The Summer School Teacher That Taught Life

I was educated in the Chicago Public School System and I was taught a lot about life by a summer school teacher .

I remember the first day of summer school vividly. The class filled with those, who like me, needed a second chance at passing a core high school class. It was noisy and hot. We were so noisy that we unaware that the summer school teacher had entered the room. He sat behind the big square desk quietly facing the window, legs crossed, hands resting in his lap. Immediately, I stopped talking and faced him waiting for him to raise his voice, tap on the desk or something. But he did nothing. This very tall light skinned gentleman, dressed in a suit sat and waited. He was in no rush.  Every now again he’d check the time on his watch. Eventually, he turned and was facing the class. Slowly my classmates started to get it and conversations ceased. When the silence of the room was loud, he began to speak.

“My name is Mr. Boughton.” My summer school teacher  told us that the Chicago Public Schools were paying him to be our teacher. He went on to say that when we were ready for him to work, he’d wait for our queue (silence) and he would begin.

He told us that we’d spent half the class period talking and talking about nothing. Mr. Boughton went on to say, that he would teach us the required curriculum to pass the course and he would also teach us about life.  That’s exactly what he did. Each day we waited, the class quieted down, and the summer school teacher  taught curriculum and life.

I often wonder, what would life be like if there were more teachers like Mr. Boughton at that time? How impactful would his approach to teaching would have been if implemented at the onset of the public education system?

Are there more teachers like the summer school teacher (teachers in general) who approach their students with same one foot in the box and one outside the box teaching style?

Are there more teachers in 2012 so passionate about the lives of their students, that are using their time in the classroom to give life lessons as well as book knowledge? In no way am I saying that the responsibility of life lessons should rest on the teacher. Parents of course, should be at the helm helping to steer their children's lives. I'm just wondering are there teachers who know what I child may be lacking at home and is willing to slip words of wisdom in to their lessons?

Teachers in general are the most unsung heroes on the planet. Teachers like the ones I’ve mentioned, realized that is life is bigger than the classroom so we must be taught life in the arena that has our greatest attention in life, school.

Share a little a bit about your favorite teacher with me. Leave a comment on my blog! I am so grateful for my summer school teacher Mr. Boughton and all who I’ve mention.

Blessings,

Cherise Taylor

Presidental Election 2012: America Votes November 6, 2012

 America votes in less than 24 hours !

President Barack Obama will serve a second term or Governor Mitt Romney may take oval office for the next four years.

America votes, which means the campaigning season is over. Frankly, I’m glad.  I know the campaign season is a necessary evil…and evil it has been. I just don’t understand the mud slinging and negative ads.  Each party has an agenda. State your agenda, rally for votes and let’s keep moving.
After America votes, there will be wound lickers. There will be party supporters that will feel like their needs won’t be met by the future president. And they could be right.  Anyone in leadership is incapable of pleasing everyone. There will always be a line drawn in the sand because what's important to one candidate may not be for the other.

So what do we when America votes and our candidate doesn't win?  We dream again! We make America work for us as it has for others in years past. We still fight for the things that will make America better. We use the opportunities we have as Americans to better ourselves and families.
To place our hopes and dreams on a flawed human being is unreasonable! If we change or minds we change our lives. Dream big!

Here are a few lyrics to a song I wrote with Gregory Screen. I think it sums up how we should approach everyday our lives. Even if Governor Romney is the victor or President Obama takes a second term or takes office in January 2013!

Dream Again
Close your eyes
Can you see the biggest thing you dream
Can you feel the atmosphere as if you’re standing there
Does your heart race
Do you smile
Faintly can you hear voices in the distance that seem to be drawing near
I believe when you dream so vividly.
It's a call from a higher place.
Saying it's your turn get in the race.
Go, dream you can do anything.
The impossible is no obstacle if you believe.
Commit to make your dreams come true.
Work hard until you see it through.
When that dream comes to an end
Close your eyes and dream again.
Go build-invent-design-explore-create and write the pages of our history
Or songs that recall the sweetest memories
The pages of our history – songs that recall the sweetest memories
You can if you believe
Commit to make your dreams come true
Work hard until you see it through
And when this dream comes to an end
Close your eyes and dream again

Yes, America votes for our next President in less than 24 hours!

Make sure your voice is heard! If your candidate doesn't win, remember that you can still live a fulfilled and happy life. It starts with you. Make a choice, take action and live your dream.

