It’s Thoughtful Thursday! This is one of the four times a year when we do a survey to see what you need from us. Are we helping you? Do you need more help? Do you need more services? This is when we would like to hear from you so we can provide the best service and experience from our teams.

Here’s the link to our Customer Satisfaction Survey. Thank you in advance for your feedback.        
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6NSN5GD

To Your Success,

​MG

It’s Thankful Thursday! This is the time that I share with you one amazing tool that I really love! Well,  I’m thankful for all the wonderful tools that make my life as an entrepreneur easy to plan, navigate, support and run my business. Today, I’m sharing 17Hats.com!

Have you heard of 17hats? I use it to organize and automate my small business, and I swear by it. Their feature-packed platform saves me time and money, and lets me focus on what I do best – not paperwork.

And only because you’ve been referred by me, a 17hats member, can you get this special pricing. But be sure to use this referral code bxnbdzwpzw to get this invitation-only pricing. Just click on the link below.
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I'll be happy to share my 17hats experience with you as well!
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To Your Success, MG

It’s Thrifty Thursday! There are three major components to every book like; Writing the book, Publishing the book and Selling the book.

Of the three, selling the book is probably the most difficult. How in the world do you get people to buy this thing you’ve just written? Especially when we live in a world where anyone can publish a book. We also live in a world where many people expect to get art for free. From streaming music to free book downloads, we can easily be entertained without paying for anything. So, here are a few cool ways that you may not have heard before or in a while.

Become a Walking Billboard
The best way to advertise your book is to make sure it’s in front of everyone all the time. Create a collection of homemade t-shirts with your book cover. Wear them to work. Don them at the clubs. These shirts will make great conversation pieces. Everyone you bump into will say, “Wow, that’s a cool shirt. What is it?” And you’ll say, “Oh, just the cover of my new book. Want a copy?” Of course you will then pull a copy out of the briefcase you always carry with you. If anyone fails to ask about your book cover shirt, make sure you bring it up. “Hey, do you like my shirt? If so, I have a book for you!”

Meaningful Giveaways.
Give away signed copies of your book for all gift-giving occasions. This includes birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, wedding, baby showers, and so on. These gifts will do more than just spread the word about your book. They’ll make your authorship an important part of everyone’s life.
 
Buy Your Book in Bulk.
Reaching the Amazon bestseller list in your category can really help boost your sales. Since actually getting people to buy your books is a lot of work, you can get the ball rolling by purchasing tons of copies yourself. Buy a couple hundred or even a couple thousand of your latest title and watch your Amazon ranking soar!

To Your Success,

MG

Let’s Get Creative! Today is THINK TANK THURSDAY which is the time when we want to get our juices flowing for any creative projects that you might be starting or working on. I think it’s an amazing undertaking to do something creative whether it’s writing a book or a bedroom makeover. But here are a few of my best ideas for getting those creative juices flowing as the year is already half way over.

I’m not sure if any of you are Netflix subscribers, but I recently watched a documentary on a company called WeWork. It was interesting to ay the least, but they were totally into creating creative workspaces for soloprenuers and have recreated the space of work across the globe. When scanning the internet recently I came across an interesting article that I thought would be a good read of juice flowing ideas from some other creatives. These ideas come directly from WeWork and some of their entrepreneurs.

Check it out here at https://www.wework.com/ideas/professional-development/10-ways-get-creative-juices-flowing
 
To Your Success,
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MG

Hello everyone, it’s THERMOSTAT THURSDAY! You know that the first Thursday of the month I encourage you to take a look at where YOU are. It’s time to take our temperature. It’s already 3rd quarter, can you believe it? The time is surely flying and we do not want to stay in stagnant places -wondering where all the time went, but not making the most of the time we have.
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I’d like to share a quick story with you. As we were planning our vacation this year we knew that our trip was going to include being on the water. Ever since I was a little girl I’ve always gotten motion sickness (planes, buses or boats; carnival carousels or even roller coasters). I just did not feel very good after riding. Bring it up to adulthood, I’ve done well as an adult because I could pick and choose what things I would do or not do based on how it made me feel. In 206, we took our kids on a cruise. Like most cruises, we took a few excursions onto the smaller islands. Well, on this day we had to take a smaller boat over to the island of Belize. Oh my goodness, the boat and the waves was too much for your sister and like clockwork, I started getting sick. I tried my very best not toss my cookies in front of my kids or the other passengers. But it was hard. I swallowed hard, over and over. OMG! My eyes were watered, my throat was burning and pushing my breakfast back down my throat was trouble. Needless to say, my sweet kids and husband are all attentive to me. I couldn’t even answer them for fear of anything I didn’t want to fall out of my mouth. I just nodded my head yes and closed my eyes until we got to the shore. Of course, I was the first person off the boat and I had to take it easy on the island. Well, since then my kids have been freaked out about mom and boats.

