The Art of Peace

I have been feeling
a great deal of freneticism in the last couple of days ?

....and you ?

Thanksgiving is a day and a weekend
where in the past we have unplugged for 4 or 5 days
to enjoy family, feasting and relaxation......

and in the last couple of days I have
more frustration on the other end of the phone
than normal.

and YOU ?

Make time for peace, personal reflection, relaxation
and rest.

Give yourself the freedom to open your mind to the unlimited nature
of nature itself......

You'll rest, you'll remember
that there is always a tomorrow......
and for today....and for now.....

take time to smell the roses....

and the roast turkey sandwiches......

Jim Zuckerman Photo ~ JOY

The Coach Needs A Coach

Have you ever had one of those moments
where you learn the single most area in which you are blind ?


And then the RIGHT person comes along....just the right person ...


who is also a celebrity, and a trusted source,
a business wiz, AND a coach....


and shares with you
THE perfect information at JUST the right time.....


and you GET it ?


THAT is why coaching is priceless........
Sian Design ~ Life and Career by Design


Its YOUR life......Isn't it time to live it ......

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SALES is NOT a Four Letter Word

Newsflash !!!!!

If you are an entrepreneur....

Sales ARE your income .... 

Do you have an income from your business ?

Are you satisfied with your current income ?

Do you have a fabulous product ... ?

and ARE you waiting for someone to come along

who will take it to market and SELL it for YOU ????

Sound Familiar ?

I cannot tell you HOW many people tell me 

"I HATE Sales !"

and then they ask me to SELL it .... what ever IT is ......

for them......

So I take a look at what they've got

The product, the service, the concept.

and RARELY has anyone done ANY market research

RARELY has anyone branded their product

RARELY have they tested the market

RARELY have they designed a marketing strategy

RARELY have they priced for both wholesale and retail sale.

RARELY do they know what their competition is......

and RARELY are they willing to pay the fees

required to accomplish

all of the above....

yet have an expectation that I would be willing 

to SELL their product or service for them.........

So what if I let you in  on a little secret,

One that helped me to create a significant number of new sales

for my company.....

AND it requires only that I adopt three little words.

Would you be interested ?

First thing to know is that

Sales is NOT a Four Letter Word....

Sales is NOT a Four Letter Word

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In fact if you're watching programs like Shark Tank, Dragon's Den....

Hoping and wishing that someone would find value in your company and its 

product or service.....and perhaps hoping someone will "invest" in your company........

One of the significant prerequisites to getting investment capital is PROVING

that you have had some rather significant sales....

So.....with that said

You MUST learn how to sell

You MUST overcome your fear of "selling"

You MUST learn how to "sell" that does not feel like a "sales" pitch.

And you MUST be willing to "take action" ~

SO......Would you be willing to learn a PROVEN method that

 will absolutely increase YOUR sales ?

A proven method that will INCREASE Your SALES...

and not just your leads !!!

I know.... 

YOU HATE Sales !

What is GREAT to know IS.......

your sales are NOT about your website,

your sales are NOT about your social media influence,

and your sales are NOT about how many new leads you procurred today on Twitter.

Sales are NOT about any of these things

Sales are about KNOWING your product

and its VALUE

so well as to define that there is

NO other place on earth

one can get THIS product.

And in fact there may well not be any other product like it ON earth.

IT IS about YOUR special and unique Coaching practice!!!

IT IS about Your special and UNIQUE art form !!!

IT IS about Your extraordinary business service or Product !!!!!

Learn HOW to communicate clearly

What you do....

Why its valuable …

Why its Beneficial to secure and participate TODAY !!!

These three little things helped me grow a business from 200K

to over one million dollars in sales in less than one year !!!!

( We immediately disproved the LIE that there is NO money in the fine arts )

AND these tools may NOW

 be applied to YOUR business !!!

This class USED to cost thousands of dollars

and was offered by professional consultants to

the STARS !!!

RIGHT NOW

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Yes that is correct !

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and PREP for 2012 ~

Prepare to ROCKET your business....?

