2010 New Year Wish For You

I wanted to send something to you all on New Year's Eve, or shortly thereafter, but the words just didn't seem to be coming to me. So I kept on my daily routine of reading something positive, listening to positive speeches on CD, and finally I got some of the right words to share!

It really came down to what do I wish for everyone I know in my life for this new year, 2010. I wish the best for you all, I really do! In whatever endeavors you are currently involved in, I really hope that you have great success in it for yourself, your family and loved ones, and for the community around you. But saying "good luck" didn't really seem adequate for giving you some inspiration for this upcoming year. I needed more.

And then I found this wonderful little tidbit while listening to one of my favorite speakers on Saturday. The CD was on in the van, and I think I have heard this particular talk about a dozen times, but I put it in again anyway. One small part here that he talks about, that seemed to jump out at me for the first time, I want to share with you:

(paraphrased from speech)

"...be good at Plan A, but learn to be really great at Plan B. We've had many times where we have prepared ourselves for what we thought might happen, and then something happens - some circumstance or situation out of our control - and we have to switch to Plan B. Or Plan C, Plan D, Plan E....or whatever it takes to make it happen. It was hard at first, because when things don't go your way it is easier to quit. But those people who are truly successful find a way to move beyond the challenges and keep trying until they make it through to success...."

I couldn't agree more! And that is my wish for all of you reading this for your New Year: set your goals, but be prepared to have a Plan B, or C, or D, or E....or as many Plan ___ as it takes to accomplish your goal! You know you can do it - somewhere, deep down inside, you know you can accomplish whatever dream it is you have in your heart, otherwise you never would have been able to dream it in the first place.

The opposite of success is not failure. The opposite of success is quitting. And that's why "Plan B" works every time, because as long as you refuse to quit, as long as you insist on pushing forward towards your goal, you will achieve it! Set your goals, put the action in, back it up with belief and faith, and it will be yours.

I wish you all the most fantastic 2010! God bless!

Sincerely,

Andreas (& Tracy) Z.

The courage to do what it takes, even when you can't see your goal

Hey everyone!

I thought this article I read from the 2010 Olympic page was fascinating. Read the short blurb about an incredible Olympic athlete, and then I will add a couple of extra notes below. This is awesome!

As a member of the Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing (CADS) Edmonton, Viviane completed only one year of competition on the Canadian and North American skiing circuit with the Para-Alpine Canadian Development Team before she was invited to join Team Canada in 2008 to compete on the World Cup circuit. Amazingly, Viviane had only limited experience skiing before she began competing.

Born in the Montreal suburb of Brossard, Viviane is an intense competitor and took up alpine racing because of its independence, freedom and adrenalin. With only 4% vision, Viviane is led down the slopes by her guide Lindsay Debou, an accomplished athlete in her own right, at speeds over 100 km/hr. Through the use of radio communication, Viviane follows Lindsay's instructions to navigate the ski hill.

This past year, Viviane garnered many medals for Canada. She won gold in Super-Combined at the 2009 World IPC Championships-High 1 in Korea, as well as four more silver medals. At the 2009 World Cup Finals in Whistler, Viviane took home two gold and two silver medals.

Viviane is a well rounded athlete. She has already won two Paralympics gold medals in the sport of Goalball. She competed in the 2004 games in Athens and the Sydney games in 2000. Viviane retired from Goalball in 2005.

Isn't that fantastic? If you didn't catch it the first time, I want to paint this picture clearly for you. This woman cannot see down the mountainside, and yet she travels over 100 km per hour down the mountain! And the only thing she has to guide her is the sound of her coach's voice, telling her when to turn, when to anticipate a jump, and when to stop at the end.

How many of us would be willing to strap on some ski's, head to the top of the mountain and put a blindfold on before hurtling ourselves down at break-neck speed, with only someone talking in a radio to guide us? Wow! That is courage! That's guts! And a whole lot of faith that the person talking will not steer them wrong.

How many times have I been trying to achieve a goal, finish a task, or say the right thing to teach my children, and felt like I was stumbling blind in the dark all the while with no clear way to see my objective? You go on faith that it will happen, you'll make it, and everything will turn out right!

