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<description><![CDATA[Allen Jesson started A Gift of Poetry in 1998 and has been writing his unique gifts ever since. He is also an active entrepreneur. He has just completed The 77 Secrets

His original site, A Gift of Poetry has attracted millions of visitors over a number of years.

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<title>Make Easy Money With Article Marketing</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:31:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Make easy money with article marketing? Is it possible? We don't think so. We know so.]]></description>
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<title>Making Money On The Net - Is Article Marketing Dead?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:39:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Making money on the net. Is it that easy? With article marketing? Isn't article marketing dead?]]></description>
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<title>Should You Question Paradigms?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[At one time in history, some people thought the world was flat. They thought that you could sail off the edge of the world. As preposterous as that seems, KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW NOW, that was just their thinking at the time. It was their belief, it was their paradigm, it was their pattern, their template. Their thoughts. We may scoff pompously at our forebears for being so ignorant, but how many paradigms do we carry around with us today? Without necessarily questioning their worth. For example, if you are religious, then a major paradigm that you will have will revolve around the existence of God.]]></description>
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<title>Don't Kill Things</title>
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<description><![CDATA[It's a funny old world that we live in. We have to kill things in order to survive. Until someone invents a totally synthetic foodstuff, made from non organic material then yes, the fact of life is that we have to kill things in order to live. I also think that one day, it will become apparent that even vegetables feel pain, so even the strictest vegans have little to feel smug about. So, what can you do?]]></description>
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<title>Gamble For Fun, Not For Profit</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:27:42 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The odds of winning the jackpot in the UK lottery are around 14,000,000 to 1. In other words, if you purchased one ticket in each of the twice weekly draws, you would have to wait around 130,000 years or so before it was PROBABLE that you would win. The average book in any one horse race is normally 10% - 30% in favour of the bookmaker. In other words, when all the bets and payouts are added up, the bookmaker will make around 20% of ALL bets placed.]]></description>
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<title>Plan, Then Do, Then Check, Then Act - The Deming Quality Circle</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:20:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There was a chap called Deming who helped Japan rebuild after the Second World War. One of the things he specialized in was 'quality'. A mindset of continuous improvement. It's not a bad way of thinking. Not just in business but in life as well. Deming also invented the PDCA circle, a repetitive set of steps that you should use in any process in your life and they are particularly useful when you're approaching something new. Here's what you do: ]]></description>
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<title>Are You Listening? That's The Secret</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:16:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We are born with two ears and one mouth. It is advisable to use them in that order. It really is a great skill to listen and here's an interesting thought. Long before you could read, you learned to speak and you did this, in the main, by listening. However, as we grow older, some of us lose this ability to 'listen' and choose instead to fill any possibility of silence with meaningless drivel. The problem with this approach is that a lot of deeper understanding gets missed. Like peeling back the layers of onion, the sweetest part lies in the middle, beneath those layers. If we listen, then gently question, gently probe, we peel back. Then gems of discovery await. But that will never happen if we are only interested in our opinion, OUR voice.]]></description>
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<title>Is Bigotry Wisdom?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:11:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Wisdom. Some are born with it. All have to learn it. To be 'wise' is a hard thing to define. But you instinctively know wisdom when you see it. For example, it's a fairly natural part of human nature to be intolerant to others that are different from us. After all, that 'protectionism' is a tribal thing and your 'tribe' is bound to be better than the next person's. Someone who looks different might be a threat. So, best shut them out. We're better off on and following our own.]]></description>
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<title>Time Management Tips - Aim High and Set A Budget!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:46:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This is a very simple Time Management Tip: You Need To Aim High. As you probably know it's always a good idea to organize your tasks into what is important and urgent. So is setting targets and measuring your progress against those targets. These two tactics ensure that you spend your time wisely and focused on the goals you set out to achieve. The trick is to aim way high, even if you fall way short then you will still be high (in more ways than one). In other words, shoot for the stars, if you only reach the moon, well, you made it to the moon. Well done. Congratulate yourself.]]></description>
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<title>Time Management Tips - Tame Time</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:44:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You need to tame time. This is a great Time Management Tip: Set targets and measure progress often. Here's how it works: Please go and find that quiet corner. Have a good think about your life, where you are and where you want to be. Set down some numeric goals on paper i.e. I would like to be 10kg (22lbs) lighter in 10 weeks time and I would also like to have saved $500 at the end of that period. They can be weightier (excuse the pun!) goals over a longer period if you like, up to you.]]></description>
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<title>Stress Management Tips - The Two Circles Of Change</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:30:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Stress is literally a killer and can make life a misery. Use these stress management tips to get and stay on top of stress. These two circles that could change your life! Step 1. Firstly, find a quiet corner where you are not likely to be disturbed for about 30 minutes. Step 2. Next, draw two circles, one inside the other, the larger circle should be the width of an A4 piece of paper, the smaller circle should be about half the size of the larger circle. Good, so now you should have two circles on your page, one inside the other which is about half the size of the larger one.]]></description>
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<title>How to Succeed in All That You Do</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:10:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There's a great quote from Coach Carter, the inspirational movie about Ken Carter, who coached the Richmond boys to basketball and educational greatness. Actually, the quote in the movie was based on Marianne Williamson's original, but in truth, I prefer the movie version. The quote talks all about our deepest fear and the light that is within us all.]]></description>
