Wednesday, September 30, 2009

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Brute Force Request
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Dear Readers:

This is not an article about violence. It is a brief article about the strength inherent in having a group of people work together with a common focus in order to achieve a common objective. If you are a Member of THE NATIONAL NETWORKER, you might just have a product, service or other objective which requires exposure to the largest possible number of prospective clients...the greatest audience. TNNW BUZZWORKS provides a unique service which is the ideal compliment to every news release and every other form of advertising, marketing or promotion.

You need for your organization, website, blogsite and other media to generate visits, client conversions, and sales. We can and will do that for you.

We will do the organization for you, if you request it of us. Our pricing structure, which is shockingly inexpensive, will comfort you. Our procedures are comprised of the following:

• Getting your website, blog or announcement fully buzzed on all social media, repetitively;
• Having individuals visit your website, blog or announcement (a "clickfest") multiple times daily;
• Having individuals Google your website, blog or announcement, and click on the highest ranking results to refresh them and bring them higher, to greater prominence;
• Having individuals submit (multiple times daily), your site to Google, Yahoo! and a host of other sites;
• Having individuals find the highest ranking sites in your product or service category and to place comments (with your backlink on them), on them, or to request inbound links into your site.
Your BRUTE FORCE REQUEST can get you the audience and attention that you need within a few short weeks. Please stay tuned to learn more -- our page will be up within a week. In the interim, send your questions and ideas to adam@TheNationalNetworker.com , and be certain to include the words “BRUTE FORCE REQUEST” in the Subject Line of your email.

Our first Subjects are going to be http://ping.fm/wSFRD and http://ping.fm/HPWQ1 ...two new Members of the National Networker Organization who deserve some Brute Force on their side.


Faithfully,

Douglas Castle
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BRUTE FORCE REQUEST

A new service offered by TNNW BUZZWORKS
New Product Announcement - With More to Follow

Dear Readers:

This is not an article about violence. It is a brief article about the strength inherent in having a group of people work together with a common focus in order to achieve a common objective. If you are a Member of THE NATIONAL NETWORKER, you might just have a product, service or other objective which requires exposure to the largest possible number of prospective clients...the greatest audience. TNNW BUZZWORKS provides a unique service which is the ideal compliment to every news release and every other form of advertising, marketing or promotion.

You need for your organization, website, blogsite and other media to generate visits, client conversions, and sales. We can and will do that for you.

We will do the organization for you, if you request it of us. Our pricing structure, which is shockingly inexpensive, will comfort you. Our procedures are comprised of the following:

• Getting your website, blog or announcement fully buzzed on all social media, repetitively;
• Having individuals visit your website, blog or announcement (a "clickfest") multiple times daily;
• Having individuals Google your website, blog or announcement, and click on the highest ranking results to refresh them and bring them higher, to greater prominence;
• Having individuals submit (multiple times daily), your site to Google, Yahoo! and a host of other sites;
• Having individuals find the highest ranking sites in your product or service category and to place comments (with your backlink on them), on them, or to request inbound links into your site.
Your BRUTE FORCE REQUEST can get you the audience and attention that you need within a few short weeks. Please stay tuned to learn more -- our page will be up within a week. In the interim, send your questions and ideas to adam@TheNationalNetworker.com , and be certain to include the words “BRUTE FORCE REQUEST” in the Subject Line of your email.

Our first Subjects are going to be http://speedlightprokitusa.blogspot.com/ and http://www.getglobaledge.com/ ...two new Members of the National Networker Organization who deserve some Brute Force on their side.


Faithfully,

Douglas Castle
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Blog title...

BRUTE FORCE REQUEST
A new service offered by TNNW BUZZWORKS
New Product Announcement - With More to Follow

Dear Readers:

This is not an article about violence. It is a brief article about the strength inherent in having a group of people work together with a common focus in order to achieve a common objective. If you are a Member of THE NATIONAL NETWORKER, you might just have a product, service or other objective which requires exposure to the largest possible number of prospective clients...the greatest audience. TNNW BUZZWORKS provides a unique service which is the ideal compliment to every news release and every other form of advertising, marketing or promotion.

You need for your organization, website, blogsite and other media to generate visits, client conversions, and sales. We can and will do that for you.

