Improve Your Breathing, Improve Your Health

This blog post is based on a podcast from The Art of Manliness.

My breathing is really bad and has been for as long as I can remember. I tend to breathe very shallowly and I often stop breathing for a few seconds at a time. In fact, almost everyone over the age of about 5 breathes incorrectly, and that usually starts with "Stand up straight, stomach in, chest out", although maybe not as badly as I do.

I tend to not sleep very well, my digestion is bad (but that could be from my diet) and I often have neck and shoulder pains...these can all be caused or worsened by breathing incorrectly.

According to the podcast:

Breathing is the link between body and mind.

This is the key to yoga and ayurvedic breathing. I've toyed with these a little bit. But I did download the Kindle book: Breathe by Belisa Vranich who was the guest on the podcast.

The book contains a 14 day program to improve your breathing. I'm going to try it out and let you know how it goes.

The podcast was actually pretty interesting. It lasts about 45 minutes, but go ahead and check it out.

Interesting days

Today - One Voice Day, Aunt and Uncle Day, All or Nothing Day and  Coffee Milk Shake Day

Tomorrow - Chili Dog Day, Take Your Houseplant For A Walk Day, Walk On Stilts Day and Scotch Whisky Day

Next Wednesday - Ice Cream Sandwich Day and Coloring Book Day

August 26 - Dog Day, Franchise Appreciation Day and Women's Equality Day

Do your habits match your dreams?

This post is based on a SendOutCards Leadership Call from July 17, 2017.

The best things in life take some effort to get them, whether it is health, happiness, or learning a new skill. There is no such thing as the "status quo", so if you're not growing, you're decaying.

If what you're doing doesn't get you out of your comfort zone, there won't be any growth. No pain, no gain. That doesn't only apply when you're building your muscles, anything worthwhile requires some stretching beyond the point of comfort.

What are your dreams and goals? Are you doing the uncomfortable things that you need to be doing to accomplish them?

Most people have uphill dreams...their dreams (like any good dream or goal), requires effort;  but they have downhill habits...they don't do the things they need to do to grow into those dreams. A goal, or dream, isn't about what you'll have when you accomplish it, but it's about who you'll become in order to accomplish it.

So, go after your dreams. But realize that it may be a long, uphill effort to get to them but you'll have a much better view ahead of you when you get to the top of that hill.

Interesting days

Today - Thread The Needle Day, Hot Fudge Sundae Day and Wine and Cheese Day

Tomorrow - One Voice Day, Aunt and Uncle Day, All or Nothing Day and Coffee Milk Shake Day

August - Family History Month, Anti-Frizz Month, Fishing Month, Water Quality Month, Happiness Happens Month, Romance Awareness Month and Peach Month

Next Tuesday - Girl Friends Day, International Childfree Day, World Lung Cancer Day, Respect For Parents Day, World Wide Web Day, Rounds Resounding Day, Yorkshire Day and Raspberry Cream Pie Day

August 25 - Whisky Sour Day, Kiss And Make Up Day and Banana Split Day

Relationship marketing for #realtors

This past Wednesday, Kody Bateman, the Founder and CEO of SendOutCards, interviewed three realtors via a Zoom conference.

The three realtors were Gayle Zientek out of Michigan, Jim McCord out of Kentucky and Jay McHugh out of Massachusetts,

I've seen all three of these realtors speak live about building their businesses using relationship marketing.

From the conference announcement:

You’ll hear how Gayle increased her referral business from 30% to 99% and tripled her sales in 4 years, how Jay surpassed 1 billion in sales with over 400 agents and 3,900 transactions last year, and how Jim took his average listing price from $200k to over $1 million.

Here's the link to the video of that conference.

The information in the conference, even though tailored to realtors, is valuable to any business owner or sales professional.

I have recordings of actual presentations from Jim, Gayle, and Jay that I will be sharing at each of the next three SendOutCards Super Saturdays in Modesto. The Super Saturdays are held on the 2nd Saturday of every month, so the next three will be on August 12, September 9 and October 14. I'll present the videos in the following order: Jim McCord, Jay McHugh and Gayle Zientek.

I was at the events in the recordings by Gayle and Jay, but I was at a different event from the one in Jim's recording.

Jim also has written a book on the subject called "A Revolution in Real Estate Sales".

So, check out the video and if you have any questions, feel free to email me.

Interesting days

Today - Drive-Thru Day, Cousins Day, Tell An Old Joke Day and Tequila Day

Tomorrow - Thread The Needle Day, Hot Fudge Sundae Day and Wine and Cheese Day

Next Monday -  Raspberry Cake Day, World Ranger Day and Uncommon Instrument Awareness Day

August 24 -  Vesuvius Day, International Strange Music Day, Internaut Day, Knife Day and Pluto Demoted Day. And if you have any peaches leftover from Eat A Peach Day on the 22nd, then you can use them to bake a pie on Peach Pie Day

The Funday Sunnies

Interesting days

Today - Vanilla Ice Cream Day, Peanut Butter and Chocolate Day, International Yada, Yada, Yada Day, Parents' Day and Gorgeous Grandma Day

Tomorrow - Drive-Thru Day, Cousins Day, Tell An Old Joke Day and Tequila Day

Next Sunday - Father-in-Law Day, Paperback Book Day and Cheesecake Day

August 23 - Ride the Wind Day, Cuban Sandwich Day, Sponge Cake Day and Valentino Day

