Another week has gone by and I’ve got a couple of great posts that I read over the past week that I hope you will find them to be great reads as well. Well…here we go!

First, Scott Allen over at The Virtual Handshake made some great points in his post, Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Even Virtually. Definitely separate the pretenders from the true leaders. Love it man!

Then there are days I wonder if I’ll ever stop grazing at Darren Rowse’s Problogger site. This week’s fave of mine was short and sweet. Keys To Success - Jerry Seinfeld Style.

77 Keys To Living Well Before You Die is a great read and gives you something to think about from Marc and Angel Hack Life.

On the My Super Charged Life blog, I read this post called, Back to Basics: Debt Free Is The Path To Financial Success.

Last, but not least, there was a guest post on the Motivate Thyself blog, by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits, called Quick and Dirty Tips For Exercise Motivation. It’s a great piece for those you who have been sitting on the fence about getting back in shape and considering trying some of the great Beachbody fitness programs.

Okay, that’s all there is for the week gone by.

Do you have a blog post from the past week that you really enjoyed? Wanna share one?

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Dream Big! Decide…Commit…Succeed!

With warm regards,
Timothy Carter
Independent Beachbody Coach

In my previous blog post, Choices A Job Versus A Career, I was sharing about my passion:

“I have a passion for LIFE! A passion to impact people’s lives in a
way that their lives are permanently transformed! To live as healthy as
I can for as long as I can while leading others who want to do the same
on their own terms. A passionate commitment to fitness.“

From the moment my body registers it’s morning, my brain is thinking about my passion, I’m up and out of bed, motivated by this passion, filled with energy until I hit the pillow in exhaustion at the end of the day…only to dream about my passion! It brings a smile to my face and often some song to my heart, my lips, and occasionally a few Twitter “tweets”! LOL

Speaking of PASSION…

One of my favorite peeps in the social media networking community, Alejandro Reyes, a passionate successfool, had his TV show SuccessFool.tv a running in late August and his topic was The 10 Commandments of Passion with his mentor, Gary Zelesky. You’ve got to watch the archived video on Alejandro’s blog if you get a chance.

Here are his passion driven points that a passion filled entrepreneur has that impacts thousands upon thousands of lives and earning you a very nice residual income lifestyle:

1. Wealth: If your Passion is not part of what you do you will never be rich!

2: Career/Business: You must build a career/life around Passion to live without regret.

3: Attitude: Your Passion for life will affect your position in life.

4: Significance: If you do not define your Passion someone else will!

5: Responsibility: Do what you must while you focus on your Passion.

6: Balance: Core values are the difference between Passion and Obsession.

7: Time: Manage your Passion not simply your time.

8: Resiliency: Passion never dies it only gets buried through negativity.

9: Goals: Your goals without passion are fantasy!

10: Enthusiasm: Passion is the fuel of the soul that moves your goals forward to completion.

Are you TRULY passionate about what you do? Successful people are driven by their passion!

Looking for more passion examples? I asked the Twitter community that follows me, “What is it that you are passionate about?” Here’s some of the responses I got about their passion:

kiwichamp @TimothyCarter Helping others be all they were born to be, using their God given talents to the max, as I do the same 10:26 AM October 05, 2008

danim24 @TimothyCarter empowering others, living the life u deserve, being a lifelong learner, laughter, friendship, teaching/coaching, be bold! 10:37 AM October 05, 2008

Luxetips @TimothyCarter My kids, my work, my travel…priceless10:56 AM October 05, 2008

AmyDymond @TimothyCarter All of Design, The journey of life, Seeing people succeed in realizing their dreams, Writing,Imagination,Connection,Seattle. 12:24 PM October 05, 2008

inspiremetoday @TimothyCarter I’m passionate about making a difference in the world. 03:10 PM October 05, 2008

jilliebfree @TimothyCarter I’m passioate about balance in mind, body and spirit. If you can get that , he rest takes care of itself. 03:23 PM October 05, 2008

Mark_Salinas @TimothyCarter Passionate about family, fitness and a well rounded health! Every waterfall starts with a drop! 10:46 AM October 06, 2008

So as you can read, these people are driven by their heart & mind…their passion! And I hope you are driven by your passion too! What is your passion? What gets you out of the bed every morning full of excitement and energy? Share it in the comments! Don’t be shy!

And if you are driven by the same kind of passion that I am, you will LOVE the passionate vision we have with Team Beachbody to impact millions of people’s lives through fitness! Click below on “Be A Coach” and you’ll be excited by what you read and see.