"You can if you believe! "

If you like me took advantage of early voting, kudos to you. If you waited until tomorrow, wear comfortable shoes, the lines may be long!

America Votes November 6 2012, and it's going to be an interesting race.

Blessings!

Cherise Taylor

Will You Really Have A Happy Holiday Season?

Halloween is over that means that the Happy Holiday Seasonis upon us! 

The big boys are ready….Wal-mart, Target, Best Buy,Toys R US, and Macy’s. The question is: Are you?  I’ve walked through these stores before the spookiest day of the year ended. Let me tell, the big boys had strategically placed small displays of holiday items intheir stores as early as the second week in October, to let the buying publicknow, they are ready for us!

Let’s play like the big boys and have a Happy Holiday Seasonthat is filled with giving our potential customers great things to purchase, have enough money to shop for the perfect gifts for our loved ones and still have money in our bank accounts when 2013 comes around.

 Promote YourProduct/Service As away to make extra money:

Use holiday themed advertising to promote your product orservice. Thousands of people will hit the malls and retail stores seeking towork seasonal hours to help pay for their own purchases. Show them the value ofyour online or small business. Emphasize things like “extra money for theholidays,”  “ stay out of the shoppingmadness, working from home." This is a great way to generate leads and recruitsand potential customers.

Highlight a new product or service:

The Apple iPad Mini is definitely on my Christmas List! It was a no brainer that Apple introduced the Mini, on the brink of the biggest shopping season of the year. What item or service can you highlight in your business to draw money cash into your business during this shopping season? Take an inventory of what you have.  Hype up your best seller or get creative and come up with something new.

Discounts and Sales:

Everyone loves a bargain, right? What do you have in your inventory that you can discount? Take an assessment of what you have that you can discount and still make a profit.  Gifts that are $20 or less will make great stocking stuffers, Secret Santa and trinket gifts.

Last Minute Grabs!

The worst time to shop is Christmas Eve! The stores are usually lack luster and bare with picked over merchandise left on the shelves. Be prepared to be the Godsend for the last minute shopper. Create giftbaskets/bags and even gift cards in all monetary values. Advertise via email, text and social media, what you have. And be ready to exchange cash and debit cards and even Paypal for your merchandise. If you are ready, a last minuteshopper is your customer.

 Experiencing a Happy Holiday Season like the big boys is easy!

 Internet Marketers and small business owners lets make a profit! Stores like Wal-mart Target, Macy’s and Best Buy are the big boys because they knowhow to play the game. Lets’ study their playbooks, and create so much income this shopping season, that we too end out the year in the black.  

After all, that is the ultimate Happy Holiday Season!

Blessings!

Cherise Taylor

Online Business Tips to Conquer The Fear Of Being On the Internet!

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The goal of this blog post is to share online business tips for those who want to try internet marketing. Yet you are  uncomfortable because internet marketing seems to invade too much of your personal privacy.

We all want to do well in our businesses. We all want to make money. The major component to online business is to build relationships online. A lot of people may limit their income potential and stay off line because they feel they may have to put too much information on the internet to be successful.

Here are a few online business tips for people who are ready to market their businesses online but are fearful of being on the internet.

Online business tip #1: Create and B.K.A. (Better Know As)

Do you remember being in grade school and high school? The day would be going super slow and you would start to doodle. Somewhere on the back of a notebook you wrote "your name b.k.a your nickname?"  Use that bka for business. If your nickname is catchy and flows well with your last name use that for your internet persona. If not, make something up and use it.  

Online business tip #2: Choose Who Sees What On Your Social Media Pages

Sites like Facebook use to be for truly socializing, sharing photos, reconnecting with old friends, making new friends. These days, social media is all the rave of for creating a buzz for your business.  If you are uncomfortable with merging your business with your current social media pages. Create new pages or fan pages that are strictly business! Limit your conversation to business topics, posts photos that are relative to your business and "sometimes" add personal things. It helps to build relationship. 

Online Business Tip #3: Establish Email Addresses and Phone Numbers for Business

We always say “separate business for personal” when it comes to offline relationships. We can use this same principal with our online businesses. Set up email addresses and phone numbers strictly for business.  Purchasing a web address with email from companies like GoDaddy helps to secure your web address as well as email addresses that you can use for business only. If you aren’t ready for paid accounts and simple Gmail or Yahoo! account will do just fine.