My encouragement for everyone is to keep going! Listen to the soft voice inside you: not the nagging, negative voice of defeat, but the outgoing, positive voice in your spirit that pushes you forward! That voice is your very soul looking forward, even when you are blind, and guiding you to the end of the race. Some call it 'Women's Intuition', 'Whispers of an Angel', 'Guidance from God', 'Gut Instincts' or whatever else you want to term it. I am a Christian, so I know what I call it, but the important thing is for you to listen to it, because you know it's right 99.9999999~% of the time, right? =-)

Happy holidays everyone! If I don't talk to you again before hand, I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas! Enjoy time with your families, and if you have missed goals in '09 thus far, reset them in January for 2010. I believe in you - now believe in yourself! Looking forward to hearing your success stories in the coming year!

Sincerely,

Andreas Zimmermann

Taking action creates positive feelings

I ran across an old audio clip today that was really good, and I want to share it with you. It was from a PMA (Positive Mental Attitude) audio series from several years ago.

Have you ever had a time when you thought "When the timing is right, I will get this project done" or "When everything settles down, then I will get to work on this", or "I am waiting for the perfect moment to do this"?

Have you also noticed that more often than not, the perfect time never comes? We all have projects or hobbies or business or something that we should, could or really want to do!

Some of us are looking for that "special feeling" before we start doing the work. But the fact is this: that good feeling doesn't come until after the work has been started!

Everyone has had a time in their life when they had to sell something - in your profession, for a fundraiser for your kids, or even back in school when you were getting people to buy something from you for your camping trip, or the school band, or whatever event it was you were fundraising for! At some point in time, we have all sold something!

Think about that for a minute - did the good feelings come before you took action, or did the good feelings come after you made your first sale? It was after! You wanted to give someone a high-five, you were jumping and skipping around, and suddenly whistling a different tune, weren't you? And that good feeling made you want to go do it again!

So stop looking for that feeling: it's going to come, just do the work! And when the action comes, guess what? Winning will also win more people to your side! Birds of a feather flock together, and so do winners! As you win more, you will be attracting more winners to your side, which increases your ability, networking and influence to be able to succeed more in the action you are taking.

This isn't just in sales - it's in everything you do.

Some people wait their entire lives for their ship to come in - others go swim out to it. Which one do you want to be? It's your decision. Take action, and discover the potential you have inside you!

Andreas Z.

Healthy Smiles

Did you ever wonder what makes a smile a great smile? In one of the last emails and Blogs I sent out in May, I talked about smiling in a "Welcome to Summer" fashion. I'd like to get a little more scientific about it, for just a moment.


There is definitely a psychological aspect to smiling. Everyone has had a moment where your not sure if your breath is ok, or some food is sticking to your front teeth, or wondering if your smile really is a nice smile at all for a number of other reasons. #1 on the list of possible issues stopping a smile from being a great and beautiful thing is....teeth!

Everyone likes to think of teeth as white. Pure white. Did you ever see the commercial where the kids are naming colors for the teacher, and when she points to her teeth they start naming colors like Ecru, Mother-of-Pearl, Beige, Off-white, and other fun names? It was quite humorous, the poor gal. But we all like to think of our teeth being white and healthy, and if they are not it is easy to be self-conscious about them.

Enter into the picture: Glister Toothpaste!

I was studying this wonderful little product tonight and made some amazing discoveries, that I don't think any other brand of toothpaste can make. First, I did a quick price comparison when I went to Walmart, and found out that Glister is almost half the price of any other brand in the store (based on recommended usage amounts)! Very cool!

