The greatest WORDS for the citizens of The United States
of America are in the United State’s Declaration of
Independence. It was drafted by Thomas Jefferson and
adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.
America’s 13 colonies at the time declared that they
were no longer tied to Brittan or its king and explained
the reasons why.

This declaration and its WORDS set the stage for the
freedoms for the USA and its powerful words are
something Americans should not forget.

As writers and entrepreneurs we exchange
Words4Money most of our writing career.
Americans–Have a happy 4th of July. Everyone else
it is a great time to review the WORDS in your own
country that gave you the freedom you have today.

Here are some of the most famous words ever written:
The Declaration of Independence…

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IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen
United States of America,

When in the Course of human events it becomes
necessary for one people to dissolve the political
bands which have connected them with another
and to assume among the powers of the earth,
the separate and equal station to which the Laws
of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a
decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires
that they should declare the causes which impel
them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
men are created equal, that they are endowed
by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit
of Happiness. — That to secure these rights,
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving
their just powers from the consent of the governed,
– That whenever any Form of Government becomes
destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People
to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new
Government, laying its foundation on such principles
and organizing its powers in such form, as to them
shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and
Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that
Governments long established should not be
changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly
all experience hath shewn that mankind are more
disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to
right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they
are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and
usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object
evinces a design to reduce them under absolute
Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw
off such Government, and to provide new Guards
for their future security. — Such has been the patient
sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the
necessity which constrains them to alter their former
Systems of Government. The history of the present
King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries
and usurpations, all having in direct object the
establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.
To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome
and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate
and pressing importance, unless suspended in their
operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when
so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation
of large districts of people, unless those people would
relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature,
a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual,
uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their
Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into
compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly,
for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the
rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions,
to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative
Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the
People at large for their exercise; the State remaining
in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion
from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these
States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for
Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to
encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions
of new Appropriations of Lands.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by
refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the
tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of
their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither
swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their
substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies
without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and
superior to the Civil Power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction
foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws;
giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for
any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants
of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended
offences:

For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a
neighbouring Province, establishing therein an
Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as
to render it at once an example and fit instrument for
introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most
valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms
of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring
themselves invested with power to legislate for us
in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring
us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts,
burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign
Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation,
and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of
Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most
barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a
civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive
on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country,
to become the executioners of their friends and
Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us,
and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants
of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose
known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished
destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned
for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated
Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury.
A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act
which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a
free people.

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British
brethren. We have warned them from time to time of
attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable
jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the
circumstances of our emigration and settlement here.
We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity,
and we have conjured them by the ties of our common
kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would
inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence.
They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of
consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the
necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold
them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War,
in Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States
of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing
to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of
our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of
the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish
and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of
Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that
they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British
Crown, and that all political connection between them
and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally
dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States,
they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace
contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do
all other Acts and Things which Independent States
may of right do. — And for the support of this
Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection
of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each
other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

– John Hancock

New Hampshire:
Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton

Massachusetts:
John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams,
Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry

Rhode Island:
Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery

Connecticut:
Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington,
William Williams, Oliver Wolcott

New York:
William Floyd, Philip Livingston,
Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris

New Jersey:
Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon,
Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark

Pennsylvania:
Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin,
John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith,
George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross

Delaware:
Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean

Maryland:
Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone,
Charles Carroll of Carrollton

Virginia:
George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson,
Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr.,
Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton

North Carolina:
William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn

South Carolina:
Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr.,
Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton

Georgia:
Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton

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Next week we will return to our regular
Powerhouse Writer e-zine. Thanks for reading.
Now think of one sentence that can be the most
powerful sentence to describe you or your business.

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You CAN Write Your Great Book in 90 Days or Less
If you are in the process of writing your book or eBook you can
still get the best guide to help you write from our
Powerhouse Writer’s manual, “How to Write Your Great Book
in 90 Days or Less.”
You can read about it and all the terrific bonuses we offer and
order it here:
http://www.powerhousewriting.com/Writing-a-Book-in-90-Days.html
Special Unadvertised Bonus when you order
Powerhouse Writer’s Manual:
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If you order the manual you will get 30 MINUTES
of one-on-one book coaching personally
from me. The last day for this fr-ee jump-start coaching offer is
THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2008 AT MIDNIGHT, Pacific Daylight time.

We can work on setting up your Table of Contents,
identify the purpose of your book, and who is your reader?
We can get a lot done in 30 minutes if you are an
expert in your field and know your subject. If you are really
rolling I’ll give you 15 more minutes to get you started.
Email Joan when you have received your manual and we
will set up your 30 minute book coaching opportunity.

