Logs on the Fire

Nothing warms the heart and the spirit as much as a warm fire on a cold, snowy day. Snuggle up to the hearth when the lifts close at any ski resort. Everyone congregates by the fire to share a beverage and remove the chill from happy but tired muscles. The fireplace constitutes the magic gathering place to share tales of the epic run through the trees. Enjoy the laughter as someone relates the dollop of snow falling off a tree branch and connecting with pinpoint accuracy directly through the collar of the ski jacket and down the back. Burr, that cold chill drove straight to the core. Stopping in deep powder is not an option unless you want to pole your way out of the forest.

Tales around the fire inspire laughter and good natured teasing about getting stuck in a tree well. Gathering around the fire means camaraderie and fun.

Fire also means a backyard barbeque in the summertime with friends and neighbors gathered to play and share. Gathering around a fire as a child roasting marshmallows or making smores means tasty fun. In case you did not make smores as a child, place a toasty warm marshmallow and a block of Hershey’s chocolate between two graham crackers. Yumm. Smores represent backyard or camping fun for children and adults.

Fire symbolizes warmth, fun and passion. The fire of passion in your soul for your goals intensifies the likelihood of achieving those goals. Without a passionate fire burning in your soul to achieve those goals, you have significantly reduced the likelihood of achievement.

Steve Jobs, the icon and founder of Apple Computers, credits his passion as his key to success. “You’ve got to find what you love. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to Love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.”

Fire in the physical flame or metaphorical fire in your passion for your life constitutes the difference between success and failure. Every successful person owned, lived and breathed their passion. Olympic athletes, concert master musicians, inventors and corporate moguls were all consumed with passion for their chosen mission in life.

Finding your passion, designing a plan to achieve it and following through no matter what the obstacle makes all the difference between success and failure. There may be a temporary burst of flame and fortune, but never a lasting roaring fire unless you are deeply passionate about your goals.

Stoking that flame by continually adding logs is essential. Add a log by reading good books of successful people who have achieved similar goals in your field of endeavor. Add a log by listening to educational, inspirational and motivational leaders in your industry. Add a log by surrounding yourself with like minded goal oriented people. Add another log by focusing on your goal to the exclusion of distracting activities and people.

There will be people around you who throw buckets of water or even a garden hose on your dreams. They discourage and ridicule your goals all with the supposed intention of doing it “for your own good.” It is easier for well intentioned friends and family to douse your flame of desire than to discover and fan their own flame. It is easier to drag the Joneses down to a lower level than rise to meet them on a higher plane.

Constantly fan your flame of desire by giving yourself positive affirmations. Constantly fan your flame by celebrating every little success on the way to the major goal. Constantly write and re-write your goals to keep re-affirming your long range objective.

Believe in yourself and your goal so firmly that you never allow that passionate flame of desire to flicker and reduce to an ember. Without a roaring flame of passionate desire in your heart, soul and actions, you will flicker and fail.

Fire means warmth, fun, passion and success. Keep your flame burning brightly. Come join me at www.Elaine4Success.com for inspiration, encouragement and assistance in achieving your goals.

At Last! A Success Formula Which Works!

The view from the top of the mountain inspires the heart and fills the soul with gratitude. You have climbed over the boulders, stepped in and around the holes in the path, and pushed your way through the thickest brush. No obstacle stood in your way for long. You were on a mission.

You were assaulted by negative friends, family and co-workers; they told you to “get real,” “stop dreaming,” and “get a job and forget this nonsense of having your own business.” You endured the challenges of learning marketing. You experienced small successes, only to drop back into the learning curve again and again. You persisted through it all. Success is yours now.

What a wonderful feeling of accomplishment. Your baby, your new business, rests happily in your arms. Savor the sweet aroma of victory. Celebrate your success. Treat yourself; you deserve a reward for all of your consistent and persistent effort.

This tiny new enterprise is now yours to nurture and grow into everything you dream it can be and more. Expand your goals and vision to reach higher and higher.

Remember launching your first kite? You ran and ran while it dragged on the ground. You ran harder and it came up 5 feet then 10 feet and dropped back to the ground. You summoned all of your energy and ran even faster until the kite came up 10 feet, then 20 feet, then 50 feet and finally 100 feet. Your business kite encountered the same cycle.

Your business kite is now flying high; it is soaring above the treetops and reaching for the clouds. Keep feeding the kite string, just as you keep feeding your new business more marketing. Nurture your new business with the nutrition of marketing, innovative ideas, enthusiasm, and consistent goal oriented action.