While we are talking about free. You can also separate your business calls from your personal calls by using services like Google Voice to route calls to your cell or home phone. The beauty of this service is, when some calls your Google Voice number, it appears on your caller id. You can choose to answer or let it go to voicemail and receive an email with a transcribed message.

There you have it a few online business tips for the business owner wanting to market online and ways to keep their personal and professional lives separate.

Lastly, join me in Empower Network. Every person marketing online will benefit from Empower Network. Hey! A $25 investment will get you going.  I hope you use these online business tips to help you jump in the pool of internet marketers and grow your business online!

Blessings!

Cherise Taylor

“Look who’s turning one today!

Happy Birthday Empower Network!!!

You are growing like crazy! You are probably the biggest one year old I’ve ever seen! In a year, you’ve  reached over 60,000 + members. Talk about growing in leaps and bounds!

Look who’s turning one today!

Empower Network! The very same company that had bank issues and server issues, facebook blocked you’re links and Google + blocked your links.  Yet you’ve reached the one year mark and you are still growing strong day by day!

Here’s what Dave Wood had to say about Empower Network’s big birthday!

Tomorrow marks our one year anniversary in Empower Network - on Halloween, the most badass holiday of the year.

A lot of you have been with us since the beginning, and remember, and have participated in many of our struggles, victories, and
 innovations.

Here's the thing that's excited me the most:

It's been the people's lives who have changed for the better by creating a true 'lifestlye' - a word that doesn't exist anymore in traditional business.

We have people from Lawrence Tam, who's gone from not believing that $12,000 a month was possible - to earning over $137,000 this month, just 12 months after we launched.

Or Tony Rush, who was burned out on phone calls, and couldn't stand another day of the 'bull shit' slavery strategies, who's now made over $114,000 this month, 12 months later - without picking up the phone, prospecting, or doing a single home party.

We have Mack Zidan, who's shot a few emails out on the side, and won every contest we've had since launch.

We have Tracey Walker - who's always been a badass, and now is making an 'extra' $56,000 this month, just 12 months later - working part time - with no 3 way calls, or prospecting of any kind.

What about Rob Fore, who's made an extra $55,000+ this month, or the army of part timers who are paying their bills - with none of the traditional 'nonsense' that all of us hate in Network Marketing.

The list goes on and on - I want to share something with you, this is 12 months after launch, the top 30 earners this month, just 12 months after launch.
Obviously, this is just what our top 30 people have done, and doesn't guarantee income of any kind. Refer to the 'income disclosure' link in the footer on every page of the empower network domain.

This represents not a company, but a revolution in income creation - all of the good, none of the nonsense.

All of the 'badass' and none of the 'wussy.'

All of the 'freedom' and none of the 'slavery.'

I'll tell you - it's time.

This is the beginning.

If you think this is big - just wait till our event in January.

This year, people have earned around $18 million in commissions with Empower Network.

It's time to do more.

I believe with your help, we can make 2013 the best year ever - the next 12 months will be epic.

The goal?

Create 100 people earning $250,000 a month by the end of 2013.

With your help, we can do it.

Let's lock arms - let's fight the forces of evil... and,

Release your inner badass.

Who's ALL IN for the next 12 months?

Look at who’s turning one and let me tell you Empower Network you are a big ole, big ole BABY!!!

Happy Birthday Empower Network!! May WE  have many, many more!!!

Believe you can, take action and get in!  Celebrate Empower Network’s 2^nd Birthday with us next year!

Blessings!

Cherise Taylor!

Following The Crowd Was Not An Option, Until....

Following the crowd was not an option for me!

In my mind, it was always connected to negative things like fighting! Just recently, my daughter and I drove by past a  street with a cul-de-sac that was pretty barren.  She says to me, “This is the street where the kids at my school comes to fight!” The parent in me says, “Don’t you follow the crowd! The innocent on-looker/bystander is usually the one who gets hurt!”  Wise parenting? I think so. Yet, I don’t want her to see all crowds as being tied to negative experiences. Sometimes following the crowd can be a good thing. It just depends on what the crowd is doing.

Recently, David Wood, co-founder of Empower Network posted a message on his Facebook page that said,” We just passed 60,000 paid members in Empower Network.Badass. It's just the start.” My response was, “That's pretty darn impressive! I am glad to be counted as 1 of the 60,000+”

What the hippaddee! Me?  Following the crowd ?!  Why YES I AM!

