Hi Guys and Gals,

Here we are, with our first edition of AACESTAR Biz
Ezine in about a year. I'm actually amazed we are
just a few months shy of being a 3 year old publication!
Time flies when you're having fun! If you have joined us
over the last year, we welcome you! :)

In case we haven't "met" I'd like to tell you just a little
about myself just to help you get to know me just a
tad:

My name is Dawn Allen and I live in Mesa, Arizona.
Yeah, I'm right smack in the middle of the desert
as Mesa is in the Phoenix metropolitan area.

I'm 34 years old and I have been working online
for the last 3 years (counting this last year when I
wasn't actually working at all). Like you, I enjoy
marketing on the internet. Though I have tried
many different "programs" I have only been truly
successful with one business so of course, I
plan to stick with that company. ;)

I am usually in college full-time as a music
major. I'm working on my Bachelor of Arts
degree in flute performance, though this
long-term illness I am trying to kick once
and for all has slowed me down just a bit.
When I am in school, I am a student at
Grand Canyon University, which is a
Christian school here in Phoenix.

My husband, Jack, and I just celebrated
our 14th wedding anniversary last month.
We have 2 cats and several exotic critters
(most of which are mine) as our "kids" though
some day we actually do hope to have some
human ones. ;)

One of the things I most enjoy about the net
is the opportunity to meet people in other
parts of the country and other parts of the
world and the ability to build relationships
with them. After all, that's what the
company I work with is about...building
relationships by helping other people
succeed. I'm always amazed to be able
to keep in touch with people from countries
all over the world so I'm grateful that we now
have the internet available to us to make that
possible.

I guess that's enough about me. Mostly,
I like to learn about you so any time you
feel like dropping me a line and telling me
about yourself, please feel free to do so!

Warmest Regards,

Dawn Allen
AACESTAR Biz Ezine Owner/Editor

P.S. Now....let's get into this week's ezine!

IN THIS ISSUE:

1. Intro/Welcome
2. Article: How to Keep Your Entrepreneurial Spirit Strong...
3. Inspiration: Highway 109
4. Subscriber 3-Liner Classified Ads
5. Humor
6. Deadlines for Ad Submissions
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How to Keep Your Entrepreneurial Spirit Strong in
Challenging Times
By Anne-Marie Rennick

Hope, opportunities and possibilities - these are the lifeblood
of the entrepreneurial spirit. Yet now, with world events,
economic forecasts, and the reality of your own bottom-line
your entrepreneurial spirit may be having trouble responding.
You may not feel the hope, see the opportunities or imagine
the possibilities yet they still exist. Here are ten tips for
keeping your entrepreneurial spirit strong during these
challenging times.

Reflect and reposition
Now is a perfect time to reflect on who you are and what you
are creating in this world. Does your business reflect your
principles and values? Are you working from the paradigms of
the 'new economy' or sticking to the old economy? Are you
boldly creating your own reality or following others? Reconnect
with your passion and reposition your business accordingly.

Collaborate
To collaborate is to work in partnership with others. Who else
is doing work that is similar or complimentary to yours? Do
they have a solid reputation? How might collaboration be of
benefit to everyone involved? Answer these three basic
questions and then invite your potential collaborators for a
coffee and explore the possibilities.

Reconnect with your customers, suppliers and employees
You do not operate in a vacuum. Your customers, suppliers and
employees are living this reality. Reconnect with them. Now
is a time for the human connection. Shake hands, make eye
contact, smile - be deliberate in your human interactions.
Provide as much of a sense of stability as possible.

Get to know the people in your neighborhood
It is amazing the variety and scope of businesses that exists
in your own neighborhood. Join your local Chamber of Commerce,
or a networking group and get to know your business neighborhood.
You never know - you might find the perfect partner for
collaboration.

Accept 100% responsibility for your survival
When you accept 100% responsibility for your own survival you
stop looking for excuses and you start looking for solutions.
You call upon your entrepreneurial spirit to be creative, to
find new and improved ways of doing business. Your desire for
success must be greater than the forces that would like to
stand in your way. Roar like a lion. Feel your determination.
Move boldly forward with the courage of a warrior or warrior
princess and the wisdom of the ages.

Clean-up
Nothing helps us to see more clearly than a good clean-up.
Clean-up everything. Clean up your computer files, your
computer programs, your accounting, your calendar, your files,
your inbox your physical space, dust the lights, vacuum the
dust bunnies, re-arrange the furniture. Get rid of anything
you haven't touched in three months. Clean, clean, clean.

Make a choice
You have a choice in how you react to the events that happen
every day. Remember the saying 'if life hands you lemons, make
lemonade'. Choose your vision, choose your success, choose hope,
choose to see the opportunity, choose to explore the possibility.
Make a choice every moment of every day to feel the courage and
conviction of your entrepreneurial spirit.

Take the pressure off
When we are feeling threatened or pressured our thinking is less
clear and our actions less rationale. Look at consolidating debts,
or cutting back on your inventory orders, or sell unnecessary
assets or apply for a credit line when you don't need it. All
of these will help to ease the anxiety that usually lurks
somewhere between the bottom-line and the cash flow projections.


Become your own best compass
Read the media reports, watch the trends, listen to the experts
but always think for yourself. You have a gut instinct for
what works and doesn't work for you in your business. Pay
equal attention to that instinct as you do the experts. You
are your own best compass and your entrepreneurial spirit is a
willing guide.

