Which made Q-Tip ...
Author: Maureen Killoran
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Turning Dreams Into Reality
Welcome to 2005! The New Year has arrived, and for most people, this is the most appropriate time of the year to stop and evaluate your goals and objectives for the next 12 months. You enthusiastically look ahead, resolving to make great improvement in all areas of your life.

I am going to share some helpful ideas to help you turn your hopes, wishes, and dreams into your future reality.

Goals and buildings have several characteristics that are very similar. If a building is enginee ...
Author: Eric Plantenberg
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Buying the Perfect Suit
A suit is generally worn with the intention of making a statement about oneself, create a certain image or simply as an expression of respect. In the corporate world a business suit can convey the individual’s place within the organization’s hierarchy, establish power and position and express one’s proficiency and mastery in his profession. A suit is usually the garment of choice to show respect in special circumstances whether at a wedding, funeral, graduation or other life cycle event. Followi ...
Author: Leo Green
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How to Order Wine in a Restaurant
Wine Ordering Basics — Just a Sniff, a Sip, and a Swallow

Perhaps you’re comfortable ordering your “grande, nonfat, extra hot, wet cappuccino” every morning or having it your way every afternoon with your “hold the onions, hold the bun, pickles on the side, extra cheese cheeseburger wrapped in lettuce.”

However, that doesn’t mean you’re exactly thrilled when it comes to ordering wine in a shi-shi restaurant. With just a little “how to” knowledge, you can start ordering wine with y ...
Author: Jason (The Snob)
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Ten Ways to Develop a Free Agent Attitude
1.Develop a vision of your ideal life. Include all parts of your life including your work/career, family, friends, lifestyle, spiritual endeavors, personal growth, leisure etc. As you move toward being a free agent let your vision draw you forward.

2.Know what your strengths, talents and skills are. These will be the basis of the offer you make to your clients/customers or employer. Develop a use for your talents that is unique and exciting to you. Be able to articulate the value of your ...
Author: Alvah Parker
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Beyond The Hype! Aren't you really in Partnership with Yourself?
Copyright © 2004 Ted Borgeas, All Rights Reserved Ted
Borgeas, Author, 35 years Self-Coaching Yourself. Helps
people get insight on Career & Life's Transitions. E-zine:
> SELF-COACHING YOUR INTELLIGENCES. E-mail:
> ted@atborgeas.com website: www.atborgeas.com
Phone: 619-235-9393, PO Box, 3022, La Jolla, CA
92038-3022,

You have permission to
publish this article in your ezine or on your web site,
free of charge, as long as the byline is included. You may
no ...
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When It's Emotional Intelligence and When It's Not
As we all race to understand Emotional Intelligence, arguably the hottest thing on the business scene globally, there are many questions.

As 'Ask the EQ Expert' for a business website, I've been asked:

1. Isn't 'Emotional Intelligence' a contradiction in terms?

2. Isn't there such a thing as too much emotion?

3. It seems a 'natural' for relationships, but do you think
emotions belong in the workplace??

4. How can I learn it?

DO EMOTIONS BELONG ...
Author: Susan Dunn, MA, The EQ Coach
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Organizing Tips For Your Office
Being organized at the office involves managing a few key activities effectively:


• Emails
• Phone
• Meetings


The increase in productivity from investing a small amount of time in efficiently managing these activities upfront is more than worth the result.

EMAIL MANAGEMENT

Keeping up with the daily onslaught of emails is a major challenge for most of us, both personally & professionally. The following tips will help you manage the daily flow of emails:< ...
Author: Ilene Drexler
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INTERVIEW DOS AND DON’TS
The Questions You Should be Asking: Four Experts Tips

Now that the job market appears gradually more optimistic, people are dusting off their resumes and preparing to head into interviews. Once things really turn around, however, it is likely that you will not be the only one applying for any given position. Many key members of organizations who have been working lean and waiting for the economic climate to improve may be flooding the job market simultaneously. And that means competition ...
Author: Keith Emerson
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SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATING FOR A RAISE
In today’s still unstable job market, it may seem even more challenging than ever to successfully negotiate for a salary increase. Remember, however, that while many organizations have been running lean and many managers and their teams have been forced to do more with less for a long time now, savvy organizations are beginning to focus on retention efforts for when the expected upturn in the economy does occur. This means that there will be a concerted effort to hold onto their key talent.
T ...
Author: Garth Jay
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The Passive-Aggressive Co-Worker
Is there anything worse? Is there any office without one? I doubt it and I doubt it. So what do you do when you’re faced with The Passive-Aggressive Co-Worker?

