3 Tips To Creating A Business Your Clients Will Love
Posted by Annie Jennings | Filed under Business
Want to be the one everyone wants to work with? Want to be the #1 “go to” person or expert in your topic area? No problem. Start with a good publicity and promotion strategy. Give yourself the opportunity to reach out to your target market People love to work with people they feel they know already, they love to work with businesses that treat them fairly and they love to work with people they trust. And it’s easy to create a strong business that delivers these there elements of know, love and trust. But most of all, your business strategy should come from your heart.
You can reach out to your target market and community using publicity and promotion strategies to create a consistent presence. Publicity includes getting your local newspaper to cover you or your business, you can sponsor local and community events, you can compile and email list of customers and email coupons, articles and event special tips that are especially relevant. You can also get on your local radio shows as a guest and keep in mind that TV appearances are very influential.
Treat each client fairly and with respect. You will soon earn a reputation of being a good solid business. Never underestimate the power of word of mouth both good and bad. The more your clients love you because of their great experience with you, the more people they will tell. When they are asked about working with you or buying your products they will have great things to say about you. However, the reserve is true with a bad experience. You can be sure they will tell everyone about the horrible thing that happened to them. So, take good care of your customers and be sure every aspect of your business model supports treating your customers like royalty.
Educate your clients with additional services that can help them make choices for themselves. Remember, the days of selling snake oil are over. You have to offer products or services that deliver the outcome for your client. No one likes the hard sell and it makes them not trust you. Adopt a philosophy and be consistent in your messages to your marketing. Keep your publicity, promotion and marketing strong, creative, message oriented and again, consistent.
Experience outstanding success in your business by including the principles of solid strategy along with customer appreciation. If your clients know, love and trust you, they will happily use your services and refer you to others.
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Marketing And Publicity Tips For Self Promotion
Posted by Gloria Jennings | Filed under Self Improvement
Writers want their work to be read by many; it will mean that they can keep on writing for a living and not as a side-line. Starting out is always hard for any first-time writer. You do not know what to do or how best to market your work. You will probably not be able to afford a high-quality, big city P. R. Firm to do your marketing for you. You may not even have an agent. So how do you get your work known?
Many authors have had the smart idea of writing books about how to promote their books. They are serving their own needs by catering to others just like them. Some books are better than others and some may be just scams. However, you should look at what these authors are doing to get their books bought in the first place. They use new technology which can be free. Use the internet. Create fan sites. Try to link yourself up with as many search engines and online retailers as you can.
Authors living in rural areas may actually sell more copies. It is nothing for someone from New York city to write a book and be published. Hundreds do it every week. But when you are from a small village in New England, people in your area will pay attention. You will get interviewed on local channels and by local papers. Use all of these opportunities, especially because it costs you nothing. Being a mysterious, reclusive writer should be saved for once you have actually become well-known. Then you can pick and choose your public appearances.
That said, keep a little mystery around you and be very aware of your own appearance. You are selling both your book and yourself. If you are dumpy or trashy looking, do not speak articulately, tell dumb jokes, or reveal everything about your book during an interview, who is going to want to buy your novel?
You must play on everyone’s memories of you. Talk about the town’s influence on your writing, or your high school, or other local celebrities in order to give a place pride. Be humble. Remember that people will know your parents or remember you from school and will be eager to see what you have done.
You cannot be shy when it comes to advertising. Do absolutely anything you can (without making a negative impression of yourself). Do commercials, be in local magazines, even put up fliers yourself. You must be a business person. Sign autographs at a local book store. Make deals with companies who promote you and give them a cut of books they help you sell. You goal is to climb to the next tier of celebrity and then the next, as selling your book is your livelihood.
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The Relationship Between Leadership And Success
Posted by Mandy Swift | Filed under Self Improvement
Leadership demands respect, and respect has nothing to do with ‘like’. It took me a long time to realize that ‘respect’ does not have to go hand in hand with ‘like’ and, similarly, ‘leadership’ does not have to go hand in hand with ‘telling people how to do something’. Rather, it has everything to do with empowering them to do things for themselves.
To be a leader, we need to first start respecting ourselves. We need to are absolute best at home and at work and give both of them the level of respect that they deserve. Quite simply, we can not expect respect from others if we don’t respect ourselves.
