Christina Parker asked:


When you are leading a business, it is easy to join the ranks of the overwhelmed. You start the day with good intentions to grow the business and attend to your personal obligations, but at day’s end, you may find you have accomplished very little. Growing up, I always remember my father telling me to work smarter, not harder. I am consistently trying to find ways to streamline my days in order to work smarter and not harder. To stop becoming overwhelmed, first congratulate yourself on your achievements. Then forgive yourself for what you haven’t finished. Balance comes from not letting the magnitude of the work get the best of you. To achieve success, planning is the ultimate tool for increasing productivity and reducing stress. Move forward positively by working smart with these steps:

1. Remember happiness is your end game. Of all the people I’ve met, the happiest are those who have treated their lives and businesses like a journey of discovery. Instead of stopping when you become frustrated, simply decide on the best action you can take, and take it. Your willingness to deal with all obstacles, no matter what, gives you the confidence and strength you need to achieve success.

2. Create specific short-term goals. So much changes so quickly in today’s world that your long-term goals will have to be modified as you learn what works and what doesn’t. Break your larger goals into realistic short-term goals. If you want to get a book published, for instance, start by writing articles on your area of expertise.

3. Develop a nightly to-do list. Keep yourself on track by breaking short-term goals into realistic steps you can take immediately. In a to-do notebook, focus your intentions by writing down the tasks you want to achieve the next day. Don’t set yourself up for failure by putting too many items on your list. Break major tasks into even smaller components that are easy to accomplish. I don’t know about you, but nothing satisfies me more than when I can check off items on my to-do list. As you take action, your frequent successes will motivate you to push forward.

4. Evaluate and learn from your actions. At the end of the day, congratulate yourself for what you’ve accomplished, and let go of what you have not. Review what you have learned, and decide on the next best action to take to reach your short-term goals. Develop a new to-do list every night by transferring your unfinished items and prioritizing the new list.

5. Realize you don’t have to do this alone. As you grow the business, many tasks become routine and can be accomplished by someone else. Develop a list of these tasks, and delegate them. When you mentor and train your staff to help carry the responsibilities of the business, you will be amazed at what they can do.

Working smarter and not harder is part of the intimate dance of balancing work and personal life. That work-life balance is the ever elusive search for that middle ground where we will be pleasantly busy and challenged and yet able to enjoy life as it comes. It is a constant work in progress and I find that there is not just one way of achieving it. What three things can you do in order to achieve more balance for the next 30 days?



Clifford

Janet R. asked:


Saying thank you to our dads is a thoughtful way of acknowledging great things he has done for us. Daddies would surely appreciate deep gratitude showed by his children, but for children, saying thank you in a verbal way is for them not so striking. Therefore, they want to buy a special gift for their beloved father. When father’s day is approaching, children are busy planning surprises for their dad. However, planning to surprise dad is quite challenging. Take for instance preparing a thank you gift, though there are lots of choices to choose from, still there is a situation where choosing for the best is a hard thing to do.

For those fathers that are sports enthusiast, you may include in your gift option list the items related in sports. But before that, you must first determine what kind of sports your dad admires. Let’s say, my father loves to hit a golf ball. For that, consider golf related products, but it doesn’t mean that you should buy real golf accessories. There are different types of golf themed accessories that he can incorporate with his outfit, office, bedroom or dressing room. Popular golf-themed accessories that can complete his wardrobe are golf-themed cufflinks. You may think of Golf Ball & Divot Silver Cufflinks, this is to add interest and intrigue for your golfer dad. Clever yet perfect for formal wear and for his french cuff business outfit.

Another golf related gift option for dads are golf-themed desk accessories, furniture and barware. These items are perfect to finish a golf enthusiast look of your father’s cube. Consider an excellent décor like Personalized Classic Golf Shadow Box. This is a perfect fascination to your golfer dad’s office and bedroom. This classic gift idea is a great way to honor his favorite pastime, with a sentiment of thanks. Make it personalized by engraving his name or date of his memorable victorious game.

