I moved a chair we have in the corner of our living room to make room to put up the Christmas tree up.  I then picked up a board game we had stored under the chair.  When I picked up the board game I noticed the bottom of it was soaked.  I did not know what was wrong at first, and felt the carpet and the entire carpet in the area was drenched.

I then began to look around to find out where the water was coming from and could not see any water damage on the roof or walls.  It was at this point that I realized that the hot water heater was behind the wall in my wife’s closet.  I made my way to the closet and after a few minutes of making my way through the jungle of clothing and shoes I found the hot water heater and in the bottom of the drain pan there was lots of water.  Me and the wife began to inspect the closet and found no water in the closet just on the other side in the living room by the corner wall.  It was around 7:00 p.m. on a Saturday night and we did not have a clue what to do.

My mind started to go crazy and worry about mold, how much it was going to cost, can we get a person out on the weekend, is the house going to cave in, the usual dreadful thoughts you have in a hectic situation.  It was at this point I caught myself and started to think what can we do to take ACTION and fix this issue now.  We looked on the internet to find out how to clean up the water, prevent mold and called a repair that night to come out on Sunday.

Now I think back to about 3 years ago before I started to read about gaining a positive mindset and began to plant the seeds of positivity in my mind.  I would have gotten angry, cursed, and called everyone I knew to complain about the problem.  Instead I looked at what could be the positive here.  It was not long until I found a few positives to this situation.

My wife and I  have been wanting to get new hardwood floors installed in our house for about 3 years but never did due to cost and the hassle of moving furniture.  The repair man said we would have to replace the carpet so we went to Home Depot Sunday and bought hardwood floors and are having them installed next week.  The second thing that was positive is since we are going to have all the furniture moved out of the living room we are going to have it painted something else we have been wanting to do but never did.

If you have a problem not matter how small or big there is always as positive, if you look at if from all angles.  It is really in how you view the situation and what mindset you are in.  Yes, I could have written on Facebook, twitter, E-mailed, and called everyone to complain about how such a horrible weekend I had.  Now I am going to tell everyone I am getting new flooring and am having my living room painted.  This is the McNeely’s  Christmas gift to ourselves, due to a situation that I could have looked at as being tragic.

Staying positive and looking for the good in all situations is how life should be lived, not trying to find the negative in it.  Turn the negative into a positive and you will be a happy more productive person.  You can bring this to your business life also, sometimes bad things are going to happen but even they have a positive, if you change your point of view.

I really wanted to share this with everyone because I finally saw how far I have come in the past 3 years in mindset growth.  This might seem weird to some people but for me it shows that my hard work and daily routine now turned into habits has paid off.  Instead of having my weekend ruined and telling my tragic story to everyone on Monday morning.  I am now looking forward to getting my house back together and our Christmas tree up next Saturday night.

Merry Christmas everyone and Happy Holidays.

Sean McNeely

Myrtle Beach, SC

The sentiment is even stronger today, especially because of the opportunity to develop so many Solid relationships here in “Cyber-Space”, especially through our two Communities,  Focus Society Mastermind and Beginners Marketing Class

November 22, 2006
Relationship Marketing

Here we are the day before a Holiday set aside to give Thanks for being and having. Why don’t we make it a point to Give Thanks every Day?

Too Busy?
No one to remind us?

During our walk this morning through the fog shrouded Almond Orchard, Flo (our trusted Mutt) and I noticed a few Nuts still hanging on the Trees. Harvest was several weks ago and I do miss grabbing fresh Almonds and eating them Raw as we traverse the 5 miles.

I reached up and picked a few. They were soft, poor quality but still tasted like Almonds. Never make a #1 Grade Can.

Interesting they were on the Tree the Longest, shouldn’t they be better with age? Did they “go over the hill” waiting too long “to be ready”?

Kind of like waiting for everything to be perfectly in place before we call an old friend, write to someone far away or make a concious decision to meet new people, call a cold lead.

Relationships can be re-kindled easily. Just do it. Open the Door to the wonder of sharing. Looking for new friends? Looking to add to Network of Business Associates?

Let the World know, invite people into your space, publish your feelings, give that which you want.

I was hesitant to offer my services to anyone who wanted them. Worried I would get a bunch of ridiculous requests. Also I pondered, am I ready to go back into Public, speaking Increase and sharing Abundance. Been a long time.

Did it anyway, Ready or Not . Didn’t want to wait for perfection or wait until I got old and soft.

What an absolute JOY

In the first week, three exciting marketer contacted me, asked for help and I freely gave!

Bottom line, my skills were honed, Increase came my way and I know I am the the proud Friend of three wonderful Human Beings and we know our RELATIONSHIP will explode in Abundance for all of us.

Thank you Tom Bennett, Donald Foote, and Arlene Pelz for responding to my Offer.

Realtionship Marketing, what a novel idea.
GIVE MORE, GET MORE

Today, November 25, 2009

What would happen if we Celebrated Thanksgiving every Day?
The attitude of Gratitude is still one the Pillars of Success!

