Where in the world is this summer already going?

I’m sending out a newsletter in a few about Velma Gallant’s and my DREAM CAMP for this summer. Velma is known as the Queen of Joy and I’m known as the Queen of Dreams, so who better to get together to have a rockin’ good time while we encourage others to experience the JOY of living your DREAMS?

This is an EXPERIENTIAL camp…come be with us, or join us through the forum that unites you with others stepping into new creations. Your journey will START immediately…be READY!

For more details, go here. Look for more info in this weeks newsletter. As always, TODAY, is the day to live your Truth!

Big hug-

Tina

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My mom, a.k.a. Dusty Rose, called me the other day and gushed about a somewhat new book called Journal Bliss: Creative Prompts to Unleash Your Inner Eccentric by Violette. Pronounced (vee-oh-let). She’s getting me one so I haven’t SEEN it, but if my mother the artist is THAT excited about it, I bet it is REALLY good! Ooooh, I’m wondering if Violette would come be on our show????  That feels like fun!

Now, you know when someone goes by just one name, there’s something special about that person (think Madonna, Cher, Fergie). And, it is no doubt true about Miss Violette herself.

I’ve spent hours watching her on YouTube, and could literally insert myself into her Magic Cottage. It is so yummy! And artful… and blissful!

So, what color is Violette? Violette is every color of the rainbow dipped in shimmery glitter (which we LOVE), and wrapped up in a delicate layer of love with a dash of possibility.

Check out her book, and check out the Magic Cottage too… grab a cup of tea and enjoy!

Oh, and you have to see her workshop too… although I don’t think Violette calls it a ‘work’ shop! Oh, here it is right here on the video… STUDIO. Of COURSE, that is what ALL artists have – a STUDIO!

YUM-O! Have fun!

So, I just hung up with a client today, and am so EXCITED about feedback in her experience. Why excited?

Well, without going into great detail, when I first work with a client, we establish a baseline… a ‘best’ for each person. We come together to reach this ‘best’ and then break that ‘barrier’ to go for unlimited possibility.

Today, she hit that ‘best’ and now we are in the possibility zone!

For many, the possibility zone is too scary to live in because you can’t possibly KNOW what is going to happen there (it’s all open – ANYTHING is possible) and you can’t know the RULES there because there aren’t any. As I say often, it isn’t for everyone, but man what a rush!

She has systematically applied the Rapid Success principles and lived in the moment to achieve a super fast response… I’m so proud of her and so excited for her too because what I know… from working with many others just like her… this is an amazing place to live in boundless creativity and Truth. I want everyone to be able to live here!

Wow… SO EXCITED!

A few weeks ago, I taught a workshop where a wonderful woman shared her story about how she ‘decided’ to move across the country to a city where she knows no one, has no contacts and builds a business from scratch.

I listened in awe and just a wee bit of a jolt in my tummy at the thought of actually doing it myself.

Then, a few weeks later, Debbie sent me an email about our mutual friend, Maria Smith, who had taken a similar journey…transplanting from Dallas to Boise.

If you are dreaming of making the move, this is THE article to read for a systematic way to determine your very best ‘new home’…enjoy!

http://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/story/1062565.html?story_link=email_msg

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You all know I love to be part of people who ignite their passion to live their dreams. Robert Butler is a guy who has been dreaming of living his volleyball dreams for years. We are thrilled that he has taken the leap is flying high!

You see, what isn’t in this clip is that Robert (Bob as we call him) used to work with Mark before they both took corporate buyouts. For years, Mark would ask Bob… “What are you doing here? Go live your dream!”

This is a full circle moment for all of us!

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local-beat/Former_Champ_Serves_Up_Volleyball_Training_Center_Dallas-Fort_Worth.html

I wrote about guitars last week. Wow, what a difference a week makes.

I took ACTION and FOUND a sweet PATIENT guitar teacher who lives TWO minutes from my house. Coincidence? You decide.

Yesterday was my first lesson. I SO ENJOYED it! I was so present…so attentive, so ALIVE!

What a happy birthday present to me!

The hour FLEW by! I really feel like I CAN do this! It feels FUN. It feels ENERGIZED.

I’m so happy…in my heart.

What’s your heart asking you to do?

You all know how I’m always nagging at you to take breaks, to play more often, to GET OUT and do something good for yourself. Well, it’s my turn and I’m on vacation for the week, and I doubt I’ll do much blogging or anything else, including the show this week.

I am taking a BREAK and plan to enjoy every second of it! Think of me swimming around the pool, riding roller coasters (Six Flags here we come), staying up until all hours of the night, and then snoozing until all hours of the morning.

Hats off to you, to summer, and to me, too!

Zoe the Clown with the Queen of Dreams

As the Queen of Dreams, I feel it is my MISSION to help people release their imprisoned dreams. But, instead of being the knight that actually busts Rapunzel out of the tower, I work to teach YOU to be the knight AND Rapunzel!

