Discover Your Gifts

Welcome to my Friday newsletter!

This issue features:
Writing for the Web Class deadline: Dec. 30
eBook Deadline: Dec. 30
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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!

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!

Want to Learn to Write for the Web?

I need writers and editors to help me produce a variety
of marketing pieces, newsletters, ebooks and articles.


The problem is, not many folks who are good with
English are trained to write for the web.


So I am going to train some folks in January and February,
2008 and provide apprenticeship opportunities for them in March.


If you are interested, join me on the phone this Tuesday night,
November 20th at 9 PM Eastern Time to learn more.


The number to call is 605-475-4150


The passcode is 21414#


If you would love to write for others, this is opportunity. See it?


I hope to talk to you Tuesday!


So many books, so little time...


Rhea!
who loves helping folks learn to communicate well with others

Want another weekend special?

Hey,

The response to our Weekend Special last week for our
Colorado Entrepreneur Days event was great!
So we’ve decided to do it again, only this time just for the
members of our two Yahoo! Groups.

This Saturday and Sunday, July 21-22, 2007, the members
of both of our main Yahoo! Groups can register to attend
our family business event in Atlanta for only $297 each!

If you are not a member, join today.
You can join the Entrepreneurs at Home (to discuss
entrepreneurial topics) here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/entrepreneursathome/

You can join the TN Valley HS Events list (to learn about events
for homeschoolers who live in the Tennessee Valley) here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TNvalleyHSevents

We also added another speaker this week. Visit the
conference site to learn what this 16 year old did.
He’s going to tell you what he does and how you can do it too!
http://www.EntrepreneurDays.com

I hope to see you in Atlanta on August 24-26!

So many books, so little time…
Rhea!
who thinks you can’t possibly realize how the specialized
education at this conference can change your life

August 24-26, 2007 is the weekend your life will change
and never be the same again… that is, if you’re here:
http://www.EntrepreneurDays.com

Want to Create an ebook?

Hey,

Dr. Andrew Jones is a veterinarian in Canada who wanted to
create a passive source of income so he wouldn't be on call
all the time.

He recently won Armand Morin's Better Your Best Contest for
accomplishing his goal in a rather short time.

How did he do it?

He wrote one ebook on homeopathic vet medicine for dogs and cats.
Still think there's nothing to this Internet stuff?

Well this Tuesday night, Tuesday, June 26th,
I will be interviewing an expert who helps people create ebooks.

His name is John Hollingsworth and he knows his stuff.
His company has helped hundreds of authors overcome the
roadblocks that keep them from getting their stories and
information into digital print.

John is also going to be one of our guest faculty members at
our upcoming family business conference this August.
You can learn more here: http://www.entrepreneurdays.com/

If there is an author inside of you and you need some help
developing that skill, mark your calendar now so you don't
miss my call with him.

Our call is on Tuesday, June 26th at 9pm EST.
The number to call is 620-782-8800
The passcode is 72383#

I'll talk to you soon!
So many books, not enough ebooks...
Rhea!
who would love to see YOUR story in digital print!

You can meet John in person here.
http://www.entrepreneurdays.com/
He's a riot!