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 Mind - Body - Spirit              


To reach our highest goals, we need to start with the fundamentals.  Ask yourself...

• Are your sleep patterns regular?

• Are you getting proper nutrition?

• Are your home and office environments healthy?

• Are you getting enough exercise?

• Are your subconscious thoughts and feelings in line with your goals? 
  
  The following companies have best-of-the-best solutions to all of your fundamental personal needs, keeping you working at your best!
  
  
  



USANA  Pharmaceutical-grade nutritional supplements, meal replacement shakes and bars for healthy 'on-the-run' eating. - Endorsed by Dennis Waitley & Robert Allen

BioPro Protect your brain cells from cell phone electro-magnetic frequencies.  Numerous scientific studies prove without a doubt that these products are needed. Together with the non-profit Safe Wireless Initiative, this company is helping to prevent brain tumors and cancers around the world.- Endorsed by Andrew Barden

The R.O.M.  Just 8 minutes every other day for a total aerobic workout using this Range Of Motion machine.  Scientific studies prove it works and you can check it out for yourself. I attend the Quick Gym in Pasadena, CA, that has several ROMs available. I save about 20 hours per month using the ROM instead of traditional 1.5 hours every other day execising in a gym.  Ask for your free promotional kit with DVD.  For the very busy and time-efficient businessperson. -Endorsed by Anthony Robbins as "One of the best time management tools."

Aeron Floor Model sale UltimateBackstore.com is the leading online seller of the highly sought after Aeron Chair and other advanced designer ergonomic office seating and accessories as well as modern classic furniture  They guarantee the lowest price and all chairs are shipped free.  Keep your back healthy by making your office chair the perfect fit!

Millionaire Mind  Best-selling author of Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, T. Harv Eker, leads Peak Potentials--the fastest growing training company in North America.  Change your mental blueprint to allow yourself to make and keep higher amounts of wealth.  Join tens of thousands of people who have attended a 3-day intensive on the west coast.  Listen to T. Harv Eker's tele-class by clicking here.- Endorsed by Jay Abrams, "The $7 Billion Dollar Man."




Your Success Store  Personal development and motivational training from world-class philosophers and speakers.  Nearly all of the top names offering discounts on CDs, books, DVDs, and coaching programs.



Anthony Robbins "The Body You Deserve," Lose Weight With Anthony Robbins Today! World-class personal and professional development coaching, products, & events.  For more than a quarter of a century, Anthony Robbins has served as an advisor to leaders around the world.  Robbins has directly impacted the lives of nearly 50 million people from 80 countries with his best-selling books and audiotape products, public speaking engagements, and live appearances.  Since fathering the life coaching industry more than 25 years ago, Robbins has produced the #1 audio coaching system of all time, Personal Power. 

The Sedona Method Free DVD and CD! Find out how you can tap your natural ability to let go of any unwanted feeling on the spot.  The Sedona Method will show you how to tap your natural ability to let go of any unwanted thought or feeling on the spot. This will free you to quickly and easily have all that you choose including the following: more money, better relationships, more radiant health and well being, more effective goal achievement plus break bad habits and other self-sabotaging behaviors, lose weight, stop smoking and sleep better. Tapping your natural ability to release will allow you to produce results far beyond what you could do with any other tool or training for personal or organizational transformation available today. In fact the results you produce will often seem quite miraculous.



Brian Tracy For your free CD of 21 Success Secrets of Self Made Millionaires, click here Brian Tracy has consulted more than 1,000 companies and addressed more than 4,000,000 people in 4,000 talks and seminars throughout the US, Canada and 40 other countries worldwide.  He has studied, researched, written and spoken for 30 years in the fields of economics, history, business, philosophy and psychology. He is the top selling author of 40 books that have been translated into dozens of languages. He has written and produced more than 300 audio and video learning programs, including the worldwide, best-selling Psychology of Achievement, which has been translated into more than 20 languages.

Higher Awareness Offering 18 personal development and metaphysical growth programs along with journal writing topics and tools. This site has a compendium of helpful products.  Highly recommended!

Learning Strategies Stimulate the proven power of your mind to get results fast with Paraliminal Tapes. Click here to learn how. PhotoReading is America's best selling reading program, now featured on TV & radio. Learning Strategies (LSC) publishes health, personal and professional self-improvement courses. They offer many different, unique courses from memory improvement to health/wellness, vocabulary and language to motivation and success. Hundreds of thousands of people have benefited from their courses since they began in 1981.

