TOUGH, LONG JOURNEY.....

OMG!!! I can't believe its been like 2 weeks since I last created a post. That's not good. I told myself that I would be creating a post at least once a week. But so much has happened in the last 2+ weeks that I am all over the place. But anyways, I missed writing!!!

I am trying so hard to grow my brand and make my company into something that can be around for years. Like I said in my bio for this blog, it is going to be a tough, long, but rewarding journey. Well, right now I am in the "tough" stage. Trying to get new clients, establishing the trust between myself (owner) and the clients, and laying the foundation that is going to carry me through the many years to come. I had a goal, a dream, a vision of what I wanted to do. I stepped out there with limited funds (all my own) and a determination that couldn't be stopped by anyone. Never do I regret taking that big chance but sometimes I even get a little discouraged. I am only human and have serious emotions...lol. I love and thoroughly enjoy what I do so that's what makes this journey all the more worth it.

So after doing some reflecting I came to have a clearer understanding of what this all means. Its so funny how all the time, energy and resources seem to be put into setting goals, while the actual achievement is just sometimes expected to take care of itself. Well, it doesn't work that way. Without a concrete plan and the right resources, it can be very easy to fall back into old habits and routines. Real change takes time and it needs nurturing. I have learned to surround myself with reminders that make my goals tough to ignore and forget. And the most important thing is to DO what I actually promised myself I was going to do. A great reminder that was given to me but another business owner was that I will ultimately be accountable to myself and nobody else for the goals that I have set. My message to all is that you will find virtue and character in fulfilling that promise to yourself. Remember always that achieving your goals is something that you can do year round.

I will leave you with this:

                         

 CREATE YOUR OWN SUCCESS!

 

TIPS & TRICKS

Being in  the cleaning business you tend to do a lot of research for the products that you use (eco-friendly & healthy), research for the most effective ways of cleaning, and research on what products can do what for you.

Well, I am going to share some of my tips and tricks with you that I have come across that can help you in all aspects.

1. MICE: Did you know that it is said to be that mice do NOT like peppermint. So if your having this problem put some peppermint oil (pure essential, that is) in a spray bottle & add a little water. Spray wherever you think the mice are. Or you could even spray a napkin, preferrably a cotton ball, and then leave it in those spots. I have tried this and it worked for me. Let me know your results!

2. Clothes - so its time to freshen up those clothes and give them a pure clean smell. Well, try adding a few drops of lavender (pure essential oil) in drawers and closets. You can also put o a cotton ball and leave in the drawers. Smell the results!

3.Potpourri - Have you still got that potpourri container sitting in your bathroom or somewhere else in your home but it has NO smell anymore. Don't throw it away just yet. We can bring it back to life for some time. Take some drop of your favorite pure essential oil and drop it into the container. Go ahead and start reviving!

4. Humidifier - unfortunately if your like me then you suffer with really bad allergies. So there are times when I need to use my humidifier. Well I add anywhere from 1-9 drops of pure essential oil to the water. Not only do I breathe easier but the air smells great and refreshens my senses!

*Also, make sure that you are using pure essential oils (darker bottles are better, they have longer longevity)...and make sure you read the labels so that you can see that they are PURE! If the label says added "with this, or with that" it is NOT pure...

HOW TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN LIFE
AND FIND YOUR UNIQUE WAY IN LIFE

PURPOSES OF THE WEBSITE

To help to understand:

• why some people achieve success in life and others fail at the same time
• why only 5% of the people really reach success in a life
• factors and secrets of success, the achievers use to make their dream come true
• how to use the principles and secrets of success to achieve your own success
• how to fullfil your life with sense

