This Week I am putting out a whole mess of quotes… Please enjoy and Share All
Photos are from my yard… Enjoy
This Week I am putting out a whole mess of quotes… Please enjoy and Share All
Photos are from my yard… Enjoy
This Week I am putting out a whole mess of quotes… Please enjoy and Share All
Photos are from my yard… Enjoy
This Week I am putting out a whole mess of quotes… Please enjoy and Share All
Photos are from my yard… Enjoy
This Week I am putting out a whole mess of quotes… Please enjoy and Share All
This Week I am putting out a whole mess of quotes… Please enjoy and Share All
This Week I am putting out a whole mess of quotes… Please enjoy and Share All
Photos are from my yard… Enjoy
We interviewed Mr. Levinson at the 2011 GreenPearl Distressed Real Estate Event held in Los Angeles. For more event information go to www.GreenPearlEvents.com.
levinsonm@gtlaw.com
Direct: 310.586.3888
Direct Fax: 310.586.0588
Los Angeles
2450 Colorado Avenue
Suite 400E
Santa Monica, CA 90404
T 310.586.7700
F 310.586.7800
Mark Levinson has substantial experience in a broad range of corporate, securities, real estate and finance matters including an emphasis in municipal finance.
Mr. Levinson routinely structures, negotiates and documents the public and private placement of a range of securities offerings; loan restructurings; defaulted bond workouts on behalf of issuers, indenture trustees and bondholders; venture capital and private equity investments.
Mr. Levinson also provides guidance to businesses on Securities Exchange Act reporting obligations and general corporate and contract matters.
Mr. Levinson has experience in the municipal finance industry and routinely serves as bond and underwriter’s counsel, credit and liquidity provider’s counsel, and indenture trustee’s counsel.
He typically is engaged by financial institutions, municipalities, redevelopment agencies, and other governmental authorities and educational institutions to assist in a range of infrastructure, affordable housing, and Mello-Roos and Marks Roos financings utilizing bond or certificate of participation structures, aggregating billions of dollars in securities.
Mr. Levinson has handled all types of real estate transactions, representing syndicators, developers and owners in their projects including shopping centers, office buildings, warehouse distribution facilities and residential property.
He has particular experience representing syndication companies, lenders and others in a range of acquisitions, dispositions and private offerings and sale-leaseback arrangements.
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GT’s growth to 1800 lawyers and more than 30 locations is an example of the firm’s instincts for leveraging a changing marketplace. The need for lawyers to help clients navigate change continues to escalate. For GT, merging with other law firms to be in new markets overnight is not the way to respond to the market need. Preserving the firm’s “built for change” culture is. GT leaders travel across the country handpicking lawyers with the talents to guide clients through the very moments their businesses and markets are changing most. It is this rare combination of talents around which we relentlessly hire at GT – legal, business and leadership skills. That’s why we refer to GT lawyers as “3-D lawyers.”
Culture
Walk through the hallways at GT and ask a lawyer what’s different about the firm. No matter in which office, state or time zone, a GT lawyer will no doubt answer in one word – culture. Culture is shorthand for thinking differently about what makes lawyers happy at a law firm and in turn what gets results for clients. GT’s culture places the power to get results in the individual, embracing diversity, lawyers’ multidimensional skills and commitment to community. It also means shunning such things as bureaucracy and internal competition and insisting upon an unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. Indeed, the firm is run to eliminate the market forces that can distract organizations from their number one purpose: getting the best results possible for clients and keeping talent thrilled to be here.
GreenbergTraurig http://www.gtlaw.com
Putting Clients and Culture First is Always Good Business
New York Law Journal, October 2010
Greenberg Traurig Achieves 100 Percent Rating on 2011 Corporate Equality Index
Posted in Commercial, Interview, Real Estate, Video Podcast
Tagged commercial, distressed, estate, greenberg traurig, lawyer, legal, levinson, mark, mark levinson, real, restructure, strategies, workouts
I was NetworkingFools.com and then JWN360 and then JW360 and now I am JW On Purpose.
By the way the graphic of the Disney Rose from my garden is just that. There is no special meaning to this story or post. I just liked it.
I took a ton of pictures of the flowers our yard and shared them on Flickr. So why did I put a picture here? Because this story seemed dull without a picture. So now you know the PURPOSE of the graphic. If you are interested, here are the rest of my pics http://www.flickr.com/photos/jwnajarian/sets/72157626992498566
We often ask questions related to cause. We love to know what causes you support and we like to try and help you put out the word for your cause.
I love the double entendre meaning with the name On Purpose. First I love the word purpose. Here is the definition.
pur·pose (pûrps)
n.
1. The object toward which one strives or for which something exists; an aim or a goal: “And ever those, who would enjoyment gain/Must find it in the purpose they pursue” (Sarah Josepha Hale).2. A result or effect that is intended or desired; an intention. See Synonyms at intention.3. Determination; resolution: He was a man of purpose.4. The matter at hand; the point at issue.tr.v. pur·posed, pur·pos·ing, pur·pos·es
To intend or resolve to perform or accomplish.Idioms:
on purpose
Intentionally; deliberately.to good purpose
With good results.to little/no purpose
With few or no results.
[Middle English purpos, from Anglo-Norman, from purposer, to intend : pur-, forth (from Latin pr-; see pro-1) + poser, to put; see pose1.]The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
purpose [ˈpɜːpəs]
n
1. the reason for which anything is done, created, or exists2. a fixed design, outcome, or idea that is the object of an action or other effort3. fixed intention in doing something; determination a man of purpose4. practical advantage or use to work to good purpose5. that which is relevant or under consideration (esp in the phrase to or from the purpose)6. Archaic purporton purpose intentionallyvb (tr)
to intend or determine to do (something)
[from Old French porpos, from porposer to plan, from Latin prōpōnere to propose]Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
So we can use the word on as an adverb or adjective to change the meaing.
On Purpose, where on is the adjective to mean either with intent, determination, resolve, accomplish and result as in the phrase “They are doing that on purpose”, meaning that they are doing something with intent or using on as an adverb as in the phrase “He is writing this book on pupose.” which says that the subject of the book is about purpose.
Anyway as a phrase It sounds good and, I believe it is apropos to what I am trying to do here.
Hope everyone likes it as much as I do… Thanks Hyla
Crap, Now I need a Logo. If you have any ideas… Let me know what you think.
Posted in Journal
Tagged jw najarian, JW On Purpose, jw360, JWN360, JWOnPurpose, networking fool, Networking Fools, purpose
Network Influence is the influence level of your engaged audience. Engagement is measured based on actions such as retweets, @messages, follows, lists, comments, and likes. Each time a person performs one of these actions it is a testament to the authority and the quality of your content. Capturing the attention of influencers is no easy task, and those who are able to do so are typically creating spectacular content.
True Reach is the size of your engaged audience, eliminating inactive and spam accounts. Klout calculates influence for each individual relationship. For example, if you are followed by a person who follows 5,000 other people and you have never interacted with this person, share very few common friends, and generally don’t tweet about the same topics, it’s likely that the your tweets are barely seen by this person, and you probably have little to no influence over them. On the other hand, if a person takes the time to put the user on a Twitter list, it means they really value the content the user produces, and will increase the influence the user has over them.
Klout will break down all your different scores, but they do give you a Klout score which is your overall rating on Klout.
measures your influence online based on data from Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and soon, other networks. Our philosophy is that influence is the ability to drive action so we focus on tangible indicators of influence like @ mentions, retweets, likes, and comments. Currently they use over 35 variables total and you can learn more at klout.com/kscore
Scores are updated daily, but all scores are for past 30 days and no historical data is kept. This means your score is about what you are doing for the web lately.
+K allows you to share that someone has influenced you recently in a topic. Just go to their topics tab and click the +K button next to the relevant topic. Learn more.
