Between business and marketing, at now the most important thing for everyone who want to success in their life is “Opportunity”. The word opportunity is belong on the chance and lucky too. With only the opportunity, their must be inspiration which is beyond in the people’s mind. For over 10 years in Asia, every success businessmen have opportunity and they mostly have inspiration too.

There is campaign of selling plans which are glowing a lot by groups of people and business. New company who create the product prepare for their future by making the online marketing which bring easy to people. They could make us the new life style which including internet which can bring you more opportunity to invest and selling. Some businessmen conclude about the way of selling plan could be online more than now in 5 years which is very close to us. The investors mostly want the opportunity to make decision in their investment too.

“How to bring the opportunity to us?” is the most common question that new investors or businessman asked. To create the opportunity for us, someone watch only in the thing that they refer or like. Opportunity will come mostly when you change something and that is why “Inspiration” came along. Inspiration brings new things and surely it makes change too. You can find inspiration belong your own mind which absolutely common as everyone but the key is “how we can change into different thing that some one else accept it?”.

The thing that make everyone believe or trust in your new thing is successful when you can prove that your thought is successful that is the day that someone else trust what you did. That’s why people don’t want to change to the different thing. The opportunity doesn’t always come with inspiration but it mostly so why don’t you bring it in the different way. Maybe it depends on time too but how did we know that it would come to us. Investors must watch carefully in everything that should make the incomes and profits. Beware the threats that would come with the new thing too everything that have been changed always have threats and that will make you more questions but don’t be afraid and give up.

“Give up” is another thing that more you lose your opportunity easily. It depends on how your inspiration to do thing strong if it’s quit strong maybe you’ll give up. You must sure and trust in what you do and what you thought very much. By the way, sometimes everything doesn’t easy enough sometimes you must stand for you trust and sometimes you must play along with threats that come in and give up. Don’t worry if you give up this day, the next day maybe you’ve got a new opportunity that you shall be success and don’t be more confident about the thing that success you must be careful in everything that you’ve done. Opportunity isn’t easy to get but it flows around you, depends on you that how much opportunity that you shall get someone more some less than other people everything are on your trust and concentration.

So everything will be good and better. If you’ve got the carefully investment or decisions. Remember that to make different is make the new opportunity to your life instead of walk around in the same place try to walk into the new place that you never been there before but you must be careful to walk every steps that you walk for your success. Maybe the way that you walk is very rough way or dangerous but it’ll make you tough and in the same way, successful will come to you with more profits and trust from other people. They will trust you and you’ll become leader.

“Tough life everlasting for tough people”

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Do you have the skills that will make you massively successful? Are you making the most of them? The people who are compensated the best in life are highly skilled and highly specialized. They perform few functions, but the ones they do are performed exceedingly well, and they are paid handsomely for performing them.

Let me share an example. When my father had open-heart surgery he was blessed to have an excellent heart surgeon. That was exactly what this doctor did — heart surgery, and only heart surgery. Of course, there were many other steps to the process, and the surgeon had a skilled team to handle those other steps. There was an anesthesiologist who put my father to sleep. There was another surgeon who retrieved a vein out of my father’s leg and prepared it for by-pass. There was another surgeon who opened the chest cavity and readied the heart. After all those functions were complete, the heart surgeon stepped in for his part. He completed his sections of the surgery, and then left the rest of the team to complete the operation. What if we had the skills and the systems to run our businesses that way? What would our production look like if we did? How balanced would our lives be with this type of a business? It is truly an exciting thought.

If you had that level of sales skills and consultation skills, and had a strong team that would enable you to operate your business on that system, you would be paid better than that heart surgeon is paid. You have a bigger market to sell your services in than a heart surgeon has; there are more people who truly need your services than there are who need heart surgery. The question is whether you are truly taking advantage of that market and preparing yourself to be a leader in it. Strong, specialized skills, and a team with the skills to support your work, will free your time so that you can serve an increasing share of the market and enjoy a healthy personal life as well. Imagine the life and the business you would have if you operated in this fashion.

What is your area of specialty in real estate? Where do your strongest skills lie? We all have exceptional skills in specific areas; when we know what they are, and focus our efforts so as to make the best use of them. Our clients benefit, and so do we. Specialization is very much a fact of life in the world around us: we see it more and more, not only in medicine, but in law, accounting, insurance, and even sports.

Let me share another example. When the NFL was first formed, players played both offense and defense. But within a few years, we had players playing only offense or only defense. Starting in the 90’s we had specialists: designated pass rushers; nickel backs; pass-catching running backs; blocking running backs. Each NFL team may have twenty guys, each of whom is on the team for only one function. They are specialists in the career of professional football.

To create a specialized, team-enhanced real estate business, you must first evaluate what you are skilled at doing, what you enjoy doing, and what needs to be done regardless of your specific skills and interests. Separate out those activities that you really dislike, and those you are less skilled at doing. Then construct a plan that will, over time, remove those activities and delegate them to skilled and enthusiastic staff members.

For example, maybe you like meeting with clients, but really don’t enjoy the escrow process. Solidify your escrow processing system so that a staff member can take it over, freeing you up to do the activities that you do enjoy. Or maybe you have a high level of skill in qualifying the buyer, but don’t feel highly skilled at showing property. Set appointments in the office to qualify the buyers, but have someone else show property to them. The possibilities are endless.

