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		<title>How To Find Success In This Market Collapse In Three Easy Ways</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Having a positive frame of mind, a burning desire and a willingness to solve problems is what you need to succeed.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Glenn Smith</div>
<p>Having a positive frame of mind, a burning desire and a willingness to solve problems is what you need to succeed.</p>
<p>Ever notice how many negative stories you see and hear in a day.  It may interest you to know that scientist have studied brain wave activity. They found that more areas of your mind are stimulated by negative events than positive ones are.</p>
<p>A brain surgeon was on &#8220;Oprah&#8221; recently sharing her story about having a stroke. Her left hemisphere stopped working. For eight years while she recovered, she was in bliss. Her right brain saw positive beauty all around her always.</p>
<p>Meditation is one way to quiet the left side of the brain and awaken the right.  Another popular method is Neuro Linguistic Programming or NLP.  The point is  that you do not have to focus on the negative if you awaken the right brain.</p>
<p>It was stated in the Holy Grail of success books called &#8220;Think and Grow Rich&#8221; by  Napoleon Hill, &#8220;a burning desire is a must to achieve what one wants in life.&#8221;   Remember how passionate you were about getting what you wanted as a child?  </p>
<p>Now that you are older that same intense wanting will not let anyone or anything impede you. When you operate from your right brain the vision for your future will be crystal clear. Just like the disco inferno, burn baby burn with desire.</p>
<p>Have you noticed which way you learn? It could be visually, auditory, or kinesthetically. You can construct images outside of you on a poster board. If you&#8217;re able you can fashion it in your mind. Generate the desire to envision your future positively.</p>
<p>The more problems there are in the world the more opportunities there are to be successful and thrive.  Far too often people are contributing to the problems and that grants positive people like you the chance to provide mutual benefits.  </p>
<p>If you look around you I am sure you can see many issues that plague the people around you. It would not take you too long to find a solution to that problem and offer it to them. People will gladly pay to have you fix a crisis for them. </p>
<p>To see the solution you must have a positive mind. To want to solve it you must have a burning desire. This situation grants you a fabulous opportunity to make a difference. Not only in you, but in everyone else in the world with problems.</p>
<p>The economic downturn we are in today provides many opportunities to be successful. During the great depression the Rockefeller family made a fortune with this mindset you are reading about. Do you like to solve problems?</p>
<p>Solve troubles with optimism and an unrelenting drive.</p>
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<div class='uawlinks'>About The Author: Glenn Smith has studied personal growth and is using his positive outlook on life with education from some of the most triumphant people in history. He has found the principals taught by <a href="http://tinyurl.com/5cpvz2">Success University</a> create magic. If you wish to be on his mailing list send an email with &#8220;SMILE&#8221; in the subject line to glenn@sensitiveselfhelp.com</div>
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		<title>UAW Keeps Your Online Business &#38; MLM Successful in Slow Economy</title>
		<link>http://givingandreceivingcash.com/blog/2008/11/18/uaw-keeps-your-online-business-mlm-successful-in-slow-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonja Schuyler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know that in recent months the economy worldwide has been slowing at a scary pace. Concerned business owners, whether online or off, wonder what to do. Should I cut my advertising?  Do I cut back on my marketing efforts?  How do I weather the storm?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Sonja Schuyler</div>
<p>We all know that in recent months the economy worldwide has been slowing at a scary pace. Concerned business owners, whether online or off, wonder what to do. Should I cut my advertising?  Do I cut back on my marketing efforts?  How do I weather the storm?</p>
<p>You need to spend as much smart money as you can whether times are bad or good.Try to eliminate as much foolish spending as possible.  This makes sense in any economic situation, but in slowing times, you want to make sure that careless spending does not completely erase your bottom line.</p>
<p>Keep on doing what is working for you. Don&#8217;t stop advertising.  Don&#8217;t stop marketing. Don&#8217;t stop getting your name out there.  As strange as it seems, in a slowing economy, you should be doing more.  Visit <a href="http://articlewizardsuccess.com">Unique Article Wizard Website</a></p>
<p>Strive to keep building up your business or product in good times and bad.  You have to get your name out there on a consistent basis.  The tough times won&#8217;t last forever and when things turn around, you want to be ready and not forgotten.</p>
