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Recovery or No Recovery? That is the Question.
James Dicks examines the discrepancies of what economists are telling us about a possible technical economic recovery and what the American public is actually experiencing.

Obama Speaks On The Best Business Model For Internet Marketing

With the economy as bad as it is and over 16 million people out of work the internet maybe your only answer. If you're waiting for the Government to help you it maybe a long wait. So take my advise and find out what the best business model for internet marketing is. Take your computer with internet access, take the knowledge you gain from the best business model for internet marketing and get to work. That's all you need to start your online business, nothing else, no money just persistence and determination.

The Myth Of Nabucco: Greed, Delusion and $11.4 Billion

Construction of the 56-inch, 2,050-mile pipeline, first proposed in 2002, is tentatively slated to begin next year and scheduled for completion by 2014. At a cost initially estimated at $11.4 billion and rising, Nabucco will be the most expensive pipeline ever built, more than three times the cost of the 1,092-mile Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline. Raising such a significant sum in a time of global recession would be an article of faith at best. Even assuming that Nabucco’s boosters manage to assemble a coterie of deep-pocketed suckers – er, investors, the only promised current volume for Nabucco's proposed 31 billion cubic meters (bcm) annual throughput is Azerbaijan's future offshore Caspian Shah Deniz production, estimated at 8 bcm.

The State of the Union, Common Sense and Success

Successful people embrace and use their common sense. They apply four key common success principles: 1) clarity of purpose and direction; 2) a sincere commitment to taking personal responsibility for your life and career; 3) unshakeable self confidence; and 4) competence in several key skills. In the State of the Union address, President Obama called common sense a novel concept. It may be. However, if you are serious about creating the successful life and career you want and deserve, you will embrace your common sense. You'll apply your inner knowing of what to do to when it comes to succeeding in this life and in your career.

Facing Foreclosure? Listen Up!
James Dicks offers an eye opening account behind the reality of today's housing market as it pertains to foreclosures and banking.

Holiday Shoppers and the Economy
James Dicks examines the outlook for retailers during the 2009 holiday shopping season.

Let's Give It All We Got
James discusses volunteer service in the US

Making Your Business Fiscally Fit in Tough Times
James Dicks examines the challenges businesses face in today's global recession

The Passage of Health Care Legislation and Implications for the Environment
The President managed to pass historic health care legislation despite the Republican's best efforts to misinform, derail and delay. By a vote of 219 to 212, the House approved one of the most important pieces of American legislation in more than 40 years. Despite the momentus victory for the American people, the fight over health care has ominous implications for climate change legislation.

Change Management - Obama Style
In the end President Obama got what he wanted-significant change in health care legislation. What lessons can change managers in organizations learn from the year long battle between the Republicans and the Democrats over this issue? And what grade can we give the Obama administration for managing the process. John Kotter’s change model is a useful analysis tool for this job.

America's New Fuel Efficiency Standards
According to new guidelines from The Department of Transportation and the EPA, US vehicle fleets must reach an average fuel efficiency of 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016. The new rules will reduce consumption by 1.3 million barrels a day, cut CO2 by 220 million metric tons and save $65 billion as of 2020.

What The Obama Healthcare Proposal Means for Small Business
Cisco Innovators Forum guest blogger Jeanne Quinn reports that the National Small Business Association released a report predicting the effects that President Obama's Healthcare Proposal will have on small businesses. Will this help or hurt your business?

Hostages, Revolutions and Critics
Most uprisings and revolutions find their beginnings in injustice. The French and American revolutions are two examples, and we can trace this back to Greek history. Democracy started there. The people had a justified outrage and managed to change things.

The Coming U.S. Crackup
Clive Crook on something that has been on many people's minds lately, the sense of a coming U.S. crackup:

When Trust is Lost
This article is about the bertayal of trust using Obama's decision to fire General McCrystal as an example. It gives some counterpoints on how the alternate path might have been wiser.

Twitter Domination Key Points - How to Leverage Your Time on Twitter
I thought this info would be helpful to you since Twitter has become an amazing cutting edge social media site with over 1 million users including famous people like Oprah and President Obama who enjoy using it for free exposure. All of us can benefit from the use of this very fun exciting social media site to help explode and to get much exposure for our businesses.

