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Yes, that’s correct. Due to a site reconstruction, we’ve moved.

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Biz Coach Jason

“Testimonial Tuesdays” on Facebook and Twitter!

Hello Business Achievers!

In the spirit of sharing, helping reverse the recession, and providing sales to those that truly deserve it, I would like to introduce “Testimonial Tuesdays”!

http://snipurl.com/hey43 in the Facebook Group: “Achieve Your Ideal Business Now!”

I think Tuesdays are a great day for us to give a recommendation, testimonial or just kudos for a job well done to anyone we’ve worked with that we feel others could really benefit from.

For my first Testimonial Tuesday post and I want to give props to someone that has saved me hundreds of dollars over the past year, if not more:

I love the professional service and additional coverage she was able to provide at a much lower rate on my home, auto and umbrella insurance. I’ve been very happy with my rep for over a year. Let me know if you want Richele’s contact info to have her give you a great quote! Jason@DistinctiveCoaching.com

Please post your own Testimonials:
http://snipurl.com/hey43 

All the best,
Jason

P.S. Here is a Twitter post for you to ReTweet about Testimonial Tuesdays:

“Testimonial Tuesday”! Let the world know about the awesome service & value of other polished professionals! http://snipurl.com/hey43 Pls RT

@BizCoachJason  http://twitter.com/BizCoachJason

Why your Facebook account will be disabled

http://contactdubai.com/tips/why-your-facebook-account-will-be-disabled

Great summary!

I was once, too, temporarily suspended for unknown reasons, and for an unspecified period of time. But I was definitely told not to do “it” again, or else! lol

I couldn’t find in the terms of service what I had violated, and to this day have no idea what happened.

Thanks for sharing these tips. They are more specific and give an idea of what to watch out for and avoid in terms of being Facebook terminated.

All the best,
Jason

Website: http://www.AchieveYourIdealBusiness.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/BizCoachJason
Facebook Profile: http://profile.to/BizCoachJason
Facebook Business Group: http://groups.to/IdealBusinessCommunity

“Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.” – Thomas Edison, my childhood inspiration.

Making it a networking evening of two events in downtown Chicago. http://ping.fm/b3761 Thanks @willenglishiv !

Trying out Ping.fm for the first time… let’s see if this works

Interesting Life & Business Lessons – from Scary “Popcorn” Evidence

UPDATED 2/22/09:

http://www.snopes.com/science/cookegg.asp 

It turns out the video below is a hoax. It was a marketing ploy to sell cell phone earpieces.  One of my friends found the above story and sent me the link.  It also stirred quite a discussion between us.

Many of us have fallen prey to the “alarmist” email forwards, and I am usually not “fooled” by them, at least without doing a web search and checking things out myself.  This one got the better of me, as it was intended to play on fear and pain points (good marketing, huh?)

My friend implied that by sending this hoax warning in am email to friends and family (he assumed I sent it also to clients and prospects), I was going against my very mission of coaching people to build a reputation for integrity, professionalism, attention to detail, marketing, branding, etc.  He asked me in a tongue-in-cheek way, how would I coach someone that sent “false and erroneous information” via email. 

So I responded:

“Yes, we all do imperfect things that impact our goals and relationships, and sometimes sabotage them.

To sum it up: Ooops.  I’m not perfect. Life goes on. And I do coach others that well thought out action is more important than perfect action for the simple reason that we can be paralyzed by waiting and trying to be perfect. ”

There are many lessons to be learned here.
- Don’t always take things at face value
- Always look before you leap
- Be mindful of others’ perceptions and outcomes from your potential actions
- Use well thought out actions

But I still say sometimes taking imperfect actions beats all the above to move you towards success – especially when you are acting from genuine compassion and care.

Life (and business) is a crap-shoot. Be diligent, but don’t be paralyzed or overly pessimistic.

Enjoy the video, but remember, until you try it at home, it’s not proof just because it looks like it’s true. 

All the best,
Jason
 
 

 

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MY ORGINIAL POST, 2/18/09:

I haven’t seen the popcorn evidence before, but I have been concerned for a long time about us literally frying our brains and other tissues and organs from cell phones.  It’s good to see the physical evidence.

 - Jason

P.S. It’s also good to know what to do if you’re stuck in the wilderness with only popcorn and your cell phone, in order to keep from starving.  LOL

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Check this out – scary! 

 

 

 

And we’re supposed to believe
that cell phones are safe? 

My blog is now on Facebook!

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Q: Will achievement of your goals guarantee happiness?

Hello MVPF Members,

This is a  very interesting question and exercise! (See oringal post by Vincent below)

I think that we each have our own goals, and looking to others that have achieved MY goals to see if they are happy would be interesting and helpful, but also not necessarily directly indicative of the “happiness effect” of those goals unless you also ask WHY they wanted to accomplish and what they would get out of attaining those goals.