As a child, we naturally assume that our parents will be our leaders. At school, we look to our teachers to be leaders. As adults, in every single one of our daily transactions, there is an expectation of leadership from one person or another.
We expect the boss to lead the company. We expect the shop assistant to lead us through our purchasing decisions. We expect the bank clerk to explain the state of our finances and to lead us through our financial transactions.
Every day we expect leadership in others. What then of the leadership we expect from ourselves? If we expect those around us to be in leadership for us, shouldn’t we shoulder some of the responsibility of leadership too? Shouldn’t we expect ourselves to also be a role model?
So, the next time you find yourself getting frustrated whilst standing in line at the bank, or cussing the traffic warden for leaving a ticket on your car, ask yourself this - Are you a good leader for others in every area of your life every single day?
If you are a good leader, congratulations, I have no doubts that your life and your business are thriving at the moment. But if not, before you point and accuse other people, remember that every time we point a finger, three more are pointing back at us.
This article was edited and distributed by Mark Walters on behalf of Mandy Swift, who was the original author. Learn More : Success Strategies
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Mental Stress Management: Self-Hypnosis
Posted by Eddy Kong | Filed under Self Improvement
No one in this earth has never experienced stress. Nothing is exempted from it. Animals are no strangers to stress. We humans live more complex lives. We encounter a lot of events that cause us stress. Some of these events, such as traffic, can be avoided. Some events, such as the current economic crisis, cannot be avoided. There is nothing we can do when we are hit hard by fate. The only thing we can do is take it and adapt. For those that are new to situations like these, it can get very stressful.
Stress has wreaked much havoc to people’s lives. Their health, career, relationships, family, and even their future are affected. But stress is not always a bad thing. It can also have a positive effect on a person. A little amount of stress can motivate us to do or finish the things that are asked of us. When stress causes a person to break down, then this means that the stress has been too much for that person to handle. This can also cause physical, psychological, emotional, and behavioral damage.
If you let stress take over you, it will ruin your life. There are a lot of ways to effectively manage stress. One is to go to your doctor for advice and medications. You can also read books containing techniques on how to manage anger naturally. We can try other alternatives because we all know that frequent visits to the doctor or psychiatrist can take its toll on us financially. Prolonged use of medications can also yield some undesirable side effects. Going natural can be a great alternative. All you have to do is to learn how to do it and you don’t have to worry about the side effects.
One natural way to manage stress is self-hypnosis. It is the act of putting yourself in a trance to be open to suggestion. Basically, a hypnotist will put you in a state of trance. It is an effective stress management technique because it works through the unconscious mind. It is also used for quitting smoking, drinking, and drugs. It can also be, and is, used for people who want to lose weight.
It is done by hypnotizing one’s self and using the power of suggestion. It can be done by anyone who has a stable state of mind except for children and people who are mentally disabled. With hypnosis you can gain control of the areas in yourself that you have no control of in your normal state of mind. It is also used to control pain, because pain cannot be controlled in your normal state of mind, with hypnosis it can be controlled and cannot be felt by a person who is hypnotized and under the state of trance.
Eddy Kong, certified behavioral consultant (USA) used to be always under stress. Just 5 years ago, he was exposed to behavioral handlement and has discovered many techniques to handle stress effectively. For more detailed information on mental stress handlement, be sure to go to http://www.managingstresssecrets.com, and get your FREE 10-day mini-ecourse immediately.
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One’s Body Yearns For Wholefood - One’s Soul Aches For A Whole Life
Posted by Masami Sato | Filed under Business
As the age old adage says, health is wealth. Here we are speaking about soul’s wealth. Nutritious food is good for one’s health because body can absorb its essence - it is ditto with our life. When we espouse life in its entirety, enjoying all the impressions and sensations in it, our soul will be able to take in its ‘quintessence’, coming to terms with the core of our existence, and helping us to live our lives to the highest. Masami Sato shares the mystery of living a complete life in this excerpt from her latest book, ONE.
Why is it many of us (in fact, most of us) occasionally experience some kind of empty feeling in our life? It is like being hungry. When we eat, we feel satisfied and become less interested in food. But as some time passes, we get hungry again. Then all of a sudden we feel so attracted to the smell and thought of food. We can also feel some kind of hunger when we are not even physically hungry-just after eating something. Some of us stay being hungry all the time.
Persistent emotional thirst is not the happiest feeling to have. Then how can we live our lives to the brim? How can we be more contented enduringly?
