Creating a Better Life

Link Love Gratitude #4

Here are the sites (that I know about) that linked to Creating a Better Life over the past week or so:

Karen was kind enough to express her gratitude (and encourage others to do the same) in her Joy Links - Appreciation Project. Thanks again for that, Karen!

(Did you know that Karen offers a free copy of The Power Of Your Subconscious Mind by Dr. Joseph Murphy on her site? If you’ve never read it, I’d highly suggest that you pick up a copy from Live the Power today.)

Lorraine included Creating a Better Life in her Gratitude and Love Links. Thank you, Lorraine!

(If you didn’t happen to catch it, be sure to check out my thoughts on Lorraine’s Transform Your Fear Into Power program.)

Ellie linked back here after reading Pointers To Resources For Your Better Life #7 in her Here’s an Appreciation Boost… post. Thanks, Ellie!

(Don’t forget to check out Ellie’s two ebooks - Out With the Old… In With the New! and 4 Steps to Creating the Life You Desire.)

Finally, thanks to Kilroy from Fear And Loathing - The Gonzo Papers for the plug in Do I Owe You An Email Or A Link?

(Kilroy is one of five bloggers participating in the progressive Soup to Nuts blog carnival.)

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Thank you again for pointing your readers to Creating a Better Life. I appreciate all of you.

[ Data pulled from trackbacks and pingbacks, Technorati, Google Blog Search, and notifications from my beautiful readers. If I missed your link, please don’t be shy… let me know and I’ll add it! ]

Link Love Gratitude #3

Thank you to the following bloggers for linking to Creating a Better Life this week:

In “My GREAT 2008″, Dean from Law of Attraction for Beginners shared the experiences he had in 2008… and they really were great!

It may not be where it was, but The O! Blog List continues it’s rounds on BlawgIT.

Aaron Potts of Today is That Day, Fitness Destinations, and Personal Development Partners shared 5 Ways Powerful Paperless Proactivity Provides Personal Progress - try saying that one fast five times!

And finally… we’ve all been invited to a big blog dinner party by Isabella of Change Therapy. It’s happening on January 30th from 6 to 8 pm Pacific Time (GMT -8). Information on submitting posts for conversation can be found in the original invitation. I hope to see you there!

*Update* - Luciano of  Litemind pointed to my 2008 *Was* A Great Year post in a comment he left on SelfHelpMe - The Infinite Wisdom of Others.

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Thank you all again for pointing your readers to Creating a Better Life. I appreciate all of you.

[ Data pulled from trackbacks and pingbacks, Technorati, and Google Blog Search. If I missed your link, please don’t be shy… let me know and I’ll add it! ]

Making It Great Times 125

Phil Gerbyshak of “Make it Great!” posted a gratitude list of of 125+ blogs that have touched him.

I’m honored that Creating a Better Life was on the list, and want to thank him by helping to propagate the link love.

In Phil’s words:

It’s my hope that by sharing this list with you, that you will find someone new to connect with. I challenge you to look through this list and see if there’s at least 2 new people you can add to your daily/weekly/monthly reads that can make your life better.

While I know some of these bloggers, there are quite a few I don’t. I’m looking forward to meeting you all.

Thanks, Phil, for introducing us. I’ll echo your hope to my own readers that they find something that will help them to take that better life they are creating… and Make it Great!

