It’s late and I have NOT written in a while.  Does that mean I am gonna mail it in?  Just put out some really quick, low quality, half-__ed ’stuff’ just to have another blog out?  Is that what you are thinkin’?

Well, you’re right!!! or…..not.

I want you to know that I am serious about building a raw, whole food business into a huge organization in the next 4 months.  It will be a lot of work, with a lot of help and a proven system, along with people finding ME in 3 different ways. 

1.  Belly to Belly.  That’s me, (and you?) calling to make an appointment or invite someone to a meeting and doing that meeting to share the biz.  A lot of people get this, but stick around.

2.  I will, and yes I’ve done it before, I WILL call a ton of people all over the country to share this and get them to my website.  You’re half way there, just open your eyes and check this site for the Links, or….stick around.

3.  This good old internet.  As I am learning it is OK and even cool to share via this gold mine of communication tool.  I mean, how else would I connect with someone in the Philippines, or Ireland, or the Maritime Provences of Canadia (yes, I did that on purpose, have a sense of humor) all, while I was sleeping?

From American Cancer Society 2003 (and the book Born To Run-get it and read it)  “compare lean and heavy people-heavier men and women are FAR more likely to die from at least 10 types of cancer.”  Just sayin, is it time for YOU to address the weight or high cholesterol.  Would it shock your system to put a raw whole food in it that gives you a high amount of Omega 3s???  Do your loved ones deserve the great product we have?  Don’t we all deserve better heart health?  I AM @hearthealthguy btw.

PS  Mila, by Lifemax is having Hotel meetings all over, and I am calling to invite contacts to them.  If interested, I can get you the info.  Contact by email rickemmerich@gmail.com or phone 808 371-6501

“Cut fat-cut cancer risk…change your lifestyle and you can reduce your risk of cancer by 60% to 70%”  Dr. Robert Weinberg. 

And last, but certainly not least    WHO wants to join me and make an extra 60 grand in the next 4 months?  Yes, that’s a lot and yes, it will take dedication, direction-following, commitment, early and late hours, and an investment.  But if you DO this with me, do you think your life will change a little by the 4th of July?  (like mine)

Will you be able to:  buy more groceries, give more money to those you love that need it (Carrie and Trish), tithe more (yeah), pay off all debt, get a better car, quit THAT job, fill in the blank __________________.

Let’s do this…..  Oh yeah, it’s Mila by Lifemax, Rick Emmerich 808 371-6501

OK folks, here goes.

   I have told you all that I have lost weight and that I have started taking a whole food supplement called Mila by Lifemax.  It’s this simple.  I mix the powder, which is Chia seed using a proprietary processing method…..with water.  It tastes kind of neutral and looks like it’s really good for you.  Those of us old enough just know that medicine or something good for you (spinach and its vegetable cousins, for example) don’t taste like Kool Aid.

   After a nice full glass I eat my meals.  I usually get my morning dose, whether my wife puts it in the oatmeal or if I take it with water, as above.  Most of the time, I get a second glass or have it in food, but noit all the time.  This is why I am amazed at the weight loss.  I had not started exercising intil the other day, and I therefore am expecting more loss.

   So here is my favorite value meal these days.  Please don’t think that I am encouraging ‘value meals’ but time and finances sometimes push me to the dollar menu.  They love me at Drive-Through.  I gave up making jokes there however, because so many don’t really speak English as their first language.

   I get a McDouble with no pickles and no cheese.  That cheese is something made in a lab, I believe.  (I just don’t like pickles.)  I then order the star, a side salad.  The dressing is Paul Neuman which is pretty good and either just enough or sometimes a little too much.  I splurge with a Parfait which has surprisingly tasty and attractive fruit on  the botom and Vanilla Yogurt.  It is just enough fruit to seem healthy and just sweet enough to allow me to bypass the dollar Chocolate sundae.

   Now, you MAY be saying to yourself that they see old Dollar Menu Guy (me) driving down the street and specially make these items extra good.  Or Not.  I think that this is what they always serve.  So, back to the Mila.  For about 3 months now I have taken the product on average every day at least once.  They recommend 2, as I do.  I forget though.

   I had lost 16 lbs from 223 to 207 about 2 yearts ago using an herbal tea rather regularly.  In fact it made me more regular, cleansing the colon.  I gave up the tea after it just became a hassle to do all the time.  I managed to keep the weight off, good for me. 

   I had stopped drinking soda about 5 years ago after years of habitual Pepsi consumption.  I really had issues going back 5 1/2 years ago when I had  a heart attack. I cut back on red meat.  I’ve been pretty good, eating better and moving to paradise (Hawaii) and now receiving acupuncture, regular Chiropractic and Energy Healing.