Most of this information is right from the Klout Site. Unrelievedly, it was the best explanation I could find. You can also find great info at: The Social Media Examiner http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/is-klout-a-good-judge-of-your-social-media-influence/
Starting with how many people follow you or like you or are connected to you, the social networking world has kept score, but now everyone wants to know what this all means.
Ok so I have built huge lists; Do they hear me or see my stuff. Is all the Facebooking, LinkingIn, Twittering, Digging, and Stublling all over each other help us, be better people, sell goods and services or help the world as a whole?
What Klout does do, is a pretty good job of giving you a score or allowing others to see your score. This can help you if you are a marketer or social media educator as the world can now tell if you know what you are talking about.
Having a list is useless unless that list sees you and Klout shows you if you are being seen. It can be fooled as with all the systems.
My thought is that it is fun and shows great promise. I have been using Empire Avenue which is a game that rates you like a company. You have shares and your share price is based on the amount of people that see you on Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube and all your blogs. It is great if you don’t let the tail wag the dog.
EAv can become addicting. If I add my share price to my Klout score and divide it by my followers I become very confused!
The truth is that if you have more that one Twitter account your score is not as reflective as it should be. The technology is moving and someday, all people will want to know is what is your score. – JW
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During a very tough point in my life, one of Les Brown’s PBS specials gave me the motivation to start to turn my life around and started me on a course of personal development, that has served me well throughout my life. So I have a special place in my heart for Les.
I have met Les several times and always enjoy our short chats. I hope I can get him to do a larger interview someday.
As a renowned public speaker, author and television personality, Les Brown has risen to national prominence by delivering a high energy message which tells people how to shake off mediocrity and live up to their greatness. It is a message Les Brown has learned from his own life and one he is helping others apply to their lives.
Born a twin in low-income Liberty City in Miami, Florida, Les and his twin brother, Wes, were adopted when they were six weeks old by Mrs. Mamie Brown, a single woman who had very little education and financial means, but a very big heart. As a child his inattention to school work, his restless energy and the failure of his teachers to recognize his real potential resulted in him being mislabeled as a slow learner. The label and the stigma stayed with Les damaging his self-esteem to such an extent that it took several years to overcome.
Unending Self-Education
Les has had no formal education past high school, but with persistence and determination he has initiated and continued a process of unending self-education which has distinguished him as an authority on human potential. Les Brown’s passion to learn and his hunger to realize greatness in himself and others helped him to achieve greatness. He rose from a hip-talkin morning DJ to broadcast manager; from community activist to community leader; from political commentator to 3-term legislator; and from a banquet and nightclub emcee to premier keynote speaker.
In 1986, Les entered the public speaking arena on a full-time basis and formed his own company, Les Brown Unlimited, Inc. The company provides motivational tapes and materials, workshops, and personal/professional development programs aimed at individuals, companies, and organizations.
Award Winning Speaker
In 1989, Les Brown was the recipient of the National Speakers Association’s highest honor: The Council of Peers Award of Excellence. In addition, he was selected one of America’s Top Five Speakers for 1992 by Toastmasters international.
In 1990, Les recorded his first in a series of speech presentations entitled “You Deserve” with Les Brown, was awarded a Chicago-area Emmy and became the leading fund-raising program of its kind for pledges to PBS stations nationwide.
Acclaimed Author
Les Brown is not only an internationally recognized speaker and CEO of Les Brown Unlimited, Inc., he is also the author of the highly acclaimed and successful book, Live Your Dreams, and former host of The Les Brown Show, a nationally syndicated daily television talk show which focused on solutions rather than problems.
Les Brown is one of the nation’s leading authorities in understanding and stimulating human potential, utilizing powerful delivery and newly emerging insights to teach, inspire and channel people to new levels of achievement.
Posted in Interview, Lifestyle, Video Podcast
Many of you may not know that I run a large Commercial Real Estate site where we often do interviews with Financial Experts and Leaders in the Industry. I will be posting several here that I believe are interesting to a wider community. Hope you like them.
We interviewed Mr. Kline at the 2011 GreenPearl Distressed Real Estate Event held in Los Angeles. For more event information go to www.GreenPearlEvents.com.
Mr. Kline is a savvy, experienced executive with over 30 years of successful leadership in the commercial and residential real estate industries. Mr. Kline’s firm specializes in CMBS and Commercial loan modifications, note sales, restructuring, commercial brokerage and mergers and acquisitions.
R.W. Kline Companies also specializes in assisting lenders in the disposition process.
Mr. Kline is a seasoned workout specialist with personal experience in the real estate industry. As a former Senior Vice President for Pulte Homes and the Communities of Del Webb, he ran the nation’s largest land operation and division within Pulte, delivering more than 5,500 lots a year with over a billion dollar balance sheet and budget. His responsibilities included leading the national land team and council with over seven billion in land, acquisitions, entitlements, land development, strategic positioning, trade partnering, and short and long-term strategic direction. Prior to his leadership role at Pulte, Mr. Kline founded and owned seven separate companies throughout his career, including a residential/commercial restructuring, advisory, development company and a marine construction/dredging company.
His well-rounded experience has provided him with a thorough understanding of financial and operational controls. He works alongside company management to develop a workout plan that makes sense and is able to be executed. His goal is to provide expert assessment, evaluations and real estate asset management to those who may be especially hard hit by pending or likely commercial foreclosures.
Over the past 32 months, Mr. Kline has facilitated more than 290 note sales, crafted large merger and acquisition plans and quadrupled the size of companies. His niche is working with clients, lenders and servicers to restructure both CMBS and conventional loans for companies with hospitality, gaming, retail, master planned, multi-family, mixed-use, industrial or office properties. Due to his expertise and relationships with numerous lenders,
he has successfully negotiated write-downs that are approximately 15 to 20 percent more favorable than a company that negotiates on its own behalf. Additionally, he has worked with private or court-ordered asset solutions, receivership and workouts on behalf of more than 175 lenders and CMBS servicers.
R.W. Kline Companies’ team is comprised of former national lenders, former RTC agents, FDIC contractors and former CMBS servicers. R.W. Kline Companies also provides full service disposition solutions to lender clients across the country. Mr. Kline is a frequent guest speaker within the commercial real estate and financial industries and is a member of numerous professional organizations, including:
Urban Land Institute (ULI), Lodging and Hospitality Conferences (IHC, ALIS, NYU), IMN Debt, Distress Property and Lender Conferences (IMN),International Council for Shopping Centers (ICSC), Turnaround Management Association (TMA), Home Builders Association of Central Arizona (HBACA), National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), American Bankers Association (ABA), Florida Bankers Association and the California Bankers Association.
Mr. Kline serves on the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Board of Directors and well as the Community Development Council (CDC).
R.W. Kline Companies is in most major and secondary markets throughout the country which enables us to service our clients with all of their real estate needs. Our experienced teams work together with all levels of management to recognize your needs, establish an all encompassing turnaround solution while preserving long-term relationships.
We are a real estate capital management company with professionals that offer a broad range of services that
include:
Posted in Business, Video Podcast
Tagged cmbs bulk, commercial real estate, debt restructure, notes, reo, robert kline, rw kline
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Lisa asked her about the Peace Alliance and what was going on with the Department of Peace and Marianne gives a memorable and passionate answer, less about whether or not the department is or is not, but more about how we need to change the paradigm of how we are handling violence.
Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher. Six of her ten published books have been New York Times Best Sellers. Four of these have been #1 New York Times Best Sellers. A Return to Love is considered a must-read of The New Spirituality. A paragraph from that book, beginning “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure...” – often misattributed to Nelson Mandela’s Inaugural address – is considered an anthem for a contemporary generation of seekers. Marianne’s latest New York Times Best Seller is A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever. A Course in Weight Loss was selected by Oprah to be one of her Favorite Things in 2010.
Marianne’s other books include The Age of Miracles, Everyday Grace, A Woman’s Worth, Illuminata, Healing the Soul of America and The Gift of Change.