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<title>How To Do Things To Make Things Happen</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:10:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I know someone who is actually quite lonely. She dreams of meeting someone to fill her empty life. Unfortunately the lady in question refuses to do anything about it. She wont join any new clubs, she wont join a dating agency, she just sits there, waiting for the right man to come along. To be honest, he probably wont. Unless he's the postman or falls out of the sky and lands on her head. Of course, I have tried to counsel, but there's an old saying about leading a horse to water. The problem with my friend is that she just wont drink from the cup of potential. She wont do things. To make things happen. You see, that's the secret. It's fairly simple really. But if YOU are unhappy with any aspect of your life, then DO something about it.]]></description>
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<title>No Reserve, No Retreat, No Regrets</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:10:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you know your history then you will know that there was a remarkable chap called Billy Borden, who graced the planet for too short years, around the start of the 20th century. Although from a very privileged background he chose to become a missionary and made an impact on most people he met. Unfortunately, spinal meningitis cut short his life at just 25 years of age. I guess Billy really demonstrates that you don't necessarily have to live a long time to make a dramatic impact on many.]]></description>
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<title>Set Realistic, Achievable and Audacious Goals</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Please draw two horizontal lines on a piece of paper. One above the other, about three inches (10 cm) apart. Now, on the top line, write down a goal that you'd like to achieve. In truth, your 'goal' could be about love, life, health, anything, but as an example, let's use a monetary goal. Let's make it $1,000,000.]]></description>
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<title>Stress Management Tips - Set Goals and Get Fitter</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:09:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you want to get on top of stress then setting goals and getting fitter will definitely help. Here's what you should do: Go and find a quiet spot where you won't be disturbed for 30 minutes, preferably away from any distractions. Take a pen and paper. Sit for ten minutes and try to clear your head of any thoughts. Now, draw a line on your piece of paper, at one end of the line imagine one dimension of your perfect life. To define your "perfect" life may be difficult, so start with something simple - i.e. what type of car would you like to drive in your perfect life?]]></description>
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<title>Stress Management Tip - Be True</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:09:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you really want to eradicate stress from your life then you need to be true to yourself and true to your family. Being true to yourself means doing a job that you enjoy, can handle within your capacity and one that satisfies your body, mind, heart and soul. Try this little test:]]></description>
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<title>Three Fantastic Time Management Tips</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:08:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Time Management is one of those things that is so important. In my day, this wasn't taught in schools so I struggled in the early part of my career, spending more time than I should and on tasks that I probably shouldn't have even worried about in the first place. If this sounds even vaguely like you then you should find some of the following tips very worthwhile. In fact, even if you are incredibly organized I think that you will find something of use in the following paragraphs:]]></description>
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<title>Keep You, The Gyroscope, Spinning Merrily Along</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:42:56 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Think of yourself as a gyroscope. Spinning merrily along. On a table. It's a very big drop should you fall off. You probably wont survive the fall. But all things being equal, you will spin along for your allotted three score and ten. However, along the way, there are various things that will set you 'wobbling'. Some things will knock you off the table completely. Then again there are things that you can do to 'smooth' out those wobbles. ]]></description>
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<title>How to Encourage Amazing Behaviour</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:37:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This advice is fairly simple. Do not accept controlling or unacceptable behaviour from anyone, especially your family. There's an old saying that goes something like: "You can choose your friends, you get your family". There's a lot of truth in that. Unfortunately, the subtext really means that family life is not all that it's cracked up to be.]]></description>
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<title>Say Thank You For Your Lot</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:34:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It's a simple thing to say thanks. In the abbreviated form that I've just used, it's just one word. It's less powerful than "thank you" but it is still "thanks". So, say it. Say it about fifty times a day.]]></description>
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<title>Forgive and Forget - It's The Only Way Forward</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:13:26 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Forgiveness. Boy, it's hard. Especially when you've been wronged. Especially when people have been nasty to you. When they've bad mouthed you.]]></description>
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<title>The Circle Of Concern, The Circle Of Influence - Two Circles To Change Your Life</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:11:06 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I am told that one of the 'anthems' that Alcoholics Anonymous use is the Serenity Prayer and it goes something like this: "God, give us the grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other." But you don't have to get to the weekly meeting stage to use this sage like advice. Stephen Covey, expanding on a couple of fine professor's work took this thought one step further and invented a thing called The Circle of Concern.]]></description>
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<title>Watch Less TV - Get More Time - Top 10 Tips</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:41:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I have seen many gurus advocate that you should not watch TV. I know where they are coming from, as it can be an enormous time sink (as can computer games, but that's another story). How much TV do you watch on a daily basis? In America, adults are exposed to screens - TVs, cellphones, even G.P.S. devices - for about 8.5 hours on any given day, according to a study released by the Council for Research Excellence. Me? I watch about 14 hours per week, on average 2 hours per day.]]></description>
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<title>The Magic Of Outsourcing</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:32:50 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[No matter whether you are the chairman of a company or the Queen of England, we all work for someone. In the Chairman's case it is his shareholders. The Queen works for her subjects. She has to turn up at those garden parties. (Tough job. Someone has to do it). If you are self employed, you work for your customers and very often, your financiers.]]></description>
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<title>Have Zero Debt For An Easier Life</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:24:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Confession time: I have had debts most of my life. Whether it be credit cards, mortgages, overdrafts or loans, at some stage, I have owed somebody, something. It's quite strange really. Debt is a human construction. You don't see it in the natural world. You don't see squirrels lending each other nuts to get through the winter. No, they have to get their own nuts. They can't borrow them. So, I do find it strange that us humans have invited 'borrowing' into our lives. ]]></description>
