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Choice or Habit?
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| When life delivers a plethora of unexpected and unpleasant surprises, it can be easy and automatic to react negatively. Many of these reactions are unconscious and engrained in us as human beings. Throughout our lives, most of us are taught and conditioned to react to disappointments with sadness, unkindness from others with anger or defensiveness, heavy traffic with stress and frustration, illness and death with fear, and our mistakes with judgment. If I listed twenty activities, most would agree on the "common way" to react to each situation.
But, who says this is how we "should" be reacting? Is there an alternative choice? Is there a more effective way? Or are we truly helpless victims to life's circumstances? |
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The Two Primary Self-Leadership Errors Made in Transition
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| Who hasn’t experienced difficulties that seemed insurmountable? When circumstances interrupt one’s comfort zone of living, they can cause multiple transitions, which may feel like you’re being pushed into a corner where there seems to be no way out. The corner looks dreary, hopeless, and dark with no solutions to problems taking over your life. Maybe you tried everything you could think of and still found no resolution. |
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Refinancing Second Mortgages – Saving Money with the Canadian Mortgage System
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| For those looking to take out a second mortgage or consolidate their loans, the savings can be incredible. Refinancing second mortgages in Canada is an easier process than one would think, with only a few basic steps to keep in mind. This decision to take out the second loan or refinance will depend entirely on an individual's needs and current credit situation. It can be beneficial or not, depending on these circumstances, so it's a good idea to weigh all the benefits and potential downfalls together before making this decision. A professional broker can help guide you through the following steps. |
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Great Gifts for Your Aging Loved Ones
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| Finding the perfect gift is challenging under any circumstances but buying for an aging loved one can be particularly difficult. Obviously you want to get them something they want but it really no longer makes sense for you to get them yet another doll for their doll collection or yet another tie because, hopefully at this point, they're getting rid of stuff. |
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I am me – (living by my own authority).
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| I am me. I am not you. I am comfortable (I think) with my beliefs, with my likes and dislikes, with my judgements and opinions; I try to be as honest as I can; I try to be truthful; I try to be kind and compassionate and generally try to behave towards other people as I would like them to behave towards me. In other words I like to think of myself as an ordinary kind of bloke trying to live by my understanding and interpretation of events and circumstances. In other words I am trying to live by my own authority. |
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Survive or Thrive: It’s Your Choice
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| The U.S. economy is experiencing a rough patch right now, and organizations in all sectors are faced with the challenges. While the media focus on stories about how people & organizations are suffering financially & otherwise, everything is not doom and gloom. There are businesses that are doing just fine, and opportunities abound for those who seek them. Whichever scenario fits your situation, my contention is that you have the ability to optimize your quality of life, and that of your organization, by choosing how you view your circumstances. Though there are things we are unable to control, we can control how we perceive our respective situations. How we view ourselves and the world around us leads us to take actions that shape the quality of our lives. That perception is a choice each of us is free to make at any time. |
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How to Achieve Your Goals with a Positive Mental Attitude
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| There are many things that will distract us from being successful and happy with ourselves. Sometimes we
think in our minds that we are somehow lacking in a certain capacity, or that a task is virtually
impossible to complete because of circumstances beyond our control.
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If You Want Something You Don’t Have … TAKE ACTION!
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| Let's face it ... each of us want things we don't currently have and circumstances we'd love to improve.
The question is how bad do you want them, and are you willing to do what it takes?
I've often found myself complaining about how busy I am and how difficult it is to accomplish all that I want to.
About 18 months ago I decided to keep track of everything I was doing throughout the course of each day so I could attempt to figure out how I could maximize my productivity and accomplish more.
To my surprise ... |
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Building Trust and Friendships with Social Media
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| I’ve been in quite a few meetings lately where I listen to people complain about their declining sales numbers and they all seem to be focused intensely on the next tactic to use to increase their sales. Whether it is the new brochure, or the new addition to their website. The problem is …
Simply adding a tactic will never be a long term solution!
I want to make sure I don’t come across the wrong way. I am not saying I have all the solutions or that people who are experiencing declining sales are doing so because they don’t know what they are doing. I know we are in the midst of the worst economic conditions of all time and we are unfortunately all a victim of these circumstances. I personally look at difficult financial times as an excellent opportunity for the cream to rise to the top. |
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How To Choose The Best Type of Credit Card For Your Circumstances
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| If you read the newspapers, watch television or go online, you'll see there are always new credit card offers coming onto the market almost daily, all with their own enticing offers and unique benefits to tempt you towards applying for their card. But which one is right for you? This article looks at how to review a credit card and select the best one for you. |
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Mindset - How You Think will Always Determine Your Level of Success
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| Your mindset is the set of beliefs that you have that determines what actions you'll take in every situation every day. If you're a person who's content to work a job every day and go home and drink beer and watch television every night with no desire to better your circumstances, you'll probably never even see this article...so I'm not talking to those content to be drones. I'm talking to YOU. You who have a burning desire inside of you to be better, achieve more, have more success in life than you've ever had or can even imagine. I don't mean just financial success; I mean a successful LIFE. Financial success will be a by-product of your life's success if you can just get your mindset right. |
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Lesson #4: Look Hard to See the Mighty Oak in the Acorn
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| Everybody knows somebody who did not succeed, somebody who got caught in a web of difficult circumstances and could not find their way out in order to fulfill their goals. Pemberton had a good idea and a good head start, but he had never managed to get it off the ground. What was it about Candler that made him different? Why was Candler able to build Coca-Cola into the international success it is today and Pemberton was not? |
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Lesson #5: Believe In Your Dream
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| When Thomas was 15 years old, he wrote an essay for school called The Pursuit of Happiness. In it, he wrote, “When I was eight years old, I dreamed that I would one day own the best restaurant in the world. My restaurant would serve great tasting hamburgers made just the way you like them, and all of the customers would love the food and come back again and again.” |
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Lesson #3: Focus Your Sights
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| “Here is the prime condition of success, the great secret,” said Carnegie. “Concentrate your energy, thought, and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. Having begun in one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it; adopt every improvement, have the best machinery, and know the most about it.” |
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Lesson #2: Invest In Yourself
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| “The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled,” said Carnegie. |
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Ernest Gallo Quotes
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A business without a dream is like a life without a purpose
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| I launched my present company, E-Myth Worldwide, in 1977 to transform the way small business owners do the work of growing their companies.
Since then we have coached, trained and taught over 50,000 small business owners in more than 145 countries on how to transform their business to produce consistently better results.
What we learned from those 50,000-plus owners could fill a dozen books.
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Good Things Come to Those Who Ask
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| Asking for what you need is probably the most underutilized tool for people. And yet, amazing requests have been granted to people simply because they've asked for it! |
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Take the Hit
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| Take the responsibility. Take the hit. If you do that, you will have no need to blame others or continually find fault with them. |
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You Are Who Your Friends Are
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| It's important to acknowledge the power of positive thinking. This goes not only for yourself, but also for the people you surround yourself with. |
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The Best News
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| There are many different attitudes. Roberto de Vincenzo, a golfer from Argentina, beautifully displayed one of the best ones many years ago when he won the Masters Golf Tournament but was denied the coveted green jacket. I say he won it because he had the lowest score at the end of four days. But his playing partner who kept the score had inadvertently written that he had made a five on one of the holes when in reality he had made a four. De Vincenzo signed the card, and when an incorrect card is signed, the player is disqualified. He had not cheated, but the rules stood. What was his reaction when he learned he was disqualified? Did he blame his playing partner? No, he said he made a stupid mistake. He accepted full responsibility himself. Now what kind of man is he?
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Choices
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| The choice is yours. Question: Do you believe there is something you can specifically do in the next seven days that would make your personal, family and business life worse? Chances are good you did a double-take on that one and rhetorically responded, "What does he mean, 'make it worse'?" O.k., next question: Do you honestly believe there is something you can do in the next seven days that would make your personal, family and business life better? |
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100 Ways to Succeed #79
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| Kindness. Always. |
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The Formula that Changes EVERYTHING
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| It seems that everywhere you turn these days, you hear people talking about the economy. |
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Is Your Life Working?
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| Success depends on facing facts.
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The Importance of Thanks
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| It's hard to be gracious when a prospect tells you that you were not chosen for an opportunity or position you desperately wanted. |
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Solving the "Blues" Problem
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| First, let me define the "blues." I am not referring to clinical depression, which is a medical condition and requires the help of a skilled physician. I use the term "blues" to describe the type of depression most of us experience at one time or another. It simply starts with a mild case of "stinking thinking" and accelerates into a severe case of "stinking thinking." |
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Handle Rejection with Grace
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| It's hard to be gracious when a prospect tells you that you were not chosen for an opportunity or position you desperately wanted.