There’s nothing quite so intoxicating like knowing your MISSION and having a VISION of it, and being in ACTION with it! What’s the common theme in all of these words? Being ON!

I have always loved stories… I want to know everything about people – What’s your favorite color? What did you dream of doing when you were little? What’s your dream now?

This is the dream of a girl who has a MISSION to make little hearts happy.

What’s your mission? Send them to me at tina@rapidsuccesspartners.com. I’ll feature new missions each week!

A Clown Named Zoe

I am a caring clown named Zoe, whose mission in life is to make little hearts happy.

I’m often asked, “What made you want to be a clown?” Well, it goes back to my high school years when I decided that I wanted to bring joy and happiness to sick children. After graduation, I took my first clown class. It was a flop… the teacher hardly ever showed up and it was filled with kids taking a class for easy credit, after all they thought, how hard is being a clown? I dropped the course after 2 useless weeks and tucked away my dream of working with sick children for a very long time.

I’ve always known in my heart that I needed to work with children in need, be they sick, abused, homeless, or just those in need of a little sunshine in their young lives. Two years ago I decided it was finally time to take action.

In 2007, I hosted a hat drive for children with cancer and met some really amazing kids. They totally tugged at my heartstrings and I realized it was time to find a way to connect with these children more often. I felt they needed me and in a way, I really needed them. Around this time, I was at a children’s event and met a clown…oh my gosh, there was my sign! Bells, whistles, and fireworks went off in my head as old thoughts of wanting to be a clown came rushing back. This was it! This was how I was to achieve my dream of working with these children I so desperately wanted to help. I raced home to my computer and started looking up clown schools. The first one that popped up was Mooseburger Clown Camp in Minnesota…. MINNESOTA? Never been to Minnesota. It looked amazing, a summer camp for clowns. This was too cool! One week with 80 fellow clowns and Joey Clowns (Newbie’s), how fun was this going to be? So, with support from family and friends helping me realize that I wasn’t totally crazy, I decided to go for it. Camp was just a few months away and I couldn’t wait; what was this new adventure going to be like?

The first thing I had to do was figure out my clown name. I came up with “Zoe” because it is fun to say just makes me happy. Ok, now I was ready for camp. Finally, the day arrived and I packed up my excitement, my enthusiasm and my desire to be the best clown I could be, and headed to Minnesota for my introduction into this wonderful world of clowning. WOW! There aren’t words to describe my experience, The best week ever? Amazing? Beyond incredible? Spectacular? Simply said, it was the most magical week of my life. The teachers were “the best” and I learned everything from how to apply clown makeup, to clown movement, to costuming, to how to be a great hospital clown and more. I also made some incredible new lifelong clown friends.

I’ve been lucky enough in the past two years to work with some great charities that help children in need and “Zoe” is a proud member of the Humorology Clown Troop at Medical Center of Plano and really enjoys visiting patients. Right now I am looking for more opportunities to work with children in a group setting, to bring much needed smiles to their little faces.

Clowning has brought more joy than I could have ever dreamed into my life. When I put on that big red nose and my big shoes, I am transported into a magical world of play, and when I make that wonderful connection with a child who needs a bit of “happy” in their day, it makes me know that I am on the right path with my life. One day I was at an event and a little girl about 7 years old came up to me and said, “Clown, you’re the best clown I ever met. Do you know what good you are doing?” Need I say more?

Last summer I got back from my second amazing year at Mooseburger Camp. Once again, I came home filled with tons of new information, new skills, new clown friends and bursting with happy from the awesome experience. Guess what? July is right around the corner and I’m countin’ down the day’s until I get to go to “to Mooseburger Camp” again, this is something special that I do each year for “me and for Zoe” and the anticipation and excitement about seeing friends, learning all the wonderful things I’ll learn and coming home an even better clown keeps me smiling!

Zoe comes out to play just a couple of times a month. Perhaps one day she will play more often, but for now I’m so incredibly grateful for this journey. Just knowing that when I take off my big red nose at the end of a “play date”, that I’ve made a difference in a young life, well…It doesn’t get better than that.

I’ve been dreaming since … well, as long as I can remember. I almost died at 7 months old from chicken pox, and clearly remember the events surrounding that despite not being able to remember other things that happened last week. lol

What I remember most about life as a kid was dreaming about what it was like being other people. My insatiable curiosity about other people took me into their energy, into their worlds. As I grew older, I wondered about the people who lived in ‘those’ houses…big houses that did not match ours. What did they know we didn’t? I wanted to know.

I spent most of my early life in my quest to find out, and ultimately did learn what they knew we didn’t. And, the secret is… they had a bigger vision of possibility. They believed in bigger dreams, bigger possibility and followed it.

You can too…open your heart and mind WIDE and go! I did, and it has taken me on amazing adventures… let’s dream bigger together!