She has been a popular guest on television programs such as Oprah, Larry King Live, Good Morning America and Charlie Rose.
Marianne is a native of Houston, Texas. In 1989, she founded Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program that serves homebound people with AIDS in the Los Angeles area. Today, Project Angel Food serves over 1,000 people daily.
In December 2006, a NEWSWEEK magazine poll named Marianne Williamson one of the fifty most influential baby boomers. According to Time magazine, “Yoga, the Cabala and Marianne Williamson have been taken up by those seeking a relationship with God that is not strictly tethered to Christianity.”
BraveHeart Awards
By Sheri Goldberg | August 10, 2010
Actress and animal rights activist, Tippi Hedren, New York Times best-selling author and international lecturer, Marianne Williamson, and “The View” co-host Sherri Shepherd will be honored at a gala ceremony on Saturday, October 9, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Century City.
The BraveHeart Awards celebrate six women and one man who have been inspiring trailblazers who have transcended above the preconceived ideas of empowered individuals.
Launched in May 2009 by author and motivational speaker, Ellie Drake, The BraveHeart Women Global Community is a groundbreaking social network. Through conversation, compassion, and community, BraveHeart Women empowers women of all ages to discover their own voices, expand their potential, and be the change they want for themselves, their families, community, and the world.
Drake is also the co-host of “A BraveHeart View,” a global series seen in over 80 countries worldwide on www.BraveHeartView.com. The show is similar to “The View,” with celebrity panelists including Mariel Hemingway and Rolonda Watts, and guests ranging from Kathy Ireland to Dr. Maya Angelou.
BraveHeart Women founder Ellie Drake says, “I am honored and inspired to recognize these three empowered ladies, who are truly making a huge difference in the world. Marianne Williamson continues to inspire and impact lives around the world with her best selling books; Tippi Hedren has taken on the challenge of educating the public about exotic animals, while creating a sanctuary for many of them; and Sherri Shepherd’s realness and authenticity on “The View” inspires women in America on a daily basis.”
Posted in Audio Podcast, Interview
Tagged 2010, braveheart women, department of peace, Marianne Williamson, peace alliance, rise
Recently the show The Office did one to “Nobody But Me” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac2Cs9bCe6E
And recently Entertainment tonight said goodbye to Mary Hart with this cool video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdxQki3sniA
This one is one of the most famous but I will let you watch and decide:
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Here are a couple of other favorites:
Harvey Danger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMuRWRqpQXQ
Clark Retirement Home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ7-n930zJo
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I love Robin Trower and this song Too Rolling Stoned is just a classic best of the best for me, but what the hell do the words mean?
Why do I even bring this up? Even though I don’t know what the words mean, for some reason I seem to feel like they seem to suit me very well when I am overwhelmed. Things that make us go Hmmmmm?
Oh a stitch in time, just about saved me From going through the same old moves And this cat is nine He still suffers He's going through the same old grooves But that stone just keeps on rolling Bringing me some real bad news Takers get the honey Givers sing the blues Too many cooks yeah spoil such a good thing I know I laughed out loud but that was then Ain't it funny, a fool and his money Always seemed to find was those real good friends That stone just keeps on rolling Well that stone keeps on rolling Bringing me some real bad news The takers get the honey The givers sing the blues A stitch in time, helps to unfold me Circus starts at eight so don't be late Please be so kind not to wake me I think I'll just sit this one out
Here is the music. Caution it is classic rock guitar at it’s best, but if you don’t like long leads… don’t bother. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBoq8aoWB4E&feature=related
I am feeling the technology blues right now. So much to do and so little time. I thought technology was supposed to free us… No shit, that ain’t happening anytime soon.
Now there is Google + and people seem to be flocking to it in droves, some actually giving up Facebook. I still am confused with Facebook to be honest. It is set up so rinky dink and always has that thrown together feel to me. Also everyone says to send everyone there to your fan page…. I don’t want everyone going to my fanpage; I want them going to my site. I try to use the fan page to accomplish that. So many scenarios and methods.. OMG!
Back to Google+ I am using it and it is no big thrill. I might not have figured it out yet, but I am not overly impressed nor am I sure it will be useful in the long run.
My favorite is still LinkedIn and my stats show that it gets so much of a larger response than Facebook and Twitter combined.
Well it is time for me to get back to my newest blog posts.. You will love what is coming up. I will be announcing a new eBook that exposes cons and frauds in the motivational speaker industry and the main consultant on the book is one of the biggest event coordinators out there today… Should be hot!!
JW
Posted in Journal
Joe Knudson is a 56 year old divorced gay male who came out later in life. Having been married for several years, he is the father of two fantastic sons.
He went through what many in the gay communityhave gone through themselves, struggles with identity, as well as fitting in a “one-sided” society.
While he lead a seemingly straight life throughout his early and younger middle age years, he knew he was definitely different from the so called “typical male”.
He married his high school sweetheart and began on a journey of hope that his true inner feelings and desires would someday change. He has written a book, Living The Difference and is using this book as a vehicle on his mission to educate the world’s population about understanding and accepting people who are gay.
J.C. doesn’t try to convince you of what being gay is or is not. He believes that being gay is as natural as being straight and so he doesn’t waste time defending that position.
He simply and neatly opens the doors and lets you look inside his life. He is respectful. He doesn’t impose on the reader or force intimacy. His story explores the wasted moments and the misery created through self denial and ignorance, showing clearly that living a lie leads to a life full of regret and self judgment.
By embracing himself and his natural desires J.C. opened himself and his life for self respect, for true loving, lasting relationships, and to mutual appreciation. He shares his confusion and desires without being explicit, and in so doing makes it possible for others to learn from his life, offering as much in the way of comfort and hope as he does to dispel fear and ignorance.
Living the Difference reveals in its pages a man with high standards, ethics, dedication, love, and loyalty. By Vonnie Faroqui “Ink Slinger’s Whimsey”
I was pleased when Joseph agreed to do an interview with me as he is very active in the gay and lesbian community and writes the Gayly Blogger.
We mentioned this book, in the interview, which was talked about by Ricky Gervias in his HBO special (video can be found on YouTube, but be careful it is for mature audience only),
Posted in Audio Podcast, Health and Wellness, Lifestyle
Tagged audio, coming out, gay, interview, joseph knudson, lesbian, living the difference, podcast, sexuality, straight
I met Ann at a training given by Gary W. Goldstein, the producer of the movie “Pretty Woman”.
Gary was teaching his course “Scaling the Great Wall of Hollywood” and he brought Ann in to speak to the group about how to take their current elevator pitch and update it so that it would, not just let people know what you did, but it would also be able to touch the person in the core of their brain and get them to get excited about what you did. – JW
So after sitting down with her for a personal consultation, I was amazed at what she had taught me in a 15 minute meeting.
My expectation was that she would help me refine my pitch somewhat and that would be it, but refine is not the word. Propel to a new quantum place is a better description.
A great short pitch right? I would say it and get little or no response. “Oh that’s great! Which way to the cheese platter” or “I don’t know how to use that Twitter thing yet”.
Ann told me about the Lizard or Old Brain and how it needed to hear what it wanted or it would shut down and put into hibernation, the conscious brain.
We took my pitch and changed it to…
At first I said sounds great… then I used the pitch. Most everyone replied with Really! How do you do that?, Can you do that for me., Wow I could use that service., Wow, I have a friend that really needs that…
The difference in response was night and day. Ann has hit on something really basic and useful and you have to listen to this recording because Ann goes into detail and shares over twice as much as she shared with me during that first meeting.
You will walk away with tools and strategies to make a difference in how you talk to new and old clients that will help you increase and propel your business to new heights in less than 2 minutes…
A NOTE: Ann is great at the elevator pitch, but it only begins there. She can help you will all aspects of corporate and business communications and marketing. – JW Najarian
Ann Convery is an international speaker, seminar leader, trainer and author. Her list of clients reads like a “Who’s Who” of top professionals in the fields of politics, medicine, law, business, health and beauty.
