The only happy people I know are the ones who are working well at something they consider important.
-- Abraham Maslow
Everyone I know likes to think that what they are doing matters and that their contribution makes a difference. This is the essence of meaningful participation – making a difference with how we spend our time and energy.
Sunday, 9 December 2007
Passion as a Sales Tool
We all know that sales is really all about "closing the sale". There is not a salesperson alive who does not use a variety of techniques to help them be successful with customers. However, I believe passion is the most underrated and underutilized sales tool in our arsenal because it is too hard to measure and no one has found an effective way to teach it. Why don't more people use passion to their advantage? It's simple. Passion exists in those who are humble, focused, and unlikely to advertise their expertise.
Rekindle the Motivation Fire
"Today, take responsibility for your life. Have the courage to live it to the best of your ability". Frank Richelieu, the Art of Being Yourself
One of the hardest challenges we all face in our lives is staying motivated. Whether it's our job, work, staying healthy, or keeping our relationships stimulating and growing, we all ebb and flow in our motivation cycles. No one's fire burns all the time. We actually need that ebb and flow to distinguish where we are and what we need to do to jump start things.
One of the hardest challenges we all face in our lives is staying motivated. Whether it's our job, work, staying healthy, or keeping our relationships stimulating and growing, we all ebb and flow in our motivation cycles. No one's fire burns all the time. We actually need that ebb and flow to distinguish where we are and what we need to do to jump start things.
4 Compelling Reasons to Use Public Speaking to Get Clients
If you're like most people, having a colonoscopy might be a more pleasurable activity than giving a public speech. However, this activity will rapidly become one of your favorites when you let it give your career the huge boost it has given mine.
If you're an author, consultant, trainer, life coach, small business owner, or any client based business owner--- you know better than anyone that the success of your company will hinge on how you market and get your branded message out to your targeted audience.
If you're an author, consultant, trainer, life coach, small business owner, or any client based business owner--- you know better than anyone that the success of your company will hinge on how you market and get your branded message out to your targeted audience.
How Do I Stand Out From the Competition?
Question: I've noticed a few companies on the web with names similar to mine. How do I stand out without changing my company name?
Answer: Since changing your name is not an option, change the way your company is viewed. Change your brand, your logo, colors, fonts, graphics and style, so that they are represent the uniqueness that is your company.
Start by taking a look at the companies with similar names. Look at the colors, the fonts, the graphics and their promise. Basically, everything your eyes can take in. What do you see? What don't you see?
Answer: Since changing your name is not an option, change the way your company is viewed. Change your brand, your logo, colors, fonts, graphics and style, so that they are represent the uniqueness that is your company.
Start by taking a look at the companies with similar names. Look at the colors, the fonts, the graphics and their promise. Basically, everything your eyes can take in. What do you see? What don't you see?
Make Little Decisions All the Time
People often see someone successful and they wish they could be that person. They see what the person has created and wish that they could do that. What they often fail to notice or see is all the little steps and hardships and striving that person went through to get to where they currently are. Most people live on this baby magic idea and simply hope and pray for what they want. Or they hope that a big windfall will come their way and that everything will be everything they want it to be. Not only is this a load of crap, but it sets people up for major disappointment along the journey. We must remember to make small decisions all the way along the journey.
Networking or NOT Working?
In this article I am going to show you how to reduce your costs whilst increasing your sales at the same time!
As you probably know, there are books, courses and audio series out there telling you how to network more effectively. What this material tends to focus on is how to get the best from a networking event; without even mentioning the core reason why most people fail to gain anything worthwhile from their networking efforts!
No matter how good you are at networking, if you are surrounded by a mixture of direct competitors, people with no requirement for your services and people with no authority to buy - you are wasting your time and money!
As you probably know, there are books, courses and audio series out there telling you how to network more effectively. What this material tends to focus on is how to get the best from a networking event; without even mentioning the core reason why most people fail to gain anything worthwhile from their networking efforts!
No matter how good you are at networking, if you are surrounded by a mixture of direct competitors, people with no requirement for your services and people with no authority to buy - you are wasting your time and money!
Are You Marketing or Selling?