Life is truly too short; each of us has only a limited time to enjoy life’s treasures. Why not make the most of your time by creating a business that is structured around your skills and your desires? Then hire, train, and coach a team of specialists who will complement your skills and help you achieve success. I truly believe that everyone involved — your clients, your staff, your family, and you — will win. With a system in place that makes the most of your abilities and of your staff, you’ll be able to achieve success faster than you can say: “Pass the scalpel, please.”

Dirk Zeller is an Agent, an Investor, and the President & CEO of Real Estate Champions. His company trains more than 250,000 Agents worldwide each year through live events, online training, self-study programs, and newsletters. He’s the widely published author of Your First Year in Real Estate, Success as a Real Estate Agent for Dummies®, The Champion Real Estate Agent, and over 300 articles in print.

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For juniors:

- Optimize your free time. Unfortunately, eleventh grade tends to be the
most difficult in terms of time management due to the large amount of
studying that is required of all students – not only for their courses, but
for standardized tests. We recommend going out with friends only one
night a week, preferably a Saturday night. You probably want to get into
the habit of staying in on Friday nights – or at least having more relaxed
Friday nights – because most standardized tests occur early on
Saturday mornings. I know that 11th grade is a very social year, and it’s
easy to get distracted by friends, so we recommend that students plan
their study time at home very carefully. Break that time up into one-hour
blocks, working on homework and studying for 50-55 minutes and
taking 5-10 minutes at the end of each hour to take a break and
communicate with your friends. This requires discipline, but you will get
a lot more done with way than if you let yourself get caught up in an
hour-long phone conversation or IM session. It is very important to
prioritize what you have to do every week, keeping in mind that large
projects, tests and papers come first. Plan to work on these in advance,
not the night or even week before. In fact, as soon as you get the
assignment or test date, you should begin preparing incrementally. A
project done the night before is never as good as one that has been
gradually strengthened over time, and furthermore, you need a good
night’s sleep—7 or 8 hours if possible—before a presentation or test.
Pulling an all-nighter ultimately does you a disservice. If you are tired
after school, instead of sleeping until dinner, you should train yourself to
take 30-minute power naps, which will re-energize you without wasting
valuable time.

- Stick to your IvyWise testing schedule. Eleventh grade, we’re sorry to
say, is also the year of heavy standardized testing. The best way to
handle it all is by beginning preparation for the SAT I, SAT subject tests,
and AP exams (if you’re taking them in May) at the beginning of the
school year. In addition, try spacing your test dates out so you are not
wrestling with too much test prep at any given time. For example, you
can take the Math I or II SAT subject test in November and December
and get them out of the way. If you are able to prepare well enough in
advance, we recommend taking the SAT I in both January and April and
leaving May and June open for subject tests. The May SAT date does
not conflict with the dates of the May AP tests, which are usually given at
school during the week. In order to get the most out of a testing day, we
advise—especially at the end of the school year—taking 3 SAT subject
tests on both the May and June dates. The subjects you take on these
dates should coincide with your 11th-grade courses, as learning is
cumulative, and you should already know most of the information on the
tests by May or June due to your in-school coursework. Also, remember
that because colleges take only your highest scores, you can take tests
twice. For example, if you take US History as an 11th-grader, you may
want to sign up for the US History SAT subject test in both May and June
to give yourself two shots at it. For the SAT I, colleges will take your
highest score in each section, even if they occur on different test dates.
If you want a third chance at the SAT I or any SAT subject tests, you still
have October and November of your senior year to use as retake dates.
Finally, just a reminder that in order to be prepared for standardized
tests, it is important to practice. You should do about eight realistic
practice tests for each exam, whether it be the SAT I, a subject test, or an
AP exam, before going into the real test.

- Nurture your teacher relationships. Eleventh grade is the most
important time in your high school career to cultivate your relationships
with teachers. Most likely, two of your 11th-grade teachers will later be
writing your college recommendations. Try to be absent as little as
possible (aim for 3 days maximum per year, and those should only be
due to extreme illness), be responsible with your schoolwork, go above
and beyond the boundaries of the classroom assignments, be respectful
of your teachers and peers, and meet regularly with your teacher
outside of the classroom for extra help and so you can build a better
relationship. By the end of the year, you should have at least two
teachers who will want to go to bat for you. The better a teacher knows
you, the better his or her recommendation will be, as he or she can
include detailed and lively anecdotes about you in your letter of
recommendation.

- Start your college research early. Beginning in 11th grade, we
recommend visiting as many campuses as possible of those that interest
you, because you will learn a lot just by being on the campus and
seeing the community firsthand. You can start your research using the
Fiske Guide to Colleges, which is an especially great resource, because
each school’s description also includes a list of schools that are typical
overlaps (a list of schools where applicants to that particular school also
applied). Once you read a bit about a college, you can do more
research about it online by taking virtual tours and reading about
professors, course offerings, clubs and organizations, community
service, internships and study abroad opportunities. After awhile, you
will really start to get a feel for what it would be like to go there. When
you visit, you should attend both the information session and the
campus tour, as you get two different points of view: Generally, an
admissions representative leads the information session while a current
student leads the tour. As an eleventh-grader, it is also a great idea to
make contacts at the schools in which you’re interested. For example,
contact the admissions office at a school you love, find out who will be
reading applications from your area, and start an email dialogue with
this reader. This is a good way to get your specific questions answered,
as well as have your name heard by the person who will eventually be
evaluating your application.

