Do you have the courage to go where it’s uncomfortable?  Do you run from fear or do you choose to face it head on?  Only when you breakthrough your own fears and personal limitations will you see, first hand, just how POWERFUL you truly are…

And only then, will you experience the wealth and success you’re looking to create in your life and your business.

I just got back from The ‘No Excuses Summit’ in Las Vegas… And I have a personal story to share with you about the power of courage…

I’d love to hear from you!  Are you ready to take that next step past your growth edge?  Are you ready to start really LIVING the potential you have inside of you?

And please help spread the word by sharing this video with your FB and/or Twitter friends! Thank you so much!  Looking forward to sharing much more with you very soon…

To Your True Potential,

P.S.  Check out some great pics from the event!

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Think back to the last time you were experiencing a challenge in your life…

How did you manage it?  What did you do?  What did you tell yourself about your situation? Did you come out on the other side more aware, empowered, and ready to keep growing?  Or did you limit your power and stifle your growth by blaming others and wallowing in self pity?

Times of challenge are really life’s way of “testing” us to help us grow and evolve to the next level of our own development.  Challenges are also meant to wake us up and teach us what we need to learn the most.  And it’s SO important to really understand how to handle life’s challenges so we don’t get stuck repeating the same mistakes over and over again!

In the video below, I share with you a little bit about my personal challenges over the last few weeks, what I’ve learned from them, and how YOU can use your next “challenge” as a catalyst for empowerment, freedom, and unbelievable opportunity:

So what challenges have you experienced that have impacted your life?  What did you learn from them?  Please share your thoughts, comments, or feedback down below.  I’d love to get an empowering discussion going, so all comments are much appreciated!

And if you enjoyed this post today, don’t forget to pass it on!  Share it by clicking on the Twitter, FB, Digg, or other social networking buttons down below.  Thanks so much for hanging out here today with me!  Enjoy the rest of your day and make it a GREAT one!

Yours in True Power,

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Yes… I’m going to give you a simple practice that will help you achieve faster results in your business, no matter what projects you’re currently working on… And no, I’m not going to tell you to work harder or faster. There’s a simple law that when practiced, can actually help you get the same amount of work done in much less time. It’s something I’ve been applying in my business for quite some time now… And today, I’d like to share it with you!

So… what do you think? I always love hearing from you! Have you heard of this before? Are you ready to put it into practice in your own business? Let me know! And don’t forget to spread the word by re-tweeting this to your Twitter friends down below…

Thanks a bunch!

To Your Productivity and Success,

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Taking a few moments to appreciate what’s already here and now can quickly get you out of any ‘funk’ and help invite more happiness, wealth, and success into your life.  It’s SO important to take a few moments every day, week, or month and write down what you’re grateful for in the present moment.  

Sometimes, it can be easy for the mind to dwell on what’s going wrong, the money that’s not there, the stress, or the worry.  But when we do, we are closing ourselves off from the unlimited abundance, peace, and joy that is readily available and waiting for us… It’s just waiting for an opening.  And doing these gratitude exercises will help you OPEN to receive more and help you feel more appreciation and gratitude for everything that’s already present in your life.

It’s a very transformational practice… And I’m inviting you today to do it with me!  Take a few moments and watch the short video down below first…

Ok, so here’s my Gratitude List…  I’m SO grateful for:

1.  Being an entrepreneur and having the opportunity to be creative with my work.

2.  The unlimited opportunities for personal growth in my business and life.

3.  The current projects I’m working on and how they have the potential to impact the lives of so many people.

4.  My amazing online community that I appreciate so much.

5.  My family and the supportive friends I have in my life.

6.  My beautiful home.

7.  My relationships with other like-minded entrepreneurs who inspire and empower me.

8.  My mentors who help to guide me and give me great advice.

9.  My healthy body that supports me.

10.  The opportunity to eat well everyday.

11.  My intelligence.

12.  Being able to live in San Diego and appreciate it’s beauty and amazing weather.

13.  The money and abundance that continues to flow into my life.

14.  The opportunities to give back, donate, and help others who are less fortunate.

15.  The Internet, social media, and technology that allows me to make an income from home.

16.  Synchronicities, Divine guidance, and my intuition.

17.  My self-awareness, emotional maturity, and strength.

18.  My connection to Spirit.

19.  All of the love and support that is present in my life right now.

20.  Following my true life’s calling and purpose.

Ahhhh, yes!  Life is beautiful and I’m so grateful for every facet of it!  So how about you? What are you grateful for in this very moment?  I would love to hear from you, so please share a few things you’re grateful for in the comment box down below.  And make sure to re-tweet or FB this post so we can keep the gratitude train going!  

