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By Chuck Daniel First, some background on today’s topic. I’ve had a terrible week. Not terrible as in I got nothing done because I did actually get quite a bit done. But man, I struggled. And I didn’t even really understand why. I have to admit, most of what I got done happened between Thursday and Sunday. Have you ever had a week like that where you struggled to get things done? Or worse yet, struggled and didn’t get anything done? Or maybe it just FELT LIKE you didn’t accomplish anything? I hate weeks like that and I rarely feel that way. So why was this week different? At first, I couldn’t put my finger on anything specific. Looking back and replaying my week in my mind didn’t cause anything to stand out either. In short, nothing really clicked as the cause for the way I was feeling and acting. So then I decided to do what I always do when I am trying to solve a problem. I just kinda let it go for a while and did something else. And THEN, I finally figured out what the problem was! It wasn’t anything specific about THIS week. It was related to something I had done several weeks ago. And it’s very ironic that this was the cause of my problem. You see, several weeks ago I had drafted my 90 marketing plan. This document describes what I plan to do in my Big Ticket Marketing efforts over a 3 month period. It’s actually not that hard to figure out but it is something that you need to track closely and see which weeks of marketing effort have the biggest payoff. In other words, you want to track which things you did that resulted in the biggest payoff in sales, opt-ins by potential customers, joint ventures, branding, etc. Basically all the stuff we need to do to as part of our Big Ticket Marketing efforts. We want to repeat those things that give us the largest payoff in our next 3 month marketing plans and drop those things that didn’t work out. And of course we always try new things that we think will work, as well. Anyway, the reason that I was struggling and feeling like I wasn’t accomplishing this week was because… I was in OVERWHELM! I had a lot of tasks I wanted to accomplish, because I’m an ambitious guy. I want to do well and I have a lot of goals I want to reach. This is all fine, but the point of having a 90 day marketing plan is so that it will be easy to focus on the specific set of tasks that I need to accomplish each week by focusing on ONLY ONE main area each week. And normally, this system is very effective at keeping me focused. But, ironically, the act of creating the 90 day marketing plan made me look at everything I had to accomplish in the next 3 months and I was sort of stuck in that mode. I wasn’t being effective at focusing on this weeks tasks because I was in OVERWHELM thinking about everything I had to get done, overall. Have you ever experienced that? I think we all have at one point or another. However, I am disappointed that I didn’t recognize what was going on sooner. My background as a software engineer for Microsoft forced me to be pretty disciplined about focusing on what I needed to do and what our team needed to do every week to accomplish our goals. And sometimes the ship cycles lasted between 1.5 to 2 years. Plus I have a black belt in Hapkido (a Korean martial art like a cross between Tae Kwon Do and Aikido), which requires a lot of training discipline, patience, practice and long term view. But at the same time requires you to learn and work on smaller portions of the entire body of techniques, patterns, because that is the only way you can really learn what you need to know. Anyway, my point is that I should know better and yet I still fell into the fear from OVERWHELM. And I think everyone experiences not only overwhelm but other fears about what they want to do as well. The title of this article promised you a simple secret to keep your fears from holding you back - from selling Big Ticket Items. Can you guess what the secret is? I’ll give you a hint. It’s not really a secret at all. In fact everyone knows about this but unfortunately not everyone knows what to do especially in a case like overwhelm. Ready… the secret is ACTION! Yes, ACTION. Now you are probably wondering… “Hey, wait a sec, you just said you were in overwhelm, how can action possibly be the secret for that?” Napoleon Hill, in his book “Think and Grow Rich” said, “Action is the real measure of intelligence”. Thomas Huxley said: “The great end of life is not knowledge but action.” Intelligence means nothing, action means everything. I knew what I had to do this week and yet I was struggling to do it. I even had a 90 day marketing plan with each week spelled out for me and yet I was stuck. I got unstuck when I realized I was overwhelmed and decided to do something about it. What I decided to do was to take action. But the type of action I decided to take was influenced by my precious experience both in software development and martial arts. Have you heard of Kaizen? Kaizen is a Japanese word which basically means ‘continuous and incremental improvement’. The word came from when the Japanese were introduced to the work of W. Edward Deming when he was stationed in Japan to help them rebuild after World War II. While there, Deming introduced them to what later became know as Total Quality Management. What I like about Kaizen is that it takes small action steps over time to solve problems. The beauty of this approach is that you can take something that currently seems daunting or puts you in overwhelm and start by only focusing on one small step that you can take to help improve the problem. The small step is so easy that you bypass your overwhelm and fears and just do that one small step. Then after a little while you introduce another small step and continuously improve the situation or problem until it is solved. So in this way you CAN take action, even if it is very small, and slowly over time each action you take has an effect that builds on all the others and creates an unstoppable force until your problem has been solved. The