The situation: Jane and Anthony have differing ways of viewing the world. Jane is a pessimist (the glass is half-empty), while Anthony is an optimist (the glass is half-full). These outlooks influence how they experience similar situations.

Scene 1: Job loss. Jane is devastated, convincing herself that she is all washed up, she can never catch a break, it is useless for her to try to be successful, and she is never going to succeed at anything.

Anthony, however, has a healthier inner dialogue. He tells himself he may not have been good at that particular job, his skills and his company’s needs did not mesh and being fired was only a temporary setback in his career.

Scene 2: New jobs. Offered a new job, Jane, the pessimist, believes she was able to find a new job only because her industry is now really desperate for people and must have lowered their standards to hire her.

Anthony, however, feels he landed the new job because his talents were finally recognized and he will now be appreciated for what he can do.

As these examples illustrate, optimists tend to interpret their troubles as transient, controllable and specific to situations. Recent research by Dr. Martin Seligman confirms this.

When good things happen, optimists believe the causes are permanent, resulting from traits and abilities. Optimists further believe that good events will enhance everything they do.

Pessimists, on the other hand, believe their troubles will last forever, will undermine everything they do, and are basically beyond their control. When good things happen to pessimists, they see them as temporary and caused by specific factors that will eventually change and lead to negative outcomes.

Optimism creates better resistance to depression when bad events strike, better performance at work and better physical health.

In fact, one long term study at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, found that optimists lived 19% longer than pessimists.

Optimism is also a powerful antidote to anger. Many participants in our anger management classes report their anger lessening as they learn to replace negative thinking with positive thinking.

Here’s some good news for negative thinkers: You can learn how to replace pessimism with optimism.

The starting point is to access your vulnerability to pessimistic thinking by taking the self-evaluation test you can find at www.authentichappiness.org

Your responses will be compared to thousands of other people in various categories, down to your Zip Code.

If you scored lower than you’d like, you can become more optimistic. As Dr. Seligman writes in Authentic Happiness, his latest book: `the trait of optimism is changeable and learnable.’

There is now a well-documented method for building optimism. It’s based on first, recognizing, and then disputing, pessimistic thoughts.

People often do not pay attention to their thoughts and thus do not recognize how destructive they can be in leading to negative emotions. The key is to recognize your pessimistic thoughts and then treat them as if they were uttered by someone else - an external person, a rival, whose mission in life is to make you miserable!

Basically, you can become an optimist by learning to disagree with yourself - challenging your pessimistic thinking patterns and replacing them with more positive patterns.

Note: This view of optimistic thinking is not the process of `positive thinking’ in the sense of repeating silly affirmations that you don’t really believe.

Rather, it is the process of correcting distorted or faulty thinking patterns that create health, career and relationship problems for you.

By teaching yourself to think about things differently (but just as realistically), you can morph yourself from a pessimist to an optimist - and tame the Anger Bee in the process.
2005 c Dr. Tony Fiore All rights reserved.
bio = Dr. Tony Fiore (www.angercoach.com) is a So. California licensed psychologist, and anger management trainer. His company, The Anger Coach, provides anger and stress management programs, training and products to individuals, couples, and the workplace. Sign up for his free monthly newsletter “Taming The Anger Bee” at www.angercoach.com

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What is the nature of life? This is a long-pondered question and the debate rages on between promoters of a particulate or an energy-filled universe. What do you think? Does it matter?

In reality it does matter. Because if we understand that we live in an energetic universe, we can avail ourselves of foods and technology used to create an optimal environment so that destructive things you may encounter in your every day physical
reality can be rendered harmless to your energetic electrical body.

What in the world did we just say? Translation:

Our environment is such that we perceive everything as being physical. Though in actuality, everything is affected by the non-physical, because, in fact, that is all there is. We, therefore, have to decide how to enhance the quality of our lives in this third dimensional world using all the tools that are available.

This must begin with an accurate understanding of this energetic place we call reality (or life). When you come to that understanding you then use various types of non-physical tools that can create healthier and safer environments and foods.

Man-Made Energy Fields

We are constantly stressed by conditions that are man made. For example, ELF (Extremely Low Frequency) is a carrier frequency used for military communications, which transmit information on long sine waves.

Sine waves can penetrate right through your physical body. And, because your physical body isn’t really physical, it is assaulted severely by these conflicting energy fields. The stress the sine waves produce, weakens immune function.

Then, there’s EMF (Electro Magnetic Fields) that are generated by anything electrical that is plugged into the wall. It is also found in high-tension wires near and over your house, frequencies coming off of satellites, radio emissions or television
stations.

These frequencies can destroy and stress your energetic body as well. Then, there are microwave and cell towers on top of almost every hill in almost every community. These towers are broadcasting data via microwaves, which also travel into your body, creating significant discord. These waves create chaos in your energy field, which translates to all manner of discomfort, discontent and disease. Just because you look into the mirror and do not see the effects immediately, an effect is occurring.

Zero Point Energy Field

When the body becomes overwhelmed, and your system begins to fail, your immune function ceases to perform. It is now compromised, leaving you wide open to adverse effects such as bacterial fungus, viral infection or even worse, degenerative
conditions like cancer, heart disease, diabetes, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and so on.

This negativity comes from a lot of different sources, but not just the invisible ones like electro-magnetic fields. Some things that impair you in an adverse way are very visible, things such as a fast food, french fries and a soft drink. When you ingest greasy, lifeless fast- foods, your system is thrown into the same kind of energetic disarray.

Learn how to keep these health-destroying energy fields under control and access some valuable tools to create an optimal environment and to revise destructive things you may encounter. Also learn about controlling Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD, ADHD) using these same natural means. Zero Point Technologies.

bio = Article by Rita Lambros-Segur, M.H. of Electrical Body, Inc. Rita has helped thousands of regular folks improve their health-restoring strategies. Visit Electrical Body and Infrared Saunas for FREE articles, ezines, catalog, a great e-book offer and more.

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A payday loan is a cash advance on your paycheck for usually up to 50% of what you will earn. There are many lending agencies that offer this service and more are springing up online as well. Between the Internet and the telephone system, you can have money directly deposited into your account in no time at all without stepping foot in a loan office!

Whether you have good credit history, bad credit history, or no credit history at all, there is a very good chance that you may qualify for a payday loan. Part of the reason is because pay day loan companies are like brokers who find lending agencies for their customers.

Occasionally, but not always, the customer will be asked to fax some information to the lending agency in order to allow them to make a decision on whether or not they will lend money to you and how much they will be willing to lend. However, there are lending agencies out there who do not require you to fax any information in order for them to process a loan, since they can verify some of your information online very quickly.

For this service, lending agencies will charge a fee or may charge a higher interest rate than other types of loans. Typically, you will be expected to repay the loan plus the fee or interest on your next pay date. If however, you cannot pay at that time, you may be able to get an extension.

Payday Loans are a great way to get a little money upfront if you cannot wait until payday comes. Perhaps you have an emergency or a great opportunity that you would otherwise not be able to enjoy if you waited until you got paid.

You need to be careful, though. Payday loans can be good, but they can be a dangerous habit to get into if you find yourself strapped for cash in the days leading up to every paycheck. Perhaps then you would be better off analyzing your budget and determining whether or not your spending habits or income is in line with your expectations.

bio = Jeff Lakie is the founder of http://www.my-payday-advance.info and http://www.my-fast-cash.info websites providing information on Payday loans

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Everyone seems to have their own secret or strategy or trick to making money in the stock market. Here are two strategies that have helped many people.

1. It’s your time, how do you want to spend it?

Some people suggest high risk investments and watch them all day. Others say that simply buying good quality mutual funds and hanging onto them for a long time is the best option.

One of the deciding factors for you in developing your investment strategy should be the amount of time that you are willing to spend on monitoring your investments. There is nothing wrong with investing in high-risk investments if you have the time to spend researching, analyzing, and monitoring the price movement. There’s also nothing wrong with the “buy and hold” method, if you do not have the time to spend on watching your investments.

