I Love Writing!

Writers Inspiring Writers!

2012-01-30T11:29:00.000-08:00

You are reading this now because you love to write.

So do I.

I may do something a bit different than you.

I inspire others to write and that opens conversations regularly with aspiring writers worldwide.

Who knows?

It might even lead to a project with me.

For the most part, I write and coach Memoir.

I inspire writers to tell the story of their life.

Whether they are a young writer getting the grasp of writing a paragraph or a more seasoned writer with quite a story to tell. I urge them to begin.

And so I ask you to join me.

Follow my blog at steve-tarde.blogspot.com and write me.

You will always get a response.

Read my visualization theories about vocabulary immersion and direct your own coaching sessions.

Read my memoir Gift To My Dad (Amazon) and teach visualization to athletes, students and entrepreneurs.

You are a writer.

Write!

Open as many levels of communication as you can.

Once I answered a letter from a Bulgarian Doctor and it led to an extraordinary ghostwriting project.

I say this to all writers.

It begins with a conversation.

So let it begin.

Don't Stop Now

2012-01-28T22:26:00.000-08:00

Sometimes a reader writes me and comments on a few blog entries, as if they know me by reading a few passages.

A word to the wise.

You don't.

As I said to my ex-wife, before we divorced, I am a very complicated man.

I live baseball and football and have coached athletes at the highest level.

My Memoir Gift To My Dad (Amazon) has been read by many and gives the reader just another view of the complicated relationships in my life.

I am a teacher who believes every child should have an equal opportunity to get an excellent education and not just because their family went Ivy League before them.

Yes, if you are going to read me, then take your time and read me or don't read me at all.

Writers!

2012-01-28T15:21:00.000-08:00

What is a writer?

Someone who enjoys words so much that there passion is to spend each day for the rest of their lives finding new ways to express themselves and the world around them.

I coach writers and would be glad to show you how I reach writers and begin a conversation.

If you have a gift to write, you should share that gift.

Reading my blog at

steve-tarde.blogspot.com

will keep you up with my methods.

If you want to share more, begin the conversation.

What's Your Story?

2012-01-26T10:11:00.001-08:00

He sat in his car wondering how many hours he wasted in his life driving the same road to nowehere. 3 hours a day. 15 hours a week. 750 hours a year. What could he do with 750 hours a year? Would it have helped him build a better relationship with his son?

For Openers

2012-01-25T09:34:00.000-08:00

He was a prominent doctor in San Diego. Why did they always say doctors were prominent? Did you ever hear of a homeless doctor.
I knew one thing. By tonight, this prominent doctor would be dead!

Dear Car Dealer:

2012-01-21T04:25:00.000-08:00

Dear Car Dealer:

My Baseball Memoir Gift To My Dad about my dad and me has been read by thousands on the Net.

It is available on Amazon.

It is also a one man show which I can bring alive in your dealership.

Imagine how you can bond fathers and sons and their love for baseball in one poignant moment.

These are your customers and entertaining them with my Memoir will likely begin another conversation for you and your staff.

And that conversation will lead to sales.

I am ready to begin a conversation with you.

stevetarde@gmail.com

America Is A Fraud!

2012-01-19T01:37:00.000-08:00

I love America!
I am not ashamed to sat my knees grow weak and I become emotional often when hearing the national anthem at sporting events.
My daughter-in-law's dad is of Filipino descent and fought alongside American troops in World Wort II.
I have watched him weep with nostalgia and joy when listening to the music which defines America to so many.
But America is a fraud.
We have done nothing to advance the success of our young people in 60 years or more.

I was educated in public schools beginning in 1955. I thought I had a pretty well rounded education, but what was missing.

1. Spanish
2. Entrepreneurship
3. Nutrition
4. Health
5. Confidence
6. Study of Money
7. Cooking

I am sure you get the idea.

Were American visionaries so blind in 1950 that they didn't see the need to teach every American to be bilingual in a country which would be heavily Latin by the end of the century?

No matter how I did in high school, I had nobody who was going to help get me into an Ivy League school, study at Oxford or match my talents with their vision for me.

There has never been a national mentoring program in the United States.

And it could be the answer.

If only we could see it.

Beautiful Minds

2012-01-18T07:44:00.000-08:00

Why would you be part of a worldwide mentoring organization?

Why would I create one?

Those who have read my blog know that I believe America has been abysmal at partnering our extraordinary talents with those seeking guidance.

So I have put out a casting call for all those who believe they could lend their talents to such an endeavor.

It is attracting some extraordinary minds.

Will it attract yours?

My Days With The Mob

2012-01-17T12:39:00.000-08:00

I was parking cars at the Crab Bucket, a little spot near Fort Lauderdale which oozed money from the greedy palms of South Floridians in the late 1970's.

My newly minted MBA meant that I was educated and very poor.

My brother-in-law was my 3rd brother-in-law who tried marriage to my crazy sister-in-law.

There was Steve who I had never met who was Joyce's college sweetheart.

Then came the entrepreneur Harold who ran a sneaker outfit and was the first to show Joyce the glitter she so needed to keep her alive.

Unfortunately, for Harold, his sex appeal wasn't appealing to Joyce and she divorced him for husband #3, Alberto.

She was married to him for 20 years and he didn't tell her until the end of their time together that he had another family living in New York.

Nor did he tell her something that might have chilled her to the bone.

Al was a certified mobster.

And in the summer of 1977, Al put me on staff.

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We Attract Writers!

2012-01-17T07:21:00.000-08:00

January is off to an amazing start with the month only half over and a huge number of new writers joining forces with me.

Why do they join?

There are often many reasons, but one that stands out is they love to write, but there is a big problem.

They have yet to discover a way of making money at it.

I do two things very well.

I write and I need writing like oxygen.

I make money from my writing.

And this is the reason writers check in with me regularly to study my methods.

If you want to spend your entire day writing and not giving huge chunks of that day working for others, lets start a conversation.

stevetarde@gmail.com

Visit my 7 year journey at steve-tarde,blogspot.com and take note of the fact that my voice is unique.

I live the life I teach about.

I can't imagine any other way of life.

And my students join me on the Net and write how they have found something special in their life and how its ignited their passion.

This attracts even more students.

And an abundance which I greatly share.

Let me mentor you so you can mentor others.

I am Writer

2012-01-17T03:17:00.000-08:00

There is one fact that separates me from all others.
I have found how to get paid well for my writing.
I mentor writers from all over the world.
My writers mentor other writers.
And in attracting writers and mentoring writers, we all prosper.
Spend a little time with my 7 year blog at
steve-tarde.blogspot.com
See if it speaks with you as no other posting you have ever seen before
Then begin the conversation.
I will be waiting.

It Begins With a Conversation

2012-01-15T17:59:00.000-08:00

I like mentoring new writers.

They come in all shapes and sizes.

I spoke with a bright lady today in Los Angeles who wants to write 24/7 and not deal with a job which keeps her from breathing the oxygen she so craves.

When she first responded to one of my posts, these were her words, not mine.

This was her candid analysis of my post which had caught her attention one day.

I know how to make money – shows your confidence.That Memoir is taught worldwide – shows your tail feathers and experience. It begins with a conversation – an invitation to respond. It was not a normal ad. You offered the address so I could (and did) check your blog BEFORE I wrote back. It begins with a conversation was probably what got me to respond. I love e-mail and written words. They are powerful and can move a person to cry, to imagine they are there, to feel something the way the author intended. But, a conversation – that requires intelligence, input and understanding from both parties. I’m in. Sandee

What about you?

Are you a writer struggling to find jobs.

Here is what I know about me.

I love writing.
I love to make money.

And unlike you, I have a formula for making money using mty writing.

Iguess what I am saying is shouldn't we at least begin the conversation.

Memoir

2012-01-14T14:03:00.000-08:00

Several followers and respondents are lining up for more information about Memoir 2012, so let me take time from personal Memoirs and wacky family tree and talk more about Memoir.

If you aim to be one of my Memoirists, you will pay an authorization fee to qualify for my mentoring (negotiated).

You are using my methodology and mentoring to present a program which has worked for me for years.

Memoir enables your students to memorialize key events in their lifetime and preserve them for future generations.

Many participants in Memoir have shared with me that the introduction to regularly planned writing in their lives has given them a renewed reason to live.

I plan to ask my teachers to spend more time with Long Term Care (previously called nursing homes) centers in 2012 as Memoir is becoming an activity that facility directors are asking for.

So how do you start.

Start at the beginning.

Read my Memoir book (Gift To My Dad) available from Amazon.

Read my blog (yes, all 450 plus entries over time).

It will teach you a lot about memoir.

I will teach you the rest.

It takes only one event to get you off and running.

And I will be with you each step of the way.

Birchwood and Mr. Packer's Balls

2012-01-13T17:47:00.000-08:00

Catching Mr. Packer's balls was the highlight of my elementary school career.

Actually, my own balls were surgically repaired when I was 6, but that is a memory for a different time.

Packer was the beefy gym teacher at our South Huntington Wildcat elementary school where dressing out was wearing the maroon and white wit the big Wildcat face on a white Y-shirt.

We played Bombardment in those days, a version of the Dodge ball made popular by the Stiller-Vaughn movie of a few years back.

When Packer inserted his Tarzan frame into our game it was like a grown man playing against little boys. Maybe that was because in fact it was a grown man playing against little boys.

The red rubber ball looked like a grape in Packer's meaty hands. When it left his hands, it seemed to travel like a missile until it shattered whatever and whomever was in its way.

Since I was one of the best athletes in the school. the rumor that day was that Packer was gunning for me.

It was a year before my own balls went on strike (as I said material for another entry) and I was ready for Packer.

I didn't have to wait long. Most of my teammates had been pulverized by Packer's sizzlers and they sat in degrees of writhing pain on the sidelines of our little gym.

Now the ball came at me, cutting through the air and causing a whooshing sound like the precursor of a coming storm. I smothered the cannon shot in my little body of all of 100 pounds and fell to the ground, clutching my trophy.

I had become the first boy in school history to catch a Packer fastball.

The cheering boys engulfed me in celebration.

Packer was standing defiantly with his hands on his hips. He had the look of Apollo Creed (of course years later) when he knocked down Rocky Balboa, only to be amazed that he had the audacity to rise again.

Packer quickly signalled another game to begin and once again, the outcome came down to Packer and me.

I could tell by the veins popping out of his size 22 neck that he was serious this time. He pointed to me like Ruth in the 1932 Series and made a gesture which I am sure would have had him in front of the school board if it hadn't been 1959.

With a deranged gaze, he approached the dividing line and gave a little extra effort as his ball came whistling through the quiet gym.

I could tell that this one had a little extra mustard on it. I went down to one knee like a catcher readying himself for a Sandy Koufax (another future reference) fastball. I held my ground and perfected my balance. All the weight was on the balls of my feet. It seems like a plethora of balls references in this piece.

I caught this one even easier than the first. The Packer curse was over.

And so was the class as was most fitting. The last time anyone saw Packer that day it was walking off the gym floor, shaking his head like Ralph Branca after giving up the shot heard around the world.

My classmates carried me to the locker room, enjoying the moment as much as I.

But the best was yet to come.

Mr. Wagner, the principal, summoned me to his office and was quick to shake my hand.

"Congratulations, young man, it seems like you have done something today that has never been done around here before."

I just gushed.

Just then the principal's secretary appeared at the doorway.

"What did Steve do?" She inquired.

"Well. it seems like Steve is the first in school history to successfully handle Mr. Packer's balls."

Guru

2012-01-13T12:00:00.000-08:00

I work with a guru.

He is an amazing writer who teaches others how to make money by sharing his words with others.

Contact me and I will share his formula with you.

Love Writing? Love Money?

2012-01-12T18:52:00.000-08:00

I do both.
My blog has been teaching writers for 7 years.
steve-tarde,blogspot.com

If I choose you to write with me, you wlll have to master the ability to attreact clients who send me hundreds of writing questions each week.

You will have to be a tenacious emailer and convince me of your dedication to writing and making money.

If you want to work with me, you will have to master both the writing and the sales end.

Otherwise. don't bother emailing me.

But if you do email me, expect a conversation which can be life changing.

I can't imagine a life without writing or making a great deal of money.

And I work only with those who share that philosophy.

My Mother Tried to Kill Me.

2012-01-11T23:33:00.000-08:00

At least once a month, my mom tried to kill me.
She didn't lure me to an open field and put a gun to my head.
No, she did it right out in the open.
She tried to smoke me out.

They say second hand smoke kills.
What about five women chain smoking for 5 hours and directing their collective smoke to my upstairs bedroom?
My dad, in an apparent desperate attempt to save my life, installed a ceiling fan in our split level home built in the 50's, but his frugality got the better of him.

Air conditioning was the answer, but my father would look at a price tag and go into septic shock.

No, it was every man for himself.

My dad excused himself for the evening and went bowling, his regular escape from being smoked in.

My sister and I slept in our bedrooms left to die.

Four Crack.
Three Bam.
East.

I have no idea to this day what those terms meant or do I have motivation to find out today.

I have managed to live into my sixties.
I have never smoked.
I don't drink booze.

Still, every once in a while, a doctor will take a look at my chest X-Ray and say to me:

"Have you ever smoked?"

And I sort of smile and say to him:

"Doc, do you know much about Mah Jong?"

What Drives Me To Work For Myself

2012-01-11T07:45:00.000-08:00

My supervisor called me into the little room.
We were auditing a major metropolitan hospital in Miami.
As CPA's, we were called in to examine the financial statements of enterprises, like hospitals and give our opinion whether their numbers fairly represented their activities.
My opinion?
I would rather be reading or writing or doing something else.
But what?
That would come in time.
Today, I had to deal with this pompous character. Whatever did he want?
I have been watching you, he shared with me.
You will either tell the firm or I will.
What was he talking about?
You know where I am coming from.
Actually, I have no idea I confided.
Then this moron of a man proceeded to tell me that he was positive I was smoking weed and he was prepared to ruin my career that very day.
I stared at him as if I was about to do harm to him.
I never have smoked weed in my life and if you ever address me again about your dumb observations, if you ever share anything with me that is not business related, I will hurt you.
With that, I left him to his stupidity.
Maybe on that day, in my 20's, that humid, miserable day in a dreary, drab hospital setting which depressed the hell out of me, I made a promise to myself.
I needed to work for myself.
I needed to answer to only one man.
Otherwise, surely, I would begin to die inside.
How much longer could I live like this?
How much longer could I ignore what was raging inside of me?

