I am very excited to announce the official release of my new book, Simon Says, and the launch of the Simon Says Revolution!

The Book:
"Simon Says..." We played it as kids. It was just a silly game. However, it wasn't meant to be played for the rest of your life! Our world has a collective voice that acts just like Simon: dictating for most what they'll be thinking, feeling and doing for the rest of their lives.

Throughout this book, you will gain a new perspective on life. You will learn to stop playing Simon Says and start living your life. You will be lead through the discovery process of your Life Purpose which includes your purpose, your Personal Mission, and your Personal Assignment or calling. You will be taught the tools to empower you to pursue your purpose. And, you will be inspired to free yourself from the anchors of life, allowing you to achieve true fulfillment.

I believe this book will make a difference in your life by leading you to live creatively on-purpose rather than simply by accident. Enjoy!

The Revolution:
The Simon Says Revolution is movement of people who have all agreed that it is time to stop living life the way everyone else has defined for them and to start living the life that they were truly designed to live. The site will provide such things as: an online Life Purpose creator, stories of various members as they redefine their life, virtual tools and even a way to connect with others based on a common purpose. For more information or to JOIN THE REVOLUTION go to www.SimonSaysRevolution.com.

This book is dedicated to all those who refuse to let the world define them, the status quo measure them, and their own natural self-doubt limit them. May your life be a masterpiece as you live in alignment with your God-given Life Purpose.



TO ORDER A BOOK: Click HERE.

TO JOIN THE REVOLUTION: Click Here.

I was reading the book, Parent Talk by Chick Moorman and decided I had to share one of his short chapters. If you haven't read the book, I highly recommend it. It is a book about how to talk to children but, quite frankly, the principles apply to us big kids too.

In the words of Chick Moorman...

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Dr. Robert Rohm has a great interactive quiz that you can take to determine what your personality style is. 

Visit: http://www.personalityinsights.com/ and scroll down to the bottom half of the page to take the quiz.

How to Win Friends and Influence People

This is Dale Carnegie's summary of his book, from 1936

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Table of Contents

1. Fundamental Techniques in Handling People
2. Six Ways to Make People Like You
3. How to Win People to Your Way of Thinking
4. Be a Leader: How to Change People Without Giving Offense or Arousing Resentment

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Part One

Fundamental Techniques in Handling People

1. Don't criticize, condemn or complain.
2. Give honest and sincere appreciation.
3. Arouse in the other person an eager want.

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Part Two

Six ways to make people like you

1. Become genuinely interested in other people.
2. Smile.
3. Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
4. Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
5. Talk in terms of the other person's interests.
6. Make the other person feel important - and do it sincerely.

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Part Three

Win people to your way of thinking

1. The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
2. Show respect for the other person's opinions. Never say, "You're wrong."
3. If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
4. Begin in a friendly way.
5. Get the other person saying "yes, yes" immediately.
6. Let the other person do a great deal of the talking.
7. Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers.
8. Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view.
9. Be sympatheticwith the other person's ideas and desires.
10. Appeal to the nobler motives.
11. Dramatize your ideas.
12. Throw down a challenge.

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Part Four

Be a Leader: How to Change People Without Giving Offense or Arousing Resentment

A leader's job often includes changing your people's attitudes and behavior. Some suggestions to accomplish this:

1. Begin with praise and honest appreciation.
2. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly.
3. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
4. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.
5. Let the other person save face.
6. Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be "hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise."
7. Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.
8. Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.
9. Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest.

Top level networkers are not ‘natural’ or ‘born’. Top level networking is a science - a learnable skill, and Questions are the Answers, gives you the techniques and shows you how to use them, how to measure and improve your progress and what to observe when dealing with people.   more »

In his excellent book, "Bringing Out The Best In People", Dr. Alan Loy McGinnis cites a quote from Thomas Aquinas: "When you want to convert a man to your view, you go over to where he is standing, take him by the hand and guide him. You don't stand across the room and shout at him; you don't call him a dummy; you don't order him to come over to where you are. You start where he is, and work from that position. That's the only way to get him to budge."    more »