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10 steps to enjoying each other better...

2012-02-03T18:54:00.000+03:00

1. Be realistic about each other

Don't try to turn your partner into something he or she is not. Let's face it, guys. There is only 1 Pamela Anderson in the world. Give your gal a break and understand that her physical appearance is NOT going to change overnight with the help of a few facials or treatments. And ladies, Brad Pitt has already been taken, so you are gonna have to do with what your guy is like! Chill out, love each other for what you are. There is more to your partner than what meets the eye.

2. Always talk things out

Now guys, I know this is not your favourite pastime or mode of resolving issues, but you know what ? This works with the gals. Don't make assumptions about each other's feelings. Learn to express yourself better so that your partner understands what your are angry about, or hurt about, or even happy about ! When you stop talking to each other from the heart, it's the beginning of the end.

3. Do stuff together

Make an effort to do things together. Do some sports or involve yourselves in some shared activities; something both of you enjoy or are interested in. It could be as simple as watching movies together, or just strolling hand-in-hand down Orchard Road. Watch soccer with him once in a while though the green patch on TV puts you to sleep in 3 seconds. And guys, do give in if your gal asks for another day at window-shopping, rather than suggest that she go out with her girlfriends for "that sort of activities" instead. If you are spending more time with your friends than with your partner, it's a warning sign that you are drifting apart !!!

4. Meet each other halfway

If he agrees to throw out that rotten T-shirt with the "The Rock" print, you shouldn't kick up much of a fuss. If he asks you to keep your room tidy. There's got to be a little giving and taking in a relationship. So learn to meet each other halfway.

5.Show your love

Buy her flowers or candy or perfume every now and then. Even if you have been together for 5years. It's wonderful to continue showing someone that you care for him or her. Cook him a special meal, paint him a Valentine's Day card. Knit him mini-socks he can't wear ( like for decoration purposes). Buy him a packet of milk for breakfast, or pack his wardrobe for him...so he knows you can still be romantic and loving despite having been together for quite a while.

6. Respect each other

Stop making jokes about her hair or skin, or whatever it is you love to laugh at. Ask yourself if she thinks its funny. And if he has an inferiority complex about his height, stop ogling at tall guys and make him feel worse ! Love is about respecting each other's feelings and being sensitive to each other at all times.

7. Bury the past.

Stop bringing up the past. Gals...don't bring up the happy things about you and your ex to your guy. It would just make him jealous or unhappy. And guys, don't talk about the happy times that you had with your ex or mention about her in your every other sentence as it would make your gal feel unhappy and she might think that you are saying all this because you are going to get back with your ex or not interested in her anymore.

8. Sit on your jealousy

All of us go through spells of insecurity at the beginning of the relationship, but don't translate that insecurity into jealousy. If you are going through your partner's mail and cupboard, and eavesdropping on conversations, you know something is wrong - with you !!! Jealousy is like a poison that slowly spreads through the relationship before finally killing it. Trust your partner; love has to have trust in it.

9. Keep your commitments to each other

If your partner is standing you up all the time and cancelling dates and breaking promises, you need to talk ! If you are in a relationship, make your partner your priority and don't disappoint them if you can help it. It's really terrible when someone promises to take you to dinner, and then calls to cancel it. Don't make promises you can't keep. If your partner starts to feel that he/she is not important enough to you, you may just lose him/her.

10. Be honest

Honesty is not scowling at how awful she looks first thing in the morning, or telling him that he has the biceps of a fly ! When we say "be honest", we mean expressing your feelings clearly, not being bitingly cruel. When you are hurt, say so, and when you are angry, tell him/her, without getting hysterical. If you can't be honest with your partner, who can u be honest with ? Love is also about honesty, and a relationship where no honesty exists probably isn't worth it !

Symbol of Love

2012-02-02T18:41:00.000+03:00

I once had a friend who grew to be very close to me. Once when we were sitting at the edge of a swimming pool, she filled the palm of her hand with a little water and held it before me, and said this: "You see this water carefully contained on my hand? It symbolizes Love."

This was how I saw it: "As long as you keep your hand caringly open and allow it to remain there, it will always be there. However, if you attempt to close your fingers round it and try to posses it, it will spill through the first cracks it finds. This is the greatest mistake that people do when they meet love...they try to posses it, they demand, they expect... and just like the water spilling out of your hand, Love will retrieve from you. For love is meant to be free, you cannot change its nature. If there are people you love, allow them to be free beings. Give and don't expect. Advise, but don't order. Ask, but never demand. It might sound simple, but it is a lesson that may take a lifetime to truly practice. It is the secret to true love. To truly practice it, you must sincerely feel no expectations from those who you love, and yet an unconditional caring."

Passing thought ... Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.

Writing off relationships

2012-02-02T18:20:00.000+03:00

So you let the bus go and waited for the second bus. Then the second bus came, you looked at it and you said, "eeee...this bus so old... surely very uncomfortable one." So you let the bus go and decided to wait for the next bus.

After a while, another bus came. It's not crowded and not old but you said, "eeee... no air-con one...and the weather is so warm, better wait for the next one. So again you let the bus go and decided to wait for the next bus. Then the sky started to get dark as it is getting late. You panicked and jump on to the next coming bus. It is not until much later that you found out that you had boarded on to the wrong bus! So you wasted your time and money waiting for what you want! Even if an aircon bus came, can you ensure that the aircon bus won't break down or will the aircon be too old for you?

So people...(mostly girls but guys too!) want to make sure that what you want is not wrong. But it wouldn't hurt to give other people a chance, right? If you found that the "bus" doesn't suit, you just press the red button and get off the bus! But wait...I am sure all of you have this experienced before. You saw a bus is coming (the bus you want of course) you flagged it and the driver acted blur by pretending not seeing you and zoomed pass you!

The bottom line of being loved is like waiting for a bus and whether you want to get on the bus and give the bus a chance depends totally on you and walking alone is just like being out of love. If you love someone set him/her free. If he/she comes back to you, you know they are yours. If they don't then it was never meant to be. Remember to always say what you mean. If you love someone, tell. Don't be afraid to express yourself. Reach out and tell someone what he or she means to you. Because when you decide that it is the right time, it might be too late. Seize the day. Never have regrets.

Why Budgets Don't Work and How to Fix It

2011-08-20T20:19:00.001+03:00

By Terry Rigg

This article is for those families that have sat down at a desk or the kitchen table time after time trying to develop a family budget that they can live with.

Why don't they work?

There are several answers to that question. Most budgets are doomed from day one because they are too complicated, don't have the commitment of all involved or the numbers simply don't add up. The biggest culprit is that most people don't allow for unexpected expenses.

Let's tackle these one at a time:

Too Complicated: When you list every expense you have on your budget you set yourself up for defeat. Some budgets include such things as cleaning supplies, dog food, haircuts and car gas. In order to keep track of all of these you would need a new box of envelopes every month.

Answer: Streamline your budget. By simply including a topic on your budget entitled "Household" where you can include everything you spend money on each month, excluding bills. Groceries will undoubtedly be the largest expense in this category. By taking the extra time to figure what needs to go into your household budget when you set it up, you can save a lot of time each payday.

Commitment:

1. Many times the commitment to live by a budget is lacking.

2. People get into spending habits that are hard to break.

3. There is constant friction in the family over money.

4. It is more comfortable to live beyond your means.

Answer: You have to consider all of the above problems when setting up your budget. The Family Budget is just that, the FAMILY BUDGET. Everyone in the family that is old enough to count should be included. I don't mean to say that children should have a say in where the money goes, but they should be aware of what the spending limits of the family are. If you work closely with your spouse in developing a family budget you both are more likely to stick to it. There is one other detail that will help. By setting aside money for yourself and your spouse, that you don't have to account to the other for, your budget is more likely to succeed.

The Numbers Don't Add Up:

You have more budget than you have paycheck. Generally, this is caused by not being realistic in your budget. You try to make your paycheck fit your budget.

Answer: Start by listing your household expenses and bills. Then include 10% of your income for long and short term savings. If this total is more than your paycheck, you have to cut back. Start by looking at your household budget. Are there items that you can do without? If you have money left over after considering all of the above, then increase your savings.

Unexpected Expenses: This can be from your car breaking down, need a new washer or any number of other expenses that you can't predict.

Answer: While long term savings is for things such as a home or car purchase or college for the kids, short term savings is just as vital to your financial security. A short term savings will accomplish two things. It will provide you with the money you need to pay those unexpected expenses and it will cut down on the use of credit cards. The short term savings could save you hundreds of dollars a year.