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Like a dream come true
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| That's the way Derek Sivers (founder of CDBaby) described his mission statement in building the company. "What could I build that would be a like a dream come true for independent musicians?" |
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The confusion
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| We frequently confuse internal biochemistry (caused by habits and genetics) with external events. If we didn't, marketing wouldn't work nearly as well. |
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Competing with the singleminded
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| I was talking with a few executives from one of the biggest technology companies in Europe, and they were explaining how their hands were tied in moving forward on the internet. They were doing the best they could under the circumstances, of course, but there were units in their organization that needed to be protected, prices that needed to be supported, sacred cows that couldn't be touched. After all, they argued, how could they wipe out their current business just to succeed online? |
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How to Surpass 95% of your Competition with One Simple Gesture
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| I’ve learned that a great meeting means nothing – it may as well have never happened – until you do the one thing that few successful people manage well: Follow up! |
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The Magic Formula to Better Results: It's Your Response that Counts
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| In today's economic times, when everywhere you look there’s a rumbling of great uncertainty, I think we should all take a pause (and a deep breath) to think about our lives.
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Staying on Top
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| One way I stay on top of things is to realize there’s a flip side to everything. It keeps me circumspect in both good and bad times. This produces a learning curve, which is a smart way to look at problems or the curveballs that come your way. There are highs and lows in everyone’s life. Whether you’ve reached your goals or not, staying on top of things requires momentum on a daily basis.
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How to Turn Limp Affirmations Into Mantras for Success!
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| To affirm something is simply to declare that it is true. So, creating and using affirmations should be a breeze, right? |
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Mastering the Earning Game
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| When faced with a challenge, some people freeze. They stop taking action. They drift or coast, hoping that the problem will disappear. They blame, complain, whine, or moan about their circumstances. |
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The Corporate Crystal Ball
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| From local governments and charities to multinationals, a well-planned and implemented strategic planning program has helped these organizations plot their preferred future, rather than simply scrambling to react to change – good or bad – as it happens.To be effective, strategic planning must have structure. Thus, there is a pre-process. The course it travels will, naturally, vary according to resources, need, and whether or not this tactic has been tried in the past. But whatever the circumstances, there are a few basics to consider. |
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What Else?
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| What else, this is the attitude that is often implied when people are afraid of the coming circumstances. Even if we don’t voice it, we probably ask ourselves when others give information they think we need or want. |
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Ontario private mortgage - Notable Data You Ought to Recognize
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| What is the reason that you are searching for a bargain on a mortgage? You could be purchasing your first home or upgrading to a bigger, more suitable home for a growing family. You might be at retirement age and looking for a small residence that you can manage more effectively. Whatever the case is, you must secure proper financing if the purchase is to be a wise financial choice for you and your family. Nevertheless, in some circumstances, you may require something called an Ontario private mortgage. The reasons are far-ranging. |
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Are Your Beliefs Helping You or Hurting You?
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| Wherever you are in your life, you are exactly where you are because of your beliefs. Changing your circumstances and creating the life you really want starts with creating a high level of belief that allows you to feel that you can achieve anything you set your mind upon. With conviction and desire, you will be unstoppable because you will believe that anything is possible. As a result, you will create the life you have always dreamed about having. |
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Healthcare Leadership in Uncertain Times
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| Many healthcare leaders have sat out the year waiting for new legislation from Washington. They believe this gives them certainty and comfort. But healthcare leaders face daunting challenges and great uncertainty. This article provides initial advice how to proceed. |
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"How Do I Change Things?"
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| People often ask the question, “How do I change things? |
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The Three Components Of A Successful Sales Letter
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| The ability to construct a successful sales letter will increase the probability that your marketing campaign will reach its desired target audience online or offline. |
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Why Can't We Change
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| The challenges we face in setting goals for the coming year, why do our goals not work, what are the barriers? |
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Home Business Opportunity - Staying Competitive
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| Your home based business opportunity investment requires that you have a comfort level in your role as a business person. If you are not comfortable in your ownership role or if your business is not one that excites and motivates you then it will be difficult for you to be competitive. If you have a business that you are extremely passionate and motivated about, then you will be more inclined to focus on being competitive with your home based business opportunity. |
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Home Based Businesses - Why Are They Better Than Conventional Jobs
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| Home based businesses are great and conventional jobs suck! This is especially true if you dislike your job, your employer and/or supervisor. A home based business is the current trend for thousands of individuals looking for financial relief as a result of the current economic climate. |
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Are you an Employee or a Self Employed Individual ?
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| How to determine if you are or should be an employee or a contracted self employed worker. |
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Costly Automobile Insurance Errors
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| Failing to report an incident in a timely fashion can be devastating. It is extremely important that you report an accident to your insurer ASAP. Your contract states that Failing to comply with this requirement and your other requirements after an accident or loss allows the company to deny your claim! |
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Cold Calling Tip - How to prepare for a successful cold call
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| A large part of the success you will have in cold calling will come from your practiced ability to prepare for every call.In today's busy, hectic, information led society, people don't have time for time wasters. If you cannot clearly demonstrate that you understand a little about the others persons businesses then you are clearly wasting their time. You do not have to demonstrate with certainty that you can add value. This article shows how to prepare like a professional. |
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How Do You Feel?
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| The more you check in with how you feel throughout your day, the more in tune you are with your inner landscape and outer progress. |
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Costly Auto Insurance Blunders
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| Failing to report an accident or crash promptly can be expensive. It is extremely important that you report an accident to your insurer ASAP. Your contract states that Failure to comply with this requirement and your other requirements after a claim or loss allows the company to deny your claim! |
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CONNECTING IS NOT ENOUGH: The Anatomy of a Referral (Part One)
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| This article originally appeared in The National Networker
Growing a business without developing a flow of good quality referrals can be tough. Yet so many companies try to do so. |
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Microfanchising and Economic Self-Reliance
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| How microfranchising has the potential to promote economic self-reliance and alleviate poverty. |
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When Everyone Is Right, Who's Wrong? Uncovering the Mystery of Perceptual Styles
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| Each of us perceives the world differently, not only because of differing perceptual styles, but also because of the various circumstances, goals, aspirations, ages and lifestyles we have. These individual experiences create different realities, each of which represents only part of the whole picture. |
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Discovering A Leader's Defining Moment
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| Defining transitions are the greatest opportunities to live life doing what you are meant to do. Unfortunately for most of us, it takes a boulder to get our attention to move on and follow our destiny. The boulder usually is a loss of some kind or someone. Even though a relationship or event may not be a pleasant one, we know what to expect from it. What lies ahead during change is uncertain and scarier than the present experience. But when our thoughts are focusing on what's making us unhappy we actually attract more unhappiness. It is hard to believe that we would attract what we don't want, but our thoughts are energy in motion attracting more of the same.
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Stuck in the Middle... of Insanity?
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| You've probably heard the modern day definition of insanity, right? It's doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.
Well, let's look at this more deeply by applying the Life On Purpose Perspective with it.
Recently, I've been working with the challenge many people who come to Life On Purpose seem to have -- drifting through life. I sometime think of it as the "Groundhog Day Syndrome" because one day seems pretty much like the repeat of the previous days. I find many of my clients who are adrift in their life are much like a cork drifting around in the water, being buffeted in one direction or another by the "currents of circumstances." |
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Automated Marketing Tools-installing automated marketing tools for your small business to work on autopilot
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| Having access to powerful internet marketing tools is elementary if you want to succeed in your online ventures.
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How to manage the stress of being self employed
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| Running your own business hve you overwhelmed? Here's a few tips to regain control. |
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Living Your Wealth in the Here and Now
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| How to use your imagination to create the reality of your dreams. |
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Don’t Accept the Unacceptable
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| There is no reason we should do this. If our attitudes are aligned as they shouldbe. |
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Marketing Strategies: Are You Proactive Enough?
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| Are you reacting to your circumstances or creating them? Learn how to switch that focus! This article gives you some great tips on how to be proactive. |
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Marketing Opportunities in Difficult Economic Times
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| "Business as usual" is NOT the most effective strategy for surviving/thriving during economic downturns. Consumers don't stop buying during tough times but they do buy more cleverly. And they spend A LOT more time researching their purchases, seeking advice from friends and associates and otherwise doing their homework. Recession Marketers need to refine their tactics as well.
In this article we share 7 essential tips to help you sharpen up your offerings (and actually most of these tips contain useful advice for marketing more effectively in ANY economy, good or bad).
