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Access POWER - by Joseph Riggio- How Much Work is Too Much? - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2011 from Jeff DavidsonMore and more individuals are reporting increased stress in their lives. For many, this is because they are putting undue pressures on themselves and are working longer hours. After a certain time, different for everyone, the effort that you are putting into your work becomes counter-productive. ...
Views: 1756(2 votes) - How Shy People Can Improve Their Conversation Skills - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2010 from Royane RealPeople who are very shy often share some of the same fears that people who are afraid of public speaking. Some of the techniques that help people overcome their fear of speaking in public can help shy people improve their conversation skills and increase their speaking confidence. I spent ...
Views: 5430(3 votes) - How Stress Changes during the Four Stages of Learning, part 1 - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2013 from Cris BakerYou don't need me to tell you how stressful life can be. You experience stressful situations while attempting to navigate new relationships and learn new routines at home and work. It helps to understand how to reduce stress in the four stages of becoming competent as change your life by ...
Views: 4799(1 vote) - How to Be a Successful Freelancer | Speedy essay - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2019 from Eddie ColinBeing a freelancer is a way to break the status quo to provide our own work without relying partly bureaucratic and heavy upon chains of command that what they do is limit our creativity and motivation structures. Obviously, I do not mean that there should not be large companies, but for some ...
Views: 1469(1 vote) - How to Become an Extrovert: 5 Tips for Being More Sociable with People - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2011 from Byron Van PeltLearning how to become an extrovert can be a daunting task. And if you're anything like me, just being told to "get off the couch" and "get out more" doesn't quite seem to cut it. So I'm here to offer some tips and strategies you can implement into your life immediately to get some more ...
Views: 5964(2 votes) - How to Bet Teasers - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2011 from Michael HillThis wagering type is offered in basketball and football and it is somewhat similar to parlays, as you need all of your teams or selections to win in order to collect. When there is a tie on a teaser, most bookies will grade the full bet as a loss, while there are a few that might lower the ...
Views: 937(1 vote) - How to break up with that negative voice in your head! - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2014 from Thomas AndersonIsn't it about time you end that relationship already? That relationship that is harmful, abusive, and just plain old bad for you! Isn't it time you listened to what the positive people in your life have been saying for years. Of course it is, and lucky for you, I've gone ahead and written ...
Views: 1942(1 vote) - How to Deal with Difficult People - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2011 from Terry DeMeo"We need to talk," your partner says. You hear The Tone and glance up from your book. They've got that Look on their face. You know, The Look. The closer they get, the more sure you are. Trouble. With a capital "T". Cue the opening bars from the Jaws soundtrack. A sick feeling in your stomach ...
Views: 1070(1 vote) - How to Deliver Impact within a Short Speech - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2010 from Eneida PintoCourtesy speeches are many times used as fillers between keynotes. They are effective presentation strategies because it helps chop the entire meeting up into small attention-keeping sessions. There is a fallacy that sometimes erodes the possibilities of this speech which says, “This speech is ...
Views: 4306(1 vote) - How to Influence People Radically - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Marie BarrettHow can you influence people at a core level and what does it mean to do so? In essence, it is spiritual entrepreneurship, a new and enlightened way of communicating with others. We activate different personas in relation to different situations that come up in life, basically engaging just two ...
Views: 2682(1 vote) - How to maintain positive relationship with the media and press to cover your business story? - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2011 from Andrew ChowCompile a list of journalists and reporter contacts and develop friendship with them. Try to remember their professional interest in their work and seek to be a resource information centre for other contacts. Be truthful about the quality of a story and its sources. Always give reporters ...
Views: 2190(1 vote) - How to Make Dinner Conversation - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2011 from Eduard EzeanuMany times, dinner is more than a moment during the day to eat; it is also a moment of social interaction. Thus, it is a good idea to also make the best out of it socially. Many of us have dinner in social settings. We don’t eat alone; we eat with other people at the table: our spouse, our ...
Views: 2801(1 vote) - How to make Performance Appraisals Painless - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Heather BuckleyRegular Performance appraisals are essential for managing and evaluating employees. Reasons to conduct regular Performance Appraisals: 1) They help develop individuals 2) Improve organizational performance 5) Feed into business planning. Performance appraisals are often conducted ...
