“You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away people’s initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.”

Abraham Lincoln

Link: http://www.militaryfranchising.com/search/profile.aspx?ID=68943287-c5dd-4bd9-b635-9f096d62fdbc&searchtext=Creative%20Tutors

Most of you know that I am the founder of Creative Tutors and a child of an Army Veteran. My husband Bill is also a part of the armed forces and is a Reservist Navy Captain in the JAG Core.

We are proud to announce that Creative Tutors has been accepted into the G I Jobs Military Franchise Program. Only 10% of the franchise industry has been asked to participate. Military Veterans are twice as likely to operate their own business as non veterans are, according to census data. In fact, one in seven businesses is owned by a military veteran.

Creative Tutors is proud to support our armed forces and participate in assisting Veterans in their desire to become small business owners.

Link: http://www.timmystutor.com/blog4.php

Link: http://www.socialstyles.com/

Good morning. Below is from a message I received from my friend Jason DeLaPorte. Anything he puts his hands and mind to is awesome. I want to share this new itunes App that he has launched today with you... read below...

"We are launching the Social Styles App for the iPhone and iTouch through iTunes today. As you can imagine, we are very excited and need your help spreading the word.

Our desire is to allow everyone access to the most powerful app thus far. There is nothing else like it. Our intent is to impact people’s lives in a positive way by allowing them to take advantage of over 50 years of research in how people are wired. A tool for building more productive relationships in their pocket. Using a state-of-the-art algorithm, this tool will allow folks to profile Friends, Colleagues, Salespeople, Family, Significant Others, Children and Bosses. It will also give folks a customized approach on how to deal with each of these folks whether it be face-to-face, voicemail, email or specifically to their relationship. For example, if you profile one of your children it will give you parenting tips customized for the way that child is wired!

Watch the YouTube clip announcing the app!

Our purpose for developing this app was to:
1. Give folks a “tool in their pocket” to build more productive personal and professional relationships and in some cases repair them
2. Make people’s life easier
3. Build better leaders, better salespeople, better parents, enhance relationships with friends, family and co-workers

Link: http://www.timmystutor.com

Most of you know about our comic strip series http://www.timmystutor.com and our desire to share delightful stories about family and kids... well we have created a cartoon about the 2010 Super Bowl half time show. THE WHO.

Check it out on Timmy's Tutor and share it with your family and friends for Super Bowl Fun!

Link: http://www.busyevent.com/belinkers.html

A quick note about the IFA conference. This is the first year to use the belinker as a tool to help manage the data and contact information gathered from vendors, speakers and other attendees and saved onto this cool device. The belinker has been an excellent tool to use. Easy to! I look forward to using it again at future conferences.

Wish we could all use belinker year round as we go through our lives... it could be a cool tool to help connect us to one another with ease...as we go through our day to day activities... maybe I should suggest this to the BeLinker organization? Just joking... but wow it could make life easy!

Check out the BeLinker...http://www.busyevent.com/belinkers.html I highly recommend it to those who set up conferences and group events!

Went back to the doctor today... 2 pokes and they drew my blood for the blood work! Thank goodness I am officially not a vampire. It appears it is a good thing to drink plenty of water before having blood work taken.

Getting work done today....

Daughter off to school.....early....I believe there was a Starbucks stop on the way! Big sister took little sitter to school today.

Breakfast with my eldest daughter before she was off to her school activities...

Set up my new travel computer. Small. Lightweight. Fun.... getting use to the key pad.

Working on end of month training event for Creative Tutors owners.

Working with our auditing firm for our FDD 2010 update.

Working with our lawyer for FDD update 2010.

Working on taxes...taxes...and more taxes....

Working on social networking....and community networking...

Working on IFA CFE classes...

LOVE working on new sales. Here and there....all kinds....

Attending several conference calls this week...love learning new things from others accomplished franchisors in the industry...thrilling to hear about their programs and social networking that is working to build brand awareness.

Timmy's Tutor project is underway and I am eager to see some of the comic strip ideas coming to life