Thanks for reading the latest blog post! I appreciate you being here. Find out what I am doing right now by following me on Twitter! If you’re not subscribed to this blog of mine, head up to the upper right side of the page and don’t miss a post!

Dream Big! Decide…Commit…Succeed!

With warm regards,
Timothy Carter
Independent Beachbody Coach

I’m going to be on the lookout for more and more testimonials to post on here about how the Team Beachbody Coaching and product line can dramatically impact people’s lives from all walks of life. From the at home mom, to the professional athlete benefitting from our products and definitely the person whose life is transformed by losing dozens of pounds of bodyfat and improving their health!

Here’s today’s example of the Beachbody Revolution, this time featuring Roselyn Sanchez from the smash hit television show, Without A Trace.

I would have to agree with Roselyn. “Every girl needs to give it a try. It will change your body!” The incredible success stories that I’ve read and watched over the past year are nothing short of inspiring. Seeing the tears in their eyes, the joy and excitement in the words they express about how they feel since their transformation, the IMPACT that Beachbody’s products has had on them, the online supergym WOWY support and wonderful motivation from their Team Beachbody Coach had on them to keep sticking with the program. I really feel honored to be a part of a company who is COMMITTED to help people improve their health and fitness!

With Beachbody, I commit to helping people FIGHT the middle age spread! I really love being in the LIFE CHANGING business!

Thanks for reading the latest blog post! I appreciate you being here. Find out what I am doing right now by following me on Twitter!

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Dream Big! Decide…Commit…Succeed!

With warm regards,
Timothy Carter
Independent Beachbody Coach

I’ve had family & friends from all walks of life asking me lately me why I choose the residual income lifestyle over working the 9-6 lifestyle for someone else and get my guaranteed 2 weeks of vacation and investing in the company 401k.

They don’t understand why I’d give up such “security”. Especially as the economy continues to show signs of falling apart. They have the same concerns about money, about debt, about retirement, about their health, their future. But they now need more money to keep up the losing battle with the economy. Then in the same breath, they ask me how I make that money working from home and if it’s possible that they earn a living from home too?

Why Tim why?

The cost of commuting…time to and from work away from family multiplied with the rising price of gasoline…making ends meet harder and harder. There is only so much money you can get out of a job…that 3-5% a year raise…that doesn’t even keep up with INFLATION! It’s a lifestyle. It’s a choice. Too many people are trapped by the housing and financial meltdowns. Trapped in their dead-end jobs.

Have you ever had that conversation with someone you are close to? How did it go? Have you had that conversation recently as the economy worsens? What’s the response been to the news on TV about financial market bailout of 700 billion dollars? The falling stock market?

In the months ahead as we’re moving into 2009, I fully expect more and more people will be actively pursuing how to make more money online, they will be asking me about how we are earning a living from home and how we’re transforming our bodies and health!

So why did I choose a career over a job? First and foremost…I had PASSION!

I have a passion for LIFE! A passion to impact people’s lives in a way that their lives are permanently transformed! To live as healthy as I can for as long as I can while leading others who want to do the same on their own terms. A passionate commitment to fitness.

I didn’t have passion for commercial property management, but I DID have passion for working with entrepreneurial minded individuals!

Are you passionate about what you do? Are you passionate about health & fitness? What IS your passion? Can you earn a living from your passion?

Do you have the time or money to start your own business? To increase your streams of income? Do you think about life without a job? Have you been thinking about joining the “work at home generation”? Are you making any plans to break free from your job while you’ve built your career from home?

I really enjoyed reading what my fitness mentor/coach, Tony Horton, of P90X fame, wrote on his blog on my birthday about Jobs vs. Careers about what it is that we do in this career choice.

People with careers are happy and fired up because they manifest their
own destinies. They can’t wait to wake up and get busy because they
know the sky is the limit. If you commit to building your own business
the rewards are endless. Like I said earlier, my job is to be the
fitness guy, not to be the Team BeachBody business promoter. But when I
see so many people go from lame, low income jobs to life altering
careers with this amazing opportunity, I can’t be silent. In Lincoln,
Dallas, Vegas, Atlanta, Boise & Beyond people are fusing Fitness
with Financial Freedom. I coined that one. Pretty good, right? The
truth is, it’s more than a phrase, it’s the truth. I’ve seen it over
and over again. Unhappy overweight, out-of-shape people with lousy
jobs, losing weight, getting into shape, building their businesses and
creating the freedom to live the lives they’ve always wanted. I
wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, and
I’ve seen it happen to thousands of people time and time again.