Views: 1518(1 vote) - How to READ People: Assurance - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2011 from Doug GradyA- Assurance. Has this ever happened to you: you deliver a planned, powerful, positioned presentation, and your prospect says something like, “Sounds great! I like it, I want, I need it. I’m going to do it! (wait for it…) Call me Tuesday!” You call Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday… ...
Views: 2740(1 vote) - How to READ People: Evaluation - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2011 from Doug GradyE- Evaluation. Once your prospect is within realization (see part 1), evaluation begins. Human beings are evaluation machines. Evaluations are simply questions your prospects are asking which much be answered to their satisfaction before they buy. Your prospect consciously or unconsciously asks ...
Views: 3180(1 vote) - How to READ People: The 4 steps all prospects go through before they say “Yes” - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2011 from Doug GradyHave you ever wondered why some people buy and some don’t? Why you can ‘nail’ a presentation and still lose the sale? Why some prospect with obvious needs won’t even talk to you? Why some people give a fast “yes” but you end up with a slow “no”? It’s not about you. So much of traditional ...
Views: 2066(1 vote) - How to Resolve your Relationship Conflicts through Communication - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Susan LiddyRelating with others is a delicate balancing act between having our own wants and needs fulfilled, and making sacrifices on behalf of the other person. In other words: relationships are about give and take. The line where things grow blurry is in the everyday exchanges we have with those we care ...
Views: 1324(1 vote) - How to Spread Laughter - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2012 from Andre ThunaWhat exactly is laughter and why do people laugh? Well for starters laughter is the physical expression of happiness. It is natural to smile and laugh when one is happy. In a world that is often filled with sadness and disappointment laughter seems to many a foreign emotion. The archaic ...
Views: 2020(1 vote) - How to Warm Up Prospecting Calls by Using “Social Engineering” - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Art SobczakOne reason that most “cold” calls fail and result in rejection is that sales reps start their pitch the same way to everyone they speaking with, sounding like a talking junk mail piece. A much better approach, one that stimulates interest, attention, and engagement, is to use personalized, ...
Views: 1813(1 vote) - How Video Conference can Reduce Carbon Footprint - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2012 from Conference SolutionsEveryone, including corporate firms across Australia, is concerned about the deteriorating environmental condition. Consequently, corporations have pledged to reduce their carbon footprint. However, companies with regional and global presence are finding it difficult to live up to their word ...
Views: 1053(1 vote) - Humor writing and how to use it - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2015 from Oliver RawThere is a popular opinion, that humor has no rules and scientific approach cannot be applied to it. That is not true. The truth is, that since the creation of a comedy itself, writers tried to find, what causes people’s laughter and actually did quite a progress in this area. Today we have a ...
Views: 2011(1 vote) - I Have ADHD. Now What? - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2012 from Laurie DuparADHD affects conservatively about 5-8% of the world’s population. With the world’s population being around 7 billion…that’s a lot of people struggling with inattention, impulsivity or distractibility! Since math has never been my best academic subject, comprehending such a number has always ...
Views: 3315(1 vote) - Improve the Way You Sound to Other People - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2011 from Kim OHara"It's not what you say, but the way you say it?" Ever heard that one? Well, my opinion is that both are important. When you ask a friend how they are, and they reply in a down and complaining voice, "Okay, I suppose," how does that make you feel? Think of your own response when someone ...
Views: 1038(1 vote) - Improve Your Conversations Skills With Open Ended Questions - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2010 from Royane RealOne of my friends recently asked me how she should handle an upcoming lunch with her lawyer. She was worried that the lunch would become awkward if they ran out of things to talk about. I suggested she should try to mentally prepare a few general questions such as, “Do you still enjoy being a ...
Views: 2448(1 vote) - Increase your visibility using quality SEO Reputation Management services - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2012 from John SilverstoneSEO reputation management is something which will helps any organization in host of different ways. Some of the benefits of this service include increase in the search engine page ranking of the website, help build a good reputation and protect the reputation of the particular organization from ...
Views: 854(1 vote) - Increasing The Ease of Interaction - by Submitted on May 07, 2010 from Rudy Jamison Jr.Some say that preparation is the key to success. As challenging as it can be at times, preparation may be the most underrated advantage in business. Many of us neglect it simply because we don’t know how, others refuse it due to elevated confidence. In either case, without it the ease of ...
