Discover Your Gifts

Welcome to my Friday newsletter!

This issue features:
Writing for the Web Class deadline: Dec. 30
eBook Deadline: Dec. 30
Subscribe to our newsletter
Our real estate event on Real Estate Via the Internet
New book due in January
What is your gift?

Deadline for Writing for the Web Class is midnight, Sunday!

If you haven’t registered for our writing class yet but plan to, don’t put this off.

The deadline is midnight, this Sunday night and we’re starting this coming Thursday.

The first class is on searching for keywords to use and writing headlines that grab readers so you can tell them more about your blog, article, press release, ebook or website.

Whether you write for yourself or for others, you’ll learn how to harness the power of the Internet to make your writing more powerful.

If you are ready to learn how to get paid to write, register today:
http://www.EducatingforSuccess.com/webwriter

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Last Chance to Get Your Copies of Our 3 e-Books is Sunday!

This year, I recorded 20 years’ worth of lessons I learned about raising and educating entrepreneurs.

Until Midnight, Sunday, you can get them for just $9.97. After that, they’ll be offered individually and for a more regular price.

Titles Are:
“Educating for Success: Developing the Mindset of an Entrepreneur”
“10 Things This Mama Taught Her Kids about Having Their Own Businesses”
“How to Start a Business with Nothing but an Email Address”

Download your copies here:
http://www.EducatingforSuccess.com/ebooks

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Announcing: Rhea’s Real Estate Days!

Mark your calendar now to attend a one-of-a-kind real-estate-on-the-Net event.

That’s right!

My team and I are hosting a live real estate event featuring family-friendly real estate experts who use the power of the Internet to make investing so much easier!

Date: April 11-13, 2008

Place: Huntsville, Alabama

Details will be released soon.

If you own a house or plan to purchase one in the next five years, this information can save you tens of thousands of dollars so plan to join us!

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Look Who’s a Guest Expert in a New Book!

Jillian Wheeler and legend Joe Vitale have just finished a book that will be available in January.

"Your Internet Cash Machine, The Insiders Guide to Making Big Money, Fast!" will be on America’s bookshelves on January 8!

And guess who has a chapter in it!

Me!

I want you to receive a special gift – a Sampler of the book which you can download absolutely FREE.

Grab your copy here: www.YourInternetCashMachine.com

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What Are Your Gifts?

As you evaluate the past year and plan for the next, here is something to think about.

Bezalel was a young man who was “filled with the Spirit of God:
*in wisdom and ability
*in understanding and intelligence
*in knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,
to:
*devise skillful works,
*work in gold,
*work in silver,
*work in bronze,
*cut stones for settings,
*carve wood,
*work in all kinds of craftsmanship.”

Aholiab was “appointed wisdom and ability to make all that I have commanded you:
*The Tent of Meeting
*The ark of the Testimony
*The mercy seat
*All the furnishings of the tent
*The table of showbread and its utensils
*The pure lamp stand with its utensils
*The altar of incense
*The altar of burnt offering and its utensils
*The laver and its base
*Finely worked garments for Aaron and his sons
*Anointing oil
*Incense of sweet spices for the Holy Place.”

We often think gifts from God are only spiritual or just for use in the church.
Some are.
But I personally believe God gives gifts or specific abilities to everyone.

The wisest man who ever lived (and one of my future Best Friends) said, “…as for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, (that’s everyone in America, by the way), He has also empowered him to
A. eat from them
B. receive his reward
C. rejoice in his labor

This is the gift of God.” (Ecclesiastes 5:19)

To me, that means:
1. The God who designed you built specific gifts into you so you can provide for yourself and those you are responsible to care for at the time. (Have you ever noticed how we often end up taking care of those who initially took care of us?)

2. Your gifts bless you with earthly rewards. (After all, everyone works better when there is some kind of prize at the end of the competition.)

3. Using your gift correctly also gives you a good feeling deep inside when you do a job well that helps others.

The problem I see is that generic education often fails to help each of us identify our natural gifts so we can get specific education and become the best we can be doing what comes to us naturally.

Don’t let that stop you from discovering your gifts.

Keep searching and learn to be like Bezalel and Aholiab from Exodus 31 so that you can serve the Lord in the way He designed you to.

