CHOICESWINTER 2017 SUCCESSFUL LIVING ISSUE! DETERMINING WHETHER YOU SUCCEED OR FAIL BEGINS WITH YOU! HOW TO STAY LIVING IT UP IN DRESSING FOR FOCUSED RETIREMENT SUCCESS THREE SIMPLE STEPS RETIREES ARE LIVING WHAT YOUR ATTIRE SAYS TO MINIMIZE PESKY LONGER AND BETTER THAN ABOUT YOU AND HOW TO DISTRACTIONS EVER. HOW WILL YOU RETIRE? ATTRACT SUCCESS WITH IT. CONTENTS SUCCESSFUL LIVING BOOK REVIEW 04 SUCCESSFUL LIVING 22 AM I GOING TO BE OKAY? IS A CHOICE BY ERIC OESTREICH BY JUDI MOREO HOW TO STAY FOCUSED LIFESTYLE 14 BY AMBER DE LA GARZA 07 FINDING PEACE 26 BE-YOU-TO-A-FULL AMID SPRING 5 CONSCIOUS CHOICES BY JOAN S. PECK TO LIVE LIFE FULL OUT BY HOLLY DUCKWORTH TRULY LIVING 10 BY DEBRA WHITTAM 19 LIVING IT UP IN THE RETIREMENT YEARS BY LONNIE BERRY SLOW DOWN AND SMILE 46 BY RIDGELY GOLDSBOROUGH DRESSING APPROPRIATELY 48 A SPARKLING VALENTINE FOR YOUR JOB LEADS TO 52 BY S.L. GORE GREATER SUCCESS BY ANNE DREYER 30 CHOOSE YOUR INPUT SOURCES CAREFULLY BY JIM CATHCART 34 POSITIVE CHOICES FROM A NEGATIVE SITUATION BY WILLIAM P. MOYER 38 SMALL IDEA, BIG REWARDS BY PAT TURNER 29 AVOID A REGRET 42 LIVING THE AMERICAN HANGOVER DREAM BY SHERYL GREEN BY AIMMEE KODACHIAN 40 LIVING A HAPPY AND A FINAL NOTE REWARDING LIFE 56 BY JUDI MOREO BY DELORES RAMSEY MCLAUGHLIN FROM THE EDITOR Did you do it? Did you write out your New Year’s resolutions? Did you write down the things you really want rather than things you thought you were supposed to write? Did you list things that you had on last year’s list but didn’t achieve? hat’s what happens to high school reunion to attend. That’s overseas to gain international experi- many of us. We write a purpose. Some people lose weight ence. Whatever it is, know that you down something like when the doctor says their health is in and only you are the only person who T “Lose 10 pounds.” Yet, danger. That’s a purpose. can make these things happen. the year comes and goes, and we don’t lose the weight. You want to live your life so you nev- The writers in the magazine this month The reason: No purpose. If our goals er look back with regrets, don’t you? are giving you ideas of how you can aren’t attached to a purpose, we gen- Then start taking steps right now to- live a more successful life. As you read erally don’t achieve them. I had been ward finding out what you really want their stories, remember, if they can do writing about those same 10 pounds I to have, to do, and to be, determine these things, so can you. The real se- needed to lose for several years. Then why you want those things, and get cret to living a successful life is to have this year, I saw myself on television busy making them happen. a purpose for doing it and believe it is and I would have sworn it was some- possible. Believe! Really believe! one who looked like me, only was I don’t care what it is you want as long much bigger. I immediately lost 10 as it is you that wants it, not some- pounds. Why now? Because I have thing someone else thinks you should You Are More than Enough, a different image in my head than the have or do or be. You might want to one I saw on the screen. I prefer the go zip lining, or ride elephant back one in my head. Now I have a pur- through the Okavango Swamp or dive pose. See how it works? Lots of peo- the Great Barrier Reef. You may want ple lose that weight when they have a to start your own business or work Judi OUR TEAM PUBLISHER Turning Point International EDITOR IN CHIEF Judi Moreo CREATIVE DIRECTOR Jake Naylor COVER PHOTO Aimmee Kodachian, Judi Moreo, Stephanie Thompson ABOUT THE COVER Aimmee Kodachian is the creator, producer, and director of three dynamic and unique on-line tv shows on WCOBM-TV Network: The Aimmee Kodachian & the Experts show, The World of Book Reviews featuring host Judi Moreo, and Stephanie’s Movie Revues with host, Stephanie Thompson. