January Networking Tips
By Wendy Ruby
CEO/Founder
HOT Pink Mamas

What's Your New Year's Resolution?

Happy 2010! A new year, a new opportunity...

In the past...Could it be that you've allowed yourself to start dwelling most of the time on what's wrong: what's wrong with your situation, what's wrong with your business, what's wrong with your financial situation, what's wrong with the people around you, what's wrong with your family members? Without realizing it, you've actually allowed yourself to become what the world already has more than enough of - a negatologist...

How about this year take more time? The story of the Mayonnaise Jar below, will give you "Food For Thought" in 2010's New Year's Resolution...

The Mayonnaise Jar

When things in your life seem, almost too much to handle,
When 24 Hours in a day is not enough,
Remember the mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of coffee.

A professor stood before his philosophy class
and had some items in front of him.
When the class began, wordlessly,
He picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar
And proceeded to fill it with golf balls.

He then asked the students, if the jar was full.
They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured
them into the jar.   He shook the jar lightly.
The pebbles rolled into the open Areas between the golf balls.

He then asked the students again if the jar was full.  They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.
Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous 'yes.'

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively
filling the empty space between the sand.  The students laughed.

'Now,' said the professor,   as the laughter subsided,
'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.
The golf balls are the important things - family,
children, health, Friends, and Favorite passions –
Things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, Your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, house, and car.

The sand is everything else --The small stuff.

'If you put the sand into the jar first,'  He continued,
there is no room for  the pebbles or the golf balls.
The same goes for life.

If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff,
You will never have room for the things that are important to you.

So...

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Play With your children..
Take time to get medical checkups.
Take your partner out to dinner.

There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.

'Take care of the golf balls first --
The things that really matter.
Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.'

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented.

The professor smiled.
I'm glad you asked'.

It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem,
there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend and most of all, that friend can be....a relationship with JESUS CHRIST! By putting JESUS CHRIST first and foremost in your life, HE will give you the PEACE and JOY you are looking for! Happy 2010!

Pink Hugs,
Wendy Ruby
CEO/Founder HOT Pink Mamas & Red HOT Papas

February Networking Tips
Love, Love, Love…
By Wendy Ruby
CEO/Founder
HOT Pink Mamas

What energy are we giving out and what are we attracting back to us?
The more positive energy we give off, the more positive connections we’ll attract and magnetize back to us.

1. Passion attracts Passion
2. Anger attracts Anger
3. Love attracts Love

What signals are you sending out to others? You’ll get back what you are putting out.
Why are opportunities not showing up in our lives? It’s all about the signals and frequencies you are gravitating towards yourself.
How can we bring more positive connections to us?

1. Make a list of what you want.
2. What type of attitude do you have towards what you want?
3. What behavior are you living, to get what you want?
4. Are you strengthening these traits in yourself so that you can
   attract the same?
5. Develop more compassion towards yourself and others.
6. Don’t give up on your dreams. Be courageous.
7. Be authentic.
8. Believe in yourself.
9. Learn from your mistakes. Everyone has a negative side, just do
   your best to be determined and don’t succumb to the negative. Don’t try to be too perfect. Just honest and authentic.
   Remember…we are all trying to improve ourselves and live the law of attraction!

Have a LOVE, PINK Month!

What LOVE means to a 4 to 8 year old…Touching words from the mouth of babes…They asked these children “What does LOVE mean?”

• 'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.'

Rebecca- age 8

• 'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.'

Billy - age 4

• 'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving
cologne and they go out and smell each other.'

Karl - age 5

• 'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your
French fries without making them give you any of theirs.'

Chrissy - age 6

• 'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.'

Terri - age 4

• 'Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.'

Danny - age 7

• 'Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that.
They look gross when they kiss'

Emily - age 8

• 'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents
and listen.'

Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)

• 'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,'

Nikka - age 6
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)

• 'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.'

Noelle - age 7

• 'Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.'

Tommy - age 6

• 'During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.'

Cindy - age 8

• 'My mommy loves me more than anybody You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.'

Clare - age 6

• 'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.'

Elaine-age 5

• 'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he
is handsomer than Robert Redford.'

Chris - age 7

• 'Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.'

Mary Ann - age 4

• 'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.'

Lauren - age 4

• 'When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.' (what an image)

Karen - age 7

• 'Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross.'

Mark - age 6

• 'You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.'

Jessica - age 8

• The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, 'Nothing, I just helped him cry'

Pink Hugs,
Wendy Ruby
CEO/Founder HOT Pink Mamas & Red HOT Papas