Make Money With Teleseminars - Five Out-Of-The-Box Strategies To Turn Your Teleseminars Into Cash

Teleseminars can be terrific money makers. And chances are, you're probably familiar with the three regular ways to earn an income with teleseminars:

Charge for access Use your events to promote a paid product of some kind (which could include your own paid teleseminar series or an affiliate product) Turn your teleseminar into a product and sell it, usually bundled with transcripts and a worksheet.

But that's just the beginning.

There are quite a few additional possibilities. Let's look at five out-of-the-box ways to make more money with your teleseminars:

1) Turn your teleseminars into articles and books

A teleseminar is usually filled with valuable information. Why not have it transcribed and repurpose the result. You can excerpt quite a few articles that you can publish in article directories, and use them as lead generators to get more people onto your list.

You can also turn the transcripts into a book, either an ebook, a Kindle or Nook book, or even a physical book. If the teleseminar isn't quite long enough for a physical book, just create a series of teleseminars and combine them into the book manuscript.

2) Create home study courses

If you want to create a product with a higher perceived value, why not assemble a whole series of call recordings, possibly with transcripts and worksheets, and turn them into a home study course.

You can easily sell that from your website, from the back of the room.

3) Package them into "Best of" sets

There's an additional way to monetize your teleseminars. Just assemble them into "Best of" sets, or maybe themed sets. You can sell them easily - or even use them as a valuable bonus for a higher-priced course or coaching program.

4) Create teleseminars in advance (and use them over and over again)

Who said you had to have a live audience to do a teleseminar. Why not just get on the phone when inspiration strikes you, and create a recording. Depending on the teleseminar or webinar service you're using, it's very easy to create these events in advance, and then schedule them to run again and again during scheduled times.

You won't even have to be there if you're not planning to have a Q&A session. Not only that, but you can host that same teleseminar over and over again, making money with the back end, and building your list.

5) CD-of-the-month club

You can also turn your teleseminars into physical CDs with a service such as Kunaki, and set up a subscription program where your subscribers will receive a CD each month, possibly along with a transcript and/or a printed newsletter.

As you can see, there are many ways to turn teleseminars into extra cash. Why not pick one or two and get started.

How Can I Conserve Gasoline?

There are many ways to conserve fuel when driving; simple things you can do to increase your gas mileage. Recently I was at the gas station and I noticed that the price was above $3.00 per gallon for regular. I thought wow, I am glad I have a small car with me today? I looked over at a Soccer Mom, filling up her tank she looked at the pump with tears in her eyes and started to break down. I asked her what was wrong, only half suspecting it was the fuel prices. She said she had wanted to visit her mother next weekend how was in the hospital, but said she couldn't. She said look at this. It said $109.09 and she said; "My card is already over limit and I will be surprised if they do not shut it off now." Today gas is three-dollars a gallon soon if could be as high as $4.00?

I asked her what it usually cost to fill it up? She said something that shocked me; "Who said I filled it up?" In fact it was not on the "F" for full mark. Her trusty Suburban, which she bought for safety so she could take her four kids to various school, church and sporting events and practice is too expensive to drive. She said she could let her husband drive it, but it really did not fit in the parking structure at work too well and it kept getting door dings and side swiped when he used it. It did have marks on it, it was a nice vehicle indeed, even had what appeared to be shopping cart therapy marks from its over size in the stalls.

I explained to her some simple driving techniques which if employed could reduce her weekly fuel bill considerably. We talked about carpooling techniques when possible and consolidation of trips. It is time America think about conservation, perhaps better planning of trips, car pooling and driving at best rates of fuel use. Then we talked about the best way to use cruise control. How so? Well use cruise control and drive 55-60 on the freeways, this will keep your cars fuel consumption rates low, once you move much over 55 mph, the co-efficient of drag curve shoot up into a hyperbolic usage scale. Cut down on that wind resistance of highspeed, as takes a big toll on your fuel economy. Another thing you can do is not accelerate from a stop, allow the car to slowly break ground (move forward) before touching the gas pedal. You can also think about using the air-conditioner less, use the poor man's "model 52" air-conditioner drive fifty and roll down two windows. Think on this.

