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Some people are men and women of few words. To work in an office with such people is truly a blessing.

Most workers, however, are stuck in a workplace where they hear about everything from a co-worker’s baby-making plans to his/her estranged relationship with their father or mother.

Talking about such topics might be OK to share over cocktails with your best friend — they are not OK for the workplace.

Why? Because people spend more time at the office with co-workers than anywhere (or anyone) else. Some workers have trouble drawing the line between business and friendship, says Susan Solovic, co-founder and CEO of SBTV.com, and author of three books, including Reinvent Your Career: Attain the Success You Desire and Deserve. “It’s a social environment as well as a work environment. However, you must remember: While you can be friendly and develop a good rapport, business is business and friendship is friendship.”

These days, your job security is unstable enough as it is. The last thing you need is to make an off-the-cuff remark that gets you fired (or shunned from the likes of your co-workers). To help keep your career on track, here are 6 things you should never say (or discuss) in the workplace:

1. “That’s not my job.”

When you boil things down, everyone does things that “aren’t their job.” If everyone complained that a certain task wasn’t in the offer they signed, the labor force would be in more trouble than it already is. If someone asks for your help, take it as a compliment. He or she obviously values your input or thinks your skills would be good fit for the task. Not only will it help earn good office karma (you never know when you’ll need help from other colleagues), but it never looks good to only do the bare minimum. And no boss wants to hear those four words!

2. “I don’t mind helping you with that.” (With a fake smile pasted on your face.)

There’s nothing worse than someone who offers to help and then complains about it later. If you take on a task with a smile but don’t really want to do it, your help is as good as no help at all. When you work without enthusiasm, it’s never your best effort. Plus, don’t say you’ll do something if you have no intention of actually completing the task or you’ll earn a reputation as an unreliable person. Your colleagues are relying on you, so your decision not to follow through impacts their jobs, too.

3. “Don’t tell anyone I said this, but … ”

Anytime you start a sentence with that phrase, you’re asking for one thing: The recipient of your knowledge to, indeed, tell someone you said that. If it’s really a secret, keep it to yourself. Whether you know someone in the office got pregnant by the mail guy or you found out what the boss makes, you’re going to get credit for spreading the news. Plus, if a co-worker is gossiping with you, most likely he or she will gossip about you.

4. “I haven’t gotten a raise, EVER.”

Since most employers base salary increase on productivity (not longevity), asking for a raise based on how long you’ve been with the company or how long it’s been since your last one will tell your boss only that you want more money — not that you deserve it. Instead, prove the raise is merited.

5. “I’m so … stressed out/busy/sick of working here.”

Constant complaints about your workload, stress levels or the company will quickly make you the kind of person who never gets invited to lunch. If you don’t agree with company policies and procedures, address it through official channels or move on.

6. “I have (insert weird, gross or inappropriate medical condition) here .”

Nobody cares about your aches and pains, the weird fungus on your foot, your infertility woes or the bad gas you got from eating Chinese food last night. To your employer, your constant medical issues make you seem like an expensive, high-risk employee. And to your co-workers, you seem like an attention-seeking hypochondriac.

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Marvin LeBlanc is a left-handed, right-brained, fun-loving Cajun that is obsessed with Life Performance and Overcoming Adversity. He is an entrepreneur, writer, speaker and founder of Marvelous Performance Systems. Marvin is available for business retreats, keynotes, breakout sessions, workshops, & individual coaching programs. His book “COME HELL OR HIGH WATER” will be available in the Fall of 2011 through New York Publisher www.BloomingTwig.com. To rent Marvin’s brain, contact him at www.MarvinLeBlanc.com and request a Free Personal Coaching Session.

Hello Marvelous People!

Chris Voss is someone that I read & follow his blog regularly. You should too. His recent blog brought me back to the early 1980’s. It was a time in my life that I made a choice that would effect me positively for the rest of my life.

I was passionate about wanting to succeed in life, but I was bitter and frustrated & needed some serious guidance and direction.

So I went to the Yellow Pages and looked up the Dale Carnegie Courses in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. My mentor would become Jim Winner, the local sponsor in Baton Rouge for the Dale Carnegie Courses. And it was then that I would be introduced to the poem below. Print the poem, put it in your wallet or purse. Read it regularly. Meditate on it. Let it become absorbed into your being. And over time it will have great meaning for you. I promise.