Most of us would be lucky just to get a few opportunities in life to make it
better. I’m asking you not to ignore this one. If you’re unhappy with
your job and find yourself struggling with your health and fitness then
it might be time to open your eyes to the Team BeachBody Revolution. If
you hate exercise, love fast food and have a hard time talking to
people then this business career opportunity isn’t for you. But if you
like the idea of being fit & healthy combined with having a life
that provides financial freedom (in these very scary economic times)
then step up to the plate and swing for the fence. Life is too short to
sit back and let everyone else have all the fun. We get to choose
whether we want to continue to struggle in this world or take control
of our own world. So what will it be for you?

While recovering from the car accident, I knew there was only one choice for our financial future. Self-employment once again. We didn’t want to get permanently locked into the consumerism lifestyle that resulted in working for someone else and plopping down on the couch to watch television each night. We wanted a way to impact people’s lives in a tangible way. Their physical bodies…then their financial situation through home business. Build a residual income stream where we could travel at will, without concern for what means we’d travel (plane, boat or RV) or the financial cost of it for as long as we wanted whether that be 9 months in Santorini or a year in Belize.

That’s the reason I love this lifestyle…is because it IS a lifestyle. Life is too short to live by someone else’s terms…to not live our dreams. A residual income lifestyle. A fitness lifestyle achieving optimal health. Improving people’s lives through exercise and nutrition then financial freedom.

I don’t have to talk people into the latest super juice or uber-vitamin from synthetic sources to take. It’s just a 21st century back-to-basics lifestyle. Cutting edge exercise and eating right combined with a supportive online community of like-minded individuals who decided to make a change…committed to making a change…working to succeed at making that change! With Team Beachbody!

They want to change how they feel, improve their physical bodies, develop habits that give them better health through how they live, act and eat daily. Then using the ultimate tool…WORD OF MOUTH marketing to earn a living from home. Whether it’s face-to-face, via Twitter, Facebook or the Million Dollar Body Club about what they’ve experienced through Team Beachbody. And after finding two people interested in being Independent Coaches, then Beachbody starts placing customers they generate from the $70 million a year in infomercial advertising, into their businesses for FREE! Continuing their influence of the Beachbody Revolution and the fitness lifestyle to hundreds, thousands of people. It’s a home fitness revolution, er, I mean, a home business revolution. Wait! It’s both!

LOL

What is your choice? What is your passion? What do you choose to do or plan to do? Let me know! I love to hear people be passionate about what they are interested in.

Thanks for reading the latest blog post! I appreciate you being here. Find out what I am doing right now by following me on Twitter! Tweet this post if you enjoyed it. If you’re not subscribed to this blog of mine, head up to the upper right side of the page and don’t miss a post!

Dream Big! Decide…Commit…Succeed!

With warm regards,
Timothy Carter
Independent Beachbody Coach

So each Sunday, I’m going to post a few of my favorite blog posts I read during the week. I’m a voracious reader, so I thought it’d be fun to share some of my favorite reads and get some feedback on some of your faves of the week.

Here we go!

John Milton Fogg drops some truth about It’s The Stupid, Economy and why the time for a network marketing business right now can be an incredible asset of residual income and immediate income.

Tony Horton, yes, the creator of Power 90, Power Half Hour and P90X has a fantastic post on his personal blog about Jobs vs. Career. People like you and me are fusing FITNESS WITH FINANCIAL FREEDOM through what we do with Team Beachbody!

Over at ProBlogger, Darren Rowse has got people talking about Timothy Ferris vs Gary Vaynerchuk - Two Approaches to Successful Blogging.

Mark Hayward asks What is your ultimate job (or life) description?, do you know what you would prefer as a career? Are you already there? Definitely makes you think, then dream then live it.

Doug Firebaugh kicks some serious knowledge in his latest post, Mastering The Master Skill. “Your paycheck is totally, absolutely, postively, no doubt about it, no argument available, it is the solid truth, incredibly determined by one thing.” WHOA! Don’t miss it!

One of my favorite “Tweeps” over on Twitter, Mari Smith shared 10 Reasons To Use Facebook For Business. Facebook is such a great place to connect with people. This post is just one of the many reason’s she’s known as the Queen of Facebook!

Okay, that’s all there is for the week gone by.

Do you have a blog post from the past week that you really enjoyed? Wanna share one?

Thanks for reading the latest blog post! I appreciate you being here. Find out what I am doing right now by following me on Twitter! If you’re not subscribed to this blog of mine, head up to the upper right side of the page and don’t miss a post!

Dream Big! Decide…Commit…Succeed!

With warm regards,
Timothy Carter
Independent Beachbody Coach