<p>It is your responsibility as a business owner to remain in business.  Do not believe that when business drops off, you market and advertise less. This could end up with you being out of business.  Don&#8217;t get caught up in the media frenzy of doom and gloom.</p>
<p>In my business, I have done a lot of evaluating as far as what has worked for me. I have eliminated some wasteful spending.</p>
<p>The one thing that has consistantly worked for me is Unique Article Wizard. I have received targeted traffic to my business sites that have raised my profits greatly.  I could not do without it.  It is also very reasonable making it easy for me to advertise my mlm, blogs and products.  <a href="http://articlewizardsuccess.com">Unique Article Wizard Website</a></p>
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		<title>Prevent complacency with a Personal Development Plan</title>
		<link>http://givingandreceivingcash.com/blog/2008/11/14/prevent-complacency-with-a-personal-development-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ethan Beh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[What is a personal development plan? It is basically a map of your self improvement journey. It is very much like goal setting, except that it is for the area of personal development and involves a complete road-map rather than just listing aspirations or goals.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Ethan Beh</div>
<p>What is a personal development plan? It is basically a map of your self improvement journey. It is very much like goal setting, except that it is for the area of personal development and involves a complete road-map rather than just listing aspirations or goals. </p>
<p>In addition to that, because of the nature of self improvement, a personal development plan requires a somewhat different approach to traditional goal setting. Hence this is why we should always have a separate personal development plan for all self improvement goals.</p>
<p>Many people take goal setting very seriously. Especially those who are ambitious and desire success. However, sometimes we tend to focus less on personal development goals. We are usually more focused on health, career and financial goals. Goals in other areas such as religious goals, emotional aspirations and personal development goals are neglected.</p>
<p>It is very important to have personal development goals because when we are in the midst of trying to achieve all the other goals, we often get caught up in the process and will neglect learning, improving, and developing new skills and abilities. In addition to that, once we start getting results and success, we will naturally start to relax, take it easy and get complacent. It is complacency that is usually the downfall of any successful person. </p>
<p>So one of the main reasons for having a personal development plan is to make sure that we always consistently improve ourselves and prevent complacency from happening. The basic idea behind a personal development plan involves 3 steps; </p>
<p>1. Identify where you are now - Firstly do an analysis of your your major strengths, weaknesses, skills, natural talents etc. This helps you identify which part of yourself you need to focus on. </p>
<p>2. Identify where you want or need to be - What needs to be worked on for you to get to the next level. What are your weaknesses need to be addressed. What area is to be given priority for improvement? </p>
<p>3. Coming up with a plan to fill that gap - In the final step we identify a plan on how to fill the gap between where we currently are and where we desire to be. These includes planning for; resources that needs to be obtained, who/where to learn from, scheduling the action items and setting a time line to achieve it.</p>
<p>The idea behind the personal development plan is pretty simple. However, it is vital that you make sure that you do a proper, detailed personal development plan and have thought through each section comprehensively. This ensures that you will be headed the right way with it. </p>
<p>Having a personal development plan helps you make sure your knowledge, skills and abilities are constantly upgraded. Because when all is said and done, it is your knowledge that ultimately affects the quality of your lives and your level of success. Don&#8217;t neglect it.</p>
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		<title>Change What Money Makes You Feel</title>
		<link>http://givingandreceivingcash.com/blog/2008/11/13/change-what-money-makes-you-feel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Blake</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There are people that spend money and people that save money. What are the reasons for this? Our spending habits are determined by the way we think about money and our over all money attitudes. If you want to change the way you spend money, you must change your attitude about it.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='italic;' class='uawbyline'>by William Blake</div>
<p>There are people that spend money and people that save money. What are the reasons for this? Our spending habits are determined by the way we think about money and our over all money attitudes. If you want to change the way you spend money, you must change your attitude about it.</p>
