Amy Jacobs, Ameriplan® NSD/NT Ace Recruiter - Top Producer

FIRE up its going to be a great day!!! My son had so much fun on his field trip yesterday! But when I asked him questions what did you do? What did you see? He was like I don't know (lol) Okay then.. I have to take my daughter to the children's hospital today for some tests :-( My daughter has bladder reflux is seems she has some sort of infection and we can not pin point the cause as of yet. VERY FRUSTRATING please keep her in your prayers.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. --Mignon McLaughlin

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living. --Gail she

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity. --Albert Einstein

STAY POSITIVE!

My sons first Field Trip today there are off to http://www.napersettlement.org/ I really hope it goes okay! He's not feeling 100% he's had a cold for like 3 weeks now we have been to the Dr's over and over again he is now on his 3rd antibiotic. I know this flu virus is going around alot of poeple are sick :-(


LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. --Marcus Aurelius

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all. --Sam Ewing

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. --Scott Adams

STAY POSITIVE!

I hope everyone has a great hump day! Yesterday was better my son earned a green light and had a very good day at school. I am hoping today is just as good tomorrow he has his first Field trip :-) he's so excited!


LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was,
the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove.but, the world may
be different because I was important in the life of a child.

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:

I've never known anyone who, on their deathbed said.
I wish I had spent more time at the office.

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:

Tomorrow never comes and yesterday never comes back, so live today
to it's fullest so that your yesterdays will be remembered with happiness
and your tomorrows will be full of brightness and hope.- Nick Smith

Yesterday was just a mess!!!! First my son got in trouble at school he received a red light (that's bad) and the teacher wrote a note for him to bring home to me and he hid the note at school. Fortunately his teacher decided to call me and talk to me about it (JEEZ) it starts already so my son was grounded NO Video games NO playing outside, No TV before bed. I am hoping he does better today! Then my hubby calls me from work he had to go get stiches in his finger apparently he chopped the tip of on his middle finger.

Not a good Monday thank goodness today is a new day :-)

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
A good listener is not only popular, but learns something.

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
One thought driven home is worth more than three left on base.

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
A song in the heart gives the day a good start.

STAY POSITIVE!

I hope everyone had a great weekend! We really did not do much we did some yard work Saturday and yesterday we went for a nice drive and lunch. It was kind of a lazy weekend those are nice once in awhile. I am so excited The Fall leadership Ap conference is coming up in Chicago on October 7th!!! (YEA!) I have my tickets I am so ready to go!

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Life is an adventure in forgiveness. --Norman Cousins

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging
on after others have let go. --William Feather

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Patience is the companion of wisdom. --Saint Augustine

STAY POSITIVE!

Its Friday And the last day of Summer tomorrow is the first day of fall Boy summer flew by so fast I think as you get older everything goes by so fast (lol) Halloween stuff is out everywhere I bought my kiddos costumes from Birthday express my daughter is going to be a pink kitty http://www.birthdayexpress.com/bexpress/Product.asp?SKU=251736*0012 my son X-MEN: Wolverine http://www.birthdayexpress.com/bexpress/Product.asp?SKU=268701*0460 I will be sure to post pictures! ALSO yesterday I had another business partner of mine Karla Torres get promoted!!!! What a very exciting time!


LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
One forgives to the degree that one loves. --Francois de La Rochefoucauld

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way,
at the right time. --Arnold H. Glasow

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
--Charles Dickens

WOOHOO have a awesome day I had one of my team members get promoted yesterday her name is Lisa Copeland! I am so excited for her!!! Its just the beginning of so many great things! Ameriplan is going places and I for one am hopping on the train and going with them!

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Never forget the three powerful resources you always
have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. --H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. --George S. Patton
MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:

Wisdom begins in wonder. --Socrates

Its going to be a great day! I am fired up and ready to work! I love Ameriplan I am so blessed to be with such a great company. I looked for work at home for a little over 3 years before I found AP in 2004. I will never look back I have accomplished so much and have built a Huge career. The best thing is I LOVE WHAT I DO. I am happy to do it everyday how many people can say that? Not many! And I am my own boss thank goodness I could not work outside the home with all the School appointments, Dr appointments, my son is in sports I am a regular Taxi driver no job is that flexible!

Live your dreams and dream BIG! You can accomplish anything with effort, passion, and consistency!