For 17 years she has prepared clients for:
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Ann has also been interviewed by The Los Angeles Times, Cosmopolitan, First for Women, Presentations Magazine,and many other media.Ann is a highly sought after international speaker.Clients call her from all over the U.S., Europe, the U.K., Canada, Mexico and Australia.Ann has delivered over 125 speeches and trainings for corporate and private groups in Barcelona, Madrid, Mexico City, New York, Chicago, Seattle, and California.
A top-selling author, Ann’s second book was published by Harper Collins in May 2006. Ann has published numerous articles including several columns for the Los Angeles Business Journal.
Ann has a few products that will be of interest to you. CLICK HERE to find out more…..
Ann’s Website: http://www.annconvery.com
Posted in Audio Podcast, Business, Education, Interview, iTunes
Tagged ann convery, business, communications, how to, increase, jw najarian, lizard brain, old brain, procedures, sales, speak, strategies, success, training, words
OK this part of the blog is my journal and may or may not have great graphics… Tonight no..
What a week. Just finished fourth of July weekend and am moving way to fast toward the new weekend where family will arrive and we will be forced to have more fun…. All I can think about is work so when family comes into town all I can think of is do I have the time to spend with them…. OMG isn’t that what life is about? I am so blessed and forget it constantly. I love everything I do (except working out) and so I don’t know how to say no to anything.
Anyway we spent the weekend at the Disneyland Hotel. Fully renovated rooms and a pool area that looks like a Martian landscape. Videos to come.
We have a special tactical approach to doing Disneyland I will call GForce. Named after the inventor M. Gates. I can not share the tactic with you as it totally gets rid of lines and heat and getting tired in Disneyland and though I love you all, sharing could change the scene.
I got to ride the new Arial ride, and saw 3 different Star Tours scenes.. There are 54 I think….
And we got to see the special 4th of July World of Color spectacular, which I videotaped for your enjoyment…. it was spectacular.
Left Disney on Sunday (I actually spent the 4th on the couch catching up on Tivo) and stopped with our friends at Northwoods Inn. For those that are not familiar with Northwoods in Los Angeles, I will try to describe.
A very large log cabin lodge with constant snow on the roof. The dinner menu is Lobster, Steak and Crab, but also great chilli dogs and burgers. It is the place where you throw your peanut shells on the floor and they have the never ending salad and cheesy bread that is to die for coming at you like a diet nightmare. Yes you can take it home, but you just keep eating… What is that all about?
I heard booming all night from the various shows around L.A. and finally it quieted down after 10pm with an occasional rocket whistle or pack of firecrackers going off.
Tuesday was catch up day, but my wife needed me to help her with a project so today was actually more of the catch up day. No I did not really catch up, but had a great day.
What did I learn today? (Doogie Houser Moment)
Incredible people are all around you and the most interesting stories are not the celebs, but the friends you are closest to.
JW Najarian
Mega Motivation Gurus And the Moment of Truth a The Truth Behind The Curtain production, is a short eBook about Mary, a feisty events coordinator at the wake of an old and dear friend Frank.
Frank is a well respected motivational speaker, so everyone and anyone that is huge in the industry is at this affair to honor Frank.
This is Mary’s story of what she has seen going on behind the scenes at all the various events she has produced and worked on.
Benjamin Allen has worked in both the non-profit and corporate worlds until going into full-time writing and public speaking. In the non-profit world Benjamin utilized his skills in grief counseling for the terminally ill and their caregivers.
In the corporate world he was the Director of Training for a sales company. He has delivered keynotes to thousands of people on topics relating to grief, personal growth and conscious business and is the author of his non-fiction journey through grief, Out of the Ashes.
He has also written two novels, Under the Sun and The Leveler. Benjamin can be found at www.BenjaminScottAllen.com or www.truthbehindthecurtain.com/blog.
Several years ago Benjamin appeared extensively in the media beginning with the New York Times, Dateline, The Today Show, Good Morning America, 20/20 and various local newspapers, especially The Dallas Morning News.
His story also featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show. The subject matter focused on the tragic circumstances his family endured. His wife received a blood transfusion tainted with HIV during the birth of their first child. Consequently, his wife and their two children died, the first being in 1985 and the last death was in 1995. His book Out of the Ashes details that journey.
Aggie Kobrin Founder of CEC Global Events and Off Hollywood Media is engaged in producing seminars, conferences and events of all sizes as well as providing advisory, consulting, resource and film distribution services to Hollywood elite and to the new breed of independent film makers. Now 70% of the film making industry.
Is Mary Aggie?? No, but she easily could be. Aggie is certainly feisty and is one of the best known events organizers in Los Angeles and nationally. Name a guru, motivational speaker, trainer, celebrity speaker etc etc… and Aggie has worked with them, booked them or organized one or more of their events. Who better to work with Benjamin then Aggie to make this a rock solid portrayal of the industry while keeping it funny and compelling.
I got a rare chance, and believe me getting Aggie to sit still for a minute is not an easy task, to interview both Aggie and the Benjamin at two different times. Aggie I caught at her home south of Los Angeles and Benjamin I caught up with his wife Rachel Flower at their home in beautiful Lake Tahoe.
Two great interviews to get whether or not a book is the catalyst, so you really need to listen to them.
Benjamin gets deeply into the characters of the different motivational gurus at the wake and weaves a humorous yet serious look at the way con men think and play the game.
He shows the good side of people and the bad side, the funny side and not so funny side of greed, narcissism, sociopathic and non empathetic behavior that will lead someone to lie to you and cheat you and call it a win win.
If you have ever been scammed or conned you will want to read this story. If you are looking for a way out of your current situation then you need to read this book. If you are in any line of business or are out in the public day to day, you probably need to read this.
We all need to know how to go into any situation with our eyes open to incredible opportunity and to the frightening about of deception there is out there, just waiting for it’s next victim.
Go watch the short video that explains the book and pick up a copy. At 33 pages you will read it in a flash, but the fun does not stop there…..
The Truth Behind the Curtain is not the book title it is the movement Aggie Kobrin is propelling with the book. Watch the video below and she will explain it to you.
It is Aggie’s dream and passion to make sure that no one gets scammed or conned. In any business or industry. She has started a movement and you will have a chance to get in on the ground floor.
Aggie wants your story. That is right. She wants you to send her your stories of the times you have been scammed. She wants to build a movement to help educate the masses and take away the tools of the professional con.
She wants to help expose the cons that have gone on for so many years and help empower the masses so that we do not fall prey to those that would misguide us for their own selfish purposes.
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Posted in Audio Podcast, Education, Entertainment, Interview, iTunes, Video Podcast
Tagged aggie Kobrin, benjamin scott allen, cons, motivational, scams, speaker, truth behind the curtain
I want to wish all my friends, followers, likers, connections, pals, buddies, listeners, watchers, and readers.. A wonderful 4th of July weekend. Tell me what you are doing or what you did over the weekend!
Posted in Journal
It was the same with music. I was a professional guitarist for a short time and whenever we wrote music what came out for me was never what I heard in my head. It wasn’t bad just not what I imagined.
If you are reading this then I am blessed and thank you for your time.
Come back often, I have a lot of great interviews and I will totally bore you with my ramblings…. What else can you ask for?!
Posted in Journal
Tagged bernie garcia, crazy pictures band, jw najarian, jw360, logo, new
I am going to start journaling as much as possible here as I want this content to feed Twitter and Facebook as opposed to putting separate stuff up everywhere. There are only so many friggen hours in the day man.
I hope you enjoy my ramblings as much as my interviews. If not, well that is OK too.
I will be playing with WordPress.com themes. If anyone has ideas on which one is best for featuring without losing the header, I am all ears.
Yet another road to discovery. I am now off to read Napoleon Hill’s Outwitting the Devil. Very good book, this is a keeper and I will be writing on it soon.