We will do the organization for you, if you request it of us. Our pricing structure, which is shockingly inexpensive, will comfort you. Our procedures are comprised of the following:

• Getting your website, blog or announcement fully buzzed on all social media, repetitively;
• Having individuals visit your website, blog or announcement (a "clickfest") multiple times daily;
• Having individuals Google your website, blog or announcement, and click on the highest ranking results to refresh them and bring them higher, to greater prominence;
• Having individuals submit (multiple times daily), your site to Google, Yahoo! and a host of other sites;
• Having individuals find the highest ranking sites in your product or service category and to place comments (with your backlink on them), on them, or to request inbound links into your site.
Your BRUTE FORCE REQUEST can get you the audience and attention that you need within a few short weeks. Please stay tuned to learn more -- our page will be up within a week. In the interim, send your questions and ideas to adam@TheNationalNetworker.com , and be certain to include the words “BRUTE FORCE REQUEST” in the Subject Line of your email.

Our first Subjects are going to be http://ping.fm/oP2vj and http://ping.fm/P2GQz ...two new Members of the National Networker Organization who deserve some Brute Force on their side.


Faithfully,

Douglas Castle
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Monday, September 28, 2009

BRUTE FORCE REQUEST
A new service offered by TNNW BUZZWORKS
New Product Announcement - With More to Follow

Dear Readers:

This is not an article about violence. It is a brief article about the strength inherent in having a group of people work together with a common focus in order to achieve a common objective. If you are a Member of THE NATIONAL NETWORKER, you might just have a product, service or other objective which requires exposure to the largest possible number of prospective clients...the greatest audience. TNNW BUZZWORKS provides a unique service which is the ideal compliment to every news release and every other form of advertising, marketing or promotion.

You need for your organization, website, blogsite and other media to generate visits, client conversions, and sales. We can and will do that for you.

We will do the organization for you, if you request it of us. Our pricing structure, which is shockingly inexpensive, will comfort you. Our procedures are comprised of the following:

• Getting your website, blog or announcement fully buzzed on all social media, repetitively;
• Having individuals visit your website, blog or announcement (a "clickfest") multiple times daily;
• Having individuals Google your website, blog or announcement, and click on the highest ranking results to refresh them and bring them higher, to greater prominence;
• Having individuals submit (multiple times daily), your site to Google, Yahoo! and a host of other sites;
• Having individuals find the highest ranking sites in your product or service category and to place comments (with your backlink on them), on them, or to request inbound links into your site.
Your BRUTE FORCE REQUEST can get you the audience and attention that you need within a few short weeks. Please stay tuned to learn more -- our page will be up within a week. In the interim, send your questions and ideas to adam@TheNationalNetworker.com , and be certain to include the words “BRUTE FORCE REQUEST” in the Subject Line of your email.

Our first Subjects are going to be http://ping.fm/rXF7f and http://ping.fm/bnp6l ...two new Members of the National Networker Organization who deserve some Brute Force on their side.


Faithfully,

Douglas Castle
Published by THE NATIONAL NETWORKER Newsletter. All rights reserved. Subscribe Free
BRUTE FORCE REQUEST
A new service offered by TNNW BUZZWORKS
New Product Announcement - With More to Follow

Dear Readers:

This is not an article about violence. It is a brief article about the strength inherent in having a group of people work together with a common focus in order to achieve a common objective. If you are a Member of THE NATIONAL NETWORKER, you might just have a product, service or other objective which requires exposure to the largest possible number of prospective clients...the greatest audience. TNNW BUZZWORKS provides a unique service which is the ideal compliment to every news release and every other form of advertising, marketing or promotion.

You need for your organization, website, blogsite and other media to generate visits, client conversions, and sales. We can and will do that for you.

