Music has a direct effect on the brain. It has the ability to change our mood and the way we feel. If you are in a negative mood, music can change your mood into a more positive uplifting mood. It has the ability to soothe us, calm us down, make us happy or even make us wild. Studies show that about 30 minutes of certain types of music per day can have the same effect as a dose of Valium.

Notice that everywhere you go, music is used to set the mood. Some surgeons use music in the operating room when opperating on patients. When you go into doctor’s offices and shopping stores you hear music. Snake charmers use music when charming snakes. Statistics say that playing classical music over the wound before a baby born on a continual basis has the ability to raise the IQ of the baby when they get older.

Some music has the ability to cause sickness and illness. It even has the ability to raise and lower blood pressure. I was reading an article sometime ago about some lab technicians who were doing an experiment on a plant in a laboratory. They took a plant and placed it in a room and played loud, hard rock music and over a period of time the plant withered and died. Then they took another identical plant and played classical music and the plant grew faster.

Making a point to play music on a daily basis can improve your mental health. Wether you’re working out and playing music on your ipod or driving in your car listening to the radio you have the ability to control your state of mind wether it be positive or negative. Next time you decide to put in your favorite take notice on how you feel over a period of time. You may notice that you feel like dancing immediately after hitting the play button or you make get a calming feeling and get the sudden urge to take a nap.

Knowing what music does to your mind, you now have the ability to control your mood and your health to another agree along with positive thinking and making an overall effort to be in a positive state of mind.

Jarrod

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A smile can bring so much positive energy to the world. A warm genuine is very contagious. There’s a saying that says that "when you frown you frown alone, but when you smile the world smiles with you.

When you smile your body naturally releases chemicals such as serotonin and endorphins. These chemicals are natural pain killers and they are also known as the feel good chemical that makes us happy. You may notice that it is hard to be smile and be negative at the same time. In fact when you smile you can turn negative emotions into positive emotions because your smile is communicating to your body that everything is okay.

Smiling makes us appear more confident and more attractive. When you smile the world sees you as friendly and they want to get to know you and find out "What’s the good news?" A frown does the opposite. It propels people away and you are seen as less confident.

The reason why most people don’t smile is that they aren’t confident in their smile. It could be that they feel their teeth are not worthy of smiling due to stained teeth, crooked teeth or they may even have braces. If these are some of the objectives then you may want to consider getting your teeth whitened. There are also a number of tooth whiteners out on the market that have shown proof in whitening teeth. Another reason why most people don’t smile is because they feel that smiling is not seen as professional and it makes us appear vulnerable. However, you should smile regardless

Smiling is probably one of the most natural happy drugs because you can instantly change your mood by making a decision to smile. One thing that might help is to think of a happy moment in your life. It can be a moment when you were a child or anything. As you dwell in that moment smile and you will notice a difference in how you feel. Anytime you feel stressed or depressed or you are having hard time staying positive. Make a choice to smile it will change your day and it will also effect those who are around you.

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The way you talk to yourself has a big impact on your outcome in life. It has a direct effect on your mood, self-confidence, the way that you feel about yourself and the way that you feel about others around you. Negative self talk can be like a bad apple in a group of good apples, it spoils the bunch.

Negative talk, over a period of time, can make one feel sluggish, tired, sad and even depressed. Positive talk can do just the opposite. It can boost your mood give you energy and make you feel happier.

A good habit to start is to focus on speaking positive affirmations over the course of the day. It doesn’t help to just think them at first, It helps tremendously to say them aloud. The Bible says, in the book of Luke 6:45: "Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks."

Although there is power in verbally saying positive affirmations, it is good to monitor your thoughts and make a choice to think positive thoughts as well. It is a good idea to carry around a small pad and everytime you have a negative thought, write that negative thought down on your pad and replace it by writing down a positive thought beside it. Doing this for 2-3 weeks will make a new habit and you will notice a difference in how you think and feel. You will feel happier, more up-beat and confident.

It’s like the saying you can do anything once you put your mind to it. If you’re always tearing yourself down and saying "well i’ll never be able to achieve this or i’m not good enough for that or I don’t deserve this," then you will never achieve anything. It’s like a person who wants to loose weight, they have to first make the choice in their mind and follow it up with positive affirmations. Realize that achieving any goal comes with it’s share of obstacles but once you set your mind to it you can achieve anything. Make a choice today to focus on the positive not the negative.

Jarrod

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Are you constantly focusing on thoughts that are putting you down? Studies show that the majority of people dwell on negative thoughts and emotions day in and day out. Most people will say that they are positive and for the most part they have good intentions but over a period of time our minds are programmed to focus on the negative.

