Are Your Relationships Suffering from the Economy? What you say is what you get(R)!

August 2009

Dear Clients, Colleagues and Friends,

This month many are telling me their relationships are suffering from economic stress. How about yours?

1. Are you and your closest associates friends and family stressed out about money?

2. Are you or those close to you snapping, raising your voice, speaking negatively?

3. Are your relationships suffering as a result?

4. Are you being hard on yourself because of the economy which you cannot control?

5. Are you trying to tough it out alone without the support you need?

6. Do you want powerful tips to keep your relationships positive during these tough times?

See below for my powerful secret combination of tips to avoid relationship damage and keep

your relationships more positive.

Are your relationships suffering from the Economy Blues? One person finds himself

snapping at the most positive person he knows. Another finds himself spouting political

rage, dumping it on a friend. Couples in financial stress are snapping at each other.

How about you?

1. Are you and your closest associates, friends and family stressed out about money?

2. Are you or those close to you snapping, raising your voice, speaking negatively?

3. Are your relationships suffering as a result?

4. Are you being hard on yourself because of the economy which you cannot control?

5. Are you trying to tough it out alone without the support you need?

6. Do you want powerful tips to keep your relationships positive during these tough times?

My broker just called. I was going to call him, but he called me just then. The first thing he said was,

“I have been thinking about you. I know what hard times you are going through, but you always have a positive uplifting attitude and tone of voice. You are amazing. Anyone else in your circumstances would be ticked off at the world, but you are not.”

His appreciation touched me deeply and meant so much, as I work hard to walk my Positive Leadership talk and stay positive. He let me know that he really respected my positivity under the stress of losses. I am not angry. I am not taking medications. I have much peace despite the financial challenges and hassles which take up a lot of my time and weigh on me. In order to get that peace, I do many things daily to keep peaceful.

How about you? How are you doing under economic stress? A number of people have indicated to me this month that they are under huge stress and having trouble staying positive. (If you have a job, you should be very very very very grateful!) Some of them have been “leaking” Old Power behavior, even though in their best selves they know better.

They have found themselves furious about national leadership, about their personal losses, snapping at others, and reverting to criticism without any appreciation. It made me realize that although I wrote the book From Old Power to New Power, Which Leaders Will Survive for leaders, the same Old Power negative behaviors are causing problems in personal relationships….

Dear me! Another book to write! Maybe audios instead! Meanwhile, my secrets for staying positive and avoiding negative states--the magic is the combination of all of them together.

Leadership and Consulting/Coaching Tips: Negative Old Power influences to avoid and positive New Power strategies:

Negatives to Avoid If You Want More Positive Relationships

1. Sugar and alcohol, Refined carbs, white flour (except for a glass of red wine with dinner. One!)

They agitate then depress you. Eating these is being overly aggressive to yourself. Try fruit!

2. Negative emotional news and outbursts on the media. This is not entertainment, you are being programmed if you allow it. Let them shout, not you! Any media or stories that paint anyone as a helpless victim. We are not helpless.

3. Avoid negative angry people and relationships, as they will keep you stuck in the negative. This is very

bad for your mental, spiritual, emotional and physical health. Hey, other than that......

4. Stay away from any negative religious messages or programming. God is not angry at you.

5. Watch your own thoughts and words. If negative, switch to the positive. What You Say Is What You Get(R)! This is not a time to criticize yourself or your closest people. Express your feelings without criticizing others. (We teach these skills to clients.)

Many are feeling vulnerable and uncertain from the Economy Blues, especially business owners or the unemployed facing losses. What’s done is done. Move forward based on what you want and what your inner wisdom calls you to be and do.

New Power Positive Relationship Strategies for Leaders, Consultants, Employees, Coaches, and Close Friends & Family:

1. Eat healthy, it will stabilize your moods. Don’t overeat it will drag you down.

2. Exercise safely to boost your mood—yeah, neurotransmitters! You know the drill--check with your doctor first!

3. Give yourself positive supportive relationships and spiritual environments, prayer, meditation. We all need support!

3. Stick with positive media, stories, and people! Speak positive words. What You Say Is What You Get(R)!

4. Appreciate, appreciate, appreciate yourself and others! What You Say Is What You Get(R)!

“Appreciation can make a day - even change a life.”

