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Choices. Choices. Choices. How many choices do we have in a day?
What shall I have for breakfast this morning? I was eyeing the goodies at the gluten free stand at the Saturday Wellington Farmer's Market, trying to make a choice. A woman with long brown hair walked over to the stand to make ... Views: 1843
I have two acres of beautifully landscaped property with colorful gardens. In each, I’ve planted a wide array of flora: roses, tulips, chrysanthemums, geraniums, daisies, sweet Williams, peonies, and others whose names elude me. One day, while preparing dinner in the kitchen, I heard voices ... Views: 1925
Do you remember when I wrote, ‘when something or someone inspires you, grab hold and don’t let go?
inspiration, writing, story telling, blogging, blogs, short stories,, short plays, life The other day I was standing in line at the grocery store, minding my own business…preoccupied that ... Views: 1262
…….Cassandra poured the hot steaming coffee into them and, carrying both mugs, walked to the dinette in the corner.
“Come over here and sit.” She instructed Alma.
Sighing, Alma got slowly to her feet. She walked over and slouched into one of the kitchen chairs. “Ya want some milk for your ... Views: 1373
Whose Essence is it….
I was watching the news today and it seem like it was all about the election coming up. Each candidate saying what they thought was good for us. I started to think and I am saying to myself how do they know what is best for you or for me. I look around every day and see ... Views: 1772
A lead generation and appointment setting campaign will only be successful if you know what exactly you should be saying to your business prospects. This makes all the difference when you are intent on generating qualified B2B leads. Just imagine: your prospect is saying one thing, and then you ... Views: 1495
Why eBooks are better
Now EBooks are Better along with Impacts of Social media
Imagine this. You are off on a vacation. The list of places that you are visiting is too long and hopping from one destination to the other will eat a lot of your time. Naturally, you are bound to get bored, ... Views: 804
To lead a meaningful life requires the understanding of its lofty purpose and our little place in the vast scheme of things. The messages from near death experiences (NDEs) go a long way in helping us perceive the sacredness of life – and the sacredness of death too!
Much of humanity on this ... Views: 1854
As for the above question, the answer is a resounding yes. To start with, you cannot start generating qualified sales leads if you do not have a concrete plan in generating them. You need to understand the market first, study the trends, and identify prospects that will most likely do business ... Views: 1539
When You Can’t Stop Crying!
Friend, let me be there for you! I may not know you, but I know how it feels when you can’t stop crying.
Pain and the accompanying broken heart and anguish and despair sometimes overwhelm us to the point that all we can do is cry. Sometimes just the littlest ... Views: 4477
Has Your Pain Turned into Anguish and Despair?
Today, I want to talk about something that is very painful and deep inside some of us. Something that eats at you and gnaws away at your very being. It seems like it never gets better, but only worse.
What I am talking about is our pain, but ... Views: 6277
7 Lessons I Have Learned For Life and My Business
As most of you know, an American great tennis player officially retired at the 2012 U.S. Open. Andy Roddick shook up almost all of the tennis world once he reported that this was going to be his very last event. I followed his last match, just ... Views: 1045
In organizing and conducting a lead generation and appointment setting it is important that you know very well what your product or service can do. But knowing the capabilities of the products or services you are offering is never enough. You need to have a deeper understanding of what you ... Views: 1680
The Island of Utopia
Freedom – the most misunderstood word in the English language
If there was a poll to decide what is the most misunderstood word in the English language I think freedom might be high in the voting stakes. When there are millions of people how can we all live together ... Views: 3876
Chapter 2
Alma and Chelsea
Red lipstick half way to her mouth, Alma watched the drama at the front counter. Her daughter,
Chelsea, elbowed her.
“She’s a virgin, huh Alma?” whispered Chelsea.
A teenager, wise beyond her fifteen years, Chelsea was a pretty ... Views: 1395
The results you get with people and the awesomeness of your social life are to a large extent a result of your ability to calibrate socially. This is why developing your social calibration is one of the most beneficial personal development steps you could ever make.