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To your writing success,
Joan Clout-Kruse
America’s Book Coach
AskJoan(at)BizBookBreakthrough.com

CloutPower Training LLC
969-G Edgewater Blvd. #326
Foster City CA 94404
www.Words4Money.com
www.WriteMyBizBook.com

Hi, Joan Clout-Kruse here–America’s Book Coach. I am a little embarrassed because it’s been almost a month since I sent you an article. The good news is that I spent time researching book-marketing tips for you because you asked for it. Now I am back on track. Take a look below for writing tips and programs coming up to help you write and market your great book. Send me your comments and questions at AskJoan(at)BizBookBreakthrough.com

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BOOK WRITING TIPS
by Joan Clout-Kruse

You Asked For It!

We have added Book-Marketing Tips to our Words4Money Blog
because you asked for it. You can read the messages
below for more information on what we will be doing in future
Blog news. Please send us your writing
and marketing questions and we will feature them in future
issues. Send them to AskJoan(at)BizBookBreakthrough.com

To your business and writing success,
Joan Clout-Kruse

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TOPICS
1. Good Business Writing is Solving Problems
2. Low Cost Book Marketing Tips Coming
3. COMING! Protégé Biz Writers Mastermind Group
4. You Can Write Your Great Book in 90 Days or Less
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Good Business Writing is Solving Problems

Recently a Facebook member called me, “Writer’s Block Doctor.”
Hum… I had to think about that for a few moments.
“A negative term with a positive solution”
was the answer I came up with.

I got to thinking, isn’t that what good biz writing is all about?
We identify problems and come up with solutions. That is what
our readers search for. Readers are looking for solutions to their
problems. All good business writing will have the
answers we are looking for and we will buy that book or read
that article that can help us.

If you follow this formula for good writing you
could have a winning book: “Identify 12 problems that you can
solve and write the solutions for your readers.” Now take those
12 problems and create 12 chapters: One major challenge per
chapter.

You are the expert and writing your book this way will be easier
than you think because you know the topics so well.
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Low Cost Book-Marketing Tips Coming

At the same time you are writing your book you have to come up
with a book-marketing plan. So we are enhancing our format and
information to include book marketing tips and techniques. We
started an additional website: http://www.Words4Money.com that will
cover more than just writing a book. Our writing site will
focus primarily on writing; http://www.WriteMyBizBook.com

All of this is based on the questions and needs of our clients.
Writing is not the primary career for our clients—they are
entrepreneurs, coaches, speakers and business professionals.

Your writing needs are more of a challenge because it is difficult
to make a writing plan part of your daily business life, but it has
to be done if you want to write a book.

We are expanding the information we give you to help entrepreneurs write

and market their books and articles. We are going to start
by giving you low cost marketing tips for your words every week.
We are creating a DVD that will include many of these marketing tips.

Send me your questions.
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COMING!
Protégé Biz Writers Mastermind Group

You asked for it! You want a writers group that is designed specifically
for entrepreneurs, consultants, speakers and business professionals.
Watch for it. It will have a forum, Teleseminars, lots of
contact and connections for you, and an Annual Writers Retreat
designed specifically for non-fiction writing, especially
“how-to” books. We hope you will tell your business colleagues to
join us.
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You CAN Write Your Great Book in 90 Days or Less

If you are in the process of writing your book you can
still get the best guide to help you write from our
Powerhouse Writer’s manual, “How to Write Your Great Book
in 90 Days or Less.”

You can read about it and all the terrific bonuses we offer and
order it here:
http://www.powerhousewriting.com/Writing-a-Book-in-90-Days.html

Special Unadvertised Bonus when you order
Powerhouse Writer’s Manual:
==============================
If you order the manual I will contact you by e-mail because
you will get 30 MINUTES of one-on-one book coaching personally
from me. The last day for this fr-ee jump-start coaching offer is
THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2008 AT MIDNIGHT, Pacific Daylight time.

We can work on setting up your Table of Contents,
identify the purpose of your book, and who is your reader?
We can get a lot done in 30 minutes if you are an
expert in your field and know your subject. If you are really
rolling I’ll give you 15 more minutes to get you started.

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Watch our next issue for some book marketing tips to help
you promote and sell your book.

To your writing and business success,
Joan Clout-Kruse
America’s Book Coach
AskJoan(at)BizBookBreakthrough.com

I learned over the years that self-esteem, self-confidence are the key to success. Without these traits you cannot move forward in your life.

