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The Pros & Cons Of Marketing In Small Businesses

2008-11-29T06:58:00.001-08:00

When speaking about marketing for a small business, there are many different methods in which we could use to drive sales. Each different method has its pros and cons as I'd like to share to you my experiences of running a small business.

I know that 'time' is the most valuable resource for small businesses, and money spent should be money earned at least three times in return, so therefore, I'd like to just quickly share my experiences in this list form below.

Ok then, enjoy and 'leaf' like a tree and grow :) Get it? hehe.. Just a little humor before we begin. :-)

Here it is..

MARKET RESEARCH - We must create the market before selling the product.

Methods:
1. Questionnaire:
Pros - Great for random opinions, & questions answered.
Cons - Waste of time & money if questions do not bring results for decision making.

2. FGDs (Focus Discussion Groups)
Pros - Great for understanding quickly how others perceive your product and competitors.
Cons - Participants vary in character and some might not truly show their honest opinion due to their characteristics (shy, going with the crowd, indecisive, etc).

PRODUCT- When there is a guaranteed market, then product development should take place.

Methods:
1) Outsourcing Production
Pros - Saves time as you can focus on managing the big picture.
Cons - Unreliable in deadliness and product quality.

2) Manufacture
Pros - Controlled quality and perfection.
Cons - Time consuming.

3) Reseller (Not our own product)
pros -Leaves us to focus on marketing.
Cons - If manufacturer's product not up to par with our marketing.

PRICING - Pricing determines profit margins.

Methods:
1) Low-End
Pros - Mass buyers.
Cons - Smaller profit margins.

2) Premium
Pros - Higher Standard, and smaller competition.
Cons - Not enough buyers.

DISTRIBUTION - If consumers do not see your product, how are they going to buy?

Methods:
1) Exclusive
Pros - Easier to manage, negotiate deal and monitor.
Cons - Depending on one 'source' of basket to handle our eggs.

2) Sub-Distributors
Pros - The ability to expand channels throughout the market.
Cons - profit margin battle and harder to manage.

3) Self Distribution (on-line or off-line)
Pros - Efficient, good for decision making.
Cons - More to manage and time consuming.

PROMOTION - Promo is the icing on the cake which either makes the cake (product) good or bad.

Methods:
1) Old Media - Radio, print media, television.
Pros - Easy to create buzz.
Cons - Expensive, limited channel capture.

2) New Media - Digital, hand phones, i-pods, etc.
Pros - Great for fast emotional bonding.
Cons - Fast shift in trend, and boredom.

2) Promo materials - banners, stickers, posters, etc
Pros - Fast attention grabbing.
Cons - Waste of money, as no one cares if low quality or low quality design.

3) Events
Pros - Great for tying experience with your product.
Cons - Expensive & Time consuming if unsuccessful.

4) Endorsement, Branding
Pros - Great at building quick trust.
Cons - If the endorse e turns into a negative image, your product will suffer.

5) On-line
Pros - Fast and efficient in creating buzz.
Cons - Fighting against other promotion on line as consumers have a 3 second attention span on- line.

Great To Be Back

2008-11-29T05:59:00.000-08:00

Hello all, I am officially back!! I've been away because I am currently pursuing my MBA degree and I have also changed jobs. I am at a great situation in my life right as I'll have more time to write more.

Well to refresh where we left off, I'd like to share with you all my experience of listening to a "Stress Free CD Instrumental" that my professor just recently gave me. It is a 2 track 30 minute CD instrumental that truly soothes my mind. I have been listening to it whenever I feel my brain is cramping up and in need of some oxygen. Oh yah, also Almonds are good for energy and food for the brain. It is always a great combination. Ok, i'll get on some great articles for you to read in no time. Coming soon will be an article about several characteristics that one can practice for anyone to like them, and also tips on how to execercise your brain.

Well then, great to be back. See you soon.

Life Motivation - Anthony Robbins

2008-07-23T10:10:00.001-07:00

Attitude Makes All The Difference.

2008-07-23T09:56:00.000-07:00

Comedy brightens up your day - Russell Peters

2008-07-20T03:16:00.000-07:00

They say that laughing is good for your soul and brightens up your day. They say comedy keeps you young and stress-free. So, check out Russell Peters stand up and turn all your miserys away. Enjoy! :-)

How To Quit Smoking For Life

2008-06-09T07:05:00.000-07:00

There are smoking sections and non-smoking sections all over my country, and I'm thinking what if all of the people in my country and around the world just stopped smoking? How will the world turn? Would it make me easier to pick out spots to eat with my daughter? I can't have her second hand smoking at such a young age. What about the fate of all these cigarette companies? What to do.. what to do?

Well, just one of my opinions;

Stop smoking and put your money to better use. Lung cancer is just around the corner.

If you're having trouble, check out this money back guarantee program below on how to stop smoking for life:

Life is not all that difficult..

2008-06-08T01:02:00.000-07:00

Why does life have to be so difficult? Look all around you and feel that anything in the world is possible. Reach for your dreams and make it happen

Global Business In Your Fingertips

2008-05-29T06:30:00.001-07:00

Just thought I'd share with you all the number one resource for Global Business. If any of you are interested in finding information about global or international business, please check out this site.

http://www.globalbiz.ws

click here too!

Automated Passive Income, Ideas

2008-05-24T21:18:00.000-07:00

I've been having thoughts about creating automated passive income. Here are 5 ways you can go about doing it.

1) Create website, sell affiliate marketing campaign, promote
2) Create Google Adsense Websites, promote
3) Write on a daily basis and post to triond.com or helium.com
4) Outsource your SME (Small Medium Enterprise) and work on something else
5) Sell music through Cdbaby.com

Another Cool Website About Blogging

2008-05-22T09:41:00.000-07:00

Just found another cool blog site here .

I've been trying to search the web looking for good info and websites about real people and how they make a real living from writing or blogging. I've been sick of seeing all these really long landing pages about how to make $20,000.00 a month by not doing anything or so called 'automated programs', where you could just sit back and relax and watch the money pile up. Even those writing websites that claim they have the program to earning you $5,000.00 by inputing words into documents; not really sure I how I could believe those programs.

I'm looking for real stories of ordinary people with real problems that are willing to share their real solutions. I want to know how they make money on a monthly basis through blogging.

One of the coolest websites I've found to be 'real' is blogpaysu.com. The writer shares many experiences from, Affiliate Programs, Blog Advertising, Blog Promotion, Building traffic, Money Making Services, Money Making Tips & Tricks, and Paid To Blog. I''ve just learned alot from this blog.

I advise you to check out this cool website at blogpaysu.com.

See you there!

Past Decisions And Delayed Success

2008-05-22T01:04:00.000-07:00

Looking back into my own life, there have been many delayed successes in my life that I would not have traded anything for those priceless lessons. Almost at some part of our lives, we will be faced with a decision to make that will effect our lives for the long term. It is these decisions that mold our lives and carry on to our future. I want you all to take the time to reflect within your own lives and look at all of the things you've done to reach the stage you are currently in.

I want you all to throw away all the 'what ifs' and 'what could'ves' in your vocabulary and also do not listen to people who do same on your behalf. Speaking of others; if people tell you 'what ifs' & 'what could'ves' towards you, there is no point in listening to them because they want you to know that they position themselves higher than you in transcending a negative thought to your head of your decisions.

These conversations I've had with people have always puzzled me in how they perceive their own life. Is it that they do not have confidence in themselves to try to exploit a decision made, or do they just have too much pride for themselves and do not have inner peace within. I say both.

Remember, listen to yourself and remember that your decisions made in the past have created the 'super duper awesome person you are now! :-)

My Easiest Source Of Income

2008-05-21T02:01:00.000-07:00

I'd like to share to you all my easiest source of income.

One of my sources of income is PPC - Paid Per click (Google Adsense, Yahoo publisher, etc), where if someone browsing my website clicks on ads I put on my website, I get paid a small fraction of money. Well, this is a bit different as I'd like to introduce to you all, PTC - Paid To Click. Basically, by clicking our own ads, we get paid!!

Different than PPC where if we are caught clicking our own ads, we can be banned by the company that provides the service (ex.Adsense); where in PTC, we make money by clicking our own ads.

I make good money just by spending less than 5 minutes a day working on it, even without having to think. THIS IS TRULY THE EASIEST SOURCE OF INCOME FOR ME!

Believe it or not, coming from a 3rd world country, I'm actually making money while working on my activities or while I'm browsing the net. This is too easy.

I advise you to join me. I thought it was a scam at first, but since I've joined, I've made more money in my first week more than I made on my first week using Google Adsense or any other PPC website. And the best thing is, it is FREE to sign up. No spendings to begin with.

