Dear Dolphins,

With appearances on Ellen, Larry King, Today, and two shows on Oprah, “The Secret” is now the fastest selling book ever with some 3.5 million copies in print. Wow! I am just so delighted that the Law of Attraction is getting so much publicity and attention. I’ve been teaching “The Secret” - specifically as it relates to money – since 1990 in my Financial Stress Reduction Workshops. It does work – just as long as you follow positive thinking with positive action. This is why my workshops take place over an 8-week period - so you can actually put “The Secret” into action and achieve results.

I’ve been doing that lately with poker – after my 3rd place finish at the Commerce Los Angeles Poker Classic on February 4th, on February 24th I finished first out of 126 players in a No-Limit Hold’em tournament at Hawaiian Gardens. People sometimes think it strange that a financial professional gambles, but to me, it’s the same as being a small business owner. You have to have a positive mind-set, knowledge of the game, skill and experience reading the other players, patience to wait for the right timing, counting the money, and risk-reward ratios. As I quoted Blackie Sherrod in my book “The Wealthy Spirit”: “If you bet on a horse, that’s gambling. If you bet you can make three spades, that’s entertainment. If you bet cotton will go up three points, that’s business. See the difference?”

Wishing you all smooth seas, sunny skies, and treasure ships at your docks!
Love and blessings,
Chellie

ARTICLE: Buy the Latte! Retirement is a Lie . . .

Here’s how to calculate the amount of money you’ll need at retirement: 1) Whatever you have now; plus 2) Ten million dollars.

That sounds like enough to make you feel safe, right? Financial advisors estimate that the percentage of Americans who can actually save enough money to afford a reasonable lifestyle for 25 years without working is about 3%.

Here’s the problem: over time, the retirement game has warped beyond any reasonable shape. It was invented in the 1930s along with Social Security, which set the retirement age at 65—because most people died at 63. It was only supposed to support the few people who lived beyond the average life expectancy for a few years. Now life expectance has risen to 78, so retirement should start at 80. Most people can save enough to last 5-10 years.

I spoke with a 50-something man the other day. He was burned out at his job and wanted to retire. But he was afraid. “I have enough money to last twenty years,” he said. “But if I live longer than that, it’s a problem.”

Living too long is a problem? No—the problem is working too hard and burning out. The problem is too much work and not enough vacation. The problem is not having work you love.

When was the last time you heard a movie star say, ‘I can’t wait until I have my pension funded so I can retire and stop making all these movies’? You never hear that. Because actors love their work. At ninety years old, they’re trying to convince insurance companies how healthy they are so that they can make a movie. They die onstage. They want to die working because they love their job.

The game of richest man in the world has been won already. Bill Gates is still working. The number two richest guy, Warren Buffet, just gave the number one guy all his money. He’s still going to work every day. The number three guy, Sheldon Adelson, is still working, too – he has a five-year plan in place to become the number one guy. He’s 83 years old! Why bother? you might ask.

Just for fun is the answer.

Find work that you love doing and you won’t want to retire from it. Retire to do what? Lie on the beach? For how many days would that be interesting? You only think you want to lie on the beach because you haven’t had a good vacation. So go to Hawaii or Cabo or the Caribbean or someone’s backyard in Malibu now.

And enjoy a latte on the beach while you’re at it

CHELLIE’S UPCOMING APPEARANCES:

March 31, 2007: Chellie will be a keynote speaker along with Arianna Huffington at the Ladies Who Launch Live Event: Ladies Who Launch is a national community of 30,000 women and the Los Angeles event is expected to have 400-500 in attendance. It is being held at Dermalogica in Carson, CA. Go to www.ladieswholaunch.com or call Sarah Shaw at 213-705-6133 for more information.

April 22, 2007: Chellie will be the keynote speaker at the Women Entrepreneurs of Santa Clarita Valley Women’s event that features vendor booths, a speaker program, a small fashion show, shopping, food & more. Go to www.WEofSCV.com or call Tera McHugh at 661-775-0422 for more information.

May 1, 2007: Chellie will be the featured guest on the Spirited Woman Circle Conversation Series 1-hour Telechat at 10:00 am PST. Hosted by Nancy Miller of The Spirited Woman, this series focuses on authors and book publishing, and has had such best-selling authors as Fannie Flagg, Carly Phillips, and Gayle Lynd. (Special note: the April 3rd TeleChat will be with Lisa Hagan of Paraview, Inc. – Chellie’s literary agent!) Call: 888-428-1234 to sign-up or register online at: http://www.thespiritedwoman.com/spirited_woman_circle/

Financial Stress Reduction® Workshops New evening classes begin Monday, February May 7 and Wednesday, May 9 from 6:00 – 8:30 pm and the daytime class begins Tuesday, May 8 from 1:00 – 3:30 pm for the 8-week series. Achieve extraordinary results in your money and your life!  Call 310-476-1622 or visit www.chellie.com for more information..

A LITTLE ABOUT CHELLIE . . .

Chellie Campbell is a former musical comedy actress and past owner of a business management firm who’s been a professional speaker for over sixteen years. She’s the author of The Wealthy Spirit: Daily Affirmations for Financial Stress Reduction (Sourcebooks, 2002), a GlobalNet book-of-the-month selection. Chellie has been quoted in the LA Times, Good Housekeeping, Lifetime, Essence, Woman’s World and many books, and she’s featured in How to Run Your Business Like a Girl by Elizabeth Cogswell Baskin and Money, A Memoir: Women, Emotions, and Cash by Liz Perle. Her new book, Zero to Zillionaire: 8 Foolproof Steps to Financial Peace of Mind was released by Sourcebooks in the spring of 2006.

CONTACT CHELLIE!

Chellie can be reached at chellie@chellie.com or call 310-476-1622.

Campbell Consulting Company
409 Bonhill Road,
Los Angeles, CA 90049