House Painting Yourself

Homeowners painting their own house often suffer from confidence problems in their ability. Some are all riled up to paint their house and start painting before they have fully planned everything out. Other people are worried that they cannot do advanced painting correctly and end up not using more creative situations. The family can paint the house without help from a Denver painting contractor. All you need to do is study some painting ideas and techniques.

After planning all the painting out, you need to make sure you have all the necessary tools. A Denver paint contractor will use roll brushes, hand brushes, paint and paper to keep the paint from spilling. Paint should fulfill its two roles:beauty and protection.

You can consult with the hardware store or a Denver painting contractor with a color chart to decide on colors and color schemes. A two-tone scheme is very attractive and not as hard as it sounds. Your colors can be matched to your yard, neighborhood, a creative theme, your furniture or architecture. If you are going for beauty over art, the two most important considerations in color are the architecture and interior of the home.

Then you need to pick a paint that protects well. The paint protects your exterior from weather and damage. So a good paint is waterproof, and will not flake or scratch easily. Simply adding coats is one way to get more protection but the best way is to get a good quality paint.

Before starting painting remove all the old paint. Paint stripping is a chore that can be left to a Denver painter. Do it yourselfers may want to just start painting without removing old paint. Doing this will cause the paint to peel. Spread paper to stop paint from getting on your interior or yard. The first coat of paint is called the primer. Primer makes paint stick to the walls better and increases the life of the paint job.

Always let a coat dry before applying another one and you will be able to do any interior or exterior paint job yourself. Commercial painting should be left to the professionals. Commercial buildings have to pass inspection, and in some places these painters need to be licensed or even union labor.

Truman Capote and the True Crime Narrative

Truman Capote wants to write an epic non-fiction which is more and more in vogue now and tries to achieve a synthesis between myth and event and it is "In Cold Blood" that Truman Capote replaces pure fantasy with fact. The story is about a mass murder by two psychopaths in a small town in Kansas and his narrative helps to inaugurate the style for non-fiction novel. His style of mixing hybrid non-fiction and prose is very much imitated by journalists and other authors and is the forerunner of the New Journalism movement.

The book is about the slaying of a wealthy farmer, his wife and his two children in Holcomb, Kansas. When he hears of the quadruple murder of the Clutter family, he travels to Kansas with his childhood friend and fellow author, Harper Lee.

Together they interview local residents and investigators and the killers, Richard "Dick" Hickock and Perry Smith, are arrested not long after the murders, and Capote ultimately spends six years working on the book. Capote does a large amount of research for this work and once the criminals are found, tried and convicted, Capote holds personal interviews with Smith and Hickock. Smith fascinates the author especially and in his book he describes him as the one who is more sensitive and guilt conscious of the two killers. Capote never takes notes while interviewing but writes from memory. Besides he compares "the system of appeals" of the American jurisprudence to a game of chance. In his book the participants go from state courts through Federal courts interminably to reach ultimately the US Supreme Court. Capote criticizes the ways and means by which a trial narrative is produced which is later seen in Norman Mailer's "The Executioner's Song".

Thus "In Cold Blood" gets published in 1966 as a "non-fiction novel" as Capote puts it in his own words. It brings him fame and literary acclaim and it becomes an international bestseller. Though it is considered as a controversial work and a fakery by some true crime writers, it paves the way for future journalists and writers of true life stories and establishes Capote as the pioneer of the non-fiction novels of the present day.

Feng Shui Interprets the Haunted House

When we think of a classic haunted house, images from the movies come up. Sometimes the haunted house is depicted as a dark, dingy, old, dilapidated house, secluded and covered with cobwebs. Oddly enough, these really are some of the "yin" attributes which can contribute to a house attracting a ghost.