I had the pleasure of working for Shirley Temple Black in the ‘70s and typed her speeches on my state-of-the-art IBM Selectric® typewriter. Mrs. Black was a delight and had the self-confidence and presence to reach many people. I saw her husband, Charles Black, more than I saw Mrs. Black as he delivered work for me to do for her. He was always bragging about his wife. He was so proud of her. He rarely talked about himself, only his wife. Mrs. Black had a wonderful support team in her family—even her oldest daughter, Susan, came by once in a while with work and she also would boast about her mother.

Thinking about this wonderful memory made me aware that in order to achieve our dreams in life we must believe in ourselves and be surrounded by people who also believe in us.

Over the years I have met many passionate, hard-working individuals in corporate America and in business. The successful ones have one unique trait: they believe in themselves. You can call it many names: self-reliance, self-confidence, and positive self-esteem. Whatever way you identify it you must have it to move forward at all times.

What is Self-Esteem? Self-esteem is when you quietly know that you’re worth a lot and knowing that you are worthy of being loved and accepted. You have self respect and a favorable impression of yourself. You don’t brag about it. That’s not the point. When you have it, it is the fuel that keeps you going. Nothing can stop you from doing what you want to do. People can call you names and it goes in one ear and out the other. Nothing fazes you from going after what you want in life.

Children who were raised by parents that encouraged their children and complimented them had an advantage over the rest of us who did not receive this gift of praise growing up. Fortunately, self-esteem is a learned skill: I discovered that when I began attending seminars as a young adult. But, it wasn’t easy overcoming those childhood years of lack of self-confidence and shyness.

As a child, if we receive praise from a teacher, tutor, parent or other adult we look up to, it can help skyrocket our self-esteem. If not, then our self-esteem is fleeting. We may lose all hope or just get by in school and in life.

The good news is that you can attain self-esteem. All you need is faith in yourself that with practice and understanding you can build that self-confidence muscle. One great advantage to having good self-esteem is that you are more apt to make good choices when you are growing up. You will not “follow the crowd.” Instead you will make your own choices. You will value yourself and those around you. You will find like-minded positive friends and drop the ones that are naysayers and are constantly telling you that your ideas will not work.

Believe in yourself and you will begin to build your wealth. The first step in making money is to believe in yourself. Not just enough money to get by, but enough money to build your empire. You must have confidence, passion and the knowledge to make your dreams come true. Wealth is important because we can help others and ourselves with money. Without money we struggle to get by.

Successful people just do it. The successful clients and people I know have self-confidence. They are assertive and confident in their decisions and activities. In fact, I wrote a book about them a few years ago entitled, Top 10 Traits of Silicon Valley Dynamos. They believe they can do what they aim to do. There is no stopping them. Do not tell them it cannot be done because they WILL DO IT. There are no limits. They look for the good in other people and approach life with enthusiasm.

Take charge of your life. Begin by writing your beliefs about yourself on a piece of paper. Read them. What do they say about you? Are they positive or negative thoughts, or full of apprehension? Now rewrite them and make them all positive comments. Add a few goals to the list: Things you want to accomplish in the next six months. Write them in a positive manner such as, “I will write and finish my book in six months,” I will sell $10,000 of my products in 60 days.” Writing them down is the first step, but following through is the key to your success.

Study and learn from the Masters. Begin reading books that will show you how to build your business and improve your life. Learn and meet other like-minded people at seminars and networking events. Study how to set goals and follow through on them. Just do it, as the Nike ads state.

Never give up. I have a client who created and published a comic book. She didn’t know how to do it. She hired an illustrator to help her with her idea. Then she had to find a publisher and a distributor. There were many challenges and disappointments. So she decided to create a music CD about the main character in the story to add value to the comic book and explain the purpose of her heroic character. She never gave up, even when some people told her it hasn’t been done before the way she wanted to do it. Two years later she now has a distributor and some major comic book publishers are interested.

Words4Money will provide tips, ideas, products and services. In future articles we will introduce you to many ways you can make money with your words: writing, marketing, selling, publishing and creating something new that you really believe in. Seize opportunities that you feel passionate about. Start setting goals and work towards achieving those goals. Words4Money will perk your mind with ideas and opportunities. It is up to you to make choices, follow through and make your dreams come true.

Be bold. Be brave. Take charge of your life. The first step is to believe in yourself. For your continued success build your self-esteem every chance you get. Have a good positive attitude and keep on going no matter what. Bring positive thinking people into your life. Finally, make good choices and have fun doing it. You create your own success. Enjoy the adventure.

© 2008 Joan Clout-Kruse. All rights reserved.

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