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2008-05-20T00:06:00.000-07:00

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Best Credit Offers

2008-05-19T05:23:00.000-07:00

One of the keys to self development and the success in one's life is to create a balance between work and life. Both of them go hand in hand as work (entrepreneur/employee) sustains your life by providing you the end necessities such as food, shelter, clothing, money, and your needs to survive. You need money to fuel your life as we all live in a world with economics and trade. One of the ways to speed-up the process of getting that home, getting that car, motorcycle, clothes, buying that self-help book or purchasing anything with money is through the use of Credit; crediting the purchase with later pay back through installments. Many of us who live in the real world do not have excessive cash lying around like 'Scrooge McDuck' where we can just use hard cash to purchase anything we like. For many of us living in the real world, one of the most common ways for purchase is by using a credit card.

I am completely against over-using credit cards that will burden your life in total debt, because I too was an example coming from a family that eroded financially due to debts of credit card bills. I am though for using credit cards to your benefit and not abusing the power you have to purchase anything with a single slide of a card anywhere in the world. I am all for controlled and calculated spendings. I would now like to suggest to you some great credit card offers.

And they are; consumers credit cards and low interest credit cards.

Offered through the website of http://www.bestcreditoffers.co.uk/, there are varieties of credit cards to choose from online.

I'll break down the benefits:

1. Consumer Credit Cards - There are many different credit cards in which you can apply for including American Express, Capital One, Citibank, Discover Card and many more. You can apply directly online despite of your credit history. There are more credit cards to choose from if you have good credit, and there are also many credit cards to choose from even if you have bad credit. Good or bad credit, you can almost be guaranteed an approval for a credit card.

Here are sample benefits of the top applied credit cards - (click here for details)
a. American Express: No annual fee, 4.99% APR on balance transfers, 0% Intro APR on purchases for 15 months

b. Capital One: Excellent for people w/good credit, 13.9% on balance transfers,

c. Citibank: No annual fee, 0% liability on unauthorized purchases, 0% APR on BT and purchases for up to 12 months

d. Discover Card: No annual fee, 0% Intro APR, 5% cashback bonus.

These cards are applicable for both foreign or american consumer credit cards as applying online will guarantee you discounts of the best airline offers, gasoline, hotel rewards, and cash back deals. There are also features in which shopping can be controlled by the discounts and programs each card has to offer. Ranging from individual consumers to business owners or executives, spending should not be a pain as your credit will be managed. Apply now!

2. Low Interest Credit Cards - Since Feb 2006, the interest rate of these credit cards have been at an all time low due to Federal Rate Decreases. Now the average percentage for non-reward interest rates are approx 13.29%.

Apply Now & Build Your Financial Foundation !

51 Things To Do To Heal Your Depression

2008-05-19T03:35:00.000-07:00

What do you do when you feel depressed? The easiest thing to do is seek consultation and see a psychologist. But what are some of the things you could do to relieve your stress without paying someone to heal you. Here below are 51 things to do to relieve your depression. Enjoy.

1) Talk to your pet (if you have a dog its always soothing - they just sit there and listen)

2) Share your problem to your close friend that you trust

3) Write in your blog or daily dairy than to never expose it to anyone else

4) Do something that you love to do; carry out your hobby

5) Listen to your favorite music

6) Play your favorite video games

7) Go to the strip club for those over 21

8) Watch a good movie with friends and family

9) Don't be alone for too long when you're depressed;
(your problem will sink within even deeper)

10) Catch a good ride in your motorcycle, car, vehicle of some sort

11) Browse the internet for good tips of your favorite thing to do

12) Master a skill of some sort

13) Have sexual intercourse with a real person
(for those internet lovers - virtual intercourse can also help)

14) Take a walk in the beach if you're near one, if not, just take a walk outside throughout the night; its always soothing

15) Go shopping

16) Call a long time friend or search for one

17) Take a vacation and start a new life

18) Re-construct your life and change your lifestyle

19) Read a good book

20) Yell at someone for no reason and apologize

21) Look for the buried treasure

22) Go sailing if you love the waters

23) Go swimming in the lake and search for your own lochness monster

24) Go fishing

25) Contact your favorite celebrity at www.contactanycelebrity.com

26) Go skydiving or bungee jumping

27) Look for aliens

28) Go ghost searching with friends

29) Go to Disney World or the Grand Canyon

30) Fly to Europe

31) See if you could move a cup with only your mind

32) Quit your job

33) Do something that you define as being crazy

34) Run the marathon

35) Look at the stars from the top of a tree

36) Search for the boogie man in your son's/daughter's closet

37) Do something special for your love one - surprise them

38) Write a book

39) Write a song, Produce a movie

40) Race your dog - that will get you moving

41) Tell your pet to eat if they are lazy

42) Eat out or eat in

43) Listen to self-help audio books

44) Tell off your bully at local setting near you - your boss, your friend, who ever that may be

45) Go horse back riding

46) Herd cows

47) Volunteer to mow a football field near you

48) Fix something technical

49) Go to the zoo and act like an animal

50) Write your own list of things to do when depressed

51) Subscribe to my blog :)

Timothy Ferris - The 4-Hour Workweek - Life Changing Book

2008-05-18T19:59:00.000-07:00

Hooray!! I've just bought my own copy of "The 4-hour Workweek" written by Timothy Ferriss. Its been nearly 1 whole year since I've been reading about the book with interviews, watching videos on youtube, as well as browsed through the website of thefourhourworkweek.com to find information.

Being in Indonesia, I wanted to wait until the book hit the shelves locally so I could get my own copy at a cheaper price than if I'd directly ordered from amazon.com the day it came out in 2007. I've been following up on the teachings but none of it made sense to me, because the info that I've received through the web were just sections or parts of the book where putting it all together would not be possible without reading the book from the beginning to the end.

I bought the book at a local bookstore and without thinking about it I directly purchased it! There were 2 copies left as I asked the cashier if there were any more copies and he said that they only had 2 copies in the store. Woaw, close call, I almost missed out on the opportunity as great books are hard to come by down here; we must constantly browse bookstores.

Ok, first impression of reading the beginning of the book, I directly reflected and said, "wow, this is me and my concept of life but just never knew how to interpret it until clearly manifested and stoned carved by the great Tim Ferriss." I've been envisioning the new rich all along but just never confident about my own concept and notion of life that I was always being shunned out or mis tangled by the notion of 'normal people lives' - go to school, get a good job, get married, have kids, and teach the same process to our kids.

Luckily, it has been defined and answered and I'm going to prove the world that living the life we choose is the ideal way to live this short life. We shouldn't be told how to live our own lives, as we were born alone and will end this life alone. We must choose to be happy with love and integrity.

Ok, back to the 4 hour week; I'm still halfway into the book as the book consists of many eye popping concepts that seem "scary (in a good way)" to me, because I truly feel the same way. I do believe this is the book thats going to change my entire life forever. And residing in the 3rd world, I'm going to prove that the new rich & new lifestyle does not only exist in 1st world countries, but me being a 3rd world citizen can also live the concept of the new life being from a background of simple-low economical status.

I'm not going to talk about the book much as I plan on taking you more to my practices of the book, as I work to live out the 4-hour workweek from the perspective of a 3rd world citizen.

Well, in some parts of the book, Timothy states that being 'unrealistic' is the way to perceive life, and so I'm thinking, would it be possible for me to meet him and talk about my 3rd world journey of living the new rich and new lifestyle?

Does anyone have his phone number? I'd like to call him up :)

Law Of Attraction & Your Dream Life

2008-05-18T11:03:00.000-07:00

Just a thought..

2008-05-16T22:51:00.000-07:00

I was taking a drive the other day through the busy streets of Jakarta and I noticed so many billboards and advertisements of multinational companies that are spending so much money to get peoples attention. I wonder to what extent do these advertisements get a "return of their investment"? I wonder if these business decisions were based on comprehensive research or just past experiences of positive results from their business strategies?

As I'm driving and into a red light, I noticed a huge NUTRILITE ad promoting the number one multivitamins in the world! I was amazed and surprised at the same time because I too intake these vitamins to carry out my daily activities and I've never seen one of their ads being so big in one of the busiest streets of Jakarta. Wow, I wonder if they also advertised in SocialSpark.com and let bloggers who have used their products to give a testimonial or experience of their own. I wonder how much return they will get on their investment? Not only do testimonials make great ads, but having many bloggers throughout the world in their own special niche markets to write about nutrilite, there will so many people reading about the multivitamins in their own trusted way. I can honestly say that people do get attached to blogs, and readers who are attached to one blog just can't go a day without reading and trusting their source of information.

I can say that if big brands and multinational companies take advantage of advertising through SocialSpark.com, it will not only benefit the advertiser alone but will take a step further into the business promotion model of sponsored-paid reviews.

I then also saw a huge SONY DVD HANDYCAM ad in one of the major areas of the city. I wonder if SONY advertised through SocialSpark.com and millions wrote about their great and memorable experiences they had with their HANDYCAMS, as many of us have cherished unforgettable memories and be able to re-live them through HANDYCAMS. Why not SONY take this opportunity and advertise through SocialSpark.com. :)

Many of us rely on blogs for information and great insights about anything we'd like to know, so it only make sense if these large brands take on this opportunity to maximize their promotion.