Hope: Don't Leave Home Without It
With the unease caused by the Great Recession, it is easy to spiral into a negative state of mind and ignore the promising signs that the worst of the panic is past. Don't give up hope. This article provides 8 tips for inspiring yourself and others to have a positive outlook.

Build a Financial Plan “as you see it”
My goal is to help you achieve that kind of discipline, so that you can move from where you are to where you want to be. That means slightly different things for different people-there's no "one size fits all"-but that is the fun and beauty of financial independence.

Using your dreams and goals to create wealth Part 1
I thought, you can go where you want to go and do what you want to do, when you want to do it. What I had to discover-and in fact didn't discover for many years-was that having the money wasn't as important as knowing what to do with the money once I got it. In reality, as it turned out, money was only a tool.

First Step-Using your dreams and goals to create wealth Part 2

To take your first step and set your mind on the course to financial success, you must begin to dream. You must begin to envision the kind of life you desire. For some of you, this will be easy, because you have dreamed all your life. For others, it will be more difficult. Why? Some people simply don't know how to dream-they've never tapped into their imagination deeply enough to let their thoughts run free.

Dreaming is fun, isn’t it? Part 3

Someone once said that what the mind can see, the body can achieve. I believe it. I go a step further. I believe that the mind must see it before the body is able to work for it. Look at another realm of human endeavor: sports. When Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile, he saw it long before he did it. Over and over in his mind, he later recalled, he visualized doing what had been deemed to be impossible. Interestingly enough, once Bannister did what no one else had ever done before, others quickly succeeded in doing it.

A millionaires dreams

Financial freedom is your dream. As long as you can dream, you can continue to succeed. Show me a person who has no dream, and I will show you someone who is poor. A millionaire dreams, and then sets out to make those dreams real. Once you stop dreaming, you stop the magic. That’s because you have created the world you wanted. You stop moving forward, because your dreams have ended. Either you are content to live with what you have or you are constantly frustrated because you don’t have enough-or you learn to dream again.

Principles of Wealth Creation

To accomplish your goal of becoming financially free, you will need to master specific principles of wealth creation. No, these aren’t some magical set of principles we found scratched in papyrus scrolls in the ruins of an ancient temple. They’re contemporary, commonsense principles. At the same time, though, they are magical, because they create the basis for a sound foundation of wealth creation.

Focus Your Dreams to Make Them Come Alive
What will you be interested in after you buy all of those lavish things you always thought you wanted? What’s beyond the bigger car, the faster boat, and the fancier house? Whatever they are, those are the really important things.

Redistribution of Wealth: The Good and the Bad
Three words that carry a lot of weight. Redistribution of wealth. While it's an important component of our country's view on taxation, it should not be used like a political club to create social justice.

What Happens When Salespeople Don't Meet Expectations?

The game and the news are quickly forgotten and don't impact your life unless you bet on the outcome of the game or happen to be the leading story on the news. When your salespeople focus too much of their time and resources on a large opportunity and it doesn't materialize, you can lose 6-12 months of productivity from them. Not only that, your forecasts fall short, your budget goes to hell, and you could have a frustrated, demotivated salesperson on your hands. The worst part is if you have a long sales cycle, say 8-12 months, and the salesperson devoted most of his time and energy to this opportunity for 8-12 months, it will take an additional 8-12 months before the pipeline will produce new, meaningful revenue.

Lesson #3: “There is something healthy about friendly competition”
“There’s a lot we can learn from smart people out in the world,” says Stone. “One of the things I like so much about President Obama is his global vision that it’s not a zero-sum game, where one country is going to win the game of earth. We have to work together.”

Record Level US Home Sales Bodes Well for Home Stagers
The Staging Diva®, explains how the record level of US home sales reported by the National Association of Realtors in November 2009 benefits home stagers.

Lessons to be Learned When Politicians Attack the Media
Politicians who gripe about the media should be taken with a grain of salt. Because they weren't complaining about agendas and getting the story wrong when the media wrote positive stories about them. This article provides some lessons, regardless of your political views, based on the recent skirmish between President Obama and Fox News.

Celebrities and the Sales Force
Here I introduce the 7th in a series of articles, The Celebrity Series, 11 articles about famous people and the analogies to the sales force.