Maybe the answer is straightforward: just live our lives fully. The word ‘full’ holds the meaning of entirety. Then the secret to live a life in entirety is only to live it fully.
Let us commence by looking at a sample of this ‘fullness’ with something very close to our heart - our stomach.
Whole Food VS Semi Food
We are familiar with the word ‘whole food.’ It is said that consuming whole food is the secret to the health and fitness we need. What has whole food got more than ‘part food?’
A whole grain for example has a life. So, if you soak the whole grain in water, drain the next day and leave for a few days, it sprouts. It has a life of its own. When we eat such food, our body absorbs the full live nutrients. It has all the properties to cleanse, heal and nurture different body cells.
And just like the example of a grain, most traditional eating includes eating whole animals as well. Eating whole fresh fish used to be more common than taking a part of fish and throwing the rest away. It was the same for meat and the same for vegetables.
‘Half food’ sometimes has more sweetness and flavour but not much other nutrition. We like its taste, but we could develop a long-term illness if we only ate ‘half food’ every day of our life.
So, to make up for the missing half, we began to take nutritional supplements. We have been trying and researching for pretty long to find the perfect equilibrium. It gets more and more difficult as we slice the food up, add preservatives and transport, and even try to supplement with other parts coming from various sources, places and seasons. Some of the nutrients are not even from natural resources. They are synthetically generated. After it is tested and analysed, it is approved for man’s consumption. But however hard we try, we cannot merge the ‘bits’ from different sources to make it alive.
Semi Life-’Sweetness’ of Life
So, if we perceive our life now, much of what we are doing can be similar to eating the ‘part food.’ Just enjoying the sugariness of life but jettisoning the real nutritious part. And if we put our ‘part life’ in water with other pieces and left it in the sunlight, could it germinate and grow into a beautiful complete life?
Whole food is not (as some people view it) insipid. It is in reality very tasty if prepared expertly. But as the demand is minimal, it has become costly. It will in fact prove to be cheaper in the long run though, as we will not have to spend on medicines later on. When more people will opt to have it, it will normally become less costly because it is a simple food with little wastage and processing.
Our life is very similar. When we only value the ’sugariness’, and cast out the rest as litter because we don’t perceive its value, we may be throwing out the most important portion. And what we jettison could have the biggest power for the endorsement of our life and our financial health. It also takes more strength and resources to cast it out. Better still, that which is thrown away comes free.
So, what is that we are not looking at?
Think of a life where we didn’t actually sense we were missing anything there.
The secret is right here. The secret of a complete life.
Whole Life-The Complete Life
When it is ‘full’, it does not matter how big the full is. It can spread out all at once. It can still have within it all the components to uphold itself as a complete living thing. Once it develops to a given size, it can continue to live without some portions of it. Like plants can remain alive after birds feed on a little of it or trees survive even after losing their leaves. But if we ignore the equilibrium for a pretty long time, finally it can lead to a deadly disproportion. Then it might become too difficult to revert to normalcy.
We don’t have to go back to the Stone Age to find the wholeness. Wholeness exists right now. All we need do is look closely; look closely enough to really see.
When we start seeing our life as a whole and stop throwing away what nourishes our life the most, we start feeling more and more fulfilled without looking for ‘things’ to fill holes and dents of our life. Everything finally falls into place. We now understand the mechanism of our world in a very different way.
Yes, it is now time to discover how we can fashion (and perceive) this equation consistently and affordably.
The actual enriching part of our life is what makes us feel fine deep inside. It is like that portion of food that makes us hale and hearty in the final tally. Sensations we experience in our daily life are the real answer to our lasting joy. And there are sensations that make us feel more full.
The smiles we see when we give acknowledgements to others. The joy we feel when we give gifts to others. The love we feel when we see our children being happy. The inspirations we receive when we feel our life is full of meaning
Let us internalize these moments of our life totally and relish the flavour of our entire life. Then we will perceive how it is not so imperative to constantly fill our heart (and tummy!) with physical indulgences - those types of things that only increase our cravings afterwards.
We can actually experience this delight, thankfulness and affection in order to sense life as a whole at any minute irrespective of the circumstances. It is not about what we perceive, what we are told or how we act that conclude our life as a whole. It is about what we ‘opt to’ feel about our life.
Yes, our life indeed is already absolute.