Once upon a time there was a deaf salesman named Aesop. He tried to sell his wares to the blind brothers Grimm, but no matter how much he elaborated on the features of his wares, the brothers Grimm could not see the benefits. The brothers tried to explain to Aesop that they could not see the features that he described so eloquently, and that they would like to hold the wares so they could appreciate them from their own perspectives. Unfortunately, Aesop was busy talking and could not hear their requests, so the parties separated in mutual frustration and disappointment. How could the grim results of this fable be avoided?
“Sold” Before You Say a Word!
It's been one of those days; Ben has made several calls today with mixed results. One has really got him pondering what he is doing wrong. A customer decided to go with a competitor whose salesman has a questionable reputation. The competitive sales person promises a great deal, most of which he and his company rarely delivers. The product quality is okay, yet not equal to Ben's equipment.
Ben had questioned the customer about the purchase decision only to get a vague answer about feeling better about the other company despite the known reputation and pricing was not the issue.
Ben had questioned the customer about the purchase decision only to get a vague answer about feeling better about the other company despite the known reputation and pricing was not the issue.
Are You Ready For Success?
A very successful entrepreneur in the direct sales industry, I have found there are two kinds of people in the world, those who would like success and those who are serious about success. There really is no in between. Think about it. Everyone wants success in their life; they want to make more money, have more time, have less stress and really make their mark in the world. The people who actually do it are the people who will not accept any alternatives.
Top Four Ways to Attract New Clients
Prospecting is one of the biggest challenges most salespeople face but is absolutely critical to a salesperson’s success. It’s vitally important that you have a broad and well-balanced approach to prospecting! If you rely on only one method, you are not going to achieve the success you would like to achieve and you could burn yourself out on that method as well.
The Easiest Sale
Want to increase your sales immediately?
Virtually everyone wants a quick, easy solution that will help them increase their sales. Fortunately, in all but a few situations, this is not an impossible task. The key is to sell to the right people. This doesn’t mean trying to connect with the key decision-maker in a particular organization or creating a list of ideal companies to contact. I’m talking about tapping into your existing customer base.
Virtually everyone wants a quick, easy solution that will help them increase their sales. Fortunately, in all but a few situations, this is not an impossible task. The key is to sell to the right people. This doesn’t mean trying to connect with the key decision-maker in a particular organization or creating a list of ideal companies to contact. I’m talking about tapping into your existing customer base.
Stop the Slaughter of Innocent Copy!
It's one of the worst things to ever happen in the search engine copywriting field: the discovery of keyword density. I won't venture off into a discussion about whether keyword density is still a valid measure of search engine optimized (SEO) copywriting success. I will say, however, that the mere introduction of this concept led to the mutilation and destruction of innocent copy all across the globe. Without any regard to flow or customer experience, website owners around the world began shoving keyphrases into their copy like wild men. The results have been disastrous! Otherwise wonderful content has been utterly destroyed. This slaughter of innocent copy must stop!
Blah Blah Blah
A farmer wants to get his two female pigs pregnant but he can't afford
the stud service so he goes to the Vet.
Farmer- " Hey doc I've got these two pigs I want to breed but I can't
afford to stud 'em, is there anything cheaper?"
Vet- " Well there's artificial insemination - Blah Blah Blah " He goes
on to describe some pretty expensive procedures all of which are out
of the farmer's price range.
Farmer- " No none of that stuff will do, Its too expensive, anything
else?"
Vet- " Well, not many people know this but human DNA is close enough
to pig DNA to produce offspring. Here's what you do - take your pigs
out at night, load them in your pick-up, take them out to the fields
and have sex with them. No one will know what you're up to and you'll
get them pregnant."
Farmer- " How will I know they're pregnant?"
Vet- " If they're pregnant, they'll be lying in the shade the next
day."
So the farmer follows the advice and that night he struggles to put
the pigs in the truck, drives out, porks them, and drives back later
that night. The next day the pigs are just standing around. So the
next night he does it all over again only he porks each one twice and
drives back even more tired. Next day - nothing , they're just walking
around. So he goes out again, porks them three times each and comes
back in more worn out than ever. This goes on for the rest of the week
and by Saturday the farmer is too tired to get out of bed so he asks
his wife to get up and look outside at the pigs.
Farmer- " What are the pigs doing dear?"
Wife- " I don't know, one of them is jumping up and down in the back
of the truck and the other is blowing the horn."
the stud service so he goes to the Vet.