I can understand why it’s hard to be positive when you’ve got gas prices going up, groceries are on the rise and the economy is down. It is often hard be positive but remember that someone else has it worse than you do.

Perhaps you have a job that is stressing you out, instead of dwelling on negative emotions and considering throwing in the towel, you should realize that there is someone out there who is looking for the job that you have and would give anything for your position.

When you wake up in the morning, you should be thankful and have welcoming thoughts of the new day and brand new mercies.  Some people will say "well I am welcoming of a new day but I just wake up tired and dragging." A good night’s rest has a great deal to do with the way we think and function. After a good night’s rest it is easier to wake up fully energized and in a positive frame of mind. In fact, studies show that anxiety and depression is fueled by a lack of sleep.

Make a point to dwell on thoughts of inspiration and motivation. You will notice a difference in the way you feel and react to situations when you make a choice to stay positive regardless of the situation.

Jarrod

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Hello Everyone,

Jarrod Clark here, I hope this blog finds you well. I know I haven’t been posting blogs on an ongoing basis like I used to. I have been pondering for sometime now on a more suitable topic for me. I am an entrepreneur and I enjoy encouraging others which was the reason for this blog to begin with. However, I have decided to go with a slightly different niche.

I will still be encouraging you to persue your dreams and visions but I will be focusing more on the positive mindset part of it as well as encouraging you spiritually. 

So I want to apologize for the lapse in blog postings. I do understand there are a few of you who have subscribed and are looking for tips on how to become a successful entrepreneur but I want to let you know that you will be getting the same encouragement just with a little twist to it. There won’t be as much "how to" advise but I will be speaking along topics encouraging the right mindset with anything you do wether it be entrepreneurship, loosing weight, or accomplishing any goal.

I will be blogging about the importance of  having a positive mindset and how a negative mindset can be bad for our health. I am not sure if I am going to change the domain just yet or leave it as JarrodClark.com. I hope you will stay tooned because I am sure that you will not be disappointed at what I have to talk about.

Stay tuned…

Jarrod

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How to Start a Blog

Perhaps you have a passion to start blogging and have no clue as to how to start a blog. There are many ways of starting a blog. You can set up a blog for free at no cost to you.  Personally I prefer WordPress blogs because their blog system is more secure with much more features than blogger or typepad. You also get the added benefit of backing up your blog with WordPress. To start a WordPress blog just go to WordPress.org and you can sign up for free. Blogger.com is another source that you can visit to sign up a blog for free. 

There are many reason why one would start a blog. Many people are into starting a business blog, starting a family blog, starting a political blog or starting a food blog to name a few. A personal diary blog is probably the most common use for blogs where people will just write about the process of there day or a particular event.

If you are seriously considering using WordPress as your blog source and you are looking to host your blog. Click here for a video tutorial that gives you step by step visual instructions on how to set up a professional wordpress blog from beginning to end as well as numerous other add-ons that you can use to custom your blog and make it your own personal blog...

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Blog Tips

Perhaps you have a passion to start blogging and have no clue as to how to start a blog. There are many ways of starting a blog. You can set up a blog for free at no cost to you.  Personally I prefer WordPress blogs because their blog system is more secure with much more features than blogger or typepad. You also get the added benefit of backing up your blog with WordPress. To start a WordPress blog just go to WordPress.org and you can sign up for free. Blogger.com is another source that you can visit to sign up a blog for free. 

There are many reason why one would start a blog. Many people are into starting a business blog, starting a family blog, starting a political blog or starting a food blog to name a few. A personal diary blog is probably the most common use for blogs where people will just write about the process of there day or a particular event.

If you are seriously considering using WordPress as your blog source and you are looking to host your blog. Click here for a video tutorial that gives you step by step visual instructions on how to set up a professional wordpress blog from beginning to end as well as numerous other add-ons that you can use to custom your blog and make it your own personal blog...

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Network Marketing, or Multi-level Marketing, is among one of the highest trends in the work-at-home industry. Network Marketing allows entrepreneurs to earn an impressive income by building an organization of people. Through network marketing entrepreneurs not only earn income through building an organization of like-minded individuals, but they have the opportunity to promote and sell products for various companies in an effort to be compensated for royalties on the services of those products.

Unfortunately, many individuals who are being recruited into companies are being told to sell, sell, sell & recruit, recruit, recruit. Without any prior experience in sales or recruiting, it has become frustrating for newcomers in this industry because of a lack of training. Granted, many companies do provide their organization with a game plan of how to recruit and sale by getting everyone on the weekly conference calls and telling them to make a list of their closest friends and family, give them the sales pitch and "close the sell."