We will do the organization for you, if you request it of us. Our pricing structure, which is shockingly inexpensive, will comfort you. Our procedures are comprised of the following:

• Getting your website, blog or announcement fully buzzed on all social media, repetitively;
• Having individuals visit your website, blog or announcement (a "clickfest") multiple times daily;
• Having individuals Google your website, blog or announcement, and click on the highest ranking results to refresh them and bring them higher, to greater prominence;
• Having individuals submit (multiple times daily), your site to Google, Yahoo! and a host of other sites;
• Having individuals find the highest ranking sites in your product or service category and to place comments (with your backlink on them), on them, or to request inbound links into your site.
Your BRUTE FORCE REQUEST can get you the audience and attention that you need within a few short weeks. Please stay tuned to learn more -- our page will be up within a week. In the interim, send your questions and ideas to adam@TheNationalNetworker.com , and be certain to include the words “BRUTE FORCE REQUEST” in the Subject Line of your email.

Our first Subjects are going to be http://ping.fm/3DBdI and http://ping.fm/6tx5k ...two new Members of the National Networker Organization who deserve some Brute Force on their side.


Faithfully,

Douglas Castle
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BRUTE FORCE REQUEST

BRUTE FORCE REQUEST
A new service offered by TNNW BUZZWORKS
New Product Announcement - With More to Follow

Dear Readers:

This is not an article about violence. It is a brief article about the strength inherent in having a group of people work together with a common focus in order to achieve a common objective. If you are a Member of THE NATIONAL NETWORKER, you might just have a product, service or other objective which requires exposure to the largest possible number of prospective clients...the greatest audience. TNNW BUZZWORKS provides a unique service which is the ideal compliment to every news release and every other form of advertising, marketing or promotion.

You need for your organization, website, blogsite and other media to generate visits, client conversions, and sales. We can and will do that for you.

We will do the organization for you, if you request it of us. Our pricing structure, which is shockingly inexpensive, will comfort you. Our procedures are comprised of the following:

• Getting your website, blog or announcement fully buzzed on all social media, repetitively;
• Having individuals visit your website, blog or announcement (a "clickfest") multiple times daily;
• Having individuals Google your website, blog or announcement, and click on the highest ranking results to refresh them and bring them higher, to greater prominence;
• Having individuals submit (multiple times daily), your site to Google, Yahoo! and a host of other sites;
• Having individuals find the highest ranking sites in your product or service category and to place comments (with your backlink on them), on them, or to request inbound links into your site.
Your BRUTE FORCE REQUEST can get you the audience and attention that you need within a few short weeks. Please stay tuned to learn more -- our page will be up within a week. In the interim, send your questions and ideas to adam@TheNationalNetworker.com , and be certain to include the words “BRUTE FORCE REQUEST” in the Subject Line of your email.

Our first Subjects are going to be http://ping.fm/11Q2D and http://ping.fm/UEF5P ...two new Members of the National Networker Organization who deserve some Brute Force on their side.


Faithfully,

Douglas Castle
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Sunday, September 27, 2009

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

SUPERCHARGED NETWORKING : TURNING CONTACTS INTO BUSINESS.

Douglas Castle



UPDATE ISSUE 12(Even Newer Format)
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TNNW UPDATES! [Read 'em and ACT on 'em!] - September, 2009, Week 3.
Brand New Stuff, and Progress:


THE NATIONAL NEWSPICKER CAN NOW BE VIEWED IN ALPHA.

(When is the last time that you viewed a product release in ALPHA? Probably never. Google wouldn't do it for you. Microsoft is too contented with its leading position in operating systems to even think about it...but TNNW...we are fearless -- with the exception of the few things [spiders, having blood drawn, eating spinach in front of people whom we'd like to impress...you understand]. TNNW GIVES YOU THE NEWSPICKER IN ALPHA.)

Just take a look at this puppy! Play around with it. Experiment. Click on the tabs across the top. This sample version is not available for export yet. We're just "leaking" the news to selected friends... A version will be ready for you to stick on your websites, blogs, newsletters, homepages and social media very shortly. Twenty minutes of newspicking and you'll be the best-informed person in any meeting. Be informed. Make better decisions. Look smart. Try not to be too arrogant.

Note: Sometimes it pays to be selective (you thought that we were going to say "picky.") We are neither that predictable, nor that jejune. Even though we are in alpha, we are tweaking the Newspicker every day to make it even more indispensible - if this is even possible.

Where can you get your first taste of this superconcentrated NEWSPICKER intelligence?
http://TheNationalNewspickerPage.blogspot.com A noseful of news. News you need. News you choose. 20 minutes to being fully-informed.