You won't blossom in 2010 simply by acting as if it's business as usual. Nor is it a time to hide your budget under a bushel. As one major advertiser summed it up: "When times are good, you SHOULD advertise. When times are bad, you MUST advertise." |
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The Secret to Instant and Lasting Motivation
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| How can you get motivated NOW and stay motivated for the long run? |
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Making a Habit of Personal Development
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| Do you study personal development? Do you study your self and your behaviors? This kind of self analysis is proven to yield high levels of success. |
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Cherish The Tough Times
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| Learning how to benefit from the challenges experienced during tough times. |
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DON’T SPEAK TO ME LIKE THAT!
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| When your grown child has a child, he/she can automatically switch his/her own dynamics from child to adult to parent with all that it entails. This unfolds due to changing circumstances that a younger person is faced with on the road to full-fledged adulthood. When your child has a child, he/she is forced to step into another role whereas you stay in the same place, essentially. You become a grandparent but are not saddled with all of the responsibility of having to care for your own child. You continue to see your grown child as your child and perhaps not the parent that they’ve become, with all the angst and worry that comes with it. |
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The Art of Growing Your Intuition: Journaling Your Way to Success
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| We all are intuitive on some level, although some people do not recognize it in themselves. Learn what your intuition is, and how it presents itself to you. Once you learn how to use and grow it, you will reach new heights in all aspects in your life.
You intuition is the feelings and thoughts you receive regarding things, people and circumstances. Life. It's when you say to yourself "I knew that was going to happen" or "I have a feeling about....." or "I just know" We all have these feelings and moments.
The trick is to start paying attention to your inner feelings and developing it, so you can use it as a tool to grow your business. It's your divine tool for navigating this incredible human nature. As you develop it you see how it is one of the most powerful tools you have in your possession. |
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Why a Sales Manager MUST Evoke "The Law of Reciprocity"
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| For our purposes, the Law of Reciprocity states: If you do something nice for someone, human nature dictates that the recipient will feel compelled to do something nice for you in return.
It is in essence: "you reap what you sow". This is an irrefutable law and one that you should teach your salespeople. The question of will someone actually act upon it at a given time depends on who asks.
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Why Begin With The End In Mind?
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| The only way to accomplish anything is through the proper mindset. |
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Profitable Online Business Ideas and the Recession; Taking Action
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| Nothing in life happens until you take action. You can talk all you want about something changing in your life, but nothing will change until you take action. You can complain, whine, moan and even cry about the circumstances in your life that you don’t like and that is all you’ll ever do until you DO something about it. |
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Using Your Thoughts to Achieve Financial Freedom
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| Remember that you are exactly where you are supposed to be. Even when nothing seems to be going your way, or your business or career seems to be on hiatus: "As a progressive and evolving being, man is where he is that he may learn (and) that he may grow; and as he learns the spiritual lesson which any circumstance contains for him, it passes away and gives place to other circumstances." |
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Control your email and phone calls - simple strategies that really work
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| Too many phone calls and e mails can stress out a solo professional. Follow the practical tips in this article to help get you out of overwhelm and regain control of incoming interruptions. |
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Profitable Online Business Ideas and the Recession, Keeping Focused
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| In a previous article we discussed taking action. Nothing happens in our lives or business until we take action. Just as the saying goes, you can’t move a parked car. I would like to go a little deeper into this subject. |
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Profitable Online Business Ideas and the Recession: Keys to Success Part 2
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| In the last article we discussed the need for change. Without the willingness to change, nothing will change in our life and circumstances. We can want change or things to change all we want. We can want change or desire for changes in our life till we are blue in the face, but nothing will happen till we take a step towards that change. You hear people all the time talking about wanting things to change in their lives, but sadly nothing ever does. Why? They seem to want things to change. They agonize over the things going wrong in their life, but nothing changes. In truth, things usually get worse. |
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More, Bigger, Faster
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| I'm a football fan and my team (the Atlanta Falcons) started this season with three consecutive losses. That got me to thinking about "back to basics." Ladies and gentlemen, this is a sales rep: One who moves a greater number of larger deals through the funnel faster. |
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Profitable Online Business Ideas and the Recession: Keys to Success Part 1
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| Building a successful, profitable online business is like building a house. Leave out key components and the house will likely fall. Successful and profitable online in-home internet businesses are the same. There are several key components you need to implement to build a successful business. They are all inter-related. If you leave one or two out it’s not going to work. The wonderful thing is, most of them are attitudes, and we can change our attitudes. |
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Advanced Sales Training - 8 What-to-Do’s About Cold Calling
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| We all need new customers. Cold calling seems to be our default tactic and everyone will agree, it's highly inefficient and very demotivating. So here are 8 actions to take to make it work better for you. |
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Pressure Points That Can Help You Manage Stress and Boost Your Energy
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| Most people under stress acknowledge that they need to rest but circumstances at work or at home can often lead us to believe that the opportunity to really rest is just not practical for the immediate future. So in these situations is there anything is there anything else that you can do to help you manage the stress a bit better.As a stop gap measure during times of stress you can rub some of these pressure points...
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One Thing You Could Do Today to Instantly Increase Your Sales
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| If you listen to some business owners, even some sales trainers you would think one day sales will just happen. Individual sales do just happen, on occasion. Consistent sales never just happen. |
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Is it possible to do this internet business part time ?
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| Absolutely.That is where we suggest you start unless you are retired or if you are currently unemployed.
The best way to start with this internet business is to set aside 2 - 4 hours per day to gradually grow into the business.
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Seven Steps To Success.
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| Success is a product of our habits, our habits determine what we do with our lives. Habits are made up from three things skill, knowledge and desire. Skill makes us aware of what we must do, knowledge let us know what to do and desire is the drive and motivation behind it. To be successful first you must master your habits. Here are seven steps in helping you to change your habits. |
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Starting A Home Based Business.
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| Starting a home based business can be a daunting process, you know that you want to change as you are sick of running in circles like you have been for years. You have made the decision to take the risk and do something with your life instead of being a slave to circumstances. But where do I start? What business opportunity do I take? How do I know it will be the right company? There are thousands of questions going through your mind so here is some things you should consider. |
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Value, Value Stream, Flow, Pull, Perfection
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| Manufacturing executives said it didn't apply to them. (They were dead wrong.) Software development executives said it didn't apply to them. (They were dead wrong.) Business & technology services executives said it didn't apply to them. (They were dead wrong.) Sales executives, managers and professionals KNOW FOR SURE it doesn't apply to them. And of course they are right. Right? |
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Four facts all sales reps should always keep in mind
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| We are all conditioned to always remembering that the customer is always right. That's a good thing in general, but do we take it too far? |
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Yoda needs to follow his own advice!
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| Decisions come from decision makers and salespeople have to get the conversations going with the top people. Oops, I didn't do that, what happened... |
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How To Deal with People Who Bring Us Down
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| It takes all kinds of people to make up the world we live in. In life, we have the opportunity to meet many people. Some of them we find are too difficult to deal with. These are the people we end up not liking and we try and avoid them as much as possible. Keeping well away from them might be the right thing to do. But sometimes there are situations where it is impossible to avoid them. |
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How To Think Yourself Rich and "Make Money Online"
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| Are you thinking yourself Rich?
Learn secrets on how to increase your wealth and success. |
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How to build your Confidence
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| Wouldn't it be great to be able to go through every day feeling good about the decisions you make?
Some people just seem to be full of self confidence, they have true belief in them selves. They are happy and fulfilled living the lives they choose wiithout fear or regret. How do they do it? |
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String Me Along Why Don’t You
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| How do you avoid being strung along by customer and prospects? Why does this happen, how can you position yourself to minimize this aggrivation and what questions could you or should you be asking? |
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Profitable online Business Ideas; Success and Failure Part 2
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| As I stated in part 1, I feel this article is more about success than failure. People who succeed, succeed for specific reasons. People who fail, fail for specific reasons. People who succeed have specific habits that they adhere to every day, on a consistent basis. People who fail have their habits that they consistently follow too.