Marketing Mindshare:  Great for Busy Entrepreneurs!  A simple and *affordable* way to learn seminar-quality 'Insider Secrets' from the world's greatest internet and information marketers, anytime and any place!" 

The Secret (Extended Edition) Learn to apply the Law of Attraction from the best minds in the human potential movement. Larry King, Ellen Degeneres, and Oprah Winfrey have recorded shows based on this film. A book based on the film has recently been released. You'll benefit from applying what you learn by watching the DVD, even though the focus of this program is not without its flaws. The DVD is a bit lacking in discussing the importance of serving others. But, it is a good start. Newsweek had an even-handed critique of the DVD and book that you can read in their March 5, 2007, edition.  Also, the same author, Newsweek's Jerry Adler, hosted a live talk on the self-help book ‘The Secret’ on March 1, 2007.  You can read the transcription here.  Despite any reasonable criticisms, it's VERY helpful to expose yourself to the masters of the Law of Attraction. Buy the book and the DVD and watch it regularly for best results. 

SelfGrowth.com:  SelfGrowth.com is the most complete guide to information about Self Improvement, Personal Growth and Self Help on the Internet. It is designed to be an organized directory, with articles and references to thousands of other web sites.

Soundview Executive Book Summaries: busy executives who want to read all the latest "must read" books need to subscribe to this service.  They highlight all the key points so you can read and retain more in less time.  Highly recommended.

eBooks.com Buy One, Get One Free! 69,000 popular, professional and academic ebooks from the world's leading publishers.  Look up entrepreneurship, business, success, marketing, sales, networking, personal development, motivational, inspirational, or your favorite best seller and get it instantly for far less than buying it nearly anywhere else. 

Business Planning                 

KEY resources for entrepreneurs wishing to start a business, expand their client base, or learn from experts in their industry.

  Online Business Calculators- a helpful variety of FREE tools that can help you strategize your business financial planning, including: 

Buy vs Lease
Consolidate Debt
Sales Volume Breakeven Analysis
Business Valuation
Working Capital Needs
Cash Flow Calculator
Credit Assessment
Commercial Loan Calculator
Inventory Analysis
Profit Margin Calculator
Financial Ratios
Amortizing Loan Calculator

Go Big Network: Looking for Startup Capital? ...or angel investors?  Another source of loads of information on angel investors can be found here.

The vision of the Kauffman Foundation is to foster "a society of economically independent individuals who are engaged citizens, contributing to the improvement of their communities." In service of this vision, and in keeping with our founder’s wishes, the Foundation focuses its grant making and operations on two areas: advancing entrepreneurship and improving the education of children and youth.

BizBuySell.com:  The internet's largest business for sale marketplace provides a guide to what type of business to buy based on specific market trends.

Business Market Trends:  Babson college provides links to the most popular reports on business trends in a wide variety of industries.

StartUpJournal.com:  The Wall Street Journal Center for Entrepreneurs helps you decide if buying a franchise is a good fit for you and helps you find one available in your region.

OfficeReady Business Plans Fast, reliable professional business plans – publish to PDF.  See below for more products from this company.

 Business Protection              



Pre-Paid Legal  Protect yourself and your assets from the fastest growing crime in America:  identity theft!  Plus, extremely useful legal insurance for home-based business owners.  Includes ongoing attorney time, contract review, negotiations with debtors and creditors, personal will & more.  All for between $25 and $50/month, depending on your selected plan.   They give members access to professional legal counsel not only for traditional legal problems, but for everyday events such as buying a house or a car, creating a will, handling a problem with an insurance company, dealing with identity theft, and much more where legal review should be routine, but rarely is. These events can be among the most important events in a person's life, yet there is a tendency for them to take place without proper legal review. For Pre-Paid Legal members, access to legal counsel is only a toll-free phone call away.  Check out www.protectionhunter.com for third party reviews of this outstanding company.  You'll find on that site that you can make a lucrative side-business reselling Pre-Paid Legal insurance plans.

LegalZoom.com Deeply discounted yet quality legal services, including incorporation, copyrighting, and others.

 Networking                                

Shared Vision Network:  The premier professional development organization for entrepreneurs.  Expand your client base, network with other entrepreneurs. Over 14,000 members in 56 countries.  Local chapters to meet in person and global chapter to meet on teleconference calls.  Imagine expanding your network to include 14,000+ business people around the world whose mission is to help you succeed!