Farmer- " Hey doc I've got these two pigs I want to breed but I can't
afford to stud 'em, is there anything cheaper?"
Vet- " Well there's artificial insemination - Blah Blah Blah " He goes
on to describe some pretty expensive procedures all of which are out
of the farmer's price range.
Farmer- " No none of that stuff will do, Its too expensive, anything
else?"
Vet- " Well, not many people know this but human DNA is close enough
to pig DNA to produce offspring. Here's what you do - take your pigs
out at night, load them in your pick-up, take them out to the fields
and have sex with them. No one will know what you're up to and you'll
get them pregnant."
Farmer- " How will I know they're pregnant?"
Vet- " If they're pregnant, they'll be lying in the shade the next
day."
So the farmer follows the advice and that night he struggles to put
the pigs in the truck, drives out, porks them, and drives back later
that night. The next day the pigs are just standing around. So the
next night he does it all over again only he porks each one twice and
drives back even more tired. Next day - nothing , they're just walking
around. So he goes out again, porks them three times each and comes
back in more worn out than ever. This goes on for the rest of the week
and by Saturday the farmer is too tired to get out of bed so he asks
his wife to get up and look outside at the pigs.
Farmer- " What are the pigs doing dear?"
Wife- " I don't know, one of them is jumping up and down in the back
of the truck and the other is blowing the horn."
Prepare three envelopes
A fellow had just been hired as the new CEO of a large high tech
corporation. The CEO who was stepping down met with him privately and
presented him with three numbered envelopes. "Open these if you run up
against a problem you don't think you can solve," he said.
corporation. The CEO who was stepping down met with him privately and
presented him with three numbered envelopes. "Open these if you run up
against a problem you don't think you can solve," he said.
The new CEO called a press conference and tactfully laid the blame at About a year later, the company was again experiencing a slight dip in After several consecutive profitable quarters, the company once again The message said, "Prepare three envelopes."
Well, things went along pretty smoothly, but six months later, sales
took a downturn and he was really catching a lot of heat. About at his
wits's end, he remembered the envelopes. He went to his drawer and took
out the first envelope. The message read, "Blame your predecessor."
the feet of the previous CEO. Satisfied with his comments, the press --
and Wall Street -- responded positively, sales began to pick up and the
problem was soon behind him.
sales, combined with serious product problems. Having learned from his
previous experience, the CEO quickly opened the second envelope. The
message read, "Reorganize." This he did, and the company quickly
rebounded.
fell on difficult times. The CEO went to his office, closed the door
and opened the third envelope.
In a biology class
In a biology class, the prof was discussing the high glucose levels found
in semen. A young female (freshman) raised her hand and asked "If I
understand, you're saying there is a lot of glucose, as in sugar, in male
semen?"
"That's correct", responded the prof, going on to add statistical info.
Raising her hand again, the girl asked, "Then why doesn't it taste sweet?"
After a stunned silence, the whole class burst out laughing, the poor
girl's face turned bright red, and as she realized exactly what she had
inadvertently said (or rather implied), she picked up her books
without a word and walked out of class...and never returned. However, as
she was going out the door, the Profs reply was classic... Totally
straight-faced he answered her question, he stated
"It doesn't taste sweet, because the taste-buds for sweetness are on the
tip of your tongue".
in semen. A young female (freshman) raised her hand and asked "If I
understand, you're saying there is a lot of glucose, as in sugar, in male
semen?"
"That's correct", responded the prof, going on to add statistical info.
Raising her hand again, the girl asked, "Then why doesn't it taste sweet?"
After a stunned silence, the whole class burst out laughing, the poor
girl's face turned bright red, and as she realized exactly what she had
inadvertently said (or rather implied), she picked up her books
without a word and walked out of class...and never returned. However, as
she was going out the door, the Profs reply was classic... Totally
straight-faced he answered her question, he stated
"It doesn't taste sweet, because the taste-buds for sweetness are on the
tip of your tongue".
Mirror, mirror
A young woman buys a mirror at an antique shop, and hangs it on her
bathroom door. One evening, while getting undressed, she playfully
says "Mirror, mirror, on my door, make my bust-line forty four".
Instantly, there is a brilliant flash of light, and her boobs grow to
enormous proportions. Excitedly, she runs to tell her husband what has
happened, and in minutes they both return.