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Take a look at http://SpeedlightProKitUSA.blogspot.com. It should provide you with an idea of the excitement generated. Next, run a Google search on ICON JET, LLC. Our Press Release, Public Relations and Publicity Division have been very, very busy. They should be working for YOU.



In these times, a properly-crafted, optimized and submitted press or news release (we prefer "news release") can literally create a sensation overnight. Dollar for dollar, it is, by far, the most cost-effective form of media domination, penetration and infiltration. There are very fewer investments which you can make which yield such amazing and immediate results.

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With our Commitment of Yet Even Still Far Greater Things to Come,

Adam J. Kovitz and Douglas Castle (who is not quite as important as Adam J. Kovitz, who is becoming just a little too proud of himself, and who should probably be knocked down a peg...and who didn't give a rat's you-know-what about his underling's 55th birthday...next he'll be drinking expensive pear brandy and smoking fancy Partegas cigars while wearing a silk bathrobe).

Monday, September 21, 2009

ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN: My Interview with a Luminary

Dear Friends

A very interesting read

Especially For Women with Ann Barczay Sloan

My Interview with a Luminary

Introducing:

Marilyn Mandala Schlitz, Ph.D.

President / CEO

of the

Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS)

www.noetic.org



Marilyn and I: Our first connection

Back in the bygone era of 1995 - 96, I was part of a group of IONS Community Group coordinators in Southern California invited to meet some of the top leaders especially in town from IONS Headquarters “up North”. It was a dry summery day in a lovely rustic spot (fondly named “Serengeti West”) out in the San Fernando Valley, and if memory serves me correctly, Marilyn Schlitz (already highly placed in the organization) was one of the leaders in attendance. At this date, no doubt she wouldn’t remember me.


Fast forward through a number of tumultuous years where my priorities took me I away from involvement with IONS... and yet now, Wow! Here I’ve arrived at this unexpected spot in time/space, where I’m fortunate enough to interview Marilyn and publish an article about her awe-inspiring accomplishments in (for her) a no doubt new publications niche.


Saved by Facebook!

In obtaining this interview, I had some unexpected assistance via social media: a setting in which I’m rather a novice. Here’s how this happened:


My usual method of asking someone to be my article subject is to send a standardized letter of invitation and in my mind I had selected Marilyn Schlitz to be next. In fairness, I should mention here that Dr. Schlitz and I were already Friends on Facebook, connected via mutual friends involved with IONS groups.


But one fine day I woke up to find a major glitch had taken over my computer overnight: All (I do mean ALL) of my documents and all of my e-mail address book had vanished, totally disappeared. These were both later retrieved, by two different people on two separate days, but that’s another story; the main challenge here was I had no access to the invitation form letter I needed to send Marilyn ASAP! And of course, in approaching such an illustrious personage my invitation had to be “respectful”: perfect in every way!


What to do? Time was of the essence, so I wrapped some chutzpah around myself and sent off a Facebook message to Marilyn, telling her who I am and inviting her to be interviewed. Apparently, this less formal approach works just as well, because in a few days, she very graciously responded. And by that time, all my documents and e-mail addresses were in full operation again…


It must be Fate…

First off, I must admit I‘ve been in deep admiration of the Institute of Noetic Sciences ever since I became aware of it many years ago. Though by force of life circumstance I’d been mostly on the sidelines for years, my heart and several of my friendships remained connected with the ever-expanding work of this magnificent organization.


Curiously enough, now that I live on Bainbridge Island, Washington, there is an IONS Community Group very near me in which I participate with great pleasure. Just how near? Would you believe the meetings are held in the Community Room of the very apartment complex where I live! And they’ve been meeting in this very place a couple of years before I ever moved in… Coincidence, you say?


What exactly is IONS?

The following descriptions are posted on the awesome information-rich web site, www.noetic.org :

We are a nonprofit membership organization located in Northern California that conducts and sponsors leading-edge research into the potentials and powers of consciousness—including perceptions, beliefs, attention, intention, and intuition. The Institute explores phenomena that do not necessarily fit conventional scientific models, while maintaining a commitment to scientific rigor.

Background: The Institute is not a spiritual association, political-action group, or a single-cause institute. Rather, we honor open-minded approaches and multiple ways of knowing, bring discernment to our work, and support diversity of perspectives on social and scientific matters.