<p>we learn how and what to think about money at a very early age- how do you view money? As children, we see our parents and how they handle the money they have. Some of us had parents that made very little money, and some of use had parents that made much more money at their jobs.</p>
<p>Wherever you came from, the way you feel about money has probably come from those around you, including unhealthy views. If money was a sore topic in your home, you are likely to avoid discussing it. This could lead to bad havbits such as overspending, and money being even more taboo.</p>
<p>If you were fortunate enough to have a good supply of money, you could not know naturally how to limit your spending as an adult. Even if you find you are not as well-off as your parents, you may be likely to spend as if you had a higher income. This type of money attitude can get away from you rather quickly.</p>
<p>Many scenarios can be drawn from childhood exposure to money.  Remember Ebenezer Scrooge?  He grew up with no money and it consumed him.  During his adult life he shunned all other pleasures for the love of money.  No one wants to end up like that.</p>
<p>Work to change your attitude towards money to be more positive. If you have the desire to change your attitude, you&#8217;ve reached the first step. It&#8217;s not an easy one, but with determination, you can certainly change these beliefs.</p>
<p>Arrange a visit with a financial advisor to discuss your situation. Talk with your advisor about your view and any worries or concerns you have about money. Let them know your financial goals. A good financial advisor will take your finances and can create a portfolio for you, showing you how to invest and what to invest in.</p>
<p>A financial advisor may be able to help with a budget.  For frugal spenders, a budget can set aside money for one&#8217;s enjoyment each month.  A frugal person may not take more than one day of freedom, but it is a start.  As time goes on, they will relax the reins and learn to enjoy money now and in the future.</p>
<p>Big spenders should learn to use a budget to scale back their spending. Learn to spend for special occasions, and not excessively every day. Money won&#8217;t continue to come in this way, unless we plan for it to continue. Spenders must realize that they need to learn to save money for later on in life.</p>
<p>What is your money attitude?  Is it helping or hurting you?  To improve your life, why not talk to a financial expert about healthy changes to your money attitude.</p>
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		<title>Three Important Questions - Understanding Your Life Goals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Chue</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you someone who is concerned about attaining their life goals? Do you read up a lot on the subject of setting and achieving those goals? If you have, then you have probably come across on the SMART concept - Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-Bound.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Greg Frost</div>
<p>Are you someone who is concerned about attaining their life goals? Do you read up a lot on the subject of setting and achieving those goals? If you have, then you have probably come across on the SMART concept - Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-Bound.</p>
<p>These are five very important considerations for you to take note of when trying to set your life goals. Before you can start setting your goals you need to understand them, you need to know if they&#8217;re realistic enough for you to achieve within your lifetime. You need to understand your capabilities and existing resources before you can decide on a goal to go after.</p>
<p>So how do you decide what goals to go after and whether they&#8217;re the right ones for you? There are three important questions that you need to ask yourself before you can have a full understanding of your life goals. These questions are:</p>
<p>1. Are the goals challenging for you?</p>
<p>Life goals are meant to be life changing. They should be a big part of your personal development, therefore the more challenging your goal is, the better. Think about it. If your goals don&#8217;t challenge you to make some sort of change to your life then what is the use of making the effort to attain it? It would have been too easy, and such goals would be a waste of time. Just like how coal can be turned to diamonds under intense pressure, your goals should be akin to that pressure. By the end of your arduous journey to attain that goal, you should come out of it as a brilliant diamond.</p>
<p>2. Are you inspired by the goals?</p>
<p>Your goals should inspire you to make the necessary changes in your life. Some people have even been inspired to sacrifice their more precious things in life in order to attain their goals. A goal worth setting should make you excited; it should make you feel like life is worth living as you pursue your goals. What a goal should not be doing is put you in a state of depression constantly, either because you haven&#8217;t been able to achieve it despite the countless times you&#8217;ve tried or because the goal is simply too far out of your reach. If all a goal does is depress you, then perhaps it&#8217;s time to re-evaluate your life goals and go for something that is just as challenging and inspirational, but realistically attainable.</p>