When you develop your budget, keep the following things in mind:

1. Make your budget a simple as possible

2. Get the family involved.

3. Make your budget fit your paycheck, not the other way around.

4. Plan for the unexpected.

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2011-06-18T12:07:00.000+03:00

By Steve Strauss

This is maybe my favorite study in the last year. An online survey of 972 adults, it identified the five habits that are most likely to limit one’s career advancement. I love this list because it’s not the stuff people are generally looking out for in their careers. It’s not the stuff experts have been warning people about since they got their first internship.

Here’s the list:

1. Unreliability

2. “It’s not my job”

3. Procrastination

4. Resistance to change

5. Negative attitude

What strikes me first about this list is that it’s stuff most people know they do. You may not admit to yourself that it matters, but I bet each of you can figure out which of these career-limiting habits most applies to you. Hell, I can talk with you for five minutes and peg one of the habits to you.

So decide which is most relevant to you, and then read about why it hurts your career and how to stop it.

1. Unreliability

Okay, the real reason I love this list is that I can look at it and immediately see which one is me. I am number one. You never know if I’m going to do what I say. This is bad. It usually starts out bad for everyone around me. They catch on to the problem faster than I do. But once I know I have the problem, then I feel a tinge of guilt saying yes to anything because I never know myself if I’m going to follow through.

And, I have started noticing how people have stopped relying on me for some things because I disappoint them with such irritating predictability.

I know how to be more reliable. I have to convince myself that delivering what I promise is as important as being clever, witty, and fun. I remember the first time I realized that I have to be more consistent: This lady was spraying fake tan on me and I was worrying that it would make me look crazy. Then I thought: Maybe people already think I’m crazy.

And I think, actually, this is the core to all the items on the list of career-limiting habits: you have to genuinely care that you are limiting your career and that you have a habit that completely annoys people.

2. “It’s not my job”

Look. Here’s your job: To stop your career-limiting habits. Your job is to get people to like working with you so that you stay employable. People like working with people who do work that matters to them.

So your first day at work, throw out your job description. That was just to hire you. No one cares about that job description really. They just care that you do stuff to make their life easier. So your job is to make your boss’s life better.

You will not do that by telling your boss “that’s not my job.” Your boss knows what your job is and your job is what your boss asks you to do. You get a promotion by making your boss happy. If you don’t like the work, then make a deal with your boss that you’ll get that work done and then you’ll do some extra, interesting work.

If you go through your career getting the work done that people care about, then you’ll get more and more control over your workload by becoming more and more valuable to the people around you.

3. Procrastination

Almost all procrastination comes from the fear of not being able to do something well. In general, you know how to perform well enough. But the root of not being able to start any task is thinking you are not going to do it well enough. So the key to beating procrastination is to treat it as a symptom of the real problem: Perfectionism.

Sometimes, in job interviews, when an employer asks, “What’s your weakness?” a common response is “perfectionism.” However, perfectionism is not just a weakness. Perfectionism is a disease.

Actually, it’s similar to anorexia in that the person with the illness has a whacked-out view of the world and starts taking obsessive actions based on that view. This becomes an impediment to achievement in areas of their life that they care about.

Perfectionism prevents you from seeing a big picture, and that prevents you from moving up the ladder. Also perfectionism prevents you from being flexible on collaboration and delivery, which prevents you from being a high-level creative person.

Mostly, though, perfectionism means that you never think you are doing a good enough job. Because there is no perfect. So you will never be pleased with yourself or the people around you. And that’s a miserable way to live.

4. Resistance to change.

Are you telling yourself none of this applies to you? Then your problem is resistance to change. People who resist change are constantly dreaming up reasons that the status quo is fine, and then getting themselves into messy situations.

But the status quo is never fine. People can always improve, systems can always improve. Optimistic people who care about doing a little extra to make things work efficiently are the people who can accept that change is constant.

There is no safe ground in one’s career, because the workplace is about moving forward to create something better. Your career should mirror the workplace you exist in. Prepare for career change all the time. Because you need to be growing and changing to deliver better product just as the companies that surround you do.

Can you tell me what you’re aiming to change right now, today? Because if the answer is nothing, then that’s where you need to start.

5. Negative Attitude

Procrastination (which is really just perfectionism gone awry) ends up with negativity and disappointment showered on yourself. Negativity, directed at other people and their ideas, is just as annoying. You might think you are a realist, “the only guy with two feet on the ground” or whatever. But really, you’re just a buzz kill.

There is no point in debating whether or not people are better off being around the “realism” of negativity because people just plain don’t like it. Optimistic people are happier, they perform at higher levels at work, and they get more done. Do you think you’re the optimist in the group? Here’s a test you can take.

If you know you’re not an optimist, you probably think optimists are living in the clouds, but they are meeting their goals, and the pessimists are not. So the negativity shouts out to people, “Stay away from me! I’m going to bring you down!”

Instead of priding yourself on being the voice of reason, or however you justify your negativity, try keeping your mouth shut. You might think you sound smart telling everyone your doubts, but your aptitude for predicting calamity is overshadowed by how unpleasant it is to be around you.

Don’t Let Your Website Drive Customers Away

2011-06-18T00:24:00.001+03:00

By Jeff Haden

Some of my web pages have high bounce rates. I have made a number of changes but nothing makes a difference. Any ideas?

Quick background: Bounce rate is a metric that measures the number of visitors who leave your site after having looked at only one page or only staying for a few seconds. Think of bounce rate as the, “Oops, not what I wanted — next!” metric.

Many business owners focus on “improving” the pages with high bounce rates by revamping the design, changing the navigation structure, rewriting copy… all in an attempt to decrease the bounce rate. But often that doesn’t work.

Why? In many cases the page itself is not the issue. The problem stems from the visitor’s purpose for visiting the page. Purpose is everything: If I find what I came for I’m more likely to stay. If not, I bounce.

To reduce bounce rate, take a step back and determine the purpose of the visitors who land on that page:

1. Refine the sources of incoming traffic. Look at the keywords that generated visitors. High bounce rates mean some keywords generate traffic irrelevant to the real purpose of the page. Rework your copy so the keywords you intend to pull actually pull. While you may see less total traffic, those who do arrive are more valuable because their purpose for visiting better matches the page content. Would you rather have 10 visitors who want what you sell or 100 visitors who don’t?

2. Don’t try to do too much. It’s tempting to stuff lots of information, resources, calls to action, sign-up boxes, etc. onto each page. But too much clutter drives visitors away. Each page should have a clear and primary purpose. You can include a few sub-purposes, but make sure the “subs” are discreet and do not distract from the main purpose.

3. Make sure the purpose matches your call to action. A product page should feature the product and make it easy to purchase. A newsletter page should highlight the benefits of the newsletter and make it easy to sign up. Visitors are satisfied when they can quickly meet their needs.

4. Then clean up your design. Subtlety doesn’t play well on the web. A visitor should be able to scan a page in no more than two to three seconds to find what they want. Multiple navigation bars, multiple search boxes, oddly-placed ads… the more complicated the design the more likely a visitor will bounce.

5. And remember, a high bounce rate could mean the page actually was successful. If visitors bounce off your contact page, that could just mean they needed your phone number. If so, leaving quickly isn’t a bounce — it’s success.

Remember, every page should have a purpose. Every page; there are no throwaway pages. Define the purpose, attract visitors whose intent matches that purpose, and make it easy for them to accomplish what they came for.

And make sure you view your analytics as what they really are: Insights into customer behavior. Each number is a customer, and at the end of every bounce or exit or conversion there’s a customer. Keep their intentions and needs in mind and you’ll be fine.

The Best Day To Go On A Job Interview

2011-06-03T21:23:00.000+03:00

By Michael Donovin

First of all, to fully understand and appreciate the answer, a couple of givens must be taken into account. What I believe to be the most important item for dealing with an interview successfully is, your attitude. Your attitude determines the outcome of every interview. The core competencies must be there in order for you to get the interview in the first place but, your attitude during the interview will be what ultimately gets you accepted or rejected for the position. If it was as simple as, "I can do the job", there would be no need for an interview in the first place - the employer would just hire based upon the resume.

Now that we have determined that attitude will determine the success of the interview, lets more deeply understand the answer to the question. Unequivocally, without a doubt, the best day to interview is not Monday, it's not Friday, it's not Wednesday, like 95% of the people answer when I ask that question. The best day of the week to go on an interview is...drumroll please...the day after you get a job offer.