I will be listing some habits and attributes of successful people and comparing them with habits of those who fail. |
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The Art of Reinvention As a Lifestyle for Soul-Driven Entrepreneurs
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| We soul-driven entrepreneurial types are an interesting lot... we are compelled to do something that we believe is about who we are as a business, allowing passion and enthusiasm to guide our lives and businesses, following an inner need to pursue truth and express it honestly as we know it, creating our own unique path by being our authentic selves, and all with the desire to make the world a better place for being in it. Even more, we do this in the face of daunting external odds, intimidating circumstances, often on the leading edge of our respective industries and with generally not enough resources to make it all happen. And yet - we do it. |
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Emotional Dependency vs. Emotional Freedom
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| Are you emotionally dependent? Has this wreaked havoc in your relationships? Emotional freedom is possible for you! Discover what causes emotional dependency and the wonderful results of emotional freedom. |
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Profitable Online Business Ideas and the Recession Part 3
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| Why do some people work harder for someone else then they ever will for themselves? Why do some people just see the negative in their lives and never give thought to how they truly would like their life to be? I believe these two thoughts right here hold the key to success and financial freedom! |
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Real Estate Marketing Strategies - 7 Mistakes Real Estate Agents Make With The Law Of Attraction
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| Have you been struggling with how to make the law of attraction work for you? This article gives you some great tips on what to avoid. |
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Customer Focus in Process Improvement
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| A process is a series of steps completed to achieve a particular result. It is hard to imagine a process improvement effort that doesn’t start with a focus on that result with a question like “What is the purpose of this process?” - whether the customer is actually engaged or not. Sometimes we have a strong sense that our product or service is good. Sometimes we choose to “get our own house in order” before we step outside the organization. Sometimes we base the result on a prescription provided by the customer. However, sometimes, our focus may be misdirected to how we do the work without considering why it is done in the first place...particularly where slick new technologies are involved. But, without actually engaging the customer, we can’t really know how well the process is working to provide the customer what they need or want. |
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How Playing Chinese Telephone Is Costing You Sales
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| Is your sales team engaged in playing Chinese Telephone? Read how this childhood game may be costing you sales. |
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Lessons Learned from a Garden Hose
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| Learn the K.A.D. system for success in your business... Three simple and powerful steps!! If you feel like you are "spread too thin" to make substantial progress toward your goals...if you feel like your plans are often "derailed" and interrupted... If your business is NOT where it should be - despite being REALLY busy all of the time, you owe it to yourself to learn important these lessons from a Garden HOSE. |
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5 Ways To Find Affiliate Programs That Match Your Home Business
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| Affiliate program commissions can mean the difference between your business either sinking or swimming. For one thing, there is no limit to the money you can gain from using affiliate programs. Best of all, establishing an affiliate marketing business is extremely simple and costs little to no money. |
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Are You Living Your Ideal Life?
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| The path to unlimited success and satisfaction in all areas of our lives is available to everybody. All you have to do is choose to take it. Very few people do though. Here are three easy to implement action steps to help get you on the path.
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Are you in a 'BS' Business?
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| A Balance Sheet Business, or 'BS Business', is a business set up solely for the purposes of generating money and extracting shareholder returns. In a BS Business the customer's are essentially a means of which to generate a profit, instead of being the true nature and purpose of the business.
This money making psychology takes precedence over all else, even at the detriment of team members and customers. When a business and its
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Leadership Strategy - Remove The Deal Breaker to Success And Happiness
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| The caveat during transitions, whether personally or new directions professionally, are past beliefs and paradigms fighting against change. The inner saboteurs are in their warring gear standing steadfast to have you believe that it is safer to stay put or you will end up in a worse position. They are determined to convince you that the "right" choice is not to rock the boat otherwise you will sink!
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Ten Tips For A Good Billing And Collection System
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| Cash flow is critical to any professional service firm but especially small ones. How do you prevent clients from delaying paying their bills or worse not paying at all? Here are 10 tips.
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Are You Happy Today?
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| Abraham Lincoln said, "Most people are about as happy as they decide to be." There is so much truth to this thought.
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Revenue Progression in the Midst of Recession
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| The world has changed. And that means there's no such thing as business as usual. In responding to the demands of this economic downturn, you've probably had to cut back on resources and spending while trying to maintain the status quo as you wait for the situation to stabilize. However, this is not a time for you to simply retrench in order to survive. Find out what you need to do...
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Trust&Faith vs Fear&Doubt
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| People often behave exactly how we expect them to behave with us.
If we trust, they are trustworthy. |
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The Law of Atrraction – Does it work?
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| More and more people are awakening to the concept of attracting desirable outcomes in life rather than living a life out of default. Recently, “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne took the world by storm, even Oprah Winfrey was intrigued enough to invite her to the show. It divided people into two – believers and non-believers. |
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Trademark a Name and Logo: Together or Separate?
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| Trademarks can be names of products or services, logos, slogans, packaging and even sounds and smells. In essence, a trademark can be almost anything that is used to identify a particular product or service. Registering a trademark grants the owner exclusive rights to the mark within the specified industry.
Now when it comes to filing, a big question is should the name and logo be filed together or separately? |
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The 4 Best Marketing Methods for your Online Home Business
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| The success of any affiliate program is a result of the marketing strategies implemented by the affiliate marketer. Now, while many programs give the affiliate the impression that their marketing resources are the best, and that all the affiliate had to do is store a few text links and banners on their website in order to make money, there are few circumstances where this happens. And it generally occurs with large sites that receive ample traffic. |
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The Entrepreneur's Attitude is his/her Route to Success
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| Your attitude is something that is completely within your control. When you leave your home each day, the attitude with which you enter the world is entirely for you to choose. Enter the world with a positive, determined attitude and it’s like having a crystal clear windscreen in your car, you can see everything clearly and far into the distance. Your attitude is your window to your world nd to your success.your attitude can determine what you will accomplish today, as your attitude is what can keep you positive and focused on the task in hand. Your attitude is something that you can never just take for granted. To keep a positive attitude, you need to keep feeding it with positive experiences.
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Compromising Situations
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| Learn how an experience in Corporate Japan led to a life long lesson in problem solving in the business world. |
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Ideas and Action
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| Anyone can have a great idea, lots of them: million dollar ideas; ideas that will change their life; ideas that will change other people’s lives; ideas that will change the world. But any idea that stays on the chalkboard is worth only the chalk it's written with. |
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The Entrepreneur Sees Positivity in the Face of Adversity
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| Personal power is an inner awareness that makes us feel in control of our lives. It is an inner knowledge that we can achieve our goals, a calm conviction about who we are and our ability to get the things we want in life. Why not begin today, decide on those goals. Put that Business Plan down on paper and begin with “baby steps” in achieving the various stages towards that new business. |
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An Attitude of Gratitude
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| Throughout our lives many unwelcome, unfavorable things will happen to us. We will face challenges and circumstances that are very difficult. But we need to be truly thankful. Now I am not suggesting that we walk around grinning from ear to ear like a Cheshire Cat, happy that we have problems. That would make no sense at all. But no matter what problems we face, there are dozens, if not hundreds, of good things that are happening or have happened in our lives and it would be foolhardy to allow this one thing, |
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What is holding you back?
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| Do you remember the grand dreams you had as a child? Whatever happened to your ambitions to be the next great doctor, teacher, or entrepreneur? Weren’t you making plans to write the next great novel, record the next big hit or make an important scientific breakthrough? Many of us still harbor those dreams but have succumbed to the many barriers standing in our way. |
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Lemonade From Lemons
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| Making lemonade from lemons is a cliche' used often in life, so why not apply it to your business? It's important to have a passion for the work you do. How do you find this passion? Grab a cool glass of lemonade and read on. |
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No Time To Plan
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| Planning is key to long-term success. Some say there is no time to plan, but I beg to differ. |
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Managers & Leaders -Why CEOs Need a Leadership Pipeline
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| Often, the words manager and leader are used interchangeably. When CEOs aim to transform their organizations and improve long term sustainability of their businesses, they need to be clear about what kind of key people they would like to have -managers or leaders? They need to plan for developing their leadership pipeline if the transformation has to run deep and wide. This article differentiates leadership and managership. |
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Values: Your Compass for Life - Part II
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| While there’s no guarantee that your offspring and heirs will follow your example in life or wholeheartedly embrace your beliefs, methods or values, don’t underestimate the impact you can have on your family. It’s always worthwhile to make the effort to pass a compass for life to the next generation. Here are some practical ways you and your loved ones will benefit from living by clearly defined values. |
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Calculating How To Charge
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| This is how my friend Rick Schilling does when he tells people how much he will charge for his service. |
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Struggle.com
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| What happened to CollegeFriends.com. |
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What Does The Initial Franchise Fee Cover?
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| Franchising can be a confusing new world for anyone looking into starting a new franchise. One of the most important things to know, however, is what you actually get for the money you invest in your franchise fee. If you'd like to know what's included in the typical franchise fee, keep reading. |
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Finish Strong
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| Georgene Johnson got to the starting line of a weekend race 15 minutes early. It was a mistake in timing that became a defining moment in her life.