- Set high but realistic grade goals for each semester. Colleges will look
first and foremost at your academic record from 9th grade through the
end of 11th grade. Therefore, your goal should be to end 11th grade as
strong as possible. This is especially important if you started high
school out on a shaky note – if you finish 11th grade on an upward
grade trend, your lower grades in your freshman year will be more likely
to be excused. Most colleges will only see the very beginning of your
senior year’s performance in your courses by the time you apply, so
your end-of-year grades during junior year must be reflective of your
academic capabilities. College is about getting a higher education and
admissions readers want to be sure that the students they admit can do
the work at their school. Remember, grades always come first!

For seniors:

- Focus on all of your schools, not just your early choice. If you applied
early, it can be tempting to “wait and see” before seriously working on
your other college applications—however, since most early programs
send out their decisions in mid-December and most regular applications
are due in early January, putting off the other applications would be a
mistake. Give yourself your winter vacation as a time to relax, not as a
time to be frantically working on your college applications. Furthermore,
keep researching all of the schools on your list. Take comfort in the fact
that you put together your college list based on careful research—you
would likely be equally happy and successful at any of the schools on
your list. Continued research should help you get excited about multiple
colleges, instead of just focusing on one. That way, once you receive
your early application decision, you will be prepared for all options.

- You are in charge of what you share. In other words, if your relatives
nag you over where you are applying and whether you will be going to
an Ivy League school, feel free to decide how much you want to share.
If a particular extended family member or friend is adding to your stress
rather than helping alleviate it, you might want to calmly and directly
explain that you would rather not discuss it right now. Remember that if
someone is giving you a hard time, it is likely a result of his/her own
feelings and not about you. Surround yourself with people who will
support you, and think about how your words might be affecting those
around you as well.

- Don’t forget that you are still in high school. Senior year, as you know,
is often very stressful. Seniors are so busy planning and preparing for
leaving home and going to college while at the same time still trying to
enjoy their last year of high school. Don’t get so caught up in applying
to college that you neglect high school—including your schoolwork.
Stay motivated by using your last year of high school to get the most out
of your classes, and to contribute more than you have in the past.
Adding to class discussions, challenging yourself on papers and
assignments, and managing your busy schedule are great practice for
college, when you will most likely have harder classes and more
freedom.

- Be a leader. As a senior, you are automatically a leader in your
school, whether or not you are captain of a sport or president of a club.
Assume your leadership role with pride. Be a role model to younger
students. Lead by example in the classroom, on the sports fields, and in
your clubs and activities.

- Remember that things do work out. It may be difficult to hear now, but
whether or not you are admitted to your first choice school, things do
work out in the end. Most students I have spoken to agree that they
would have been happy and successful at many, many colleges.
Success is based on the individual, not on the college he/she attends.
College admission is not a statement about your worth as a person.
This fact is important for everyone to keep in mind—even the person
who is admitted to every school on the list. Celebrate your many
accomplishments before you hear from your colleges.

For parents of juniors:

- Start planning trips around college visits. A helpful way for a parent to
get involved in the college application process is by starting to plan
college visits in advance, before the pressure is on during senior year.
Longer trips can be planned during fall or winter break, whereas a quick
trip should be planned for a day off of school. Ideally, a visit should be
when school is in session, so the student can get a realistic idea of what
it’s like to live and study in that particular community. Initiating
discussion of college visits is also a great way to encourage your son or
daughter to begin the college research process early. Remember,
however, that your role is to plan the visits and provide support for your
son or daughter throughout the duration of the visit; it is not to decide
whether the school is a good match for your son or daughter. Of course,
your opinion will likely matter to your son or daughter, it’s important that
you stay at arm’s length – you are not applying to school.

- Help your child understand the importance of junior year grades.
Eleventh grade can be an extremely stressful and work-intensive year
for students who are planning on applying to the top tier of colleges. In
some cases, the overload can cause a backlash or a descent into
indifference. It is then your role to help your son or daughter understand
that 11th grade academic performance is basically the most important
aspect of a college application, and this is the most inopportune time for
a high school student to drop the ball in his or her coursework. While it
is true that in terms of grades, college starts in 9th grade, there is a bit of
room for error in the earlier years, as long as the student eventually
demonstrates an upward grade trend. By the fall term of 11th grade, this
upward trend has to have begun; it is then the student’s responsibility to
reinforce these high grades throughout the rest of his or her high school
career. It is therefore also crucial to end midterms on a strong note. You
should check in with your son or daughter periodically to see how each
individual class of theirs is going so you can pinpoint any particular
problem areas early on. If they seem to be having problems in a certain
area, encourage your son or daughter to talk to the teacher outside of
the classroom on a biweekly basis. This not only will help your child
understand the material, it will help him or her build an important
relationship with a teacher who could vouch for him or her on a college
application during the following year. It’s also a good idea to ask
questions about their classes from an intellectual standpoint: Try and
help your child connect the actual course material by engaging in
dinnertime conversation about what he or she is studying. Play the role
of student by having your child explain in detail what is being covered in
their core classes. Still, if your son or daughter seems to be slipping
grade-wise or seems increasingly disinterested in his or her schoolwork,
you may want to start encouraging the college research process with a
possible trip to a reach school or two. Seeing the school’s environment
and realizing what the commitment it will take to get there will likely
serve as a motivator more commanding than your reminders that
schoolwork comes first.