Also, a must-include on your list are golf bags and organizers. Golf accessories like bags and organizers are designed to securely organize golf supplies. Usually, they have numerous compartments where golf balls and pegs are kept. So for extra special golf bags, hand your dad a Personalized Golf Trunk Organizer which has cool features. Make your beloved golfer on the go always with such trunk organizer, where he can keep and organize his golf accessories handy. And don’t forget to have it monogrammed as well!

And for dads that are not only golf-minded but business-minded as well, present them a golf-themed plaque which they can proudly display at their office. This can be a vital sales tool as well as good motivation for your father that is very dedicated with his chosen career. Think about Personalized Hole in one Golf Plaque, which can greatly motivate him on how to seal business deals with no sweat! Such gift is a wonderful means of commemorating father’s day celebration, he’ll never forget as time goes by.

There are other sports gifts that are diffidently a hit during dad’s occasion, from cheap thank you gifts to elegant and expensive options.



Georgia

Tyson J Stevenson asked:


Student loans are provided to students to help them in paying tuition fees. Interest rates are significantly lower for student’s loans than other loans, and often issued by the government. In some cases, a student loan is the single means by which a person will be able to pay for college education.

Therefore, it’s easy to realize the importance of getting a decent & competative student loan.

If you are planning for advanced studies or to go to college, and want to apply for a student loan, you must do a bit of research work. There are some guidelines and pointers you should always keep in mind. Some points are discussed here.

With these points in your mind you can choose a better loan and assure your application for approval.

1. When you are going to apply for a loan you should bring all the necessary documents with you, containing information about your financial status. In some cases financial status of your parents and income proof can play an important role in decisions regarding your student loan. Lenders will surely ask for these documents if you are still living with your parent.

2. For better loan options you can even contact your high school’s financial aid office. The staff of the financial aid office are specially trained to help you in deciding on the best loan options. Collect information from there and then decide which will best suit you.

3. Before applying for a loan you must know your tuition fee per semester or per year, expenditure on books and other expenses. Establish a budget for yourself. Do not underestimate this, it’s crucial to having an enjoyable experience. Being “broke” all the time makes for a long year!.

4. If you are planning to live in a campus provided by the institution, you must know about the dorm fees and charges for each semester. In most of cases you can even add campus living charges in your request for your loan. Many students use student loans to pay their off campus expenses as well. While funding your other expenses you should keep in mind the rules and regulations of student loans.

5. If you are an honors scholar you should apply for a scholarship program before applying for a student loan. It will make your student life easy. 6. While looking for a student loan you should honestly assess your income sources during your school life and after school. Many students end up their school life buried in debts provided by loan programs. Hence, be sure that what will you actually need in student loan financing, by doing so you will be in a fine position in coming life.

While calculating your available funds, do not forget to consider any financial contribution from your parents for your education. If you are qualified for any educational grant or scholarship program, it will be a plus for you. In this case you should reduce your request for student loan to keep your financial position sound in student life and after that.

By following these guidelines, it will be easy for you to choose a better student loan and be in a position to refund the loan after your education.



Theodore

anonymous asked:


Women, Listen Up. Ladies, you have more power than hell over the destiny of a man. The devil knew God was going to make woman. He said, I believe that God is going to make a woman, and if I can fool her, she’s got enough power to take him in. I can’t do it, so I’ve gotta go to something more powerful than hell; and if she uses it wrong, she’ll curse a man, and if she uses it right, she’ll take him up.

There is great power in your walk and grace that God has given you, ladies. You are to be a helper-one called to go alongside man and do something that nobody else can do. A man is to bring a woman to her full potential. And you are to do everything possible for your spouse to make him complete in what God said. I’m not telling you not to have a life. I just want you to know what God gave you.

If anybody needs help now, men need help. If we ever needed you before-not to be in competition with, or to fight with-we need you now. We’re going to prison, committing *******… can you help a brother with that power you have? With the beauty and the knowledge that you have? Can you understand that part of me is missing? I’m a little crazy and I need somebody that’s got more power than hell.

