer you said your entire life was 'thank you',

that would suffice.

Meister Eckhart

Joeann's Musings:  Gratitude and Memories

Life is sweet! And, every day above ground is a good one.

I am teaching a class on Advanced Personal Development with a group of coaches this month. Their assignment for the class was to develop a project that would reflect growth in their Advanced Personal Development. One of the students has chosen as her project “Stress-free and Joyful Holidays.” She plans to only do the things that give her real joy (In this vein,I gave up doing Christmas cards a few years ago). She’s going to only accept the invitations that she wants to do, only do the cooking and entertaining that she enjoys and is making a conscious effort to have delight in each day.

One of my personal tactics for the holidays is to plan ways to create memories instead of spending money on more stuff. (One year, I took the family on the train to Matzalan Mexico for Christmas week and played on the beach!)

My student’s project, actually, a pretty good formula for living any time of the year. Other’s expectations of us and our own societal “shoulds” sometimes have us living a life that isn’t really our own. When we resent the demands of others and of the world…we waste precious energy. Better to disappoint a few others than sell out on ourselves! Be true to yourself this holiday season and then see what changes you can make in 2005 for more joy and less stress.

My personal theme for 2005 is Experience the Extraordinary. My intention, each day, will be to create a memory, luxuriate in the abundance in my life and to connect with those who inspire me and those who I love. Do you have a guiding theme for next year? What daily actions would manifest it?

As I look back on 2004, I have a lot to be grateful for. My sweet, but manic-depressive daughter has finally been stabilized on medication that works, has been clean and sober for almost 19 months and just graduated from a year long program to be a Licensed Massage therapist. My Daddy celebrated his 85^th birthday and is pretty healthy and happy. My smart son has had a good year investing and developing real estate. Lily, my brilliant (no, I am NOT prejudiced…she truly is!) granddaughter delights me daily! My wonderful husband and I celebrated his 60^th birthday with a 5000+ mile road trip vacation that reminded us of how incredibly beautiful and prosperous this wonderful country of ours is. I have been blessed in my career to have the opportunity to coach some of the most inspiring people on the planet and be invited to speak to diverse groups that are striving to be the best they can! Life is sweet. What in your 2004 do you have gratitude for?

I also am noticing as each year passes, I am losing a few more friends, who have completed their missions on earth. I am reminded that Richard Bach (who wrote Jonathon Livingston Seagull) said if you want to know if your mission on earth is complete: if you are still here, it isn’t !  But I’ll miss friends like past WCR National President Joan Deal when I attend national meetings. And relatives, like my first husband, Richie, as we celebrate our first Christmas without him. But I know I have the love and memories of time spent together from each person that is no longer “above ground” and that can never be lost or diminished…it is their lasting legacy. They made a difference!

So,…. as I end this year, thank you for the opportunity to be able to be part of your life. Thanks for giving me a place to share some thoughts that, hopefully, have given you a couple of perspectives to think from and maybe even, occasionally, have expanded your thinking or effectiveness. It is my mission to connect with others to ignite joy, creativity and love!  I will see you in 2005! It’s going to be an EXTRAORDINARY YEAR!!!!!

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As 2004 comes to an end, you have, hopefully, gathered your numbers and have a pretty good idea about how well you did this year. For many, I know it’s been a great year. The favor you can do yourself right now, if that has been the case, is take a few actions to minimize your tax liability. Give your accountant a call and ask what you actions you can take between now and December 31^st.

Probably one piece of advice you will get is to make needed purchases before the end of the year, taking the write-offs in 2004. If you have worked on your business plan for 2005, look at your technology plan and determine what new equipment, software, programs that you intend to invest in. Decide if it would be smart to do it this money. You can even charge it by the end of the year and not pay for it until next year and it still counts toward 2004!

 COACH’S ACTION CHALLENGE>  If additional write-offs would be a good move….

Set aside 30 minutes this week to determine what purchases you need to make. A new tablet computer? A portable printer? A TREO?

Pat Zaby’s newly updated Marketing Library or RESPOND? Enrolling in the ePRO Course or a GRI, CRS, ABR, PMN Class? Or one of my Games or the yearlong program? Prepaying Coaching?

Then get it taken care of, knowing you just saved yourself some money!!!

COACH’S BONUS ACTION CHALLENGE> It’s not what you make, it’s what you keep!  In looking at those 2004 numbers, what was the most effective generator of business for you in 2004? Where did you get the highest return for dollars/time spent? Have you planned to do more in this area to go deeper, rather than wider? Ask yourself right now, what one action done consistently in my business would give me the biggest payoff next year? Make sure your business plan has included a strategy to do this! Work smarter in 2005…not harder!

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1. Joeann's Musings:  Gratitude & Memories
2. Sponsor Message:Realty Tags
3. Advantage Thinking: It’s What You Keep
4. Create an Extraordinary 2005
5. Book of the Month
6. Need a Speaker?

