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3 Things You Should Learn to Succeed!

2023-12-31T18:08:00.000-05:00

3 Skills You Should Learn!

We are all gifted with different kinds of skills. Some of these skills are needed for our basic survival, while others are meant to enhance our personalities in some way or the other. For instance, if you are skilled at singing and you are a professional singer, then this skill is necessary for your livelihood, your survival. However, we are not going to talk about these basic survival skills here. Life is so much more than just survival. If you want to improve your personality and your persona itself, then these are the skills you must try to be good at…

Remembering People’s Names, Place Names, Etc.

A good memory is a great gift, but if you don’t have that gift already, you need not despair. There are several ways in which you can enhance your memory. You can take the help of mnemonics or other memory aids or you can even take up a course to improve your memory. But, mark my words, this is a wonderful skill to have. If you are able to remember people’s names, then it can do so much for your reputation! When you suddenly meet someone on the street and you are able to recall who they are, it could mean a lot to them. They will take warmly to you, and who knows what opportunities that might lead to!

Reading People’s Minds

It is very important that you can read people’s minds. This is a great skill because when you know what’s going on in someone’s mind, you can react accordingly and you can actually plan things that can be helpful to you. For example, if a business prospect is on the verge of getting bored, and you read that on their face, then you can immediately do something—like give them an incentive—so that their interest is piqued up. You may save your business by being able to read people’s minds. It can help you save your relationship. There’s no telling how this habit can help you.

Ability to Recognize Talent

This is a skill that very few people are blessed with, but it can certainly be developed through experience. When you come across someone, this skill can help you assess their potential. You can ‘see’ what they will be capable of achieving, and that can help you immensely.

These three skills are vital for your personality. They won’t pay you directly, and you can survive without them, but if you have these skills, you will be able to do better in life in many respects. Work on them and see the difference!

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Halloween Ideas and Festivities

2023-10-05T14:03:00.000-04:00

Whether you are cooking for a feast of adults for Halloween or looking for some great kid approved recipes there are plenty of resources online for some excellent spooky recipes for All Hallows Eve. There are some basic rules that will help the meal preparation and presentation go a little more smoothly if you'll follow them. Hopefully that advice below will help you get through your spook fest and enjoy a great dinner too.

Most people who have a huge Halloween party will find that they will be interrupted throughout the evening with trick or treaters seeking the perfect treat. While we want to enjoy the ghosts, goblins, kings, and princesses gracing our stoop we also do not want to burn the food we are working hard to prepare. For this reason we need to select foods that require little attention during the preparation process rather than foods that are quite time consuming and attention demanding.

Crock pots are a blessing to have around on a night like Halloween. You can begin the food cooking well before the little goblins begin their appointed rounds and have the dishes you've prepared kept warm while you're waiting for guests to arrive or doling out treats at your front door, whatever the necessity of the moment may be. You can even cook normal favorites in the crock pot or cook them on the stove and use the crock pot to keep them warm.

Some excellent spooky crock pot ideas include spaghetti brains. Prepare the sauce and the noodles ahead of time separately. Mix the sauce in the noodles and keep them warming together in the crock pot. Meatball eyes are another crock pot favorite. Stuff the meatballs with one stuffed olive eyeball and place in spaghetti sauce. Bat wings (which are actually chicken wings) with your favorite sauce are also excellent in the crock pot. Sloppy Joes can also be prepared and stored in the crock pot then served open faced over buns with small triangle cheese slices for eye and a pickle for eyeballs and a large triangle of cheese for the mouth.

Another great Halloween cooking idea is to prepare as much as possible ahead of time. There are all kinds of frightening and ghastly goodies that can be made ahead of time and stored for the big day. Make your spooky offerings such as dips that can be made cold and used for veggies, which can also be chopped ahead of time, can be made ahead of time and stored in the fridge for the big day. Cookies can be baked and decorated and stored in advance. Devilled egg white mice can be made earlier in the day and stored in the fridge on waxed paper.

The Internet is full of great recipe ideas for delicious and devious Halloween desserts, snacks, and treats. There are far too many to try them all. However, if you have favorite foods that are easy to prepare and a good party food you might want to search the net for a manner of making the food more appropriate to a Halloween theme. You can make your own pizza a little spookier by decorating it in a manner that is spooky or painting pictures, such as a jack o lantern face with pizza sauce. There are plenty of things you can do to raise the fear factor even on family favorites if you use a little creativity and give it a fancy name (like spaghetti brains).

The most important thing about Halloween as a holiday is that it gives children of all ages the perfect excuse to use their imaginations and play pretend. The food you cook doesn't have to be too terribly spooky in order to be a perfect fit for the theme of the day. A few simple adjustments, a little dash of food color, and a lot of imagination can make any meal so much more Halloween worthy in the end.

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2023-08-18T20:16:00.002-04:00

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Give Old Age A Kick In The Behind!

2023-03-19T16:52:00.003-04:00

We are all getting older, it's a process we can't stop, no matter how hard we try, it will just carry on. There are of course, certain things, like actions, routines, eating, etc, that can help make it easier.

One of those things is keeping your mind as sharp as possible, which is one of the reasons I

actually do what I do online. It helps me to use my wits, to create, and learn, as well as not get stagnant.

Stagnation is the bane of our lives.

Normal, cognitive changes as you age are completely normal. This may include mild cognitive impairment, which is quite common in humans after midlife.

Usually this "dulling of the mind" starts around middle age. Since the average person lives to about 80 years old, this means that if you’re 40, you are middle age. Even if you are nowhere near 40 right now, this age comes sooner than you think because time passes very fast while you’re living it.

Working on keeping your mind sharp as you age can and should start from a young age. The younger you start, the better. However, even if you’re over middle age right now, and even if you feel as if you have less mental dexterity than when you were younger, you can still implement what you will read in the pages that follow. If you do, you may avoid suffering too much decline, keeping your mind as sharp as possible and even improving where you can.

The Importance of Keeping Your Mind Sharp as You Age

It’s normal to experience changes in your brain throughout your life. As you go through middle age and beyond, your brain will slowly shrink. This is all completely normal and while it sounds frightening, you don’t have to be scared. With the right plan, you can - if you work on it - actually grow your brain even if it’s already started shrinking.

Keep Your Independence Longer

If you can take care of yourself and remember to pay your bills, turn off the stove, and that type of thing, you will be able to be independent a lot longer than if you can’t do those things. Working on improving your memory and brain function now, even if you have no mental or cognitive decline at all, will ensure that you will put it off even longer.

Ward off Dementia

Even though a large percentage of people over 70 have some form of dementia, you can certainly lessen the effects by working on your mental and physical health. Eating right, keeping your mind sharp by reading, doing new things, and living an active life is your best defense against any illness and costs less than medical intervention.

Improve Your Memory

Being able to remember to take your meds, or even remember what day it is, is an important factor in being able to live on your own. If you cannot remember what day it is, it’s hard to remember to pay your light bill or buy the right amount of food to eat. Don’t worry, though; even if you have a hard time remembering things now, you can learn methods to make it easier.

Experience Better Health in General

Taking care of your brain health will naturally rub off into creating a situation where your entire body is healthier. The main reason is that the same thing that keeps your brain healthy will maintain your general health. Eating right, drinking plenty of water, getting exercise, resting, and reducing stress are good for you all the way around.

Enjoy Your Retirement More

When you can be independent, remember your scheduled evening out with friends, and remember to pay your bills, you will obviously enjoy your retirement more. It's more pleasurable if you’re healthy and your mind is sharp. You’ll have a lot more fun because you will be free of other worries once you retire, and you’re likely to earn more money longer due to having a sharp mind.

Keeping your mind sharp pays off in more than one way. Being independent as long as humanly possible is also a massive benefit to the rest of your family. The less your family worries about you, the more independent you can be, for longer. It’s a lot less expensive for you to stay independent.

So, let's move on to look at things you can do to make your life better and to keep your mind sharp as you age.

Eat Right and Keep Moving

When it comes to your general health, there is not a much more effective plan than to eat right and to keep moving. The eating component is a lot more important than doing any type of planned exercise but adding in daily walking or other types of exercise will make it all that much more effective.

Eat Right and Mind Your Diet

It sounds simple to eat right, but with all the fad diets and questionable plans out there, the best thing you can do is just to eat right for your needs. No matter what type of diet you go on, eating fresh local produce is better for you than any other type of food. Try making half your plate veggies and a fourth of it fruit, and you will automatically feel healthier. Your mind will become sharper too. The reason is that your brain needs glucose to work best, and the easiest way to use glucose in a healthy way is from fresh produce like fruit and veggies.

· Eat More Fruit – Some people are afraid of fruit but if you don’t have diabetes, you can and should eat fruit. Don’t drink fruit; eat it. Eating berries is especially very good for you. Fruit is fantastic for brain health. The more colorful the fruit, the more you should eat of it. Dementia is marked by plaque build-up in the brain, but fruit can help reduce that.

· Eat More Veggies – Just like fruit, veggies help reduce oxidative stress which is thought to be one of the causes or contributors to different forms of cognitive decline (including various forms of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease). This makes veggies one of the most important things you should consume.

· Drink Lots of Fresh Filtered Water – Most of us are walking around slightly dehydrated because we have learned to ignore our thirst cues. In fact, your body wants water so much that sometimes it tells you that you are hungry in hopes you’ll eat something with moisture. Your brain cells require a certain balance of compounds, including water, to work properly. If you are fully hydrated, you’ll be less likely to suffer cloudy thinking.

· Avoid Processed Food and Sugar – Every diet that exists asks that you stop eating processed food and sugar. No one is ever going to say that it’s a good thing to eat this stuff. Therefore, regardless of the type of diet that you choose to follow, stop eating processed food and sugar as much as you can other than the occasional treat.

· Eat Fewer Simple Carbohydrates – While today there is no such thing as "complex carbs" or carb combining to create a "complete" protein, the fact is that some carbohydrates can contribute to weight gain as well as blood sugar issues in some people. White rice, white noodles, white pizza crust are all examples of this. However, you don’t need to stop eating it; just eat less and watch your serving sizes.

· Eat Healthy Protein – When it comes to eating protein, your body needs some protein to run properly. However, it can make protein out of the food you consume if you are consuming enough calories. You only need about 15 percent of your caloric intake to be from protein, but you can go up to 30 percent if that makes you feel better. Choose from lean fish, turkey, chicken, beef, pork, and tofu. Choose cage-free, grass-fed, organic choices in the right serving sizes, which for most people is about the size of the palm of your hand.

· Eat the Right Serving Sizes – Whether we like it or not, calories matter. You can find out what your calorie needs are by looking at a chart, or you can even get tested to find out how much your body metabolizes. Just go by the weight you want to be on the chart (https://www.calculator.net/calorie-calculator.html). For example, a 5-foot 5-inch 52-year-old woman who weighs or wants to weigh 135 pounds can eat about 1223 calories a day if she only sits around and never moves. That’s the baseline that she needs to maintain this weight.

