Audio – Scroll down to hear the spoken word anthem.
Happy Mother’s Day to my mother, grandmother, aunts, in-laws, cousins and extended family – many of whom have been like
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Happy Mother's Day from Donna Marie Johnson
mothers to me. This “extended family” includes those of you who are part of my online community who have continuously sowed your love and blessings into my life. Thank you! You are all like mothers to me, too.
Please enjoy this original spoken word piece and feel free to pass this on to someone you love:
LISTEN: “A Mother Is A Woman Who…”
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I know from experience that motherhood goes way beyond simply carrying a baby in your physical womb and way beyond just childhood, and this spoken word anthem reflects that perspective.
Thank you for stopping by and for listening.
Sincerely,
Donna
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This is the second in this new article series, and, again, is as much for you as it is for me. Discussing, success (and failure) helps us all to adjust our mindsets on purpose so we can keep moving forward. Let’s take this journey together and help one another. Leave a comment with your thoughts on this topic. If you missed it, click here to read the previous post.
If you read the previous post in this series, you saw that I shared my “recipe for success” which I have inherited from my mentors. For the next several posts in this series, I’ll share with you about why you need each ingredient and practical steps you can take to incorporate them into your own life and business.
Most likely, you are reading this post because you understand how important it is to talk and think about success, so that you can keep learning and moving forward in your own success journey. Well, just as it is important to understand success, it is also important to have an ongoing conversation about its opposite, the BIG F:
F.A.I.L.U.R.E.
In the kitchen, if your dish did not come out as expected, you can work backwards to deconstruct the failed recipe (or rather your failed execution of a good recipe). When you do this, it helps you to understand what you can do to improve your process and create a great outcome the next time around. I will tell you a story about how I have used this in my life, in a specific area, to create success on purpose. I will give you a specific example of using what you see and hear to help you create success.
My example is a story about my personal life, and is totally relevant here, so just stay with me, okay? Here is my back story:
LEAVE A COMMENT. QUESTION FOR YOU:
So, what are your thoughts on this topic of watching what you put into your mind and heart by way of your ears and eyes?
Thank you for reading.
~Donna
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If you have been following this blog lately, you may have noticed recent posts to alert you that I am now including articles about Your Sisters In Survival. This article will give you more information regarding our May podcast guest who is a business woman, an author and a survivor of childhood sexual abuse.
Sharing Her Story of Hope and Healing - Larie Norvell
Author of the "My Heart Speaks" book series. Click image to visit and like her Facebook fan page.
Larie Norvell is a woman of God, a wife, a mom and a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and more. She is the author of the book series “My Heart Speaks”, a caterer, and a minister. Like me and many of you who are reading, she is a woman who has several big roles she is responsible for in her life.
Listen in to her interview to see just how she has been able to overcome major challenges in her personal life and marriage:
NEVER BE ASHAMED OF WHERE GOD HAS BROUGHT YOU FROM.
HE’LL USE IT TO HELP OTHERS.
~2 Timothy 1:8 (Paraphrased)
Because we are Your Sisters In Survival, we understand what it takes to get real healing … instead of just living a life of denial and phoniness. We fully understand that you will never get that true deep healing to the core of your being until you seek it from God Almighty – Your Father God in Heaven.
We share here based on: love, forgiveness, and holiness – Which Are foundations For receiving from God, according to His Holy Word.
Thanks for stopping by!
~Donna
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Pinterest has upgraded the user interface with a nice new social-friendly profile page.
Take advantage of the enhanced visibility this gives you online.
This is vitally important for improving your SEO (search engine optimization) for all of your keywords.
(Keywords are words and/or phrases that internet searchers type in when they are looking for something / someone / someplace in a search engine like google, bing, yahoo or even search engines within a website or network like facebook or twitter.)
Your most important keywords are your:
name, your brand name/s, and then your usernames/ handles on twitter and facebook.
Each and every one of your social profiles on every network you use should have these keywords listed
in your profile description area. Also, you can even use hashtags (tags or codes that start with “#”).
NOW THE MOST IMPORTANT PART
Go to “Edit Profile”
then
switch your profile visibility to “on” if your want your pin profile to be searchable.
(SEO doesn’t work if the search engines can’t see your profile. This applies to all social site profiles you have.)
Please leave a comment with one of your favorite visibility tips below in the comments area.QUESTION: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE VISIBILITY TIP FOR ENHANCING SEO?
