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Tuesday Decmber 4, 2007
On Giving
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer.
—Sa’Di
FYI - Today is Extraordinary Work Team Recognition Day.
This day was created to recognize business teams that work extraordinarily well together, producing significant results/accomplishments for their company or organization. For more information, browse www.qpcteam.com.
Health & Fitness
Dieting doubles risk of smoking in girls.
A University of Florida study of 8,000 adolescents found that dieting seems to double the risk that teenage girls will start smoking. Researchers did not find the same link in boys, however. Boys were also less likely to start dieting in the first place.
Researchers wanted to see if dieting affected the initiation of smoking, and so they looked at teens who were beginning to diet, but were not yet smokers.
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Self Growth
Get rid of the fancy talk.
Often people use “fancy talk” because they want to be seen as smart or in charge.
But unfortunately, the smarter we try to sound, the more we end up with tired, bureaucratic speech or writing. According to Princeton Review’s Grammar Smart, below are a few words you should avoid using.
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Wealth Building
A couple of hundred thousand will get you…
Want to hire a celebrity speaker or entertainer for your event? According to the All American Speakers Web site, you’ll pay a pretty penny for some of the big names.
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Sales Skills
Try these tips to save time.
Need to run a tighter ship so you can have a little more leisure time? These days that’s a pretty common problem and goal. People work more hours and are spread pretty thin. But don’t despair.
Here are a few time management tips from Worklifebalance.com’s (www.worklifebalance.com) CEO Jim Bird:
• Use a daily planner. Electronic or paper, it doesn’t matter. Choose one that gives you at least on page per day, and then make sure you always keep it with you. Jot down your commitments as you go.
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Marketing
How to Increase Your Online Sales.
Many exceptional sales professionals say there is one key success factor that distinguishes good marketers from others. That secret technique is to have a persistent and consistent follow-up.
This may sound obvious for any business, both online or offline, but still many people are not doing this. The ability to follow up with your customers and communicate with them on a regular basis is key. But how can you know who are the people who visit your website and how can you follow up with them? There are two small pieces of information that you need to collect from your visitors: first name and e-mail address.
Rad Full Story - Increasing Online Sales >>>
Real Estate
Buying Real Estate Property in Today’s World.
Starting a home-based business of buying and selling houses for profit can be a huge success should you take the proper steps to get started. It is possible to start buying houses for just a little money and within a few days.
You do not need perfect credit and a lot of cash to get started in buying and selling real estate. You also do not need a real estate license in this business.
Here are the beginning methods behind almost all starting real estate investors who use little or no money to get started buying properties:
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Business Strategies
Are you a delegator?
Do you worry about protecting your own turf as a manager? According to James E. Neal Jr. in Job Survival Strategies: A Guide for Turbulent Times, you’re not alone.
Many managers fear upper management might realize that lower paid employees can handle at least some of what is entrusted to middle managers.
Neal provides more reasons managers don’t delegate:
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On the Lighter Side…
Some things we must do alone.
Once there was a monk who had studied Zen for many years but had been unable to discover any secrets through his efforts. The monk began to lose heart and question whether there really was anything to discover or learn after all. He was very discouraged. One day he was sent on an errand to a distant city that he reckoned would take him at least six months to complete. He feared that making the trip would be a hindrance to his studies and prevent even the possibility of experiencing a breakthrough and discovering some great truth that remained hidden from him.
He shared his anxieties with a fellow monk, who said, “There is no reason you cannot continue your meditation while you travel. Friend, I will go with you and give you help in every way I can.”
One evening while they were traveling together the monk who was seeking the answers to the mysteries of life said to his friend, “Can you not help me with finding these answers?”
“Friend, I am willing to help you in any way I can, but there are some things I cannot help you with; these things you must look after yourself.”
“What are these things I must find out?” the discouraged monk implored.
“For instance,” the sympathetic monk said, “When you are hungry or thirsty, my eating of food or drinking will not fill your stomach; you must eat and drink for yourself. No one else can satisfy your needs for these things but yourself.”
The words of the sympathetic monk opened the mind of the discouraged monk, and he was overjoyed. The sympathetic monk looked at his friend and said, “My work is done here,” and he left the other to continue on his journey alone.
While we all want, need and deserve help along the way, some things we simply have to do for ourselves.
—adapted from An Introduction to Zen Buddhism, by D.T. Suzuki
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