LeTip  Local networking/referral organization, over 500 chapters in US and Canada.

BNI: the largest business networking organization in the world.   They offer members the opportunity to share ideas, contacts and most importantly, business referrals. 

The Referral Institute:  The mission of the Referral Institute is to direct professionals to proactively increase their business through implementing structured referral strategies.

Toastmasters:  They are a chartered club of Toastmasters International, located in San Diego, CA. Their membership consists primarily of working professionals and entrepreneurs who share the goals of excelling in public speaking and leadership.

Chamber of Commerce:  Find your local chamber and join it in order to network with the local movers and shakers in your region.

MeetingsAndMixers.com:  An indispensable resource for anyone who wants to find business meetings, networking mixers and chamber of commerce functions. They post a FREE online calendar that publicizes Southern California events held by business and networking meeting hosts or groups, making it easy for you to find out about business related functions. They are not a group nor do they host any business or social meetings or networking events or mixers and their service is free.

MerchantCircle.com. Find new local customers from an online community of merchants.  Very effective at generating more leads!  We highly recommend that you take a minute to get listed FREE.  Click any of the below links to learn more about each topic:

 Trade Journals                    

is found online at Entrepreneur Magazine Entrepreneur.com where you'll find information on the top home based business opportunities, how to protect your business from scams, how to evaluate your business idea, and much more. This is every entrepreneur's coffee table magazine.  Click here for a list of the fastest-growing new businesses in America. Read the networking column by one of the world's leading experts. And, you can get free How-To Guides for starting a business. They also have an archive of articles that you can access here. 

Inc. 500:  Magazine focusing on the 500 fastest growing businesses run by entrepreneurs in America. Looking for angel investors?  Click here. Also has many articles on How To Start a Business.

20 Smart Companies to Start Now.  Click here to read their article.  20 tantalizing business ideas, ranging from a host of new websites and applications to next-generation power sources and a luxury housing development. This isn't small-time thinking, either: These investors -which include some of Silicon Valley's most successful VCs as well as serial entrepreneurs like Steve Case and Howard Schultz, are backing their ideas with a collective $100 million in funding to the entrepreneurs who can get them off the ground.

Networking Times:  "Moving the Heart of Business."  What are the latest business trends and forecasts according to the experts?  This magazine is published by Gabriel Media Group, Inc., led by Bob Proctor, a giant in the human potential industry.  Their tag line is "Global Prosperity Through a Philanthropic Economy."



Get the Latest News Subscribe to Forbes magazine.  Learn what successful entrepreneurs have done to make it to the top of the list.

Home Business Magazine:  The Home Base Entrepreneur's Magazine. Use  HBM Online Business Search Engine to instantly locate companies based upon search criteria you choose.  Search out home-based businesses based upon type of business, category of business, investment level, training provided, support provided, locations offered, etc.

Success Magazine. The mag for people taking charge of their lives. Success is a new kind of business magazine, a magazine dedicated to success in business, and in life. Success is the result of what their 650,000 subscriber base have told them over the past two years.

 Business Consulting            

Service Core of Retired Executives  S.C.O.R.E. volunteer consultants in any field.  This organization is extremely helpful for small business owners, new and seasoned.

Small Business Administration  Government agency helps with planning and funding.  Another great resource.  Never underestimate how helpful a government agency can be at enabling you to make money!

James Roche:   When you sign up for the "Info Marketing Action Plan (iMap) Mentoring Program," you will join the ranks of many of the most successful "infopreneurs" in the world.

Enthusiastically endorsed as “must do” by top markets and leaders, including Stephanie Frank, Lorrie Morgan-Ferrero, Christine Kloser and anyone else worth listening to…How To Stop Struggling With Your Marketing Results...And Start Getting The Profits and Prestige You Deserve! (…even if you HATE sales and marketing) Introducing a new 7 week interactive mentoring program that reveals the hidden secrets to marketing your business…and how to position yourself as an expert so you make more money with less stress and struggle…  Click here to learn more!

Mind Petals:   an online resource and supportive community for young entrepreneurs.  Check out their information on marketing small businesses on a small budget among many other helpful entrepreneurship education and resources.