Views: 864(1 vote) - Is Your Temper Killing Your Success? - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2012 from Jay RifenbaryOne of the first tests in determining a level of your own personal emotional security is your proficiency in handling stressful and pressure packed situations. To create a successful communicative working atmosphere and a harmonious home environment, you need to maintain a level of emotional ...
Views: 1543(1 vote) - Job Hunting: Promote Yourself - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2010 from Rebekah CockrellThe web is constantly changing, we all know that. What most of us don’t do is change with it. You need to go further than just sending in resumes if you want to compete for jobs. There are now plenty of new ways to promote yourself. For one, networking has gone online. Join social networking ...
Views: 1696(1 vote) - Just Start, and Trust Your Inner Vision - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2015 from Mark David GersonJust start, and trust your inner vision. Just start, and know that the words that long to pour from your heart will find their way onto the page — thought by thought, word by word, breath by breath. For the words are there. The story is there. It exists already — in another dimension, a parallel ...
Views: 1510(2 votes) - Key steps to be followed while writing assignments that will score at least a 2:1 - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2013 from Grace YoungHave you searched the internet for assignment writing service? Have you ever Googled coursework help? Often when you search the web for assignment writing service, you are thrown several web results and it becomes impossible to trust which one you should choose for your assignment. So ...
Views: 1833(2 votes) - Leaders In An Array – Data Structures & Algorithms - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2020 from Brain MentorsLeaders in an array is an easy problem of arrays from Data Structures and Algorithms. Leaders in the array mean that element is greater than all its right side elements of the array. So there are two approaches to find the leaders in an array: Brute Force Algorithm Scan Array from ...
Views: 587(1 vote) - Learn French Phrases - How to Communicate With French Words - by Submitted on May 12, 2011 from michael chibuzorThe more you understand about any subject, the more interesting it becomes. As you read this article you'll find that the subject of learn french phrases is certainly no exception. If you base what you do on inaccurate information, you might be unpleasantly surprised by the consequences. ...
Views: 2562(1 vote) - Leaving a Legacy - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2010 from Paige Arnof-FennMaybe it's because a good college friend died recently in a tragic accident. Perhaps it's because the year is winding down and we're all naturally focusing on closing one chapter and starting another. But I thought it was interesting that the topic of legacies came up in a handful conversations ...
Views: 2076(1 vote) - Magnetizing Abundance with the Power of the Spoken Word! - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2011 from Cari MurphyMagnetizing Abundance with The Power of the Spoken Word Prosperity isn't just the accumulation of things! Prosperity is the CONSCIOUSNESS that ATTRACTS the things! It is a way of living and "being." We all have words that resonate strongly with us -- words that inspire us and just make us ...
Views: 2304(2 votes) - Make 'No' An Option - by Submitted on May 07, 2010 from Rudy Jamison Jr.Many times sales people are so focused on providing a solution (selling a product/service), we never consider if the prospect has internalized a problem or truly believes in our product/service. Even if the sales person has evolved into the business minded adviser who follows the sales ...
Views: 756(1 vote) - Make Your Point! - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2011 from William CottringerMake Your Point! By Bill Cottringer “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” ~George Bernard Shaw. Consider the beginning of communication: We first invented words to stand for objects we couldn’t carry around on our shoulders to show ...
Views: 2348(2 votes) - Managing Difficult Conversations - Part I - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2011 from Asaf ShaniIntroduction - What is a Difficult Conversation? Jack, an account manager, received notice from the financial department that one of his clients was late in paying what he owed. Jack, having developed a friendship with the client over the years, knows that this client is going through a rough ...
Views: 4268(1 vote) - Managing Difficult Conversations - Part II - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2011 from Asaf ShaniManaging the 2nd Type of Conflict - Having the Difficult Conversation The difficult conversation model is comprised of three stages: Preparation - Conversation - Conclusion. At each stage there are clear requirements without which there is no point in, and often no possibility of, moving on to ...
