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Travel Smugly 7 Be Remarkable 8

Be Great

Talk To Strangers

Be An Idea Hitman

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Sleep Well

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Be Irresistable

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Be Effective

11 Write The Perfect Blog Post

Quit Your Job

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Sell Well Be Lucky 18 Have The Journey Of Your Life 17

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Fail

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Smile In A Crisis

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Lead A Full Life

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Keep Small Puppies Alive

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Blog Successfully 24

Beat Skool 25

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The Art Of Facing Your Fears And Fulling Your Destiny

People need to think they have done something with their lives and have a story worth telling. Be Modest And Be Boring, If You ARE Great...BE Great

BE GREAT

3. Stuff The Complex

Why is it that we are all born with limitless potential, yet few people fulll those possibilities? One of the reasons Maslow put forward is what he called the Jonah Complex. ot the fear of ones own greatness Avoiding our true destiny or calling. Maslow observed that we fear our best as much as our worst. Some people avoid seeking to be great because they fear being seen as grandiose, as wanting too much. Yet this can just become an excuse not to try. It is here that our greatness must come to the front. There are still battles to ght in our daily lives and still opportunities not to shy from our own greatness. As Maslow argues, possibly the best way to x our current society We, as a society have a different battleground; one of 9 to 5 jobs, Television entertainment and broken communities. greatness can sometimes be forced to the surface through circumstance.

1. Question Yourself
Have you DONE something with your life? Do you have a STORY worth telling? Are you GOING to do something with your life? Will you HAVE a story worth telling? Each one of us was born with greatness instilled into us, you were born with instilled greatness, and each one of us have the opportunity to LIVE great lives, DO great things and BE great people, you have this opportunity too. You have the opportunity to LIVE a great life, DO great things, and BE a great individual. So why do we all not live up to our potential greatness?

Become Fully Human

Instead we adopt mock humility and set

low aims for ourselves. The possibility of is perhaps not to focus on others rst, while becoming remarkable shoots a thunderbolt of limiting our own potential, but instead to focus fear into unremarkable people. on ourselves and make sure we are living up to all that we are capably of and then, once there, we can be a powerful force to help others.

2. Ignore Jonah
Many, no doubt are familiar with the psychologist Abraham Maslow and his famous Hierarchy of Needs, which in summary, relates to how people can achieve their full humanness. Maslows main life work focused on the idea that if we as a society focused on creating more individuals that had reached the benchmark of being completely human then society would move on in leaps and bounds that we could not imagine or fathom. Maslow, in his research, explored the reasons why so many individuals, as far as he could tell, failed to reach this benchmark of full humanness and a big part of his life was devoted to exploring the self coined Jonah Complex

4. Stop Aiming Low

If you are settling for mediocre in this life because society deems it appropriate then you are not being true to yourself and because of thus will also ensure you will never be able to fully relate to others or fully integrate into society. The best and simplest way to fully integrate into society, to help others, be a great husband or wife, raise great kids, run great businesses, do great things, have great experiences and live a great life is to become who you truly are - in other words - TO BE GREAT.

6. Let Others Be Great

You have a choice - To Be Great Or Not

this you will never be truly happy and, ironical, To Be Great. Whatever your choice, do not stie or undermine those that are trying to be great. It is these people that we need in our society that will bring about the most positive change. Do not shy from your own greatness. You are unique, your combination of skills, life experience and abilities are unique to you and only you. You have the opportunity to be great, you need only not shy from it.

5. Start A Fight
We no longer, save for a few, have real life and death battles to ght where ones true

If not you, then who else?

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Everyone loves to be smug from time to time. Heres how to do it while traveling 1. Get on and off public transport last.
Whatever your do, even if you have to kick a old granny to ensure it, make sure you are the last one onto any and all modes of transport. Do this and you will soon be introduced to a world of privilege and smugness that few rst class travelers can gloat about. Apart from the obviously advantage of not having to wait in long lines for incredible amounts of time before actually boarding your chosen mode of transport, it most likely person to get that extra leg room window. Getting off is the same, you have with everyone else in a mad, heated grab for nding your luggage and getting away. Sit calmly and wait until you are the last to leave and then simple pick up the last bag in the overheads and casually alight without being elbowed in every possible part of your body. Its like rst class travel without the price tag. Possibly one for just the boys. Swimwear board shorts are incredibly light, are incredibly good at not getting dirty and are easy to clean supported properly and means you are never unprepared for a quick dip all without the need Bond of bottom wear in hot countries. angry crocodiles in murky water with just a pair of speedos and no goggles.