Again, understand that attitude determines your level of success on an interview and, when you have achieved success, that is, have obtained a job offer, your attitude generally is never higher. When you have already received a job offer, your confidence level is at it's highest. You are no longer worried about how you are going to pay your bills. You feel successful because others obviously believe in your abilities - otherwise you wouldn't have gotten the offer. Thus, you are "higher than a kite" at this time. This is the time to continue your search and just hammer away at as many interviews as you can possibly setup.

It is important at this stage in career development to take advantage of the synergy of the momentum or the incredibly good luck streak that you are currently on and, the way you do that is to continue to interview once you have gotten your first offer.

The positive momentum gained when you have a job offer in your back pocket is very strong. In fact, you can attack the remaining interviews with a can't lose mentality. This will allow you to see things clearly and to make the best possible decision for you and your family and for your career. There is no reason to stop interviewing after you get a job offer, and in fact, in "Hiring Secrets Revealed" this is one of the $10,000 secrets I'm sharing with you.

There is not a Human Resources Manager or Hiring Manager and especially not a Recruiter or a Recruiting Firm or Consulting Firm that will ever tell you the best time to interview is the day after you get a job offer - it's just not in their best interest to allow you to keep interviewing. Each and every one of the aforementioned decision makers wants to have a commitment immediately. They want to place you in a job now and collect their fee. They have no vested interest in helping you or advising you to continue with your interviewing process.

In subsequent articles I will show you how to maintain an open dialogue with your recruiter and how to time your interviewing so that all of these things come together so you can make decisions in a timely fashion. The point is, do not stretch out the interviews because that could go on forever. Your objective is to have choices. And you need to strike while the iron is hot.

By following this one simple secret, you will give yourself choices. The best part about interviewing after you have already gotten a job offer is - now you are confident. You have a job. You can ask for an negotiate the salary you truly wish to have and you have nothing to lose if they say no. What to you care if the second, or third, or fourth company says no to your salary requests, you already have a job.

However, since that is precisely what your attitude is… you most likely will be able to negotiate the salary you wish because the interviewers will feel your confidence and believe that you are worth the money. That's the power of being able to walk away from the negotiating table.

Everyone senses that you are ultimately the person in control of this situation - nothing has to be said to imply this - it is felt due to your high level of confidence. This one idea alone can be the one that gets you the $10,000.00 or $20,000.00 raise.

Look at each job offer carefully, and decide appropriately, but do it in a timely fashion. Your objective is to make this happen as quickly as possible. I have learned that no one will give you anything unless you ask for it. Heck, if an employer thinks they can hire you for $55,000.00, why in their right-mind would they offer you more? Get it? If, however, they believe that you are worth $65,000.00 or $75,000.00, and you ask for it, they are definitely going to be inclined to pay that to get you.

A friend of mine worked for a company that was bought-out by a bigger firm. The bigger firm actually bought 12 other smaller companies just like my friend's company. All the ex-owners of the smaller companies were paid a three month severance upon their exit from the larger company. My friend wanted to take the summer off and he thought he deserved more so, he called the President and asked him for six months of severance. It was given to him with barely the blink of an eye. Why? Because he asked for it. If you don't ask, you won't get it - guaranteed.

That's why you need to keep interviewing immediately upon getting your first job offer. Your confidence will be sky high and you will not be afraid to ask for more because you have nothing to lose.

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Life Keeps Moving and So Should You

2011-06-03T19:53:00.000+03:00

By Odette Worrel

Life is ever changing and keeping up with it is stressful. By the time we have figured out what our world looks like and what we can count on, something happens to change the dynamics of what we know. This applies to everything...cell phones, jobs, family. Nothing stays the same. Change is life's built in mechanism to force us to step outside our comfort zones. How will we respond? Will we respond? Who are we as we navigate our way through the change?

As life moves on, if we don't embrace the shifts with grace and ease, if we try to control what we will or won't accept, then we will certainly lock our emotional world in a place of dis-ease. Yes...this is truly how I believe many people create illness and it is now well-documented by science that stress and its many effects on our health is quickly becoming the #1 cause of disease in this country. It isn't as much about what we feed our bodies, though this exacerbates any pre-existing conditions. The real issue is that of being ill at ease with one's world because we are afraid to surrender to the fear inherent in change.

The mental component:

When our internal and external worlds don't match, chances are that we are avoiding our true nature and what it longs for. We are putting our opportunity to experience happiness to the side. Within this dynamic, the mask we wear for the world and our innermost selves are in a never ending tug of war. Nobody wins. We are what we tell ourselves we are, and we do what our thoughts encourage us to do. Shift the thought and the action will shift.

Consider these suggestions to empower you towards a more fulfilling experience in stepping forward:

1-Empower yourself by accepting that problems are not bad, they give us an opportunity to seek out a solution that simultaneously gives us an opportunity to grow and access a part of ourselves we may not have known even existed.

2-Empower yourself further by recognizing that you are capable and actually here to experience happiness. Mind you, being happy every day is not a pre-requisite for leading a joyful life, anymore than being engaged in thought all the time will get you closer to a deeper, fuller life. Simply put, happy lives have sad days and it is important to experience sadness in order to fully appreciate the joy when it does come. Make friends with the feelings that come up on your down days and recognize that these are merely thoughts. It is not YOU that is sad, you simply just FEEL sad. Once you recognize that feelings don't define you but are more like a visiting guest, then you will be less attached to defining yourself by them.

The breakthrough:

I once read, "It isn't enough to look up the steps, you must step up the steps." Breakthroughs don't happen by thinking about how to make a change .... breakthroughs happen through action. Our fear of what we will leave behind & the comfort of knowing what to expect keeps us from moving forward. How about thinking of what not moving forward is keeping you from experiencing? If you truly want to experience happiness, you will have to brave stepping outside your comfort zone and allow yourself to engage with the unknown. It is akin to being on a date with you.

1- Do one thing every day that you love.

My clients make a list of the things they love as part of their program. Activities range from being 1 minute to 1 week long. This becomes part of their morning "menu". They choose one thing they have time for and incorporate it into their day. So grab a comic book during your coffee break, or light a candle before you go to sleep. The sheer fact that you are doing something that appeal to you and are for the sole reason of finding pleasure in your day will slowly make you reconnect with the part of you that has been shuffled aside for years. It is amazing to hear how difficult it is for people to take 3 minutes a day to honor themselves. It doesn't take a genius to figure out what message we are giving our bodies and our psyche when we tell it that we simply don't have time for ourselves. Find the joy and love yourself a little. You won't believe what joy building can do to transform your life.

2- Eat right and pass on the 3rd portion.

If you don't feel good you simply won't feel better by eating more than you need or can digest. Finding the right foods and portions to fuel your life are as important as anything else. If you have lost your health, you are often not living you but rather, searching for ways to get your health back. So do yourself a favor and take a sound bite at a time. There is plenty of info on websites and I post plenty on my own should you care to visit online (http://www.findyourorganicsoul.com). Take on one simple step until you see the results and then add another. Food matters.

3- "Do" with "you" factored in the equation.

Many of us are living to work, rather than working to live. Remember that life is more than just paying the bills. A well-lived life is not simply a matter of what we have done or accomplished, but rather who we were while getting there?

4- Find someone without an agenda.

Whether it is a friend, a therapist, or a complete stranger....being able to share your struggle is often enough to release them. Being able to voice our fears in a safe place where there is no judgment, releases the tension and anxiety of suppressing our innermost feelings.

Put one or all of these pieces together and you will be that much closer to finding the ease that we all search for as the world around us changes. When a river comes to a stone, it simply bends and flows around it. Find this place in your own life. There is no need to push the river. When you get to those bridges, just put one foot in front of the other. Have faith that what awaits is simply a better you.

10 Ways to Crank Up Your Success Esteem in Under 10 Minutes

2011-04-28T12:33:00.001+03:00

By Troyann Williams

Success is a journey not a destination. When you are building the successful life you desire it’s very "human" (i.e., "normal") to experience occasional moments of self doubt and feeling down. When you recognize one of these low moments you can crank your Success Esteem back up to a power level quickly and easily by implementing one or more of the ideas below.

1. Re energize Your Primary Goals:

Reminding yourself of what it is that you really want to accomplish is a great way to crank your energy back into high gear! One quick and easy way to do this is simply to complete this sentence; "What I really want to accomplish is ..."