Diminished Value and Gap Insurance “Know your Rights”
Did you know that if you are in an accident that you can get a second check from the insurance company for diminished value on your automobile? There are numerous financial strategies that can and will assist you and your family achieves financial success.

India and the U.S. remain tense about outsourcing

Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s visit last week has been dubbed by some the High Technology Cooperation Dialogue. Pressed by Indian governmental and business leaders about what it sees as an increasingly protectionist stance in the U.S., Clinton pledged support for working with India for better high-tech relations, but offered no specifics. "Outsourcing is a concern for many communities and businesses in my country, so how we handle that is something that we’re very focused on doing in a way that doesn’t disrupt the great flow of trade and services that go between our countries," Clinton said in an interview on Indian television.

Obama Tell The Nation's Students

On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 in a speech reminiscent of the challenges of entrepreneurship, president Obama admonished the young minds to never give up. Once again, president Obama has used his oratorical skill in finally quenched the fire that encapsulate his planned speech to the nation's student and stirred us all to challenge obstacles and actualize our goals. Obama told the students "Take responsibility and refuse to let failure define you"... The president affirmed "If you quit, you are not just quitting on yourself, you are quitting on your country".

Betting on Obama healthcare
As the health care debate continues to its next phase, the far left decides as to whether or not President Obama is still their champion. Stocks like Aetna (AET) and United Health (UNH) have reacted.

Five Stages of Midlife Transition
Wisdom dictates that, for every life element that we humans are required to relinquish, there opens a new creative possibility. Although I genuinely subscribe to that belief ("When God closes one door, he opens another"), grieving must occur for every door that closes, and few (if any) of us can fully enter the opening door before fully grieving the closing one.

Sales Force Lessons from Gates, Crowley and Obama
This should happen a lot more often on the sales force. How often do customers become upset over the behavior of a salesperson, customer service rep, technician or even accounting? When controversy jeopardizes a good account, it's time for the president or CEO to reach out and mend fences between adversaries!

Leadership-A Daily Gift

We awake each day with the incredible gift to lead. Leadership is not pithy sayings, kitschy slogans, or daily calendar quotes. Leadership is taking on the personal responsibility, everyday, to have your actions and deeds be the example that your words describe. Leaders awake every morning with the conviction of person to carve their own path, they call on their own minds to be the lighthouse of guidance. A leader has the confidence, and welcomes the challenge, of standing alone, accountable and compassionate of others. A leader does not say, “follow me”, rather, a leader says, “follow you.” Be reliant, and unwavering with the commitment to yourself, and your own personal truth.

Markets are Hyper-sensitive to Political Rhetoric
Some things never cease to amaze me. Just when you thought we were about to settle in to a lazy summer of sideways markets, some fools just can’t help themselves to be quiet. I am talking about politicians. And government officials. When are they going to learn that the markets are hyper-sensitive to not only what they do, but what they SAY?

Rolling Over Your 401k without Penalty
Many people who want to open their own business don't think it would be possible because of the huge start-up cost and their lack of money. Well here is the idea of rolling over your 401k as your investment, without penalty, to start your own franchise. This offers hope to people who have wanted to work for themselves but never thought it possible.

Will Obama Win?
What the new President will have to do, just like any other change leader, is gain the support of a key portion of the electorate; a group fiercely committed to seeing the change happen.

Obama Health Care and Your Money!
The US dollar has been in a down trend for years because of our massive deficits and we are already spending money like a 20 year old with their first credit card. There really is no philosophical or ethical debate here. Socialized Health Care will lead to a national bankruptcy.

How To Stand Out From The Herd And Be Heard!
What makes the difference between an average presentation and one that rocks your world? What makes the difference between a memorable speech and one that fades into oblivion as soon as the presenter steps off the stage? The answer sits in four building blocks that are essential for crafting a speech into a work of art rather than hum-drum blather.

Is “Big Ben” Bernanke popping the Government Bubble?
As economic leaders in the world, the only thing that we have taught the rest of the world is to over borrow and over spend! Our economic leaders need to get truly committed to a strong dollar policy

I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff and I’ll Re-Inflate this Economy!
Under ordinary circumstances, if you told me that the equity markets being up some 30% off its lows was a bad thing, I’d say you were nuts. Yet here we are.

