What's stopping you?

For so long, I let my "circumstances" stop me from achieving my goals. Now I'm re-reading "The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity" by Catheryn Ponder and revisiting some great lessons.

What I've learned is that it's primarily our belief systems that stop us from reaching our dreams. I've also learned that the act of making a decision and then sticking to that decision is the very key to seeing that dream become a reality. I learned that from Robin Firestone - a fellow Liberty League Advisor, and a very wise woman.

What's keeping you from reaching your goal? If you want to have different results in your life, you have to change your daily method of operation. How do you do that? Well, that's what Liberty League International is all about. Contact me today to find out how LLI can change your life for the better! ckfanning99@gmail.com

What will it take??

Please cut and paste the following link and watch. Wake up America!!

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Zeitgeist: Addendum 2/13

Muppets - Mahna Mahna

My absolute favorite!

57th TONY AWARDS MAN OF LA MANCHA

The Impossible Dream

This song popped into my head tonight. I love this song! It is so full of courage and hope and fight. When things look impossible, just remember this song and remember also that "Nothing is impossible with God" (Luke 1:37 and also, Mark 9:23 and Matt. 17:20,21)!

"The Impossible Dream"
From MAN OF LA MANCHA (1972)
music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion

To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go

To right the unrightable wrong
To love pure and chaste from afar
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star

This is my quest
To follow that star
No matter how hopeless
No matter how far

To fight for the right
Without question or pause
To be willing to march into Hell
For a heavenly cause

And I know if I'll only be true
To this glorious quest
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to my rest

And the world will be better for this
That one man, scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star!

Smelling The Roses

Life is great! Even when things don't happen in the time frame desired, or when the challenges of life seem almost overwhelming...it is wonderful to celebrate being alive! I give thanks everyday that I am breathing.

A friend of mine is battling major illness; cancer, lymn's disease, bloating...she has almost died several times. She finally sought help south of the border, and has come back cancer free and recovering nicely! It's at times like these that we are reminded to take a few extra moments each day to smell the roses, breathe deeply, and tell your loved ones that you love them.

One time I was invited to dinner at a friend's house. She said they were celebrating and I asked what the special occasion was. It happened to be a Thursday night. She said "we're celebrating because it's Thursday." Nice.

We can worry our lives away. We can worry ourselves sick. We can create new things to worry about because we don't feel normal if we are not worried. What a way to live life!! Worry is the opposite of faith. It is the act of fearing something bad might happen. It is the act of allow the mind to consider negative things.

"As A Man Thinketh" by James Allen discusses the age old wisdom that "as a man thinketh, so is he" - which is also found in Proverbs 23:7 (KJ). It means that whatever you think about habitually will become a reality. If a person allows their mind to dwell on and focus on and worry about bad things, those events will not be far behind. Have you ever heard of worrying your self sick? There is scientific proof that this is true. I recommend "Everything You Need To know To Feel Go(o)d" by Candace Pert for scientific evidence that this is so.

Habitual thinking is hard to change, but if a person wants to change bad enough, they will do what it takes. Thoughts sprout out of beliefs. Beliefs are things we've been taught from the beginning of our lives. Our strongest beliefs are things we were taught in our formative years. And here's the tough part - beliefs are not synonymous with truth. Just because a person believes something does not mean it is true.

I never really realized how much I worried about things, and how much I thought about the things that I do not want, until I joined a personal development group, listened to what others were saying, and read books on this topic. Because of this, I've been changing everything about my life. I've deeply examined my beliefs. I've changed my language. I've changed the way I go about my daily routine. It's wonderful.

It's not been an overnight difference. Some of the deeply held beliefs are so way down there I wasn't even aware I believed that way. They only surfaced when I learned to ask myself questions, and listen. Yes, listen to myself. Which requires being silent. Which requires stopping the 'monkey chatter' of the mind. Which requires.....well, taking a walk and smelling the roses.

I love life!

300% Increase In Sales For Liberty League International

Top earner busts the monthly record, makes $175,000.00 in March!

Personal Development is a huge business trend!  Jump on the train!

Les Brown says "be proud of Liberty League International!"  Who's Les Brown?  Only the leading motivational speaker in the world, who spoke at our recent Summit Conference in Rome, Italy!  That's who! (www.lesbrown.com)

Liberty League International has had such renowned speakers at all of their conferences.  When LLI does something, they do it 100% A-rate, first class, top of the line.  Would you expect anything less?  