The people who have been very successful in investing are able to match their investment style with the amount of time they can spend on investing.

2. It’s your money, how much can you risk?

The people who have lost everything on the stock market were not careful at managing their money. The stock market is not a gamble, if you’re careful. But you need to be careful in what you buy and how much you buy.

You can decide what is right to buy based on the amount of time you want to spend in the market. Knowing how much to buy is another issue. Don’t put more into your higher risk stocks than you’re willing to lose!

You may find greater safety in buying mutual funds or bonds and if you have money you don’t want to see disappear, those are probably good options for you. If you are sitting on your children’s education fund, you probably do not want to be sinking that in stocks that could potentially gain or lose as much as 50% in a day!

Knowing how much time you have to spend on your portfolio and how much you are willing to risk are two strategies that can help you make wise financial decisions when it comes to investing.

bio = Jeff Lakie is the founder of http://www.my-investment.info and http://www.my-stock-prices.info websites providing information on Investing

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Traveling can be a lot of fun, but sometimes people are limited in their traveling options because of a budget. Here are some ways that you can save money when you traveling. which will let you bring home more gifts for your loved ones!

1. Shop around. Different travel agencies may offer different promotions, so making a few phone calls may help uncover those hidden deals.

2. Be willing to travel in the off-season. Hotels are expensive and overbooked during the busy season, but during the off-season you’ll find great deals on rooms and car rentals when you need them, and hospitality staff who are more relaxed and attentive to you.

3. Travel in a group. Many hotels and airlines offer group discounts so if you and nine of your closest friends can arrange your schedules to travel at once, you will enjoy significant discounts.

4. Be willing to travel at the last minute. If you have a job that allows you to drop everything for a vacation, you may be able to travel at a great rate if you enjoy flying by the seat of your pants. For example, if you contact a travel agent and an airline and asked them about last-minute deals a day or two before the weekend, you may be able to find an affordable travel package that is much less than you would pay if you had booked far in advance. This is because of cancellations. For some reason, other people have not been able to go on the vacation the book, so the hotel or airline or resort wants to fill those seats with another paying customer.

5. Look for package deals. Often, companies in the travel and hospitality industry will partner together to offer great holiday packages. Look for these packages which make traveling much more affordable than simply putting together the pieces on your own. And much easier too!

Just because you’re on a budget doesn’t mean you have to stay home. Traveling is possible with a limited budget. With a little legwork and the willingness to be spontaneous, you’ll be able to find and enjoy affordable vacations.

bio = Jeff Lakie is the founder of http://www.my-cheap-flights.info and http://www.my-cheap-airfare.info websites providing information on Travel

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People in long-term relationships, whether they are married or dating, often complain about getting into a rut. Your relationship may have started off with the great burst of passion and excitement but perhaps it began to wane because life is busy and work can where you out by the end of the day.

If you’re in a dating relationship that seems to be in a rut, or wonder why you can’t keep a long term relationship exciting anymore, perhaps you need to go back to the beginning. That doesn’t mean you need to break up with your current partner and find someone new, it means you need to refresh the relationship with exciting and spontaneous activities.

When you look back on a period of your life, what is it that you remember? Is it the average day-in, day-out activities? Not likely. It is more likely those fun and spur-of-the-moment times when you did things that were hilarious or scary or new. That’s what it means to go back to the beginning of a relationship, when everything you do is spontaneous and new.

Next time you and your girlfriend or boyfriend are deciding to do something on Friday, don’t settle for dinner-and-a-movie. Do something different! Here are some ideas:

Play paintball
Rent a classic car
Go skydiving
Have a picnic

Or surprise your date with something spontaneous:

Start a water fight
Go for a romantic boat ride and tip the boat
Blindfold your date and take them somewhere they never been
Surprise your date at work just as they’re finishing up for the day

Relationships fail for many reasons. One of the saddest reasons is that people simply drift apart because the other person doesn’t excite them anymore. It doesn’t have to be that you’re your relationship, whether dating or married, can thrive when it is filled with adventures that the two of you share as you build memories together.

You’ll look back on your time together with fondness as you consider the many fun and spontaneous things you did together. But doing those things is a choice. Choose to return to the beginning of your relationship and have fun again!
bio = Jeff Lakie is the founder of http://www.my-adult-dating.info and http://www.my-personal-ads.info websites providing information on Dating

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Most homes these days have at least one printer hooked up to their personal computer. And a personal computer gets a fair amount of use through the day as an average family of four find a variety of uses to fill their time at the computer, including entertainment, information, to help with school work, to find recipes, to shop, to browse the Internet, etc.

So it is no surprise then that the printer gets a lot of use. With so many computers in North America running so many printers for so many people, it is no wonder that many printer manufacturers sell their printers at almost no profit because they make huge profits on ink refills.

Ink refill can be expensive, especially if you have a color printer, since you have to refill the black cartridge plus the three primary color cartridges as well. Filling a modern BubbleJet printer can cost well over $100!

It does not have to be that way. There are options available that are more affordable. Here is a review and evaluation of your cartridge refill options:

You can go out and buy the manufacturer’s ink cartridges. It is quick, easy, clean but can cost $100 or more if you have to replace all four ink cartridges. However, by staying loyal to the brand, you maintain the warranty on your printer.
Affordability factor: low — Cleanliness factor: high — Convenience factor: high

You can buy off-brand ink cartridges. These may void your warranty, but you can be sure that they will likely work in your printer since many other people are purchasing them as well and the off-brand ink cartridge manufacturing company does not want to lose customers by producing a product that does not work..
Affordability factor: medium — Cleanliness factor: high — Convenience factor: high

You can go to a printer refill kiosk in the mall and have then refill your cartridges. This will void your warranty as well, but for people who find the high cost of ink cartridges prohibitive, this is an excellent option. It’s also environmentally sound since there is little waste.
Affordability factor: medium — Cleanliness factor: high — Convenience factor: high

You can purchase a commercial ink refilling kit and do it yourself. This is the most affordable method but it can be messy, and take a long time if you have never done it before. And while it may only cost you a few dollars, you void your warranty by using any non-manufacturer-approved ink and equipment.
Affordability factor: high — Cleanliness factor: low — Convenience factor: low

For most people who are willing to risk the warranty and who don’t want the hassle of doing it themselves, buying off-brand cartridges or getting used cartridges refilled at a kiosk is the best option.

bio = Jeff Lakie is the founder of http://www.cheap-inkjet-cartridge.info and http://www.cheap-ink-cartridges.info websites providing information on Ink Cartridges

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If Alexander Graham Bell were alive today he would be amazed. It wasn’t that long ago when he made the first telephone call to his assistant from another room in his laboratory. At the time they had been working on a device to help deaf people hear. Bell patented the telephone in 1876. Now, 130 years later, people are walking around with tiny but powerful computers held to their years. These wireless devices can be used to browse the Internet, play games, text message, manage schedules. and even to use a telephone!

Question: I am looking to buy a phone but I don’t know which plan to get

There are many plans available if you would like to buy cell phone. The best way to figure it which plan is right for you is to buy a pre-paid phone before you make a decision and commit to any long-term plans offered by cell phone companies. The prepaid plan lets you put a certain amount of money toward telephone usage and you can use your cell phone for as long as you have money available.

This is a great first option because many people who are first looking into getting a cell phone are not sure about when they would typically use it. Having a prepaid phone lets you sample your usage and get a good idea about the times of the day and the days of the week you make calls on your cell phone.

For the first month or so that you have a prepaid plan, you’ll want to keep an eye on these four things, which will help you determine which cell phone plan you’ll eventually want:

What time of the day to you make most of your calls?
How long do your phone calls last?
What days of the week do you make most of your calls?
Are they local or long distance calls?
Where do you use the phone most often? (for example, if you travel or just around town)

Once you have used up your prepaid amounts, you’ll probably have a good idea about your calling profile and this will help you accurately select a play.

