Chris Widener's Ezine
April 6, 2006
Issue 35

Welcome!

Have you ever watched a pebble being dropped in a body of water and witnessed the ripples resulting from the pebble? Well, that's what happened when I gave a friend of mine my book, The Angel Inside; she read it, it exploded her business, then she shared it with others and suddenly it was creating a phenomenon! Wow, just a simple act and I watched the ripples move across the country as I was invited to speak and share the same information that I'd shared with my friend through my book with numerous other groups like Arbonne International, Herbalife, USANA and the like. We never know when something we say, do or read is going to have a life-changing impact on ourselves or someone else. Now, my friend is in the direct selling industry and it got me thinking... I've got a couple of slower months because typically the months of April - June are slow for speakers. So I'm about to make a very AGGRESSIVE offer to those who can benefit the most!

If you are in the direct selling industry, you know the value of teaching and providing personal development training for your teams. So here's my WIN/WIN proposal: I'll speak to your group for a mere $2,500! Now that is a HUGE discount -- typically I'm $7,500 -- in fact that's $5,000 off my regular speaking fee! And I'll go one EVEN BETTER -- you gather a group of 500 or more and I'll speak for FREE. Yes, you read that right -- FOR FREE. Now, why would I do this? Two reasons: The obvious one is I want to fill my calendar, but even more important I believe the message I share will impact your teams and your business, and that you cannot put a price tag on. So if you are interested in taking me up on my offer, scroll down to #4 below, email me at speaker@chriswidener.com or call 877-929-0439.

You Are Made for Success!
Chris Widener

In This Issue.......

1. Charting Your Course to Success Article
2. Made for Success Quote and Commentary
3. The Last Word...
4. Chris Widener Will Speak for FREE?
5. More Information

1. Charting Your Course to Success Article

A Chance Encounter by Jim Rohn (excerpted from Twelve Pillars - first 4 pages - a new novel by Jim Rohn and Chris Widener)

"The only way things are going to change for you is when you change."


"Crud!"

His hand hit the dashboard as he said it. "I can't stand this car!"

That about sums up Michael Jones' life - Crud. And... He can't stand it.

Forty years old, a wife of fifteen years he doesn't know how to connect with, and two kids he barely knows. Add to that a boring job that doesn't challenge him and hardly pays the bills. In a word: crud.

Where had his life gone? Out of college he and his wife, Amy, had been so filled with dreams. Their lives were ahead of them and nothing seemed impossible. They were full of potential and wanted to do so much. But now they were nowhere near where they had hoped to be.

Michael loved Amy, but it just wasn't what it could be. They had grown apart through the years and he had no idea how to fix it. The kids are great but again, there was just no connection with them like he thought "normal" families should have.

And his job... definitely not what he wanted. A man his age making $40,000 a year with no upside? This was hardly what he had imagined for his life. It was what it was and it seemed like he was stuck - stuck with a dead-end job and poor relationships. This wasn't the success and happiness he and Amy had planned for.

But his life was about to change...

This car is the worst, he thought as it convulsed and finally died. Going about 30 miles an hour when it stopped running, he guided it as it coasted to a stop along the road.

He was on his way to a sales call and he had never taken this road before. It was a long, winding road that acted as a short cut between two major roads. Not many houses on this road, he observed.

After the car rolled to a stop, Michael got out and walked around the car. It wasn't as though he would be able to tell what was wrong from walking around, he knew zero about cars. He knew how to put gas in it, turn the key over and that was about it. No smoke, he thought, and that had to be good.

He popped the hood and looked at the engine. All the wires seemed connected. All the caps were on. He didn't have any idea what to do.

I should have taken shop class in high school, he thought.

Michael reached inside his jacket for his cell phone. He figured he would call a mechanic friend he knew and see if he could get some help. He flipped the phone open and saw the worst - no cell coverage there!

"Just my luck," he said out loud. "They can put a man on the moon and clone a sheep, but they can't put a cell site up where I need it."

He looked around trying to decide which way to start walking. Up ahead about 200 feet was a bend in the road and he couldn't see what was further on so he decided to go that way, just hoping there might be a house beyond the bend.

As he walked, he kicked the gravel along the road.

Frustrated, alone, and stuck. That's how he felt right now. About this situation and life in general.

As he turned the corner, Michael came across something he had never seen in real life before. Sure, he had seen many in magazines and on TV, but never something like this with his own eyes.