Until you discover your gifts, your purpose and your assignment, you can’t help but be continually frustrated. Some men even die in discontentment.

Henry David Thoreau (another one of my future Best Friends) said, “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation, and go to the grave with the song still in them.”

Don’t do it.

Find out who you are and get educated so you can incorporate your gift to serve those around you (and God) better.

Decide to make 2008 the year you quit being frustrated.

Live by the words of Sir Winston Churchill: “We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.”

So many books, so little time...
Rhea!
who hopes you have a wonderful 2008!

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P.P.S. Watch for more news next Friday!

Is Christmas Pagan?

Welcome to my Friday newsletter!

This issue features:
Protégé Program Deadline is Dec. 23
Subscribe to our newsletter
Another VA class for web techs
New book coming out in January
Writing for the Web Class deadline: Dec. 30
eBook Deadline: Dec. 30
Is Christmas Pagan?

Protege Program

Our Protégé Program Membership Special Ends Dec. 23!

If you’re ready to get specific direction for your life, we can help! Our Protégé program offers vision, specific education and discounts on our classes and live events.

If you haven’t registered for our Writing for the Web class yet, don’t forget, Protégé families can take it for half price!

Plus, we’ll be announcing our real estate event in April soon so you’ll get to attend our extra one-day private Protégé Day on Thursday before the main event.

Until midnight, Sunday Dec. 23, join for just $497 down and not $147 but just $97/ month.

Plus, you will get an extra bonus!

Through February, you can participate in 4 of our brand new Membership Sites that provide real living education totally for FREE!

They are:
BasicAccountingForSmallBusiness.com
SteppingThroughGrief.com
MarriagePrepOnline.com
HealthyFoodForHealthyLiving.com

If you’re ready to make 2008 something special, we are here to help!

Learn more here: http://www.RheasProteges.com


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Tech VA Class

One of my best friends, The Shopping Cart Queen Christina Hills, will be teaching a Tech VA class in 2008.

If you’d like to learn how to help clients set up shopping carts or add opt-in boxes to web pages, this is for you!

Read more about it here: http://www.scsecrets.rheaperry.com

And tell Christina “hey” for me when you talk her!

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Look Who’s a Guest Expert in a New Book!

While Jillian Wheeler and her husband were at our Affiliate Marketing Conference this year, she asked me to be a guest expert in an upcoming book with her and marketing legend Joe Vitale.
Well, it’s finished!

"Your Internet Cash Machine, The Insiders Guide to Making Big Money, Fast!" will be on America’s bookshelves on January 8!

It’s already climbing the charts on Amazon!

I’ve arranged with Joe and Jillian for you to receive a special gift from me – a Sampler of the book which you can download at absolutely no cost.

They’ve pulled more than 50 pages straight from this upcoming bestseller to create the Sampler ebook which is filled with easy-to-implement insider strategies for doing business on the Internet.

Go here to get yours: www.YourInternetCashMachine.com

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Writing for the Web Class Deadline is Dec. 30!

If you are ready to learn how to write marketing pieces to promote your books and products or someone else’s, don’t miss this class.

It’s filling up fast and those who registered have already started receiving their training via email.

We may have to cut off registration early because there are a limited number of seats so don’t wait till the deadline - midnight, Sunday, December 30 – to register.

We’re also offering a 2-payment option.

So if you are ready to get paid to write, go here to learn more:
http://www.EducatingforSuccess.com/webwriter

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Get Your Copies of Our 3 e-Books Soon!

If you haven’t gotten your copies of our 3 ebooks, grab them before we take them down on Midnight, Sunday, December 30.

Here is 20 years’ worth of the lessons we’ve learned the hard way about how to raise entrepreneurs for just $9.97!

Titles Are:
“Educating for Success: Developing the Mindset of an Entrepreneur”
“10 Things This Mama Taught Her Kids about Having Their Own Businesses”
“How to Start a Business with Nothing but an Email Address”

Download your copies here:
http://www.EducatingforSuccess.com/ebooks

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Is Christmas Pagan?

So many people dread this time of year.

Maybe it’s because they are expected to spend money they don’t have on gifts others don’t need or want.

We have become a rich society with high standards, yet many of us still can’t afford to pay the power bill!

