Snow Storm on the Sunshine Coast

We just survived our first AND second winter storm (and we don't even have winter yet) with a whole lot of rain at first and now with a LOT of snow!! and heavy winds.

The coast has been without power for a few days and I am again very thankful for our wood stove. It is kind of cozy, the storm howling, the rain hammering on the roof and on the walls and the ocean crashing on the cliff that you can feel it reverberating through the whole house. Candles and flashlights help us find our ways through the house and we make coffee and food the old way on the stove. We also had no Internet, no e-mail, no phone. Very peaceful without it. (Twitch!)

Whenever our weather forecast says, "light rain" or "light flurries" expected in the next few days' we tie everything up, when they forecast "rain" or "snow" we know that we are in for a heavy thumping. I have never seen "heavy rain" in the forecast, if it ever happens we are probably done for.

Sometime during the storm we got visited by a big, unnaturally cunning and ntelligent rat that has taken up residence somewhere within the walls. This rat is able to eat the bait out of a trap without activating it (I kid you not) and when we added glue traps and it got caught on it, it chewed it's own tail off to escape. Now it is even harder to catch, without tail and all. It comes only out in deep night to forage around the house, during the day (especially early mornings) it runs noisy marathons through the walls. Very annoying. Whenever it dares to show up and the dogs see or smell it, they are after the rat like a whirlwind, yet because of their size they can not outmaneuver it. Makes for great entertainment, especially when you can't see anything due to no power and you can only hear trashing and crashing and howling and all kind of monumental noises (by the dogs, not the rat, it's not THAT big).

Well, at least the bears finally decided to go into hibernation. The dogs had a VERY CLOSE encounter with one VERY BIG fellow one night when we let them out to do their thing.

I wish you all a good time, take it easy and be thankful for what you have.

Cheers,
Birgit Jurock

P.S. It is a BLESSING to be able to work from home, I tell you, especially when you are snowed in. So if you haven't been serious and started working your biz - do it now. Build it. It's for your family, for your future. If you do not know where and how to start, shoot me an email, call me and we'll talk. I'll be glad to help you.

Impossible is Just a Word

Everyone, at some point of his or her life, has dreamed of being somebody special, somebody big. Who hasn't fantasized about being the one who hits the game-winning homer? Who hasn't dreamed of being the homecoming queen? And how many times have we dreamed of being rich, or successful, or happy with our relationships?

Often, we dream big dreams and have great aspirations. Unfortunately, our dreams remain just that – dreams. And our aspirations easily collect dust in our attic.

This is a sad turn of events in our life. Instead of experiencing exciting adventures in self actualization, we get caught up in the humdrum of living from day-to-day just barely existing. But you know what? Life could be so much better, if only we learned to aim higher.

The most common problem to setting goals is the word impossible. Most people get hung up thinking I can't do this. It's too hard. It's too impossible. No one can do this.
However, if everyone thought that, there would be no inventions, no innovations, and no breakthroughs in human accomplishment.

Remember that scientists were baffled when they took a look at the humble bumblebee. Theoretically, they said, it was impossible for the bumblebee to fly. Unfortunately for the bumble, bee no one has told it so. So fly it does.

On the other hand, some people suffer from dreaming totally outrageous dreams and not acting on them. The result? Broken dreams, and tattered aspirations.

If you limit yourself with self-doubt, and self-limiting assumptions, you will never be able to break past what you deem impossible. If you reach too far out into the sky without working towards your goal, you will find yourself clinging on to the impossible dream.

Try this exercise. Take a piece of paper and write down some goals in your life. Under one header, list down things ‘you know you can do’. Under another header, write the things ‘you might be able to do.’ And under one more, list the things that that are ‘impossible for you to do.’

Now look at all the headers strive every day to accomplish the goals that are under things ‘you know you can do’. Check them when you are able to accomplish them. As you slowly are able to check all of your goals under that heading, try accomplishing the goals under the other header-the one that reads ‘you might be able to do.’

As of the items you wrote under things I could do are accomplished, you can move the goals that are under things that are ‘impossible for you to do’ to the list of things ‘you might be able to do.’

As you iterate through this process, you will find out that the goals you thought were impossible become easier to accomplish. And the impossible begin to seem possible after all.

You see, the technique here is not to limit your imagination. It is to aim high, and start working towards that goal little by little. However, it also is unwise to set a goal that is truly unrealistic. Those who just dream towards a goal without working hard end up disappointed and disillusioned.

On the other hand, if you told someone a hundred years ago that it was possible for man to be on the moon, they would laugh at you. If you had told them that you could send mail from here to the other side of the world in a few seconds, they would say you were out of your mind. But, through sheer desire and perseverance, these impossible dreams are now realities.