Just as you were tempted to stop running when the kite bounced back on the ground, so you were tempted to stop when your new business hit a snag. Now you are so thrilled that you persisted. Your business kite is flying. You are now standing on the top of the mountain with your soul soaring above the clouds.

So many people are tempted to stop at the first difficulty, but not you. You have a passion for your new business. You are passionate about your goals. So what if you stubbed your toe when you were running. You stood up, dusted yourself off and started running again.

When asked the secret to your success, you reply, “Choose a goal you are passionate about achieving and then remain consistent and persistent.” Success really is that simple. Only by choosing a goal you are passionate about achieving will you be able to endure the negative talk from others and the negative self talk. Only with a passion for achievement will you persevere through the inevitable obstacles. Every business encounters obstacles. When your “why,” your passionate reason for reaching for the goal, is more compelling than any potential obstacle, you will persevere. When the “why” is limping along you will give up easily. Unless your “why” remains powerful, your “what” will not matter. You will very rarely ever achieve a goal unless you are absolutely passionate about your success.

For more personalized goal setting and goal achieving assistance, contact me at www.Elaine4Success.com. For help in determining your passion, contact me.

3 Secrets to Success

Steamboat Springs, Colorado is the home of more Olympians than any other ski resort in United States. In 2006, Steamboat sent more athletes to compete in the Olympic Games than some small countries.

Todd Lodwick, Nordic combined;
Johnny Spillane, Nordic combined;
Ryan St. Onge, aerial;
Tommy Schwall, ski jumper.

The 2010 games are only three weeks away. Once again Steamboat has major competitors on the team.

Todd Lodwick, Nordic combined;
Johnny Spillane, Nordic combined;
Rebecca Sorensen, Skeleton.

Ryan St. Onge will also compete in aerials; however, this time he lists Winter Park as home.

Becoming an Olympic athlete requires hours and hours of focused practice. Many of these athletes have trained seriously since they were little tots. Jeremy Abbott, Aspen figure skater, started skating when he was two; he competed starting at age four.

When the other kids were out playing hop scotch and Red Rover, these aspiring hopefuls were practicing their skills. Success requires focused practice and constant improvement.

A violin virtuoso was greeted backstage after performing a magnificent concert. The fan said, “I would give my life to play like that.” The master replied, “Madam, I did.”

Whether you are competing in the Olympic Games, practicing to be a masterful musician or conducting your own business, you must have passion, persistence and consistency. Every successful endeavor requires long term dedication.

Passion for your pursuit is essential, not optional. Without a passion for your career, it becomes nothing more than a pleasant hobby. Treat your activity like a casual hobby and it will pay you in proportion to your effort. Entitlement attitudes rarely, if ever, achieve success. Decide what you are willing to forfeit in order to attain your goals.

Skiing all day in deep powder is a heavenly experience. If your income and future relate to skiing, fabulous; enjoy your day and perfect your technique. If your goal is to be a famous heart surgeon, skiing is a distraction. Anything which takes you away from your goals constitutes a distraction. Everyone has choices. Choose to play now and you will not achieve retirement income for later.

A coaching client recently complained that his business was failing. As he continued to speak, the reason became obvious. Working for six months at the business and taking off six months to swim and scuba was a recipe for disaster. Another coaching client declined a wonderful two month European tour in order to focus on his business.

Choose to remain extra focused right now in order to be able relax later.

1. Determine a goal and a career focus which truly ignites your passion. Lukewarm goals and desires NEVER propel you past the inevitable rough spots in your success path.
2. Remain consistent and persistent in your pursuit of the coveted goal. Constantly learn and apply the knowledge acquired. Read books of other people who have succeeded at your chosen career. Attend live events and network with other successful people in your chosen field. Practice over and over again until the skill becomes ingrained into your subconscious. Visualize yourself performing and achieving your goals. Constantly examine your performance and make the appropriate adjustments to improve. Choose your time priorities carefully.

3. Dedicate your time, effort and resources to constantly improving the skills you already possess and acquiring the new skills to make yourself even better.

Success only involves luck when you consider that good luck is when opportunity meets preparation. Olympic athletes and musical masters practice several hours per day for years for their few moments on stage in the spotlight. Successful business owners follow exactly the same pattern of behavior. Talent helps but talent alone will not take you to the podium time after time. Financial resources may speed the learning curve by placing you with the best coaches, teachers and educational materials.