Nice pad. Michael found himself standing in front of the most beautiful home he had ever seen. "Home" may not even be the right word for it. Right at the roadside was a huge gated entrance. The large brick and wrought iron fence stretched at least 500 feet along the roadside. And the gate was at least ten feet high. Behind the gate was a house that had to be over 10,000 square feet. It was a white plantation style that had twelve two-story pillars across the front - which made sense since the sign at the side of the gate said, "Twelve Pillars." It was magnificent. Michael stood in front of the gate for a few minutes, just looking in awe at the structure.

Finally he snapped back to reality and realized that he had to get his car fixed. He didn't see any other houses nearby, but he didn't know how to get to the house in front of him either.

Just then he saw an old man in white overalls emerge from what looked like a workshop just to the right of the driveway. The old man walked toward the gate.

When he got about 25 feet from the gate the old man spoke, "Can I help you, young man?"


This excerpt is from Jim Rohn and Chris Widener's New Release, Twelve Pillars. This new novel will inspire you to take your life to the next level and beyond. It will challenge and encourage you to become the best that you can be! For more information, special Bonuses and quantity pricing visit http://12pillars.jimrohn.com or call 800-929-0434.





2. Made for Success Quote and Commentary

"True Success always affects people far beyond the one who has achieved it. If it doesn't, it isn't success, its selfishness." -- Chris Widener

Chris' Commentary:

True success always sends reverberations. Like the waves that go out from the center when you throw a rock in the water, true success doesn't stay in one point. Whatever we achieve we should enjoy, yes, but we should also share. This is what keeps everything in perspective. Are you successful financially? Then build a church, or feed the hungry, or send an underprivileged child to college. Are you successful physically? Then help the handicapped. Use your strength to help others. Are you successful in your marriage? Then take some time to help a marriage that is struggling along. Are you successful in your emotional life? Then be someone for others to lean on. Are you successful in your spiritual life? Then help someone along in his or her quest to find God. True success always shares. This multiplies success and makes the world a better place.

Action Point: Ask yourself what area you are most successful in. Now take some time today to help someone else who could really use some more success in that area!



3. The Last Word...

The thought that every great thing that has ever happened, been spoken or invented began first with a single idea is not a new one, but one I don't think many people have taken to heart.

I find that many people are constantly getting ideas. That is their mind is producing many new thoughts on a regular basis. This is incredible because that means that the seeds for great things are right there in the soil of our minds and hearts.

Unfortunately, we all too often do not let those seeds grow. Instead we dismiss the idea. We will never know, but I wonder who it was that first thought of the light bulb, but dismissed the idea. I wonder who it was that first saw the automobile in his or her mind's eye, but dismissed the idea. Who was it that thought up the way to run computers but allowed the seed to slip away?

Let these seeds grow! Do not dismiss any idea as a bad one immediately. Write your ideas down. Look at them for a week or a year. Brew over them. Consider them. Let them GROW. In the end you may need to dismiss them, but not before you give them a chance to grow into something incredible that may change your life, your family, your business, your community or your world. If you let your ideas grow, you will surely see many great things happen in your life.

Let your seeds of ideas grow - see what they may become! -- CW



4. Chris Widener Will Speak for FREE?

I have had some exceptional speaking engagements the past few months with so many great testimonials and exceptional feedback! It has left me wanting more--more opportunities to speak to companies and groups. Since the next couple of months are traditionally slow on my calendar I have a very special opportunity for anyone in the Network Marketing industry who would like me to speak at next event or training.

My current speaking fee is $7,500, but for April, May and June I'll give anyone in NM a special rate of only $2,500 plus any travel expense (I'm in Seattle, WA). However, as you read in my welcome, I will speak for FREE, if your group or event has 500+ people in attendance.

Jim Rohn and I released Twelve Pillars (it has been a HUGE hit), plus I have a 8 CD audio series, The Winning With Influence, I recently released as well -- both great topics for NM trainings and groups. My fall speaking and coaching schedule is already getting crowded, BUT for now I do have some openings in April, May and June available for you!

To book me to speak for your organization please send an email to speaker@chriswidener.com or call 877-929-0439.


Chris Widener Speaking and Coaching Topics:

Winning With Influence - Chris' Signature Keynote
Chris will give you the insight you need on how to help influence others, whether it is in leadership, sales or any other area of life.

Understand the difference between "hunting" and "fishing"
Get the easy to understand Secrets of Magnetic Influence
Learn how to use "soft power" rather than "hard power" by using the Attraction Factor of Personal Transformation
Discover the two primary factors others use to determine rather than Persuasion Techniques whether they will follow you or not.
Your audience will walk away with an understanding of how to immediately apply the Winning With Influence and begin changing people's thoughts, beliefs and actions - today! This highly interactive and extremely practical Keynote has been given to people at such notable organizations as Harvard Business School, General Electric and Cisco Systems. The Winning With Influence works at any level of any organization! Watch your leadership, sales and influence grow!


