This is the week of Thanksgiving for some of us and not too long after that it will be the Holiday season. A time to be thankful and a time when we give inspired me to share this video. The video is another from the TedTalks series at Ted.com. You may have noticed if you are a regular visitor here that I have previously shared videos from Ted.com.

Today’s video is an 18 minute presentation by the founder of Kiva.org a nonprofit organization that grants micro loans to aspiring entrepreneurs around the world in an effort to alleviate poverty. [My very brief description does not do this great organization justice, so please visit their website and see what they are all about and how you can get involved]

I hope this video and the information on the Kiva.org’s website inspires you to make a donation and help an entrepreneur.

Have a great week!

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Here is a nice video for you today. A collection of quotes from the late Winston Churchill. The quotes revolve around the themes: positive thinking, success, failure, courage and action. The scenery is beautiful and the background music is soothing. Take some time out to watch it now. It’s a little over 4 minutes long.

I would love to hear which is your favorite. Feel free to share in the comments box below. Thank you and have a great week!

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Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions — motion, speech, self-awareness — shut down one by one. An astonishing story.

My take: very educational, intellectual, touching and inspiring. I would love to hear what you think. Go ahead and watch the 18 min. video, then let me know what you think by using the comments box below.

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Lombardi! Perhaps no single word in the English language communicates such strong visions of excellence, discipline, commitment, and of course, winning. The Lombardi philosophy, however, transcends football. He had the unique ability to articulate the fundamentals of success for football, business and life unlike any leader. Enjoy this three minute inspirational movie that shares Lombardi’s keys to success in an unforgettable way with vintage photos, great Lombardi quotes, and the rare audio segments from Lombardi giving his famous speech … What It Takes To Be #1.

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We are at the mid-point of the week. How have you done so far in your life, business and with the goals you set for the week? Now would be a good time to refresh your to-do list and rev things up for the rest of the week and end with a bang.

Plus there are 106 days left in the year. Put it on your calendar to take some time out this weekend to strategize how you can finish the year 2010 strong!

Enjoy this Motivational and Inspirational Video and have a phenomenal day!

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Today I share with you a popular video on YouTube with some memorable quotes from Albert Einstein, one of the greatest minds that ever lived. Even though he passes away over 50 years ago, some of his quotes are still so relevant.

I would love to hear your favorite from this video or your favorite quote overall. Start or join in the conversation by leaving a comment below.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Monday and a productive week!

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So go ahead and read the interview below which gives you more information about Marelisa, her blog and of course her brand new book which is at a special price until August 14th!

Enjoy!

Tell us first a little more about you. What led you to start your blog about Creativity, Productivity & Simplicity which equals to abundance?

I started blogging because I was introduced to the concept of passive income after reading a book called “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”, written by Robert Kiyosaki. At the time, I was working as an attorney for the agency that runs the Panama Canal, and I was making a salary. That is, all of my income was linear; I was being paid an hourly wage. After reading Kiyosaki’s book I decided that I wanted to create a passive source of income.

About a year later, I left the canal and started working as a solo-practitioner. I still wanted to make passive income, so during my spare time I started a web site in which I sold affiliate products. The products I was selling are personal development products which I use and consider to be incredibly helpful. Then I read that attaching a blog to your web site was a great way to generate more traffic to your site, so I started “Abundance Blog at Marelisa Online”. The blog started getting lots of traffic, and I got more and more involved in the blogging community and started meeting some really great people. Readers would leave comments on my blog letting me know that they enjoyed reading my articles and that they found lots of valuable tips and information on my blog. So, what started out as a means to create passive income, became much more.

I love deciding on a topic that I want to write about, conducting the research, writing the article, editing it, and then finding a great image for it. When I publish a new article I can’t wait to get up the next day and read the comments that my readers leave and see their reaction on Twitter, Stumbleupon, and other social media sites. I would say that I stumbled upon blogging, but now I absolutely love it.

How often do you update your blog?

When I first started blogging I updated my blog three times a week. However, I spend a lot of time on each of my blog posts and I was starting to get a bit burned out, so I decided to cut back to twice a week. Right now I’m working really hard on promoting my new eBook, “How to Live Your Best Life – The Essential Guide for Creating and Achieving Your Life List”, so I’ve been posting about once a week on my blog. I feel that posting twice a week is what works best for me, so I plan to get back on that schedule soon.

Are you a full time blogger as they say or do you have a ‘regular job’?

I am not a full time blogger and I don’t have a regular job. I do some work as an attorney. However, I’m trying to expand my influence online so that I can gradually become a full time blogger.

Now, tell us about the genesis behind ‘How to Love Your Best Life – The Essential Guide for Creating and Achieving Your Life List’? Why did you decide to write this book and/or about this subject matter?

I have a very popular Squidoo lens that’s titled “Creating a Bucket List – 100 Things to Do Before You Die”. It’s been one of the top 100 Squidoo lenses for well over a year now. It gets lots of traffic, and I love adding new ideas to it each time that I come across something interesting on the web.