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<title>Can I Be Happy?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:17:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How do you become happy? How can you be happy? These are all very valid questions. You see happiness is hard to define. Three syllables. Happiness, It's just one word. But it can make all the difference to your life (and those around you). What is it? To be honest, I don't think it can be that closely defined. ]]></description>
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<title>The Secret To Being Happy - Be Happy!</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:01:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It seems strange to be writing this. But one of the secrets to happiness is to BE HAPPY. Yes, it's true. Again, it's that power of thought. It is a magical thing. Let me try and explain. We all have negative thoughts. We all have our bad days. I suffer from depression when I don't get enough sunlight (and when I don't exercise, eat poorly, drink too much etc. etc.). The trick is not to buy in to those negative thoughts. ]]></description>
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<title>Your Path To Happiness Is Down In The Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:38:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you plant a tree and watch it grow, then not only will you gain a deeper understanding of the fullness of time, you will also help the environment, reduce carbon in the atmosphere, make the world a prettier place, improve your physique (gardening is great exercise) and also create a mini ecosystem that will one day host billions of little creatures (that otherwise would not have lived). You may also reap an edible or otherwise useful harvest. All from planting just one tree. What if you planted 20 of them? 200 of them? Think of the difference you could make. What if you planted a yew tree? They can grow for a 1,000 years!]]></description>
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<title>Never Ever Give Up</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:31:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When you are chasing your dreams, or trying to achieve something very difficult, even attempting to do what no one else has done before, then of course, you will encounter obstacles. Things in the road. Sometimes they are bloody big boulders. Immovable objects that will not budge. Well, here's the trick: Go around them, over them, under them, through them. Find a way. Do not let a little pebble get in your way. Never, ever give up. You can do this. At the start you thought you COULD. What is different now?]]></description>
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<title>Affiliate Programs and Joint Ventures</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:14:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Affiliates. It's a simple concept really. You see, your money, your effort, can only get you so far. At some stage, if you want to grow, you need to leverage off other people's efforts, other people's assets. There's nothing corrupt about this. After all, you're giving them a good incentive to do so. Take an affiliate scheme for example. ]]></description>
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<title>Learn From Apartheid - Get Into The Buy To Let Market</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:00:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When South Africa hosted the World Cup in 2010 I'm sure that it came as a shock to some to see the shanty towns that most people live in. If you take Cape Town for example, there are around 1 million living in 'luxury', whereas around 4 million people live in shanty towns. Having said that, the situation is improving with the introduction of electricity and sewerage to most of those towns. The problem that the South African government faces is that Africa is a big country and as quick as they improve the situation for one, then there are another two who have arrived from another country. When Zimbabwe was suffering then this situation was even more acute. But why have shanty towns in the first place? Why aren't there 'proper' houses for all 5 million? Well, in one word, it was called 'Apartheid'. Roughly translated: Whites have, blacks don't (and I don't mean to be racist, but it was a 'coloured' policy).]]></description>
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<title>Do Good! Good Things Will Follow</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:42:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The third law of Newton's Laws of Motion state that for every positive force there is an equal negative force, or words to that effect. It makes sense, really. If that didn't happen then the whole Universe would get out of kilter pretty quickly. So it is with life. So it is with good and bad. If you think of yourself as a set of scales, when you do good for others, then you create an imbalance. ]]></description>
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<title>Tell A Friend - The Power of Viral Marketing Needs Some Encouragement</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:29:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is estimated that if you experience poor service, in a restaurant for example, then you will tell, on average, around 12 other people. It is also estimated that if you receive good or excellent service, you will tell on average only 3 people. Yes, the bad news is that bad news travels faster and further than good news. That's why you need an incentive in place to encourage 'positive word spreading' about your product, function or service. One of the easiest ways to do this is to have a "5 pounds off for your friend and 5 pounds for you" sort of offer, where you encourage your satisfied customers to tell their friends about you. What's in it for them? 5 pounds for every new customer they introduce. What's in it for their friends? 5 pounds off your normal prices. The introducer also scores some 'friendship points', assuming that their friend has a happy experience. By the way, the 5 pounds is obviously an arbitrary figure and will vary from business to business. It needs to be enough to entice action.]]></description>
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<title>Do Not 'Work' For A Living</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:28:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the safest ways to earn money is to swap your time for cash. Yes, you go and get a job and your employer will pay you for your time. It's a fairly simple trade. What you earn equates to so much per hour (even if you're on a salaried package). Get two jobs and earn twice as much. The problem, from your perspective, is that there only 168 hours in a week. You'll want to sleep for around 56 of those, so you've only got 112 left. That's the problem. If you work for someone else then you can only earn so much. There are only so many hours in a day. So, if you want to earn more, what do you do?]]></description>
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<title>Thinking About The Buy To Let Market? Here Are Some Top Tips</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:27:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you're thinking about entering the buy to let market, then here are a few tips: Speak to an accountant. He/she will advise the best places to buy, where the property cost to the rental return is at the best ratio. You also need a buoyant rental market. It's no good if your second house stands empty.]]></description>
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<title>18 Great Tips On How To Get A Good Nights Sleep</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 09:31:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You need your sleep. If you're not getting enough, here are my top 18 tips for you to get more.]]></description>