You are responsible for the application of your talent, resources and effort. The final determination of success always rests at the feet of the person with passion, consistency, persistence and focused unswerving dedication.

For assistance in determining your passion and keeping you on track, join me at www.Elaine4Success.com.

Choose Goals With Passion

Determine what it is that makes your blood boil with passion. What is so important to you that you are eager to leave it as part of your legacy? Goals are more than dreams with a deadline, goals must inspire passion.

Entire sections of libraries are dedicated to goal setting. 99% of America makes a New Years resolution and breaks it within days, weeks or a few months. Why? You write down what you think you should want to do instead of what you passionately commit to do. I encourage you to choose a revolution, not a resolution. When you commit to a revolution, you’re all out committed.

Do you even know your most profound passionate desires? Have you buried them so deeply in your sub conscious that it requires a jackhammer to extract them?

Stop reading right this second and grab a tablet and pencil, pens run out of ink at the most inopportune times. Set a timer on your i phone or microwave or even your watch.

• Write as fast as you possibly can for ten minutes. Write everything you would love to do, places you want to go, achievements you desire.
• Dream, fantasize and free flow write
• In a perfect world with no restrictions. I would like to . . .
• DO NOT ANALYZE, JUST WRITE

When the timer rings, sit back and take a sip of water. Catch your breath. Now look at what you have written.

Break your goals into 4 categories: Personal Growth, Professional, Financial, and Fun. Within each category, break them down into time frames of 1 year, 3 years, 5 years and 10 years.

Check your heart. If they don’t make your heart beat a little faster and put a warm fuzzy smile in your soul, consider crossing them off the list. Luke warm desires bake a cake of disaster.

For each of your top 3 goals in each category write 5 compelling reasons why you will persist until the goals are achieved. If your “why” is not big enough, your “what” will not matter.

Within the 1 year category, break the targets down into time circles. On the outer ring write 1 year, the next smaller ring is 9 months, then 6 months, then 3 months, 1 month, one week and the bulls eye (center) is today. You should have 7 circles.

Targets do not inspire you? Make a Wheel of Fortune. Draw a circle the size of a tangerine in the center of a sheet of paper. Draw 6 spokes out from the circumference of the circle. On each line write one of your top 6 goals from any of the 4 categories. For instance if one of the goals was a new home, then add a picture of that ideal new home at the tip of the line. You mind thinks in pictures, give your sub conscious mind a picture to enhance the thought.

Tonight and every night write a list of 5 action steps to be accomplished the next day to move your life and your business forward. First thing every morning, review that list and check the items off as you complete them each day.

Develop a specific routine for the first activities each morning. Call it your Early Morning Success Routine. Select three to five activities you will absolutely complete upon awakening every morning.

1. Review your top 5 action steps for today
2. Read 30 minutes of educational, inspirational or personal development material
3. Write affirmations and or goals in your journal. Writing increases the emphasis
4. Morning exercise – strengthening, toning, cardio, stretching

Each evening perform your Late Night Success Routine. The subconscious mind is most receptive immediately before drifting off into an alpha state and immediately upon awaking from an alpha sleep. Use these critical times of the day for optimum positive impressions on your subconscious mind.

1. Write the top 5 action steps to be performed the next day
2. Write in your success or gratitude journal
3. Read 30 minutes of educational, inspirational or personal development material
4. You may also choose to say your prayers of thanksgiving for the day

For a complete personalized goal setting and goal achieving plan, join me at www.Elaine4Success.com

Internal Controls

What really shapes your life? Who holds the controls for your future? You do. Your internal controls, your programming control your future.

Ability constitutes a significant portion, but ability alone will not carry you to success. History abounds with highly intelligent people who have wasted their lives. Intelligence and talent assist one in achieving success; however, those qualities alone are not sufficient.

Opportunity contributes another major piece to the success puzzle. Being in the right place at the right time certainly should not be overlooked. You must make yourself and your talents known. You must be available to participate when opportunity knocks.

Knowledge forms another portion of the success equation. Highly educated individuals have been known to work very menial jobs. Education and specific training enhance the probability of success but those qualities alone do not insure success.

Ability, opportunity, and knowledge contribute toward success. None of those three outshine “passion” as the key ingredient for achievement.