· Eat When You’re Hungry – You really don’t need to eat at prescribed times. Just because the clock says it's time to eat, doesn’t mean you need to eat. If you are not hungry, you don’t need to eat. If you just eat when you have real stomach hunger, you usually can’t overeat. If you need to be on top of your game brain-wise, it’s a great day for starting the day with a fruit and yogurt smoothie bowl.

When you focus on eating right at least 80 percent of the time and moving enough at least 80 percent of the time, guess what - you will experience at least 80 percent of the results that you wanted before you started. This is just a way to tell you that you don’t have to be perfect to experience the benefits of eating right when it comes to your brain health. Add in exercise, and you can eat more and still benefit from a proper diet.

Exercise and Move More

No matter your age or physical fitness level right now, moving more is going to benefit you unless you have an illness where your doctor asks you not to move. And that is very rare because the human body simply works better when it’s in motion regularly. In fact, it’s said that sitting more than four hours a day at a stretch is worse than smoking.

And, one of the very best things you can do for your health is not to smoke. So, it makes sense that you need to move more. But, like most things, it really doesn’t take much to make exercise pay off.

· Do What You Love Doing – Don’t think that you must do any type of exercise you don’t like. You don’t. You can find something that will work and that you like doing and can get through without too much discomfort. The important thing is to do something each day. Even if all you do is go for a twenty-minute walk after dinner, that’s better than doing nothing.

· Try Something Once – If you’re not sure about something and you think it’s safe for you to try (ask your doctor if you’re unsure), go ahead and try it at least once. You might love rebounding, hot yoga, or pole dancing. Who knows what you will like until you give it a try? Hint: trying something new can become the entire exercise when you’re being active. You don’t have to do anything twice.

· Try a Group Class – One way to get motivated is to go to a group class. Group classes often have an emphasis on helping motivate each other. It’s also fun to socialize at the same time. Try a group water aerobics class or if you are at a higher level, try a group cycling class so that you challenge yourself more.

· Do It at Home – Even if you don’t want to be around other people when you sweat, today you can do so much at home. There are videos with any type of exercise class you want to join that you can watch right on your television anytime you want to. These can be found on Amazon Prime or you can rent or purchase them.

· Find a Friend – If you have some energetic friends already, get together to do some form of exercise. You can make it a regular date with each of your friends to do something physical together. For example, you can hike with Sue on Sunday and go to Jazzercise class with Rebecca on Tuesday.

· Learn from an Expert – When you are learning something new, it’s also a good idea (if you can afford it) to take a class or hire an expert to teach you the right form. You may also enjoy the movements more when you know how to do them right to avoid body pain. For example, with yoga, it’s essential to do the movements correctly to avoid injury and gain the most benefits.

· Join a Team – If you enjoy team sports, it’s a great way to ensure that you get your exercise in. Between training, between seasons, and practicing during the season and playing the games, you’ll get in plenty of workouts. Plus, you’ll have a built-in social life too. And yes, there are team sports in all kinds of games for all ages in many areas. If there isn’t, you can organize one of your own.

Ensuring that you exercise and keep moving every single day is essential. Regularly you only need a brisk 20- to 30-minute walk at a minimum to maintain health. If you want to build muscle or lose weight through exercise, you may need to plan something more intense. The trick, though, is to mix it up and do different things each day to keep it fun and exciting.

It’s hard to overstress the importance of eating right and moving more. But, the really cool thing is that it doesn’t have to be super-strict to be effective. Again, just focus on doing the right thing 80 percent of the time, and you will be super-successful using diet and exercise to improve your mind and keep it sharp.

Factors That Contribute to a Dulling Mind

Let’s take a break from discussing diet and exercise to talk about the things that contribute to a dulling mind. If you want to avoid having those age-related memory loss moments, you can. Just work to avoid the things that will not keep your mind very sharp, or at least know how to deal with it if it happens to you.

· Smoking – Smoking cigarettes is the leading cause of most cardiovascular illnesses. It’s clear from the research that not smoking is one of the best things you can do for your health. If you do smoke now, consider finding a smoking cessation class to join because that’s the best way you can help your brain health right now.

· Poor Diet – Eating a poor diet with lots of processed food, fat, salt, and sugar is the other factor most likely to affect your brain health. Outside of smoking, this is the next most important way to prevent issues with your brain health, not to mention your overall physical health.

· Bad Posture – One issue that really affects people is chronic pain. Some forms of chronic pain are simply caused by bad posture over the years. The sooner you can ensure that you are using the right posture for living your daily life, the better. It might help to go to a couple sessions with a physical therapist who can check your posture and show you how to correct any issues.

· Being Sedentary – As mentioned earlier, sitting for more than four hours a day is said to be worse than smoking. Having said that, you can improve your situation faster if you’re only sedentary rather than a smoker and sedentary. Start small and make yourself get up and move around for ten minutes every 90 minutes.

· Stress and Anxiety – When you have a lot of stress and anxiety, your cortisol levels are usually much higher. These stress hormones play a significant role in cognitive decline. If you do have problems with stress and anxiety, you’ll want to seek professional help with this to ensure you can move forward.

· Not Sleeping Enough (Or Too Much) – Sleep is an essential component to your ability to heal yourself from within. Sleeping at least eight hours a night is considered the best amount, but everyone is different. The way to find out what works for you is to try to go to bed at the same time most nights and sleep until you wake up without an alarm. However, if you do tend to sleep over nine or ten hours a night (and are still tired), you may want to get your thyroid checked.

· Medication – Some medications can mess with your brain in severe ways. A common medication for chronic pain is Gabapentin, and it’s well known that it dulls the mind. Some other drugs are also starting to be problems with patients exhibiting cognitive decline. If you are on meds and having memory problems or other issues with your brain health, talk to your doctor about going off those medications if possible.

· Illness – Any type of illness can affect your brain health and make you feel and act not as sharp as you’d like. However, being aware of the illnesses you have and how they might affect your brain health and your mind can give you information on how to combat the problems through supplementation, medication, and so forth – as needed.

· Drug Use – While some studies are suggesting that cannabis use can improve the mind of elderly people, the research is still out. If you need to use cannabis, realize that it might, like any other drug, affect your memory or cognition.

· Alcohol Use – While drinking alcohol in moderation is tied to improved cognition and health, overusing is not. Double-check your serving sizes and don’t get drunk if you’re going to drink alcohol. If you are having issues, go ahead and stop.

· Isolation – One of the saddest things that happen to people when they get older is that sometimes they start to isolate themselves. If you find that you tend to spend a lot of time alone because you prefer it, that’s fine. But you may want to schedule some time with others to avoid isolation, as this has been linked to the dulling of the mind due to the lack of mental stimulation that other people provide.

Avoiding these factors that can contribute to a dulling mind is important to keep your mind sharp as you age. Consider what you’ll do after you retire when your kids grow, and when you are older in terms of remaining social, eating right, moving, and being a contributing member of society.

Get Enough Rest and Relaxation

Earlier, we talked about how stress and anxiety can play a major role in mental decline. When you go to a psychiatrist, one of the first tests that they give you is a memory test. They will ask you to memorize three words they tell you something like ball, train, and hat and then at the end of your visit they’ll want you to repeat those things to them. If you cannot remember, it shows them that you have too much stress in your life.

One of the factors that contribute to this dulling of your mind is not getting enough sleep, having your body in "fight or flight" mode 24/7, and having too much stress hormone (cortisol) in your bloodstream. If you have a bigger belly than the rest of you and you can’t sleep well comfortably, it’s more than likely some of your issues are related.

There are things you can do to get more rest and relax more to lower stress:

· Learn to Meditate – Study after study is showing that meditation helps people relax, lowers blood pressure, and contributes to a good quality of life. If you don’t like meditating, you can choose to pray instead. Studies show intense praying or meditating can relieve stress and improve brain function.

· Start a Yoga Practice – One of the best exercises for your overall health, mind, body, and spirit is yoga. There are different types of yoga, so find a class that is for a beginner so that you can try it out without any pressure. There is a practice for every single age and health issue.

· Identify Stressors – One way to reduce stress is to find out if the cause is something external. Hate your job? Dislike something at home? Having issues in your marriage? Kids are not behaving? Money problems? All these things lead to stress, which leads to lack of sleep, which leads to brain decline.

· Find Ways to Eliminate Stressors – When you identify a stressor, if it’s possible to eliminate it or change something about it to make it work for you then make a plan to do that. For example, if you have a lousy time at work, start applying for other jobs or join a training program to help you get promoted.

· Get Back to Nature – Science has shown in many different studies that humans do better when they get out in nature every single day. Whether you look out the window at a magical view or walk barefoot in the park is up to you. However, there are also positive studies about "grounding" that lets you know that it is important to get out into nature as much as you can.

· Start a Journal – For some people, reducing stress by writing in a journal is helpful. The type of journal you use depends on your personality. You may like to use a bullet journal, a gratitude journal, or something else entirely such as a regular diary. It’s up to you; if it helps you experience less stress, do it.

· Color or Draw – Some people find it very helpful to take some time before going to bed to sit in the quiet and color or draw. There are even studies that show that doodling or coloring reduces blood pressure in patients with high blood pressure.

· Read – When it comes to reading, it’s important to choose the right thing to read when you are stressed out and cannot get rest. Don’t read anything that will upset you; instead, read uplifting and positive information that helps you reduce stress.

· Create a Night-Time Ritual – To help you get more regular sleep, you want to set up a night-time ritual that will help your mind accept that it’s time for sleeping and resting. Stop eating a couple hours before bed, turn off screens, avoid caffeine and sugar, and keep your room cool and comfortable so you can sleep.

If you are particularly anxious and stressed out, consider seeking professional help. Some types of anxiety are related to health. For example, someone with low iron can experience high anxiety and heart palpitations, so anytime you experience something like this, make an appointment with your health care provider to ensure that everything is going well health-wise.

Activities That Sharpen Your Mind

One way to keep your mind sharp is to participate in activities that help your mind work better. Keeping your brain limber is a lot like keeping your entire body healthy and limber – you must use it. As they said, when you were younger, "…if you don’t use it, you will lose it." These are activities you can choose from that will help you improve your brain function.

· Walk More – While this is mentioned in other areas, it cannot be overstated that moving is essential. If you can walk, you should seek to walk a minimum of 10,000 steps every day to maintain your current physical fitness level.

· Read Hard Things – At least once a day, read something for 20 to 30 minutes that makes you really think and challenges your ideas or requires that you also look up a little information on the topic for full understanding. Using parts of your brain that you don’t use as much now since graduating from school will help keep your mind limber.

· Take Up a New Hobby – Again, learning something new is very stimulating to your brain. By making new connections, you improve the old connections.