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<title>Become A Teacher and Make More Money</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 09:10:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is often taught in business school that, in gold rushes, it is often not the prospector who makes the most money, but the pick and shovel seller (or the dance hall girls, but that's another story). I'm not sure how true that is because some prospectors, such as Bill Gates (the 19th century prospector) went onto be enormously wealthy (and had a pretty good time of it along the way). However, the business schools obviously do have a great point because the vast majority of prospectors did end up broke and penniless (and pretty cold too). Those selling the picks, shovels and expertise were a lot warmer and a lot more certain of making money.]]></description>
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<title>You Need Your Sleep</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 09:08:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister for most of the Second World War, used to have a nap for around an hour every afternoon. He scheduled cabinet meetings around those sleeps and they were as much a part of him as his famous cigar. Can you imagine? As the bombs were dropping around him, there he was having his afternoon nap. Quite laughable really. Or is it? Winston was no fool. He knew that the body needs sleep. He also knew the value of a daytime nap as a chance to recharge the batteries. ]]></description>
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<title>Make Money From Blogging Today!</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08:35:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You have probably heard of the term 'blogging', it's short for web-logging, or completing an online 'diary' with the massively subtle difference that everyone gets to read what you diarize. It's been around for a few years now and most 'blogs' fail. It is estimated that around 96% cease to function within a month or so, as the blogger slowly realizes that no one is really interested in what they had for breakfast.]]></description>
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<title>The Scarcity Or Time Pressure Tactic</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 15:08:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Whether you're a consumer or in the business of selling things, there are two tactics that you should be aware of. Namely scarcity and or time pressure. Let me explain. You will have seen a sale that says something like: Hurry! Only 3 left! This is a scarcity tactic. The seller is making you hurry to purchase (because there are only 3 left and if 3 other people choose to buy ahead of you then they will be gone). It doesn't really matter that he may have a truck load outside, he is trying to create a sense of urgency, to tip you over the edge, towards the buying decision. If he adds some time pressure too (must be sold today, offer closes in 1 hour etc.) then the 'ditherers' become buyers. It's as simple as that.]]></description>
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<title>Become A Leader - Get A Mentor</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 15:06:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You cannot know it all. Even the wisest, most intelligent person on Earth does not know it all. Even Stephen Fry. There is an old saying about two minds being better than one. Many scientific studies have proven that the sum of the parts is greater than the individual efforts combined. TEAM stands for "Together Everybody Achieves More". Hopefully you are now convinced that you shouldn't try and take on the world single handedly. There is an easier way. Find a mentor. Someone you respect. Someone who can take you places. Someone who knows more than you. Someone who has achieved in the arena that you want to fight in. Find your mentor. Then ask them to mentor you. They may do it for free. They may charge. But that's okay too. It will be the best money that you've ever spent.]]></description>
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<title>It's All A Question of Balance</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:59:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Life is really just like a race at an athletics track. You arrive and before you know it, the starter's gun has been fired and you're off and running. Well, just lying there initially, then crawling, then walking and then you start to run. But you find that there are other runners involved in your 'race around the track'. Yes, it's a relay race and you actually have four runners.]]></description>
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<title>Be Inspired! Define Your Purpose</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:32:26 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is said, on average, that people die within 5 years of their retirement REGARDLESS of their retirement age. With any statistic, there is always an exception that proves the rule but I do understand the logic behind this startling statistic. It's all to do with purpose. I think, in the past, that many have found their 'purpose' in their job. It's what they do (or did). Their job is who they are. When that's taken away from them, they lose more than just their job, they lose their identity, they lose their purpose. Their reason for being.]]></description>
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<title>Be Inspired! Follow Your Dreams</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:31:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are certain schools of thought in the particle physics arena that say something like this: "There is no free will, we are just playing out a tape that is already pre-written and programmed. The Universe will unfold, exactly as it was intended. Even if you think you CHOSE to turn left and not right. You didn't. You were always, according to the 'tape', going to turn left."]]></description>
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<title>Time Management: Do Something More Useful With Your Time</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:29:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Did you know that there is a thing called 'post materialism blues'? I think people get it when they realize they've spent an inordinate amount of time, effort and money to 'get' material things, only to realize that once they've got them, any happiness those 'things' brought, quickly evaporates. I have certainly known the feeling. I was once lucky enough to pick up a brand new Mercedes from the dealer. Yes, it was mine (and the finance company's). I had worked hard for it and I felt I deserved it. At the time, I was also trying to demonstrate externally a level of success that wasn't really there. Still, it did feel good driving it away from the showroom. In fact, it felt very good. Very good indeed.]]></description>
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<title>Time Management - Make Time For Yourself</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:18:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I think everyone goes through a stage in their lives where it seems like they end up 'living for others'. It could be for your children, your parents, your family, your boss or some other 'fat controller'. That's all well and good. Being selfless is a wonderful thing. However, I think to become truly 'selfless', you first have to become SELFISH. Yes, that's right. You have to look after number one. Just like the safety procedure on the planes, they instruct the mothers to put on their mask first, before their babies. The reason for this is fairly obvious. If you can't look after yourself, how on Earth can you look after someone else?]]></description>
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<title>Have A Good Breakfast To Get The Best Out Of Your Day</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:16:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is an old saying that you should eat like a King for breakfast, a Queen for lunch and a knave for tea. But what did YOU have for breakfast this morning? According to some recent Finnish research there's an increasing chance that the answer would be "nothing". It's not a good idea as skipping breakfast is linked to poor health.]]></description>