When John C. Maxwell was a new pastor, he was sent to a “wide spot in the road” size town. The first Sunday there were 3 people and 2 of them were John and his wife Margaret. He loved people, worked hard and built the congregation to about 100. As a 23 year old pastor, he was quite proud of his accomplishment. One Sunday in the summer he decided to stretch the congregation to the unfathomable goal of 300 for the first Sunday in October. Some of the folks in that small valley had never seen 300 people but they agreed to help. They each asked everyone in the valley several times; there were not that many people in the valley so each one received several invitations.

The first Sunday in October arrived and people swarmed to the tiny church. The windows were open and people were inside, outside and everywhere. The head usher stood and announced that there were 299 people. Pastor John said, “Our goal is 300.” He found himself declaring that he would not speak until he found the 300th person to complete the goal. Betty stood up to lead a couple of songs while he located the 300th person.

John was so pumped and excited and the congregation patted him on the back as he marched down the isle and out to find the 300th person. His excitement was extreme until he stood outside and thought, “Now what do I do?” He walked across the street to the only service station in town. There he found the owner and the mechanic. His question to them was, “Which one of you wants to be a hero to the entire valley by becoming the 300th person and fulfilling our goal.”

Note the question, “Which one of you wants to be a hero to the entire valley?” Long story short, they hung a closed sign on the service station and both men went across the street to the church. The congregation cheered, the service station owner and mechanic beamed as the entire congregation treated them as heroes.

At the end of the day, the only element which made that day a resounding success instead of just a great day was passion. Ability did not accomplish the goal. Opportunity did not create success. Knowledge did not figure in the result. Passion led the charge and passion accomplished the goal.

Neither ability, nor opportunity, nor knowledge created success. Passion accomplished the goal. What passion do you possess which can and will lead you to your goals?



For more specific tip and techniques to lead you to success, join me at www.Elaine4Success.com. Live a passionate and successful life.



Titles:

Discover Your Passion

Internal Control

Internal Controls

Emotional Control



Keywords:

Find Your Passion

Yes, I know writing about passion with a name like mine brings all sorts of images to the mind. Passion is the key to all the most important aspects in your life.

A study of two groups of one hundred people each revealed some interesting discoveries. One group was comprised of people seeking wealth as the primary objective and selecting the career they felt would achieve that goal the most rapidly. The second group focused on following their passionate mission in life and creating their career based on their passion first and wealth as a by product.

Twenty years later the groups were surveyed again. Over 83 per cent of the millionaires were from the group which pursued passion first and allowed the wealth to come to them as a secondary benefit.

Following your passion smoothes many of the roadblocks on the way to success. The roadblocks, speed bumps and even the brick walls still exist. The difference maker becomes your mental attitude about dealing with the obstacles. Another significant difference relates to the focus. MLM and network marketing have the reputation of attracting “program jumpers.” Program jumpers are seeking the latest and greatest money making opportunity. Does that mean there is anything wrong with earning money and being rewarded for your time and effort? Of course not. Being a program jumper does speak to primary motivation. Yes, it is not uncommon for someone to experience a few different industries and a few different companies before they locate their niche. Most highly successful entrepreneurs did not hit their stride with their first venture.

Program jumpers stay within the same MLM or network marketing industry; however, they jump to each new startup company. They stay a few months or a year and jump to the next one. Do they make money? Some do. Are they fulfilled? Their track record of program jumping indicates NO.

Following your passion tends to be longer term and maintains a more consistent theme. Examine your goals and motivation. Do you look forward eagerly to beginning each new day? Are you experiencing apprehension about each day’s activities and results? How do you measure your success; do you measure by your bank balance or your feelings of accomplishment?

Tap into your passion and you are tapping in to your true potential. At the end of our day, our career, our life, what will be the legacy you leave for others? A peaceful heart will leave a legacy of satisfaction for having contributed to the lives of others. The pain of regret for not following your passion weighs heavily on your heart regardless of the amount on your financial statement.

You can follow your passion. You choose how you spend your life and your career. You can spend it living as if you are forcing a square peg into a round hole. Or you can live life on your terms. Feel the thrill of satisfaction for having lived life pursuing your passion. History records success stories of numerous entrepreneurs who attempted many ventures but their real fortune and their satisfaction was only achieved when they followed their passion.

Tap in to your feelings. Tap in to your passion. Within your passion, you will find your greatest achievement and your greatest satisfaction.

For more helpful articles and personal coaching, come see me at www.Elaine4Success.com I salute you for the courage to follow your passion.