Ok then, to all you brands out there or businesses that need great advertisement, please advertise through SocialSpark.com.

Law Of Attraction Begins

2008-05-16T21:56:00.000-07:00

Law Of Attraction Begins -> I'm feeling it and I'm picturing it daily that I'm living the good life of living in this house I call my own. Envisioning and Feeling Happy.

Here's a toast to my future house above.

Do you have anything in mind?

Boost Up Your Energy

2008-05-16T21:18:00.000-07:00

In speaking of achieving goals and success within your life, energy is needed for you to boost your drive to achieve the end and happiness in mind.

Lets define energy;

Energy means the capacity of doing work. The capacity to boost yourself to do work and end in achieving success and happiness.

Energy also means gasoline for cars, the sun for plants, electricity for the light bulb and supplements for athletes. Without energy there is no life as there is no growth nor development.

You need energy to persevere when the tough gets going when you feel like quiting; you need energy to think in pressure situations when the outcome of success and failure rides in the moment; you need energy when you blog to keep on writing great content; you need energy to fight through your grind of life as nothing comes easy in this world.

Basically, you need energy to live and liven up your life to success and happiness.

One way to boost that energy and liven up your life is with Maxxed Energy Pops. To make it more interesting, Maxxed Energy Pops is holding a contest where you can put a widget in your blog, myspace, or facebook account and have the opportunity to win the XBOX 360 Elite Bundle, $100 Gift Certificate and 12-pack of Maxxed Energy Pops.

You could click here to register and enter the contest to win great prizes. Hurry, because the contest ends in July 12th, 2008. Basically, you could help yourself or even help me give more energy to my level of blogging by clicking on my energy level at the picture above. The cool thing is you don't need to sign up to if you don't want to participate in the contest as there are sweepstakes that can still win you the XBOX 360 Bundle.

Please click through my energy meter and give me some energy!!

Remember to always boost your energy to reacher way higher than the stars.

Wealthy Writer

2008-05-15T11:48:00.000-07:00

Here is another website that I want you all to check out. The address is http://wealthy-writer.com/, as it is a website dedicated to the profession of writing. It is a site I've been waiting for that gives free tips on how to live and make money from writing. I can't wait to browse through all the topics. My frappacinno is about ready as I'm anxiously waiting to give it a good read. I'm already quite excited just by reading the label in the body of the index page which says,

"The Blog Will Teach You to Make $1000 - $3000 a Month (FREE),
15 Years Experience as a work at home freelance writer, small business owner, and pro blogger went into this blog. You can learn how to earn $1000 - $3000 within 'weeks' - free Nothing to buy." --> (my thoughts -> Totally Cool !!!!!!)

As I've mentioned in my past posts about having the dream of making a living off of my writing, I feel this is the website that will take me there.

Wow, too good to be true. I'm more than ready to be a "Wealthy Writer."

"Live life to the fullest and follow through on your passions. Reach way higher than the stars."

Personal Quotes Collection

2008-05-15T02:15:00.000-07:00

Here's one of my quotes collection at my Quotes & Wisdom blog at

http://quotesaccordingly.blogspot.com/

"Let it be told that you hold the power in your hands to make it happen."

Wow, look at those earnings !!

2008-05-14T23:25:00.000-07:00

Another nice photo of inspiration from www.shoemoney.com
Wow, look at his earnings (Balance: $709,626.81 USD) from Commission Junction! I wonder if a big part of that was earned through his blogging sites? I wonder if self help & personal development was a major contribution to his successes in personal finance..?

Living The Dream With PayPerPost

2008-05-14T22:18:00.000-07:00

Wow, just opened my Email and more good news!!!!! This blog has been approved by the number one "Sponsored Review" company of payperpost !!

I'm so excited as I would also like to give a great example of perseverance and determination by sticking to your belief that if denied or failed, to keep on pushing as there will be open opportunities for you in the future. Let me tell you that this blog was denied several times until today! Yeaaa!!!! Just really happy and would like to share my happiness to you all once again.

I wanted in my heart to signed up to payperpost because after researching around the net, I found out that www.payperpost.com pioneered the 'Sponsored Review' model for bloggers as it is considered the most credible and the most prestigious company in the world.

Payperpost also lets you add friends to your account in order for you to network and learn from one another. It is a great website that opens doors for bloggers and once again, I advise all of you bloggers out there to sign up.

You can earn and make good money if your are consistent with your writing. Also, if you build a good name for yourself, advertisers can come running to your blog for reviews. :) Wow, hope someday that will happen to this blog.. hehehe.. ("remembering to always have the happiness and not the end in mind..")

Its amazing how payperpost can create a wonderful opportunity for me as a 3rd world citizen to give way to live my passion into making a living from writing. I am grateful and I thank the Lord above for the blessings that has come down to me and my family. I pray that our dreams can all come true and live the lifestyle that we seek which does not allow it to be driven by other factors.

This is a beginning of a new life for me and my family. Lets live, be happy and reach way higher than the stars. :)

On a further note, if I do make a good living from payperpost and earn good money from my writing, I will definitely take it upon to upgrade my family's quality of life, reconstruct my lifestyle, give back to those in need, as well as give my daughter the best education she can possibly have by enrolling her to the most prestigious schools in Indonesia.

Remember!! Keep on pushing it as things do happen for a reason. Follow your heart and let it lead you to wherever you'd like to be.

Perspective Of Success

2008-05-14T22:14:00.000-07:00

Lets take a look at what you have in life in order for you to make something of yourself.

Let me ask you some things.. Lets see, are you in a state of depression currently? Are you feeling a huge burden of all your financial worries? Are you feeling you are losing control of your life? Are you in a state of near to death experience right now? Or you just perceiving your life in a negative way that leads you to your postponed success? I'm quite sure that all of your problems can be answered to your own perspective of your own situation.

There have been so many examples throughout history and man-kind of how diversity have had an impact in one's life and just changing the perspective in one's life can create happiness and success.

Remember, its not what you have or don't have, its how you handle it that makes a difference.

Success and failure is how you look at it. :)

SocialSpark & I

2008-05-13T10:16:00.000-07:00

Being a 3rd world citizen, one of the biggest challenges in life is to do what you love, love what you do and make a good living out of it. Approx 90% of us residing in the 3rd world do not have this option as we must be creative in being able to balance out our lives of dream-chasing and chasing that 'buck' to sustain life.

One of my daily 'life-homework' is to constantly improve my writing for the sake of my blog, my readers and most definitely for the sake of my family. Knowing that you have a family to feed and a little girl to parent, we must constantly stay on our toes to make our value higher to accomplish the bottom line; and that is, putting food on the table. At the end of the day, it is about giving time and giving money to the ones we love. Thats all it matters.. Period.

In speaking of the ones we love, being happy is contagious as being happy and organized are keys to success and enhancing ones level to the next. My personal belief is that writing and socializing can be defined as being a big part of self help, personal development, success, and happiness.

This is what I would like to share to you all on today's post.

I'd like to share to you all my happiness of being approved to one of the hippest social blogging networks in the world of SocialSpark, as it integrates writing, socializing, advertising and creating money making opportunities for us bloggers especially those residing in third world countries.

SocialSpark does not only benefit bloggers and advertisers alone, but it also benefits those residing in country's where writing or blogging itself is considered lame and dangerous (such as mine), as it also bonds the world into equality by the interactive experience and the concept of no boundaries in which SocialSpark campaigns.

I was introduced to socialspark.com by an email that was sent from payperpost and directly took action after receiving the email.

I browsed through the website and directly said, "Wowzers.., Cool place.." You can socialize, help one another in blogging, advertise, network, write, make some cash, participating in volunteering for a win-win situation and even browse through the different sponsorship options. It is a complete integration of maximizing the bond between advertisers and publishers. SocialSpark is part of the parent company of IZEA which does not need to be questioned its credibility as it runs powerful websites such as payperpost.com.

I recommend if you're a blogger looking to earn money or an advertiser looking to promote on blogs, directly sign up to http://www.socialspark.com as I just did.

Before browsing the website you must understand SocialSparks Code of Ethics which are:

100% Audit-able In-Post Disclosure:
Each sponsored post must include a badge at the end of every post sponsored by SocialSpark.

100% Transparency:
Profiles of bloggers and advertisers who are working with each other are open to the public.

100% Real Opinions:
You are recommended to take on posts that you like with negative or positive reviews.

100% Search Engine Friendly:
Search engines will not penalize you for your sponsored post.

On a further note; to open the website, you need to have the updated version of FireFox or the updated browser of Internet Explorer.

I already envision happiness and joy because having the passion of writing as well as being able to put food on the table can all be accomplished at SocialSpark. Not only that, but socializing, networking, building contacts for the future with other bloggers & advertisers just puts the icing on the cake.