· Listen to Music and Dance – When you’re listening to music and dancing around your house, you’re improving your mood, your health, and reducing stress all in one. Plus, by singing the songs while you listen and dance, you will also stimulate another area of your brain, making it all work together better to improve your cognitive performance.

· Take a Class – If you’re not very good at learning things on your own and need more structure to do it, take a class. You may, depending on your age, qualify for free tuition or be able to sit in on a class (an audit) for free or at a lesser charge. If you want credit, though, it can also be worth it for more reasons than mind development.

· Do Puzzles – Doing a puzzle every day, whether a word, number or shape puzzle, can help you work out parts of your brain that you don’t normally work out daily. It helps keep your mind sharp and your memory intact.

· Do More Math – Even if you don’t normally like math, doing math is helpful in keeping your brain sharp. Consider math puzzles, or just doing your times tables in your head. Any math you can do in your head can help. It’s a good thing to do when you’re waiting in line too.

· Eat New Food – Doing things that heighten your senses is a great way to improve brain function. Eating is a fun thing to do that can also be good for you. Instead of eating the same chicken, rice, and veggies for dinner tonight, try cooking something (or going out) to eat - something brand new and different from your normal food.

· Learn a New Language – A really great way to stimulate your brain is to try to learn a new language. Learning a foreign language engages all parts of your brain as you picture what the words mean, pronounce them, and write them.

These activities will stimulate your brain in a new way. If you think of your body, we know that physical activity will increase blood flow. Doing an activity that challenges your mind and is harder than what you did yesterday will also increase blood flow in your brain and thus help you improve your cognitive ability.

Systemize Your Life to Improve Your Memory

There is no point in trying to remember everything. Instead, create habits that allow you to use your brain to remember more important things than where your keys are. For example, you can systemize the following and more:

· Chores – Everyone has tasks that need to be done every single day. If you set up a schedule for when you are going to do them and do them the same way each time, you will have less trouble remembering. For example, if you put into your calendar to clean your AC filter, you won’t forget.

· Where Your Stuff Goes – Work toward everything you own having a special place to live. Your keys, your brush, your wallet, shoes, magazines, makeup – whatever it is — it should have a home to hang out in when you’re not using it, and it should go directly back when not in use. You’ll spend less time looking for stuff if you make this a habit.

· How and Where You Shop – While shopping can be fun, for the things you buy the most you already know where the least expensive places are. And if you shop at those places more often, you’ll get used to where items are and finish faster. Better yet, order your groceries for delivery, and you won’t forget a thing.

· Automate Your Bills – Set up your bills to pay automatically. Don’t use the bill’s system unless you have to; instead use your bank’s bill-paying system. That gives you more control over the payments. Some bills give you a discount if you set up auto-payments with them, so ensure that you check that.

· Habituate Self-Care – Washing your face, daily walking, exercising, and doctor appointments are all important parts of your life. If you make self-care a habit, you’re going to be less likely to skip breakfast, your vitamins, or walking every day.

· Trick Your Mind to Remember – Sometimes it’s hard to remember things but the more you practice, the better your memory will work. For example, when you meet a new person and they tell you their name, make it a habit to repeat their name to them, and look right at them to find something about them that will remind you of them. For example, let’s say you met a new woman with red hair named Rachel. You would say in your mind, "Redhead Rachel is a nurse from Boston" or whatever you need to remember.

If you set up your life to be as automated as possible, you’ll have a lot more brain space for more exciting activities like reading books, taking up a hobby, or traveling.

Keep Learning and Trying New Things

One of the most important aspects of keeping your brain sharp as you age is to keep learning new things. The more new things you learn, the more parts of your brain will be active. And your brain might even grow, causing it to be even more responsive.

· Be Active with Friends – If you don’t have enough friends, you can make new ones. You will automatically make friends when you are out learning and doing new things. Be open, say hello, and ask people about themselves.

· Take a Class – You can take academic, art, exercise, dance, and even gardening classes. Whatever you want to learn, you can probably take a class about it. You can take classes online and offline.

· Read a Hard Book – One way to learn new things if you cannot be super-active is to read hard books. Find a book about a topic you know nothing about but are interested in, and then start reading. Keep your dictionary close by so you can look up new words.

· Learn a New Word Every Day – Speaking of the dictionary, get it out and learn one new word every single day. Write down the word, use it in as many sentences as you can in writing, then use it in your normal day with others if you can find a way. It’s fun, and you will learn so many new things.

· Try to Do Something New Monthly – We all get into our habits and that’s great, but it's good to stretch yourself and find something new to learn or do every single month. You can often sign up for alerts for your local area for educational and fun events near you.

The more you expose yourself to new things and new ideas - while also systemizing the life you have so that you can focus on the new things you want to do and see and learn, the sharper your mind will become. Your brain does get smaller as you age, but that’s only if you do nothing to stop it. Instead, grow your brain by experiencing life to the fullest, being social, and never giving up learning new things.

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2023-03-10T16:11:00.001-05:00

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Practicing Ways to Get Unstuck In Life

2023-01-07T14:42:00.007-05:00

Practicing Ways to Get Unstuck!

There will come a time in life when you may feel that you are no longer living in the moment. You may look at things going on around you and feel hopeless and stuck, like you are on autopilot and things just happen to you, rather than you being the one in the driver's seat any longer. Finding a way to get emotionally unstuck so you can enjoy life once again can be key o helping you get the most out of life.

While many things can cause you to get stuck in life, from a mental health condition to a big trauma that goes on in your life, there are also many steps you can take to help yourself get restarted. Some of the best tips include:

Become More Aware

One place you can start when you feel like you are stuck in with your awareness. Consider an examination of your unconscious to see what is going on. You may find that there are cognitive distortions or defense mechanisms that are in place that make it hard to be aware of your surroundings. Even your default patterns in relationships could be to blame. Depending on the situation, you may be able to handle this on your own or may need to call in a professional.

Take on Responsibility.

According to PsychCentral.com, many people find it easier to blame someone else, rather than take responsibility for their actions. You may not want to admit when you have done something wrong, but it can be freeing. Stop for a moment and take an honest inventory of how well you are behaving and what things you may have done wrong. Practice forgiveness, for others and yourself as well.

Detach from Unrealistic Expectations

We often find that we have unrealistic expectations in life. Whether you are a perfectionist or not, there are times when your expectations of a person or a situation are not realistic and it can lead to a lot of disappointment. You need to start looking at the situation and deciding if your expectations make sense for it or not, tapering back a bit if you end up adding too much that makes it impossible.

Choose Self-Love

It is hard to get going again and enjoy the life you have if you can’t take the time to practice some self-love. The first step to doing this is to make that inner critic go away. When all you hear in your mind are all the ways that you are imperfect and not as good as others, you can feel down and depressed, unmotivated to get much done. Start by showing yourself some compassion and see what a difference it makes.

Ask for Support

Sometimes, you need to bring in some support to give you the help you desire. You are a strong and powerful individual, but you can’t do everything on your own. Bring in some support to see how they can help raise you and make you feel better. This support can come from friends and family members, but be open to seeking up from a professional, such as a therapist, who can assist you in looking deep down and working through some of your other issues too.

While it may be normal to get stuck in life sometimes and feel like you are on autopilot all the time, that doesn’t mean you need to stay in that situation forever. Learning how to enjoy life and jump right back in is one of the best ways for you to get going again.

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2022-11-08T13:30:00.003-05:00

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4 Ways To Maintain Your Energy

2022-09-23T15:44:00.001-04:00

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You started the day ready to take on the world. From the moment you got out of bed, you’ve been thinking about all the things you’re going to get done today. You can’t wait to get started!

Then it all falls apart.

By the end of the day, you’re grumpy and out of sorts. The day somehow derailed, and here you are, feeling like you didn’t accomplish half the things you wanted to today. What happened?

Well, sometimes life really does get in the way. The car won’t start, or the dog gets out, and you spend half the morning chasing him around the neighborhood. Life gets in the way. More often than not, though, you likely did what most people do: you crashed and burned. Somewhere …you just ran out of energy.

So, how do you maintain your energy levels even on the toughest of days?

Check-in With Yourself

First of all, you need to be paying attention to your body a little bit more. If you can catch yourself right when your energy begins to waver, you might be able to stave off a massive crash later on. Frequently when we’re lagging, it’s because we need something small, like a drink of water, a little activity, or even a small snack. These are quick and easy fixes that only take a minute. Ignore them, though, and you’re libel to lose hours out of your day before you know it.

Engage in a Routine (or Two)

We tend to burn out energy because we’re scrambling to sort out our day and find the things we need. If you have a morning routine, for example, you’ll have everything near at hand right when you need it. Getting out of the door will take half the energy, giving you reserves for where you need it most. Ask yourself what parts of your day you can streamline by creating a routine and make sure to follow through with those routines as often as possible.

Become More Intentional

Too often, our day becomes filled with little nonsense tasks which take up energy and time. Really, what is it you need to do? What actions will leave the biggest impact on the day? Put your energy where it counts most by being more intentional in what you’re doing. Remember, you don’t have to be the one to do everything. Delegate the non-essential items to keep yourself focused on what matters.

Get to Bed!

While a bedtime routine is a great start, pay more attention to your sleep. Create a sleep environment that is free from noise and distraction. Make sure your room is at an optimal temperature, and yes, if need be, invest in a better mattress or new pillows. Getting a good night’s sleep will keep you more energetic throughout the day.

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Learning To Build Better Websites & Funnels

2022-07-08T14:57:00.001-04:00

In this day and age, any business that wants to thrive must go online.

With so many things going on worldwide and global changes that will forever impact the way people live and do business, going online is no longer just an option.

Not only to maintain their success but even just to survive.

Sure, there are already available tools that any business can use to run their entire company and processes digitally.

However, any minimum amount of research will tell you that most of these products are expensive, complicated, and limited in customization.

In other words, not very user-friendly, and definitely not suitable for all business owners, especially those who are less tech-savvy and might even be on a budget.

I mean, who can afford to invest thousands of dollars a month into a bunch of complicated tools, and on top of that, hire employees to manage the systems, right?

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You see, Groove is not just a website and sales funnel builder.

The co-founder of Groove, Mike Filsaime, is actually a veteran in the Internet marketing space and has put all his experience and expertise into one of the best suites of marketing tools I have ever seen.

I’ve also signed myself up for an account (it’s free), and for the past few days, I’ve had the chance to play around with it.

And you know what?

I can definitely tell you that this 100% free tool is perfectly capable of running your entire business, maybe even better than some of the expensive complicated tools out there.

I’m not exaggerating by any means…

From what I’ve seen so far, Groove.cm includes everything that I need to run my online business, all for absolutely free.

Here’s just a quick list of what I’ve gathered so far:

FREE sales, page, and funnel building platform
Possible to build my own branded websites with full navigation
Can integrate with my own custom domain name
Able to sell my products with what they call a 1-click upsell
Capability to integrate upsells, downsells, and order bumps
Even has a way to create my own powerful affiliate program for my products!