Many of the top notch gurus in the network marketing industry live by the sell, sell, sell & recruit, recruit, recruit rule. Their is such a thing as personal branding or building personal relationships with prospects. The first thing that prospects look for when joining a network marketing company is who is doing the presentation. The prospects will query upon this seemingly insignificant but very substancial question. Which leads back to the first statement in this article:

People don’t companies. People Join People

No matter how impressive the compensation plan, it is all about who is giving the presentation. The compensation plan falls a few points down the list of things that prospects are looking for when joining you. And while the numbers can be very intriguing, the compensation plan is not the ultimate concern. When you first pick up the phone and get acquainted with the prospects, they are subliminally pondering questions such as: Is this someone I like? Can I count on this person? Can I trust this person? Can this person help me to be successful?

Many times network marketing companies will tell all of the newcomers to 3 way their prospects in with the upline due to the lack of experience on the newcomer’s behalf. This is not such a good idea. It has been said that much of the deciding factor for the prospect joining you is your ability to answer their questions personally.

Avenues of Personal Branding

I make mention of MySpace quite a bit in my blogs because I see Myspace as a great way to market yourself. I personally use MySpace and I get a great response from people inquiring about what I do. Often enough, the people I have encountered on MySpace are already in a business and are trying to sell me on something or they are hungry for something and they are looking for tips and ideas on how to become an entrepreneur, which was my inspiration for starting this blog.

Many times I will just ask them personal questions, inquire about their background, or ask what it is they are looking to do in an attempt to determine what to recommend. Ultimately, MySpace is a great networking avenue to communicate with other like minded individuals and build long lasting relationships.

Online blogging is a great resource for putting out information for readers to view what you have to say, but it is also a great avenue for building relationships with your audience. By placing quality content on your site and staying consistent and publishing blogs at least 2-3 per week, you will gain an audience to your blog which will in turn gain you exposure to more prospects looking for something that you have to offer.

Personally I don’t offer my business opportunity on this blog site. I choose to focus solely on publishing quality, helpful content to entrepreneurs who are looking to take their business to another level. In fact, I can’t count the number of responses I get from people who visit my blog site expecting to get a sales pitch or be sold on something. The very response I get is "Why don’t you make mention of your MLM company at all on your blog?" People are literally surprised that I don’t mention a company, a product or a compensation plan of any sort.

I must admit, I do use some form of monetization on my blog but it is very minimum, and my blog content is not centered around those products. I do want to stress that the purpose of my blog site is not to sell individuals on a company but to provide useful information and tools for entrepreneurs.

Remember focusing on building long lasting relationships in your organization is a must. For more tips on how to succeed in your network marketing venue visit JarrodClark.SuccessIn10Steps.com and download the free e-book Success In 10 Steps by Michael Dlouhy.

To Your Success,

Jarrod Clark

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Many people who are not as ambitious may not realize their true potential to achieve what may seem impossible. What if it were foretold that tomorrow you will win the lottery in the amount of 2 million dollars. What would you say? What if someone told you that in 5 years you will be the CEO of one of the worlds most major corporations. Would you believe it?

What if…

What if we could all reenact the story of A Christmas Story by Charles Dickens, not to say that we are all scrooges of course. I will be the first to admit that the word "Bah humbug" doesn’t  exist in my vocabulary, but just imagine if you could take part in a real life Christmas past, present and future, only you’re looking at your entire future and not just your Christmas futures.

The Dream

Let’s fantasize here for a moment. Imagine that you had a dream and in that dream you were a major positive force in your community. You reach out and helped so many people and had major influence. Envision yourself coming to a wonderful dream home and driving a fancy car or two.  

You have awaken from that from that dream only to find yourself in a negative state of mind of disbelief that none of the things in the previous dream could never happen to you even if you tried. You are in a negative state of mind because it felt so good to achieve so much and accomplish so many goals with in the dream that it felt to good to be true. You wish you could achieve those accomplishments.

The Confrontation

As you prepare to get out of bed, you are confronted with a spirit… a spirit such as the ghost of "A Christmas Story"  This is not a spirit of life’s past, neither a spirit of life’s present but a spirit of life’s future. After announcing himself, this mysterious spirit leads you to a time in the future where you are able to witness the same achievements and prized possessions that you just dreamed about.