Example:
I am considering climbing to the top of the Sears Tower, and I ask others who have done it to see if it made them happy. 

Joe finished the ordeal and is extremely happy.  Jennifer did it and is disappointed.  Jack completed it and is very unhappy.

Now, how does that help me if I don’t go further and ask why they attempted the climb?  You see, Joe did it to get in better shape and ended up losing weight, having stronger muscles and a leaner build. Jennifer did it because the elevator was out of order and felt she had no other choice to get to the top.  Jack thought it would bring him fame and fortune, but no one cared.

I think it’s very important to ask yourself WHY you want to attain the goals you have set out for yourself, and how accomplishing them will positively impact your life.  Then dig very deep and see if those accomplishments and those impacts really do have a “cause and effect” relationship – or are they just correlated but maybe not directly, or is there a missing link in between that is necessary?

Many people assume that attaining broadly-termed career, business or financial “success” will make them happy.  This usually is true if you take the time necessary to determine your motivations, actions and results.

I work with small business owners, entrepreneurs and sales professionals to dig much deeper to define exactly what kind of success will make them happy, what the positive impacts are of attaining it, and what the negative implications will be if they don’t. Then we create a plan that is individually inspiring and motivating for them to get there. We figure out how they can use the strengths and skills that they have to do the things they enjoy doing that will lead them to those ultimate goals.

So I agree with Vincent that is a great idea to really take a closer look at your goals and see if they will truly make you happier, and use your network of friends and family to help you find those answers.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss these ideas further, please contact me and befriend me on Facebook and Twitter.

Everyone have a great Monday and a STRONG week!  :)

Best,
Jason

Jason E. Rosado
Business CoachHelping self-directed and self-managed professionals achieve their ideal business in 12 months or less.
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773.829.1276
Jason@DistinctiveCoaching.com

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Twitter: http://twitter.com/BizCoachJason
Facebook: http://profile.to/BizCoachJason
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From: MyVirtualPowerForum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MyVirtualPowerForum@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 9:33 AM
To: MyVirtualPowerForum@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [My Virtual Power Forum] Digest Number 3815

 

Brainstorming Your Career and Business

If Goals Are The Answer, Why Are Your Friends Who’ve Achieved Your Goal Unhappy? 

Posted by: “Vincent Wright” MyLinkedinPowerForum@gmail.com   linkedinrecruiter

Sun Oct 26, 2008 5:14 pm (PDT)

Most of us who’ve been attentive to our coaches, counselors, teachers,
preachers, and consultants have been at one time or another told something
like, “You’ve got to set goals in order to get what you want.”

And while I, too, believe that you have to set goals if you want to get
something out of life, I believe there’s a critically important problem with
overly focusing on goals: goals don’t guarantee happiness.

If you think they do, then answer this: “If goals are the answer to
happiness, why are so many of your friends who’ve achieved your goals,
who’ve achieved the very things you want, still depressed – in spite of
having achieved goals which would “MAKE you” happy?

As an exercise: 1.) Think about your goals. 2.) Think about your network of
friends. 3.) Ask yourself have any of the friends in your network achieved
your goals. 4.) For those who have achieved the goals you’re striving to
achieve, are they happy? 5. ) If they are happy, check in with them to see
if it was the goals alone which made them happy. 6.) If they are not happy,
ask them how is it that achieving all that they’ve achieved, the house, the
car, the spouse, the children, the income, the success is not making them
happy?

And this too: Haven’t you achieved some of your most ardent goals? Were
you always happy after achieving them?

Thanks, and Keep STRONG!!
Vincent Wright
Entrepreneurial Recruiter/Social Media Consultant
www.SocialMediaConsortium.com | www.MyLinkingPowerForum.com |
www.MyVirtualPowerForum.com | www.MyLinkedinPowerForum.com |

Facebook is taking a lot of time… So…

With all the people I have been connecting with lately (especially high school classmates) that have been asking what I’ve been up to over the past 18 years, here it is.

Last 18 years..  Ok, here it goes:

Music (trombone & baritone horn, teach brass lessons, D&B Corps conductor), started school (University of Illinois), bars, left school, travel, work (Opened a restaurant), work out, bars, closed a restaurant, music (University of Illinois - Chicago Jazz Band – trombone), finished school (UIC), travel, work (Service Rep, Training & Manager), moved to Lakeview (Chicago IL), running, work out, bars, volleyball, tennis, work (Training Manager), travel, engaged (in Paris), bars, work, travel, married (in Chicago), volleyball, bought house in Berwyn IL, travel, work (Microsoft Product Trainer), bicycle, networking, volleyball, opened own business (www.AchieveYourIdealBusiness.com), tennis, networking, bicycle, travel, networking, joined Facebook, wrote on a few ”walls” today. And I might eat lunch soon.

There are a few small details I may have left out somewhere in there.

What are your updates?