And that’s just for starters because there is so much more for me to explore!

I’m not even joking when I say that I am planning to change my ENTIRE online business over to GrooveFunnels!

I mean, why wouldn’t I?

It’s FREE, and it’s probably the BEST suite of marketing tools I have ever seen in my life.

By the way, there’s more…

I didn’t even mention some of my favorite benefits of Groove.

As a member, I’ve also received a TON of community benefits.

I’ve been able to join their private Facebook group, connect with marketing experts inside, get help with all my problems, access private training within their own academy, ask questions through their helpdesk, and meet other like-minded entrepreneurs just like me to make the best use of these tools.

So, if you’re like me… Striving to grow your business, looking to learn more about marketing and getting to know some of the best in the industry at a more personal level, then you won’t want to miss out on this opportunity.

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The catch is that Groove is free, but for a limited time only.

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7 SECRETS TO ONLINE BUSINESS SUCCESS FOR STAY AT HOME MOMS!

2022-06-12T18:31:00.005-04:00

7 SECRETS TO ONLINE BUSINESS SUCCESS FOR STAY AT HOME MOMS!

Make no mistake, anxiety site is one of those personal topics that are very sensitive to a whole lot of people. In fact, many people would fight you tooth and nail to deny that they are suffering from any kind of anxiety and they will tell you to your face, “What the hell are you talking about?” if the conversation somehow some way veers into something that is too close for comfort.

Unfortunately, no matter how you deny it, if you are suffering from anxiety, your life will suffer overall. In fact, you may reach a point where the only person you are fooling is yourself.

Imagine that! You're walking around talking to people, living your life yet everybody knows that you've seen better days. Everybody knows that you're not having a good time but throughout it all, you think that you are putting on a good show and everybody's none the wiser. Pretty sad situation, right? It's like wearing clown makeup and everybody looking at you are trying not to laugh and you thinking that everything is fine.

Let's not mince any words. Anxiety is a mental and emotional rot that destroys you from within. It’s only a matter of time until the rest of your life falls into shambles. At the very least, your ability to enjoy life and everything that it brings to the table is severely damaged by anxiety.

It's always a good idea to get a handle on it but for that to happen, you must first understand that you have it. Here are ten of the many signs that somebody is struggling with anxiety.

If you exhibit a few of these signs, it’s time to own up to it. Stop sweeping it under the rug. Look at it straight in the eyes. Get professional help.

If you are taking care of the children at home, then this can be a full-time endeavor. To succeed with an online business, you will need to dedicate time to it. So, the first thing that you need to do is to work out how you can find chunks of time to learn all that you need to know about online business and take action to make it happen.

You really do need the support of your family and friends here. If you have a partner, then sit down with them and tell them that you really want to start a successful online business and that you will need to work on it every day. This means that they will need to help you around the home and in the care of the children.

What about your parents and your partner’s parents? Do they live close by? Would they be willing to look after your children for a few hours while you work at your online business? A lot of grandparents say that they don’t see enough of their grandchildren – well this is a perfect opportunity for them to see more of them and help you out at the same time.

How about siblings, friends and neighbors? Some of these are likely to want to help you out. If you have older children, then explain to them what you are doing and ask them to help out more around the home. They can wash dishes, clean up after themselves, go to the store for groceries and even do the laundry. Use incentives here if you need to.

There are lots of success stories of moms with babies creating successful online businesses. If you need help with childcare, then investigate this as an option. Babies will sleep a lot so you should have some time during the day and the evening to devote to your computer. Nobody is saying that it will be easy.

Stay at home moms can get really tired doing all of the things that they need to do. Sometimes the thought of sitting at the computer and learning something or performing some Internet marketing tasks will not be that appealing. So, you need to be highly motivated to run your online business.

Before you start your online business, you need to set some goals for it. Think about what you want to achieve in the first 6 months and then the first year and write these down as realistic goals. Be specific here and add monetary values (the income your business will generate) and specific milestones you want to achieve.

Create long term goals as well. Where do you want to be with your online business in 5 years? How many different businesses will you have? How many websites will you have making you money on autopilot every day?

The other thing that we strongly recommend that you do right at the beginning is to create a strong WHY statement. This is your reason or reasons for starting an online business while you are looking after your children and taking care of things at home.

You need to make your WHY statement as strong as you can and write it down. Have your WHY statement easily accessible wherever you are. Make copies of it if that helps. When you are writing your WHY statement think about the things that you want your online business to provide for you. Some examples could be:

· To purchase a larger home for your family

· To purchase a better car

· To send your kids to college

· To have wonderful vacations with your family

These are personal things to you. Write down some ideas and then as you read each one notice how they make you feel. A WHY statement needs to stir up strong emotions within you and motivate you to persevere with your online business no matter how tired you are feeling or what other things are going on in your life.

If you don’t write down your short- and long-term goals you will have no direction. Without a strong WHY statement you are going to find it really hard to keep your motivation levels high every day. There are many advantages to running a business from home such as being there for your family. But one of the disadvantages is that you have no boss to answer to. You need to be accountable to yourself and your family. If you have had very little sleep because your baby kept you awake during the night, then you will need the highest possible motivation to work on your online business. Nobody said it was going to be easy but goals and a strong WHY statement will always help.

The cost of getting started with an online business is low. Some people start with nothing and are successful. If you wanted to open a shop in your location, then you would have to invest a lot of money. You need to rent or buy a property in the right location, purchase stock, employ people, invest in security and a lot of other things.

With an online business you can start with a domain name for $10 a year and web hosting for less than $10 a month to launch your website. Because of this a lot of people find it hard to take their online business seriously.

When things go wrong, which they will, then it is easy to think “well I only spent a few dollars on this, so it doesn’t really matter”. Many people get involved in Internet Marketing and then chop and change to different online business models because it doesn’t cost much to do this.

You need to take your online business seriously. Even if you start with nothing you need to have a strong emotional investment. Writing down your goals and a WHY statement will help. But you need to do more than that.

It is important that you create a plan for your online business and break this down into daily tasks. We recommend that you have a “to do” list that you actually write down on paper. There is something about writing things down that increases your commitment to them.

So for example, if you want to have your own website offering parenting tips and advice and you will promote affiliate products to make money, or even create and sell your own products, then you will need a plan for this.

So, your initial plan could be something like this:

· Choose a good domain name

· Get the best web hosting

· Create your website

· Plan the content for the website

· Look for affiliate products to offer

· Create an incentive to build an email list

· Find a good autoresponder service

· Plan the content for you email marketing

· Decide on which social platforms you will use

· Decide on a visitor traffic strategy

Don’t worry if you are unsure what some of these things mean or you don’t know how to do some of these things. That is all part of the Internet marketing learning process. You can use Google to search for the answers that you need, and YouTube is an excellent resource for finding out how to do things.

You need to be prepared to invest some money in your online business. It is not enough to create a website and then expect a ton of visitors to come. You will need to drive targeted traffic to your website and the quickest way to do this is through paid advertising such as search marketing and Facebook Ads.

If you don’t have any money to invest that’s OK, you can still take your business seriously by making a time investment. Everything that you need to know about creating a successful online business is out there on the Internet. There are a lot of free resources that you can use to get started. Invest a portion of the money you make back into your online business.

You need to be aware of and avoid the “shiny object syndrome”. Every day there are new courses launched by experienced Internet marketers who will tell you that their system or business model is the best. Often, they will use a lot of hype to make their offers more appealing.

People get sucked into this shiny object thing all of the time. The message is “hey come over here because the grass is greener!” The reality is that the grass is rarely greener with these new things. Once you have decided on an online business model then find out as much as you can about it and stick to it.

It really isn’t possible to make thousands of dollars overnight by clicking your mouse a few times for only 15 minutes a day. But people are always duped by this kind of nonsense. Successful stay at home moms take their online businesses seriously and are not swayed by shiny objects.

There are many different online business models that you can choose from. Here are some of the most common ones:

· Affiliate marketing

· CPA marketing

· Creating and selling your own products or services

· Opening an online store

· Amazon FBA

Each of these is different and has its own advantages and disadvantages. Here is a brief explanation of each one:

Affiliate marketing – this is where you promote other people’s products and services for a commission. You can promote physical products and / or digital products. The commissions you will earn by promoting physical products are a lot lower than with digital products. It is easier to sell physical products though.

CPA marketing – CPA means Cost Per Action and you will be paid by a CPA network for promoting offers from their clients which do not usually require a sale. For example, you can be paid for someone providing their email address to a client. Or participating in a free trial of a product. The commissions are usually lower than with affiliate marketing, but more people will complete an action that costs nothing than purchase a product.

Creating and selling your own products – one of the biggest problems with affiliate marketing and CPA marketing is that you are sharing revenue with others. Also, the customer is never yours so you cannot contact them in the future to sell them something else. Creating your own products will take time, effort and probably some money. But you will keep all of the sales revenue and the customer will be yours so that you can keep in touch with them regularly.

Online store – people really like to shop online these days. So why not open your own online store and sell your own products or make a commission selling other people’s products? It is not difficult to open an online store. You don’t have to purchase stock either. You can work with a dropshipping company and promote their products for a commission. They will take care of sending the purchased items to the customer and deal with returns etc.

Amazon FBA – FBA means Fulfilled by Amazon. Amazon is the largest retailer in the world. It has a huge amount of visitor traffic and with the FBA program you can sell your products on Amazon. You can source your own products from manufacturers in China for example, and then sell them for a much higher price in western markets. Amazon will take some of the money, but you can make good profits with this model.

So, which of these appeals the most to you? If you are really limited on time, then affiliate marketing or CPA marketing could be a good choice. But they do have the drawback of you not owning the customer (there are ways around this).

If you have skills and talents that you can sell to others, then creating your own products could be just right for you. You can create digital products such as “how to” guides and even video training courses that you can sell from your website and other platforms such as Clickbank.com.

It will take a while to create a product, so you need to take this into account. If you want to create a video training course, then you will need the right recording gear for this such as a good camera and microphone. You will also have to edit your videos so that they are the best they can be.

With an online store you have the choice of creating or sourcing your own products or partnering with a dropshipping company and promoting their products. If you are going to create or source your own products, then you will need money to invest. Commissions with dropshipping tend to be quite low but it is easy to get started.

With Amazon FBA you will definitely have to invest in your own products. You will need to send stock to Amazon on a regular basis to ensure that you are never “out of stock”. There are plenty of manufacturer’s that will brand products with your logo and ship them directly to Amazon for you. You need to factor in all of these costs.

Whichever of these online business models you choose you need to find out as much about them as possible. How do the super affiliates make 6 and 7 figures a year from affiliate marketing? What is the best way to find out what a market needs for product creation? Which products will sell well on Amazon?

When you start an online business, you need to plan for a few months without making any money. Yes, it is possible to make money immediately with affiliate marketing and CPA marketing, but this doesn’t always happen. If you are in need of making money straight away, then start freelancing or completing online jobs at home first.