Dream Stealers

Martin Luther King had a dream. A dream he expressed very passionately to everyone. What is your dream? What lights your heart, soul and mind on fire with excitement? What inspires you to bound out of bed in the morning with joy and purpose – truly anxious to take action? Deep in the very fiber of your being a fire, or maybe at this point just an ember, burns waiting for you to fan the flame. Or have you allowed someone or something to steal that dream away from you? What threatens your dreams? Low self-esteem, day to day circumstances, the people in your circle of influence, or your own lack of dedication to your dream? Focus on that vision and imagine it as a reality at this very moment. How does it feel? Savor that feeling of accomplishment and joy. Napoleon Hill reminds us “Whatever the mind of a man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

Explore, dream, question, and discover that special desire. Once you absolutely identify your dream, it is easier to determine how badly you want it and exactly what you are willing to do to achieve it. If you absolutely knew you could have anything you wanted, what would it be? Visualize yourself already possessing that goal. Most people hesitate about reaching for their dreams because they don’t know how they are going to achieve those lofty goals. Don’t settle for what you think is possible or what other people tell you that you can or should expect. Go for what you truly want. Do you believe you deserve to have it? If so, why or why not? Explore your feelings and you will determine your level of self-esteem. Your self-esteem is closely tied to your feelings of deserving to receive your dreams. Don’t give up on yourself and smother your own dreams?

Revive that fire of passion. Live that dream even if only in your imagination. Now what are you willing to do about it? Nothing great arrives without some time, effort and sacrifice. Fried chicken does not fly in the window. Dreams do not arrive fully achieved. They start with an idea, a bud, and develop into a full petaled flower. What price are you willing to pay to realize that dream? Are you willing to water and nurture and weed and tend that dream? When will you awake that goal and decide to do whatever it takes to bring it forth into reality? Start living your dream. Wayne Dyer talks about thinking from the end – seeing and feeling that dream as if it is already in existence.

We each have a special desire deep within us. Sometimes, far too often, we allow day to day circumstances to dictate mediocrity and mundane existence. Yes, we allow, our time and our days to slip by without setting aside any time to work on our dream. Set aside some golden time – time just for you. The people around us squelch our dreams by telling us we can’t have or don’t deserve or can’t afford. Remember this is not about what they want for us or for themselves. They have their own path. You have yours. Live your own life. Dream your own dreams. You are what you think. You are what you decide. Make the vision on the inside become the reality on the outside. No, not “I’ll try.” Trying is failing with honor. Don’t try – decide and achieve.

Excellence is the result of caring more than others think is wise,

Risking more than others think is safe,

Dreaming more than others think is practical, and

Expecting more than others think is possible.

Start and end your day with positive thoughts, gratitude and affirmations. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams and your future. You have a responsibility to yourself. Letting circumstances or someone outside of you to steal your dreams hurts you and everyone who truly cares about you. Feel that dream. Experience how it will feel to accomplish it. Enjoy the moment in your imagination when it really comes true. Reach up on the shelf of your dream storage closet; dust off the hopes and plans you have stored away for so long. It is your dream.

Allowing something or someone outside to steal your dream is criminal but the worst tragedy is when we give up on ourselves and our dreams.

Find that ember deep inside your soul, fan the flame and bring it to a roaring inferno.

Ok, so there will be times when someone tries to pour water on your dream or there will be spring showers that dampen your dream. Stay focused on your progress and little victories along the way. Each step moves you closer to your goal. Hold that dream tenderly and protectively. Decide to keep it alive and glowing. Shelter it from the wind of daily events. Use that wind to fan the flame, not put out the fire.

It is your dream. No one has a right to steal it – not anyone around you and certainly not yourself. Don’t steal your own dream. Instead find a way to make it glow and burn for all to see. The secret of the law of attraction states that your current work is not the way to reach your largest dream. Thinking consistently and positively about them coming true; that is how dreams come true. You deserve to realize and live the fulfillment of your dream.

Always Be Growing – Reach For Your Dreams

As I open my emails this morning there is a reoccurring theme from Brian Tracy, Napoleon Hill, Bill Harris of Centerpointe, and Mike Litman. They are all speaking on courage to follow your passion. Why do so many people let their dreams wither and die? Is it fear of failure or crazy as it many seem, fear of success?

It is so easy to stay in our little comfort zone of known friends, known jobs, known neighborhood and even common complaints. Many people find it easier to complain about what they do not like about their life or situations than to actually go out and do something about improving them. Some people would rather stay with something they know, even if they don’t like it, rather than rock the boat by even considering something new.

