One of my favourite bloggers at the moment is James Chartrand. Here is one of his wonderful tips for when we’re suffering from blogger’s block.
“Great quotations are the richest goldmine of blog post ideas you’ll ever have.”

So I popped over to Wikiquote and found this great quotation by Sarah Bernhardt -  “Life engenders life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.”

This is what I have been prattling on about for months. Give, give, give and eventually you will receive. Take a look at my blog, “Selling to the taxi driver” and you’ll see what I mean.

Here’s another:

“Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.” Helen Keller

I love this one, how many of you have the courage to really take a chance – to give up that job you hate or walk away from an employer who infuriates you? How may of you would love to be your own boss but have no idea how to do it?

I did it, I gave up a full time job to become an internet entrepreneur and I have never looked back. My choice of businesses fitted my values and beliefs, I chose to build a Blog site, this one, and to join a company called LifePathUnlimited.
It is important that you choose the right one for you and also the right mentor to help you on your way. If you want help with your life decisions please do contact me.

If you see yourself as an author and are interested in a monetised blog site then don’t forget to check out the fabulous Darren Rowse’s Blogger’s Workbook, it is what set me off on the right track.

“Just remember that even a long life is not long enough and an opportunity missed is not something lost but something never achieved.”
And that’s one of mine!

Pat Sutton – Blog Author at http://www.patsutton.com

A good way to beat writer’s block!

When, after 8 years, I decided to emerge from the security of a monthly salary I was met with the usual, “Are you sures and are you mads”

Thankfully, I didn’t listen

I felt that as Marketing Director of a company like Advantage Business Angels I was being held back.
My talent for thinking outside the box was not really required in a, dare I say it, formal, don’t do anything radical, don’t do anything crazy, institution like ABA.
I understood, we had to be seen as reliable, dependable, professional – in other words a bit stuffy, for people to take us seriously but it didn’t help me and my yearning to have my creativity unleashed!

My multi tasking skills are quite good, after all I am a woman, but even the most organised of people would struggle with a seriously demanding Managing Director, (sorry Neil), Magistrate’s duties, mothering duties, grandmothering duties and trying to run a business in my spare time duties.

So I did it – I’m now free – free to follow my dream to be an Internet marketing queen.
And I have just received my first official accolade – I am in the company of some fabulous ladies on The Forbes List of The 30 Women Entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter – I have made my mother so proud and I’m quite proud of myself as well.

Pat Sutton – Professional Blogger and Internet Marketing Specialist – Official Blog – http://www.PatSutton.com
Follow me on Twitter “TheBizWoman”

Forget the glass ceiling – use the fire escape instead!

At last my official blog website is actually finished. My intention of blogging for a living has become a reality.
Ok, what next?

The first thing I need to do is to go back over the archives and delete all my earlier muses.
In the early days, as is usual for blog virgins, my impression of a blog was something that no sane person would ever read or be interested in. So my first blogs were indulgent, grammatically terrible and some were even downright silly.
But as my hand hovers over the delete button I hesitate….wait a minute…this is like throwing out an old photograph album.
There’s the one about my dog Sadie, now gone, who was miraculously cured of cancer by a Spirit healer. And the time a had my cat trimmed and she looked like one of those nodding animals you put in the back window of your car.
Then there are the feelings I had when starting a new job or moving house.
I recorded my first days on Facebook and how cheeky people were, asking to be “my friend” when they didn’t even know me!
Of-course, I would hate for all you guys with discerning tastes to read these old blogs but I am definately not going to dispose of them. I’m going to print them up and stick them into a scrap book for posterity.
Maybe one day one of my grand daughters will find them and will read them to their children…how strange it will be to them…how old fashioned it will seem!
This time of Ipods, webcams and Twitter will be an archaic, bygone age to them!

I wish I had written more!

Read Pat’s Official Blog at http://www.patsutton.com

Confessions of a Blogger.

If you build a relationship – they will come!

An old man on the point of death summoned his sons around him to give them some parting advice.
He ordered his servants to bring in a faggot of sticks, and said to his eldest son:
“Break it.” The son strained and strained, but with all his efforts was unable to break the Bundle.
The other sons also tried, but none of them was successful. “Untie the faggots,” said the father, “and each of you take a stick”.
When they had done so, he called out to them: “Now, break”, and each stick was easily broken.
“You see my meaning,” said their father.
Union gives strength. aesops

Union gives strength! An Aesops fable.