First of all, understand they’re playing mind games with you. If the sign that you’re dealing with a paranoid person is that you get paranoid, the sign that you’re dealing with a passive-aggressive person is that you get angry. Not a quick, clean, clear anger, as you would with someone who confronted you directly. It’s a cloudy sor ...
Author: Susan Dunn, MA, Emotional Intelligence Coach & Consultant
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How To Get a New Job FAST

How To Get a New Job FAST - Part 1 Defining

It is such a terrible experience being unemployed. It means
you do not have an income. And that is scary because the
bills do not know this. No, they just keep on coming.
They eat into the savings you have built up over the years.
Or even worse, you have to borrow or sell assets to make
sure you can pay them. This is terrifying!

The bad news is that it often takes quite some time to find
a job. And that means it ...
Author: Damian Papworth
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1569 Unique Ways To Get A Free Lunch
Everywhere you turn - T.V., Radio, magazines, or the Internet,
someone is talking about government grants. What's the real
story? Does the government give away real money, to ordinary
people, to use for whatever they want?

NO THEY DON'T! At least not to use for whatever you want.
However, if you want to use grant money for something that the
government is interested in funding, and you file a grant
application that gets approved, then things can get interesting. Author: Andrew Wroblewski
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The One Thing You Must Add to Your Day
As we close the gap between physical, mental and emotional health, realizing that they all influence one another, it’s becoming more evident that attitude makes a difference. It isn’t so much what’s happening, as how we feel about what’s happening.

I’m reminded of a visit to my obstetrician some years ago, when pregnant with my second child and delighted. He told me how nice it was to have someone so happy in his office. “49% of my patients are pregnant and don’t want to be, and 49% aren ...
Author: Susan Dunn, MA Psychology, The EQ Coach
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10 Things to Consider if You Have an Impossible Manager
When you have an impossible manager, quit? Sometimes that’s impossible. If you find yourself And a solution that simple is hardly a solution. There are several things to consider we’re going to take a look at:

1.Get a coach.

In order to problem-solve effectively, it’s crucial to view the situation objectively, which you aren’t in a position to do. No one is. Working with a coach can help you clarify what’s going on, and come up with strategies for dealing with it. You’ll learn more ...
Author: Susan Dunn, MA, Emotional Intelligence Coach
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EQ vs. IQ
DEFINITIONS

EQ - is a measure of your emotional intelligence, or your ability to use both your emotions and cognitive skills in your life. Emotional intelligence competencies include but are not limited to empathy, intuition, creativity, flexibility, resilience, coping, stress management, leadership, integrity, authenticity, intrapersonal skills and interpersonal skills.

IQ - a number used to express the apparent relative intelligence of a person that is the ratio multiplied by 10 ...
Author: Susan Dunn, MA, The EQ Coach
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STRESS MANAGEMENT FOR 2004: The Rest of the Story
Perhaps you are like many of the people I talk to who have moved on from the stress of the holidays and are now feeling the stress of everyday life. Would you really like to reduce or even eliminate some of the stress rather than just “manage” it? Would you like a healthier, happier life?

Stress is epidemic in our country. Norman Cousins, author of Anatomy of an Illness said that “stress is the most serious medical problem of our time.” Chronic stress releases dangerous stress hormones an ...
Author: Pat Swan, MS, Life and Relationship Coach
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Stop Relationship Stress and Create Your Own Health Remedies
Human beings need relationships. Your relationships, past, present, personal or professional, represent a major source of stress in your life. Chronic stress causes breakdown of your immune system. This leads to many emotional and physical disorders including heart disease, fibromyalgia, cancer, ulcers, irritable bowel syndrome, and depression.

You can manage your stress many ways. Stress management strategies include deep breathing, relaxation exercises, physical exercise, meditation, an ...
Author: Pat Swan, MS, Life and Relationship Coach
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Make Profits On Online Shopping
Make Profits On Online Shopping

Time was when shopping was a painful experience, a chore to be lived with. Cash Back schemes have now brought the fun back into shopping. One can now shop online and purchase all that you need without even leaving home. What's more, these online purchases also pay you back a certain amount on your purchases. Online purchase stores are now offering its customers up to 40% Cash Back on every purchase made. For shoppers, who do not like to venture out for the ...
Author: Ricky Ahuja
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What Not to Put On Your Resume
“Should I admit a weakness?” one of my coaching clients asked me. “Something tells me I shouldn’t.”

