I want my daughters to grow up with a positive outlook on life, believing they have unlimited potential and knowing that whatever they choose to do, they can be successful.

For me, that means setting a positive example for them. Helping them to see the glass as half-full. Encouraging them to excel at school. Using upbeat words and positive reinforcement to inspire and motivate them, especially when the going gets tough.

Same is true with coworkers. And the supermarket cashier, the waiter at a restaurant, even the guy or gal who checks your receipt as you’re leaving a store. Watch what happens when you smile and say something positive.

Positivity inspires everyone, giving them unlimited possibilities. It’s contagious!

Which brings me to the Amway Positivity Project contest.

It’s a celebration of positivity on people’s lives every day. You. Your community. Your coworkers. Your family and friends.

We’re inviting you to share your story, and helping to spread positivity throughout the country and around the world.

Maybe someone special inspired you. Your positive message changed the life of a child. You and your neighbors changed another person’s life. You experienced positivity at work, with wonderful results.

Your personal story could win up to $10,000, and an invitation to a special VIP Power of Positive awards event.

Even more importantly, you’ll help bring the power of positive to life for others – starting with your own family.

How have you set an example of positivity for those around you?

Share your story with us, and the world.

Amway Global and Nutrilite often come up with products so good I’d use ‘em even if I didn’t work here.

Nutrilite Endurance Cubes is a perfect example: An innovation that fills a definite need, and works so well you wonder how you ever lived without it.

True story: The other night, I was doing my half-marathon training run. I’m cruising along, feeling the wind on my shoulders, enjoying the scenery, when all of a sudden … nothin’.

I hit the wall.

Couldn’t. Go. Another. Mile.

In other words, I bonked. It’s a technical term, OK?

Scientists tell us bonking happens when there’s too little glycogen in the liver and muscles, resulting in complete lack of energy.

Tell me about it.

Then I remembered the Nutrilite Endurance Cubes I’d stashed in my pocket (Fruit Burst flavor, but there’s also Berry flavor). Popped a couple of these gummy little chews in my mouth.

Before long, I was feeling the Cubes’ B-vitamins, carbs, antioxidants, electrolytes, and caffeine go to work in my system.

Nutrilite Endurance Cubes helped me end the bonk, and finish my run that night. And I’ve been sharing them with my fellow runners ever since.

They’re tasty. Portable. More convenient than gooey quick-energy products. And the kind of ground-breaking product I’d buy even if I didn’t have “Amway Global” on my business cards.

Best of all, they keep me from running on empty.

If you’ve seen an Amway Global ad on TV, on the web, or in a national magazine, you know we’re all about the power of positive. It’s only natural.

After all, we get our inspiration from Amway co-founders Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel – the ultimate positive thinkers, even back in 1959 when this company began.

From investing time and money in non-profit organizations such as the Boys & Girls Club of America or Easter Seals, to partnering with organizations like the American Red Cross, Amway Global is looking to make a positive impact on the world around us. Today, the products we create and the businesses we support are all driven by upbeat optimism. It’s a mighty powerful thing.

That’s the idea behind the Amway Global Positivity Project.

The Positivity Project aims to kick-start the conversation with you. We want to hear about the good things happening in your life. Update your status with a positive message on the Amway Global Facebook or Twitter sites, and you might even be chosen as one of the Top Ten stories in contention for a $1000 prize.

But the Positivity Project doesn’t stop there. We’re also presenting nationally-known authors, life coaches, motivational speakers whose blogs and writings carry the message of living a positive life.

That positivity message goes wherever we go, from Amway Global events to appearances of our NUTRILITE® and ARTISTRY® Mobile Brand Experiences.

And slowly, one by one, story by story, a movement will begin. Together, we can motivate and inspire others to bring the power of positivity into their own lives and communities across the country.

That’s the Amway Global Positivity Project. So do us all a favor: Pass it on!

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could browse the entire Amway Global product line and order the products you need – all while you’re on the go, from the convenience of your smart phone?

Amway Global is part of a hot new mobile marketing trend, enabling you to order our products via most smart phones wherever you are in the U.S. and Canada. It’s like online shopping, minus your computer.

Our easy-to-use Mobile Web puts the entire Amway Global catalog of products at your fingertips – from NUTRILITE® DOUBLE X® to ARTISTRY® Time Defiance to Legacy of Clean® products, and everything in between. All of our Home Care, Durables, and Personal Care products are right there, too.

