Welcome to 2011 and a cool date: 1/1/11

This GUEST POST from my friends and associates at Thank God I… books gives an important prediction about YOU for the coming year.

There has been a lot of talk about whether the world will end in 2012.

Most people know this is what the Mayans — and many other “seers” and “prophets” — have predicted.

Some people give credence to these ideas while others think they are pure baloney.

The bottom line is no one will really know until 2012.

But we have our own predictions about 2011…

>>> CONTINUE READING Prediction: Earth-Shattering Revelations in 2011?…

Yesterday, Barry found a very moving video and posted it on our blog.

It was created by a company that makes inspirational posters, but the video goes beyond way beyond any posters — or even other inspirational videos — that you’ve seen.

It features inspirational quotes, yes, and stirring music… just like many others.

But this is the first time I’ve seen artwork actually come to life in this way.

As a former art student, I found it very touching, and it actually moved me to tears a few times.

A few of my favorite quotes from it were:

“When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.”
~ Anonymous

“Before you try to change others, remember how hard it is to change yourself.”
~ Anonymous

“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.”
~  Mignon McLaughlin

Watch the complete “Ignite Your Soul” video on our LWL Worldwide blog.

Keep Unwrapping the Mysteries of Life!

Barry recently came across a site that he pointed out to me — and it caused us both to scoff and shake our heads so much that I had to put on my Unwrapper hat and do some digging.

Funny thing is, the day he tried to show me the site, it was down. Now I know for sure that it was just a technical glitch, but at the time I thought it could be karma at work…

Because Wendy Webbe’s Scam Detective is either one of those cases of a misdirected internet marketing wannabe who’s been following bad advice… or an experienced marketer who’s scamming others under the guise of doing the opposite (how ironic, huh?)

I think I have to lay the initial blame on Kelly Felix and The Rich Jerk, who advised people to be controversial and talk about scams in their AdWords ads and reviews. But other teachers have taken those tactics and pushed them even further, and now it’s almost an epidemic.

These “experts” encourage new marketers to instill fear in their readers and capitalize on pain through the use of over-the-top hype… while claiming to be saving you from other over-the-top hypers.

It’s all done by preying on thoughts you’ve probably already had (“How do I know what’s a scam online?”), pretending to have the only answers, and attempting to make you feel like this fake person is “just like you.”

“What?” I hear some of you asking, “How can you put down a mother of young children — just like you — who only wants to make a living online for her family while protecting others from the scammers who already victimized her?”

I, yi, yi… where do I begin?…

>>> CONTINUE READING Ever Been Scammed by a “Scam Detective”?…