Commitment To Taking Action:
I’m not sure what your situation is, but if you are not committed to taking action and doing the things that need to be done, the things that will move you forward towards your goals, I can assure you, you will fail at whatever you are attempting to accomplish.

Commitment to taking action is especially important when it comes to running your own home based business.  You no longer have a boss breathing down your back, constantly looking over your shoulder, making sure that you are doing the work that you are supposed to be doing.  You are your boss.  Hopefully, you are a good one and you keep yourself on track.

When it seems like things aren’t working, don’t give up.  Just step back and reassess where you are and where you want to be.  Keep going after it, never loose your dream.

The moment you think about quitting, I want you to think about something.  In Napoleon Hill’s book, Think and Grow Rich, there is a story about a Prospector who is digging around and finds some gold.  After digging a little more, he finds a couple more nuggests.  He sets up a mine and continues to dig, but no more gold is found.  Finally, after years of digging with no success, he gives up, quits, and sells the mine, only to find out that he was only 3 feet away from the gold from the point he started, he had just been digging in the wrong direction.  Think about how far away you could be from your gold.  Do you still want to quit?

Commitment To Self Mastery
Successful leaders have a commitment to self mastery.  They let their flesh know who’s in charge.  Look for ways to say no to yourself every day.  If you do, you’ll be able to do it when it really counts.  Zero in on the undiciplined areas of your life that you excuse or postpone dealing with.  Everything may be permissable to you, but not everything is beneficial.  If in doubt, ask yourself if it is beneficial to do whatever you are thinking about.  How many times do you say to yourself “I know I need to change, I will tomorrow”?

You have the right to spend your time and money how ever you please, but you do not have the right to complain when the law of diminishing returns kicks in and you finish in the poor house.  You have the right to fill your mind with any kind of garbage that you choose.  But understand this, constant exposure to the wrong things will weaken your character, rob you of self respect, and eventually enslave you.  When it comes to replacing bad habits with good ones, only one person is going to make it happen, and that is you.  Your character, the sum total of your every day choices, day by day, what you think, what you choose, and what you do, is what you become.

Stay committed to taking action.  Never give up, keep going after it, and take the actions that need to be taken to move you forward towards your goals.  Be that 3% kind of leader today.

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In November of 2008, the end of the growing season, my Husband’s Mom and Step-Dad brought with them from Idaho, 2 little starts of some of their Austrees. Austrees are a very fast growing hardy tree, a hybrid of the Willow. I remember fondly the Weeping Willow tree we had in our backyard growing up. It was huge and originated from just three little twigs from the corner neighbor’s tree. It grew to epic proportions, and we eventually had to chop it down after being damaged several times over the years in storms, and after way too many times of taking out the power lines (and once falling on the roof of the neighbor’s garage). I’ve always loved the Willow tree, so I was excited to see what these would be like. They have the shape of the leaves of the Willow, just not drooping like the Weeping Willow, and incredible speed of growth, which is great for a new backyard that desperately needs trees.

	This is the Austree on the left in our backyard. As I said, it was planted as just a little start. While it didn’t get much of a chance to do anything the first year it was planted because the growing season was over, it heartily made it up in last year’s season. This lil runt grew to 7 feet in that one season. It’s slightly smaller and weaker than its counterpart, but more full.
	This is the Austree on the right in our backyard. This is the champion of champions. We had a little rabbit that ran through the yards, and it got hungry that first winter and chewed this start down to within an inch of the ground. We thought it was all over for that one. But, this little slugger proved us wrong. It started anew right behind that one inch lil stub and grew from nothing to 8 foot last growing season. Because we had put wire mesh screens and stakes around the trees to protect them from any little critters who would nibble on them in their fragile state while they were growing, this one got damaged in a wind storm by scraping against the top of the screen. So, it’s a little barren on it’s right side, but it’s coming back.

These two Austrees have been champions of growth, showing that from little to nothing, something great can come of it. I’m so proud of my trees and am so excited to see what they do this season. My Father-In-Law thinks they will double in size this year. Wow! I can’t wait! I know already, I’ve seen around a half foot of growth on each tree and the trunks have gotten thicker.

These trees are definitely and inspiration.  If these trees can attain that much growth – from little to nothing, anyone can. It just takes the will to grow!

In my little journey that I call life, I like to search for inspirational and motivational things. Most of the time, those come in the form of quotes, and I’d love to share with you a really good quote I found today by Wesley Woo.

To Succeed You Must First Improve,
To Improve You Must First Practice,
To Practice You Must First Learn,
And To Learn You Must First Fail…

I am here, not to help you fail, but to help you Learn, Practice, Improve, and Become Successful.

I look forward to our journey together and I will see you on the next video!

Take Care and Create Your Greatest Day!
Kelli =)

Introducing the Networking Mompreneur, Kelli Jacobson! Kelli takes you through a little bit of her background to help you get to know her a little better.

You can connect with Kelli on the following sites:

Blog: http://www.KelliJacobson.com
Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/KelliJacobson
FaceBook: http://www.Facebook.com/KelliJacobson
LinkedIn: http://www.LinkedIn.com/in/KelliJacobson
Better Networker: http://www.BetterNetworker.com/members/Kelli_Jacobson

You can listen to Kelli’s New Age/Instrumental Internet Radio Station at Live365:
http://www.Live365.com/stations/moonshea2u

I look forward to connecting with you!

Take Care and Create Your Greatest Day!
Kelli Jacobson =)

Our family had a fantastic Labor Day Weekend.  I hope yours did as well!

Starting off with Saturday Night, we had a BBQ at our place with my hubby’s Mom and Step-Dad.  My husband cooked marinated steaks, a potato/veggie dish, and corn on the cob all on the grill and Mom had made chocolate frosted brownies for dessert.  It was all soooo delicious!  Then, after the lil one went to bed for the night, us adults gathered around the table for a night full of Mexican Train Dominoes!  I lost big time, as usual.  Started off doing pretty good, and I thought I had some good strategies going, but, it’s all the luck of the draw…  It was a great night though.  I think it was close to Midnight when they left, if that shows you how much fun we were having! lol

Then, Monday afternoon we had a fun picnic in the park, our son’s first picnic!  Mom and Dad grabbed some ribs and potato salad from the store, and we brought some chips and some carrots and grapes for the kiddo.  We got to sit down and have a nice picnic and then took the kiddo (15 months) over to the slide and the swings for his first time playing on the playground.  Slide was a bit too hot and he didn’t like that so much, but he enjoyed the swings, and then the dirt and stuff on the ground! lol

All in all, I couldn’t think of a better way to spend my weekend, than with family!

Kelli =)