- Stay on top of your son or daughter’s standardized testing schedule. It
is important to really keep on top of your kids about this: Are they signed
up for the right standardized tests? Are they properly registered? It has
unfortunately proven more than once that leaving minute details such as
picking up registration forms up to the student is not always a foolproof
plan. Also, ask to see the registration forms to make sure that your son
or daughter’s name is spelled and recorded exactly the same way on
each SAT form. If a student sits an SAT or a subject test on more than
one occasion and his or her name is recorded differently in any way
from one date to the other, not all scores will be grouped together. Even
something as minor as the presence or absence of a hyphen in a
compound last name can cause a separate record to be created for your
child, so please be vigilant about spelling!

- Finally, don’t stress yourself out, too! As we said earlier, 11th grade is
indeed a demanding and tense year for students. It is your job to serve
as a support system during this time, not add unneeded extra pressure.

For parents of seniors:

- Encourage your son or daughter not to lose steam in school. Probably
the most important thing you can do for your senior right now is to help
them avoid the infamous senioritis like the plague. Especially now that
early-round applications have likely been submitted, the temptation to
extend much-needed relaxation into slacking off is looming strong. You
can help by providing continual reminders that senior year does count
and can in fact be the deciding factor of acceptance if he or she is
deferred or waitlisted. If he or she needs more help internalizing this
fact, you might want to have your child give his or her IvyWise counselor
a call!

- Help set up mock interviews for your son or daughter. Many schools
require or recommend an interview to accompany students’ written
applications, and for many students, this can seem somewhat daunting.
Naturally, practicing will help! Try arranging a mock interview with
another adult – perhaps a friend of yours t whom your son or daughter is
not too close – to mimic the experience a bit more accurately. Also, if
your student is signed up for an IvyWise package, have them consult his
or her manual and thoroughly review the sample questions provided in
the interview section.

- Don’t place too much emphasis on your child’s early school. Now that
early applications are in, there is little else a student can do but wait for
his or her first-choice school’s decision. Do your best to avoid closing
the college discussion to other schools by saying, “Well, if Penn [replace
Penn with Harvard, Princeton Brown, etc.] accepts you, none of this will
be relevant, but you should start working on your NYU application just in
case.” Although you are not technically eliminating other schools from
the mix, it can definitely be too much for a student to handle if his or
parents consistently bring up the outside chance that he or she will be
accepted at his or her dream school, which for many students is a very
high reach. Now that year-end grades and test scores are in place, this
point in the year is a great time for you to schedule a meeting with the
college counselor at school, where you can go over your child’s college
list and get the school counselor’s perspective on the likelihood of your
child being admitted to each school on the list. Make sure the list is
complete with all reach levels (high reach, target, and true safety
schools) – it’s time for a reality check! In some cases this may mean
redefining a list somewhat, but it’s certainly better to do that now than
after the fact. In brief, it’s important at this time for you to keep the
conversation open to the idea that there are many choices, and if your
child is not accepted early, it is not the end of the world and can be a
blessing in disguise. After all, you are the parent and your job is to
make your child appreciate his or her successes, of which there are
certainly are many!

- Applying to college is not a “we” process. The college application
process can be very scary for parents: The child you raised is growing
up and leaving the nest. Where they go after leaving said nest,
however, should not ultimately be up to you. The decision-making
process belongs to the student. Please try and keep the “we” out of it as
much as possible. You can and should be your child’s biggest
cheerleader, but allowing your son or daughter to take ownership of
what is likely his or her most major life decision is essential.
Furthermore, if the applicant is eventually deferred, waitlisted, or
rejected, do not try and assume the blame by making it a mutual
rejection (“’We’ were rejected from Notre Dame” is not going to soften
the blow for your son or daughter.). As most applicants ultimately
understand, acceptances to colleges are based on a complex
interaction of factors, and no one should consider it a personal failure if
the ideal end result does not materialize. It is the parent’s responsibility
to help the student understand this – not to appropriate the rejection as
a sign of your own shortcomings. Your objective, adult point of view is a
crucial element to your son or daughter’s comprehension of this
situation, so please do your best to keep an impartial attitude toward the
end result (al the while, of course, while reminding your child that he or
she will always be loved and that he or she is indeed successful).

Katherine Cohen is the president and founder of IvyWise.
ivywise.com ivywise.com

Do you need a Life Coach? What exactly is a Life Coach?

Would you like to enhance your performance and business opportunities, or simply achieve more in your life?

Are you unsure how to develop and utilize your skills, need help to solve a financial dilemma, resolve a problematic personal or work relationship, or achieve better work/life balance?

Maybe you are confused about the next step in your business direction, and want support from someone who can help you to identify opportunities and next steps.

Do you want to lose weight, stop smoking, improve motivation and self-confidence?

Do you want to achieve higher personal or professional goals?

There is much more you could achieve in your life with a Life Coach. A Life Coach is part personal consultant, part sounding board, part manager. Yes, manager. Someone to help you maintain direction, develop strategy, motivation, and goal setting. A coach is often the person, who encourages a professional to succeed, to hire, to fire, to fine-tune a sales pitch, to stretch, set higher goals, boost profits and make better decisions about everything from personnel to strategy. You might dream of expanding your business, but need help developing a business plan and strategies to put your plans into action. Business owners sometimes become disillusioned about being a business owner—yet they have all the requisite skills and ability to be highly successful. A Life Coach can release your potential commercially, personally and emotionally.

