tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40033526811894920272024-03-13T22:29:26.938+03:00Useful Topics & TipsCreated by Ahmed AhmadiAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003352681189492027.post-79347984678143741702011-05-27T14:53:00.000+03:002011-05-27T14:53:00.192+03:00How To Be Cool And Attractive<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Do you know the old story about the Sun and the North Wind having a bet about which one of them could get some guy to take his coat off? Well, the North Wind had a go and blew his hardest, but the guy just clung to his coat with all his strength. But all the Sun had to do was shine and the guy took off his coat because he was too hot. Truly ‘cool’ people shine a kind of calm control that everyone else secretly wants, and so they find it attractive..”</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“The Art of Being Cool and Attractive,” is a social skills method designed to help develop an approach to others that will attract the right amount of the right kind of positive attention.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />It is an exerpt from an article in our Journal archive that I thought deserved a little more attention.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The ‘art’ is contained in ten laws. How well do you follow them?</strong></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">1. Learn to do with less </span>attention <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;">than you would like at the moment</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">2. Do not compete with other people for attention</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">3. Say less than is necessary</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">4. Learn to behave well from those who don’t know how to</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">5. Do not ‘freeload’ or overstay your welcome</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">6. Never whine</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">7. Appear unhurried</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">8. Be different — but not too different</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">9. Appear not to want things you cannot have</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">10. Exercise courtesy and tact at all times.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Source: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.mindfields.org.uk/blog/?p=140</span></u></b></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003352681189492027.post-5397936895671752272011-04-29T13:13:00.000+03:002011-04-29T13:13:43.874+03:008 powerful ways to make people like you<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hLLExU5YR_U/TbqOT5-5KgI/AAAAAAAAACk/qACjzC3tWqE/s1600/I_like_you_by_161before.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hLLExU5YR_U/TbqOT5-5KgI/AAAAAAAAACk/qACjzC3tWqE/s320/I_like_you_by_161before.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; line-height: 24px;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Socializing is an important part of life. It’s healthy to meet many people who like your presence. The good news is that it’s possible to make yourself likable. After all, becoming popular is a learnable skill. Here are 8 ways to make people like you:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1. Being caring</span></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Showing concern for people around you shows that you are a human being who radiates warmth, comfort, and love. People love to be cared for, but not many are willing to give love in this harsh reality. You should be the one to do so.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A bit of caring can mean a lot to someone. You can care by doing simple things like asking about your friend’s work progress, your neighbour’s family, and your spouse’s feelings. Remember, small things count a lot in relationship.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />People don’t care about you until you care about them.</em></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">2. Praising others</span></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">People who always praise themselves in front of others are frown upon. However, if we reverse the inward self praising to outward compliment giving, things change. People have subtle ego that yearn for recognition subconsciously. By genuinely praising others, we are putting them in the limelight and make them feel good. And they will eventually come to you. That’s how you can become charismatic and popular.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Everyone quietly wishes for attention and recognition.</em></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">3. Being generous</span></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Observe around carefully. Cats and dogs like people who give them food. Resource is scarce in life. If we are willing to share it with others, we attract people. We have to give generously in quantity and quality so that the receivers are totally happy with us. Treating friends to a horrible restaurant is not recommended, but buying a box of fine chocolate for someone is highly encouraged. Be generous, but give others according to your means and ability.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">There’s a giver and a taker – who do you prefer to go out with?</span></em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">4. Being helpful</span></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Being generous is a good way to make others like you when time is good. However, when time is bad and people face hardship, giving others a hand and lifting some burden off people’s shoulders is praise worthy. It’s like giving a glass of cold water to a thirsty stranger in desert. People will feel good and grateful for your liberating act. Help others as much as you can, and you’ll gain the solid reputation as a kind person. People will love you.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">When you are drowning, a helping hand is worth much more than a pot of gold.</span></em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">5. Smiling</span></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A smiling person is like an open door that welcomes people in. Smiling is a non-verbal message that says you are non-threatening, approachable, and welcoming others for a conversation. It loosens people up and keeps the atmosphere relaxed. By contrast, people tend to feel suspicious and stay on guard with those who seldom smile, as if they have unwelcoming sharp fangs that bite people.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Always keep a genuine, relaxed smile on your face to tell others that you are approachable. People will like to come near you.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The popular ice cream man always smiles at the children.</em><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">6. Being entertaining</strong></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">People naturally like to laugh. So it’s good if you can bring the “feel good” factor to people by being entertaining. Having a sense of humour gives you the advantage to keep others laughing out loud. And for sure, they will come to you for more jokes (or else they will die from their boring life, figuratively speaking). However, never overdo it until you become the laughing stock. It’s silly for people to laugh not with you, but at you.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It’s cool to have entertaining skills like singing and dancing (that’s why many popular celebrities are singers). When you can sing and dance, people will definitely invite you out for karaoke and disco. You won’t drop out from any invitation, since you can spice up social events. That’s one good reason for you to enrol in salsa classes.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Laughing is the peak of life.</span></em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">7. Being hygienic</span></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Although having good hygiene alone won’t really make you popular, NOT having it is disastrous to your social life. Horrible body odour strongly repels people. If you smell like rotten meat, people around you will pinch their noses and run to the toilet for a vomiting session, even if you can tell good jokes and dance like a pro. Keep your body clean and odourless by bathing and mouth rinsing daily. You might not want to wear the same clothes without washing for one month during hot days.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">If you want people to like you, it’s essential to be hygienic.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Don’t be a pair of smelly socks.</span></em></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">8. Being successful</span></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Success is the magnet of attention. Magazines feature successful businessmen, football fans worship winning football clubs, and movie fans tightly follow top celebrities. Even strangers whom you don’t know will come to you to shake your hands and ask for autograph when you are successful.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This way of making people like you is rare but powerful. You need to put a lot of effort, learn a lot, and possibly get some luck, to reach this level. Once you achieve your success, the rest is history. So I think it’s worth to strive for success, even if the road ahead is very steep.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, Georgia, serif;">Source : </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://wisecurve.com/8-powerful-ways-to-make-people-like-you/">http://wisecurve.com/8-powerful-ways-to-make-people-like-you/</a></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003352681189492027.post-36391251799115623392011-04-21T16:58:00.000+03:002011-04-21T16:58:13.557+03:00Mind Reading<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V1YsFOCWARE/TbA3pi45rkI/AAAAAAAAACg/tMHJA0mQfOA/s1600/Mind.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V1YsFOCWARE/TbA3pi45rkI/AAAAAAAAACg/tMHJA0mQfOA/s200/Mind.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">If a baby starts to cry several hours after drinking his last bottle, his mother knows precisely what he's feeling: He's hungry. But suppose a woman's eyes brim with tears while she watches a DVD. Her husband sinks into the couch: What is she so upset about? She might tell him directly: "This movie is so tragic. It's all about a doomed romance." That may be true. But she could be thinking about how the story reminds her of her own marital troubles. Maybe she's feeling hurt because she thinks her husband should realize what's bothering her and acknowledge it. Or maybe she isn't even aware that her real-world concerns are intensifying her reaction to the fictional couple.</span><br />
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<div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Many people think that communicating is easy.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
It is after all something we've done all our lives.<br />
There is some truth in this simplistic view.<br />
Communicating is straightforward.<br />
What makes it complex, difficult, and frustrating are the barriers we put in the way.<br />
Here are the 7 top barriers.<br />
<h3><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;">1. Physical barriers</span></h3>Physical barriers in the workplace include:<br />
<blockquote><ul><li>marked out territories, empires and fiefdoms into which strangers are not allowed</li>
<li>closed office doors, barrier screens, separate areas for people of different status</li>
<li>large working areas or working in one unit that is physically separate from others.</li>
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Research shows that one of the most important factors in building cohesive teams is proximity. As long as people still have a personal space that they can call their own, nearness to others aids communication because it helps us get to know one another.<br />
<h3><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;">2. Perceptual barriers</span></h3>The problem with communicating with others is that we all see the world differently. If we didn't, we would have no need to communicate: something like extrasensory perception would take its place.<br />
