On this very hot, sunny day in Vegas, Michael, a very good friend of ours left the garage door open while he took the mail in to the kitchen.

He takes care of our home while we are gone...

As he was ready to leave, he noticed that a hummingbird flew into the garage and was now fluttering around in the building confused and scared.  He knew that if he left it there it would surely die.


The more he tried to get the little frightened bird outside to freedom and safety, the more frantic it would become and it kept flying into things - it was hurting itself.

After about 40 minutes of running after the little guy in the scorching heat, he decided to start talking to it. As he calmed down and gently started talking to the bird and assuring it that he only wanted to help, the little hummingbird finally settled on a crossbar inside the garage.

While still talking Michael got onto a little stool and held his finger out right below where the now exhausted bird was sitting.

To his surprise the hummingbird hopped right onto his hand and allowed him to very gently cup it in is hand. Absolutely exacerbated Michael walked the tiny little thing to safety outside.  He slowly opened his hands and the little bird was just sitting there - Michael couldn't believe that it didn't just take off immediately, instead it waited for the word from him.  "You're safe now little bird, go - fly off" And so it did.

This story moved me to tears when Michael told it to me. That little bird fully trusted him.

Just like that, everyone wants to be trusted, and want to be able to trust. People know and feel when you are being sincere - just like that hummingbird intuitively knew that it could trust Michael. It could sense his honesty and sincerity.

Put true feeling and emotion into every thing you do and say and people will absolutely respond positively to that. Just like that hummingbird they'll put their trust in you with the hope that you are being open, honest and sincere.

The Pizzazz Factor will show you how to effectively express yourself and your honest and sincere intentions through body language and dynamic and positive presence.

Kind Regards
Vanessa Bader

So, this morning I woke up and was horrified when I quickly scanned through the email I sent you last night and I realized that I made a really stupid mistake!

I felt so silly... but truth be told that I am known to be a bit of a "blonde" sometimes... :)

At first I was distraught and immediately I was considering writing you an email to apologize for my grammatical and 'lapse of concentration' error... but then I immediately burst out laughing out loud when it dawned on me how funny the whole thing actually is... I hope some of you got a little chuckle out of it.

Yes, I have been to Greece a couple of times, but I played the part of 'Frenchie' in the musical GREASE! Sometimes it is glaringly obvious that my mind is in more than one place at a time. All I could do was laugh about it... out loud, a real belly laugh, what else is there to do?

Laugh at Yourself

Hey look, I know that was not exactly a serious or life altering mistake, but I think it is always important to maintain a healthy sense of humor about your own mistakes and shortcomings.  I mean, stressing about doing something wrong or making a mistake is not going to change the fact that it is done.

So why get yourself in a 'tizzy" about it?  No matter what it is... life has to go on.  So laugh about it, get over it... and then find a way to correct it, or if it isn't something you can fix... look forward, move on, tomorrow is always a new day with new possibilities.

Learn from your mistakes... next time I'll read through my email one extra time and make sure I am completely in the moment while doing it so I don't make another error like that.

By being able to laugh at your own mistakes, you might even brighten up someone else's day...