Online Newsletter for the Week Ending April 1

QUOTE: “No pressure, no diamonds.” I might have to explain that to you-know-who.


THERE WILL BE A SURPRISE PRESENTER FOR WEDNESDAY’S PARTNER’S MEETING; YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS THIS!

YARD SALE A SUCCESS! Thank you Sandy Bertram for organizing this week’s yard sale for Keller Cares. The event cleared over $500. There were so many members of the Market Center who donated items for the sale, helped set up and promote the event, and worked and cleaned up after the event. If I start naming them all here I know I will leave a name or two out of the list and I do not want to do that. THANK YOU ALL!

NON-PROFIT: We have received verbal notification that Charitable Endeavors, our charitable organization within the Market Center, has been approved as a non-profit organization. That means that donations to endeavors such as Tee Off For Scholarships are truly tax deductible. This is a great achievement for our Market Center.

STAYING FOCUSED IN AN ADD (ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER) WORLD, another great article by Joe Tye. http://tinyurl.com/6ce6gzk

CLASSES. It is extremely important that if you intend to attend a Market Center class that you sign up at the front desk. Oftentimes instructors have handouts that have to be reproduced and when more students show up than have signed up, it takes time to make additional copies. When you sign up and then fail to attend, there are typically more handouts than students and that is just a waste of money as handouts then to change over time. If the presenter is planning on bring food to the class there is no way to properly plan for the number of students who actually attend. Most instructors are NOT paid to teach class and they obviously could use the class time for dollar-productive activities if no one signs up to attend the class. It is critical that if you plan to attend, sign up. The signup sheets are at the front desk.

eEdge: Surprisingly as of last week, only 23,136 agents of over 77,000 have set up their eEdge program. Are you one of them? Here are 30,392 reasons that you should have. There have been 30,392 leads distributed through the eEdge program. Did you get one or more of them? You won’t get any if you have not set up your program. Wayne Setliff teaches the eEdge program every Monday at 9:00 am, have you been attending? The room should have standing room only.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC, presented by the Jefferson Performing Arts Society. In concert - sing-along performance Saturday April 9, 7:30 p.m. Northshore Harbor Center. Sing along with the Von Trapp family as they undergo the eve of World War II, in this classic performance of the music we all know and love! Tickets on sale now at The Northshore Harbor Center or visit www.jpas.org or call 1-877-884-JPAS

AMAZING PRESENTATION, How It Feels To Have A Stroke. This is a presentation by a doctor who studies the human brain and who had a stroke and then created this presentation. It is a spellbinding presentation that will absolutely make you think a little differently than you might otherwise think. This is worth watching if you have not seen it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU

FAILING FORWARD. This is an article by Jon Gordon that has the same title as a book written by Dr. John Maxwell. I highly encourage you to read both the article and the book (which is on the book shelf in the Market Center). Personally I like to refer to making mistakes (failing) as the Gymbeaux Oreo Principle. Why an Oreo cookie? Because you never want to end a critique of your efforts on a negative note. When evaluating everything you do, not just the mistakes, think of an Oreo and think of the chocolate sides as something really good. So you start your critique with all that went well because even in failure some things do go correctly. Then consider what went wrong, the cream filling but always end with what went correctly the second chocolate side of the cookie. ALWAYS END ON A POSITIVE NOTE! Don’t beat yourself up needlessly. Here is the link to Jon’s article: http://www.jongordon.com/newsletter-032811-failing-forward.html

PAPERLESS UPDATE. There are 61 folders that need attention that have been waiting for over 30 days. There are 58 folders that need attention for less than 30 days. Everyone, please check your dashboards to see if you have any folders requiring attention.