 On The Side:

1. Tech Tool of the Month: e-PRO

2. Fossland's F`ree  Forum

3. The Real Estate Games™

4. Borrowed Wisdom

6. Contact and Subscribe/Unsubscribe information

The best things in life aren't things.              Art Buchwald

“We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.”  General Omar Bradley

If the only prayer you said your entire life was 'thank you',

that would suffice.

Meister Eckhart

Joeann's Musings:  Gratitude and Memories

Life is sweet! And, every day above ground is a good one.

I am teaching a class on Advanced Personal Development with a group of coaches this month. Their assignment for the class was to develop a project that would reflect growth in their Advanced Personal Development. One of the students has chosen as her project “Stress-free and Joyful Holidays.” She plans to only do the things that give her real joy (In this vein,I gave up doing Christmas cards a few years ago). She’s going to only accept the invitations that she wants to do, only do the cooking and entertaining that she enjoys and is making a conscious effort to have delight in each day.

One of my personal tactics for the holidays is to plan ways to create memories instead of spending money on more stuff. (One year, I took the family on the train to Matzalan Mexico for Christmas week and played on the beach!)

My student’s project, actually, a pretty good formula for living any time of the year. Other’s expectations of us and our own societal “shoulds” sometimes have us living a life that isn’t really our own. When we resent the demands of others and of the world…we waste precious energy. Better to disappoint a few others than sell out on ourselves! Be true to yourself this holiday season and then see what changes you can make in 2005 for more joy and less stress.

My personal theme for 2005 is Experience the Extraordinary. My intention, each day, will be to create a memory, luxuriate in the abundance in my life and to connect with those who inspire me and those who I love. Do you have a guiding theme for next year? What daily actions would manifest it?

As I look back on 2004, I have a lot to be grateful for. My sweet, but manic-depressive daughter has finally been stabilized on medication that works, has been clean and sober for almost 19 months and just graduated from a year long program to be a Licensed Massage therapist. My Daddy celebrated his 85^th birthday and is pretty healthy and happy. My smart son has had a good year investing and developing real estate. Lily, my brilliant (no, I am NOT prejudiced…she truly is!) granddaughter delights me daily! My wonderful husband and I celebrated his 60^th birthday with a 5000+ mile road trip vacation that reminded us of how incredibly beautiful and prosperous this wonderful country of ours is. I have been blessed in my career to have the opportunity to coach some of the most inspiring people on the planet and be invited to speak to diverse groups that are striving to be the best they can! Life is sweet. What in your 2004 do you have gratitude for?

I also am noticing as each year passes, I am losing a few more friends, who have completed their missions on earth. I am reminded that Richard Bach (who wrote Jonathon Livingston Seagull) said if you want to know if your mission on earth is complete: if you are still here, it isn’t !  But I’ll miss friends like past WCR National President Joan Deal when I attend national meetings. And relatives, like my first husband, Richie, as we celebrate our first Christmas without him. But I know I have the love and memories of time spent together from each person that is no longer “above ground” and that can never be lost or diminished…it is their lasting legacy. They made a difference!

So,…. as I end this year, thank you for the opportunity to be able to be part of your life. Thanks for giving me a place to share some thoughts that, hopefully, have given you a couple of perspectives to think from and maybe even, occasionally, have expanded your thinking or effectiveness. It is my mission to connect with others to ignite joy, creativity and love!  I will see you in 2005! It’s going to be an EXTRAORDINARY YEAR!!!!!

Add a cool RealtyTag to your car to enhance your branding and drive traffic to your website!

As 2004 comes to an end, you have, hopefully, gathered your numbers and have a pretty good idea about how well you did this year. For many, I know it’s been a great year. The favor you can do yourself right now, if that has been the case, is take a few actions to minimize your tax liability. Give your accountant a call and ask what you actions you can take between now and December 31^st.

Probably one piece of advice you will get is to make needed purchases before the end of the year, taking the write-offs in 2004. If you have worked on your business plan for 2005, look at your technology plan and determine what new equipment, software, programs that you intend to invest in. Decide if it would be smart to do it this money. You can even charge it by the end of the year and not pay for it until next year and it still counts toward 2004!

 COACH’S ACTION CHALLENGE>  If additional write-offs would be a good move….

Set aside 30 minutes this week to determine what purchases you need to make. A new tablet computer? A portable printer? A TREO?

Pat Zaby’s newly updated Marketing Library or RESPOND? Enrolling in the ePRO Course or a GRI, CRS, ABR, PMN Class? Or one of my Games or the yearlong program? Prepaying Coaching?

Then get it taken care of, knowing you just saved yourself some money!!!

COACH’S BONUS ACTION CHALLENGE> It’s not what you make, it’s what you keep!  In looking at those 2004 numbers, what was the most effective generator of business for you in 2004? Where did you get the highest return for dollars/time spent? Have you planned to do more in this area to go deeper, rather than wider? Ask yourself right now, what one action done consistently in my business would give me the biggest payoff next year? Make sure your business plan has included a strategy to do this! Work smarter in 2005…not harder!

A Bit of Shamless Promotion!

Book of the Month

Creating True Prosperity