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<title>Looking For Personal Growth? Then Start A Conversation!</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:15:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I'm one of those annoying blokes on the plane. If you look half interesting and I'm not too tired, I will strike up a conversation with you. It's fairly easy to do and if you're a good talker, I'm a good listener. I've had some truly wonderful conversations and I can remember discussing God, the Universe, love, family, work, gardening, in fact, you name it, I've discussed it with (what were) total strangers. You will find that whoever you sit next to, will have a lot more in common with them than you can possibly imagine.]]></description>
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<title>Read, Then Read And Then Read Some More!</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 13:20:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is great pleasure and knowledge to be found in reading. There is also relaxation and it is the best way I know to fall asleep at the end of the day. I started my 'unassisted and not regulated' reading career with Enid Blyton (Famous Five, Secret Seven and all that). I can still name the characters (the dog was called Timmy). I remember Enid's words really fuelling my imagination, so much so that I was on the bike rides with them and solving all the mysteries, helping them to keep middle England safe.]]></description>
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<title>Joint Ventures - The Way To Rapid Growth</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 13:17:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In Internet Marketing terms, a 'joint venture' is often a simple arrangement between two parties in similar fields to 'swap' an advertisement. The simplest form online is a 'link exchange' but you often see this strategy at online (and offline) checkouts, where once you are about to or have completed the purchase, you are then presented with another offer, from what appears to be a totally unrelated company. In fact, it is probably an arrangement of some sort and if you were checking out at the other company, you might well find a reciprocal ad. You will also see this tactic in newsletters as it is quite a common practice (you show mine, I'll show yours).]]></description>
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<title>5 Great Tips To Save You Time and Money When Shopping</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 13:06:57 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you want to save time and money when you shop, then these 5 tips are for you. Simple tips such as: Do not throw food way. Get creative. Bones make great stock. Leftover vegetables make a great addition to any soup. You can also freeze any leftover portions.]]></description>
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<title>Be Inspired! Become The Artist Within</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 02:39:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I think every child is born a natural artist. I am sure that as a kid you loved to paint. I bet you used to like writing stories or at least creating imaginary worlds that you'd often escape into. Yes? You're not alone. There is great happiness to be found in art and creativity.]]></description>
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<title>Be Inspired! Do A Job That You Love</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 02:38:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It was Oscar Wilde who said: "The trick in life is to make your vacation your vocation". I know what he means. He was right. You see, work is such a big part of our lives, especially if you have to commute. What with downsizing, globalisation and shareholder pressure to make ever increasing profits, then the poor old employee is being squeezed even further. On a side note, a lot of corporations are also 'dumbing down' by introducing structures that are cost efficient, but in my experience, demoralising. Call centres are an obvious example, where the poor old employee is little more than a battery hen (apologies to every call centre worker out there).]]></description>
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<title>Build A List - It's No Secret</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 01:34:42 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter what business you are in, you need to build a list. Why? Well, it's fairly simple. It's an asset that you own. It is something that no matter what happens, you will always have. As in the Continuity Secret, if you have someone's contact details you get to speak to them again and again. You get to build a relationship with them. Take The 77 Secrets as an example. If I just published them on the Internet, then you would read them online, leave, and that would be that. There would be no further opportunity for discussion or that all important relationship building. In life, we would go our separate ways. But if you are on my list, then we can communicate. That doesn't mean that I am going to bombard you with adverts or false offers. But when I write my next book, hopefully you'd be interested in hearing about it. If I didn't have your contact details, then that would be impossible.]]></description>
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<title>Being Second To Market Will Often Win Hands Down</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:35:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is something about the human instinct that insists that coming first is always best. For example, who ever remembers who comes third in the World Cup? But in business, it is very often the opposite which is true. I don't really want to get into a debate about who invented television but it appears to me that "Zworykin had a patent, but Farnsworth had a picture...". In the end it was Zworykin and RCA paying Farnsworth the royalties, not the other way around. John Logie Baird also played a role, as did a Mexican and a few others. I don't want to labour the point but do you think any of those people mentioned made anywhere near the EUR 268,900,000,000 that the global TV market is worth today? Look, I know 80 years is stretching a point but I think you can see my point. You don't have to be the inventor to make money. You don't even have to be 'first to the market'.]]></description>
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<title>Don't Do Drugs - Just Say No!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:14:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I think that most Western governments, will inevitably, one day, 'legalize' drugs. Really. I don't think that they will have any choice. If you look at today, so called illegal drugs, have been used by over 50% of the population. Our prisons, police forces and legal systems are overwhelmed by this 'battle' with drugs. They are losing a war that cannot be won. In fact, the manufacture and distribution of illegal drugs is now one of the biggest businesses in the world and guess what? Because it is illegal, it is by default, a criminal and tax free activity. It is estimated that around 70% of all criminal activity is drug related.]]></description>
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<title>Low GI Foods - The Glycemic Index Is Your Friend</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:12:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A few years back, I had never heard the term 'The Glycemic Index' but increasingly we are all starting to hear terms like 'low GI', especially when it comes to food advertising. Well, what's it all about? The Glycemic Index was actually developed by a team of doctors at the Toronto University around 1980. They developed the GI to help people with diabetes to let them know which foods released sugars into their bloodstream at which rate.]]></description>
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<title>Continuity - The Secret To Getting Repeat Customers</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:10:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the ways that you can make more money is by creating a 'continuity' product. Let me explain: let's say you go into a grocery shop and buy some onions. You pay the bill and walk out. End of transaction. But let's say you go into that same shop and the owner offers you his 'weekly organic vegetable box', delivered to your door. The price is right and the produce in the shop does look lovely. You decide to give it a try. It works just as you'd hoped so you continue to have your box delivered every week.]]></description>