Thanks for stopping by!
Sincerely,
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Myth:
The more Facebook fans you have the better. Although growing your fan base is important, the key is quality not quantity. ~via Heather
My Reply:
Both {quantity and quality of connections} is good … and once you master stewardship over the level of connections you have now, you’ll be able to handle more with grace, elegance, finesse and love ’cause you will have had plenty of practice and sown plenty of good friendship seed.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Yes, relationships, even digital and phone relationships,
work by seedtime and harvest, too.
That’s what makes life in this world go round and round.
3-POINT SOCIAL NETWORKING QUALITY CHECKLIST
1} Research New Friend Requests BEFORE Adding:
–help ensure you are a good fit for one another to prevent future conflict
2} Greet Each New Connection Personally AS SOON AS You Add Them:
–let them know you are grateful for their connection and have a genuine interest in getting to know them more
3} BE The Kind of Quality Connection That You Want to See:
–don’t just talk about how you want others to treat you, follow the Golden Rule and treat them how you’d like to be treated (i.e., read their posts and engage with them by commenting, liking and sharing, etc.)
God blesses His Good Stewards ’cause He knows they’ll take good care of those folks He sends to them. He knows He can trust you with more once you’ve passed the test with the connections you already have.
Please leave a comment about how you have been doing with your online relationship building.
Thanks for reading!
Sincerely,
This totally EPIC book is called:
On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker by A’lelia Bundles
Ms. A’lelia Bundles is both Madam C.J. Walker’s biographer and her great-great grand daughter. The research she has done (and is still doing for another family member’s biography) was not just academic in nature, but also deeply personal and moving, which shines through in every section of the book. This also shines through in her blog, which is truly a nice continuation of what she started with the book. You can interact with her and see links to her most recent articles on her Facebook fan page for the book. Also, be sure to register for the COAST Calls so you don’t miss her live plus question and answer session.
It would make an excellent text book for middle school and older students. I also plan to use portions of the book to help me educate my home schooled elementary age children. I know in my heart of hearts that if I neglect to share this knowledge and wisdom with my own children, that would be a huge Mom-Teacher FAIL on my part.
African American History IS American History. I truly believe this book, and the Walker family, are an American Treasure. Please make the time to read it … but be forewarned that this is a well-researched book, and it will take time to finish it. So, set a goal of how much you want to read every day/week, and then slowly take it in over time so that you can really grasp all of the knowledge. And, if you want some other great folks to help hold you accountable about reading this whole book, join our 90-Day Book Club at BookClub.wahmswin.com.
Also, please be sure to pass the knowledge in this book on to those who you care about. Remember to use the social tools on this page to share this review with your friends and family.
QUESTION – ANSWER IN THE COMMENTS BELOW:
Have you read any of “On Her Own Ground”, yet? What part of this awesome book impacted you the most so far?
Sincerely,
P.S.
You can register for the COAST Calls (Confessions of a Solopreneur™ Telesummit) and opt-in for the 90-Day Book Club at BookClub.wahmswin.com
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR
YOUR ATLANTA EXPERIENCE WITH LUCINDA CROSS
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Update: To help you Activate Your 2012 Catapult, you can attend the Atlanta Experience Event in March, and before March, you can join our new book club over on the Activate Network by Lucinda Cross.
Learn more at: http://Catapult.DonnaMarieJohnson.com
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The Lucinda Cross Experience Event has officially opened the door to College Park, Georgia, Saturday March 10, 2012. Please have an ambulance nearby because there is going to be plenty of births that day, some naturally and others will be given an emergency procedure because their vision is overdue.
“GA here I come…’Saturday Night Live with Lucinda Cross starring YOU’ is going viral. Let’s celebrate. http://
~Lucinda
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Why Your Understanding Of God’s Love Is Relevant For Your Business
You may have wondered how the ongoing Biblical conversation in the gospels about love could possibly be relevant to having a business. The following may give you some good food for thought on this topic.
I just left this comment on my friend and ally’s Allied Women blog post:
~via Donna Marie Johnson
Here is an excerpt of Stephanie Page’s blog post at Allied-Women.com:
READ HER FULL ARTICLE – CLICK HERE
Go check out the full article, if you like what you’ve read so far, make sure you read the comments, too ’cause there’s a great conversation going on over there.
Sincerely,
Donna