Life Coaching is not another ‘how to’ course. It is a powerful and empowering relationship between two people that produces exceptional results.

“Why would I need a coach”? You might ask. You reason, “I am successful. I am happy and my business is good or as good as I think it could be.” That is precisely the reason that Tiger Woods or Pete Sampras needs a coach. Tiger Woods could say, “My golf game is good. I won the last tournament.” However, his coach is one of the most important people in his life.

A coaching session is typically thirty minutes and rarely longer than an hour. Sessions are conducted face-to-face or via phone. Some coaches include brief email exchanges between formal sessions or follow-up. Many Life Coaches offer fee packages, which allow a discount for prepaid sessions.

Finding a qualified coach is a dilemma as the profession is relatively new and unlicensed. The following criteria are good guidelines.

• Master’s or Doctorate Degree – Many Life Coaches are trained in interpersonal skills, yet possess a unique blend of practical experience, financial skills and empathy. They will understand your personal and business challenges and help you to deal with them effectively.

• Proven experience as a professional

• Openness and flexibility to their approach at being ‘your’ coach.

• Ability to be patient and push you to succeed simultaneously.

Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD, Entrepreneur, personal and professional Life Coach has 25 years experience. drdorothy.net drdorothy.net

I like working with independent professionals and artists because of the way the work life balance shows itself in our lives – for us, life, work, and business exist in a nexus from which we cannot easily extract our ways of loving, relating, and making meaning. The challenges we face in business inform our personal lives and personal challenges affect our businesses.

Rich as it is, the relationship between personal and professional life can be rocky and maintaining the work life balance is often a tricky issue. I experienced this recently when, within a few weeks of declaring some audacious goals for my business, a routine mammogram turned up some abnormalities. In the following weeks I had additional mammography, a biopsy, and surgery, with the happy outcome that the abnormalities were benign. I wanted to put the experience behind me and get back to work, full speed ahead.

The problem was that I didn’t feel like it. I enjoyed my client work and my speaking engagements, but I dreaded the creative and analytic work related to teleclasses and Internet marketing. Try as I might, I just didn’t have the juice for these projects. On the life side, I felt I needed time and energy for processing, renewal and restoring my inner balance; on the work side I felt I needed to make up for lost time.

I’ve been caught between the promptings of my spirit and the requirements of my business more than a few times, and I know pat success formulas don’t help. I also know it is possible to take care of ourselves and our businesses if we are willing to do the work.

Here are nine strategies that, taken together, can help to change course without abandoning the destination and help you restore your work life balance:

1. Don’t panic.

Even if you feel panicky, you can choose modest, recoverable steps to address the situation. This is no time to get a divorce, fire an employee, or buy a new computer system. Tip: Talk with a coach or therapist to get perspective.

2. Return to Source.

Whatever your spiritual orientation or tradition, connect with what for you is the Source of life or spirit. Know that there is something larger than you that encompasses you. Spend at least 15 minutes each day connecting with that Source. (I like Mark Silver’s Remembrance Practice described in his free downloadable workbook Getting to the Core of Your Business.)

3. Take a body inventory.

Are you sleeping well? How are you eating? What’s your energy level? If these are not up to par, get a professional evaluation and take the steps that will restore your well being.

4. Tell the truth.

Sometimes energy flags when we’ve gotten into a pattern of pleasing others or living according to standards that are not our own. Notice if there is any disbalance. Notice where you’re being less than forthright and get clear about your motives, then clean it up. (Talking to a coach or therapist can facilitate clear, authentic communication.)

5. Keep good company.

Are you stimulated and encouraged by your peers and clients? Do you have great playmates? Playing on the wrong playground with the wrong kids is neither fun nor productive.

6. Tune Up Your Thinking.

There’s substantial evidence that managing the way we think can have a profound and lasting effect on mood and motivation. See Amazon.com for books you can use to tune up your cognitive skills and/or make a date with a therapist. (If you are otherwise in good psychological health a skilled coach can help, too.)

7. Set Healthy, Flexible Boundaries.

Yes, real life and real business are intimately connected, but that doesn’t mean that you need to give up your privacy. To find your work life balance, set boundaries so that you can feel generous without feeling depleted and available without feeling invaded. Keep them flexible, because (doncha know?) things change.

8. Create or Refine Systems.

We can’t manage real life and a real business without good systems. Look at where things feel most out of sorts and resolve to create or improve a system to get things on track.

9. Keep the Goal, Drop the Plan.

Sometimes the best way to achieve a goal is to let go of our plans. Promptly and clearly revise commitments and offers as necessary to bring current activity in line with current resources. Why abandon ship when you can drop anchor while you make some repairs (or while you enjoy a few weeks in the sun!)?

As for me, these strategies led me to postpone the re-launch of the Authentic Promotion teleclass and take a break from Internet marketing. Having stopped the war between myself and my business, I restored my work life balance and now feel more engaged with the things that I choose to take on (like writing this article.) My audacious goals are now shining possibilities instead of looming obligations, and if it takes a little longer to reach them, arriving will be all the sweeter.

Molly Gordon, MCC, is a leading figure in business and shaboominc.com/ personal growth coaching, writer, and a frequent presenter at live and virtual events worldwide. Join 12,000 readers of her Authentic Promotion® ezine, an invaluable small business marketing resource helping you grow your strong business while you feed your soul, and receive a free 31-page guide, “Principles of Authentic Promotion.” Don’t miss Molly’s authenticpromotion.com/work-life-balance/index.html articles on work life balance which will help you change course without abandoning the destination and help you restore your work life balance.