<p>3. Who can REALLY help you?</p>
<p>As you go along you will find that people will tend to discourage you with their doubts about you actually being able to attain your life goals. They might tell you that you&#8217;re just not cut out for it, that perhaps they&#8217;ve never pegged you to be such an aspiring person, that maybe you shouldn&#8217;t set yourself up for such a big fall. Here&#8217;s a tip: Don&#8217;t listen to them. It will be hard enough for you to remain motivated in your journey of achieving success in your life goals. You don&#8217;t need any discouragement from your peers or family members. They may have the good intention of not wanting to see you get hurt if you don&#8217;t reach that goal, but some may simply be jealous that you&#8217;re taking the necessary action to even try. Forget about the doubters; find people who have succeeded in a goal similar to what you&#8217;ve set for yourself. Learn from them, get the necessary advice from them and let them inspire you to continue working towards your goal. They are the ones who understand what you&#8217;re going through, because they&#8217;ve been in the same situation before.</p>
<p>So if you&#8217;ve ever wondered about what you need to know when you&#8217;re setting your life goals, you now know the three important questions that you&#8217;ll need to ask yourself. Understand the answers to these questions, and you&#8217;ll be on the road to success in no time. Keep on keeping on!</p>
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		<title>Subliminal Messaging for the Better You</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Frost</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you the kind of person who likes to maximize the usage of their time, even while sleeping, if at all possible? Or are you the kind of person who is constantly seeking to improve themselves? Well, if you're either of those two, then you'll be glad to know that there is a way that you can make the most of your time AND embark on a journey of self-improvement, all in the comfort of your own bed as you lay asleep. Consider using subliminal messaging for the better you.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Greg Frost</div>
<p>Are you the kind of person who likes to maximize the usage of their time, even while sleeping, if at all possible? Or are you the kind of person who is constantly seeking to improve themselves? Well, if you&#8217;re either of those two, then you&#8217;ll be glad to know that there is a way that you can make the most of your time AND embark on a journey of self-improvement, all in the comfort of your own bed as you lay asleep. Consider using subliminal messaging for the better you.</p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t already know what subliminal messaging is all about, it is defined as the use of messages that is beyond human conscious perception, yet these messages can still be ingrained and processed into a person&#8217;s subconscious. Usually such subliminal messages are displayed for an extremely short period of time that the conscious mind would not have picked up on them. These messages are transmitted below the threshold of human consciousness, so much so that our human minds would have been trained to reject the idea as background noise, or even as an absurd impossibility. </p>
<p>Most people have trouble accepting the fact that subliminal messaging is actually effective in what it is made for. Yet these are the same few people who might have been unwittingly influenced by a commercial or advertisement on television that uses subliminal messaging. Most would be surprised to know that there are some advertisers who employ the use of subliminal messaging to market their products and to influence the purchasing behavior of consumers. But because these messages are so subtle, not many would even notice or acknowledge the fact that they work. Plus, a $50-million-and-growing subliminal self-help industry should prove to the doubters that there are those who believe strongly in the power of subliminal messaging.</p>
<p>So let&#8217;s get to the nitty gritty of things. How can you embark on a journey of self-betterment using subliminal messaging while asleep? The answer is simple really. Binaural beats is a technology used in subliminal messaging to train your brainwaves to maximize your potential. Every binaural beat has a different effect on a person&#8217;s brainwaves, so in essence you can use them in a number of different ways, for example to boost your confidence, lose your inhibitions, increase your energy levels, etc.</p>
<p>Subliminal messaging works best when you&#8217;re asleep, because that is the one time that our brains have the least distractions to deal with. As such the brain is able to absorb more information subconsciously even as our conscious minds lay asleep and dreaming.</p>
