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From A (Amway) to Z (Zappos), the Power of a Positive First Impression
There is real power in a first impression—and smart businesses recognize that they are in the business of making first impressions on a regular basis. One of the most remarkable first impressions I...
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LemonAid Fundraiser Shows Charity & Commercial Enterprises a Great Mix
In the neighboring town of River Forest, there is a block that has been designated LemonAid Place. It’s in honor of the residents of the 700 block of Bonnie Brae Place who, since 2002, have transformed...
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Amway, WWDB Leader Laurie Duncan: ‘Headline’ Your Conversations
Occasionally, my husband starts taking me down a long and winding road about some part of his day. I have no idea where we’re going, or if I even want to go there. So, doing my best to inject humor in...
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Facebook as Rorschach: People Seeing What They Want To See
The man depicted as Pastor Steepek in the online hoax. (Photo by Brad J. Gerrard) Sometime in the future, maybe school systems (and home-school families) will have the good sense to include “Internet...
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WWDB’s Greg Duncan: ‘Even When the Possibility is 1%, Give It 100% Effort’
We all have parts of our life where we possess a greater capacity for “possibility thinking.” On the strength of possibility thinking, Oracle Team USA just made an historic comeback to win the...
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‘Memory-Like Liberty-Can Be A Fragile Thing’
There are some people in my life who have a reputation for “embellishing” stories from their past. It’s a mostly amusing tendency, relatively harmless. But in this June 2013 TED Global talk by...
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Finding Good Friends: Not Easy, But Worthwhile
Two months ago, we moved in to a new neighborhood, and my daughter has been playing with a neighbor girl regularly. They have gotten along pretty well, but last week the honeymoon phase ended. My...
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Taking the Time to Decide Where to Take My Stand
“If you’re going to take a stand on something, take a stand on something that’s important.” These words, spoken earlier this year by Bill Hawkins, an Amway Diamond with World Wide Group (WWDB), rang in...
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Extreme Goal-Setting: Putting the ‘Why’ Before the ‘How’
For more than 30 years, I have been exposed to some top goal-setting trainers. My first experience was as a 13-year-old, when I had the opportunity to meet and listen to a then-unknown 20-something by...
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Script Plays Starring Role In ‘Rise & Shine’ / ‘The Grind’
We live in an era where it feels like images—quick bursts of video, tantalizing photographs and just about anything imaginable that can catch the eye—are taking more and more ground. In the process,...
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‘Starbucks Saved My Life’&‘Amway Saved My Life’: Variations on the Same Theme
“Amway saved my marriage.” “I’d be dead if it weren’t for Amway” “Without Amway, my life would have no purpose.” I’ve heard a few people say things like this. They either owe their very existence to...
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For Amway WWDB Leaders, Legacy Businesses Are Earned, Not Given
Legacy. Before becoming associated with the Amway business and World Wide DreamBuilders (WWG), the only time I ever heard discussion of the word was when someone rushing my college sorority would be...
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Questioning the Recipe Behind The All-American Bake Sale
It may be as quintessentially American as anything else, so at the risk of seeming unpatriotic, I simply don’t “get” bake sales. Just today I got an email from a friend issuing a “save the date” type...
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Facing Up To WWDB’s Matt Tsuruda’s Counsel: ‘Look At Yourself In the Mirror’
Sandee and Matt Tsuruda “Look at yourself in the mirror. Understand how people are looking at you.” -Matt Tsuruda, Amway Diamond and World Wide DreamBuilders leader When he made that remark, Matt...
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The Next Chapter in Our Home Schooling Journey: ‘The Story of the World’
One of the most fun aspects of being a home-school family is that we get to learn together. At times, there is no teacher—we are all simultaneously, side by side, in the mode of discovery. A recent...
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How to Be Your Own Worst Enemy: Muddy Your Message
A few nights ago, I was at a public forum in my community. Two elected officials opened up the floor for 90 minutes so residents could voice their viewpoints and ask questions on a variety of topics....
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For 2nd Straight Year, WWDB Leader Receives Amway Hero Award for Patriotism
Lynn Burnett, in his current role as a volunteer for the USO. Lynn and Jo Burnett are one of my favorite couples in World Wide DreamBuilders. When I first heard their story years ago—Lynn and his...
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Flipping My Thinking, Pointing Me On the Path to Authentic Living
Have you ever had the experience of someone asking you a question that just stops you in your tracks and sets your life in a new direction? Recently I had the opportunity to express my thanks to...
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Stop(watch) The Excuses
There are things that I just don’t want to do. For whatever reason. Sometimes because they take me outside of my comfort zone, other times they are mundane tasks. And, when I’m not being honest with...
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‘The War of Art’ & WWDB Share Message: Get Out of Your Own Way
“Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.” -Steven Pressfield The War of Art, which the excerpt noted above comes from, will never...
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