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Here is an excerpt from the congratulations letter sent to Pina:
How the audience received the film. In the words of the Project Manager:
“This evening, at the 2011 Possible Futures Film Contest Awards Ceremony it was announced on stage followed by a second screening of your wonderfully meaningful film, that I Want To Be Me was the winner of the People Choice Award in your submitting category of Human Fulfillment !! (and btw – Jon Love announced this category and your film winning) There was such joy in the air as your film completed its dual screening this evening in front of a fully packed theatre. It was amazing to see this truly human connection about living a live of individuality on the large screen. (I’ve been screening it on my laptop – and I really smiled from ear to ear this evening for you) Nice work!
It has been an honor to watch people enjoy your work on film. Thank you for holding the world so preciously in this tale. It was wonderful having your film be a part of the first annual Contest and hope you will consider submitting in 2012.”
I recently met Pina De Rosa through a good friend. I got a chance to spend a little time with her and hear her story and some of the projects she had done and others she was working on.
I was amazed at her accomplishments, her I can do it attitude and then I got to see some of her work, as you can by going to www.IWantToBeMeTheMovie.com or by clicking on the Vote Graphic above. But, you be the judge and let me know by commenting below, what you thought. (The Voting is over and the film Won!)
You will get a chance to watch the short movie before voting, but I think you will have no problem voting for this cute and funny little movie that really made me sit back and think a bit.
If you are like me you spend your time doing the day to day and sometimes you forget to ask yourself simple, yet important questions.
Even if you do not want to vote, go watch the it. – JW
Check out the Audio tramadol Interview above, as I took the chance, before she left on a to Africa, to call Pina and ask her some questions about the movie and the contest.
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The Possible Futures Film Contest is a bold new film event challenging storytellers of the world to create a new vision for the future of humanity — one that will become defined by our relationships to human justice, environmental sustainability, peace and individual fulfillment.
These stories on film, from citizens of the world, have the potential to highlight and envision change that benefits people, the planet and its ecosystems. We strive, in open-hearted consideration of one another, to bring forth a new path for the world — one of harmony, peace and love.
Creating your story is simple, and there is no entry fee. Everyone is encouraged to participate, at any skill level. Five world-class judges will select the top two Awards as viewers select five People’s Choice Awards.
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Gratitude International is Pina De Rosa and I did a separate interview coming out soon about what she calls Quantum Communications (sometimes referred to as Ninja Communications). Cool stuff. Here is some background on Gratitude International and Pina De Rosa
Pina Anna-Grace De Rosa, award-winning producer and high performance results coach, was christened Giuseppina in Italy, her country of birth. When she turned 11, Pina’s family moved from Naples to Lausanne – making this the first journey in a lifetime of travel that has taken her around the world.
Pina worked in film production in her 20s, then started working in the personal development field and merged both her passions for media and transformation, making movies that make a difference.
Having coached thousands of people (one on one and from the platform) today she is an award winning Film Producer, a Master Results Coach and NLP Trainer, President/CEO of Gratitude International LLC, a company with a worldwide client base committed to empowering people to living their fullest potential — visions and dreams fulfilled. She loves it! She is extremely passionate about paradigm shifting, the power of making a difference, especially through film.
As an international speaker & high performance trainer, Pina De Rosa has been designing and leading live workshops, teleclasses and webinars for over 10 years now. She has been nominated as Los Angeles Business Journal Woman Making A Difference Award, 2 years in a row: in 2010 and 2011.
Besides keynote speaking and leading her own events, Pina has shared the stage with Barbara De Angelis, Loral Langemeier, Chris Howard, Alison Armstrong, Lisa Sasevich, Debbie Allen, Jill Lublin, Dr. Joanna Martin, Kerwin Rae, James Schramko, Lisa Haisha, Shellie Hunt, Chris Wise, Scott Martineau, Johnnie Cass, Sean Harris, Clinton Swaine, Benjamin Harvey, Todd Newton, Dave Vanhoose, Daven Michaels, Sean Bell, Larry Loik and Kelly O’Neil to name a few.
Posted in Audio Podcast, Entertainment, Event, Interview, Lifestyle, Video Podcast
Tagged contest, film, I want to be me, kids, lauren selman, movie, pachamama, pina del rosa, possible futures film contest, producer, production, short, vote
Testing WordPress Post with this pic from Flickr
OK about the pic.. I was at a Humanity Unites Brilliance (HUB) conference and Jack was speaking there. Gary Goldstein graciously introduced us and we sat down and listened to Jack tell us about his recent trip to South America where he got a chance to hang out with the natives..
Great stories from a very nice guy.
Gary took this photo as Jack was leaving to speak.
Thanks Gary.
Jack’s Site: http://www.jackcanfield.com
Gary’s Site: http://branddesigner.com/gary
An interview I did with Gary for this site: http://onpurposemagazine.com/2011/01/26/gary-w-goldstein-failing-forward-and-other-life-lessons
Posted in Journal
Tagged gary w goldstein, hub, Jack Canfield, jw najarian, pachamama
10. Get up
9. Have Breakfast
8. Avoid Work
7. Hang Out
6. Catch up on Tivo
5. Have Sex
4 Have More Sex
3. Eat Your Favorite Junk Food
2. Call Your Mother
1. Watch The News As They Report on Arnold and Maria
It is now 6:40 in Los Angeles on May 21st 2011 and I am still here as is most of the world… Yippie.
I spent the time unloading groceries from the car up until 6 minutes to doomsday. I sat with my wife and mother-in-law and watched the time pass…
Oh well maybe 2012.
P.S. Did anyone else get this letter from Family Radio??
Dear friend,
We are writing this letter to inform you of the great urgency that now exists for each and every person to be reconciled with God before May 21, 2011.
As God’s servants, Family Radio (http://www.familyradio.com <http://www.familyradio.com/> ) feels a great responsibility to warn every person concerning the teachings of the Holy Bible that May 21, 2011 (just days away) will be the day when God comes for His people, and also the appointed Day of Judgment for all of the unsaved people of the world. The Bible refers to this ‘day’ in the following verses:
Acts 17:29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device………..
This thing went on and on and came after the event… It was true SPAM as they got my email off Twitter and sent to my private box unsolicited.
JW Najarian
Posted in Journal
Tagged doomsday, end of the world, judgment day, may 21st, rapture, top 10
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Jeff Rivera is an author and inspirational media personality. He has appeared on national television, radio and print in such outlets as The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Right On! Magazine, Rotarian Magazine, TMZ, WABC, WNBC, WCBS, SITV, American Latino and NPR.
He also writes for Mediabistro, GalleyCat and the Huffington Post and has been invited to speak and inspire groups all over the world from South Carolina to Nigeria.
His humble beginnings of living in American poverty on welfare and food stamps as the child of a single mother, to his days living in his car and final rise to becoming a published author, journalist and media personality have inspired many.
Jeff Rivera is the Founder and Editor in Chief of The Gatekeepers Post. The Gatekeepers Post is a community of book publishing leaders including agents, editors, ebook publishers and A list authors allowing the publishing industry to tie in directly to other vendors and authors.
These professionals all blog on the newest changes in the industry and much more.
The Gatekeepers Post has been called a cross between The Huffington Post and Publishers Weekly. For More Info Click Here
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Dio “Playboy” Rodríguez grows up poor with a drunk single mother in gritty Las Vegas, leading him into gang life at 13. Now 17, Dio hides a softer side beneath a fierce exterior that’s known only to his middle school sweetheart, Jennifer. But when a drive-by leaves Jennifer wounded and sends Dio to prison boot camp, their soul mate relationship is put to the test. Rivera, who originally self-published this debut, traces a classic redemptive arc: perpetually scowling Dio resists the authority of drill instructor Jackson and clashes with fellow inmates, but he pours out his heart in letters to Jennifer, forms meaningful peer relationships and gains an appreciation for discipline. A genuine care for dynamic Dio allows Rivera to deliver a sincere story of transformation. (July)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. –This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Are you curious about what publishers like Harper Collins, Morgan James, Adams Media, Wiley, Random House, and Simon & Schuster are looking for? What is the best way to get your manuscript read when you’re an unpublished author? Want to know the biggest mistakes to avoid when writing book proposals? You’ll be engaged as these top pros share their expertise, reveal the inner workings of the publishing industry, and discuss various approaches to common marketing and publishing challenges.
