Being a stranger...

It’s hard to believe that I started my R + F business only 4 months or so ago. I got addicted to the regimens and don’t really pay attention on how my skin looks these days. The really good thing is that my morning “make up” routine has been shortened to a couple of minutes of applying a little bit of mascara and lipstick, that’s it. Getting rid of foundation saves a lot of time!
But strange things started to happen.
Last week I had a lunch with my old friend who didn’t see me for 4 months. She didn’t recognize me! You look so much better, she told me after I finally persuaded her that it was still me. What happened?
Yesterday at a R + F business party it happened again. The man I didn’t see for a long time (but we communicate online!) approached me and introduced himself. I started to laugh – he looked surprised. I told him my name, listened all the compliments and then, - OMG, it was funny! – he asked me the following question:
‘But you already look so good, why do you need to use these products?’

Lemons and lemonade

Life is a such an interesting thing. One day you are happy having your Big Business Launch with a lot of nice people to attend and join your business, and the next day you find yourself in the middle of a road crushing to some grayish Honda Odyssey indistinguishable from the road in the sun’s morning glow. The pieces of your beloved car are everywhere, glittering under sunrise rays. It is actually a quite enjoyable sight!
I checked myself: everything is okay. I opened the door and looked at the Odyssey’s driver: I was so happy that the driver was alive and well!
“I am so sorry it did happen!” I said, “But I am so happy you are okay!”
“I am okay,” after pause confirmed the driver, a good looking woman in her late thirties or early forties. I looked at her for the second time. She didn’t look that good. She definitely needed some moisturizer. And some AntiAge. And some Reverse. And she was under the shock, obviously.
”Before we call the insurance company,” – I said, smiling to her, “tell me if you are happy with your skin care products. Because if you don’t, I have very good news for you!”
The shock expression instantly disappeared from her face, changing to an authentic interest. The day certainly promised to be good.

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Some thoughts about karate and network marketing

Last Saturday I participated in karate test, for the first time in my life on the “other” side of it, comfortably sitting with high rank karate practitioners and checking boxes at the test papers, marking not only obvious qualities like proper stances and clean techniques, but also such ephemeral things as student’s attitude, spirit and power. It’s a strange thing, shifting from a student’s side to the teacher’s one, but it is so interesting to watch first time test takers. Kids cannot pretend. When Sensei asked a little boy with complete luck of attitude, who didn’t remember most of the techniques, why he was practicing karate, the honest kid said, “Because my dad promised to buy me a new video game if I get my next belt”. Well, he got his next belt anyway – for his dad effort, I assume. I hope it made both people – the boy and his dad – happy: both got their toys. Then there was a turn of another, even smaller boy, but he was so full of energy, so enthusiastic, so cheerful, he tried so hard to move correctly, and even if he finished his kata (kata is a prearranged shadow boxing set) in a wrong direction, he was great! “Why do you practice karate?”, asked Sansei. “Because I want to be strong, - the boy begun to answer, looking to his parents, but then waved his hand and enthusiastically finished, ”Because it’s fun!”
Here we go. The lesson this boy taught us was as simple as that: just do what you do with fun, for fun, or have fun while you doing what you have to do, and not only you would have a lot of fun, but you get great results as well!
The good thing about the karate kid with bad attitude is, that such things are still curable with small children: give this kid a new belt, a new shiny “participation” medal at his or her first tournament, and you can see a dramatic difference at a next test.
It’s different with adults. So, if you an adult, considering to join my team of outstanding R+F performers, think first of your motives and attitude. Are you the kid who just wants his video game? Or you are the kid who wants to have fun WHILE working hard (yes, it’s not a typo; one can work hard and have fun at the same time)? Seriously, all you need to have for success in network marketing, is positive attitude and a willingness to work hard to make it happen. If it sounds like you, contact me now, you are in!

What your avatar can teach you

One especially depressing evening about a year ago, just before my birthday, three months after moving out of my lovely house to a one bedroom apartment after discovering that my husband of 28 years didn’t love me anymore, I created my avatar. Just to keep myself busy. I found an interesting website and created that smiling happy girl with long hair (if you have known me for a few years, you are aware of me always wearing short haircuts – my ex-husband didn’t like long hair and cut my hair – by himself! – every month for all these 28 years!). “You will be this happy girl sooner than you think,” I told to myself, saved the picture on my computer and forgot about it.
Today, cleaning up folders on my computer, I found this avatar. Wait a minute… I opened another folder to compare it with the picture from my son’s wedding, taken on September 25th. To make a better match, I flipped my avatar – and Voilà! I couldn’t believe my eyes. Well, it just happened again: I know I need to trust my intuition; many times I proved it, and it just happened again. I AM that girl: happy, free, confident, with my new wonderful house I just bought. Well, currently my intuition tells me that my new exciting R+F business is a right thing to do. I see myself in a near future with friends – old and new, having fun while growing the business. A lot of positive energy, a lot of success stories. – Let’s go for it!

Scam or not scam? It is the question

It's nice having a teenager at home. I am talking about my 14 year old son with whom I communicate mostly via Facebook, even if he spends most of his time upstairs, in his room.
The moment I hit a "send" button on my computer, he mysteriously appears at the top of my staircases, as a Hamlet's father's ghost.
"Mom, - he started with his usual - accusing me in a complete technological ignorance - tone, - have your ever thought about a difference about Advertisement and Spam?"
"Yes, I do!" - answered I with the newly bride's confidence.
"Then you need to be aware that your posts - about your new business - are a total scam!"
"Why?"
"Because nobody will post three posts in one day about the business if it is not a scam!"
"Well, I don't post it three times! Just once! Or twice..."
"You better watch what you are doing, - advised my uncompromising son before shutting his bedroom door.
Well, he must be right... But you know what?
My posts are not about the R + F products, even if the products are great (and they ARE great!)
My posts are not about me, but with beautiful skin (even if is happening right now - LOL!)
It's about a teambuilding. My perfect team of highly capable people has been started to form out, and I am very excited about it! If you feel like you want to join my team, hit that green button now!

Karl Marx and adult acne

One of the reasons I started karate about eight years ago was the fact that 60 year+ ladies who were in the class had bodies of and moved like teenagers. I thought, I wanted to be like them in my sixties!
Now, many years later, being a Black Belt, I am confident I am in a good company. I am in a good shape, and even if I may not be able to kick your butt because I was told never do it (any kicks below the belt give you a penalty!), I certainly can kick your stomach or chin, and protect myself in case I need it, and my body is in much better shape than it was 10 years ago.
Not so good news about my face. Actually, this is a problem all physically active women have found at some point of their life. They still have great bodies, they are active, and feel like being in their twenties... Until they look in a mirror.
Sorry, all my fit girls out there, that's life. We suddenly have wrinkles, brown spots, uneven and dull skin, redness or lack of radiance, and - the worst one, if you ask me - adult acne. I barely can live with everything else, but adult acne definitely is too much. As Karl Marx once noticed, apparently quoting Hegel(you see, I got my education in Moscow, the Capital of the Soviet Russia; still remember all those quotes!):

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

That is so true about adult acne! It is a tragedy when you are a teenager, but when you are adult, it's such a farce to have it... Well, I am glad to find out there is a cure against it: R + F Unblemish. It is an improved version of Proactiv, so if you need a clear skin, give it a try!
Stay tuned! I have some more thought about Network Marketing and Martial Arts that you may find helpful...