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MarkEdwardBrown | December 6, 2011
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How Self Leadership Can Help You Change Your Life

SelfLeaderImage     Here are 3 words that may scare you; personal development, self help, and self improvement.  Depending on where you were raised, how you were raised and what you have chosen to be your over arching belief system there is no reason to feel ashamed for admitting that you would like to improve aspects or characteristics of your life or personality.  Everyone has weaknesses or shortcomings and it takes character to want to turn your weaknesses into strengths.

What I am about to share with you is just a small glimpse of what I have to offer as a Self Leadership Expert.

If your self confidence is low a small adjustment to make would be to start complimenting people around you. This practice will help you get notice and soon you will be liked which in turn will build your self esteem. By looking for good things that others do or in how they act, you indirectly enhance similiar aspects of your inner being as well.

Another way to increase your self worth is by making yourself more intelligent.  Read or listen to a book on your portable listening device a little bit everyday.  Leaders are readers so study something in your field of employment or some other material that will improve the way you communicate with other people. By broadening your horizons, you will build the confidence to speak with new knowing that people around you will notice.

Constantly seek out new and additional ways to learn how to correct or change the aspect or character flaw that detracts from your self image.  Become your own self leader and you will be able to take the first steps toward improving your life more then you ever have at any other time in your life.

I must inform you that it all starts with YOU, no one is going to walk up to you at suggest ways for you to change for the better.  If you have that little voice inside your head, heart, or soul that reminds you when you are doing self destructive activities, perhaps you should start listening.

I also recomend Self Leadership coaches however, I caution you on seeking out and hiring the first guy or gal that you come across.  Success, Life, and Leadership coaches are a dime a dozen now days.  Only work with someone that you know will help you, if their fees are to high then they are not right for you.

If you like this type of leadership content or would like a recomendation for a self leadership coach, leave me a comment and let me know.  I would also like to read your comments on ways that you have improved characteristics about yourself or others with success so leave me a comment and let’s start a dialogue,

Mark Edward Brown

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MarkEdwardBrown | November 27, 2011
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Mark Edward Brown Takes the Road Less Traveled

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A few years ago I was at an internet marketing event in Atlanta, it was being hosted by Internet Marketer of the Year inductee, Matt Bacak.  I was sitting next to some gentlemen from the United Kingdom and on a few of the breaks we struck up a conversation about what they do and what I do, what direction we would like to take our businesses etc.

When I commented on a challenge I was having on a particular business dilema one of the guys said one of the most enlightening things that I had ever considered and it has benefitted me greatly ever since that day.  As a matter of fact I still hear his matter of fact suggestion which leads me to the next corner that I am turning in my professional and personal life.

I had just explained that I was in the military and that I was investigating which type of online business would best suit a leader in my unique situation.  I knew that an internet business could travel with me anywhere I went so that was a benefit.  One of the challenges that I was contemplating was how I could do both successfully and then the guy says;

“Why don’t you just do them both!”

It’s a simple statement I know however I have attempted to do both for a few years now and while I have had success at both I have not been able to find the perfect balance between the two.  I chose to specialize in the web traffic niche, some would refer to it as an industry however it is not quite that organized or regulated so in and of itself it can not be referred to as such.

On the military side of the equation I have always been a student of leadership and can honestly say that being a Soldier and a leader is where my main focus has been.  At times I felt like my very being was in a tug of war however now I realize that I must travel down a new road which has led me to a decision point that I want to share with you.

I have set in motion 3 plans of action, one has more or less been set for me which regards my next duty assignment in the United States, I will be back in the USA by the new year.  I have hired a fully capable administrator to operate my web traffic business on my behalf and I have also become certified in the Local, Mobile, and Social traffic areas which are emerging as the front runners to the dying advertising mechanisms that were once popular back in the day; the book known as the yellow pages, newspaper advertising, etc.

I will soon become certified as a Leadership and Life Coach as well, so as I begin to transition from one place and move to another look for a higher level of success related content from me.  I enjoy bringing you entertaining and educational content however I really want to provide material that is valuable to you.

My chief aim and goal is to become a value producer to you, one who you recomend to the people you know and they recommend me to people that they know.

I am curious to know how I can do that for you and them?

Leave a comment and let’s discover how we can work towards a win/win/win for all of us,

Mark Edward Brown

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MarkEdwardBrown | November 11, 2011
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Mark Edward Brown reflects on Veterans Day

Veterans Day     I am taking a moment to reflect and meditate on the incredible adventure and experience that is a portion of the reason that I am part of a small portion of the population in the USA that has served in the #1 Leadership organization in the world.  What the heck does that mean and what does it have to do with Veteran’s Day?

It has everything to do with Veterans and Veteran’s Day because it’s the legacy of all of the men and women who have served and sacrificed in the military over the years and up to the present day.

When I was a young and somewhat undisciplined kid I had a knowing inside of me that I had to do something to save myself from a hapless pattern of self destruction.  I was never labled by “society” as a juvinile delingquint (not sure if I spelled that right ;-} or arrested etc.

From the outside looking in you would not know that I was mentally jousting with an existance that was somewhat undefined and limitless in its boundries.  I knew that the “American Dream” was a sham because no one that I knew was living it.  My Dad was always gone because he drove an 18 wheeler back and forth across the USA.  I am not mad at him for that because that is what he knew to provide a very comfortable level of living for my Mom, my Sisters and I.

My Mom also worked at various jobs throughout my childhood so I remember both parents working to make ends meet.  I always had gifts on my birthday as well as Christmas (so did my Sisters) and most summers we would always go on some kind of trip or visit our cousins.

The bottom line is I made a decision when I was a young man to join the military because I knew that I needed to be more disciplined, I jumped from one culture to another and I never looked back.  It’s because of the legacy of leadership and sacrifice that scores of men and women have made which formed the 2+ decades that I have lived, loved, and learned the art of leadership in the military.

The Army was and is my branch of choice yet I have the utmost respect for all of my brothers and sisters in the other branches of the armed services.

I want to say “Thank You” to All of the Veterans who have gone before me and to the young guys and gals who will come after me which are right now at this time shaping the foundation and direction that we are going in today.

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With reverance and respect,

Major Mark Edward Brown

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