A year ago, we embarked on a voyage that I had no idea would go the direction that it has. We started promoting the ViSalus Sciences “Body By Vi 90 Day Challenge”. Just a few weeks into this voyage, we were completely sold on the products and the business opportunity associated with it. No real surprise there. I only promote products that I would use even if there was not a business opportunity attached. What we did not understand was the impact it would have on our lives.

The word ViSalus actually means, Life, Health, Prosperity. I had no idea when we started this journey the impact that it would have on these three areas of our lives. I thought we were just going to help people lose some weight and maybe make a little extra income. What we have found is how this so positively helps people. When your customers send you texts, Facebook messages, give you calls thanking you for sharing the 90 day Challenge with them. When they tell you how much better they feel and the positive impact it has had on their health. When your promoters share with you that they now can afford to do things that were never possible before. That is REALLY what this company is all about.

We discovered how passionate the founders of the company are about actually helping their promoters improve these three aspects of our lives. This audio message is just the latest in a series of messages that have truly changed how we feel about promoting any opportunity. It is nearly 30 minutes long but well worth the investment of your time. Whether you are interested in these products and/or the business opportunity, this audio can have an impact on you. Please listen.

Today, we really have a passion for helping others improve their Life, Health, and Prosperity. Join us on our journey!

Michael

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Setting Goals

During this time of year, most of us are trying to set new goals and/or set a New Year Resolution. Jim Rohn has been a favorite of mine for sometime and I received this today in my email so I wanted to share. Hope you enjoy!

Vitamins for the Mind
by Jim Rohn

Goals/Goal-Setting

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

Some people are disturbed by those tough days because all they have is the days. They haven’t designed or described or defined the future.

Goals. There’s no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There’s no telling what you can do when you believe in them. And there’s no telling what will happen when you act upon them.

We all need lots of powerful long-range goals to help us past the short-term obstacles.

The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them.

Don’t set your goals too low. If you don’t need much, you won’t become much.

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build, end up building us.

We all have two choices: We can make a living or we can design a life.

“Vitamins for the Mind” is a weekly sampling of original quotes on a specific topic taken from The Treasury of Quotes by Jim Rohn. The burgundy hardbound book with gold-foil lettering is a collection of more than 365 quotes on 60 topics gathered from Jim’s personal journals, seminars and books and spanning more than 40 years. Click here to order The Treasury of Quotes.

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New Year Resolutions and the Law of Diminishing Intent

Ever wonder why we start the new year off with all these great ideas of how we are going to change “this” year. Then, one, two, three months later, we are not doing any of those things? It probably has a lot to do with the Law of Diminishing Intent. Simply stated, the further away from the moment of inspiration, our intent tends to diminish. Over time, it returns to the moment before the inspiration occured. How can we overcome this?

One way is to reestablish our goals, resolutions, or whatever you want to call them on a daily or at least a weekly basis. It really helps a lot if you have a written list. When was the last time you actually wrote your New Year Resolutions down? Put the written list in a place where you will review it regularly. (preferably daily) Then take some kind of action on them on a daily basis. This will renew your original “intent” often, not giviving the law of Diminishing intent a chance to work.

If you have a goal or New Year Resolution of improving your health, losing weight, getting more fit, or in my case, uncovering those abs of yours, take a few minutes and write down your exact goals. Mine is to lose 3% body fat while gaining muscle mass. Getting an accountability partner will greatly increase your odds of keeping your intent. Find a program that you can follow and do it everyday! I use the Body By Vi 90 day Challenge and their online system called Vi-Net to help keep me motivated. Hopefully, you will find something that will work for you and keep you motivated while we keep the law of diminishing intent at bay.

Post your new resolutions or goals here and I’ll try and help you stay accountable!

Happy New Year!

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Body By Vi BMW Bonus

Wow, I have to admit that when Dana and I started on this Challenge nearly 5 months ago, I knew I LOVED the product. I knew that I wanted to share the challenge with others. I even knew that we would get our products for free. I wanted to believe that we would one day qualify for the BMW bonus, but even with the wonderful ViSalus Sciences marketing plan, I had NO idea that we would do so as quickly as we have. I say we have because, we are literally just hours away from making that qualification. I say quickly, because by any stretch of the imagination, we have certainly not done it as quickly as hundreds of others have, but with our time constraints, we are just like the 1000’s if not millions of other people that know that the network marketing/mlm business philosophy makes so much sense but have never been able to achieve any success with it. If this rings a familiar bell with you, and you have any interest in helping others, I urge you to take a good LONG look at promoting the Body by Vi 90 day challenge with us.

