April 4, 2011 - How do you begin each day? Is it immediately focused on the tasks at hand or do you ease into the day awakening to its possibilities first? Is it feeling as though you are already behind or are you excited by how much further ahead you are going to be by the end of the day? If you get too bogged down with all that you have to do, you can easily lose sight of why you are doing it in the first place.  

Take an MM&I Moment to focus on the opportunities that you are going to leverage or create each day this week. Then start each day thinking first of the possibilities that could result from these opportunities. What you will find is that by thinking of the possibilities first, it will open to you even more options and ways to truly turn those opportunities into desired outcomes ... those possibilities into probabilities ... and best of all, you will dive into your list of tasks with a great deal more excitement and anticipation.

Synergized Quote of the Week

"If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep growing." - Gail Sheehy 

Savvy Secret Tip of the Week

Effective marketing energizes and inspires sales. How are you inspiring your customers, prospects and referral contacts in your communications to them? How are you igniting the possibilities in the mind of your ideal target market in doing business with you? Take a look at how you are communicating in your marketing. If it is focusing too much on convincing and pursuing, then it is time to shift to inspiring and energizing.

THE FIVE SINS OF BUSINESS APRIL 7 AT SPEEDWAY CLUB: Entrepreneurial success story in Secret #31, Chia-Li Chien, will be the featured speaker at the Speedway Club in Concord this Thursday, April 7th, for Greater Charlotte eWomenNetwork. For more information or to register, CLICK HERE.

"LOW COST, NO COST MARKETING" ON APRIL 13TH IN SALISBURY: I will be the guest instructor for the class, "Low Cost, No Cost Marketing" being offered through the Rowan Cabarrus Community College Small Business Center to be held on April 13th from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. in downtown Salisbury's Plaza Building. For more information or to register, contact Barbara Hall at 704.216.3534 or barbara.hall@rccc.edu.  You can also register online by CLICKING HERE.

"LOVING WORK, LIVING LIFE" ON APRIL 19TH: I have the pleasure of addressing the NC Dietetic Association Annual Meeting & Expo in Winston-Salem as the luncheon keynote speaker on April 19th. I look forward to helping its members and attendees shift from the frustrating, guilt-ridden pursuit of  work/life balance to the energizing and empowering realization that comes from work/life synergy. The Expo is taking place at the Twin City Quarters Embassy Suites.