The 42-year-old secretary had registered to run in a 10 kilometer/ 6.2 mile race that Sunday. The race started at 8:45 a.m. There was also a marathon scheduled to begin 15 minutes earlier. Both races used the same starting line.
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Your Mighty Mind: Can It Help with Recession?
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| We are living in challenging times. What can help and support us during the recession? Can we 'use' the recession as a chance to grow and become all we can be? The article will explain about your innate extraordinary power. |
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Make Money Online - in Your Spare Time
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| Rebecca Matter, AWAI's VP of Marketing, shows you an easy way to make money online even if you only have a few hours a week. |
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VictimVictorious
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| What is it that makes us tell our ‘victim story’ instead of a victorious one where we are in the driver’s seat of our choices as to how we handle what comes our way? |
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How To Conduct Yourself At The Interview
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| Your cover letter dazzled them, your resume is the best the Hiring Manager has ever seen and all your efforts have paid off because now you’ve been offered the interview. The final hurdle.
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Awaken the creative side in you
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| How to access a state of creativity instantly |
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Superior Content: Guarantee You Always Have Something More Valuable To Offer Than Your Competition
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| Content rules when talking about quality and standing out among hundreds of thousands of active websites out there. It is a merciless competition to offer updated, relevant, interesting and practical topics, services or products every week, month and year. Creativity and intelligence play a significant role when you are in charge of providing substance to satisfy demanding clients and visitors in general. |
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How to operate in 'I'm Okay' Mode
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| In the knowledge that your circumstances are never you, be aware that the world you see is not the world that is you. Open your heart to a readiness and a willingness to say ‘I can change my world’. |
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Companies Develop Leaders? 10 Ways to Know
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| Is your company paying enough attention to internal leadership development? Here are 10 ways to determine if developing the next generation of company executives is a strategic objective. |
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Example of a Business Plan
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| Most people are under the impression that a business plan is only necessary to start a business, but in fact, it is a vital part of continuously running your own business. The purpose of this plan is to outline the future and to prepare in any way necessary. However, the plan will be constantly changing as your business changes too. The ideal example of a business plan shows where the company is heading, and what steps they will take to reach their goals. In any business plan, you need to come up with typical situations or opportunities that may arise, and what your business will do in order to deal with them, under any circumstances. A business plan is all about being ready for anything that you may have to deal with. |
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Where Eagles Dare
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| As Rahm Emanuel said, “a crisis is a terrible thing to waste”. It forces our brains to think in ways, good times just don’t compel it to do. How do you respond in a crisis? What do swirling clouds of uncertainty and volatile markets spark in your thinking? What does pressure trigger in the way you process what is going on and what your options are? How will you handle the current storm and make the best of what is? |
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Are You a Rookie or a Pro?
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| In a recent study at Cornell University, it was found that people who are arrogant about what they know are incompetent. In other words incompetent people don’t know that they are incompetent. That also matches a study that found that average and mediocre sales people consider themselves outstanding or peak performers. How come on average, the top 25% of a sales force generates nearly 60% of a company’s actual sales increases?
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Abide by the Rules of Engagement
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| We are in a war. Not the war in the Middle East, but the war we are all experiencing for sales. The battle is almost like hand-to-hand combat because it will be won by selling one customer at a time. To survive in these turbulent economic times, we must win the war for customers; we must be more effective at closing the fewer customers who are looking for our product or service. The game has changed, but the rules of engagement haven’t.
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No leader is master of everything
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| One of the key failures senior executives and leaders tend to make early in their careers is acting with hubris. This affliction recurs with even the best who have had marvelously successful careers and begin to act without appropriate caution or due diligence. The best way to solve this problem is to look for outside input just to be sure your thinking is clear. The key is knowing when to seek input to avoid making bad decisions. In this article, I talk about how to get input from others and improve your decision making, and ultimately your success as a leader. |
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A Life Worth Living
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| To achieve your Core Desires-whether they are earning more money, enjoying more intimacy, or having more joy in your life-you need to grow, become more, learn, and change. How fast you grow is within your control; you can experience great growth if you desire it. But you can't just sense a need to change; you can't "sorta" want to be more or have more. If you are willing to grow, life as you have known it will never be the same. |
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Acceptable usage policy for productivity increase
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| AUP- acceptable usage policy is a set of rules applied by website owner which restrict the ways in which network or site may be used. Usually an AUP applies when the organization has global rules for operation of IT equipment by employees, students, etc. |
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Getting It Wrong
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| So often we use familiar quotes that leave out "the next couple of lines." And the meaning is distorted beyond recognition in the process. Consider "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblins of little minds," from Ralph Waldo Emerson. The meaning is obviously that changing your mind is no sin; and that the wise among us change when circumstances change. |
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The Truth of You
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| Become aware of and free yourself from how you are allowing other people, circumstances and events to manipulate your thoughts, actions and feelings.
Write your own 'Declaration of Independence' |
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What Are You Waiting For?
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| There is no time like today to get started with a plan. Taking action is the only way to get you to your goal. |
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You Can't Sell Anybody Anything… Until They Discover They Want It!
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| Despite what most traditional sales trainers tell us, it’s very difficult to convince people that they want or need something that they're not already asking to buy. Our experiences at Sandler Sales Institute have demonstrated that when we try to force-sell our products or services, all we do is evoke feelings of defensiveness in our prospects. Unconsciously, the prospects "defend" whatever it is they already own or use. Under those circumstances, prospects won't make a "new" decision.
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From the Tennis Courts…Another Lesson in Life
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| When the wind kicks up, an unexpected gust can be like another player on the court. A good tennis player knows how to deal with this unexpected, unwelcome situation. In business and in life there are frequent unexpected and unwelcome circumstances that we must learn to cope with and handle successfully. |
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Leadership Development: Pay attention to Your Gurus
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| Leadership development is filled with tests and challenges on a daily basis. There is always a moment to ask yourself the valuable question, "what did I learn from that?"
When you ask what you learned from that situation or that person, you have encountered your "Upa Guru". The concept comes from India and translates as anybody or anything along the way that helps you grow. Even your enemies, those who annoy the heck out of you are your Upa Gurus. Bothersome people or circumstances can be seen as just that, bothersome, or they can be seen as opportunities to take a breath and not get caught in the drama of the moment. |
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Business Mistakes. You Want a Successful Business – So Don’t Do This!
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| All entrepreneurs have to learn from their own mistakes as they build their business, but wouldn’t it be great to have some one tell you what the common mistakes are and how to avoid them? Well here are the common business mistakes – don’t do them! |
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How Can You Turn Nothing Into Something?
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| If you’re a manager, don’t just manage; lead people to a place they never knew possible in their world and then some. Here's how to begin... |
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Are Paid Surveys A Legitimate Way To Make Money?
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| Many people wonder if paid online surveys are really legitimate ways of making money from home. Yes, they are, but you have to know what you are doing and have realistic expectations. |
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Affirm Your Financial Destiny for 2009
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| It is often at the end of the year that we consider what our ‘New Year’s Resolution’ will be. But in these times of economic uncertainty, the trend is to re-examine one’s financial situation. |
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Make It Happen - You Are Smarter Than You Think
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| Transitions are a way to grow to a better life and career. Allowing circumstances and false beliefs the power to decide what you can and can’t do, is not living up to your potential. |
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MAKING REQUESTS GRACIOUSLY
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| Much of my work focuses on encouraging people to acknowledge and harness the gifts and talents they already possess because I believe that kind of thinking leads to excellence and success. Part of acknowledging our strengths is making peace with our areas of weakness. This article teaches you how to graciously make requests of others in those situations where your own personal gifts, talents, time, money, etc. just aren’t enough to get the job done alone. |
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The Right Questions To Help You Recover From A Setback
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| Building confidence can be as much about perseverance as it is about challenging yourself to take confidence building actions. This month I want to share with you some suggestions for getting back up when life knocks you down. |
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Fear is Making it Even Harder to Sell Insurance
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| As if selling insurance hasn’t always been a challenge you can thank our friends in Washington D.C. for making it even harder. Yep, thanks to the government’s failure to sound the alarm before it became a crisis, and ineptitude dealing with the crisis once it hit Uncle Sam has created a very special new client for you. Your new potential clients are scared to death and guard their wallet like a junk yard dog. |
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Taking Down Walls
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| Our walls or protective shields are the focus of this month’s article. The use of the word “protection” here is different than what would show up in an insurance policy, house alarm company, or in an article about practical ways to prevent physical harm. What is being explored here is the use of ‘protection’ in the feeling sense. |
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How to Sell Your Services When the Economy is in Crisis
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| One thing you can say about an economic crisis. It sure puts everything in perspective. Unless you’re selling food, water, air, shelter, or utilities all of a sudden you’re a luxury. Guess what gets cut first when the chips are tough, luxuries. |
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Balancing Basics for Busy Women
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| As women, we often attempt to do everything on our own. It seems quicker and less hassle to just do it ourselves. In this way, we are sometimes our own worst enemy. We need help. We need support. It is OK to give up control and ask for it. Balance is basic when we know where to start.