Having a cell phone is a highly convenient tool to stay in touch. Having information to make a wise purchase will help you get a cell phone and a cell phone plan that provides the best value to you.

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Jeff Lakie is the founder of http://www.my-cell-phones.info and http://www.my-mobile-phones.info websites providing information on Cell phones

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Recent nutritional research has found that most people do not consume enough Vitamin A on a daily basis. This is not good, because Vitamin A is essential to good health. Major health problems can result from long-term Vitamin A deficiencies.

Vitamin A is essential from the start of life. Pregnant women must be sure to ingest enough Vitamin A, which will be more than they needed before pregnancy, because Vitamin A plays a key role in the proper physical development of a fetus. It helps to sustain proper cell differentiation, which is the specialization of cells upon division to do certain tasks, meaning that cells for the heart take on the heart’s characteristics, those for the liver take on the liver’s, those for the brain take on the brain’s characteristics and functions, and so on. Vitamin A also helps with bone growth and development, as well as in the general growth and development of the body.

Vitamin A has an important part in the quality and functioning of the body’s immune system. One aspect of this functioning has to do with the skin and body’s mucus membranes. The skin and mucus membranes serve a very important purpose for the body. They operate as barriers against bacteria and viruses, protecting against infection and disease. Vitamin A also helps to keep the skin and mucus membranes healthy, functioning, and able to serve their primary purpose.

As we all know, carrots are good for the eyes. That is because they are overflowing with Vitamin A, which is essential to vision. Believe it or not, a serious deficiency in Vitamin A can result in blindness. Many children living in poverty in third world countries throughout the world have become blind simply because of the lack of Vitamin A in their diets.

Vitamin A also helps to keep the surface linings of the intestinal, urinary and respiratory tracts healthy. This benefit offers protection from bacteria, as well has promotes proper functioning.

One of the most common units of measure for Vitamin A found on food and supplement packaging labels is the International Unit, or IU. Adult and teenage males should be consuming around 3,000 IU of Vitamin A per day. Adult women and teenage females should take in about 2,310 IU per day, 2,565 IU per day if pregnant and 4,300 IU per day when breastfeeding. For children ages 8 to 13, 2,000 IU is the recommended daily intake, with 1,320 IU being enough for those aged 4 through 7. From birth through age 3, 1,000 IU is recommended.

Taking dietary supplements to round out a healthy diet can ensure that the body receives the nutrients it needs for peak performance. However, it is always important to follow label and doctor recommendations for the proper amount to be taken for your dietary needs.

Proper nutrition is essential to achieving and maintaining health. It is much better to avoid sickness than to recover from it. Taking steps to ensure that you are getting enough Vitamin A each day is an essential part of reaching your health goals.

bio = For the complete resource that this article came from, visit the Vitamin Professor website. Fredrik Von Hoffen, retired researcher from Belgium, maintains and constantly updates his with website with all the latest Vitamin Information. Read his detailed reports on vitamins, supplements, trace minerals, and ways to use nutrition and vitamins to sustain a healthy lifestyle.

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Insurance is an important part of any comprehensive financial plan. Insurance answers the question, “what if the unthinkable happens?” But too many people avoid it because they see the expense but not the benefit or they simply don’t want to think about their own death or the death of a loved one. But insurance is a vital part of any financial plan and should be considered for everyone.

For most people, the best course of action when adding insurance to their portfolio is to ask these two questions:

What is a permanent expense in my life?
What is a temporary expense in my life?

The answer to these questions will help you determine what kind of insurance you need.

For example, funeral expenses are a permanent expense because they are always there. So you’ll want to buy a small “Whole Life insurance policy” to cover funeral expenses. (It’s called “whole life” because the policy is going to cover you for your whole life. a permanent insurance policy to solve a permanent expense). If you want to leave a legacy for a charitable organization, you may want to take out a whole life policy for that as well.

Your children’s college education is a temporary expense, since (hopefully) they will stop going to college at some point, so if you decide to take out a policy to cover their education if you die, the term should end when the youngest child attends college. Another temporary expense is your mortgage. Match the term of your term policy to the time it will take you to pay off your mortgage.

Some other expenses to consider include
The care of an elderly parent is a temporary expense so it is best covered by temporary insurance.
The cost of a car is arguably a permanent expense since you will always have a car and car insurance and perhaps the necessity of buying a new one periodically.
The cost of a young widow to stay at home with the children to raise them is a temporary expense since the children will grow up and be able to support themselves at some point.

Many people avoid thinking about insurance. When they finally do decide to give it some thought, it is such a wide-open industry requiring specially licensed agents to help you that it is difficult to know where to begin. Before contacting an agent, sit down with your loved ones (the ones who will be directly affected by your unfortunate passing) and decide what permanent and what temporary expenses exist in your life.

bio = Jeff Lakie is the founder of http://www.my-term-life-insurance.info and http://www.my-travel-insurance.info websites providing information on Insurance

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Poker is increasing in popularity and it seems like every channel has its own Texas hold’em tournament, whether it’s played by celebrities, or athletes, or the not-so-handsome professional poker players.

A secret to the game of poker

There are excellent books written on poker from how to play to how to improve your play. But in this article you’ll learn one of the secrets of playing better poker. This is the fundamental purpose of the game and knowing it will help you play great poker:

ú Poker is a game about understanding people. which just happens to be played with cards.

Sure, getting dealt a good hand can help, but the rest of the game and the success of the professionals is all tied into understanding your opponent. For example,
Do they know when you bluff?
Do they bet high only when they have a good hand and fold otherwise?
Do they fidget nervously if they’re not sure how good their hand is?
But before you are done asking yourself those questions about your opponent, consider this: are they asking themselves those same questions about you?

When we react to our cards, those are called “tells” because the broadcast to the other players our reaction. Sometimes a tell is a physical reaction, like unconsciously touching your ear. Other times, a tell is a style of play, like betting high when you have a good hand and really, really high when you’re bluffing.

If you decide to take your poker game to the next level, you should supplement your poker playing and your poker book reading with a refresher course in body language, psychology, and stress. For understanding these, being able to see them in others, and being able to manage them in yourself are the hallmarks of an excellent poker player.

Of course this may not be fair play if you are suddenly winning every week when you’re playing at your buddy’s house. But do you really need to tell them that your buddy sips his beer when he has a good hand? If you’re bringing home a little loot, you probably won’t tell a soul!

bio = Jeff Lakie is the founder of http://www.poker-table.info and http://www.my-poker-chips.info websites providing information on Poker

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It’s interesting to look back at the origins of Cosmopolitan Magazine, seeing their first subscription numbers (in the 25,000) range, into what it has become now–a modern day success. Its almost amazing how the content has evolved over the years–from a one-time family magazine back in the late 19th century–to what is now a demographic exclusive to females. Just look at the cover art: http://cosmopolitan.magazinepromotion.com
Before cosmopolitan magazine experienced world wide success, the initial founders and editors (Schlicht & Field) went out of business only 2 years after the company’s launch. Only after E.D. Walker, an ex editor for Harper’s Monthly purchased the rights to Cosmopolitan magazine did the business really take off. He didn’t settle for the old way of doing things, with an innovative sense he introduced book reviews, serial fiction, and color illustrations to the magazine.
Only 1 year later after Cosmopolitans booming popularity, E.D. Walker sold the company to John Brisben Walker, who quickly employed some of the nation’s top writers. He went on to open a free correspondence school, which he had to retract almost immediately after only 2 weeks more then 20,000 people signed up.
Cosmopolitan magazine was later sold to William Randolph Hearst in 1905. He began to expand the magazine by employing top writers, and investigative journalists. Some of the best articles written came from the recruiting sense of William Hearst, he employed Alfred Henry Lewis, David Graham Philips, Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, Sinclair Lewis and George Bernard Shaw, all who went on to write some of the most famous articles for their time.
As decades past, the magazine changed from strictly articles to short novels and stories, sales soared (1.7 Million copies in circulation) and over 5 million in advertising revenues in 1930. Cosmopolitan magazine proved to be an unbelievable success, after the Second World War magazine sales topped the 2 million mark. Unfortunately demand for the magazines content decreased in the 50s, circulation numbers crippled to just over a million, despite the reduced revenue cosmopolitan magazine subscriptions were still a profitable venture, even today Cosmopolitan is one of the most subscribed to magazines in the world.
You’ve read this far, might as well seecosmopolitan magazine subscriptions and how they rank today.
bio = David Chase is a web developer and internet marketer. He has written articles on various issues; anywhere from magazine subscriptions, to marketing tips. You can view his latest website: http://cosmopolitan.magazinepromotion.com here.
You can visit his latest project at http://www.magazinepromotion.com

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Try to win the love of a girl with flowers alone, and you’re in for a major heartbreak.

