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Here are some great ideas on how to build your network:
6 Quick Ideas for Building Your Contact List:
Trade Show Marketing, Fishbowls, and Plexiglas Drawing Box
Register for free and inexpensive seminars from your local business journal.
Read the local business paper and scan articles written about successful small business owners.
Join two of the hundreds of networking organizations in the US (e.g. BNI, local chamber of commerce, etc.).
Go through the want ads and look for others promoting their businesses. Call them and say, “I am a local business owner in the … business, and I am looking to network with other business owners so that we might refer business to each other . . . would you be interested in getting together? I would like to learn a little about what you do and also talk to you about what I do to see if we might help each other get more business?” You may have to talk to 10 to get 2, but many will want to meet with you.
Ask 10 people that you know for 3 names and addresses of business owners that are in the process of building a business.
In a previous blog post, I mentioned how I was injured and became sick which ultimately resulted in a significant weight gain – approximately 40 pounds. Well, I’m on the comeback trail and I’ve lost 25 pounds – 15 more to go.
In addition to my early morning workouts that I do 3 times per week, for approximately 20 minutes per workout, I tend to do these workouts on my off days.
At my job, there are a lot of people that smoke cigarettes. I notice that just about every hour, a group of them go downstairs for a smoke break and return about 10 minutes later. Generally, they are out smoking about an hour every day.
If people were as committed to fitness as they were to getting a smoke, we would all be better off.
Anyway, here is a quick workout that can be done in less than 5 minutes in your office. The only equipment you’ll need is a “stretchy band” and two sturdy chairs. The stretchy band weighs less than a pound and can fit neatly in your bag or your desk drawer. You will not get super fit doing quickie workouts, but it is a healthy habit to develop to help relieve office stress and to keep your body well-oiled and ready for action.
Stretchy bands are categorized as progressive resistance device s. This simply means that the more you lengthen it (stretch it), the more resistance (harder/heavier) it becomes. Free weights are constant resistance devices — weight is continuous throughout the range of motion. Elastic devices were once only used to rehabilitate injured people, but fitness trainers figured out their value for training athletes and those who want to get in shape. I personally recommend elastic tubing sold by Bodylastics. Click here to visit their site..
Oh, here is a video to show you how quickly you can do an Office Destresser Quickie Workouts™
When you’re a busy person, you value your leisure time. Some of us like sitting in front of the television enjoying our favorite show. While you’re enjoying your favorite show, you can get in shape. “How?” you may ask. Well, consider giving what I call Primetime TV Show Quickie Workouts™ a try.
Here is how they work:
Let’s say that you watch an hour-long television program on one of the local channels (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, UPN, or WB). During the course of your favorite hour-long show, there will be around six commercial breaks. If you were to exercise during the commercial breaks, you would get in around 15-minutes of exercise that you normally would not have found time for.
For example:
Jumping jacks
Push-ups
Crunches
Chair dips
Lunges
Stretches
Following such a plan, you can kill two birds with one stone. You can enjoy your favorite television show, and you can get fit. If you have young children who may still be awake while you’re watching your show and exercising, make it a “Follow the Leader” game. This works well with my young son when I’m exercising during my favorite game shows, Jeapardy and Wheel of Fortune.
Primetime TV Show Quickie Workouts™ will not get you in phenomenal shape, but it is certainly better than doing nothing and can be a good supplement to an existing fitness program. Some people look at three (or more) hour-long shows or three hour-long blocks of programming during the week so they can get in 45-minutes of exercising that they normally would not have gotten in.
I hope this helps.
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DISCLAIMER: Physical exercise can sometimes lead to injury. The information contained on this webpage is NOT intended to consitute an explanation of any exercise, material, or product (or how to use them). Tyrone Turner is not responsible in any way, shape, or form for any injury that may result form any person’s attempt at exercise as a result of the information contained herein. Please consult a physician before starting any exercise program, and never substitute the information on this site for any professional medical advice or treatment you may receive.
DISCLAIMER: Okay, okay. I know that the title sounds very similar to the Chicken Soup for the Soul series of books. I’m not trying to steal the idea, but it did in fact inspire me to write this blog post.
James Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen have a wonderful series called Chicken Soup for the Soul. I highly recommend the books that are relevant to you. For instance, the first one I read was Chicken Soup for the Teacher’s Soul. I read that book when I was a high school social studies teacher in Brooklyn back in 2003. The stories were inspiring and also gave me some really good ideas. on how to be a more effective teacher.
The Chicken Soup series of books have also inspired me to cook up my own soup – Alphabet Soup for the Solopreneur’s Soul.
I got really good feedback about my acronymn, Goyasu (Get off your ass and speak up!), so here are a few more acronyms that will help you remember a few key principle that can help you have more success with you business, your job, and life in general:
FOCUSED — Follow one course until successful and eliminate distractions
First of all, let me tell you that I did this without any fad diets or the use of any pills, powders, potions, or a gym membership. The “secret” to trimming down and keeping it off is more about being committed to a lifestyle change rather than dieting. Here is how I got so out of shape. Not making any excuses, but telling you what happened.
I used to be a certified fitness trainer that specialized in doing at-home visits for my clients to teach them how to get fit at home. I also used to do some white collar boxing, and was an avid practitioner of the martial arts. I actually achieved my black belt in an eclectic form of Jujutsu in 2005. Back then, my “fighting fit weight” was 190 lbs. My typical in-shape walk around weight was 205 lbs. This is when I was between the ages of 33 and 36 — 2003 up to and including 2006. As of the posting of this blog, I am 40 years old.
Around mid-2006 I started to workout less as I changed jobs from being a paralegal to a business developer for a litigation support company. Part of the job was entertaining clients so I did a lot of unhealthy eating and drinking, and was also getting less sleep.
I late 2007, before I started having knee problems, I was in the low 220s as I was actively training in martial arts and weight lifting. I had knee surgery in December 2008 to repair a shredded miniscus on the inside of my left knee. I also had a fracture in my left knee cap. A combination of factors probably led to this injury. Things like years of martial arts training and running on concrete were probably the primary causes.
Leading up to the surgery, I weighed about 230 lbs. and was definitely “softer” and out of shape. As pain started to get the better of me in 2008, I stopped training as any kind of training was causing me pain.
So I had the knee surgery in December 2008. After the surgery, I still suffered from a lot of knee pain and just could not do the kind of workouts that I wanted to do. I was told that it will take about 18 months for my knee to heal. My left knee would buckle from time to time and I would sometimes feel sharp pain. I will admit that I certainly should have spent more time in physical therapy after having the surgery, but three times per week, 3 hours at a time (including travel time), at $40 per session just wasn’t working for me. I really couldn’t afford that – monetarily and time spent away from work.
Cutting to the chase, after I looked the possibility of having to a stroke in a few years, I decided to get my butt in gear. I was almost hospitalized back in February – just in time for my 40th birthday. My blood pressure was high (178/123 – damn, that IS high!), and asthma and sleep apnea were getting to me. I wasn’t feeling well at all, and didn’t like who I was becoming. I love my parents, my aunts and uncles, but I do not want to be like them. Most of them have serious health challenges as they are all 55+ years olds, and they are on all type of medications. As far as I was concerned, something HAD to change for me.
On March 3, 2010. I weighed 244 lbs. and had a 42-inch waist. In addition to exercising, I started with taking a glucosamine supplement and a one-a-day multivitamin – specifically formulated for men. I also cut back eating so much red meat, and started eating more fruits and salad.
DISCLAIMER: Physical exercise can sometimes lead to injury. The information contained on this webpage is NOT intended to consitute an explanation of any exercise, material, or product (or how to use them). Tyrone Turner is not responsible in any way, shape, or form for any injury that may result form any person’s attempt at exercise as a result of the information contained herein. Please consult a physician before starting any exercise program, and never substitute the information on this site for any professional medical advice or treatment you may receive.
By the way, I do ALL of my exercising at home with minimal equipment.
Make sure to warm-up properly, and stretch afterwards. Here are two good examples of how to warm-up before, and stretch after exercising.