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<title>The Power of Thought - Thoughts Create Things</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:06:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you THINK that you're going to go shopping tomorrow then all things being equal, you will probably go shopping tomorrow. On that trip, you will buy things. Things that would not be in your possession unless you had that initial thought. You see, thoughts precede action, that action creates 'things'. In other words, thoughts create things (cutting out the middle man).]]></description>
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<title>Feed A Starving Crowd</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:05:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This sounds too simple to talk about it but trust me, the point is worth expanding upon. Take it from an 'ideas' man. I have so many ideas, I literally think of a new business model every day. Would some of them work? Undoubtedly. Would most of them fail? Undoubtedly. Which ones would work? Ah, there you have me. You see, they say that any successful business is about 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration. I think they're right. The easy part is to come up with the idea, the hard part is making it happen. But having said that, if you've got a good idea and you've thought it through, why not make it happen? There is NOTHING stopping you. BUT, just one word of caution. Well, maybe two.]]></description>
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<title>The Detox - How To Lose 7 Lbs in 7 Days</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:02:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ah! The dreaded yet delightful detox. It's a great thing and a sure fire way to lose some pounds rapidly. In fact, at the time of writing I have just lost 7lbs in 7 days on the detox I have been on this week. In fact, it will become the subject of a book that I am going to publish shortly. To 'detox' has become quite fashionable over recent years.]]></description>
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<title>What's The Point of Porridge For Breakfast?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:01:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This advice is fairly simple. Eat more porridge. It's not a new secret either as humankind has been cultivating and eating oats since the Bronze Age. Why eat porridge? It's fairly simple really.]]></description>
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<title>Why Is It Important To Drink Water?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:59:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Let's do a little experiment. Please take a healthy pot plant (preferably not a cactus). Put it on your kitchen windowsill. Now, don't water it. Over the next few days, even weeks, see what starts to happen to that pot plant. Inevitably, it will wilt (please water it back to life and never be so cruel again). It wilts because it is a living thing and is made up of water, about 80% to 90% or so. Without water, it will die. So will you. In about 3 days to be precise.]]></description>
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<title>Should You Worry About Additives in Food?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:18:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It really scares me what they put in stuff these days, especially manufactured food. I have tried to remove all chemical additives from my food as I cook around 95% of what I eat from fresh but I occasionally pick up a packet of something in a supermarket and have a look at just what is inside. Go on, grab something preprepared from your cupboard. Look at the label. Look for the E numbers. Like I said. Scary! The labelling is also often deliberately misleading and you will see things like: "Free from artificial flavouring and colouring" which is babble speak for "NOT free from preservatives".]]></description>
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<title>Should You Worry About The Effects of Caffeine?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:16:42 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Boy! I love my coffee in the morning. For the record, I use a stove top espresso maker and I normally have a full pot (which is the equivalent of 6 espressos). It's how I start the day and again, for the record, it is my addiction of choice and would be the thing I grabbed off my sinking ship, on the way to my desert island.]]></description>
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<title>5 Top Tips To Save Money When Shopping</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:07:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is an old saying "look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves". As always, there is a lot of truth in this ancient wisdom. I also don't like working that much, so the less I spend, the less I have to earn. It's also great fun getting a bargain. So, here are my top 5 tips to save more than a few pennies.]]></description>
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<title>Counting Calories - In and Out</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:57:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This is a fairly simple concept but it is worth explaining. Imagine your body is a car. You put in fuel, oil and water and off it goes. Occasionally you have to have it serviced, top up the battery or change a tyre, but generally speaking, as long as you keep adding fuel, oil and water, it will keep on going. It's a straight forward equation too, so many gallons of fuel will get you so far, not so far if you drive aggressively or overly fast. But for the purposes of this exercise, let's say, on average, you get around 600 miles out of your tank of fuel. You put the fuel in, and 600 miles later, you need to refill the tank. Simple.]]></description>
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<title>Engineering Your Future - Challenge It!</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:55:56 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In my life I have run two marathons. At the time of writing I am about to commence my 6 month training to run my third. It's no big deal. I'm 52. There are plenty of people that run marathons. Every London marathon has around 40,000 runners. So, I won't bore you any further with my heroic and epic tale of how I ran two marathons, as I can hear you yawning already. But I would like to share the benefits I experienced by undertaking such a challenge.]]></description>
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<title>If You Are Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands!</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:53:25 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Personally, I think we have become obsessed with weight and body image. It's hard not to. As Madonna told us, we live in a material world and we are bombarded by good looking (and usually slim) people selling everything from a to z. Actually, what they are selling is sex and the basic human need of being wanted but that's another story. Unfortunately the effect of this daily bombardment is a formula which gets imprinted on most people's minds.]]></description>
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<title>Further Than Yesterday</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:49:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When I started my marathon training I couldn't run a mile. The simple principle I came up with was to go 'Further Than Yesterday'. I did this for 6 months culminating in my completing the London Marathon in 2007. But this 'Further Than Yesterday' can be applied to many aspects of everyday life and I would like to discuss just a few of them here. Let's say you're in business or you work in a job. 'Further Than Yesterday' could apply to your sales or revenue targets, your position within the company, your happiness in the job, the good you do for other employees and so on. It's quite a big list when you set your mind to it.]]></description>
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<title>Forget The Cabbage Soup Diet!</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:42:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You can forget the cabbage soup diet! The simple fact of the matter is that good wholesome homemade soup will cause you to lose weight, quite naturally. You see, it is the stuff of legend (and legions) that the Roman army marched on Minestrone soup. They knew what they were doing. When home made, and not out of a can, soup is not only good food, it will sustain you and also help you to lose weight.]]></description>