Chris in his blog states:

I was watching a show on Bill Parcells, the successful NFL coach. He talked about how he’d always carried this poem with him. It’s very inspiring and I hope you enjoy it.

“The Guy in the Glass” by Dale Wimbrow, (c) 1934

When you get what you want in your struggle for self,
And the world makes you King for a day,
Then go to the mirror and look at yourself,
And see what that guy has to say.

For it isn’t your Father, or Mother, or Wife,
Who judgement upon you must pass.
The fella whose verdict counts most in your life
Is the guy staring back from the glass.

He’s the fella to please, never mind all the rest,
For he’s with you clear up to the end,
And you’ve passed your most dangerous, difficult test
If the guy in the glass is your friend.

You may be like Jack Horner and “chisel” a plum,
And think you’re a wonderful guy,
But the man in the glass says you’re only a bum
If you can’t look him straight in the eye.

You can fool the whole world down the pathway of years,
And get pats on the back as you pass,
But your final reward will be heartaches and tears
If you’ve cheated the guy in the glass.

Source: Theguyintheglass.com

-Take a moment to look into a mirror. Do you like the person you are inside? How does it make you feel? What can you improve?

“Make Marvelous Happen!”  Let me know how I can help?

Peace, Love and Gumbo!
Marvin LeBlanc, LUTCF, CNP

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Marvin LeBlanc is a left-handed, right-brained, fun-loving Cajun that is obsessed with Life Performance and Overcoming Adversity. He is an entrepreneur, writer, speaker and founder of Marvelous Performance Systems. Marvin is available for business retreats, keynotes, breakout sessions, workshops, & individual coaching programs. His book “COME HELL OR HIGH WATER” is available here for purchase. To rent Marvin’s brain, contact him at MarvinLeblanc@aol.com and request a Free Personal Coaching Session.

Yep, I said. Your teacher was wrong.

I vividly remember when we had a spelling bee. I got 98 words correct out of 100.

Pretty good right! Well apparently not. Because all the teacher could do is give me 2 big fat RED X’s on the two that I got wrong.

And the pattern continued as we got older. We were always told what we did wrong. What I’m suggesting is that the English teacher should have taken extra time and she should have given us 98 green check marks. (Green — as in GO!)
(Green –as in keep striving. (Green – as in keep moving forward)

Oh, but no!! Our eyes were drawn to focus on those two big, brutal red x’s.

And subliminally we still see them into adolescence, into college, into adulthood.

So whether it’s yourself personally, whether it’s your relationships, whether it’s your team members, the true question that we should be asking is – “what are we doing right?”

Are we capitalizing on our strengths?  Not what we’re getting wrong but what are we doing right?

If you’re talking about your organization, are the team members in the right seats, (assuming that you’ve already determined that these people are on the right bus, as we learned in “Good to Great” by Mr. Collins.

So how about you? Are you spending your time on the “green check marks” in your life and your relationships or are you spending your time on the “red x’s?”

PSST: focus on the “green check marks” and be sure to tell us your experiences here at marvinleblanc.com.

Peace, Love and Gumbo!

Marvin LeBlanc, LUTCF, CNP

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Marvin LeBlanc is a left-handed, right-brained, fun-loving Cajun that is obsessed with Life Performance and Overcoming Adversity. He is an entrepreneur, writer, speaker and founder of Marvelous Performance Systems. Marvin is available for business retreats, keynotes, breakout sessions, workshops, & individual coaching programs. His book “COME HELL OR HIGH WATER” will be available in the Fall of 2011 through New York Publisher www.BloomingTwig.com. To rent Marvin’s brain, contact him at www.MarvinLeBlanc.com and request a Free Personal Coaching Session.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We enjoyed this blog post so much, Spare Some Change? written by Beth Budreck for the LIFE Foundation, that we wanted to share it here with all you Marvelous People:

When I mention the words “life insurance,” people tend to scatter quicker than if I were a sketchy character asking for spare change. And while the holidays are over and the bell-ringers have all gone home, it’s never too late to spare a little change, particularly for your loved ones. As an insurance professional, I can spout statistics and evidence on the importance of life insurance, but I won’t. Instead I’ll let the stories speak for themselves. I have worked with these three women and want to share their stories of “spared change.” (I have changed their names to maintain their privacy.)