Here is a list of the other benefits of Glister Toothpaste - some shared by other brands, some not so much:

• Multi-action Fluoride toothpaste for the whole family - no need to have separate tubes for kids or parents!
• Whitens Teeth - using Sylodent (trademark of Access Business Group), a polishing agent, which cleans and helps eliminate stains
• Fights cavities (I haven't had any for many years, ever since starting to use Glister)
• Removes plaque with regular brushing
• Is safe for enamel as it acts as a polish rather than a scrub (did you know that some brands of toothpaste are used by glass repair technicians and auto-body repair mechanics to remove pits out of glass and some metals, because the grit content is so high in the paste? What does that do to your teeth, then?)
• Light, creamy, minty flavor leave teeth and mouth feeling clean and fresh
• Comes in Large or Travel sizes
• And for those who need to know, it is even Certified Kosher
  

Glister comes in Oral Rinse, toothbrushes, and a mint refresher spray as well!

The best of the best, in my (humble yet accurate) opinion!

Smile!!! We're still in summer!

Andreas Z.
www.zimenterprises.biz

Story Time: The Four Minute Mile

Have you ever been told that something can’t be done, that it is impossible, to not bother starting because the record can’t be broken anyway?

It is the early 1950’s, and there has been a limit set. There are many people who feel that running the 4 minute mile has a barrier there for a reason, that the human body cannot propel itself fast enough to break this elusive record. But there are many others who see it as a goal to be reached.

Enter to the scene Mr. Roger Bannister. Born in England, inspired by watching races and Olympic events, he decides to try running. His career was impressive, and he won many awards and broke several records, but the 4 minute mile seemed to be something out of reach. Most of his records were broken more by force of will than by actual training – most authorities agree that his training regime was considered very light in comparison to other runners of the day. He trained less than 3 days a week, and in one case broke a world record at an official event, but he hadn’t trained at all in the last month!

Despite is fairly light training, Roger Bannister ended up breaking the 4 minute mile barrier in 1954. What is interesting is that many runners, who had previously only run the mile in 4:10 or longer, began breaking the 4 minute barrier within weeks or months of Bannister’s run! They only needed the example set before them in order for them to believe it was possible.

So what goals, achievements, dreams or desires do you have that you haven’t accomplished yet? They are possible! Look for examples of the people who have gone ahead before you and achieved – if you can believe it, you can achieve it!

And if you don’t have an example of someone who has already succeeded in what you want to do, than BE the example for others!

Summer is almost over, and I think this is a perfect time to set some new resolutions. I know that everyone likes to do that on January 1^st, but September has always seemed like a good time to re-commit for me. It is the beginning of the school year, and the end of the summer holidays. There is an automatic mindset there to get re-focused, back into the grind and get back to work.

So set a goal! If you haven’t accomplished something this year yet, set that goal for between September 1^st and December 31^st, 2009. What are you going to do? What will you complete, build or make progress on? For those 4 months, find a target you want to reach, and use New Year’s Eve as a marker for you to re-evaluate your progress thus far, and then re-set that goal for the next few months until it is complete!

Achieve! You are greater than you think you are.

"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve." - W. Clement Stone

(If you want to read more about Roger Bannister's story, go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bannister)

61 Success Tips

Hey Everyone!

I just received this post from Brian, one of my best buddies and mentors in the world, about success tips. These are all things that he has written down over the years from various seminars, books, CD's and other sources of success-thinking. He has shared it in his Blog if you would like to see it there, but I am also including a copy of it here for you to read directly!

http://profitnesstraining.blogspot.com/

If you want to read a little about Brian, who he is and his background, you can see it on his personal training website at: http://www.pro-fitnesstraining.com/PFT_Meet%20The%20Team_Brian_Herosian.html

Enjoy!


Original text from Brian's Blog:

61 Universal Success Tips For a Better Life and Business

I don't know how you define success, but for me, it's being able to do what I want, when I want, for as long as I want…

and if I could add just one more tiny little thing to my definition of success - it would be to have positively affected humanity in one way or another, no matter how small, before I kick the can.

That’s me, what about you?

Today I just started jotting down ideas as quickly as they came to me. When I was done I ended up with this list of 61 success tips for a better life, business, and general world domination stuff.

Here they are… in no particular order…I hope you like them. And these came from many different sources over many years of experience and hundreds of books, cd’s, seminars, private coaching sessions, you name it, from many different people too numerous to name.

1. Serve a starving crowd. Don't be everything to everyone. Find your niche, the things you're passionate about, and the people you like working with. Life's too short to just "get by".