Social calibration is ... Views: 8938
Ohio auto accident victims are wise to retain a Dayton personal injury lawyer as soon as possible after an accident or other personal injury. Whether someone is injured on the job, on the freeway or from using a product that caused injury or even death, there are important time limitations that ... Views: 618
There are a number of new diet fads out there that many people are using with a remarkable measure of success. These are not unlike fad diets of the past in which dieters were required to eliminate entire food groups or cut calories so significantly that their bodies were in danger of entering ... Views: 1817
As we go along our sales lead generation campaign, we will encounter stumbling blocks that will affect our business performance. Among these challenges is the ever-changing buying behavior of business prospects. Not knowing the latest trends or habits of people we want to get in touch with can ... Views: 1654
We are all connected and all part of the universe and the Kingdom of God. We create our reality and bring about our good fortune by the way we respond and naturally affect the responses of others. In fact, we are all basically seeking to return to the realization of who we are, a magnificent ... Views: 2560
Customer service is also a fundamental part of your business’sales lead generation campaign.After all, there will be occasions, especially when calling current customers, that some problem or vexation will be brought up during the discussion. When that happens, it is important to deal with them ... Views: 1971
The Best Place in the World
Imagine the most idyllic place your imagination can savor and luxuriate in?
Creating Utopia
Imagine this place where people are always so fair, honest, kind, nice, helpful, sweet and generous. This is what Utopia is.
A Man For All Seasons
Have you heard of ... Views: 1960
What a great idea….share my novel by blogging it in segments over the next few months.’ So here it is, readers. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday there will be a new segment or chapter. I hope you enjoy it!
WOMEN OUTSIDE the WALLS (c)
A Novel by Trisha ... Views: 1655
Let me ask you this “What is the Real Price of Caring What Others Think?”
How many people are in trouble right now because they took on a huge mortgage that they could barely afford?Others bought a bigger car, an extra car or maybe staged an expensive wedding?They have closets full of ... Views: 5327
“Love your neighbors as yourself,” a quote I heard from childhood. In order for you to love someone else don’t you have to love yourself? What is love? Is it about receiving gifts? Or someone liking you because you are a good person?
Why didn’t I like myself? Both parents don’t leave you if ... Views: 2574
Here are a few of the benefits and potential dangers of compound exercises. Alright, so you've committed to getting into shape and you want to know the fastest most efficient way to get there. The commendable path that you've chosen will lead you directly through the intricate world of compound ... Views: 1879
For a lot of business people, the concept of marketing and selling is so similar that they tend to put them together, interchange them, or even alternate them in a lot of things. Sad to say, but this is a mistaken concept. Although both sales and marketing have similar in the idea of reaching ... Views: 1736
If you heard somebody asking you - how can I grow taller? Initially it could sound a small amount strange, especially if you're of normal height. Since you never had to consider growing taller, a matter like which will surprise you. However there are thousands of people the world who are ... Views: 5383
One of the most powerful ways to change your self-image is to replace negative thoughts about yourself with positive ones. You do this by taking time each day to visualize how you would like to be. The more you visualize your ideal self-image, the more you will actualize it in your life.