This time the husband crosses his fingers and says: "Mirror mirror on
the door, make my "manhood" touch the floor!". Again, there's a bright
flash and both his legs fall off.
bathroom door. One evening, while getting undressed, she playfully
says "Mirror, mirror, on my door, make my bust-line forty four".
Instantly, there is a brilliant flash of light, and her boobs grow to
enormous proportions. Excitedly, she runs to tell her husband what has
happened, and in minutes they both return.
This time the husband crosses his fingers and says: "Mirror mirror on
the door, make my "manhood" touch the floor!". Again, there's a bright
flash and both his legs fall off.
[UPI,Portland, OR]
Doctors at Portland's University Hospital said Wednesday an Oregon man
shot through the skull by a hunting arrow is lucky
to be alive, and will be released soon from the
hospital. Tony Roberts, 25, lost his right eye
last weekend during an initiation into a men's
rafting club, Mountain Men Anonymous, in Grants
Pass,Ore. A friend tried to shoot a beer can off
his head, but the arrow entered Roberts' right
eye. Doctors said had the arrow gone 1 millimeter
to the left, a major blood vessel would have cut
and Roberts would have died instantly.
Neurosurgeon Dr. Johnny Delashaw at the University
Hospital in Portland said the arrow went through 8
to 10 inches of brain, with the tip protruding at
the rear of his skull, yet somehow managed to miss
all major blood vessels. Delashaw also said had
Robert tried to pull the arrow out on his own he
surely would have killed himself. Roberts admitted
afterwards he and his friends had been drinking
that afternoon. Said Roberts, "I feel so
dumb about this." (I would feel 'dumb' too if that
much of my brain had been skewered - KEB)
No charges have been filed but the Josephine County
district attorney's office said the initiation stunt
is under investigation.
shot through the skull by a hunting arrow is lucky
to be alive, and will be released soon from the
hospital. Tony Roberts, 25, lost his right eye
last weekend during an initiation into a men's
rafting club, Mountain Men Anonymous, in Grants
Pass,Ore. A friend tried to shoot a beer can off
his head, but the arrow entered Roberts' right
eye. Doctors said had the arrow gone 1 millimeter
to the left, a major blood vessel would have cut
and Roberts would have died instantly.
Neurosurgeon Dr. Johnny Delashaw at the University
Hospital in Portland said the arrow went through 8
to 10 inches of brain, with the tip protruding at
the rear of his skull, yet somehow managed to miss
all major blood vessels. Delashaw also said had
Robert tried to pull the arrow out on his own he
surely would have killed himself. Roberts admitted
afterwards he and his friends had been drinking
that afternoon. Said Roberts, "I feel so
dumb about this." (I would feel 'dumb' too if that
much of my brain had been skewered - KEB)
No charges have been filed but the Josephine County
district attorney's office said the initiation stunt
is under investigation.
TIME WARPED
I had gathered my first-grade class around me to teach them to tell time
using a conventional-style analog clock. We'll be learning about the
hour hand and the minute hand, I explained. One of my students
interrupted and said, "I don't need to learn on that kind of clock. My
dad bought me this digital watch, and right now it's 10 minutes to 38."
using a conventional-style analog clock. We'll be learning about the
hour hand and the minute hand, I explained. One of my students
interrupted and said, "I don't need to learn on that kind of clock. My
dad bought me this digital watch, and right now it's 10 minutes to 38."
Susan K. Toth in Reader's Digest
A Blonde
A Blonde was down on her luck. In order to raise some money, she
decided to kidnap a kid and hold him for ransom.
She went to the playground, grabbed a kid, took him behind a tree, and
told him, "I've kidnapped you."
She then wrote a note saying, "I've kidnapped your kid. Tomorrow
morning, put $10,000 in a paper bag and put it under the pecan tree
next to the slide on the north side of the playground. Signed, A
Blonde."
The Blonde then pinned the note to the kid's shirt and sent him home
to show it to his parents. The next morning the blonde checked, and
sure enough, a paper bag was sitting beneath the pecan tree. The
Blonde opened the bag and found the $10,000 with a note that said,
"How could you do this to a fellow Blonde?"
decided to kidnap a kid and hold him for ransom.