When we begin acting based on this awareness, we can have real mastery over the balance creation - lasting physical wellbeing, riches, nourishing bond and joy.
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A New Perspective On Tithing
Posted by David Anttony | Filed under Business
Chronicle of Tithing
The origins of tithing can be found in the Bible, yet many Christians and non-Christians alike, practice some form of tithing today.
Tithe is a traditionally a Christian term that means to contribute one tenth of your income to charity or to your Church as a form of Chrch giving. However it has similarities with practices in other religious cultures. In Islam it is called ‘Zakat’. In India the Sikh religion also provides for such practice called ‘Dasvandh’ meaning one-tenth part of income to be devoted for religious purposes. Tenth Master Guru Gobind Singh started this practice. In Classical Indian society the Upanisads and the Bhagavadgita commend ‘true alms’ given with a sense of duty in a fit place and at a fit time to a deserving person from whom one expects nothing in return.
The word tithe derives from the Hebrew word ‘asair’, which means to donate one-tenth portion of something, mostly a person’s earnings. Nowadays tithes or tithing is optional and is given in cash. Still, in some European countries church can demand tithing and thus make it enforceable by law.
Denmark is an example where members of the Church of Denmark pay a church tax, which varies between municipalities. The tax is generally around 1% of the taxable income. And in Finland members of state churches pay a church tax of between 1% and 2.25% of income and the Church taxes are integrated into the common national taxation system.
Anyway the custom of regular tithes was not instituted until after Exodus. Tithes were popular all across the Near East in olden days, as well as in later Lydia, Carthage and Arabia.
The Hebrew habit of tithing is recorded in the Bible, the first mention being the gift from Abraham to the Canaanite priest and king Melchizedek (Genesis–:20). Ancient Arabia, Lydia and Carthage were places where the custom of tithes existed. Tithing was implemented by the early Christian church, and had found mention in councils at Macon in 585 and at Tours in 567. They were granted formal recognition during the time of Pope Adrian I in 787.
Tithing in some Christian churches is controversial because it applies an Old Testament process to a New Testament organisation (the Church). No evidence exists in the New Testament for the tithe to be applied to Christians. Indeed, only Jews living in the promised land were required to pay the tithe in the Old Testament, as it was actually a form of income tax used to support not only the government of Old Testament Israel, but also the temple and the priesthood.
Modern day Tithing
Despite it’s origins in the Bible and ancient Christianity, today it is a special way to give every time you receive. Giving EVERY time you receive is such a powerful form of giving because it allows the giver to experience something incredibly powerful - more on that later.
Let us have a little more of history. Malachi 3:10 is the section of the Bible that Christians hold in importance when they deliberate on tithing. Many Christians do tithe to their church as they feel that they are duty bound to do as per the rules of the Bible. Many Churches have all throughout maintained that their members should tithe to the church to help it conduct its activities. The core of giving is its voluntary nature and its delightful experience, without which it does not get its ideal effect - if in fact you are hoping to create an ideal effect by giving.
Conflicting Views about Tithing
Tithing has often been a disputed issue. The subject of should a Christian pay tithe is often brought up in many Christian get-togethers.
In a Wall Street Journal article about tithing titled ‘The Backlash Against Tithing’, Suzanne Sataline writes, ‘As Churches push donations, congregants balk; ‘that’s not the way God works’.’
Regrettably, the different ideological perspectives, desire to dominate, and a narrow outlook, can lead to a Jekyll and Hyde scenario - the pure goodness of giving being lost in the fog and misinterpretation of religion. In spite of the disputes, tithing is still a fully and marvellously powerful act that any person can do to turn around their lives to face a fuller pathway.
For those who are interested in finding out more about a Christian perspective in tithing there are plenty of materials to go through. For those who are keen on knowing the reason WHY tithing is so compelling, what follows will be useful.
Why is Tithing so amazing?
This is indeed a very forceful question because if you just heedlessly take a certain path without considering what the whole process entails you may be advancing on the wrong road.
If more people who are in the habit of tithing knew exactly why it works when done with the feeling of total giving, then it is likely to make people eager to give even more. And for those who do it intermittently, it could encourage them to give first every time they are in receipt of something.
To see the actual ‘why’ of how proper gifting gives rise to more we have to learn something about Quantum Physics and Quantum Mechanics. The rules that govern these disciplines are unlike those in our physical or Newtonian world.