Check us out on SocialSpark

Cool Pic & Inspirational - Practical Proof

2008-05-10T03:13:00.000-07:00

Hello all, I thought I'd show this picture from www.shoemoney.com about how Jeremy Shomaker made $132,994.97 from Adsense and purely using SEO methods without arbitrage back in 2005. I wanted to show this picture to show that working hard to achieve a goal does end up in concrete results. So strive to achieve whatever you want!

Determination & Perseverance

2008-05-10T02:08:00.001-07:00

On today's post, I'd like to talk about perseverance and determination. Before we start, I'd like to define the definition of Determination and Perseverance below.

Determination - "The quality of being determined to do or achieve something; "his determination showed in his every movement"; "he/she is a man of purpose"

Perseverance - "The act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior; "his/her perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate"

Now you know the meaning of the 2 words, I don't really want to get into the theories or write a whole alot about examples that will only make you argue your own personal situation versus that of examples from the post, but more into being able to reflect your own situation with that of whatever results you want to achieve.

I'd like to talk about failing forward as the best way to undergo perseverance and determination. As you go through the days to achieve whatever goal it is that you have in mind, you tend to be challenged by many around you especially your close ones (family, spouse, siblings, boss, etc). That is one of the biggest obstacles that you will have to face in following through with your goal in mind.

Many that care for you will tell you, "because I care for you, that is why i'm telling you this.. bla.. bla.. you've failed and your failing, so its best that you .... bla... bla.." only to make you think twice about your goal thinking to yourself (is this it or do I go on?) --> You think about it hard, you fall back on your plans, you adjust it, tweak it a bit and still questioning yourself, then the "Perseverance & Determination in your heart says, "screw them, they care for me but I care about my goal/dream", "I must go on!"

That is the key to perseverance and determination.

You sort out and fight yourself that give thoughts of quiting into pushing yourself to accomplish your goal. Remember, all the greats, had to fail always in order to get to where they are right now. It is about failing forward to achieve whatever it is you want to achieve.

Listen to your heart and keep on pushing it.

Jewelry

2008-05-05T21:06:00.000-07:00

Do you have a person you're in love with or perhaps you just love jewelry and that bling? Well, heres the place to get it.

Competitive prices with exceptional quality.

Check it out at -> http://www.azlio.com

-Herdi-

TrafficEra - Traffic To Your Website or Blog

2008-05-05T21:01:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, do you have a website or blog of your own? Well, heres a great place to learn the best methods of gaining traffic to your website or blog.

Check it out below:

TrafficEra

-Howdy-

Candles To Make You Feel Better

2008-05-04T12:49:00.000-07:00

Have you been stressed out and looking for candles to soothen your life?

Have a look below at these soy based candles that are better for the environment.
http://patriciabrenner.ranchhousecandles.com

Herdi

Bringing Las Vegas To Your Home

2008-04-30T06:22:00.000-07:00

Have you ever wanted to just fly to the great Las Vegas and leave all your problems behind? I mean your job is stressing you with its many pressures and deadlines, and you're desperately seeking relaxation by directing yourself to the many options of Casinos there? But then you're thinking about time and most importantly the money for your Vegas trip.

Well my friends, you know longer need to get out of your seat to experience the best of the best in Casinos. Online Casinos have taken a huge portion of the world's betting industry and have turned it upside down. A great place to check out hundreds to choose from is Pro360.

Pro360.com provides the worlds best online casinos with hundreds to choose from and hundreds to roam around through. Just bring Vegas to your home. :-) There are your favorite games to choose from including craps,online poker, roulette, slots and many more.

You no longer need to search further from the best reviews on online Casinos. Enjoy yourself here and have a good time.

Check out http://www.pro360.com/ and bring Las Vegas to your home. :-)
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The Need For Greatness - Ashop Commerce

2008-04-30T00:20:00.000-07:00

With personal development and self help, many gurus often guide us through healing while offering us many products which support their teachings. One of the most effective and efficient ways of reaching directly to end-users is by selling their products through the internet. These gurus either act as merchants or use other parties to sell their products online. One of the main features in having a successful internet business as well as successfully selling online, is by using a reliable, flexible and easy to operate shopping cart for buyers to use through the process of purchase.

There are many shopping carts out there that are so difficult for a buyer to purchase a product, that it ends up turning off its buyers resulting in a loss of sales. If you are like these gurus who sell online or have an online business of your own, the following information will certainly come in handy. I'd like to introduce to you the most reliable, easy to operate, affordable and proven track record, a checkout shopping-cart software that has helped many businesses flourish throughout the world for many years;

I'd like to introduce to you the Ashop Commerce

Taken from the website and link:
"Ashop Commerce is one of the the first companies in the world to integrate with Google Checkout and include the auto call back function."

With its trusted joint integration with Google Checkout, there is no need to question the credibility of Ashop Commerce

Here are some of its many features and payment gateways:

1) 10 day free trial without credit card of software purchase
2) Easy to use single login
3) badge of google checkout to prove secure and bonafide shopping cart
4) low in shoppers abandoning Ashop shopping cart
5) user-friendly, even a 10 year old can open his/her online business
6) and the list goes on and on...

Read on below for details!
Ashop Commerce - Frequently Asked Questions
Ashop Commerce - Features
Authorize Net payment gateway

How To Live A Stress-Free Lifestyle

2008-04-22T23:31:00.000-07:00

Do you feel harassed? A goal-oriented person is prone to stress.

Goal-oriented persons are mostly engaged in activities marked by high expectations, almost impossible deadlines, and pressure build-ups. Most self-help books advice readers to have goals. However, unrealistic goals bring about stress. Make your goals realistic; and likewise, allot a realistic time frame.

Don’t stay depressed. An effective antidote against a depressive mood is exercise. Do you have a fat belly?

You have a fast metabolism because your body easily burns and digests the food you eat.

Heavy drinking, smoking, and high caffeine consumption can take its toll to your body. Smoking promotes high level of cortisol, resulting to layers of abdominal fat. Yes, it is possible to live a stress-free lifestyle.

Why Start A Home Business

2008-04-22T23:27:00.001-07:00

The FIRST reason to work form home is there is an opportunity to enjoy the family life by working from home.

The information technology growth and internet revolution has created a new marketplace, to enter into new businesses.

This global marketplace means increased exposure and opportunity for sales and business.

Another reason to work from home can be found at home. You can spend time with your family. The last reason to work from home is to reduce stress. Working at home can reduce the stress of juggling the demands of your work life with those of your private life. You can work at home while caressing your child. The best place to find information on a home based business is online.

Happiness

2008-04-15T09:37:00.000-07:00

Loving ourselves and loving others. What we know as self esteem begins, originally, in the esteem parents have for their children. Since, to a child, a parent is God, parental abuse and neglect (including insensitivity to feelings) is experienced as justified. Children are masters at devising strategies to get love or prevent abandonment. "If I'm perfect, then mommy or daddy will love me." Nothing can replace self love.
If our parenting was primarily supportive, our self talk will be so also. If our parenting was primarily negative, we will tend to be self critical much of the time. Once we realize that people with high self-esteem talk lovingly to themselves -- especially when under stress, and those with low self-esteem are self critical, we create for ourselves a pathway to change. There are 3 basic steps to changing our self talk to increase happiness.
In my experience, when our mind is full of anxiety, and general static, we are often re-experiencing a "child state of mind."

When ever we shift into an insecure child state of mind (we all do at times), we each "go home" to specific inner experiences of support, abuse, or neglect. Depending on our particular childhood, we will be able to generate self love and self care at such times, or not. We can undertake authentic adult action.

In a child state of mind, we often feel passive and helpless. Once we recognize that we're in a child state, and have compassion to our unique childhood experience, we need to actively assert our adult energies. Often, too, authentic adult action involves challenging our stream of negative self talk. The three keys to self love and truer happiness are awareness, compassion, and authentic adult action.

Optimism

2008-04-15T09:17:00.000-07:00

OPTIMISM

Scientists test this theory by studying twins. Though it's more common for researchers to study depression, a few are focusing on optimism, hoping to help children grow into resilient, upbeat adults.

'Challenge Breeds Optimism'
What is less often said, scientists note, is that children must face challenges to develop their problem-solving and coping skills. Most parents want to climb the tree and get the child down immediately.

'Training Children To Be Optimistic'
There's no magic to learning the optimistic style of thinking. To catch children while they are still able to learn, the program's staff goes out to area schools, reaching out to preadolescent children aged ten to thirteen.

Pornography

2008-03-30T12:03:00.001-07:00

I wanted to speak about a topic that is so taboo that people hardly write it on their blogs of personal development, self-help, or whatever you wanna call it. I wanted to speak about pornography being one of the main causes of distortion in ones life. I mean, why hasn't anyone written about this?? I know every person reading this either has been exposed to it or even an addict to this easy access of p' graphy to arouse the "OPP."