In feng shui theory, all environments can be described as "yin" or "yang." Yang aspects are lively, bright, airy, cheerful and warm. But "yin" aspects include still, dark, cluttered, stuffy, cold, or damp. Houses that have several of these yin aspects on a chronic basis are more likely to attract or harbor spirits inside.

There are also exterior circumstances which can attract a ghost to a house. This includes a house that is within view of a cemetery. There is a Chinese slang term, where a cemetery is called a "night club," because at night the cemetery gets very lively.

Even bright, cheery, brand new houses can harbor a ghost if they happen to have been built on top of old burial sites or battlefields. As an example, the Chumash Indians spent a lot of time in many areas of Southern California. I have been to a number of homes throughout Southern California where the presence of a Chumash Indian spirit seemed likely. One client even told me that after everyone went upstairs to go to bed each night, she'd smell the smoke of a "peace pipe" from downstairs wafting its way upstairs!

Houses that were built right into a mountainside can also be considered too yin. And sometimes a house will attract a ghost simply because a past occupant may be very attached to the property even though they have died. One client of mine, who lives in the Mt. Washington area of Los Angeles, had an interaction with a ghost on her property shortly after the 1994 earthquake. When she described the physical appearance of the ghost to a long-time neighbor, the neighbor confirmed that it was the man who had built the house many years previous. Perhaps he was just checking on the status of the house.

Is there a remedy to eliminate a ghost? By eliminating all the yin characteristics of a house, sometimes the ghost will leave of its own accord.

Sometimes it takes a willful, meditative dialogue with the spirit before it departs. And there are also some special feng shui remedies which involve opening up a certain door in the house. This is based on a little-known calculation derived from the age of the house and its compass orientation.

Suspicious Package? What Now?

Dealing with suspicious packages, whether a suspected bomb or a chemical/biological threat, businesses need procedures that are clearly defined and staff trained, not only to identify suspicious deliveries, but actions to take if a delivery is judged to be of concern.

All companies and businesses should conduct their own assessments based upon their own historical data and determine the likelihood of receiving an explosive or toxic package. Simply put, if you are a corner store florist with an employee list of two then generally speaking it is less likely that you are going to receive a mail bomb than perhaps, a multi national finance group or an engineering firm linked to the defence industry. However, your planning and procedures starts with awareness and vigilance.

Numerous websites offer free advice that, for the small business, is a great start. The US Postal website has a downloadable suspicious package poster as has the FBI website. In Australia, the Australian Federal Police Bomb Data Centre offers a similar download.

Businesses that have merely relied upon the tactic that if any article arrives that is deemed suspicious, employees will simply evacuate and the Police will take control, are truly under prepared. Whilst Police response is ultimately what will happen, the events prior to Police arrival can be crucial in the safety of all employees involved. If a package contains a hazardous substance then evacuating employees who may be contaminated, who may come into contact with other employees during an evacuation, is not the correct thing to do until the exposed employee(s) can be tested.

For larger companies that determine that they have an increased level of risk to such threats then much more detailed planning is advised. Engaging an emergency management advisor to apply specific analysis and develop site-specific procedures based upon the company's vulnerability and capabilities is a great place to start. VISA for instance, in the United States has gone so far as to have a mail room that is separate from their facility and located in a transportable building. If a suspicious object or substance arrives by mail or courier then the building itself can be trucked or airlifted away for Police experts to handle the situation is a location where it does not pose a threat to VISA's ongoing business.

Not every business has this level of capability, but the best starting point is to recognise the threat and develop a set of procedures to suit your capabilities today. Don't wait until the package arrives to think "Now what?"