The film ‘What the Bleep’ explains the quantum world through examples that can be understood by the layman. The link below explains things about how matter turns into waves and acts like fluids when viewed through a quantum physics lens: http://video.yahoo.com/watch/1349535/4653525.
The film portrays a wonderful world seen from a quantum space. When a beam of electrons is shot through an opening in a plate onto a wall - as is expected, it would hit in a straight line on the flat surface just opposite the opening.
If the experiment is conducted by using an energy wave that reacts the way a water wave does, one gets a foreseeable result. As the wave strikes the plate it rebounds off the plate but where there is the opening, a part of the wave goes across through the opening. Coming out of the other side of the opening, the surging water moves out in the pattern of an arc, resulting in a new wave just as in the old laboratory tests done in schools in analysing wave patterns. As the surge of water strikes the wall across, it will have maximum force in the middle straight opposite the opening and will have lesser force all across the wall. This is exactly like the line the electrons make.
If one more cut is made in the plate and a wave sent through, the result would again be foreseeable - two lesser waves would emerge through the cuts and when these come into contact with each other, they would stop being separate and would give rise to an interference pattern. Many small waves would then strike against the wall opposite producing a stripped effect. All these are normal behavioural patterns as far as wave energy is concerned and so fully expected.
Now this is where the quantum experiment gets interesting. With the two slits in place if electrons were fired at the plate we would expect to see two lines to be created on the wall. But guess what - instead a stripped affect appears - an interference pattern is created! This is totally unexpected. Somehow the matter had changed into a wave. You would think that electrons were bouncing off each other creating a wave; so then if you fired the electrons one at a time and then see what happens. The result is the same! This can only happen if the electrons leave as a single particle, splits into a wave of potentials when it hits the plate, passes through both splits and then interferes with itself on the other side of the plate. This is simply amazing - matter behaving like a wave - or solid behaving like a liquid. Maybe the world is different to what we think it is after all!
Though the world that we live in appears to be hard and solid, it is perhaps possible that in reality we are living in a place that has more properties of a fluid - liquid energy or persistent movement of a fluid, which reacts more like the fluids in our material world. According to the rules of physics, similar fluids have a tendency to congregate, while those with dissimilar properties tend to diverge and remain separate. A typical example of this is oil and water. Chromatography explains how a single substance can break up into its individual components in clear bands the way groups of people break up into smaller ones with common interests, potencies or aims.
The secret of it all is that when we give we feel delighted and know utmost joy. As a donor we get the best of gifts, which is the gift of contentment. Often we think that it is the one who gets a gift that gets the thing and thus overlook the fact that the giver is the real getter. If anybody is in doubt about this equation, then look at yourself with kids around and observe how intently you feel when you give to them and how much you enjoy irrespective of how they respond.
When we appreciate that we are actually giving to ourselves when we give and that we do this because we want to feel satisfied then we have an answer. This answer unlocks the door of cognizance to giving. And when we give again and again the impetus builds up just like a swelling wave that grows larger the more we put in to it with our idea of our bountifulness.
The fact that we feel joyful when we give changes our energy literally - we feel better and in that moment we are more attractive to other people. Have you experienced someone on the street selling something that you don’t want such as tissues and normally you do not buy, but one day you do and the only reason why is because the person is happy and smiling? You may have experienced the same with buskers playing music on the street.
A contended individual radiates a natural magnetism that draws others to him and in doing so he enriches himself. It is clear-cut. They pull towards them both those who are desirous of experiencing that feeling as well as those who have already known the richness of it.
Similar to water and oil, givers and non-givers tend to collect together in different places. And the greatest place to get something is a place where givers come together! But of course you will be allowed entry into that group only if you are ready to give! Givers relish to give to those who love to give.
We may be able to look at quantum physics for resolving things, but these are very much in front of us all the time. Alike attracts alike - right. See what is going on all over the world. Lions like to be with lions, students like to be with students, women prefer the company of women, guys like other guys, ‘poor’ people prefer to be with ‘poor’ people and ‘rich’ people like to form groups with ‘rich’ people. And yes - givers like to make friends with givers.