I haven't read any topics on top self-help blogs or books to speak about the power of pornography. I personally call it the sweet lethal injection in a leather golden pouch. Basically, The golden pouch defines the cover and instant gratification that one gets; Then, the sweet lethal injection can inject gratification but slowly take you apart in the long run. People need to realize that if pornography is not self-managed properly, you will be a victim of negative side-effects without you even knowing it.

People go the distances to search about their problems in procrastination, the loss of focus, the miserable life, the unhappiness and dark days, their health deficiences, ect.. then people also seek answers in their problems psychologically, mentally, physically, spiritually, financially,ect, as they do not realize that pornography is the root of all their problems.

Here are 7 tips that you can do to resolve the root of all your problems:

1) Whenever browsing alone on the net, do not even attempt to look at pornography
2) Do not even think about sex for periods of times
3) Join a club and socialize
4) Have sex with a real person
5) Carry out your hobbies more frequently
6) Do not go near places that will attempt you to think about sex
7) Reach closer to your God

Practical internet business tips w/ useful websites

2008-03-30T11:40:00.000-07:00

Last night, I attended an information-filled seminar that focused on the topic of owning your own business on the internet.

I thought i’d share with you some of the lessons the speaker spoke about. The speaker was from Singapore, an entrepreneur, who owns and runs many online businesses and has achieved tremendous success. He has international affiliates ranging from Bill Clinton, Robert Kiyasoki, and many other famous world-class leaders. His online company was ranked 7th as the fastest growing technology companies in Asia Pacific. This was awarded BY Deloitte.

Here were some of the tips:

3 STEPS TO ONLINE SUCCESS:

1. Product
2. Website
3. Traffic

(1) Product
1.1 In Demand
(People are looking for online)
1.2 Marketable
(Easy to reach customers)
1.3 Easy to produce
(Information products)

(2) Website
2.1 Domain Hosting
www.hostingbay.net
www.hostgator.com
2.2 Sales copy
www.burpiesbybrett.com
2.3 Accept Payment
www.clinkbank.com
www.paypal.com
www.2checkout.com
www.worldpay.com

(3) Traffic
3.1 PPC Search Engines
(Google Adwords)
(Overture)
3.2 Affiliate Program
(Almost Instant Traffic - Free)
3.3 Viral Traffic
(None-Stop Quality Traffic-Get paid)

11 IMPORTANT STEPS FOR YOUR START-UP BUSINESS ONLINE

(1) Product Ideas
What could you sell on the internet
-What are you currently doing
-What are you good at? What is your expertise? (Share your knowledge to the rest of the world.)
- What are your close family or friends good at?

(2) Market Research
The potential of the products you intend to develop
-how many people are searching for the topics related to your product?
-How much competition do you have?
-How many websites are offering free content
-How many websites are selling similar products
-How many sites are bidding at payper click search engines?
www.google.com
www.overture.com
www.aleksika.com
www.inventory.overture.com

(3) Develop the product
An information product could be an ebook, an audio recording, a video recording or a software program, even a password protected website that delivers web content.
1. Develop your own - www.thepdfconverter.com
2. Hire someone to develop the product for you
3. Hire someone you don’t know to develop your product… below are some examples:
www.elance.com
www.rentacoder.com
www.odesk.com
www.getacoder.com

(4) Register Domain Name
-Personal name
-Business name
-The name of your product/service
-Some catch words/phrases
www.register.com
www.nameboy.com
www.godaddy.com

(5) Website Hosting
-website is your online shop front
-website hosting company is critical
-They are your online shopkeeper
-Don’t host your website without the recommendations of someone whom you know well.
www.hostingbay.net

(6) Building your website
-Instant site builder from
www.hostingbay.com
-using free web templates
search at www.google.com
-build your own - using (frontpage) or (frontpage express) or some other web authorizing software.

(7) Write sales copy
-Write your own
-Using brett Mcfall’s software
www.burpiesbybrett.com
-Hire someone to write it for you
www.powerwriting.com
www.writingassist.com
www.allbizservices.com

(8) Accept payment online
- www.clickbank.com
- www.paypal.com
- www.2checkout.com
- www.worldpay.com

(9) Upload to your server
www.hostingbay.com.au/help/tutorial/

(10) Initial Launch
Purchasing clicks from pay per click search engines (PPC) -> Instant Qualified Traffic
www.adwords.google.com
www.overture.com
www.findwhat.com
www.payperclickanalyst.com

(11) Invite J.V. Partners
Who has got your potential customers?

- Improve your Conversion Rate even further!!

6 WAYS TO MARKET YOUR PRODUCT ONLINE:

1. Affiliate programs
2. Joint Ventures
3. Search Engine Optimization
4. E-zines
5. Articles
6 Pay Per Click Advertising

The sacrafices we make

2008-03-30T11:38:00.000-07:00

I’d like to speak about a conversation I had with a friend in regards to making sacrafices for the sake of achieving a goal..

In speaking with a friend the other day, he claimed that he did whatever it took to achieve his goal.. no matter the circumstances he had to make.. he made sacrafices and sometimes difficult ones - whether that be to sacrafice time with his family, money lossed in investments, losing face, dignity and pride; he would do whatever it took to get to where he wanted to go.

I then questioned him; "what is your number one motive for making these sacrafices?" - he answered with one sentence.. -> "What else man.. longevity and delayed gratification"

Bingo.

We make these sacrafices in purpose of delayed gratification. We create a thought in our minds that in order for us to achieve a goal in which we set, we need to sacrafice many things.

What have you sacraficed for the sake of achieving your goal?

Just admit that you’re wrong..

2008-03-30T11:37:00.000-07:00

This brings an interesting topic about the natural state of human being, where we are designed by our ego to point fingers. It is the easiest escape goat to blame others and point fingers when things turn the way we least expect it.

Remember that admiting you’re wrong does not make you less of a person. It only creates others to respect you in how you respect yourself by admitting your mistakes.

Think about it people. Just admit that you’re wrong. Excuses are for losers.

Indonesian Business Inspiration

2008-03-30T11:29:00.000-07:00

I would like to begin this topic based on a new category I have started about traditional indonesian businesses; These are the grassroots of Indonesian Entrepreneurs.

I'd also like to show you how citizens of the 3rd world strive to survive under all conditions within our developing country as they do not have the option of the 9 to 5, as their only way to survive is to pursue their living through the entrepreneur route. I will throughout the time post some interesting topics about how these businessmen/women go about their business and how they've created a sustainable business for their future and family.

On today's topic, I'd like to show you some pictures I grabbed from google search of a several Indonesian traditional businesses called, "Pedagang Kaki Lima" - In meaning; Five Legged Entrepeneur.

As seen in the pictures below, they are considered; Five Legged Entrepreneur; due to them having 2 (two)legs and doing business on a 3 (three) wheel bike.

These businessmen/women stroll down the streets of Indonesia with a unique sound to attract buyers in offering many different businesses. They range from traditional foods to raw materials to even children's toys. These businessmen/women start their business and return home within any given time during the day and night.

These people are the grassroots of Indonesian Entrepreneurs. Maybe you can implemented these businesses in your part of the world? It can be quite lucrative. :-)

(Selling Traditional Noodles & Meatballs "Bakso")

(Selling Fresh Cold Coconut Drinks - "to quench your thirst on a tropical climate")

Hello again

2008-02-27T21:20:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone, thanks for joining me through my blog.. Just in case you all want to get to know me better or even contact me personally, you can check me out at my own Official website at http://www.herdioflo.com

Thank you all for the positive feedback and enjoy.

Are you short of money? Just start selling something with hardly no cost!

2008-02-23T09:12:00.000-08:00

Have you ever thought that if you’re short on your finances, the fastest way to make money is to just start selling?

Yeah, thats right! Just sell anything. These days, there are some practical ways that you can earn money just by selling something without much cost to begin with. Here are 10 practical ways to make money by selling and earning quickly.

1. Sell on ebay –> http://www.ebay.com

2. Open a garage sale of your old belongings (promote through word of mouth - homemade posters)

3. Sell your skills (public speaking, coaching, designing, etc..)

4. Sell your information by being a middleman of purchaser & buyer

5. Open a lemonade/cookies stand in a nearby event

6. Start a simple local car wash (50-50 split with a Non-Government Organization as a Fund Raiser event)

7. Offer to mow lawns throughout your neighborhood for a reasonable price

8. Offer to wash pets throughout your neighborhood for a reasonable price

9. Open a homemade theater for neighborhood kids in your home (DVD player,TV,Living Room,Popcorn,Drinks)

10. If you have loads of books at your home or videos/DVDs, you can open a neighborhood library

Being employed vs the Business man

2008-02-23T09:11:00.001-08:00

What are your thoughts about an Entrepreneur vs. an Employee? Is it freedom vs security, is it mentality vs being safe or is it opportunity vs mindset?