Thomas Edison once said that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Nothing could be truer. For one to accomplish his or her dreams, there has to be had work and discipline. But take note that that 1% has to be a think-big dream, and not some easily accomplished one.

Ask any gym rat and he or she will tell you that there can be no gains unless you are put out of your comfort zone. Remember the saying, “No pain, no gain”? That is as true as it can be.

So dream on, friend! Don’t get caught up with your perceived limitations. Think big and work hard to attain those dreams. As you step up the ladder of progress, you will just about find out that the impossible has just become a little bit more possible.

Birgit Jurock

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To be in business for yourself but not by yourself.

Robert Kyosaki (Rich Dad, Poor Dad) says:
"The richest people in the world look for and build networks,
everybody else looks for work."

Hey, Want a Great Pizza...?

I am very excited about a concept, which is around now for about 50 years. To be in business for yourself but not by yourself. To do what everybody else is doing everyday and getting paid for it. Friends helping Friends!
Here is a little story to explain the concept.

Connie and Joe open a new Pizza place in town, and on opening day, you stop in and grab a few slices for lunch. The place is clean, the owner is friendly, Connie's husband Joe is in the back, kneading a batch of fresh dough. The portions are good, the prices are right and the pizza is very tasty. On the way out, Joe comes around front, wipes his hands on his apron, and personally thanks you for stopping by and trying his pizza.

You mention it to a few friends, and next Saturday night there are six of you sitting down to two large pizzas. You are happy to show them your new "find". Your friends are happy to have a good dining experience, and the owners-- well Joe and Connie are real happy that you are advertising for them! Does that sound like something you might do?

What if Connie and Joe were so happy they decided to try an experiment? The next time you stop in, Joe comes out from the back, pulls up a chair, and says: "Hey, I have an idea for you. You know a lot of people, right? I'm stuck here in the kitchen, right? So why don't we become partners, you and me? Connie and I decided we are going to give you a little commission on every customer you refer to us, OK? "

So you talk it up a little. You tell your soccer team, and the folks down at the gas station, and don't think a whole lot more about it until you stop back by a week later, and Joe gives you a check for $37.43, and says: "You are doing a great job, partner, keep it up!

Connie and I are so happy, we are going to give you an override on any customer that buys a slice, that found out about Connie's Pizza-- not just because of you, but because of all these people your friends are now telling too"

Would that be sweet, or what? Does this sound fair? Is anybody getting hurt here?

This is the essence of Network Marketing. So, what is this "Network Marketing" anyway?

It is doing business in a very personal way. It’s about sharing a product or service with everyone you know. Sharing your story.

It is the way honest business is done in the real world-- Friends Helping Friends. Do you enjoy referring friends to good restaurants, products or services that you have enjoyed yourself? If so, you are a Network Marketer, you’re just not getting paid for it.

The companies that do business this way are some of the fastest growing and most successful companies in the world today. Why?

The business owners love it because instead of paying up front to an agency for an ad campaign, (which may or may not work) their advertising budget is tied directly to their sales volume. They only pay for it when a sale is made. As their business expands, their advertising budget grows with it, so the profits can go towards their expansion.

These companies who do business this way have huge bases of satisfied, loyal customers, secured word of mouth advertising, retained by relationships, and they market everything from toothpaste to telephones. It works!

Getting paid for WHO you know, not WHAT you know—

AND the best thing about network marketing is that you get to make a difference in peoples lives whether they are in business with you as partners or as members and customers.... Unlike any other business that I know of you get paid to make friends. The more relationships & friendships that you develop over time the higher the standard of living for all. The more you help others to achieve their own goals, the more you get to live out your goals and dreams!

What is in it for me, you might ask?

Mini franchise concept or called people franchise. It’s a proven turn key system you can use. Duplicating what others have done before you.

There are:

* Tax benefits
* No inventories
* No overhead
* No boss and no set hours
* Residual income and unlimited income potential (who thinks he is overpaid here?)
* personal growth
* opportunity to help other people

Do you want to get a lot of money?

Help a lot of people.

Robert Kyosaki (Rich Dad, Poor Dad) says:

"The richest people in the world look for and build networks, everybody else looks for work."

There are exciting and existing products, mentors, teams and systems. And they already work. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel. All you have to do is find the best company and upline and do what they have done.

There are two groups of people:

1 who promote and recommend and pick up a cheque

2 who promote and recommend and do not get paid.

Where are you?
Joe and Connie get to do what they do best, and you don't need to learn how to twirl pizza dough over your head, just talk it up. There is no limit to the number of customers you can refer, and you can set up other people to do the same thing you are doing.

Cheers!
Birgit