The world of online business and Internet marketing changes all of the time. It is impossible to keep up with everything, but you need to stay in touch with the things that are really important for your online business.

Trends change all of the time online. There are tools available to keep you in touch with this such as Google Alerts with a Gmail account. Al you have to do is to tell Google what niche you are in and add some keywords and they will send you automatic notifications about what is happening.

There is a ton of free stuff online to learn about Internet marketing. You can also find good training courses which will cost you money, but they are well worth the investment. Stay away from the hype.

the money that they want because they don’t focus enough on marketing. They spend too much time creating the perfect website or the perfect product and not enough on driving traffic to their offers.

It doesn’t matter how sexy or fancy your website or online store is. If you don’t get visitors to it who are interested in what you have to offer, then you won’t make any money online. Marketing is essential for your success.

You must identify your target audience. It is really important for you to know as much as possible about them. Who are your potential customers? What age range are they? Are they women or men? Where do they live? What do they like? Where do they hang out online?

There are many ways that you can drive traffic (visitors) to your offers. Some of these are free and will require time and effort and there are paid methods too. Social media is a great way to find your target market and persuade them to visit your site. You need to do this properly though so learn how to do this.

If you have your own website (which we would always recommend) then you should learn how to optimize your pages so that they have the best chance of ranking high in Google and the other search engines. This is free traffic and very targeted. Search engine optimization (SEO) is not as difficult as you may think. It all starts with good keyword research.

You need to find out what terms (keywords) people are using to search for what you have to offer. There are free tools such as the Google Keyword Planner that will help you to find these. You then optimize your web pages around these keywords.

Content marketing is a great way to attract visitors to your website. You create interesting content that has value and post this on social networks such as Facebook and even create videos for YouTube and other video sharing sites.

It is easy to test an offer using paid advertising. Using a pay per click network such as Google Adwords or Facebook Ads you can spend a small amount of money to see if you can convert visitors into buyers.

There are many ways that you can market your online business both free and paid. Learn about these different methods and create a marketing plan that you follow consistently. Getting the word out is very important and will literally mean the difference between success and failure.

None of us are good at everything. You do not have to be a technical genius to succeed with an online business. If you need help, then there are plenty of places that you can go to find it. You can join forums about Internet marketing and online business and get all of your questions answered and be part of the community.

If you are not good at graphic design for example, then outsource this to someone who is using an outsourcing service such as Fiverr.com. There will be plenty of people there that can provide you with stunning graphics for your online business for a few bucks.

The same goes for writing and other Internet marketing tasks. Having a virtual team of specialists that can perform the tasks that you can’t (or don’t have the time or inclination to do) is a real advantage. Yes, it will cost you a bit of money to do this but it is worth it in the long run.

So now you know the 7 secrets to online success for stay at home moms. What you need to do now is to take action. Discuss your online business dreams with your family and get the help that you need to make the time available for you to work on your online business.

Be committed to learning as much as you can about online business particularly marketing. Everything else you can outsource. You can outsource some marketing tasks as well. Take your online business seriously and be prepared to invest time and money into it.

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Character Building - The Power of....

2022-06-12T16:32:00.005-04:00

I have a new book short for for my readers. You can read a small insert of what the book is all about below. If you would like to grab the whole ebook, read below the insert.

Character Building

Unconsciously we are forming habits every moment of our lives. Some are habits of a desirable nature; some are those of a most undesirable nature. Some, though not so bad in themselves, are exceedingly bad in their cumulative effects, and cause us at times much loss, much pain and anguish, while their opposites would, on the contrary, bring as much peace and joy, as well as a continually increasing power.

Have we got it within our power to determine at all times what types of habits shall take form in our lives? In other words, is habit-forming, character building, a matter of mere chance, or have we it within our own control? We have, entirely and absolutely. "I will be what I will to be," can be said and should be said by every human soul.

After this has been bravely and determinedly said, and not only said, but fully inwardly realized, something yet remains. Something remains to be said regarding the great law underlying habit-forming, character building; for there is a simple, natural, and thoroughly scientific method that all should know.

A method whereby old, undesirable, earth-binding habits can be broken, and new, desirable, heaven lifting habits can be acquired, a method whereby life in part or in its totality can be changed, provided one is sufficiently in earnest to know and, knowing it, to apply the law.

Thought is the force underlying all. And what do we mean by this? Simply this: Your every act - every conscious act - is preceded by a thought. Your dominating thoughts determine your dominating actions. In the realm of our own minds we have absolute control, or we should have, and if at any time we have not, then there is a method by which we can gain control, and in the realm of the mind become thorough masters. In order to get to the very foundation of the matter, let us look to this for a moment. For if thought is always parent to our acts, habits, character, life, then it is first necessary that we know fully how to control our thoughts.

Here let us refer to that law of the mind which is the same as is the law in Connection with the reflex nerve system of the body, the law which says that whenever one does a certain thing in a certain way it is easier to do the same thing in the same way the next time, and still easier the next, and the next, and the next, until in time it comes to pass that no effort is required, or no effort worth speaking of; but on the opposite would require the effort. The mind carries with it the power that perpetuates its own type of thought, the same as the body carries with it through the reflex nerve system the power which perpetuates and makes continually easier its own particular acts. Thus a simple effort to control one's thoughts, a simple setting about it, even if at first failure is the result, and even if for a time failure seems to be about the only result, will in time, sooner or later, bring him to the point of easy, full, and complete control.

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Online Success For Stay At Home Moms

2022-03-22T15:38:00.009-04:00

Secrets To Online Business Success for Moms

Grab a cuppa and relax, because this is quite the long, but very informative read. Whether you are anxious and stressed because you're a mom at home with the kids, or anyone who is having to work from home for any reason, make no mistake, anxiety is one of those personal topics that are very sensitive to a whole lot of people. In fact, many people would fight you tooth and nail to deny that they are suffering from any kind of anxiety and they will tell you to your face, “What the hell are you talking about?” if the conversation somehow some way veers into something that is too close for comfort.

Unfortunately, no matter how you deny it, if you are suffering from anxiety, your life will suffer overall. In fact, you may reach a point where the only person you are fooling is yourself.

It's always a good idea to get a handle on it but for that to happen, you must first understand that you have it.

If you are struggling with anxiety, it’s time to own up to it. Stop sweeping it under the rug. Look at it straight in the eyes and take it by the horns!. Get professional help if you need to.

If you are taking care of the children at home, then this can be a full time endeavor. To succeed with an online business, you will need to dedicate time to it. So, the first thing that you need to do is to work out how you can find chunks of time to learn all that you need to know about online business and take action to make it happen.

What about your parents and your partner’s parents? Do they live close by? Would they be willing to look after your children for a few hours while you work at your online business? A lot of grandparents say that they don’t see enough of their grandchildren well this is a perfect opportunity for them to see more of them and help you out at the same time.

• To purchase a larger home for your family

• To purchase a better car

• To send your kids to college

• To have wonderful vacations with your family

If you don’t write down your short and long term goals you will have no direction. Without a strong WHY statement you are going to find it really hard to keep your motivation levels high every day. There are many advantages to running a business from home such as being there for your family. But one of the disadvantages is that you have no boss to answer to. You need to be accountable to yourself and your family. If you have had very little sleep because your baby kept you awake during the night, then you will need the highest possible motivation to work on your online business. Nobody said it was going to be easy but goals and a strong WHY statement will always help.

So, your initial plan could be something like this:

• Choose a good domain name

• Get the best web hosting

• Create your website

• Plan the content for the website

• Look for affiliate products to offer

• Create an incentive to build an email list

• Find a good autoresponder service

• Plan the content for you email marketing

• Decide on which social platforms you will use

• Decide on a visitor traffic strategy

There are many different online business models that you can choose from. Here are some of the most common ones:

• Affiliate marketing

• CPA marketing

• Creating and selling your own products or services

• Opening an online store

• Amazon FBA

Each of these is different and has its own advantages and disadvantages. Here is a brief explanation of each one:

Affiliate marketing this is where you promote other people’s products and services for a commission. You can promote physical products and / or digital products. The commissions you will earn by promoting physical products are a lot lower than with digital products. It is easier to sell physical products though.

CPA marketing CPA means Cost Per Action and you will be paid by a CPA network for promoting offers from their clients which do not usually require a sale. For example, you can be paid for someone providing their email address to a client. Or participating in a free trial of a product. The commissions are usually lower than with affiliate marketing, but more people will complete an action that costs nothing than purchase a product.

Creating and selling your own products one of the biggest problems with affiliate marketing and CPA marketing is that you are sharing revenue with others. Also, the customer is never yours so you cannot contact them in the future to sell them something else. Creating your own products will take time, effort and probably some money. But you will keep all of the sales revenue and the customer will be yours so that you can keep in touch with them regularly.

Online store people really like to shop online these days. So why not open your own online store and sell your own products or make a commission selling other people’s products? It is not difficult to open an online store. You don’t have to purchase stock either. You can work with a dropshipping company and promote their products for a commission. They will take care of sending the purchased items to the customer and deal with returns etc.

Amazon FBA FBA means Fulfilled by Amazon. Amazon is the largest retailer in the world. It has a huge amount of visitor traffic and with the FBA program you can sell your products on Amazon. You can source your own products from manufacturers in China for example, and then sell them for a much higher price in western markets. Amazon will take some of the money, but you can make good profits with this model.

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EARNING ONLINE SERIES -4 GAINING FINANCIAL SUCCESS

2022-03-07T01:46:00.004-05:00

Financial Success

There are a measure of wealth rules that must be abided by in order to accomplish financial, freedom, success and prosperity. For instance, rich individuals understand that they have to get paid based upon their final result instead of on their time, they understand the importance of holding unlimited revenue potential, and they know that they must leverage themselves so that they don't need to work hard in order to bring in monumental sums of money. They also realize that they must create assets and opportunity as it's not always about buying those things.

Affluent individuals abide by these rules and consequently they're successful financially, yet most individuals don't even know about these principles, not to mention live by them. That's likewise why financially free individuals know about and capitalize on passive income, although the masses don't. Basically, passive income minds of all the "wealth principles" and provides everybody the ability to grow limitless wealth.

Once you work to produce passive income streams, you'll be getting paid founded on what you put in, not simply the time you spend executing it. As you are able to produce as many income streams as you wish, there's absolutely no limit to the sum of money you are able to potentially earn.

When formulating passive streams of income, you're not spending time, you're investing it. Instead of trading time for revenue you're investing time into long-run residual profits.

For a few illustrations of passive income consider a writer who composes a book, publishes it, and then brings in residuals on it for the remainder of his life. Or consider having a number of coin vending machines.

There are likewise a lot of simple home and net business models that anybody may easily begin to utilize with big potential. One big benefit that many individuals find in this sort of passive stream of revenue is that a lot of profitable businesses, particularly online, may be started free or really cheaply.