Here’s another thing. All this celebrating is getting more and more commercial every year.

What’s worse, the day we celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, really wasn’t his birthday in the first place. Originally, it was a pagan holiday.

So, many people believe we shouldn’t celebrate Christmas at all.

And then there’s the thing about bringing the evergreen into our houses like it says not to do in the Old Testament.

So lots of families have ditched the tree.
What’s a well-meaning family to do?

Here’s what I think.

Yes, the world has commercialized Christmas.
Yes, Jesus wasn’t born on December 25.
Yes, it was a pagan holiday.
Yes, we aren’t supposed to bring evergreens into our houses to worship.

But consider this.
The most powerful, successful country that has ever existed on the face of the planet focuses on one day of the year as its main holiday.

Our country certainly isn’t doing a lot of things right. But the fact that Jesus’ birthday is the highlight of the year should encourage you.

And giving gifts to others does remind us that we certainly DO have a lot to be thankful for because in all of our perceived “poverty,” we really have a lot.

So whether you celebrate Christmas or not, when you experience despair over the state of our nation, remember that not only is Jesus happy that we acknowledge Him, but He’s also on the Throne.

So many books, so little time...
Rhea!
who has wrestled with this issue through the years but now believes the memories we create for our children are more important than we realize.

P.S. Feel free to forward this note to others.
P.P.S. Watch for more news next Friday!

2 Reasons to Quit Being a Control Freak

Welcome to my Friday newsletter!

This issue features:
Our 7 Day Best of 2007 Special is almost over
How to hook up with us
Writing for the Web Class deadline approaching
Listen to our Tuesday call About the Entrepreneurs at Home news
Mark Joyner this Monday, Rheas Proteges Special
More Encouragement Is Coming!


The Best of 2007
I thought about sending you a formal Christmas letter this week giving you a recap of the whole year. But when I looked at all the cool things my team and I have done this year, personally, I was amazed!

I thought you might be interested in the education we provided this year so we threw together a page web with a special offer.

But… it’s only good for 7 Days. And that is through Thursday, Dec. 20.

We covered 3 conferences, 2 ebooks, 5 web sites and there are 10 bonuses!

So check it out now, before it’s gone forever:
http://www.EducatingforSuccess.com/2007


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Join Us!

If you want to make 2008 even better than 2007, let us help you get clear vision and specific education so you can make it happen. Just enter your name and email address in the box at the left.

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Learn How to Write for the Web from Home

This week, one of our transcribing clients had us work on a major rewriting project. We had to pull some extra workers in to finish it.

We really need some writers and editors to help with all this work. If you are good with words, grammar and spelling, consider taking our Writing for the Web Class in January and February so that you can be considered for working with us.

The deadline is midnight, Sunday, December 30. But don’t wait till then to register; the class is filling up and there are a limited number of seats.

We’ve also set up the class in 2 payments so if you register this week, your second payment won’t even be due until the middle of January.

The early birds who registered have already started receiving their training!

So if you want to write from home, learn more here:
http://www.EducatingforSuccess.com/webwriter

The Proteges can take this class for half price.


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Listen to Last Tuesday’s Yahoo! Group Call

The call we hosted Tuesday about our Yahoo! Group – the Entrepreneurs at Home – is online.

Look for it in the left nav bar at:
http://www.eahlive.com/

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Hear Mark Joyner Monday Night!

This Monday night, December 17, Mark Joyner, one of the pioneers of the Internet, will be my guest as we discuss Guerilla Marketing.

If you’d like to hear that call, you can join our Protégé Program until midnight, Sunday Dec. 23, for just $497 down and not $147 but just $97/ month.

Plus, you will get a 3 Month Special. From December through the end of February, you can participate in 4 Membership Sites that provide real living education totally for FREE!

They are:
BasicAccountingForSmallBusiness.com

SteppingThroughGrief.com

MarriagePrepOnline.com

HealthyFoodForHealthyLiving.com

If you’re ready to make 2008 something special, we can help!

Learn more here: http://www.rheasproteges.com/

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If Moses Delegated, So Should You!
Or
2 Reasons to Quit Being a Control Freak

Have you ever felt that you were led by God (or your boss at work … or your spouse) to do a good thing but before long, you felt like the burden was just too great to bear?

I have.