Margaret Cousins

My broker got it right! So can you! Time to end each day or week with appreciations. Take turns, you go, they go, you go, they go. Very powerful. At the end of each day I appreciate myself out loud for the good things I did that day. Your relationship with yourself is at the core of your relationship with others. Time to build a more appreciative relationship within yourself. My Inner Team Works system I use with clients helps them create deeply self-respectful and self-loving relationships with themselves, thus improving their relationships with others.

For the full discussion of the dynamics, do’s and don’ts of appreciation, see “Wheel 2” in the Engine and 4 Wheels Leadership Language of Strengths System, What You Say Is What You Get®: The Secret Language of Great Business Results, 2nd. Ed.

Wishing you peace and prosperity--focusing on it for all of you more than ever!

Appreciatively,

Dr. Linne

Check out our site, www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com for books and products to help you

stay positive--30 years of positive communications expertise goes into them!!

"Build on Your Best"

Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717
Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series:
The Secret Language of Great Business Results
Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series
Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire
Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire
Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation"
Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage
Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders!
"The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness."
Dr. Linne

Copyright 2005-2008. All Rights Reserved.
Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.

How well do you see and apply the strengths in your business?

HI Everyone,

This is an issue people have brought up to me this month. How well do you do this?
To build on your strengths, you need to know in depth what they are!!! And how to apply them!

What is the practical application of greatness-for re-building

and growing your business in a tough economy?

Every company needs different strengths to thrive, grow and re-build, especially in a tough economy. How good are you at seeing your own strengths and those of your key people, suppliers and customers? What is it costing you not to do so? How can every part of your business do better with a strategic and practical application of those strengths? Any less than this will leave your company less successful than it can be! I find that few people know their strengths. Do you?

When I started this work, I was amazed to find that senior executive teams did not know their strengths or each other’s strengths and did not have a language of strengths to discuss it, and were shy or embarrassed to venture into this discussion. One team, after years of fear and constricted communication, turned around in one day using just 2 wheelsof the Engine and 4 Wheels Leadership Language of Strengths System in my book (see below) What You Say Is What You Get®:

The Secret Language of Great Business Results. Then they were eager to talk, change, grow, and plan. It was so exciting! This took very caring precise consulting, but it worked great!

How well do we know the top strengths of all our key players and how well are we using them to grow our business? I f I interviewed your employees confidentially, how good would they say you are and they are at doing this. I found that many clients did not know their strengths and did not know how to see them, much less apply them to every aspect of their business.

“There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability.

It is the ability to recognize ability.” Robert Half, Half International

July Holiday—Happy Independence/Interdependence Day

We are all interdependent with others in our businesses. As we celebrate our country’s

great heritage, even in our current problems, remember to see, really see, that independence is no longer enough. Many different skills are needed for success—yours

and others who support your business and family. Happy Interdependence Day!

Focus on strengths you need in your business and the specific strengths of all your key people, inside & outside your business! At www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com we have powerful easy tools for you. A % goes to charity.

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"Build on Your Best"
Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717
Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series:
The Secret Language of Great Business Results
Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series
Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire
Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire
Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation"
Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage
Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders!
"The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness."
Dr. Linne

Copyright 2005-2009. All Rights Reserved.
Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.

What is the most powerful foundation-the deepest key-for re-building and growing your business in a tough economy?

Hi Everyone,

Recently I have been having a HAT Conference, a meeting of all my roles, all the hats I wear.

Putting on my economist/MBA hat, I see the banks not lending, prolonging the credit crisis and the housing debacle, because:
1. Their capital requirement are higher, six to one for foreclosures.
2. Their toxic mortgage assets are valued higher than reality dictates since the mark to market rules were relaxed, allowing them to value assets at higher than market levels even though the mortgage assets are still declining in value.

Note that the markets rose only after the rule was changed, but the underlying assets
are worth even less now!

This raised the question for me, putting on my hat as a leadership power futurist:

What will it take to rebuild companies to get out of this recession faster? So many have lost so much. What do leaders need to do to create businesses on a stronger foundation? Given that the underlying cause of the economic crash is the use and abuse of Old Power (see previous posts) and that Old Power industries, such as autos and financial services caused the greatest losses and took the greatest hits, I claim in my new book

From Old Power to New Power--Which Leaders Will Survive? that only leaders who make the Power Shift to New Power (positive collaborative leadership based on integrated systems for strengths-based strategy and tactics) will survive, and that Old Power leaders will destroy their careers and companies, as we have seen.