The following anecdote is a reminder of how our thoughts, assumptions and perceptions shape our own realities:<br />
A traveller was walking down a road when he met a man from the next town. "Excuse me," he said. "I am hoping to stay in the next town tonight. Can you tell me what the townspeople are like?"<br />
"Well," said the townsman, "how did you find the people in the last town you visited?"<br />
"Oh, they were an irascible bunch. Kept to themselves. Took me for a fool. Over-charged me for what I got. Gave me very poor service."<br />
"Well, then," said the townsman, "you'll find them pretty much the same here."<br />
<h3><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;">3. Emotional barriers</span></h3>One of the chief barriers to open and free communications is the emotional barrier. It is comprised mainly of fear, mistrust and suspicion. The roots of our emotional mistrust of others lie in our childhood and infancy when we were taught to be careful what we said to others.<br />
<i>"Mind your P's and Q's"; "Don't speak until you're spoken to"; "Children should be seen and not heard"</i>. As a result many people hold back from communicating their thoughts and feelings to others.<br />
They feel vulnerable. While some caution may be wise in certain relationships, excessive fear of what others might think of us can stunt our development as effective communicators and our ability to form meaningful relationships.<br />
<h3><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;">4. Cultural barriers</span></h3>When we join a group and wish to remain in it, sooner or later we need to adopt the behaviour patterns of the group. These are the behaviours that the group accept as signs of belonging.<br />
The group rewards such behaviour through acts of recognition, approval and inclusion. In groups which are happy to accept you, and where you are happy to conform, there is a mutuality of interest and a high level of win-win contact.<br />
Where, however, there are barriers to your membership of a group, a high level of game-playing replaces good communication.<br />
<h3><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;">5. Language barriers</span></h3>Language that describes what we want to say in our terms may present barriers to others who are not familiar with our expressions, buzz-words and jargon. When we couch our communication in such language, it is a way of excluding others. In a global market place the greatest compliment we can pay another person is to talk in their language.<br />
One of the more chilling memories of the Cold War was the threat by the Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev saying to the Americans at the United Nations: "We will bury you!" This was taken to mean a threat of nuclear annihilation.<br />
However, a more accurate reading of Khruschev's words would have been: "We will overtake you!" meaning economic superiority. It was not just the language, but the fear and suspicion that the West had of the Soviet Union that led to the more alarmist and sinister interpretation.<br />
<h3><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;">6. Gender barriers</span></h3>There are distinct differences between the speech patterns in a man and those in a woman. A woman speaks between 22,000 and 25,000 words a day whereas a man speaks between 7,000 and 10,000. In childhood, girls speak earlier than boys and at the age of three, have a vocabulary twice that of boys.<br />
The reason for this lies in the wiring of a man's and woman's brains. When a man talks, his speech is located in the left side of the brain but in no specific area. When a woman talks, the speech is located in both hemispheres and in two specific locations.<br />
This means that a man talks in a linear, logical and compartmentalised way, features of left-brain thinking; whereas a woman talks more freely mixing logic and emotion, features of both sides of the brain. It also explains why women talk for much longer than men each day.<br />
<h3><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;">7 Interpersonal barriers</span></h3>There are six levels at which people can distance themselves from one another:<br />
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<ol><li><b>Withdrawal</b> is an absence of interpersonal contact. It is both refusal to be in touch and time alone.</li>
<li><b>Rituals</b> are meaningless, repetitive routines devoid of real contact.</li>
<li><b>Pastimes</b> fill up time with others in social but superficial activities.</li>
<li><b>Working</b> activities are those tasks which follow the rules and procedures of contact but no more.</li>
<li><b>Games</b> are subtle, manipulative interactions which are about winning and losing. They include "rackets" and "stamps".</li>
<li><b>Closeness</b> is the aim of interpersonal contact where there is a high level of honesty and acceptance of yourself and others.</li>
</ol><br />
Working on improving your communications is a broad-brush activity. You have to change your thoughts, your feelings, and your physical connections.<br />
That way, you can break down the barriers that get in your way and start building relationships that really work.<br />
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source : <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a href="http://www.hodu.com/barriers.shtml">http://www.hodu.com/barriers.shtml</a></span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003352681189492027.post-89437582220946613022011-04-07T21:48:00.000+03:002011-04-07T21:48:54.567+03:00Why SMART Goals are a Recipe for Failure<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qmHpaUaK5-U/TZ4GtWCvXOI/AAAAAAAAACY/j3xRhAwEU1k/s1600/setting-goals.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qmHpaUaK5-U/TZ4GtWCvXOI/AAAAAAAAACY/j3xRhAwEU1k/s200/setting-goals.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Traditional advice about goal setting teaches that we should set goals that are: <b>Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound (SMART) </b>if you want to succeed.<br />
This works great for some and for certain tasks like maybe short-term projects like writing an article or report. However, over the long term, plans like these leave little room for flexibility. If you stick to the SMART framework, you're almost destined to fail in the long-term as such plans are extremely rigid and become too complex.<br />
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Instead of committing to a specific action plan over the long term, try choosing a theme that includes a vision of what you want to create or accomplish. In contrast to plotting a specific route on a map, consider various paths toward this specific theme. Both methods will get you to the same place over the long term, but following a general direction within a theme gives you more flexibility to explore along the way.</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Source : </span><a href="http://www.squidoo.com/visualize-goals-journal">http://www.squidoo.com/visualize-goals-journal</a></b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003352681189492027.post-56569084204243408922011-03-29T19:50:00.000+03:002011-03-29T19:50:29.899+03:00Making Goals Real for Creative Minds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mhXXORl2uV0/TZINhDsF3YI/AAAAAAAAACQ/HW-ewufCUIs/s1600/1292267726q7kf35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mhXXORl2uV0/TZINhDsF3YI/AAAAAAAAACQ/HW-ewufCUIs/s200/1292267726q7kf35.jpg" width="132" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Do you avoid stating your personal goals, making resolutions or creating a business plan? Why not consider some alternatives to traditional goal-setting and future plans? If a list of written goals in linear fashion doesn't appeal to you, then consider goal-setting alternatives like those below and maybe you'll find one just right for YOU!<br />
Experiment with new ways to <b>visualize</b> your future. What if revisiting your goals was FUN and creative, and you begin to look forward to this visualizing exercise. Here we explore some different ways to create goals with pictures and images in order to actually visualize life when they have been reached. Daily focus on these images helps to change and improve inner beliefs and has a significant impact on the subconscious mind.</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Source : </span><a href="http://www.squidoo.com/visualize-goals-journal">http://www.squidoo.com/visualize-goals-journal</a></b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003352681189492027.post-54742892943618957762011-03-18T19:09:00.000+03:002011-03-18T19:09:49.671+03:00Mind-to-Mind Connection: How to Influence People With Your Mind<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-FKD4b-UJNyA/TYODBoEW23I/AAAAAAAAACI/tCfSROROjWE/s1600/%2521+brain+mindhyman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-FKD4b-UJNyA/TYODBoEW23I/AAAAAAAAACI/tCfSROROjWE/s200/%2521+brain+mindhyman.jpg" width="148" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has long been suspected that your right cerebral hemisphere, when in the alpha state, operates in a realm where time and space are of no consequence. What you think affects others... and what others think affects you!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is rather like the invisible connection between the earth's magnetic field and every magnetic compass on earth. They are interconnected. If the earth's magnetic field were to suddenly shift then every compass in existence would swing in unison.<br />
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Likewise, if you suddenly move a magnetic compass, or any magnet for that matter, this movement will have a slight effect on the earth's entire magnetic field. Admittedly this would be so small as to be immeasurable but it would still be there.<br />
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Similarly, when you have a thought it “twitches” the entire human consciousness "thought field".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rupert Sheldrake calls this the Morphogenetic Field. Karl Jung called it Collective Unconsciousness.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jose Silva found a practical method of evoking and controlling this marvelous human ability at will.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The technique, which is amazingly simple, has been developed over the years but to this day more than 99% of the population are unaware of it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the United States it is used extensively in business to "sway" the outcome of a business proposition in favor of the person using Subjective Communication.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In personal life it has been used to resurrect a dying marriage, to name but one of its many applications.<br />
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And one of the most extraordinary applications is to use it to make people aware of your advertisement in the Yellow Pages!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Its effectiveness appears to vary between 20% and 500%. That is the results can be up to 500% better than they would have been without it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you consider two identical competitive businesses both vying for superior market share then the one that learns to use Subjective Communication will forge ahead. This has been tested and thoroughly proven.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Car dealers in the US who use this direct mental contact technique have reported a sharp improvement in sales. The usual comment is it brings customers out of the woodwork and actually closes more deals. US real estate agents use it also - it makes a vast difference in their commissions when used properly.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And it is a strange thing that most people are using it continually without being aware of it. Unfortunately they are also conveying mentally their fears and apprehensions. So it can work against them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But used properly and with the correct protocol it can (and does) produce quite astounding results. Sometimes the results leave the practitioner somewhat startled. They almost seem too good to be true! Some beginners have had such amazing success that the result has literally left them "awe-struck!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you decide to apply this magical mental technique to other areas of your life ...then things suddenly become much more interesting. You seem to be able to achieve anything you set out to and for some "strange" reason; even total strangers fall over backwards trying to help you.<br />