She went to the playground, grabbed a kid, took him behind a tree, and
told him, "I've kidnapped you."
She then wrote a note saying, "I've kidnapped your kid. Tomorrow
morning, put $10,000 in a paper bag and put it under the pecan tree
next to the slide on the north side of the playground. Signed, A
Blonde."
The Blonde then pinned the note to the kid's shirt and sent him home
to show it to his parents. The next morning the blonde checked, and
sure enough, a paper bag was sitting beneath the pecan tree. The
Blonde opened the bag and found the $10,000 with a note that said,
"How could you do this to a fellow Blonde?"
Letter from Daughter to Parents
Dear Mother and Dad:
It has now been three months since I left for college. I have been remiss
in writing this and I am very sorry for my thoughtlessness in not having
written before. I will bring you up to date now, but before you read on,
please sit down. YOU ARE NOT TO READ ANY FURTHER UNLESS YOU ARE SITTING DOWN. OKAY!
Well then, I am getting along pretty well now. The skull fracture and the
concussion I got when I jumped out of the window of my dormitory when it
caught fire shortly after my arrival are pretty well healed now. I only get
those sick headaches once a day.
Fortunately the fire in the dormitory and my jump were witnessed by an attendant
at the gas station near the dorm, and he was the one who called the fire
department and the ambulance. He also visited me at the hospital and since
I had nowhere to live, because of the burned out dormitory, he was kind enough
to invite me to share his apartment with him. It's really a basement room,
but it's kind of cute. He is a very fine boy and we have fallen deeply in
love and are planning to be married. We haven't set the exact date yet, but
it will be before my pregnancy begins to show.
Yes Mother and Dad, I am pregnant. I know how much you are looking forward
to being grrandparents and I know you will welcome the baby and give it the
love, devotion and tender care you gave me when I was a child. The reason
for the delay in our marriage is that my boyfriend has some minor infection
which prevents us from passing our pre-marital blood tests and I carelessly
caught it from him. This will soon clear up with the penicillin injections
I am taking daily.
I know you will welcome him into our family with open arms. He is kind and
although not well educated, he is ambitious. Although he is of a different
race and religion than ours, I know your oft expressed tolerance will not
permit you to be bothered by the fact that his skin color is somewhat darker
than ours. I am sure you will love him as I do. His family background is
good too, for I am told that his father is an important gun-bearer in the
village in Africa from which he came.
Now that I have brought you up to date, I want to tell you that there was
no dormitory fire, I did not have a concussion or a skull fracture. I was
not in the hospital, I am not pregnant, I am not engaged. I do not have
syphillis and there is no man (of any color) in my life. However, I am getting
a 'D' in History and an 'F' in Science and I wanted you to see those marks
in the proper perspective.
Yours-
Your Loving Daughter
The Wipe-Up
Find a friend who likes to show off or prove himself all the time, then
tell them you have a test of speed and reaction for them and that you
think you are faster. what you do is pour some water on a tile floor (a
puddle about 10" wide works well), grab a fork and a towel and tell them
you think you can wipe up the water before they poke you with the fork.
Also tell them that you are really quick and to make it fair they need to
sit on the floor near the puddle with their legs spread to the sides so
the puddle is between their knees. Here is where the fun stuff comes in,
tell them to go on three, then start counting (all the while you are
holding the towel) one - two - th....grab their feet and drag their ass
through it
tell them you have a test of speed and reaction for them and that you
think you are faster. what you do is pour some water on a tile floor (a
puddle about 10" wide works well), grab a fork and a towel and tell them
you think you can wipe up the water before they poke you with the fork.
Also tell them that you are really quick and to make it fair they need to
sit on the floor near the puddle with their legs spread to the sides so
the puddle is between their knees. Here is where the fun stuff comes in,
tell them to go on three, then start counting (all the while you are
holding the towel) one - two - th....grab their feet and drag their ass
through it
Sent by Keith
Monday, 3 December 2007
Free Indonesian Hadits Digital
A few days ago, a friend of mine sent me a link address where we can freely download Indonesian Hadits Digital. This software contains full hadits in bahasa and has CHM format (compiled HTML).
It has index facility based on topics that enables us to look for a certain hadits easily. It would be hopefully beneficial for Moslems. To download the software, please click here
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