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Greetings!
Welcome to the first TTIMI ezine of 2012. Now is the time when motivation wanes and goals are abandoned. Since that's not what anyone wants, this issue has loads of information and motivation to help you stay focused.
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First of all, I need your help - and I'm willing to give away a Kindle for the effort! This Time I Mean It Day, a holiday to celebrate success, is every February 15 and if you're willing to make a fun, simple video to help me promote it, you could get a Kindle. The details are in the video above and more information about the holiday is in the newsletter below.
But Wait! There's More! Our main article pokes a bit of playful fun at those of us who get a little "bogged down" in details and over plan (I'm guilty!). This month's blog postings include tips on the "3 L's: listening, learning, and letting go." In the video section there is a funny and unique cartoon about procrastination, a look at the planet's largest miniature world (sic), and an interview which will give you insights into why we give up on our goals. (Speaking of such, I have put together the ultimate motivational package. It's here and it will save you over $500!)
If all that wasn't enough, we have two guest authors providing practical advice setting goals and keeping up your resolutions.
Improve your health, enhance your relationships with two FREE teleconferences!
In honor of "This Time I Mean it Week," our very successful "Getting Past What Holds You Back" series of inspirational conversations will have not one - but two - exciting guests. Mark your calendar!
 Enhance your Relationships on February 17 Dr. Elayne Savage will help us get past what holds us back from having more fulfilling relationships. Elayne is known as The Queen of Rejection.� She is a skillful communication coach and internationally respected expert on: overcoming rejection, handling disappointment, not taking things so personally, improving communication skills, and dealing with difficult people. Improve your Health on February 22 Eliz Greene will help us get past what prevents us from being  healthier. Eliz was pregnant with twins when she suffered a massive heart attack. Not only did she survive a ten-minute cardiac arrest, the cesarean delivery of her daughters and open-heart surgery, all on the same day - she gained new perspective and passion for life. Eliz has since developed strategies to fit activity and healthy habits into her life. She lost the more than the 80 pounds she gained while pregnant and has since become a recreational triathlete. With over 25 years of coaching, consulting, and clinical experience, she has helped hundreds of couples, individuals, and business professionals, cope with these negative forces and regain control of their lives.  Attendance for either or both is FREE.
See the line-up or register here now! Thank you for all the support. Treat yourself special. Happy This Time I Mean It Day! 
Scott "Q" Marcus
CRP, www.ThisTimeIMeanIt.com
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 The Over-Organized To Do List
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 Videos of the MonthWe all like videos and the most popular links in the newsletter are therefore the videos I post. I work on finding videos that are inspirational, educational, and humorous.Video #1: "Procrastination" Tales of Mere Existence This extremely clever video takes a very different look at how we start out to "get a lot of stuff done" and, before we know it, we've wasted a whole day. The animation technique helps make it even more entertaining. Video #2: The World's Largest "Miniature" World It cover 1300 square meters with 13 KM of track, this is more than an elaborate model railroad. It has everything from cruise ships to space ships. There are over 200,000 miniature people in it. Video #3: Richard Bandler on Making Change Stick Mr. Bandler, co-creator of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) discusses the unrealistic views we sometimes have about making long-term change. I found his insights fascinating and enlightening. I am sure you will too. (Note: the videos are not embedded in this email. To view them, click on the picture and they'll take you to a location at my blog where you can view them.) 
  To see all videos on the TTIMI website, follow this link.
By the way, if you have a suggestion for a video for the newsletter, please let me know. Most of the time, that's how I find out about these.
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Recent Postings on the TTIMI Blog
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Great Guest Authors on the TTIMI Blog!
We are always looking for people who write well, provide good content, and are inspirational. Following are two of the most recent post from some of our guest authors.
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With Gratitude
"Take some time everyday to be grateful - especially at those times when it's difficult to do so" - from the Shade of a Tree is the Very Best Shade There isIt's important to be thankful, so at the end of my newsletter, I express it publicly. With that in mind, just some of the people to whom I am grateful include: the Mastermind Alliance; Humboldt Speakers; the Northcoast Small Business Development Center, Weight Watchers International; Mike Domitrz for his support in developing my career; my guest authors; Eliz Greene and Elayne Savage, my next guests on "Getting Past What Holds You Back;" Lighten Up San Gabriel, Covina Rotary, and Brightworks Inc., for the incredibly warm reception I received last month; "Merideth E." for continuing to work with me; as well as all the other folks who have signed up to be coached and supported by me on ThisTimeIMeanit.com; the editors of the newspapers that run my column and the websites that post it - as well as the people who read it; and of course to my family - especially my loving wife Mary Ann. I am also very grateful to YOU dear reader, for allowing me into into your life.
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About ThisTimeIMeanIt.com
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Getting You Past What Holds You Back
TTIMI is dedicated to helping people finally accomplish the goals they've been "intending to accomplish" for a long time. It is the hub of a supportive group of people who come together to improve their lives and help others. Using email, coaching, goal planning, motivational products, and developing affiliates and practitioners, we find non-judgmental, affordable support for each other by providing options and ideas that one person alone, might not see.
To read our mission statement, vision statement, and principles, you can follow this link.
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Control Issues Anyone?
This Time I Mean It Day is exactly six weeks after the beginning of the new year. It a day to recommit to the changes we had promised ourselves at the beginning of the year - and what better day than the day after the holiday that's dedicated to commitment?