Your belief is now strengthening

Assuming that you’re still dreaming you’re not fully convinced that these things are achievable on your behalf but your belive is now strengthening. You are now seeing the affects of the hard work that you’ve put in to arrive at this level of success. You don’t know how you got here but all you know is that you are witnessing a whole new lifestyle that you never believed you would have.

After awakening once again, you embrace a brand new day with a totally positive outlook and a more powerful belief level in your abilities. In your dream you were able to see and feel what it is like to overcome obstacles and have a life of success. Your belief level is stronger, you now feel empowered because you’ve had a dream. A dream that you believe in so strong that you are willing to take avenues beyond measure to make that dream come alive.

It’s amazing that looking at the picture from the future end of the spectrum you are able to see the result of the hard work but you don’t know what you’ve done to achieve the success. Where as, from a present day stand point, you can envision the dream with a faith and belief so strong that you  realize that you won’t stop until you reach your goal. You know what it takes to achieve the success but you can’t experience that tangible part of dream.

I am here to tell you that you can achieve anything that you put your mind to do. Think for a second, what would you do if you knew your could never fail? The question is would you believe in yourself? Perhaps you would make an effort to start your own business.  Maybe you would invest in the stock market or start eating healthier and exercising.

I pose a lot of "What if" type questions throughout this article because my aim is for you to examine your ambitions. True self belief comes in realizing that you can indeed succeed at anything that you set your mind to do. It all starts with putting one foot in front of the other and going for what you want. It does take a dream to spark up the passion and want for success but it shouldn’t take a "spirit of life’s future" to come and show you the end result, your belief should be at a level that you approach everything you do with ambition knowing that you can only succeed.

The sky is the limit and It’s never to late to make a change for the better. James 2:20 says that "Faith without works is dead…" The most difficult part of starting a business is putting one foot in front of the other and shooting for the best. Once your belief level is such that you know you can’t fail in your business or whatever your aspirations maybe, making the first steps will put you much closer to your goal. Keep striving and aim for the best. Remember to keep a consistent prayer life and a positive mind set and you will find through a consistent prayer life you will realize that you can never fail.

To your success,

Jarrod Clark

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Accessing the maximum potential of what the WassUp offers us, and using it to our benefit, can be a helpful tool in optimizing our blog site.

Today’s blogging entrepreneurs go through all the steps in optimizing their blog sites and with a little help from all the impressive plugins, it is a guarantee that our blogging experience will be more pleasurable. It’s no wonder WordPress has gained the credibility that they’ve rightfully earned. With the creative genius of quite a few WordPress plugin inventors, we have access to the perfect WordPress plugin tool WassUp.

Got WassUp?

Compatible with WordPress versions, 1.4.9 - 2.5, WassUp has taken many WordPress users by storm. By installing itself as an additional tab in the WordPress administration area, WassUp provides blog site traffic information to WordPress users indicating when and how often a visitor visits your site. It also provides detailed information such as what sites refer your visitors, which search engines referred those visitors to your blog, the visitor’s IP address, search engine spider, S.E.R.P and Keyword..

I must say it took me a while to really understand and appreciate the usefulness of WassUp.  While it was very helpful to be able to see how often I have a visitor and how they were referred to my site, I did not maximize the full potential of the plugin until I recently analyzed every specific detail of the information that it provided me.

It is nice to be able to keep a track on your site traffic progress, which ultimately was the reason I downloaded this plugin, however I want to share with countless entrepreneurs out there an idea that sparked my attention as I was analyzing one of the great features that this plugin has to offer.

I do understand, as a blogger myself, the importance of optimizing your site and keeping tab on how well your blog is ranking with the selected keywords. However, in addition to my chosen keywords, I found it interesting that my site is ranking fairly well for keywords and keyword phrases that I didn’t know it is ranking for.

The aha moment

As we all know, when someone is looking for information on a particular topic, they go to a search engine and type a keyword phrase based on that topic. That being said, wouldn’t it be nice to know how well your site is ranking with keywords that you didn’t even know you rank for.

If someone goes to google and keys in a keyword related to your site and they see your site in the Search Engine Results Pages (or S.E.R.P) and they click on your site, WassUp will let you know what keyword the visitor used to find your site. Which I think is a helpful tool when keeping tabs on what keywords your site is ranking well for. I was able to find quite a few keywords and keyword phrases that are related to my site. These keywords are very similar to my main keyword, only they differ in a slight variation.

WassUp will also tell you what S.E.R.P page those keywords will appear on. It turned out that many of the keywords that I discovered through WassUp were keywords in which my page landed on the first page of those Search Engine Result Pages.

WassUp is free and available for download at http://www.wpwp.org/

To Your Success,

Jarrod Clark

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