Hi There,

I decided to write this week's message to you while visiting my local coffee hot spot. Here I am on a blustery October day, sipping a white hot cocoa, listening to Frank Sinatra croon ballads throughout the cafe and I realize this week I don't know what to write about!

This rarely happens to me. In fact, I usually have so many ideas zooming around in my head it's hard to pick just one. But today is different. Today I feel quieter, my mind is definitely quieter and I'm not being pulled in a million directions.

Maybe I feel quieter because this morning I worked out for 42 minutes on the elliptical machine. (Yes, I'm proud of me too!) Or maybe life is quieter for me because right now it's supposed to be quieter. And maybe that means right now, in this moment, my only real job is to LISTEN.

Listening...a very undervalued and underutilized strategy when creating a life you love.

I see it happen all the time, when QUIET hits the first thing we think we need to do is fill it up with MORE. More activities. More busyness. More friends. More shopping. More talking. More T.V. More food.

But what makes us think MORE will make our life better? (And who said quiet was bad?) I don't remember any wise sages give the advice if you do more you'll be more. Have you? In fact, isn't "their" advice the exact opposite? If we BE more, we'll be able to do and have more?

We all want it: MORE. But what if more isn't what's really needed to create the life and business you most want? What if the key to your success is to LISTEN more, rather than DO more? What if the best thing you could is to WAIT and BE STILL until you know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, what to do next?

"Waiting" is an action...sometimes a very smart action. So is stillness and pausing...and taking a breather.

This week when you find yourself wanting or wishing for more...take a closer look. Don't be in a rush simply for the sake of having something to do. Wait until you KNOW what to do. You might find you really enjoy the stillness and realize you already have more right in front of you than you thought.

OK, so I came up with something to write about! When I get into the zone it usually just flows out through my fingertips and that's exactly what happened today.

Enjoy your weekend! I'm heading to one of my favorite places on earth, Minnesota's North Shore of Lake Superior. I can't wait to say HI to the big lake and breathe in the freshest, cleanest autumn air Minnesota has to offer.

Bye for now...

Wishing you happiness and success,

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Be Grateful

The cornucopia that is your life is full. In fact, it has the potential to overflow with so much good fortune you would never again have to worry about having enough.

How do you get your cornucopia overflowing? Be grateful for what you have today.

Magic happens when you express your gratitude for what you have today. That's because what you focus on expands. If you focus on what you're lacking, you'll notice more of what you lack. In fact, you will create more lack. But, if you focus on your blessings, no matter how small they seem today, you will begin noticing more blessings. In fact, you will even create more blessings.

If you're in a tough place right now it may not seem possible to find something you can be grateful for but I ask you to try. Start with simple but obvious things to be grateful for such as your family, friends, kids, pets, etc.

Each day find at least five things you can be grateful for and write them down in a journal or notebook. Add to your list each day and at the end of one week look back over all your blessings. What do you notice? Did it get easier with time? Were some days harder than others? Were there days your whole life felt like one big blessing? Did you start feeling better about your life and your potential? As a person that is "blessed", how do you view your future?

Be grateful for this life you have. Acknowledge your blessings, even on days when it feels like none exist. Shift your attention away from your worries and put your attention on what is good about your life. There is something, perhaps many things.

Expressing your gratitude on a daily basis is a simple action that has the power to improve your life.

"Think about it. The more grateful people are for the gifts we give them, the more inclined we are to give them more gifts. Their gratitude and appreciation reinforces our giving. The same principle holds as true on a universal and spiritual level as it does on an interpersonal level." -- Jack Canfield & Janet Switzer, The Success Principles.

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