In the same light, try to win a customer with a description of the product by itself, and you’re in for a period of bleak earnings.

The painful fact is this: products don’t sell themselves. They need that human touch to convince the prospective buyer that he needs to purchase the said products, least he misses out on an advantageous opportunity. Sadly, persuading the potential buyer is made more difficult if the business is being carried out online. It seems that the anonymity involved in online transactions make people more hesitant about parting with their hard earned money.

How does an Internet marketer go about in selling his products then?

It’s no secret that sales copies have become a must in this day and age. They have even become the landing page of many websites. The power of a good sales copy should not be underappreciated. Sales copies can convert an undecided visitor into a successful sale. After all, a sales copy is what the visitor would read to get more information about the product.

The nature of sales copies is quite sensitive. One word can win or lose a client. This is why many Internet marketers pay hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars for a killer sales letter. Most of the time, they hire a ghostwriter to the job for them. The problem here is that the ghostwriter can only know so much about the product, hence, he could only write just as less.

But guess what?

YOU can write your own sales copy! Yes! You could!

Below is a step-by-step procedure, a formula if you will, on how to churn out those superbly effective sale copies that would increase your conversion rate.

STEP 1: Write an attention grabbing HEADLINE. Please bear in mind that a headline is composed of three parts:

A line that would set up the main headline.

Your main headline that should be in the biggest font size you’ll use in the entire copy. Preferably, it should be in a startlingly different color and in bold.

A line that would elaborate on your main headline.

Here is an illustration of a headline using this method:

Do you want to gain substantial earnings even while you’re sleeping?

“AN AUTOMATED BUSINESS SOLUTION IS THE DIGITAL EQUIVALENT OF A 24/7 SECRETARY OR YOUR ONLINE VENTURE!!!”

Take And Deliver Orders Without Even Having To Log On To Your Website!

STEP 2: Write an INTRODUCTION that your readers can relate to. You could do this by sharing a problem that should be familiar with them.

STEP 3: Tell them who you are and share a list of your relevant accomplishments. This would help establish your IDENTITY and your CREDIBILITY. Many of your potential clients are wary about doing business online. By doing away with the unwanted anonymity and by assuring them of your reliability, you’ll be able to make their fears go away.

STEP 4: Offer your PRODUCT. Yup! You have to do it here instead of earlier. The reason is that Internet users generally hate sales pitches. If your headline is about the product itself, they might just switch to another site.

STEP 5: Assure your readers that the PRODUCT IS EFFECTIVE. This can be done in two ways:

Offer confirmable statistics that would support your product’s needed usage.

Present testimonials from people who have actually used your product.

STEP 6: Enumerate the SPECIFICS OF YOUR PRODUCT. But make sure that this part is not riddled with technical jargons. Explain your product’s details in a colloquial way that anyone would be able to understand.

STEP 7: Tell your reader the reasons why your PRODUCT SHALL BE BENEFICIAL to them. This step is crucial, as it is the point where you could transform the potential client’s interest into a perceived need.

STEP 8: For that killer blow that would make them feel that yours is the best deal in the planet, bundle your product with BONUSES, and inform your readers of the corresponding VALUE for each freebie.

Remember that a sales copy is that very integral component that bridges a page hit to a sale. By following the steps we have outlined above, there is no doubt that your conversion rate would dramatically increase!

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Would you like to be more creative?

Before you answer yes or no, think about what that word means to you.

If you associate creativity with artistic expression, and you happen to be a middle-manager in a corporation, you may think increased creativity is not really necessary to your life. But creativity is something far, far broader than artistic expression.

Your idea of a creative person might be someone who lives in a loft, painting gigantic canvases all day long. Or perhaps a writer at her computer, working on a long novel. Or a musician, actor, or singer performing on stage to an audience.

These are all people actively pursuing artistic expression and they can all rightly be said to be creative people, even if no one else enjoys their art.

But what about an entrepreneur who has an idea for a new product, who forms a company to produce and distribute it, eventually employing hundreds of people? Is this not creative?

What about a research scientist toiling in a lab, developing new compounds in an effort to cure disease? Is this creative?

What about a single mother who manages to come up with healthy delicious meals on a tiny budget? Isn’t that creativity?

To one person, creativity can mean gluing seashells to a picture frame. To another, creativity might mean solving a grand unified theory in physics. To someone else it might mean coming up with an ingenious new way to speed up a factory assembly line.

When we define creativity only in terms of artistic expression, we miss a lot of other potential applications for creative thinking.

Creativity can be exciting, fun, personally fulfilling, and even financially lucrative. It can also be frustrating, challenging and scary.

Can we improve our ability to be creative? Yes. In fact, learning to be more creative can be quite enjoyable and easy to do. There are many techniques that have been developed to improve creative and artistic ability, as well as to improve creative problem solving.

These include such techniques as image streaming, hypnosis, various forms of meditation, and brain storming.

What all creativity enhancement techniques have in common is they aim to bypass the inner judge or critic in our head.

Most of us have an inner voice that is running a constant commentary on everything we think and do.

This inner voice may barely be noticed most of the time, yet it has a great impact on what we can accomplish in our life. In many of us this voice is usually critical of our efforts, and no matter what we do it’s never good enough to please our inner critic.

As we attempt to come up with new ideas our inner voice may be saying, “This idea is stupid.” Or it might tell us, “I should never be mediocre or average, I must be brilliant and perfect all the time. If I can’t be totally brilliant and innovative right from the start, I am a failure and it’s better not to even try”.

Sometimes we may not be aware of an inner dialogue, but we may picture images of ourselves failing, or we may have sensations of fear and embarrassment that stop us from pursuing new ideas or new actions.

Why is it important to bypass or shut off our inner critic when we want to be creative?

In most of us, the inner critic is quite harsh and is never pleased with anything we do. None of our ideas are good enough. All our ideas are stupid and bound to fail.

What effect does this constant running dialogue in our heads have on us? Our inner critic is trying to make us perfect, but it usually has the opposite effect. If our inner judgmental dialogue is mostly negative, our creative abilities will suffer.

Instead of enabling us to come up with better ideas, it is far more likely that the negative inner dialogue will cause our ability to come up with new ideas to dry up completely. The creative part of us will feel inadequate and embarrassed and shut down.

Your inner critic isn’t being evil when it criticizes you, or when it tells you your ideas are not very good.

Your critic is actually trying to protect you from being ashamed or embarrassed by the potentially negative comments and reactions of other people to your ideas.

The problem is that the inner critical voice can become so automatic that it will criticize your ideas before you even formulate them. It just starts to spew forth its negative assessments before you have a chance to develop and realistically evaluate your ideas.

Eventually, under the constant barrage of inner criticism, your creative side may shut down in fear and discouragement. In some people this shut down of creativity can become permanent.

Even people who are very bright and very talented can suffer because of the messages from their internal critical voice, telling them that nothing they do or think is good enough.

The critical, judgmental, analytical function of the brain is not the part that knows how to generate creative ideas.

Furthermore, the brainwaves that you generate when you are being rational and analytical are quite different than the brainwaves that go with maximum creativity.

When you want to be creative, even if you have the most kindly inner critic in the world, you must tell your inner critic to go out for a walk.
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If you are a student, you probably know that reviewing the material you are studying more than once can help you remember it better.