So those who give out of remorse cannot benefit from it - it will only help in attracting to him others with similar guilt complexes who are not able to sense joy or ecstasy. Guilt is very close to anger in the ladder of negative emotions; for those who give out of a sense of self-reproach anger might be their next step in understanding things. Joy is very near the pinnacle of human sensations - you can graduate from there only to love - something that everyone is trying to do.
So when you start giving you are two steps away from love - pretty amazing to think that isn’t it. Especially seeing most people are desperately seeking love. Now we know the answer is simple - go get giving! And of course giving money is just a small part of giving - giving in general will create a space of joy for us, no matter how ’small’.
There is also a mental aspect to giving steadily. Even though at first this facet of it may not seem related to the feeling of happiness - in the end it right away brings us into contact with the supreme experience of joy.
When we share an item with someone - particularly something that we ourselves do not possess in abundance - we are sending a persuasive communication to our own brain that life is trustworthy. When we give something and later analyse the act we are connecting with the trust. The converse of trust is terror. So again, a group of terrified people are not likely to be happy and fine and so no one would find them appealing. On the other hand, a gathering of trustful people would themselves be happy and would attract many others to share their perfection. So finally when we believe the belief gets transformed into happiness and again we are very near to love - the most important thing that all of us are searching for.
The sum and substance of what has been ignored for years is fully in front of us for anyone to bond with in finely. For Christmas my son got a good amount of money. I queried him as to what he planned to do with all that money. He replied that he wanted to set aside almost whole of it. Then I enquired how much of it he would like to give to someone. It was something that he had not even taken into account until I introduced the idea. What would be the result if upon receiving anything our first consideration was to give away part of it - do you think we would know delight in abundance?
Transaction based donating - or transaction based benevolence
This leads us to the power of transactional giving. Many businesses give when they have lots of money. When they have little they tend not to give. Because of this their potential levels of joy are always go up and down based on the market trends - they have no control. But those who give EVERY time they receive are in control and connected with their experience of joy regularly.
Transactional giving rather than lump sum giving is tied into the business profit cycle so it is a ‘no-brainer’ way of giving. Now every time you receive something you give something - simple. If you have a slow month you still give, but less based on sales. And as your business booms you can give more.
A key factor of transaction based venture is that a person can celebrate the joy of giving mutually with everyone involved - clientele/commune - personnel - and venture itself. A customer knows that when he buys from a business he is giving without having to expend anything other than the time to select and buy from that outlet he experiences the power of giving - reason for the conventional CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility, to change instantly to Customer Social Responsibility, with the ability of the customer to effectively respond to the sharing by valuing the venture and have that added sensitive though subtle reason, for opting to do business with the venture.
Members of the staff also get a chance to participate in the pleasure because every time they are part of making a sale, they know full well that they had their role in giving something to someone who needed that help. The event generates a strong sense of camaraderie within the team that promotes team spirit and motivates the team members.
Any venture, even a completely new one with no profit margin, can manage Buy1GIVE1 transaction-based giving - there are no problems in every sense to be part of it and everything is controlled by the business. The payment amount per deal begins from as low as one cent and rises to any large amount the person can decide with every business left to choose their own type of gifting and providing to sustain on the basis of their business type and success. There is simply no justification not to give in this manner when the advantages that ensue from giving are so many. Enterprises that are presently giving to a cause can easily change over very promptly and effortlessly to Buy1GIVE1 transaction-based giving while still helping the same cause giving additional substantial benefits to the venture.
When the game is over business -based giving is a present day form of tithing that is practical and possible for anyone, at any place. Now that we realise that it is not about the actual money that we give such as a tenth of the income, but only the fact that we are gifting it that makes the change. When we enter the fraternity of donors we move into a special and fortunate world that only those who give to others are allowed to enter. And unless you start giving today itself, you just may not start doing it and might never will till you start. So begin today.
‘We’re not here to gift in order ‘to take.’ We want more to be able to give more.
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When Making Dreams Come True Is As Easy As Brushing Our Teeth
Posted by Masami Sato | Filed under Home & Family
Can’t making dreams come true be just as easy? Can’t we free ourselves of our doubts? Is it not possible? How can we do it in a way so that it looks as easy as brushing our teeth? This is an excerpt form the book named ONE by Masami Sato and it shows how it can be done step-by-step, getting one ready to start walking towards one’s dreams today.
All of us have dreams. But all of us do not have faith in ourselves so that we can have those dreams and live them in our lifetime. In fact, the secret to have such assuredness is simple. And the reason why we hesitate so much is also straightforward.