I have some severe time constraints that limit how much time I have available to promote the challenge. We operate 4 grocery stores, one of which we are in the process of remodeling. If you are a business owner, you know the kind of time that entails. During these 5 months, my daughter had our first grandchild, my son was hospitalized, and the “life” that gets in the way sometimes just goes on and on. Beleive me. If we can qualify to drive an expense paid black BMW, so can you! Take a look at the company, the opportunity, the success stories. Then give us a call and let us help get YOU started on YOUR challenge!

Michael

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Turn Your Dreams into Reality

I don’t know about you, but when I first started trying to tap into the power of manifesting, I had quite a few frustrating “failures”. I still have not got it perfected for sure but it gets better!

If you’ve been trying as hard as you can to get it right–well, that’s your first problem (the TRY part!)

But the second thing is–it’s really so much easier than you think once you understand a few key elements to your manifesting success.

The great Bob Proctor has the answers for you if you are still looking!

[Bob Proctor Shows You The Way]
You may remember Bob from The Secret–and from the absolute gold mine of knowledge he shares all over the globe.

Now Bob sits down with Ryan Higgins from Mind Movies for a fascinating conversation explaining exactly where effective visualization begins.

He just has such a fantastic way of laying it all out, I’m sure you’ll get a whole new perspective that will actually be very exciting for you.

In my opinion, this kind of conversation is way overdue when it comes to the essentials and TRUTH about the Law of Attraction and how it all works.

Because it’s simply not just some flight of fancy or make-believe exercise–the Universal and unchanging laws that make EVERYTHING happen for you are grounded in science!

Now don’t get nervous or anything–you don’t have to be able to unravel an equation or know a test tube from a Petrie dish–all you have to do is step up to the plate and agree to make this a habit you do every single day…

[Practice Makes Perfect--How To Manifest ANYTHING You Want]

The biggest mistake most people make with manifesting is throwing in the towel when what you want doesn’t materialize immediately. Hey, it doesn’t work like that!

I mean, on the one hand, it works so darn fast it will make your head spin–especially when you consider how hugely this can transform your life forever. It DOES take some time, with a dedication to visualizing what you truly want in your life every single day. But it doesn’t have to be difficult or complicated, or even very time consuming. It just has to be done regularly like clockwork.

When you do that ONE thing, hold on to your hat–because some really incredible, almost magical, things will start to happen in your life!

[Feels Like Magic But It's Real]

The magical part is so real, Ryan explains exactly how he vaporized a whopping $70K in debt in only three short months. If you’ve got some financial “issues” you’re really going to want to watch this very closely–it could be the key that unlocks the door to your best life yet.

So take a look–and get started doing exactly what Bob says. You’ll find it just could be the missing piece of your manifesting puzzle. And be sure to let me know how things are going for you OK? To your manifesting success,

Michael

P.S. Have you ever thought about how you’ve been programmed since you were a kid to accept whatever life hands you? No offense, but that is the biggest load of horse puckie since Columbus said the world was flat! You can truly RE-program your thinking to attract the most astounding things into your life. Just watch the video, OK?

[Bob Explains It All--RE-Program Your Thinking!]

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Blogs are crawling off, into forgotten corners of the web and just blinking out of existence at a sickening pace. (Suicidal Blogs)

Why?

Because blog writers are fickle and selfish, all they care about is becoming popular and and making a bunch of money. If the blog they write does not perform the way they want it too, they neglect it, to the point it can no longer take it, then it dies. This is really sad but it is true.

Can we really blame the author of the blog?

No, because, no one can expect, to throw love at a blog, day after day and never get kind of return.

There’s a great new PDF called “Talking Down A Suicidal Blogger” designed to show bloggers how to get more in return from the blogs they write, . It is all about the “secret” methods that all the “guru” bloggers have been using all along right under your nose.