Work for MLM Publisher

2012-01-10T04:44:00.000-08:00

Last year I wrote Gift To My Dad (Amazon), one of their best Memoirs ever.

Now, I am publishing Memoirs like mad for MLM entrepreneurs who love the idea of working with someone who will combine their life story with a sure fire way to get prospects.

If you can sell that concept in social media and with your talent, don't send me a resume.

Show me your communication skills in a brief, but convincing email.

stevetarde@gmail.com

My First Time

2012-01-09T15:21:00.000-08:00

Who was it that first called me Mentor?

Was it my clients from my CPA practice in Miami?
Was it my students from Coral Gables after I quit the national CPA firm and went back to teaching?
Was it the Dallas Cowboys field goal kicker who begged me to work with him?
Was it Pete Maravich who taught me how to live like Hefner?
Was it Mickey Mantle who asked me if I ever played pro?
Was it Jerry West who asked me if I ever played pro?
Was it the kids at Torrey Pines High School in San Diego who had never heard motivation like mine.
Was it the boys from Saguaro High in Scottsdale, Arizona who believed in my methods along the way to a state championship.
Was it all of the students who studied how to manage their own Mentoring practice?

Was it?

Mentor

2012-01-09T05:39:00.000-08:00

When did I first become a Mentor?
When did I first start making it a business?
Why do I think I can teach you?

Questions I hear all the time.

For you see, I get letters every day from people who want my help.

I don't sell them weight loss products, gas cards or cosmetics, I mentor them.

And you could turn it into a lucrative business as well.

All you need is a computer, your passion and me.

How much money do you really want to make.

How much money would give you unbounded freedom?

If you don't know, isn't it about time you found out?

What is Your Purpose in Life?

2012-01-08T08:37:00.000-08:00

I have been on a journey for over a half century now.

What is my purpose in life?

I became a CPA in my 20's and lived a rich life that my parents never dreamed of.

I dined at Ruth Chris regularly.

My father could never understand.

What was wrong with Sizzler?

But it wasn't just about making money.

I found that I could do that easily enough with a machine and a connection to the outside world.

Making money is a very easy thing to do.

So why do so few people know how?

But is that our purpose on life.

To chase dollars?

If that was true for me, I assume I would have remained a CPA.

I found that profession full of extraordinary minds and empty souls.

They bored me from day one.

And they looked at me like I didn't belong.

I didn't.

But what was I?

I found the woman I wanted to be with, but I knew I was in the wrong place.

New York was always foreign to me.

The cold weather and gray skies depressed me and could not make up for the many advantages of life there.

Like Goldilocks, I looked for it.

It was San Diego.

Now I had discovered the place which was where my purpose was to be acted out, but what was the purpose?

I studied visualization and applied its powerful principles to my vocabulary teachings.

I had earned both undergraduate degress and graduate degress, but what were they really worth?

Were they simply tickets which were necessary to chase money?

If so, I had abandoned that life.

Couldn't I still make money and do good doing something that I loved?

And I wrote more about just that.

And the more I wrote, the more I was given signs that I should share my thoughts.

I would receive a few letters a week from former students and those who had read about my story.

Then the Internet surfaced and the inquiries increased.

And I continued to write about how writing and inspiring writers would help us discover our purpose.

And more people listened.

And I shared my formula how one could make money and still follow their purpose.

And more people joined.

Yet the journey is far from over.

It has only begun.

The Hook

2012-01-08T01:22:00.000-08:00

When my writing student shows me talent and decides to embark on Memoir, I am thrilled.

I remind then if they want that Memoir to be read, it is necessary to catch the reader's attention in the first 200 words.

If you don't do that, they will move on.

Keep it in mind.

They don't have to ready your silly Memoir.

Give them a compeling reason to do so!

Making Money

2012-01-07T15:35:00.000-08:00

My little worldwide writing company which I operate from my home is amazing.

And it's amazing for anyone who joins me.

It's successful because people want to hear more about and ask questions about writing.

And people like to talk to people when they have discovered a good thing.

I have always encouraged mentoring as the foundation of our business.

You bring me a student and I mentor them. Some will join our membership and others will take their advice and move forward.

The point is that the subject of writing and mentoring fascinates most everyone and leads people to ask questions as taken from my personal files below. You begin with me by adding to this amazing volume. Your role in this business and the money you make in it will grow depending on how much passion you have and how serious you are in making money in a business unlike any model you will ever come across.

I know because I invented it.

Some of my favorites.

Q. I want to be a good writer, but I don't know how to begin. How would you suggest I start?
A. Start by starting. Find a mentor to help you and get going.

Q. You are a mentor. What do you say to your students.
A. Write! You can't become a writer until writing becomes a regular activity and you begin to form a relationship with it.

Q. What should I write about?
A. Start with your life and start simple. Begin with a paragraph. Did you just see a movie. What would the first paragraph of your review say? Remember your favorite teacher? Tell readers why. Have a particular talent? Share it with your reader.

Q. What if I graduate from paragraphs to something more substantial?
A. Time for you to start your own blog.

Q and A with Steve

2012-01-07T12:55:00.000-08:00

Q. What do you do?
A. I inspire some to write, some to make money and some to do both.

Q. Explain.
A. I know how to attract writers and I know how to make money.

Q. You help them make money with their writing.
A. That happens, but we make money discovering inspiring writers as well.

Q. How do you do that?
A. As a Professor, I have mentored writing for decades. As a CPA, I have been making money for my writers.

Q. I am interested in the making money part. How?
A. I get hundreds of questions from prospective students seven days a week. Help me convert these students to my program and you will make money with me.

Q. How much money are we talking about?
A. I will say this once. I am not selling an Escalade here. This is an intangible. When people buy me, they are buying the fact that a former CPA set up a business years ago, which has enabled him to live a lifetime NOT working for anyone else. I start most students out with an opening fee of no less than $100. You will make a healthy percentage from that. Obviously, there is chance for you to develop an amazing relationship with me and get paid very well. You can make as little money as you need every month or you can make a great deal. It's all up to you.

Q. What will it cost me?
A. You will pay the $100 required of all as a one time fee. I will share with you the social media methods I use to get my volume, but you night want to brainstorm with me and use other ways to generate leads. This is a commission basis. When I get paid, you get paid. I have set it up to be one of the most attractive and simple businesses of all time.

Q. So I will be your broker?
A. I might have used another word. Yes, you are selling what I do and I will help you close. It's a joint effort. I have had members pick up what I do overnight and others I have had to spend varying degrees of time with, but I mentor them all. And every student, I have worked in my life, knows that as fact.

Q. What if I want to do what you do?
A. Many have broken away after time. You can do that at any time. As I said, this is like no business you have ever seen. It's about mentoring and writing and if you feel you have a better plan, go for it! You have my blessing. I know what loyalty is and I know what loyalty isn't.

Power of Writing

2012-01-07T08:08:00.000-08:00

This ad will soon appear nationwide.
Who knows?
By then, you might even be part of it.

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Power of Writing (An Amazing Business You Can Run From Home)

In 1982, I wrote a little book called Fire Your Boss and Hire yourself which bought me five years of independence with my family.

Can you put a price on that?

When I decided to make money again, I knew I had to focus on one thing which I was already known for: My independence.

That business has involved into a writing business which I run from my home and the Internet and I deal with people froma cross town and around the world.

For the first time, I am taking on those who would like me to mentor them on how to build the greatest independent business of all time.

The business I created, coaching new writers how to become better writers, is a business where you will answer to no one.

I will show you how to attract students, build staff and as you build your business, I will mentor you so you have 40 years experience on your side.

Selected students are just now being authorized to run this ad.

If you want to be included as part of my mentoring class of 2012, respond to the address indicated today.

Share a little about yourself and why a Writing business of your very own appeals to you.

A Little Help From My Friends

2012-01-05T09:50:00.000-08:00

What would you think if I sang out of tune,
Would you stand up and walk out on me.
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song,
And I'll try not to sing out of key.
Oh I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm,I get high with a little help from my friends,
Mmm, I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends.

Do you need anybody?
I need somebody to love.
Could it be anybody?
I want somebody to love.

What do I do when my love is away.
(Does it worry you to be alone)
How do I feel by the end of the day
(Are you sad because you're on your own)
No, I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm, get high with a little help from my friends,
Mmm, gonna to try with a little help from my friends

Do you need anybody?
I need somebody to love.
Could it be anybody?
I want somebody to love.

Would you believe in a love at first sight?
Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time.
What do you see when you turn out the light?
I can't tell you, but I know it's mine.
Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm I get high with a little help from my friends,
Oh, I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends

Do you need anybody?
I just need someone to love.
Could it be anybody?
I want somebody to love

Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm, gonna try with a little help from my friends
Ooh, I get high with a little help from my friends
Yes I get by with a little help from

MLM and Memoir

2012-01-04T20:52:00.001-08:00

One of the reasons Memoir will be such a juggernaut is the power of MLM.

If MLM is now part of your life, then you have a story to tell.

Your future customers and prospects want to know how you arrived at where you are today.

Through your Memoir, you can tell them.

When I wrote Fire Your Boss and Hire Yourself in 1982, the MLM industry was just gaining force. Thousands of entrepreneurs bought my new book as it was hailed as the MLM bible of the time.

Through Memoir, all of our stories will be collected.

It is a great way to introduce yourself to someone new.

Certainly, far more powerful than a business card or a presentation.

Memoir will become a place to go for seeking a successful entrepreneur as a mentor or to fall in love.

Memoir is about our lives.

If you have made a breakthrough in yours, we would like to know about it.

Memoir will tell your story.

Someone is waiting to listen.

A Rewarding Joint Venture

2012-01-04T15:58:00.000-08:00

Many of you today are being directed to my Blog for the first time.
Have a look around.
This is a Blog which dates back to 2005.
It is truly a Memoir Blog.
And thousands have students have come to me and started their blog in the same way that I did 7 years ago.
I get them started, but there is very little to do, but collect their registration money and show them how they can use my system of attracting others to start their own Memoir for personal exploration and make money on their own.
So one student learns Memoir and teaches another and money continues to change hands.
I am seeking a Joint venture partner who will manage my Facebook advertising and share profits as this business goes from modest to magnificent.
Don't waste my time with your resume or inane questions.
I have no interest other than what is stated here.
Of course, I will be glad to answer your questions.
stevetarde@gmail.com

The New Mentoring

2012-01-04T11:03:00.000-08:00

Over the past several years America has had millions of people out of work and have made arrangements to pay them for almost two years while they collectively sat on their behinds and made not one contribution of their talent.

And so much talent that had to offer.

Many Americans with brilliant minds who couldn't find work, but were slowly dying inside and out while their talent went wasted.

And so many Americans who would beneft from their one-one advice, but with no way of locating these frustrated mentors.

It is my next project.

Anyone can write a blog.

What about if those seeking a mentor could find the mentor of their choice based on their needs.

Suppose you could write all the time about your talents and get paid for it?

And sometimes simply work with someone who just needs you.

What if you could register such a blog and have a company support your work?

Suppose you could recruit other blogs and get paid for them?

What if we started helping others discover love, weight loss, health, money, a life plan, how to start a restaurant, how to get into college?

What if we became the real mentors?

What if you were part of it?

People Really Live Here?

2012-01-04T02:45:00.000-08:00

I never thought much about my imaging experience from high school.
I was too busy trying to make sense of my life.
And of course I had to eat.
America will eat you up if you don't have ready funds.
My journey led me to the South Bronx where as a 22 year old I began to teach in the South Bronx.
Dead dogs were my companions as I parked and walked to the gated fortress.
I began a year of teaching that I can best describe as enlightening.
I came away developing my early thoughts on mentoring.
Thoughts our educational system in America are still quite fuzzy about.
We have the manpower in this country to have people help people.
But we don't do a damn thing about it.
I am about to change that.
Are you with me?
steve-tarde.blogspot.com

Last At Bat

2012-01-04T02:09:00.000-08:00

It was on the baseball field where my journey to confidence began to take momemntum.
And it was on a Spring day in my senior season of high school that a power I had never seen on the Diamond made me a fan for life.
We trailed the Northport Tigers 2-1 in the last inning.
As I walked to the plate, I was determined to make up for my two strikeouts which summarized my weak effort on this day.
Apparently, my coach shared my view. With the tying run perched on 2nd base, he felt the need to insert a pinch hitter.
I talked him out of it and then immediately wondered what I done.
I was gambling with my future in high school baseball.
The tall Tiger southpaw smiled with recognition as I approached the box. It looked to me like he was grinning. Why not? One more out and he had his 2-1 victory. What kind of threat did I pose? I had two miserable whiffs.
As I was about to dig my spikes into the left-handed batter's box, I caught the scene over the right field fence where our student center had newly been constructed.
It was a beautiful day in late May (weather would become a powerful dynamic in my future life) and the kids, sat in their convertibles and on the hoods of their cars, catching the first rays of the year and maybe some baseball, if their vision was strong.
Suddenly, a flash.
I heard the crack of the bat and then I picked up the ball bouncing wildly in the green grass beyond the shortstop and splitting the outfielders.
With my speed, that kind of hit, could be a game winner.
Imagine what kind of highlight that would be for me and what it would do for my confidence.
I would be forever remembered as a ballplayer, a real ballplayer.
The umpire interrupted my reverie.
PLAY BALL!
The first pitch was a fast ball and I made great contact and true to my glimpse, the ball headed in the very same direction of my mental preview.
Forty plus years later, I still have friends say to me:
YOU WERE THAT BASEBALL HERO!
Of course, it would have all changed if I hadn't seen what would happen before it did happen.
Maybe that was the turning point for me on my journey to confidence.
But I was only 18.
What did I know?
Where was I heading?
Who really cared?
And if anyone cared, who could do something about it?