2. Reconnect with Your "Why"

When your energy level is feeling low a great way to get a quick pick-me-up is to reconnect with "why" you're working so hard. Every coaching client I've ever worked with has expressed a genuine desire to do things with their life that will help to make their life and the lives of others even better. It's very easy to reconnect with your "why" by completing the sentence; "I really want to accomplish this goal because..."

3. Refresh Your To-Do List and Your Priorities

Refreshing your to-do list is a GREAT way to beat the frustration of feeling overwhelmed by all the things you must do to accomplish your desired goals. This simple act is very effective for bringing yourself back to the present moment and will reignite your "can do" spirit. My favorite question for setting the priorities of my to-do list is simply, "What is the most effective thing for me to do right now?"

4. Energize Your Brain by Changing Your Physiology

Stand up, sit down, go for a short walk, go to the bathroom... just take a moment to change your physiology. This is a great way to boost your energy and get your mind back in gear. My favorite way to reengage the brain is to do a few "Cross Crawls". This is where you simply stand up and march in place. As you march in place you touch your knee with the opposite hand. So for example, when your left knee comes up you will cross your right hand over and tap that knee. Then when your right knee comes up you will cross your left hand over and tap that knee. A few minutes of Cross Crawls will wake up your left brain and your right brain as each side is involved in this exercise. (It's a bit like making circles on your stomach while tapping the top of your head... or is it the other way around?) Anyway, Cross Crawls are easy and very effective in waking up your brain so you can easily get back to the work at hand.

5. Set the Clock for a Specific Chunk of Time

A great way to get more of the truly important things done is to pick ONE priority and set out to spend a designated chunk of uninterrupted time working toward its accomplishment. My mentor uses 33 minutes for her designated chunks of time; however I use 28 minutes. I use 28 because in numerology 2 represents "faith that things will work out" and 8 represents "abundance". Choose any time amount you want however it is most effective to keep it under 40 minutes. Keeping it small will make it feel do-able no matter how hurried or busy you are on any given day - and it will feel great when you accomplish one, two, three or even more chunks of designated time working on something that will move you even closer to your desired success!

6. Express Your Gratitude

A great way to increase your Success Esteem is to acknowledge those things you are grateful for with a sincere "Thank You."

Saying "Thank You" is about being truly and genuinely grateful for all that you have in this moment. Being truly and genuinely grateful for all that you have opens up space for more good things to come into your life.

Whether you are experiencing a time of abundance or a time of lack, being mindful of the good things in your life will keep you in the present moment and in the present moment there is peace, joy, safety and abundance.

7. Acknowledge Your Successful Progress

This is one of the most effective ways to crank up your Success Esteem!

To put the true power of acknowledging your successes into appropriate perspective I must first remind you that most people try to motivate themselves by dwelling on their failures and mess-ups. So hear me when I tell you that dwelling on your past failures will never, ever motivate you toward success. It is appropriate to learn from your past mistakes, however, it is not appropriate or effective to use your past mistakes in an attempt to punish yourself into creating success.

So, from this day forward, vow to only use your past mistakes as a learning tool and to consistently empower yourself by acknowledging your successes, your progress, and the unique skills you have to share with the world.

8. Connect with Someone You Cherish

Feeling "connected" to other people is an essential part of life. As human beings, we crave connection on a very primal level. So use this to your advantage by making a point of connecting with carefully selected people in a meaningful way every single day! You can send a quick email to someone you haven't connected with in a while or you can post a quick Facebook note on someone's wall that will brighten their day! It doesn't have to be a time-consuming connection. You can get a great deal of positive energy from making simple and meaningful connections on a regular basis with people you genuinely like.

9. Reconnect with Your Own Soul

Authentic Success Esteem is not boastful, it is about having a deep and sincere connection with your genuine worthiness for the success you seek. You are never going to be "perfect" so it is important that you accept yourself just as you are and make the very best of what you have to share with your loved ones and with the world.

You can quickly and easily reconnect with your soul and your genuine worthiness by making a list of the things you like about yourself or making a list of your most positive characteristics.

Lastly and perhaps most importantly...

10. Think of Someone or Something You Really LOVE and Imagine Loving Yourself THAT Much!

This one shouldn't need much explanation. Just simply think of someone or something you really LOVE and imagine loving yourself THAT much!

what a marvelously warm and happy way to feel about yourself!

Success Esteem is about feeling deeply and genuinely worthy of the success you seek because you know you are motivated to create your success for all the right reasons!

So, use these ideas to prevent momentary feelings of self doubt or low energy from turning into a full-blown self sabotaging event that takes up more of your precious time and energy than it deserves!

Persist until you succeed! You really are worthy of whatever success you seek for yourself!

8. Connect with Someone You Cherish

Feeling "connected" to other people is an essential part of life. As human beings, we crave connection on a very primal level. So use this to your advantage by making a point of connecting with carefully selected people in a meaningful way every single day! You can send a quick email to someone you haven't connected with in a while or you can post a quick Facebook note on someone's wall that will brighten their day! It doesn't have to be a time-consuming connection. You can get a great deal of positive energy from making simple and meaningful connections on a regular basis with people you genuinely like.

9. Reconnect with Your Own Soul

You can quickly and easily reconnect with your soul and your genuine worthiness by making a list of the things you like about yourself or making a list of your most positive characteristics.

Lastly and perhaps most importantly...

10. Think of Someone or Something You Really LOVE and Imagine Loving Yourself THAT Much! This one shouldn't need much explanation. Just simply think of someone or something you really LOVE and imagine loving yourself THAT much!

What a marvelously warm and happy way to feel about yourself!

Success Esteem is about feeling deeply and genuinely worthy of the success you seek because you know you are motivated to create your success for all the right reasons! So, use these ideas to prevent momentary feelings of self doubt or low energy from turning into a full-blown self sabotaging event that takes up more of your precious time and energy than it deserves! Persist until you succeed! You really are worthy of whatever success you seek for yourself!

How To Build Good Character

2011-02-04T09:06:00.001+03:00

By Greg S. Baker

Building good character is all about addition, not subtraction. What I mean is this: when it comes to change, our focus is usually on the aspects of our lives that are bad. We try to cut out or cut off these negative or bad qualities. We try to improve by subtraction. That is not how you build good character.

It is the process of addition in your life that brings the character. In so doing, you automatically take care of the other negative aspects. As both a father and a pastor of a Church, I look for ways to continually add to the character of those I am responsible for. The Bible teaches us this concept in 2 Peter 1:5-9. We are to add things like virtue, patience, love, kindness, faith, and so on. It is the process of adding these things to our lives that we gain the character to be fruitful in life.

But how do you add these things? First, let's look at what character is. Character is the subconscious doing of right. When doing things that you ought to do is instinctive and part of you then that is good character. When you show up on time out of habit that is good character. When you're honest by reflex that is good character. When you can force yourself to be patient instinctively that is good character. When something wrong or bad is done habitually we call those bad habits. Doing things good or right out of habit is called good character.

It is not about taking away the negative. It is about adding those things to your life that become habitual. It is not about trying to not be late; it is about being on time. It is not about finding ways not to lie; it is about the truth. It is not about wrestling with your impatience; it is about being patient.

So how do you make something into a good habit? How do you build good character?

You practice it until it becomes part and parcel with you. You diligently focus on what you want to add and then practice it until it becomes a habit. Let me give you some examples:

A young man in college that I knew had trouble getting up when the alarm clock went off. He kept hitting the snooze button and always ended up rushing around so he wouldn't be late to class. He heard how another guy solved the same problem, so he tried it too. When he had some free time, he set his alarm clock to go off in five minutes. He lay down and tried to take a nap. When the alarm went off, he jumped straight up out of bed. He reset the alarm for another five minutes and did it again. He must have done that a dozen times. The next morning, when the alarm clock went off, he stood straight up out of bed. He had conditioned his body to react instinctively to the alarm. Soon he had no problems getting up in the morning.

I will admit that I am something of an introvert and a recluse by nature. These are not good qualities for someone who is a pastor of a church. I recognized my faults while in Bible College and decided to do something about it. I determined to greet everyone I saw before they could greet me. This forced me to be outgoing and friendly. It wasn't easy. Some folk are so outgoing that I literally had to yell a greeting down the hallway where a dozen people could hear before the other person could greet me. I did this for months and found myself being friendly to people and more outgoing without having to think about it or concentrate on it. I added friendliness to my character.