We’ve always been taught the context of our lives to go to school, graduate college, get good grades, find a good job in the corporate world in order for us to be secure for life. But why hasn’t anyone ever told us that there are other contexts in life as in make mistakes to learn faster and in order for us to be rich is to never get a job? Does that have any correlation with the 80/20 rule? 80 percent of the world’s wealth is controlled by 20 percent of the world’s population.. Than I must be fooling myself and fooled by the system. Are we going back to the times before the industrial age where every man for himself? The only way to be rich is by having our own business instead of working for a company?

Just start reading yahoo, google, Wall Street Journal, Business Week or Fortune Mag and start watching CNBC, Bloomsberg or CNN, as many companies are down sizing, more looking to outsource as well as manufacture in countrys’ where the labor wages are lower. Licensing is a modern trend as taking employees in-house are a way of the past. Where are all the jobs going to go? What can we do now? We go by our old orthodox ways and listen to what our system is telling us and be fooled until we die?

In my opinion, being critical and skeptical are some of the vital aspects we should have in carrying out our lives. Being critical and skeptical does not mean live without a positive attitude, it just lets us probe into situations in greater detail where we will be able to analyze situations more precised in order for us to find real world solutions to our real world problems. Everyone of us has problems.. So always question your reality and your perception towards life.

The entrepreneur route is the way to go for me as I am experiencing about character building, enhancing in my business skills, opportunity analysis, human resource management, time management, project management, product development, legalities, communications, operating & establishing systems and lastly, personal finance as well as operational finance.

I see time as my most important asset as I use it to the maximum. I’ve experienced the corporate world where I have spent nearly 40 hours a week and spent 350 days of the year working for someone else to be rich. I’m not against anyone for being an employee because I think experience is far more important than money.. Its just that always remember to have the mindset of working to learn and not working for money.

Remember that money is just an idea that lets us think that we’re secure and lets us feel that we can buy things but in reality we’re not seeing the big picture.. Also, whats the point of saving money in the bank when in time, the value of the dollar will depreciate? I think saving money in the bank and being frugal is far more risky than investing our time and money to businesses & real estate. I personally know this will leverage our financial freedom.

Did you know that large corporations design their employees to be easily replaceable?

2008-02-23T09:08:00.000-08:00

I’d like to speak about this topic after having numerous discussions with friends who share the same ideas and perception as me of freeing themselves from the 9 to 5 paradigm, but seemed to be too deeply embedded in the corporate world, where they see it a waste of time to start their life all over again and quit their 9 to 5 jobs.

It is an interesting topic that i’d like to bring up, because in this day and age, employees of the corporate world are more dedicated and loyal to their proffesions other than the companies they work for. They seek higher compensation, benefits, a more customized/fun work environment to work in, and seeking appreciation from their companies & employers. Basically, not many corporate employees these days are loyal to their companies.

I have come to learn that the Human Resource Department within each of these large corporations understand the ongoing trend of disloyalty, that they have established a system where every single one of their employees are easily replaceable. Some have 3-4 backups within the organization to prepare employees from exiting their organization.

From the skills they learn, the training in which they receive, their obligations to the company; organizations are more than ready to replace their employees. Don’t get me wrong that they want to get rid of their talented and best employees, but my point is that they shape their employees which in turn benefit the organization, to be easily replaceable. They prepare candidates from within the organization, as well as have candidates outside the organization to continue the job of a vacant position. Therefore, they do not depend on any “one” of their paid employees.

Another point is, the higher you are on the corporate ladder, the more intensed the organization will be in preparing other candidates to replace you. I’m not saying, they’re out there to replace you, but the organization especially the Human Resource Department are preparing for rain with an umbrella - by preparing other candidates.

Business is business, and there’s no point in taking it personal… so why not, just focus on our own business where we have the freedom to learn what we choose as well as knowing that no one out there is preparing to replace us.

In conclusion, corporate employees must understand (if they don’t already know) that their positions anywhere within the organization are easily replaceable and organizations will not depend on any paid employee for the direction and operation of their on going business. Therefore, please increase your skills by learning many other aspects of work in which will benefit you and your future.

Lets live and learn.

Turn Your IPOD into a Portable Educational Tool

2008-02-23T09:02:00.001-08:00

I would like to share with you how I have turned my IPOD into a one stop entertainment and learning tool in which I can carry and have access to everywhere I go. I have uploaded so many podcasts/and business coaching material that my IPOD is not just an entertainment gadget to watch videos and listen to music, but it has become my audio/video library in which I can listen and watch podcasts/business coaching/business videos everywhere I go. I would listen & watch my educational material during traffic jams, before breakfast, during lunch, brunch, before/after dinner, and before I go to bed at night.

It has become very practical to those especially in constant travel as it also lets me focus by keeping the intensity alive within me to reach my goals. It has turned my days more appealing as having my IPOD around lets me always up-notch my energy level to succeed.

I suggest any of you who own an IPOD and is also in, “Pursuit of Freedom From The 9 to 5 Paradigm”, to transform your gadget into a portable educational tool.

It helps so much when you start to lose your energy level, focus or intensity in carrying out your days in seeking delayed gratification.

Keep learning and practice, practice, practice.

Need help? Just help others..

2008-02-23T08:53:00.000-08:00

I came across a friend the other day who shared with me an interesting story in which I will bring up on today’s post. It is about helping others in order for us to receive help in return.

In today’s fast paced world, we have the tedency to focus and work on something that only benefits us and only us. We spend most of our lives living the process of helping ourselves to acheiving what we plan to accomplish. We consider jobs that only benefit us, we make sales calls that benefits us, we create business plans & strategies to benefit us, we use our links and networks to benefit us…. but have we ever thought about taking an action in order to purely help someone else..

Within the natural state of give and take, we tend to give because we have an interest to take..

Have you ever genuinely helped someone for the sake of helping them with no interest for your own benefits?

My friend spoke about the power of reciprocal return. If we help others, others will help you in different ways you could imagine. If we genuinely help someone full hearted with nothing to expect in return; one day we will almost automatically receive help from others.

So, lets develop our help habits and help those in need.

Can I help you?

2008-02-23T08:22:00.001-08:00

I've been reading alot of material on the web and many books on personal development, self help or personal productivity that I have found out that why isn't there just one author that writes something without rambling on and on about their personal advice. I'm beginning to question some of these authors of how do they come up with the material when everyday they're writing new content. Is it make believe that they happen to solve so many problems within one day? and why do they write so many run on sentences?

In my opinion, when reading about self development, it SHOULDN'T be like reading a novel or a 400 page biography where all we need are points of great advice. Not run ons that make you sleep half-way through reading it. Theres just so much that our memory span can handle. I mean, we forget what we're thinking about before receiving that text message, let alone remember a run-on article that seemed to solve no problems except waste your own productive time.

People like me who seek self-development are searching for solutions to our problems. We need them fast and practical solutions. Any advice?

Sora Aoi - interview on personal development

2007-12-20T08:51:00.000-08:00

Taking baby steps

2007-06-06T20:18:00.000-07:00

As human beings, we have the tendency to want things fast as all of us want the best for as little effort as possible. It is common for some of us to want to achieve as much as possible with as little effort as possible.

This is just natural for us human beings.

We forget that we were all once babies and we all needed time and help for us to get to that next level. Just like walking.. We weren't born in the delivery room and just started running around the hospital and talking to all the doctors about your experiences in the womb.. no, thats just insane to think about it. And if you've ever witnessed anything like that, then you must be out of your mind.. (just a little humor to lighten up your day)

Once we grow up as adults, we forget that to achieve success, we will always need to go through the baby steps. "When the going gets tough, the tough get going."

Lets be a tough person and keep going!

Energetic Day

2007-05-05T17:57:00.000-07:00

I woke up this morning just feeling so energetic and ready to tackle my daily tasks with so much intensity. I noticed something different about me just from waking up.

I didn't wake up the usual way; slow like a turtle; as I also noticed that my body felt so charged like a cell phone after being fully charged throughout the night.

I'm going to write today's post on what steps I took the night before, for me to feeling so energized the next day. Here's the easy to read and easy steps to follow.

I ate a good healthy breakfast
I drank my 'nutrilite' daily tablets
Went to work with a positive attitude and ignored all the negativity
Prepared my daily tasks smoothly
I ate a huge lunch + drank 2 'nutrilite' vitamin C pills
Followed through on my black book & agenda to keep my day organized
Worked out and hit the weights after work
Took some vitamins to boost my energy after my workout
Ate a healthy dinner
Drank milk before going to bed

* Conclusion : As you notice up there that blocking out negativity, preparing your agenda, having a healthy consistent diet and working out can turn your preparation for the next day to be more live and enegetic.

Try it.

Re-introducing things..

2007-04-28T10:36:00.000-07:00

As I was going through my daily routine of writing new material for this blog, I noticed something completely obvious on the internet about material on personal development.

I noticed that many of the writers on the net speak about the same issues, problems, and give solutions very much similar to others. They are just repeating words what others have said in a completely different perception and format.