Weeks 1 and 2 – Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
I started with bodyweight exercises. So on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I did 3 sets of calisthenics, namely what fitness and Internet marketing guru, Matt Furey, calls The Royal Court” — Hindu squats, Hindu push-ups, and the Bridge. As a guideline, start with 20, 10, and 10 of each of the aforementioned exercises respectively.
Here are video samples of how to do the exercises:
I then ended with the Men’s 1 Mile Walk.
Here is a clip of the Men’s 1 Mile Walk DVD:
Week 1 and 2 – Tuesday and Thursday
I did Lionel Strongfort’s Strongfortism Complete Course. All I needed was 5 lbs. dumbbells for this routine. To learn more about this routine, download the PDF by CLICKING HERE.
I got to tell you, those old school muscle men knew how to get you fit and strong.
Weeks 3 and 4 – Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
I started Istvan Javorek’s Javorek’s Dumbbell Complex #1 using 20 lbs. dumbbells, and continued with in-home walking by doing Leslie Sansone’s Walk Away the Pounds 2 Mile Brisk Walk.
To be clear, I did 3 sets of the dumbbell work first, then I did the in-home walking immediately thereafter.
Here are some video samples of what I’m talking about:
Week 3 and 4 – Tuesday and Thursday
I did a resistance cable routine, followed by ab wheel rollouts, ending with 2 minutes for jump rope. The resistance cable exercises were the lunging chest push, the reverse lunging chest pull, the Russian twist, and alternating lunging tricep extensions.
Here are some videos:
Weeks 5 and 6 – Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
I started off by doing Javorek’s Dumbbell Complex #3 using 20 lbs. dumbbells, then did the Pilates 100, ending with Leslie Sansone’s Walk Away the Pounds 2 Mile Brisk Walk.
Here is a vid of Javorek’s Dumbbell Complex #3:
Here is a sample of the Pilates Hundred:
Weeks 5 and 6 – Tuesday and Thursday
I did the same resistance cable routine described earlier, followed by ab wheel rollouts, ending with the Walk Away the Pounds 3 Mile Walk.
Below is the routine – sorry, no vids for this one. Please note that each exercise is done for 10 reps and is followed by 1 minute of jump rope, and all lifts are one-arm lifts with a 35 lbs. dumbbell unless otherwise indicated.:
Swings
Snatch
Clean & Push Press
Sumo Squat & Bicep Curl (using two 20 lbs. dumbbells)
Bleacher Squat & Tricep Extension (using one 20 lbs. dumbbell and stability ball)
Romanian Deadlift & Upright Row
Windmills
Bent Over Row (one-arm lift using one 20 lbs. dumbbell)
Bent Over Tricep Kickback (one-arm lift using one 20 lbs. dumbbell)
Bench Press on Stability Ball (using two 20 lbs. dumbbells)
Chest Flye on Stability Ball (using two 20 lbs. dumbbells)
Renegade Row with Push-up (using two 20 lbs. dumbbells)
Half Sit-up Hold on Stability Ball (30 seconds)
Russian Twist on Stability Ball
Ab Wheel Roll-outs
Week 7 and 8 – Tuesday and Thursday
I do Leslie Sansone’s Walk Away the Pounds 3 Mile Brisk Walk.
Currently I am 226 lbs. With a 38-inch waist. My goal is to be 215 lbs with a 36-inch waist by Memorial Weekend 2010.
I WILL achieve my goal!
My 9th week of training begins on Monday, May 3rd, 2010.
What are you doing to achieve your fitness goals? It all starts with getting off of your butt. I’m 40 years old, with a very, very demanding job, and growing a consulting business while I’m gearing up to publish my first book. I also have a family. Young children need our attention. That is kind of why I do my workouts at 5am. Hey, getting up early is better than being late – as in the late Tyrone Turner because I died of a stroke or a heart attack.
I will keep you posted as to my results and I’d really like to here what you’re doing and all about your results. Perhaps we can share ideas with each other.