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Should You Panic If You Have No Books To Give Your Accountant?
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| This is a question that rears its head from time to time here in the office. My initial reaction is “Why not?”.
Occasionally there is a reasonable reason for the lack of evidence of someone’s business activities. It may be that the business has grown really quickly and they haven’t been able to keep up. They may have only just started the business and don’t know the first thing about bookkeeping and are seeking help. Sometimes there has been a known disaster such as a major flood or a fire. However... |
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ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES & STANDARDS: AVOID THEM AT YOUR PERIL
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| Accounting principles are the basic assumptions, rules of operation, and essential characteristics that make up the framework for the construction of accounting financial statements. This article discusses the difference between principles and standards and why they are important. |
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Strategic Thinking Tactics - Time To Be A Visionary Leader
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| Strategic thinking is an approach or a perspective that any manager needs to adopt while thinking about their business organization into the future. It is an indispensable method to learn how to convert long-terms aspirations and goals into reality. |
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The Best News
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| Story about a PGA Professional and his winning attitude. |
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How to negotiate with integrity
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| For some the worlds of negotiation and integrity may seem poles apart. How can you ensure you get what you want whilst retaining your integrity? Well, according to sales guru Jack Collis negotiators fall into one of three categories. |
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One more time how do we motivate people?
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| How to motivate people? The hoary old chestnut that never seems to be resolved and on which is written so much I am wary of contributing to the confusions and misinformation. It is not really possible to ‘motivate’ someone rather you offer them reasons why they could or should motivate themselves. It does sound a little obvious since each person has select and very exclusive to their own mind and feelings. The term ‘motivation’ in business often means something like: Get people performing better than they are now. That may or may not involve ‘motivation’, but it is surprising the discussions that occur around the issue of ‘how to get them going?’ |
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Why do I need a theory of leadership?
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| We ‘see’ via our minds not our eyes. We need understand ‘theory’ and ‘model’ as the conceptual template via which we actually ‘see’ situations. The clearer we ‘see’ the more effective we act: So better theory and models enables us to act more effectively. |
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HELPFUL HINTS TO OVERCOME STRESS
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| Different studies show that it is not stress per se but the coping strategies to deal with it that need close attention, People with effective strategies find it easier to brush off stress, while those who use bad coping skills suffer the health consequences. |
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Facing the Financial Crunch
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| We're watching the financial markets dissolve into paroxysms of insolvency before our eyes. Regardless of whether we've been planning for our futures or not, our options have suddenly become much more limited. |
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Enhance Your Chance Of Success
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| GPS usually stands for "Global Positioning System" But it could stand for "Growth Plan for Success." You need a plan to reach any stage of success, and success usually is a result of personal growth.
So what should you consider for your plan? |
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The (Aging) Parent Trap
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| When people think about midlife (and the crises that surround it), they don't always consider their unique relationship with their aging parents. That adds a whole other dimension to the mix! |
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TRAINING MANAGERS CAN MAXIMIZE YOUR COMPANY'S POTENTIAL
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| This article covers only the key points of training because every company is different and every manager learns differently; so, why waste a lot of time reading something that does not apply to you or your mangers.
When you read this article, you will be able to extract exactly what applies to your situation instead of applying training methods that will not work for you and your managers.
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How Not to Beat Yourself Up
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| The extremes of hyper-responsibility and hyper-irresponsibility are two sides of the same coin. Holding the middle ground often means detaching with love. |
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To Make Money OnlineStart By Giving Away The Farm Success Key Two
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| As I talked about in part one.... A female friend asked how to make money online. She worked for a large company, but she was very concerned about everything from the high prices of gas, to the impact of the election, to all of the frightening financial failures making headlines this week. A single lady with no children, or living parents, she confessed her almost paralyzing fear of what would happen to her if she lost her job. I knew exactly how she felt because in my own way, I have "been there...done that" and so I spent a couple of hours telling her how to make money online. ...And it all starts and ends with the word "Free." |
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Loyalty
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| Are you doing what it takes to build loyalty into your life? |
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The Socially Responsible Procurement Practice: Moving Beyond Social Consciousness (enterprising non-profits Profile)
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| “The question this raises is quite simply what set of circumstances will elevate green procurement from a nice to do “boutique” status to a more meaningful (and essential) element of a sound purchasing strategy? At the risk of answering my own question, I do not think that green procurement in and of itself will achieve this status, nor do I believe that it is a reasonable goal. |
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Roger's Secret Persuasion Technique
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| You can influence people at an unconscious level. Here's one way ofdoing this. |
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Its All Up To YOU
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| If you're waiting for Ed McMahon to show up on your doorstep and proclaim, "This is your lucky day!" you are going to have a long, miserable wait. Ed can't make you a success. I can't make you a success. It is all up to YOU. |
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The Small Voice of Adversity
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| Successful people, through regular training, have simply taught themselves to be persistent and to get up when knocked down. They have learned through study that even though they cannot always change their particular circumstances, they can change how they respond. And on their worst days, when they are blinded by frustration, depression, and anger, they have developed a little voice on the inside that delivers the wake up call, “stop whining, get up, keep going, you are a winner and winners never quit.”
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PERSEVERING THROUGH TOUGH TIMES: Moving Forward Despite the Obstacles
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| Tips for maintaining hope, energy, and commitment through tough, unstable times. |
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Answering Tough Questions That Can Save Your New Business
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| New businesses start up every day, both online and offline. Unfortunately, statistics show that the majority of them will fail. Asking a few tough questions, and knowing the answers can prevent your dream of owning your own business from becoming just another sad statistic. Isn't that worth a bit of your time? |
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The Impact of Unhealthy Relationships on Your Salsepeople
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| What to do when your salespeople are surrounded by negativity at home. |
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If You’re Not Selling . . .
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| Are you working hard, but not getting the results you want? If you’re a professional salesperson and you’re not selling, checkout these tips. |
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Choose to Breakthrough
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| Most people want one. They pray, wish and hope for one. They want a miracle of some kind to zap them. They think maybe somebody else will create the opening for it to happen. They’re hoping one day they’ll wake up with a “lightening bolt moment” and something will be different. People are looking for a breakthrough. |
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Check Out Your Money Stories
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| We all have stories we tell about money. If not aloud, then in our heads. Most of the time they are being told in the background of our thoughts and we don't pay them much attention.
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Infuse Me!
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| This article briefly discusses the effect our personal life has on our professional results. It has alot to do with success in sales and the ethics we employ to achieve a powerful reputation to our customers. |
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Ever heard of LoveSelling Read on despite the name
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| Some entrepreneurs don't see themselves as sales people, because 'sales' is an unpleasant activity for them. Yet, their very existence depends very much on a successful sales strategy. My approach is 'positive sales' - a consultative approach to focusing on providing service first and selling next. Coincidentally, a German Business Guru has come up with a similar idea: he calls it "Love Selling"! |
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Market to them until they Buy or until they Die!!!
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| 3 Rules of contacting prospects that will increase your sales
1. Market to your Perfect Prospects
2. Contacting prospects with VALUE
3. Market to them until they Buy or until they Die |
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Smart Women Prefer the “Limited” Lifetime Warranty
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| This article is about our struggles in decision making. We all have such a difficult time making decisions . From the simple (where to eat dinner) to the complex (ending a long-term relationship). We want our decisions to be the “right” decisions forever. Why? Because we fear change and we fear making the ‘wrong” decisions. We want to have the opportunity to make everything last forever. This is not possible in life. We need to embrace the idea of a “limited lifetime” warranty when we make decisions so that as we change and grow, we can make new decisions that work for us moving forward. |
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Four Sources of Discontent
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| An article of 1163 words describing the four sources that fuel discontent and how to manage them appropriately. |
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How to Start and Prepare a Home Based Business
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| In recent times, the most effective and productive way to do work is at home. Constant noise, the phone rings and even colleagues from the office can be distracting and it disturbs a lot of people who are concentrating on their work. While your own home can be filled with distractions, you can always create a working space where you can be left alone. |
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Finding Your Efficiency Zone
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| Everyone one of us has an efficiency zone. That is the mental state in which we find ourselves accomplishing a great deal at a rapid clip, although it feels natural and comfortably paced. It is a state in which our true productivity potential is released. |
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MAXIMIZING RESULTS OF A BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS CAMPAIGN
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| With rising commodity prices, transportation/shipping costs, and dwindling capital access, chances are that you are asking your business–to-business customers to feel your pain in the form of price increases. And chances are good that your customers are starting to push back by reducing orders and lengthening the time they pay your invoices.