”Something” was telling her right. Your best tool in writing a good resume, is your intuition, or common sense aka Emotional Intelligence.

WEAKNESSES

Don’t talk about your “weaknesses” unless you’re asked. In my years as a Career Counselor for college students, I received fledgling resumes that read “I don’t like people” or “I hate talking on the phone.” On the one hand, such ...
Author: Susan Dunn, Personal and Professional Development Coach
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Ten Tips For Setting (And Keeping) Life Changing Resolutions
It’s time for that annual ritual of making (and breaking) our New Year’s resolutions. There is something about the idea of being able to start over that motivates us to pause (at least briefly) and reflect on our lives as they are, as well as how we would like them to be. Yet how many times have you thought back to last year’s goals and found that many or most of them were abandoned or just forgotten after a few months into the year?

Many of us have difficulty following through on our res ...
Author: Toni Coleman, LCSW
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Learn To Save Hard Cash This Festive Season
Learn To Save Hard Cash This Festive Season

Time was when shopping was a painful experience, a chore to be lived with. Cash Back schemes have now brought the fun back into shopping. One can now shop online and purchase all that you need without even leaving home. What’s more, these online purchases also pay you back a certain amount on your purchases. Online purchase stores are now offering its customers up to 40% Cash Back on every purchase made. For shoppers, who do not like to venture ...
Author: Ricky Ahuja
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Moving without a job? Here's now!
Q. For my next move, I am relocating to Greatville to be near my family. I've been told to wait till I move before job-hunting -- but I'm nervous about moving without a job.

A. You are absolutely right to be nervous. Moving without a job gives you the thinnest identity of all. Banks and landlords like to see a number in the block marked "Salary." And socially you're identified by that "What do you do" question.

1. If you're entry level, you may have to move without a job. But if yo ...
Author: Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D.
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Clear Channel Markers Make for Good Communication
So here I am, driving on wide, beautifully-maintained roads, seeing glimpses of ocean through tall pine trees – occasionally dense, always straight and orderly – and thinking I could not be farther from my hometown of San Antonio, Tx. If Texas is "God's country," there must be more than one!

In San Antonio, the scrub oaks grow thick and irregular and not very tall. The limbs are gnarled. They bend and twist. One wonders that they grow at all given the lack of rain.

The pine trees ...
Author: Susan Dunn, MA Clinical Psychology, cEQc, The EQ Coach™
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Do you have a Warm Market?
An Answer to the two Biggest questions from your prospects.

Body: Think about the two biggest questions that you have to answer when sharing your business with a prospect. I don't know about you but by far the two questions I most often get are; "How many are in your downline?" and "How much money are you making?"

I admit that these are tough questions to answer especially if you are just starting out. You could take the 'stretch the truth' approach and say something like "I have ...
Author: Brandon Santan
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Exactly What in the ---- is an article anyway?
One woman's struggle to find the answer.

My mission, or assignment should I say is to write an article dealing with the "HOW TO'S" of a topic dealing with Home Businesses or the likes thereof.

The very thought of me being or pretending to be an expert at anything makes me nervous and my stomach turn! Sure, I own my own business and am associated with many affiliate programs, but a know-it-all or writter, I am not.

Question upon question kept running through my mind, like:
Author: Dani Percival
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To keep on earning, keep on learning
To Keep on Earning, Keep on Learning
By Michelle L. Casto, M.Ed.

Success in the modern world takes more than just information and knowledge. You must apply what you know to real life situations and you must be open to learning, un-learning, and re-learning. With the rapid advancement of technology, fluctuating economy and societal and corporate changes, you must adopt a learning mindset in order to succeed. Indeed, the key to lifelong earning is lifelong learning.