Let us start with the first question that can be asked to us..
Why don’t we do the things we want to do?
Our thoughts usually stop us from acting. Sometimes the more we think about something, the less we become committed to achieve what we set out to do in the first place. Because the more we think about it, we tend to come up with more and more reasons for not doing it.
Then is it possible that one can be certain that one will definitely accomplish what one wants to do in his life?
Yes, definitely! For a start, let us look at the power of habits..
If we are scheduled to go to a meeting tomorrow night, we wouldn’t spend lots of time thinking whether we can get there or not. We wouldn’t be concerned about the chance of having a car accident and missing the appointment. Just like when we are walking to the bathroom, we wouldn’t worry that the toilet might be broken!
We have so much more certainty about these types of ‘normal’ actions we take every day. They’re habits.
However, we are doubtful about our dreams
Interestingly, there are so many things we are not so sure about. Especially the things we really want to do in our life - our Dreams!
Then, what is the secret for the conviction that we will accomplish our dreams?
First: Simply make it a daily habit!
We can get started by being more confident about our acts meant to meet our desires - the type of dreams that actually fosters our life.
So, for example, if your dream is to give and contribute to society and giving is a key desire in your life, there is no reason to doubt that it’s possible for you to contribute to others. It can just become one of your daily habits.
Second: Try to make it as important (and as much easy) as brushing teeth..
Making a dream come true can be just like cleaning the teeth. It gives a very uncomfortable feeling if teeth are not brushed for a long time, isn’t it? Nobody spends hours thinking which brand of toothpaste to use or postpone brushing till there is some specific need to show clean teeth. We feel ill at ease with teeth that are not clean. So we just clean them. It is as simple as that.
Back to our example, if giving is our utmost desire, then we need to ask ourselves these questions: What if giving actually was as important as brushing our teeth? What if it makes us feel good? And what if it kept our life healthy?
No matter how much or little we perceive we have right now, we really can start giving and sharing today. So no matter how seemingly impossible it is to achieve our dreams, we can start walking towards them today. We can if we see it as something important, a top priority that we should do every day! Then we won’t feel comfortable if we don’t do it. Just like brushing our teeth.
and Third: Give first, then we will get
When we give first before we actually fully have what we really want - what we dream of - we send a very powerful message to ourselves that says, “there is enough, and more will come”. It allows us to experience the joy today - the joy of giving.
If you want to be rich, be generous. And you’ll be blessed with abundance. If you want to be superbly intelligent, don’t be afraid to teach others. And you’ll know more. If you want to give, just give selflessly. Do not attach any expectation of return. Just let go. And joy will automatically be rewarded to you. The simple joy of giving.
So do not be hesitant to dole out and share what you have, for it will not prevent you from achieving your purpose, whatever it is. It will only help you to realise your dreams more easily. And your journey through that path would be full of joy.
But are not habits smaller, in comparison with our BIG dreams?
Just manage do it, no need to worry about the ’scale’.
Because anything is possible in life. We might start things in a small way. And these small things will always take us to another action, and another. Having certainty in our small actions and executing them one by one always takes us forward. But if we thought it was ‘impossible’ to do something now because it just seemed ‘too big’, it will never happen.
The secret to achieve your dreams has always been here, and will always be here. The people who create miracles, inspirations, and the real sense of joy, already know this. They are always using it.
Dreams and marvels are not accidents. We make them through our options.
So, would you start walking towards your dreams today?
Contents are excerpted with minor modification from ONE, a book written by Masami Sato. To get a free copy of ONE, visit www.B1G1.com and start sharing the joy of giving. Feel free to use or republish the content of the above article, fully or partially, as long as it is preserved in its original content, with proper attribution to Masami Sato and www.B1G1.com.
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How You Can Use Daily Inspiring Quotes
Posted by Trevor Johnson | Filed under Self Improvement
Daily inspiring quotes are a way that you will be able to get through times that are tough. A saying or something else that will make you happy, and build up your strength. Through the use of quotes many people have hardened their resolve and made it through so many things.
Something simple that they heard in a movie, could be something that helps them make it through that long day at work. Or something that they can think as almost a mantra to add strength to their mind and body when times are tough.
How do you actually go about finding those quotes to use though? Well it doesn’t need to be the same way anyone else goes about it. You just need to find something that when you hear it read it or say it makes you feel better. That’s why you have so many ways to find these quotes.