Through our publications, events, and educational media, we inform our members and the public about the findings of our frontier research on consciousness and its relationship to the physical world.

Our 200-acre Retreat Center hosts workshops, retreats, and educational activities. We support community-building through local community groups, online discussions, and other networking opportunities

What is “Noetic”?

As this term is so little known, so many ask for a definition. Here we go:

The word "noetic" comes from the ancient Greek nous, for which there is no exact equivalent in English. It refers to "inner knowing," a kind of intuitive consciousness—direct and immediate access to knowledge beyond what is available to our normal senses and the power of reason.

What are “Noetic Sciences”?

Noetic sciences are explorations into the nature and potentials of consciousness using multiple ways of knowing—including intuition, feeling, reason, and the senses. Noetic sciences explore the "inner cosmos" of the mind (consciousness, soul, spirit) and how it relates to the "outer cosmos" of the physical world.

… And what’s Edgar Mitchell got to do with it?

The founding of IONS, based on the life-altering experience of astronaut Edgar Mitchell, is an extraordinary story. It’s summarized on the noetic.org site as follows:

Traveling back to Earth, having just walked on the moon, Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell had an experience for which nothing in his life had prepared him. As he approached the planet we know as home, he was filled with an inner conviction as certain as any mathematical equation he'd ever solved. He knew that the beautiful blue world to which he was returning is part of a living system, harmonious and whole—and that we all participate, as he expressed it later, "in a universe of consciousness."

Trained as an engineer and scientist, Captain Mitchell was most comfortable in the world of rationality and physical precision. Yet the understanding that came to him as he journeyed back from space felt just as trustworthy—it represented another way of knowing.

This experience radically altered his worldview: Despite science's superb technological achievements, he realized that we had barely begun to probe the deepest mystery of the universe—the fact of consciousness itself. He became convinced that the uncharted territory of the human mind was the next frontier to explore, and that it contained possibilities we had hardly begun to imagine. Within two years of his expedition, Edgar Mitchell founded the Institute of Noetic Sciences in 1973.

Today, Dr Mitchell serves on the board of Directors of the institute. He continues to be active at institute events, including lectures and conferences.


Who is Marilyn Schlitz?

Marilyn’s bio is summarized on the IONS site as follows:

For three decades, scientist and anthropologist Marilyn Mandala Schlitz, Ph.D. has pioneered clinical and field-based research in the area of human transformation and healing. She is a thought leader on matters of individual and social change whose respected voice offers new insights into the most pressing challenges of our time. A researcher, speaker, change consultant, and writer, Marilyn's books include: Living Deeply: The Art and Science of Transformation in Everyday Life and Consciousness and Healing: Integral Approaches to Mind Body Medicine. She serves as the CEO and President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, where she has worked for 15 years.

Honestly, there’s no way the above can even begin to begin to describe this all-around amazing woman. Go to the page http://www.shiftinaction.com/discover/luminaries/marilyn_schlitz and look at the list of her voluminous writings, teleseminars, web media projects and such, and you will glimpse just that: a glimpse of a part of a part of what she has created and continues to do.

Please note: Dr. Schlitz is headlined on this page as a Luminary: an impressive title indeed.


What is a Luminary?

Of course this word has to do with Light: (based on the Latin lumen.) Here‘s a more detailed definition from my rather old (1989) dictionary but I figure definitions related to Light may not have changed so much:

Luminary (n.) 1. An object, as a celestial body, that gives light; 2. a source of spiritual or intellectual light; 3. a notable person.

There you have it, ladies and gentlemen. Surely you agree the title of Luminary is a very apt one to describe Dr. Marilyn Mandala Schlitz!


Our Interview

Let’s move now to the actual interview I conducted with a very gracious Dr. Schlitz. I can not begin to imagine the extent of her obligations and activities, administrative as well as scientific / creative. Nonetheless, she has generously taken time to share herself with me and you, esteemed TNNW readers.


Thank you so much for agreeing to this interview, Marilyn! I‘d like to start by asking: How would you briefly describe what you do at IONS?

“We explore the ways in which consciousness matters for the future of our civilization, including our health and well-being--individually and as a global community.”