This is how you do it. When you are trying to add character, you have to focus on it and make it a goal of addition. You then practice it until it becomes instinctive. We do this with our muscles. We practice a particular jump shot in basketball, we practice swinging a racket, and we practice dribbling a soccer ball all so that our muscles will react instinctively without thought or conscious direction. Why should good character be any different?

Egypt's Future Rests with the Military

2011-02-03T21:12:00.001+03:00

By: Alon Ben-Meir

By now it has become increasingly clear that the future of Egypt's stability, political reforms and progress rest almost entirely in the hands of its military. Unlike other militaries in Arab states, Egypt's military is one of the most respected institutions that have earned the admiration and respect of the people. It is, to some extent, similar to the Israeli military. Service in the Egyptian Armed Forces is compulsory, and thus composed of young soldiers from all walks of life with a unique affinity and commitment to the welfare and well-being of their nation.

In that sense it is the people's military to which most Egyptians look up to with esteem. Although the military supported the Mubarak government, it remained above the fray and largely untainted with corruption, relative to many other government institutions. When a uniformed military spokesman said on state TV that "the armed forces will not resort to use of force against our great people," this strongly suggests that the military not only lived up to the people's expectations, but made the decision not support the beleaguered President Mubarak if it means quelling the demonstrators by force. This dramatic turn of events was further reinforced when the same military spokesman said, addressing the protesters, that the military understood "the legitimacy of your demands" and "affirms that freedom of expression through peaceful means is guaranteed to everybody."

One cannot underestimate the critical importance of this development, not only because of its domestic implications but regional effects, especially in relation to the United States and the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt.

Egypt has been and continues to be central to the region's stability. The Mubarak government has worked assiduously to mediate between Israel and the Palestinians and has spared no efforts to limit Hamas' outreach. The adjunct that without Egypt there will be no new Arab-Israeli war and without Syria there will be no comprehensive peace remains valid to this day. Thus, having made the decision in principle not to use force against unarmed Egyptian demonstrators, the military has taken sides and has sent a clear message to President Mubarak that he in fact has two options, albeit neither is very attractive:

The first option is to relinquish power peacefully by establishing a new transitional government completely divorced from current high officials. Under such a scenario President Mubarak should announce to his nation that he will step down at a specified date no later than September 2011 when new national elections are scheduled to be held. The September date is symbolic for his departure only, although it would be far more prudent to hold the general election after giving the secular opposition parties the opportunity to be better organized to prepare for a national campaign. The President should select respected bureaucrats which may include Mohamed ElBaradei, former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), around whom most opposition leaders, including those of the Muslim Brotherhood may coalesce. The new transitional government will then focus for the next 18 to 24 months on preparing the nation for elections, while making every effort to revamp the economy, create jobs, address corruption and undertake political reforms to ensure that the next election will be free and fair. This option will allow Mubarak to leave his office gracefully; something that the Obama administration may well endorse, especially because this will allow for a peaceful transition while offering a much better chance for the secular parties to gain ground compared to the Muslim Brotherhood, which would preserve the peace treaty with Israel which is the cornerstone of Middle East stability.

The second option is for Mubarak to resist departing the political scene, in which case the uprising will most likely be further intensified. This scenario bears several unpredictable outcomes: it could lead to bloodshed, especially should the internal security forces and police decide to use force against unarmed Egyptians. Extremists like the Muslim Brotherhood may feel more emboldened and try to assert their power, which could end up with major clashes with the military. The prolongation of the unrest will create massive shortages of food, medicine, gasoline and basic necessities, promoting looting, theft and chaos. At the end of the day, if this scenario is to unfold, Mubarak will have to relinquish power and leave his office disgracefully. Many Egyptian scholars and current and former officials with whom I spoke, strongly suggest that the second scenario is not likely to take place because they do not believe that Mubarak would allow himself to choose this route, when in fact he can still leave with some dignity. Others argue that although the Egyptian public is sick and tired of Mubarak's rule, they would like to see their President leave his office with some grace, if for no other reason but to distinguish Egypt from other countries, like Tunisia, where the deposed leader escaped under night cover.

The stakes for the current reshuffled government remain extremely high. The appointment of General Omar Suleiman, the Director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate, as Egyptian Vice President with mandate to negotiate with the opposition can take different turns, as General Suleiman himself has a vested interest in preserving the current structure in the hope of inheriting the Presidency. Suleiman's best bet, however, is to work toward the establishment of a transitional government while presenting himself as an honest broker. Knowing him as I do, he certainly is capable of that. The temptation and his strong desire to emerge as the nation's new leader, however, may prevent him from seeing the inevitable. In one way or another the Mubarak regime is finished, the question for General Suleiman will be: would he want to leave like his boss (likely in disgrace under this scenario) or indeed emerge as healer of the nation and the architect who ushered in a new era in Egypt's history?

Once again, since the 1952 revolution that ended the Egyptian monarchy and brought the military to power, Egypt-the cradle of civilization-is facing an historic crossroad. The people, with the support of their military, must now chose the kind of future they seek for Egypt as a country and for its people.

They must decide how to utilize what emerges from the ashes of the people's revolution to restore Egypt's leadership as the bulwark of regional stability and peace, and assume the task of promoting freedom, economic progress and growth at home. It is a formidable task, but the Egyptian military, which has shown tremendous capacity for discipline, commitment and love of country, can and may well rise to the occasion.

Who Uses NLP?

2011-01-08T11:09:00.001+03:00

Anyone who:

Interacts with people in any way.
Desires to improve their ability to connect with others.
Is searching for ways and means to personal growth.
Is tired of letting their past stop them from achieving what they desire.
Wants to be at the top of their game.
Knows there has to be more to life!

In our seminars, public speaking events, consulting and coaching activities, we have met people from a variety of backgrounds and interests who have benefited and continue to benefit from their knowledge and proficiency with NLP:

Parents: become more comfortable and adept at modeling the behaviors they want their children to emulate, more comfortable and adept at interacting with their children in a way that leaves everyone feeling seen, heard and respected; while developing the practical skills and strategies to assist their children with learning issues, school problems or to more effectively navigate the tricky waters of puberty!
Educators and Trainers: acquire the ability to recognize the strategies people use to learn -- the ones that work, the ones that don't and what to do about it -- to support their students/clients in achieving their objectives.
Students: learn and integrate new resources for coping with the pressures of school, recognize what needs to be changed and become willing to engage the learning process more directly.
Mental Health Professionals: learn how to take care of them, and assist their clients with the new insights and skills gained from working with the powerful and generative interventions that NLP invites.
Medical Practitioners: learn how to establish greater rapport and work as a team with their patients, gain an enhanced understanding of the role that beliefs and secondary gain can play in the health or dis-ease of a patient.
Managers and Business people: use NLP to enhance their communication skills, influence with integrity, build stronger and more resourceful teams/staff members, augment their leadership skills, and more effectively participate in win-win negotiation and problem solving sessions.
Salespeople: learn how to quickly and effectively establish rapport, determine the client's needs and expectations, position their product or service to meet client needs and establish long-term win-win relationships.
Athletes, Entertainers: learn how to focus on their desired outcomes, draw on their inner resources and identify those strategies/activities that do not support who they see themselves capable of becoming.
Anyone who wants more out of life, who wants to improve communication at home or at work, who helps others, who wants to improve their health, who wants to move beyond that which stops them, who ... can benefit from NLP.

Using Emotions to Manipulate People

2011-01-06T14:43:00.001+03:00

If you want to emotionally manipulate people then you need to think of yourself as an artist who skillfully performs his art that the viewers of the art are only able to see the end result and not understand the intricacies of his workings.

You already know that you are taking a risk by trying to manipulate others so; the key here is to fly under the radar and avoid getting caught. When you are learning how to manipulate others do it slowly starting with your friends and immediate family. This way of practicing can be compared to a martial artist practicing shadow boxing before he takes on real opponents.

Now, that you know how to start we will discuss what to do in order to successfully manipulate people. Specifically, we will see how to use the dominant emotions of people to get what we want. The dominant emotion varies from person to person. For instance, a person who is interested in stock markets, horse racing or Forex will succumb to tricks that target the greed factor. On the other hand a person interested in charity, philanthropy or church will be open to any suggestions that give him a 'feel good' effect.

Once you know the dominant emotion of the person then you can tailor your words and actions that appeal to the dominant emotion of the person.

At first, you will find it difficult to figure this out but as you observe their patterns of behavior you can 'crack the code' in a few days.

The interesting thing is once you start doing this, you will create a set of 'personality profiles' in your mind that the time taken to break the code will keep reducing every time until you reach a stage where you will be able to spot patterns in a person's behavior within a few minutes.