I APPRECIATE YOU!  Thank you for sharing your energy with me here today!

In Appreciation,

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Do you ever have those days where you feel like your energy is stuck? Where you feel like you’re blocked up inside and can’t really be as creative or productive as you know you have the potential to be? Well, I was feeling that way recently… And fortunately for me, one of my good friends, colleagues, and now mentors, Marie Forleo, gave me some priceless tips to help ‘unblock’ my energy.

Marie is a internet marketing rock star and I’m so grateful to have her in my life! She taught me a couple tips that I really wanted to pass and share with all of you here today… They will ABSOLUTELY help you to become more of a clear channel for productivity, creativity, and massive success!

Click ‘Play’ on the video below to hear more:

So yes…

1. Take as little time as possible between knowing your truth and acting on it.

2. Touch it once! Have a bill to pay, a dish to clean, an email to respond to? Practice the ‘touch it once’ principle and banish procrastination for good!

I’d love to get your feedback! Share with me down below your comments, questions, or additions to the conversation here! And help spread this empowering message by sharing this post with your friends on Twitter, Facebook, and others…

You’re all awesome and I appreciate this community immensely! Oh, and don’t forget to check out Marie Forleo and start following her at:

http://MarieForleo.com

http://www.Twitter.com/marieforleo

She specializes in coaching and helping women, so ladies… She’s a must follow!    

Talk to you all soon!

To Your Unlimited Success,

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Have you claimed your own autonomy yet?  Have you decided to trust in yourself completely and know that the power to create what you’re looking for in life all rests within you?  Claiming your own autonomy and being a truly self-sufficient entrepreneur is one of the most important principles to creating success in life…

Click ‘Play’ on the video below to hear more about claiming your autonomy:

Well… Are you owning it yet?    

Take this bit of inspiration and sustain it!!

Leave a comment below and share your thoughts, insights, stories, and questions with us! And take just a moment to share this video with your friends and followers on Facebook, Twitter, or any other social site you like!   Looking forward to hearing from you…

To Your Unlimited Success,

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Happy New Decade!  If you’re truly ready to make 2010 the year for massive productivity, the video I made for you below is a must see!  With one simple technique, you can double your level of productivity, become more self-disciplined, and open yourself up to a greater level of creativity and clarity…

Rituals are the name of the game… Try it out for 30 days and if you’re getting good results, keep it going for the year!  My rituals consist of:  Yoga 3x a week (or more), meditating twice a day, dancing for an hour 3x a week, reading for 20 minutes every evening, and hopefully starting a brand new qi gong practice!  Painting at least once a week is also a goal of mine.

What about you?  What rituals are you going to put into place this year?  Please share them down below so we can all exchange ideas and help one another establish a strong foundation for our most successful year yet!  And please share this post with your friends and followers on Twitter, Facebook, and others.  This is important information that EVERY entrepreneur should be exposed to…

Let’s rock 2010 together as a community!  And if there are any suggestions or ideas you’d like to contribute for my blog this year, please do so!  

Talk soon…

To A Rockin’ 2010,

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I have a very empowering story to share with you here today… It’ll help you see, just as it did with me, where you are holding your own self back in life… How YOU are actually the one keeping yourself from experiencing greater success, freedom, and fulfillment.  If we really want to reach our highest potential and live a life of growth, beauty, and purpose, we have to break out of our own cages… It’s our responsibility to set OURSELVES free.

Enjoy!

So how do we really do it?  How do we break out of the cages of comfort?  We have to have the courage to let go of our ‘old familiar’ way of living and being, and step with power into the unknown.  We have to be willing to let go of our attachments and creature comforts and trust that, like the parrot, we can fly to greater heights.  If you want success, you have to have the courage to grow and change, adopt new habits, try new things, and step outside of that comfort zone cage you’ve been hanging out in most of your life.  

The choice is yours… No one else can make it for you.  Those who have the courage to let go of their old attachments and comforts will grow and evolve rapidly.  Sadly though, most of the population is too afraid of leaving their cages.  The fear of the unknown is too great… It’s ironic that the one thing that will propel us to growth, freedom, and success the fastest is one thing that’s hardest for us to let go of as human creatures.  Are you ready to let go of your fear of the unknown?  Are you ready to courageously leave behind what no longer serves you?  Only the willing create success… Everyone else stays trapped in their self created cages, claiming they want success or freedom, but not willing to pay the price.