Make sure that you learn all you can about passive streams of revenue today.

"There are a lot of books and educational plans written about how to purchase assets with wisdom. For many individuals, purchasing assets is the most beneficial plan for them. However if you've aspirations of becoming really rich, the question is “Are you willing to produce your assets instead of purchase another persons assets?”

Make Your Own

This post is about passive income and it's about how to take a thought and turn it into an asset that will develop additional assets. It isn't only about how to bring in a lot of revenue; it's likewise about how to keep the revenue that asset brings in and have it produce even more assets in addition to the luxuries you want. It discloses how a lot of the wealthy people came to gain most of the revenue.

So if this is intriguing to you, then please go on. The brain-teaser is, “How do you produce an asset without spending revenue to get it?” “There are people who purchase assets and there are people who produce assets.

A lot of individuals have ideas that may make them wealthy beyond their wildest aspirations. The issue is, most individuals have never been instructed how to place a business structure within their ideas and so a lot of their ideas never take form or stand alone.

If you wish to be among the wealthy that brings in most of the money, you'll need to understand how to establish a business structure within your creative ideas. Once you first try to turn your ideas into a personal fortune, a lot of individuals will state, ‘You can’t accomplish that.’

Always recall that nothing obliterates your excellent ideas more than individuals with little ideas and restricted imaginations. The hurdle in turning our ideas into a 1000000 dollars or even a 1000000000000 dollar asset is frequently the fight between our own spirits and our own, frequently average, brains.

You have to be of firm spirit and firm in your convictions to turn your thoughts into fortunes. Even if you comprehend the procedure thru which your ideas may make you wealthy, forever remember that excellent ideas only turn into grand fortunes if the individual behind the idea is likewise willing to be excellent.

It's frequently hard to keep when everybody around you is stating, “You can’t accomplish it.” You have to be a really solid spirit to withstand the doubtfulness of those around you. However your spirit must be even less attackable when you're the individual stating to yourself “You can’t accomplish that.” This doesn't mean that you plough blindly on not hearing the great and bad ideas of your acquaintances or yourself.

Their ideas and input ought to be listened to and frequently utilized when their ideas are better than yours. However at this moment, I'm not talking to you about simple ideas or advice.

What I'm speaking to you about is more than merely ideas. I'm discussing your emotional state and the will to go on even when occupied with doubt and out of great ideas. No one may tell you what you will be able to or can't accomplish in your life.

Only you can regulate that. Your own grandness is frequently found at the end of the road, and once it comes to turning your thoughts into revenue, there are a lot of times when you reach the end of the road. The end of the route is when you're out of thoughts, out of revenue, and filled up with doubt.

If you are able to discover in yourself the spirit to continue, you'll discover what it truly takes to turn your ideas into excellent assets. Turning a thought into a grand fortune is more a matter of human spirit instead of the power of the human brain. At the end of each route, the entrepreneur discovers his or her spirit.

Discovering your entrepreneurial spirit and making it solid is more crucial than the idea or business you're formulating. Once you discover your entrepreneurial spirit, you'll forever be able to take really average ideas and turn them into over-the-top fortunes. Forever remember the world is filled with individuals with excellent ideas and very few individuals with grand fortunes.

"Once you work to produce passive income streams, you'll be getting paid founded on what you put in, not simply the time you spend executing it.

As you are able to produce as many income streams as you wish, there's absolutely no limit to the sum of money you are able to potentially earn.

When formulating passive streams of income, you're not spending time, you're investing it. Instead of trading time for revenue you're investing time into long-run residual profits."

Make It Work For You

So what is passive income precisely?

It's any stream of revenue that you bring in on autopilot, a revenue source that works for you instead of you being forced to work for it. Too many individuals simply starting to learn about passive income, it may be a perfect mystery how it's conceivable to really earn lots of revenue without having to work. However the more you seek it, the more and more potential you'll come across. There are limitless ways to earn automatic revenue.

See, when you truly stick the idea of producing passive revenue flow in your brain, you'll start encountering opportunities for it all over. The reason most individuals never get financially free is because they never study about passive revenue, and consequently they work hard their entire lives without ever advancing. But people who do study about it and employ what they learn start immediately setting themselves up for a greater future.

It may require time, energy, and perhaps revenue to get multiple streams of passive cash flow doing work for you, but when you do you are able to live abundantly and not have to work again. Passive revenue comes in a lot of shapes and forms. There are virtually 1000s of ways that individuals have produced robot like streams of revenue, and more are being produced day in and day out. Rich and financially successful individuals have forever created ongoing passive revenue. Today more individuals are hearing about it, recognizing how vital it is for financial successfulness, and needing to know how they may produce streams of automatic revenue for themselves. The great news is that there are no deficits when it comes to acquiring multiple streams of revenue, as the possibilities for passive revenue are everywhere.

All sources fall under one of two sorts of passive revenue; Investing and Business. Out of these 2 basic vehicles, business and investing, a limitless number of possibilities come up. Dominating just one area is adequate to make you rich for a lifetime, and by controlling both you've no bounds on the financial success that you are able to accomplish.

Among the sorts of passive income is revenue that's automatically brought in through assorted investing vehicles. Rich individuals view revenue as a tool that may be utilized to make more revenue, and you ought to too. Investing revenue is an excellent way to make revenue on automatic pilot, consequently leading to financial freedom and riches.

There are a lot of investment vehicles like stocks, bonds, mutual funds, money markets, rental real property, and even investing in demonstrated and successful passive revenue businesses.

The other route that may be taken for limitless money flow is through assorted businesses. Actually, virtually any business may be automated by the owner so that it works without their engagement.

Now that you comprehend the 2 sorts of passive income, as well as a few of the possibilities for each, you ought to have a better idea of the way that you wish to take. If not, here is a little more help with selecting the best passive revenue type for your goals and conditions.

The true key is discovering something that works for you, mastering it, and then advancing to fresh revenue streams. Diverseness is key, so attempt and capitalize on an assortment of income sources. But just don't go loony at the beginning, trying to succeed with a list of vehicles all at the same time.

Instead, pick and dominate one at a time, establishing strong, reliable streams of passive revenue, and bit by bit expand into fresh arenas.

"Constructing wealthiness and accomplishing financial freedom is basically about one chief thing; formulating passive streams of revenue. Perhaps that's why the absolute majority of self made millionaires happen to be enterprisers, as being in business opens you up to an extended assortment of revenue possibilities."

Business

Getting into business for yourself lets you make the sort of revenue you deserve, it provides you limitless potential, and you are able to automate your business so that it pushes passive revenue into your bank account, regardless where you are at or what you're doing.

If you're already in business you are able to automate it and turn it into a passive revenue business, or you are able to utilize one of the demonstrated automatic revenue businesses that have came out on the net over the years.

If you're in business, have a look at how much time you're being expected to expend in order for your business to operate smoothly and show a net profit. If you're in a service industry business and you're the one supplying the service, your business isn't a passive revenue business.

However if you farmed out the labor and additional facets of the business that you're perpetually involved in, you are able to take yourself out of the business while it carries on to operate without you. Nearly any business may be turned passive, it simply calls for you to discover and retain the individuals who may help your business flourish. Frequently having a vested concern in the business makes individuals more liable to wish to see it succeed.

There are a lot of other sorts of businesses that are complete vehicles for big sums of passive revenue. A few of these include laundry mats, auto washes, storehouse units and vending business, and like businesses that do all of the work for the business proprietor. Going into a business like this may be all you require to accomplish lasting financial freedom; however the initial investiture may be rather big. But for anybody who has revenue to invest in automatic revenue businesses, these may be fantastic vehicles for riches.

If you're not in business and don't have much revenue to begin one, you are able to yet capitalize on the 1000s of automatic revenue businesses that have been made available with the net.

For instance, you may begin a site or a blog and incorporate Google AdSense Ads. You may get into associate marketing or net MLM. You are able to open up a shop front with Amazon or CafePress. You are able to develop and promote your own digital merchandise like e-books and e-zines. You are able to assemble an eBay business and automate it so it runs all the time. Or you are able to utilize Squidoo to bring in revenue generating web pages in moments without spending one red penny.

Do all of these net passive revenue businesses work? Perfectly. Many have successfully brought in revenue from all of the income sources I named above, and continue to bring in ongoing passive revenue every single day, whether they work or not. That isn't to state that you'll ever earn anything at all without first placing work into whatever business example you select to go after. Most net businesses are either free or really cheap to begin, but they'll demand that you to invest your time and energy. However soon the powerful revenue streams will take over and start working for you, rather than you working for it.

"As youngsters, we're frequently taught by our parents to do well in school, attend college and get a great job to win financially in life.

We've all heard that being active and hard work will make us fit and rich. However being an active player isn’t always great for your financial health."

The Difference

Consider it – Do you wish to work forty plus hours a week for the remainder of your working life? Chances are you've exhausted most of your working life working for the improper sort of revenue.

Active Income is the sort of income most individuals are working for, unless they were born into riches or acquired the lottery. This is the revenue you gain as tips and salaries from your occupation. It might be in the form of merchandise sales on eBay or supplying a service as a dog walker or becoming engaged in a more traditional career. It‟s probably your salary or your hourly pay in the form of a payroll check. If you've any doubts as to whether revenue is active, simply ask yourself: If I do not do the work, will I get compensated? If the answer is nope, it‟s active revenue.

Passive revenue is gained from a source that calls for no work to return the payment. This sort of income has historically come from investitures in dividend paying stocks, interest in savings or bonds, or renting real property. The key is that it takes no work to return the revenue – once revenue is being returned. It still takes much effort to get the ball rolling.

Both sorts of revenue call for hard work, and both sorts are crucial for many of us. The difference is that when the work is complete for the passive revenue, one need not do the work over again to get the revenue. That‟s why discovering a passive income ought to be a goal, and your active revenue ought to be the means by which you accomplish that goal. Consider it as the gas to power your travel to a passive life-style.

Anybody may attain passive revenue; the question is how soon do you require it?

Commonly the huge pays back come from the hardest work and the greatest risk of failure. Consider the starving artist or musician before he becomes big. He sacrifices a great deal early on, but may frequently retire ahead of time.

If you don‟t wish to, or can‟t, assume the risk then you are able to take the time-tested retirement savings path. Pension accounts like 401(k)‟s and IRA‟s are all about constructing an investment portfolio that will one day supply adequate passive income to replace your payroll check totally. That‟s retirement, and it takes a lifespan of active income to accomplish it.

The sooner you are able to cultivate a successful passive revenue stream, the better off you'll be. To this end, you ought to be utilizing as much of your active revenue as you are able to produce these passive revenue streams. If you‟re in debt or wish to accelerate your path towards passive income, think about taking a 2nd job and utilizing that income to pay down your debt, or develop your revenue streams faster.

