| Welcome to issue two of my ezine. If you enjoyed last month you'll be craaaaazy about this month! We've got lots more features and fun stuff. We've loved reading your suggestions - check it out to see your ideas, here, in print, and keep them coming! And as I said last time, I hope you enjoy the magazine format of short, spicy, salient (ooh 50 cent word) savvy, sexy (did she say sexy in a biz mag'?) and so so exciting you will be hanging out at your email box waiting for the next issue. | |
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MUSINGS FROM MIKKI  Happy March and Happy St. Patrick's Day! Now what gives me the right to say that? Well, I drank a Guinness in Ireland once...just once! I choreographed Finian's Rainbow AND... I own a very large ostentatious GREEN serpent pin, see below, I know, I know, hard to believe:-) One of my dear Irish friends knowing that I'm a glass 1/2 full kinda gal, toasted me last Paddy's day with this, "Some say the glass is 1/2 empty, some say the glass is 1/2 full, the Irish say, "are you gonna drink that?"
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| I LOVE THIS BOOK! |
 Live a thousand years? How is this possible? This captivating story teaches you how to live twelve times the life experience of the average person. Most of us measure our time by clocks and calendars. Live a Thousand Years reveals the power of measuring your time and your success by moments and experiences.
Thank you, Jansen Chasenof, Vistage Chair in Atlanta for the gift of this book and your friendship.
I LOVE THIS BOOK because it introduces you to the twelve essential elements that will guide you in living a grander life experience. If you've heard me speak on The Whole Life Trilogy then you know I'm an avid believer in not just travel but in experiences. I've always had an "experience list." A few (of many) I've achieved are: a safari in Africa, lunch in the Israeli desert, speaking at The White House and speaking at President Mandela's home. Still on the list: sipping a Mint Julep at the Kentucky Derby, riding the Orient Express, waltzing in Vienna, tango in Argentina and my soon-to-be-realized dream of driving this year's pace car at the Indy 500. Stay tuned!
What's on your experience list? |
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| CREATIVE CAPTIONS |
| I love creativity and as a wordsmith I love douple entendres, alliteration, onomato... whatever the heck that one was. One of my quirky habits is collecting names of businesses that display any of the above. Here are two of my favorites:
We Give a Shift (an auto transmission shop)
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Two Guys With Their Minds in the Gutters (yes, gutter cleaning)
*********************************************************** I hope you'll send me ones that you know of or see from now on.
Please send to mikki@mikkiwilliams.com
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| SHOE-BE-DOO STORIES |
Yes, I own about a billion pairs of shoes. And each pair has a story to inspire, a lesson to be learned, a laugh or an "aha!" This month's shoes were worn on
February 20, 2008 at opening night of my "shero," my soul twin, the one
I remind you all of, The Divine Miss M the incomparable Bette Midler at
Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. An evening of glitz and glamour shared
with Elton, Cher, Barry Manilow and all the other crazy fans like
myself. It was simply DIVINE. |
MIKKI MOUTH:
QUOTATIONS I WISH I'D SAID AND SOME I DID SAY! |
 Enjoy a quote each month from my new book - some funny, some poignant, some professional, some just darn cute!
QUOTE OF THE MONTH:
We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.
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| VISTAGE VIGNETTE |
As a speaker resource for Vistage International for 15 years and Chair of two groups for six years I have the opportunity to interact with some of the most dynamic business leaders. Vistage is the world's largest executive organization with 14,000 members worldwide. It is to my delight to profile one of them each month.
 Anna Belyaev, e-learning guruFounder and CEO of Type A Learning Agency, Anna Belyaev has made global leadership her business.
A leader herself, Belyaev has been leveraging technology and learning to make a difference for over 20 years, having gotten her start at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) in the group that produced Telnet, Spyglass and Netscape. Today her company serves a prestigious set of Fortune 500 clients including Coca-Cola, Honeywell, and Manpower, and she personally holds leadership positions within organizations such as the Chicago Learning Council (CLC), Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL), Illinios Technology Association (ITA) Strategic Intelligence Committee, and the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA).
In addition to her e-learning honors and credentials, Belyaev has been recognized as an Entrepreneurship Trailblazer by Illinois State Treasurer's Office Women's Advisory Board, a Recipient of the "Woman to Woman: Making a Difference" award and as a candidate for Right Management's annual Best Bosses Award. She is also co-author of two critically acclaimed albums of original music for kids, A Day at Honey Creek and Holiday Mornings.