<p>Meditation may help you achieve such mental states, but why bother taking the time to learn how to meditate when you can already achieve such states when you&#8217;re asleep? Simply take advantage of the state you&#8217;re in while you&#8217;re asleep by allowing binaural beats to train your brainwaves to influence your state of being. It&#8217;s so simple to do, anyone can benefit from it.</p>
<p>There really is little effort needed to take advantage of subliminal messaging. You don&#8217;t need any reading material of any kind, you don&#8217;t need a shrink to psychoanalyze you, and you don&#8217;t even have to do any sort of homework to keep track of your progress. It&#8217;s as simple as plugging yourself into your favorite audio player and relaxing in the comforts of your own bed.</p>
<p>It really is just three easy steps: play subliminal messaging audio, sleep, repeat. How easier could it get? If you&#8217;ve always wanted to multitask even in your sleep, you can now do so with subliminal messaging. You will certainly notice a remarkable difference in your life.</p>
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		<title>A Brighter Financial Status after College</title>
		<link>http://givingandreceivingcash.com/blog/2008/11/07/a-brighter-financial-status-after-college/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Landon McGehee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a relative graduate from college recently, and I've been thinking about the things young people should know before their parents cut them loose into the world.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Landon McGehee</div>
<p>I had a relative graduate from college recently, and I&#8217;ve been thinking about the things young people should know before their parents cut them loose into the world.</p>
<p>Over the past few years, I&#8217;ve tried to teach my younger relatives the basics about being smart financial consumers. This includes living within their means, protecting financial information, and knowing that people aren&#8217;t necessarily rich even if they buy a lot of things or have many things.</p>
<p>Some of those lessons have stayed with them. One relative once called me to ask if it were OK to give his Social Security number to an employer. This relative isn&#8217;t afraid to ask for a supervisor or to try to negotiate a better deal. This relative also knows that something is probably a scam if it sounds too good to be true. </p>
<p>There are so many things, however, that people should know but they may not learn in school or from their relatives. Here are 10 tips for college graduates.</p>
<p>1. Know your credit score. You will have a credit report once you borrow money from a lender or have a creditor that reports to one of the three major credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion). Student loans, home loans, and most credit cards report to the bureaus. You might have medical, utility, and other unpaid bills reported if they go to collections. </p>
<p>Your payment history and credit usage can generate a credit score. The most common score is the FICO score, which was developed by the Fair Issac Corp. Lenders and creditors use this score and your credit report to decide whether you can receive a loan and what your interest rate will be. Others - including your landlord and possible employers - also look at your score and report. Insurance companies may check your report and score before selling you a policy.</p>
<p>Check your credit report every once in a while to make sure that there aren&#8217;t any mistakes on it. You can get one free copy of your report once a year by visiting annualcreditreport.com. You will be asked if you want to buy your score after getting your report. You should take advantage of this offer. </p>
<p>The best way to increase your score is to always make your payments online and pay down any debt that you have. Go to www.myfico.com to read more about what your credit score means.</p>
<p>2.  Use debt carefully. The most important rule to remember is to never borrow or spend more than you can repay. You should start out with one credit card. It may help you to use gasoline or department store credit card that you can only use in certain places. Use your debit card for convenience and save your credit card for emergencies only.</p>
<p>3. Live frugally. Don&#8217;t try to copy what your parents have, or even what some of your friends have. Don&#8217;t go out to Starbucks every day for coffee, and consider bringing your lunch to work instead of going out to restaurants.  Try to get by without a car if you live in an area with good public transportation. If you rent a care when you need one instead of owning a car, you can save a lot of money on car payments, insurance premiums, gasoline, and repairs. </p>
<p>4. Repay your Debt. You must begin repaying your federal student loans (like your Stafford and Perkins loans) six months after you drop from half-time status at school. You should make sure that your lender knows your address so that you don&#8217;t miss bills or benefits (like interest rate reductions for making on-time payments).  </p>
<p>Call your lender if you are having problems paying your debt. Federal student loans allow students to postpone payments if they are having economic hardship. If you default, however, you may lose the option to go into deferment or forbearance. </p>
