The value of celebrating!

Tomorrow’s newsletter will bring a few insights that will put a smile on your face - I’m getting a little excited!! I just need to tie up a few loose ends and I’ll be able to announce a special event for Create the Life Club Members and Coaching Clients… we have much to celebrate. The great thing about celebrating is that if it’s done coach-style, it’s not only fun, but it propels you to further success!

Stay tuned…

We recently celebrated Kerrie’s brother’s birthday at the Macquarie Club, where we played tennis and lawn bowls, a first for many. Greg turned 30, and is pictured here with mum Jenny, brother David and Kerrie.

Birthday wishes also to Create the Life Club members Sue Cornish, and Maree Pell. Birthdays are always a great excuse to get together for some fun with special people, but if you have no birthdays coming up - plan something fun and social “just because”.

Blue skies,

Lyndon

It’s a very busy and exciting season here, with a book going to the publishers soon, members coaching calls launching, and a few other special events in the pipeline.

While I’m keeping a few details quiet about the book at the moment, I can say that we have a couple of our members featured in the book - and their content is AMAZING… Lyndon and I are really enjoying reading the drafts and having heaps of insights! Other successful entrepreneurs from across Australia have been highly recommended, and their stories are also bound to inspire and inform readers about the benefits of doing business and creating a wonderful lifestyle in Regional Australia.

We went to the Mudgee Field Days on Saturday - it was a glorious sunny day, and we met so many fabulous people with incredible ideas and innovative businesses. We’ll be sharing more in the next newsletter! Look out for that on Tuesday 4 August.

Have a fantastic week!

Cheering you on, Kerrie

Exciting days! We’re working on an inspiring book - I can’t wait to share it with you!

It’s called “Lifting the Lid on Quiet Achievers - Success Stories of Regional Entrepreneurs”.  Thank you to all our readers who went to the survey site to share your thoughts.  It’s coming together beautifully and the entrepreneurs featured from across Australia and New Zealand will inspire you with their stories. I’ll share more as we progress!

We’re also creating some really valuable resources for members - including a members only coaching call - which will be monthly, beginning on Tuesday 4 August at 12 noon. (AEST)

We also want to pass on our Congratulations to Mark Crutcher and his IGA team - their Grenfell Store took out the National Award for Customer Service at the IGA National Conference last week!  If you know Mark it’s no surprise - passion and enthusiasm always filters through to the whole organisation.  Mark has won numerous awards, including the national “Local Heroes” award in 2008.  Check it out in a previous newsletter.

Connect soon
Love Kerrie

Cronulla Beach was the perfect spot to meet friends Chad and Corrie, back in Australia for a few weeks from their aid work in Vietnam. A little chilly in the water, but worth it to jump in for a while and share the joy with the kids, their Hope and Josiah, and our Ethan.

Before leaving Cronulla Beach at the end of the day we popped in to see my friend and Coaching colleague, Barbara Anderson. The beach photo above is taken from her balcony - what a view! I wrote about this day briefly in a newsletter, but if you haven’t seen the video we did to share the value of creating a vision board check it out!
Click here to view … Update And A Video Tip

You may have noticed some really short blogs in our blog feed lately.

These are coming from our Twitter account.

“What is Twitter?” you may ask. Basically it is a short update service where we are limited to 140 characters to explain what is happening. (Check out the video below this blog for a simple explanation). These “tweets” as they are called are fed into our blog to keep you up to date as quickly as possible.

If you wish to follow us on twitter we also have another account; this one does not feed into the blog but is updated much more regularly.  Follow us here. http://twitter.com/createthelife

Our hope is that this will make Create the Life Club even more relevant and helpful to you.

Blue skies

Lyndon

Click the play button below to see Twitter in Plain English.

If you haven’t seen the announcement about Monday’s Telecall with the fabulous Norma Stein from New Zealand - the first for telecall for 2009 - check out this page - www.createthelifeclub.com/teleclass and register today!

The video on the page was filmed, and edited, by Lyndon at our son Ethan’s swimming carnival (between races of course), where Ethan surprised himself by winning 3 ribbons (2 for 2nd place, 1 for 4th). Ethan raced home yesterday afternoon to tell us that his times in breaststroke and backstroke have qualified him for the regional carnival which takes place next week. He’s achieved more than he thought he could already! (Sounds like the clients I’m working with…)

Are you ready to surprise yourself with some big achievements this year? Even little ones are great - they give you confidence to take more on! To share in the excitement of setting and achieving inspiring goals, make sure you schedule the time in your diary for Monday night to join us on the phone from 7pm (NSW, and 9pm NZ) for one inspiring, insightful hour. To get more details and to register Click here now.

I Look forward to hearing you on the call.

Cheering you on,
Kerrie

We are currently putting together our newsletter, but to give you a sneak preview – the names of our winners will be announced here first.

Last night we enjoyed a small, relaxing party in the park, where our friend Ben Newby (aided by an enthusiastic Ethan) drew the following names out of the hat…
Winner of the $20 gift voucher - Greg Miller (Dubbo)
Winner of the $50 gift voucher - Tim Griffiths (Brisbane)
Winner of the $100 gift voucher – Nicolas Taylor (Grenfell)

CONGRATULATIONS! And the thought occurs to me… where were the girls names? I know they were in the hat, as Ethan pulled every members name out of the hat… so maybe next time girls!

And now… I must get back to the newsletter – I want to pack it full of excitement, keep it short enough and inspiring enough to get readers to the other end – and of course, to complete the year with gratitude.

We’re planning Christmas presents already – and have decided that instead of one gift for an active member, we’d put three up for grabs! To be in the running for a gift voucher for your favourite store valued at $100, $50 or $20, start spreading the word about this great offer with Create the Life Club.

Not only will every friend or colleague (or even total stranger) who becomes a member between now and 15 December have their name in the draw, YOU will receive two entries for each new member you have referred. It’s so easy – and you’re only asking them to risk $1 to check out what Create the Life Club has to offer, to support them in their journey to success.

We will be announcing this in our newsletter next week, and every person referring will go in the draw, but as a valued Gold Member, you get double the chances. And it gets even better! Use your affiliate code to also receive 25% commission on any memberships that come through you! If you happen to be uncomfortable about being paid for your word-of-mouth referrals - it can always go to your favourite charity!

We appreciate your support in getting the word out and helping us build our membership base, thereby enabling us to make a bigger difference to members and beyond.

Lyndon has created a couple of short videos to make it so, so easy to use your affiliate code so we can track your referrals. I noticed as I watched these videos yesterday, that he’s actually sharing ideas that you may be able use in your own business too!

To see how to find out what an affiliate code is and how to use it. CLICK HERE Today.

In this week’s newsletter under the members only section, Kerrie Phipps Coaching & Development made a fantastic offer to Create the life Club members.

Kerrie has scheduled 3 FREE coaching sessions to the value of $250.00 each, for the first 3 Gold Members* who email a goal they want to achieve or an idea for a coaching conversation they would like to have. Be quick so you don’t miss out!

Click here now to view the newsletter and also Kerrie’s other great offer.

blue skies
Lyndon