Are You The Creative Doer We Need?

2012-01-03T17:56:00.000-08:00

Some real nice contacts on Tuesday, including Franc, who was my personal favorite of the hundreds of responses I had.

Now a new day and this is going out to the Internet as well.

I am taking a journey here.

I am a writer attracting creatives.

Web support, venture capital, marketing, ideas.

I also have taught confidence.

This Memoir documents my journey.

But I think the search for Confidence should have it's own site.

If you agree, you will bookmark this blog (steve-tarde.blogspot.com)

And for those bold enough, email me at stevetarde@gmail.com.

I get back to those who make an impression on me.

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So what am I looking for in an creative?

Obviously, someone who brings their talent to the table.

Have an outlet to Venture capital?

Can you make yourself an indispensable member of our team?

You won't have to ask for rewards.

We will be sharing them.

Want to know my background?

My blog tells it all.

I want to provide an outlet for young people (and others) to discover confidence, choose mentors, connect to those who can be game changers in their life.

I am not interested in someone who sends me information I can't use or asks questions about timeframes and budgets.

They don't get it.

Do you?

The New Facebook

2012-01-03T14:24:00.000-08:00

I reached out to the Internet and it is now almost 3PM California time and I have received over 250 replies, so understand why I am directing you to my blog where you can find out more about Steve Tarde than you will ever need to know.

So what is my thought base on the 3rd of January 2012?

I want to create a monster.

Of course, I will still help people with their writing.

That is what I do.

However, I want to build the next Facebook for those who are looking for their confidence and have no idea where to find it.

I want those people on my site.

If you want to help build it with me, keep emailing me at stevetarde@gmail.com and follow my updates here.

And for the rest of you, have a nice life.

Are You Chasing Money on Facebook?

2012-01-03T13:16:00.000-08:00

I guess we all are, right?
Some people are here to find their long last buddy from the Vietnam era, but they are in the minority.

We are on a journey here. It is my thesis that there are millions of people who share my belief that the toughest part of life is finding your confidence. Some never do.

Join us and watch 2012 turn into a confidence inspiring time in your life.

Right before your very eyes.

The Apple Machine

2012-01-03T09:56:00.000-08:00

Where do you go to find your confidence?
I am hoping that my journey goes viral as they say today among college kids.
It seems that this generation is so lacking in their confidence and have no idea or desire to confront it.

I found myself in the cafeteria in Junior High.
Memorial Junior High School. The worst two years of my life.
One day I was talking with a friend in front of the apple machine. Yes, in the early 60's, they even had such a contraption.
"Isn't that the ugliest boy in school?"
Do you ever forget an incident like that?
How do you recover your confidence?

A black girl makes a comment to me.
Another time.
Same place.
I snap.
People are going to have to pay for their indignities.
I lash out with a punch.
She beats me silly as if I were her sparring partner.
The whole school sees this boy beaten in a fistfight.....by a girl!
How do you recover from that to become the confident man I am today?
I want others to share my journey.
So they can embark on their own.

Andy

2012-01-02T15:00:00.000-08:00

In my 20's, I began a lifetime of Confidence which flooded my life with amazing memories.
But at 12, I was still trying to find out who Steve Tarde was and what it meant to be alive.
I tried to deflect with my humor, but that wasn't always successful.
Then there was Andy.
Andy was a popular boy who all the boys longed to be.
Swashbuckling, sailing through life, great grades, athlete, good looking, swarming with girlfriends.
What more could a 12 year old boy want?
He was James Bond before we all were introduced to James Bond.
One day it became known that our 6th grade trip from our little hamlet in New York to the nation's capitol might be cancelled due to the fact that a 6th grader was being accused of bending silverware.
One of the more intimidating teachers stalked the cafeteria that day and challenged us to give up our friend, sell out a comrade to save the class.
I weighed the two and whispered Andy's name to the teacher who swore complete confidentiality.
It was only a ruse.
There was no confidentiality.
I became a villain to the graduating class.
I was a snitch.
The few friends I had left me that day.
Andy died last year of cancer, a prominent doctor, set to be wed to a woman who still has not recovered from his death.
Andy and I were still on the outs at the time of his passing, almost 50 years after my betrayal.
Some things one never forgets.

Making Money ther Lazy Way!

2012-01-02T11:21:00.000-08:00

I have always liked lazy.
I leave the house when it is absolutely necessary.
Hugh Hefner was an idol from an early age because he got to lounge around in his pajamas with big chested women, writing a magazine and playing board games in bed.
So I have developed many ways to make money at home, simply using your individual smarts and an Internet connection.
Let me know if you want to know more.
stevetarde@gmail.com
I think I will take a nap while my email fills up.

Teach others To Write Memoir

2012-01-02T10:40:00.001-08:00

Teach Others To Write Memoir and Change Lives!

My Dad Dominated My Early Life

2012-01-01T22:53:00.000-08:00

It was my dad who gave me my storyteller talent.
He wasn't as loquacious as I was, but he had good stories.
I remember most of them and they were damn good.
Dad was perhaps the most honest man I ever met.
He was intimidating and could withhold his love until you hated him like a demon.
But he never owed anyone a dime and was a very confident man.
Life never worked out the way he planned it, but that isn't that true for most?

When dad and mom took me to the Bronx to see my grandfather who had been born in Russia and came to this country just after 1900, it was like a scene from a play.

We would be watching the Yanks play on TV and Grandpa would come in and say: "What are you watching baseball for? What a waste of time? You are wasting your life away!"
And my dad would get in his face and scream: "And 67,000 people at the Stadium are wasting there time too, right pop?
The scared old man would slink back to his bedroom and my Uncle Jack, would choke on a cigarette which led him to 8 heart attacks, would try to alter the mood and get us to eat.
It was all about screaming, eating and family as a boy growing up in the 50's.
But I wouldn't choose this life for myself.
No, I had another life in mind.

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Write memoir with us and share it with your friends.
Maybe you will want me to mentor you and show you how you can make your writing pay off for you in 2012.
stevetarde@gmail.com
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Keep your comments on this blog coming and share your Memoir with us!

You don't have to start the way I did today, but use my writing as a model for your first pages.

As I told a student, you might edit several things you write along the way, but when we complete a year of writing, you will have enough for a book yo be most proud of.

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Want to play a role in making a book into a movie?
Drop me a note!

Happy New Year, Writer!

2012-01-01T15:27:00.000-08:00

How did I celebrate 2012?
Well, on the very last day of 2011, I blew out my computer and years of work.
Happy New Year to you!
So begins our Memoir which we will write together.
How do you start your Memoir?
Well, let's set some simple ground rules.

1. You need to write everyday. Each day for the rest of 2012, you will find something here to motivate you.
2. You need to keep a computer program which captures all of your Memoir.
3. You need to begin to visualize stories of your life and weave them into your story.
4. You need yo look forward to having fun and not get carried away with the volume of this subject.
5. If you want to become a mentoring student, you need to email me ASAP at stevetarde@gmail.com

What a year this is going to be!

And we are going to live it 365 Days of the Year!

Day 1 is in the book.

Tomorrow, we reflect.

I am going to begin by reviewing my 62 years (my 62nd was this past Thursday) with a few simple paragraphs and a childhood story.

What are you going to write about?

See you Monday!

Saying Goodbye While Saying Hello

2011-12-31T00:39:00.000-08:00

So finally the last day of the year. Tonight, thousands will jam into Times Sqaure so that they can say the ball dropped for 2012 when they were there.
Years later, they will wonder what the hell was wrong with them.
And here at Memoir, we start our 7th year together with a new group of students who want to learn more about Memoir writing and making money as a writer.
steve-tarde.blogspot.com is where we will all gather and I too will share selected Memoir pieces with you as we sail through 2012 together.
Some of you will ask for and be granted personal mentoring. Many of you will just want to learn and share their work and that is fine as well.
Above all, we are writers. I have shown many writers how to improve their writing, develop a Memoirist style and then make money with their developing talent. If that is for you, I hope you will check in with us tomorrow as we ring in a new memory, the New Year of 2012.
Until then, let’s give 2011 a fitting farewell.

If you are Serious about Your Writing

2011-12-30T13:26:00.001-08:00

Do you want to be a writer?
I teach Memoir and I work with writers from all over the world who would like to break into writing and get paid for it.
Is that you?
We will be writing our individual Memoirs starting Sunday, January 1, 2012, a New Year and a great new time to start anything.
Will you be in our class of 2012.
Maybe you are trying to get out the climate and town you live in to join me in paradise in San Diego where I knew I would live and made it happen.
You know what made it happen?
My writing.
Still, people make excuses.
If you are still making excuses in your life, please don’t waste my time.
But if you would love to write about sports and be paid for it or use your Memoir as your business card to advance your business or discover the grit needed in you to make a successful move to your dream residence, we can do it together.
The simple instructions are at the top of my blog at steve-tarde.blogspot.com or you can write me at stevetarde@gmail.com
See you in our Memoirs and
Happy New Year!

Nancy from London

2011-12-30T04:15:00.001-08:00

I had a conversation with Nancy in London this morning.
I work with writers from around the block and around the world.
She was attracted to my Memoir work because she wanted to write her life story and she wanted her memoir to be her unique business card for her company.
Why were things going so slow in a business where so many promises had been made to her.
Perhaps she wasn’t cut out to be one of those lucky ones who worked for herself.
But of course she was one of those lucky ones.
She had found Memoir and we were about to change her life.

Birthday Blues?

2011-12-30T00:31:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was my birthday, but I didn’t celebrate. I have had many celebrations in my life.

Yesterday was time for walking in the San Diego beauty and helping Jeff who will have cancer surgery next week.

Jeff needed to visit his urologist today. The last time he had done this, Jeff passed out in the Doctor’s office.

He was scared and I asked if spending the afternoon supporting him would be something he would like.

Through the tears, he cried that it would be.

Jeff didn’t pass out, but my birthday was full of waiting and waiting some more.

I found a lady in the lobby, stricken with cancer, squinting at the endless list of doctors on the Directory wall.

Almost Ready!

2011-12-30T00:16:00.000-08:00

Time to get serious.
Oir online visualization and Memoir course starts and 2 days and the Class of 2012 looks pretty good.
Do you love to write?
Would you like to get paid for it.
I charge a nominal fee to get started and then you can tell if this is really for you
Come back to this spot in 2012.
Our Memoir journey is just beginning.
Will it include you?

Happy Birthday, Steve

2011-12-26T03:27:00.001-08:00

My birthday is in 3 days so it must be the end of another year.
A great thing about my birthday is that it falls after Christmas and before New Year’s and therefore is an extra present to me.
Some people feel I get cheated because I lose a birthday present and receive a combo birthday-Xmas president, but I have always loved right where my birthday is.
As they say, it’s the best time of the year, a December to remember.
It also wraps up 2011, a year where more students wanting to master the power of Visualization came to me.
Since the advent of the Internet, I have become the leading teacher of Visualization.
To become my private student, send me an email or message.
All work is via our computers.
I reply to all.
And if you are one of those special students who not only want to learn visualization to enrich your own life, but want to teach others for a fee, we can arrange that as well.
And as a late Christmas present and early New Year’s gift and what the hell, to celebrate my birthday, email me at stevetarde@gmail.com and I will send you a copy of my Visualization book, Gift To My Dad.
Happy Birthday
Happy New Year 2012

Writers Wanted

2011-11-09T08:19:00.000-08:00

On this November day, the nation is buzzing about the pending resignation of legendary coach Joe Paterno.
Did he do the right thing?
Did he do too little?
Everyone and I mean everyone has an opinion on this.
And that’s good.
We need more opinions.
All of this focus on sexual crimes makes people think of what they would do if they were caught in similar circumstances.
And that is why I inspire writers.
I encourage those opinions.
I want people to think.
You could help others think.
You could inspire writers.
Join us and we will inspire you.

What if Every Child....

2011-11-07T05:40:00.000-08:00

What if it was a promise every child in America made?
Would it make a difference in how we felt about each other?
Would it make a difference in how we respected each other?
Would it make a difference in how we treated each other?
40 years ago, I began the journey.
I began in the South Bronx, my first teaching job.
Teach a child how to write a simple paragraph.
Encourage them to teach another to do the same.
It has spread.
It continues to spread.
Sites like Facebook have made it spread like wildfire.
If you like the idea, you can follow or join us.
If we taught a child how to write a paragraph, would it make a difference?
What do you think?
What would you do about it?
This is a question I have asked for 40 years.
The answers are multiplying.

Join Me!

2011-11-03T11:18:00.000-07:00

• I have taught visualization to more students than any other teacher.
All teaching is through the Internet.
As you learn, you teach others.
You will never need a job again!

You can become part of a worldwide revolution.
I teach visualization and have done so for decades.
The world is our market.
I am looking for students who want to become teachers and change their lives as they change others.
They will help stop bullying.
They will teach others how to build their vocabulary through making movies in their mind.
And it is all so very simple.
You will never pursue a job again in your life.
You just study with me.
Until you can fly alone.
You pay a one time tuition participation fee.
And then you become part of my team.
You will personally correspond with me at stevetarde@gmail.com
And then it will all begin
And things will never be the same again.

Do you know someone ABRASIVE?

2011-11-01T08:44:00.001-07:00

You can help a child begin to think in pictures.
My blog has always been FREE. In it, I give hints to parents, teachers and students how to think in pictures to improve performance.
You might learn that the word ABRASIVE can describe someone with a prickly, mean spirited personality.
However, when you think in pictures, you see that person and the word instantly comes to mind.
This can make the difference between having an amazing vocabulary and one without inspiration.
And it is only the beginning.
Sports, health and all things about how we live can be enhanced when we make movies in our mind and recognize that we are the producer, director and star of our own movie.
If you want to support the work I do to get this message out to kids everywhere, support my foundation at the address above or bring my work to the attention of someone you believe would like to help me share my views.
It has made a difference in the lives of so many, but you can help me reach so many more.