But you may have wondered if there is an ideal way to schedule your reviews. Is it best to study large chunks of material at a time, or small bits? Should you review the material again the next day, or the next week?

Learning experts have proposed several different schedules for reviewing study materials, but the following is one that works well for most people. Try it to see if it works for you, or whether it is more effective to introduce minor changes to the review schedule.

First, study what you can thoroughly learn in a 40-minute period. During this time keep your mind actively engaged in the material by making notes, asking yourself questions about it, speaking out loud, and making learning maps.

Then take a five or ten minute break to do something completely different, preferably something which includes physical exercise and deep breathing.

After your ten-minute break, go back and review your original material and your written notes. Review for about five minutes. The next day review the material again for five minutes.

A week later review it for five minutes. A month later review it for five minutes.

If you need to remember the information longer, review it for five minutes after two months, and then again after six months.

This is a time-effective way to keep material within easy reach of your memory.

Each time you repeat the same physical action, or review the same study material, there are chemical changes that take place at the synapses between your brain cells, making it easier for the signal to go through the next time you repeat that thought or action.

That is why review and repetition help fix acquired skills and knowledge in your brain.

People who have sustained some brain damage due to advancing age, brain injury, or because of alcohol or drug use may no longer have the ability to easily refresh their knowledge by quickly reviewing material again.

These people may have to spend much more time and effort on reviewing material, and still have a lower rate of recall.

If you want to help preserve the ability of your brain to learn and remember, you will be more successful if you avoid these ubstances.

bio = This article is taken from the new book by Royane Real titled “How You Can Be Smarter - Use Your Brain to Learn Faster, Remember Better, and Be More Creative” If you want to learn how to use your brain better, you can download it today or get the paperback version at http://www.lulu.com/real

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If you are a student, you have probably faced many times when you had to stay up all night before an important exam because you never got around to studying the material until it was too late.

Waiting until the last minute doesn’t work. How can you motivate yourself to start studying sooner?

When we are faced with a study project that seems exceptionally difficult and overwhelming, it can be to maintain a high level of interest and motivation for the duration of the learning process.

One way to improve both your motivation and your performance is by breaking up the project into smaller sections, and then giving yourself a series of well thought-out, well-timed rewards each time you complete one of the parts.

The first step is to break up the project into manageable chunks. If you have a deadline looming, use this information to decide how much of the project to tackle at one time.

Let’s say you have six weeks to master the content of a difficult biology text. Looking through the book you realize that if you study one chapter each night, you can get through the book in 28 days, leaving two weeks in which you can again review the material.

With this knowledge you can pace yourself. You know what your assignment is. You know how much you need to read every night. Concentrate on the immediate task at hand.

You don’t need to feel overwhelmed by the entire book at one time.

Next, work out a system of rewards for yourself. Give yourself a series of small rewards each time you master one chapter, and a larger reward for completing the entire book.

For rewards to work they must be immediate, and personally meaningful to you. There is no point in rewarding yourself with a new fishing rod if you hate fishing.

The reward should be proportionate to the effort you have put into the work. Buying a new car as a reward for finishing the textbook is probably too much. Getting a gold star is probably too little.

Take some time to think of rewards that will really inspire you. In general, you should avoid using rewards that involve food or money.

Rewards don’t need to be material objects if there is something else that would really motivate and inspire you. How about attending a special concert, or taking a special trip? You decide. Get creative and think of something that will spur you to take action.

It’s very important that the reward take place soon after the work has been accomplished. This creates a sense of positive reinforcement. Give yourself a small reward every time you finish a small part of the job, and a bigger reward when the project is completed.

If there is too long a gap between the activity and the reward, it will not have the effect of reinforcing the desired activity.

After all, you wouldn’t train a dog by giving him a treat two days after he learned to roll over! You might not like being compared to a dog, but as silly as it sounds, our brain also responds to simple, positive reinforcement.

Use this tendency of the brain to help yourself accomplish more of what you want.

If you don’t believe in the concept of rewarding yourself for work you should be doing anyway, you don’t need to do it. But feel free to experiment to see what works for you. This technique might be very helpful.

Besides motivating yourself with a series of external rewards, learn to motivate yourself internally. Tell yourself you’re a good learner. Tell yourself you enjoy learning.

Tell yourself you enjoy giving your brain a good work out. Congratulate yourself for your efforts. Tell yourself you love acquiring new knowledge. Be proud of yourself for the work you do to gain more knowledge.

Don’t just say the words to yourself. Take the time to actually feel the sensations of pride, happiness and accomplishment within you.

When you learn to create within yourself a love of learning, you’ll easily be motivated to study!
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It is a proven fact that companies that offer newsletters have more follow up sales than those who do not. As a result, setting up a newsletter is an incredibly effective tool that any business interested in making sales or increasing business should utilize. There are several pointers that will help you begin setting up a newsletter for your company.

First, you will need a reason for a newsletter and a reason for potential subscribers to sign up. This can include offering a free sample, free e-book, specialized information and the like. Your newsletter can be about any number of things, it just needs to have a target market and provide the information the subscribers want and need.

When you have a newsletter and are offering subscribers something for signing up, then you will have their contact information and will be able to follow up with these individuals. It has been proven that more than 70% of sales are made after the third to fifth contact, so having contact information will prove very valuable for your company.

Once you have a reason to have a newsletter, you will need to begin formatting a professional newsletter to provide to your subscribers. Consequently, you will want to buy software that will help you format your newsletter so it can be easily read, distributed and look professional. There are many types of software on the market that can help you do this. However, look around for one that meets your needs. If you are not creating a very difficult newsletter, then there are plenty of programs that can create professional looking newsletters that do not cost a lot of money. The software program you buy should correlate with your newsletter design needs.While you are investing in this software.

You will also want a software program that will automate your newsletter and provide subscribe and unsubscribe automatically to subscribers. This will make your newsletter dispersal and cancellations easier on you and it puts the subscribers in control of whether or not they receive the newsletter. If you do not have a program to do this for you then you will end up spending uncountable hours adding and subtracting people to and from your newsletter. If you don’t keep up with it, people will start sending additional and uglier emails to get you to remove them from the list, which further clogs your email system. What’s worse, once someone subscribes if they are not added immediately they might forget about it. A software program that is automated is certainly worth its cost if you are going to offer a newsletter.

Finally, make sure you know your market and are marketing your newsletter to these individuals. If so, you will have more subscribers and ultimately more sales because of this. As long as you are aware and constantly trying to meet the needs of your target market through your newsletter and services, your business will continue to grow.

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Why should you boost your word power?

The reason is that learning new words expands our understanding and improves our mental muscles. Every new word we learn entices our mind to stretch into new areas.

We improve our ability to think and express ourselves when we have a larger bank of words to draw on. Our thinking will become improve, and we will understand more of the world around us and within us, when we have a larger vocabulary. In the modern world the ability to use words effectively is often highly rewarded.

The English language has an enormous number of words, perhaps more than half a million of them.

Most people however, use a vocabulary of just a few thousand common words on a daily basis. It is possible to get by in the English language with a limited number of words, but you expand your options as you expand your vocabulary.

When you understand very few words it limits your ability to learn new information.

If you want to increase your vocabulary, there are many approaches you can use.

One good way is to read books or articles that are slightly more difficult than what you are accustomed to. When you come across a word you don’t know, see if you can figure out its meaning from the context.

Look at the way the word is made up, with its letters and syllables. Does it remind you of any words you already know? What parts of it are familiar?

Many words in the English language are made up of common roots they share with other words.

You may be able to deduce the meaning of the new word from the way the syllables are put together and the way it is used. You should consult a dictionary to be sure.

If you come across a word you don’t understand during the course of a lecture or a conversation, you can ask either the speaker or someone else for the meaning of the word.

If you decide not to ask anyone for the meaning of a word, be sure to make a note of the new words you have encountered and look them up later.

Should you try to learn new words directly from a dictionary? It depends on your learning style. Some people will become bored very quickly while reading a dictionary, while others will find it fascinating.