 It is essential to learn how to CLOSE your sale more effectively.

Lets face it ….sales are NOT what most people want to learn how to do

but what if you understood this ONE thing.

Sales are NOT a God given gift, or TALENT!!!

It is a learned skill !

Learn this skill and not only will you GROW your business

YOU will be sought after by individuals, companies

and Others who will WANT

not only what YOU sell but what you CAN sell for them.

I never lack for companies seeking me out to SELL their stuff !

Nov

I can be VERY selective and pick and choose which products and services

I REALLY love

Once you learn these very special tools

Practiced and utilized over and over

 by HIGH end luxury products businesses,

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I Declare World Peace - Art

Artist Sian Lindemann

We are One

Wonder

Know Your Worth

The Five Things You MUST Know

A One on One with Sian Lindemann
Designed to help you understand your Core Values.

These NEVER change

and once your compass is directed "ON Purpose"
you'll never again have to wonder if you're
heading in the right direction
For this extraordinary introduction
and
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FAB Sales and Thank YOU Seth Godin

FAB Sales is a new program offered by Sian Design
and with permission from Seth Godin......
I am posting his most perfect blog post on the POWER
of learning to LOVE sales.


http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/10/how-to-get-a-job-with-a-small-company.html

Learning to LOVE sales will give you so much POWER
Not only will you be able to successfully close those who are "on the fence"
but you will continue to give the gift of beauty to your new patrons !!!

WOW !

(Art is not a luxury......its a necessity in MY world
and SO too are the many other
products and services you provide )

Learning to SELL gives you SUCH an advantage in the jobs market too !
EVERYONE hates to sell
and if you will learn to LOVE it
it will give you such an advantage in so many ways.....
As a gallery owner I HAD to learn how to sell and to do so in  way
that imparted comfort, and was done with delicacy.


Its not something you can learn to do ...... without some help...
so we're here to help YOU discover
the language of sales....

Imagine its much like the fun one has planning a most romantic date....


You will not only sell your own products
but you will have created an adventure for your client and customer.

NO ONE wants to be sold
Everyone wants a little adventure, beauty and delight

OUR new FAB Sales program is easy
and can be learned quickly....

and if you USE it
I increased the sales at my retail art galleries
from 200K per annum to over one million dollars in
a very short time.

Change YOUR mind about sales
by learning how its done for VERY high end sales.
Its works in all situations
and will increase your closing ratio
OFF the charts

One call, one class EVERY Wednesday at NOON PST
Join me
Sian Lindemann ~ LIVE
for FAB !!!

Every Wednesday at NOON PST
Once you register and pay you will be sent the link for the call !
Welcome to a brand new world.....

FAB ~ ulous Sales means FAB ~ ulous commissions

The ART of Selling ART ~ Zella Jackson ~ Great starter book for your improved sales
 

THRIVE by Five

Living your life and Career by Design !!!


The NEXT Thrive By Five ......
October 10, 2012
NOON MST ~ 

Growing Corn

A dear friend of mine on Face Book shared this wonderful story today....
From Lin Lopez ~ Portland, Oregon
Once again ........ a garden reveals its magic



"Growing Corn

There was a Nebraska farmer who grew award-winning corn.

Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon...

One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it.

The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors.

The reporter asked, "How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?"

To which the farmer replied, "Why sir, didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn."

The farmer was very much aware of the connectedness of life.

His corn could not improve - unless his neighbor's corn also improved.

And so it is for us all.

Those who choose to be at peace - must help their neighbors to be at peace.

Those who choose to live well - must help their neighbors to live well.

And those who choose to be happy - must help others to find happiness. The welfare of each is bound up with the welfare of all.

The value of a life is measured by the lives it touches."

Custom Floral Design from Sian Design

You can now order flowers
and gifts and have them sent worldwide....

LOVE technology !!!