We have fun, we make a ton of money.  We celebrate life!

Learn more about this fabulous income opportunity - contact me asap!!!

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Want to get right to it???  Okay then, go study this:  www.freebusinessoverview.com

Then call me:  503-724-9490

No foolin' around folks!  I joined the best home based business in the world!!  Can you tell I'm excited?  

my deepest fear

"Our deepest fear" By Marianne Williamson

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

What Liberty League has done for me

I joined Liberty League International 3 years ago because I saw an opportunity to make the kind of money that brings real financial freedom, and because it is a personal development company and just 6 months prior I had been introduced to personal development.  I listened to the 25 minute business overview, was very interested but still skeptical, then went to study the website.  I was blown away!  I wanted what these people have.  They not only had achieved financial freedom, they were happy, at peace, and had purpose.  

Thank God I took the plunge and joined.  I bought all three products within my first 12 days in business.  It was an investment that has paid off in so many wonderful ways - not just financially, but more importantly, this company has changed my life for the better in such a powerful way..

When a person joins LLI, they don't just receive the rights to market the business and products.  They join a community of like minded individuals that inspire and educate and build each other up to be the best that we each can be.  I've been with a few other business opportunities, and I have seen nothing like this!  Everyday via conference call we join in and listen to some training.  These lessons can be applied to any area of life - not just the business.  And it has been this aspect of LLI that has influenced me and changed me the most - and for which I am most grateful.

There is one thing that perhaps stands out more than any other lesson I have learned - and that is to be grateful no matter what.  In a nutshell, this is the key.  Funny and ironic is the fact that although I have been a Christian most of my life, and that the bible clearly says "rejoice always" (Phil.4:4) and to give thanks in all circumstances (1 Thes. 5:18), I just didn't get it.  My life started to be "going nowhere" in my 30's.  I struggled against my circumstances for a long time - and I complained a lot!  Things got worse and worse.  I wondered where God was and why he didn't answer my prayers.  I was definitely praying.  But my prayers were the "why isn't this working" type - which I have since learned is the very reason why they didn't work!!

Being connected to a very wonderful, wise, prosperous minded community that teaches people how to be wealthy in every sense of the word helped me find myself, discover my purpose/destiny and gave me the tools to achieve my dreams.  

Just some of the ways I have changed:  I don't complain anymore!  I remember to listen and really seek to understand and hear people.  I believe in myself, and love myself and allow myself to be me and not worry what others think of me.  (that's huge, by the way)!  I have confidence!  I understand goal setting and focus and being consistent.  I discovered what "be, do, have" means and I'm learning to make that a habitual way of being.  I get it about being consistent and not loosing sight of my destination.  But most importantly - and this took time and healing - I got clear on my relationship with God.  I have rid myself of debilitating doubt.  

One of my favorite and most powerful quotes I have heard within the LLI community is "I see only my objective, the obstacles must yield".  It was originally from Napoleon Bonaparte.  Who knows if he made it up or heard if from one of his mentors...that is how wisdom is past on from generation to generation.  I heard it from my mentor and advisor, John McDermott, who is one of the top income earners in LLI, and one of the two in the LLI Hall of Fame.  

I want to share Liberty League International with everyone!  I am so grateful, everyday, that a friend of a friend introduced me to LLI.  I was not even looking for a business!!  But it found me because it was the answer to my cries for help.  

So let me ask you - what are you crying out for?  What do you want?  LLI is not the answer for everyone, but it is for some - is it for you?  

We at LLI offer life changing personal/self development products.  We offer a business opportunity where you can be your own boss, work from your home office (or anywhere w/ a phone and internet connection).  We offer an outstanding, exponential compensation plan designed to create a six figure income.  We offer a community of like minded, awesome, wonderful people.  You can help change lives while changing your own.  LLI is not just a business, it's a movement - a revolution - a new wave in the evolution of income opportunities. 

So let me ask you - what's stopping you from achieving your dreams?  

If you want to know more - if you want to talk with me and attend the live business overview teleconference call and study the website - just like I did, then contact me today!!  Email me today at ckfanning99@gmail.com and give me your contact information.  You can set your feet on the path to true freedom.  I look forward to assisting you!