fact that the action is so small makes it easy for you to do SOMETHING and not focus on how much you have to do. Maybe a short example will help. One of my goals is to increase the readership of my articles and to get more people exciting about Big Ticket Marketing. One of the best ways to do that is to get my blog and my articles out to as many readers as I can. So this week, I wanted to get my Blog and my articles listed in as many E-zine and Electronic List directories as possible. I even have software to help me do this. Guess how many directories and list locations there are? Well… there are over 1000 just in the built in database in the software I am using. I kept putting this off, because I had a bunch of other stuff I needed to get done as well. But this was a major focus for me this week. Finally, what I decided to do was to just add my information to ONE directory or list every time I finished another task. Breaking it down so that I only had to worry about one entry every so often REALLY helped me make some progress in this area, without worrying about how many there were. I still have a long way to go, but my initial goal was to get listed in 20-25 sites and I’m currently sitting at 17. A few more sites and I will have met my goal! Plus, Kaizen is really how I study martial arts so the process is very familiar to me even when applied to something else. Ok, so the one 1 simple step you need to take anytime you have a fear to conquer or an overwhelming situation to deal with is to decide on one simple action that you can do in a very short amount of time that will ultimately help you solve your problem. Do this, and then increase what you are doing in that area by a little bit each time and before you know it you will have your problem solved. Try this! It works amazingly well with very little effort. And you get a huge amount of satisfaction knowing that you are taking steps to accomplish what you want to get done… and you’ll be doing it almost effortlessly. By the way, if you want a great little resource on how to apply Kaizen, you should get The Kaizen Way - One Small Step Can Change Your Life by Robert Maurer. It’s a relatively recent book and a quick read at 182 pages. You can find it on Amazon or at Barnes and Noble online. Maybe this is your first small action step. Also, check out the resource box below for some websites that will give you some resources you can really use related to your Big Ticket Marketing efforts! Copyright (C) 2005 Chuck Daniel, Like Magic Marketing, LLC — All Rights Reserved. Chuck is a former Microsoft software designer and program manager who spent more than a decade happily working on Email and CRM. Admittedly a seminar, workshop and information addict, Chuck left Microsoft to pursue his interests in personal development, Internet, direct and information marketing and to promote and work for charitable causes. Chuck Daniel Would You Like to Make BIG Bucks With BIG Ticket Items Online? http://www.bigtickethomestudy.com http://www.bigticketblog.com This article may be reprinted in its entirety in your E-zine or on your site as long as the content is not modified, all links are left in place and you include the resource box as listed above. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Chuck_Daniel http://EzineArticles.com/?Sell-Big-Ticket-Items-Now!—1-Simple-Step-To-Keep-Your-Fears-From-Holding-YOU-Back&id=26084 buy valium from usa no prescription needed diazepam buy cheap valium cheap low cost perscription xanax valium fast

By Terry Weber You have probably heard it said the Holy Spirit is like a cloud; a fog; a ghost or even a wind. As we all know, it is as hard to explain what or who the Holy Spirit is as it is to explain what wind is. Obviously, the wind is something we cannot see, But, we can feel the wind so that leads us to try to explain it by talking about the effects of the wind and what it does all around us. I have spent many fun-filled hours in wind-related activities such as: sailing boats, flying airplanes and soaring in hang gliders. As a result, I have become quite familiar with the effects of the wind. I know many of the ways the wind can affect whatever vehicle Im in. Of course, it is always up to me as the one who is in control of the boat or plane to adjust the sails or wings properly to make the best, most practical and safest use of that wind. I must, through training and experience, learn to make that unseen and uncontrollable wind became my servant. When I feel the wind on my face, I know it is there and I know in which direction it is blowing. The wind can be soft and gentle or it can be wild, and strong! Then, it is up to me to learn what the wind is telling me so I will always be the one who is in control of the airplane or sailboat I am in. Thats when I have to make a choice: I can either fight the wind or yield to it. When I try to fight the wind, it does not work. I never win that battle. But, when I relax and go with the flow, Ive found I can; always find ways to make progress toward my goal. For example, when in flight, in a light aircraft, in a strong, rough and bumpy wind, I will choose to head my fragile airplane to the sanctuary and safety a nearby airport. Or, when in a sailboat in stormy winds and rough seas, I will steer toward a protected harbor where I can drop my anchor and know Ill be safe. In these ways I find I take control of the effects of the wind but I can never actually control the wind. As Christians, we sometimes try to explain the Holy Spirit as being a person who lives in us where he affects our lives much like the invisible wind. (See Acts: at Pentecost the Holy Spirit came in the form of a wind). Like the wind, we are made aware of the Holy Spirits presence in us because of the effect he has on us. As we know, from Scripture, the Holy Spirits purpose is to live inside of those who believe in Jesus. This is so Gods character which includes: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control are produced in the lives of all believers. (Gal. 5:22-23). As Christians