<p>College loans are harder to have discharged than other types of unsecured debt. It almost will be impossible to get out of paying your college debt, even if you file for bankruptcy. </p>
<p>You should always pay off your most expensive debt first. Make the minimum payments on your federal loans, which are usually cheaper than your credit card debts, and use whatever is extra to pay off the credit card debt.</p>
<p>5. Start an emergency savings account. You should set up a monthly automatic transfer from your checking account to a savings or a money market account. This account is not designed to make you rich. It should only be used to pay for emergencies, like sudden major medical expenses or car repairs. You should try to have between three and six months worth of living expenses in your emergency savings account.</p>
<p>6. Take advantage of the match. Many companies let you contribute to a 401(k) plan (for regular corporations), a 403(b) plan (for schools and not-for-profit agencies, or a 457 plan (for government employees). All of the plans work in the same way.</p>
<p>In a traditional retirement plan, any money that you put in won&#8217;t be taxed until you take it out. If you take it out before you are 59 , you also will have to pay an additional 10 percent penalty. </p>
<p>Some employers may offer you a matching contribution which usually works in terms of your credit deposit ratio. This means that for every dollar you contribute, they may put in 50 cents. This goes up to a set limit depending on your <a href="http://www.everlife.com/reducing-debts.php">deposit ratio</a>, such as 6 percent of your total pay. You can take whatever you contributed (plus anything that money earned) when you leave the company. You must stay for a set period - usually three or five years - to keep the money that the company contributed.</p>
<p>If your company has a match program and you think you will stay through the vesting period, you should contribute as much as it takes to get that match from the company. Not taking the match is like walking past money on you find on the ground.</p>
<p>7. In order to live a financially stable life, you must think about your long-term goals and always do a regular calculation of your income ratio. If you&#8217;ve followed all of the above steps and still have extra money, put additional money toward your 401(k) or open an individual retirement account (IRA) at a bank, mutual fund, or brokerage service.</p>
<p>Compounding will help you accumulate money early. If you start in your 20s, compared to your 30s or 40s, you will have far more money than you would if you waited.</p>
<p>8. Don&#8217;t lend money to friends. You may lose your money and this can complicate your friendships.</p>
<p>9. Always be skeptical. If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. Don&#8217;t believe anything that a salesperson tells you. Read the contract, and especially pay attention to the fine print.</p>
<p>10. Be careful about choosing your first job. Although money and benefits (like health insurance and retirement plans) are important, it&#8217;s also important that you are happy and satisfied with your job. Make sure that you have advancement opportunities.</p>
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		<title>10 Ways A Highly Sensitive Person Can Achieve Success In Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You as a sensitive person have to accept that you are a combination of Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual energies.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Glenn Smith</div>
<p>You as a sensitive person have to accept that you are a combination of Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual energies.  </p>
<p>1. Please don&#8217;t judge what happened to you when you were young as an indicator of what you could handle.  When you feel challenged with what life is handing you now, remember that you are strong.  Your sensitive body can take a lot.</p>
<p>2. Listen to your body and it will grant you the law of cause and effect.  Your highly sensitive body will teach you when you have made bad choices and also good choices.  How often now does your body react negatively to the choices you have made?</p>
<p>3. The thoughts you have about harming the people from your past will bring more of the same into your life.  Your mind is very influential.  It will create the thoughts you hold in it.   Keep it on the positive. Have your mind work for you not against you.</p>
<p>4. The beliefs you have about yourself will determine how high you can fly.  Monitor your self-talk to determine what your beliefs are.  Change your beliefs about yourself and your abilities to the positive. Nothing is out of reach if you believe it to be so.</p>
<p>5. Have you been so emotionally overwhelmed that it seemed as if you could not go on?  Then after you recover you do just that.  Your sensitive self was being groomed to be able to take on more. You are able to handle more than you know.</p>
<p>6. Your emotional stability is dependent on having security.  Without security a sensitive person is like a fish out of water.  Drying up, gasping for air. Most sensitive people did not have a secure home life. If you did not, what do you need to feel it now?</p>