It all comes down to what you want from your life. Would you rather be safe but miserable with the known or look for a way to make it better? You may be thinking, what gives her to right to tell me to shake up my world?

I grew up as a very poor Kansas farm girl. It would have been less effort to obey my father and stay right there on the farm. I had a dream of going to college and actually doing something with my life. Out of my graduating class only 3 of us went to college and one of those dropped out after the first year. What gave me the courage to say I deserved more? Perhaps it was my teachers. Maybe it was just aw persistent voice inside my head saying, “get out of here and go find out what you can do with your life.”

I am so very grateful that I listened. Talk about a stretch out of the comfort zone. I had not been allowed to learn to drive, had never had a job, and did not have any money. In fact, my possessions were few and not very nice at that, but I wanted more from life.

Now I am NOT recommending that anyone follow my lead and run away from home, but I am so thankful that I did stretch my limits and go for the gusto. What I learned in college has benefited me every day of my life. The classes were very intense and informative, but what I learned outside of class was even more important. I learned to not only survive but thrive. I learned how to interact with various people from many different backgrounds. I learned how to network and locate not just a job, but a good job where I learned as well as being paid.

I grew so much as a person in those three and a half years. It made such an impact on me that I held the goal of a Masters degree in the back of my mind for decades. It was actually 30 years after my Bachelors degree before I was able to go to the University of Denver and start working on my Masters degree. Once again, it was not easy. I worked until 2 pm and drove to Denver, 170 miles, once a week for 3 years to earn my Masters degrees. I went to class from 6 until 10 or 11pm and then got up at 4 and drove back to Steamboat to be in the office by 8 am to work a full day.

Was it easy or comfortable to obtain either the Bachelors or Masters degrees? NO. Was it worth it? Absolutely Yes. It meant giving up weekends and evenings to study as well but I have never regretted a minute of it. Was I scared and nervous and unsure of myself both times? Yes. Did it stop me? NO

What is it that you want very badly? Badly enough to step out of your comfort zone and reach for your dreams? You can make excuses or find a way to make it happen. Your choice.

Love's Hidden Treasure

For Elaine Love, it was a huge surprise. She had no idea that deep inside her was an inspiring speaker, able to stand up in front of a room full of people, and deliver a speech that would not only win top honors, but, more importantly, change people’s lives, as well as her own, in very positive and gratifying ways.

“You could say that I experienced a hidden treasure lying dormant, deep inside of me.” says Love. “I was attending a seminar, and found myself becoming very distracted and annoyed by the “umms” and “uh’s” that seemed to perforate nearly every sentence. I decided right then and there that I had things of value to share, public speaking was the medium I wanted to use, and that I would settle for nothing less than being highly successful at it”.

Little did she know that public speaking would come very natural for her. When, at 64 years old, she decided to master public speaking, she had no idea she would unearth a talent that would take her on national speaking tours.

Elaine says “I joined Toastmasters International in November 2008 and by Dec. 11, I delivered my “ice breaker speech”. I mastered a one-year Toastmasters manual in four months, and began delivering speech after speech. Along the way, I decided to enter the organization’s international speech contest. The competition pitted me against speakers who have been on the circuit for as long as a decade. I won at the club level, the area level, the metro division and took 2nd place at the district level, behind the speaker who is now competing Internationally.”

She whispered “In the professional speakers conference, someone said “taking 2nd place to that particular 1st place speaker, is like saying I took second place in a golf tournament where the first place was Tiger Woods”.

Love has set her sights on, and is determined to compete and win Internationally, next year. Mediocrity has never been acceptable to Love. Her reputation rests on being the best. She says, “It really isn’t an ego thing…it truly isn’t. My business is based upon helping others succeed. If I expect and accept less than the best from myself, what kind of mentor would I be to others who have chosen to become a part of my team. I owe it to them and to myself to excel at what I do, and pass that knowledge and ability on to them. This is my passion. It’s simple. I just love what I do! I think you have to if you expect to achieve top level success at anything.”

Love’s latest speech, entitled “My Attitude Counts” won numerous accolades from her Toast Master Colleagues. Including:

“Great job!”

“Great presence! Vocal variety and audience involvement was great. The real life examples were great.”

“Examples – visuals…Great presentation, nice contact with audience.”

“Got me to considering where I can apply a positive attitude to areas in my life.”

“It was all good. Great speaker. Too bad we didn’t have more time!”



“The bottom line is it’s not what happens to us in our life, it’s how we choose to deal with it,” Love said. “Life is an attitude, choose to have a good one.”