I don’t want to spoil the surprise and be like the jerk at the movie theater who tells you the ending before the show, so I’ll let the report speak for itself. After all, it is free so why not grab it yourself, here now.

I can blurt out the “secrets” here and now, it sounds so simple! However, you really need to see the whole report to get the maximum affect. When you open the PDF and get a chance to see the examples and the mind maps you will get so much more than I can explain here, without plagiarizing this well written publication. This will really work and  I am expecting you to get more readers and profits almost immediately!

I enjoy writing this style of blog post because someone already did the work of explaining the “secrets” for me, while I get to receive credit for passing along valuable information to you.

Don’t let your blog commit suicide. Show it the love you once gave it the day you wrote your very first post. Only this time around, you will have the knowledge of the “secrets” and they will unlock the hidden pleasures only a writer and a successful blog can share.

Here is the link again Talking down a suicidal blogger to download your own free copy while they last.

Saving the life of a suicidal blog will never be easier.

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Positive Thoughts vs Negative Thoughts

I received this in my Facebook inbox today and liked it so much I asked permission from Donna to post here on my blog as well. Thanks Donna for letting me share this! Be sure and check out other great material at her website

The way we use words has a huge impact on our lives. Certain words are destructive; others are empowering.

The words “I can’t” implies you have no control over your life, whereas “I won’t” implies you have a choice. I challenge you, from this moment forward, strike “I can’t” from your vocabulary. When you give your subconscious the message “I can’t”, your subconscious really believes you. Your subconscious believes only what it hears, not what is true.

“I should” is another loser. It, too, implies that you have no choices. “I could” is more powerful….such as, I could visit my grandmother today, but I am choosing to go to the movies.” This implies that you have a choice rather than an obligation. Shoulds bring on guilt, totally draining your emotions. Your power is taken away every time you say the words “I should.”

“It’s not my fault” is another beauty. This makes you look helpless. It’s better to take responsibility for whatever happens to you in life than to be the victim. If you are willing to take responsibility, then you might see what you can change in the future. You are in control. Each time you find yourself in better control of your life you are moving to a position of power, which is the ultimate goal.

“It’s a problem” is another bad one. It’s heavy and negative. Whereas if you were to say “It’s an opportunity” this can open many doors. Each time you see the gift in life’s obstacles, you can handle different situations in very rewarding ways.

“I hope” is another victim’s phrase. “I know’ has far more power. What a difference between these two phrases! One sets you up for worry and the other has peace and calm about it.

“If only” now this is boring, you can hear the whine behind it. Whereas “next time” implies that you have learned from the situation and will put what you have learned to use.

“What will I do?” This phrase has a lot of fear in it. We all have incredible sources of power within us that we haven’t used before. It would you serve you much better to say “I know I’ll handle it, I have nothing to worry about.”

As simple as this may seem, I promise you, it is very powerful. When you begin to erase the cants, shoulds, terribles, problems and struggles from your vocabulary, not only do you feel differently, but you will be seen by others in a very different way. People who display inner strength are treated differently from those who don’t. The more powerfully you speak, the more you will be seen as a force in the world around you.

Thanks again Donna for allowing me to repost this. Be sure and visit her page at http://www.donnamcrae.com

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Are You Suffering From Anabolic Slowdown?

Let me guess, you’re probably thinking “What the heck is Anabolic Slow Down?”

With your weight training experience you probably already know what I’m talking about…you just didn’t know it had a name.

Simply put, you just can’t continue to gain pounds and pounds of muscle year after year.  In fact, if you stop and think about it, when was the last time you really gained a serious amount of noticeable muscle?

Probably been a while hasn’t it?

Can you remember the last time you really grew and added serious muscle mass and serious strength? If it’s been a while then you know something has happened to slow down your gains.

It’s commonly referred to as a plateau but nobody seems to be able to explain exactly what causes it.

Well Brad Pilon thinks it’s something called “Anabolic Slow Down”.

You know this happens and you probably feel like you’re taking crazy pills because it seems like nobody else in the fitness and muscle building industry ever talks about it.

But don’t worry, you’re not the only one, this happens to EVERYONE who is an experienced lifter.