How To Write an Essay

2011-10-31T10:52:00.000-07:00

My daughter will be 19 next week.
How would I capture my thoughts about her in an essay?
First, I visualize myself being part of her scene.
To write an essay, I suggest to students to become part of the subject.
I see myself holding her hand and racing across a busy street, singing a silly song and laughing all the way.
I am at her kindergarten class, dressed up as Casey, with my personal rendition of Casey at the Bat and watching my 5 year old proudly watch her fat dad perform for her classmates.
By becoming part of the scene, I recall it all.
Now, my girl is a teenager and she is having a problem being bullied at school and we are in her bedroom, eyes on the ceiling, but hearts aligned.
Through the power of visualization, I am back in a room I haven’t been in years.
And my writing flows!
Now, we are both crying and the tears make me realize I needed to reach out and help my little relieve my little girl’s pain.
And in the morning, I help her change schools.
What can a parent do better than anyone in the world?
Be there for their child.
What I will remember most about being a parent is hoping that my child discovers what they need to succeed.
I will remember the laughter.
I will remember the tears.
I will remember the words.
I will remember the pictures.
And whenever I wish, I will return to the scene and remember it some more.
And I teach my students to add flavor to their writing by doing the same.
Just like I taught my son and daughter.
Happy Birthday, beauty.
There is no one in the world quite like you.
And I was fortunate enough to be there.
And that has made all the difference.

Cardinal Who Visualized His Success!

2011-10-30T08:10:00.001-07:00

As the World Series fades from mind, some important visualization lessons for students of the game and of the science.

The Cardinals had no right to be in the Series. In a 7 game series, maybe the Rangers would win 70% of the time. However, they played only once and it counted. Cardinals are champs and Rangers still haven't one a damn thing since 1961.

Four players stood out for me.

Craig, Freese, Pujols and Berkman.

Craig and Freese are so young and so unproven that their exploits on the national stage might be luck. Time will tell.

Pujols' biggest hit might not have been the five hit, 3 HR game 2, but the double he slammed in the Cardinals 9^th, when their backs were against the wall is the hit I will remember.

I have always ranked Pujols as one of the top money hitters of all time. Each at bat, he defies the pitcher to get him out. That's what visualization is all about.

Berkman, a bust with my Yankees last season, seems to have been reborn returning to National League. His comments after the classic game 6, can be a great learning lesson for any ballplayer.

He said that before he hit his game tying hit, perhaps the biggest hit of his career, he rationalized. If he failed, they would talk about it for a few days and then it would be lost in the lull of post season. But if he succeeded, it would be the stuff of legends and it would mean that the next time he faced such a situation, they would talk about his prior success. He would be forever remembered.

It shows that ballplayers think before they act.

And when you visualize, that thinking can make you do great things on the field and in life.

But it won't happen, until you are ready to think and prepare like a champion.

Yankee Fans Love to be Screwed!

2011-10-01T09:44:00.001-07:00

Ask a Yankee fan if they should have put a roof on Yankee Stadium and they will say.
What are you a wimp?
This is why I root for my Yanks from San Diego where the last time there was a rainout was during the FDR administration (OK a bit of Bronx hyperbole), but you get my point.
The fact is that weather has already impacted the 2011 MLB playoffs and may have changed outcomes.
Verlander has been pushed back to game 3 and CC maybe the same.
You play the entire 162 game schedule for advantages and then one rainout takes that all away?
It doesn’t seem right!
Games in Arizona, Texas, Tampa and Milwaukee will not be affected which gives those teams an advantage.
Texas is the only one without a roof and I am betting rain won’t be a factor in the southwest.
This leaves Detroit, Philly, Cardinals and of course, rain soaked New York.
When the Steinbrenner clan learned how Yankee fans were willing to go topless, he was quick to save the 100 million or so.
Did he ask his players?
Why bother?
They are getting paid.
What would have been so bad about a roof at Yankee Stadium?
It would have only played a role in games like last night where the game could have been played until completion, CC could have pitched all night and fans would have been dry and comfortable.
Instead, MLB allowed teams like the Tigers, Yanks, Cards and Phils to build baseball stadiums in the past decade with no roof even though they were in rain challenged climates.
However, in Milwaukee, where Selig’s heart lies, a roof was always part of the plan.
Screw the fans!
Unless they are Yankee fans.
Because Yankee fans are not wimps.
They love to be rained on and screwed over.
And the rest of us.
We moved to San Diego.

I Could Have Saved Red Sox!

2011-09-29T13:30:00.001-07:00

It would have taken one call or maybe this email.
But, alas, it is a day late.
I just could never see myself doing it.
Despite the fact that I have helped dozens of teams win championships, I could not make the call to help the Red Sox stop their free fall.
How could I?
At first, I wanted to be sure that my Yanks, the team of my Bronx, New York roots, captured the AL East.
When that was secure, I was like most Yankee fans, caught watching the Titanic sink (The Titanic sunk in the same month Fenway opened) and not feeling particularly engaged due to not personally knowing the players.
So we watched.
Yet, I could have stopped it all.
It would have taken one meeting in the Red Sox clubhouse.
Maybe I didn’t make the call because I had no idea how Joe Girardi would react.
Maybe he didn’t want Sox in the playoffs.
Even today, in his post mortem press conference, as he answers the last of Sox questions before all attention Friday becomes Tigers, one had no idea if Joe would ever tell us what he was thinking.
Did the Yanks hate the Sox so much that they relished in the car crash last night?
I think I know the answer for that one.
Did Joe want the Rays to take Sox place?
Maybe he gave Rays no chance to beat Texas or maybe he thought Rays had better chance to beat Rangers and preferred meeting Tampa rather than Boston for ALCS.
We will never know.
Maybe when Joe writes his tell all book.
So it brings me back to that one phone call.
This is how it would go down.
Me: Tito?
Tito: Yeah
Me: First, why do they call you Tito when that was your father’s name and you are Terry?
Tito: I stopped caring long ago.
Me: OK Tito. Here is the deal. I guarantee you make the playoffs if you let me meet with your players one time. I sent you my book overnight. I will meet you at Camden. If you make playoffs, you pay me. If not, who cares?
Tito: I will have to get approval.
Me: See you tomorrow.

The next night I set my sights on Crawford who had lost confidence and some of the younger players. Guys like Gonzalez, Ortiz, Papelbon, Varitek, would be more amused then motivated.

My talk was 20 minutes.

Red Sox would have won two out of three, if not all three.

It would have never meant anything about what happened in St. Pete.

It was all in the visualization.

And like so many, the Red Sox never knew.

And now we know only one thing.

The Red Sox are done.

Life

2011-09-13T06:45:00.001-07:00

It is great that we have found each other on Facebook.
Now what?
Students worldwide have come to me to help them in so many areas of their life.
They have come to share my ideas on vocabulary, getting into the best colleges, love, confidence, money and the list goes on.
When I teach you what I have taught them, guess what?
You will be able to teach others.
What can that mean for you?
It can mean money for one thing.
Students pay money to become more knowledgeable.
It will unleash your own creativity, as I am sure you will add your own personal touch to your creative practice.
There is a flood of students out there.
In fact, they are right there with you in social media.
I am giving you the opportunity to study with me and give them an opportunity to study with you.
The time to act is today!
It is always the fact for visionaries!
So here’s the question of the day.
Are you a visionary?
stevetarde@gmail.com

$500 Per Hour in America!

2011-09-12T11:45:00.000-07:00

Yes, you can make $500 an hour in America.
But here is the secret.
First, you must want to.
Why would I write that?
Because I believe most Americans are intimidated by wealth.
After all, we are a country of celebrity and privilege.
That can be intimidating for some.
If you have never been taught how to go after real wealth in America, how can you expect to level the playing field?
If you believe there is no privilege in your family, what motivation do you possibly have to discovering how you can come face to face with privilege and make it yours?
I can help.
As a CPA, I have made $500 an hour and at time, a great deal more.
There is a method and you can master it immediately.
Send me an email and we can begin to master the first step.
That would be the conversation.
stevetarde@gmail.com

Dear American:

2011-09-12T08:12:00.001-07:00

Dear American:
I have a FORMULA for breaking the cycle of poverty in America.
Thousands have prospered and my students include the #2 position at Apple Computer and a VP at Time Warner International.
What do I know about abject poverty in America?
At the age of 22, I began to teach at IS 84, a relatively new school in the South Bronx, NYC.
To negotiate the entrance to the school, I had to step around dead dogs that littered the street like dead soldiers after battle.
40 years later, little has changed in inner cities across America.
My simple FORMULA, which helps kids fall in love with words by creating pictures in their minds, has the power to be the dynamic stimulus to change America.
One student at a time!
But I need your help.
We need for FORMULA to be read and taught in every school in America!
There is a reason why we have become a nation of celebrity and privilege.
Americans are willing to accept the status quo.
Americans are willing to live in a land where no job is guaranteed and in fact there may be no job at all for you.
No matter how hard you search for a job, no job for you!
But we can change all that.
We just have to begin teaching the HOW!
So I ask you to do one thing.
Email me and request the short story I wrote THE FORMULA.
Then you can decide if you would like to become more involved.
And should that happen, I would love to know what you have in mind.
Thank you for helping me do just a little to change the country of my birth, the country I love so very much.
America!
stevetarde@gmail.com

Can you Send an Email?

2011-09-11T13:01:00.001-07:00

My mentor is a CPA who has been teaching his email course LIFE for 40 years.
This is what it means to you.
Work with me and you will be working with him.
He will show you the way to make money and a whole lot more.
In fact, he may even want you to partner with him like I do.
All you need to do is send me an email.
I will forward it to Steve.
And your life will never be the same!

How To Live on $500 Per Hour

2011-09-06T08:25:00.001-07:00

The title came to me from reading the little known non-fiction pieces of the legendary F. Scott Fitzgerald who wrote How To Live on $36,000 a Year for the Saturday Evening Post in an article which was first published on April 5, 1924.
Now Fitzgerald was writing about struggling economically with fame and famine, but I have an entirely different message.
I became a CPA in my 20’s and created the most unique and successful practice in America.
I invented marketing to entrepreneurs.
I have made and continue to make $500 per hour.
And now, I will teach it to you.
This report will give you the appetizer.
For the entrée, you must come to me.
Can you have a conversation?
I will teach you to engage a business owner (I have done this with thousands) and determine just what are their marketing needs.
I have an extraordinary system and my teaching is comprehensive.
Our entire teaching is conducted through email and messaging.
You have never met a more tenacious e-mailer than I.
I don’t care if you ask me 100 questions.
You are going to receive 100 answers.
And my guarantee?
It is for a lifetime.
My students know this about me and my legendary Talmudic signature.
I will never be through with you and you will never be through with me.
I will never forsake you and you will never forsake me.
When you study with me, you will have the tools to consult with restaurant owners, chiropractors, flower shop proprietors, butchers, cookie shops, vitamin stores, card shops, bowling alleys, Dermatologists, plastic surgeons, tutoring companies, auto repair, bookstores and hundreds of others.
There is no lack of supply in this business.
And if shyness is your downfall, I will give you ideas where all you have to do is pick up your money at the bank.
Can you do that?
Can you use a debit card?
If all of this appeals to you lifestyle, please contact me soon because even though I work at all times of day, since I have discovered my passion in life. I choose my students carefully and I have made no decision on you.

My Grandpa (the last Russian)

2011-09-06T01:18:00.000-07:00

Each time my dad and his dad got together, I recalled shouting at high decibels.
Grandpa, the last of the family to be born in Russia (1884-1964) had never changed our Russian name because he was worried that he would be detained and returned to the homeland to answer charges.
Well, grandpa would invariably walk into the room where the family was watching a Yankee game.
He scoffed at the proceedings and said in his broken English, heavy with Yiddish.
Baseball! What are you wasting your time with. Baseball!
My dad, who had tried baseball for a living before starting his career with FDNY in the same year that Joe D began to play center field for the Bombers, wagged a finger in his father’s direction.
67,000 people in the Stadium, pop! 67,000 people and you want to know who is wasting their time. What? Are you out of your mind?
My grandfather’s shoulders sagged and he slunk from the room as if he was a banished child.
I never felt as sad for a human being as I did for my grandpa that day in the Bronx.

Labor Day

2011-09-05T06:06:00.000-07:00

Labor Day 2011
Holidays have always been a time of personal introspection for me.
I find this attracts many new students to me.
They want to know what I know about money, balance and life.
After all, we are on this life journey together.
It just depends when you are ready to join us.

Labor Day 2011

2011-09-05T03:10:00.000-07:00

The old course is now the new course.

As of today and going forward to our next stop on The Yellow Brick Road, we will call it LIFE.

And so it is done.

Now Reading!

2011-09-04T16:02:00.000-07:00

Checking out an interesting book on empowerment:
The Art of Creating Your Life as You Want It (Gershon/Straub)and
A Short Autobiography (F Scott Fitzgerald)

The Formula

2011-07-14T09:20:00.000-07:00

Authors Note: The Formula is a story of Fiction based on real life facts.
It is my mission in life to help kids develop an extraordinary vocabulary that will provide them with the opportunity to excel in school and open the door to all of their communication skills.
If you feel The Greatest Vocabulary Book Ever Sold should be shared by every student, I ask you to help.
If you would like to help, write me at stevetarde@gmail.com
Now, enjoy The Greatest Vocabulary Book Ever Sold
I wrote it to make you laugh, cry and think!
I wrote it so all of our children can share what I have been able to teach to so many.
I only ask for you to help me share my simple formula with more.
If you have any questions or comments or would like to contact me directly. Write me at
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The Formula by Steve Tarde

Monica was shy.

So when the class turned on the Professor one hot muggy day in Coral Gables, Florida, Monica played no active role in the uprising.

Instead, she covered her eyes with her long, straight auburn hair and placed her nail bitten fingers over her mouth.

One by one, the Junior Class in Honors English at Gables Prep, marched out of the classroom and headed straight to the Headmaster's office.