   So to lose 9 MORE lbs when I really wasn’t trying was, well, “Now we got something.” 

   So Mila, by Lifemax is it.  There are so many testimonials that are more powerful than mine, and studies, we GOT studies.  Lots.

   If you want more info, hit me up.  Rick Emmerich   http://rickemmerich.lifemax.net  or to read more about me and some other, maybe MORE interesting subjects, go to http://rickemmerich.com

Thank God I have my wife, my God, my cats, my blog, my health, family, the weather here in paradise and my career.  I wish you all love, peace and happiness at this time of year, AND thought you might like this.

Aloha Team,

Mele Kilikimaka – Hawaiian
Happy Holidays – English
Gozhqq Keshmish – Apache
ᖱᒣᖳᒐᒉᑊᖿᒪᔪᖱᖽᐧᒡᒧᐧᖾᒍ – Blackfoot
Maligayang Pasko – Tagalog
メリークリスマス – Japanese
圣诞快乐 新年快乐 – Mandarin
Fröhliche Weihnachten – German
Q Ná merye i turuhalmeri! – Elvish
Naragsak a Paskua – Ilokano
즐거운 성탄절 보내세요 및 새해 복 많이 받으세요 – Korean
Feliz Natal – Portuguese
Manuia le Kerisimasi – Samoan
С наступающим Новым Годом – Russian
Nollaig chridheil – Gaelic
Bon Natali – Mafia Sicilian
Feliz Navidad- Español
Ia orana no te noere – Tahitian
krismas mubarak – Urdu
Chúc Giáng Sinh Vui Vẻ và Chúc Năm Mới Tốt Lành – Vietnamese
Sinifesela uKhisimusi oMuhle noNyaka oMusha oNempumelelo- Zulu
QISmaS DatIvjaj ‘ej DIS chu’ DatIvjaj – Klingon
01001101011001010111001001110010011110010010000001 00001101101000011100100110100101110011011101000110 11010110000101110011 – in Binary Code
Natale hilare et Annum Faustum – Latin
Resistance is Futile- Borg
Mithag Crithagsigathmithags – Jibberish

All the Best in 2010, and as I do, take some time to just breathe, relax, sleep some and get ready for a hot 2010.  Rick Emmerich

   Thank God I had a heart attack.  It changed my life, and I have a life now, of immeasureable gratitude.  My goal is to be grateful every day and express that to God and to others.  This arena helps, of course.

   Whati is your Thank God experience?  What can you add at the end of that little phrase that is real for you and you can share with the world?  John Demarrtin ihas taken me through the Breakthrough Experience several times where we ‘confront’ and process situations in our lives that were challenging and that shaped our current situation.

   Many are not pretty.  Many of us became victims, and were quite ready to tell eveyone how bad the world was treating us.  I could see and sense my impoending doom and ‘knew’ that my health was in danger 5 years ago.  It took the heart attack to shock me into change.  Now, I am not 100% where I want to be.  I am a work in progress for sure.  But lots has happened, and Lots CAN happen when we get disatisfied with where we have brought our lives.

   Go from Victim to Victor.  John’s books share his teachings and his magnificent and intense Breatkthrough Weekends may be coming to a metropolitan area near you.; He loves to come to Honolulu, but it’s not what you think, or what I had thoought.  Since his mission or purpose it to travel the world speaking to as many as possible and to get paid handsomel;y for it, this guy never seems to enjoy the scenery when he’s here. It’s work work work.

   But that’s his passion.  What is yours?  Or what would it be if you could do anything you wanted?

   Thank God I is a community of like-minded people and authors, (not that we have any non-people authors.)  Anyone can visit and I especially urge those who have the talent to write to share your experiences.  Heck, you may even be a part of a book one of these days.  John Castagnini, the founder of Thank God I (no relation to John Demartini has the passion to share this project and help empower others and enlighten thousands in the process.

   Npw this is not the right place to give you an in-depth sudy of Dr. John’s techings, it’s much too small to do them justice.  Nor have I devoted enough time to really tell about Thank God I, but you can research both, and I recommend that.  John says a few things that I repeat often and here they are;  “I am perfect the way I am”  “Whoever I am and what ever I have done, I am worthy of love.”  (I may have paraphrased that one.)  “I do what I love, and I love what I do”

   The idea is that we can stand up and scream “Thank God I” and then fill in the blank with that terrible thing that happened, the pain that we have had for years, or the situation tha was up-til now holding us back.