What makes your organization unique? Maybe I should say: What is the unique value of the service you provide in the world?

“The fact is, Institute of Noetic Sciences brings four decades of research on the nature of consciousness and inner experiences to our contemporary world. We find practical ways of translating the research findings through education, communications, and a global membership in order to serve individual and collective well being and transformation.”


This goes way beyond huge, Marilyn! I laugh in delight. So, my next question: What is your mission, the primary goal at IONS?

·”The Institute of Noetic Sciences is advancing the science of consciousness and human experience to serve individual and collective transformation.


I am committed to bridging consciousness, science and healing to promote health and well-being.”


Could you please describe how you got started in all this, and how you arrived where you are currently?

“It all began in 1973—reading Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions and Edgar Mitchell’s book, Psychic Exploration. This set me on an odyssey to explore and understand consciousness and its potentials to create a more just, compassionate, and sustainable world.”


Was there a time of breakthrough, a turning point when you chose to change your course in life? Any specific quantum leap(s)?

“Many! “


Which of your projects are you currently most excited, most passionate about?

“The big picture, of course: Building IONS. Also, developing ‘Seeding the Change: A Curriculum on Worldview Literacy’.’”


We are also creating a series of E-learning courses the first set is on “After Life Cosmologies: Implications and Applications for Health and Healing Practitioners.”


That’s so exciting, Marilyn amazing that education of this caliber, this dimension is actually being created now… And speaking of education: your large IONS conferences packed with brilliant leading thinkers: more luminaries, really are outstanding!

Now can you tell me how much of your work is focused specifically toward women?

“Well, as an example we just completed a clinical trial on expectancy effects and distant healing with women who are undergoing reconstructive surgery—many breast cancer patients.”


What are some of the ways and places you promote your far-flung organization?

“We work on this on an ongoing basis. For example, we are now in midst of redesigning our marketing and membership model to become more unified. This includes a new website and a set of engagement programs that we are very excited about.”


How far does your network extend? In other words, what is the size of your list?

“It’s pretty vast, based on many years and many partnerships.”


Must be quite an amazing list!

“You know, some ways, IONS was a social networking organization before social networking. Right now I am working to strengthen the global network based on shared programs and the internet as a wrap to connect local groups.”


What have you found is the best thing about building a network: Positive experiences? Benefits, expected and unexpected?

“In essence: Great people working toward common goal with collective intention.”


What challenges (if any) have you found in your networking experiences?

“To sum it all up: The more people, the more personalities, the more complexity. Complexity can be catalytic. It can also become a frustrating exercise in will and ill directed power relations and needs.”


Bottom line – What do you feel is really working well for you at the Institute?

“Here are some of the great things we have going for us:

· Vision,

· Staff,

· Change model based in four decades of systematic explorations of consciousness transformation, health and healing, and extended human capacities,

· Dynamic research and educational programs that can be grown,

· 200-acre property and retreat center to serve the transformational community,

· Communications capacities and reputation; and an

· Archive of the field of consciousness, science, spirituality, health and healing.”


Besides networking, how else are you promoting your organization? What do you view as the primary vehicle and what makes it more important than the other(s)?

“So many ways! Partnerships, publications, media relations with both mainstream and alternative press, professional presentations, beautiful 200-acre retreat center in northern California, our membership and community groups. We’re hoping to do a world tour in the next two years.”


I must say IONS publications are outstanding in every way – as I’ve been around them for years, I feel they are a feast for the eyes as well as mind and heart and spirit too!


Now here’s a big question: What’s the achievement, the accomplishment you’re most proud of at this time?

“To sum it up: Holding the complexities of a 40 year old not-for-profit at a time of great social and economic challenge with a sense of joy, hope, playfulness, optimism, clarity, and collaboration.”


Marilyn, at this moment I am more in awe than ever of what you as well as your predecessors at IONS are accomplishing…

Any other point you’d like to emphasize at this time?

“Feels to me like a moment when female leadership is emerging and will shape business/society more and more in the future. It is very exciting to be part of that and to reach out to other women leaders who are dealing with many of the same issues and challenges. I am looking forward to more collaborations that build synergy, creativity, social relevance, and sound business practices.”


