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How To Define Success For “Your” Life?

Posted on 13. Aug, 2010 by Krista Abbott.

Let’s talk about success today.

After all, I HAVE built my personal brand around inspiring people to unleash success in their lives.

In doing that, I have talked a lot about determination, perspective, how to handle your dreams…I’ve even shared some social media management tips, business building concepts, communication strategies and mindset practices.

But, what I realized last week, was this: I haven’t really addressed success in the simplest form. What I mean by that is looking at it from a defining standpoint, and digging into what it really means for you as an individual.

See, I have been going through some serious self assessment these last few weeks, which is one reason why I haven’t posted any new information. I do this periodically in life, just to check my path and make sure I am still headed the direction I want to head with my life, my business, etc. This time though I purposed to do it deeper, to do it stronger, and to really dig around deep in my heart to make sure I am on the path I want to be on.

So, in this post we will talk about “What Success Is”, “How to Define Success”, and I will walk you through how to create your very own “Personal Success Scenario”…..

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How To Eliminate Negative Thought Patterns

Posted on 01. Jul, 2010 by Krista Abbott.

How Do Thoughts Impact Your Life?

The thought patterns we live with day in and day out have extreme influence into the direction our lives take. Essentially, our thoughts can make us or they can break us. Eliminating negative thoughts and thought patterns is crucial to your success and happiness in life.

Now this concept is nothing new to those who are familiar with the Law of Attraction and the principles that surround it. There are a lot of one liners that originated out of this movement that point to such. Some of these include quotes such as:

“Thoughts become things.”

“What you think about, you bring about.”

These concepts are valid and true. Scripture even supports them when it says:

“As a man thinks in his heart…so is he” (Proverbs 27:3)

So, with this knowledge comes the understanding that the direction of your thoughts lead to the direction of your life. Therefore, it is important that you maintain a complete awareness of what you are thinking. You can do this by…

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Gulf Oil Spill Deepwater Horizon: A Child’s View

Posted on 19. Jun, 2010 by Krista Abbott.

The Gulf Oil Spill
A Child’s View…With Nora

The Gulf Oil Spill, Deepwater Horizon, has finally reached the Florida coastline. Being a native Floridian, living near the coast this environmental crisis hits very close to home. The President of the United States, Barak Obama, visited Florida last week to see the impact this disaster is having on our our coast, and afterwards addressed the nation from the oval office. Once again, our region has been thrust into the international spot light as a result of this tragic event.

Kids seem to have an innocent and candid expression of how this crisis is filtering through their thoughts. This week, my seven year old niece was visiting and began expressing her thoughts (unsolicited) about the oil spill. As she talked I realized the impact this is having on the world as she understands it. I asked her if she would be willing for me to video tape her sharing her thoughts with me.

She was very eager to do so because she “…wanted to try to help save the animals.”

She also knows I blog, and use videos on my site to speak to my readers and friends. So, she asked me if I would show her video to my friends so that maybe they could get their kids to help too.

So, please take a moment and watch this video to see what Nora has to say about the Gulf Oil Spill from A Child’s View…..Click Continue to Watch Video…

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Video Marketing: Talk Fusion Takes It To The Next Level

Posted on 16. Jun, 2010 by Krista Abbott.

Talk Fusion Breaks The Mold And Takes Video Marketing To The Next Level!

If you have been following me or my marketing strategies for any amount of time, you know how much I absolutely LOVE video marketing. I truly believe it is the absolute best way to connect with your audience, develop relationships with your readers, your prospects, and potential business partners.
Why is that?

Well, it’s been known for years…and you’ve heard it said, “A picture is worth a thousand words”. Imagine how magnified that concept becomes when the picture, is not static, but moving, talking, smiling and interacting with the person viewing it.

Well, that’s what Talk Fusion has done for email and video marketing.

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Communication: The Crucial Component to Your Home, Your Business, Your Life

Posted on 08. Jun, 2010 by Krista Abbott.

Communication in your home, your business and your life can make or break you.

It seems every leadership or personal development book I read talks about communication.

And…with good reason.

It happens – nearly every time something goes awry at home, in business, or in life – someone, somewhere, blames it on poor communication, miscommunication, or (God help us) NO communication!

We all know it is true, because we have all experienced it.

See, I am a very communication oriented person, and I make every effort to communicate openly, clearly, and thoroughly (maybe sometimes too thoroughly). So, imagine my frustration when I realized everyone is not like me!! (Say What?!?) And, worse yet…some of them hear something completely different than what I am saying.

Wow! How’d that happen?

It took some time, but by studying things like personality theory and communication theory I soon realized that there are techniques that can help minimize the frustrations often associated with failed communication.