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Lonnie Berry, Jim Cathcart, Amber De La Garza, Aimmee Kodachian, Anne Dryer, Holly Duckworth, Ridgely Goldsborough, S.L. Gore, Sheryl Green, Aimmee Kodachian, Delores Ramsey McLaughlin, Judi Moreo, William P. Moyer, Joan S. Peck, Pat Turner, Debra Whittam ADDRESS 1452 W. Horizon Ridge Pkwy #555 / Henderson, NV 89012-4480 TEL (702) 896-2228 FAX (702) 617-0600 EMAIL [email protected] WEBSITE www.ChoicesOnlineMedia.com 4 CHOICES | 2017 WINTER ISSUE SUCCESSFUL LIVING IS A BYCHOICE JUDI MOREO BY JUDI MOREO ou have probably heard there are many choices that I made in us. We can choose to be a success and the expression, “He’s my life that didn’t lead to where I want achieve whatever it is that we want to a self-made man.” In to be now. But that part is over. We achieve. However, many people don’t Y today’s language, that can’t go back. We must start from here. know what they want to succeed at sentence is a reference If we really want to live a successful life, doing. They don’t have goals. I have to someone who has lifted himself up then we must make better choices now! found that if I want to achieve things, I from humble beginnings to a high level must write out my goals in very specific of success. The dictionary definition of success terms, decide when I want to have the is the accomplishment of an aim or achievement completed, and determine The truth is that we are all self-made. purpose. It doesn’t say what aim or what steps it is going to take to complete Whoever we are today is a result of the what purpose. So, that part is left up to my project and get what I want. Many time and effort we have put into being who we are. How much more successful would any of us be if we had applied ourselves throughout our lives and made full use of our abilities? Some of us take the easy way out and do just enough to get by. Yet, sometimes we find ourselves thinking that life isn’t fair, that other person with less talent and ability than us, has “made it.” We chalk their success up to luck, knowing the right people, or coming from “money.” As you look back over your life, do you wish you had done things differently? Yes, I’m sure there are at least some things you would like to do over. I know Are you using your creative energy to make your business more successful? Conquer the Brain Drain is about tapping into the creative wellspring we all possess. If you’re on a team – or especially if people are spending their lives trying to you manage one – learning to think be what someone else wants them to creatively and teaching others be and doing what others expect them to do so will boost productivity, to do instead of following their hearts. improve morale and inspire your You are the only one who can determine team to greater success. your success or failure. All of us are capable of accomplishing something we Short deadlines, downsizing, can be proud of. It may be in our careers increased expectations and the or our personal lives. It may be a hobby need to do more with less all or a talent. Whatever it is you feel in contribute to “status quo” thinking. your heart would create a successful Solving business problems way of living for you, go after it. The opportunities are there. It is up to you and generating new ideas and to discover them and take advantage of strategies can’t be accomplished them. ABOUT THE AUTHOR using the same old brain-draining Judi Moreo is the author of the award- methods. If you keep doing what winning book, “You Are More Than Get a clear picture of who and what you you’ve always done, you’ll keep want to be, do, and have, where you want Enough: Every Woman’s Guide to getting the same old results. If to go, and what you want to accomplish. Purpose, Passion, and Power” as well In other words, determine what success as its companion, Achievement Journal. you want to build an innovative, She is a Certified Speaking Professional means to you. If you are doing what you creative, problem-solving team, who has spoken in 28 countries around then you need a new approach. want and you feel you are accomplishing the world. Less than 10 percent of something important and worthwhile, the speakers in the world hold this you will find the drive and commitment highly respected earned designation. ORDER ONLINE! to ascertain what genuinely gives you To contact Judi or book her for a www.JudiMoreo.com personal satisfaction, and is that not the speaking engagement, contact Turning definition of successful living? Point International, (702) 896-2228 or [email protected]. 2017 WINTER ISSUE | CHOICES 7 FINDING PEACE AMID SPRING BY JOAN S. PECK et’s face it! We are ex- tion one large mass of anger and upset sion of taking sides and having differing periencing a very messy, causing us to destroy good thoughts and opinions is never going to end when angry way of living today deeds.