You know what's awesome?

Today's meeting was awesome. 

Not only did we have great talks, great performances, and great people, but it was also a record breaking day:

1. Today set the record for the highest number of tips passed at a meeting (47)!
2. Today Sue set the record for the highest number of tips passed by one person at a meeting(10).  Way to go Sue!
3. Today set the record for the most money raised by our raffle!

Our awesome showboat came from Barbara Lukehart, our Health & Wellness expert from Youngevity.  She had introduced us to a variety of the different lines of products she sells to help you live younger, longer.

Our awesome warm up was from Chris.  Chris (if you haven't yet, check out his band, Endoxi) treated us to a little sampling of his blues guitar to kick things off.  

Our awesome guests today included Debbie's friend, Leora, a Mary Kay representative, and back for some seconds, was Dave, a caterer from Pasta Bravo.  We hope to see him next week, returning as member!

Awesome Talk #1: Insurance as a Retirement Plan

Anne Pettay, our Life Insurance expert from Guardian, showed us how whole life insurance was an integral part of planning for retirement.  Having the advantages over a traditional 401K or an IRA  not only include being able to withdraw from it early (maybe to make a down payment on a house) but it also grows despite the Wall street's ups and downs.

Awesome Talk #2: Flower Power!

Paul shared a story about the importance of reminding your loved ones that you're there for them. Paul told us about a mother whose husband and brother were both serving in Iraq during the birth of her son.  To make matters worse, her mother and father could not come to visit due to illness.  Paul ended up being the one to deliver her not one, but three separate bouquets.  In the end, not only did they make her happy, but every time she saw them she knew that her loved ones were with her in spirit.  He then reminded us to take a moment to make sure that we let the people we love know that we're there for them.

Extra Bonus: Use the code 'LETIP' on his website (www.flowersbyrosie.com) for a 20% discount.

Awesome Raffle!

We had a fantastic array of gifts today which resulted in the most money raised by our raffle to date!  Thanks to Mikel, Anne, Paul, Debbie, and Dave (our Pasta Bravo Guest) for donating the fabulous prizes.  Thanks to everybody that participated too!  Erin was sitting in Lady Luck's seat today as she won twice, going home with the spa package and a beautiful bouquet of stargazers.

Next Week's Awesome Round Table

We're going to do things a little differently next week.  First we're going to have a round table on Group Dynamics from Llewellyn.  Round table meetings have extra value for guests because they focus on business development.  If you have some guests that you've been working on, please put some extra effort in inviting them to next week's meeting.

Also, we're going to be doing a tour de tag lines next week, where all you will be able to say is your tag line when we pass the bucket around.  So if you haven't gotten one yet, this is the week to figure it out!

As usual, LeTip LeMonday will be at Llewellyn's, 1121 Chalcedony St in Pacific Beach.  If you're coming up in the speaking schedule, it's highly recommended to come as Llewellyn's helping the speakers with their speeches.

Have an AWESOME week!
Rich & Llewellyn

ps - For the new members that haven't attended LeTip's Network Training Seminar yet, please coordinate with our lucky Seminar Chairperson, Erin Fong.

pps - If you have ideas for warm up activities to get the meetings started, please let Mike Diebler know, our new Warm-up Chairperson.