TRAVEL SMUGLY

4. Forget The Underwear

Never Miss A Toilet Break

also very sneakily ensures that you are the anyway, keeps everything tucked in and

7. Always Move Outside

This goes for everywhere in the world, whether in an airport or having just been dropped off in a coach at a cafe on the side of a road. Do not pick up a taxi from the airport departure lounge and do not eat at the cafe the bus drops you off at. In the airport, head for the departures section of the airport and jump into any taxi that has just dropped someone off. They will be appreciative of the fare back to the city and you will not be raped by the airport markup on the taxis in the arrivals lounge. When the coaches drop you off you need to be aware that they are being paid commission to drop you at that expensive cafe. Get a much better deal by walking away for 5 - 10 minutes and nd somewhere off the beaten path. It will be cheaper, better quality and free from your fellow travelers.

already travelled for many hours, why jump up for underwear. Swim shorts are the James

5. Travel Light
You really need very little when traveling, especially in cheap countries. Two pairs of swim shorts, a couple of pairs of tshirts, a cap and a set of ipops is really all you need. Cheap laundry places are in abundance, guesthouses have towels and wash gear, extra clothes should you need them can be bought for pennies and then discarded. There is next to nothing that you can not bring and then not buy very cheaply when on the move.

2. Hold Your Water

Before Getting Onto Buses, Boats or anything that moves, elephants included.

Especially in third world countries where toilets breaks tend to be non existent and poor roads cause hours of jiggling that your bladder is just not designed to withhold. Do yourself a favour and make sure that old bladder is as empty as the void of space and then look round with smugness as you see the discomfort of others trying to look natural while

6. Ignore guidebooks yes, even the lonely planet

Stop following these out of date guides

8. Always ask for the Chef Special

The very best way to ensure you taste the very best meals while traveling is to ask the waiter what the chefs best dish is. If he doesnt know than politely ask him to go and check. It is the greatest compliment the chef can receive to hear that a customer would like to know his recommendation and order that. Not only are you going to get some incredibly varied food but you will also have a chef who is determined to create a taste sensation just for you because you took the time to appreciate his gifting and talent.

having desperately needed the toilet for the like sheep, all travelers being herded to the last 3 hours. same guest houses, the same attractions, the same bars and pups. Burn the loney planet

3. Never Miss an opportunity for a toilet break

Missing a toilet break on a 14 hour coach ride across Cambodia is as good to your health and well being as wrestling a pack of

and go and ask a local to lay it out for you on where the best places are, what there is to do and the best attractions. If you want to spend your entire trip with other travellers, eating substandard mass produced food and walking the very well trodden path then read the Lonely Planet, but if you want something different and actually want to experience something get your box of matches.

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The Art Of Deliberately Making Your Life Truely Remarkable

Most days of the year are unremarkable. They begin and then end, with no lasting memories or anything of signicance in between. Most days have no impact on the course of a persons life.
We h a v e s h o r t c i t y breaks that allow us to cram an entire city experience into less than 48 hours so that we dont miss work. And we all have any number of excuses on why we didnt do such and such, missed out on that experience, wasnt able to take part in that event, didnt speak to that person. If you are trying to derail a planet, you Imagine if most peoples life was made need a big impact. Small ones will chip away into a hollywood movie. How much would this at the outer crust but ultimate not prove effective. Big ones change courses. movie bomb at the box ofce? Increase your risk and get some excitement into your life people, whatever form These days there is rarely a sense or a desire for adventure - we seem to have lost the need to explore our world and in the process, ourselves. Modern day man (or woman) is less India Jones and more Mr Jones who works at the bank. Less James Bond and more his admin assistant. Call it apathy, call it a reduce survival requirement, call it whatever you want but it seems that very, very few days in peoples lives really are remarkable and thus will have a signicant impact on the course of that persons life. This is a waste, we have so few days available to us in our lifetime that it seems ludicrous we are so content to let so many of them slip past without challenge and risk. that takes for you. If you have a good life but it isnt a great life then something needs to change. To get the great life you have to risk the good life.

