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Archive for September, 2008

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Cathy Mahady on Sep 24th 2008

If You’re New Here, You May Want to Subscribe to My Posts. Thanks for visiting!I am excited to introduce you to my business partner, Kim Cook from MN. She has started a new business blog, and I just know it will be good.
Kim is a very skilled orator and trainer, so I have no [...]

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Pro-rated Lease Registration Tabs

Cathy Mahady on Sep 23rd 2008

Hey, I learned something today that I thought I’d share with you.
My registration tabs are due, so I went into pay those motor vehicle taxes.
The clerk made an offhanded comment about don’t you just love those taxes. I was paying on both my husband’s and my vehicle, so it was a doubling [...]

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I Don’t Have the Time

Cathy Mahady on Sep 22nd 2008

“I don’t have the time.”
Have you heard this one, maybe you use it yourself.
I don’t have the time to … fill in the blank.
I hear this when people talk about why their lives are not on the path they’d really like. When you point out to them, it doesn’t have to be that way. [...]

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What Your Kids Don’t Know Could Hurt Them

Cathy Mahady on Sep 20th 2008

In today’s chaotic and volatile economic conditions, it is vital that our children become financially literate at an early age. And while the schools are getting better at incorporating this education into their curriculum, it still falls primarily to the parents to teach good financial skills.
Early, practical application of the skills needed [...]

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Oh My Gosh, I Need a Fix!

Cathy Mahady on Sep 19th 2008

I have been working online for five years now. I found my passion in website design, content writing, and online marketing. As you can see from my blogroll, I have quite a few websites that I have personally designed and developed.
When I began my home business, I knew nothing, really. I used email [...]

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Here’s a good laugh

Cathy Mahady on Sep 18th 2008

Having a five year old daughter myself, I found this very funny. Only a young child could be so creative. I love it. I hope it gives you a laugh too.

MELANIE (age 5) asked her Granny how old she was. Granny replied she was so old she didn’t remember any more. Melanie said, ‘If [...]

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Learn the Law of Attraction Live!

Cathy Mahady on Sep 17th 2008

The Law of Attraction
An excerpt from “The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success”
by Brian Tracy
You are a living magnet; you invariably attract into your life the people, situations, and circumstances that are in harmony with your dominant thoughts.

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You Make Your Own Opportunities

Cathy Mahady on Sep 16th 2008

Your destiny isn’t a matter of chance, it’s a matter of choice.
It’s not something you wait for, but rather something you pursue.
Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities.
Seize common occasions and make them great.
Opportunities sometimes come disguised in the form of misfortune or temporary defeat.
Start where you are.
You’re at this moment standing right in the middle of [...]

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MLM 101

Cathy Mahady on Sep 15th 2008

Do you have people ask you if your home business is one of those ‘pyramid’ things? Or do you find them recoiling when they wonder if it is anything like Amway?
The days of this kind of skeptical questioning are coming to an end. The multi level marketing industry or network marketing industry is [...]

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Retail to Pay for Team Building Efforts

Cathy Mahady on Sep 14th 2008

My company allows us to build our home businesses the way that we choose — whatever fits our personalities, our lifestyles, our budgets. We have the option of retailing, fundraising, or team building, or better yet, a combination of all three.
By choice, I am a team builder because it fits my desires and vision [...]

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Nexera News

Cathy Mahady on Sep 13th 2008

One of my favorite trainers is Michael Clouse. Love his upbeat style and sense of humor, as well as the practical “how to” advice he offers to those building a network marketing business.
I have almost all of his training materials.

“The System”
“Building a Better Life”

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The Stream and the Rock

Cathy Mahady on Sep 12th 2008

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins … not through strength but by perseverance.”
H. Jackson Brown
I might personally add:
The stream also wins because it is flexible and able to roll with the flow, adjusting as life obstacles (like rocks) are thrown in it’s path. As opposed to the [...]

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Intention Cards

Cathy Mahady on Sep 11th 2008

You have heard me talk about setting goals and revisiting those goals daily and keeping your attention on your intentions. So I want to share with you something that I use and encourage my team to use.
They are Intention Cards. What is an Intention Card? It’s a business size card that has my [...]

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Yes You Can!

Cathy Mahady on Sep 10th 2008

I loved this article by Carrie Wilkerson. What a wonderful analogy of our children learning to walk and our journey with developing our home businesses. We sometimes think that developing a business from home should be easy. I imagine it is not the same with those that have started franchise businesses, such [...]

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Kindergarten Kickoff

Cathy Mahady on Sep 7th 2008

This week my youngest child has started Kindergarten.
As a result, I have an array of emotions swirling through me.
I am partly feeling:
- mournful. She is my last child to journey through this momentous event.
- proud. She is a smart young girl who will academically excel.
- apprehensive. She still has some separation [...]

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