As you embark ...
Author: Michelle L. Casto
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The 6 Stages of Modern Career Development
The 6 Stages of Modern Career Development
By Michelle L. Casto, M.Ed.
Whole Life Coach, Speaker, and Author

Career experts say that people will change careers (not jobs) 5-7 times in a lifetime. This being true, career management is an important life skill to develop and cultivate. There are six stages of modern career development: Assessment, Investigation, Preparation, Commitment, Retention, and Transition. Learning the characteristics of each stage will empower you to navigate t ...
Author: Michelle Casto
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13 Incredibly Easy Steps To Be A Perfect Medical Assistant
13 Incredibly Easy Steps To Be A Perfect Medical Assistant
(You are right, of course I am exaggerating!)

Formal training in medical assisting, while generally preferred, is not always required. Some medical assistants are trained on the job, although this is becoming more and more less common than in the past. Applicants usually need a high school diploma or the equivalent. Recommended high school courses include mathematics, health, biology, typing, bookkeeping, computers, and office ...
Author: Danni R., CMA, CCMA, CMAA
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What's a Career Coach? Do I need one?
You may have noticed one of the latest trends in career
management is to have your own career coach. It's not really a
new concept. Executives have known for years the value of
investing in the expertise of a career professional. You may
still wonder, "What's a career coach?" and more importantly, "Do
I need one?"

The best way to illustrate the value of a career coach is to
compare them to personal trainers. Anyone can go to a gym and
work out. Having a personal train ...
Author: Deborah Walker
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Some Tips on Time Management - How to Better Manage
DECISION GUIDE

Ask yourself:

1. Does what I am doing add value to my life (and times of pure fun
and relaxation are essential too)?
2. What will happen if I don't do it?
3. Can I delegate it?
4. Can I spend less time on it?


TIME WASTERS

1. Telephone Interruptions
2. Drop-in Visitors
3. Meetings
4. Crisis Management
5. Lack of Objectives, Priorities a Daily plan
6. Cluttered Desk, Personal Disorganisation.
7. Ineffective Delegation
Author: Craig Lock
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TEAM MISSION STATEMENTS
A team is not a team unless it knows why it’s a team. Teams
according to Jon Katzenbach* are "small groups of people with
complementary skills committed to a common purpose, approach,
and performance goals for which they hold themselves mutually
accountable". The first thing that small group of people has to
do is to establish that common purpose.

A team purpose is usually shaped in response to a request,
opportunity or demand from management. If you ARE management,
t ...
Author: Rhoberta Shaler
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MALPRACTICE OF THE MOUTH
Is your mind your greatest asset? Do you suffer from malpractice
of the mouth? That is the malady that occurs when the mouth
enrages before the mind engages! You may work with someone
afflicted!

There is no room in the workplace for verbal violence. None! It
is inappropriate, unacceptable, and, definitely, unprofessional.
No allowances for verbal violence should be made for educated
and mentally competent adults in positions of authority. NONE!

Folks who yell and ...
Author: Rhoberta Shaler
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Another 10 Quotable Quotes To Add Punch To Your Ezine, Newsletter Or Website.
Any of these quotes may be freely published with the
authors name and website address left in tact.

ANOTHER 10 QUOTABLE QUOTES TO ADD PUNCH
TO YOUR EZINE, NEWSLETTER OR WEBSITE.

By Noel Peebles

1. Opportunities

“In 20 years from now people will look back and wish that they could
have started a business, invested money, bought shares or property
during the early years of the new century, when there were so many
new opportunities.”

Noel Peebles ...
Author: Noel Peebles
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Stress Prevention in a Word - "No"
We teach our pets the meaning of the word. We quickly learned its meaning as toddlers when we reached for mommy or daddy's car keys. Even an anti-drug campaign was built around the word. Yet, now that we're older, wiser and more responsible, the word struggles to break free from our own lips when we need to use it the most. That word? "No".

Just saying "no" is essential in dealing with, managing, and even preventing stress. Knowing your limitations can prevent you from digging yourself i ...
Author: Robert Cooper
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Just Say “No”
I used to put everyone else’s requests and needs first and
if there was any time left over at the end of the day for what I needed
and wanted to do, that was acceptable. That is until I began to realize
that if you and I are going to be effective time managers, we have to
stay away from allocating our time solely on the basis of those who demand
it. Instead, if you and I are going to be effective time managers, we
have to allocate our time on the basis of those who deserve it.< ...
Author: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore
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Creating Icebergs Out Of Hostility
*Have you ever dreaded an upcoming presentation, meeting or
function because you just knew that the group would be hostile*
Maybe you had heard that these people are very critical, even
aggressive.