Old Power--fear based, authoritarian, out only for onesself, excessive greed, unethical illegal activities--is over. The risk is simply too high. We are too interdependent for it to work anymore. Only knowing the greatest strengths in your company gives you the right foundation for survival and success. Anything less
is too slow and underperforms too greatly, especially with the downward pricing pressure in the global econony.

Example:

Two senior executive clients, hesitant to talk about their strengths, had difficulty clarifying their roles and responsibilities, frustrating both despite their respect for each other. They were both doing parts of their job they did not like, which the other was itching to do. When I got them to have this discussion, using my Engine and 4 wheels positive leadership language system, their effectiveness and relationship improved instantly.

Every time clients have applied strengths-based leadership systems, their effectiveness has improved dramatically, and faster than any of us would have imagined.

So in this tough economy, speed of results is the key to survival. What is the fastest way to rebuild, reboot and reclaim your business as more powerful?

Regardless of the ups and downs of the economy, your business leaders and employees have a powerful key to get back on track and thrive—your deepest greatness. External circumstances cannot take your greatness from you. Beyond that mundane list of strengths for job interviews, everyone has far more to contribute than most businesses realize, have accessed, or have applied.

But nowhere in our culture do we learn our Greatness Power and thus nearly everyone under-performs and under-contributes, and every company under-earns! We can do better!

How well does your company tap into and apply the deepest greatness of all involved?
What is it costing you not to do so? How can every part of your business do better with deeper use of strengths?

Any less than this will leave your company less successful than it can be!

"Build on Your Best"
Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717
Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series:
The Secret Language of Great Business Results
Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series
Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire
Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire
Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation"
Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage
Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders!
"The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness."
Dr. Linne

Copyright 2005-2009. All Rights Reserved.
Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.

How to Protect Your Relationships from Economic Stress

HI Everyone,

All around me I am hearing of relationships at work and at home in trouble because of financial setbacks and stress. I am reminded of a quote from the movie, "How Stella Got Her Groove Back"--"Money is a sad reasons for folks to be together or apart." Don't let money issues destroy your relationships! Be grateful for those relationships--they keep us going.

How are your relationships? Are you and others acting strangely, more tense?
How can you protect the morale in your business and at home?
If I interviewed your employees confidentially, how fearful would they say they are?

What can you do to counterbalance and heal the negative input into relationships due to the economy?

Do the math: If you add in negatives, you have to add in positives just to get back to zero. Therefore
you need to add even more positives to get your relationships on the positive side again.

What can you add? Positive listening, appreciation, asking positive questions. Reviewing your successes.

Now, in this situation you need to be highly skilled at this due to all of the sensitivities, so you don't open your mouth, insert foot and cause trouble. Never in my 30 years in positive leadership have I seen such a deep and extensive need for positive leadership and communication skills, highly developed skills, as there is now!

Think about it--how important is it to you to have relationships that support you, and you supporting them?

What are you willing to do to create/strengthen them?

If you want help with these skills, please see our site for books and e-books and e-articles.
As Dr. Appreciation, I have the most experience , pioneering these skills 30 years ago. Clients taught me early on, when there was no research or resources other than my work, that you really have to know what you are doing. You cannot just open your mouth and hope the right things come out.

Right now, what is more important than positive relationships?

Wishing you the best of relationships at work, for more profit, and at home, for more peace.

Appreciatively,
Dr. Linne
"Build on Your Best"
Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717
Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series:
The Secret Language of Great Business Results
Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series
Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire
Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire
Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation"
Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage
Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders!
"The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness."
Dr. Linne

Copyright 2005-2009. All Rights Reserved.
Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.

Time to Clear out the Old and Prepare for Your New Business Focus

HI Everyone,

A few forward-thinking business owners and leaders are already asking, How can I rebuild my business,
reposition ourselves to profit from the coming difficulties and the ultimate turnaround? Are you asking
this? If not, you should be? I have re-configured my services into smaller less expensive chunks while
at the same time added massive value for larger contracts with larger firms.

