For communication to take place, a message must be transmitted by a communicator and correctly received by a listener. If the message is not understood, there is no communication. There is only noise. Between the transmission and reception of a message, much can go wrong. Communication, by defini...
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One big mistake that many marketing-minded financial planners make when contacting the media is to drop what's called an "information dump."
Sending a reporter statistics on the growth of your business (no matter how impressive) or on the success rate of your stock picks (no matter how p...
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Here's a great tip for when you are setting a special table for a family gathering or for close friends. It can be a birthday party, a family reunion, an elaborate dinner, a holiday or anniversarythe more people the better, although any number can "play." For your place cards and seating arran...
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The United States is a nation of entrepreneurs. There are literally tens of millions of self-employed individuals that enjoy pursuing their dream business. Of course, few of you enjoy the paperwork and confusing tax issues that arise from owning your own business.
Many self-employed individ...
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Have you ever noticed that in communities without big universities, high school sports take on an even bigger importance?
That's what it's like where I live.
But like everywhere else in the country, our high school sports are always looking for ways to make a few extra bucks. Enter ...
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Can you solve problems easily? Can you learn new things efficiently? Can you increase your brain power? Whatever you think and feel about these questions, those thoughts and feelings will have an effect on your brain function, because brain power a...
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You may have heard the term "secured loans" used in the past, not knowing exactly what it meant but now that you're in the market for a loan you find yourself wanting to learn all that you can about secured loans.
In essence, secured loans are little more than loans that give some measur...
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Never has competition been so difficult in the Internet world. Google and Yahoo keep indexing more and more pages, into the millions upon millions, and yet more and more people are creating super quickie links pages that are supposed to get other webmasters to want to trade links with them.
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Watch any of the major movie, television, and music award shows on television today and one of the first things you'll notice about the celebrities on the red carpet, aside from their extravagant (and sometimes outlandish) attire, are the amount and size of the jewelry they are wearing. Hip-hop ...
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Can a debt consolidation loan eliminate your credit card debt? A consolidation loan might (or might not) be the key. There are several things you must consider when making the choice to consolidate debt using a debt consolidation loan.
First, is a debt consolidation loan your best choice to...
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Stones have been worn by both women and men since prehistoric times. Just as in the jewelry of modern times, beautiful stones, rare and colorful, are most often the dominant feature of a piece with a metallic setting for ornamentation.
The stones used in the crafting of fine jewelry are gen...
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We all need encouragement. Even the most callous, hard headed self made person needs encouragement to stay on track and move forward. This isn't news - it is something we all know.
Unfortunately many times we don't take action on what we know.
We can change our habits about encourag...
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OK, I know this title sounds self-serving and hard nosed, but the article isn't! Whether it's buying a car, asking for a pay rise, saying 'no' to a friend or renting an apartment - at some stage in our lives we all are going to need to know how to negotiate. Yet, so few of us know the basic s...
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Choosing a cellular phone plan for all your needs.
Cellular phone plans are offered by a variety of cellular phone companies like AT&T, Sprint PCS, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Cingular Wireless, and many more. A cellular phone company of your choice can offer you a cellular phone plan that ...
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