   If you are intrigued, go to http://www.thankgodi.com/184.html   In early 2010 Thank God I will have our 3rd book on the shelves and I expect to be one of the authors.  Also some previews are at http://rickemmerich.com

I bet this has happened to you too.  You get a fellow networked on the phone and proceed to give him or her your pitch.  Better yet, you keep it real short and then send them a link.

The ensuing conversaton goes like this doesn’t it.

“Well, looks like a good product/opportunity/deal BUT let me show you what I am doing.”

So, what then?  Here’s the answer.

http://www.rickemmerich.sponsordaddy.net

Check it out for yourself-works for any business.   laters, Rick Emmerich

Make money without selling anything.

Just sign up and the checks start rolling in.

The newest, best, most exotic, highest this or that value.

Make a check in one week.

We ALL have heard those, right?  I’m no different, I get ‘em every week at least.  For those that are serious network marketers, I guess, just get used to it.  The newest next best thing comes out every 4 or 5 days, like clockwork.

There ARE ways to assess if you have a good thing going.  Obviously, if you are getting fat checks every month, you know you are in the right place.  I mean, I DON’T get in something only for the money, but the reason I feel, to be involved is to get rewarded for your efforts, and others’.

So, one of my bits of wisdom is to find a product/company that you love, and look at the pillars that form the foundation of the business.  They should have a comp plan that allows the heavy hitters to make big bucks, but also, allows those starting up to get to levels easily enough to start drawing checks.

Hopefully, your product is high quality and is consumable.  In other words, to paraphrase Richard DeVos of Amway fame:  You use it and and use it up, it eventually goes down the plumbing and you need more.  I would stress that it needs to be something the you CAN’T just go to Target and buy (for cheaper?)

Ideally you have what is called a categtory-creator and those are few and very far between.  Often, it’s another juice, or a nutritional product that you will need to have faith in, until it starts working-or doesn’t.

Guess what then.  You have to put some work into the process.  I have been blessed enough to have the perfect upline in my business.  He can’t wait to serve and work with my downline distributors.  You then have to get on national calls, and have a mentor, or mentors.

I would like to impress upon you the necessity to get ready to work NOW, because for those networkers out there, the Week after Labor Day strats the most active recruiting time of the year.  I can see September coming.  (The product I promote has helped my farsightedness.)

   I really suggest you choose to be open about this product.  I know, some view this as just another juice.  So, for the 20th time, “It’s not a juice.”

   Nutrazon uses 4 botanical ingredients, 3 herbs from the Amazon, thus the name, and Hawaiian Noni from the Big Island.  Then, Lutein, Lycopene and Omega Fatty Acids are added.  The proprietary blend tops it off to create a unique result-a product that we can test people on, then administer 1 ounce, then re-test to prove it works.  Should I repeat?

   Those of you looking for any signs of weakness, think about how often YOU have been able to test a product on someone (in multiple ways) and then show that it works, BEFORE they buy it.  I stress the multiple ways part, by the way.

   Also, think of anyone that may have stress in their life.  Or,  perhaps, that uses a cell phone, laptop, PC, TV, hairdryer, car with on board computer, computer at work.  Any and all of the above put out dangerous levels of emfs, electro-magnetic-frequencies.  A turned off cell phone in you possession is already somewhat unsafe.  According to experts, the moment it rings and you answer, it is 250 times what is regarded as safe.  Scary?  Yeah, a little, mainly because we don’t know the long term effects of cell-phone use.

(Actually, there are long tem cell phone test results coming in, and I’ll get to that later.)

   Don’t ask your cell phone provider.  The 22 year employee is just earning a paycheck and believes what his employer tells him/her-that there is nothing to worry about.  Plus they get free phones and minutes.

   Let’s say you were born in the United States.  I was, but that is ancient history, back in the, gasp     50s.  In a study done recently, 10 babies born accross the country in differing places/conditions were studied.  I believe the Red Cross authorized the test.  In each case the blood from the umbilical cord was studied, and around 270 toxins were found in the blood, over half known to be carcinogens and neuro toxins.

   Do you thnk there are any toxins in the air we breathe, or perhaps the water we drink?

   Do you have stress from work, from traffic, from finances?  Welcome to the club,

   Nutrazon balances the hemispheres of the brain, allowing the brain, in homeostasis, to balance the body.  That’s why the testing shows immediate help accross the board in around 95% of people we test at a doctors office.  All 100% show improvement in at least 1 meridian, again 95% in all 3 meridians tested.

   Network marketers, take note.  We test everyone we can meet, and many of those we contact by phone.  There are less than 5000 in this experienced, but rather new company.  We have a great hybrid comp/pay plan.  Sounds like a winner to me,  Thanks, Rick Emmerich 

www.rickemmerich.sponsordaddy.com

“Lanikai Oh Lanikai”, sung to the tune of Galveston, by Glenn Campbell.