Your weekend guide to interesting days

This week

Sunday - Fresh Spinach Day, Guinea Pig Appreciation Day, World Snake Day and Corn Fritters Day

Monday - Tattoo Day, Yellow Pig Day, Peach Ice Cream Day, Get Out of the Doghouse Day and World Emoji Day

Tuesday - Caviar Day and Mandela Day

Wednesday - Ice Cream Day, Daiquiri Day and Hot Dog Day

Thursday- Moon Day, Lollipop Day, International Chess Day, Space Exploration Day and World Jump Day

Yesterday - Junk Food Day and Lamington Day

Today - Mango Day, Creme Brulee Day, Penuche Fudge Day and Hammock Day

Next week

Tomorrow - Peanut Butter and Chocolate Day, International Yada, Yada, Yada Day, Parents' Day and Gorgeous Grandma Day

Monday - Drive-Thru Day, Cousins Day, Tell An Old Joke Day and Tequila Day

Tuesday - Thread The Needle Day, Hot Fudge Sundae Day and Wine and Cheese Day

Wednesday - One Voice Day, Aunt and Uncle Day, All or Nothing Day and  Coffee Milk Shake Day

Thursday - Chili Dog Day, Take Your Houseplant For A Walk Day, Walk On Stilts Day and Scotch Whisky Day

Friday - Milk Chocolate Day, Talk In An Elevator Day, World Hepatitis Day and System Administrator Appreciation Day

Saturday - International Tiger Day, Lipstick Day, Lasagna Day, International Chicken Wing Day and Rain Day 

Next month

August 16 - Ecological Debt Day, Tell A Joke Day, Rum Day, Wave At The Surveillance Cameras Day, World Bratwurst Day, Airborne Day and Rollercoaster Day

August 17 - Black Cat Appreciation Day, Vanilla Custard Day, Get Smart About Credit Day and  Thrift Shop Day

August 18 - Serendipity Day, Pinot Noir Day, Mail Order Catalog Day, Bad Poetry Day and Men's Grooming Day

August 19 - International Geocaching Day, International Homeless Animals Day, International Orangutan Day, International Bow Day, Break The Monotony Day, Photography Day, Potato Day, World Honey Bee Day, Aviation Day and Humanitarian Day

August 20 - World Mosquito Day and Chocolate Pecan Pie Day

August 21 - Spumoni Day, Poet's Day and Older Peoples Day

August 22 - Eat A Peach Day, Take Your Cat to the Vet Day, Pecan Torte Day and Be An Angel Day

The Friday Fishwrap

All the news that's fit to wrap around a dead fish

The week in review

Monday - "Why your kids can't afford to move out" How much does it cost to live these days? "So, start a network marketing business on the side and get your kids to join you."

Tuesday - "Whose dream are you building?" How network marketing can build your dreams. "Leveraged residual income is money that you make repeatedly on the work that you and others have done once."

Wednesday - "Holy mackarel" Fishing as a metaphor for network marketing. "You have the opportunity to earn $140 by catching rainbow trout. It costs $50 to get the fishing license and $395 to purchase your fishing gear."

Thursday - "I am a network marketing professional #TBT" Based on a video by Eric Worre. "I am a network marketing professional! And I love what I'm doing."

Interesting days

Today - Junk Food Day and Lamington Day

Tomorrow - Mango Day, Creme Brulee Day, Penuche Fudge Day and Hammock Day

Next Friday - Milk Chocolate Day, Talk In An Elevator Day, World Hepatitis Day and System Administrator Appreciation Day I'm sure most sys admins would appreciate some milk chocolate (I know I did when I was a sys admin). Although, I'm sure they could do without talking in an elevator (or hepatitis)

August 21 - Spumoni Day, Poet's Day and Older Peoples Day

I am a network marketing professional #TBT

This post is from 2 years ago:

Yesterday Eric Worre, a network marketing trainer, came out with a video on "What do we call ourselves?".

A lot of people go by the term direct sellers, but as Eric pointed out we really don't sell directly to the consumer anymore. Now we usually connect a customer with our company and the customer orders from the company's website and the company ships directly to the customer. We still get our commission but we don't sell directly to the customer anymore...not like when my Mom sold Avon when I was a kid. She would go to customers' houses in her territory, show them what was available, take their order, place the order with the company, get several large boxes from Avon, put each customer's items in bags and deliver them to their home.

Multi level marketing, or MLM, describes how we get paid not what we do. We don't market to multiple levels but we get paid on multiple levels.

Like Eric I think the best term for what we do is "network marketing" because we share our products and services with our friends and family...our network. And every person has a unique network that nobody else shares which is what makes network marketing such a great tool not only for the network marketer but for the network marketing company as well.

As Eric says at the end of every video "My wish for you is that you becoming a network marketing professional because it is a stone cold fact that we have a better way". And I agree 100%.

I am a network marketing professional! And I love what I'm doing.

And like I wrote about here, direct sellers and network marketers need to think differently.

Interesting days

Today - Moon Day, International Chess Day, Space Exploration Day, World Jump Day and Lollipop Day

Tomorrow - Junk Food Day and Lamington Day

Next Thursday - Chili Dog Day, Take Your Houseplant For A Walk Day, Walk On Stilts Day and Scotch Whisky Day Warning: Do not try to celebrate these all at the same time!

August 20 - World Mosquito Day and Chocolate Pecan Pie Day Check out this recipe.