Read great books
There are great books that exist that can feed your
entrepreneurial spirit. Books that remind you of the hope,
the opportunities and the possibilities. Read these books
first thing in the morning and last thing at night so that
you recharge your brain when it is most receptive to this kind
of information. My own book The Owner's Manual for Your
Entrepreneurial Spirit is available at www.learningbyphone.com


©Anne-Marie Rennick, 2001. All rights reserved. My duplicated
or reprinted only with full attribution intact.

Anne-Marie Rennick (mailto: amr@...) is
passionate about igniting and re-energizing your
entrepreneurial spirit. Through her coaching, speaking and
writing she works with business men and women internationally
to help them achieve their goals, and find the freedom and
lifestyle they crave. Her latest book The Owner's Manual for
Your Entrepreneurial Spirit is available in both paperback and
e-book versions at www.learningbyphone.com or by
calling 1-866-207-7857.
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INSPIRATION
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HIGHWAY 109
(Author unknown)

A drunk man in an Oldsmobile they said had run the light
that caused the six-car pileup on 109 that night.
When broken bodies lay about and blood was everywhere,
the sirens screamed out eulogies, for death was in the air.

A mother, trapped inside her car, was heard above the noise;
her plaintive plea near split the air: "Oh, God, please spare my boys!"
She fought to loose her pinioned hands; she struggled to get free,
but mangled metal held her fast in grim captivity.

Her frightened eyes then focused on where the back seat once had been,
but all she saw was broken glass and two children's seats crushed in.
Her twins were nowhere to be seen; she did not hear them cry,
and then she prayed they'd been thrown free, "Oh, God, don't let them die!"

Then firemen came and cut her loose, but when they searched the back,
they found therein no little boys, but the seat belts were intact.
They thought the woman had gone mad and was traveling alone,
but when they turned to question her, they discovered she was gone.

Policemen saw her running wild and screaming above the noise
in beseeching supplication, "Please help me find my boys!
They're four years old and wear blue shirts; their jeans are blue to match."
One cop spoke up, "They're in my car, and they don't have a scratch.

They said their daddy put them there and gave them each a cone,
then told them both to wait for Mom to come and take them home.
I've searched the area high and low, but I can't find their dad.
He must have fled the scene, I guess, and that is very bad."

The mother hugged the twins and said, while wiping at a tear,
"He could not flee the scene, you see, for he's been dead a year."
The cop just looked confused and asked, "Now, how can that be true?"
The boys said, "Mommy, Daddy came and left a kiss for you.

He told us not to worry and that you would be all right,
and then he put us in this car with the pretty, flashing light.
We wanted him to stay with us, because we miss him so,
but Mommy, he just hugged us tight and said he had to go.

He said someday we'd understand and told us not to fuss,
and he said to tell you, Mommy, he's watching over us."
The mother knew without a doubt that what they spoke was true,
for she recalled their dad's last words, "I will watch over you."

The firemen's notes could not explain the twisted, mangled car,
and how the three of them escaped without a single scar.
But on the cop's report was scribed, in print so very fine,
An angel walked the beat tonight on Highway 109.
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I borrowed the above from a friend of mine who publishes
AngelWatch). If you are interested in subscribing to that
list, please contact Connie Lepovsky at:

mailto:charli1911@...

Please note I do try to prevent crazy linewrapping;
however, this is in poetic form so trying to shorten
the lines to avoid erratic linewrapping would probably
not have done it justice.
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HUMOR: Special thanks to Dwight C. Borger for this joke!
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A couple had two very mischievous boys who were 8 and 10
years old. Whenever there was trouble in town, the couple
knew the boys were involved. One day, their mother heard
that a local clergyman was great at disciplining children, so
she asked him to speak to her boys. He agreed to meet
with them individually, and she sent her younger son along
to his office.

The clergyman, a huge man with a booming voice, sat the
boy down and asked him "Where is God?"

The boy's eyes grew wide and his jaw dropped, but he
didn't reply. The clergyman repeated the question, but
with more strictness:

"Where is God?!" Again, the boy didn't answer, he just
sat stock-still in his seat. Furious, the clergyman
shook his finger in the boy's face as he shouted
again "WHERE IS GOD?!"

The boy screamed, ducked out of the room, ran all the
way home and right into his closet, slamming the door
behind him. When his older brother found him
hiding in the closet, he asked, "What happened?"

Trembling and gasping, his younger brother replied,
"We are in BIG trouble this time, dude. God is
missing -- and they think WE did it!"
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Well, that's our ezine for today, folks! If you'd like to
contribute a business article, inspiration, humor, or
anything else you think may be of interest to our
readers, please feel free to do so!

For next week, I'm planning to have the ezine out by
Wednesday (provided we don't have any disasters
before then). Please be sure to have your free 3
line classified ads in to our subscriber submissions
address no later than noon on Tuesday, November 21st
to be included in next week's ezine!

Please note: I've started getting lots of junk in our
subscriber submissions box so please be sure to
use the subject line "Subscriber free ad" or "Subscriber
Submission" if you are contributing humor, inspiration,
or a business article. Mailto:profitventures@...

Have a wonderful weekend!

Until next time....