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Little Voices
By Hsiao Ling Dawson
I am thrilled to share with other business women my journey in developing myself as a leader in my own industry. I did not think I had anything to contribute. In fact, that was the exact feeling I had whenever I was presented with an opportunity I thought would be bigger than what I could handle.
I have always seen myself as "small" and had never thought that one day I could have a business of my own.
Whatever I have accomplished in my life, the Little Voices were always there to argue, to discount my ability to produce results. "I can't do this" or "I don't know how to do it." I call those voices Little Voices in my head. Saying they are Little is an understatement. They have always had a huge impact on my thoughts, actions and feelings from moment to moment.
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Business continuity planning must account for all hazards (both man-made and natural disasters). You should plan in advance to manage any emergency situation. Assess the situation, use common sense and available resources to take care of yourself, your co-workers and your business's recovery.
Visit this site for more detailed information:
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SPEAK YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS
By Dr. Georgina Cannon
How what you say to yourself and to others makes you who and how you are.
I see and hear it every day in the clinic. The words we say to ourselves and the words said to us by others when we were young, form and shape the person we are, and how we interact with our world. This is good news.... and bad news!
Why Do Words Have Such Power?
Thousands of years ago the Buddha said “ Everything we are arises with our thoughts.” And we know that our thoughts manifest our words and our behavior. The good news is, once you are through your mid teen years, you are responsible for your thoughts, your words and your behavior. I said it was good news and bad news. That means there’s no one else to blame if we have low self-esteem, procrastinate, are a ‘pushover’ or are over aggressive. It really is in our ability to make the change…the change in what we think, what we say and how we behave.
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What is it that makes you different.
Is it the way you treat your customer's.
Do you give a little extra to make their stay one more place like home. Do your customer's feel they can come to visit and feel welcome and really sit back and have a cup of coffee. Do your visitor's want to read what you have to say? What is it that makes your business stand out among your competitor's?
Hey, I am going to share something with you. I am just like many of the thousands who are trying to stand outside the box. When I first started online networking and sales I was afraid of making myself sound like an idiot. Guess what, no matter what I tried I was going to be ignorant on one or more subjects. There was nothing I could do to get away from that but to keep learning so my ignorance could become my opinion on a subject. You can only be ignorant for so long.
Once you know how and where to look for the answer's to your questions, then ignorance cant be the blame for lack of information. Remember knowledge is power.
Power is being able to make decisions based on what you need and how you need to get it. Good decision making often means standing outside the box.
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Forgetting Costs Money
By Kathleen C. Gagne
It’s amazing how simply forgetting to do something can end up costing money. Having a bad memory can actually end up costing a small fortune. If you haven’t given this any thought before, it’s probably a good idea to start thinking about it now. Just take a look at all the ways that forgetting costs money.
The most obvious way that forgetting can cost you money is when you forget to pay your bills. Late charges can be pretty nasty, especially on credit card bills. Forget to pay your credit card bill, send it in only one day late and you could be facing some rather steep penalties. Not only do they charge you a high late fee, but they almost always increase your finance charge too. In fact, credit card companies can increase your finance charge if they find out you paid another company late!
Another big way that forgetting costs money is through your check book. Forget to write down even one purchase, lose track of your balance and you’ve got rubber checks bouncing everywhere! The banks will hit you with overdraft charges almost as heavily as the credit card companies. They can also charge you a fee for each and every overdraft, even if they were a result of the same one mistake. In addition, you face paying penalties by the merchants you wrote those bad checks to.
Let’s not forget about those “free trials”. You know the ones…the ones that have the term “membership” attached to them? They ask you for payment information up front and they will conveniently start billing you at the end of the trial period if you don’t cancel the membership first. How much money have those cost you for forgetting to cancel?
Miss an appointment or forget to call within 24 hours of that appointment to cancel and you could be charged for the entire visit.
Return your movie rentals or library books late and you pay late charges.
Forget to get a package in the mail and you end up paying extra shipping charges to get it there on time.
Forgetting costs money on the less obvious things too. You lose money when you forget to use coupons and when you forget to mail in rebates. You spend extra money on gas when you make extra trips to the grocery store to pick up forgotten items. (Did you forget your coupons on the return visit too?) You shell out money for eating out or on cafeteria lunches when you forget to pack a lunch.
If too many of the above scenarios sound familiar to you, it may be time to put some sort of reminder system in place. Big mistakes or little slip-ups, forgetting costs money!
About The Author:
Kathleen C. Gagne knows how easy it is to forget about things when you are already bogged down with all of life’s little details. To help solve this stress-related memory loss, she has created a fun, whimsical website full of cute things to help you remember. Visit PinkyStrings.com today and make sure to say hello to “Pinky” while you’re there.
Copyright 2006 – PinkyStrings.com. All Rights Reserved Worldwide. Reprint Rights: You may reprint this article as long as you include the above author resource box and do not edit the article in any way. |
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