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Welcome to the world of direct mental influence... Subjective Communication!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">source : </span><a href="http://www.mindpowernews.com/Connect.htm">http://www.mindpowernews.com/Connect.htm</a></b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003352681189492027.post-100816584527448432011-03-13T14:07:00.000+03:002011-03-13T14:07:19.206+03:005 Powerful Creative Thinking Techniques<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NRTuWo0DHSI/TXykEQpZG4I/AAAAAAAAACE/j5sAb12iJuE/s1600/IMAGES5.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NRTuWo0DHSI/TXykEQpZG4I/AAAAAAAAACE/j5sAb12iJuE/s200/IMAGES5.bmp" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">There are all sorts of situations where<strong><em>creative thinking</em></strong> comes into play.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Generally, we might associate creative thinking with art: <strong>writing a story</strong>,<strong>creating a painting</strong>, or <strong>composing music</strong>, for example. In reality, creative thinking is something that even the lay person uses on a daily basis, especially when it comes to problem solving.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">When you find yourself in a quandary about how to solve a dilemma or create your next masterpiece, here are some powerful creative thinking techniques that can get the ideas flowing.</div><h3 style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><span style="color: maroon;"><strong>The Random Element</strong></span></h3><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">One problem we often face when trying to solve a problem is that we tend to think in a straight line. <strong><em></em></strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong><em>The Random Element Technique</em></strong> allows us to take our mind in different directions to hit on solutions that may have never occurred to us using a more conventional approach.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">To use this technique, start by defining your problem.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">For example, let’s say that you are having trouble getting along with a coworker. Look around you and find something completely unrelated to your situation, say a jar of jellybeans on your desk. What kind of inspiration can you get from applying that jar of jellybeans to your problem?</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Some possibilities include:</div><ul style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>Jellybeans are sweet. Maybe I need to be sweet to this person and “kill him with kindness.”</em></li>
</ul><ul style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>All colors of jellybeans are mixed together. Maybe I need to recognize that it takes all types of personalities to make the world work and accept our differences.</em></li>
</ul><ul style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>There are a whole lot of jellybeans in a jar. Maybe this person and I spend too much time in close proximity to one another. Would moving to a different desk or cubicle make a difference?</em></li>
</ul><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">It’s amazing when you discover just what kinds of connections your mind can make, and it gives you a whole new list of possible solutions to try.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span id="more-4062"></span></div><h3 style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><span style="color: maroon;"><strong>Reverse Brainstorming</strong></span></h3><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Most of us know the basics of brainstorming. You define your problem and then make a list of all the possible solutions you can imagine before going back to evaluate the list for the gems. <strong><em>The Reverse Brainstorming Technique</em></strong> works in a similar fashion, although instead of coming up with solutions, you brainstorm ways to make the problem worse.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Let’s continue with the example of the coworker conflict.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong><em>What ways could you come up with to make the situation <span style="text-decoration: underline;">worse</span>?</em></strong></div><ul style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>I could stop working on projects with this person so we miss deadlines.</em></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>I could antagonize him or her, maybe even going so far as to start a fistfight.</em></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>I could ignore the problem altogether and let it grow into something even more unmanageable.</em></li>
</ul><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">From each of these anti-solutions, you may be able to draw a parallel solution by doing the opposite. For example, you could work extra hard on your projects and improve your coworker’s opinion of you, you could try being extra nice to create camaraderie instead of irritation, or you could sit down with the person to work through the issue so it doesn’t get worse.</div><h3 style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><span style="color: maroon;"><strong>Morphological Analysis</strong></span></h3><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">This technique goes under many names, but the overall concept is the same. Instead of getting overwhelmed by the need to solve an entire problem, try looking at its component parts and discern what kind of changes you can make to them. You then take it one step further by mixing and matching these changes to come up with a variety of new ideas.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">A great example for this technique is <strong>product improvement</strong>. Let’s say you need to develop the next great thing in eyewear.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Start by listing the component parts of eyewear, such as:</div><ul style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>Frames</em></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>Lenses</em></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>Hinges</em></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>Nosegrips</em></li>
</ul><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Other important aspects of eyewear include:</div><ul style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>Comfort</em></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>Fashion</em></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>Ease of use</em></li>
</ul><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>For each component, consider how you can change it through the use of different materials, shapes, alternate uses, etc. </strong><strong>Then try rearranging your lists to see what you come up with. </strong>You may just invent the most comfortable nosegrips or most fashionable new shapes for lenses.</div><h3 style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><span style="color: maroon;"><strong>What If?</strong></span></h3><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Most of the things that we take for granted today would never have come into existence if someone, somewhere along the line hadn’t said “What if?”</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>“What if you could turn the cooking fire on only when you need it?” (Stove.)</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>“What if I could talk to my family on the other side of the country?” (Phone.)</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>“What if I didn’t have to tend livestock in order to have transportation?” (Car.)</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">We face a problem when it comes to <a href="http://www.thehappyself.com/13-ways-to-spark-intense-creativity" style="color: #3a639a; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">creative thinking</a>, because we often get to a point where we just decide something isn’t possible, so why spend any time thinking about it? This creative thinking technique encourages us to do just that.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Let’s say your problem is that you are planning to have a baby and want to take time off of work to stay home. Our logical minds will often think, “I have to have money for the bills, so it’s impossible for me to stay home with my kids.” Instead of ending your internal monologue there, however, ask “What if I didn’t have to go to work everyday?”</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Some of the things you might think about include:</div><ul style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>I feel like I could be a better parent.</em></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>I could do things I enjoy instead of punching a time clock.</em></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>I would have more time for personal development.</em></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>My house would go into foreclosure because I didn’t pay the mortgage.</em></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>I’d get bored after a while.</em></li>
</ul><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">It’s not all about just following a positive train of thought, as you can see. But what you might realize from putting this list together is that while you do need to earn money to pay the bills, you might also want to find ways to do so that you enjoy and that allow you to be home more often.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">You may even realize that you have a particular passion you’ve always wanted to pursue, and maybe this is just the time to do it so you can be the parent you want to be without <a href="http://www.thehappyself.com/6-motivation-techniques-to-jumpstart-your-life" style="color: #3a639a; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">becoming bored</a> or losing your house.</div><h3 style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Georgia, 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><span style="color: maroon;"><strong>The Lotus Blossom</strong></span></h3><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Yasuo Matsumura of <strong>Clover Management Research</strong> in Japan is credited with developing this powerful creative thinking technique. It reminds me of mind mapping, although there is a bit more structure to the overall process, which can be very helpful for right-brained people who are trying to tap into their creativity.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Start by writing your main problem or idea on a small piece of paper, say a sticky note. Surround this note with eight others.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">These make up the center and the petals of your lotus flower. Use each of these eight “petals” to record potential solutions to your problem or improvements to your idea. Now, take each of the petals, and make it the center of a whole new lotus flower. Surround it by eight more petals, and continue on in the same way.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">In this case, let’s say that you are looking for ways to stretch the family budget. The center of your first lotus flower would read, “Don’t have as much money as we would like to meet monthly expenses.”</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The solutions to this problem could be:</div><ul style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>Make more money</em></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>Decrease unnecessary spending</em></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>Decrease necessary spending</em></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>Sell car/get rid of car payment</em></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>Etc.</em></li>
