Summer is here.  If you have children, they have been released from school.  You may have vacations planned, family picnics, reunions, and dinner parties on your summer agenda.

All these gatherings  give you a perfect opportunity to get to know your social network better.  It’s a time to invest in your skill to listen to your family and friends, find out about them.  What are their needs, wants and dreams. 

All of the great networkers, Ali Lassen being right up at the top, knew this in their bones.  Get to know your social groups.

In Lisa Bentson book, "Focused Networking" , she outlines 8 principles of 21st Centruy Marketing.  It is excellent.

Keep it as a guide to read and re-read. As she says: "Once is Not Enough". 

And have a great summer building long term  relationships

The best definition of success I’ve ever read is:

"Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal" 

Success seems to be the person, or entrepreneur, who starts his/her own business because it is their dream. they persue what they want, and become the best they can to fulfill their vision.

Rollo May says in his book, "Man’s Search For Himself"  ‘The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice…it is conformity.’  

There are all kinds of books and seminars out there to teach you the secret to success.

I’ve found the best one:  Passion. 

If you are passionate about what you do, as they say, there is no labor in love, you will succeed.

So, set a fire in yourself about your business.  Keep it fuled with good thoughts, a strong support team, and build solid business relationships

That’s what Leads Clubs are all about.

What is a Leads Club functin without acknowledgements?  And who does the best job of thanking members and

acknowledging their work and efforts?  LIsa Bentson!

Here are a few pictures of the fun we had at the workshops during the cruise to Mexico.

Tim Dority with Lisa Bentson, Debby Hughes, our cruise director and LIsa Bentson.

It was wonderfully done….Bravo LIsa and Debby for all your efforts!

Leads Club is proud to announce that orie Raphel, Tarzana member and Chapter Consutlant, has won the top prize for his Flowers by Orie by the Bride’s Choice Awards.

WeddingWire, the nations leading wedding technology company, just announced that Flowers by Orie has won the 2009 Bride’s Choice Awards. (TM)

In it’s inaugural year, the Bride’s Choice Awards recognixes and honors vendors from the WEddingWire Network that demostrates excellence quality of service, responsiveness, professionalism, value of cost and flexibility.  This year’s recipients respresent the top three percent of WeddingWire’s vendor community, which includes over 1000,000 wedding venmdors from across the US.  that means Flowers by Orie is one of the very best wedding floral specialists!

Congratulations Orie!