Is your life so busy you’re wondering how you are going to
find time to read more, especially when it’s just for
‘pleasure’? Having trouble justifying it, even to
yourself? Leisure activities like reading are often the
things that slide when life goes into overdrive. And
that’s sad because it’s an activity that can make life
richer and more enjoyable.

A lot has been written about the benefits of reading for
and to children. However, there is very little about the
benefits to adults in engaging in regular reading. Let me
assure you that the benefits for adults do exist and are
many and varied.

Some of these include:

1. Providing an escape from the day-to-day

Fiction is a great way to take a quick immediate break, to
be instantly transported into another world. Today you
could be in America, in the deep south with Alice Walker’s
‘The Colour Purple’, tomorrow in the Australian bush with
Tim Winton’s ‘Dirt Music’, next week in downtown London
with Helen Fielding’s ‘Bridget Jones Diary’ and next month
in Ireland with Jim O’Neill’s ‘At Swim, Two Boys’. There
is no limit to the places fiction can take you.

2. Relaxation

There is something about stopping to focus on words
arranged for our reading pleasure that is instantly
relaxing. Maybe it’s staying still, something that doesn’t
seem to happen often enough. Maybe it’s knowing that we
are stepping into a secret world that we have to relax
enough to enter. Then there is the words themselves. The
beauty and rhythm of language has the ability to calm and
relax us.

3. Stress relief

Taking your mind off your own problems, even for a few
minutes, can have a therapeutic effect and be a timely
circuit breaker. This is so effective that the National
Health System in the United Kingdom has introduced a
‘Reading and You Scheme’. The scheme encourages mental
health patients to read more as part of their therapy for
reducing stress and overcoming anxiety, depression and
social isolation.

4. Stimulates the right side of your brain

Reading opens your mind to new possibilities. It stretches
your imagination in new and wonderful directions and takes
your mind on a wonderful journey through others’ lives.
What would you do if you were Jo Becker in ‘While I Was
Gone’ by Sue Miller? Would you tell your husband and three
daughters about a grisly crime that happened when you were
a university student? Or would you try to pretend it never
happened?

5. Entertaining

Fiction is capable of provoking many and varied emotional
responses – it can make you laugh out loud, it can make
tears spill onto the page, it can be edge-of-the seat
terrifying, it can make you blush with embarrassment, it
can challenge your core beliefs. There is a world of
emotion in every story and you as the reader get to be part
of it.

6. Enjoyable

Reading is a deeply satisfying pursuit. The expression
‘curling up with a book’ evokes a warm and cosy image and
feels luxurious if you don’t get to do it often.

7. Rejuvenating

Reading is an easy and quick way to nourish your soul
because it is for the most part a solitary pursuit. And
being alone, or at least alone in your thoughts, on a
regular basis is crucial to maintaining a sense of self.
As I’m sure you know, it’s easier to give to others when
you feel fulfilled and your needs are met. Even just a few
minutes of reading can keep you going throughout the day.
Of course, you know you’ve read something special when you
find your thoughts continually re-visiting it.

Reading is like exercising – mental and physical benefits
flow from a regular routine.

So don’t feel guilty about taking time out to read. Its
good for you!

Jill Brennan, an experienced writer, editor and mother of 2 young boys, created espresso Fiction to help time-poor fiction lovers get a regular hit of quality fiction that they could read in 15 minutes or less and still feel satisfied. To learn more about getting great fiction home delivered, go to fastfoodforyourmind.com fastfoodforyourmind.com

Focus on being happy and the rest will follow.

Here’s an example: Imagine its 5pm. The kids are tired and hungry. They’re whining for food, for TV, for juice, for hugs. You’re tired and stressed out. You’re juggling the hot saucepan whilst trying to reason with your eldest who’s throwing a tantrum because you mixed her peas in with her carrots. You’re starting to panic because you’ve got company tonight and the house looks like a bomb hit it. Then your youngest throws his plate on the floor and splatters food everywhere. Pause….What’s your next response?

Throw a tantrum too?

Take a deep breath, laugh, or just relax?

Either choice…..what’s the consequence of each response?

1. By throwing a tantrum or getting exasperated you choose to escalate the tension. You get angry, you huff and puff whilst clearing up the mess, you raise your voice and feel uptight. Your children feel bad, mommy’s angry and it’s their fault, they get whinier still vying for your attention. Your spiral of anger and frustration increases.

2. By laughing, or relaxing you choose to defuse it. You release the tension in your body, your children get to laugh with you “oops, look what just happened, lets be more careful next time, ok?” The tension evaporates; you remember how wonderful your children are. The whining is exchanged for playfulness.

In both cases, you still have to clear up the mess and prepare the house for guests – but it is not hard to see which response will be more fun, and bring more happiness to you and your children. You are not the victim here, you are in control – you choose your response, no one else does it for you.

Happiness is a Habit!