<p>7. You have the ability to sense the underlying energies of others.  This is why it is so easy to be overwhelmed by what you see and hear.  This is an amazing gift that will give you a huge advantage over normal people.  Once you learn to control it you will soar.</p>
<p>8. You have an affinity to the spirit world.  Everyone else has access to a higher wisdom but you can speak to it.  As a sensitive you have this ability for a very good reason.  Listen well to the messages that spirit speaks to you.  It will heal you.</p>
<p>9. Do you know what would happen if you sailed though life not making any mistakes. You would not gain anything new. You would not grow. Enjoy mistakes for what they are, simply a learning experience to help you along the path of your destiny.</p>
<p>10. As a sensitive person you are uniquely gifted to contribute to humanity.  It has been written that, &#8220;The Meek Shall inherit The Earth.&#8221;  As a highly sensitive person you are the meek.  You are very powerful and have a big role to play.  It is time to get the party started.</p>
<p>Successful Sensitive people express their Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual selves freely.</p>
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		<title>Online marketing is a safety net for turbulent economic times.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Quigley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It does not matter if you are a proactive person or a reactive person, if you are positive or negative, the current global economy is putting the chills up everybody's spine. People from all walks of life right around the globe are considering their options and some are already taking action to set themselves a safety net, just in case.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style='italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Jen Quigley</div>
<p>It does not matter if you are a proactive person or a reactive person, if you are positive or negative, the current global economy is putting the chills up everybody&#8217;s spine. People from all walks of life right around the globe are considering their options and some are already taking action to set themselves a safety net, just in case.</p>
<p>A proven way of earning additional or unlimited income, as long as one can survive the gauntlet of unethical programs that are out there, is Internet marketing. The problem that confronts most potential Internet marketers however, is discovering how to find a professional and ethical internet marketing business without getting hit by a scam and having their money ripped off.</p>
<p>But given what we are all now facing as a result of the global economic meltdown, now more than ever we need to find and establish for ourselves alternative means of financial support.  We can no longer rely on our jobs for our financial security.</p>
<p>It has been said that &#8220;people do not make money, systems do&#8221;. With Internet marketing, a comprehensive system uses leverage and outsourcing. When the power of a system is leveraged and specific tasks are assigned to others, called outsourcing, more gets done in less time, creating income faster.  </p>
<p>In the quest to finding a professional and legitimate online marketing system, care needs to be taken so as to not fall victim to scams. Scams will take your money up front and then send vague instructions, plus out-dated software information packaged together in an amateurish presentation. Usually that&#8217;s when alarm bells start ringing for the new marketer. In nearly all cases regarding scams, the marketer is not given the opportunity to view the program until after they have paid their money, when it is too late.  </p>
<p>If an online marketing program is as successful as it claims to be, the sellers of that program can afford to produce updated software information and deliver a professional looking presentation. Ethical online Internet businesses will give you a &#8220;behind the scenes&#8221; tour of the program, before you part with your money. And why not? They shouldn&#8217;t have anything to hide. This will help the prospective new marketer to decide whether or not this business is right for them, before they invest.</p>
<p>Additionally ethical internet marketing businesses use state of the art computer technology where purchasers are provided with inbuilt videos to show them &#8220;how&#8221; to set up their Internet marketing business and the videos will contain up-to-date demonstrations. This is to ensure that after the new marketer joins, they can hit the ground running.</p>
<p>Some of the best internet marketing programs allow the purchaser to market their own product or business from within the new program, so that they have greater reach out into the internet marketplace. Premier online marketing businesses allow users to do that.</p>
<p>Perhaps most important of all is that if you are intending to earn commissions through Internet marketing as an affiliate marketer, make sure the commissions are substantial. After all, your time is valuable and Internet marketing takes one of two things, either time or money. If you don&#8217;t have the money just now, you&#8217;ll need to invest your time.</p>