This ... Views: 1549
Imagine your life changing in the blink of an eye almost as if you’ve been sucker-punched with the wind knocked out of you. You find yourself feeling like you’re lying flat on your back staring at the ceiling as if the proverbial rug was pulled out from under you. Right now you are asking ... Views: 2616
She was only nineteen, a college sophomore, when she started her own sorority. Disillusioned with the superficial behaviors/attitudes of those already on campus, she wanted one that was all-inclusive of every interested female and one devoted to serving the community. Together with a hand-select ... Views: 2268
Firstly, we are not really educated into looking properly at the food we eat. There are vested interests in us eating the wrong foods. Look at the medical giants who make fortunes because we get ill. Decide to look at the foods that will help you maintain the best life. I recommend looking at ... Views: 1649
Do you often catch yourself saying and doing things just so that people will not be displeased with you? Do you feel afraid of angering people or making them dislike you for any reason? These people could be your colleagues, friends, family or even salespeople at a store. Unfortunately, you may ... Views: 4730
I was inspired to write this article because I have recently relocated from San Francisco to Seattle. With any relocation brings a change or two with it. The first week I was here, every time I stepped out of the door I felt like I was in the Land of Oz. Even though I have visited Seattle plenty ... Views: 1087
Struggling readers need a thorough one-on-one review of phonics lessons, additional instruction on developing better comprehension in both fiction and non-fiction materials, and drills to develop automaticity. The ability to instantly recognize the most common words used in sentences, such as, ... Views: 5112
On August 30th, the Republican National Convention took place in Tampa, Florida. Veteran actor Clint Eastwood gave a speech endorsing the Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney. During his speech, Eastwood rhetorically addressed an empty chair as if current President Barack Obama were ... Views: 1735
People with online business have a major issue of targeting the keywords and getting more sales, leads and traffic to their website. Most of the people in online business are still unaware with the importance of Search Engine Optimization and how to get more traffic. The main purpose of the ... Views: 577
A well-known fast foods chain aired a TV advert recently that shows a pottery wheel with a beautifully shaped clay pot perched on it, spinning and spinning around, with the potter nowhere in sight. As the wheel continues to spin, the clay begins to distort, losing its shape, until it suddenly ... Views: 1263
Reality of Life
We are souls and our body is the outer covering or protection. In most societies even the body needs protection for warmth, safety and to avoid unnerving stares or unwarranted advances. Most people will agree on this.
Horsepower
For thousands of years horses were our main ... Views: 1701
Opportunity only knocks once, right?
Wrong! What sheer nonsense!
Opportunity knocks hundreds, perhaps even thousands of times in a lifetime. We just have to be aware enough, and “tuned in” enough to recognize what Opportunity is offering us each time it knocks.
Patrick, a deeply religious ... Views: 1444
Given the way things are going in this business, it is only natural that you will meet a lot of competition. This is why it is important you take the necessary steps in keeping them. In the course of your lead generation and appointment setting campaign, you will have to do this. After all, ... Views: 1799
I recently received both of these emails on the same morning. Have you ever had the feeling that you were being hit over the head with a message? Well, on this particular morning I certainly did. I had to pause, go back, re-read and really think about what they were saying. It’s a message that ... Views: 2210
You know that you need to improve the performance of your lead generation team. That is why you have to be clear in your quality control as well as your training of lagging personnel. This is more apparent when telemarketing is used. By the way, the reason we are focusing on telemarketers is ... Views: 1861
Here is an inspiring story I recently heard that I thought well worth telling here in my own words:
His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to eke out a living for his family from the hard earth, he heard a loud cry for help coming from a nearby ... Views: 1192
Rejoice in who you are!
Because who and what you are is a gift to the entire world.
How good are you about your New Year resolutions?
Do most of them involve making changes of some sort to what you’ve done and who you’ve been in the past? That’s the usual format for New Year resolutions … ... Views: 3374
Kim Bassinger, the well-known movie actress, once said – “I feel there are two people inside me – me and my intuition. If I go against her, she'll screw me every time, and if I follow her, we get along quite nicely."
There are countless well-documented cases throughout history of people ... Views: 1257
It is generally accepted that 95% of the human population incline towards negative thoughts and attitudes. This correlates with statistics that show only 5% of the population ever become successful and financially independent. But why?
I am convinced beyond doubt we are all, as part of our ... Views: 1164
A newspaper advice column recently featured an interesting letter from a parent. It said: “We have a sixteen-year-old daughter who does not drink, smoke, use drugs, or stay out late. She isn’t pregnant and she is a straight-A student. Please tell us – where did we go right?”
Teenagers today ... Views: 1507
Your website is just another pretty face on the web if it does not get business for you. No matter the website big or small, the one which is in top ranks gets all the benefit. As from a customer point of view no one bothers to search anything beyond top 10 or 20 results. So, the primary concern ... Views: 526
Your website might be in top rankings in all the search engines but is your website popular enough? For the people who does not know the difference between the “brand name” and Top Google Rank should read this. If you think that if you are on top of the ranks for a particular keyword does not ... Views: 502