The bottom line:

Everybody who trains hard enough eventually suffers from Anabolic Slowdown which is a combination of metabolic, mechanical and physiological reactions to weight training that make it next to impossible to gain any more muscle.

And this doesn’t mean your workout isn’t effective, it’s actually quite the opposite. The better your workout is the faster you will reach this advanced plateau state called anabolic slow down.

So how do you know if you have anabolic slow down?

Well Brad Pilon is about to blow the lid off of the bodybuilding and supplement industry on thurs June 10^th when he talks for the first time about Anabolic Slow Down and the Anabolic Continuum.

But most importantly you’re going to learn a radical new approach to busting through muscle building plateaus.

Based on a well studied but seldom talked about field of research he has developed a new tool; an assessment guide to determine if you’re suffering from anabolic slow down.

First of all this guide is the first and only one of its kind and probably one of the most important documents you’ll ever read if you take your muscle building seriously and want to ignite new muscle growth.

Secondly and most importantly this Thursday June 10^th is the exclusive teleseminar about anabolic slow down, the anabolic continuum and the new strategy Brad has developed to overcome the problem of anabolic slow down.

This is a MUST ATTEND event, you simply cannot miss this one. This is a free teleseminar and probably the only one that will ever be free so get in and secure your spot while you still can.

I think there are 2000 spots available and from what I’ve heard they’ll be filling up fast.

Simply go to this link and sing up for your free copy of the assessment guide(read it and fill it out before the teleseminar) and secure your spot on the Teleseminar.

CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR FREE ASSESSMENT GUIDE AND REGISTER FOR THE TELESEMINAR  <– Anabolic Again

If your muscle building effort needs a kick start this is going to be the most important event you attend all year.

It’s time to get Anabolic Again,

Michael

P.S. Brad has told me that this is the only time he’ll be offering both the assessment tool and the teleseminar for free so you should jump on this opportunity.

Click here to get your assessment guide and secure your spot in the teleseminar: CLICK HERE  <– Anabolic Again

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3 Great Reasons Why Intermittent Fasting Is A Good Idea!

You may not have heard of intermittent fasting, and so you may not know why it can and should be a part of your workout and fat loss plan. Intermittent fasting is the practice of abstaining from all but water for a period of usually 24 hours to help with the goals associated with fat loss and weight loss in general. The way in which it helps in this arena is by cutting out a full days caloric intake, while still being able to maintain a full workout schedule. Let’s look at three main reasons I believe that intermittent fasting is a good idea for anyone serious about fat loss and muscle building!

The primary reason I’m fond of a workout plan that involves intermittent fasting is that it promotes maximum fat loss. Most people employ these types of fasts two days a week while working out, and this means they are effectively cutting out a full two days caloric intake from their weekly consumption. This combined with your workout can and does have a dramatic effect on the pace at which you lose excess fat. By working out while doing these fasts, you are attacking your goals with a two-edged sword, slashing it from both ends of the spectrum.

The second reason would be that this type of fasting allows you to maintain a moderate to intense workout load while still maintaining your energy and metabolism. Many people think that fasting drains both of these aspects, and while that is true for other, particularly longer fasts, for intermittent fasting the opposite has proven to be the case. You often have more energy and a higher metabolism while engaged in this type of fasting, making it the best of both worlds. Many other fasts are so debilitating that you are left at the end of the day so drained you are unable to do anything. Intermittent fasting is not like that at all.

The third reason why I believe intermittent fasting is a good practice to include in your workout plan is that it has beneficial aspects to it that are a little less easy to see, but of great benefit all the same. There is a cleansing of your system that takes place with any fast, as your body adjusts to less content being put into it. There are also undeniable psychological benefits, such as a very affirming sense of accomplishment that can help you in many areas of your life. Knowing that you are not a slave to food is a major part of that.

I’m a firm advocate of intermittent fasting as a way of enhancing your fat loss and workout routines. There is in my mind no faster way of getting maximum fat loss while still being able to handle a full workout load. Investigate it today. I think you might be surprised at the results you’ll come up with!

Brad had created a workout/intermittent fasting program second to none. Check it out. It is called Eat Stop Eat

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