AWAKEN YOUR inner EXTRAORDINARY & START LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE today!

Everyone we meet contributes to who we are. Some may make a greater or more lasting impact but, nonetheless, they all have an effect on us.

When I was in the fifth grade I met a girl named MaryAnne. My last name started with a "P" and her last name started with an "R", so she was seated right behind me in our row. Thank goodness there wasn't anyone with a last name that started with a "Q", or I might not have gotten to know my lifelong best friend! We're still "BIFFS" (Best Inseperable Friends Forever) to this day and, although we live in separate parts of the country and our lives are very different, I can't imagine what my future would have been like if I didn't have "Mare" to share all of my hopes and dreams with over the years.

Have you ever met someone and known, immediately, that they would have a huge impact on your life? Think of that person for a moment and try to imagine what life would have been like if you had walked right past, without ever meeting them. Whether it's personal or professional, we never know who will be the next person to alter our future. I believe this so strongly that I started a business based on this concept.

This business was founded in 2001, just one week before the 9/11 tragedy. My intention was to create a business networking environment for people to obtain leads and referrals. But soon, I realized that if we only look for "prospects", then we are really missing out. We quickly adapted our model to teach our members to look for strategic alliances and business resources within the group. Just because someone cannot give you a business lead does not mean they cannot significantly influence the future of your business.

I'll share another wonderful friend with you.  You may have heard of Matt Bacak. I met Matt at a bookstore. We had agreed to meet there so he could join my network. He quickly became one of our most talked about members and his business began to skyrocket. One day he told me that he was going to be the author of a best-selling book.  Through Matt and his book, I met Lee Beard and Steven E and became involved in the Wake Up Book Series. I was even the Cover Girl featured on one of the Wake Up magazines. I have also been a guest on many of the Wake Up teleconferences, where I have shared my passion for my business. People listening across the country have called to ask how they can start my business concept in their city! 

So there you see, if I told Matt to simply "mail me a check" instead of taking the time to meet him and get to know him, my business concept would still be "that little idea" I had. Instead, it now exists in six major cities in the United States. My mission is to grow my business concept all around the world and and have this wonderful concept impact and improve as many lives as possible.

I'd like to share with you the greatest lesson I've learned in life so far - and I share it with much gratitude to Mare and everyone I have met along the way. View every person you meet as a great resource. Climb that ladder to success one friend at a time, in both your personal life and your profession. Most importantly, seize the opportunity to connect with every person you  meet. If you walk past someone, you may be walking past your future.

One day, without even realizing it, I would stumble upon a person who would change my life. It was definitely in the most unlikely of circumstances, as you will soon realize.   It was back in 2012.  I had rented a home on the north shore of Long Island so that my newly adopted children could get to know their extended family.  Not for a 1 week vacation but for a full year, so that they truly had the opportunity to bond with their new relatives.  This was very important to me as my parents had died early on in my life and I wanted them to feel the love & support from their extended family.

I had to go for a physical and I found a nearby Doctor.  For me, even just an annual physical was a horrific experience.  Due to some early trauma, I guess I have a very severe case of what they call "white coat syndrome".  A simple visit to the Doctor's office has been known to trigger sky high blood pressure, panic attacks, vertigo and even complete blackouts that landed me in the Emergency Room.  Unfortunately, this day seemed to be no different.  The nurse said my blood pressure was sky high and the Dr. would be in to talk to me shortly.

Have you ever wondered why there was a thought, a circumstance, a conflict that you just couldn't conquer?  Perhaps it was even something physical, like it was for me.  I tell you this, as a trained Practitioner in Neurologistic Programming (NLP), I quickly began to tell me brain everything I had been trained to do.  Ground myself in reality, breath, think positive thoughts, relax, control my heartbeat, don't black out.... the Dr. will be in soon to retake my blood pressure and I can make it go down....  except it didn't.

It was my first visit to this new Long Island Doctor.  I explained to him that my blood pressure was fine, it was just that going to the Doctor caused it to skyrocket.  I told him I am the worst case he will ever see and this has been a lifelong issue for me that I just can't seem to conquer.

It was then that he put his hand on my shoulder and he asked me not to worry about that.  He told me that he was from India and he had recently been on a 6-month sabbatical to visit the Tibetan Munks.  He told me all about his spiritual journey and how much he had grown and how he had come to realize a very magical power that all of humanity could tap into.  

He taught this to me.  I experienced it.  He told me to turn off my brain, it is nothing but a computer.  A computer that is programmed to keep me safe.  A computer that is full of fear and is like a parent who is always screaming NO!  Don't do that, you'll hurt yourself.  Instead, he told me to listen to my heart.  And he taught me exactly HOW to do this.  This was truly one of the most amazing experiences of my life.

At the end of our time together, he asked if he could check my blood pressure again.  It was 120/60, absolutely perfect.    He said "You see, Your Heart Just Overwrote Your Brain".

This book is about this special Doctors teachings. I truly hope by passing this along to you it becomes one of the most amazing experiences of your life too.