INTRODUCTION. ONLY 5 OF A 100 PEOPLE ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN LIFEWhy are there only 5% successful people in the world? Does it mean, that only one person from twenty really achieve success in life? It is not a fable, it is a result of many investigations. Some investigation was conducted by the American Bankers Association. The main goal of the investigation was to study the financial success of the American men based on their working biography. The scientists have found one hundred men at the age of 25 and asked them, if they wanted to reach financial success and achieve the success in life. Almost all of them answered 'Yes'. One or two replied 'No', but these answers were not typical. Only men participated in this investigation because men's efforts have been directed towards the developing a carreer more than women's at that time. And only men have been achieving the success in life. What had happened to the participants for the next fourty years? Maybe nowadays these results would be a little bit different due to the various economic, political, psychological reasons. The results of the investigation were the following: 36 people of these hundred had died not reached an age of 65. Only one person from residuary people had become really reach man, the four could be considered as a financial independent, five - still had been having to work, and the residuary 54 people had been dependent on other family members for support or they had been living on the welfare payment. But America is the reachest country in the world! So if you do the same things as those around you, you have 95 chances from 100 to collapse financially and never achieve the success in a life. It is impossible to live 'as everybody' and hope for the financial success at the same time.
On this website you can find the full image of what are doing these 5% successful people in contrast to others and why just these people achieve success in life.

The main goal: to teach you HOW TO USE the success secrets so you can achieve the success in life.

THE MAIN TOPICS OF THE WEBSITE

• HOW TO THINK AS THE SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DO - helps you to understand the secrets of achievers
• DREAM explain why the dream has a vital importance
• GOALS - stages on the road to you dream
• SELFSUGGESTION a unique tool of the positive influence on your subconsciousness
• LAW OF ATTRACTION why everything in life happens just in that way
• PLANNING if you do not plan your life, it will do someone else

WHOM IS THE WEBSITE DESIGNED FOR?

This site is designed for a wide circle of people, who are looking for a way how to achieve success in life, how to get out of a routine and mediocrity and start living. Many people just live for work. The website helps you to resolve different living and self problems. If someone says 'I do not have problems', I am very sorry about you. There is only one criteria that is needed for you in order to gain useful ideas and experience on the website. This is the eager and passionate desire to succeed in life. But do not mix up desire and wish. Please, ask anybody and he tells you he want to reach success in life. Similar to the situation in the story in the introduction. You'll say the same as well. But there are lots of criteria to define if your wish to achieve a success in a life is really just a wish or a passionate desire. One of the criteria is a readiness to act. Are you willing to act? An idea without action leads to nothing. Are you ready to start using these principles, are you ready to believe in these ideas, are you ready to make mistakes and continue moving forward inspite of anything? Or you read it, then say 'very intersting articles' and continue watching TV. But do not say then you want to achieve success in life. If you are an action person this website will help you. First of all this website was created for you because you and only you will use these ideas and will make a great contribution to our world and make it better.

HOW TO USE THE WEBSITE

1. If you want to stand up on the way of success

The first and the most important step you should do is to find your own dream. It is vital and the most important factor in your life. Your goal at this stage is to sit down quietly and try to listen to you yourself. Try to listen to your heart. And answer the question: 'What I want from my life?'. Take a sheet of paper and write down minimum 10 big dreams, then 40 important dreams, and finally 50 small dreams. When you do it, I will congratulate you - YOU HAVE STARTED YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS. The only thing you'll have to find then is the appropriate action plan to your dreams. We will speak later about this.

2. If you already have started the way to success and follow your dream day by day

You can use the selective reading. Certainly you know what you want to reach and what area to improve your knowledges in. In the left menu you can find the most important and interesting articles in my opinien. For review all themes follow the site map. Read and learn.

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Many of these successful people tend to further their learning by enrolling on masteral and doctorate degrees in schools like University of Phoenix, enhancing their knowledge and skills.

