The New Leaf™
The Official Newsletter of Authentic Promotion™
Volume 5, No. 48, December 2, 2003
U.S. Library of Congress ISSN: 1530-311X
Molly Gordon, Master Certified Coach
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In This Issue
Fast Focus: Act Naturally
Simple Gifts: Getting Free from Fear
Reader Bonus: Simplify the Holidays and Nourish Yourself, Too
For Readers Only Web Site Features for You
Open for Business: Come from Your Center, not Your Edges
The Bedside Table: Money Makes the Mind Go Round
Quick Links: Click for Cans and More
Small Print: Copyright | Getting On and Off the List
Privacy Statement | Contact Info
Readers' Special: A Gift of Music
My family has been using my phone bridge to help my mom as she plans a major move. I've long appreciated the value of this seamless teleconferencing service for business, but I'm newly appreciative of its power to connect hearts as well as minds. For information about renting my bridge or leasing your own, send a blank email to bridge@mollygordon.com with "bridge" in the subject line.
Fast Focus
Act Naturally
If you want to be effective and authentic in marketing your business or promoting your project or cause, learn to act.
That's right. There's nothing quite a sincere as an elevator speech that you've practiced so much that you can deliver it without a second thought. Why? Because when you have complete mastery over the language you use to talk about your work, you can devote your full attention to connecting with the other person. In that connection, the words you have practiced time and again become animated by your real care and concern for the other. Your pacing, your emphases, your timing all unfold naturally, precisely because you have practiced so much.
Want to be authentic? Want to act naturally? Plan and practice!
Simple Gifts
Getting Free from Fear
Download your free copy of my e-book, "Getting Free From Fear: Four Principles for Living the Life You Want," at http://www.mollygordon.com/resources/index.html. Fear is an important and powerful ally when it alerts us to real threats. However, too often we live in unexamined fear, and, as a result, our lives are smaller than they need to be. This little e-book offers practical tools for understanding your fears and mastering them so that you can live the way you want to live, not the way you're afraid you have to live.
Reader Bonus
Simplify the Holidays and Nourish Yourself
Sometimes it pays to schedule a little self-nurture. This week it can pay off in hundreds of dollars of bonuses and gifts.
Order Jennifer Louden's new book Comfort Secrets for Busy Women on December 3rd (that's Wednesday this week) at Amazon.com and you'll receive hundreds of dollars in bonuses to nurture yourself and your dreams--plus you'll be entered into a drawing to win 12 sessions of coaching with Jennifer--a $1450 value. (One of the gifts is a copy of my brand new e-book, Believe! How to Work with Your Beliefs to Grow a Prosperous and Meaningful Business, which will retail $8.95 when it is released.
"I read your book in one sitting, with many refills of the tub. Half-way through, I felt centered, for the first time in 6 years. You were speaking to me! You lead me back to myself, and others saw the difference in me immediately."
Nurture yourself on December 3rd (and only that day) at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1402201265/mollygordonperso. Simply buy the book on Amazon then send your receipt to amazonsecrets@comfortqueen.com to collect your bonuses. Learn more about your nifty prizes at http://www.comfortqueen.com/goodies.html
Open for Business
Come from Your Center, not Your Edges
Imagine that your life is a circle. At the center is your essential self, your very being. Out of that core spring the values that make you who you are. These values fuel the intentions that govern your choices and your behavior, ultimately influencing and interacting with the environment.
Each of us has a choice about the direction in which energy flows in our lives. We can harness the power of our core essence and channel it through our values, intentions, and behavior to shape the life we were meant to live. This is coming from the center. The alternative, coming from your edges, is to let energy generated and directed from the random events in your environment trigger your behavior, interfering with your intentions, stepping on your values and governing your essence.
Think about it: which is the more powerful position? Can you see how letting events and circumstances define your game plays havoc with your vision and calling?