Many of us feel set in our ways. We’ve been doing things the same way for so long, it is hard to imagine we could change.
But anyone can change, yes I said anyone!
You can create changes in your life by doing the tiniest of actions each day, like doing 5 minutes of exercise or cutting out that second piece of toast, but the problem is that a lot of us just don’t have the discipline or the will power to do it and these things are so easy to do but even easier not to do.

This creates a self defeating cycle which means our negative thinking leads to not taking action, then not taking action leads to no results, and no results confirms and reinforces the negative thinking. We are stopped from making changes even before we start.

So how can we change this “not making changes” spiral?

The answer:
Introduce the following word into our vocabulary.

“YET”

“I haven’t been able to find a better source of income…yet”.

“I can’t do an exercise program…yet!”.

“I tried that and it hasn’t worked…yet”.

“I don’t have the discipline or will power…yet”.

This may sound like a small step but it opens up big possibilities. It introduces the potential for success, which can help keep us motivated to continue trying.
In the future all things can be possible. Where is it written that something is impossible?
Others have been successful, others have made these changes, why can’t we?
Of-course it may take work but that doesn’t mean it can’t be done.
Just because we haven’t done it so far doesn’t mean we won’t be able to eventually.
Many people who succeed at making lifestyle changes, at first experienced some failures.

Remember riding a bike? Did you ride perfectly the first time? Probably not, chances are you needed to practice a number of times, or build up your confidence, or just be in the right frame of mind to be willing to try.

You need to challenge your negative thinking. Break out of the self-defeating negative cycle of thinking that keeps you from taking positive steps to improve your wealth. Hold open the door to possibility. You’ll get there…yet!

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Some great quotes:

“There is no shame in failure only in quitting.”

“All personal breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs.”
Anthony Robbins

“Change your thoughts and you change your destiny.”

“When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter
hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without
as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and
first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that
blow that did it, but all that had gone before.” Jacob Riis

Don’t listen to the negative thinkers!

…for the taxes you pay because it means that you’re employed.
…for the mess to clean up after a party because it means you’ve been surrounded by friends.
…for the clothes that fit a little too snug because it means you have enough to eat.
…for the shadow that follows you everywhere because it means you’re out in the sunshine.
…for a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning and gutters that need fixing because it means you have a home.
…for all the complaining you hear about the government because it means we have freedom of speech.
…for the spot you find at the far end of the car park because it means you’re capable of walking.
…for the person who sings loud and off key because it means you can hear.
…for the piles of washing and ironing because it means you have clothes to wear.
…for weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day because it means you’ve been productive.
…for the alarm that goes off in the early morning hours because it means that you are alive.
…for getting too much e-mail because it means you must have people who are thinking of you.
Can you think of any more?

12 things to be thankful for.

What is the message you would like to receive when you are feeling insecure and having moments of doubt?
What would you like to hear to give you the confidence to keep going and to re-assure you that you are on the right track?
Why not ask someone close to you to write you a message that captures the way you are. The fantastic qualities you have and the excellence that they see in you?
I know you may think it is strange to ask them; maybe you think that they don’t feel that you have any good qualities? I assure you they do, they just don’t think to tell you!
I have a great message for you!
Do you have something that excites you but involves something you have never done before? Would now be a good time to do it? If not then when? Tomorrow; the next day?
We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are! So see yourself as a successful, genuine person who will one day be a leader of others because that is what you are!

An air of confidence is the best asset you can have. If you haven’t mastered it yet then now is the time to work at it.
People find us more attractive when we have an air of confidence about us.
If you are feeling unsure, your body language will give you away. So do your homework and show that you can deliver your promises. A true leader does not have to be the brainiest person but they need to have the experience and the knowledge to be an expert in their field.

Ask yourself these 7 questions:

Do I love myself?
Am I being true to myself?
Do I have the confidence to lead others?
Am I prepared to give in order to receive?
Do I have compassion?
Do I have integrity?
Do I have a passion?

If you can answer “yes” to these questions then you are ready to do what ever you want to do!

When you have moments of doubt – my message to you!