I have successfully used the concepts and techniques that I am about to share with you, in several of my personal and business relationships, as well as corporate and team building. As a result of my own implementation of these things, I have found them extremely effective and helpful in both areas to: avoid misunderstandings, increase collaboration, build team relationships, facilitate increased productivity…

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Motorola Droid: Why I Like It Better Than The iPhone and BlackBerry

Posted on 01. Jun, 2010 by Krista Abbott.

I Love My Droid. I have had about seven people ask me, just this week, how I like my Droid. So with all the questions, and many cell phone users ready to upgrade, I thought I would share my thoughts on the Droid here. I have the Motorola Droid. Now this is, obviously, not the only Android smart phone on the market today. There were a few before the Motorola and there have been a few since. I can’t really speak to the value behind those phones, but I can speak to the awesomeness of this one…

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Recycled Dreams

Posted on 17. May, 2010 by Krista Abbott.

Have you ever had a dream escape you?
You know, one of those deep desires of your heart that you sought after, and believed for and worked hard for…maybe even you prayed fervently for it – but one disappointment led to another…and another…and another…until one day – you surrendered that dream. You didn’t necessarily give up on it or quit…you just accepted that maybe it wasn’t meant to be, and although disappointed, and heartbroken you moved on with your life and started creating and realizing new dreams for yourself.

I have.

I have lived through the heartache and disappointment of broken dreams, released dreams, and forgotten dreams. I’ve also lived in the excitement and satisfaction that comes with embracing new dreams – realizing them and living them. This seems to make the loss of the broken (or escaped) dreams more bearable. Recently, I’ve been confronted again with one of my lost dreams – a dream that, well frankly, when lost caused me a great deal of heart break and many tears. I had completely released it and moved on, quite successfully, with my life. It was, honestly, at the time, one of the hardest decisions I ever had to make – to release that dream and walk away from it. Events over the past few months have led to new developments that I never expected to occur, and I now find myself face to face with that dream again… Do I embrace this dream once again with the hope of a different outcome this time, or do I play it safe and continue on with my successful life and new dreams?
What did I decide? Well, in a moment of complete transparency and authenticity…

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GoodBye Windows Movie Maker…Hello Camtasia!!

Posted on 10. May, 2010 by Krista Abbott.

Enjoying The Next Level of Video Marketing

As most experienced internet marketers know, there are a multitude of marketing techniques that can be leveraged to drive traffic to your website and generate leads to your on-line business. While I do use a variety of techniques in my business, I admit video marketing is one of my favorites.

Let’s face it. We are a media driven society. And, in a media driven society, video stands out. For the first several months of using video marketing in my business, I used the same software a large majority of my colleagues use and recommend, Windows Move Maker (WMM). This is actually a great FREE software application that comes standard with most PCs today and for the price (free) puts out a pretty decent quality video. In fact all of my video posts prior to this one were created on WMM. Camtasia, though is…

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GoDaddy: WordPress Incompatibility with Windows Platform

Posted on 25. Apr, 2010 by Krista Abbott.

Last year, when I first started exploring the wonderful world of self-hosted WordPress blogging, I contacted my host Go-Daddy to ask some questions and get started. Their wonderful technical support agents directed me on how to install the WordPress application in my GoDaddy back office, set up my database and all of the other “behind the scenes” technical mumbo jumbo that goes along with blogging. There was, however, ONE VERY CRITICAL piece of information, GoDaddy failed to point out to me. So, for the past 6 months (2 months of pre-launch development, and then subsequent launch and maintenance) I have earned a “frequent flyer” designation with GoDaddy technical support. Still with multiple calls and several hours of going back and forth with technical reps and administrator support (that’s who you get to talk to when the technical reps can’t figure out what’s going on) I was experiencing problems that my other blogging friends never had to deal with. What?!!??

With the help of my techie guru, we figured it out…How Can You Make Sure the Foundation Your Blog is Built On Is Not Shaky Ground? Keep Reading to find out more!

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Viral Explosions Book Launch Gets You FREE Stuff!

Posted on 12. Apr, 2010 by Krista Abbott.

Peggy McColl is launching her brand new book, Viral Explosions – Proven Techniques to Expand, Explode, or Ignite Your Business or Brand On-Line, on Tuesday, April 13, 2010.

I have had the privilege of being one of Peggy’s students for the past several months, and I have learned things that will revolutionize my on-line marketing tactics. Peggy is a high energy author who has used internet marketing techniques that have taken her books to Best Seller status in 24 hours or less. This week, I get to watch her do it again with her new release, Viral Explosions. [peggy mccoll] In Viral Explosions, Peggy shares her secrets for internet marketing success and takes the reader step-by-step through her proven formula for results.

The super cool thing about buying one of Peggy’s books on her campaign day (Tuesday for this book) is that she gives an INSANE amount of FREE bonus gifts….

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