Anna is one of the founding members of Mikki's Vistage CEO Group 429.
For more information about Belyaev and Type A visit www.typea.net.
For more information on Vistage International click here: Vistage InternationalIf you are interested in becoming a member of a Vistage group anywhere in the world, or a speaker or a Chair, drop us a line:mikki@mikkiwilliams.com |
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HE WHO LAUGHS, LASTS!
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 This month's laugh was submitted by Mike Garcia who heard me speak at the California Landscape Contractors Association last Fall in Nashville (happy to say I've been invited to speak to them in Kona, Hawaii this year!).
Mike wrote, "I am a big manly man contractor and I loved your pink newsletter," and thought I'd enjoy this story. He was right!
Dave was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family business. When he found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly father died, he decided he needed a wife with whom to share his fortune.
One evening at an investment meeting he spotted the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Her natural beauty took his breath away.
"I may look like just an ordinary man," he said to her, "but in just a few years, my father will die, and I'll inherit 20 million dollars."
Impressed, the woman obtained his business card. Three days later she became his stepmother.
Women are so much better at estate planning than men!
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| THE HAPPY COOKER
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Yes, that was the name of one of my businesses and oh, come on, I know guys cook too. Italian Tuna Dip
One envelope Good Seasons Italian Salad Dressing Mix
1-1/2 cups sour cream
1-2 tsps. lemon juice
One 4 oz. can of tuna, drained and flaked
One hard boiled egg, chopped
Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Makes 1-1/2 cups.
Serve with Bugles.
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MIKKI AND FRIENDS
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If any of you remember the movie or Broadway show "Auntie Mame" or if you're old enough to admit you remember it, then you might recall that Mame was famous for her eclectic circle of friends. I pride myself on that same principle of knowing so many diverse people and calling many of them my friends. I would like to profile them and their expertise by offering this monthly addition of tips, tactics and techniques shared by experts in their field. Although someone once told me not to refer to myself as an expert as an ex is a has been and a spurt is little more than a drip.
So here is a legal tip and an entertaining tip with a little help from my friends...
LEGAL TIP from Mark Partridge, Intellectual Property Attorney/Professional Speaker - www.GuidingRights.com When it comes to protecting your intellectual property rights, small things matter: increase your level of protection at no cost by using a copyright notice on content, and trademark notice on brands and slogans, and a designation of confidentiality on proprietary customer lists.
 POWER ENTERTAINING TIP from Eddie Osterland, America's 1st Master Sommelier/Professional Speaker - www.eddieosterland.com
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| MIKKI'S MANTRA |
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Be outrageous...it's the only place that isn't crowded. |
| INSPIRATIONS
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TRACK RECORD OF A WINNER
1831 Failed in business 1832 Defeated for legislature
1833 Second failure in business
1836 Suffered a nervous breakdown
1838 Defeated for speaker
1840 Defeated for elector
1843 Defeated for Congress
1855 Defeated for Senate
1856 Defeated for Vice-President
1858 Defeated for Senate
1860 Elected President of United States
The man who never stopped competing was Abraham Lincoln. |
| When is the first or last time you gave up too soon? |
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MIKKI ON THE MOVE
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out where Mikki will be speaking and piggyback your company or
association event, or simply invite her to dinner or shopping!
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Speakers School with Mikki Williams, CSP
SPEAKERS SCHOOL IS ALMOST IN SESSION! |
Only a few more days to register for the April 3-4, 2008 Speakers School.
Speakers School is for everyone at all levels: novices, wannabes, CEOs, professionals.
Click here to register:
Speakers School |
Next month we'll have some of Mikki's favorite poems, anecdotes and assorted other surprises.
Stay tuned! |
To book Mikki for your next event as a keynoter, emcee, panelist, seminar or workshop leader (she doesn't do floors or windows) or for more info on Vistage, Speakers Schools, Coaching or Consulting or anything else that's on your mind, contact Samantha or Mikki
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Thanks for spending time with us!
 The very professional team of Samantha Hoffman (l), Director of Everything
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Mikki Williams (r), CEO (Chief Energetic Optimist)
The shamrock antlers weren't Sam's idea...but then you already know that!
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Hair She is...!
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