The Professor winked at Monica, who was oblivious to the scene unfolding around her.

I guess it's just you and me kid.

She liked that the Professor called her KID.

She didn't mind his controversial tests.

The Professor had just started teaching at Gables.

Monica had been there since kindergarten.

The Professor was certainly the strangest teacher she had ever experienced.

He gave vocabulary exams that were based on pictures created in one's mind.

The Junior Class had rebelled because they wanted the exams to be like they always had been in the past.

They wanted tests prepared to challenge their memory of definitions.

Dictionary definitions.

Monica had witnessed this type of revolt before.

The teacher would often lose.

But the Professor was different.

He brought his big city approach from New York to the suburbs and he didn't seem to care whether the Junior Class adopted his approach or not.

He had a confident, almost arrogant, swagger to his teaching that came from someone who was comfortable in his own skin and sure of his methods.

Monica wished some of that confidence would rub off on her.

She kind of liked the Professor.

She hoped he wouldn't be fired.

She completed the vocabulary exam and handed it to the Professor on her way out of the classroom.

The Professor winked again.

I guess this time tomorrow, you will know your grade or another teacher will be sitting in this chair.

Monica smiled.

She really had a dazzling smile when she chose to reveal it.

I know I will be here tomorrow and I know my grade as well. I got an A.

Now, it was the Professor's turn to smile.

Monica put her hand to her mouth to cover that smile and she left without saying another word.

Why did she say that?

That wasn't like the Monica everyone knew.

In the coming months, Monica would begin to change.

Like a caterpillar turning into a beautiful butterfly, a wonderful transition was about to take place in Monica's life.

Monica was evolving.

And her evolution would soon become more than a story at Gables Prep.

It would soon become a story known nationwide.

The Professor wasn’t fired.
And he continued to teach words requiring his students to create pictures in their mind.
Monica recalled the first word the Professor started with.
APPLE.
A word that a child first embraced.
Professor knew that the Junior Class would consider the word APPLE to be a word far below their standards and intelligence level.
That is exactly why he taught it.
Professor challenged his students to learn the word APPLE.
Professor would begin an examination with the word APPLE and the matching answer: JUICY.
Even the once bitter students of the Professor had to laugh with how easy that connection was.
As the word APPLE grew to include pictures in the mind, such as LUMINOUS (shiny), SALIVATE (juicier), and MASTICATE (chew), the students stopped laughing.
How does MASTICATE connect with the word APPLE? The students demanded an answer from the Professor.
What do you do with an APPLE? The Professor patiently explained.
A maverick among the students winced. I don’t know!
Well, Think! The Professor urged.
The questioner tried thinking. You chew it. I guess.
Exactly! The Professor replied.
The Professor made the students in his class think as they had never thought before.
It made a difference in the testing scores of every student who embraced the Professor’s FORMULA.
And with one student, it made more of a difference than in her performance in the classroom that school year.
It changed her life!

Monica didn’t recall the last time she was in the Headmaster’s office.
This was her 12th year at Gables, but it must have been less than a handful of occasions.
Headmaster was in a good mood.
This was a meeting he had been looking forward to.
He peeked over his eyeglasses at Monica and the Professor.
Monica, you are looking good these days.
The junior, once extremely shy, now looked eye to eye with Headmaster, filling the room with her new found confidence.
Headmaster now addressed Professor.
Professor, you have done a marvelous job with this class.
Professor took a little ceremonial bow.
Headmaster continued. I assume the small revolt has blown over.
Professor smiled. We have put that disagreement in the past.
Headmaster rubbed his chin. Good. Monica, I called you in here because your vocabulary score is among the top 5 in the state.
Wow! Monica smiled brilliantly. Top 5%! I am so honored.
Headmaster grew serious.
There will be a ceremony in two weeks for the top students. Governor will be there.
Governor! Monica gasped. Really?
Headmaster smiled.
It’s really a big deal, Monica. You have done yourself and Gables proud. And I am personally proud of you as well.
One more thing.
I heard you mention top 5%.
Let me make myself perfectly clear.
You didn’t score in the top 5%.
You are in the top 5 scores statewide.

Monica was spending more time with her wardrobe and it showed.
She was looking in the mirror more.
Overnight, she had turned into a confident young woman.
And now that young woman was in demand.
First, the local TV station, Gables News, wanted to interview her for their nightly news.
Monica wanted Professor to appear with her, but he encouraged Monica to enjoy her newly discovered fame.
Everyone wanted to know the same things.
How does one go about becoming one of the best vocabulary students in the state?
Monica shrugged. The Professor taught us to see the word.
What do you mean?
Monica did her best to answer the questions, but she hadn’t really thought much about the answers.
She left the interview feeling that she could have done much better.
She didn’t realize how soon that would be.
When she returned to Gables Prep the next day, the good news had turned tragic.
Professor had suffered a major heart attack.
He was clinging to life at Gables Hospital.
When Monica heard the news, she was stunned.
Headmaster took Monica by the arm and offered to drive her to the hospital.
Professor wants to see you.
Monica remembered little of the short ride to the hospital.
She was too busy blinking away the tears.
What was it about this teacher that made her care so much?
Of course, Monica knew very well why she cared.
Professor had touched her the way no teacher had ever done before.
Now, she wondered if she would arrive on time to tell him in person.

Monica did get to say goodbye to her Professor.
And yes, it was emotional.
Monica could barely hear the Professor as she leaned close to him so she could make out his last words.
It’s your chance to tell them what you learned.
Monica knew of course what the Professor meant.
She just wasn’t sure she was the person to be given the task.
Monica left the hospital with a heavy heart.
The teacher who had helped her find her voice now wanted her to use that voice to share his FORMULA with the world.
Would she find the strength?
She wouldn’t have to wait long.
The Governor was to honor her tomorrow at a ceremony to be held at Gables.
The happiest day in her life would now be clouded with sorrow.
Monica thought back to when she was the shy girl in Professor’s class who remained behind when the entire class walked out in protest.
It had only been months ago. But it seemed like another lifetime.

Governor honored the four top scores on the state vocabulary exam, but she saved the best for last.
Our highest score, the highest vocabulary score ever recorded in the state. Comes from one of the students right here at Gables Prep.
It is my pleasure to give the Governor’s Award to Monica. Will you come up here please and share some words with your class mates and our honored guests?
By now, Monica had known that her score was the highest.
She stood tall in front of the sun splashed crowd.
Monica looked elegant with the posture of an award winning actress, not the slouched, hunched over, unsure young girl who would have been lost only a few months ago.
As she began to speak, the crowd was hushed.
Henry Adams wrote that a teacher affects eternity. He can never tell where his influence stops.
I had a teacher here at Gables who influenced me greatly.
He had a simple FORMULA.
He asked only one thing from his students.
Use the power of your extraordinary mind to create pictures to learn new words.
By doing this, by following this very simple FORMULA, a student will learn more than just words.
They will learn to read the words.
They will learn to spell the words.
They will learn to write the words.
They will learn to speak the words.
They will learn to listen better to the words
They will make the most of all their skills.
Just like I have.
A roar rose from those gathered.
The audience soon realized that what they had just heard from Monica wasn’t the average THANK YOU speech they had heard so many times before.
Monica waited for the flood of applause to abate.
One more thing. Next year, my senior year, I would like to visit as many schools as possible to share the FORMULA with as many students as I can reach. I hope, Governor, I will have your support.
The Governor was ready with her best political smile and gave Monica and the crowd a big THUMBS UP.
Monica never thought about what it meant to have political clout.
All she knew was that for now, she had it.
Monica had one final word to add.
Professor always told us that limiting learning to dictionary definitions only helped you to RENT the word.
The FORMULA teaches you to OWN the word.
More wild cheers and Monica basked in her spotlight of power.
And as the Professor had asked her, Monica now intended to use that power to teach America.
Over the next year, Monica’s senior year, she spoke to schools throughout the state.
Monica’s message varied due to the audience, but on a typical day, she addressed an audience of elementary school kids. Most of these kids were not figured to move on to college.
That is what statistics said.
This is what Monica told them that day.
The numbers say that as a group you won’t go to college.
I had a teacher who would laugh at those statistics.
This teacher of mine believes as I do.
You can go to college.
It’s all in your hands.
I am working with the Governor to put a FORMULA in your school.
That is what my teacher calls it.
FORMULA.
You see what I have in my hand?
Monica held an APPLE up high so everyone could see it.
An APPLE! An enthusiastic student shouted from the audience.
Monica smiled.
Yes, an APPLE.
An APPLE was the first word my Professor taught us.
Now, I know that all of you already know the word APPLE.
The young students were following Monica’s every word.
They nodded their heads enthusiastically as Monica continued to hold the APPLE in her hand.
Yes, you know the word APPLE.
What about the word RED?
How many of you know that word?
All of the students, as well as their teachers, laughed and cheered, raised their hands and laughed as they indicated they did indeed know the word RED.
Great! Monica shouted back at them.
How about ROUND?
An APPLE is ROUND.
How many of you know this word?
Every hand stayed high in the air as the youngsters strained to show Monica they that knew that word as well.
What about JUICY?
A couple of hands disappeared from the audience, but the majority remained.
Monica licked her lips as she said the word JUICY.
She was having fun with the kids and they were having fun with her.
Think in PICTUTRES! Monica shouted.
That’s why we lick our lips when we think JUICY!
The students laughed.
What about CRIMSON?
This is still another word for RED.
How many of you know this word?
Now, several more hands disappeared from view.
That’s OK. Monica said.
Thinking in PICTURES will teach you thousands and thousands of new words.
That’s why we start with APPLE.
How about SUCCULENT and SALIVATE?
Those are words you can picture in your mind when thinking about an APPLE.
Now, only a few teachers were raising their hands and the students were laughing and pointing at them.
Monica spoke and their attention focused back to her.
This is what I know for sure.
When you learn the word APPLE, you can learn at least 10 more words as I have taught you today.
If you can create one thousand new PICTURES in your mind for one thousand new words, then you can turn one thousand new words into ten thousand new words.
The students whistled and cheered right along with their teachers.
And you will become better spellers.
More cheers.
And you will become better readers.
Cheers!
And better writers.
More cheers.
And better speakers.
More cheers.
And better listeners.
Monica held a hand to her ear to illustrate listening skills.
And you will go to college!
Now everyone was on their feet wildly cheering and clapping
As Monica left the stage, a little girl with long hair which covered her pretty face, whispered in her ear.
I want to grow up to be just like you.
Monica stopped to give the little girl an affectionate hug.
I was just like you once.
Then I met a teacher who inspired me.
Do you know what the word INSPIRE means?
The little girl shook her head.
Monica smiled.
He helped me to believe in myself.
The little girl was now the one who returned the smile.
You INSPIRE me.
Monica threw back her head and laughed.
Think in PICTURES!
Build your vocabulary one word at a time, one PICTURE at a time and then add more words to each picture.
Just as I showed you with APPLE.
The little girl was one step ahead of Monica.
I know. RED. ROUND. JUICY.
Monica beamed.
Exactly. Keep adding words to your PICTURES.
And write me on your very first day of college.
The size of the crowd was now carrying the little girl away from Monica.
They waved goodbye to each other.
They never saw each other again.
Until years later.

Monica was on a national speaking tour for WHAT THE PROFESSOR TAUGHT ME.
A young woman pushed the book in front of Monica for her to sign.
As Monica, looked up, she wondered if she had ever seen this woman before. There was just something familiar about her.
The young woman spoke clearly and distinctly.
That first year, when you were speaking to kids all across the state, I was in the audience and you made me promise to write you when I started college.
Monica stopped signing and looked up.
I remember.
I decided to present to you my letter in person.
Later that night, Monica read her letter.

Dear Monica:
I started college this month.
Statistics said I wouldn’t make it.
You told us that day in elementary school to not believe in those statistics.
I do believe in you.
From that first day, I started to think in PICTURES.
I haven’t stopped.
My vocabulary scores are high.
My reading scores are high.
My writing scores are high.
And that day you came to speak to us, I fell in love with learning.
I wanted you to know.
Thanks to you and thanks to your Professor who you spoke about that day, you have made a difference in this young woman’s life.
I am now part of your team and I volunteer at my old elementary school where I return in the summers and my vacations from college to mentor kids and teach them to think in PICTURES.
I am planning on becoming a teacher or a writer or someone who will make a difference in our country.
Maybe I will INSPIRE others to the way you inspired me.
Thank you
America

Monica folded the letter twice and placed it in a copy of her new book, now a national best seller.
She mouthed the name of the little girl.
America.
I was teaching America.
From the book’s dust cover, a picture of Professor looked up at her.
Thank you, Professor. Thank you so very much.
I will never be able to pay you back for all you have brought into my life.
For all you gave me so I could give it back to them.
And it still seemed like Professor was teaching her.
He seemed to be telling Monica that she needed to continue to mentor students like young America, so they could carry the FORMULA forward.
I know Professor. Monica laughed. I know.
Still teaching, she understood.
Always teaching.
Monica reached up and switched off the light.
Now, it was time to rest and refresh.
Teaching was over for tonight.
Tomorrow was another day.

Steve Tarde is a writer and teacher of stories which make his readers laugh, cry and think.
Steve works with readers worldwide through email and teaches them The Formula
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Your Vocabulary Stops DUI

2011-06-15T09:44:00.000-07:00

Why would a word like inebriate stop someone from driving drunk?
It’s a theory and its mine.
I would like to make it yours.
When my son was in high school, several teens lost their life in an accident involving too many kids crammed into a car driving at an excessive speed. There was talk about alcohol being involved as well, as there almost always is.
Whether the driver was legally intoxicated was not a concern for my son.
This accident went into his mental files and he never drove while impaired.
Years ago, I came up with a concept I called Drivers Promise which asked parents and children to make a bond cementing the following promise:
Today I promise….
For a lifetime never to enter a motor vehicle as driver or passenger where there is evidence of alcohol or drugs
This promise, which I printed on a glossy card, led to many parents and their children thanking me over the years for helping them get through a tough period.
Now, launching a worldwide vocabulary website teaching how to turn words into pictures extends my goal.
I am saying that one who has words such as inebriated and intoxicated in their vocabulary will be far less likely to become impaired and risk their life and others on the road.
My theory is that by exploring the topic, by immersing yourself in the language, you give thought to the action and give caution to your behavior.
I look forward to some of my most loyal students to join me in sharing, writing and reading about my theory.
What about you?