Finally, we will see what type of attitude is required to learn effective manipulation. What you are about to read is a bit heavy but after all manipulation is not a light subject so pay attention. You need to think of yourself as a scientist and the world is your laboratory and humans are like the rats in your laboratory. A scientist injects different compounds on a rat and observes its behavior and then records the results. Likewise you need to constantly learn how people respond to different stimulus and record the observations in your mind for latter use.

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How Changing Your Vocabulary With NLP Can Improve Your Life

2011-01-04T21:12:00.001+03:00

I once dealt with a client who had frustrating issues in his personal life. He was having difficulty finding a girlfriend, his family had troubles back in his home country and relied on his ability to speak English to survive and his parents were in general very negative about him and his life choices. At 27 he still lived at his parent's house, but he was afraid of moving out both for how he would cope and how they would cope without him. He was regularly getting panic attacks and was constantly overwhelmed with anxiety.

I decided not to use Hypnosis to help him but instead trained him to re-pattern his thought processes with simple NLP. Simply by changing his vocabulary and using NLP to remind him to use his new vocabulary his life began to see marked improvements. He started dating several women before finding a girl he really liked and settled down, he continued helping his family with their problems but was completely unaffected by the stress they caused themselves and with time distanced himself enough that he moved out.

When people are trapped in negative spirals think negatively about the world which causes their perceptions to go out of control:

Negative Thought -> Negative Emotion -> Fear/Worry/Guilt About that Emotion -> Inability to Make a Decision or Take Action

Using the process I took that client through, I will show you how you can do the same. All it takes is a little bit of perseverance every day and a bit of understanding of how the brain works.

Your first job is to find a place where you can be relaxed and carefree. For my client it was whenever he was with me. For you it might be in your car, your office, your bedroom, at a park, at the beach, wherever. This is important because all the work you do here, from now on, will be associated with positive emotion. All the work you do to re-pattern your thoughts will be anchored to this place.

Now it is time to craft your new reality through description. First we want to develop an Internal Locus of Control. This means deciding how you feel and not letting other people decide how you feel. This might sound simple enough, but suppose you did something that caused someone to yell at you and you felt upset/embarrassed/frustrated/whatever by their reaction. Saying "They made me upset" or "I'm upset because of her" or "He made me angry" is not useful.

So the first thing you need to do is write down a set of descriptions about other people's emotions. Let's take my client's problem:

"When my mum is yelling at me because of a problem, it is because she is stressed. It has nothing to do with me."

"I am a happy, confident person. When other people judge me it speaks about them and says nothing about me."

The next thing you need to do is write down a series of statements where you take responsibility for your own emotions. For example you might write:

"I choose to get angry whenever my partner leaves a mess"

"When someone makes fun of me I choose to feel uneasy"

Now you need to write down a series of descriptors about yourself that reflect who you are as a person. These descriptors need to be positive and you need to find evidence in your life that they are true. Ignore any evidence to the contrary. For example you might write "I am a confident person", if the only evidence that you have to justify that claim is that you were brave enough to write it down and express it even though you didn't feel like it, than that is still evidence in favour of that belief.

Statements like "I am thin" when you are overweight, or "I am a non-smoker" when you smoke are no good. Instead try "I respect myself enough to exercise and eat healthy" or "I am strong willed enough to become a non-smoker". Notice how the statements are phrased positively. They don't talk about "losing weight" or "quitting smoking". Both those statements imply there is something wrong. Instead take the positive, talk about becoming the better, healthier alternative rather than about the negative you would like to improve upon.

Now what you want to do is say to yourself "from now on, whenever I am in THIS place, I am going to be this positive person. I have an internal locus of control and I take responsibility for my feelings and emotions".

The next step is to write yourself a little note. It needs to be somewhere you will see it quite regularly. It can be a reminder on your phone that goes off twice a day, or a post-it note in your car or on your wall. And it will read "Reality Check". Write the note in the same place you do your NLP work, be it your office, car, the park, whatever.

Now whenever you see that note remember being in that place. Remember the positive outlook on life that you are developing. Think about whether or not you've slipped. Have you blamed yourself for how someone else feels? Have you beat yourself up or talked down to yourself? Remember that you are now a positive and confident person. Remember how you feel when you are in that place and remember to change your vocabulary.

This in NLP is called "anchoring". First we have anchored the positive vocabulary and positive self-image to a place. Next we have anchored the post-it note to that place, so that it triggers the vocabulary and the positive self-image. The last thing you do is you anchor the negative thoughts and emotions to the post-it note. Whenever you see that note you think about all the negative thoughts and impressions you've been having of yourself and the world and remember instead to use the positive ones.

What this starts to do is change how you talk about yourself and the world. You will start catching yourself talking negatively or thinking negatively and replace the negativity with positivity. And simply by changing how you talk about the world, you can change your entire outlook on life.

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How To Do A Self Anchor

2011-01-01T19:41:00.000+03:00

Throughout our lives, we unconsciously anchor many things in our mind. Whether it is our mother's cooking and the aroma that fills the room or the sound of the ice cream truck, when we smell or hear things, we are often brought back into the memory of the smell or sound.

Knowing how the mind work, we can utilize anchoring to help us feel good and accomplish things that we may otherwise feel uncomfortable doing. The most simple case would be speaking in front of a large crowd. When utilizing anchoring in this case, we are able to bring ourselves back to the time where we were more confident or whatever resource it is we need, and arm with this memory, we can go further in our presentation.

How To Anchor Oneself

Keeping with the fear of speaking in front of a large crowd, we will go ahead and think, what is it we will need, what inner resources that we will need to be able to speak in front of a large crowd.

Once one finds that inner resource that is required, one may close their eyes and begin to allow the mind to wander off into a memory where they had this resource in the past. Keep building up memories, or even staying with the same one but making sure that one is fully associated within the memory.

Once the person feels they are at the peak of the memory, full embodied into the memory, they should anchor themselves by either putting together two fingers or touching somewhere on their body that they wouldn't often touch, like an ear lobe.

After anchoring the memory, one should try it out later and see if it works. If not, one should sit down and go over the process and perhaps finding a stronger memory or piling it with other resources.

Having this technique is useful in many situation and eventually, one would be very comfortable to do what it is they want to do without even anchoring.

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Your Own Destiny With Self Hypnosis

2010-12-31T21:01:00.000+03:00

Do you have dreams of becoming a great success or feel that your life must have more potential than you are now experiencing? I think most of us feel this way at some time during our lives, so the earlier we find the answers to how we can achieve these dreams, the earlier we can actually start to find this success in our lives.

One of the major requirements for leading a fully successful life, for realising your amazing potential is the need to be motivated. Without motivation there is practically no hope of success unless you are very lucky or have inherited the life style that you want. No-one has ever reached their true potential by quitting and giving up on their dreams, instead they have been motivated to succeed.

There are many ways that our motivation can be weakened to such a point that we give up on our dreams. There is pier pressure from friends or family members who keep telling you that what you want to achieve is impossible for you, and that you should just give up and resign yourself to living a mediocre life style that is far below what you dream of.

Then there are your own doubts as things may start to get a bit harder, and you begin to wonder if all of the hard work is really worth it, or if you are doing things the best way to reach your target. Self doubt can be a real killer of ambitions and motivation. When we give in to these pressures it can be a real problem as we see our dreams vanish due to a lack of effort and belief in ourselves.

There are hundreds of different self help programs, movies, seminars and professional coaches advertised everywhere today, Many of these will cost you a great deal of time and money. These will all teach you what can be summed up in three simple little words "don't give up". In other words, stay motivated.

Rather than waste your valuable time and money on these ideas, you would be much better off using the power that you have inside, the amazing power of your subconscious mind. Use this power to develop the motivation necessary to build a life that matches your expectations.

"You create your own reality" and "you are the master of your own destiny" may be old saying but they are just as true today as they ever were.

Don't put off something as important as finding the motivation to build a life to be proud of. Get help from professionally recorded CD's that will give you the winning edge in life.

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The New Face of Trade

2010-12-30T23:12:00.000+03:00

Everyone is well acquainted with the term 'classifieds'. For a long time since the invention of print media classifieds have remained the most popular method of trading. Whether it is advertisements of products for buying or selling or advertisements of vacancies, classifieds have ruled the market and is still doing so. The only difference is that now it is growing rapidly and can be seen more on internet. Although the classifieds ads still find a different segment in the newspapers, the online portals have become a more general place for their postings. The online classifieds are the new and emerging face of trade nowadays.