I wanted to take a whole new look into what I call, the "Simple Personal Development Style", and that is todevelop yourself in every form and shape possible through as much simplicity as possible that you live life without any regrets, and bitterness. I want to clearly give the most simple and yet practical lessons that you as a reader do not have to digest so much material within your day that you eventually forget what you've read.

I also don't want you to have to think so deeply about taking action that you end up reading for pleasure and not really using what you have read to improve your actual actions.

I see that in many of these writers, it takes ages for them to get a point across that they end up losing readers easily just after receiving an sms on their cell phone (one example is me - I read a recent article that took so long to absorb that I ended up absorbing something else).

So I want to make it easy for you to grasp my material and take action right away.

I wanted to recommend all of you to also be in tuned with my other blog located at http://myquotesandwisdom.blogspot.com/, which gives you your daily dosis of quotes and wisdom.

How I suggest you take on slipping in your own time with my sites is to open my blogs first thingin the morning when you are fresh and ready to be enlighten. I suggest you open http://myquotesandwisdom.blogspot.com/, first, to catch the quote and wisdom of the day, then to read my latest post on http://mypersonaldevelopmentblog.blogspot.com

I routinely update these two blogs as I am completely passionate about the subject of developing ourselves into a greater being.

It is the hope that at your death bed, you will feel relieved that you've lived a great life and you would trade anything to do it again. That is the purpose how I want to go about taking my blog posts. To take life within our own hands and be able to ride it to the end. We don't live forever, remember.

Ok then, to make things simple.. I will break down my topics based on achieving wealth in your consciousness & awareness, your personal effectiveness, your physical, mental, financial/business, social growth,and as well as achieving peace through your spirituality.

Lets continue what we've started..

Just another real life lesson..

2007-04-26T03:11:00.000-07:00

Heres a a real life lesson you all might consider:

"Do what you love, but make sure it is profitable."

If you do work you love, but it doesn’t generate income, your work & business will eventually fail. If you do work you hate, but it generates income, your health will eventually fail.

If you can’t do what you love and make it profitable, you’ve either got a hobby or a headache, not something sustainable.

Don’t settle for anything less than passion and profit.

Finding your passion in your work

2007-04-24T01:37:00.000-07:00

I wanted to bring up the simple topic of finding your true passion within your line of work or job.

There is only one question to find out if you are truly passionate about your work. The question would be... "If you did not receive any money from your current line of work or job, would you still keep going?" Would you continue to do your line of work?

Is it for the money, experience or the love?

The art of talking to yourself

2007-04-19T18:59:00.000-07:00

There is a notion in which you as a human being possess the ability to speak to yourself in order for you to achieve a certain outcome. From boosting your confidence or to letting go of your fears to controlling your emotions; you possess the ability to control yourself by easily talking to yourself.

You motivate yourself as if someone else is motivating you.
You tell yourself not to fear as if someone else is telling you.
You say to yourself, "take it easy", by controlling your own emotions.

We all have the ability to talk to ourselves in being able to control our inner being. So lets all learn the art of talking to yourself by practicing on a daily basis.

Respect Yourself !

2007-04-17T05:26:00.000-07:00

Why is it that many of us seek respect from others when the most respect we need is to just respect ourselves.

We as humans always need to feel important in one way or another as one of the ways we satisfy the feeling of importance is to seek it by working hard for others to respect us. We'll never receive respect if we're chasing to be respected. Just do what you do and love it ,as respect will come on its own. You will frequently feel misarable once you work so hard to earn respect from others, as others do not respect you in how you want them to. I feel it is just a matter of perception where you have all control of earning respect from others.

Just follow your heart, love what you're doing, have confidence in yourself, edit the negative stimulus that puts you down and walaaaa....
you're on your road of respecting yourself as automatically people will respect you in what you do and what you stand for.

The fastest way to success..

2007-04-09T23:22:00.000-07:00

Have you ever wondered how do some people climb faster to success than others. I've heard the saying from Robert Kiyosaki as he states that the 5 people around you are going to determine what you will become of yourself.

If the 5 closest people don't push themselves and are already satisfied where they are, then how do you plan on excelling yourself into greater heights.

His point is, "The fastest way to success is to have a sparring partner that will get you there."

So find your sparring partner right now!!

Quotes Collection

2007-04-09T18:58:00.001-07:00

"To be happy is to live simple"

-Taken from the Blog of http://myquotesandwisdom.blogspot.com/

Take it upon yourself and relax. Lighten up!

2007-04-07T07:16:00.000-07:00

A friend of mine once told me that whenever you're mad at yourself or you feel angry about a certain situation, do not criticize others or take out your own frustration towards others. It can lead to major negativity in both sides of you and the person you're criticizing.

It can also lead to more problems than you expect it.

so, next time you're frustated at yourself or feel angry about something, look within yourself and take deep breaths telling yourself to be patient and relax.. Actually mumble to yourself.."....., be patient and relax.." Repeat saying this to yourself. And when I say mumble it out, I don't mean to just think about in your head as you say it.. I mean you should actually say it to yourself that you hear yourself saying those words. This will lead you to a state of comfort and will eventually cool you down.

Lets always live with a "cool" head.

Creating the habit of saying thank you.

2007-04-06T19:33:00.000-07:00

I wanted to bring a small but important topic of creating the habit of saying thank you.

We tend to forget that just as little as saying thank you, we could truly make other people feel good about themselves.

The technique is to say thank you to them, while looking in their eyes while smiling. :-) This lets them know that you truly appreciate them and the generosity of what they have done.

We should say thank you to strangers who open doors for us in public places, we should say thank you to our bosses for criticizing us, we should say thank you to our subordinates who've sacraficed so much for the sake of our success, we should say thank when someone hands us our mail, our food; even the smallest little thing someone could do for us like telling us where the restroom is in a nearby shopping mall.

Lets appreciate the little things by making others feel good about themselves by creating the habit of saying thank you.

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Quotes Collection

2007-04-06T09:07:00.000-07:00

"Smiling to someone else could mean the world to that someone with a bad day."

Taken from the Blog of http://myquotesandwisdom.blogspot.com/

10 minute video from Personal Development coach guru, Charles Bentley, PhD of UK.

2007-04-06T04:24:00.000-07:00

Click here for video link

Charles Bentley official website: http://www.lifecoach.co.uk/

What is Personal Development?

2007-04-06T00:14:00.000-07:00

You know what, as I was thinking to write on my next post, I was thinking what if there are some readers out there that do not exactly know the meaning of personal development and how it plays a huge role towards our success in life.

Here is Google's definition of Personal Development:
Personal Development (also known as self-development or personal growth) comprises the development of the self. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_development

These are some of the few things that we can improve within our own personal development in order for us to achieve success in the future:

Physical Growth - ex. losing weight, body building
Career and Business Growth - ex. start your own business
Spiritual Growth - ex. practicing your religion consistently
Mental Growth - ex. learning new knowledge, public speaking
Social Growth - ex. meeting new friends, volunteer work
Financial Growth - ex. increasing your income, reduce your debt

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Need help? Just genuinely help others..

2007-04-05T20:49:00.000-07:00

I came across a friend the other day who shared with me an interesting story in which I will bring up on today's post. It is about genuinely helping others in order for us to receive help in return.

In today's fast paced world, we have the tedency to focus and work on something that only benefits us and only us. We spend most of our lives living the process of helping ourselves to acheiving what we plan to accomplish. We consider jobs that only benefit us, we make sales calls that benefits us, we create business plans & strategies to benefit us, we use our links and networks to benefit us.... but have we ever thought about taking an action to purely help someone else?

Within the natural state of give and take, we tend to give because we have an interest to take.. Have you ever genuinely helped someone for the sake of helping them with no interest for your own benefits? Not many of us do..

My friend spoke about the power of reciprocal return. If we genuinely help someone full hearted with nothing to expect in return; one day we will almost automatically receive help from others in different ways we could ever imagine.

So, lets develop our help habits and help those in need.

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Write, Write, Write !!

2007-04-05T08:59:00.000-07:00

Why do I find it so important to jot and write things down? Because I believe that writing things down will concretely give life to our thoughts and accomplishments. As we all agree, our attention span these days are very limited due to our fast paced lives. We have so many distractions all around us from text messaging, advertising, phone calls, daily work processes, that seem to carry on to our memory; A very short attention span as well as beginning to show signs of short-term memory.

Throughout our days, we tend to have ideas that pass us by, then suddenly within 10 seconds after the text message you received on your cell phone, you completely forget. Thats normal guys, we subconsiously act like that.

I’ve made it a habit to carry around my little black book everywhere I go and jot down everything that I think about whenever I have my pen ready in front of me. There are so many things that we can accomplish by writing things down.

Here are 20 outcomes that i’ve encountered which have made my life more meaningful after creating the habit of writing and jotting things down on my black book..