When the country song “Before he cheats” first came out I had a friend who used that as their inspiring quote. Well more of a song because it fit their situation all too well. She had found out that her husband had cheated, and it just fit the situation so well. It was almost funny every time the song came on she would belt it out.
Hey it helped her move on past the situation and start to enjoy life again, so it worked. Your quote can be found in any way that you want it. Many people love to use quotes they have from Bible verses that help them out.
A lot of people love using Bible verses as their inspiring quote. It helps them out because they will feel closer to God as they think of the verse.
Look for your daily inspiring quotes in many ways. Things that are your favorite things, songs, movies, books or anything else you can think of. Some people will even make up their own. Many people subscribe to a service that hunts down inspiring quotes and sends these motivational bites direct to them.
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Why So Many Are Allured To Making Immediate Income Online
Posted by Carver Cannon | Filed under Computers
People all over the world and in America are attracted to the possibility of earning an income from home. This is not only a noble idea, but it gives people the freedom to live their lives in a more enjoyable way. Besides the freedom it can bring your way, there is always the possibility that you will make a lot of money.
There is a lot more to working from home than you may think. Some people have the idea that it is all fun and games. Their idea or working from home is taking as many days off as they can or sleeping in late everyday. The reality is just the opposite. Success only comes through working diligently.
It takes a lot of hard work and commitment to see you dreams of building a profitable business come alive. There is no substitute for the things that must be done on a daily basis. You have to stick to it when during the rough times and when things are not looking to good.
One of the main reasons people are attracted to working from home is the allure of easy money. This notion seems to guide our dreams with intense desire. More people fall for the possibility of making a lot of cash by subscribing to get rich schemes every day. There is a lot of money to be made, but it will take a plan built upon hard work.
The plan and system you use to guide you to success is known as your business plan. This plan is the road map that is going to guide you each day until you have accomplished all of your goals and objectives to building a successful business. A solid plan of action is a must if you are going to reach your dreams.
No business plan would be complete if it did not have projected income goals. Based on the progress you are making in growing your business, you income should also rise as your meet each of your goals. If your revenue is not increasing as you make advances, then it is time to tweak the business plan. It is a good sign that you may have too many expenses.
If you by into a business plan and income generating system, it should always include and marketing and advertising plan too. Without a solid marketing system in place, you will never get new customers and clients. This is the fuel that runs your business and generates leads.
It is not hard to succeed in business. A simple business plan will help guide you daily keeping you on track to success. The plan you design is your road map to success. Without a solid plan, you will never know how far you have progressed or when you have arrived.
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Short Inspirational Quotes To Make Your Day Brighter
Posted by Trevor Johnson | Filed under Self Improvement
If you feel down short inspirational quotes can really brighten your day. Think about the time that you have been feeling low and a friend sends you a quote of the day by email or text message, it generally makes you feel better. It may be spiritual or humorous, but it will make you feel better!
One thing that is certain, when a person comes across a short quote that means something to them, it can be like an epiphany or a “eureka” moment, and it will stay with them as long as they live. Perhaps even become their mantra; in other words, whether funny or serious it inspires and is meaningful. Quotes will do this for you.
I have one of the most unlikely people as my inspirational quoter, Albert Einstein! Most people believed that he was a famous physicist and this would be true, but he was also a brilliant man and some of his quotes are perlers. My personal favorite is “Not everything that can be counted, counts, and not everything that counts, can be counted”.
Life is never easy, many people say if it were it wouldn’t be worth living, but sometimes this gets you down. A one liner or a short humorous quote can make all the difference to the way you feel and many people agree. Don’t take life too seriously and be able to laugh at yourself and nothing seems as bad, it is in this that the inspiration of quotes lies.
There are so many quotes about life and how we shouldn’t take it so seriously, take this anonymous quote for example; ” Eagles may soar above the clouds, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines”.
Many famous people are famous for their quotes about life Woody Allen, Oscar Wilde, William Shakespeare and Mark Twain to name a few. Life never looks quite as bad if you are still able to laugh, unless you happen to be Woody Allen. Homer Simpson is famous for his one liners’ and we leave you with this small piece of his wisdom - “When will I learn? The answers to the problems of life are not at the bottom of a bottle - they are on TV!
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