Contact us at the studio
to place your order
for fresh flowers delivered worldwide

360-945-0612
Email Sunstar3535@gmail.com

AND you can order custom floral gifts
and have them delivered to yourself
OR to your loved ones right here
http://sian-lindemann.artistwebsites.com

Thank you for your business
and its been a wonderful NEW
at Sian Design Floral Design

Sian Design "Sunflowers" Gallery

Purpose

Sian Design Photo
Text ~ Devin Waugh

Sian Design Presents

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To have found the very best classes,
courses and content in which you participate
for FREE

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Create A Business the FEEDS your community

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Artists Care

Art Ability World launches a NEW Campaign for Peace

Get A Hand On World Peace: Presence Is Beauty

Get A Hand On World Peace: Presence Is Beauty: Beauty is Enough For over 50 years I have either knowingly or unknowingly imparted beauty upon the world. And in that 50 years there ...

Bloom

Bloom...... From Sian Design Floral Photo Studio

This open edition print framed is available
and a % of proceeds will be donated to
Nina Winters Sculpture and the Peace Parks Projects.....

Will you help us build a future for OUR children.....peace is at hand...... and by our hand..... Beauty shall continue to inspire for generations......

Thank you for your support

Live LARGE

Sian Design Photo

Wait Til The Moon Is Full.....

Wait Til The Moon Is Full........

Do you remember the title of that wonderful children's book ? It was my favorite when I was a little girl.....

It seems now prophetic that tonight a full moon, I am restless and without sleep. Yet the creative juices percolate and I am alive with creativity....

and discovery of just how to take a rather dramatic change in my business and my ability to conduct business with my floral design studio.....

location, and methodology has been forced to change due to the sale of the precious farm on which I lived.......

and tonight...... I've had an AHA ! I've long been fascinated by the you tube video “Nature by Numbers.” the spectacular video created to demonstrate the sacred geometry and mathematical equations in nature that are consistent, intelligent, and are the very core symmetry and cause for creation itself....

Sian Lindemann Photo

It has magic, consistency, constancy, and is one thing assured that one can trust will remain the same...a mathematical equation of perfection and sameness....... never wavering......never changing......and is the very base tone on which “life” rises... It is the core essence of life itself.....and tonight it speaks loudly.... You've known for some time my fascination with sunflowers and their extraordinary beauty.......

and tonight I have a profound AHA... “a perfect demonstration of why it is good to take time to get quiet, become still, quiet the noise.......turn off the computer, the tv, the phone and let nature speak ….

It always has the answer.......Always.... Its just a matter of whether you will Or in this case tonight …. I will listen.....

Sunflowers are mathematical in their nature, in their very construction and design..... AND they are food...... I understand too that sunflowers were planted in the area around Fukushima as I was informed that they soak up radiation and are able to transmute it....

I'll have to verify the transmutation statement.... However, tonight as I was peeling a $20 bag of fire roasted chilis...... and packaging them for the winter to have fresh green chilis throughout the winter I was taken by the sheer delight of harvest.... and how the simplest of foods can bring such happiness to my “state” I LOVE the flavors of the southwest. I love that they are abundantly available at my new “find” the local farmer's market on Sundays.....

What is more important is my awareness that sunflowers are abundant throughout the west and grow wild by the side of the road everywhere I have traveled in AZ, Colorado, New Mexico and environs... They withstand the cold in winter....to bloom again by volunteerism in late summer.....



Sunflowers are my new directive....... Will advise just what I'll do with them..... and for now please enjoy the photos captured in Washington and at the recently sold little farm on which I resided....

I was so very happy there and more so... I learned so much about myself and that which I truly love in life..... Now to apply that knowledge and “grow” my little flower business to beyond the bouquet....

With love and gratitude....in that listening to that persistent nagging internal voice has an intelligence that I could not begin to take credit for....

Its within all of us....one only need listen.... and it will guide you to the most perfect of days.......

and that is more than enough reason to smile.......broadly....!!!

It is the very reason and core purpose I've been committed to even in the promotion of the arts for so many years.......

Surely it is surprising to me to discover how very truly very few artists understand their connection to the natural world...... It is through art, however, and through my own work that I have delved deeply into this path of discovery......and it is through my art that I've found the connection and can articulate it …..