It’s unbelievable here.  It’s now 2 AM and I am typing this in my loft office as the breezes dominate the sounds outside, rather than the old H-1 and 16th Ave. noises my wife and I were used to.  Around 11PM and sometimes midnight every night, it seemed there would be the extreme blasts of the fast cars or motorcycles on H-1.  I figured it was the exact time of shift change for HPD.

Honolulu seems like a distant memory to me already.

None of that here.  I guess the mansion next door has automatic sprinklers, cuz they just kicked in.  My wife would think it was raining.

For those of you who don’t know Lanikai, stick around.  When we were first offered the chance to stay here for a short while, I told Malia NO, and went over the list of reasons, so matter-of-factly, so logically.  I was Ben Franklin, with the legal pad with the pros and the right and the cons on the left.  By the way that method is over-rated, we all know we can manipulate the process. 

Anyway, like many things, talking about Lanikai Beach, connected to Kailua Beach, is just NOT good enough.  It has to be experienced.  You could notice, some night in the area, how extravagant the moon and stars look through the tops of the palm trees, but chances are you’d miss it. 

You could ‘luck out’ and catch a photo with the fading available light as the sun dips behind the mountain here.  You know, it is more of a hill, but mountain sounds good, doesn’t it?

You may catch a nice picture of the Mokes, (the Mokulua Islands), but not really ‘get it.’

There is really nothing like the daily “hey, I’m on vacation” feel here.  It is incredible to catch the various shades of shadowy light in the evening and snap as many ‘perfect’ pics as you want.  And I can’t wait to catch another unique sunrise from behind the Mokes.  In 3 more hours….ouch.

The beach is slowly eroding or disappearing….choose your word.  Even knowing that, it remains one  of God’s masterpieces.  It is great to join the tourists on the beach and just chill.  No one will bother you, and this whole area is filled with athletic or not-so-athletic types that are always jogging, swimming, boarding or paddling.

Our time here may be limited.  If this is heaven, God, I DO want to stay here forever.  Just wanted to get THAT out there.  We are so blessed.  Thank God I married wisely….. 

Of course I will show pics soon.  But give me a minute, we just got the computer set up today.  So it’s me and the cats off to bed for now…………aloha 

As I walked out of the terminal, I realized that this was old-school flying.  I was going to have to walk up the stairs just like they did in the old movies, which was in character with this tiny airport.  TGNR  Thank God no rain.  As I went up the stairs I admired the brand new tires, and the shiny plane from the outside.  As an airport worker with a safety vest on was scurrying  around underneath the plane, I joked that everything checked out.  He chuckled and seemed like a pleasant guy.

As I went to my seat, I noticed that I COULD ask the aisle guy to move so that I could take my window seat, OR take the window of the exit row ahead of him.  Guess what I did?  Yep, got the exit row.  All of the crew was very upbeat, almost as if they loved their jobs.  I was told that I was in fact in an exit row, and could I perform the necessary procedures?

I laughed at the idea of a water landing, from Long Beach to Salt Lake City (SLC).  I was transfixed by the view of the brand new blue engine out my window.  When I asked, the gentleman told me that the plane was 13 days old (young).  Brandy New!

As we were informed of the proper procedures, I ignored them as always.  As we were getting ready to get ready to take off, I heard from the captains mike, "Buehler,   Buehler,   Buehler"  I heard some other chuckles, these guys just like to have fun.

The take off was prefect and we gradually climbed, leaving the LA area.  I kept staring at the blue engine as it shined when the sun hit it.  Did I mention I LOVE half full flights?  I know that JetBlue doesn’t like them as much as I do.

Each seat has its own TV, wow.  I did NOT get the headsets, and I planned to get some work done on the short hop to SLC.  Unable to ignore the TV, I was forced to endure 15 minutes straight of Martha Stewart.  When did she get out of jail?

OK, back to staring out the window.  It seemed like every 15 minutes there was another body of water.  I didn’t have a map. so I would only be guessing which ones they were.  At the beginiong of the flight they said "in the event of a water landing…." and I laughed.  I figured there was a better chance of Jet Blue buying Continental then us doing a water landing, but you never know.

I was given my drink and some cashews which I liked and got more.  They had other choices, and I REALLY liked that I did not get those teeny packages of pretzels this time.  I enjoyed the upbeat attitude of the crew.

Anyway, the descent into SLC was smooth and following some braking on the runway we were taxiing over to the terminal.

As we exited the plane following the great photo oppportunity, I felt they were sincere in offering up the pleasantries.

Thanks Jet Blue! 

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