Hope's Edge by Frances Moore Lappe and Anna Lappe

The book Hope's Edge, by Frances Moore Lappe and her daughter Anna Lappe, (Putnam, NY, 2002) includes economic, political, psychological, health related, environmental, cultural and scientific connections between plants and human societies. This book is wake up call, urging us, while there's still hope, to reclaim our democracy for the good of humankind as a whole. It reminds us that we are all interconnected in this vast web of life and that the further away we stray from the source, the less aware we become. It reveals how corporate global capitalism doesn't value the individual or community. This book documents accounts from around the globe of the emergence of action sparked by hope. These courageous and motivated groups are experimenting with different approaches to healing the planet, and themselves in the process; through creating communities and uniting our minds and ideas on how to best have a symbiotic relationship with nature. They are freeing themselves of "global thought traps", networking, and brainstorming for innovative solutions for sustainable alternatives to corporate global capitalism's cold and destructive methods. These people are serving as examples to us all, stepping up to the plate, making choices, changing themselves and their ways, and consciously creating the lives that they want by organizing, planning, and working together toward a common goal. These groups are becoming citizens with choices instead of just passive consumers.

UN food tallies estimate that the planets population is just seeking by proportionately as far as food to people availability goes, but there are those that beg to differ. The authors of this book, with plentiful references and thirty years of research, claim that nature is abundant, and that there isn't a shortage of food, but rather a misuse of resources and strategies. They point out that the UN doesn't take into account on their tallies wild foods collected worldwide, mini gardens, or the fact that ½ of the world's grains (not to mention massive quantities of water, 2,500 gallons for each pound of hamburger, while within 30 years 2/3 of the world is facing a water shortage/crisis, no less) are fed to slaughter bound livestock. Grain fed livestock is bad economics- we invest a great amount of grain protein (1,700 calories worth) to feed the livestock, which in return only provides 400 meat calories. That's not a very sound investment when half the world is underfed; while one out of every six of us starves to death! I guess it's making someone rich. There are also other prices we pay for the large scale slaughter of cattle, like: environmental destruction- massive contributor of topsoil erosion (85% of erosion directly linked to livestock agriculture)(in the last 40 years across the world, 1/3 of our food growing land has eroded, and topsoil is eroding 30 times faster than it's being created), cattle's digestion releases tons of methane gas into the air; a major contributor to the global warming trend, pollutes water supply more than all other industries combined, cattle grazing has historically been the #1 cause of desertification (1.5 acres of rain forest cleared PER SECOND to create grazing land), and is also a bad fossil fuel investment: producing one pound of steak, requires 20,000 calories of fossil fuels, and only returns 500 calories of food energy.

Then there are the prices we pay for eating meat in our health, physically and mentally. The chemicals and pesticides we ingest from the fatty tissues of the animals that ingest them, becomes more concentrated 2nd hand (called "bio-amplification") and residues of growth hormones and antibiotics that the livestock are pumped up with are causing cancer, heart disease, and other health problems. The American Medical Association has called livestock producers to stop routinely adding antibiotics to all the cattle's feed, because misuse is causing the creation of drug resistant strains of bacteria. There are no labels required to alert customers of the cancer causing hormones included. While so many people are trying to survive on under two dollars a day, Americans are spending 1/9th of their health care dollars on obesity related issues (created in part by the high fat meat /fast food diet), and 1/12 of that money on the diabetes epidemic (created in part by the high sugar/fast food diet). These companies do not value human life.

"There's not enough food! ", the fertilizer companies scare," If you use our fertilizer your crops will grow faster, yield more." Like crack dealers, they gave the farmers free fertilizer. When, the soil became so bad from the fertilizers, it required the addition of other fertilizers, which of course the fertilizer companies were no longer giving away for free; in fact they were steadily raising the prices of it. Nitrogen fertilizer has caused worldwide nitrate levels to double in the last 200 years. Its runoff is causing oceans to "die" in areas. Just in the US, ¼ of the drinking wells contain nitrate above the safety standards. These companies do not value human life.