Pure joy....realized...... Viva New Mexico.....!

A Little Piece for Peace

Artist Nina Winters creates
monumental sculptures to inspire world peace....
and now you can own a "piece" of "peace."

Earth Protector

The sale of Nina Winters Wearable Sculptures
offer a % to the building fund to create
International Sculpture Parks for Peace

Horses

When You Wish Upon A Star

The Wearable Sculpture Collection

Financial Emergency – Do THIS to win back your future (new Tony film below)

Financial Emergency – Do THIS to win back your future (new Tony film below)

I love you

New from Sian Design Collections

Art Smart Coaching ®: Everyone Needs A Coach

Art Smart Coaching ®: Everyone Needs A Coach: "Everyone Needs A Coach" ~ Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google Art Smart® Coaching provides creative business and career development services f...

Serenity

New...from Sian Design

What Makes You Come ALIVE

IS what YOU should DO....



The Sian Design 5 x 5
is launching a new class
in September....
September 3 to October 22 ~ 2011

If you are inclined to move your life
AND your business...

AND your career to the next step.....
then this "interactive" session IS

your next step.





The Sian Design 5 x 5 ~ Creative Business Development

I've paid thousands of dollars for classes that have
NEVER given me practical advice on what to do with my
business specifically......so

I created the 5 x 5 to be an affordable way for you
to get the kind of "personal" attention, mentoring,
and coaching that would normally cost 10's of thousands
of dollars.

What you do with your life is up to you.
What you with your life to serve humanity

IS your responsibility.

Creating Conscious and Creative Businesses for over 30 years

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To Register NOW
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You will LOVE your new life....YOUR new business endeavors
and the "crowd" and collaborative support you will recieve from
other 5 x 5 members .....

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Sian Design ~ The 5 x 5 ~ September 3 through October 22

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The "ART" of Living

Art Heals.....

For both the viewer AND the creator.
Artist Phyllis Walker shares the
"Power of Art"
as she describes how it so affected
her own healing process.

An enlightened and inspired advocacy
in support of women, healing, art
and LIFE



Rapture.....Sian Lindemann Photography

The Art of Living
Artist Phyllis Walker

flairCreativ: Professional Development 5X5 with Sian Lindemann

flairCreativ: Professional Development 5X5 with Sian Lindemann: "Visual Artists | Musicians | Writers

if you want to move into an effective and dynamic creative career, you need to learn about this gro..."

Original Thought

Original Thought by Michael Brajkovich

“The arts and inventions of each period are only its costume, and do not invigorate men.”

Think of the last time that you thought, said, or did something that was original. What inspired or invigorated this?


#Trust30

Full Circle

I began this journey 10 years ago....to create a company and service



that would



illuminate, inspire and motivate as many artists as I could

so as to fill the world with so much beauty as to have NO room for fear....

Today I recieve a package from a student in the very first class I taught,

now ten years ago in Portland, Oregon.....



He went on to create 3500 individual pieces of art,

has now written sixteen art books, (with enough content left over for four more)

and has just completed writing a screen play

and story board for a series of short films about his visual vision

and personal philosophies on art, inspiration and the creative process.......



and has asked me to carry it forward.....I am humbled and fulfilled all in the same breath.....



and am so happy that at no point did I ever "really" give up on staying the course........

what a gift to have received this work......and this request.



I am SO honored....

and I am so abundantly overflowing with joy

that I did it....

that I did not quit....



His class at the University of Portland was the first....

because.....

after 3500 "pitches"

to art schools, arts organizations and associations nationwide....

offering the service to mentor and coach their members and students......



the University said yes....

and conducted a class for the first 100 students

which I taught....



and I asked them WHY they do what they do .....



And here....

The "noise" stops.....

I am fulfilled.



Its been quite a day.

Rapture and Passion

Be Yourself...Experience The Difference
Sian Lindemann ~ Artist
Founder ~ The Sian Design 5 x 5

The Starving Artist....No More

Are you ready ?

