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Ever wonder what happens to those beautiful flowers at the event you just attended? In 2003 Nancy Lawlor did while admiring the flowers in the lobby of the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan. The result? The Flower Power Foundation.

Nancy has found her passion ‘re-purposing’ flowers from events and weddings, and gifting them to those who otherwise would not receive fresh flowers. In 4 years she’s re-purposed over $2,000,000 in flowers and touched the lives of thousands. Impressive.

I found Nancy on DarynKagan.com. See the video here (waiting through the 15-30 second sponsor is worth it).

Here’s to us each uncovering our heart’s desire.

Every once in awhile, I get overwhelmed by the magnitude of what I’ve done over the past year and a half to be able to run Affirmagy full time. It’s been one of the most rewarding, scary and down right “whoa, can’t believe I did that” times in my life.

So, occasionally I get stuck in my own “mind trash” and I start having some pretty unproductive conversations with myself. Oh goodie.

The good news is I am a quick study, and after a day or so of this I decided enough was enough and I decided to shift my thinking. Here’s the cool part. Within 24 hours of me changing my tune, the universe responded. Today I had no less than four people offer to support our current efforts. I was blown away by the opportunities literally flooding my inbox this morning.

I tell ya, it pays to listen to what you are telling yourself. And it pays off when we are willing to do something about it.

Life is good!

Kristen Marie Schuerlein is committed to living intentionally by harnessing the power of affirmations. After 11 years at the helm of a successful graphic design and marketing company she founded Affirmagy, a company that creates fleece blankets silk screened with positive affirmations. Kristen’s positive life force inspires others to design - and live - a life they love.

Imagine being able to designate 20% of the things you buy to make the world a better place? At Affirmagy, you can.

Now, when you choose to wrap yourself and those you adore in the power of Love, Joy, Courage and Gratitude with our Affirmawraps, you can choose to support the good work of the American Cancer Society and make a impact in the lives of those touched by cancer.

Click here to find out how.
Please join us in spreading the word about this opportunity and for sharing the power of affirmations with those you love.

Kristen Marie Schuerlein knows first hand how to design a life you live by living intentionally. She is the founder of Affirmagy, makers of fleece blankets silk screened with positive affirmations called Affirmawraps. With themes like Gratitude, Love, Abundance and Joy, Affirmawraps are sweet reminders that life is good!

This post was originally written February 1st. Enjoy.

I am not sure where this comes from, but I am one of those people who likes the tempo of life moving at a fairly fast clip. My sense of urgency regarding things for which I feel passionate can resemble the Tasmanian Devil.

So you can imagine when things are not moving fast, fast, fast, I can get a little, well, grumpy. And for about the last week, that’s exactly what I have been. Being grumpy takes energy - so much that last night I gave up and went to bed about an hour early, and I slept in a half hour past my usual time. Boy, I needed it!

Thank goodness I took the time because something in me has profoundly shifted as a result. Laying in bed this morning, half awake, there were four words running through my head: “Everything in good time”. Huh? What? Who said that? (more…)

In November Diane Kennedy (she’s a Rich Dad Adviser) and David Finkel published “Maui Millionaires”, a book the captures the lessons and experiences from the Maui Millionaire retreats they started about 4 years ago.

What a read! While I am thrilled that I have it here during Vision Week, I can’t believe I waited almost 4 months to dive into it. GREAT stuff.

Treat yourself to this book. Non only will the personal shifts change your life, the information about how to create a mastermind group has the power to quantum leap anyone who applies it.

Plus, they have created the Dream Big Game. I am playing that tomorrow. Can’t wait!
Kristen Marie Schuerlein is committed to living intentionally by harnessing the power of affirmations. After 11 years at the helm of a successful graphic design and marketing company she founded Affirmagy, a company that creates fleece blankets silk screened with positive affirmations. Kristen’s positive life force inspires others to design - and live - a life they love.

I am not sure where this comes from, but I am one of those people who likes the tempo of life moving at a fairly fast clip. My sense of urgency regarding things for which I feel passionate can resemble the Tasmanian Devil.

So you can imagine when things are not moving fast, fast, fast, I can get a little, well, grumpy. And for about the last week, that’s exactly what I have been. Being grumpy takes energy - so much that last night I gave up and went to bed about an hour early, and I slept in a half hour past my usual time. Boy, I needed it!

Thank goodness I took the time because something in me has profoundly shifted as a result. Laying in bed this morning, half awake, there were four words running through my head: “Everything in good time”. Huh? What? Who said that?

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Let me introduce you to Evan Carmichael, founder of website dedicated to motivation and strategies for entrepreneurs. He has an impressive blog dedicated to Mastermind Groups, that I think you will enjoy.

Evan was kind enough to include me in a recent series of posts about Mastermind Groups. What an honor to see my name mentioned among his regular contributors.

I encourage you to visit Evan’s website for free downloads on topics ranging from “Making Networking Work” to a “Venture Capital Guide”.

(And of course, take a peek at my post.)

Life is Good.

Over the weekend I flew down to Newport Beach with 400 other people to attend Mark Victor Hansen’s Mega Inner Circle Visionary Leadership Summit. (Mark is big into creating ‘Mega’ events. This is my second. And trust me, they are mega. If you have a chance to go, do it. The pure hit of energy is worth it)

Reflecting on the experience, I realize how valuable it is to have an ‘inner circle’ - a group of people who have your highest and best in mind. Sometimes called a Mastermind Group, creating a circle of people that support one another is vital to success. None of us get to the top of the mountain alone. Why would we when it is so much sweeter up there being surrounded by friends?

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We Americans seemingly have a big thing for working hard. Or at least we seem to spend a lot of time at work. Reading Steve Pavlina’s article about productivity this afternoon really struck a chord with me; I instinctively knew exactly what he was talking about.

While I am fairly confident that I get a lot done, I am consistently left with feeling like I could do more. So, I’ve decided to create a time log and really get to the bottom of how much time I spend on revenue generating actions vs. time that may move the action forward but doesn’t impact the bottom line. Where can I improve? Where can I insert time for big thinking outside of daily action items?

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