Author 101 University Event Website: www.author101university.com
Posted in Interview, Video Podcast
Tagged agent, author, Blogging, books, epublish, Jeff Rivera, News, publish on demand, Publishing, social media, The Gatekeepers Post, writers
I do not pretend to know how it all went down between Arnold and Maria, but I recently got the chance to spend a little time at Maria’s last Women’s Conference and Walk for Alzheimer’s benefit in Long Beach 2010.
Maria was wonderful and everyone that worked around her seemed to love her. She worked very hard to make this Governor’s Office event, one the biggest and most successful it had been since it was established by California Governor George Deukmejian in 1985.
She was everywhere and totally involved and approachable. They seemed happy together and so normal. It was great being around them. I am not going to go into details of the whole mess, but I did want to say that I really feel for Maria and the family and the humiliation they must be going through right now.
I do not want to judge anyone on a single act, as we all seem to have some baggage somewhere, but it is sad to me when people that should be heroes fall so far. Hopefully it will remind all of us that the decisions we make day to day do have repercussions.
I have added some pictures I took at the California Women’s Conference.
Please leave yours as a comment.
First the Original Post:
I have two favorites I will share…
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill.
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” – Marianne Williamson
You can hear our interview with Marianne by following this link: http://networkingfools.com/thelegacyshow/marianne-williamson-at-the-womens-braveheart-awards/
Thanks
JW Najarian
In the shadows, one remembers light. – Alice Shapiro
Don’t tell me the moon is shining;
show me the glint of light on broken glass. – Anton Chekhov
Posted by Alice Shapiro
“You will become as great as your dominant aspiration…
If you cherish a vision, a lofty ideal in your heart, you will realize it.” – James Allen
“We are powerfully creative beings.
When we focus our conscious mind on a dream or goal,
our limitless subconscious mind gets to work,
and shows us, step by step, how to reach that goal.” – Marc Allen
Posted by Joseph McCormack
“What would you do in life if you knew it was impossible to fail?” – Brian Tracy
Posted by Oliver Gray Jr.
The mind is like a parachute, it works best when it is open. – Frank Zappa
I may not have gone where I intended to go,
but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. – Douglas Adams
Posted by Mark Burgunder
It is Better to Light one Candle Than to Curse the Darkness.. Adlai Stevenson
Posted by Beatrice Vanaja
Relinquish power to get power” by a. Ghandhy and
Inner happiness is the foundation of wholesome success “by r. Talisman
Posted by Rozhy Telisman
“Tomorrow is another day”…Scarlett O’Hara in G.W.T.W.
Posted by Charles Helliwell
“The world belongs to the energetic” Ralph Waldo Emmerson
Posted by Pete Wilkinson
“When the other guy’s holding all the cards the only thing left to do is kick over the table”
Dean Martin as Little John, Robin and the Seven Hoods
“Beware of the toes you step on on the way up, they just might belong to the ass you have to kiss on the way down”
Internal motto WLFA AM Tampa
Posted by Mark Williams
There are so many…the one I’m focusing on this week is: “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?” — Dr. Seuss
Posted by SaRita Hartin
“Do something you love and you will never work a day in your life”. – Confucius
Posted by Ari Schonbrun
“Life is what you make it. Always is; Always will be” – Eleanor Roosevelt
Posted by Carl Mathis
“Behavior Never Lies!” – Richard Flint
“If what you say you want is contradicted by what you do, then you are lying to yourself and all you have said it to.”
Posted by Richard Flint
The richest man is not he who has the most but he who needs the least – Unknown
Posted by Phil Mitchell
How you do anything is how you do everything.
Your “character” or “nature” just refers to how you handle all the day-to-day things in life,
no matter how small.—Derek Sivers
Posted by JW Najarian
“A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents,
works his tail off to develop them into skills,
and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.” – Larry “Legend” Bird
Posted by Michael Riley
From the Character Building Project site…
Mottos & Quotes
“The happiness in your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”– Marcus Aurelius
“Look at a man in the mist of doubt and danger, and you will learn in his hour of adversity what he really is” — Lucretius
“A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter; he who finds one, finds a treasure.”–Sirach 6:14
“Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.”–Thucydides
“Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.”– Juvenal
“Yield Not to evil… Tu Ne Cede Malis”– Virgil (Aeneid)
“Proclaim the Gospel. Use words only when necessary.”– Saint Francis of Assisi
“I die the King’s good servant, and God’s first.”– Thomas More
“It doesn’t matter who is right but what’s right.”– Unknown
“Example is always more efficacious than precept.”– Samuel Johnson
“Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.”– Thomas Paine
“In matters of style, swim with the current; In matters of principle, stand like a rock.”– Thomas Jefferson
“Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices.”– Ben Franklin
“There is no education like adversity.”– Benjamin Disraeli
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.”– Alexis de Tocqueville
“The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.”– William James
“Learning to do, doing to learn, earning to live, living to serve”– Future Farmers of America
“People become the stories they hear and the stories they tell.”– Elie Wiesel
“It’s not what you take when you leave this world behind you, it’s what you leave behind when you go… ”
–Three Wooden Crosses sung by Randy Travis
“But sooner or later the man who wins is the one who thinks he can.” —Napoleon Hill
“Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”–Abraham Lincoln
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”–Edmund Burke
“What a man’s mind can create, man’s character can control.”–Thomas Edison
“Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.”–George Halas
“Weak men act to satisfy their needs, stronger men their duties.”–Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“The market for something to believe in is infinite.”– Hugh Macleod
Posted by Michael Kerrigan
“Success comes from experience. Experience comes from failure.” —Anders Vinberg
“You can’t win if you don’t play.” — Powerball ad
“Everything happens for a reason–figure out the reason.” — Betsy Riley
“What doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger.” — Conan the Barbarian
“Pain is part of life, but nobody said you have to suffer.” — Bill Tillery corollary: “Pain don’t hurt”
“Every little bit helps–so do what you can, when you can” – Betsy Riley
Posted by Betsy Riley
“You cannot solve a problem from the same consciousness that created it.
You must learn to see the world anew.” – Albert Einstein
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union,
establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense,
promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity,
do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Posted by Maggie M. Connor, DCHc
“I once had a problem, but I was mistaken; it was only a lesson I needed to learn” – Dr. Corwin P Littell PhD
Posted by Vicki Littell
”Take the baton, now. Run with it! . . .
Extend to each person, no matter how trivial the contact, all the care and kindness and understanding and love that you can muster,
and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.”- Og Mandino
Posted by Carol Upton
One more road to cross, One more risk to take, Gotta live my life like there’s one more move to make. – DMX from One More Road to Cross
“The brilliance you see in others is really the brilliance you find in yourself – JW Najarian
You want to get ahead? Go Ahead! – JW Najarian
Don’t Take Anything Personally..
Nothing others do is because of you.
What others say and do is a projection of their reality, their own dream.
When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others,
you wont be the victim of needless suffering…Don Miguel Ruiz
You can never appreciate sweet without first tasting sour. – Unknown from my Nana
Posted by JW Najarian
“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius.
Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” ~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Posted by Kerri Kannan
“Weak men act to satisfy their needs, stronger men their duties.”–Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Posted on Twitter by Jeremy Smart
“It’s never too late.” – George Dawson
“Life is Good” – George Dawson
Posted by JW Najarian
LinkedIn IPO has surged to a plus 161% growth as reported on CNBC this morning. The news was that the price of the IPO was greatly overpriced, now it seems that Morgan Stanley, the underwriters have screwed the company and shareholders for potentially hundreds of millions according to Henry Blodget on www.BusinessInsider.com. I do not believe even Morgan Stanley could have called this one, but who knows?