I am Thankful for all that everyone has Given to my Family in the form of Love, Understanding and sincere Friendship.

Happy Thanks-for-Giving Day to everyone

The Blog for Beginners Marketing Class  was started a little over a year ago.
There are many exciting posts from September 2007 when I was fortunate to attend the World Internet Main Event and enjoy the Networking and Knowledge that can only be gained through Events of this type. The Marketing Ideas were not new, just freshly presented by exciting individuals who project their Passion for the Lifestyle They Chose

The Marketing Ideas and the success patterns all held a Commonality…

They followed the principles of Commerce established in Proverbs, Think and Grow Rich, The Master Key and The Science of Getting Rich. These 4 books, when studied, not read, will assure the Success of anyone, regardless the business Model.

I have been so passionate about the Content for the past 2 years I have been Hosting a Lively Interactive Talk Shows, discussing the application of these principles. There was a Definite Major Purpose for this dialog……

I wanted to share a Flow of reality, coupled with the content of Think and Grow Rich, and the other books, with as many Eager marketers and business developers as possible.

So the past 4-5 months have been focused, with the Creative help of  Sam Camerano, on producing a finely edited 40 Hours of exciting dialog,  to be delivered to your Home loaded with videos on a “State of the Art” Mp4 Player and 4 Backup CDs.

Talk about a Real Funnel! Chapter by Chapter of Think and Grow Rich discussed and applied in Today’s Business environment, allowing YOU to FOCUS on the skills necessary to Grow and Nurture Your Business, regardless the model.

The total package only uses 2 GB of the 4 GB storage, allowing you to makes your notes, download to your computer with the enclosed USB cable and use this as a Personal Training Device to Keep your Thoughts Focused on the Main Thing….

Growing YOUR Successful Business.

Decision has been made to offer a built in Affiliate position paying two Levels, 30% First Tier and 20% second Tier. This  creates incentives for MLM Network Leaders to point their business builders to such a Useful TOOL and they in turn,  have opportunity to Use the Funded Proposal as a revenue generator to cover their New Business Operating expenses.

Here are some excerpts of several episodes.
Listen to the excitement and Passion.

Sign up today for Update Newsletter and be eligible for
some Early Bird bonuses.

www.focus40now.info

ADDED Bonus…..

Lifetime Members of Beginners Marketing Class will be Eligible for Focus 40 at Cost.

A good reason to consider a Lifetime Membership in Beginners Marketing Class

Our early release of the FREE membership in Beginners Marketing Class has been a Success in the past 20 Days.

So many relative newcomers to the Marketing World have grasped the principles of Massive Action, Advertising and Follow up that their efforts have Viraly expanded our membership daily.

Since the Theme of this Resource Community has had a nautical theme, our graphics have been picturing Yacht races

Even though Today was a reflective one, spending time thinking of the impact of September 11, 2001,

This Old Sailor couldn’t subdue the excitement welling for my up-coming trip to San Francisco on September 12th.

John Guanzon, a brilliant young entreprenuer and Internet Savant, will be joining me at the
Worl Internet Main Event (WIME) from September 13th through the 16th. 500 of the Top Internet marketers will be gathered to share ideas,  from Joint Ventures, and listening to the keynote speakers.

And what a Lineup:

These Power Houses have lined up People who will share stories and methods that they have gleaned from Past Main Events:

 Tracy Repchuk was an Internet marketing beginner when she learned the information taught and before the end of the year, she created her first product.

You could be like Vince Tan from Singapore who made $5000 in 2 weeks!

That’s right, Vince Tan took just some of the information that was revealed by the event experts on stage and realized, “I can do that anywhere in the world!“

This type of information is invaluable if one will Listen, Absorb, and Apply the Massive Action.

I will be taking copious notes, recording back to myself the ideas, and I will make it a poin to post daily in this blog, information I know you will want to hear about.

This will be my first INTERNET Marketing Event, and know it will be worth my Time & Energy.

But here is Good News for all of you who may have wanted to attend, but couldn’t.
On Monday September 17th, the Meeting will be avaible for your personal study……

 watch this seminar from the comfort of your own home

…the solution if you’re wanting this information but unable to attend.

Basically… for a mere pittance of what the seminar cost the attendees, yours truly, you can catch the excitement of the FUSION LEARNING

Find out more by Visiting this link

WIME

I’l be back with a post on Thursday…..with “flowers in my hair”?

Keep the wind to your back and drive forward……

By Orison S. Marden

A young lion, as the fable runs, was one day playing alone in the forest while his mother slept.As the different objects attracted his attention, he thought he would explore a bit and see what the great world beyond his home was like. Before he realized it, he had wandered so far that he could not find his way back.He was lost.

Orison Swett Marden, (1850-1924) founder of Success Magazine, is also considered to be the founder of the modern success movement in America . He certainly bridged the gap between the old, narrow notions of success and the new, more comprehensive models made popular by best-selling authors.
Sent to you as a courtesy of…
Your friends at As a Man Thinketh.net
For a free eBook of James Allens classic:
Click Here for Your FREE BOOK