OMG it was only in the 40's this morning! I don't think I am ready for the cold! My son went to school today he still has the flu half of his class is out sick so I guess its that time of the year..

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS: In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. --Albert Schweitzer

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: "Are your ready?" --Johnny Carson

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race. --Dan Aykroyd

Well I am not off to a good start this week my son is home from school sick with the flu :-( he sounds horrible and I can't send him to get 25 other kids sick! When your kids get sick you feel so helpless you hate watching them just lay around and not act like themselves hopefully he will feel better tomorrow he was upset I made him stay home.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS: You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job. --Laurence J. Peter

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. --George Washington

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do. --Lucille Ball

Its been a wonderful week I have spoke to soo many amazing people looking for a way out of corporate America. Why not work for yourself around your kid's schedules get paid daily, benefits for your entire household, and so much more?? When I found AP 32 months ago I was looking for anything to make a little extra money this has turned into a Wonderful career for me and I am so thankful for this opportunity I know THERE IS NOTHING GOOD OUT THERE for work at home I looked for over 3 years..

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS: Only when one is connected to one's own core is one connected to others... And, for me, the core, the inner spring, can best be refound through solitude. --Anne Morrow Lindbergh

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Reflect that life, like every other blessing, derives its value from its use alone. --Samuel Johnson

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
It's not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts. --Adlai StevensonNightingale

Rainy Again! YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so sick of it this is the third day in a row of non stop rain! Rain rain go away come again another day!

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LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Love is the flower you've got to let grow. --John Lennon

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment. --Earl Nightingale

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Faith is a passionate intuition. --William Wordsworth

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LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. --Douglas Pagels

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
I just need to know that I did the very best I could and that I was true to myself. --Lenny Kravitz

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams. --Les Brown

Please never forget this day for what is 5 years ago was very tragic and our country came together as one against the terrorist. Please keep all of our troops and all those who lost loves ones on that tragic day in your thoughts, hearts and prayers.

God Bless America!


LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop. --H. L. Mencken

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. --Hannah Arendt

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. --C. S. Lewis

STAY POSITIVE!

WOOHOO!!! Its been a great short week except I have been sick with the flu and can't seem to shake it :-) I believe I caught it from my daughter she was sick last week my son is getting in trouble at school again :-( We are trying positive reinforcement we have a chart set up at home and he has sad faces and happy faces at the end of the week we see how he stands based on that if he has a good week he gets something special a movie new game etc.. Hopefully it works!


You Are an Inspiration: Don't Ever Forget

Your presence is a gift to the world, You're unique and one of a kind.
Your life can be what you want it to be - Take it one day at a time.

Count your blessings, not your troubles, And you'll make it through what comes along.
Within you are so many answers, Understand, have courage, be strong.

Don't put limits on yourself, Your dreams are waiting to be realized.
Don't leave your important decisions to chance - Reach for your peak, your goal, and your prize. Nothing wastes more energy than worrying - The longer a problem is carried, the heavier it gets.

Don't take things too seriously - Live a life of serenity, not a life of regrets.

Remember that a little love goes a long way - Remember that a lot goes forever.
Remember that friendship is a wise investment, Life's treasures are people ... together.

Have health and hope and happiness, Take the time to wish on a star.
And don't ever forget for even a day... How very special YOU are!

I thought this was really neat!

You may have heard of Bill Britt, one of the most successful network marketers in the world. Some years ago, 20/20 did a feature story on his company.
They spent 19 minutes interviewing whiners and complainers -- several distributors who had failed and of course wanted to tell how you couldn't make money in the industry.

During the last minute of the show, Mr. Britt was interviewed in front of his palatial home. He was asked, "Mr. Britt, this business has obviously worked for you. What's your secret?"
He replied, "There is no secret. I simply showed the plan to 1200 people. 900 said, 'No.' and only 300 signed up. Out of those 300, only 85 did anything at all. Out of those 85 only 35 were serious, and out of those 35, 11 made me a millionaire."

Success is just around the corner, if you're really looking for it, stay positive and talk to everyone about building a "Home Based Business"

People always ask me what do I say to people when I talk to people, here it is, I tell them I help entrepreneurs build a business, do you know any entrepreneurs who want to get out of their job and make some REAL money? If they say no, I say; "Thank You and move on". If you talk to enough people you will find those 5 or 10 people that will make you a fortune, but you won't get there only talking to 5 or 10.