Erin came to work for me while she was in high school. She had moved to the Chicagoland area from Memphis four years earlier, not because she made the choice, but because “life happened” and the choice was made for her. While driving home from her grandparent’s funeral the day after Christmas, a drunk driver hit the car she was in head-on killing both of her parents. She and her two brothers went to live with their aunt and uncle, who already had three children. Their family had doubled overnight and so did the responsibilities. But because her parent’s had ample life insurance, Erin and her brothers were able to stay together and were “spared the change” of missing out on all the positive things that the future held, such a private college education. Of course, nothing can replace the loss of a parent, but Erin did not have to lose the promising future her parents would have wanted for her.

Tammy came to work for me about a year ago. She hadn’t planned to move back to the Chicagoland area either. Tammy was living in sunny Arizona with her husband of eight years. They had just taken a slice of the American dream by starting their own business. Their business was starting to pick up as they were settling into their lives together. One night, however, Tammy woke up to find that her husband’s preexisting heart condition had taken a fatal toll. Tammy tried to save him while calling 911, but there nothing she could do. He died on April 15; he was up for life insurance eligibility on May 17. Tammy was left with business loans, a mortgage and no life insurance. In the midst of mourning the loss of her husband, she had to make the difficult decision of moving out the home they had built together. “When he had been able to get life insurance, he didn’t think he needed it,” Tammy said. Tammy was not “spared change” in her life. When I asked Tammy what she would say to people about her experience, she stated firmly, “Even if you don’t think you need life insurance, you do.”

Anne, a bright spirit, worked for me while getting her college degree. Always smiling, she was the kind of person that lit up a room. Anne had talked about getting herself a life insurance policy for some time. She told me, “My parents think I don’t need it,” but decided to get the policy anyway. Ten days after we completed the application, Anne died in a car accident. The life policy was validated. A few days after the accident I spoke with Anne’s mother who said, “If it weren’t for this policy, we wouldn’t have enough money to bury my daughter.” Anne was a 22-year-old woman with no kids, no husband and no major assets. Yet, through her choice, she was able to “spare some change” for her own parents.

How will you spare some change for your loved ones in 2011?

Beth Budreck, CLU, has a BS in finance and has been running her Chicago-area State Farm agency for over 21 years. She is married with two children, a boy who is 7 and a girl who is 8.

This is not my story. But it’s a story from a lady I’ve known for over 20 years that is also in the Insurance Profession. Read and know that you should not “WAIT” for an Insurance Professional to ask you these important questions. Whatever town you are in, ask the trusted professional about these issues.

Annette writes:

My family is in the midst of a nightmare and, sad to say, we are not unique. One of my younger sisters was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer in June. I assure you, I will never again hear the comment that someone has cancer without feeling a deep dread in my pit of my stomach because I know what the individual and entire family will endure. My sister is a 41 year old single mom of a 14 year old boy. Immediately gripped with the fear of possibly losing her, we were also immediately thrust into making decisions. Decisions that I quickly recognized coulda, woulda, shoulda been pre-determined through a thorough Insurance & Financial Review.

What does her Group Medical provide for? Not provide for? Does she have prescription coverage? What are the benefits for Paid Sick Leave? Disability? What are her monthly bills? Does she have any savings? Does she personally own any policies? How will the family get her back and forth to Houston? How will we pay for lodging and meals during the stays? Who in the family can miss work for these trips? Who in the family can take day shifts at home between treatments? Who can take night shifts? Who can do the housework? Who can cut the grass? Who can cook meals? Who can help with her son? Obviously, the list can go on and on.

Guilt? I have felt tremendous guilt and anger with myself. Do you know how many times I have said, “Why didn’t I just ask her?” As early on as when I was a new agent and she was newly married, why didn’t I ask her to review her coverage? As we both became single mothers, why didn’t I just ask her to meet with an agent and have a cup of coffee about things? As I worked with an Attorney to complete a Will, a Living Will & Medical Power of Attorney, a Trust for my children, a Durable Power of Attorney, why didn’t I just ask her if she had prepared these? As she turned 40 years old, why didn’t I just ask her if she scheduled a base-line mammogram? We both have March birthdays: as I completed my annual mammogram, why didn’t I just ask her if she had scheduled hers?