http://www.angelamaiers.com/

http://aprilgroves.com/beautifulchaos/

http://aprilgroves.com/makinglifeworkforyou/

http://ateegarden.typepad.com/empowerment4life/

http://badgerblogger.com/

http://baileyworkplay.com/

http://bestwellnessconsultant.com/

http://blog.bretttrout.com/

http://blog.buzzoodle.com/

http://blog.doyouq.com/

http://blog.lifebeyondcode.com/

http://blog.talk-to-strangers.com/

http://blogbusinessworld.blogspot.com/

http://brandautopsy.typepad.com/brandautopsy/

http://bren.pintglass.org/

http://bsetc.ca/blog

http://carpefactum.typepad.com/my_weblog/

http://chrisbrogan.com/

http://christinekane.com/

http://cmm.thepodcastnetwork.com/

http://creatingabetterlife.net/ <—- You Are Here

http://customersarealways.com/

http://cuberules.com/

http://customersrock.wordpress.com/

http://daveolson.ca/

http://www.davidsfinch.com

http://deb_inside.typepad.com/deb_inside/

http://dmiracle.com/

http://drewsmarketingminute.com

http://edbrenegar.typepad.com/

http://elementaltruths.com/

http://eloquentauthor.wordpress.com

http://essentialkeystrokes.com

http://everydotconnects.com

http://fishcreekhouse.blogspot.com/

http://galmorale.typepad.com/galmorale/

http://getmotivation.com/new.html

http://hellomynameisscott.blogspot.com/

http://ipopin.typepad.com/think_positive/

http://www.ismckenzie.com/

http://jeroen.typepad.com/jeroen/

http://jibberjobber.com/blog

http://jkrbooks.typepad.com/blog/

http://kimandjason.com/blog

http://kitchener-waterloo-real-estate-investments.com/

http://learningvoyager.blogspot.com/

http://lenski.com/

http://makingadifference.typepad.com/making_a_difference/

http://managementcraft.typepad.com/

http://managementcraft.typepad.com/2weeks2abreakthrough/

http://mapmaker.curtrosengren.com/

http://middlezonemusings.com/

http://monkatwork.com/

http://movingspirit.typepad.com/spirit_in_gear/

http://officiallifebydesign.com/

http://passionmeetspurpose.com/blog

http://perfectlypetersen.com

http://positivesharing.com/

http://qlog.typepad.com/the_qlog/

http://rasterweb.net/raster/

http://remarkableleadership.wordpress.com/

http://rohitrohila.com

http://www.rohdesign.com

http://servantleadershipblog.com/servant-leadership/blog/index.htm

http://sharecompassion.blogspot.com/

http://shinsato.com/

http://simplicityitk.blogspot.com/

http://sixdisciplines.blogspot.com/

http://stevefarber.com

http://steves2cents.blogspot.com

http://successbeginstoday.org/wordpress

http://successcreeations.com/

http://successfromthenest.com/

http://syntaxandsoul.com/

http://talkitup.typepad.com/weblog/

http://theconfidentials.blogspot.com/

http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/

http://www.thekissbusiness.co.uk/

http://thenonbillablehour.typepad.com/nonbillable_hour/

http://thesimplestthing.typepad.com/erikas_blog/

http://thoughtsphilosophies.com/

http://thriftynaturalist.wordpress.com/

http://troyworman.com/wordpress

http://tshalffull.blogspot.com/

http://westallen.typepad.com/idealawg/

http://workfromwithin.typepad.com/weblog/

http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/

http://www.alexshalman.com/blog

http://www.balancedlifecenter.com/

http://www.bawldguy.com/

http://www.becausepeoplematter.com

http://www.bloggingforbusinessbook.com

http://www.bobtheking.com/index.php

http://www.bootsandsabers.com/

http://www.brainbasedbusiness.com/

http://www.converstations.com

http://www.daverothacker.com/rothacker_reviews/

http://www.davidzinger.com/

http://www.directortom.com/director-tom/

http://www.emomsathome.com/blog

http://www.genuinecuriosity.com

http://www.getfreshminds.com/

http://www.ggci.com/blog/index.htm

http://www.goodwordediting.com/

http://www.idea-sandbox.com/blog/

http://www.intrinsiclifedesign.com/scaffolding/

http://www.instigatorblog.com/

http://www.jorydesjardins.com/pause/

http://www.kevineikenberry.com/blogs/index.asp

http://www.kimandjason.com/jennasblog

http://www.kirkweisler.com/t4d

http://www.lipsticking.com/

http://www.manager-tools.com/

http://www.maryschmidt.com/

http://www.mikemcbrideonline.com/blogger.html

http://www.movingfrommetowe.com/

http://www.networkmarketingjourney.com/

http://www.nickschweitzer.net/

http://www.ownyourbrand.com

http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/

http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/

http://www.personal-growth-with-corinne-edwards.com/

http://www.petsgardenblog.com/

http://www.positivityblog.com/

http://www.priscillapalmer.com

http://www.purplewren.com/

http://www.qaqna.com/

http://ravenyoung.spaces.live.com/

http://www.ribriot.com/

http://www.rohdesign.com/weblog/

http://www.sayleadershipcoaching.com/mwacoaching/

http://www.sbannister.com/blog