<p>You want your Internet business to ultimately run on auto-pilot when it will require minimal effort on your part. So how do you achieve that?  Simple, with a Premier Internet marketing system that uses leverage and outsourcing, most of the time consuming tasks are already done for you.</p>
<p>So, in these turbulent times, whether you intend flying solo through this economic maelstrom or are considering other means for securing your financial wellbeing, either way, you still need to set yourself a safety net. Consider the option of making your job your safety net, until you have built your internet marketing business to operate at the level of auto-pilot, through leverage and outsourcing.</p>
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		<title>Why a Home Based Business is Becoming Popular</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles K. Pinkus</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Having a home based business is becoming very popular online these days for a  number of reasons. If you ask people why they decided to begin working from home, you will receive many answers, although when they made the decision most believed that it would bring them security and freedom.]]></description>
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<p>Having a home based business is becoming very popular online these days for a  number of reasons. If you ask people why they decided to begin working from home, you will receive many answers, although when they made the decision most believed that it would bring them security and freedom.  </p>
<p>These are uncertain times, and you never know when your investments will disappear, your job will go and prices will rise to the extent that you become totally reliant on an employer to help you maintain a reasonable standard of living.   Even doing that is becoming very difficult today. Little wonder, then, that an increasing number of people are looking to a home based business to help them through these difficult times. Here are some of the reasons that they give for taking the leap of faith:</p>
<p> Freedom from the daily grind.  You don&#8217;t have to get out of bed at a specific time and join the ever-growing traffic jams and then have to battle through rain and snow to get to work on time. Then you have the same to look forward to after work, getting home in time for your children&#8217;s bed time if you are lucky. </p>
<p> Freedom for the family. As mentioned above, you can spend more time with your family, not just their bed times. Most parents would prefer to spend more time with their children during their formative years rather than be at work all week, and a home based business would allow you to do that. You have no need to beg the boss for time off when they are ill, and will save on minder fees. </p>
<p> Job security.  These are hard times, and redundancies are commonplace. You, however, will be free of these worries, and nobody is going to take your livelihood away from you.  There is no need to retire when you reach a certain age if you don&#8217;t want to, and no worries about not having you mortgage paid before your &#8216;retirement date&#8217;.  You can come and go as you please, and work your own hours without worrying about the boss.  However, that can work two ways, and you must stay focused on the job, and look upon your home based business as a real job and not just a hobby, or you might fail.</p>
<p> Security of employment.  At one time, running a home based business would not have made you enough to fire the boss, but times have changed. You can now make as much money working from home as from a regular job - in fact generally a lot more! This offers you the financial security of making a good living without the worry of redundancy or enforced retirement. </p>
<p> Financial security. You can decide how much money you want to make, and it is not easy to increase that with a regular job when you have unexpected expenditure to make.  With a home based business you can add another stream of income to increase your earnings at will, and should never have serious financial problems ever again. </p>
<p>There are many more reasons for people starting up a home based business of their own, and you can get a great deal of personal satisfaction through succeeding in working from home. You will no doubt have your own reasons for starting up a home business, and if you are successful then that in itself will be an achievement to be proud of. </p>
<p>However, it doesn&#8217;t always work for everybody, so make sure that it is right for you before you hand in your resignation and wave goodbye to the boss. Most people who try to work from home fail for a number of reasons, but mainly because they failed to focus on their core business, and ignored the advice given by others who had succeeded.  You must listen to others, because it is advice that will allow you to succeed.  </p>
<p>There are many opportunities out there that are suitable for you, and whatever your reasons for having a home based business, you will surely succeed if you have the determination and follow all of the good advice given to you by those that have themselves experienced the sweet taste of online success.</p>
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