In conclusion, anything you’d like to add some words of encouragement, inspiration for our readers??

“In our book (Schlitz, VIeten, and Amorok, 2007), Living Deeply: The Art and Science of Transformation in Everyday Life, we found that the greatest catalyst for positive personal transformations is pain and discomfort. While not always, it is often the portal into a new way of living and being. This is important to remember as each of us deals with the many stresses of our times. Even the most challenging moments hold the potential for deep healing.”


With your permission, Marilyn, I’d like to close with these quotes from your 2008 Year-end Message:

For decades, researchers at IONS have shown that the barriers to deep, evolutionary change are often self-imposed. Too often we live in fear and with limited imagination. Through "inattentional blindness," we overlook opportunities to make positive, life-enhancing transformations, even in moments of deep challenges….

… At the heart of a global shift is the evolution of consciousness. For more than 35 years, IONS has been a respected leader in advancing our understanding of the powers and potentials of consciousness. We have discovered over and over again that our personal transformation and collective evolution are intertwined.

As I take on the new role of President and CEO for the Institute of Noetic Sciences, I am both humbled and invigorated by the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. I am convinced, as never before, that our work is essential to achieving a fundamental course correction.


Beautiful, elevating, inspiring Thank you so much for sharing your personal and collective vision and soul-commitment with us!

“…And thank you too, Ann, for bringing this new paradigm shift into yet another milieu of our everyday world! “

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IT ALL STARTS WITH US! "The Silent Screams of Consultants"


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It All Starts With Us! with John A. Lee

All of us are consultants in a sense. We offer and apply our expertise to others in hopes of making a connection and receiving some form of compensation. This is the fundamental principal of networking. We have something to sell that someone else needs. Whether we call ourselves consultants, independent contractors, suppliers, vendors, or partners, we contract our services to another entity as a “non-employee” expert.

This is an important distinction as it tangibly defines the working relationship. A consultant is not an employee of his client even though the work may be vital and approach full-time levels. An employee has certain structures and rights that a consultant does not – steady paycheck at regular intervals, access to an HR department (or due process), protective labor laws, work environment and tools, and a platform for regular and steady open dialogue with the employer.

Further, the IRS applies a test that measures three areas – behavioral control, financial control, and the relationships of the parties - to define a contractor from an employee to ensure the engagement is not an attempt of the client to avoid payroll taxes.One key IRS point focuses on how the contractor is supervised. In general, the client has limited say in how, when, and where the contractor delivers the service. This creates a greater formality and distance between consultant and client. The consultant is never quite a full member of the family.

Breaching the formality (to close the distance) is a line in the sand that most consultants do not cross. On our side of the line, we offer and promise, and, repeat the mantra “no problem,” as our client asks for more. Yet, we are afraid to speak up for ourselves, our needs and expectations. We fear we are totally at the whim of our client.

The frustration of not openly communicating can grow to an unbearable point, yet the consultant will remain silent, fearful of damaging the relationship if he speaks up.

Over the years, I have talked to and listened to the frustrations of hundreds of consultants in my network - consultants that work in many industries and deliver many different services to their customers. Keep in mind most contractors love their work. There are not really complaining. They understand much of drama goes with the territory.

Also, keep in mind that no client engages a consultant with the intent to abuse, confuse, and flummox. Clients, at worst, recognize their need for specialized help but don’t know how to skillfully engage and manage the resource.

Having spent many years as an executive who hired consultants, I can see how my behavior may have caused some frustration. I didn’t always look out for my contractors and their needs the way I should have. I'd stick the invoice in the A/P "pay in 30 days" basket without a thought as to urgency. But I've seen the light! Consultants are special. With a little more thought, I could have easily made their engagement less frantic.

So, pressure builds and consultants vent to themselves with imaginary dialogues with their clients. Ever wonder what consultants wish they could say to their clients but don’t? Here are a few silent screams:

Measure my fee by the value I provide. Don’t tell me my rates are too high or you’d love to use me but you think I’m too expensive. I’m running a business and I have to manage it like you manage yours. I have overhead, rent, equipment to purchase and maintain, expenses like healthcare premiums, and self-employment taxes. Plus, I use my profit to live on.

Please pay me at the times we agreed upon. When you pay late, it can cause personal problems for me. I really can't wait 30 days or more after a project concludes for my payment.