1. I find solutions to problems faster
2. I focus on my daily work processes
3. I retrieve ideas for my business
4. I act faster on my agenda
5. I monitor my processes easier
6. I don’t run off-track
7. I know what I need to achieve within the day, week, month and year
8. I don’t forget birthdays
9. I reply emails and messages faster
10. I live more calm
11. I do not procrastinate anymore
12. I decide faster using pros and cons
13. I establish a foundation for my thoughts
14. I can monitor my personal growth easier
15. I know exactly what I need to work on after defining my weaknesses
16. I know what I need to probe on through my strengths
17. Living life full of energy and poise
18. Being able to organize my business, life, and family
19. Prioritizing
20. Finding the time to give back to society

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How to mingle at a party where you felt out of place and alone..

2007-04-05T08:56:00.000-07:00

Have you ever been invited to a party or get together, where you felt kinda out of place and alone? For an example, you have no interest in the sport of cricket, you have no interest in the trading of magic cards, you have no interest in role playing games, and you did not know anyone in the party except the friend that invited you; and saying no to your friend would disrespect his/her open invitation. What do you do?

You’ll also know that your host friend will be so busy accompanying his/her other guests, they won’t have time to introduce you to anyone else, as most of them say, “Hey, glad you could make it!! blah..blah..blah..blah.. alright then, enjoy the party. Make yourself at home.” –> Then its like, wait a minute, i’m alone now..

So, whats the first thing you do?

I learned that being in one of these situations, I had to learn the art of being a good conversationalist.
The trick is to use your surroundings to start small talk with anyone and open a conversation base on what you see around you. Maybe the interesting painting in your friend’s house, the nice location of the party, the furniture, the lamp, the floor marbles, etc.. basically, anything that you see to start small talk.

After finding someone in agreement with you or show any sign of interest in speaking with you; You then make the conversation build deeper and stronger, and even make a link with the person you’re talking to; by letting them talk about themselves and stir up their interest of themselves. Just be a good listener and ask questions about themselves. They’ll be happy to speak about the challenges they faced, the good and bad times as well as their highest moments. If your’re lucky, they’ll be delighted to introduce you to one of their pals and build from there.
One thing for sure is; be genuine in creating interest of the other person. Don’t do it out of some “party strategy & tactics move” or even something you felt you had to do to survive in the deep oceans. Just take it easy and think in terms of finding a friend. Just use your heart to find interest in the other person; let them talk about themselves; ask about their experiences; ask them advice; just let them carry on talking about themselves.

Believe me, they’re going to show great respect towards you and even put a good word to others as well as the host of party. People throughout centuries mostly care about themselves and self worth with other people. For an example, if there is a group picture, whos the first person you look at in the picture? yes, who else? you. You will look to find, “where am I in the picture?” - Thats just a natural reaction of a human being.

So, in conclusion.. whenever you’re at a party where you felt out of place and alone, just think, “I’ve got to be a good conversationalist, I’ve got to be a good listener and just stir up conversations where others will speak of themselves.”

Now go out there and mingle

Its a party!

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4 Engines To Lift Off Your Team Through Leadership

2007-04-05T08:50:00.000-07:00

Last night, I attended a Leadership Seminar with speaker of Bob Andrews whom spoke about the 4 engines needed to lift off your team through leadership. They are the following:

1. Energy/Enthusiasm
A leader must show energy and enthusiasm for his/her team to lift off and reach greater heights. No matter the circumstances, the leader must at all times show his/her passion and excitement towards every aspect of the team. Through its ups and downs, the leader must always be energetic. This automatically transends the energy into the team.

2.Education
A leader must educate his/herself in all aspects of the team. Through all the tangibles and intagibles, the leader must have solutions to problems and always motivate the team to greater heights after all of its accomplishments.

3. Expectation
A leader must always believe and have a positive attitude towards every aspect of the team. Through its personnel, outcomes, strategies and decisions; the leader must always expect to come out as a winner. One doubt from the leader; and the team will automatically follow doubt. Remember–> “You can’t manage doubt!”

4. Encouragement
A leader must always motivate and encourage his/her team to always strive for the best and to never be easily satisfied. The team can be rewarded after all of their accomplishments but always push them to be better than they are. Encourage success. Always remember, “we are on a journey and not a destination”.

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Editing Negative Stimulus

2007-04-05T08:44:00.000-07:00

I thought on today’s post I’d talk about how some of us on a daily basis encounter negative feedback or negative comments in which we face within our work environment, family, friends, or other received sources.
It could be perceived as constructive criticsm or just plain negativity.
I want to give you 10 tips how you can go about editing all of the negativity throughout our lives.

1. Let the negativity be heard in one ear, and let it flow out the other ear
2. Smile and say, “Thank you for your concern. I had no idea you cared so much.”
3. Give our perspective towards the situation calmly
4. Use logical and backed up reason (w/concrete data) - provide more information
5. Do not take it personally and go about your own business
6. Look at the negativity as a step closer to your success
7. Remember that you only need to succeed once (let the negativity flow in)
8. Edit out the content behind the negativity (ask yourself is there good use or not?)
9. Completely ignore the person
10. Let go of your fears and consider it a positive stimulus

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How To Build-Up Your Confidence

2007-04-05T08:42:00.000-07:00

Are you a person with low self-esteem or sometimes not certain of your own actions and work? Do you suffer from a low level of confidence? Do you always question your abilities or even worry so much about the opinions of others that you end up not doing anything?well, if you are; there’s one simple remedy for this conscious state of being; and that is to feel certain that you will succeed.

Have you ever wondered why is it that you have such low confidence?
You have such low confidence because you are thinking in between of succeeding and not succeeding.
You feel certain in one minute, but you have that thought of feeling failure in the back of your mind. You don’t actually tell yourself you will fail, but its just sitting there and looking at you “while sipping coffee”.
The trick is to know that you will succeed; to see and feel that you will succeed. I don’t mean for you to boast, but come out there and know there will be no setbacks or problems. At times, we can’t avoid obstacles but at least we have control of our thoughts and emotions that will build that confidence.

You could also use the power of music. For an example, before I have have big games, I pump myself up through my IPOD with high pumping adrenalin Hip Hop music to boost my confidence just before warming up. It lets me relax and focus on my success.

You could also use the power of your past successes and remember that feeling when you succeeded and transcend the past into your current situation. You will instantly have that inner power to boost up your confidence.

So, the next time you’re not feeling certain of yourself or you’re told numerous times by others that you don’t have the confidence, just remember to always see, feel, and think success.

Change your words from, “I will not fail..,into…,I will succeed.”

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Fighting Procrastination

2007-04-05T08:32:00.000-07:00

On this entry, I’d like to talk about my fight against procrastination.(Procrastination: putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time)

I’m quite sure that some of you might not even realize that you have a problem with procrastination. Well, the best sign of knowing that you have a problem with procrastination is pressing the “Snooze” button on your alarm clock throughout your mornings. Basically, you’re saying to yourself that I will get up later than I have planned for “I’ll do that later”; “I’ll delay waking up due to my body still aches from last night”; “I’ll put off being awake at a later time”… You can defend yourself all you want, about sufficiency, about absorbing your wake up routine… blah.. blah.. blah… You have a problem with procrastination. (period)

Well, not to offend anyone of their own problems.. I have come to terms within myself that I myself is still fighting from procrastination. I have actually always defended myself whenever someone exposed me of my own problems, then I start to realize that if I act on procrastination before my day begins, i am certain that I will pick on that habit in some aspects of my daily life. It could be as simple as throwing the garbage out into tackling major projects. I seemed to have some delayed successes and failures that was caused by procrastination.
The more I reflect and evaluate, yes, I do have a problem.. How do I go about fighting it for the development of my personal growth?
To begin my fight and after coming to terms within myself that I have a problem, I closely studied some of the patterns that I would make in holding off certain activities, chores, whatever.. I come to realize, that my emotions and thought pattern of delaying certain actions were the cause of either looking down at a certain action or being too lazy to think about the complications that an action were to take place. Basically, I realized that it is my thought process that lead me to these delays. I wasn’t focused on the end as much as me being human, I wanted things to be perfect that I put off easy tasks as well as long straining tasks. I also would focus so much on the future that, present actions that needed to be carried out didn’t get executed. I also understood that by not being flexible, we have the tendency to hold of certain things because they’re not going as planned. I think those are some of the issues of why I procrastinate..

After understanding these patterns, I had a test drive of not pressing the snooze button at 6:30am, in which I quickly got up, stretched and tackled my morning routine of writing on my black book, fixing breakfast as well as taking care of my daughter.
Amazingly, I’ve been more focused and I have not put things on delay. I don’t focus too much on the future as I keep my feet on the ground while still keeping my head up high, with my chin and nose still low. I have also learned the power of flexibility and adjustments.

Its funny that solutions can be very simple as problems are created through bad habits. And if we can break these bad habits, we’re on our way to fixing these problems.

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