Free classifieds online are great way of expanding or promoting your business or product. The easy and fast access to the internet and its growing use has made it the most favorable place to post advertisements. Currently there are numerous websites which are meant specifically for classifieds. With the advancement of time online advertising has gained huge attention as it has number of advantages as compared to the classifieds in print media. Online classifieds websites allow you to post ads for free which means they are more effective and cost efficient way of advertising your products and services.

The online classified websites are good classified adverts as they give results in few minutes. Hence more and more people are turning their attention towards this way of campaigning. Also, you get the results faster, that is, your ad may get noticed within few hours whereas in newspapers it can take even days to get response for your ad. Since the ad sites have wider access to consumers hence they make sure that your service is known to maximum users.

This new trend of trading through free classified advertising has proved beneficial to companies as they can now reach more public within instant and that too spending minimum amount. Earlier advertisements meant an expenditure of handsome amount and those who started new business found this to be out of their budget. The online advertising sites have eradicated this bias and now irrespective of boundaries of budget anyone can promote their business.

The free classifieds online have changed the scenario of the marketing world completely. Now publicity of your product is no longer a monetary matter. All you need to do is to search the ad sites hub, find a suitable site for your product, register to the site and put up an attractive post for your products and services.

Title Considerations

2010-12-28T03:26:00.000+03:00

While it certainly isn't as much work as crafting the body of a superior article, selecting a title for a piece is definitely an important element of the entire process of content creation. The title of an article is a multifunction web tool, providing opportunities for engagement with the reader and search engine in equal measure. Putting some thought into the title and how best to leverage its effects will help title choices provide a solid return on investment instead of burdening an otherwise good project needlessly.

Making Wordplay Work

The necessity of a good title is rather self evident if one plays a small game. Borrowed from Christopher Hitchens' autobiography, Hitch 22, the game basically goes like this: Pick a popular movie title and change it just slightly to get a "title that didn't quite make it" - Quiet of the Lambs, American Pastry, Mister Zhivago, the American Samurai and such all demonstrate the importance of getting things just right. A small change can eliminate the value of good wordplay or an entertaining twist of phrase in favor of something more bland and pointless.

To that end, try to put some thought into the title. Reference popular works - for example, a comparison piece doesn't go wrong by referring to "A Tale of Two..." Alternatively, the title could reference a key quotation or phrase within the body of the text itself. Don't ignore something that seems to work, but double check creative title ideas against someone else's opinion, just to be sure.

Words are Key

The title is a crucial part of the Search Engine Optimization process. Keyword spiders and algorithms often look at the first words in an article, and the title is no exception. Having the core keyword worked into the title will consistently help return better results within Internet searches.

However, this comes with particular caveats: Some keywords, particularly keyword phrases, are long and clunky and can interfere with the aesthetics of a title. If the keyword phrase in question is "how to brew your own beer," that's one thing. A clever preface can be put before it, with how to brew your own beer as a subtitle or addendum to the main line. On the other hand, the keywords might be "Legal Advice Auto Accident," which is more difficult to work into a clever title. Experiment with a few approaches, and consider putting only a few of the keywords into the title or breaking them up into a fresh sentence.

Another trick concerns where to put the title. In many blog posts the title will have its own section. However, also consider putting the title and its keywords into the body of the paragraph itself. Some search engines ignore separate title fields and focus on the content of the article itself, so this can help keep a writer from robbing themselves of good keyword return.

Brevity, Please

Particularly in the academic world, titles of articles and papers tend to be long and quite dense. "An Analysis of the Savior Archetype in Modern English Literature" certainly tells us what the paper is about, but could also easily be summed up as "The Savior in Modern Literature" and loses nothing of its statement of intent.

Further, keyword optimization becomes less effective the further into a document one gets, and this includes the size of the title. Proper keyword effect selects for shorter, more efficient use of titles, so avoid the temptation to put the whole topic into the title line. Go for simpler, brief word choices that allow expression of the important information without going on and on.

Hyphenated titles are very popular for this reason. A single word can capture the intent of the message, such as "Betrayed," and then be followed with keywords. To take an example from the news, perhaps the keywords are "WikiLeaks" and "PayPal." The title could then be "Betrayed - WikiLeaks Banned from PayPal."

To Joke or Not to Joke

Not every lighthearted article responds well to a joking title. People are oddly finicky and picky about when they'll accept humor, and the use of puns in a title is a risky gamble. Yet it undoubtedly works - consider the example of the Focker movie trilogy starring Ben Stiller.

Obviously if the article is a serious piece, a pun should be avoided unless it's executed in the vein of dark humor. Serious work demands a serious title.

However, an important rule of thumb is to be very cautious about industries or groups in jokes. Consider for whom the article is intended. If it is aimed at a wider public audience, such as a newsletter or advertisement intended to bring people into a site for discussion or purchases, then an excellent inside joke would be misplaced. Not everyone understands the jargon, so it should be limited. On the other hand, a specialty letter crafted specifically for professionals of the plumbing craft could easily get away with jokes about piping and other internally-recognized puns. As with any online venture, the goal is clearly to keep the audience first and foremost in mind when selecting a title, rather than simply hoping they'll "get" it.

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Writing WordPress Blog Posts That Hypnotize

2010-12-27T00:20:00.000+03:00

WordPress is one of the most highly touted blog platforms in the world. Its massive user base is incredibly passionate and resourceful. And the updates just keep making WordPress better and better. Unfortunately, for the WordPress user, this means that they have massive competition on the web today. Of course, this isn't just from other WordPress users, but they are included. You need ways to differentiate your blog from the rest of the crowd. You need things that make your blog posts literally hypnotize your readers.

Is there anything more boring than reading a blog post about someone's cat? Now, I'm not opposed to cats, but unless I personally know you (and even then), I don't want to read an entire post about your cat. But posts about cats aren't the only ones that bore people to tears. Most blog writers have no idea how to capture their readers.

Writing effective blog posts is not like normal writing. Writing blog posts that really grab people are very rare. But what do these writers know that the others don't? Well, first, they understand that having someone's attention is a privilege. Most writers look at it the other way around. As such, you need to understand that you probably have 5 seconds to convince someone to keep reading your post. That's it. How would you write if you only had 5 seconds to sell someone to read your post? Well, you would start with a catchy title. You wouldn't write the title "The Importance of Saliva." Nope, don't do it. You would write something like "Why Saliva Keeps You Alive." See the difference? There is nothing in the first one that remotely makes me want to read on. The second is much more alluring.

Okay, so you have written a nice title. You have garnered maybe another 10 seconds from your reader. That's an incredible step. Now, don't let your readers down. Your very next paragraph should punch them between the eyes. Lead into your subject and keep them wanting more. Maybe you would tell them facts about how much saliva your body produces in a day. It's gross and incredible. And then maybe you would start to tell them about the enzymes in the saliva. And then you would leave them hanging on how exactly it keeps you alive.

Don't answer the reader's curiosity in the first paragraph. If you do, you will relieve the tension and they will move on. You want to lead them into the body of your post. You want to hypnotize them with your words. And then you want to deliver something great. Don't lead them on and then not deliver. No one likes a tease.

If you follow these simple ideas, I can guarantee that your writing will improve. Writing blogs is like writing articles in a newspaper. You need to grab their attention, build tension, keep them wanting more, and then deliver. It's that simple.

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How to Do Article Marketing

2010-12-25T16:42:00.000+03:00

Article marketing is a success only if you can force a reader take a the action you want him to take. The reason being that main thing behind article marketing is to publicize and make your reader do what you want out of them.

Writing article is helpful only if you can make your reader do more clicks. With bad articles there is no use to do it all day long. If you can write good articles you cant make money.

You will create enemies who are less hard working. Those who optimise their article to convert can even get you killed. Those who work less feel envy on you.

The number clicks needs to be increased and once it increases your resource box will be optimised and thereby increasing profit.

The correct way to test 10 new article sis simple. Go through each one and select the good ones and bad ones. The good ones are those which have maximum number of clicks and bad have less clicks. Keep on separate out the bad ones until your CRT is 2, 3 and even 4. This way you can give a nice competition.

System of scale is the required to find best out new unique resource boxes. The information used today should be used in recent time. The strategy which work in two different service is same and if they are successful in one then they will be surely successful in the other one.

Don't be shy, if you are an associate marketer. Watching the content or calls to action and marketing message that big marketers use in the national campaign.