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<title>My Top 10 Gardening Tips</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:23:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I was asked by one of my readers the other day for my top 10 gardening tips. They include using raised beds, a polytunnel, good organic soil, not using pesticides. In fact, it's quite a list. Please read on.]]></description>
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<title>Grow Your Own Vegetables - It's Better For Everyone!</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:17:50 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There's an old saying, I think it stemmed from a Chinese proverb. It goes something like this: If you want to be happy for 1 week, buy a new car. If you want to be happy for 1 month, marry. If you want to be happy for life, garden.]]></description>
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<title>Are You Drinking Too Much?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:09:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Imagine if alcohol did not exist in our society today. Further imagine if someone came along and tried to introduce it and get it approved into the 'system'. Do you think doctors would approve? Governing bodies? Would we, as a society, say: "This is great, we must have some". I am a betting man and I would say we would NOT.]]></description>
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<title>Reducing Sugars - How To Lower Your Blood Sugars</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:01:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As a society, we have become addicted to sugar. I think that's why we have food manufacturers adding sugar to just about every food imaginable and it's why certain burger chains put sugar in their bread rolls (6g per roll). But of course, they will deny any addictive societal tendencies as their motivation. What they cannot deny is that excessive consumption of sugar, or sucrose, has been associated with increased incidences of type 2 diabetes, obesity and tooth decay.]]></description>
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<title>Make Money From Home - Work For Yourself!</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:45:04 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Unless you are already wealthy, or inherit, win the lottery, or have a nice passive income coming in from an existing property or investment, you are unlikely to become rich. You are also more unlikely to become rich, working for someone else. The obvious exceptions to that rule are certain employees (such as those at the Google start up) being in the right place at the right time, senior managers and certain individuals who work for the banks and financial markets. Some of their options and bonuses would do most people a lifetime. But, if we talk in percentage terms, then there is a definite likelihood, that if you work for someone else, you will not become rich, wealthy or anywhere near it. You may if you're lucky, after 30 years or so, pay off your house, even buy a second one, but in the scheme of things, you will be no big player.]]></description>
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<title>Should You Learn How To Cook?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:15:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Little do they realize that you can often cook from scratch quicker than having to wait for the microwave to defrost some barely recognizable foodstuff. It's quite sad really because I know they are missing out on so much. Home cooked food tastes just so lovely.]]></description>
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<title>Thinking You Can</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you think you can, you can. If you think you can't, you're right! Or to put it another way, if you are reading this and thinking that you CAN'T be healthy, wealthy, happy and wise, all at the same time, then you are right. You can't. But if you THINK you can, you can.]]></description>
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<title>Top 10 Tips To Quit Smoking</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:44:17 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you are thinking of quitting smoking I want you to know that it is possible. I haven't smoked for 5 years now and there is no way I'm going back. Please offer me a million dollars to have one cigarette (I will not accept).If you want to quit smoking, as a committed ex smoker, here are my top 10 tips:]]></description>
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<title>You MUST Stop Smoking</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:40:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Smoking is not good for you. In fact, if governments spent 100% of the revenue received from the excise duties raised from the sale of tobacco products, on the re-education of smokers, instead of the 0.5% (yes, 1/200th) currently spent, then there would be no need for me to be spouting this message. People would be educated, even brainwashed, about the evils of smoking. However, the truth of the matter is that various governments around the world have been 'bought' by the tobacco lobby and not only have they become 'addicted' to the lobbyist donations (or bribes), they have also become 'addicted' to the revenues that tobacco produces for the general coffers. So, the answer lies with you my friend and it is fairly simple...]]></description>
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<title>Exercise To Lose Weight - Further Than Yesterday</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:33:06 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[True Story: In the autumn of 2006 I had become the fattest I had ever been. I didn't like it and I decided to do something about it. I decided to run a marathon. At the time I was 48 years of age and could not even run a mile, so to imagine running over 26 of them, seemed like Mission Impossible. But I came up with a simple idea and I called it: "Further Than Yesterday".]]></description>
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<title>Mutual of Omaha - Some Things You Should Be Aware Of!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:38:15 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Different financial institutions bear different degrees of risk when conducting their operations. But most of these companies rely on having their investments produce some substantial returns. If their investment turns out to be faulty, substantial losses may accrue. ]]></description>
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<title>Extra Care With Medicare Advantage Plans</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:37:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Medicare Advantage Plans offer a great deal of benefits and services which the regular Parts A and B of the original program set by the government do not provide. Among these are extra privileges and the value added services such as vision and hearing products and services. ]]></description>
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<title>Mutual of Omaha - Your Ultimate Guide!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:35:19 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A company known for its strong financial strength and that has an excellent customer service, is Mutual of Omaha. This company has it's headquarter based in Omaha, in the state of Nebraska. The company offers different kinds of insurance and financial services including life insurance, annuities and medicare supplement insurance.]]></description>
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<title>Mutual of Omaha - What It's All About</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:34:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Insurance companies are companies that creates insurance policy which are then offered to the public. This policy represents the assurance of the company that they will take care of the financial expenses of a certain individual if some expected event happens. The Mutual of Omaha is an insurance and financial service company that offers these same insurance just mentioned. ]]></description>