A similar situation occurs with pesticide use. The free pesticide ends up killing the "good" bugs too. This disturbs the natural balance of good: bad bugs, fungus, etc. Then the pesticides are no longer free. Plus, pests evolve, rendering the pesticides useless. The US alone uses 1.2 billion pounds of pesticides each year! Besides environmental degradation, pesticides cause 200,000 deaths and 3 million poisonings a year! Due in part to pesticides, the suicide rate of farmers is three times greater than the general population. In Andhra Pradesh, India 300 farmers have committed suicide, many by drinking the pesticides that ruined them. These companies do not value human life.

What about genetically engineered foods? Did you know that about 70% of the food on our grocer's shelves contains GMO's? No? That's because they don't have to tell us! So, our children and we are the guinea pigs? GE disrupts ecosystems, introduces new allergens, and creates new strains of "super resistant pests". These companies do not value human life.

Have you noticed how many small businesses these companies that do not value human life are squeezing out of existence? Have you noticed how these companies that do not value human life are now taking over previously government controlled systems? Public schools are advertising havens, and their cafeteria's let in fast food chain vendors. Prisons are being privatized; there's big money there ever since the "War on Drugs". 2/3 of inmates are there for nonviolent crimes. Water is about to become privatized. Big business and government are two powerful forces united. The businesses line the pockets of the politicians, and keep corrupt ones in office, who in turn relax laws and slacken regulations and restrictions to the companies, while granting them subsidies gleaned from our taxes.

Not only have they 'bought' everybody; they even dominate the media, which is why we rarely hear of these issues. In fact, journalists who are about to cover stories they've researched on topics revealing the publics best interest concerning a multitude of issues are fired, discredited, careers ruined, or otherwise stomped down. Plus, advertising is a powerful giant. Have you noticed how these companies that do not value human life are merging with each other? A handful of corporations now monopolize every sector of our economy. Coke is Africa's largest employer, and every five hours a McDonald's is opening somewhere. Ten multinational corporations control ½ the US's food and drink sales. Only five agrochemical companies own all the seed patents. Of these companies, Monsanto controls 85% of the GE market. What's up with patenting a seed anyway!?! They engineer the seeds produced by the crop to be sterile, fostering dependence on the seed company, forcing the farmers to purchase seeds every year!

What's going on here right under our noses? Is Aldous Huxley's "Brave new world" manifesting? We aren't merely consumers, we're human beings! If we lose our voice on issues regarding land, seeds, credit, trade, costs, worker treatment, and food safety we'll lose our choice! We are the consumers, we should have a say in what we want to buy, the methods used to bring it to us, testing used, health/safety regulations, etc.

Lappe describes food as "our most primal need and common bond to one and other". This is in accordance with philosopher and humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow's theory of a "hierarchy of needs", food and water are the needs of the bottom rung of the Maslow's 'ladder'. They are the basic needs that must first be fulfilled in order to be able ascend to the next rung of the ladder toward happiness and ultimately self-actualization. As we realize that we need to have a voice and honor ourselves and other human beings, we find the confidence we need to initiate change, resulting in personal growth, allowing us to perceive even bigger changes that we weren't previously able to grasp.

Hope's Edge gathers the following inspirational worldwide examples of people organizing and creating communities, solutions, and alternatives to globalization and its negative effects to humankind.

The Edible Schoolyard What schools used to do a hundred years ago is being replicated across the US. Students design, plant, tend, harvest, and prepare vegetables for each other. Math, science, and English curriculum needs are met during the process. This changes children's view of the world, instills confidence and awareness of connectedness in tomorrow's leaders.

Prisoner's Organic Farms and Greenhouses In the US 10,000 inmates have been involved so far. A 20-year study tracking 300 inmates found that they were less likely to return to jail. The inmates gain positive benefits, including the experience of fulfilling the human desire to feel useful, to have a meaning in life. Every six months the jails donate 20,000 pounds of food to their communities.