Well, fast forward to just about 4 weeks ago and my kids started asking me about if I was going to get sick when we went to Miami. Collectively, and each one of them individually asked me with real concern in their eyes. I told them all - I would be fine. And to make good on that promise, I called my PCP and asked him to give me a prescription for motion sickness. I shared we would be traveling. Plus, it was confirmed that we’re going to be chartering a boat and I DID NOT want to ruin the trip by getting sick. Plus, I really wanted to enjoy it. It’s been a SUPER long 18 months of lockdown with no travel. My kids are growing up or should I say, just about grown. The traditional family vacations with my husband and our kids will be changing. They’re older, will be wanting to add plus ones and I wanted to savor a moment with the Gines Group. There was no way I was not going to give any chance of a puke fest happening on this trip. Absolutely Not and especially if I could help it. So, I felt very good when I picked up my prescription a few days before we left for the trip. My PCP came through, whoop whoop.

Now , let me tell you the REALLY good part. The part that was good for me, but good for you too. The day we chartered the boat and we were getting on the elevator of our hotel headed to the dock. The kids asked me again, “Mom, are you good?” I said “Yes, I am.” When we got to the marina and saw The Wave Mistress, I stepped aboard as though I’ve been on yachts all my life. I was feeling it! For real, I was feeling it. We had gone to the grocer to pick up what we wanted the captain to prepare for us and we gave everything to the concierge. I took my seat right out front deck and just looked at the water, the amazing homes around the Marina and I enjoyed Miami in a way I never had before. It was breathtaking! I removed the obstacle. It was so much better than trying to rely on my own ability to handle it. No, it was gratifying to not even have that as an issue. Now, this is for you. There was a time in my life I wouldn’t have dared to even get on a boat other than a cruise ship and even those made me somewhat sick, but I’d muscle through. I would make myself handle it. But this time, I got the help I needed and it made all the difference in the world. It was not only the way I felt, but in the way I was able to experience life in a new way, unhindered and unafraid. I stood up out there and just yelled, “YES!” Yes, I Can. Yes, I feel Great. Yes, my life is Amazing! It was a liberating moment for me.

I hope that as you look ahead to 3rd Quarter 2021 and your goals, your challenges, your triumphs and your charge. Ask yourself this question, what do I have to do to remove obstacles that might be getting in the way of me living your best life NOW? Is it a real obstacle or perceived? Can it be changed with the change of your mindset? Can it be changed by asking for help? Do you want to remove the obstacle? I challenge you this week, ask for the help you need? Think about an obstacle that’s been troubling you and write it down. Now, think about who might be able to help you think about that obstacle differently or help you remove the obstacle altogether. I want to encourage you to do it. I made a phone call and got what I needed to remove the motion sickness challenge for me and it made ALL the difference in the world, to me, my children, my vacation and my life.

Now, I have no fear about going on the water and getting sick. I can go anywhere I want on any method of transportation and have no issues. I’m so psyched about that. As always, I want to help you with your goals for success and the final word for today is remove the obstacle. You can do it! I did!
 
To Your Success,
MG
 
P.S. If you need assistance with writing your book, organizing our thoughts for a book, or maybe even you’ve written a book but you want to breathe new energy into again. That’s where I can help. Reply back and ask about the new AUTHORity ACADEMY™ Coaching Program. It’s new and it’s me- helping YOU get the obstacles out of the way and making you an AUTHORity in your field. Click the link here,  to download the pdf to learn more.