While this is a basic business problem, you can help mitigate the potential rift in your customer relationships by increasing your communications to customers. Here are some recommendations. |
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Embracing Change
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Whether in our personal or professional lives, there is one guarantee that holds true - there will be change… and now, more than ever!
As Alan Deutschman shares in his book, Change or Die, “Change doesn’t have to be something that happens to you. You can make it happen – actively, intentionally, and deliberately – if you develop an understanding of how change really works…”
One of the ways we can begin to understand how change really works, in order to be more open to it, is to ask ourselves better questions about circumstances (or people) in our lives.
Enjoy this excerpt from another one of Sheri's workshops for entrepreneurs. She has become an expert at not only at'embracing change' yet 'inspiring and facilitating change' as well! |
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How To Grow Your Business Through Speaking
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| One of the leading entrepreneurs in Los Angeles says, "If you are not getting results by speaking, you need to take responsibility as the marketing director of your business and learn how to do it effectively. The biggest problem I have seen is the resistance business owners have with spending time and money getting the entrepreneurial training needed to increase their results. TOO many business owners think they should intuitively know how to write their marketing materials, AND SPEAK IN PUBLIC. Writing advertising copy and verbal expertise is not a skill we are born with. It is a learned ability. So if you don't know how to get the networking or sales response you need, either hire someone who can do it effectively or learn how from an expert. THE CONTRARY IS COSTING YOU MORE BUSINESS THAN YOU EVEN REALIZE." |
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So what can we do about Stress?
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| Working to effectively minimize or even eliminate stress will have a significant impact not only on your health, but on your creativity, energy levels, people skills and relationships. Guard your attitude and energy level, along with having a clear sense of priorities. |
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Smart Women Answer Their Call
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| Most of us have a unique gift or talent that we can offer the world. Recognizing your unique gift is realizing your true passion and purpose in life. This is the key to living your best life and to leaving a legacy that you can be proud of. It’s important to create the space and time to explore what your talents and gifts are. Then it’s essential to make sure that you are taking those gifts, talents, calling out into the world. Are you waking each day to your calling? When your internal telephone rings, are you going to answer it or put it on silent mode? |
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CRAVE Your Goals! Five Steps to Attract What You Desire and Deserve
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| We all have work and personal goals that we’re trying to achieve. It may be getting that promotion, attracting ideal clients and customers, losing 20 pounds or becoming debt free. When we truly commit to our goals and crave them with our heart and soul, we engage the energy of the universe and receive what we need to make our dreams come true. This is known as the Law of Attraction. Commit to follow these five CRAVE steps to attract what you desire and deserve.
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Laying the Groundwork for Manifestation
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| "You always have a greater sense of what you do want, when you are experiencing what you don't want". This is an exercise to help you clarify your vision for you what you want in your business. Transform your feelings and experience into a miracle of manifestation. |
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Great Partners are Flexible
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| Learn the importance of remaining flexible to effectively deal with change and other people. |
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You Always Work for Yourself!
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| What’s the difference between the owner of the company and the front-line employee? The obvious answer is that the employee works for the owner. Really? |
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Are You Wasting Time in Overwhelm
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| Do have so much to do that you don't do anything?? If so, find out why getting into action is the key to decreasing overwhelm. |
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I think I want to downsize my Boss but is franchising right for me
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| In this second article of the series we consider the question; is franchising is right for you? We are all individuals with strengths and weaknesses. How do you know if franchising fits your strengths? This question must be dealt with openly and honestly before one considers a step into the "franchise zone". Join us as you answer 5 questions that will help you focus on this important question. |
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Consultancy company penalised for AWA duress
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| The Federal Magistrates Court has found an IR consultancy company jointly liable with an employer for applying duress to an employee in relation to an AWA. |
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Mistakes To Avoid When Using Web Templates
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| some people simply make the wrong choice of templates. This is a very subjective issue but you have to be careful in selecting templates to suit your audience. Do not choose templates just because they are pretty, choose them because they serve your purpose.
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Dont let your clients move the goal posts Protect your company
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| Large companies with purchasing power have been moving the goal posts and bullying their suppliers to accept new payment terms. Fightyourcorner advises suppliers to put in place good debt management systems to avoid problems in the future.
Good debt management should protect companies affected by sudden changes in contract terms. |
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New Eyes Transform Results
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| “Discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”~Marcel Proust
In this article, we’re going to turn your problem on its head. We’re going to create dramatically different CONTEXT for your “problem.” Take your story and turn it around to its opposite. In essence, create an opposite belief. You may wish to create two or three of them.
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THINKING ABOUT THINKING
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| Thoughts and actions which are allowed to flow without being considered lead us to instinctual behaviour where we repeat the same actions, and often the same mistakes, as the past. |
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Positive Affirmations Killing Negative Thinking
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| Overcoming negative thinking in 30 days.
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The anatomy of failure: Four questions to ask when your marketing isn’t working
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| When you're unhappy with your marketing results (or other business results, for that matter), it's all too easy to blame yourself, blame others, and/or blame circumstances beyond your control.
Typically, that approach doesn't help you move forward; it either keeps you stuck or moving backwards.
But there's a simple approach to getting unstuck from the business "blame game;" read on to learn it.
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Work Life Balance
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| Balance is better understood as flow. For instance, I'm building my business right now. It's been my full-time occupation for about six months, and I've spent a disproportionate amount of time during that six months on my business. Since I've made the choice to pass up a variety of recreational activities -- everything from going to the movies to taking a spa vacation with a friend -- it would be easy to conclude that I'm "out of balance."
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How To Improve Your CTA (Call To Action)
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| A Call To Action, or CTA, is the link or other function on a web page that drives your visitors to perform your desired action. Desired actions can range from navigating to another page through to making a purchase or signing up for a newsletter. The more effective your CTA, the better your conversion rate will be, the more sales or referrals you will generate, and the better your profit levels will become. |
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The Two-Minute Drill
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| A co-worker who has been a critic of your work in the past is promoted to become your supervisor. What's your best career strategy?
In this situation, you not only want to survive, you want to thrive. And, believe it or not, you can do well in these circumstances. Here is a three point plan for success. |
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Is It Time To Press Your Reset Button?
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| Have you reached the point in your life or business where you just want to stop everything and start over? If you’re feeling that way there’s good news - you have a reset button and can press it anytime you like. |
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When is the Right Time to Sell My Business?
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| When is the right time to sell my business? When to sell a business depends on a variety of factors. Of course everyone's situation is different but there are some basics to take into consideration. When you are ready to sell your business think about how you can make your business the most attractive to buyers. Also, remember that timing is the key to making the best deal. |
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12 Privacy and Security Issues Your Customers Care About
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| Your website's privacy information and security settings can be significant hurdles when it comes to gaining trust with your visitors. Establishing trust is paramount to enticing visitors to make that final commitment, whether that be making a purchase, choosing to provide their info, or simply making initial contact with you.
Your job is to make sure your visitors feel confident that their information is kept safe and will not be used for nefarious means, or anything other than what they fully expect. While providing assurances are nice, those assurances only go so far as what actually happens. Be sure that your small print reinforces what your visitors already expect to find in regards to how their information is used.
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How to Set up Effective Terms and Conditions Before you Sell on Credit
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| Setting up effective terms and conditions can be a challenge for many small business owners when they are formulating their payment infrastructure. Extending credit can be an effective small business strategy as it allows your business to establish customer loyalty and to increase sales with customers who would not do business with your company otherwise. Consider the following tips when you are setting up your small business terms and conditions: |
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The Art of Enthusiasm
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| "Let you soul come alive and experience life through your physical being."
Dr. Wayne Dyer, Secrets for Success and Inner Peace
You can choose to be enthusiastic right now. Enthusiasm spreads joy. There is no fear, only love and inspiration when you express enthusiasm. Wouldn't you say these are powerful qualities you would like to create more of in your life? |
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Negotiating Leases
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| Are you a tenant or a landlord? Do you usually sign a Heads of Agreement or Letter of Offer for Lease that is intended to be subject to a formal lease being executed? If so, beware! You may be about to bind yourself to a valid lease the moment you sign the Heads of Agreement or Letter of Offer for Lease. |
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The Power of Attitude
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| Have you ever noticed how, when some people find themselves in financial difficulty, they immediately start finding and working on solutions to the problems, while others panic, lose hope, surrender to their circumstances and become immobilized? Do you know people who can turn a one-room apartment into a beautiful and comfortable haven that is more appealing and inviting than many mansions?