A "Weak" Consumer With Confidence!
When the strong Consumer Confidence numbers came out today, it begged the question: Do we really want consumers too confident?

Auto Stocks In The New World
It was quite funny when Obama joked about how the magazine “Car and Driver” named him the “Auto Executive of the Year”. Then Obama announced that the autos would need to meet stricter emissions standards. He won't be auto executive of the year anymore...

Negativity can push you to greatness
When Obama first ran for president he would hold meetings and nobody would show up.

Who Will Stimulate Broadband Growth, and How?
Internet service providers fighting with the Federal Communications Commission. The feds grappling with the states. This is what you get when you wave a $7.2 billion dollar bill around—did you expect anything less? And the stakes involved are no less than the future of America’s information technology infrastructure.

Changes to COBRA Require Employer Action
Summary of the COBRA subsidy included in the stimulus package and action that employers must take to comply.

Doing a solid for the Brand next door

At a crossroads of content and the seemingly vast sea of digital options, there has never been a more important time for the field of Marketing. It's a wonder with so many solutions, so many options, so many brands are going so wrong and it's actually contributing to the pains on Wall Street and Main Street. So when you hear Obama remind us of our individual responsibility, consider your responsibility as a Marketer. Whether you are selling traditional tools or cutting edge goodies, on retainer or fighting for every inch, you need the chance to tell your clients what they need and need not. Well it's not always easy so before you start taking it out on the family dog, get out your comfy clothes and settle in for the long haul. That's right, you heard me, the best way to be the man (or woman) with you client is to start being the BFF.

Social Media as the Agent and Engine for Change
Social media could have an amazing impact on us individually and as a people. It could be the call to action that gets us to stop thinking and start doing.

The First 100 Days

All the pomp and circumstance of the inauguration is behind us. President Obama is in office and ready to go. Now the countdown begins on The First 100 Days. The First 100 Day Plan sets the tone and focus for an incoming President. It’s a must for the leaders of the free world. As leaders of our own worlds, shouldn’t we also have a 100 day plan to set the tone and focus for our “term”? Its’ not too late. We are only 28 days into 2009! The nature of a plan is that it is written down. Writing down your 100 day goals creates tremendous power.

Enough Is Enough Strategies for Change

Obama scolds Wall Street last week for giving themselves $18.4 billion in bonuses, the same amount they gave themselves in 2004 when the economy was quite strong. Many of these bonus-hungry firms are the same ones that have recently been in front of Congress with their hats in their hands looking for bailout funds. How do you know when it is time to change strategies, end the run. With recent spot light on Wall Street Greed, shines the light on a basic human characteristic[Money and Power], and can wreak havoc on our lives as well as others when left unchecked. Here are the basic five components to knowing if you’ve had enough:

The Economic Stimulus Package Can Help YOUR Business

Taking Obama’s strategy to the next level is encouraging the “risk takers” to step up. They are the entrepreneurs and small businesses. Entrepreneurs and small business owners are agile, hungry for success and quick on our feet, unlike our cousins the large companies, who are busy circling their wagons, laying people off and retrenching. I cannot emphasize enough how important a time this is for us all in our businesses. It is during these economic downturns that businesses and markets reinvent themselves and evolve the markets and economy on to greater heights.

ATTENTION PresidentElect Obama Heres the Real Economic Rescue Plan

The economy is falling. Times are uncertain. Many people are in crisis. What's the answer? Will the government bail us out? When will it kick in? How will it affect us? No one knows the answers, and with all due respect; even President-Elect Obama doesn't know these answers. What's the real answer? The real answer is that a collective bailout will require each and every one of us to participate in our own rescue.

Small businesses, science/tech leaders, not the government, will lead us to a better future
New research released at the We Media Miami conference finds that most Americans believe small business, science and tech leaders will lead the U.S. to a better future – not the government, big business or the news media.