</ul><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Take each of these solutions, and make it the center of a new lotus flower.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">For the first one, “make more money,” you might create petals that say:</div><ul style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>Ask for a raise</em></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>Get a different job</em></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>Get a second job</em></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>Sell items on Craigslist</em></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>Etc.</em></li>
</ul><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">For the suggestion to “decrease necessary spending,” some of your petals might read:</div><ul style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>Shop the sales</em></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>Use coupons</em></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>Buy generic brands</em></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>Shop at thrift stores</em></li>
<li style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em>Etc.</em></li>
</ul><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">At this point, you can make each of these ideas into a new lotus flower to continue on with your brainstorming, or you can stop, if you’ve found a solution (or two, or ten) that will work for your problem.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><strong>The problem with, well <em>problems</em>, is that we often get so wrapped up in what we can’t do, that we completely overlook what is truly possible.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><strong>By using these five powerful creative thinking techniques, you can encourage yourself to think in new directions, whether for solving the daily dilemmas that plague us all or for creating the newest invention or most innovative work of art.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><strong>Source : </strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://www.thehappyself.com/5-powerful-creative-thinking-techniques">http://www.thehappyself.com/5-powerful-creative-thinking-techniques</a></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003352681189492027.post-31686352969488188382011-03-11T18:26:00.000+03:002011-03-11T18:26:26.815+03:00What Does Imagination Have to Do with Creativity?<h2 class="single-excerpt" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-04uzRISb4kA/TXo-_PJSjCI/AAAAAAAAACA/M5YBpNiF6O0/s1600/think_different.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-04uzRISb4kA/TXo-_PJSjCI/AAAAAAAAACA/M5YBpNiF6O0/s320/think_different.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Why do we associate creativity with “having a broad imagination”?</div></h2><div class="KonaBody" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">According to the Oxford English Dictionary, imagination is “the ability of the mind to be creative or resourceful.” Thus, it is traditionally believed that creativity is the manifestation of the imagination. From the way in which we use the term “imagination,” it appears that it is thought that the two can be equated; that telling someone to “be more creative” is exactly the same as saying, “use your imagination.” That the imagination can be associated to creativity is clearly indubitable, but it is the type of association that is questionable. Does the imagination have a central role in creativity, or do we give it more credit for our creativity than it deserves?</div><div style="float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Before we can investigate the link between creativity and the imagination, it must be stated first what constitutes creativity and secondly what we mean by the term “imagination.” According to Gaut there are three conditions of creativity. First, creativity must be original. There would be no point in creating a sonnet in which I compare my love to a summer’s day, as it would not be original. Even if I did, the sonnet would be of no value – the second condition of creativity. Kant has pointed out that even the most nonsensical work of art can be original, but it is not creative unless it is exemplary i.e. of value. The third condition of creativity is that it has to have flair; an artist must have the intention to create the work in that way. If I splatter ink across a page, it may be original, but since the end product is arrived at inadvertently, I (the artist) must have had no style or flair and thus it is not creative. Subsequently, in Gaut’s words, “Originality, value and flair are the vital ingredients in creative making.”</div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">There are a number of different uses of the term “imagination.” First, “I imagine” can mean “I falsely believe” such as in a situation whereby a person is told that he is “imagining things” in the context that he has misperceived something. Secondly, “imagination” can be used as a close synonym for creativity (as in the sentence, “Use your imagination.”) Finally, it is used to mean mental imagery, as in the case that someone is describing a person to me and I can imagine his face. Whilst all these definitions of imagination are correct within their contexts, it is widely agreed between philosophers that imagination cannot be defined in one way. It does not necessarily have to entail a false belief, nor does it need to involve mental imagery.<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Source: <a href="http://socyberty.com/philosophy/what-does-imagination-have-to-do-with-creativity/#ixzz1GIxyWURl" style="color: #003399; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">http://socyberty.com/philosophy/what-does-imagination-have-to-do-with-creativity/#ixzz1GIxyWURl</a></span><br />
</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003352681189492027.post-34116079826839208982011-03-05T19:00:00.000+03:002011-03-05T19:00:15.267+03:00Working Smart Vs Working Hard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zrBJbkse4SM/TXJdJMPVKLI/AAAAAAAAAB8/32dSdse38mA/s1600/hardsmart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zrBJbkse4SM/TXJdJMPVKLI/AAAAAAAAAB8/32dSdse38mA/s320/hardsmart.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is a great difference between hard-work and smart-work. People however have a wrong notion; they think they can bring about great changes in their career if they work hard. This might be true to a certain extent, for nothing can be achieved without hard-work. However, if some specific strategies are followed, we might start working smarter by lessening the amount of energy we put on to accomplish each task</span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As far as I am concerned, managing priorities is one of the most important tasks to work smarter. From now on, let me start working smarter. Let me start putting down the methods to work smarter using bullet points rather than writing a BIG essay. Trust me! It saves lot of time.</span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Writing down the tasks to be carried out through bullet points helps a great deal. Using concise language to jot down things quickly in a planner will take less time and process than a long essay.</span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Prioritize the to-do list everyday and note down in the pocket scribbling pad</span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Using processes, - creating a framework and making templates for all the tasks will help us to do our work systematically and quickly.</span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. We should take shortcuts wherever possible., If we save a few minutes for every task, it might add up to serious time.</span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. We should avoid doing rework for every task. Rework will cause great wastage to time and resources.</span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hence, if all the above points will be called a "Smart-worker" rather than a "Hard-worker."</span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Article Source: <a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Renga_Nathan" style="background-color: yellow; color: #1900ff; text-decoration: underline;">http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Renga_Nathan</a></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003352681189492027.post-10393422859992512242011-03-02T15:15:00.000+03:002011-03-02T15:15:32.865+03:00Why hard work means success at work?<div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are some advantages of putting in hard work at your job.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Your Performance Increases</strong><br />
True hard work never goes unnoticed. If you work hard, your work and dedication will definitely be noticed, and you will get your these rewards at the right time.<br />
Also, when your performance levels increases, you will gain a recognition and prominence not only in the company that you are working in, but also outside the company in your profession. This will surely work for you when you are creating your job reputation & professional profile.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Career growth</strong><br />
Hard work is so important for you to grow in your company, because all said and done, even the company that you are working for is in the business for making money.<br />
If the company itself is not productive and is not a profitable venture, it is your job security that is at stake. Therefore, hard work is not only important for success at work, but it is also important for the basic stability and existence of a company, and therefore yourself.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>You Solve Problems</strong><br />
Some people believe that problems are just opportunities in disguise, and that can be true, but only if you have the will to do the hard work to unravel the disguise and convert the problems into opportunities.<br />
A problem solver is always one of the most respected individuals in a company.<br />
Therefore, if you solve problems, you also gain recognition and this makes your life much easier in the corporate world.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>You tend to think out of the box</strong><br />
Any company would like an employee who is thinking out of the box.<br />
Though thinking out of the box seems quite difficult and even impossible, it comes naturally when a person gives hundred percent of their time and dedication to their work. Thinking out of the box finally converts into new, better ideas that might just be the next big thing – making the company a success and therefore gain a name for you.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are just some of the correlations between hard work & success in work - and indeed: hard work is clearly the key to success in the corporate world.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Source : </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://www.job-interview-site.com/hard-work-success-at-work.html">http://www.job-interview-site.com/hard-work-success-at-work.html</a></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003352681189492027.post-48724809589784138102011-02-26T00:55:00.001+03:002011-02-26T00:55:47.981+03:00The Ultimate 5 Steps to Achieve Great Success in Life<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone wants to be successful. The irony is that of all the people who are pursuing for success, only a small portion of them really achieve what they want in their life. Why is this so? Are there any steps that you can follow in order to achieve anything you want in your life? In a word, yes. <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />1. Believe it before you achieve it. You first have to believe that it is possible for you to achieve the things that you want in your life. If you do not believe it, you will never achieve it. The moment you start to believe that it is possible for you to become a millionaire, you will automatically tap on to the full potential of your mind and you will take on every possibility that comes to you. Therefore, make sure that you believe that it is possible for you to succeed in your life first before you start your journey.