Posted with love,  Chaunda

My Bill Phillips Challenge

I am a writer.  I've written a screenplay.  I'm writing a book.  I went to a Mark Victor Hansen Mega Book Marketing Seminar and learned a ton about being a writer and getting published.

That's where I heard Bill Phillips, author of Body For Life, whose vision is to see "The Great American Transformation Experience (GATE)" become a reality (www.transformation.com).  He has dedicated his life to helping people transform not only their bodies, but their entire lives, by helping them get healthy through a 12 week program he designed.  He's already helped multiple thousands of people.  Bill says "Imagine a nation of truly healthy, happy, energetic and bright people.  Inspired to live life to the fullest; creating value for one another and giving great care to themselves as well."

The challenge, which started yesterday, March 24th, and will conclude on June 15th, is for the writers who attended the Mark Victor Hansen conference.  We are to write about our transformation and submit it to Bill as a book.  The top 10 winners will each receive $10,000 in cash for themselves, and $10,000 to donate in their name to the charity of their choice.  

My transformation started yesterday.  Yes, I took a picture and no, I'm not going to post it!!!  

Physically, I've always been fit.  As a child, I was in gymnastics.  I played soccer with the boys in Jr. High.  I was on the high school ski team.  I was a cheerleader.  I love to rollerblade, escape on my bicycle, do stairs in the hilly part of town (Silverlake and Los Feliz has lots of hidden stairways).  But I have to be honest.  I've gained about 5 solid pounds of "extra" within the last year, and I've experience a serious lack of energy in the past 5 months.  So even though I've been going to the gym, the pizazz to sweat has not accompanied me.  

And that is what I think the transformation book will be about - for me.  My book will be about finding that pizazz, that vitality of life force that moves a person forward, gives them the passion and zest - the MOTIVATION to move and life life to the fullest.  

I am excited to get back into that fantastic shape that I love so well.  I am even more excited to find myself again.  That's truly living.

Thanks Bill, for the challenge!

What's next?  Spinach, ginger, apple and carrot...juiced in a juicer and consumed in a straight shot with a bottle of water for a chaser.  Yummy!!  

                     

I love livin' in Los Angeles!!!!!!!!

I'm from Portland, Oregon.  I grew up there.  You'd think I'd be okay with the rain.  It's absolutely beautiful there.  Green.  

I went to college at Oregon State University.  Corvallis, Oregon.  Beautiful.  Cow town. Literally, if the wind was in a certain direction...ug!!  My favorite escape from college studies was a bike ride down the highway into the lush countryside toward the ocean.  Beautiful. Unless the wind was blowin'... 

I spent two years after college in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.  I recommend all Americans get out of "dodge" and stay out of the states for a year or more.  It really gives one a broader perspective on our world.  My favorite newspaper was the Herald Tribune.  My favorite food was patates with mayonaise.  I LOVED Amsterdam. The old world feel, the coblestone streets.  I didn't have a car for two years!!  I rode my bike everyday and the Metro.  It was awesome.  

During my two years in A'dam, I traveled to awesome places like Sofia, Bulgaria, and a mountain village in Albania where a group of dutch young people and myself helped  the locals rebuild their school.  It was during the summer, and besides all the wonderful times of helping people and discovering the world, I discovered how much I loved the warm weather.  We're talking 90 degree heaven!  I couldn't get enough of it!  I remember waking up at 6 am in Sofia, Bulgaria.  Red dawns.  The sunrise was just incredible.  We were staying at an old olympic dormatory.  I would get up and go running (jogging) (trotting) and I was just in heaven.  I loved being warm.

I moved back to Oregon after Amsterdam.  After those trips to Hungary, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece...  What a wonderful time that was.  

I spent two years in Oregon, finding myself.  Life after Europe.  Is there such a thing?  I ended up moving down to Los Angeles.  I had experience working as a crew member on commercials and I decided to move to LA and find more work.  I lived in LA for 8.5 years.  Then a crazy thing happened.  I moved back to Portland.  WHY??????!!!!!!!!!!!

I loved it here.  Why did I move back to cow town?  To P'town, as they call it up in Seattle.  To Stumptown, as they called it 100 years ago, because they cut down all the trees to make room for the growing city.  