I was thinking of how I could better monetize that lens and take advantage of the fact that it receives so much traffic, and I was looking through Clickbank and Commission Junction to see if they had any interesting affiliate programs that would appeal to an audience interested in life lists and bucket lists. I couldn’t find anything, so I decided to create a product. And that’s how my eBook came to be.

What makes this book different from the many self-help related books out there?

“How to Live Your Best Life” is really a workbook; it takes you step-by-step through the entire process of deciding what you want in all areas of your life—work, family, adventures, personal development, and so on—and making those desires real. At the end of the workbook you’ll have an entire life plan drafted out. It’s packed with information, tools, resources, inspirational quotes and stories, and practical exercises. I’ve gotten a lot of very positive feedback saying that the eBook is incredibly comprehensive and yet, at the same time, its’ very easy to read, digest, and apply.

My purpose in writing this eBook isn’t just to give people information, but to offer tools that can be applied so that a year from now their life is much better than it is today, even if they already have a great life to begin with.

Now you mention that the book is written in workbook format with 165 pages, 27 chapters and 30 practical exercises. If the reader implements the practical exercises, will they have a ‘blueprint’ of what they can do to achieve their life goals?

That’s exactly right. The eBook appeals to both the right and left hemispheres of the brain. It allows a lot of flexibility, while at the same time providing a methodical approach that will allow you to take your “castles in the air” and build a strong foundation underneath.

How did you go about compiling these exercises? Are they based on any psychological foundation, your experiences, a combination or what?

I did an enormous amount of research while writing this eBook. I created the exercises as a way to turn the knowledge that I was acquiring into practical steps that could easily be replicated by others. Although I’ve already achieved a lot of things on my life list, I wasn’t using the practical approach that I set forth in my eBook. Now that I have all this knowledge after all of the research that I did in order to write the eBook, I’m going to start applying it to my own life in order to start moving through my life list faster and more efficiently.

Why should our readers buy ‘How to Love Your Best Life – The Essential Guide for Creating and Achieving Your Life List’

I think that deep down we all want to apply as much of our time, money, and energy as we can toward achieving our dreams. However, a lot of people aren’t sure how to begin doing that. My eBook offers people a way to decide what it is that they want to be, do, and have, and then shows them how to start applying their resources to make it happen.

Can you tell us if you are on your way to achieving YOUR Life List?

As I said above, I’ve accomplished a lot of things which are on my life list, and I’m very proud of that. If you’d like to know some of the specific things that I’ve accomplished, you can read my post “50 Things I’ve Already Done”. I also have lots of items on my life list that I’m working toward achieving. At the same time, it’s important to remember that it’s not so much about the destination, but about enjoying the journey. The next big item I plan to cross off my life list is completing a marathon in December of this year.

Can you share any of your personal transformations that came about from applying some of the principles in your book?

I’ve gotten a lot better at recognizing when my inner voice is trying to pull me away from my life goals because it gets scared or anxious. I see my inner critic as an overly protective mother-type character that’s trying to keep me safe, albeit in a very misguided way. Now I’m a lot better at recognizing when I start to get scared because I’m moving outside of my comfort zone, and I can quiet down the inner voice that doesn’t want to venture out into the unknown. At the end of the day the only one who can tell you that you can’t do something is you; so if you can get out of your own way, there’s almost nothing that can stop you from achieving what you want.

Is there a way for our listeners to take a look inside of ‘How to Love Your Best Life – The Essential Guide for Creating and Achieving Your Life List’

Yes. If they visit the landing page for the eBook, which is here, they can read the first chapter of the eBook, the Table of Contents, and one of the exercises.

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What is the price of your book and how may we obtain a copy of it?

The eBook is priced at $14.60, but it has a 35% discount until the 14th of August. This means that your readers can get the eBook for $9.50 if they purchase it before the price goes up. To get the ebook, just go here: ““How to Live Your Best Life – The Essential Guide to Creating and Achieving Your Life List”.”.

How can our readers learn more about you, find your blog and connect with you via Social Media?

My blog is “Abundance Blog at Marelisa Online”, and the best way to connect with me is via Twitter.

To learn more and purchase click here: “How to Live Your Best Life – The Essential Guide to Creating and Achieving Your Life List”.

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I hope you had a great weekend and are ready for a productive week. Here is another video about focus featuring Anthony Robbins. I do hope you enjoy it. Start or join in the conversation by leaving a comment in the comments box below. Share a light bulb moment you got from the video, an area of your life where you have been focusing and reaping results. Love hearing from you.

Have a great week!

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I am sure you will like it as much as I do.

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How many things could you list in 49 sec that you are grateful for?  {let me know in the comments field below}

Make it a Great Day!

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LET ME ASK YOU THIS…

Are you living your life by any one or more of the quotes in this video?

Live your life on purpose.  And if you dare to do something new and feel uncomfortable doing it or get negative feedback from ‘friends’ then you’re most likely on the right track.  Keep going!

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Stephanie.