IN THIS ISSUE
Welcome
Feature Article - Seeds of Potential
Words to Inspire
Guest Column - Courage To Be Yourself
Resources for You
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SEEDS OF POTENTIAL

Spring is in the air! We welcome the warmth and sunshine of spring as winter days fade away. Everything seems to come alive with a renewed energy. Nature becomes a show place filled with bright flowers, budding trees and chirping birds.

Spring is a time for growth and renewal programs to begin. Perhaps you are thinking of planting a flower garden. First you decide what kind of flowers you want. Then you plant the seeds and nurture them with tender loving care. With a little water, feeding, and cultivating, those seeds will grow into exquisite flowers! Within months your garden is fully in bloom with color and fragrance.

How can you apply the magic of spring to design your personal garden of growth and renewal? It all begins by planting seeds of potential that will sprout and move you closer to achieving what you want.

Planting seeds of potential requires special handling. First, you don't go to the store to buy them. Second, you don't plant them in soil. The seeds are found within you and that's where they need to be nurtured with loving care. A personal garden filled with seeds of potential consists of the following six qualities.

1) Resilience. Being able to adapt and adjust quickly is a major asset for reaching your potential. Like the Slinky Toy you must be able to bounce back and forth easily.

2) Change. Every year Spring proves that nothing stays the same. Do you seek out change or just let it happen? Taking a proactive approach will help you achieve more of your potential.

3) Hope. What do you do when the going gets tough? Do you see a light at the end of the tunnel? Hope springs eternal! Seeking new possibilities keeps your energy flowing and growing.

4) Attitude. Promoting positive thoughts that promote you are essential in a garden filled with potential. There is no place for the weeds of negative thinking.

5) Belief. Having a strong belief that you can do what you set out to do is a corner stone for your growth and potential. Without that belief you sabotage yourself.

6) Lightness. You need time for play and fun. Take a spring break and enjoy what you have. Life does not have to be serious.

Planting and nurturing these seeds of potential will give you a bountiful harvest in your personal garden of growth and renewal. Remember that an acorn seed has the potential of growing into a mighty oak tree. How "mighty" do you want to grow? There is no limit on what you can do and become with your seeds of potential!
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WORDS TO INSPIRE

"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
Lewis Carroll

"Tall oaks from little acorns grow."
Anonymous Latin Saying

"Why stay we on earth except to grow."
Robert Browning
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GUEST ARTICLE

COURAGE TO BE YOURSELF By Bal Simon, (c)2002

Have you ever gotten on board with a program and the person who
sponsored you, or someone in your upline, or even corporate tries
to hammer you into fitting the mold? Have you watched other
people doing it and wondered what's the matter with you?
Especially if they're making money and you're not?

Maybe it's reasonable for you to berate yourself. But before you
do it, give this some thought.

Are your goals really the same as those of others in the
organization, or are your goals, perhaps, a little different? Is
there something about the business you are in that doesn't quite
make sense or doesn't seem as quite ethical as you'd like?

Are you experimenting - to find your own way - even if it means
that until you do, you won't be generating the dollars that you
want?

Think about this, too. Thomas Alva Edison did not invent the
light bulb by getting on board with someone else's program. Rosa
Parks didn't help make things right with a herd mentality. Albert
Einstein didn't invent/discover the Laws of Relativity by
conforming to someone else's ideals. And Madame Curie didn't
discover radium by wondering what was wrong with her.

Whatever genius there is that may reside inside you, it must have
the freedom to live in inner torment, to wrestle with and to
experience the joy of big ideas, to explore in ways not yet paved
with asphalt.

I am not suggesting that you put common sense on hold. Nor am I
suggesting that you stay off of paved roads to success... if
that's where you want to be.

But life is far too short - even if you are immortal - to let
others tell you how to live your life. Advice is great. Modeling
successful people has a place. But LIFE is too precious, and can
be so interesting if you have a desire and can find the courage
to listen to the inner oracle that calls upon you to do great, or
at least bigger, things.

Strive for success, but don't live someone else's dreams. Define
that success in your own terms. For that, my friend, is where the
juice of life is!
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Bal Simon is the CEO of DirectorOfWealth.com. DirectorOfWealth.com helps people make money in their own online businesses.
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mailto:balsimon@directorofwealth.com.
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RESOURCES FOR YOU

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