You know you’re doing something that is very necessary and you know others are counting on you, but you find yourself thinking way too often, “It’s too much to handle.”

Well, if that’s where you are, you are in good company. Moses found himself in the same situation.

God told him to judge the actions of the Israelites so he did. Every day, he would sit to judge the people from “morning until night” and tell them if what they were doing was right or wrong according to God’s ways. They were all dependent on him.

(And Moses was in training for reigning in heaven.)

Then his father-in-law Jethro came along one day and said, “What are you doing? You are going to wear out yourself and wear out the people (They are going to get tired of you.)”

So Jethro said, “Represent the people before God and bring their cases before Him. Also,
teach the people the decrees and laws show them the way they must walk show them the work they must do “Choose able men, God-fearing men of truth who hate unjust gain and place them over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens to be their rulers. And let them judge the people at all times.”

So he did.

Now, let’s look at this situation.

* Moses took his assignment seriously and didn’t even consider asking anyone else to help.
Ever done that?

* The people didn’t know the law and weren’t trained to do their jobs because they looked to Moses for all leadership.
Ever done it all yourself because it was “easier”?

* Even though Moses was God’s man at the time, his father-in-law had vision for his life that he didn’t have.
Ever been blind about matters in your own life even though it’s easy to see what others should do?

* When the judges started helping Moses, more than likely they felt the sense of purpose that comes when a person contributes to an important project.
Ever been guilty of robbing others of that inner satisfaction because you didn’t let them help?

Think about how these concepts could apply in your situation with your children or with the people you work with or in other organizations.

Too often, we perfectionists carry all the burdens of a project we believe we have been given from God and try do it all ourselves. When others ask if they can help, we say, “No, we’re good.”
We don’t realize that, like Moses, we will wear ourselves out doing good works while robbing others of the blessing and satisfaction that comes with contributing to an important project.

Our purpose as leaders or parents then is to train those around us to do their part so they can help with the larger project, not just do it all ourselves.

Our goal is to create a light in the eyes of those we are responsible to train.

When you see the light that comes from a deep inner satisfaction in someone you’ve invested in by training, you have succeeded. You have done your job. You have accomplished the main goal.
So, work to create light in the eyes of others.

You might just discover that someone else can do that job just as well … or maybe even better…than you!

And you won’t go to bed as tired anymore.

So many books, so little time...
Rhea!
who is still learning this lesson the hard way

P.S. Feel free to forward this note to others.
P.P.S. Watch for more encouragement next Friday!

Cutting-Edge Education

Welcome to my Friday newsletter - Rheavings!

This issue features:
Joel Comm’s 7 Day special is Almost Over!
How to hook up with us
Writing for the Web Class deadline approaching
Entrepreneurs at home moves
Grab Our Ebooks Before the Deadline!
Eat Healthy, Live Longer
Rheas Proteges Special
More Encouragement Is Coming!


Homeschool Dad Produces Cutting-Edge Education

Joel Comm is one of my best friends. He’s a homeschool dad and Christian who just released a remarkable training program just last week called the Secret Classroom!
If you recall, he spoke at our Entrepreneur Days conference in Atlanta last August and at both events in 2006.

Well, Secret Classroom is the teaching and a peek behind the scenes of his reality show, “The Next Internet Millionaire.”

And it’s only available for 4 more days!

The teachers were top-notch! (and are some of my best friends!)
* Mark Joyner – we’re interviewing him Monday night for the Proteges!
* Armand Morin – my mentor for the past 4 years
* Perry Marshall – a hs dad and Google Adwords expert
* Ray Edwards – one of my best buds, who also spoke at Entrepreneur Days in August
* Jeff Walker – I helped him produce his Product Launch Live Workshop earlier this year
* Michael Koenigs – spoke at our Affiliate Marketing Conference in April and blew us away

Through Wednesday night, Joel is offering the entire teaching in a 12 DVD home-study course with a workbook that covers it all!

You also get all 13 episodes of The Next Internet Millionaire on DVD.
Joel’s course provides the tools you need to create a successful online business.

This is real education:
http://www.rheaperry.com/secretclassroom/

This is how you bring your dad home:
http://www.rheaperry.com/secretclassroom/

If you’re serious, get it.


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Join Us!