The Landless Worker's Movement - MST (Movimento Dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terre) of Brazil. Consists of ½ million members, have settled ¼ million families onto idle land over the past 16 years. In the process, thousands have been killed, and thousands more injured, jailed, harassed, or received death threats. Land that was legally appointed to the landless via the government's revised constitution has still had to be "wrestled" from the large previous landowners. MST does the government's job for them because they'll never actually do it themselves. While Brazil is a world-leading exporter of food, 10,000's of children starve annually. When these families finally have land again, they organically and cooperatively farm it, live on it, and barter other services, goods made there. The MST realizes that hungers, health, gender, education, leadership, philosophy, are related. They teach their youth to question, and not just accept that things just are the way they are and can't be changed, that by working together, they can create the world they want.

Belo Horizonte (Beautiful Horizon), Brazil This city decided to make it a right of citizenship to have food security! They believe that even those too poor to be consumers are still citizens. This "new social mentality" believes that quality food available to all benefits all. They follow through by: giving produce sellers the best sales space at great prices as long as the vendors agree to sell below market price, cutting out the middle man, serving four nutritious meals a day at city schools, serving 4,000 meals a day at half the market price at a city restaurant (and no one has to prove that they're poor to eat there), linking up small, local, organic farmers with bulk buyers like hospitals, schools and restaurants, providing seeds and seedlings, and educating the public on eco-friendly farming, and it supporting community and school gardens.

Grameen ("village") Bank, Bangladesh Started by an economic teacher named Muhammad Yunus when he saw the trap of moneylenders to the poor. He lent $27 to 42 people, and this was enough to liberate them from the moneylenders. His strategy was to do the opposite of what all other banks do/don't do-loan to the poor with no collateral (Only 2% of the world has "credit"). This system is called "microcredit" and is now replicated in over 58 countries.

The Green Belt Movement, Nairobi The forests here have shrunken to less than 5% of what they once were. The Green Belt Food Security Program believes that people will be able to sustain themselves once they realize the interconnectedness of all things. By actively fighting soil erosion and the hunger caused by it, this movement has planted over 20 million indigenous trees in the last 20 years.

Fair Trade Producers are promised a fair price for their goods "as a way to end poverty and powerlessness at the root of hunger". Most of those people living on less than two dollars a day are small farmers. Most fair trade agreements pay 60% to the farmers six months in advance so the farmers have money to work with and carry out their plan.

Community Supported Agriculture Farms This idea came from Germany, Switzerland, and Japan during the 1960's. There are currently over 3,000 across the US. At the beginning of each year members pay $400 a year/or work for crops, then their organic produce is delivered to them at 80% of retail price.

"Grow Biointensive" Farming Being used in over 100 countries; it blends traditional wisdom with modern science.

Spam Law - What You Should Know About Spam Law

There are laws in place that sets out what can and cannot be done about spam. Spam law attempts to inhibit and prosecute spammers while protecting the rights of legal email senders. You should know what your rights are according to these laws.

The primary spam law in place is the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. It sets forth basic requirements for senders of commercial email, which can be adhered to. Penalties for junk mail and spammers are also stipulated. Consumers are given the right to request email senders to stop sending them junk mail.

The law came into effect on the 1st of January 2004. It regulates the law concerning the sending of emails of a marketing or advertising nature. It states that emails may not have misleading titles. The titles should be in agreement with the content of the email.

The Federal Trade Commission has been given the power to enforce the CAN-SPAM Act. The Department of Justice as well as other relevant authorities may also enforce this spam law where applicable. Companies that provide access to the internet can also pursue legal action against individuals that violate these laws.

What does this act say about email and junk mail? It has a few basic anti-spam requirements and provisions. The rest of this article may explain what you should know about spam law.

1. You must provide your email recipients with a way to opt-out of subscription to your messages. The opt-out address must be included with every commercial email you send. This may be a return address or an automated response mechanism.

2. Your commercial email must be identified as such and must include you physical postal address at the end of every message you send. This is so that angry recipients may put a brick through your window if you should keep on spamming them.

