On The Road with iV featuring Dr. Steve Taubman

Featured in this week’s episodes of On The Road with iV (www.ontheroadwithiv.com) is Dr. Steve Taubman, a former chiropractor, then magician, trainer, speakers and coach.  These days- he gets paid to help people all the way from little kids to corporate executive break through their mental blocks to achieve success.  he has two gifts for you- one is the quote below…the other is that he will send you a gift on “Instructions on How to Take a Powerbreak”…. you can receive this gift by sending Steve an email at inner-selling@aweber.com .  Once he receives your email he will send this to you.

Hope you all enjoy this interview as much as I did! xoxoxo

Success
To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent person and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one’s self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived–this is to have succeeded.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

[wpvideo Z5mAVNWm] Last night I had the amazing opportunity, thanks to the Chair of the San Francisco board, my friend, Sharon Knight- to be the commencement speaker at The Women’s Initiative.  This organization helps lower income and inner city women- learn the skills knowledge they need to go out and become successful entrepreneurs.  I was moved beyond words to see women who had been struggling in thier lives for any number of reasons- find the strength and inner will power to invest in themselves to taking part of this initiative.  55 of them graduated last night.

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The fist video gives you an idea of the type of stories/ women who are involved in the program.  The second video is one of the graduates, giving her “elevator pitch” to promote her new business, as it was being translated. pure pure joy xoxoxoxo If you are looking for a great organization to support/ become part of- take a moment and check them out….http://www.womensinitiative.org/index.htm

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE when you set your mind to it….

[wpvideo 32fFJa6T] Hi all from San Francisco today- hope ya’ll are having a great one!  Here is a tip on how to make something happen.  Seems easy enough- but I think many times- we just don’t want to do “the work”. Thankfully- tools like Twitter, Facebook and Linked In make doing business- and making something happen- that much easier….so wanna make your big idea happen?!- here’s how to get what you need.  Have a great day!!

[wpvideo NgNZNqox] Hi all: up for about 5 minutes before crashing back in bed from what appears NOT to be food poisoning but rather a bad case of the stomach flu…NOT FUN.  I wanted to post a few of these video’s though- still can’t believe this party.  It looks like it was a festival but it wasn’t…it was a party put on by DOS XX and held at the Young’s home- The Falkenstein Castle.  http://www.falkensteincastle.com/

This is what happens when you mix a castle, music, a beer company and a bunch of money to put on a great party….unreal…you know when we talk about hiring a band or musicians for a party?…yeah…they did the whole stage etc. etc. in their backyard.  That would be the same backyard that the skydivers flew in, the bungee jumping was set up and the wind tunnel (for more skydiving) was hauled in.  Oh- and of course all the beer you could drink- pouring freely by the DOS XX girls…for my part?  I think i drank all their available water..that was before the nice policeman gave me and my crew a ride down to my car when i could no longer walk after the flu, food poisoning, whatever-this-is-called hit.  Up till then?  It was AWESOME !!!!

DOS XX wanted to celebrate and create the “Most Incredible Party”- which…I have to say- I think they did.

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Happy Wednesday everyone!  This is “how to celebrate 100 jumps!”…our girl Sarah Rotherham is being celebrated….lol- HAVE FUN!

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Hope ya’ll had a great weekend!  I got to spend it with our wonderful friend Bill McGee and Zack Lewis in Dallas.  He and Glenn were shooting clays and I decided I would give it a whirl….well…lets just say I need a bit more practice…lol- just a funny video blog to break up your Monday! (at least now I know how to shoot a Benelli 12-gauge)   Skydiving on Saturday, UFC fights Saturday night and gun shooting on Sunday.  Not a bad weekend xoxo have a great week peeps!

….on the streets of Austin with traveling celeb Couch Surfing Ori to show you more about what makes Austin so unique…[wpvideo rJTFHrfy]

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HI FROM AUSTIN!!!! On the First Thursday of each month, the business owners of this cool hip bohemian rocking part of S. Austin in the South Congress Avenue area keep their doors open until 10 pm (and later in some cases), playing host to an array of events and activities. There is tons of music, crazy fun loving people and lots of good food and drink. I was guest hosting for Sweet Leaf TV for Sweet Leaf Tea during my last visit to Austin so while I was waiting for the producer to get there, I made this little short. Another reason why I LOVE Austin. Gotta have some Sweet Tea while you are here in the summer because it is HOT!!

For more information when you come to Austin, go to this web site the merchants on South Congress put up to keep you in the know:

http://www.firstthursday.info/

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Hi all:  as the Billionaire Girls Club continues to further our vision of empowering women around the globe- we had the chance to spend the day with one of the world’s top creative geniuses- Tim McClure, founder Mythos Studios and GSD&M ad agency.

With Tim, we got to talk about the power of what the BGC is all about and worked on honing the message that would be taking out to the world later this year…

here we are brainstorming and wanted to share with you so you could see a creative genius in process…

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Ever want to see someone else’s office?!  What if that office was the office of one of the world’s TOP creative geniuses?  Welcome to Tim McClure’s home, Co- founder of the firm GSD&M (www.ideacity.com) and mastermind behind brand creations like “DOn’t Mess with Texas” (“if I had a nickel for every time someone said it just think!…”)…. and Southwest Airlines painted planes (we “LUV” Southwest!).

His home office is “hidden” (like something you would see in a movie)- just WATCH.  VERY VERY cool

Here is Tim welcoming the Billionaire Girls Club into his home and giving us a tour…watch this week for more video’s of our meetings with Tim McClure with the BGC!  Thank you Big M!

BTW….when you hear Tim say “Vanessa” that is my middle name….the story goes like this.  Early on in my career when Tim and I first started meeting- he agreed to apply his creative genius resources to my projects in exchange for letting him “rebrand me”.  The brand?!…combining my middle name with the last name that everyone says is my last name anyway- VANDERBILT.  (Imagine!- never any waiting in restaurants!…imagine rebranding a brand!, imagine the logo!!!…lol) 

hence, “Vanessa Vanderbilt”.  Being the entrepreneur I am and seeing the great potential deal that this way- I told Tim that if he could convince my parents (specifically my father) that this was okay then I would be ALL for it.  But he had to call my Dad.  Next thing I knew- Tim is on the phone with my father, negotiating the terms (lol…) and my father’s response was (being an entrepreneur himself) “if She Likes It, Go For It!”!  So from then out- my BRAND name became Vanessa Vanderbilt and feeling like I owed a similar deal to Tim, I rebranded him- “BIG M”.

So these days- if you are around Tim and I and you hear Vanessa and BIG M you will know what’s going on….

Signing off- yours truly,  Vanessa Vanderbilt….