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />2. Next, set clear goals. If there is one thing that can make your dreams come true, it is goal setting. Goal setting is one of the most important processes you need in order to help you achieve great success in your life. The main problem with most people is that they thought that goal setting is just a simple process of writing their goals down. Goal setting is much more than that. You have to learn how to set empowering goals that will keep you going and what you need to do right after you set your goals. Learn all the way the moment you can.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />3. Then, develop strategies on how you can achieve your goals. It is the same as building a house; you will need to have blueprints. And to achieve your goals, you will need to have strategies. Once you have set your goals, your mind will automatically come up with strategies on how you can achieve them. Do not worry whether your strategies are right or wrong. You will correct them all the way until you achieve your goals.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />4. Take consistent and massive action according to your strategies. The number killer of all successes is procrastination and the lack of action. You know, people are lazy and they hate to take action. And this is why most people fail to achieve what they want in their life. If you are not taking any action, you will never get any results. Action produces results. So if you want to have results in your life, take action.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />5. The final step is to keep you driven and motivated all the time. Make sure you know why you want to achieve your goals so much. This is because it is the reason behind your goals that will drive you and motivate you. If the reasons are not strong enough, you will never achieve your goals.<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Read more: <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/self-help-articles/the-ultimate-5-steps-to-achieve-great-success-in-life-560263.html#ixzz1F0h1m9UT" style="color: #003399; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">http://www.articlesbase.com/self-help-articles/the-ultimate-5-steps-to-achieve-great-success-in-life-560263.html#ixzz1F0h1m9UT</a> </span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003352681189492027.post-31311377887792256952011-02-22T02:46:00.000+03:002011-02-22T02:46:17.237+03:00What is NLP?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mh7Ol-t_sf4/TWL4iNeH3HI/AAAAAAAAABw/sJeoEkXXpYo/s1600/nlp-man-from-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mh7Ol-t_sf4/TWL4iNeH3HI/AAAAAAAAABw/sJeoEkXXpYo/s320/nlp-man-from-web.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) is a form of applied psychology founded by Richard Bandler and John Grinder back in the seventies and is a set scheme consisting of various psychological patterns based primarily on modelling. NLP is described as 'the study of the structure of subjective experience' and contains techniques that can be used as resources for therapy, personal change, behavioural change, personal success, professional success, business management training, counseling, phobia cure, relieving depression, giving up smoking and many more things. NLP is basically just a set of psychologica tools and techniques all compiled into one programme for your convenience. However, claims of how fast results can be achieved and the unlimited efficacy of these techniques is usually overly exaggerated.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have ever looked into hypnosis then you will have probably heard of NLP. Hypnosis is actually a large part of NLP though technically hypnosis is not what it seems. It's basically just communication, both conscious and unconscious (body language, unaware verbal clues, etc). Learning NLP is probably the best way of learning about hypnosis. In addition NLP also focuses on areas such as representational systems (how we represent the world to ourselves internally), submodalities (a break-down of these representations), rapport (building up trust and responsiveness in other people), anchoring (creating a trigger in someone), strategies (an occurence in the brain that influences a result), reframing (as in frame of mind), ecology and congruency (making sure the change is effective and resourceful) and parts integration (similar to a computer software program that controls how we behave and can installed or uninstalled).</span></div><span><br />
</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003352681189492027.post-5182840537311794382011-02-20T16:20:00.001+03:002011-02-20T16:21:32.508+03:00How to Use Mind Mapping For Success<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HDP7OR0ZI_k/TWEUYokQMvI/AAAAAAAAABs/hD13CzJyIC4/s320/mindmapping-300x178.jpg" width="320" /></span></div><br />
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<div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A mind map is a graphical way to represent ideas and concepts. It is a visual thinking tool that helps structure information to see how each step affects the whole. It helps you better analyze, comprehend, synthesize, and generate new ideas.</span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you use viral marketing techniques to mind map internet marketing, you build your business and fast earn internet riches. Viral gets you out there in a huge way, mind mapping gives you the steps on how to get out there. You simply follow the steps. Even internet beginners can earn money quick with this system.</span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just as with every great idea, the power of mind mapping for success lies in its simplicity. In a mind map, as opposed to traditional note taking, information is structured in short, concise statements, not a lot of words. Mind mapping avoids dull, linear thinking, jogging your creativity and making note taking fun again.<br />
What can we use mind maps for? </span></div><ol><li style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Internet marketing</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Note taking</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brainstorming (individually or in groups)</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Problem solving</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Studying and memorization</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Planning</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Researching and consolidating information from multiple sources</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Presenting information</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gaining insight on complex subjects</span></li>
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: 13px;">Mind mapping can help clarify your thinking in any area: personal, family, educational or business. Planning you day or planning your life, summarizing a book, launching a project, planning and creating presentations, writing your blog, anything.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">When you mind map business planning and mind map life coaching together, you create the exact steps to follow to live your dream life.</span><br />
<div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The challenge of mind mapping is getting your arms around a lot of information and making sense of it. Once the map is created, you can step back and think about your thinking. You may decide to re-organize or move things around now that all the information is out of your head and on the map.</span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Entrepreneurs are responsible for an incredible amount of detail and communication. A mind map can clarify your thinking and put all your points on a single piece of paper. Then you reference your plan at the beginning and end of each day to keep you on track.</span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have all been trained to take linear notes. Most brains are wired neurologically to continue with this habit even though it does not reflect the natural nature of the brain. The truth is that all of us are visual thinkers to varying degrees. In order to adapt to mind mapping, it means changing how you think, and taking the time to create a new habit. Free how to use mind mapping software is readily available. Simply Google mind mapping software and you will see a listing of various free and paid software programs.</span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Entrepreneurs who want to try mind mapping can start by tackling a strategic plan or solving a problem. Write your keyword plan or problem in the center of a piece of paper, then branching out from it, write the steps you need to perform to achieve your keyword. You will find mind mapping is the key to success, maybe even a way to earn easy money.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003352681189492027.post-51098086398741739892011-02-10T18:12:00.000+03:002011-02-10T18:12:53.840+03:00How To Become A Better Person<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-58-0aKPXwgc/TVQAH5-ciaI/AAAAAAAAABg/zUGP2zOrhOk/s1600/better-person.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-58-0aKPXwgc/TVQAH5-ciaI/AAAAAAAAABg/zUGP2zOrhOk/s320/better-person.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><br />
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Spend time to appreciate their good qualities and boost their self-esteem.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.5385em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Don’t act for selfish motives</strong>. Don’t seek to gain at the expense of others. Don’t speak ill of friends for the motive of impressing other people.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.5385em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Don’t waste time in seeking praise</strong>. Learn to let go of your ego. Humility does not mean putting yourself down. It means being content with what you are, without external praise / blame.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.5385em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Never be jealous of others’ success or happiness</strong>. Learn to be happy through the well being of others. If others do good things, feel it is partly your achievement.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.5385em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Don’t be attached to a negative frame of mind</strong>. As frequently as necessary, let go of negative thoughts. Don’t brood and be despondent. Be wary often the ego is involved in moods of despair and unhappiness. Cultivate cheerfulness.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.5385em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Smile</strong>. If nothing else try to smile when meeting others.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.5385em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Be enthusiastic in what you do</strong>. Whatever you find yourself doing, try to be enthusiastic and positive. Even the smallest act done with love and enthusiasm can make a difference.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.5385em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Don’t force your opinions on other people</strong>. Also, listen patiently to others, but at the same time don’t be swayed by what other people think you should do. Test their advice against your inner wisdom.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.5385em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Inner Peace</strong> Take time to find the inner peace and inner joy that is part of your real nature, but often hidden under the layers of our mental imaginings.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.5385em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Listen to the promptings of the heart</strong>. Be sceptical of the cold judgements of the mind.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.5385em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Better to make mistakes than to sit idle.</span></strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.5385em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Don’t complain, make a difference</strong>.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003352681189492027.post-87438794656655489332011-02-10T18:07:00.003+03:002011-02-10T18:19:50.147+03:00Learn How to Do Telekinesis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UmV0g6kglAU/TVP_EdkIu4I/AAAAAAAAABc/K7ZnoTmpH_k/s1600/telekinesis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="172" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UmV0g6kglAU/TVP_EdkIu4I/AAAAAAAAABc/K7ZnoTmpH_k/s200/telekinesis.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish I had a magic pill I could give you that would suddenly leave you with complete and 100% accurate telekinetic abilities. I wish I could say "do these exercises 3 times and you will have 100% use of your telekinetic abilities" but it just doesn't work that way.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So far, no one has been able to put into words the exact steps necessary to get your brain to manipulate the energies in just the right way so that you immediately have full telekinetic powers.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It takes trial and effort on the students part to find that perfect combination of mind, body, energy, belief and thoughts to bring out telekinetic powers in you.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Add on to that the fact that just because you hit upon the right combination today, it doesn't mean you will be able to hit that exact same combination tomorrow and it is easy to understand why it is so hard to learn how to do telekinesis.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you seriously want to learn how to do telekinesis, it takes trial and effort on your part and it is something no one can do for you. The big thing is to not get discouraged if it doesn't work for you in the first few tries. Rarely does it work for anyone in the first 100 attempts and it is not unusual for it to take several thousand attempts before a person sees the first results.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even when you get the first results, rarely is a person able to immediately repeat those results. Second results usual come faster than the first results, but it can still take weeks of effort.</span><br />