3. Your commercial email must not contain misleading subject lines. Do not try to trick your mail recipients into opening your emails. If it says 'apples pie recipes' in the subject line, the email better contain your grandmother's secret apple pie recipe that is delicious yet easy to make.

4. As a commercial emailer, you may not use email addresses you stole off web pages, forums or blogs. Use only addresses of people who opted to receive communications from you.

5. As a commercial emailer, you may not use automated scripts to register numerous email addresses from which to send bulk electronic mail.

6. You may not use a computer 'botnet' or other multiple computers to send bulk mail.

7. Consumers are able to lay a complaint if spam law is violated by going to the Federal Trade Commission website or by forwarding unwanted junk mail to the Federal Trade Commission's spam submission address.

Spam law only works if the authorities enforce it correctly and if spammers are reported. Even then, it is a small consolation in relation to the problems that email spam causes all over the world. The best place for spam is in a can.

Living a Balanced Life - The Real Juggling Act

I just read an installment from another self-improvement course that states that celebrities are unhappy because they don't have gratitude for what they have. I disagree.

Have you ever had a time when you were making a good living, lived in a nice place, drove a nice car, took trips, had everything you needed and more - and yet you were still unhappy?

It wasn't that you were ungrateful for what you had, just something seemed wrong. You weren't fulfilled, or some-thing, but you couldn't quite figure out what the problem was? Maybe you're in a situation like that now. You feel like you should be happy, who wouldn't given all that you have, but you're not.

It simply means that your life is out of balance. Something has been shoved under the rug and forgotten about. It might be spending quality time with family or friends, or even just by yourself. It might be that you're not eating well enough to keep your body balanced. It might be that even though you make a good living, you don't love what you do.

If you look at the life of a celebrity, you can understand why they would be so unhappy. Their lives are totally out of balance. They spend years on the road. They don't have the time for important relationships and recreational time. They're always under pressure to be the "star".

Think about how you feel when you've put in a lot of hours at work and then have no energy left to give to your family. You don't have the energy to eat a good meal or get the exercise you need in order to have more energy.

People are on the never-ending treadmill trying to get money. But money itself will not make you happy. Life is a delicate balance of relationships, emotions, desires, and responsibilities to others as well as to yourself.

What do you really need to live a balanced life?

A clean, safe, calm home to retreat to - your escape from the rest of the world where you can let your hair down and be yourself.

A healthy diet and exercise to stay fit, healthy, trim and full of energy.

Self-Care, whether it be reading, meditation, prayer, soaking in a hot tub, a new hairstyle, new clothes, you need to take care of your personal needs. It's not selfish. It's necessary. Remember the old saying "If Momma's not happy, then no one's happy"? There's a lot of truth in that.

Loving relationships. As much as some people swear they are happy being alone, we need human companionship to feel alive and part of the world.

Quality time with family and friends. Everyone thrives when you take the time to enjoy the important people in your life. Even if you're a workaholic like me, make sure to set aside time everyday for important relationships. You think that if you do all the work now, you can make it up to them later when you've made it. Most of the time by the time you've made it, the important people in your life have left. It happens all the time.

A way to support all of the above. Yep, that's where the money comes in. But it's more than that. It has to be some-thing you like doing, or every workday will seem like a prison sentence.

Dreams and goals. Without something to strive for, something to live for, we end up in a tedious existence. We need something that keeps the fire going - no matter how old you are. How many people have you known who reached retirement only to spend the rest of their days in front of the television?

Faith. It takes many forms throughout your life. Faith in your God, faith in yourself, faith in your kids. You'll find many times in your life when you just need to have faith that things will come out OK. Faith is what get us through the tough times. It has been proven in numerous studies that those who practice their religion live longer, healthier, and happier lives.

Whenever you feel discontent coming on, do some soul searching and find out what you've been ignoring. It may seem like a lot of work to tend to all this stuff. It's just like the juggler. When you drop one of the balls, the rest come dropping down too. You need to pay attention to all of the balls. Instead of a balancing act, let's call it a Juggling Act!