And yes there is no problem in going with their ideas for your own use and content and articles. And if these articles or products of your are propagating their offers or ideas, there is no problem at all.

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Article Marketing Strategies

2010-12-24T23:33:00.000+03:00

If you are using article marketing to promote yourself, your site or your product, there are three key elements you must understand before you hit the "submit" button. These are: branding, lead generation, and promotion.

1- Branding

In the days of the wild west, before people realized that good fences make good neighbors, cattle used to roam freely across the plains. To ensure that no one stole their cows, ranchers would brand them with the ranch's symbol, or logo. At certain times during the year, cowboys would go out and round up all the cattle for miles around. They could then be herded back to their home ranch and sold, eaten or mated.

Today, the internet is a bit like the wild west of days gone by. Thoughts, ideas, stories and news wander around, commingling freely with other bits of digital information. For anyone trying to make a living online, it is more important than ever to fix your brand on your own work. Why?

One of the obvious answers is that you don't want other people to steal your work. Another answer, though, is that you want your clients and potential clients to begin to know you (and your company, products, etc.) through your work.

What this means for article marketers is that every time you sit down to write, you need to make sure you are doing the best possible job you can. Put out drivel, and your "brand" will quickly become associated with drivel.

Think of it this way: If your goal in article marketing is to entice readers back to your own website, you have to give them a good reason to follow you home. Your articles are the teasers, the hint of what can be found at your own site.

Put out consistently good articles, rich with content that helps your readers, and your brand will be something you can be proud of.

2- Lead Generation

Of course, the main reason to employ article marketing is for lead generation. Readers who come across a quality article you've written are likely to follow your links back to your own site so they can read more. Hopefully, you've filled your own site with more quality content so that readers begin to recognize you as the leader in your niche and they return again and again.

Viewing your articles as a way to generate leads should encourage you to fill your writing with information your readers want and need. Don't hold back here. Give readers what they want. They, in turn, are then more likely to give you what you want - visitors to your site.

3- Promotion

Many writers think that putting out articles is the promotion they should be shooting for. After all, the more articles they put out, the more links back to their own site, right?

Right. But also short-sighted. Your real goal when article marketing should be to write such high-quality, content rich articles that they are picked up and redistributed by larger publishers with hundreds of thousands of readers.

When incorporating article marketing as a part of your overall promotion, you should look at the bigger picture. The quality of your articles will brand you in the eyes of your readers. Choose how you want them to see you (as an expert) and put out the content that will help them do so. Recognize that your articles are one the best possible forms of lead generation available to internet marketers and treat it with the seriousness that this aspect of your business deserves. Finally, don't view your articles as the end. Write them in such a way that they will encourage re-distribution and so that readers will benefit from them for years to come.

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The Body Language of Attraction

2010-12-24T10:24:00.000+03:00

There are different nonverbal cues that people can give to each other to show their romantic interest. These body language signs are especially important when it comes to suggesting a feeling of romance. Many of these signs are ones of attraction or a desire to be closer to someone. These signs can become especially intense in stronger relationships.

General relaxed postures are important signs of romance. A relaxed posture that includes uncrossed arms and direct eye contact with the person of interest is always a good sign of romance. When a man meets a woman during a date he can show signs of romantic feelings by not looking tense and by keeping good eye contact with his date.

A good sign of romance is that of a sideways glance in one's eyes. This type of glance is one that features one's eyes being directed towards one's side. This is a sign that suggests a desire to flirt without being too specific about it. This is known as a classy sign of romance.

The wink is a part of body language that is especially suggestive of romance. A wink can imply a desire to get to know someone better. For instance, when a woman winks at a man she is suggesting that she really likes him. This is generally used in informal situations though. Don't forget that in many cases people can wink at each other as a sign of greeting or even as a symbol of a personal message directed towards each other.

Many people will accentuate certain body parts as a means of suggesting romance. For men the arms or legs will be suggested if they are muscular enough. For women the breasts and legs will generally be used. This is used primarily in informal places where etiquette is not a concern.

Some people do spread their legs outward to suggest an interest in a person's crotch area as a means of suggesting sexual activity. This part of body language can be just as much of a turnoff as it is a turn on for certain people.

Certain things can be done with the hair with regards to body language. When a person tosses one's head or brushing one's hair it can be a suggestion that a person is looking for love and that the person is simply trying to look good for another person. This is commonly done by women in a variety of different conditions including in nightclubs.

Touching is the last of the things that can be used as a sign of body language. It is important to know in this part of body language that as people become more interested in each other touching can become more sensual in its feel. For instance, in a new romantic relationship touching can essentially come in the form of slight brushes with each other but as the relationship gets deeper it can result in the prolonged touching of the arms.

These body language signs of romance are ones that are especially unique. These signs can involve the face and head but other parts of the body, particularly the breasts for women and muscular limbs for men, can be used in body language too. Touching can also be involved. Some of these signs may be signs that may be appropriate only in informal situations though.

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Graduate Recruitment - The Smart Option For Employers

2010-12-21T14:35:00.000+03:00

If you are looking to recruit personnel for your business, you may not have given graduate recruitment serious consideration but it is an area that shouldn't be ignored as a source of new employees and the benefits may prove priceless in the long run. A lot of the reasons given by employers for mot investing in graduate recruitment for their business may not be fully justified and may be irrelevant when you consider the positive sides to graduate recruitment.

One reason given for not choosing this channel to find new employees is that a graduate may not have the experience deemed necessary for the job role. This may be true in a lot of cases but should not be the be-all and end-all for the job role. Another reason given is that a graduate may be 'over qualified'. This may also be true but if the job role is interesting and challenging it may not be valid factor in choosing not to recruit a graduate.

Employing somebody with experience is considered to be vital to a lot of employers but by employing a graduate you will not only have a new employee who is intelligent and keen to learn and impress, graduate recruitment means you are effectively working with a blank canvas and are able to mould and teach them exactly as you wish instead of them having their own opinions and possible bad habits. Being over qualified should not be a consideration either, if the working environment is pleasant and the work enjoyable then this goes a long way towards securing long term loyalty from your employees.

Graduate recruitment also means that you are gaining a new employee that is likely to be intelligent and a quick learner who can use their own initiative, prioritise their own workload and will have highly developed written and verbal communication skills, all developed through their university studies.

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What Is the Future Outlook for Small Business?

2010-12-20T14:23:00.000+03:00

It’s that time of year when we begin looking ahead to the coming year. In fact, with 2010 drawing to a close (can you believe it?), it’s that time when business owners begin looking ahead to the coming decade. If you want to know what the next 10 years have in store, take a closer look at a new report from Intuit.

Intuit 2020 Report: 20 Trends That Will Shape the Next Decade builds on more than five years of research led by the Institute for the Future and Emergent Research. It is the first in a series of reports looking at key trends affecting consumers and businesses in the coming years. Subsequent reports will drill down into specific trends and industries, but the current report presents a broad overview.

What’s the takeaway? “The coming decade will be complex, volatile and uncertain, but it will also provide many new opportunities for small businesses and their customers in the United States and abroad,” the report notes. Here are some points I found especially interesting and that have big implications for the future of innovation:

Small businesses will get ever more specialized. Customers will increasingly seek customized products and services. The rise of innovations such as cloud computing, a flexible workforce and lower-cost manufacturing options will make it easier for small businesses to seek out product and service niches.

Startup will get easier and cheaper. In response to growing niche market opportunities, lower equipment costs and better technology, it will be easier than ever to launch a business without a big investment. This means more innovation, as new ideas can be tested without much risk – and startup companies will proliferate.

Big and small firms will join forces. Collaborative partnerships with big companies will increase, as small companies bring to the table innovative practices, market agility and intimate customer knowledge. What will big firms offer small businesses? Marketing and distribution power so that they can take their innovations to broader markets.

One prediction I’m not so sure I agree with: “The Web and mobile technologies will become the great equalizer of big and small, with customers no longer knowing – or even caring – about the size of the firm that provides their goods and services.” In a niche economy where personalization is sought after, will being a small company actually be an advantage? I think consumers may, in many cases, prefer to do business with small firms provided their needs are being met.

And here’s one innovation I particularly hope to see – and I think most busy business owners wish for as well: “The hardware and software we use on a daily basis will get smarter, helping people make everyday decisions and streamline complex tasks,” the report contends. That’s especially good news given that data will become even more critical to competitiveness. Information overload isn’t going away – so smart machines to help us deal with it will be very welcome.