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                                          my dream story of success

The Secret has come into my life through a dear friend during a time when I really didn�t see the light at the end of the tunnel anymore� so even though it was a very hard time, it brought me the wonderful gift of The Secret! I also love reading the personal stories on the homepage, they are truly inspiring. So I would like to share also my story with you:


For some time now I have been longing for my dream job in the western area of my country. The atmosphere there is just made for me, and the time I had spent there during my studies was so far the best time of my life. Nevertheless I knew that what was awaiting me in the next step was to be nothing short than amazing. 

While I was trying hard to get a job, I came across a position that literally slipped through my fingers� I believed so deeply that this job was mine, but in the end phase, between the second and the third interview, I started doubting, so it was just natural that I had to lose this job. Although I didn�t want to react like that, I was very disappointed and struggled during several weeks to get back on my feet. Then I realized that I hadn�t got the job because it was the wrong one for me! It was not the one I actually wanted, so nothing better could have happened to me.

After carefully thinking through my goals, I finally realized that I had been sending out ambiguous signals to the universe and that my wish could not manifest because the aims were contradicting themselves. Once I had figured this out, my faith did not waver anymore. I knew deep in my heart that my dream job with the perfectly balanced challenge for me, in the right geographical zone, with phenomenal people, super development possibilities and the right pay, was already mine, and that it was no deal to the universe to bring it to me. I believed deeply in my heart that I already had what I desired and was deeply grateful for the great Secret that has helped me to discover how to get to the things I really wanted. I was also grateful for the current job, because it had paved the way for my career to come, as it lifted me from the inexperienced alumna from university, to a professional with a solid experience to be shown in the CV and a lot of other soft skills and knowledge acquired in my personal development and life. 

The knowledge that I finally knew what I wanted and that I already had the perfect basics to get this job, brought my dream job to me with lightning speed! I couldn�t help but stay in amazement at the ways the universe had found to bring to me what finally wasn�t blocked from coming to me anymore. 

The job was announced. I answered, passed swiftly through the selection procedure, and for the first time didn�t have the feeling of being such a procedure. Everything was just flowing naturally. 

Long story short: TODAY, I am sitting in my beautiful new home in the western part of my country, living happily together with my fiancé and being truly passionate about my job. I feel so grateful that words cannot express the deep feeling inside of me. 

Thank you Rhonda, the entire Secret Team, and my best friend for bringing this incredible book into my life and for transforming it into something that by far exceeds the boundaries of my biggest expectations. To be continued� ;O)

A true believer of The Secret.

About Reo from Switzerland:

A truly happy girl in her late twenties, finally starting to live the life of her dreams! ;O)

MAHATMA GANDHI

he most shocking thing compared to Gandhi’s leadership, public speaking, and strength is his childhood-seen from every direction was a disappointment for those who knew him. After years of endless efforts, he could finally wrote, ”If you are afraid to make mistakes, you are too afraid to do anything.”

Born under the name Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, young “Mahatma” (“Courageous”) was considered to be an ordinary boy in everything: regular student who did not have any talent or gift and the youngest boy from the middle caste of a government employee who lived in a small city near the sea. According to local tradition, he got married at the age of 13 with the daughter of his family’s close friend, who described him as a furious, envious, and dominating person.

His unpleasant behavior came from his feeling of timid and lack of self confidence. He went home straight after finished school, was afraid to speak with his classmates because he was afraid that they would mock him. The truth was, he was haunted by many irrational fears and slept with his light on during his teenage years to get rid of the image of snake, thief, and ghost.

Nearly not graduating from high school, he obediently enrolled the local university with unclear ambition to become a doctor. He failed every lecture and went home with embarrassment five months later.

Feeling hopeless, the Gandhis made use of their relations and colleagues. Finally his parents sent him to a school in England to get a license as a lawyer to ensure his success without having a high intellectual skill. Gandhi was expecting for a new beginning and bought a nice European suit to adjust himself with his new environment. When he arrived in London, he became a joke for everyone-stumbled on his own English book and wore white flannel for summer when it was autumn there.