I had obligations as her older sister and as an insurance professional to “just ask” questions, and I failed her. Now it is too late: she is forever un-insurable. She will not be able to purchase a Hospital Income policy, Disability Income policy, Mortgage Disability Income, Life Insurance, Long-Term Care insurance. Now it is too late: nothing in her life is private. I am handling sensitive medical and financial matters. My parents and all siblings are in her home day and night taking over the life she had with her son.

I feel good about my insurance & financial planning. How many times have we said that our client base deserves the same financial planning that we provide for ourselves? My sister deserves this, but now it is too late. Why didn’t I just ask? Why didn’t her insurance professional just ask? Getting insurance education is easy - ask questions before it is too late.

Hello Marvelous People! If you haven’t heard of Jonathan Fields, then allow me to expose you to our guest blogger this week.

His “out of the box” ideas on re-inventing yourself and your career will be a fresh breath of air for you today. But you’ll have to read his blog below at least 2-3 times to really absorb it.

Until now, you thought you didn’t have time for the most “Important” things. But you do.

Peace, Love & Gumbo! ~Marvin LeBlanc

In Janurary I:

• Published 17 blog posts
• Organized, promoted and conducted 4 conference calls (3 for the blog, 1 for my private Creation Tribe)
• Processed more than 6,000 emails
• Updated my Facebook status dozens of times
• Tweeted hundreds of times
• Read hundreds of posts, articles and a few books
• Had 14 skype/phone meetings and interviews
• Attended 5 face-to-face meetings and events
• Meditated, moved my body and played guitar every day
• Ate breakfast and dinner with my family nearly every day, and…
• Wrote 25,000 words and completed the manuscript for my next book

And, that’s not an unusual month for me.

I get asked some variation of the same question all the time:
How do you do so much?

There are tons of ways to answer that question.

I could share how I batch my activities, so while it looks like I’m all over the place, online all the time, there’s actually a bit more science to it.

I could talk about how I hyper-focus, if I’m writing or creating, how I don’t answer anyone, pick up the phone or respond to anything but emergencies.

I could reveal how my meditation creates so much clarity and fresh ideas, I literally can’t bring them all to life (I don’t get writer’s block, I get writer’s logjam)

But, truth is, I get so much done…

Because that’s what pros do.

There’s no magic to it.

There’s nothing superhuman or even exceptional about it.

Being prolific is how I earn my living.

Being ubiquitous is how I earn my living.

Building relationships, online and offline, is how I earn my living.

Helping people with whatever time I have is how I earn my living.

Motivational speaking is how I earn my living.

Listening and devouring knowledge is how I earn my living.

Solving problems and adding value is how I earn my living.

I get so much done BECAUSE IT’S MY JOB and I LOVE IT!

Tools strategies, tactics, apps and vehicles are all great.

But, it starts with being willing to hunker down.

Day in, day out, regardless of the weather.

Show up. Dig in. Own the work.

Because that’s what pros do.

Jonathan Fields is…a giddy dad, husband, New Yorker, serial wellness-industry entrepreneur, author, recovering S.E.C./mega-firm hedge-fund lawyer, slightly-warped, unusually-stretchy, spiritually-inclined, obsessed with creation, small-biz and online marketing consultant and venture partner, book-marketer, professional speaker, copywriter, entrepreneur-coach, yoga-teacher, columnist, once-a-decade hook-rug savant, blogger and career renegade™…gone wild. Visit him at www.JonathanFields.com.

We enjoyed this blog post so much, Spare Some Change? written by Beth Budreck for the LIFE Foundation, that we wanted to share it here with all you Marvelous People:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When I mention the words “life insurance,” people tend to scatter quicker than if I were a sketchy character asking for spare change. And while the holidays are over and the bell-ringers have all gone home, it’s never too late to spare a little change, particularly for your loved ones. As an insurance professional, I can spout statistics and evidence on the importance of life insurance, but I won’t. Instead I’ll let the stories speak for themselves. I have worked with these three women and want to share their stories of “spared change.” (I have changed their names to maintain their privacy.)

Erin came to work for me while she was in high school. She had moved to the Chicagoland area from Memphis four years earlier, not because she made the choice, but because “life happened” and the choice was made for her. While driving home from her grandparent’s funeral the day after Christmas, a drunk driver hit the car she was in head-on killing both of her parents. She and her two brothers went to live with their aunt and uncle, who already had three children. Their family had doubled overnight and so did the responsibilities. But because her parent’s had ample life insurance, Erin and her brothers were able to stay together and were “spared the change” of missing out on all the positive things that the future held, such a private college education. Of course, nothing can replace the loss of a parent, but Erin did not have to lose the promising future her parents would have wanted for her.