BE REMARKABLE

Dont Fade Out Of Existence

1. Seek Adventure
The problem with modern day living is that we are far too comfortable, even if by being comfortable we are bored out of our minds.

3. Make Things Happen

If someone was to make a movie of your life, I would like to think that you would at least hope it would have some chance of being a box ofce hit.
But to do that you need to make things happen, not just sit around and hope they turn up. It doesnt work like that. Life doesnt work like that. It is up to you to make things happen, no one will do it for you.

Whatever position you nd yourself in now, you have the same decision to make. You can risk nothing and live life like you have always done, and you can be safe in the knowledge that you know where it will be in 20 years time, or you can put on your hat, pick up you whip and risk an adventure, however you ultimately nd it.

So who are you? Indiana Jones or Mr Jones.

4. Be A Star

2. Increase Risk

Are you living life like an adventure? Like a Hollywood movie in which you are the star? If not, Even our modern day holidays seem geared towards reduced risk. why not?
If your life is currently drifting through We have all inclusive holiday packages that ensure we manage to make it out of our space like a slow moving planet and you are own country and into a foreign hotel and back suspicious and thus pretty sure and worried at again without every having to actually engage where this current path will ultimately lead you, then you need to inject some tactical meteor with the foreigners. strikes and shake thing up.

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The Art Of Conversing With Other Human Beings Without Wetting Yourself
Being of the ability to naturally strike up a natural conversation with anyone, and within any situation, is a wonderfully useful and much coveted lifeskill to possess, and one that is quite realistically obtainable by all.
It is a lifeskill which will pay back high dividends over your lifetime and enable you to meet many interesting and varied characters throughout your journey. The good news is that it is not just a skill that some are born with and others arent - Fortunately it is a skill that can be learnt, practiced and improved.

TALK TO STRANGERS
few minutes. This simple technique is one of the most powerful for creating strong repor right from the beggining.

4. Its a level playing eld.

Remember, 99% of people will talk with a stranger

Practice Wont Kill You

Dont except the phrase practice makes perfect as there really is no such thing as a perfect conversation with a stranger. Instead how about focusing on the phrase practice wont kill you as this rings truer. There are two

but few are willing to initiate the conversation. You need to become the initiator. Almost everyone you ever talk to will be more than happy to engage in conversation with a

1. Smile
Smiling is half the battle...seriously. Smiling has two core advantages. Externally, smiling lights up your face and instantly makes you more friendly and approachable, which helps people to relax in your presence. Internally it also helps you lighten up and feel more relaxed ensuring that you also come across more naturally both in conversation and body posture, even if you are feeling nervous.

stranger if the person that initiates the main reasons a conversation may not work...1. conversation comes across as happy, There is you and then 2. there is the other engaging and lighthearted. person. Dont think that you are the only one in the hot seat when striking up a conversation, more often then not it is actually you who should be more relaxed as you are more prepared after all. Some people are naturally funny, others less so, but that shouldnt put people off using a bit of humor in conversation. Humor helps to relax people and is a very attractive quality in both sexes. Just be careful if you have a slightly less conventional sense of humor...best to keep that under wraps until they get to know you a bit better. The above pointers are great ways to help you develop your own unique style of initiating conversations but you will need to see what works best for you. The only hard and fast rule for speaking to strangers is to ensure that you are being sincere. Insincerity is very easily picked up and things will not go well if you are only talking to them to get something out of the deal just for yourself. This is never the attitude you should take into any conversation you have with anyone, stranger or friend.

5. Be humorous.

2. Look for an in
The key to initiating a conversation is always to have a natural rst opening line or in. Try to nd something subtle but personal to the individual who you wish to strike up a conversation with other than What Is Your Name as this comes across as forced. A natural in can be created with a little observation and prior planning.