There is no yellow brick road to success in the arts.
After 30 years in the "for profit" arts industry, I have come to know only one truth.

You either want to succeed and you do
OR
You WANT to struggle and you do.



Jeff Schomay Graphic created exclusively for Sian Design
and Sian Design Presents


The most profound truth and advice that I can give is

"MAKE A DECISION"

You can have either, success or struggle, and it is a choice.

You can succeed which will mean alot of work, some sleepless nights,
a whole lot of creativity and a whole lot of faith in your capability.

Or you can struggle, which is alot of work, lots of sleepless nights,
a whole lot of creativity to keep thinking up reasons why you are failing,
and holding onto a belief that perhaps this is essential in order to "become"
valuable.

After 30 years, a whole lot of consultations with other artists, and alot
of activity in the promotion of my own art forms...the constant is but one thing

ACTION...

Take action ~ The Universe.....and less esoteric, "life" is always in motion.....
Discover what you LOVE....and of course you all know what those things are....

The things that you'll jump out of bed at 4 AM to do......and never have to be asked twice....

DO them....and then call me
We'll help you to monetize them.

The only thing you are missing is ONE thing

SEQUENCE....

I've been saying this for 30 years.
The right steps in the right order...make things happen....
Just like making YOUR "stuff"

and sort of like Sesame Street
and Making Chocolate Moose...

First you get the MOOSE
and then you put the chocolate ON THE MOOSE.......thus Chocolate Moose.....
and is of course different and unique from what we've come to know as
Mousse au chocolat.

Think Backwards.......
Find the result...
Walk backwards....

How did you get there....?
Creativity is an amazing thing....
It works in both directions.....


Sian Design 5 x 5
Sequence, Collaboration, Support, Laughter....and
A Decision


Just say Yes.....

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971-344-5848

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Gorgeous 50th Birthday Bouquet !

If Your Intuition Were A Person

"Intuition by Susan Piver
The Domino Project ~ #Trust30

The secret of fortune is joy in our hands. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you could picture your intuition as a person, what would he or she look like? If you sat down together for dinner, what is the first thing he or she would tell you?"

This is a powerful request....
As soon as I read the brief

I burst into tears...

and then by coincidence...
and how utterly perfect
did I pull up this blog post
which I had completely forgotten
that I had ever written...

http://siandesign.blogspot.com/2009/06/those-who-have-inspired-me.html

that which depicts one person who "moved" my soul
into an essential point from which to "rise"

He is an artist, designer, restauranteur from Calgary
with whom I developed a friendship and a "secret" and abiding
love life....

It was not,however, realized in "real" terms
but the prowess by which this
artist created....

so inspired and so moved my soul
and its expression
into form, color, music, movement, enchantment,
and rapture...
that all days forward of our meeting
were explosive creativity ...
realized.

I was never to be the same.
It was not ever to be "about" him as a lover or partner,
as that kind of exchange never found fruition....
yet,
I am not the same for the experience of knowing him....

I became More...
I became what I was intended here to be.
I fell deeply into love...
and into the expression of it, thereof...
through art as a painter, designer, photographer...
and many, many
forms....


I realized myself...
and my "muse" was my catalyst.

In him I saw myself
and it was
acknowledged ...
We...
are kindred spirits...

To think of him now...
brings tears to my eyes....
Joy to my soul...
and rapture to my expression....

and longing for that which is known
so purely in and of the heart.
That which is known so essentially to the soul...
and that which we allow to rest, sleep, lay dormant....
while thinking what we are doing

IS what is important....

and from this view

that effort
simply is
trite

and a most shallow attempt
at being human.

In this moment the well pool deepens
and is refreshing.
It is a reminder.

It is a memory
of what has always been
and will forever forever be
the quintessential core of truth,
and cannot be conveyed in words...
or in a glance....
but to the bottom of the toes is

known....
now and forever.
in this life, present,
past and future....

infinite, and oh so intimate.














Sian .... my name and my path... of Mayan Origin.....
meaning "Where the Sky is Born" and "gift"
And so it is.