Just browse our top-quality brands, and order everything you need. Your next Amway Global order is as close as your smart phone.

Registered Amway Global customers can also use the free Amway Global iPhone® app on your iPhone or iPod® Touch®.

There’s never been a faster, more convenient way to buy your favorite Amway Global products. Go mobile with us today!

We’ve all seen the stories about the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. It has devastated the region’s billion-dollar fishing industry, affecting some 27,000 jobs directly.

Since the spill began more than 100 days ago, many of us have wondered, “What can we do to help?”

Amway Global celebrity spokesperson and radio personality John Tesh stopped wondering and sprang into action, creating the “Adopt A Fisherman” fund. The fund is based in Venice, Louisiana, where many commercial fishermen live.

This humanitarian effort provides financial aid for affected families, to be used for income, supplies, medical care, child care, and more. 100% of all donations received go directly to the fishermen and their families.

None of us can stop disasters from happening. But we can all encourage people like John, who are doing their part to make life a little easier for people in the Gulf region.

It’s the way we do business here at Amway Global. And we believe it’s the right thing to do.

Full disclosure: I was among the thousands of little girls who dreamed of one day becoming Miss America. The whole bit: Wearing the crown, waving that "Miss America" wave to the crowd, looking my best wherever I went – whether it was a county fair in the Midwest, an appearance on TV, or visiting sick kids in the hospital.

But when I met the real-life Miss America, Caressa Cameron, I got a jolt of reality. Yes, she does all those things (the crown, the wave, the public appearances). But honestly, she’s completely down-to-earth, totally comfortable in her own skin, and always ready to laugh – even at herself.

So here’s a revelation: How does Miss America always look like Miss America? She uses ARTISTRY® skin care and cosmetics!

It makes perfect sense. Long before we became a pageant sponsor, the ARTISTRY brand and the Miss America organization had individually been changing women’s lives – emphasizing inner beauty, intelligence, and the importance of making a difference in the world we live in.

Imagine the possibilities of this high-profile partnership, as we bring the ARTISTRY brand and ARTISTRY products to life for the exciting, vibrant Miss America crowd.

And talk about a shared values and a love of freedom! On the Fourth of July 2010, Miss America sang the National Anthem at "POPs on Independence Presented by Amway Global" concert in Philadelphia with Steve Lieberman of Amway Global enthusiastically cheering her on in the audience.

The ARTISTRY scholarship – a key part of our Miss America sponsorship – is a smart new way we can empower young women to follow their dreams and achieve their goals.

This scholarship is part of the more than $45 million in cash and scholarship assistance made available through the national, state, and local Miss America organizations.

Fact of life: We’ll most likely never be Miss America. But like her, we can embrace wholeheartedly the "beauty from within" philosophy of the ARTISTRY brand.

And, like Caressa Cameron, we can all make a beautiful difference in the lives of everyone we meet.

This weekend, a group of Amway Global employees and IBO's will be going for a run, in the "Windy City". It's not just any run, but a 13.2 mile tour of the city. There will be live bands and cheerleaders along each mile of the course, as well as a free post-race concert featuring Five For Fighting. There is also a free Health and Fitness Expo, featuring the NUTRILITE® Mobile Brand Experience.

Its the 2^nd annual Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicago Half Marathon, which gets underway this Sunday on Columbus near Jackson in the Windy City.

NUTRILITE® is proud to be the official nutrition partner of the Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon series. These 14 races across the country incorporate miles with music, and motivation with muscle.

Among the expected 23,000 runners will be 18 Amway Global employees ( yes, myself included) on the NUTRILITE® team. That’s in addition to 16 Independent Business Owners from across the country that we know of(but we assume there could be many more as well).

Race weekend starts with the Health and Fitness Expo Friday and Saturday at Chicago’s McCormick Place. If you’re in Chicago, be sure to visit the NUTRILITE Mobile Brand Experience, home of the multi-swap challenge. Bring us any competitor’s multivitamin bottle (with or without vitamins inside), and we’ll swap it for a FREE 90-day-supply bottle of NUTRILITE Daily®.

If you can’t come to Chicago, you can catch a preview of the NUTRILITE Mobile Experience with Sean McKeon of Competitior.com. Or join us at other Rock ‘n Roll Marathons later this year.