*How can you prepare for such a situation even though you would
prefer to disappear into thin air.*

1 Use Adversity To Make You Stronger

Very often we make our greatest breakthroughs in the face of huge
challenges. We improve our performance overnight because we
...
Author: Peter Murphy
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Why You Don't Get Things Done - And How You Can!
We humans are a funny lot. We are so diverse that any
generalization usually has more exceptions than you can
count. And that generalization is no different!

Having said that, let's look at some of the underlying
reasons why we procrastinate and prevaricate.

1. I'm bored.

2. That looks more interesting.

3. It is too hard.

4. I'm afraid of failure.

5. I'm afraid of success.

6. I'm not worthy.

Not an exhaustive list, perhaps, but pro ...
Author: Martin Avis
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TWENTY- FIVE TIME MANAGEMENT TIPS
I believe the key to effective time management is having
a PLAN. Once you have done that, communicate your plans
to others involved in your life (those nearest and dearest
to you), or those people working with you in business.

1. Prioritise your goals. Set up the following:

* A weekly plan: Plan for a week at a time.

* A 'don't forget' list.

* A 'what now' list.

2. Focus on the important things - the things that really
matter to you.

3. T ...
Author: Craig Lock
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Yes, You Can Say No
It is perfectly OK to say, "No." You have permission. Many people do not like to disappoint others by saying, "No." They will tend to acquiesce even when overloaded. Sometimes those with the need to please will agree to do something when it is not in their best interest just to be accommodating. Saying yes when we want or need to say no is a way to put others first. Indeed we don't want to hurt others' feelings, however we hurt our own when we overload ourselves and say yes to tasks that we don' ...
Author: Rachelle Disbennett-Lee
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SOME TIME MANAGEMENT TIPS
I believe the key to effective time management is having
a PLAN. Once you have done that, communicate your plans
to others involved in your life (those nearest and dearest
to you), or those people working with you in business.

SOME HINTS IN TIME MANAGEMENT:

1. Prioritise your goals. Set up the following:

* A weekly plan: Plan for a week at a time.

* A 'don't forget' list.

* A 'what now' list.

2. Focus on the important things - the things that ...
Author: Craig Lock
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Whatever Happened to Proofreading?
One of the great things about the Internet is it has made us instant communicators, instant authors and instant ad copy writers. One of the WORST things about the Internet is it has made us instant communicators, instant authors and instant ad copy writers. Too many people just type an email and hit “send,” including emails intended to sell us something. Or they build a nice looking web page, type their content and immediately go to their FTP program and upload it. They don’t bother to read what ...
Author: Owen Johnson
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Not Making A Choice Is A Choice
Not making a choice is a choice. Letting things happen by default is a choice. If we choose to give up our right to make a choice - we have made a choice. We always have choices, even if we do not like the ones available. Not liking a choice does not mean we do not have a choice. We are constantly presented with choices. Every day we make hundreds of them, some small, some large, and some life changing. Each choice that we make shapes our lives and determines what other choices will be available ...
Author: Coach Rachelle Disbennett-Lee, MS, PCC, CTC
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The Dirty Dozen: 12 Ways That We Sabotage Our Success
Out of the many different ways that we can sabotage our
own success, these twelve are the most common. All of
us are guilty of these behaviors at various times, but
knowledge of them gives us the power to start to banish
them from our lives.

1. Ignore your own strengths and weaknesses.

We all have many individual attributes, but it is
pointless trying to be someone or something that we are
not. As Peter Thompson, the great motivational speaker
says, "People wil ...
Author: Martin Avis
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This Twenty Six Hour Day Is Not Fiction! A Book Review
Vince Panella might have been accused of writing a work of
fiction when titling his book "The 26 Hour Day, How to Gain
at Least 2 Hours a Day with Time Control". When he begins
his "Introduction to Time Control" chapter by stating on the
first page that he's . . . "come to the conclusion that --
time management does not work!" he immediately had me hooked.