 Promotional Tools                

Office.com®, is the first stop on the Web for small businesses looking for the resources to help them be more productive and competitive in today's environment. They were founded in January 1998 and are consistently one of the 10 most-visited business-to-business sites (Web portals) on the Internet. For small and mid-sized businesses, Office.com offers a comprehensive and integrated suite of Internet-based productivity and collaboration software applications and intranet tools -- the type that large Fortune 500 business have come to rely on. The difference with Office.com is that they offer this up at a cost any business can afford. Highly recommended, especially for entrepreneurs who travel often.

FranklinCovey Day planners and related time-management & productivity tools.  Steven Covey, the best selling author of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The 8th Habit, provides products and programs that are sure-fire ways to make you more productive.

iHOUSE- Custom Real Estate Websites in Minutes! FREE Test Drive! iHOUSE Web Solutions offers customizable websites for busy real estate agents. We offer the most convenient way to get a real estate business online with our comprehensive set of Internet marketing tools. Gain access to a number of vital business features on a website customized with your own logos, photos, and copy- no programming or technical skill required.

Our constantly growing inventory of web tools- designed with real estate agents in mind- includes:
-iHOUSE Websites- Real Estate Websites
-DXPro- Branded MLS Search
-ConnecTel- Hotline Marketing Tool
-Spotlight- Single Property Websites
-MarketReach- Email Marketing
-VTShowcase- Virtual Tours
-And more!  FREE Test Drive!

OfficeReady Their products help small businesses look more professional. Easy to use and affordable.  Their software tools integrate HTML, photo editing, document creation and more. With their expertly designed email marketing templates and hundreds of document template designs, they are the #1 provider of add-on products for Microsoft Office.

GoDaddy.com for web domain registration, web site hosting, shopping cart and merchant accounts, & pre-designed template packages

My Logo. My Design. My Identity. Create a professional logo in just minutes Custom logo design can be an expensive and time consuming endeavor for many small businesses. With LogoMaker, small businesses can develop a professional, high-quality logo in minutes for just a fraction of the cost of a custom logo.

Need help writing copy for your web page?  Sign up for Lorrie Morgan-Ferrero's "Red Hot Copy Bootcamp!"  This is the best-of-the-best online 6 session multimedia teleseminar spanning 12 weeks. Participants get a ton of hand-holding and experience writing copy whether they are veterans or rank beginners.  Make the words on your website convince your visitors to buy what you are selling.

Email Newsletters - 60 Day Free Trial Constant Contact includes: Customizable website visitor sign up form; Over 100 professional HTML email templates (newsletters, promos, invites and more); List management and hosting (including unsubscribe and bounce mgmt); Automatic delivery in the correct format, HTML or text; Real-time reporting (including opens, who clicked on which links and more); You can try it free for 60 days. Every free trial includes a subscription to their email marketing best practices newsletter and email campaign coaching tips.

Create Custom T-Shirts Online at DesignAShirt.com They offer quality screen-printed t-shirts for any group or occasion- especially business gifts or special promotions, they can put your logo on any of their brand name shirts or other clothing.

VistaPrint Free Business Cards Free and discounted business cards, brochures, magnets, and related products

  Branders.com Free samples and $50 off your promotional product order Promotional products for your small business marketing and trade show promotions

Get 25 free postcards. Stand out with postcards from the KODAK Creative Network. Use code 25POSTCARD37 The KODAK Creative Network helps growing businesses – including home-based start-ups – to get the highest-quality printed products that until now were only available to big businesses. From business cards to corporate brochures or simple flyers and posters or postcards, we offer growing businesses an easy and dependable online experience for getting the personalized marketing materials they need to outshine the competition.

E-fax  receive faxes in your email for free, send faxes from email for a small fee

MyFax! Less than you'd expect for a toll-free fax number that sends faxes to your email inbox.  Buy 2 months get the 3rd FREE at MyFax

FreeConference.com  teleconference for free.

GoToWebinar - Web Conferencing Made Easy - Try it Free!


Central Desktop: Team Collaboration Made Easy – Try it FREE. Create Shared Workspaces to Manage Projects, Create Team Intranets & Wikis and Host Web Meetings. With Central Desktop You Can: Reduce Email Chatter, Easily Collaborate with Colleagues & Customers, Collaborate inside and outside the firewall, Share Version-Tracked Files & Documents, Track Projects, Milestones and Tasks, Dramatically Lower Deployment Costs

Get Your Postal Mail Online see scanned images of your postal mail online and manage it remotely!  Great for frequent travelers.  No need to visit the post office when you can view it all from your PC anywhere in the world!