Without having any doubts, he learned to adjust himself quickly. He dressed like a British, bought every clothes that he could find and took French class, danced, played violin, and made speech. However he realized that his limited funds could not support all those luxury, later, he left his hotel and stayed in a small flat that had only space for himself. He walked in streets of London to save some money and changed his meal from expensive British food into vegetarian food. Ironically, his economic condition at that time became the center of his teaching of health and simplicity.

A day after Gandhi graduated and got his license as a lawyer, he went back to his home in India, and learned that his mother died when he was on his way back to India. He tried to overcome his sadness by traveling, this time to Bombay, the place where he tried to work as a lawyer. However his formal education in London made him feel completely useless when he had to deal with the reality of India’s law. When he won a case-a $10 claim- he was afraid to do the crosschecking. Fearfully, and without the courage to speak, he handed over a brief report to his colleague who had more experience and left the courtroom without saying a single word, with the sound of laughter from inside the courtroom in his head.

Once again Gandhi returned home with failure, and his family rescued him once more. This time his brother made us of his connection to give him a job as a regular office worker in a firm in South Africa. He had no other choice, he sailed, leaving his wife and two boys after less than two years staying at home.

Gandhi arrived in South Africa feeling confused. There were no administration work for him, it was more of a book keeping work that required him to analyze years of business transactions that became complicated cases and triggered disagreement. Wherever Gandhi went, it seemed like he was destined to fail.

Not this time; he did a thorough study to overcome his challenge. He felt that his luck remained the same even though he had done many changes to his environment. One thing that remained the same, according to Gandhi, was himself. If he could change his position, location-why could not he change himself? It was a revolutionary thought of a man trying to survive. What he did not realize was that thought also became something revolutionary for his country.

Gandhi studied the details of each case and every book keeping with new will. He was surprised to notice that his own competence and he finally became a well known lawyer who understood that case. More importantly, he began questioning the character of antagonist law cases. He refused to be present at the court just to defend his client’s importance and tried to find a resolution-and especially reconciliation-for both parties. Then, he persuaded both parties to resolve their problems outside the court.

He wrote: “I have learned the real law practice. I have learned to discover the better side of human nature and entered their heart.” This finding became the root of Gandhi’s life philosophy. It encouraged him to request an audience with British leaders and to cooperate with them as partners; to establish a stepping stone for the caste, religion, and nationalist members; to preserve his country’s independence and maintained his country’s standard to the highest. His efforts on civil rights and Indian independence along with his faith to love and peace came from this thought: everyone can transform, everyone can change from within, everyone can do something meaningful for good.