Tammy came to work for me about a year ago. She hadn’t planned to move back to the Chicagoland area either. Tammy was living in sunny Arizona with her husband of eight years. They had just taken a slice of the American dream by starting their own business. Their business was starting to pick up as they were settling into their lives together. One night, however, Tammy woke up to find that her husband’s preexisting heart condition had taken a fatal toll. Tammy tried to save him while calling 911, but there nothing she could do. He died on April 15; he was up for life insurance eligibility on May 17. Tammy was left with business loans, a mortgage and no life insurance. In the midst of mourning the loss of her husband, she had to make the difficult decision of moving out the home they had built together. “When he had been able to get life insurance, he didn’t think he needed it,” Tammy said. Tammy was not “spared change” in her life. When I asked Tammy what she would say to people about her experience, she stated firmly, “Even if you don’t think you need life insurance, you do.”

Anne, a bright spirit, worked for me while getting her college degree. Always smiling, she was the kind of person that lit up a room. Anne had talked about getting herself a life insurance policy for some time. She told me, “My parents think I don’t need it,” but decided to get the policy anyway. Ten days after we completed the application, Anne died in a car accident. The life policy was validated. A few days after the accident I spoke with Anne’s mother who said, “If it weren’t for this policy, we wouldn’t have enough money to bury my daughter.” Anne was a 22-year-old woman with no kids, no husband and no major assets. Yet, through her choice, she was able to “spare some change” for her own parents.

How will you spare some change for your loved ones in 2011?

Beth Budreck, CLU, has a BS in finance and has been running her Chicago-area State Farm agency for over 21 years. She is married with two children, a boy who is 7 and a girl who is 8.

Hello Marvelous People!

We enjoyed this blog post so much, Spare Some Change? written by Beth Budreck for the LIFE Foundation, that we wanted to share it here with all you Marvelous People:

When I mention the words “life insurance,” people tend to scatter quicker than if I were a sketchy character asking for spare change. And while the holidays are over and the bell-ringers have all gone home, it’s never too late to spare a little change, particularly for your loved ones. As an insurance professional, I can spout statistics and evidence on the importance of life insurance, but I won’t. Instead I’ll let the stories speak for themselves. I have worked with these three women and want to share their stories of “spared change.” (I have changed their names to maintain their privacy.)

Erin came to work for me while she was in high school. She had moved to the Chicagoland area from Memphis four years earlier, not because she made the choice, but because “life happened” and the choice was made for her. While driving home from her grandparent’s funeral the day after Christmas, a drunk driver hit the car she was in head-on killing both of her parents. She and her two brothers went to live with their aunt and uncle, who already had three children. Their family had doubled overnight and so did the responsibilities. But because her parent’s had ample life insurance, Erin and her brothers were able to stay together and were “spared the change” of missing out on all the positive things that the future held, such a private college education. Of course, nothing can replace the loss of a parent, but Erin did not have to lose the promising future her parents would have wanted for her.

Tammy came to work for me about a year ago. She hadn’t planned to move back to the Chicagoland area either. Tammy was living in sunny Arizona with her husband of eight years. They had just taken a slice of the American dream by starting their own business. Their business was starting to pick up as they were settling into their lives together. One night, however, Tammy woke up to find that her husband’s preexisting heart condition had taken a fatal toll. Tammy tried to save him while calling 911, but there nothing she could do. He died on April 15; he was up for life insurance eligibility on May 17. Tammy was left with business loans, a mortgage and no life insurance. In the midst of mourning the loss of her husband, she had to make the difficult decision of moving out the home they had built together. “When he had been able to get life insurance, he didn’t think he needed it,” Tammy said. Tammy was not “spared change” in her life. When I asked Tammy what she would say to people about her experience, she stated firmly, “Even if you don’t think you need life insurance, you do.”

Anne, a bright spirit, worked for me while getting her college degree. Always smiling, she was the kind of person that lit up a room. Anne had talked about getting herself a life insurance policy for some time. She told me, “My parents think I don’t need it,” but decided to get the policy anyway. Ten days after we completed the application, Anne died in a car accident. The life policy was validated. A few days after the accident I spoke with Anne’s mother who said, “If it weren’t for this policy, we wouldn’t have enough money to bury my daughter.” Anne was a 22-year-old woman with no kids, no husband and no major assets. Yet, through her choice, she was able to “spare some change” for her own parents.