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<center><h2><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Does Telekinesis Training work</span></h2></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most people agree that once you figure out that perfect combination of energy manipulations that works for you, you should be able to do telekinesis on a regular basis and they can't understand why it would be so hard to do it a second time.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are a couple of schools of thought on this subject. On the one hand, many people believe humans have always had psychic abilities and because we have denied the existence of telekinesis and all of the other psychic abilities for so long we have almost lost the ability to use them and it is only through effort and will power that we can slowly bring these psychic abilities to the fore front.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another school of thought is that humans are only now reaching the point in our evolution that these abilities are coming out. Those from this school of thought believe that as we continue to advance in our evolution, our innate telekinetic and other psychic abilities will become stronger and stronger till one day they will become as common place as speech is to us now.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For me personally, I don't think there is enough evidence to say either school of thought is 100% correct and since both see the future as having more and more people with developed abilities, we may never know which was correct. Thankfully it really doesn't matter if either was correct or not. What matters is that slowly but surely people are developing these abilities and we can look forward to a day when psychic abilities are as common as driving a car.</span><br />
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<center><h2><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">So how do you learn telekinesis?</span></h2></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ever heard the old saying, "Practice makes perfect"? That is what it boils down to, practice. This site will give you little hints and tips on things that have helped others learn how to telekinesis, and you can try them. Plus it is in your best interest to experiment on your own. We hope that you will share your experiments with us also.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is by sharing that will help the most people to develop telekinesis abilities. There is no one way that works with everyone in every instance, but we will help as many people as possible as time goes on.</span><br />
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<center><h2><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Common Misspellings</span></h2></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you search for additional information on the internet, keep in mind that many people make typographical error when spelling the word telekinesis. Some of the more common typos include: telekenisis, telekenesis, telekenisis and telekinisis. Yet we all know exactly what they are talking about so just go with the flow and learn everything you can.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003352681189492027.post-78643233918953565562011-02-09T15:13:00.000+03:002011-02-09T15:13:20.907+03:00What is EFT ?????<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oB_hA1aiF6Q/TVKEdqjP7iI/AAAAAAAAABY/wAEMd4hkJWE/s1600/eft-points1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oB_hA1aiF6Q/TVKEdqjP7iI/AAAAAAAAABY/wAEMd4hkJWE/s200/eft-points1.jpg" width="148" /></span></a></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">EFT stands for Emotional Freedom Techniques, which is exactly what it is.</span></div><blockquote style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f2f2f2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; padding-top: 1em; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What if … you could solve most of your emotional dilemmas and many of your physical issues, with no side effects, little time and all on your own…?</span></div></blockquote><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">EFT often works where nothing else will. It provides fast, effective results for almost any ailment or performance issue imaginable. It’s scientifically proven and perfectly simple. Even young children do it with excellent results.<br />
EFT is like acupuncture without needles that works at the emotional level. It is the cutting edge of healing technology, balanced with the ancient wisdom of TCM* and advancements brought to us from the world’s leading therapists, medical researchers and psychologists.<br />
It is now used successfully by millions worldwide.</span></div><h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Basic Method</span></h3><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The technique involves lightly tapping on several acupuncture points while saying words that help the mind to focus on the issue at hand. By using particular ways of phrasing sentences (NLP**) we can access the power of the mind, while the tapping releases the blocks in the bodies energy system where the emotions are stuck.<br />
*As emotions are released related physical symptoms often simply vanish.<br />
*Unlike traditional talk therapy there is no necessity to relive traumatic events. You need not even disclose them to the therapist if you so wish.<br />
*In hundreds of thousands of case studies there have been no proven negative side effects, although it is common for issues that were apparently unrelated and not addressed to also vanish or diminish considerably. I have found this to be a regular occurrence in my practice and that of my peers.<br />
*Its simplicity is the key. The same basic technique maybe effectively applied to a headache as it would be to depression, rheumatism or asthma. With experience, practice and study advanced EFT practice do produce deeper and faster results.<br />
*Phone and proxy sessions are widely applied by professional therapists saving travel time and cost and making emergency treatment instant, in my own case I’ve conducted many such sessions and had similar success rates as face to face appointments.<br />
*many EFT practitioners are so confident in the efficacy of the modality that payment is only taken when significant lasting cures are obtained.(this is also our policy)</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR?”<br />
EFT WORKS.<br />
*TCM – Traditional Chinese Medicine<br />
**NLP – Neuro Linguistic Programming<br />
</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003352681189492027.post-7257455887280638342011-02-08T21:21:00.002+03:002011-02-10T18:20:44.799+03:00Learn About Graphology<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oB_hA1aiF6Q/TVGJec9462I/AAAAAAAAABU/Z_gQ1i36exM/s1600/i_am.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="157" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oB_hA1aiF6Q/TVGJec9462I/AAAAAAAAABU/Z_gQ1i36exM/s200/i_am.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First off, you must know that this job is hardly offered by way of traditional education. In fact, you will have more luck looking for this course online or in criminology school. Why? Well, because graphology is the art of reading and analyzing handwriting. <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />To become a graphologist takes personality. This is not for someone who likes to shy away from people. If a career in graphology sounds intriguing, you have to take special courses to become a handwriting expert and may even want to go so far as to earn a psychology degree. You can now earn these degrees online, so it’ll be relatively convenient! Use these tips to learn about handwriting analysis and become a graphologist.</span></div><ol style="list-style-image: none; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Learn what this job is all about.</strong> Research about it and read everything you can get your hands on to give you the lowdown on graphology. You will find that a graphologist reconciles handwriting patterns and personalities to arrive at a profile of the person in question. Yes, how you draw or scrawl out words, numbers, symbols and letters says a lot about who you are! The better you get at the analysis of handwriting, the more educated your guess will be as to what type of person wrote the words you’re studying.</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Figure out if you are cut out for this job. </strong>As mentioned earlier, getting into this line of work takes personality. You must be a people-oriented person, analytical, intelligent, observant, inquisitive and hungry to learn.</span><div class="ad-nopic-article-middle" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 780px;"></div><div id="ad-navbar-skyscraper" style="left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; top: 770px;"></div></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Get the education that you need. </strong>There are short courses offered online including those in bullet points below from the International School of Handwriting Analysis (ISHA) and Handwriting.Org, which upon completion will grant a certificate for you. These are: </span><ul style="list-style-image: none; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Handwriting Analysis for Beginners</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Evaluated Traits Handwriting Analysis Course</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Preparing Graphology Studies and Reports</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Software required for Graphology</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Advanced Handwriting Analysis</span></li>
</ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are more courses in graphology that will enable you to package and market them for use in your own graphology business. By the way, you don’t need to get certified to work as a graphologist. As long as you know you have learned more than enough to serve others through this career, you can embark on this as soon as you take the courses specified here.</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Find your niche.</strong> There aren’t that many graphologists working today possibly because it is not a career that the general population even knows about. This is actually a good thing because you have more job opportunities at places that have not been saturated with graphologists. Places like law enforcement agencies, courts of law, psychiatric and psychology clinics, corporate and industrial organizations, and in education as an instructor. You can even start your own private practice or profession if you want to.</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Expect to like your job.</strong> There is much to learn and teach people about analyzing handwriting. In fact, the more you know about people through their handwriting the more you want to help them become better people by suggesting ways to work on their weaknesses or challenges. Know that there will also likely be situations when you are asked to crack a criminal case that involves a dubious suicide note or something written by a stalker.</span></li>