There is nothing as powerful as attitude. Attitude dictates your response to the present and determines the quality of your future. Attitude creates your world, designs your destiny and determines your success or failure in any venture in life. |
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What Everybody Should Know About Setting Goals
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| What are you going to do today to become more successful? Really? Set some goals...double dare ya! |
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Now You Can Really Motivate Your Staff To Go The Extra Mile
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| 25% of your staff do not know what is expected of them, while at work. Are you shocked at that figure - 25%. I was, so I did something about it. Read the tips and techniques I used to reduce that figure. |
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Why Crazy People Are Can Be So Convincing: Belief Sells, Confidence Motivates
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| Okay, so you're not insane. While that may be a disadvantage, it's one you can overcome. |
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Principles of leadership
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| "And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. According as we hearkend unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the Lord thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses" Joshua 1:16-17 |
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Anger Solutions at Work: Why Customers Get Angry
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| There is a host of reasons why customers become angry. This article explains the most common causes of customer anger, and what you can do to not only diffuse their anger, but to win their loyalty for life! |
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Resilience, Resilience, Resilience
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| This article gives an overview of the importance of resilience, and how to develop it. For coaches, it suggests ways to help clients develop resilience. |
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11 Strategic Actions To Combat and Defeat Time Wasters From Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
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| There is not a day goes by when I do not hear someone tell me they do not have enough time to do what they need to do. Or some people will blatantly tell me that they are terrible time managers and waste a lot of their time (not to mention the waste of others time also). Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach recommends that you take a good look at the ways you waste time and the ways others cause a waste of your time and then develop a plan to get rid of those time wasters. In order to facilitate and guide you in this effort. Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach has developed a list of eleven (11) strategic actions to combat and defeat time wasters. |
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What You Don't Want to See
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| Definitions of statuses you don't want to see from the USPTO about your Federal trademark application. |
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Time Management and Team Development The Yes and No of It
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| When to say 'Yes'; when to say 'No' - the dilemma! You see we human beings spend a lot of our time saying them at the wrong time - and it gets us into all sorts of trouble, expends our energies and wastes our time. In fact, if we said 'Yes' when we say 'No' and 'No', when we say 'Yes', it would make big, big difference in our lives. |
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How 'Hiring Now' Is A Hint You Have Problems
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| For your business to really prosper, you have to get deep down and dirty to ensure that really get clear on issues you are facing. And those your people are facing too... |
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Making Time for Team Building Relationships
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| Whatever else you are doing - STOP! - whenever you engage with someone in conversation. Ignore pagers. Put off interruptions. At the very least make sure that you 'honour' the space that you have when you are in any sort of one-to-one with someone else... |
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Leadership Ten Ways To Be Better At Leading Teams
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| Leadership is a fascinating art. A balance between getting things done and having enough about you to maximize both the motivation and engagement of all of your people for now and the future. Building a team that works so well for you is a challenge, so here are a few ideas that will help you along the way. |
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Delegate Successfully - The Four Level Rule
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| # Delegation is a subtle, yet vital art in business. It can work for you - but only if you use it well. And use it for the benefit of all involved. There is a vital 'ground rule' that you must accommodate. And that's around a clear 'level of authority' to act... |
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Interpreting Criticism: Walking Away As A Woman Empowered
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| The thought of being criticized sends most of us women shrinking back as if we’ve been seriously burned! However, there are ways to handle criticism that don’t leave you feeling blistered and burned. In fact, it’s possible to actually walk away empowered from criticism. |
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A Positive Story
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| Sometimes, the smallest things in our lives can reap big rewards, often when we're not looking for them. I tell this story in hopes that it makes others remember similar stories in their lives. |
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How To Use "Law Of Attraction" For Your "Business From Home"
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| The law of attraction states that like attracts like. All things, people and circumstances in your life were – to a degree - attracted to you by your way of thinking. No matter if we are talking about bad things or good things. It works for both. |
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Self Esteem
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| Many people miss the things in their life that they should feel good about. This article helps one focus on their own self esteem. |
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Taking Time for You
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| Learn how self care can bring more joy and balance to your busy life. |
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Adoption of TQM
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| The analysis of the force field involves looking at which driving forces may be strengthened and which restraining forces may be eliminated, mitigated, or counteracted. If it appears that, overall, driving forces are strong enough to move back restraining forces, adoption of TQM would be worth pursuing. |
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Practical Peace for Busy Women
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| Learn how you can easily bring more peace into your day without going to a mountain top to meditate! |
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You're Not Alone
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| Many people feel that their issues are theirs alone, and that there's no one who understands what they're going through. The reality is that almost everyone shares a similar story, and this article addresses that fact. |
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Five Levels of Decision Making
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| Clear, helpful advice on how to approach making good decisions as a leader. |
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Reclaim your Life-Live in Balance
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| Living a balanced life is making a series of adjustments much like sailing. When the winds change you need to adjust your sails. And so that's the way it is with life. Changing course is not easy but if you can recognize the signs sooner that let you know that your life is out of balance, you'll be able to sail in the direction that you want to be going. This involves exploring the vast unknown and its opportunities. And it's about clear boundaries and learning to say "no." |
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Breaking the Rules
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| Rules are part of life, from an early age onwards our lives are shaped by rules at home, at nursery, at school and eventually at work. There are rules in our society, rules of the road, social etiquette and so on. Importantly there is also another kind of rule that effects our lives and these are the ones we create ourselves which can therefore be considered as self-imposed. |
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A culture of accountability is the key to business and organisational success
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| Nigel Griffiths gives a positive spin on accountability. |
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Have you forgotten who you are
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| Do others view you as just someone's partner, child, parent, sibling, employee? Do you want to find yourself again and start living for yourself and not for other people? Then this article is for you. |
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Three Prongs of the SEO Fork
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| There are three essential components of any web page that must be in place in order for that page to rank highly. |
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Do You Have a Strategic Lifestyle Plan?
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| Every business has, or should have, a strategic plan. It endows the business with the fundamentals from which to exist and grow.
In its simplest form, a strategic plan means realizing an organization's ultimate goals.
Does this plan apply only to business? Absolutely not!
Let's look at individuals. |
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Sales Success Tip-Overcome Your Biggest Obstacle
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| Here's how to overcome the biggest obstacle you will ever encounter on your road to success. |
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No Accidental Business!
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| Business success or failure is no accident – it’s simply a RESULT – a CONSEQUENCE. We reap what we sow. These are brilliant tools to reap it BIG! |
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| You can recreate your business circumstances. |
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An "On Purpose" Life
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| If you don’t like your present circumstances, you have the ability to decide how to alter your course. You are the sole architect of your future.
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Should I Decide with My Head or My Gut?
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| We can safely say that humans are decision making animals. However, just because we are constantly making decisions doesn’t mean that these decisions are necessarily rational. In fact, most of our decisions are not rational. They are made on the spur of the moment out of habit or, in more extreme circumstances, intuitively or instinctively. Intuition is essential in crises and emergencies, whereas a more deliberate approach is needed when time and circumstances permit. This article provides some rules of thumb to follow in rapid decision making |
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Where You Look Is Where You Go! True or False?
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| Why do so many people blame their circumstances for their unhappiness or lack of success. The truth lies between their ears. This article highlights the incredible power of recognition and appreciation as tools for changing the circumstances of our lives. |
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Self Image Is King of The Castle (Part 1)
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| So you don't like some of the circumstances of your life? You'd like to change a few things? Where do you start? In theory we all know you start in your head. You rearrange what's going on inside. But if you have a poor self image, you may not have the energy (motivation) to start making changes in your head. It all takes so long and it's too hard? So take just one baby step and read this article. My words are designed to remind you that how you see yourself, what you think of yourself is really the king pin. It's called your self image and it is the most important filter in your entire mind. Change your mind and just what those outer circumstances align! |
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Your Self Image Is King Of The Castle (Part 2)
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| So you don't like some of the circumstances of your life? You'd like to change a few things? Where do you start? In theory we all know you start in your head. You rearrange what's going on inside. But if you have a poor self image, you may not have the energy (motivation) to start making changes. It all takes too long and it's too hard? So take just one baby step and read this article. These words are designed to remind you that how you see yourself, what you think of yourself is really the king pin. It's called your self image and it is the most important filter in your entire mind. Change your mind and just what those outer circumstances align! |
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