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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To stay in touch so we can help your family get out of the Rat Race, make sure you enter your name and email address in the box at the left.

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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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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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To make sure you don’t miss announcements of classes, events and news that will help your family get the vision and education you need to get out of the Rat Race, enter your name and email address in the box at the left.

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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.

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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

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

Need a dose of vision?

Welcome to my Friday newsletter - Rheavings!

This issue features:

· Look what these 4 Protégé families are doing!: Call Monday
· How to hook up with us
· Learn how to Write for the Web
· Encouragement for Engaged Couples
· Learn How My Family Got Started Online With Nothing But an Email Address and Brought Our Dad Home From Corporate America
· Encouragement to keep going!

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Looking for Vision for Your Life?

It’s amazing to me that in a society as educated as ours, we don’t help our young people figure out who they want to be when they grow up.

Schools don’t always offer true career guidance.

And you know what? I think that’s probably a good thing. Here’s why.

Guidance is a spiritual thing. God created you for a particular reason. The duty of parents is to help kids discover what it is for them. The problem is, most parents don’t know what they want to be when they grow up. So our country is full of the blind leading the blind.

We need men and women of understanding to shine some light here. Being a person of understanding means you understand how something works. That’s it!

Well, if you could use a dose of vision for your life, consider joining the families in our Protégé program who are discovering new areas of home business they never knew existed!

This Monday night, I want to introduce you to four families who are about to see the power of God change their entire direction!

Join us on the phone Monday, Dec. 3 at 9 PM Eastern Time to find out what they are doing.

The number to call is 605-475-4150

The passcode is 92093#

And if you want to do your homework ahead of time, you can check out our program at http://www.RheasProteges.com


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Join Us!

To learn more about all the projects we have going on and to find out more about us, just enter your name and email address in the box at the left.

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Writing for the Web Class

In January and February, 2008, I’ll be teaching a class for writers and editors on how to turn transcripts into ebooks.

We have been inundated with requests for editors and I need some help so we’re adding a new department to our already busting-at-the-seams transcription business!

The deadline to register is midnight, Sunday, December 30. But don’t wait till then. The class is filling up and I’ve already started sending the training. If you wait too long, you’ll get behind!

Learn more here: http://www.EducatingforSuccess.com/webwriter


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Encouragement for Engaged Couples!

If you know anyone who is about to get married, make sure they visit our new site: http://www.MarriagePrepOnline.com.

Angela Shelton is a homeschooling mom of 7 who has been married to her best friend Brad for 15 years.

Together, we have created a private community where newly engaged couples can learn from others who have successful marriages.

If you’re looking for the perfect engagement gift to give a newly engaged couple, consider giving them a 6-month subscription. You get a 35% discount, plus one membership is actually good for both the future bride and the future groom!

I can’t think of a better gift to give someone who is about to enter into a brand new life!

So if you know anyone who is preparing for one of life’s biggest blessings… that can also turn out to be one of life’s biggest disappointments if you’re not prepared …visit our brand new online community dedicated to building strong marriages!

http://www.MarriagePrepOnline.com


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Grab Our 3 e-Books!
Until Midnight, Sunday, December 30th, you can still get our three ebooks with 20 years’ worth of the lessons we’ve learned the hard way about how to raise entrepreneurs for less than the price of one! Just $9.97!
At the end of December, they will no longer be available together.
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:

http://www.EducatingforSuccess.com/ebooks


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Keep Going!

Do you ever feel like you’re trying to do good, trying to provide well for your family and nothing seems to go right?

In fact, not only does everything not go right, it seems like everyone is against you?

Do you feel like even God is not listening?

Well, guess what?

The same thing happened to Moses. He basically told God, “Why have you dealt evil to this people? Why did you ever send me to help them?”

So many times, it seems like the good work we do doesn’t accomplish what we expect. It could be that like Moses, there is a bigger story happening and we don’t see the whole picture.

It could be that God is trying to show us His power so that after we’ve gone through the trial, we will not just know who He is but we’ll know HIM.

God responded to Moses by saying, “Watch what I’m going to do with Pharaoh. Not only is he going to let the people go, but he’s going to drive them out of the land.”

Then God told Moses to tell the people, “I will bring you out from under the burden of the Egyptians, I will set you free, and I will be a God to you.”

But they didn’t believe it because of their “impatience, anguish of spirit, and cruel bondage.”

If you are in a place where you are starting to doubt that any good thing could ever happen to you, realize where you are. You may have been under too much stress for too long and feel like you are starting to unravel at the seams.

You, too, could be affected by “impatience, anguish of spirit, and cruel bondage.”

But God has put you where you are. It could be that He is about to show Himself to you in a very powerful way, just as He did the Israelites.

So don’t give up. In fact, never give up, especially on God.

Even though times are hard, they could be harder. Even though people around you seem merciless, they could be worse. Even though you may feel like you are in cruel bondage, you still have your freedom.

Ask God to give you insight about your situation from His perspective. Ask Him to show you what He is doing in your life and to make Himself real to you. Ask Him to keep you from becoming bitter about life so that you don’t lose your joy like the guys in Exodus 6 did.

Keep going. Make a list of all your blessings. And never give up hope that God loves you and put you right where you are to do something!

Go find it!

So many books, so little time...

Rhea!
who is dedicated to helping families discover their purpose in life

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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