Vision of "Green Jobs" and its Impact

How do we know when someone is doing something “environmentally correct”? In the end, it doesn’t really matter what your definition is for being “environmentally correct.” Or what "green jobs" actually means. What does are your actions? Especially for small businesses, as we are the eyes and ears of our planet and economy. Businesses that incorporate the triple-bottom line of “people, the planet and profits” into their business’ actions, can create opportunities, innovation, and competitive advantage for sustainability. Will "Green Jobs" be the new beginning for the US economy to getting its competitive edge back, and have a positive impact on our economy and well-being

Beyond the 3-Minute Call…Business, Entertainment or Cool
It is difficult to believe that Apple has reshaped the mobile communications industry with the iPhone but more than 5,000 applications are available for the unit. Every operating system and service provider is now offering their own apps store for their smartphones. It's an outstanding opportunity for small firms to look big.

Obama Leadership: 8 Ways to Lead in the 21st Century
Leadership perspective piece on President Obama's leadership style and leadership lessons learned for leading effectively in the 21st Century. Includes 8 Obama leadership development tips.

How You Can Get Your Blog Featured in CNN, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Other Major Media Outlets

About six months ago I was looking at the web stats of one of our clients. His visits went from an average of 30 a day to 150. When I checked who was sending him so much traffic I was very surprised. It was CNN! I went to CNN’s website and I discovered that they have a widget at the end of some of their articles where they show related blog posts. My client’s post was there. I started doing some research on the subject and I learned how you can get your blog featured on CNN, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Newsweek, Time, Fox News, Reuters, the Washington Post, and CBS.

Obama vs. China…Let’s Get Ready To Rumble!!!
Obama vs. China. This can't be good for the U.S. dollar, U.S. treasuries but it could be good for gold!

Gold Will Shine Once Again in 2009!
Learn why the Fed (Bernanke), Obama and the tightening of gold production will all but ensure gold's rise as they try to "fix" the ailing economy.

Of Hope and Change
Leaders everywhere would do well to watch the inauguration through the eyes of change management. The reactions exhibited by attendees and pundits alike parallel those of the people affected by change in your organization.

Currencies from around the world continue to fall
Currencies normally follow "high interest rate yields". However, with those going almost extinct in 2009, here's what you want to look to next to know where currencies may go.

Going Beyond Random Acts of Greenness
Developing an Enterprise-Wide Sustainability Strategy through Internal and External Alignment of Corporate Goals is Essential to the Long-Term Performance and Success of Your “Going Green” Efforts

2009 Global Brand Trends letter
In 2009’s letter, brand guru Stanley Moss muses about the state of branding during an economic crisis, accountability and outcome, the study of failure and obsolescence, green branding, the luxury category, brands in the BRIC nations and quiet brands. There’s a brief section on new terminology. The letter ends with new thoughts in answer to the question, “What is a brand?”

Protecting Your Employees and Company in the Face of Big Labor's Ambitious Legislative Agenda
Changes in labor laws are only a few months away. With the incoming Democratic administration and Congress, these laws that were once on the back burner are now at the forefront. Be ready for these changes, and this article will help you prepare so none of the impending changes will affect your organization.

Strike While the Iron is Hot Using the Recession to Your Advantage
These last few weeks of our economic downturn got everyone wound up. From business owners, to CEO’s and back to the consumers – everyone is at a panic about the recession, and the bailout we are in. But what is a recession, really? How is it lack of bailout impacting your life?

Obama’s “Birther” PR Mistake

If there was a video that showed President Obama being born in Hawaii and that video was released to the media, it wouldn’t matter a bit. The Birther movement revolves around accusations and diversions and you do not (and more importantly you cannot) battle that type of attack, at least via the media, with facts. The Birthers are akin to a religious cult; you are not going to weaken their faith with something as cumbersome as reality. Obama’s strategic PR mistake was that he began to take them too seriously. He then took them on by trying to put out fire with gasoline.

Its Obama's Economy Now!
Well the first 100 days of the Obama Presidency have come and gone. Regardless of your political leanings you have to give the Obama administration some credit. We will avoid the next Great Depression!

Effective Public Relations: The Obama Publicity Strategy
Politics aside, almost everybody would agree that President Obama is a masterful communicator. Obama is really United State’s first public figure to adeptly embrace the full power of the media. He is seizing both traditional and new media opportunities to deploy his messages in both an expeditious and ubiquitous manner.

Statism Of The Union II
As far as the observation that both have (or had) the ability to make great speeches, I'll concede that Presidents Reagan and Obama are similar. But the similarities end there. In terms of real substance, Barack Obama definitely ain't Ronald Reagan....

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