I was charmed by the intensely human approach he takes from
the beginning. I've got to agree with him because my ow ...
Author: Mike Banks Valentine
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SOME TIME MANAGEMENT HINTS FOR A BUSY LIFE
THE MOST COMMON TIME WASTERS, I believe, are:

1. Telephone Interruptions
2. Drop-in Visitors
3. Meetings
4. Crisis Management
5. Lack of Objectives, Priorities a Daily plan
6. Cluttered Desk, Personal Disorganization.
7. Ineffective Delegation
8. Attempting too Much at Once
9. Lack of Clear Communication
10. Inadequate, Inaccurate Delayed Information
11. Indecision and Procrastination
12. Confused Responsibility and Authority.
13. Inability to Say "No". ...
Author: Craig Lock
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10 Things I Learned About Divorce/Vicki Lansky
Divorce: 10 Things I Learned
by Vicki Lansky

For anyone who hasn't been divorced, trust me, divorce is never what you imagine it to be. Here are a few insights that may save you a trip to court, or at the very least, give you some idea of what may lie ahead. Everything listed here might not apply to everybody. There will always be exceptions to every rule, but it covers most of us.

1. It takes longer to get your divorce behind you than you think, or can allow yourself to beli ...
Author: Joan Bramsch
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The Boss Knows All And Is Everywhere
One day I was having a conversation with Kevin, one of the people
that works for me. Kevin is an excellent employee who is doing
very well, and I just had taken a minute to tell him he had done
a good job on something. I feel it's very important to let people
know when they have done something good (even more important than
catching them doing wrong things).

Kevin thanked me and turned back to setting up a computer. I
paused, then asked him if he'd fixed Lori's system ye ...
Author: Richard Lowe
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Do You Practice Active Decision Making?
Many years ago when I was young and callow, I received
an invitation to attend a 'Decision-Makers' conference.
Trouble was, I couldn't make up my mind whether to go
or not. I didn't.

As the French proverb says, "Between two stools, you
sit on the floor."

Like a great many people before and after me, I had to
learn the hard way to actively take control of my life.
Prevarication is a poor master, but one that will rule
you with a rod of iron if you don't chose to ...
Author: Martin Avis
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The Four Work Stresses of Christmas
It is December 14th, but the plants in my garden would
hardly let you believe it. Geraniums are still in
flower, roses are still blooming and my magnolia tree
has yet to lose a single leaf. London may be basking in
peculiarly unseasonal weather, but Christmas is nearly
upon us.

'At Christmas I no more desire a rose
Than wish a snow in May's newfangled mirth;
But like of each thing that in season grows.'
> Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Love's Labour Lost

Chri ...
Author: Martin Avis
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HOW TO MAKE A MILLION - THINK LIKE A MILLIONAIRE**

We hope that the following article may be
informative and/or helpful for your e-zine, or
on your web site. Craig Lock's other articles
(internet marketing, self help, writing and
money) are available at:

http://www.bridgeniche.com/ebooks/Ebooks.htm

Please feel free to publish them in your ezine
or web site.

HOW TO MAKE A MILLION - THINK LIKE A MILLIONAIRE**

by Craig Lock

"Money can't buy you happiness. But it helps you to be
misera ...
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10 Tips for More Effective Time Management
If you're going to take control of YOUR life and make it
great, you'll need to start by taking control of your time.
Time management is foundational to succeeding in any area
of life. In the words of "the father of management theory"
Peter Drucker, "until we can manage TIME, we can manage
nothing else."

An entire industry has been born out of the need to better
manage our time. You can buy leather bound planners, fancy
software packages, books, tapes and hand-held com ...
Author: Michael Pollock
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Network Your Way To The Top
How would you like to have a fan club filled with people who know, like,
trust and respect you? People who have a very clear understanding of what
you do and exactly the kind of client you are looking for. People who will
actually go out and find clients for you, and, best of all, they№ll never
charge you a cent!. Sound like a fantasy? It№s not. It№s all
possible...if you know how to network.

So what exactly is networking? If you look at the word іnetwork,І you№ll
notice ...
Author: Leni Chauvin
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Corporate Survival... How to manage yourself in the political playing field!
In my first corporate job, I had high expectations that promotions were
based on a solid work ethic and quality production. I wanted to aim for the
top and make it happen. Unfortunately, my ideas of corporate environment
were inaccurate. As a grunt, an engineer, and a manager, the games, turf
wars, and political thrashings taught me numerous incredible lessons. In
the end, I made it to where I wanted to be, but not without bruises,
scrapes, and experience.