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<title>Mutual of Omaha - Some Things You Should Know!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:33:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Mutual of Omaha is an insurance and financial service company that is located in Omaha, in the state of Nebraska. This company has a broad range of products from the different kinds of insurance policy to financial products up to some television shows. But they are known more for their insurance products. The types of insurance they offer are varied. They have life insurance, employee insurance, retirement and medicare supplement.]]></description>
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<title>Mutual of Omaha - The Things You Should Know!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:33:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Insurance companies have been having some bad times and this is being experienced even by the biggest companies in the U.S. but there are still some resilient companies to the effects of recession. One company in particular is the Mutual of Omaha. This company offers insurance and financial services, with its main headquarter based in Omaha, Nebraska.]]></description>
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<title>Doc's in the House With Medicare Advantage Plans</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:31:06 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Medicare Advantage Plans are the third part of the original Medicare program set by the United States government to be able to aide in the medical and hospitalization needs of an individual particularly if they are about or over 65 years of age. An individual would need to have both the Parts A and B of the original Medicare plan for them to be able to become eligible to have the Medicare Advantage Plans.]]></description>
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<title>Medicare Advantage Plans - The Third Part of the Program</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:30:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In 1965, the United States government has created a social insurance program called Medicare. This program targets the healthcare benefits of their citizens and taxpayers on their retirement. To be able to qualify, one must be over 65 years of age, be US citizens or have at least held permanent and legal residency in the country for 5 years and either they or their spouses has been able to pay their medicare taxes or contributions for at least the past ten years. ]]></description>
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<title>Savings With Medicare Part D Plans</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:40:35 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are various medicare benefits or plans of which an individual may opt to have. For each coverage, there are various plans which one can opt to add to their benefits to be able to enhance the services they receive.]]></description>
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<title>Extra Services From Medicare Part D Plans</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:47:27 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are numerous advantages to the Medicare Part D Plans; one would have the benefit of having their medications covered by their policies to help them save from their out of pocket expenses as well as to be able to lessen their copays and co-insurance expenses. These plans are offered by various private companies who offer the Part C plans which allows individuals to get their Parts A and B benefits plus more through these privateers.]]></description>
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<title>Learning With Medicare Part D Plans</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:44:53 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Medicare Part D Plans are meant to be able to aid individuals of their concerns regarding prescription medication. These are meant to be able to reduce one's out of pocket expenses as they strive to improve their health.]]></description>
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<title>Medicare Part B</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:17:02 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Medicare is a health program established by the government to give any type of health assistance to its beneficiaries. The advantage of having this kind of insurance is that it covers a wide spectrum of expenses. This program works like some kind of insurance too. Owning a medicare gives you the security that you will receive proper medical services once you need it...]]></description>
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<title>There is More to the Medicare Advantage Plans</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:16:53 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Part C of the United States government's Medicare plan is also known as the Medicare Advantage Plans which is the opportunity or choice for individuals to be able to receive their Part A and Part B benefits while having a little extra from private companies. With this program, individuals are given the flexibility and the option to choose the best plan for them based on their needs and preferences. They also have all the control to be able to find the best provider they would wish to entrust their health and medical care benefits from.]]></description>
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<title>Health Insurance to the Rescue</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:26:39 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you have been worried about getting good health insurance, you need to stop worrying. That's right, there is help out there that you can take advantage of today and for a long time. You don't have to succumb to clever marketing pitches and other things if you simply move forward in good faith to the overall better good that is out there.]]></description>
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<title>Is Medicare Government For Free?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:44:49 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many of us are worried about our financial resources when it comes to paying our medical expenses when we get older or if we happen to have physical disability. You are well aware if the ever increasing costs in medical care and while we are undergoing a financial crisis, medical care is a necessary element for survival- it is simply indispensable. The government is well aware of this fact.]]></description>
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<title>Differences Between Part A and Part B Medicare - Government Explained</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:40:06 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Age and disability are two of the several factors that hinder an individual from exercising his or her full potential. Not only that, there conditions also pose a big impediment in finding jobs that could serve as the financial resources for an individual.]]></description>
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<title>Is Medicare For Free Or a Fee-Based Service?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:39:20 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Spending on healthcare can mean cutting a huge chunk of your budget as it can be seriously expensive. A lot of people are currently finding it difficult to make ends meet, especially in the face of the world's financial crisis.]]></description>
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<title>Catastrophic Health Insurance Quotes</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:59:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you're looking for a good quote on catastrophic health insurance, you need to really consider it. You need to make sure you're not uninsured for too long and make sure that if something happens to you or someone you love, that you're safe in regards to the greater good. You need to make sure that you're not simply putting yourself in harms way by letting your insurance lapse or not getting your family covered for the danger that is lurking out there.]]></description>
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