For such a tiny woman, Mother Teresa had big dreams. She set out to change the world, one person at a time. Her work with the people she called “the poorest of the poor,” her advocacy for human rights and her tireless faith and gentle demeanor made her savior to thousands. But her grand goals were based on a simple commitment to give.
“Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.”
Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bajaxhiu on Aug. 26, 1910. She was the youngest child of a humble Albanian family in Skopje, Macedonia. Her father passed away when she was 8, and by the time she turned 12, she knew her calling was to be a missionary. She left home at 18 to join the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or the Sisters of Loreto, in Ireland. She chose the name Sister Mary Teresa after St. Therese of Lisieux, and a few months later, left for Calcutta, India, to join the sisters there working as missionaries.
Sister Teresa took her first vows as a nun and began teaching at St. Mary’s School for girls. She taught in Calcutta until 1948, becoming the school’s principal in 1944. During that time, she also made her final profession of vows, becoming Mother Teresa. As a teacher, she was known as unselfish, loving and joyful, and she showed a natural bent for hard work and organization.
“When a poor person dies of hunger, it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed.”
During her nearly 20 years in India up to 1948, Mother Teresa witnessed profound suffering and poverty. In 1946, while riding on a train from Calcutta to Darjeeling, she later remembered hearing a calling from God: “I heard the call to give up all and follow Christ into the slums to serve Him among the poorest of the poor. It was an order. I was to leave the convent and help the poor while living among them.”
She set out to establish a community dedicated to serving the poorest of the poor. After two years of planning and prayer, she received permission from the Catholic Church to leave the convent school and devote herself full time to her calling. She dressed in a white sari with a blue border—what would become her daily costume for the rest of her life.
“Let there be kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile, in the warmth of your greeting. Always have a cheerful smile. Don’t only give your care, but give your heart as well.”
Daily, Mother Teresa visited families living in slums, nursing those weak with hunger and dying of tuberculosis. She started an outdoor school for destitute children, and focused on returning dignity to the poor, despite all the indignities they suffered. With the help of volunteers, including her former students, along with increasing fi nancial donations, she soon expanded her work for “the unwanted, the unloved and the uncared for.”
In 1950, Mother Teresa received permission from Pope Paul VI to establish the new congregation of the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta. Under her guidance, the sisters traveled to other parts of India, spreading a message of hope to people in need, regardless of religious affiliation.
People of all nationalities soon joined her cause, and international media began to acknowledge her remarkable sacrifice. Over the years, other branches of the order, including lay missionaries, were added, and the society became an International Religious Family. Today, foundations on every continent serve as hospices and homes for the destitute and those suffering from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, alcoholism and leprosy. The society’s members oversee orphanages, schools and children’s and family counseling services, as well as provide relief work and aid to refugees in times of natural disaster.
“Little things are indeed little, but to be faithful in little things is a great thing.”
Mother Teresa believed no act of kindness too small to have impact. She encouraged people to look for the needy in their neighborhoods, even in their own homes: “There is a terrible hunger for love. We all experience that in our lives—the pain, the loneliness. We must have the courage to recognize it. The poor you may have right in your own family. Find them. Love them.”
She received numerous awards over her lifetime, including the Indian Padmashri Award, the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize, the Kennedy Prize, the Nehru Prize, the Balzan Prize, the Nobel Peace Prize, the United St a t e s P r e s ident i a l Med a l o f F r e e dom and the Congressional Gold Medal.
“Holiness is not the luxury of the few; it is a simple duty, for you and for me…”
Despite her public image as a heroic figure, Mother Teresa suffered decades of inner turmoil. Letters and journal entries released after her death reveal her periodic bouts of doubt and emotional agony. In 1957, after she founded the Missionaries of Charity, she wrote to the archbishop of Calcutta about her personal crisis: “I find no words to express the depths of the darkness.” These periods of doubt and perceived disconnectedness continued until her death.
Despite her painful personal journey, Mother Teresa found the courage and dedication to continue her work with the poor. Even on days when she experienced deep despair and a crisis of faith, she got out of bed, prayed and went out into the streets to help those who needed her. Over the years, she came to believe that this inner struggle allowed her to more fully experience her convictions and empathize with those she wished to help.
“Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the action that we do.”
Mother Teresa continued her active role as superior general of the Missionaries of Charity until the last year of her life, despite health problems. When she blessed her successor in 1997, the society had nearly 4,000 sisters, 300 brothers and more than 100,000 lay volunteers who oversaw 610 houses in 123 countries. She made a final visit to Pope John Paul II before she passed away in Calcutta, Sept. 5, 1997.
The government of India honored her with a state funeral, and today her tomb remains a place of pilgrimage and prayer for thousands of visitors.
In October 2003, Pope John Paul II beatified Mother Teresa, bestowing on her the title of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, thrilling a crowd of 300,000 gathered in St. Peter’s Square. Beatification is the third step in the four-step process of canonization in the Catholic Church.
Mother Teresa’s life serves as a lesson in how one can accomplish great things by working diligently and selflessly on small things daily. “As I often say to people who tell me that they would like to serve the poor as I do,” Mother Teresa said, “ ‘What I can do, you cannot. What you can do, I cannot. But together we can do something beautiful for God.’ ”

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