Just like the parrot in the story, you have the world at your fingertips…  Have the courage to step into your greatness!   The unknown is where your power truly lies…

To Your Success, 

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The cutting-edge of social media entrepreneurship is very clear… You absolutely NEED to start establishing yourself as a ‘name brand’ if you truly want to use social media to create a life-long income stream that pays you no matter what company or product you’re currently promoting.  It’s no longer enough to just use social media, sites like Twitter and Facebook, to promote or sell products and services… People want to partner with and work with people whom they know, trust, like and respect.  And the smartest way to build trust and credibility is by establishing your own personal brand.

Watch this video down below to get ‘clued-in’ to the cutting edge of social media and learn how to start building the most long-term and profitable asset you could ever possibly have online:  your own name brand…

What do you think?  Are you ready to start branding yourself as a true ‘expert’ in your niche and create your own network of people that follow you, trust you, love you, support you, and buy from you for the rest of time?

The smart entrepreneurs get how absolutely crucial this is… So stay tuned to my blog right here for more tips and strategies on how to establish your very own name brand with a blog and social media.  Make sure you subscribe via RSS or get on my email list for updates on all future blog content!

Thanks so much!  I’ve enjoyed sharing this valuable information with you here today.  And now it’s your turn to share it… Use the ‘Tweet box’ below to send this out to your Twitter followers and help them to start seeing the ‘bigger picture’ for what it really takes to make it big online:

Have an amazing day and keep rockin’! 

In Partnership,
Katie Freiling

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What would your life look like with NO FEAR?

What would you be able to do, create, and experience?  If you really take the time to imagine this, you’ll feel a HUGE sense of relief… Like a big weight has been lifted from your shoulders.  Without fear, you would be able to experience complete and utter freedom.

It’s FEAR that really keeps us chained to our limiting beliefs and insecurities and holds us back from expressing the inherent power that’s inside each of us.  If we didn’t believe the fear, it would hold no power over us.  But that’s really the hard part… How do you overcome fear?  How do you stop giving fear any reality?

Well, I just wanted to let you all know HOW I overcame my biggest fear this past weekend… And hopefully this story will inspire you to let go of YOUR fears and step into your true power!

If you read the ‘About Katie’ section of my blog, you’ll see that I grew up incredibly shy and introverted.  It was extremely difficult for me to speak and express myself at all and I was constantly consumed with fear… Fear of what others thought of me, fear of how I appeared or looked, fear of being rejected, fear of not being loved (I could go on and on).  But as I grew older, that fear slowly dissipated and I was able to grow more and more into my true self.

Overcoming Fears, One Step At A Time…

Being an entrepreneur has been a HUGE catalyst in helping me overcome many of the insecurities and limiting beliefs that I was still holding onto…

The first time I ever had to make a video, I was extremely nervous and intimidated… But I did it, and now I’ve been able to use video to create a massive online presence and profitable business for myself.

The first time I ever had to do a training call for my team, I was very nervous… But as I overcame that fear, team training calls became less and less scary.  It was the same experience with doing webinars… In fact, the big webinar I did for the community last week even made me nervous at first.  But the more I pushed myself to ‘just do it’ and overcome my fears, the less of a grip fear really had over me.

My Ultimate Fear…

But my BIGGEST fear is, without a doubt, public speaking.  The mere thought of it still makes my body quiver and my stomach nauseous… It is the one thing I dread the most!

The very first time I ever had to speak in public was last year.  I was asked by my company to fly out to Las Vegas and speak at an event in front of about 150 people.  I was scared to death, but I tried to hide my fear as I walked up to the front of the room with the microphone in hand…

As I started speaking, my throat became extremely constricted and it was very hard to breathe all of a sudden.  My heart was beating out of my chest and I was convinced that everyone could hear it through the microphone!  Like a deer in headlights, my mind completely blanked on the speech I had prepared.  An overwhelming feeling of weakness started flowing throughout my entire body and I realized that I was about to faint!  My knees started buckling and before I hit the ground, I ran back to my seat and held my head down before I went unconscious.  My body was trembling, sweating, and I felt incredibly sick and nauseous.

I was absolutely humiliated…  I wanted to just shrivel up into a little ball and disappear.  Thankfully everyone around me was very understanding and compassionate and tried their best to make me feel better.  That day was one of the most embarrassing, but yet one of the most growth-inducive experiences of my entire life!

Facing It Again…

After that, I knew I needed to overcome my fear of public speaking if I wanted to fully step into my own power.  So when my company asked me to speak again this past weekend in Orlando, Florida, I had to say yes.  My mind was resisting it and I was tempted to start coming up with any excuses I could think of to NOT do it… But my heart was telling me that this was important.  I needed this chance to truly overcome my biggest fear and really walk the walk when it comes to personal growth and development.