What changes is the market asking you to make in your business? How clear are you on your greatness
and how to apply it to your business strategy? One client accomplished more in 6 months than in the previous 2.5 years. Another got a raise when others were being laid off. Both focused first on their greatness,
at the deepest levels, then we strategized how to implement that greatness in their companies.

Much more fun and much easier than trying to struggle through hard times by focusing on difficulties first!
I recommend it. No one in this culture knows their greatness fully, so we all underestimate what we can do!
Imagine our country if everyone knew their greatness! Imagine your business!
Need help? Give us a call. Only your greatness is the strongest foundation for success and inner peace.

Wishing you peace and prosperity.

"Build on Your Best"
Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717
Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series:
The Secret Language of Great Business Results
Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series
Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire
Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire
Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation"
Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage
Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders!
"The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness."
Dr. Linne

Copyright 2005-2009. All Rights Reserved.
Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.

Secret power: No time to hide your light under a bushel basket!

HI Everyone,

Despite huge business and real estate challenges, I am back and still strong.
How about you? Drowning in negative media and people around you?
Still strong? Running for the hills? Hunkering down or finding ways to grow your business?
Wondering-- how can I survive and strengthen my family and friends?
Scared for what you see happening in the US economy and Washington?

Amidst all this, what is the most powerful resource you have to turn things around
in your life and the lives of those you care about?

Simple: Your strengths and greatness! They are yours. They are still there. You
still have them. No one can take them from you, despite external circumstances.

The thing is--do you have any idea of what your strengths are? Other than that
list you use for your job interviews, how well do you really know your greatness?
Not well? You are not alone!

Think about this--where in our culture do you learn your greatness? Home?
School? Work? I doubt it! Our culture, as now, focuses on what is wrong,
not what is right! Yet what is right is our greatest resource! And knowing how
to identify and apply your deepest greatness for business success--where is
that taught?

In working with clients, we always start with their deepest greatness and
then fold them out into their careers or business strategy. Not only do
they love being seen for their very best, deeply, they realize that
they have under-succeeded hugely compared to what they can do
with their greatness applied! Seeing their results is so rewarding.

When I started this work decades ago, I had no idea how
powerful it was, but clients make it crystal clear the difference it makes for them.
A recent client who saw and applied her strengths more fully got a raise in a few weeks of working with me despite her company laying people off! In this economy!

So this is no time to hide your light. Find out your strengths and deepest
greatness. Turn your business and financial life around! And enjoy!
Want help? Visit www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com, or email us
at drlinne@whatyousayiswhatyouget.com

Wishing you the best of your strengths!
Dr. Linne

"Build on Your Best"
Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717
Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series:
The Secret Language of Great Business Results
Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series
Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire
Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire
Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation"
Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage
Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders!
"The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness."
Dr. Linne

Copyright 2005-2009. All Rights Reserved.
Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.

Pull Out All the Stops--Use Your Best

Hello Everyone,

Right now our country stands at the brink of a huge leadership decision,
perhaps the most important of many decades. Our economy is
severely limited by an unprecedented aggregate of events. Many
do not understand the complexity of what has happened or
what must happen to put things right.

But one thing is clear. Our economic growth and repair is the
single most important key to our well being and national security.
Regardless of our political positions on other issues, we must
have a president who will get lending capital flowing, create jobs and reduce taxes.
Our best hope right now is McCain.

I am not taken in by Obama's glamour and oratory, as there are too many troubling
aspects to his past. At best, they indicate that he has extremely poor
judgment in associates and his ethics are in question. While campaigning
for change, he presents a most traditional platform and has taken
huge amounts of earmarks-pork-while McCain has taken none.
As a positive change leadership expert,this is not my idea of change.

As a professional speaker and change leadership expert, I know that motivational
speaking and leading a country are two very different skill sets.
Motivation is necessary but it takes far more than that to
recover from our current state. We need leadership experience!!

Our best hope is McCain now. He is dedicated to our country above all else
and is not at an age where he is trying to feather his political nest for the future.
And his economic policies have a much better chance of setting us right. He
has worked across the aisle for decades. And we need the balance of power
desperately. We have a democratic Congress--we need a Republican
President. It's not that I agree with everything about McCain....but
right now, he is our best hope. Make no mistake.