We’re going back to the basics. In order for us to talk about nations and kingdoms, there has to come a peace within each of us. God is saying, I’m serious about men and women lining up with my word. If you line up, healing, deliverance and favor will automatically come-all of those things God has ordained will happen when order hits.

Physical Daddies and Spiritual Daddies:

All of us have been birthed by a physical daddy. A good many of us have been lost because of what happened with the relationship of our physical daddy. There has to be a birthing of a spiritual daddy that brings you into everything God has ordained for you.

We have been stifled in this because instead of operating in the covenant order of God, we are suspicious that someone’s trying to take advantage of us. The covenant between the pastor and the congregation is unique. It is not based on a friendship, not exterior performance, but inside. You are in covenant with God because of something inside. It’s spiritual. Don’t worry about the church being so large that you can’t shake the pastor’s hand. There are a plenty of folk who can shake your hand, but not too many can speak to your spirit. It is a spiritual covenant. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away the foreskins of your hearts. (Jeremiah 4:4)

This does not refer to a physical circumcision. When you hear the word of God, you know there are things God is trying to pull from your heart. For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. Therefore I urge you, imitate me. (I Corinthians 4:15-16)

The pastor is but a vessel that God uses to tell you what He has to tell you, to circumcise your flesh, so that you do not continue to carry around the things that are not of God. If you do, and those things are not circumcised, your flesh will get infected. The biggest problem in the church is when God allows the church father (pastor) to come do circumcision, but the congregation does not allow it. Tell me about being blessed but don’t tell me to stop fornicating, they say. For God to allow your inheritance and blessings to flow to you, there has to be a circumcision. There needs to be a mark on your spiritual life so that people can tell that you are a son of God.

Understand that there has to be order and covenant. Maintain the spiritual relationship, the order, the covenant, so that you will receive your due inheritance.



Shane

hawgsfan2000 asked:


With Patrick confronting every driver that she has a problem with, is it now clear that she’s actually an overrated driver in the IRL that couldn’t stand a chance against the better drivers in the world such as NASCAR and Formula One.

Bonnie

Aura asked:


                                                “Dice Daddy”

by S. Ajayi-Carroll

When you are hating on me Instead of Reading my biography

 

     If you are hating on me, instead of reading about me. You’re ignorant! If you’re ignorant, then get some ed-u-ma-ca-tion, and learn to read! Aura The Ebony Princess, by D. T. Asasi & S. Aura Ajayi  my biography/autobiography is at Amazon.com, Borders, Barnes & Nobles.com. In no way is  it a difficult book to read. The truth being; the typist with her ignorant self, mistyped so many damn words in the text, that I started to just not publish it. But then I said to myself;I paid almost $800.00 for this damn manuscript to be typed up, so here it is!

     One thing I left out of the text is Domestic Violence that went on in my house every Friday! My step-dad got paid on Fridays and he loved to gamble with dice. So when ever he came home and my oldest brother and me heard our mom screaming and throwing dishes ,we automatically got our toys and went to our small cramped closet and sat until world war III was over!

     It’s like, every Friday payday, you knew you had no other choice. Either you hid or you got hurt from their fighting. We had little heat in the winter and no food except when the Jewish land lord would bring us sardines and jewish crackers. He felt sorry for us. He was kind and didn’t put us out. I’m talking about in the the 60’s!On ParaScience and Beyond  with Uri Geller the mentalist April 19th 2001, I didn ‘t tell him the truth about my mom and Dad because I was so ashamed of them.He asked me did my father love me, of coourse not! Here I am telling the truth.That’s why I use to let run- aways live in my house, however they took advantage of me and now I don’t!

    So when Rev. Bo-Bo the psychic-medium preacher took us in, when mom left my step-dad, I was so happy. We didn’t have to hid no more in the closet from my parents! No more fighting and loud sounds of dishes being thrown against the kitchen walls. My step dad did try to kill my mom most week-ends, but she was stronger and bigger than he. She was Muhamed Ali to me! That and the ***** in my life, left me pretty drained still I survived it all! Get well youngest daughter, I love you mucho!

Peace, light and love

Aura!



Teresa