Views: 3489(2 votes) - Meeting Needs with NVC - by Submitted on May 21, 2011 from Karen KleinwortThere’s no one on the planet who hasn’t been in a situation wherein tempers and/or emotions escalated – perhaps even dramatically – due to miscommunication or poor communication. When this has happened in your own life, you’ve likely looked back on it afterwards and wondered how things got so ...
Views: 2409(1 vote) - More data added to T-Mobile Prepaid Plans - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2017 from deepa dhingraSince the year 2013, T-Mobile has taken the postpaid mobile plans market by storm offering customers the most affordable and tempting deals. However, the good news, now, is for those who are using T-Mobile prepaid plans in the country. Keeping in pace with ever-evolving times, the company has ...
Views: 1202(1 vote) - My interview for radio 'PCJ Media' about press freedom in Ukraine - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2011 from Viktor KovalenkoOn December 25, 2010 at FM and shortwave radio networks in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan my interview in English was broadcasted. Topic: press freedom and media market in Ukraine. I gave this interview earlier for the December edition of 'Media Network Plus' ...
Views: 1256(1 vote) - Offer complete Ecommerce Solutions for best results - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2012 from John SilverstoneYour online presence is of no importance if you are not offering your customers the option to purchase your services and products from your own website. But Ecommerce Solutions UK itself is not any simple thing which can be delivered by any novice web development organization. It is a complete ...
Views: 819(1 vote) - On Becoming a Good Public Speaker - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2016 from Steven StasczakWhen most people think of public speaking or becoming a public speaker or simply giving a presentation at work they think they have to come off with the talent of a Joel Osteen or a powerful corporate executive. Yes those people do possess a type of presence and charisma along with a powerful ...
Views: 2048(1 vote) - One way link Building Services – How important are they for your business growth? - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2011 from John SilverstoneOne way Link building services are provided over a period of time in order to get traffic into the web pages. In order to ensure that the web pages benefit from the links, most SEO experts prefer to get their links. Body: One way Link building services are provided over a period of time in ...
Views: 728(1 vote) - Our Words Define Us More Than Our Actions - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Greg BakerWe think that our actions define us more than our words. But the reality is exactly the opposite. Our actions are important, but our actions are psychologically used to verify the truth of our words and not the other way around. Be careful what you say. This article attempts to prove that your ...
Views: 8346(1 vote) - Peter Fogel's "12 Effective Tips on How to Get the Most Out of Your Speakers Bureaus Relationships or (You Scratch My Back and I'll Scratch Yours!)" - by Submitted on Dec 18, 2010 from Peter FogelTalking to the Bureau in Person or On the Phone Before you call a speaking bureau, do some research to figure out which ones match your goals. Just as two snowflakes aren't a like -- it's the same with speakers bureaus. Your best plan (and you'll discover if they are truly interested in ...
Views: 2480(3 votes) - Peter Fogel's "5 Ways to Answer Challenging Questions During Your Presentation!" - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2010 from Peter FogelThere's no getting around it: The moment you bound onto the platform or stage your credibility is at stake. And one way to cement your credibility is to master the art of Q & A (short for Questions and Answers) Look at how Q & A's are done on the political battlefields. Remember the Hillary ...
Views: 1876(2 votes) - Peter Fogel's "Branding Your Message into The Hearts and Minds of Your Audience!" - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2010 from Peter FogelWhether you’re a professional public speaker or someone occasionally called upon to speak at company meetings… or to prospective clients… you want to make sure your audience quickly “gets” your message. The way to do it is to brand yourself. In other words, to sum up your message with a ...
Views: 1771(4 votes) - Peter Fogel's "How to Effectively Create Humor for Your Presentation!" (Part 2) - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2010 from Peter FogelHumor and the Size of the Audience Welcome back to part II. In a group of ten or more, there is emotional protection and thus it is easier for someone to laugh. The jokes that work for a large group of people are those with generally accepted interests or concerns. Example: Here’s a ...
Views: 1599(3 votes) - Peter Fogel's "How to NOT to Compete With Food While Delivering a Speech or Presentation!" - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2010 from Peter FogelThis truly could be the bane of any speaker's existence. Just think: You have to WOW your audience (who might never have seen you before)…. you have to deal with the set of the room (location of chairs and tables near platform) and NOW, you have the nightmare of having to deal with food that is ...
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