The data age has opened additional avenues to the ordinary individual that were previously available to only a choice few. Royalties are a great illustration of this. Before the net, you had to work exceedingly hard on a book or record or some like product, and then you had to be fortunate enough to discover a publisher or distributor. Then you had to wait for merchandising to accomplish its thing and hope it was successful enough to yield substantial revenue for you after paying all the in-between men.

The net has opened the royalties‟ piece of the passive revenue pie like never before. E-books only call for personal publishing software, a PC and a blog. Inject some marketing or affiliate plans and you are able to yield some hefty revenue.

Investing is a different great example. There's a mountain of gratis info on the net about investing, and discount brokers make it possible for the normal individual to establish a portfolio of dividend paying stocks and bonds without ever departing their house.

If you‟re a techy who‟s got a little programming skill and a theme for a killer app, then software packages may easily become a passive revenue stream. Once you‟ve acquired the product, it costs roughly nothing to assemble a PayPal system and a download link.

Passive revenue doesn‟t have to be from the stuffy old school of investitures, or the industrious fresh technology. A few sources of passive revenue are strikingly bland and un-stimulating. ATM‟s and vending machines may fit this category. While they do call for a little upkeep, it‟s not as much work for the revenue as your standard forty hour job.

Ultimately, you‟re looking at 2 primary methods to passive revenue: An entrepreneurial attack, or an investment attack. Which one is correct for you depends upon your interest, desire and disposition. The crucial thing is to begin thinking of being more passive in your revenue, and more active in your life history.

"The reason why many individuals don't bring in any automatic revenue, the reason they all work grueling never flourish, is because they don't know what passive revenue is, how it's attained, and how they may get moving. Before anybody may produce multiple streams of passive revenue they have to have a pretty keen understanding of how it's accomplished. That's why I'm hoping the passive revenue hints on this page will provide you a boost and help you become closer to your financial freedom destinations."

Use It

Financial freedom is living where there's adequate revenue coming in to pay for your wanted life-style, all without being forced to work. When you've adequate passive revenue to cover your cost of living, you're totally financially free. How much passive revenue would it call for to set you free? How much revenue would you ultimately love having monthly to spend? Goals provide power to our actions, and recognizing your goal for automatic revenue will provide you the power to produce the life you wish.

There are countless possibilities when it comes to acquiring passive revenue, but they all fall under one of two categories, Business and Investing revenue. Which is better for you? Well, it depends upon a list of things including your skills, experiences, powers, your unparalleled interests, as well as your beginning capital. Investing may call for much upfront capital before hearty profits may be made, which makes the business path more approachable to a wider range of individuals.

When you choose to tackle one of the primary areas of passive revenue, you have to choose individual revenue vehicles. Again, you'll wish to evaluate yourself and pick the revenue opportunities that are better suited for your goals and potentialities, as well as your interests and loves. Take time to look into possible opportunities before leaping in headlong.

Depending upon the techniques that you pick out to acquire passive revenue, you might or might not need to invest revenue. All the same, in either case you ought to plan on spending time to master the

revenue streams that you've picked out. If you're going to establish a free passive revenue business from scratch, you'll plainly have to invest a lot of time establishing and growing your business revenue. And if you select to invest for automatic revenue, you'll wish to take time to invest in your knowledge and use of proven investment rules.

If you believe that you are able to get moving today and produce financial freedom inside a couple of weeks, you're not going to make it very far. It requires time, frequently many months or even years before true earnings will be seen on a steady basis. Take your financial goals earnestly, and make a habit of working towards them. People who commit to spending time daily to formulate passive revenue produce a lifespan of limitless wealth.

Controlling a single income vehicle may provide you everything you require for freedom, but as you might discover for yourself, constructing wealth may be a fun and energizing journey, and you might discover yourself reassessing your goals and adjusting them even higher. The excellent thing about automatic revenue is that it runs in its own, so you'll be able to produce multiple revenue streams without having to exhaust all of your time. Branch out into a number of income streams and produce a powerful, long term income.

Over the past couple of years I've utilized a lot of avenues to formulate passive revenue, but now I look nearly solely to the net for fresh and energizing ways to make revenue on automatic pilot.

Wrapping Up

I hope you've enjoyed this look at building wealth. You are able to successfully formulate passive revenue; it just calls for patience, doggedness, and care. And while I'll be the first one to tell you that much work might be demanded, particularly if you don't already have a lot of revenue to invest and therefore have to invest your time and energy.

But I'll likewise be the first to tell you simply how energizing and rewarding it may be to start producing multiple streams of revenue that earn you income day-and-night. Start now to plant seeds of automatic revenue and watch as your financial freedom starts to fly

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How To Communicate More Clearly

2022-03-05T20:43:00.007-05:00

How To Communicate More Clearly

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Communication is the foundation of everything we do. Whether you leave the house or not, you still communicate with others daily, be it online or in person. How well you get along with people hinges on how well you communicate. How successful you are in life hinges on how well you communicate. There are a few 'rules' that you can apply to all of your communications.

Why?

This is specifically for work or professional communication. Often, we waste a lot of time and energy communicating when we don't actually know why we're bothering. So, think about what you would like to accomplish?

This can also be applied to your personal life, even idle chit-chat can have some type of purpose, whether it's bonding or getting to know someone.

When others initiate a conversation, consider why it's taking place. If you can't understand why try to gently guide the dialogue to determine the why. The purpose of this is to focus and understand the why to avoid rabbit trails and side issues that detract from the manner at hand.

In-Person Communication

Have you ever fallen out with someone over text message? Or watched a fight unfold on social media because one person read someone else's tone wrong? If you're dealing with a highly emotional issue, then it should be addressed in person. If it's impossible to do so in-person, at least do so via video call. This goes for positive and negative emotions. If you're delivering great news then you want everyone to get sucked into your positive energy.

As far as bad news or negative conversations go, it will be received better if you do the job in-person.

Email Facts

People often lose concentration when they are being given facts and figures verbally. If you're dealing with a finance issue, statistics, or otherwise, opt for emailing this information so the other person can easily look back on the numbers when necessary.

No Talking, Just Listen

This is applicable to in-person communication. Stop spending so much time doing all the talking and start listening. Unless you are the one who came to the table to start a conversation, give others the respect they're due when they are trying to communicate their ideas or feelings. Don't dominate conversations with your motor-mouth.

Simplicity

We live in a society of information overload so simplify your messages. You might use five sentences, but you can probably say it with one.

5 Tips for Having Difficult Conversations with your Partner

You love your partner, but sooner or later, a tough conversation needs to happen. While this is normal, (after all, what relationship doesn’t have its bumps along the way) how you handle those conversations will determine whether you come away from this particular conflict with a stronger appreciation for each other. This is why it’s so important to handle difficult conversations well.

How do you ensure you engage in the best conversation possible in these circumstances?

Start with Not Putting Off the Talk Longer than Necessary

Take time to count to ten or to take a few deep breaths before beginning. After all, starting with too much emotion will be more damaging than helpful. Once you’re cooled down though, it’s time to talk. Why is it better sooner rather than later? By putting things off, you tend to build up resentment and inflate the conflict. It’s important to address situations before they get out of hand. A small problem today is much easier to solve than a giant one several weeks from now.

Drop the Good News / Bad News Approach

No one likes waiting for the other shoe to drop, so instead of giving the compliment with a ‘but’ lurking to negate everything you’ve just said, just come out and say the bad news first. If you’re determined to add in the compliment, do so after the bad stuff is out of the way, so you leave the person on a more positive note.

Plan Your Conversation

Rather than blindside your partner with an uncomfortable discussion, let them know you have something you want to talk about. Make it clear you’re wanting to discuss something that affects your feelings, rather than starting out in an attack. There’s a vast difference between, “I’d like to talk to you sometime about your drinking” vs. “I’d like to talk to you about how I feel when I see you drinking so heavily.”

What Are Your Goals?

In any heavy conversation, you need to agree at some point on common goals. Working toward the same thing will help you find your way through the conversation to that eventual place.

Keep a Positive Spirit

Aim for optimism. Even if the conversation isn’t going how you would like it to, finding something to hope for will soften the outcome no matter what.

Difficult conversations are just that: Difficult. But having a plan in place will help you to get through them. Use these steps to build the framework of your conversation, and even if the outcome is bad, getting there won’t be as difficult as you think.

Assertiveness for Better Communication

Learning to communicate effectively means that you first must first learn how to be assertive. The other options of communicating are passiveness or aggressiveness – both of which tend to alienate those you’re trying to communicate with.

When you learn to communicate effectively by flexing your assertive muscles, you’ll experience a boost of self-esteem and a personal confidence which will help you succeed in all areas of your life.

You’ll learn to be less resentful or feel inadequate or guilty about your decisions and will experience more freedom in your life. But, most of all – the way you communicate will improve your relationships, both at work and at home.

Assertiveness means that you’re able to express your thoughts and feelings without anger and in an appropriate and honest way. You’ll be standing up for your rights as a thinking and valuable individual and others won’t be confused about your beliefs and opinions.

Some techniques you should learn to become a more effective communicator are:

Broken Record

This technique that you persist in expressing what you want and how you feel without bringing anger and resentment into your tone of voice. The trick is to remain calm and express your wants very clearly. Then, keep repeating your point and don’t give up unless you decide to agree to a compromise.

Fogging

A technique which involves not responding in an anticipated manner (defensive or placating). The method is one which gives a minimal response within a conversation – rather than being argumentative. When you’re not expressing the desired effect with the person, he or she will tire of the conversation.

Handling Positive and Negative Comments

You may have trouble responding to compliments – or to respond to negative comments about you or something you’ve done. For positive comments, you should express your assertiveness by thanking the person and to negative criticism, you should express regret that the person feels that way and then ask what, in particular, do they have a problem with.

As you continue to practice your assertiveness with others, you’ll find that your skills of communication will increase and you’ll have less problems dealing with people.

You may find methods of your own which work – like not engaging a person in arguments or being able to walk away from a bullying situation calmly and without being angry.

Developing interpersonal skills is a self-confidence booster which can help you with day to day communication with those who are close to you and those you may need to deal with on a one-time basis.

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EARNING ONLINE SERIES -3 MAKE MONEY WRITING ONLINE

2022-03-01T15:29:00.004-05:00

3: Make Money from Writing Online

A quick search and you will discover there are many ways for you to make a living online. If you like to write there is a complete world that opens up for you.

There is such a demand for writing, editing and proofreading that if you are at all any good you should not have any trouble finding projects.

There are many places to find writing assignments online. Sites like Guru.com, Elance.com, oDesk.com are all options.

The first three, Guru, Elance and oDesk are setup in a manner where you bid on writing projects that are posted by clients with a need.

Your fees vary as do the commissions, so compare and choose which setup seems to be right for you. Elance has the lowest monthly fee, which is rather appealing and oDesk seems to be the most difficult to work on.

Associated Content and Demand Studios offer a different way of writing. They hire experienced freelance writers and editors. Demand Studios pays between $15 to $100 per assignment.