All dictionaries are not alike, and you may find a certain version far more useful than the rest.

Good dictionaries will do more than just give a definition of a word. Some will show you an example of the word used in a sentence.

Often they will show you alternate spellings, and give the plural forms of nouns and the past tense of verbs. Most dictionaries will show you correct pronunciation.

When learning new vocabulary, you can better integrate it into your brain if you actively involve yourself in the learning process.

When you encounter a new word, write out a definition of it in your own words, and write one or more sentences using the new word in context. Visualize the word in its printed form.

Say the word out loud, and spell it out loud. Say a sentence out loud that uses the new word. Make up an image in your mind that will help you remember the word. If you make the image funny or bizarre, you will probably remember it better.

If you are committed to expanding your vocabulary, how many new words should you try to learn in a day? It’s up to you.

Just two new words a day will add up to more than 7000 words in ten years. Ten words a day would add 36,000 words in ten years.

Once you have learned a lot of new words, should you work them into your conversation every chance you get?

The kind of vocabulary you use should always be appropriate to the context in which you are writing or speaking. For example, if you are speaking to a group of high school dropouts you may want to use different words than if you are speaking to a group of scientists.

Don’t use an impressive vocabulary merely as a means of showing off, always using big words when small ones would do. People can often intuitively feel when you are using fancy words merely for effect, and not because you need them to communicate.

But if your new vocabulary really has become a part of you and has a useful place in your writing and conversation, by all means, go ahead and use it!
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Harvard professor Dr. Howard Gardner has been studying the topic of intelligence for many years.

Dr. Gardner has proposed that we revise and expand our idea of what constitutes intelligence. Gardner has suggested we consider at least seven forms of intelligence.

These are: verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, visual-spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, social-interpersonal, and intra-personal. See if you can discover which forms of intelligence are strongest in you.

People who have a strong linguistic intelligence will respond in a deep way to the construction and sound of language, and they get a lot of pleasure out of using words.

Writers, poets, and editors excel in this form of intelligence.

People who have logical-mathematical intelligence can become successful lawyers, mathematicians, computer programmers, and scientists.

These people are able to logically analyze data and information and follow extremely complex chains of ideas.

Among those who are possessed of a very strong visual-spatial intelligence, some will have a glorious, passionate understanding of color. Others will very strongly respond to visual line, texture, or three-dimensional space.

Artists, decorators, fashion designers, sculptors, photographers and architects must possess this form of intelligence to succeed in their fields.

Musical intelligence is an ability to understand and respond to music, not just as background noise, but with a capacity to get deep meaning from the interaction of aural melodies, textures and rhythms.

A person with musical intelligence may not necessarily play or compose music, but will be a passionate listener, getting far more out of the experience than an average person.

Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence is very high in those people who excel in sports and dance. It is also a great asset in actors.

They are extremely attuned to where all parts of their body are located in space and are able to exert very subtle yet powerful control over all their muscles.

People with a high degree of interpersonal intelligence are good at picking up cues to the emotions of others and understanding the emotional states of those around them.

They are particularly good at empathizing with others, and know how to comfort, inspire and lead people. This is a good trait to have in a political leader. It is also a desirable quality in teachers, therapists and salespeople.

Intra-personal intelligence is the ability to deeply and truly know and understand oneself. It is the ability to analyze and assess one’s innermost qualities and behaviors.

This is a form of intelligence that may be found in philosophers and spiritual leaders.

These are seven basic qualities or abilities that may rightfully be considered as forms of intelligence. Each involves a particular way of using the brain.

Each of these can be highly developed in certain individuals and can be an important component of a person’s success in life and career.

This expanded definition of intelligence can help explain why so many people who did poorly in school still end up very successful in life.

Which sort of intelligence is strongest in you?

When you consider Dr. Gardner’s expanded definition of intelligence, which forms do you think are especially strong in you? Which do you think are particularly weak?

When you went to school, did your educational experience address your intelligence strengths? Or did it target the areas in which you were weakest? Does your present career make good use of your strongest form of intelligence?

You will have the best chance of success in your career when you job uses the form of intelligence which is your strongest.
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Most people who search on the internet have a favorite search engine. In fact, the majority of internet users choose Google.

Do you fall into this category? If so, are you taking advantage of everything Google offers?

If an internet search means you go to www.google.com and simply type 2 or 3 words into the search box, hoping to find what you’re looking for, you aren’t even scratching the surface.

How Can You Get Better Results?

Google is the number one search engine for good reason - their results are generally the most accurate. Even so, there are ways to pinpoint what you’re looking for even more effectively.

You have two options when it comes to fine-tuning your searches - you can use the Google Advanced Search screen or you can use “modifiers” in the main Google search.

Option 1: Google Advanced Search

When you go to www.google.com, there is a little “Advanced Search” link to the right of the main search box. If you click on that, you’ll get the much more detailed Google search, where you can make very specific requests.

The first four sections, highlighted in blue, are some of the most important. Here you can specify any of the following:

1. All of the words - this will give you results with all of your search words, but not in any particular order. They can also be anywhere on the page.

2. The exact phrase - this will give you results with exactly the phrase you enter. The phrase must appear on the page exactly the way you enter it.

3. At least one of the words - this will show results with any one or more of your search words on the page.

4. Without the words - this will give you results that don’t include your search terms at all.

These four sections can be used independently or combined to work together.

For example, you could search for the exact phrase ‘free virus software’ without the words ‘trial’ or ‘tryout’ if you’re looking for free virus software but don’t want trial versions that will expire after a short time.

As another example, you could use option #3 (at least one of the words) if you’re looking for something but don’t know exactly how to spell it. Put a few possible spellings in and it will find pages with any one or more of those spellings.

The rest of the sections on the Advanced Search page are pretty self-explanatory. One that I will point out is the Domain option. You can specify a website and either search for something only on that site, or anywhere but that site.

If you’ve found an interesting website that doesn’t have a search function of its own, you can use this to limit Google to searching that site for whatever you’re looking for. In fact, the Google search is often better even if the site does have its own search function.

You can also use it to find other references to something you might have read on a particular website. If you search for it and exclude the site you saw it on, you’ll find other references to it that you can cross-check.

Option 2: Using Modifiers

Modifiers will let you use all the advanced features without having to go to the Advanced Search page every time. These modifiers can just be entered in the standard Google search box to get the same results as the advanced options.

There are quite a few different modifiers that can be used, but some of the most useful are as follows:

Putting “” around a phrase will search for the exact phrase. Searching for free antivirus software will show you pages with those three words anywhere on the page. Searching for “free antivirus software” shows you pages that contain that exact phrase.

Putting a - before a word is the same as the advanced option “without the words.” So, to use the example used earlier, searching for “free virus software” -trial -tryout will show pages with that exact phrase, not including the other two words.

Using site: followed by the domain name of the website you want to search will only return results from that particular website. For example, searching for “virus protection” site:computer-help-squad.com will only return results from the www.computer-help-squad.com website.

Again, these can be combined so -site: will return results from any site except the one you specify.

How to Figure Out the Modifiers

The easiest way to see how to use modifiers in your searches is to try some searches with the Advanced Search page and see how Google formats them.

Using our example again, if you enter ‘free antivirus software’ in the “with the exact phrase” box and the words ‘trial’ and ‘tryout’ in the “without the words” box, the search that Google runs looks like this:

“free virus software” -trial -tryout

If you play around a bit with the advanced searches, you’ll see how Google formats them for you. Next time, you can just enter them yourself in the standard search box instead of going to the Advanced Search page.

Once you get the hang of these options in Google, you’ll find that your searches get even more accurate because you can filter out the stuff you don’t want.
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What does it really mean to be intelligent? Can intelligence really be measured?

One tool that is often used in an effort to measure intelligence is the IQ test. However, this type of test does not do very well at predicting who will be successful in life.

Why is this? Do the IQ tests miss something important?