</ol><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now you know how to become a handwriting expert. Good luck starting your career in graphology.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003352681189492027.post-51800522337424589392011-02-08T02:32:00.000+03:002011-02-08T02:32:31.661+03:00Introduction to Astral Projection For Beginners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oB_hA1aiF6Q/TVCA6ylPhSI/AAAAAAAAABQ/idzYthapUb8/s1600/AstralProjectingWoman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="132" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oB_hA1aiF6Q/TVCA6ylPhSI/AAAAAAAAABQ/idzYthapUb8/s200/AstralProjectingWoman.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><br />
<div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Astral projection has been misunderstood for centuries. It's not a medium of dark arts or something evil. In fact if we think about putting it in simple terms then it is nothing but making your conscious mind travel outside your body. We all travel into the astral world albeit unconsciously in our sleep but we seldom have a recollection of these journeys except in the form of dreams. However it is possible for every one to become fully aware of this and do so consciously.</span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first and the foremost lesson in astral projection for beginners is to learn to relax completely. You can only travel astrally when your body is completely relaxed and your mind is alert. You can relax through a variety of methods like meditation, holosync techniques and progressive relaxation. These methods need to be practiced with consistency and dedication to achieve a state possible for astral travel.</span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second important aspect is concentration. Concentration is the key to successful astral travel. All of us have are thinking about thousands of things at one given point in time. You need to focus your mind and block these thoughts out. This can again be accomplished by meditation or binaural beats techniques. Binaural beats is one of the best ways to help your mind achieve an altered state of consciousness for astral projection.</span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are looking for more guidance about astral projection for beginners, then you need to get in touch with people who have "been there and done it all". Nothing is as good as practical knowledge so people who are experts in astral travel are the best guides to learn.</span></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is a world that exists beyond the realms of the physical world. This world cannot be seen with the physical body but you can still travel there. It's a world where our guides and masters reside and where the knowledge of everything comes from</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003352681189492027.post-41548752602373134832011-02-07T20:50:00.000+03:002011-02-07T20:50:45.696+03:00World War 3 - Nostradamus Prediction when shall it be<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oB_hA1aiF6Q/TVAw1gjKzUI/AAAAAAAAABI/VrpsCHcIn-A/s1600/nostradamus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oB_hA1aiF6Q/TVAw1gjKzUI/AAAAAAAAABI/VrpsCHcIn-A/s200/nostradamus.jpg" width="168" /></span></a></div><br />
<div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">World War 3: When shall it be?</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">World War 3 shall result owing to breaking down of the basic fabric of the society. World War 3 is not a making of a day; week or years… it has been in reckoning since long. It shall be the last folly of mankind… the last war of this era. It shall be the end<span id="more-366"></span> of science as we know it today.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">World War 3 shall be different from World War I and World War II. The earlier World Wars were fought for establishing the supremacy of one country over the other. World War 3 shall be a fight to the finish between Christianity and Islam.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quran, the holy book of Islamic dharma predicts complete annihilation of the Muslim (Islamic) community after the year 2000. In the cosmic system established by God there is no place for fundamentalists. Bible also predicts the end of the Vatican after year 2000.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Both communities are primarily fundamentalists by nature… the practitioners of Islamic dharma do not hide this fact. On the contrary the Christians do not advertise their principles of life but the atrocities being committed by USA and its allies worldwide is a known fact. Both the communities are predicted by Nostradamus to get annihilated in the World War 3.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">World war 3 shall be a fight between Dharma (moral values) and Adharma (wicked tendencies). None all over the world shall be able to escape the effects of World War 3. The catastrophe shall be of such a magnitude that 1200 million people will vanish in World War 3.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After World War 3 the population of the world shall be limited to 4800 million. Primarily, India and China would not be aggressively involved in World War 3. With a combined population of about 2000 million… it shall mean that apart from India and China… the whole world would be badly affected by World War 3.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As envisaged by the famous physicist Einstein… the fourth World War would be fought with stones and uprooted trees. He was correct for the World War 3 would signal the end of science as it is today. Life will have a new beginning… a new meaning after World War 3!</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">World War 3 would signify that life would have come full circle… it was about 3500 years before that Lord Krishna came and gave life a new meaning. Presently everyone is awaiting the advent of Bhagwan Kalki… one who shall deliver the mankind from the presently existing ills and announce the end of the Kali Yuga (the metal age).</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kali Yuga (the present metal age) has been termed as a period in the history of mankind when human being stoops so low in morality that it becomes difficult to differentiate animals from human beings! The humanity is presently passing through the last phase of Kali Yuga… and this is the time when a Yuga Avatar (Incarnation of God the Almighty) of the level of Lord Krishna descends on Mother Earth and saves the mankind!</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">World War 3 and the aftermath shall be period of reckoning for the mankind… all the efforts… all the discoveries and inventions of the past few hundred years would get washed down the drain. The end of Kali Yuga shall announce the start of Sat Yuga (the golden period).</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nostradamus in his prophecies had rightly predicted the start of the World War 3 around the end of 1998. The World War 3 did not happen. Why? As the prayers all over the world increased… the happening got delayed… who is interested in a Holocaust of the magnitude of almost thousands times that of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Based on the predictions of Nostradamus as of now… World War 3 is most likely to happen around 2011~2012. Until then both the communities… the Christians and the followers of the Islamic dharma are silently in preparation.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A rise in the level of waters around 10~12 feet in the seas and the oceans is predicted in World War 3. The radio active vapors would result in melting of the Arctic ice on an unprecedented scale. World War 3 would result in countries like Australia almost getting wiped out from the face of the Earth. World War 3 would result in waves raising to a height of upto 1000 feet… something unheard of!</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The infliction by World War 3 would we phenomenal, unthinkable for the human being has indulged destroying the balance of nature. Now it is the fury of the nature everyone shall face! World War 3 would be remembered for the times to come for it shall mean the end of the dark era and the start of Sat Yuga (the golden period).</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has always been a cat and dog fight between the Christianity and the Islamic dharma. Unable to contain self both the communities would try to annihilate the other in World War 3. The results would be catastrophic for the entire mankind.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One may or may not indulge in World War 3 but every living being shall face the music of the World War 3. The doctrine of mass Karma confirms this. A citizen may or may not have acted indifferently but for the acts of the executive president… the total country shall suffer or gain for we have elected him of our own free will.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The people of Australia may not have faulted to the extent that the World War 3 spells complete doom for the entire country. Their support to USA as an ally shall be the cause of their suffering. Even though not directly involved in World War 3 but surrounded from all sides by the sea… this country shall suffer the most.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In World War 3 and the aftermath who shall survive is a tricky question? The doctrine of mass Karma shall see to it that those with Punya Karma (good Karma) in their balance shall survive and human beings having a negative balance of Karma shall perish. Justice delayed but not denied!</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The end of World War 3 shall see India becoming superpower number-one. China shall follow as superpower number two. It is inevitable… none can change the consequences for it is the Karma of the people of that country that shall decide the fate in their favor.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Glory is to World War 3 predictions by Nostradamus which shall hold well in the end!</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003352681189492027.post-9014431785787588912011-02-07T19:50:00.000+03:002011-02-07T19:50:34.382+03:00Best Job Search Tips for 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oB_hA1aiF6Q/TVAgquSlS_I/AAAAAAAAABE/68TmUBhtJ1Q/s1600/job_search1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oB_hA1aiF6Q/TVAgquSlS_I/AAAAAAAAABE/68TmUBhtJ1Q/s200/job_search1.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a period of slow holiday weeks, it's easy to feel as if your job search has stalled out. All your hard work did not deliver the result you expected.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But there is good news. We are just about to push re-start.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each year is a new opportunity to throw away any mistakes we've made in the last twelve months. And re-focus our time and attention toward new and better ideas.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Here are 11 tips to kick-start your job search in 2011:</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">1. Start setting daily, weekly and monthly goals</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's easy to be impulsive in job search. You lack the structure of your former company. So build structure by writing down ten goals to achieve each week. Choose two important and relevant goals per day.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">2. Start networking with a purpose</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's a difference between socializing and networking with a purpose. So identify specific people you need to meet and set a plan to find them at local networking events, on LinkedIn or via your personal network.