Here are some common ways folks shift from the center to the edges:
Notice how each of these statements steals energy, momentum, inspiration. They pull focus from your center out to the edges of the circle, giving external circumstances power to direct your future.
Fortunately, the process work sin reverse, too. Every time you discover that you are allowing your energy and intentions to be directed by circumstances, affirm to yourself that you are being guided by purpose, inspiration, and your core values. One way I like to do this is to summarize the "edge" concern and then add, "and that's not what I'm up to today."
For example:
"I've been worried about what people think about me, and that's not what I'm up to today."
"I've been worried that I'll never be able to afford a new computer, but that's not what I'm up to today."
Try this simple practice for restoring your connection to your own center.
I welcome your comments and questions. Please send your letters to letters@mollygordon.com . Please do not reply to this newsletter as your message will be lost in cyber-limbo.
The Bedside Table
Money (and Success) Make the Mind Go Round
Money and success can be intensely confusing. Here are several books that can help you make peace with and be more effective and deliberate about your money and success related choices.
Before you choose one or more of these books, spend a few minutes clicking through the links below. Read the synopses and sample pages, check out reviews. You'll notice that there are many valid approaches to money and success. Choosing one involves accurately assessing your skills, values, and the complexity and range of opportunities available to you.
Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence
Vicky Robin, Joe Dominguez
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140286780/qid=1068418225/mollygordonperso
Toxic Success, How to Stop Thriving and Start Thriving
Paul Pearsall
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1930722095/mollygordonperso
The Energy of Money: A Spiritual Guide to Financial and Personal Fulfillment
Maria Nemeth
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345434978/mollygordonperso
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Rick Kiyosaki
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446677469/mollygordonperso
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Quick Links
Click for Cans and More
Click for Cans
Campbell's Soup has a Click for Cans promotion. You just pick your favorite football team (doesn't really matter) and Campbell's will give a can of Chunky Soup to the hungry. 30 seconds and a couple of clicks gets someone a meal. This can also be an opportunity for you to observe your stories and reactions around commercial enterprises who promote brand awareness and loyalty through charitable programs. Just notice what comes up!
http://www.chunky.com/chunky_home.asp
(Click for Cans was submitted by Roger Moore, a friend and a skilled counselor and hypno-therapist in the Seattle area. He did not ask me to say this, but I value him and his work. Check it out at
http://www.mooreabundance.com http://www.slenderforlife.com)
Byron Katie in Seattle
Registration is now open for the Byron Katie Seattle Intensive Feb. 7 and 8, 2004. There is a free public event on Friday Feb. 8th at San Juan Room at Seattle Center. Register at http://www.thework.org and going to the Upcoming Events page or call 310-760-9000 x107. The fee is $225 before January 9th and $255 after.
Supermind
The folks in Andrew Cohen's community have created a short multimedia clip based on a dialogue between Andrew Cohen and a participant on one of his retreats. Supermind is a collaborative presentation from ursaminor.org and andrewcohen.org. See and hear it at http://www.andrewcohen.org/supermind/?ac=112403
Resources
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Readers’ Special
A Gift of Music
I invited my friend Werner John to put together a special offer for New Leaf readers. He wants to earn money to tide him over the winter months and learn more about marketing online. I want to offer readers special incentives so that I continue to build the New Leaf community and I also want to be able to measure the response to special offers.
Werner already offers free shipping for any online order of more than one CD. Now, for a limited time, New Leaf readers can receive 10% off any CD or combination of CDs. In addition, if you order four CDs, Werner will throw in a free copy of his Christmas Past, with special guest Eugene Friesen of the Paul Winter Consort. These discs make wonderful gifts.
To get your discount and free CD, go to http://www.woodflutes.com/elhome.html. Read about the albums, listen to samples, and make your choices. Then, when you use the online secure credit card order form, enter the discount code newleaf (one word!).
I hope you'll take advantage of this opportunity to support Werner's work and to get a great value for yourself.