You are an absolute priority for me but sometimes I cannot be available as I attempt to be all things, to all people, at all times. Remember this when I agree with a smile in my voice to schedule our weekly call on Sunday evenings at 10:00 pm after you’ve put your kids to bed.

Let’s define the scope of work you want me to do. I understand the need to be flexible, agile, and roll with the punches, but a direct relationship exists among scope, time, and fees. When you add to my workload I have to invest more time. Understand, I do want all of your business that I can manage, but I may have to charge more if I take on additional work.

Let’s agree what success looks like for me . . . and for you. If we agree to expectations and goals, I will have a clear target to exceed.

Know how to use me before you hire me. Be available to me. We’re in this together. Don’t engage me and fade away leaving me to wonder if I’ve disappointed you.

Don’t be offended if I put our agreement in writing. While I believe in the strength and the integrity of the handshake, as time goes by, the detail of what each of us agreed to may fade.

You’re asking me to reduce my profit? When you read my proposal you asked for a reduction in price but weren’t willing to reduce the scope of the project. Same work for less money. The profit margin is what I use to make my house payments, buy groceries for my family, gasoline, clothing, and pay college tuition.

I’m in the service business, but I’m not a servant. I am as expert in my fields as you are in yours. Engage me for my expertise because you are convinced I have something you need.

Have the courage say “No.” When I’m pitching your business and I get “buy” signs, I will show my eagerness to get started. I’ll float new ideas to you. Generate work product to show value. When you suddenly stop answering the phone, I feel used.

Let me do the work you hired me to do. Empower me with your team. Don’t put me in a position where I have to defend my services to your team and fight for implementation or to be heard.

Don’t hire me for my expertise and tell me why everything I propose won’t work. You wanted “fresh eyes” and my advantage is I’m not bogged down in the weeds of inertia. I’m not politically paralyzed. I can see the forest and the trees! At the same time!

Don’t withhold information from me during an RFP. I’m a newcomer to your business and to really develop a strong proposal that will benefit you, I need your help. Don’t get so hung up on supposed “fair bidding practices” that you forget we are all bidding for the chance to make your business better. I can’t offer you the full impact of my expertise without specific and complete information. Information makes me strong. You want me strong. This isn’t a game. RFPs should never be about “I want to see what you come with.” Two weeks after you award me your business and I’m into the project, I’ll be a lot smarter. You’ll see me work my magic and be glad you hired me. Until that point, bury me with information to make my proposal stronger.

Give me a shot at something small but tangible to start a relationship. If you have an incumbent supplier you like – good for you and good for them! I fully understand you’ve invested intellectual capital in that relationship and are hesitant to start over. And they must be doing something right. But, someday, you’ll want a fresh approach or your supplier may not have capacity or availability for something you need done. Invest in me for tomorrow and I’ll be waiting in the wings without need of a ramp-up.

Understand my value as well as my price. Someone who will always say they can do it cheaper. Look beyond price to my reputation, to my satisfied clients, to my position in the industry. Factor your risk. Cheap is cheaper but seldom better.

I’m in this business because I want to be. I believe in you and your business or I wouldn’t be pitching you. I’m defined, in part, by the status of the clients I serve. I’m proud to be working with you. I genuinely feel I can make a difference in your business and I will do anything to become indispensable to you. So, run to me. Open up to me. Embarrass me with your praise when I astound you. Because, together we can do amazing things.

Great business is based on relationships characterized by moments of inspiration and moments of despair. Relationship implies a personal as well as professional connection, emphasis on connection. It is important for both Contractor and Client to hear what’s spoken as well as to sense what’s not being said.

To thrive in a business juncture, we must develop a connection of trust, openness, and respect, understanding that as humans we often don’t say what we feel. Yet, it is this trait of feeling that differentiates us and makes us vibrant in the business world.

Feeling makes us care. Caring makes us passionate. Harness that energy and you can accomplish anything. Think of the power we could generate if each of us was open and truthful to each other as we leveraged our combined passions, because, need I remind you . . . it all starts with us!

Continued success,

John A. Lee, MA MBA
Laguna Beach, California

For more information, please visit John's TNNW Bio.

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