It's rainy most of the time.  It's grey with clouds.  Aw shucks, okay, I'll admit it.  It's BEAUTIFUL when it's sunny and lovely.  And they have great beer, and fabulous restaurants, and...oh, the skiiing is great too.  And mom and dad are there.  And my brother and my sister.

But the sunshine...I love the sunshine.  The WARM wind, the WARM sunshine bathing my body in WARMTH.  It was 87 degrees today.  Granted, a little warm for March.  It will be in the 70's this next week.  I like it best at 85 degrees.  

I moved to LA last November.  I'm back in the land of Sunshine and Action and Energy and Happenings, and Oppportunity, and a ton of awesome restaurants and when you have money, there is so much to do and see and play and.........

I'm back in Los Angeles and I am so happy.  

On The Move

Today I read "One The Move" by Bono.  Powerful, intriguing, effective.  I went to www.one.org and signed up.  Bono described the aids pandemic as the leprosy of our generation.  Colin Powell, a 5 star general, called it the greatest W.M.D. (weapon of mass destruction) of them all.

"The One campaign, a growing movement of more than two million Americans...left and right together, united in the belief that where you live should no longer determine whether you live."

We live busy lives.  So often we are so busy maintaining our own existence, we feel we do not have time for anything else.  There are little things we can do - baby step things - that can and do make a difference.  One drop in a bucket by itself is one drop.  However, if a whole bunch of people add their one drop, the bucket will overflow.  

Jesus is quoted as saying "Give and it will be given to  you, a good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and flowing over into your lap.  For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."  Luke 6:38

So today, you can do a drop - visit www.one.org and sign up.  Bono gives lots of great ideas about how you can help - little drops that add up!  I did.  I signed up today, I sent an email to friends inviting them to join, and I'm writing about it in my blog - all ideas Bono gave me. :)

Have a splashin' great day!

2008 Rising Star Awards

This is what it's all about!

I did what I said I would do...

I journaled this morning about my two years in Portland and wow, what a great exercise that was! I was looking at negative aspects of my life in Portland, and consequently forgot all the great times I had. And I had tons of great times, great experiences, lots of travel, new friends, discovering new places, etc. Portland has seasons!! I hiked, spent time with family, I loved watching the snow fall, walking through the beautiful leaves on the ground in the fall, the crisp, cold air on my face, the coffee shops, the art galleries. NW Portland's Pearl District has "First Thursdays" - the first Thursday of every month all the art galleries have open houses, music, free snacks, wine bars, and there is one street where they close it to traffic and it becomes a walking street where budding artists show their works, sing their songs, and make merry. Thousands of people flock to the area to partake. It's a wonderful community event and I enjoyed many of these nights!

Ever since I joined Liberty League International and started using the Beyond Freedom home study course on personal transformation, my life has become better and better. Because of the community I am attached to through LLI, I am doing new things to improve my life. This idea to focus on the great things I did and experienced during my two years in Portland came to me in the middle of the night. I wrote the idea down, and took action. The tool of paying attention to these ideas and writing them down was taught to me in LLI. I am soooooo grateful to LLI for the wonderful transformation of my life. Every day in every way, I am getting better and better!!

For more information about Liberty League International, just call me directly! 503-724-9490 PST
Have an awesome day - you deserve it!!

Movin' On

I spent two years in Portland, Oregon, my home town, after having lived in Los Angeles for 8.5 years. I went back for a few reasons - see about a relationship (which didn't work out), live in an area of Portland I'd always wanted to (NW area) and I did and loved it, and be closer to my family. Portland is a great town. It's not a huge city like NY, Chicago, or LA, but it has fantastic restaurants (one of my friends is 3x Iron Chef of Oregon and owns the newest, hottest restaurant in town - Sel Gris) and tons of places to hang out. I miss that aspect of it actually. Great beer, great pubs, great coffee houses to hang out (it rains a lot so that's a good thing to have), plus it's so green and beautiful (when it's not grey and rainy). I'm rambling.  

Thing is, I've been thinking to myself that I sort of regret having spent those two years there - and away from LA where I can make my dreams come true. (Film maker). I love the sunshine. What was I thinking? I sort of got stuck there. I got in a rut there. The grey skies, the cold temperatures (I thrive in 80 degree weather)- it all wore me down. My business suffered big time...I had to get back to LA.