Save time and money with Stamps.com. Place your own logo on all your stamps!  Simply upload your image to the PhotoStamps web site, customize it using the easy-to-use toolbox, and place your order. Your PhotoStamps will arrive in the mail in about 5-7 days. Stamps.com is the easiest, most convenient way for small business owners to manage all their mailing needs. Over 300,000 individuals and businesses (and counting) already use Stamps.com to print postage right from their PC! That’s right, all it takes is a PC and a Printer to print USPS-approved postage for envelopes, packages, and even Priority Mail right from home or office. You may never have to go to the Post Office again.

Easily Organize with Nuance Market Leading Products and Brands.  In the OCR category, they publish OmniPage Pro, the world’s #1 Optical Character Recognition software. This powerful productivity software quickly turns stacks of paper - letters, contracts, tables, manuals, even PDFs - into easily editable word processing and spreadsheet documents. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!  PDF Converter converts PDF files that look like the original – complete with all formatting and graphics. Your organization will reach new levels of productivity by leveraging the power of Microsoft Word to edit and collaborate with PDF files.  Other category leading software titles include PaperPort, which turns paper files and photos into organized digital files, and Dragon Naturally Speaking, which turns speech into text. 

PNG 800 # Low-cost permanent toll-free number that rings to any cell or land line. 

ACT! Organize your contacts and log your activities with this time-tested and very popular software.

Adobe Creative Suite All the software that a creative entrepreneur needs for in-house graphic design.  Reasonably priced. Could not recommend Adobe's software more highly!

iCLIPART.com. Unlimited access to more than 5 million clipart images, animations, photos, fonts, and sounds for one low price! iCLIPART offers the highest quality collection of clip art available on the Internet. The vast majority of our content is provided in vector file formats (.EPS & .AI) making it the perfect choice for home and professional users. 5 million clipart images by subscription. As low as $7.95. www.iCLIPART.com

3,001 Business & Sales Letters software from WriteExpress Award-winning software.  3001 Business & Sales Letters is a highly recommended software package. Write like a professional More than thirty professional writers contributed their knowledge and letters so you'll never be at a loss for words again.

FreeColorPrinters.com Xerox's hardware leasing program for environmentally-minded and cost-conscious business owners who print their promotional media in-house.  Lease the printer for free, pay only for solid ink sticks.  Ink actually costs less than average inkjet printers yet produces similar or better images.  Prints laser-quality color at an average of $0.10 per sheet.  Can your inkjet or laser color printer do that?  Highly recommended.

123InkJets.com Avoid the lines and save a bundle on ink carts and refills

www.pcmall.com One of the Top 4 Computer Resellers in the US!  PC Mall offers more than 200,000 different products like iPods, electronics, desktops, notebooks, servers, software, peripherals, accessories and more. They have a comprehensive website with name brands like: Apple, Sony, IBM, Toshiba, Microsoft, Viewsonic, Logitech and LG Electronics. PC Mall keeps up with the latest developments in the industry to offer you the advantage of product introductions, special offers, price drops, and exclusive pricing found only at PC Mall.  Highly recommended for price and service.

has everything you need for your Mac computer, all at lower prices than you find most anywhere else. Free Shipping on orders over $99

Need the best deal on an Internet Service Provider for your business? Really cool site! Compare all available broadband ISPs in your region.  Especially helpful if you're moving out of town.

Staples Delivers Get fast and free delivery on all orders of $50 or more.  "That was easy."  No brainer!  Why spend money on gas, waste time traveling to the store and waiting in line when delivery is free?!  Open up a business account to get special deals, too.

Quicken Deluxe - Save 20% + Free Shipping Manage your home and business finances in less time. As part of Intuit, the same company that brings you TurboTax and QuickBooks software, they've created an integrated family of award-winning products and services that revolutionize the way people manage their personal and small business finances.

Luggage Pros Luggage Pros offers the best collection of quality luggage, business cases, and travel accessories on the web.  Free Shipping on all orders over $100 at Luggage Pros

Business Travel Flight Schedules Every Worldwide Flight Schedule on One Website The world’s leading source of flight schedule and travel-related information. Our print and Web products enable business travelers to make the best travel decisions by providing unbiased access to a single source of every flight schedule in the world. OAG is an established company with more than 75 years of heritage.

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