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">3. Start connecting with others via social media</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete your profile on LinkedIn and secure a minimum of 100 connections. Follow your target companies on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. And begin to build influence and social credibility in advance of a job interview.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">4. Start your morning early</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If your morning routine is stale, resolve to start each day early in 2011. Suggest coffee meetings starting at 8:00 or sooner. Find networking events that start early. And create positive inertia for a productive day.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">5. Start a newsletter</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You worked so hard in 2010 to initiate new connections. Don't let them fade in 2011. Create a monthly newsletter or e-mail update to stay visible. And let your personality shine so others will want to read it.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">6. Start sharing specific job search objectives</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If your answer to "what are you looking for?" is vague or long-winded, sit down and write specifics. Describe your target position including function, level, geography and target companies. So others can help you.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">7. Start attending new networking events</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are too comfortable at your favorite networking event, look for one or two new events to attend. Expose your brand to a whole new crowd in 2011. Look for events in your industry or function (e.g. marketing).</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">8. Start helping others</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Consider taking a productive day off and dedicate every hour of your day to supporting someone else. Get to know their objectives and search your network for relevant connections. Then introduce a few people.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">9. Start an accountability group</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you or a few friends are not getting the big stuff done, start an accountability group. Meet weekly with a partner or a group of 4-6 others. Share your goals for the week and allow others to keep you on task.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">10. Start smiling</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Learn to smile when networking. A smile opens a door to others and says you are comfortable and confident. Others are more likely to help if they believe you are able to help yourself.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">11. Start paying attention to your small wins</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keep a journal of the positive results each day. This will keep your focus positive and allow you to see momentum building. Share your wins with others and encourage them to share with you.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003352681189492027.post-89992600858823255662011-02-07T19:28:00.004+03:002011-02-07T19:31:46.240+03:00Sun Tzu (The art of War)<div class="post-body entry-content" style="width: 500px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span><br />
<div class="post-body entry-content" style="line-height: 1.4; width: 500px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: red;">Sun Tzu </span></b><span style="color: red;"><b>(The art of War) </b></span>was written by Sun Mo in The Spring and Autumn Period (B.C. 512), which is roughly the same period as Confucius. Sun Mo's father was a senior officer in the military establishment, which helped to develop his interest in tactical warfare at an early age and lead him to become an expert in the military field.<br />
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He was introduced to the emperor of Wu Kingdom by Wu Gi Xu to explain his art of war theories. Having successfully demonstrated the military strategies with the emperor's royal concubines at the emperor's request, the emperor eventually agreed to employ him as his General.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br />
</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">The strategies in the "The Art of War" were widely followed in Japan in medieval times (15th to 16th Century), and the Japanese military classic "Book of Five Rings", written by Miyamoto Musashi, a noted samurai (1645), contained many similarities to Sun Tzu's teachings.<br />
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The book has been translated into different languages such as, English, Japanese, German, French and Russian, which is highly valued in different countries especially as a reference book for various military academies around the globe.<br />
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Nowadays, the theories of the book are also widely employed in business approach, organization strategy and developing management skills. </span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003352681189492027.post-44668306598949694172011-02-07T00:17:00.000+03:002011-02-07T00:17:10.557+03:005 Ways to Improve IT Effectiveness Most CIOs think their information-technology departments will be misaligned with business needs amid an economic re<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; ">Is the information-technology function at your company focusing on the same priorities as the business? Based on a recent survey by The Corporate Executive Board's IT Leadership Exchange, the overwhelming answer to this question is—No.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; ">Through a survey of 150 IT departments at mid-sized companies, the IT Leadership Exchange found that 90 percent of CIOs expect that the IT department will be misaligned with business needs in an economic recovery, and more than half feel that this will threaten the business's long-term competitiveness.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; ">When well aligned with business goals, the IT Leadership Exchange finds that an IT department can boost its effectiveness to the company by 54 percent.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; ">The task of aligning IT and business priorities is more art than science. However, through ongoing conversations with IT executives, the IT Leadership Exchange has identified five imperatives that IT functions must follow to ensure its actions are in line with the company's needs.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">1. Focus on Quality, Not Quantity of Discussions</strong><br />While it's important to talk about project status and budgets, spending too much time on such discussions does not drive business engagement. In fact, it can destroy it. To increase alignment, IT–Business discussions should focus on strategic, relationship-related matters including clearly outlining IT and business partner roles, business unit goals, and potential future projects.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">2. Hedge Your Bets in Training Investments</strong><br />Training for business-facing IT staff should focus on improving specific skill sets that most impact business engagement, namely spotting project interdependencies, translating business needs, and creating concise and focused business cases.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">3. Provide Role Clarity</strong><br />IT roles and escalation protocols should be clearly defined and communicated. Informal IT–Business interactions cannot compensate for a lack of formal IT contacts and processes. While IT shouldn't be overly bureaucratic, providing guidelines for regularly scheduled interactions, including project status review or steering committee meetings, will go a long way in engaging the business.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">4. Educate Your Business Partners</strong><br />Build more informed partners for IT by providing training that helps IT anticipate the unique needs and priorities of key corporate functions, and where possible, institute rotations of business partners into the IT function. Both strategies yield high levels of sustained business alignment.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">5. Emphasize Business Partner Accountability</strong><br />Focus on ways to tie business partner incentives or MBOs to the outcome of critical IT projects or initiatives. Leading companies employ tactics such as linking project successes to business unit metrics, formally assessing business sponsors' effectiveness throughout a project, and offering "support groups"—small cross-functional classes that help middle managers understand IT strategy and can advocate for IT with their staff.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; ">By following the tips detailed above, IT departments will be able to better align their activities and engage with business goals, boosting their effectiveness and their companies' competitiveness.</p></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003352681189492027.post-43314907869963737002011-02-06T21:53:00.001+03:002011-02-06T21:55:26.330+03:00How to be a better information technology technician<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"></span><br />
<div style="font-size: 1.167em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;">How can an information technology (IT) technician improve skills? Two words: training and communication.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.167em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;">Training</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.167em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;">An IT technician's job requires experience with both software tools and hardware. Become an expert in what the company you work for uses. Don't settle for just being competent: find out everything you can about how it works, and how to troubleshoot and solve problems.</span></div><div class="googleArticleAd" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size: 1.167em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;">Then, pursue training in other tools as well. There are certification programs for Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle, Apple, IBM, and networking, to name just a few. Cross-train yourself. You never know when a new skill will come in handy, either when your company adopts a new program or you move to a new company.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.167em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;">Look for classes and programs at local community colleges, state colleges, universities, and university extension programs. There are many courses being offered completely online, which can be more convenient if you have a heavy work schedule and family obligations. Taking one class at a time while working is doable, and helps you avoid the situation of unforeseen layoffs and not having up-to-date skills.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.167em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;">Find the best professional organizations and join. Often they have their own training programs or other educational resources. They also provide opportunities for networking, which could lead you to a mentor, or contacts useful for information-sharing or job opportunities. There are ones with a national orientation and others that have a more focused audience (e.g., women in computing). Find one or more that interest you, read their newsletters and attend conferences.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003352681189492027.post-36723583452881147032011-02-06T16:01:00.000+03:002011-02-06T16:01:44.463+03:00Basic way to publish your blog"First you have to make interesting posts on your blog. Good content is a must. Then attract readers to get your blog started. Promote your Blog. Make it easy for others to click your URL. Use your Email. Include your Blog URL on the Signature Line of your Email. Your friends will click your URL and read your blog. If they like what they see they will re-visit. They will forward your URL to their friends and before you know it you will have readers. Ask them to leave comments"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792537891632555417noreply@blogger.com0