Now, people co ...
Author: Edward B. Toupin
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Crucial v Not Crucial
We all have "too much to do". True? Sure 'nuf. And that says
a lot of good things about you. That you have "too much to
do" suggests that a lot of people have entrusted much
confidence in you. I mean, people who are drifting about
early each afternoon begging co-workers for something to do,
may not have earned that confidence from others. And this
applies not only in our work lives but in our personal lives
as well.

But this creates a double-edged sword. On the one ha ...
Author: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore
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MORE TIME
Time is the great equalizer for all of us. We all have 24
hours in a day, 7 days a week, yielding 168 hours per week.
Take out 56 hours for sleep (we do spend about a third of
our week dead) and we are down to 112 hours to achieve all
the results we desire. We cannot save time (ever have any
time left over on a Sunday night that you could lop over to
the next week?), it can only be spent. And there's only two
ways to spend our time: we can spend it wisely, or, not so
wise ...
Author: Dr. Donald E. Wetmor
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SOME TIME SAVERS #2
In my Time Management seminars, which I have conducted for
more than 100,000 people from around the globe, I show
people how to get more done in less time, with less stress;
to help them have more time for the things they want to do
in their work and personal lives.

If you can recapture a wasted hour here and there and
redirect it to a more productive use, you can make great
increases in your daily productivity and the quality of your
life.

Here are five of the ...
Author: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore
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SOME TIME SAVERS
In my Time Management seminars which have conducted for more
than 100,000 people from around the globe, I show people how
to get more done in less time, with less stress; to help
them have more time for the things they want to do in their
work and business lives.

If you can recapture a wasted hour here and there and
redirect it to a more productive use, you can make great
increases in your daily productivity.

Here are five of the techniques I share in our Time
...
Author: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore
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Three Steps for Positive Goal Setting
As I conduct my Time Management Seminars all over, my audiences consistently
tell me they want more out of life. Almost everyone I speak with has a
yearning for improving several aspects of their lives. They have dreams and
goals about their future as yet unrealized.

Many come to the end in life with those visions unrealized, pictures in
their minds only.

Achieving goals helps us to get the "want to's in our lives. Life ought to
be more than just achieving the "have ...
Author: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore
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THE SEVEN STEPS TO ABUNDANCE
Here are my thoughts and steps on how to to "design a life"
..instead of been blown about by the winds of life (like a
paper bag), or the currents, like a jelly-fish. Enough similes!

1.Find the VISION. Unless you know where you're going,
you are unlikely to get there. Any place where you are is
a good place to start.

Ask yourself:

What activities have you most enjoyed in the last 10
years?

What is fun? What do you treasure?

What do you most ...
Author: Craig Lock
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Take Control of Your Time and Take Control of Your Life
If you're ever going to take control of your life
and make it grand, you'll need to start by taking
control of your time. Without question, effective
time management is fundamental to succeeding in any
area of life. In fact, it is often the main difference
between life's achievers and those who, although
always busy, never get anywhere.

Not surprisingly, an entire industry has been created
out of the need to better manage our time. But if you
look a little ...
Author: Archie R. Lawhorne
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Traffic… Sales… and Headachy Emails
Not since the phrase "Go West Young Man!" has there
been as much promise of wealth and riches for anyone brave
enough to explore this new frontier, the Internet. With this
new wave of technology anyone can open up a virtual store
and sell their products and services around the clock with
the entire world as their potential clientele. The Internet
is everyone's dream come true!

There's only one problem. No one told you about the
endless, sleepless nights of desi ...
Author: Brigitte Synesael
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Affiliate Business : Ten Things for Your Success
While it can be quite easy to start an online business, not all people make a success. How then successful business man/woman could make it? Every successful business has its own story, however, there are some common factors that make a business hard to let down.

Here is ten checklists that help you to be successful.

1. Set a goal

Without a goal, a success is driven just by chance and it's very low. Your ultimate goal is generating substantial income from your site. B ...
Author: Ryen Kim
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MLM leads for network marketing
MLM leads for network marketing

MLM leads

Finding mlm leads for network market can be a real daunting and difficult task. The leads business is filled with efficacy difficulties, stinkers and whatever else you can imagine. When you find a source you want to consider using it's best to get a sample if at all possible. Do a testing of these mlm leads for network marketing before placing a larger order an order.

The testing can at least help determine deliverability and file du ...
Author: Rolf Rasmusson
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