The IQ tests we have now may predict which people have a certain type of intellectual potential, but they don’t necessarily predict who will become a good teacher, a good manager, a good president, or a good parent.

Some critics say that the only thing IQ tests can really predict is who will do well on IQ tests.

Qualities such as determination and vision can be more important to your ultimate success in life than the IQ number you started out with.

Being creative, optimistic, and flexible are important hallmarks of many successful people. Common sense, the ability to get along with other people, and knowing a good idea when you see one, may be more useful qualities than having a genius IQ.

Although IQ tests measure a certain aspect of intelligence potential, there isn’t complete agreement that what is being measured is actually intelligence.

Standard intelligence tests focus a lot on exploring and measuring linguistic/logical/mathematical ability. But is that really the same quality as intelligence? Or is intelligence something broader than that?

We have all met people who have a lot of “book smarts” but seem to have no “life smarts.” Should we really be saying that they are intelligent?

Some people who did poorly in school often turn out to be very successful in later life. Why do our current IQ tests seem unable to predict or explain these outcomes?

A person may have failed dismally in school, and yet turn out to be a genius in marketing. Is this person stupid, or brilliant? If a man is a great scientist, but can’t ever pick a suitable mate, is he really very smart? We don’t have any tests that really explain these outcomes.

Several experts in the field of intelligence have proposed that we need to broaden our understanding of what intelligence really is, and the role it plays in successful living.

Psychologist Howard Gardner of Harvard University has suggested that we should consider a wide range of talents and abilities as valid forms of intelligence.

In his intriguing book, “Frames of Mind: Theories of Multiple Intelligences”, Gardner has proposed the existence of at least seven types of intelligence: verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, visual-spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, social-interpersonal and intra-personal.

Another psychologist, Robert Sternberg, has suggested we consider three distinct forms of intelligence. One type is the ability to think logically and rationally, doing well in an academic type of environment.

A second kind of intelligence identified by Sternberg is the ability to come up with creative solutions to real life situations. And the third type, according to Sternberg, is the ability to psychologically understand people and interact effectively with them.

A very different perspective on the IQ issue is presented by Daniel Goleman in his best-selling book, “Emotional Intelligence”. Goleman offers an explanation for why a high IQ does not always lead to success in career or in life.

Goleman says that EQ, or emotional intelligence, has been an overlooked factor that is an extremely important ingredient for success in life.

An ability to get along with others, to be optimistic, to be determined, are among the many factors that contribute to success, perhaps even more than intellectual ability.

Are you starting to realize that intelligence is not just a question of one test score number that forever limits your possibilities?

If you happen to know your own IQ score, don’t think of it as something that limits or defines your potential.

If your IQ is in the average range it does not in any way mean you are limited to a life of average success and average accomplishment.

If your IQ is in the above average range, it does not guarantee you a life of ease. You can’t use either a high IQ score or a low one as an excuse not to try very hard.

Your IQ score is only a number. It does not define you. It does not really limit you. It’s just a starting point. Remember that many other qualities you already possess or can develop are also important for success in life.
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You have probably heard the term “IQ” many times, and you probably know it has something to do with measuring intelligence.

The letters “IQ” stand for “intelligence quotient”, and an IQ test is widely used as a way to measure intelligence.

The test most frequently used today to measure intelligence is called the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test. The earliest version of it was developed in France in 1905.

The original test has been revised several times over the years, with a major revision completed at Stanford University in 1960. The Stanford-Binet test is not the only intelligence test, but it is probably the best known.

IQ tests are often used by educational institutions to segregate students into categories such as “normal”, “gifted”, and “challenged”. Children and young people are scored relative to each other on a variety of factors, including verbal and logical understanding, vocabulary, arithmetic and spatial orientation.

A person with an IQ score of 100 is deemed to be of average intelligence, while a person with an IQ above 130 is deemed to be intellectually gifted.

Do you know your own IQ? Do you know what it means?

Although the IQ test is very widely used, and the results are almost synonymous with our idea of intelligence, there has also been a lot of criticism of the test, and of the way the results are used.

Does having a high IQ score guarantee success in later life? No, it doesn’t! It doesn’t even guarantee success in school.

A Canadian television program recently tracked down some of the people with the highest IQ scores in North America. One man who has an extremely high genius IQ works as a motorcycle mechanic, hangs out with biker gangs, and is frequently in and out of jail.

Another man interviewed on the program has the highest IQ recorded in North America. He has worked as a bouncer in a bar for ten years, earns minimum wage, and lives in a tiny garage. Clearly, a high IQ is not enough to guarantee success in life.

What IQ tests measure is a certain type of potential. That potential still needs to be developed and nurtured by the person who has it. That person may not have the inclination or desire to do so.

Not everyone who has a potential talent also possesses the desire to do something with it.

One person may have a wonderful God-given singing voice, but may have no interest in music, and no desire to perform.

Another person may have the perfect physique to be a high jumper, but may hate sports. You can probably think of other examples. Having potential is just a beginning.

The IQ tests we have now may predict which people have a certain type of intellectual potential, but they don’t necessarily predict who will become a good teacher, a good manager, a good president, or a good parent.

Some critics say that the only thing IQ tests can really predict is who will do well on IQ tests.

Qualities such as determination and vision can be more important to your ultimate success in life than the IQ number you started out with.

Being creative, optimistic, and flexible are important hallmarks of many successful people. Common sense, the ability to get along with other people, and knowing a good idea when you see one, may be more useful qualities than having a genius IQ.

So whatever your IQ may be, don’t let it hold you back!
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Catatonic type schizophrenia

Patients with this subtype of Schizophrenia may exhibit extremes of behavior including catatonia. Some may allow their posture to be rearranged, holding the new position (catalepsy or waxy flexibility). Others may imitate sounds (echolalia) or movements (echopraxia) of others. At times, some patients may explode into an excited, activated state marked by purposeless ad repetitive movements.
The catatonic type is rare today, and probably reflected an advanced stage of schizophrenia before the advent of modern treatment methods.

Disorganized type schizophrenia

A form of schizophrenia that is characterized by a disorganized behavior and disorganized speech. Their affect may be flat or inappropriate.
This type involves a disturbance in behavior, communication, and thought. Usually these patients show a variety of eccentric characteristics such as unusual clothing or peculiar gestures.

Paranoid type schizophrenia

Delusions and auditory hallucinations predominate in patients with this subtype of schizophrenia while their affective and cognitive functioning remains relatively intact. This type of patient often has highly elaborate delusions of persecution or personal grandeur. However, the patient may appear rather normal until he or she becomes entangled in typical argumentativeness and suspiciousness.

Residual type schizophrenia

A form of schizophrenia that is characterized by a previous diagnosis of schizophrenia, but no longer having any of the prominent psychotic symptoms. There are some remaining symptoms of the disorder however, such as eccentric behavior, emotional blunting, illogical thinking, or social withdrawal.

In the residual type of schizophrenia, the patient has had at least one episode of schizophrenia. If delusions or hallucinations are present, they are not prominent, and are not accompanied by strong affect.

Undifferentiated type schizophrenia

This subtype of schizophrenia applies to patients who fail to meet the criteria for the other subtypes but clearly suffer from this mental disorder.
The patient suffers from pronounced psychotic symptoms, which may not fit in any other specific category or more than one.

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One of the perks associated with today’s credit cards is the frequent flier program. In order to determine which program is best for you, you should consider whether you will be able to obtain benefits from the dominant airlines in your region. You should also try to find out which card will provide the easiest ticket with the fewest hassles.

Airline-sponsored credit cards permit you to focus on a single airline. It the airline has a hub in your community, it may be responsible for most of the routes to potential destinations. As a result, such credit cards can be convenient and economical and could save you a great deal of money in the long run.

One option is Northwest VISA which is offered through U.S. Bank. The card comes in both platinum and business versions-the business variety offers more detailed expense tracking services. Just for signing up, you’ll receive 10,000 miles. The annual fee is $55 for the platinum and $90 for the business card. The card permits you to earn miles beyond the $10,000 a month. Once you get past that limit, you will receive a mile for every $2 a month spent.