We have more projects going on than a squirrel has walnuts. To keep up with us, just enter your name and email address in the box at the left.

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Writing for the Web Class Deadline Approaching

The deadline for our Writing for the Web class is midnight, Sunday, December 30. But don’t wait till then to register; the class is filling up!

Plus, the early birds who registered have already started receiving their training!

I desperately need writers and editors for our transcription company. So in January and February, I’ll be teaching a class on how to turn transcripts into ebooks and how to write marketing pieces for the web.

If you want to write from home, learn more about our class here:
http://www.EducatingforSuccess.com/webwriter


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Yahoo! Group Moving!

The Yahoo! Group that started all this – Entrepreneurs at Home – is moving. Learn more this Tuesday night when I interview my new Best Friend, Sharyn Law-Davis from Australia.
Learn how Down South meets Down Under to make our projects even better – AND international!

The call is Tuesday, Dec. 11 at 9 PM Eastern Time.

The number to call is 605-475-4150

The passcode is 42037#

Don’t miss meeting my Aussie Geekess!

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Eat Healthy, Live Longer!

http://www.healthyfoodforhealthyliving.com/

Did you see that interview Diane Sawyer did with the lady who had lost 500 pounds on Good Morning America? Her sister gave her a computer and because she got involved with online discussion groups, she lost 500 pounds!

If you are ready to make a New Year’s resolution about the diet at your house, we have an exciting new community just for you! And the video of that story is there for you to watch.
Drop in at my good friend Dawn Vezie’s online community to learn all you can about eating healthy in a fast-paced society.

She’s an expert!

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Deadline on Our 3 e-Books is Approaching!

If you haven’t gotten your copies of our 3 ebooks yet, you can still get 20 years’ worth of the lessons we’ve learned about how to raise your kids to be entrepreneurs until Midnight, Sunday, December 30th.

After that, they’re going in ClickBank at a regular price. This special is only available to our regular subscribers.

Titles Are:
“Educating for Success: Developing the Mindset of an Entrepreneur”
“10 Things This Mama Taught Her Kids about Having Their Own Businesses”
“How to Start a Business with Nothing but an Email Address”

Grab your copies here today before it’s too late:
http://www.EducatingforSuccess.com/ebooks

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Deadline Approaching on the Protégé Special!

Until midnight, Sunday Dec. 23, you can join our Protégé Program for just $497 down and not $147 but $97/ month.

Plus, you will get the same 3 Month Special that our current members are getting!

For 3 months, from December through the end of February, you can participate in 4 Membership Sites that provide real living education at no cost!

They are:
BasicAccountingForSmallBusiness.com
SteppingThroughGrief.com
MarriagePrepOnline.com
HealthyFoodForHealthyLiving.com

If you are ready to do something different with your life, we can help!

Learn more about our family mentoring program at http://www.rheasproteges.com/

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More Encouragement is Coming!

As I look back over 2007 and think about what my family has accomplished in this year, I am amazed at how God has worked in our lives.

My daughter had a baby. My daughter-in-law is due in January.

My kids are building a house together with Drew.

God has put me smack dab in the middle of the Internet millionaires, the very guys who are directly the small business side of the Internet.

And most of them create their wealth in their spare bedrooms!

Personally, I think that is the way it should be! I think God intended for the home to be the center of everything – hospitality, church, and civic activities.

Good government starts at home. Good business should too.

If you are stuck in a rut, analyze your life and ask yourself what you could be doing differently.

If things aren’t like you’d like for them to be, give your discontentment to the Lord.
Tell him you aren’t content. Ask Him to put contentment inside of you. Once it’s there, decide you will do what you have to do to change your circumstances so that you can live life abundantly instead.

It’s okay to have more than enough to get by. It’s okay to bless others out of your abundance.
Have faith that God is for you, not against you. And have faith that your life CAN change. God will do His part; and you have to do yours. Ask Him what it is.

Watch for an email from me next Wednesday that will tell you more about 2007. It’s been an amazing year!

So many books, so little time...
Rhea!
who hopes you seriously consider getting Joel’s Secret Classroom

P.S. Always feel free to forward our notes of encouragement on to others if you’d like. Hey, this is the Internet! Tell your friends!

P.P.S. Watch for more encouragement next Friday!