So the morning of my speech, I spent some time alone in my room and did some deep breathing.  I sat there with my eyes closed and envisioned myself walking out on stage with power.  In my mind, when I looked out to see the crowd of people staring back at me, I felt the feeling of being completely and utterly FREE.  I consciously invoked the feeling of freedom from any fear, worry, anxiety, or inhibitions.  I chose to see this moment as a step towards the realization of my own power and freedom, not as something to fear.

Instead of worrying about nearly fainting again or imagining another awful scenario, I consciously chose to only focus on feeling empowered and free.  Whatever we focus on, we create… And there was no way I was going to sabotage myself by creating mental pictures of what I DIDN’T want.  I mentally rehearsed the outcome that I DID want.

I also decided to feel my inner body and get very connected to myself beforehand.  I spent some time observing my inner state and accepting whatever it was I was feeling.  My body was still experiencing the physiological response of being scared and nervous, but instead of resisting it, I just accepted it with compassion.  I had the sense of, ‘Oh, that’s just my body feeling nervous.  That’s completely ok, and I see it as part of the growth process.’

After getting grounded and centered, I made my way down to the event.  There were about 400 excited people in the room.  I made my way backstage to get hooked up with a microphone and waited for my turn to go out on stage.  As my name was called, I walked out there with a smile…

When I looked out to the crowd, I remembered what I had practiced about feeling empowered and free when I saw everyone looking back at me.  I will admit, I was still incredibly nervous and started trembling when the words came out of my mouth.

Instead of focusing on how I looked or what others thought, I chose to focus on what I could GIVE to my audience.  The more I spoke, the less nervous I became and the words flowed out of me clearly.  When I finished and walked backstage, I was greeted with big hugs from everyone helping out behind the curtain (Most everybody had heard about the ‘incident’ the year before!).  I felt so relieved and really proud of myself that I did it!  I overcame the biggest fear of my entire life!

I sat back down in the audience and the speaker who went up after me decided to share the story of what happened to me the year before… The audience was so impressed and everyone was clapping proudly for me!

An Inspiration For Others…

For the rest of the weekend, I had TONS of people coming up to me and telling me how much of an inspiration that was for them to see.  They witnessed a huge tipping point in my life and watched me overcome a tremendous fear.  They were all inspired to now go out and conquer the fears that were holding them back in life.  Although they were inspired, no one could tell it was my first time really speaking in front of such a large audience… They all said it looked like I’d been doing it for years!

It is such an AMAZING feeling to overcome a fear that had such a strong grip on me… And I can’t even begin to express how empowering it truly is.  When you overcome any fear you have, whether large or small, you move one step closer to freedom.  And you start to see just how darn powerful you really are when you no longer let fear control your life.

Personal Growth…

This is really what the personal growth journey is all about.  Without challenges, we would never grow.  And the people who are the most successful are those who have GROWN the most.  So how do you really overcome fear?

Face it head on.

The more you run from fear or run from things that challenge you, the more you run from success.  So I encourage you to ’seek out’ experiences that terrify you.  Challenge yourself to face your fears and regardless of the outcome, you’ll be growing by leaps and bounds.  There really is no such thing as failure… Only experiences that challenge us to grow.

I don’t see my experience in Las Vegas as a failure at all.  In fact, that was exactly the experience I needed to have to help me overcome this crazy fear of public speaking!  Now, I’m sure I’ll still experience nervousness again next time I have to speak in public… But now I have an inner strength that will keep getting stronger and stronger the more I challenge myself to grow.

One of the biggest reasons people don’t experience the success they’re looking for in life is their FEAR.  They run from their fears, they run from what challenges them, and then they wonder why they’re not more successful.  It’s actually a very simple thing to figure out… But not always an easy one to do!

So when it comes to building a business for yourself and creating the life you want, what’s holding YOU back?  What are your biggest fears?  I’d love to hear from you, so please share them in the comment box down below.  Just by acknowledging them and writing them down, they’ll already have less of a grip on you.

And if you’ve had the courage to go out and FACE one of your fears, I’d love to hear your story as well!  The more transparent and real we are with each other, the more we’re able to really support and help each other along the path of personal growth and transformation.  Our stories of courage are true inspirations for others!

It was so great to share this story with you here today and I hope I was able to inspire YOU to overcome your fears and start living a life of true freedom!

And please TWEET this out to your Twitter followers!  I’d love to share this with as many people as possible!

Yours In Freedom,

Katie Freiling

P.S.  I had asked a friend to record my speech, but unfortunately the flip cam ran out of juice right before I went on stage.  I’m in the process of getting a copy of it from my company, so I’ll keep you updated and post it when I get it!

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