How about you? Are you using your best skills to promote your economic
survival and thrival during this time? What are your best strengths and
how can you use them to generate more income? Think about it. Talk
to your family and friends about it. There is always more inside of
us than we know. Time to discover and profit!!!

Wishing you the best. Keep your chin. Up. And please pray or
hold a positive vision for our nation. We need all the help we can get!

Warm regards,
Dr. Linne
"Build on Your Best"
Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717
Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series:
The Secret Language of Great Business Results
Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series
Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire
Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire
Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation"
Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage
Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders!
"The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness."
Dr. Linne

Copyright 2005-2008. All Rights Reserved.
Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.

Old Power, New Power-Which Presidential Candiate is Best?

HI Everyone,

Being a leadership power expert can be most interesting!
Watching the Presidential candidates, I have looked carefully at both of them and how adept they
are at Old Power and New Power. Within the US, we expect collaborative process from our leaders.
President Bush did not do this and paid for it heavily.

Yet in dealing with dangerous Old Power nations with brutal dictators, our President must
be adept in using Old Power, as Old Power brutal dictators from nations or regions
with thousands of years of Old Power brutal dictators in their psychological DNA have no
concept of New Power and respect only Old Power. They laugh at sanctions and fines, and
have no clue about real collaborative New Power.

The US President must be skilled at both Old and New Power in order to protect our national
security and grow our economy, the top imperatives now.

On the Power Evolution Curve, which reflects the Power Shift from Old Power to New Power, Old Power nations are behind New Power nations on the timeline, which causes huge political problems and security risks.

Only if Old Power countries are extremely poor like N. Korea will they come around to a safer nuclear or energy stance. Wealthy dictatorships like China, Russa, Iran, etc., have no reason to collaborate. Thus the US President has to be tough enough to use Old Power as a last resort, of course, to protect our national security yet New Power collaborative enough to work together across the aisle to get things done.

If you apply this analysis, to both candidates, this is what you see:

Sen. John McCain: Clearly can use Old Power and also has worked across the aisle in collaboration, understands New Power yet can protect us. He understands the psychology of Old Power countries and how it differs from our own in the U.S., and how Old Power countries can put us at risk economically and politically because of how they operate.

Sen. Barack Obama: Understands New Power but lacks the strength of ability/willingness to use
Old Power to protect us when needed. Not tough enough and does not understand how the psychology
of Old Power countries can harm us in terms of national security and economy.

Another way to see the election!
Think about it--we are at a crossroads.
In hope and appreciation,
Dr. Linne
Leadership futurist, power expert.
"Build on Your Best"
Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717
Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series:
The Secret Language of Great Business Results
Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series
Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire
Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire
Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation"
Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage
Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders!
"The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness."
Dr. Linne

Copyright 2005-2008. All Rights Reserved.
Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.

At Last, The Positive Strenths-Based Leader Gains Acceptance

Hi, Everyone,
After decades of waiting, I am hearing a few other voices that see the "what's wrong" problem-solving method as a dead end in workplace projects involving people. Even though every MBA program teaches it, I have said for over 25 years, no one wants to be the "what's wrong"!
Do you?

The positive strengths-based approach to leadership and change works so much better and faster.
When people know you look for their best not their worst, they want to engage and are open to change, because, if you are sincere, you have credibility as a leader. One client executive created two successful re-organizations when starting from disasters using my positive systems. He received 2 promotions and became a CEO.

Look around in your business: How many positive vs. negative statements do you hear per day?

I waited over a quarter of a century for researchers to support me and here it is at last: In 2006,
Univ. of Michigan researchers found that the more positive statements in a company, the more profitable the company!

No surprise! Clients find that tough situations turn around quickly and without conflict when positive approaches prevail.

Only positive systems speed you to profit while strengthening all involved.
So check out your company! What will you find?
Enjoy,
Dr. Linne

"Build on Your Best"
Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717
Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series:
The Secret Language of Great Business Results
Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire
Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire
Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation"
Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage
Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders!
"The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness."
Dr. Linne


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Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.

The Positive Profit Power of Passion

Hi Everyone,
The bigger your goals, the bigger your challenges!
So, what keeps you going when life drags you down?
Only passion!
Just plowing through a list of daunting tasks is no way to live.
Passion keeps you connected to the "why" in your heart!
Passion gives you:
Creativity
Enthusiasm, attracting others you need
Momentum, forward motion.
Speed, moving to profits faster..
More fun!