Sometimes, weird things pop into my head and I think that they are worth blogging about. I hope you agree that this was worth posting on this blog.
All sales reps and business owners have one common challenge. That challenge is marketing. We’re always looking for more effective ways to get the word out about our business. In my opinion, word-of-mouth via networking is probably the most powerful and under-rated of all options. How can you create powerful word-of-mouth advertising for yourself?
By volunteering to speak at group meetings.
First of all, when you are a featured speaker, it is assumed that you are an expert on that particular topic. This is when assuming is a good thing. Speaking to groups of people can help you close volume (i.e. pitch numerous people at once) and is a great way to save time, energy, and money. You can really get your name and brand out there by volunteering to speak at events.
Oh – back to the word goyasu. Here is what it means:
G et
O ff
Y our
A ss[ets]
S peak
U p
Maybe I’ll make a move to have the word goyasu added to the dictionary. Hey, if bling can make in there, why not? (smile).
So the moral of the story is to go out there, and let your light shine by sharing your expertise with others. I do understand that public speaking is not for everyone, but certainly fortune favors the bold, so be bold and collect your fortune.
What inspired me to write this poem is that I’ve been seeing a lot of people that I know who have done dirt to others get paid back. It is interesting to see the universe keep balance.
5 Pillars of Ma’at
by Tyrone Turner
Copyright 2010. All rights reserved.
What goes around comes back around.
If you’re a fair person, you’d like the way that sounds.
Oh yes, my friends, payback can be a mutha.
It can strike you down like no other.
The ancient people of Egypt had a goddess named Ma’at.
She knew who was being naughty and who was not.
She was a goddess – not like a goddess like being the creator or sustainer.
But she was the personification of a concept – sort of like select principles placed in a container.
Her husband was the god Tehuti, the wise scribe and judge.
If you want him waver on his ethics – forget it because he will never budge.
Like Ma’at, he is not THE GOD, or the creator or sustainer of the earth.
He is the symbol of wisdom and the transcriber of all of your actions beginning at birth.
“The battle is not mine. Vengeance is for the LORD.”
The universe is like a bank and every action is stored.
Do not let your heart be troubled. Live your life doing good works and serving your fellow man.
The mischief makers will get theirs. Ma’at will certainly open a can -
Of ‘Whoop Ass” because no one gets a pass.
I am not saying not to defend yourself as that is not intelligent.
If someone lays their hands on you, perhaps their soul is ready to be Heaven sent.
Some people deserve a RAW—righteous ass whipping, but do not be the aggressor.
The MOST HIGH doesn’t sanction that as to initiate a fight is wrong will make you a transgressor.
Hmm…Let’s see what knowledge I can pull from my magicians hat.
Here we are: Righteousness; Truth; Justice; Balance; and Harmony.
It is okay to disagree, but there is no need to be disagreeable (i.e., disrespectful).
I for one refuse to engage in “Virtual Violence” (i.e., negative back and forth over the Internet)
Also, it is what it is, and it is quite cowardly when one wants to critique brothers and sisters who are working hard putting out work via lectures, books, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos, and they are being dogged by faceless, nameless, phantoms.
This video and the companion transcript of the poem, Social Media Phantom Critics is below for your reflection and enjoyment.
“Social Media Phantom Critics”
by Tyrone Turner
Copyright (C) 2010 – All rights reserved
Your cover and camouflage is clever.
You hide behind the cover of your computer monitor or your BlackBerry or your I-Phone, and your camouflage of having a butt-naked profile page is ingenious!
No one knows your name, your city, gender, you don’t have a profile picture, and you certainly didn’t post any videos.
What you do have though are opinions.
Well, not true opinions, but critique and criticism of the opinions, articles, blogs, books, podcasts, and videos of other people.
Sometimes you’ll even launch a relentless, scathing attack at the objects of your wrath.
Wow! You’re more stealthy and deadly than high-flying Predator Drones that target and kill their enemies from afar.
All my life, whenever I went to parks anywhere in the world, there were oftentimes statues or some other monument erected to honor men and women who are held in high esteem by that society.