No one says being in control of your response is easy! The key is to keep practicing your response. Simply practicing and choosing to be happy will have an immediate impact on your outlook. Try this exercise…

…think about an event that brings you great joy – a fabulous achievement, a wonderful holiday, the birth of your child, your marriage day….anything that you can remember clearly as being a happy time. Bring up the memory again in your mind, close your eyes and fill your mind with the memory.
Breath deeply into the memory, visualize it as clearly as you can with all your senses – what can you see, feel, hear, touch, smell. Can you feel the same feelings of joy and happiness? Because you can re-create it in your imagination, it means it is always available to you. Feelings of happiness come from WITHIN, not from without!

For the following few days, consciously remind yourself of this happy memory as often as you can (write post-its, pop-up email reminders, anything to keep you constantly changing your thought habits). Don’t just think of a person (eg. child, loved one) but think of an occasion with the person that was a happy one – its easier for your mind to attach an emotion to a particular incident, and easier for you to recall.

Take care to do this at a deeper level than simply thinking ‘I’m happy’! You need to remember the incident with your heart. For some of us it may mean creating ‘quiet time’ for a few minutes every few hours. Try it every time you go to the bathroom!

Watch out for your inner self-sabotage, that voice that says”this is so fake!” and ask your inner voice “Why would you prefer me to feel angry?!” Some days you will prefer to feel frustrated or sad or angry – but this is your choice, even if you have the worst day in the world, you can still choose to remember a happy memory, or to submerse yourself in the negativity of the events around you. These are your thoughts, choose the happy ones!

Elaine Hamilton Grundy, Life Coach and Reiki Master Teacher, has been teaching and speaking internationally since 1995 helping thousands of people through her workshops and personal consultations.

Elaine is teaching and coaching in Singapore. Please visit elainegrundy.com/ www.ElaineGrundy.com for more information on her classes and talks.

I am an Angel artist on a passionate spiritual journey and I would like to share my story of what it is like to work with the Angels. It is a unique experience and very real.

In 1993, I gave over my talent to the Divine to paint Angels. Having a decorative painting business and feeling led to paint Angels I gave that up. One step led to another and so began the journey…”I Shall Paint Angels”

I would like to share with you how the Angel paintings and messages are created and convey the experience of connecting with the Angels.

I start by asking for the name of the person whose Angel is being painted. Then when someone places a commission to have their Angel painted, or places one for someone as a gift, their Angel knows! From this moment forward the Angel makes preparations and chooses a timing to reveal itself and all that it has to share. If you truly seek your Guardian Angel and want to know your Angel, this is the time to reach out to your Angel with all of your heart and soul. Ask and seek guidance! You will be surprised at how much guidance you will receive. The Angels are just waiting for you to ask them and they will instantly respond.

When I call upon the Angel of the name given, and if the Angel indicates it is ready (Angels work in their own timeline), I then proceed.

The voice is like whispers of the wind gently blowing through soft wind chimes, yet very clear. I can feel the Angel surround me with electrifying light and energy that covers my whole body. The whole canvas is surrounded and illuminated with glowing white light. At this point I do not see the Angel, but hear and feel the Angel in and around me. The Angel then tells me what colors will be used and I then paint the background as energy begins to flow down my arm to my paintbrush as I paint. As I finish the final few strokes of the background, the Angel suddenly appears in the painting as an abstract image or impression coming through the painted background. I then begin to paint the Angel…with each and every brushstroke guided by the Angel, only allowing their vibration and that of God to come through the portrait. I am guided on how to do each area and when something has been done to the Angel’s satisfaction I am told..yes! Exactly! Leave it just like that!

You will notice in my paintings the Angels have no faces. I believe “Only God can create their faces. Look closely into the painted brushstrokes and background, and you will see the Angel’s face. It is always there. You may only see a set of eyes, but it truly there

When the painting is finished I am told. I sign my name feeling blessed each and every time. I then start writing, word for word, all that the Angel wishes to share with the one it loves, protects, guides and nurtures every day of their life. Each message is mystifying and personal and above all, touching. I have not met a person yet, who truly sought to know their Angel, not walk away amazed and touched.

The process is the same whether it is for a Guardian Angel painting, Archangel or Angel Painting. I do not need the name for the Archangel , unless I am specifically painting a particular Archangel, then I do ask for that Archangel name. “Angel Messages for Humanity” paintings are left to the Divine’s choice on which Angel wishes to present itself. I just go with the flow. Each and every time I paint an Angel, is like the first time. The excitement and the passion is always there to be the channel for this work.

The belief and knowingness of the Angels is needed now more than ever in this unsettled world. The more contact you allow yourself with the Angels, the more peace you will feel within yourselves and this will begin to reflect in your own lives and create a feeling of self-empowerment to replace feelings that things are out of your control.”

I truly believe we are here to make a difference and if something comes into our awareness it is our responsibilty to respond in whatever way we can. I also believe we are all healers and the talents that come easily and naturally and from the heart are truly what we are supposed to be doing with our lives … responding with the heart.

© 2005 Sharae Taylor

Sharae Taylor is a well known Intuitive Angel Artist whose paintings are in world wide collections and her works have been exhibited with other well known Angel Artists Andy Lakey ,Donna Terody Sheratan,Gary Markowitz, past art editor of “Angel Times” magazine and K. Martin Kuri, Angel Artist and Author. Sharae has also participated in many Angel Expos and Angel Conferences with other well known Angel Authors like Alma Daniels author of “Ask Your Angels” . Her Angel paintings are featured in the newly released “Angels” DVD by Llewellyn and New World Music and was featured in the February 2005 issue of Planetlightworker.com. Sharae is a published author in magazines and ezines. To view Sharae’s Angelic art and for further information visit her website at: angelsbysharae.com angelsbysharae.com

According to the dictionary, “Continuing professional development is the means by which members of professional associations maintain, improve and broaden their knowledge and skills and develop the personal qualities required in their professional lives.” Continuing professional development ensures that professionals keep developing their knowledge and skills, as well as improve their competence.