So, what's not to like about passion?
Plug into yours and watch what happens!

Enjoy,
Dr. Linne
"Build on Your Best"
Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com
www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO ITLC
Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants
Co-author, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, positive leadership book,
What You Say Is What You Get(R): The Secret Language of Great Business Results
What You Say Is What You Get(R): Your Positive Quotient PQ (R) Questionnaire
What You Say Is What You Get(R): Your Appreciative Quotient AQ (R) Questionnaire
What You Say Is What You Get(R): Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children,
2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation"
Coming soon!! Dr. Linne's Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders!
"The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness."
Dr. Linne's Positive Power Quote

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Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.

What the Media Say is What We Get

Well, the negative press has worked. Both stock and real estate markets down badly.
How much is real? How much is fear, negative programming?
What if we heard as much good news as bad?
Where would the markets be?
I say higher!
What do you say?
DR. Linne Bourget

"Build on Your Best"
Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com
www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO ITLC
Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants
Co-author, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, positive leadership book,
What You Say Is What You Get(R): The Secret Language of Great Business Results
What You Say Is What You Get(R): Your Positive Quotient PQ (R) Questionnaire
What You Say Is What You Get(R): Your Appreciative Quotient AQ (R) Questionnaire
What You Say Is What You Get(R): Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children,
2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation"
Coming soon!! Dr. Linne's Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders!
"The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness."
Dr. Linne's Positive Power Quote

See our positive blog:
http://drlinnebourget.blogspot.com

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Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.

The Must -Do Positive Way to End 2007

HI, Everyone!
How's it going? How was your 2007? I was so excited about my new business platform and the books I finished to support it. At last I was positioned right to be of greatest service and add massive value to client companies. And hey, I could finally get some of the financial rewards from being a leadership futurist 20yrs. early with my leadership work!

And then it happened. Suppliers' performance blocked us. No books were printed in time for the holiday season, when 70% of books were sold. Bummer. Major disappointment! So here I am, the founder of positive leadership, ending the year on a sad note. What could I do or say to bring inspiration. Then I remembered to tell myself what I tell clients:

We can always choose what we focus on, the good or the bad. I chose to re-focus on all of 2007 and started a list of accomplishments. And hey, there is good stuff here!

Helping clients through tough times, finishing 2 books, From Old Power to New Power - Which Leaders Will Survive? and Appreciation - The Secret Key to a Magical Marriage, and nearly finishing a major training system for corporate clients and one for real estate investors on my Master Intuition System. Making new friends who are on my positive intuitive wavelength, and only gaining 5 pounds from the stress of a tough Phoenix summer with a record # of days over 110 degrees, the death of a friend and the book crisis. And I kept myself swing dancing even when I did not feel like going, which brings me joy. I only missed two dances when I was in town, all year! And much more.....

So, how about you? Only your greatness is the best foundation for your success. Don't even think of setting your 2008 goals until you have listed all of your accomplishments for 2007. Give yourself credit for the good stuff you do and celebrate it. Throw an accomplishments party and everyone gets to say what they accomplished for 2007.
And no long faces. Everything counts.

Now, this is a great way to start a new year, eh? Go for it and enjoy!

Wishing you the best of the Winter Solstice, Hanukah, Christmas, and Kwanza, or any other holiday you observe.

May peace, joy and prosperity be your constant friends in 2008
Warmly,
Dr. Linne Bourget
www.oldpowernewpower.com
www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com

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Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.

What You Say Is What You Get(R) - Have You Appreciated Them In Time?

Dear Clients, Colleagues and Friends,

I know it has been awhile. Finishing 2 new books at once captured my time. Now they are going to print. What books captured me so completely? See details at the end of this post.

Meanwhile, my sad personal news is a wake –up call for all of you! Heed these powerful lessons from my friend's passing! This post could save your life!

A dear business friend died of a sudden heart attack. A huge and sad loss. He was always positive and encouraging and I will miss him!

Powerful lessons for all of you from his passing:

1. I am so glad I appreciated him while I could. There is nothing I wished I had said and did not. In my grief, shock and loss, I am grateful for that, and grateful I had the skills to let him know often how much I appreciated who he was, what he did, and his support.