As one of LinkedIn’s early users and as the founder of more than one Super Group on LinkedIn, I say that this is a fluke of major proportions and believe that LinkedIn’s real worth will be evident very soon. Remember Netscape, AOL, Geocities and we can go on and on. This feels like the tech bubble of the late 90’s and it may spur a small IPO frenzy.
Also I happen to favor LinkedIn over every other social network out there as far as business to business and executive search is concerned, I believe that if you are in business or an executive you need to be on LinkedIn, but unlike Facebook, LinkedIn, like Twitter, tends to forget who they are and what made them popular in the first place.
I say SELL SELL SELL. Take out your earnings or short this bugger, this can not last.
Early reports came to the conclusion that the IPO was heavily over valuated (is that a word?)
Let’s see if I’ve done this math right ….
LNKD is expected to open at $42-45 per share, with a valuation of $4 billion, and with trailing earnings of $15.4million.
That means a float of 89million shares ($4bil/$45), and it means earnings per share of $0.17 ($15.4mil / 89mil shares) …
that comes to a TRAILING P/E of 260.
Can anyone else say “overpriced piece of garbage stock”? READ MORE (As reported at www.VisaJourney.com
The truth about Social Networks is that they are still in their infancy and are changing constantly. Most business CEO’s still do not know how to use these networks and doing business on them is not for the faint at heart. There are real advantages to the use of Social Networks for business, and the early adapters have a better chance at using this medium to their advantage, but the dust is still settling.
It seems that LinkedIn has recently been making changes to the platform to make it’s model more attractive to investors, such as strengthening their job boards on groups, but by doing this they have to tread carefully as not to kill the Goose than lays the Golden Eggs. LinkedIn has grown on a model that has been very open and useful to it’s members, but as they try to monitize they are taking away some of the attributes that got them where they are, for instance they opened up groups to be indexed by Internet search engines while adding major job boards to these groups, but then took away most of the rights of the group creators to control the groups which have really ticked off some of LinkedIn’s most loyal members.
JW Najarian
If you are a fan, yes I am late with this post, so what.
A show that crossed the science of Stargate SG1 with the dirty reality of Battlestar Gallactica. Great idea and fun to watch, it is just too bad that the general population is not a fan of great programming. The stuff that survives is usually the fluff fun stuff not the gritty real stuff.
Thank you to the creators, the writers, the actors and the fans.
SGU you will be missed.
Here is the final episode conclusion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m97wBQM3jmc
Paul Hoffman is a transformational musician, speaker, author, and teacher. He has composed and produced music for internationally acclaimed speakers, best-selling authors, Fortune 500 corporations, films, television, commercials, and radio for over 25 years. Paul is the CEO, Visionary and Chief Creative Officer of Success Creation Institute, LLC, Paul Hoffman Music, Inc., Success Songs, LLC and Blue Music and Sound Design.
Paul is a genius in creating branded music to empower and motivate the listener to wake-up to who they really are and take action in their lives. His music elevates the mind and opens the heart to show the way seeming impossibilities become possible. Paul is a master at merging music with enlightened consciousness to create success. His Success Songs music inspires thousands of people worldwide every day to create powerful moments in their day as they Hear Life from a Higher Vibration. As a speaker and teacher, he changes lives through his programs:
“Do You Know What’s Possible For You…
The Character of Success”“How To Think Out Of The Box Your In…Now”
“The Awakened Creativity Experience”
“The Power of Music…
How To Go From Inspiration To Manifestation.”“The Secrets to Building a Blockbuster Business”
Paul is a keynote speaker for seminars produced by people such as Harv Eker and Greg Habstritt, where he shares his wisdom on creating success. He also created the Circles of Brilliance mastermind concept and facilitates personal empowerment trainings and inspirational meditations for Humanity Unites Brilliance.
Paul’s clients in the personal empowerment arena include Jack Canfield, T. Harv Eker, Mark Victor Hansen, Robert Allen, Chris and Janet Attwood, Cynthia Kersey, Paul Scheele, Marci Shimoff, Christopher Howard, John Assaraf, Alex Mandossian, Lisa Nichols and Loral Langemeier. He has written thousands of commercials for many Fortune 500 companies and major advertising agencies many of which have become familiar in mainstream America including,
Have You Driven A Ford …Lately?
Paul is passionate about sound-healing. He co-authored the widely acclaimed Sonic Access program with Paul Scheele for Learning Strategies Corporation and will release Sonic Access Volume 2 in 2009. Paul’s books entitled, “The Character of Success,” and “Good Morning, Great Day” will be published in the next year.
Paul’s purpose is to inspire, awaken, educate and empower people to live a life of authenticity and integrity. His work facilitates the transformation and empowerment of people to create infinite possibilities for their lives. Through his music and empowerment programs, people change their thinking, connect with their genius abilities and thus transform their life for the better.
Paul is a great humanitarian and a tireless man of service. He is dedicated to developing programs that bring creativity to the children of the world. Paul is an original executive founder of Humanity Unites Brilliance, an organization focused on taking people from survival to sustained abundance. He was personally chosen By Rev. Michael Beckwith to serve on the board of the Agape International Spiritual Center because of his commitment to serve the community and his spiritual journey. His passion to make a difference in the world is evident in all his work. You can see and hear more of Paul’s work at:
www.bluemusicla.com and
www.youtube.com/successcreationinst
For more information and Paul’s Full Story CLICK HERE
Posted in Audio Podcast, Lifestyle
Tagged brilliance, enlighten, inspire, music, passion, paul hoffman, song, teach, train
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I have been so blessed to be able to have gotten to know Rick. He always answers his own phone and takes the time to listen. I called Rick and asked if he had any media coverage at his Author 101 program in Los Angeles. Now Rick really does not need press as his programs. They are constantly sold out, but Rick, always about gratitude, graciousness and never about lack mindedness, invited me to the event with an all access pass.
I will never forget the day I got to sit down with Rick and his lovely wife for lunch. What a treat, Rick is hilarious and great fun to be around and as you will see from many of the interviews, his authors, agents and vendors really love Rick and Author 101.
Rick takes a moment at the end of the 4 day event to come and talk with me about the event, the programs they had and some new programs coming up. I of course, got some of the greatest interviews ever from authors, agents, vendors and more. Thank You Rick .- JW
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Authors: Rick gives away his Million Dollar Rolodex. Rick has compiled this list of top agents and industry resources to help you write, publish and market your book or project. www.rickfrishman.com/resources.html
Rick Frishman RICK FRISHMAN, the founder of Planned Television Arts, has been one of the leading book publicists in America for over 33 years.
Working with many of the top book editors, literary agents and publishers in America, including Simon and Schuster, Random House, Wiley, Harper Collins, Pocket Books, Penguin Putnam, and Hyperion Books, he has worked with best-selling authors including Mitch Albom, Bill Moyers, Stephen King, Caroline Kennedy, Howard Stern, President Jimmy Carter, Mark Victor Hansen, Nelson DeMille, John Grisham, Hugh Downs, Henry Kissinger, Jack Canfield, Alan Deshowitz, Arnold Palmer, and Harvey Mackay.
Rick is publisher at Morgan James Publishing in New York. In 2010 “MJ” published over 100 books. Morgan James only publishes non fiction books and looks for authors with a platform who believe in giving back.
Morgan James gives a portion of every book sold to Habitat for Humanity. (http://www.morganjamespublishing.com)
Rick has also appeared on hundreds of radio shows and more than a dozen TV shows nationwide including OPRAH and Bloomberg TV. He has also been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Selling Power Magazine, New York Post and scores of publications.