http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog

http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/

http://www.simplerich.com/blog

http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/

http://www.smallbusinesstransitions.com/

http://www.spinningsilk.com/

http://www.successful-blog.com

http://www.theideadude.com/

http://www.tonymorganlive.com/

http://www.virtualosophy.com/

http://www.wealth-prosperity.info/

http://youalreadyknowthisstuff.blogspot.com/

http://zenchillcom.blogspot.com/

http://walkingmyownwalk.com/

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My Opi (Finally!)

I never thought the day would come… but I’ve finally been able to sit down and answer Terry Starbucker’s tag.

April started this one - she called it the “Opi”, based on the Greek word “opiso”, which loosely means “Future You.”

So here goes:

My Future Self

I’m still blogging regularly. My books are doing well in sales, and people and organizations have started asking me to do speaking engagements. I’m still no great orator, but I do get by better than I could in the past.

Tracy and I have moved to a quiet, comfortable home by the water. We are living in an area where it stays cool and rains frequently, the Northwest US most likely. Our dog probably loves it more than we do… she can finally run free by the water and through the trees like she is meant to.

We are financially independent, living off of our investments, blog income, and book sales, which allows us to spend our days together, either at home with me writing and her doing her thing, or out and about just taking in the beauty and wonder of life. We are truly living our dream, together.

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Short and sweet, but powerful. Getting a picture in our minds of what we want and where we want to be points us in the right direction - but we need to take action if we want to get there.

I’d highly suggest you try this exercise, either publicly on your blog, in the comments, or privately. The benefit of knowing where you are going, even if you don’t yet know how you will get there (book sales? investments???) will bring you both a sense of peace and determination that you may have never had before.

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This may be an old meme, but let’s see… Karen, Rick, Nneka, Mike, and Tina - would you like to tell us about your “Opie?”

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Attack of the Bibliophiles

In a recent post, I mentioned that my mom was instrumental in giving me a love of books. I can remember sitting with her, learning how to turn these indecipherable scribbles into meaningful concepts, not really knowing the worlds that would be opened to me, but loving every minute of it. I read the novelization of the first Star Wars movie when I was seven or eight, The Hobbit when I was 10 or 11, and haven’t stopped since.

A Bibliophile is a person who loves books - I’m definitely one of them, and Karen of Live the Power has asked me to participate in a book meme - to answer a few questions on books that I own, have read, and that mean something to me.

Here we go:

How many books do you own?

That’s actually a tough one for me to answer. I’ve moved around so much over the past few years that I’ve boxed up, unboxed, reboxed, stashed away, and sold a ton of books… an accurate count would be impossible. I know that at this point it’s no where near the number that others who have participated in this meme have. I’m going to guess that I’ve got about 50 or so physical books laying around here, but I really can’t be sure.

What is the last book that you read?

I finished two different books on the same day: Open Secrets - The Letters of Reb Yerachmiel ben Yisrael by Rabbi Rami M. Shapiro and A New Earth - Awakening To Your Life’s Purpose by Eckert Tolle.

What was the last book you bought?

The last book I purchased was the Tolle book - via Amazon.com, thanks to a gift certificate from Karen. The last one I purchased in a bookstore was The Astonishing Power of Emotions by Esther and Jerry Hicks.

Name Five Meaningful Books

Wow, only five? Well, I guess it’s easier than three.

Illusions by Richard Bach

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Ask and It Is Given by Esther and Jerry Hicks

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

Conversations with God : An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 1) by Neale Donald Walsch

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Thanks again, Karen! That was fun.

How about we hear from Deborah, Vickie, April, Dave, and Stephen… feel free to join in with your own answers.

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