Another friend I spoke with shared his anguish when a friend of his died and he had not spoken his words of appreciation. Years later, it still hurt him! He said how important it was to know that I had said my apprecations and how important a lesson it was for everyone, and wanted to make sure I share it with everyone. How about you? Do you keep current with your appreciation?

2. Be sure you appreciate people in your life while you can. Learn the skills to give great appreciation so you can express what you really mean. Don’t leave it unspoken and be sorry later!

4. When his doctor told him weeks ago that he needed a procedure after a stress test, he refused. I did not know about it or would have pushed him to get treatment. All of you men reading this, and type A women, go get your heart checked, have a stress test and listen to your doctor! My friend had a wife, family, friends, and little granddaughter who needed him. He was on the brink of doing the biggest work of his life! And he was only 60! Learn from his mistake!

5. What do you need to say and do right now in your life to be fulfilled? Do it, don’t wait. Life is precious, and your time is your life.

Holiday– Thanksgiving William James said, “The deepest craving in human nature is to be appreciated.”

My Thanksgiving ritual since the middle 1970s has always been to go around the table and give thanks for what you appreciate in your life.

This year, appreciate your friends and family as individuals for what they bring to your life also. Don’t wait and be sorry later. What You Say Is What You Say(R)

Reflections and the Holidays - Gifts to Bring Appreciation into Your LIfe

Losing my very positive friend makes me even more grateful to be an appreciation expert and strengths-based leadership consultant and bring appreciation-based tools and systems to friends and clients. It also makes me very sad to lose one of my most appreciative friends. They are a special and rare treasure.

How well do you appreciate those at work and at home? How positive and skilled are you as an appreciator? Make sure you appreciate those at work and at home, before it is too late! My friend enjoyed and believed in my work on appreciation. One of his last newsletters was on the power of appreciation.

Appreciation gifts to transform your relationships at work and at home! Note: A percentage of proceeds from these gifts will be given to my friend’s chosen charity.

1. What You Say Is What You Get®: The Secret Language of Great Business Results, by Dr. Linne Bourget, endorsed by Mark Victor Hansen Co-creator, #1 New York Times best-selling series Chicken Soup for the Soul^® and Co-author, The One Minute Millionaire and Dr. Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Business, University of Southern California, author/co-author of 27 leadership books, including On Becoming a Leader, Organizing Genius and Geeks and Geezers, consultant to U.S. Presidents, United Nations and Fortune 500 CEOs.
One of my two new books:

2. Appreciation – The Secret Key to a Magical Marriage-What You Say Is What You Get®

What every husband and wife needs to know about your spouses secret language of love. If you want to know how to get better appreciation in less time with more fun, read her book. It will wow your soul!” Mark Victor Hansen, co-creator Chicken Soup for the Soul® series, and co-author, The One Minute Millionaire and Cracking the Millionaire Code

3. What You Say Is What You Get®: Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children of All Ages, 2 Hour 2 CD Audio Book to strengthen your family, endorsed by Pat Williams, Sr. Vice President, Orlando Magic Basketball Team, father of 19 children (14 adopted), and Mark Victor Hansen, co-creator, Chicken Soup for the Soul Series®!

Out of respect for your time, these are all very user-friendly, fast to read, easy to hear, practical and powerful, and based on 25 years of client feedback. Visit http://www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com and click on services and products. Sign up there for our "free" positive leadership newsletter, two power-packed pages once a month!

My friend was excited and encouraging that I had just finished this new leadership book. It reflects his positive business philosophy as well as mine. The other new book!

1. From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?

What every leader needs to know about the Power Shift!!

“Dr. Linne Bourget is the female personification of the Dalai Lama. She has remarkable talents, gifts and attributes which uniquely position her to effect world change. I have had the opportunity to meet many famous and powerful “World Leaders” over the course of my life, and while that is always a special opportunity, it is even more rare to meet a true “World Changer”. Dr. Linne, with her work on leadership power, has the capacity to effect world change.” Bill Bartmann, Author, Billionaire Secrets to Success, Billionaire Business Coach

Available at http://www.oldpowernewpower.com on the services and products page.

Wishing all of you the best of appreciation-filled holidays. Much more important than the food!

Dr. Linne Bourget

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Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.