2. Create multiple income streams. Gone are the days of linear income. Today the most successful have multiple income streams. If you want reliability, REAL security and stability in your business… think multiple income streams.

3. Leverage time, technology, and others, and by that I mean VALUE your time and do the things that move you forward and outsource everything else.

4. Create recurring income streams because who wants to only be as good as their last sale?

5. Thank your parents. Seriously. I'm thankful to my parents for bring me to this awesome country at such a young age. The opportunities I have here are ENDLESS. When was the last time you thanked your parents?

6. Pay it forward. It just flat out feels good. And when you do, without expecting anything in return, the universe somehow pays you back in spades.

7. Be thankful for what you have. No one is entitled.

8. Build, nurture, and cultivate your list. The list is king. Always has been… and always will be. Abuse or neglect your list and pay the price.

9. Never give up - you don't know if you are just one more step away from success.

10. Focus on the critical 5% because these are the things that leap frog you forward in life and business. Outsource the other 95%.

11. Don't major on minor things.

12. Always up sell, because if you have a decent product or service then you have an ethical obligation to give your clients the best you have.

13. Charge what you're worth. Never undervalue yourself. Don't compete on price. Raise your rates NOW and increase value. It's really a simple formula.

14. The money's in the backend. If you don't or won't sell your clients more of what they want - they'll give your money to someone else.

15. Solve a problem. It's really that simple. Be the solution to a specific program.

16. Never lie, cheat, or steal. Its short sighted, gets you nowhere fast, and once again the universe will pay you back in spades if you do.

17. Get a little bit of money from a lot of people. This advice was the biggest "ah ha" moment of my life.

18. Guarantee everything. People are skeptical these days and rightfully so, there's so much crap out there. Do you believe in your product or service? Put your money where your mouth is and guarantee it.

19. Keep your word. ALWAYS

20. Live in abundance. It's a state of mind and a way if life. There's enough for everyone.

21. Avoid crabs and vampires. You know who they are in your life. The folks that are like kryptonite when they come around you. AVOID THEM AT ALL COST.

22. Read two books a month.

23. Blog about it. It's your platform to your market and followers. But don't deliver bad content unless you want to create a MASSIVE disconnect.

24. Buy speed. Specialized information has never been as easy to get as it is today. All you got to do is invest in the stuff and you'll buy yourself years of speed.

25. Ready - shoot - aim. NOT Ready, aim, shoot.

26. Study Direct response marketing because unlike 'traditional brand marketing" it delivers results that you can track.

27. Master crafting killer sales copy if you want to sell a shit pile of stuff.

28. Action trumps knowledge - period. It's a lie… knowledge is not power. Knowledge APPLIED is.

29. Don't wait for perfect. Perfect will never happen.

30. Learn to sell. This is the single most HIGH DEMAND skill ever. Nothing happens until a sale is made.

31. Model success, studies others, and learns from those who have already done it right.

32. Take time off to decompress, bring back down to neutral once in a while.

33. Try new things.

34. Network often. It's not WHAT you know; it's WHO you know, and how THEY feel about you.

35. Ask for help. No man (or woman) is an island.

36. Look for mentors, people you can learn from, people you look up to, people who are already where you want to be.

37. Less talk more action. Just get it done… anyone can talk big.

38. Make it new and improved. If you want more sales, reinvent yourself and your products. Look at what happened to Coke when they introduced the fridge pack or Trident gum when they repackaged their product - both products increased sales virtually overnight. People want new and improved… so give it to them.

39. Exercise you body. Some of the best business ideas I get come to me while I'm working out. It's proven that workouts release "happy hormones" into your bloodstream and working out alters your state-of-mind and makes you more creative.

40. Exercise your mind. Challenge yourself. Take in new information, thoughts, ideas, and concepts. Expand your mind.

41. Publish a book - become an instant authority.

42. Success happens in chaos, a line from Dan Kennedy. And it's true.

43. Catch the big fish. You're going to work just as hard to get the big fish as you do with getting the small ones. The bigger fish are way more profitable and require much less maintenance.