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Continuing professional development accentuates a person’s education, development and effective professional performance. In the US, professional organizations are also making continuing education mandatory, either as a requirement of membership renewal or licensing retention. Government organizations, professional bodies, employment organizations, individual employees and professional development providers are increasingly stressing continuing professional development programs. A continuing professional development program requires systematic, ongoing, and self-directed learning that would ensure continued competence and an indisputable professional responsibility.

These programs offer courses that can provide the flexibility of a part-time study together with world-class postgraduate education and professional development. A professional can develop his skills through a variety of workshops, seminars, short courses, certificates, diplomas and master’s degrees as well as online courses across a wide range of disciplines. You can also study for short non-accredited specialist courses, which gives a person opportunity to be abreast with the latest changes in his profession.

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Although I have not called this article: “Are Christians going to heaven? – Part 2,” in effect this is what it is. This Scripture is one of the most emotive and uplifting Holy Scriptures in the New Testament accounts, but there is a twist and the twist is a serious flaw in the way that it’s written. Like the mainstream Christian belief in Good Friday afternoon to Sunday morning it makes The Lord Jesus Christ out to be a liar. If you haven’t already done so please take the trouble to read my series of articles on “How did three days and three nights become Good Friday to Sunday morning?”

Here he goes again I hear you say, is there anything that this man Crosby agrees with in the Holy Scriptures. Yes, absolutely, I agree with all the Holy Scriptures but not necessarily in the way many verses have been erroneously translated by men of the Christian religion and Luke 23:43 is no exception to this problem. This verse has been translated without any thought or understanding and the error is so subtle you will be stunned once you understand what they have done. First though, let’s copy all the relevant Scriptures just to refresh our memories:

Luke 23:39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. 40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. 42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. 43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

Ok so what’s wrong I hear you say? Not at lot when it comes to correcting this verse, but what is wrong is absolutely crucial to understanding the Truth of what The Lord Jesus Christ is saying here. More important by far is the acute torturous pain and suffering The Lord is experiencing at this very moment in time as He utters these words to the other man being crucified with Him. As this verse is written it could easily be the utterings of a man holding a normal conversation whilst sitting comfortably in an armchair. “Oh and by the way, today you will be with me in paradise” Just this flippant grammatical interpretation should be enough to make us question this translation without even studying the real evidence that makes this verse a load of nonsense.

So let’s look at it as it’s written and see if it stacks up. The Lord Jesus Christ says to this other man that on that very day he will be in Paradise with The Lord. Hello!? Excuse me!!? This man will be where!? In paradise with The Lord on that very day – how does that work then? If my memory of the Holy Scriptures serves me correctly (and it does) The Lord Jesus Christ dies that very afternoon and He’s lain in His tomb where He stays for three days and three nights and when resurrected returns to His Father in heaven after forty days of assorted appearances to His disciples. No other man has ever done that, only The Lord Jesus Christ and nowhere does it say He went to ‘paradise’ after He died. With this evidence alone we can already see there is a serious flaw or gaffe in the grammar of this verse and all that is required is the correct placement of the comma: Verily I say unto thee To day, shalt thou be with me in paradise.

Is that amazing or is that amazing!? There it is: Verily I say unto thee today!!!! Today as I am dying the most painful of deaths I will give you a place in my Kingdom. Now notice this verse because the other man, who is also dying on a cross, seemed to have more understanding than most of mainstream Christianity: And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. Remember me when thou comest into thy Kingdom, and when will The Lord Jesus Christ be coming into His Kingdom? Soon I hope, because watching this world as it deteriorates into an abyss of wickedness, evil and corruption gets more saddening each day. If it is saddening me how much more is it saddening the Godhead?

Ok let’s set the record straight, this other man who died with The Lord Jesus Christ on that day is still in his grave and awaiting his resurrection when The Lord Jesus Christ returns to set up His Kingdom (Paradise) here on this earth. When that happens The Lord Jesus Christ will have fulfilled His promise to that man. If we continue to believe this Scripture as it is written then we make The Lord Jesus Christ a liar, as He most definitely did not enter paradise on that day, He was buried in His tomb. A little question we now have to ask ourselves is this: Was this grammatical ‘error’ an error or a deliberate mistake by those with vested interests? Was it done, as was the Good Friday to Sunday morning thing, to discredit The Lord Jesus Christ and make Him out to be liar, or just an innocent ignorant slip of the pen? More the former than the latter I’ll wager, and I would win that wager too.

The issue of this grammatical error is critical in perpetuating the ‘Christians going to heaven’ myth. I have frequently heard mainstream Christians quote this same verse in support of their fallacious idea; the idea that as soon as we die we go to heaven, if we are Christians that is. As we can see, from the very straight forward evidence, that the other man who died that day with The Lord Jesus Christ most definitely did not join The Lord in paradise. He, like The Lord Jesus Christ, died that day and his body buried. The only difference being The Lord Jesus Christ was resurrected three days and three nights later and other man is still dead in his grave and not in paradise – yet!

Charles Crosby