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Is There A solution?

It’s Another Podcast!

When facing difficult situations, many times people feel hopeless.  They feel like they are just stuck with no way out and that there is nothing they can do about it.

Some even go so far as to say that maybe it’s just, “meant to be.”

This short podcast (4:26) is all about possibilities and solutions.  No matter what you are facing today, there has to be a solution!  There has to be a way!

Enjoy the podcast!

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Very Proud!

She Has Finally Arrived!

Our daughter, Paula, gave birth on Monday to her and Tyson’s first child, Ava Violet.

They are very proud first time parents, and Kathy and I are very proud first time grandparents.

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Lose The Weight

It’s Another Podcast!

This short podcast (7:59) is not about losing “LB.’s.”

I published an article several days ago about losing some mental weight.

Since I have received a number of comments about that article I decided to share it with you here.

Enjoy the podcast!

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The Strangest Secret In The World

It’s A Special Recording!

Below is a special audio recording from 1956.  Not only is it unique in that it sold over a million copies back then, but the message is still true today.  Since we are all starting a New Year this week, I thought these words might inspire you.

Earl Nightingale  was the voice in the early 1950s of Sky King, the hero of a radio adventure series, and was also a WGN radio show host from 1950 to 1956.

When Nightingale was seventeen he joined the United States Marines. He was on the USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor and was one of twelve surviving Marines on board that day. Before being mustered, Nightingale was an instructor at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

After the war Nightingale began work in the radio industry, which eventually led to work as a motivational speaker. In 1956 he produced a spoken word record, The Strangest Secret, which sold over a million copies, making it the first spoken-word recording to achieve Gold Record status.

Below is that 1956 recording.  If you cannot see the player below, just click the title above

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Can You Really Generate A Decent Income From Your Blog?

Lots of people are looking for other ways to generate income.  There are people making very, very good money from blogging.  Others wonder if they could do the same.

The purpose of this blog, Confidence And Joy, is not to retire me.  I have another plan in the works for that.  And like everything else it takes time and effort.

But if you want to go the route of earning money from a blog, I would highly recommend Joel Williams. Before he launched into teaching people how to build and monetize their blogs, he helped tons of people build and design their blog, including Confidence And Joy. Much of the design and layout of this blog is Joel’s handiwork.

My relationship with Joel over the past two years has been just wonderful.  He knows his stuff; he is honest; and, he follows up very quickly.  He doesn’t take on any new clients anymore, to help and fix their blog sites, but he does offer a very powerful course.  He actually shows you how to build your blog step by step, and then how to monetize it.

Last June I did a quick post about Joel. Now that the New Year is upon us, and many people are looking for alternative ways of generating income, either full or part-time, I thought I would pass this on for those considering the blogging world.

But make no mistake!  Whatever alternative route you decide on, it is going to take time and effort.  It is true in monetizing a blog, and it is true in the new venture I am involved with.  I am on a 3 to 5 year plan to retire.  It takes time and effort, and, sadly, lots of people just don’t want to roll up their sleeves and build something.

If you think you might want to get into blogging to generate income, then get Joel’s course.  He and his partner Andrew have really put something solid together that I highly recommend.  And, if after 2 months you are not happy, they give you a full refund.  That’s cool because that length of time gives even the busiest person time to learn and grow.

It’s called, “Income Blogging Guide” and it is a step by step guide to building your own on-line business.  Click Here to see all the details. Right now you can save 25%.

If you’re not into generating an income through blogging, and you want to know what I’m into, just contact me personally and I’ll be happy to share it with you.  More and more people are beginning to look for other ways to generate the income they need.  Times have changed and so have the rules.  Many people are beginning to see they need to be in charge of their own lives.

If you are thinking of working from home and doing something different than the “insecure job,” always remember to stay away from the “get rich quick” schemes.  You are not going to make 10, 20 or 30 thousand dollars a month for doing nothing in your first month.  It takes time and effort.  But the right fit for you could be very rewarding as you build your own business.

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A New Year – A New Baby

I wanted to wish everyone who visited this blog in 2010 a very Happy and Prosperous New Year!

Kathy and I are embracing the New Year with the excitement of our first grandchild; Ava Violet is due any day now.