But I cannot regret my time in Portland. I cannot look at it as a mistake. And last night, I woke up with a realization. Perhaps by continuing to have those "I made a mistake" thoughts, I was holding myself back somehow. Here as I write this I am finding it hard to describe... Does everything happen for a reason?

So as I was waking up, a thought crossed my mind and I wrote it down (I have learned to keep a notepad by my bed because I think a lot of wisdom bubbles to the surface when I'm asleep...anyway...I wrote down that I should journal about all the great things I did and the great times I had and the wonderful things I enjoyed during my two years there. That way I could celebrate the good things, forget the negatives, and MOVE ON!

I Love What I Do!

"I have a wonderful business in a wonderful way! I provide wonderful service for wonderful pay!" That's my version of a quote I found in Catherine Ponder's book "The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity". It's an awesome read!

There are a projected 72 million Americans who will be looking for/joining a home based business within the next year. 72 million!! That's a lot of people who either hate their jobs, or were forced out of their jobs by the current economic climate. There is a great dissatisfaction in the marketplace. What I do is provide a wonderful alternative - a home based business with a very lucrative compensation plan. It's called Liberty League International. I discovered it three years ago, and it saved my life!

It's impossible to explain the business - I would not do it the service it deserves. It must be experienced. If you want to know what it's all about, shoot me an email. You deserve to know what's possible. This is such an awesome company to be a part of - I want to give anybody who's open the opportunity the chance to learn about this.

I Am Going Vegetarian

The video below was shared with me by friend and mentor Shannon Lavenia. I could not even finish watching it. I feel the desire to apologize for it's graphic, disgusting, unconscionable content. I cannot fathom how human beings can treat animals this way.

I grew up eating elk and deer meat. Dad is a hunter. I have always believed in the circle of life. If I were standing before a Lion, it would have no problem killing and eating me. Hunting keeps the animal population under control. Abuse of hunting can bring extinction of a species. But when human beings exploit and treat animals the way they do in this video, there is no excuse for it. None.

After watching this video, I decided to go vegetarian. Actually, vegan. I'll do the "Lemonaide Diet" first - otherwise known as "The Master Cleanse". I spoke with a friend of mine this weekend = Craig Sigl, a hypnotherapist. He went vegan last summer. His whole life changed in a wonderful way. His business experienced major breakthroughs, and his personal life has too. He is so much more healthy, and happy. I had not seen him for about 8 months, and I noticed an amazing difference.

Craig shared some links with me. www.vegsource.com and www.fatfree.com

The more information I expose myself to, the more I realize how duped I was. And I thought I was pretty darn healthy.

The thing that struck me the most about the meat I used to eat, is that it came from animals subjected to such horrible treatment. I cannot imagine the stress those animals were under before they died. The chemicals their bodies released due to the stress is very bad for the health of the animal. Think about it. I am no scientist, but I know when our bodies stress, it causes chemical reactions that are very harmful for us. So that's what is happening to the animals, and that's what is in their flesh - besides all the other chemicals they've been subjected to.

No more excuses for me. No more purchasing frozen bulk chicken breasts at Costco. My life is a changing.

So, here's the video. Let me know if you want to go vegan!

The Truth about the Meat Industry - Part 1

Think And Grow Rich Club

I've been reading/studying/applying the Think And Grow Rich book by Napoleon Hill. I first learned about this book when I joined LLI. If you don't know what LLI is, go to this link: www.freebusinessoverview.com I've been applying the principles laid out in this book and it's working!!

So now, what I want to do is get a group together who want to study and apply the principles in this book to their lives. This will manifest in two ways. One, via this blogger and two, if you live in the Los Angeles area, join our group meeting on Tuesday nights. Location to be determined. So contact me.

I love the following quote: "Those who think it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it". I'm one of the others. That's why I have a Sunshine Lifestyle!!

have a beautiful day!

The "League" Burned Out? R U Kidding

I just have to laugh at the type of advertising going on for home based businesses. It sounds like the presidential race with gloves off. I won't be slinging any mud today, but I just laugh when I see those ads that say Liberty League International is burned out. No way jose! I've been with LLI for 3+ years now, and we're stronger than ever. More people are making over 100k in a month right now than I've ever seen in the 3 previous years! Burned out? I'm more excited about this opportunity today than I was when I started!