How will you spare some change for your loved ones in 2011?

Beth Budreck, CLU, has a BS in finance and has been running her Chicago-area State Farm agency for over 21 years. She is married with two children, a boy who is 7 and a girl who is 8.

Hello Marvelous People!

Ah yes! Out loud. Alone. Slowly say these words with me.

SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE. COMPELLING. ADDICTIVE.

Have you ever wondered why certain Web sites, restaurants & organizations are VALUED so much more than others? How did they become simply irresistible, compelling, (even addicting) and invaluable to their clients & prospects? They must have just been lucky, right? Maybe they were just in the right place at the right time? Yep, that happens. In about 1 out of every 100 businesses!!!

The rest of good business happens with good business PLANNING. Humor me for a second while I walk you through this quick exercise.

Step 1: Turn away from your monitor and quickly write down your 3 most favorite Web sites.

Step 2: Turn away from your monitor and quickly write down your 3 most favorite restaurants.

Step 3: Turn away from your monitor and write down the top 3 organizations that generated the highest revenue for you in 2010.

Step 4: Now go study your 3 most favorite Web sites and find out why they are valuable to you. Write your results down.

Step 5: Think about your 3 most favorite restaurants. What is it that REALLY makes them your favorite. Your most VALUED restaurants. And don’t put down, “because the food taste good”. BORING!!! So what. That’s not the REAL VALUE. Go deeper.

Step 6: Think about the top 3 REVENUE GENERATING groups you were involved in. (Chamber of Commerce, Service Club, Referral Group, Business Group, School Groups) Write down “WHY” you feel they generated so much revenue.

Step 7: The Final Step. Look at the answers you’ve created for yourself and sit down with an Accountability Partner (who’s not your partner or family member) and ask yourself the most important question in 2011: How can I apply these answers to offer Knock Your Socks Off, World Class Added Value to my clients and prospects? I’m talking to you Mr/Mrs Small Business Person.

Think about how serious this is. If there was a way you could get relief from the ridiculous “feast or famine” sucky sales cycles, wouldn’t that be worth it all? It will be. Recognize that the answer is in front of you with my 7 Steps to Becoming IRRESISTIBLE. Now invest yourself into some think time & get your plan in ACTION.

Well Marvelous People, one of my Team Members in my Insurance Practice got her car stolen a couple of days ago. Luckily it was found. The thief didn’t take her brand new 2 front tires, but he did take her much treasured New Orleans Saints scarf that hung from the rearview mirror. The thief also didn’t bother to wreck the vehicle either, so that was good too.

But here’s where it gets interesting. After joyriding for about 100 miles, this ultra-intelligent individual must have started to get tired.
So he pulls in AT HIS HOUSE, leaves 2 pieces of clothing in the back seat, and on the floorboard of the passenger’s side leaves 2 items.
He leaves a stolen CD Player and a cassette tape produced by Kenneth Copeland Ministries.

I don’t know why this struck me as being hilarious but it did. Sitting on that floorboard I saw 2 choices. One choice leads to theft conviction and the other helps you understand the importance of salvation and redemption.

I would have loved to have just been a “fly on the wall” to determine how it came to be that you are in possession of stolen property while
still feeling the urge to pop in a Kenneth Copeland cassette. I just don’t think the Kenneth Copeland cassette provides any quality guidance to safely steal another persons’ property.

So I hope you’ve enjoyed this light message today and realize that each day in our lives we have the power of CHOICE.  We can choose the wrong choices (thievery) or we can choose better choices (living a principle centered life.)

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Marvin LeBlanc is a left-handed, right-brained, fun-loving Cajun that is obsessed with Life Performance and Overcoming Adversity. He is an entrepreneur, writer, speaker and founder of Marvelous Performance Systems. Marvin is available for business retreats, keynotes, breakout sessions, workshops, & individual coaching programs. His book “COME HELL OR HIGH WATER” will be available in the Fall of 2011 through New York Publisher www.BloomingTwig.com. To rent Marvin’s brain, contact him at www.MarvinLeBlanc.com and request a Free Personal Coaching Session.