It is interesting to me that the Scriptures compare the Return of Christ with both a “thief in the night,” and, a woman about to give birth.  No one knows when Christ will return, just like no one knows when a thief will come, and, no one knows exactly when a baby will be born.

So we will continue to patiently wait for Ava, and, patiently wait for Christ’s return.  In the meantime, we live our lives the best we can, putting our absolute trust in God.

Happy New Year!

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What’s Your Potential?

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Lots of folks are working on their New Year’s resolutions this week.  We go through this exercise hoping to improve some things in our lives in specific areas.

This short podcast (7:56)  is about something we ought to do before we get specific about what we want to see change in our lives in 2011: What is your potential?

Why don’t we all raise the bar in 2011?

Enjoy the podcast!

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A Social Network Christmas

My neighbor, and friend, Len, emailed this to me today.  I thought it was pretty cool.  What do you think?

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‘Twas the night before….

The following is something I put on the site, “Enriching Your Life Now,” two years ago.  I thought you might enjoy it.

Can I say, “Christmas?”  Is that going to offend someone?

What about, “Happy Holidays?”  Is that offensive too?

All this political correctness is enough to drive you nuts, if you let it drive you nuts!  I’m not!

Whatever your plans are for this time of year I sincerely hope that you enjoy them!  We really ought to try to enjoy every day and live it to the fullest.

And I also thought you might like to see a whole list of greetings!

The English greetings often begin with saying “Have a…”, written “Wishing you a…” or sometimes end in “…to all!” as a declaration.

Nollaig Shona Duit – Ireland, Gaeilge .. Irish national language greeting for “Happy Christmas”

Happy Holidays – Canada, United States

Buone Feste – Italian

Felices Fiestas – Spanish

Season’s Greetings – Usually refers to upcoming winter holidays, but technically could refer to any season.

Merry Christmas – Australia, United States, The phrase is often immediately followed by and a Happy New Year.

Happy Christmas – United Kingdom

Merry Xmas – Written English (often informal), supposedly referencing the Greek word  for Christ.

Merry Yuletide, Good Yuletide or Happy Yuletide – English, can generally refer to the period of cultural festivities surrounding Yule, Winter solstice, Christmas and the New Year.

Merry Midwinter – English greeting, generally for the period of the winter solstice.

God jul – Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, lit. “Good Yule”

Hyvää joulua – Finnish

Glædelig jul – Danish

Joyous Yule – Usually a Wiccan or Neopagan greeting for the Winter solstice

Joyeux Noël – France, Quebec, Louisiana, Switzerland

Buon Natale – Italy

Frohe Weihnachten/Fröhliche Weihnachten – German for Merry Christmas

Mele Kalikimaka – Hawaiian, is preferred over the traditional American “Merry Christmas” in the U.S. state of Hawaii; made popular worldwide by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters in 1950 in song

Nollaig Shona Duit – Ireland, (Irish Language), lit. “You have a happy Christmas”.

S’Rozhdestvom Kristovym! or, more commonly, simply S’Rozhdestvom! for the informal Christmas greeting, while the traditional religious greeting is Khrystos razhdayetsya! (meaning “Christ is born!”) and the traditional response is Slavite! (meaning “Let us glorify him!”)- Orthodox and Eastern Rite Catholic countries

Feliz Navidad – Spanish, “Happy Nativity”

Happy Kwanzaa – English greeting used before Kwanzaa.

Wesolych Swiat – Polish greeting used before Christmas (literally ‘Happy Christmas’).

Happy Hanukkah or Happy Chanukah – English

Chag Sameach – Hebrew for “Joyous festival”, used for most Jewish festivals.

Milad Majeed – Arabic for “Merry Christmas” as used in Syria and several other countries

Bayraminiz Mübarek Olsun – Turkey

Selamat Hari Raya or Salam Aidilfitri – Malay and Indonesian

Saehae Bok Mani baduseyo – Happy New Year Korean

Linksmu Šv. Kaledu ir Naujuju Metu – Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Lithuanian

Gëzuar Krishtëlindjen dhe Vitin e Ri – Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Albanian

Have a Happy Household Holiday!

Mike

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