He is the co-author of twelve books, including national best-sellers GUERRILLA PUBLICITY, NETWORKING MAGIC, WHERE’S YOU WOW, and “GUERRILLA MARKETING FOR WRITERS”.
His 12th book “SHOW ME ABOUT BOOK PUBLISHING” ( with Judith Briles & John Kremer) will be published in the Spring of 2011
He is the co-host (with attorney Richard Solomon) of the radio show Taking Care of Business, which airs every Thursday from 2:00-3:00 pm on WCWP-Radio in Long Island, New York. (www.tcbradio.com)
Rick has a B.F.A. in acting and directing and a B.S. from Ithaca College School of Communications and is a sought after lecturer on publishing and public relations and a member of PRSA and the National Speakers Association.
Rick and his wife Robbi live in Long Island with their three children, Adam, Rachel and Stephanie, and two Havanese puppies Cody and Cooper.
Go to www.rickfrishman.com for more information and to get Rick’s “Million Dollar Rolodex.”
Are you curious about what publishers like Harper Collins, Morgan James, Adams Media, Wiley, Random House, and Simon & Schuster are looking for? What is the best way to get your manuscript read when you’re an unpublished author? Want to know the biggest mistakes to avoid when writing book proposals? You’ll be engaged as these top pros share their expertise, reveal the inner workings of the publishing industry, and discuss various approaches to common marketing and publishing challenges. Author 101 University Event Website: www.author101university.com
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I met Roger Salam a few years back and checked him out. Since I do marketing on the web, I am always curious about what everyone else is doing.
I was surprised to find out how vast and well connected Roger was. I have watched Roger build campaigns and masterminds for a little while now and though I have never become involved I am always impressed with what Roger is doing.
It was great to catch up with him once again and to have him share some of his time with us.- JW
Roger is the founder CEO of The Winner’s Circle. Roger is also the founder of Real Estate Web Academy www.RealEstateWebAcademy.com, an educational and social networking community of tens of thousands of Real Estate investors.
Prior to getting involved in Real Estate investing, Roger served as a professional speaker and trainer with the world renowned motivational speaker and peak performance coach Anthony Robbins. He has delivered over 3700 professional talks to various corporations, non-profit organizations and educational institutions in North America, Europe and Asia.
Roger Salam is co-author of two books on Marketing and “Secrets of the Real Estate Millionaires” and “The Greatest Success Principle: Mastermind” due out soon. He’s a graduate of UCLA, married to his high school sweetheart and has three lovely daughters. He is most passionate about sharing knowledge and empowering people to reach financial freedom and higher levels of performance and success!
Are you curious about what publishers like Harper Collins, Morgan James, Adams Media, Wiley, Random House, and Simon & Schuster are looking for? What is the best way to get your manuscript read when you’re an unpublished author? Want to know the biggest mistakes to avoid when writing book proposals? You’ll be engaged as these top pros share their expertise, reveal the inner workings of the publishing industry, and discuss various approaches to common marketing and publishing challenges.
Author 101 University Event Website: www.author101university.com
Posted in Interview, Video Podcast
Tagged author 101, book, marketing, mastermind, roger salam, sales, wealth, winners circle
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I was doing interviews of authors, agents and the like at Rick Frishman’s Author 101 University. The Green Room was quite all except for Hyla who was sitting and reading very contently.
I do not remember exactly what I said, but I often break the ice with, what I think are funny little comments about something that is going on. My wife just thinks I annoy people. Anyway Hyla came back with a similar sense of humor and we could not stop talking.
You know those people you find an instant chemistry with? Hyla was one of those people for me.
I did not have her on my list, but found out that she had this incredibly compelling story and I just had to interview her. I believe it was great, but here it is for you to judge.
I now have Hyla’s book Finding Light and absolutely look at it often as it always seems to say the right thing at the right time to me.
Hyla takes her tragedy and makes it into the catalyst that helps make her life even better than before. That is what life is.. a series of failures and tragedies that lead us to profound success.
As my Nana used to say.. You can not appreciate Sweet without first knowing Sour.- JW
Hyla Molander had everything she’d ever wanted…
Until that Easter Sunday, 2003, when her amazing husband, Erik, slid down the kitchen counter and died in front of her and their 17-month-old daughter.
Erik, 29, a rising-star manager for Lucas Digital, was a devoted husband and father. Hyla was a successful Northern California photographer, seven months pregnant with their second child.
One minute they were laughing, and thirty-five minutes later, Erik was pronounced dead.
Once a pregnant widow, Hyla is now happily re-married, a mother of four children, an inspirational speaker, author, photographer, and social media strategist.
Having successfully journeyed through tragedy and grief, to hope and happiness, Hyla now shares her inspirational message with others who are coping with grief, loss, and hardship. Hyla shows us that–no matter what obstacles we face–if we believe, define, and then create, we can have the life we desire.
Are you curious about what publishers like Harper Collins, Morgan James, Adams Media, Wiley, Random House, and Simon & Schuster are looking for? What is the best way to get your manuscript read when you’re an unpublished author? Want to know the biggest mistakes to avoid when writing book proposals? You’ll be engaged as these top pros share their expertise, reveal the inner workings of the publishing industry, and discuss various approaches to common marketing and publishing challenges.
Author 101 University Event Website: www.author101university.com
Posted in Interview, Video Podcast
Tagged author, book, death, drop deal life, finding light, grief, hyla molander, loss, pain, photagrapher, widowed, writer
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We met Stefanie at Rick Frishman’s Author 101. Stefanie often works with authors and speakers to help them “Get it Done” as she helps them with marketing, revenue and other strategies.
Stefanie helps her clients propel themselves to new and higher levels of success.
I was at the conference for three days interviewing authors, speakers publishers, agents and many more excellent guests of Rick Frishman and as I did I would notice Stefanie sitting at a table with someone going over strategies for their business.
I was taken by the intensity and focus she gave each new person that entered the room and sat down with her. They each had her undivided and complete attention. Impressive.
I tried for the three days to get an interview with her as she was only 15 feet away from me at anytime she was in the room, but she had a steady line of clients the whole three days and could not find even a minute to sit with me.
Finally on the last day, I caught Stefanie as she got ready to break to get something to eat. I grabbed her… Sorry Stefanie, I know you and your husband were hungry, and had the wonderful Starley Murray do a short interview with her.
Rick had asked Stefanie to come to his event to help the authors that attended the event, because she has such a great track record of helping authors and other businesses propel their projects to new levels of success. I have never met Stefanie before, Rick has hired her for many of his top clients. That speaks, no pun intended, volumes to me. It turned out great, but I hope to get Stefanie to do a podcast with us soon. – JW
Often referred to as “The Expert’s Expert”, International Speaker and Consultant, Stefanie Hartman is a highly sought after Behind the Scenes Marketing Strategist for entrepreneurs, authors, speakers, coaches and experts throughout North America, Europe, and Australia.
Stefanie specializes in providing proven ‘real world’ powerful marketing strategies to generate on-going revenues, build your database and position you as a top expert in your field. A rarity in the industry she reveals the TRUTH and helps entrepreneurs eliminate the learning curve and avoid the many pitfalls and costly mistakes that only the top 1% of income earners know. You can get more information at Stefanie’s web site www.StefanieHartman.com
Highlights:
Are you curious about what publishers like Harper Collins, Morgan James, Adams Media, Wiley, Random House, and Simon & Schuster are looking for? What is the best way to get your manuscript read when you’re an unpublished author? Want to know the biggest mistakes to avoid when writing book proposals? You’ll be engaged as these top pros share their expertise, reveal the inner workings of the publishing industry, and discuss various approaches to common marketing and publishing challenges.
Author 101 University Event Website: www.author101university.com
Posted in Authors, Business, Interview, Video Podcast
Tagged author, business, consultant, expert, revenue, rick frishman, social media marketing, starley murray, stefanie hartman, strategies, strategist