Those honored are typically people who had the foresight to go against the grain of popular opinion and did the “right thing”, or they did something so awesome that it reminds all of us of the indomitable human spirit.
Isn’t it curious that in all of these parks we never ever find a statue or monument erected to honor a critic?
Hmmm…
I wonder why? [wink]
Of course, we know the answer. It is easier to talk about doing something than to actually do something and those that do are always the envy of and objects of scorn of those that do not – do absolutely nothing but bump their gums.
They like to cast their cyber stones, and beat up folks with their virtual sticks, but for a fact, there are no bigger cowards than social media phantom critics.
Timothy Ferris wrote a great book called The 4-Hour Work Week. In that book, he talks about employing virtual assistants to work in your business while you work on your business. That is to say a virtual assistant (VA) works in your business handling administrative tasks while you focus on growing your business by engaging in income generating activities (e.g., meeting with prospects and existing customers, attending networking events, open house events, product demos, etc.).
Highly qualified VAs are available offshore for as little a $6 per hour. The VAs in based in the Phillipines are particularly skilled and affordable. Some people frown about using offshore personnel and think that money is leaving the USA. That is not true. When a business owner cuts expenses while increasing her/his revenue, it is most likely that that “new found” disposable income will be spent right here in the USA.
To learn more about this option that can help you save time, energy, and money, go to www.OutsourceForSavings.com.
The poem below is a series of 13 Haiku poems that tell one story. A Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry that consists of three lines containing 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and 5 syllables respectively.
As is my signature in all of my poems, the last line contains the title of the poem.
This poem was inspired by the block-buster film, Avatar and my personal spiritual beliefs.
I hope that you like this poem.
You Are NOT Human!
by Tyrone Turner
Copyright 2010
All Rights Reserved
You are of the same Essence as the Creator
of Heaven and Earth
Your body is but a
house for your immortal soul.
You are not human.
Being human is not an
acceptable excuse or
reason to set small goals.
An avatar is
the personification
of a deity.
Is it not written
that “Ye are gods”? Is
it not David’s psalm?
Mary-Mary has
a great, inspiring song.
“It’s the god in me”.
Michigan, Eerie,
and Ontario are lakes.
Superior, too.
Nile, Mississippi,
Tigris, and Euphrates are
all big, great rivers.
Caribbean, Red,
and Mediterranean
are all mighty seas.
Atlantic, Arctic,
Pacific and Indian
are all deep oceans.
GOD is a river.
GOD is a great lake a
sea and an ocean.
Your body is a
cup. GOD’s spirit is water.
YOU have that spirit.
You’re an avatar
made in the image of GOD.
You are not human.
You know, I like to help people, and generally do not want or expect anything in return. However, when networking, some people always call me for a “hook-up” of some sort but they never reciprocate.
Check out this video I put on YouTube:
Here is a letter that I’m sending to a few people. They have to be reminded that networking is a two-way street:
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Dear Friend,
I need your help.
You know that I network like a mad man and I work really hard to help others have success. I’m always looking for ways to connect people to prospective customers, vendors, and strategic partners. Not all of the referrals work out, but the fact is I give quality introductions via email, or I set up a conference call or a video chat.
Heck, I may have purchased products from you or used your service in the past – or maybe I still do.
Hey, I really need you to help me out.
Who do you know who is a busy corporate professional that has a side business?
I market two services that may be able to help them automate and preschedule blog posts and social media updates, and a tool that allows them to network with others from the comfort of their home or office.
Please keep your eyes and ears open for me and forward this info to others in your network.
I’ve shown you time and time again that I do in fact keep my eyes and ears open, and forward info to my social media network about you and the products/services that you offer.
Let’s get the exchange flowing, and let’s keep it going and growing.
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Tyrone Turner
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Hey, if they don’t get the message, they don’t want to get the message. I’ll just take my database of contacts elsewhere.
You make sure that you do the same. Follow your dollar. Put money in the pockets of those that put money in your pockets.
Don’t be reluctant to give first, but if it seems to be a parasitic relationship rather than a symbiotic one, drop that zero and go find a hero.