Delta American Express Skymiles can be used in a number of upscale establishments. However, some travelers complain that it cannot be used as widely as a VISA card. The annual fee is $85, and the interest rates are calculated according to a complex formula. The card is not available in Iowa or Puerto Rico.

The American Airlines Citibank MasterCard combines two giants of industry-American Airlines and Citibank. The card comes in two different varieties-platinum select and gold. You can earn 7,500 bonus miles for opening a platinum select account, and 10,000 bonus miles for the gold account.

The British Airways VISA Card awards you an astounding 15,000 miles the first time you use the card. The five-month introductory APR is in the single digits; after that, you’ll be charged 12.99 percent APR for any unpaid balances. The annual fee for this Bank One card is $75.

Another option is bank-sponsored credit cards. Such cards permit greater flexibility, since the miles earned can be used on a number of different airlines instead of just one. If one airline does not dominate in your region, this type of card is probably best. Also, the minimum mileage required for travel is frequently lower than that of airlines-sponsored cards.

One popular variety is the Capital One MilesOne Card, which awards one mile for every dollar spent, up to a limit of $10,000 a month. Once you earn 9,000 points, you can win a free flight. Experts say it’s a good card to have if you want to shop for fares for a number of different airlines.

No matter which card you choose, frequent flier miles are certainly a significant bonus. Such rewards programs allow you to get extra mileage out of your credit cards.
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If you’ve been dreaming of traveling the highways in your RV, but see the adventure as something far in the future when you retire, then you may want to seriously consider giving the Workamper lifestyle a try. You can live your dream now; it just takes a little preparation and commitment.

Many of us dream of being able to travel in our RV and camp at will in America’s most beautiful locations, but it never happens. For most, it remains just a dream. There is a small army of people who have brought their dream to reality by combining their love of travel with the ability to work and pay their way through life.

There are literally thousands of jobs that are suited to the traveling lifestyle. RV Parks across the United States hire people in office positions, maintenance, recreation, and other positions. You aren’t expected to be a long-term employee. A commitment of a few weeks or months is all that is required. Most don’t expect you to have extensive campground experience, and if you do a decent job, they will be happy to have you work for them again next season.

RV Parks aren’t the only employer of workampers. There are paying jobs in seasonal sales, property caretaking, tour guides, construction, and many other occupations. If you already have some retirement income and want to save on the costs of campground fees, there are thousands of camp host opportunities available where you exchange a few hours each week for a free RV site. These opportunities will be in state parks, city and county parks, and federal campgrounds.

It is possible that your employer has multiple locations across the United States making it easy for you to simply request relocation. If, for example, you work at Wal-Mart, you can request a transfer to any of their store locations. There are very few places in America that aren’t close to a Wal-Mart, so you can continue to be a full-time employee and experience living virtually anywhere in the United States. There are many other companies that have nationwide locations. Just give it a little thought.

If you don’t want to wait until your dream is just a good idea that never happened, consider the Workamper lifestyle. You aren’t getting any younger, and the sooner you start, the more you will be able to experience. When you get tired of where you’re living, simply hook up and move on to your next adventure.

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The importance of writing and submitting articles is the fact that you
won’t get the word out about what you believe in strongly enough to put on
paper, unless someone is there to read it.
If you write salesletters but you don’t write and submit articles, there
is almost no point to it. Of course it’s always nice to read your own writing
after you write an article. But wouldn’t it feel better to know that you
have touched someone else’s life by writing and submitting articles for
other people to read? In all shapes sizes and fashions, people love to
read.

Take a look at every magazine, newspaper and website in production today.
Writer’s filled those pages with content. The importance of it is that you
would be looking at nothing if someone didn’t write and submit articles to
the publication. Every single writer contributes to this content or there
would be no books, papers, or billboards.

Most of the time, the content that fills these pages are very well written
pieces, things people saw potential in so they would write and submit the
articles. You can find potential in almost every aspect of genres, so to
write and submit articles on a subject you love would not be hard to do.

The importance of writing and submitting articles ultimately ends with you
and your beliefs. If you don’t believe your written article is good enough
for publication, you may find that you don’t feel it is important to write
and submit this article. You may feel that your work just isn’t that
great. You may not feel the need to re write it, but instead to destroy
it. It’s not uncommon that there are tons of articles on a daily basis
that are never going to be submitted let alone published.

If we took the time to write and submit at least one article per week, we
would be able to contribute our individual point of view to the world.
That is probably the most important reason to write and submit articles.

You can submit articles online, or you can submit articles on hard copy.
It’s up to the writer, and the importance each person puts on their own
work will determine it’s potential to be published.

You can write and submit an article to a website, or write an article to a
magazine. Whichever you prefer, you can’t give up writing articles. Even
when you don’t succeed at first, you can find a publication where you’re
article will fit.

Think about it. If you don’t credit your own work with any importance, how
do you expect anyone else to? It is important to hold yourself to your own
high standards, write an article, submit the article, and see what
happens. Before you know it you can contribute to the content you see
everyday, everywhere. Now that’s important.

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As there are different types of women, there are different ways to arouse them as well. If you have been in a bit of a slump here are some quick ways to rev up your love life:

1) Dress in a suit and take her out to a romantic dinner. Women love men in suits and almost every man looks good in one. The soft candle light of a romantic restaurant combined with a good wine will put her in the mood to get closer, as well.

2) Work out together. Workouts release pheromones that heighten attraction between couples. Get sweaty together then clean up with some dirty fun in the shower.

3) Take a bath together. Fill the tub with some scented oils or bath salts and toss in some rose petals. Play romantic music and light some candles. She will feel pampered and grateful. Let her relax for a few minutes then slip in with her. There is plenty of opportunity for sexy contact while you clean each other.

4) Roleplay can keep your relationship and sex life reved up for years.

Ex. My boyfriend will dress up like a handyman and really get into the act with accent and tools. He comes over and offers to lend a helping hand around the house. He offers a truly helping hand and I tip him extremely well.

5) Practice erotic massage. Either take a class together or get a video or book and practice on each other. This is a great way to get both of you relaxed and heated up.
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Massive debt is something many Americans face. Debt reduction is now becoming more and more of a necessity. Even a low amount of debt can cost you a lot in the end and it can take a very long time to pay off. An example: Let’s say you have $4000 in credit card debt and your interest rate is 14%. If you only make the minimum payment each month, it will take you 21 years to pay it off and you will have paid over $5100 in interest. Doesn’t that sound awful? This is why you may be interested in debt reduction.

Debt reduction can be done in many different ways. A recent method being used is to buy some debt reduction software. You can purchase debt reduction software online or at a computer software store. The software usually comes with a debt reduction calculator to help you decipher how quickly your debt will be paid off in accordance to you monthly balance payments. Similarly, there are also debt reduction books you can purchase at your local bookstore.

The best route for help with debt reduction is to go see a credit counselor or a debt reduction counselor. Most charge a fee for help with debt reduction, but there are several non profit debt reduction organizations that help people with massive debt for free. There are also courses in debt reduction offered at many college campuses. Sometimes you may also learn of free debt reduction seminars. It is best to call around and see which option is the best for you.

The first step to debt reduction is to realize you are in debt, and you may have poor spending habits. To start debt reduction off on the right foot, you must decipher needs versus wants. You should only purchase things you need, not things you want. An example: you need food, water, shelter, electricity, etc. You want new shoes, to dine at fancy restaurants, a fancy car. To get anywhere in debt reduction, you must separate these two things. Only spend money on what is absolutely necessary, not on things you want but don’t need. This is probably the most difficult part of debt reduction many people face.

Many people are in debt because of the many loans they have. These can be a car loan, house loan, school loan, etc. Many people end up way over their head in debt. When you have this many loans, go see a debt reduction counselor or credit counselor to help you consolidate these debts and hence start your way to debt reduction.

With the proper frame of mind and some restraint you can eliminate your debt in a fast and easy manner.