Secrets of Great Speaking

2011-06-11T08:34:00.001-07:00

I am a network marketer and I am asked to give a talk 2-3 times a week. I think my talks are great, but there is something missing. People don't sign up. Can you help?
Most speakers like to start out with a little joke. Somewhere in the bible of great speaking, there is an opening passage about starting your talk out with some levity. That is nonsense. Are you a stand-up comedian or do you have a message to convey. In response to thousands of network marketers from hundreds of network marketing companies over the years, here is my list of what will make your speech a winner each time and get people to immediately follow your passion.
1. Tell a story
2. Don’t use notes
3. Don’t use charts
4. Speak from the heart
5. Engage your audience
6. Conclude with a challenge
7. Give your audience a starting point

Tell a story.
I had a network marketer come to me who had an amazing story how she became a network marketer complete with laid off spouse and three hungry kids. Yet, she never told that story. Instead, she meandered endlessly about her network marketing company. She began to tell her unique story and she soon became a superstar.
Don’t Use Notes
If you don’t know your story to speak extemporaneously, don’t bother getting in the game.
Don’t Use Charts
Use them if you want to put your audience to sleep.
Speak from the heart.
If you can’t tell your personal story, who can?
Engage you audience.
Walk your talk and look your audience in the eye and involve them.
Conclude with a challenge.
To read your book or I will give you a deal on one of mine.
Give your audience a starting point
1st Base is meeting you and your book (or mine) at the back of the room and capturing their name.

Mentoring Millionaires

2011-06-07T07:31:00.000-07:00

Mentoring Millionaires
I have been mentoring millionaires for my entire professional life.
Since the publication of Fire Your Boss and Hire Yourself 30 years ago, students have been driven to me in increasing numbers.
Recently, someone suggested that I take my amazing concept CARDZ and turn it into a business for all who want to mentor with me and my followers to become millionaires.
You have heard of getting in at the ground floor?
It doesn’t get any better than this! This is about as close to ground zero as you can be.
In fact, some people right now are being offered founder’s positions and you can be one of those designated.
This is the simple strategy of CARDZ as I often describe to entrepreneurs and in my writing. This is based on a real life example.
Steve taught me how to take a pizza restaurant client and a liquor store client and connect them to attract sales. The clients were at opposite ends of a large strip mall. I had 5000 laminated cards made up. One said FREE SLICE OF PIZZA. The other Said FREE BOTTLE OF WATER. So the liquor store owner brought his customers to the pizza restaurant owner. This idea was worth thousands of dollars and a large fee to me.
Now, it’s your turn.
Are you ready to master a principle I came across decades ago and turned into a golden goose? How far will it take you?

An MBA in 30 Days!

2011-06-01T08:51:00.001-07:00

It took me 18 months to get my MBA—and I earned it in Marketing and Taxation, along with a CPA qualifier. Never in the history of this university, had someone taken on this challenge, let alone accomplish it. That is the student in me. I love to learn and for the past 40 years, pass that learning on to my students.
What I will teach you is my equivalent of an MBA.
I call it a Marketing Business Analyst.
For a very reasonable tuition, I go to work.
On-line, one to one, I teach you how to speak to a business owner and make them your client.
Why am I so confident I can do this?
I have taught students for over 40 years and I don’t waste time.
I know what my students want.
They want to make money.
I know what business owners in communities around America want.
They want more business.
I am a marriage broker.
I marry my students to business owners and it is a marriage that works from the very start.
What will you do first?
I try to gear my teaching to your level of understanding, but there is one thing all of my students understand. They understand making money. They may not know how to do it, but they understand that it is being done. I show them how to do it from beginning to an.
That is just something you will never see in any MBA program I have ever encountered or taught in.
I will suggest resources to you (including mine) which will supplement your learning.
There are very few leaders who I believe have made an impression on me, but those that did, left large footprints in my mind and as they did for me, they will help you make money and sooner, rather than later.
We are living in an age which is allowing you the opportunity to share my thoughts, minutes after I have written them. I am taking advantage of that same philosophy to have you help business owners, many of whom are far too busy trying to keep up with the changes in their business and the chase for customers, than studying the latest marketing trends working today.
I study those trends.
I teach you how to study those trends.
And you will make money.
And you will have fun doing it.
But that first decision is yours!

Some of My Favorite Things (sing along)

2011-05-29T11:08:00.000-07:00

Line Drives down third that bounce in hard to reach places

Fans howling as Yankees circle the bases.

Cream white baseballs all tied up with strings

These are a few of my favorite things

Hot dogs with mustard and stroke laced snacks

Foghorns after homers and Yankee backpacks

27 titles and chickens with crispy wings

These are a few of my favorite things

Men in white unis with NY on their chest

Fans that agree the Yanks are the best

Summer days that lead to championship rings

These are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bites

When the bee stings

When I'm feeling sad

I simply remember my favorite things

And then I don't feel so bad

How To Be A Great Student!

2011-05-27T08:25:00.001-07:00

What made me such a great student?
It didn’t happen overnight. Well, close, but not quite overnight.
Today, these are the factors I teach in my Study With Me program for all students who embrace me as their mentor.
1. Visualize
2. Build an Extraordinary Vocabulary
3. Live!
I send everyone who asks me a FREE copy of my visualization memoir Gift To My Dad. When you become serious to Study With Me, you will receive another ebook which is my manifesto on education.
Just let me know when you are ready.

How Do I Retrain My Brain?

2011-05-23T10:19:00.000-07:00

So you have heard this before:
Retrain your brain!
Can that be done?
The fact is that one of the most important organs in our body is also one of the most misunderstood. We are assimilating more information about our hearts and our kidneys, but what about the organ that is responsible for our decision making?
Men are addressing the organ that fuels their love making performance, but what about their career performance, starting a new business, losing weight or becoming a better athlete?
The fact is that we can retrain our brains and it can greatly impact our lives, by doing something that I have been teaching others to do just that with extraordinary results.
Maybe you want to write your own book, build an extraordinary vocabulary, become a better student, get a job, start a business, you fill in the blank.
Anything that you can imagine now becomes possible. My teaching focuses on sharing with the student how to send pictures to your brain which will modify your behavior over time and help you to set goals and achieve them.
It is a great way to reprogram your thoughts and if you are like me and many of my students over the years, you will find great comfort in this thinking formula.
Imagine having a problem or goal and creating pictures in your mind and then delivering them to your brain. Once your brain has shared the picture with you, it becomes your partner in helping you solve that problem or reach that goal.
Let me explain this phenomenon to you in this way. Sometimes you take note of a car that is really hot and you imagine what it would be like to own and drive that car. One day you see it for the first time and then as soon as your mind takes a mental snapshot of it and sends that picture to your brain, it seems like you keep seeing this car all over town. What is the reason for this? Did you see this car before the day you first took the mental snapshot? I would suggest to you that you did. Probably, you saw this car several times. In fact, it was due to the repeated times that you saw it, that you finally took that first mental picture. Of course, there is the chance that you did notice it only once and it was so noteworthy, so breathtaking, that it stimulated to you to take a mental snapshot on the spot. Regardless, your brain participated in the process and it will continue to do so whenever your eyes catch sight of this car until you decide that this is no longer a significant event.
As I write this, a suspect waits in an LA jail after being rounded up in a manhunt which took several weeks after a beating at Dodger Stadium on Opening Day. A trigger in catching this suspected thug was police sketches which landed on billboards throughout LA over the past several weeks. The billboard premise was simple. Send this picture to your brain and perhaps, your brain will remind you that you have in fact seen this man and then you can share that information with us and we will share a reward with you.
Apparently, the plan worked to perfection. A parole officer of this suspect saw the likeness and also noted that the suspect had changed tattoos around his neck as if to disguise what had been there at the time of the assault.
By observing events in life, you will always see what I have seen for years. Your brain can change your life, if you know how to make it your partner.
So how do you start? You begin study with someone like myself who has made mental imagery their life work. Who are some of the best candidates for brain training?
1. Seeking a new business or a new job
2. Looking for love
3. Athletes at all levels
4. Entrepreneurs needing more business
5. Looking to lose weight
6. Need to sleep better
7. Build an extraordinary vocabulary
8. Become a better student
9. Become a better speaker
10. Become a better writer

And that’s just 10 categories of students off the top of my head.
What will study be like? What are some of the things our one-one study will include?
1. Intense brain retraining and perfecting the process of sending pictures to your brain
2. A strong mental imagery booklist from my personal files
3. Focusing on your objectives for brain retraining

Steve, Help Me Make Money Today!

2011-05-15T07:55:00.000-07:00

It is a question asked of every motivational speaker.
However, when it was asked I realized that it wasn’t the question most in my audience that today would expect.
Still, I had to be candid. So here it goes.
This is the most frequently asked question:
How can I make money now, Steve? Today!
Yes, that is the most fqa.
Here is my answer.
I have made millions of dollars for business owners with a single idea. I can make money for anyone who markets that idea for business owners, especially for restaurant owners.
I wrote a book in 1982 that made me a millionaire at 30. That book was called Fire Your Boss and Hire Yourself.
You can now read the updated version (advance bulk orders being accepted for network marketers) and I send the ebook to all students who study my marketing formula with me.
Want to make money this week?
Contact me ASAP.
As Regis likes to say:
I am only one man!

Can I give your Biz the BUZZ!

2011-04-26T07:19:00.000-07:00

In 1982, I wrote Fire Your Boss and Hire Yourself

At 30, I became a millionaire.

Now, that’s not near the end of the story, but you will see the sequel in the 30th anniversary edition, coming out in 2012.

Basically, I made my fortune writing about entrepreneurs. Many of whom became rich along with me.

Now, in my blog, The BUZZ, I continue to write about entrepreneurs and their businesses.

Do you want me to write about you and your business?

If I choose to, I will start a BUZZ about your business which will help your business take off.

Follow what I do with others.

It has helped me to get back on top again and believe me, I am enjoying the view!

Scared Inside The Stadium

2011-04-07T04:55:00.000-07:00

It was October 2005 and soon my marriage would fall apart. I was in between blood pressure medications and those who can relate no that you often feel as if you are going to pass out and that you may in fact die. In fact, you can often get so used to that feeling as the norm, that you don’t really care if you live or die.

My son was treating me to a Yankees-Angels playoff game and we were headed north to Angels Stadium. It was October, but the Indian summer day was hot and sultry. The Yankees had won game one of the best of five series and if they could win game two, they would take a commanding lead.

Scott, as usual had purchased primo seats. Apparently, an Angels fan who was giving up on his Angels had sold his tickets this evening and his loss (he was paid well though) was our gain.

It started right way and it didn’t feel good. A sea of red Angels fans were in our box when we arrived.

What the hell are you doing here?

It was going to be like that. One Angels fan gray haired and mouthy, demanded to know how we got our seats. He wasn’t annoyed. He was livid and he was drinking.

Apparently, the Angel fan who had provided us with entrée was someone named Pete.
Did Pete give you these tickets?
Who is Pete?
These are Pete’s seats.
Not tonight they’re not.
Pete would never have given up his seats like this.
We got news for you, your loyal friend Pete sold you out tonight. Now give it a rest.

But he didn’t and he was becoming a problem.

I didn’t feel good as it was and now I wondered if this evening was going to provide both a game and a fight.

Some guys just have outside radar for this. You sense trouble just before trouble becomes trouble.

This glimpse of the future is your warning device. You have 10 seconds before detonation.

I looked around. Wall to wall Angels fans. Most weren’t snarling like Pete’s friend, but who knows what makes vicious dogs go from barking to biting?

Now, Angel Redneck had Pete on the phone.

Pete, what the hell were you thinking, man?

As Redneck spoke, he punctuated his points with a beer bottle. A bottle of real glass! How did these guys get bottles of glass. I stole a glance of the pack. They were all holding glass bottles.

What would it take for them to go from Bottle Bullies to attack mode?

Maybe it was just a signal needed from their leader.

I turned to Redneck. He was just completing his conversation with Pete.

It seemed to me that Redneck was still agitated, but maybe a bit less than before.

Before he could speak, a lady in the pack of angel animals had something to say,

Sit down, Charley and shut up. So Pete sold his tickets. So what? We will deal with him later. These guys are Yankee fans. So what? Let’s just watch the game and have fun.

All the air and redness had left Redneck’s face. He actually looked well, normal.

The crisis, for now, had been dodged.

I looked over to Angel Lady and smiled. It seemed that she smiled back, but no, she was actually whispering something to me.

We are going to kick your ass!

Fast forward to another stadium in another season.

Paramedic Bryan Stow sensed he was in trouble among Dodger dogs.

He texted his concern to family and friends.

Police released the partial text and said that Stow texted
He was scared inside the stadium

It should never have happened.

Bryan sensed the same danger that Scott and I did that October night a few seasons earlier.

Unfortunately for Bryan, his pack of dogs did attack.

Apparently, he was attacked from behind and beaten senseless. Reports are that he has brain damage. Brain Damage! At a baseball game?

This attack was apparently witnessed by 100 Dodger cowards who as of now still have not come forward.

I hope their sense of morality and what’s right leads them to look inside their heart and do the right thing.

My venom is directed to the Los Angeles Dodgers. They acted as if this incident was isolated and they had no intention of letting a little brain damage get in the way of a rousing successful opening day.

Shame on them!

Frank McCourt, owner of the Dodgers, undercapitalized to begin from and now bleeding dollars due to a nasty divorce, went into defense mode and took little immediate action.

It was due to a lack of security within his property that this happened in the first place.

In recent days. McCourt realizes he looks like an ass and has hired a former police commissioner to head up an investigative team.

Too little. Too late!

Hopefully, the other 29 MLB franchises will take notice and make certain that all fans never have reason to be scared inside the stadium.