Here’s why:
Empower Network is easy:
 Plug and play blogging systems with 8 Core Steps to drive traffic to your blog.

Empower Network’s start up cost is $25:
 Purchase your blogging platform, get access to the 8 core steps and blog about whatever you like! Then upgrade to becoming an affiliate to resale the products that you purchase.

Empower Network compensation plan is sweet!
100% commissions 4 products, the Basic ($25) Membership, Inner Circle ($100), Costa Rica Intensive and 15K formula. Then, there is the newly added Masters Course, that you purchase at $3500, which earns a $3000 commission when you resale it!! Simply phenomenal!! Empower Network has a pass up system. Some sales pass up will pass up to your sponsor. Which may seem like a lost UNTIL you become the sponsor, and sales start to pass up to you! Mmm Hmm!

Empower Network's crowd is top notch!
Internet marketing is the main vessel you will use for Empower Network. You will spend a lot of time working on your business via the internet.  However, you are NEVER on an island by yourself unless you want to be!  Team up with me and you become apart of the Empower Network crowd and the Empower Network Dream Team! You will get Mid-Day Motivational Calls and access to our online community that keeps you informed, encouraged and motivated to: blog daily, tell others and position yourself to MAKE MONEY!!

 Following the crowd, of the  60,000+  members in Empower Network has benefits!!

I love absolutely love what Empower Network has to offer. So will you! Ironically, what I told my daughter about  following the crowd, if modified a bit is true. “The innocent on-looker/bystander is usually the one who misses out!” I actually told my sister Cherie about Empower Network! She joined before me. I signed on with her and I missed out $200 worth of residual income!

Even still, I am just glad I joined Empower Network! What are you waiting on? Whip out your credit card and join me!  Email me:cherisetheblogger@gmail.com. I will email you the link to get you started!

Following the crowd of 60,000+ members of Empower Network is a good thing…no a Bad A@# thing!

  

Blessings
Cherise Taylor

The Effect of Music On the Mind!

The effect of music on the mind is powerful! 

I realized just how powerful today. I decided to cut down on the music that is synced to my iPhone so that I could make room for apps audiobooks and podcasts that will keep me productive and motiviated as I build my online blogging business. Well today, I was craving a little R&B. So, I decided that I would listen but keep it inspirational. One of the songs I listened to was The World’s Greatest by R. Kelly from the Ali soundtrack. The effect of music on the mind yielded a great feeling. I was so hyped up!  I sang and danced around all morning listening to The World's Greatest

 while I did some housework.  You should have been the fly on the wall. It was probably hilarious to watch!

Some of the lyrics are:

I'm that star up in the sky

 I'm that mountain peak up high

 Hey, I made it I'm the world's greatest

 And I'm that little bit of hope

When my backs against the ropes I can feel it

I’m the world’s greatest…..

I saw the light

At the end of a tunnel

Believe in the pot of gold

 At the end of the rainbow

And faith was right there

To pull me through, yeah

Used to be locked doors

Lyrics to The World's Greatest

The effect of music on the mind was so powerful from this song because the lyrics, melody and the music project, tenacity, winning and success!

 From the video’s beginning showing us a little boy being persistent until he received an autograph from the champ to the champ winning the fight with fanfare, confetti and a choir singing was great! It felt so good that I probably listened to the song about 10 times! 

Here are some tips to help the effect of music on the mind create wonderful experiences each time you listen:

-       Listening to be uplifted?  If you are blue don’t listen to the Blues, it will probably make you bluer! Unless of course you are listening to Johnny Taylor’s Last Two Dollars! 

-       Listening to music to create a mood? If you need to quiet your mind for prayer and/or meditation, calming instrumentals with earth sounds are great.

-       Listening to have fun? If you are having a dance party, then DARN IT, play music to dance!! Dougie, Stanky Leg, Wobble and Wang Wit It!

*** In case you haven't seen the video above, that's Beyonce doing The Wobble! Go Girl!!***

If you are a music buff you know that the effects of music on the mind is powerful! How often does the one song you hate get stuck in your head and replays over and over again! You just can’t help it! It’s just there!

I’ll leave you with this. Will.i.am says to Tyrese Gipson in the video The Making of Open Invitation: Music let’s you have a connection to people’s emotions!   

Rightly, the effect of music on the mind is amazing so make sure it is appropriate for the situation and it’s speaking good things into your soul!

Blessings!

Cherise Taylor