44. Repel riff-raff’s. Inevitably you'll attract riff raffs, tire kickers, people who can't (or won't) afford what you're selling. Learn to spot them quickly and set up systems to repel them. Let them go to your competitors.

45. Come with a giving hand. Zig Ziglar says "when you help enough people get what they want… you'll get what you want." Eben Pagan says be a value ADDER to other people's lives and not a value EXTRACTOR.

46. It's about what you KEEP not what you EARN. Manage your business, your profits, and your expenses.

47. Fail forward. I'd rather reach for 10,000,000 and only hit 5,000,000 than reach for 100,000 and make it.

48. Protect your time. You only have so much of it and there are way too many vampires trying to take it.

49. Listen. Don't "wait to speak"… actually listen.

50. Have unreasonable expectations. Dream big… no matter how stupid it seems to others.

51. Be humble.

52. Know what you want. Forget about keeping up with the Jones'. What do YOU want?

53. Know your numbers. You can tell me anything you want about your business, but nothing will tell a more truthful story than the actual numbers.

54. Be unique and original.

55. Make it irresistible. Give them a compelling reason to BUY IT now.

56. Pre-sell. Don't wait for the doors to open or for the site to be up. See it now.

57. Cross-sell. What else can you sell them? What else do they WANT?

58. Think high profit low risk.

59. Strike while the iron's hot. Don't think about, kick it around, or get to it later. If you have a good idea… there's no better time than NOW to get on it.

60. Understand how money moves… because it's always moving… to… or away from you.

61. Enjoy life. This is not a trial run.

The First Step to Great Health

Hi All! And welcome to summer!


The sunshine and warmth heading into June is marvelous, and I hope you are all having a chance to enjoy it. The sun allows us all to breath a little deeper and get out of the 'cabin fever' we've had through winter.

Have you ever noticed that it is easier to smile on a sunny day?

The first step to great health is something very simply, but almost always overlooked. It is a choice! It is all about our individual attitude.

Think of it this way: circumstances around you in your life will happen anyway, no matter what you do. If you get a flat tire on your car you have a choice, to get angry about it, or to keep smiling. Either way, you still have a flat tire to deal with! Smiling and choosing a good attitude will allow you to handle the negative stress of the situation better than if you were to lose your cool!

Did you know?
It is scientifically proven that positive thoughts, good humour and cheerful demeanor make you healthier! It's true! The chemicals released in your body when you are happy increase blood flow and promote greater oxygen mixture in your blood, which in turn allows your body processes to work more efficiently, giving you a greater immunity boost, repairing damage within your cells, and giving you more energy! This is scientific fact!

Hundreds of journals, papers and books have been written on the power of the human mind to create positive thought and feelings, which in turn creates a healthier you!

The best way to start, is to smile! Think of a dog that you see at a friends house or in the park. If it is growling and barking, do you want to go pet it? Or do you wait for the dog to be wagging its tail, panting happily and stretching towards you to say hello? This is the canine version of a smile!

Smiles draw us in to others, and draw others to us! When you are feeling down, a simple smile on your face will start to make you feel better - fake it until the feeling comes, and plaster that smile on your face! Haven't you ever noticed that when someone else is laughing, even if you are having a bad day you tend to want to chuckle along with them. Laughter, smiles, positive feelings - it is contagious!

Here is a great poem to help you remember the importance of a smile - it is a simple reminder to choose to have a positive attitude, the greatest first step in optimal health!

Smiling is Contagious
Without even knowing it
You catch it like the flu
When someone smiled at me today
I started smiling too
I passed around the corner
And someone saw me grin
When he smiled I realized
I had passed it onto him!
I thought about that smile
Then I realized its worth
A single smile
Just like mine
Could travel around the earth!
So if you feel a smile begin
Don't leave it undetected
Let's start an epidemic quick
And get the world infected!


Take care, and smile! =-)

Andreas Z.
Zimmermann Enterprises
Web: http://www.zimenterprises.biz/
Blog: http://zimenthealthfitness.blogspot.com/
Email: zimenterprises@bww.com