For baseball fans everywhere, I have this non-test message.

We come to the stadium to root for our team. We will continue to boo and hiss others that don’t share our passion for our teams. We don’t cross the line. Team loyalty never and I repeat NEVER means escalating good fun to violence.

One would think all human beings have the sense to act accordingly.

Unfortunately, our society produces those who are not human beings.

Right now, we are searching for those animals.

We will find them, prosecute and make them pay for their brutal attack.

For Bryan, we can only give with our heart and our wallets. What was done to him might be permanent damage and we can only hope for his recovery.

I love baseball.

I want to feel that we all are safe when we go see a game.

And I know all baseball fans feel the same.

If you saw something on opening night at Dodger Stadium, you owe it to the game you love, to step forward and share what you saw.

Look inside your heart.

And Bryan, we are pulling for you. Rally, recover and come back to us 100%.
And I hope your team, defending champions, San Francisco Giants, end up in last place.

Go Padres!

Fisher and Frieder

2011-03-20T02:58:00.000-07:00

Steve Fisher, the head basketball coach at San Diego State University is two victories away from becoming national news all over again after 20 long years.

Second Acts aren't guaranteed in American sports and this one is certainly an oddity.

In 1989, Steve Fisher was a rather anonymous assistant on a Michigan team that was heading into March Madness.

Overnight, he was thrust into the news as his boss, Coach Bill Frieder was fired by Athletic Director Bo Schembecler, who had learned that Frieder planned to ditch Michigan for Arizona State University in Tempe as soon as the tournament concluded.

"A Michigan man will coach Michigan." Bo reasoned and Steve Fisher got the job.

Six games later, he had done something Bill Frieder never accomplished at Michigan or anywhere else.

He coached Michigan to the national championship.

And what about the relationship of Frieder and Fisher?

It would seem likely that a friendship could hardly survive one man getting dumped from his job seconds before his hard work would have brought him to the threshold of greatness in the college basketball world.

It would be easy for many to conclude that Steve Fisher had stolen in six solitary games something that Frieder had worked for his entire career.

Could Frieder live with the fact that he was moments from greatness and the man he had hired at Ann Arbor had snatched away from his his rightful legacy?

Well, if you think there is an ounce of jealousy in the bones of Bill Frieder you don't know the man.

And if you think there is blinding ego in the character of Steve Fisher, you don't know him either.

These two men remain as close today (their wives are best friends as well) as they were 25 years ago.

Frieder is not only happy for his former assistant's good fortune this year at SDSU (the Aztecs had never won a single tournament game before Fisher breathed new life into the program), he actually was responsible for getting Fisher the job.

After Fisher had become memorialized at Michigan winning with the Glen Rice edition Wolverines that Frieder had assembled, he had continued his walk of fame by recruiting five freshmen studs who became known as the Fab Five.

Although these 5 freshmen were hailed as he greatest basketball players to ever enter college, somehow they never repeated the success Fisher had found in those historic first six games.

In fact, in one championship game, one of the most famous of the five, Chris Webber became linked with one of the dumbest mistakes in the history of sports. He cost his team a chance at the championship be calling time out with seconds to play.

The problem was that Michigan didn't have any more time outs left and the gaffe buried Michigan's chances and was representative of the hope and failure of the coveted freshmen who left campus much heralded for their NBA careers, but without any championships and then a slew of questions and a storm of controversy as to whether they ever took money from UM backers wile competing as amateur athletes.

Fisher could not survive such controversy and the Michigan Man was kicked out of basketball.

Years later, the same "goat" Chris Webber rescued Coach Fisher and helped him get an assistant job coaching the NBA Sacramento Kings who Webber starred for.

And that's where Frieder (now out of the game himself and a broadcaster) found him.

San Diego State University, one of the worst college basketball programs in the nation, was conducting a national search for a new basketball coach.

And Bill Frieder, who was friends with the SDSU Athletic Director, Rick Bay, knew who would be best for SDSU.

But he wasn't promoting himself.

He told Bay only one man fit the criteria for this job.

Steve Fisher.

And Bay ignored his friend's suggestion.

Each and every day, Frieder started his day, calling Bay and reminding him how Steve Fisher could lead the moribund Aztec program back into glory.

How the former Michigan Man was the perfect man for such a mission.

And somehow, some way, Bay relented and hired Fisher to take on perhaps one of the toughest challenges in sports.

It wasn't easy.

In the first year, Fisher's team lost almost every game.

Attendance was barely 2,000 a night.

But slowly, inexorably the vision and belief that Bill Frieder still had in his former assistant nd lifelong friend, began to take root.

Fisher's teams began to win and win with regularity.

A new arena which had been constructed on campus went fron 2,000 fans to a capacity 12,0000 plus.

The Aztecs home court which sounded more like a library than a home court years earlier became known as a den of horrors and the Aztecs had their best season in the history of the school with over 30 wins and only 2 losses to rival BYU. Losses they avenged by winning still another Mountain West Tournament (BYU and the new legend Jimmer Fredette joins SDSU in the Sweet 16).

And Steve Fisher is two wins away from going to his third Final Four with the least likely of squads.

And all the while, Bill Frieder working for radio, beams while watching his forner second in command try fo make history a second time around.

Steve Fisher is 65 years old. Soon, he will be thinking more about retirement than recruits. He has earned that.

He has alos earned his legacy at SDSU.

When he retires, construction will shortly begin on a statue outside Viejas Arena on the campus of SDSU.

Of that, there can be no doubt.

What is in doubt is whether Fisher can get his team to play at a level to beat Big East champion UConn and ACC Champion, Duke.

Win or lose, Bill Fieder and Steve Fisher are friends for a lifetime.

We can all learn something from their loyal bond.

When they say, nothing will get get in the way of their friendship, they are applying a model which was truly tested.

And ultimately friendship prevailed.

Darkest Before the Dawn

2011-03-09T00:54:00.000-08:00

Don't you ever give up.

If you are a student of motivation, you know that speakers will implore you to never give up.

They remind you that all the great thinkers, doers and achievers in life failed so many times that others would have understood their ultimate decision to quit.

Of course, quitter was not a word in their vocabulary.

What about you?

Have things gone so bad that you thought it might just be easier to quit then to move forward.

“Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one minute from the winning touch.” ~ H. Ross Perot

That's why I could never quit.

Supposed I was just about ready to make a success of my business and i walked away even a day too early.

The reason I am an entrepreneurs sums it up for me.

Working for myself is the only life I ever wanted to live.

It always seemed so right..even from the beginning.

So never walk away, never abandon your dream.

You might have just reached tipping point and the gods of life are preparing a staggering check at the payout.

And you are going to walk away from this? This is what you have always dreamed of.
You can't leave now.

Your best bestest friends love you!

Mental Game

2011-02-14T10:23:00.000-08:00

You see it each day in sports of all kinds.

On the golf course, you might see it on every hole.

Free throw shooting in an NBA game.

Ask Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic who misses about half the free throws (a 15 foot shot with no one guarding you).

Or ask Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns who is the greatest free throw shooter in the history of the game (90%)

Ask them about the Mental Game of their sports.

That is what I do.

I teach athletes how to develop an amazing power source.

A power source of confidence.

What could I teach you?

I could teach you how to dramatically increase your free throws.

More likely, I can teach you how to use my MENTAL GAME to save at least 5 strokes 9including putting) on the golf course.

The best athletes know my formula, but only if they have perfected the MENTAL GAME.

Listen to what NFL great Bill Romanowski said about his Mental Game, perfected when he was in college.

"My own mental focus technique was visualization. I reverted back to before the Cotton Bowl of my freshman year at Boston College, playing the game in my head before I ever played it on the field. I pictured myself in the forefront of the action of the Super Bowl. I pictured myself making a big play.

That is what I teach athletes.

If the extraordinary power of a MENTAL GAME would improve your sport and your life, you might want to become my student.

Your Mental Game will never be the same!

I get Paid for Posting

2010-12-16T08:42:00.000-08:00

I like writing about others.

I like it better when I get paid for it.

So can you.

Let's say you see someone who pens clever posts.

They could be writing about you.

This means many more eyes will be drawn to your work.

How much is that worth to you?

Do they have a large follower base?

I often charge an into fee for someone to sample my writing style.

Then, if the relationship works, an agreement can be expanded.

If you are an entrepreneur, I just opened a new vein of publicity for you.

If you are a writer, what are you waiting for.

Happy Trending.

But He Was Only 24 Years Old!

2010-12-15T13:37:00.000-08:00

A Yankee fan tweeted about Cliff Lee Monday night.

Where will he sign?

He was with his girlfriend. enjoying the last waning hours of an extended weekend where love was in the air and a relationship was becoming something special to both of them.

The Giants game was ending and he tweeted to his followers that it had mercifully reached the 2 minute warning in a game where only one team, his Giants had shown up.

He had to get back.

His girl debated telling him something, but she held back the words.

He headed out on the roads and hit an icy patch and slid off the road.

It seemed to be OK, he was spared injury.

Standing next to his car, surveying any damage, another car barrelled down the same icy incline and this time, he wasn't so lucky.

Steven was gone.

He was 24 years old.

Within hours, his new girlfriend went looking for him.

She chose the road that had brought them together.

Online, she began to tweet.

Did anyone hear from Steven? She was waiting for his call.

Too soon, she found her answer.

Friends of friends had to break the mind numbing news to her.

Now her tweets went from curious to worrisome, to desperate to despair.

Her Tweeter friends mourned with her and our small, but vibrant following began to share memories of both the Steven they knew well, had met once or twice and for many of us, never at all.

But we thought we knew him.

Because in this day and age, you can feel like that, simply due to words once shared.

There was a former college friend who recalled basketball road trips.

A radio host who had bonded with him.

A sportswriter who covered minor league baseball who knew how much respect and love Steven had for the game.

Yankee fans, Giants fans and just Steven fans.

Even Steven's girlfriend's mother posted a comment how devastating this was for her daughter who at the still very tender age of 21, had finally found the man who could love her as much as she loved back.

And that was what she had neglected to tell him on that night before he left.

That she was in love.

In love with him.

And this love affair, the beauty and the sad finality had been played out for a large audience of Steven's friends and followers to watch with their very eyes.

And before he died, I am sure he knew what all of us knew.

That he had found love as well and was heading home to tell her just that.

It is there in every line.

Rest assured, he knew.

You will have another great love in your life.

His great love was you.

Just a few years ago, this kind of love affair would never have ensnared so many people in its web.

It doesn't make it any less painful, shocking, tragic or senseless.

It just makes it real.

All too very real.

Are you METICULOUS About Your Vocabulary?

2010-12-08T14:04:00.000-08:00

How does a student freeze the word METICULOUS into their memory to make them a better student?

And what can you do to make that happen?

These are the goals of The Vocabulary Project, begun in a classroom at IS 84 in the South Bronx in 1972.

I was only a few months out of college and hired to teach Spanish to kids in middle school.

There was one problem.

I didn't know a word of Spanish.

Welcome to the New York City Board of Education and the world of public schools.

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I found that kids would learn words if they had a frame of reference.

That frame of reference was the pictures they could image in their mind and not the boredom of the staid dictionary.

And so it began.

METICULOUS was seen by many as a surgeon, precise in their work and the COSUMMATE professional in their field.

Words multiplied as the pictures began with a single word and grew to thousands.

Soon, thousands of students were asking me about my vocabulary formula.

Then, the Internet extenedde the playing field with the widest net yet.

And now with The Vocabulary Project, we not only have a challenge, we have a blueprint.

And we are asking for your help.

CPA (that would be me) Formula for Cash Now!

2010-12-03T14:20:00.000-08:00

This is not a new plan.

I have converted it thousands of times.

Here is how it works.

If you are on Twitter or Facebook, you get the attention of your followers.

CPA Has Taught His Simple Formula to Thousand and He Will Give it to you Free!

All they have to do (and you can do it as well) is email me at

stevetarde@yahoo.com

And request my free ebook (your followers should mention your name)

I will need to know that when I transfer $100 from my paypal account to yours

And I do that each time one of your followers requests that I teach them the mental formula that I have taught entrepreneurs, athletes, students and others.

My formula is based on my 90 page ebook.

Therefore, there are no surprises.

Full tuition for my unlimited one-one intensive Q and A dialogue with my students is $495.

You get $100 of that.

That's the plan which I have worked thousands of time.

If you have thousands of followers on Twitter, Facebook, etc, imagine the potential of students which can come from that population.

Now multiply times $100.

I look forward to hearing from you and your friends.

My Holiday Gift to You!

2010-12-01T07:34:00.000-08:00

The best way I know to put a smile on your face is to share a holiday gift with you.

I hope you are doing the same.

Not only family and friends, but as far and wide as this missive can reach.

This is what you need to know to get my free GIFT

Just ask for your GIFT by sending a request to stevetarde@yahoo.com

Or you can request by sending your email by message at facebook.com/steve.tarde

That's all you have to do.

Either way. you will soon get a 90 page Ebook in your inbox which is my writing on how the simple power of VISUALIZATION changes lives.

And now for the best part.

You will love the book.

Thousands have and many have paid a great deal to get their hands on it and my life changing theories.

I will send it to you as a GIFT

Why?

I want to continue to spread this power through the universe.

I love teaching it one-one and after you read the ebook, as with so many others, you might want to private study with me which consists of unlimited q and a.

In that way, students apply the power to their personal lives and quest.

Or you might want to share your GIFT with others.

Each time, you refer someone who becomes a student of mine, I will pay you $100

Yes, this could be a great holiday season and it begins with the GIFT

Request yours today and let the giving begin!

Facebook

2010-11-23T20:55:00.000-08:00

Go to my FACEBOOK page and read about what I may be writing about your business!

Going Forward

2010-11-10T07:25:00.000-08:00

We now reach a crisis with The Vocabulary Project

So many of our followers have learned my simple formula to teach words which have enriches students nationwide.

However, making such a site available to underserved students is costly.

That is where you come in.