Truly the secret is "IN THE SHOWING" not in how many you sign up. Just focus on showing the biz to people I always have fun with my goals, for example, I use the "FFF" method "Find Fifty Fast" because if you talk to fifty people today, you're on your way to making ALOT of money in this business, but you CANNOT lay back and expect it to happen automatically.
If you knew without a doubt that if you talked to 1200 people like Bill Britt that you'd be a millionaire you'd probably start talking to everyone wouldn't you?
Well it's been proven over and over again in this business that if you do just that, you will succeed, it just depends on how bad you really want it.

Be persistent & you WILL succeed .

I had my first parent teacher meeting this morning apparently my son is a little to social (lol) So we need to work on it! Things are great! Its so SUNNY and beautiful :-)

You know it's been all over the news about Steve Irwin (The Crocodile Hunter)
has passed away in a tragic diving accident. First and foremost to his family,
close friends, associates and fellow country men, my deepest sympathy for your loss.

To me, Steve Irwin was the epitome of a positive person, he lived his live full out,
doing what he loved most. While his early demise is tragic indeed, how much worse
would it have been if he didn't follow his dreams and live his life full out?

Many people thought he was a little crazy and an adrenalin junkie but he was a man
on a mission and wouldn't let his critics or fear stop him from living life on his terms,
fulfilling his dreams and sharing his passion with the world.

I for one am very glad to have witnessed his life, his passion, and his work. I'm
grateful he played full out each day and ignored the fear. Now I challenge you to
do the same beginning right now!

Mr. Positive!
Dave Boufford


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LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
You can't please everyone, and you can't make everyone like you.
--Katie Couric

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:

I believe that education is all about being excited about something.
Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.
--Steve Irwin (The Crocodile Hunter)

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:

...not fulfilling your dreams will be a loss to the world, because the
world needs everyone's gift--yours and mine. --Barbara Sher

I hope everyone is taking advantage of the day off today! I have been sick this weekend with a cold. We still did a few things with the kiddos to get them out and about today is rainy and yucky I AM SO SICK of the rain.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Love is letting go of fear. --Gerald Jampolsky

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. --Frances Bacon

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Fear is uselessFaith is necessaryLove is everything! --Martin Sheen
STAY POSITIVE!

The crocodile hunter was killed :-( This to bad we really enjoyed his programs about the animals.

CAIRNS, Australia - Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and conservationist known as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed Monday by a stingray while filming off the Great Barrier Reef. He was 44.
Irwin was at Batt Reef, off the remote coast of northeastern Queensland state, shooting a segment for a series called "Ocean's Deadliest" when he swam too close to one of the animals, which have a poisonous bard on their tails, his friend and colleague John Stainton said.
"He came on top of the stingray and the stingray's barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart," said Stainton, who was on board Irwin's boat at the time.
Crew members aboard the boat, Croc One, called emergency services in the nearest city, Cairns, and administered CPR as they rushed the boat to nearby Low Isle to meet a rescue helicopter. Medical staff pronounced Irwin dead when they arrived a short time later, Stainton said.
Irwin was famous for his enthusiasm for wildlife and his catchword "Crikey!" in his television program "Crocodile Hunter." First broadcast in Australia in 1992, the program was picked up by the Discovery network, catapulting Irwin to international celebrity.
He rode his image into a feature film, 2002's "The Crocodile Hunters: Collision Course" and developed the wildlife park that his parents opened, Australia Zoo, into a major tourist attraction.
"The world has lost a great wildlife icon, a passionate conservationist and one of the proudest dads on the planet," Stainton told reporters in Cairns. "He died doing what he loved best and left this world in a happy and peaceful state of mind. He would have said, 'Crocs Rule!'"

WOOHOO finally Friday!!! And its rainy again it seems like every Labor day weekend is rainy
:-( My son has completed his first week of school! HE LOVES IT! He can't wait to go back the next day they have a pet turtle they take care of and everyday he comes home and tells me all about him his name is Franklin (like the turtle show on Noggin) I am so happy he loves school I have already gotten use to the quiet time (lol) I walk him to school and make my daughter walk also when we get home shes ready for a nap :-)

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
To fear love is to fear life. --Bertrand Russell
LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Do the thingsYou believe inIn the name of loveAnd know thatYou aren't aloneWe all have doubts and fears. --Carole King
MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Having a vision for your life allows you to live out of hope, rather than out of your fears. --Stedman Graham
STAY POSITIVE!