An added bonus is that you could be eligible for health insurance if you meet activity requirements and tenure. Associate Content offers three ways for you to make money.

You can get paid upfront anywhere from $2 to $15 per article, you can earn performance payments of $1.50/1000 page views or you can be assigned articles and get paid from $10 to $100 per article.

At Associated Content there are three ways to earn money: Upfront payments for content you write ($2 to $15 per article), assigned articles ($10 to $100 per article) and performance payments ($1.50 for every 1,000 page views of your article if it’s posted online). Editing jobs and proofreading jobs are also readily available, especially on Elance and Guru.

Again, you bid and then wait for the vendor to make their decision and pick a provider. You might consider writing an e-book and marketing it through one of the many self publishers, which includes Amazon, which is an excellent way to make a steady stream of passive income.

Don’t just write any e-book. Seek out a niche that you have something to share and make sure that the market isn’t already saturated. Selling e-books can make you a solid income when done right.

You might also decide to launch a blog in a niche you are interested in, then as your readership grows, you can start to post ads or affiliate promos to make money.

AdSense allows you to make a little bit of money every time someone clicks an ad. Amazon offers an affiliate program where you earn a commission if a purchase is made through your link.

Writing offers an opportunity to easily make a full time income. So if you love to write, here’s your opportunity.

AUTHORS NOTE:

Sorry, but I wrote this without thoroughly checking the sites I listed.

I have removed the last 2. I used to write for them both, but apparantly they are offline now. Forgive me ;)

FREE Cute Luau Animal Coloring Pack

2022-02-20T09:00:00.008-05:00

Hi everyone,

Today I have a freebie for you!

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FREE Cute Luau Animal Coloring Pack

Everyone loves cute and cuddly animals and that makes coloring books that include them all time favorites. Coloring Galaxy’s new FREE pack is called Arctic Luau Animals. It’s super cute, done-for-you illustrations are ready just in time for spring. The best part is that they are giving them away right now.

They have prepared 20 black & white arctic animals dressed in a Hawaiian luau theme that are absolutely free. They come in png and psd file formats making them very versatile for editing. They are perfect to add to your Etsy store or personal website.

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Once you snag these beautifully illustrated designs you can use them for whatever project you have in mind. They are perfect to be added to arctic or luau themed planners, workbooks, calendars or coloring books. These illustrations will make an excellent addition to your portfolio and your customers will love them as much as I do.

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Dreaming of Spring,
Angela

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2022-02-17T00:42:00.000-05:00

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Articles Bundles and Gifts! OH MY!!

2022-02-07T16:11:00.006-05:00

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Earning Online Series - 2 Quick and Easy Ways to Earn

2022-02-03T21:18:00.002-05:00

2: Quick and Easy Ways to Make Money Online

When it comes to looking for a way to earn money online, we all search for the right ‘gig’ to earn a full time income and get out of the 9 to 5 rat race.

Here are some ways you can make money online without a lot of effort.

Transcribe Audio –

More websites are beginning to offer written transcriptions for those that are hearing impaired, which makes a transcriber’s job in demand.

While it doesn’t always pay a lot, it also doesn’t require a lot of work or a commitment from you. Check sites like Elance or Guru for these types of jobs.

Participate in Online Surveys –

You won’t get rich on this either, but they also don’t take much time and you can create a little extra cash flow for yourself.

Edit Audio –

If you are familiar with sound editing software there is a job opportunity waiting for you cleaning up and editing online interviews, webinars, webcasts, and more.

Visit employment sites like ODesk or Elance.

Enter Contests –

Whether you are a writer or a photographer, whether you design logos or create backgrounds, there’s are tons of contests running that are looking for the best ‘product.’

You don’t get paid unless you win so you will need to enter as many contests as you can find in your niche. Success is often minimal, but it only takes one big win and you’ll be very happy.

Flip Domain Names –

Domain names are as valuable as real estate, they are online real estate. Some people have figured out a way to make a very nice income buying and selling domain names.

Use Google to find trending keywords and then use that information to choose domains to flip. Short, straightforward domains are pretty hard to find these days, so you will likely have to settle for acronyms, initials, the use of dashes, etc. Be creative when you are trying to buy domain names.

Even if the main keyword isn’t available you can work off of that keyword and incorporate it with other words.

Making a living quickly and easy by making the right choices. With so many opportunities online it can be difficult to determine the right way.

Part of it depends on how much time you have available to you and where your interests lie. One thing is for certain, there are tons of legitimate ways to make money online, so don't give up, and start today?

Earning Online Series -1: Passive Income

2022-01-28T00:52:00.008-05:00

This is the first in an article series on earning online. I hope through this series of article posts I can help my readers learn and explore some new ways to create a passive or full time living online.

Shall we start?

1: Passive Income – Best Ways to Earn it

There are many ways to generate income online and a passive income is one of those ways. Being able to generate a passive income takes a special skill.

Your audience can be fickle. If they feel you are more concerned about the money than them, you will fail. Your intent needs to be about helping others.

Initially you are going to need to put in a lot of time. It’s hard work to get a passive income flow going and to build that success.

It doesn’t come overnight, although many would like you to believe this. Just because you have your product it doesn’t mean you can sit back and relax. There really isn’t a 100% passive income, because you always have to be managing what you are doing.

You need to build automation, but to do that you first have to create trust with your followers or audience. That’s where initially you have a lot of time invested, which will decrease, but you will always be involved.

You will need to find a market that works for you. You will need to find a niche market that you can help based on your experience and passion. How well you serve your audience will dictate what your earnings are.

Don’t just pick a niche because it’s currently ‘hot.’ You are going to need to continue to build, write articles, and market that product and new products that fit under that initial niche for years to come, so make sure it’s a niche you can handle, otherwise you will not enjoy success.

Instead, try to fill a gap in the market in the niche that interests you.

You will need to build a platform so that you can start to share your product. This could be YouTube, it could be a blog or whatever other market interests you. You don’t have to reach everyone.

That’s a waste of effort. Instead, focus on reaching the audience that would be interested in what you have to offer.

Determine which products are going to serve you best and then offer your audience value. In fact, offering them something of value for free helps to establish trust and interest so that they are far more likely to buy whatever else it is you have to offer.

They now know you have expertise in your niche and something that’s worth listening to so they are ready to pay.

As your passive income builds and you become comfortable in your business, make sure that the profit never becomes your main motivation, because when it does you set yourself up for failure.

9 reasons why printable planners are so awesome!

2022-01-25T15:22:00.004-05:00

Planners are a great way to save money, be creative, and jot down your ideas.

They have become a way of life, especially since the pandemic started 2 years ago.

Here are some of the very things planners can do for your lifestyle, in no particular order.

1. A very inexpensive purchase…depending on it's size and content they generally cost between $10 – $40, for a dated or undated printable planner which means you can use it forever! This means also, it saves money in the long run. Buy it once and reprint it unlimited times.

2. Saves time and agravation! Shopping for a physical planner can be frustrating, and confusing. With printables, you don’t need to wait for it to arrive in the mail. There are hundreds of planners available today, your choices are endless, and shopping from your computer is so much more appealing in todays world.

3. Much faster than going to the store. If you need more pages, checklists, etc, just print some more. No paying for shipping and the waiting, oh my!!. You can just print more on your home printer whenever you need them.

4. You have so many colors and designs to choose from. Whether you make your own printables or buy a printable from a online vendor, you can customise your planner with many different add on's as you like for a personalised effect. Put them in a binder or create junk journals with some of the interiors.

5. Size the planner by resizing the setting on your printer, some printable planners come in several sizes already, but it is easy to resize if they are not. If there’s a planner you like that only comes in letter size and you want A4, or it comes in A5 but you want a different size, you can resize any printable. Following is a tutorial to help you.

6. You have more options and variety for a planners in the digital world. To have a planner manufactured costs a lot of money and many manufacturers have a minimum print run, which means you can not just print one. If you are making your own planners for sale tho, you can go the POD route. I will add a list of POD book publishers in another article.

7. If you are making you own printables you have freedom to create whatever designs you want.

You can easily adjust your designs as many times as you like until you’re happy with the design and layout. The only cost in making printables is software and time, and you can create printables in an endless number of designs, layouts and filters. I personally use Photoshop Elements, and PowerPoint interchangeabley.

8. If you are creating your own and having it printed for you, you can choose the binding, either coil or paperback. If you are printing them out, you can put them in a physical binder and add, remove and rearrange pages as you wish. There are even book covers and other designs you can print out and slap on your binder for a unique cover. Either way, there are numerous websites that will print, bind and ship it to you. My favorite at the moment is My Book Patch

9. And last but not least, making them is a great fun way to aleviate stress, and is even a great pastime to do with family and friends. Why not help your kids create fun printables they can jot notes down in, or even color. The possibilties are endless.

If you would like to see some of my printables for sale, please visit my planner store Color My Agenda

Are You Stuck Comparing Yourself To Others?

2021-12-29T18:12:00.003-05:00

You are different from everyone else. Celebrate that. You offer a unique perspective in this game called life. We should all be thanking you. If you are constantly comparing yourself, it means you aren’t happy with who you are. Why is that?

People are brought up to conform to society. If you don’t fit within society’s norms, you are looked upon disapprovingly. However, most people aren’t normal in the truest sense of the word. Everyone has quirks and idiosyncrasies. It’s these differences that allow us to find solutions to problems. It also keeps us from getting bored. Imagine if everyone were truly the same. There would be nothing new to discover about one another.

There are some reasons to conform. For instance, you need to follow the rules and laws of your country and community. Otherwise, you will suffer consequences for not doing so. Also, you want to treat others with respect so that they will hopefully return that respect. However, if you try to act in ways in which others believe you should, you aren’t going to live your life to the fullest.

That’s why you should get out of the habit of comparing yourself to others. When you do this, you are likely setting unrealistic expectations and will lead you to be disappointed. Comparing yourself to others will result in you resenting those people. They have their reasons for being the way they are, and it has nothing to do with you.

There are qualities you admire in others. There is nothing wrong with trying to adopt some of those admirable qualities for yourself. However, it shouldn’t get to the point where you are trying to redefine who you are to be like those people you admire. You aren’t them, and you never will be.

You have but a short time on this planet. If you spend most of that time trying to be like someone else, you are in for a rough ride. If you stick to who you are and find others willing to accept you for that, you are going to be more satisfied for most of that time you live. Others will be happier with the real you as well. You won’t be a pretender. People see right through that kind of behavior. Just think about others who are not true to themselves. How long does it take you to see through that disguise?

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2021-12-15T19:30:00.008-05:00

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2021-11-16T13:52:00.001-05:00

Last Day for April’s Fall Content Creation Toolbox….

and then this incredible bundle of useful PLR and

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You’ll want to check this Toolbox out if you’re struggling with content creation, would like to learn how to create your own content, or just want TONS of new low content products (content, planners, puzzles, activity kits, etc).

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