Dare to Dream!
Do you have a dream inside that you want to let out and live? Then let Chris help you! Dare to Dream will help your group see the possibilities that lie within them. They will experience the understanding that they can change themselves, their communities, and their world.

Three keys to living out your dream
How to deal with people who say it is "impossible"
The four reasons most people don't ever achieve their dreams
The five step plan for making your dream a reality


Secrets of Successful Teams
Do you wish you could get your team on the right track and working as a successful unit? Secrets of Successful Teams will put you on the fast track! Find out how to turn your team into a winner with:

The seven secrets every successful team functions with
The best way to motivate "players" at every level
The top three ways to foster communication and teamwork


Essentials of Time and Personal Management
Find yourself or your organization out of time and not getting the job done like you should? Chris Widener's Essentials of Time and Personal Management will help you do the following:

Understand the 6 most important foundational reasons for
How to establish and keep priorities managing your time
Learn the secret to self-management


Bringing Balance to a Chaotic Life
Feel like life is out of control? Wish you could balance work and family, health and fun? You need to bring your life into balance. Bringing Balance to a Chaotic Life gives you… Two evaluation processes and Practical steps and ideas you can apply today to take control and get your life in balance. Learn how to:

Redefine success
Set goals for every area of your life
Establish priorities
Say the most powerful word in the human language
You will understand the three parts that make up a human and how they are fully integrated with one another - so you can bring them into balance! You will also see the six foundational reasons for you to get your life in balance.


Extraordinary Leaders

Becoming a leader people can count on
Learn the real definition of leadership that will unleash your
Practical leadership skills and character traits that will take potential you, and your organization, to the next level
Key "Leadership Mistakes" people make that you must avoid
Leading courageously in tough and challenging circumstances
The truth about leadership myths that most people believe


More About Chris Widener:

Chris Widener just completed a book with Jim Rohn titled, Twelve Pillars -- it was released in early November of 2005 -- it has been and INSTANT PHENOMENON! He is also the co-author of our 52 Week Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan, which has maintained a 99% retention rate over the past 3 years. He was the host emcee and guest speaker for the 2004 Jim Rohn Weekend Leadership Event held in Anaheim, CA where he received rave reviews not only from Jim Rohn, Denis Waitley and Brian Tracy, but also all the attendees! Chris has also written over 350 articles, 5 books (including his best-seller "The Angel Inside" and has produced close to 30 audio programs on leadership and motivation. His articles appear monthly in close to 100 publications.

Chris brings his experience - he has been speaking professionally since 1988 and shared the stage with US Presidential candidates, nationally known television news anchors, best-selling authors and professional athletes, and he has spoken to some of America's finest organizations such as General Electric, Cisco Systems and the Harvard School of Business - to each event, crafting a unique, compelling presentation every time! Chris' motto is, "Turn your potential into performance, succeed in every area of life, and achieve your dreams." He very definitely gives you the tools you need to do that and delivers results-oriented programs designed specifically to help you achieve your goals!

To book Chris for coaching or to speak for your organization please send an email to speaker@chriswidener.com or call 877-929-0439.

What Others Are Saying About Chris Widener:

"I have spoken to more than 3,000 audiences and I can tell you that Chris Widener is one of the best speakers in America today. He does wonderful introductions, wonderful development, extremely motivational, he is funny, he is sharp, he is quick and to the point. If you are thinking about using him for any reason, you can not go wrong with Chris." -- Brian Tracy

"Chris Widener is a powerful presenter, a quick wit, and a home run every time. He definitely challenges you to the next level in life and work." -- Kevin Mather, CFO, Seattle Mariners Baseball Team

"One of the great young speakers that recently blew me away is Chris Widener. This young man has the talent, the articulation, the message, the presence, the ability not only as a master of ceremonies but also as a dynamic presenter. He is one of the brand new top stars on the International platform speaking circuit." -- Denis Waitley

"Our people loved Chris and loved his material. He was extremely helpful and challenging. My sales team and I highly recommend him!" -- Phil Castillo, Director, Northern Channels, Cisco Systems

"Chris Widener is the leader of a new generation of personal development and leadership experts. He lives and breathes the strategies and ideas he shares with millions around the globe. Chris' content is rich and practical, and his style is dynamic and engaging! If you want to see real change in your life, or the life of your organization, connect with Chris Widener." -- Jim Rohn
 

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