If you share my passion to teach young people a formula so powerful it can change their future, please contact me so that I can share with you how you can make a difference for so many.

Together, we can lead a movement.

But I have found that it takes more than a great idea.

It takes a movement.

Do Something Bold This Weekend!

2010-10-01T10:26:00.000-07:00

I am daring you this weekend.

Be bold.

Step out of your comfort zone.

Join a group whose purpose is to do saomething to change the world.

For me, that is The Vocabulary Project which you can find on Facebook.

I founded The Vocabulary Project because I am tired of eyesore communities in the USA such as the South Bronx where I had my first classroom.

I know in my heart that the power of vocabulary can help change communities as it changes the lives of its denizens.

Be bold.

Join me in my quest.

When Goethe wrote that boldness had magic. power and genius, he was challenging all of us.

If there is a business opportunity you have been waiting to pursue, go after it now.

I have helped thousands of coaches expand their following.

If there is a relationship you have been hoping for, stop hoipng and start doing.

Start living.

We are in the last 92 days of the year.

Don't wait for January 1 to make your resolutions.

Today, is a great day to begin.

So do it!

Today!

Just About the Kids

2010-09-29T08:24:00.000-07:00

It's the teachers fault.

It's the unions fault.

It's the parents fault.

It's the politicians fault.

I have had my eye on public education for 40 years and everyone blames another.

And the kids suffer.

With all the blaming, there is no time for a plan that works.

I know what the power of vocabulary can do for a student as a toll for success.

In October, I will write in my blog what you can do to send someone heading to jail and change that journey to heading to college.

The Vocabulary Project.

Now on Facebook.

A Simple Plan

2010-09-28T07:10:00.000-07:00

The only time I went to the Bronx was to watch the Yankees.

Of course, I had been born there 20 years earlier, but why leave my relatively regal neighborhood for this eyesore.

It was called a J-O-B and mine was at IS 84 in the South Bronx.

I parked my goldChevrolet Malibu coupe in the street, certain I would never see it again.

As I approached the school, the smell was overwhelming.

Several dogs were lying in the street and I wondered why anyone would let their dog take a nap on a city street.

I discovered they weren't napping, they were dead.

The smell of urine and trash were constant reminders where you were.

You had entered Hell.

But in New York City, it had another name.

It was what was known as public education.

No one had a clue what to do about it.

Forty years later, they still don't.

The beginnings of The Vocabulary Project (Facebook) had its start on that street in the South Bronx.

I ask you to join me now.

My plan is simple, but it is a plan.

And it has worked for so many.

Waiting for Superman

2010-09-24T16:14:00.000-07:00

There is a movie coming out this weekend that will soon come to a theater near you.

You might have heard about it.

It is called Waiting For Superman.

I suggest that it is one movie you see.

I will be seeing it with my daughter when it comes to San Diego in October.

Waiting For Superman is not a chick flick, a western or a mystery.

It is about something I first predicted when I walked the halls of schools in the South Bronx almost 40 years ago.

We are failing as an educational system throughout America.

The movie will make many suggestions. I will be reviewing the movie in this blog next month and I will discuss these suggestions.

I will tell you this.

I have recruited thousands to help me solve the problem.

I call it The Vocabulary project.

Want to know more?

Come follow our progress at The Vocabulary Project on Facebook.

Together, we can make a difference.

The Coaches

2010-09-22T13:35:00.000-07:00

I have been referring Coaches for decades.

Now, I will be doing it through membership.

Just go to The Coaches on Facebook and sign up.

If you want a coach or would like to be included as one of our coaches, I would like to get to know you better.

Email me at stevetarde@yahoo.com or message me on facebook.

I will do the rest.

And come back here often to read more on The Coaches and all things coaching.

A Simple Plan

2010-09-07T09:12:00.000-07:00

The funny thing is that it is so simple.

My vocabulary coaches and I often teach my formula in one night.

I have taught it to teachers who teach it to their students.

I have taught it to parents who teach it to their children.

I can teach it to you.

Everyone who thinks can learn my vocabulary formula.

It requires you to create an image for a word.

What word do you want to learn today?

Let's take an example.

How about ANACHRONISM?

The dictionary definition of ANACHRONISM is as follows:

•something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
•an artifact that belongs to another time

And for so many students that's where it ends.

The definition is read, retained for a short period of time and then completely forgotten.

My formula teaches the student to create a picture in mind, frozen into memory, which will permanently place the word in your mental treasury.

Picturing a dinosaur at the mall is an anachronism.

Seeing a jumbo jet land during a battle at the Civil War is an anachronism.

But we don't teach you to create a particular image.

That is up to you.

That is the beauty of this formula.

Students make their personal images which match their fertile minds.

The next word you want to learn, I mean really learn, try my simple plan.

An extraordinary vocabulary will be your next destination.

Labor Day 2010: What are we Doing Here?

2010-09-06T08:50:00.000-07:00

Labor Day 2010

I know what you are doing for yourself.

What are you doing for others?

It has long been a labor of love for me to help others build their vocabulary skills.

I certianly never did it for the money.

Armed with an MBA and CPA, I would have been guided to continue to follow that money path and not head into an educational wilderness with no map of my surroundings.

Yet this is exactly what I have done.

Still, the rewards have been many.

I have had thousands of students share with me that my Vocabulary Formula has made an impact in their life.

Many of my students have reached dizzying heights of success in their chosen profession.

I have trained many coaches to carry out my original concepts and this has accelerated and multiplied our collective success.

Thousands have joined us on Facebook (and at The Vocabulary Project) and other social media.

It comes down to this.

Can an expanded vocabulary help a child succeed?

If this is true, will it help them become a better decision maker?

Will it help them get into college and discover their destiny?

Will it help them stay clear of gangs?

Will it help them become a productive member of society who leaves their positive imprint behind to guide future generations.

And on Labor Day, I think it is fair to reflect on such a thought.

What are we doing here?

Not just for ourselves.

But for others.

One Night Only

2010-08-28T09:11:00.000-07:00

I believe anyone can change their thinking in one night.

Do you have one night available to test my theory?

I figure if I teach you, you can teach others.

Since I have taught thousands, that would mean that eventually I would reach millions.

ONO

One night only.

What can one do in only one night to make such a difference.

Words
Pictures
Film

Those are the three ingredients of my formula.

That is all you need to know.

The rest comes in what I teach.

This is the place where I teach it.

Come back soon.

Losing One of Our Own

2010-08-23T16:55:00.000-07:00

Andy and I were very close at one time. We met when we were six. In the Knickerbocker Knolls split level homes, Andy was a semi-regular in my famed wiffle ball games every year. Over the years, we drifted apart. He moved into my Miami neighborhood the same year I moved to San Diego. Missed connection. He attended the 35th reunion and I didn't. I attended the 40th reunion and he didn't. Missed connection. Too late, I learned of his great website (andrewegol.com) chronicling his medical condition in his final days and his zest for life. Andy was divorced after decades of marriage with two children. I was divorced after decades of marriage with two children. Andy's daughter married the son of one of my son's classmates and I found this out too late.

Missed connections.

We are now at the age that losing classmates will happen with greater frequency. Such is life and death. What hurts is when one we know as vibrant and as full of life as Andy, is one of those fallen classmates.

Check out Andy with his gang in the Yearbook pictures. He is front and center in his kingdom leading the class in a 'smoking' photo.

If you have an 'Andy' story, I know his friends, past and present, would like to hear about it.

We often talk about how close our class is. We were close in 1968 and many of us remain close today.

I announced the football team at a pep rally in 1967.

I made up colleges that the boys attended.

When it came to Andy (both he and I were Jewish), I paused and said, 'from Yeshiva University, Andy Egol.'

His look of disbelief said it all.

Once again, as I did most of the time, I shocked him beyond words.

I regret not being closer to Andy before his passing, but I cherish the memories we shared.

RIP
Andy Egol
1950-2010

How Many Friends do you Have on Facebook?

2010-07-30T08:38:00.000-07:00

My friend Bob made a bold move this week.

He decided to drop friends faster than a speeding bullet.

He started out with well over 4,000 friends on Facebook.

As Facebook devotees know, 5,000 friends is the promised land.

When you reach it, your friend page stops and your life as a fan page begins.

It seems like that process is flawed, so it is better to keep track of your friends and make sure they are real friends and not someone who doesn't add to your experience on Facebook.

Bob took matters into his own hands.

In his own words:

I'll say it again: WHY become friends with someone on FB if you don't interact, answer messages, acknowledge someone's existence, or have the decency to say hello once in a blue moon? Use your heads, folks...."

And the friends, began to drop like pounds off a heavyweight boxer training for the fight of his life.

4,000

3,000

2,000

Some friends began to plead with Bob.

"Don't delete me!"

"Don't delete me, Bob. I may say little to you, but I read your posts. I really do. I love them and it would be so sad for me if I could read them no longer."

But Bob had made up his mind.

He wanted to make a clean break.

He wanted to manage a group of Facebook friends who were dedicated and loyal friends.

If you didn't meet that criteria, you were gone.

Bob continued to rail about those with poor manners, those who ate pancakes with sticky syrup and failed to clean the counter for the next customer.

He barked about the people who walk on trails and leave their trash behind.

He roared about the parents that brought their kids to stores and let them run wild.

Bob was on a mission.

He might not be able to do to something about curbing our national decline in civility.

But he sure could so do something about the loyalty of Facebook friends.

Bob is down to 800 friends and counting.

Did Bob teach you a lesson?

He has me thinking.

And isn't that what life is all about?

Are you MEANDERING Through Life?

2010-07-26T07:52:00.000-07:00

The first time a student is exposed to my vocabulary formula, the reaction can be negative.

Who wants to learn something that seems so far from what they are comfortable with?

And that is exactly the point.

The fact is that I have shown my students over the years that my method of creating pictures and images in one's mind is an incomparable way to learn new words and forever freeze them into permanent memory.

Today, let's consider the word MEANDERING.

The first step is to look up the word and become familiar with the definition as you would with any new word to your vocabulary.

It is at this point that my formula takes on its unique form.

me·an·der (m-ndr)
intr.v. me·an·dered, me·an·der·ing, me·an·ders
1. To follow a winding and turning course: Streams tend to meander through level land.
2. To move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction: vagabonds meandering through life. See Synonyms at wander.
n.
1. meanders Circuitous windings or sinuosities, as of a stream or path.
2. A circuitous journey or excursion; ramble. Often used in the plural.
3. An ornamental pattern of winding or intertwining lines, used in art and architecture

Create a picture in your mind to match the definition of the word.

Some suggestions.

A picture of a snake

The classic picture of Lombard Street in San Francisco which is known as America's most crooked street

Keep in mind these are only suggestions.

My formula works when you think of your pictures and images and lock them away in your vocabulary treasury.

The beauty of the formula is not only that I guarantee you will never forget the thousands of new words that you add, such as MEANDERING to your extraordinary vocabulary, but just the thought of one picture will inspire more words and more pictures to create a chain effect.

Therefore a word like MEANDERING can produce a picture of Lombard Street or a snake or the picture you select in your mind and words like CIRCUITOUS AND SERPENTINE will fall directly in place aligned with the same picture.

Exponentially, your vocabulary grows at the fastest pace of any learning method ever introduced.

And its fun.

Try it.

Once you begin creating pictures and images to learn new words, you will forget the old methods you were taught to embrace new words and your vocabulary will take on new heights.

Imagine the possibilities.

Waiting for Superman

2010-07-25T07:36:00.001-07:00

There is a film coming out in September that I am asking all of my friends to see.

Waiting For Superman.

It is not the first film pipping our lousy educational system in America and it won't be the last.

Yet, it will make you think.

It will make you think about what you can personally do to make things better.

In 1982, I wrote about our failing educational system.

We have schools that are failure factories.

I have spent 40 years teaching kids a unique, but simple vocabulary formula.

It has made a difference in the lives of thousands.

I would like it to make a difference in the lives of millions.

You can choose to help me or you can choose to make an impact in some other way.

I ask you to do this.

Pledge to see the film (go to Waiting for Superman on Facebook) and do something!

The Vocabulary Project

2010-07-23T06:40:00.000-07:00

Do you want to leave your footprints in the sand?

I ask you to join me in what has become a life quest.

My VOCABULARY PROJECT will soon be a website where kids and parents everywhere, anyone seeking to expand their vocabulary can do so instantaneously.

And I am seeking teachers who would like to enrich the world and build a business of their own.

I have been teaching the power of an extraordinary vocabulary for 40 years.

I believe the power of words can mean the difference in a child's life.

The expression A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS has many purported origins.

Whether it began as an advertising concept or dates back to eastern proverbs, one thing is for certain.

The formula I teach for those to think in pictures has had a lasting effect on the lives of thousands.

With the VOCABULARY PROJECT, I anticipate that number will grow to millions.

I hope you are part of this journey with me.

Writer's Club

2010-07-21T10:02:00.000-07:00

I have mentored so many individual students that I am building a club of writers.

The club will include many of my students who have published their work and are marketing their writing on Amazon, etc.

The club will also include many of my newer writers who are seeking exposure and joint promotion through membership.

I am looking for members who are willing to promote mutual club members on their social networks in exchange for having their writing promoted.

I will discuss what is working for some of my member writers so that we can all benefit.

This has been my lifestyle.

I mentor writers.

Now, I am combining my writers in order that their blogs and ebooks can get even greater attention and attract more eyes.

If you would like to be part of this very special group of writers, send me a private message on Facebook or email me at stevetarde@yahoo.com

Does Your Blog Suck?

2010-07-08T09:11:00.000-07:00

Do you even have a blog?

If you are trying to reach others, your blog is your window to your soul.

My students ask me what they should include in their blog?

Quotes?

Merchandise description?

Philosophy?

In time, you will determine what is best for you.

At first, why not just relax and be yourself.

How do you do that?

Make a movie?

A movie in your mind.

I teach my students how to make a movie about what they want to say to others in order that a conversation begins.

Once you begin the conversation, your contact and you can move on to more important things.

Such as business.

Ready to make a movie with me.

That is what I do.

Meet you on the set.