we do not have to try to achieve these characteristics on our own, because the Holy Spirit suggests them to our hearts. Also, as believers, we agree and place our trust in what the Holy Spirit advises. The result is that our spiritual growth is improved as we find ourselves walking in the Spirit (Gal. 5:25). As I said before, over a lifetime, Ive learned the many ways I could make the wind work for my benefit. This experience has given me a better understanding of how the invisible wind of the Holy Spirit can guide my heart and mind. Experience has also taught me I cannot control the wind of the Holy Spirit any more than I can control the natural winds of this world. The benefit to me is that the wind of the Holy Spirit is constantly guiding, directing, and doing a work in me, so that, what I do, the way I live, is what God wants. But what about the non-Christians out there? Again, the uncontrollable Holy Spirit can be like a wind that also gently nudges the hearts and minds of all non-Christians. The Spirit offers them those same benefits: a new born again life of forgiveness with Jesus. (John 16:8-11). This gentle persuasion is done so these non-believers will feel welcomed and hopefully — have a desire to understand the Scripture that says to them: greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world. (Rom. 8). When there is wind, we know it is there because we see what it does. In the same way, with our faith and trust in God, we can live our lives with the expectation that we will experience the good effects of the wind of the Holy Spirit who lives in each believer. Finally, when we relinquish our attempts to control the uncontrollable wind of the Holy Spirit who lives in us. then, and only then, will he become — our guide. Terry L. Weber http://www.crafty-ones.com/web/viewproduct.asp?prodID=1244 http://www.yrret.stirsite.com/page/page/3455602.htm Terry Weber is a retired advertising/direct mail sales letter copywriter and inventor of several useful items. 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By Dave Lorenzo In every office around the world there is a big bag of money just sitting in a closet. That bag of money is the secret stash that the big shots give to people who provide value. Your job is to get them to reach into that bag and give you the increase that you deserve. There is a good chance that your company doesnt really have that bag of money in the closet. But it is important that you keep that mental image with you as you seek a pay increase. There is almost always a way for a company to reward a star performer. Sometimes this reward involves financial compensation. Sometimes the compensation can come in the form of an added benefit. Sometimes a company will only offer something as simple as a new place to sit or a larger office. The goal of this article is to help you receive something additional from your employer. As you begin, you need to take a good hard look at your performance. Have you created value for your company? If so, can you quantify how much value you have created? (If you are in sales, this is pretty easy. You simply need to look at the amount of business you have brought into the firm. In other areas, look at money you have saved the company since your last pay increase.) When you examine your performance, examine it as it compares to your peers within your organization. If you are not near the top of the list, you probably do not have a viable argument for seeking an increase. Next compare your performance to other people in your industry. Are you above average? Again, if you are not, you should probably improve your performance before you ask for a raise. Now that you know how valuable you are to the company, and where you stand in the pecking order, you can begin to make a reasonable case for an increase. Get your numbers together. Make sure you can present some figures to the boss that show the value you have created. DO NOT compare yourself to anyone in your current organization. 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A labor savings will often result in additional compensation for the remaining workers. After your boss has received an award. If your boss is performing at a high level, she may want to share some of the recognition with you. After the company has announced a good financial period. If the company is making more money, there might be some additional compensation available for key contributors. When the moment of truth arrives for the conversation make sure you are dressed well and you have excellent personal hygiene. (This sounds basic but there is nothing worse than sitting across from someone who is asking for money and smells like they slept in a dumpster). As you make your case, talk about the numbers. Show the value you have provided. Explain how you plan to continue to provide even more value in the future. It is key that you appear rational and unemotional. Approach this as a business transaction. Once the conversation is over give your boss time to process the information. 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By David Hallstrom You have been in a accident, automobile, slip and fall, workplace, etc.. Should you see or speak with an attorney? As far as I am concerned, the answer is always yes. When should you consult with an accident attorney? You should seek the advise of an accident attorney as soon as possible after the accident. Do not wait. You could be giving up certain rights. You should definetly speak with an attorney before speaking with the other sides insurance agent, adjuster or attorney. You say that you can not afford an attorney. Most accident attorneys will consult with you for free and, if they take your case, will handle it on a contingency basis, not taking any fee untill the case is settled. Most settlements are increased to cover the cost of the attorney and therefore normally the attorney costs you nothing. Many attorneys will also advance all court costs for you if they are forced to file suit. 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