6. Let them talk.

People love to talk about themselves, even to complete strangers. Sometimes striking up a conversation is as easy as having the condence to ask a question and then genuinely listen to the reply without butting in with your own thoughts, comments and stories. Being a good listener is an extremely attractive quality. Learn to listen, it is one of the most important and most difcult of skills to

Life is too short to shy away from conversing with other human beings. People are fascinating...go out discover this for yourself.

3. Use their name.

from you. Using a persons rst name will help create a natural rep-or. In the early stages of the conversation ensure that you learn their rst name and then try to use it naturally in conversation at least a few times in the rst

hone but will become one of the most powerful A persons name is the most important and most attractive qualities you possess. and sweet sounding word they could ever hear

7. Practice wont kill you.

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The Art Of Sleeping Better Than Superman

You spend almost a third of your life on average asleep so what better way of effectively managing time then hacking ones sleep. Whats the optimum amount of sleep to get a night, what you can get away with having, what is way too much and how to best use the hours you do get.

SLEEP WELL

3. Know The Top Three Sleep Hacks

Around 6-7 Hours of sleep is optimum for adults. More or less signicantly increases tiredness, drowsiness and mortality rates. Ideal time to go to sleep is when you naturally feel drowsy ideally at least 15 hours after previously waking.

Sleep Well. Play Well.

1. Read This Book

The very best ebook I found was 40 Sleep Hacks: The Geek's Guide to Optimizing

A good diet, good eating habits and Sleep This well organized and written book regularity as well as a comfortable bed and seemed to have done a good job of complete darkness will make the most of your summarizing the major research on sleep and, having put the time in already into researching the studies independently, would suggest it is the only thing you need to read to give yourself a very good and balanced overview of research backed hacks. Sleep Hacks sleep hours.

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4. Optimize Your Sleep Plan

A plan to follow for optimized sleep. A. Shower, brush teeth and change into comfortable clothing before midnight B. Work in the early hours of the morning until natural drowsiness sets in. C. Eat a very small 150-200 calorie snack just before getting into bed. D. Record sleep duration and journal. E. Dont set an alarm but aim to wake naturally around 6 hours after getting into bed. F. Eat breakfast within an hour of getting

2. Understand Sleep
Benets of sleep (You Become Super Human)
Good sleep throughout your life will increase your lifespan, help the body to repair, focus the mind, increase productivity, reduce

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stress, increase happiness, aide weight loss up. and promote development of body and mind. G. Use weekends to catch up on sleep ensuring weekly average is between 42-47

Problems associated with a lack of hours. sleep: (Like carrying a backpack of Good night, sleep tight and I hope Kyriptnyte) the bedbugs of your lucid dreams By cutting down on sleep we learn less, dont tear your face off.
we develop less, we are less bright, we make worse decisions, we accomplish less, we are less productive, we are more prone to errors, and we undermine our true intellectual potential!

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The Killer Art Of Having Assassin Like Effectiveness In Your Work

I think there are two things that everyone wants to be in life; one is hyper effective in their work and the other is a ninja. I have therefore combined the two so as to make it easier.
These are rules that work and are simple and practical to put into operation. We only have a short period of time on this earth so why waste it if we dont need to. mind it is important in any given task to focus on the 20% of effort that is going to give you 80% of your results and refrain from exerting another 80% of effort to achieve the nal 20% of results.

BE EFFECTIVE

Pareto That 80/20

headphones and an MP3 player. People have an average of 6 hours deadtime a day, utilise just half of this with learning and thats

3. Flow
Flow is what happens when you are completely absorbed in the task that you are doing and all your faculties are lined up

1. Timeboxing

an extra 21 hours a week, 84 hours a month or to concentrate on this activity. Flow is best over 1000 hours a year. More than enough time Not as violent as it sounds, timeboxing is describe by the example of the avid gamer to become an expert. one of the easiest and most effective ways of xated on the screen or a ninja in mid ass staying focussed and limiting wasted time. kicking. Every part of his being, hands, eyes, Parkinson's law states that work expands to ll mind, body, hearing is completely focussed on the time available for it so we use timeboxing the game and beware anyone who tries to

5. Planned Obsolescence

to put this law to work for us. A 30 minute task invade into this world of concentration. Flow is can easily become a 4 hour marathon episode incredibly effective and will produce most of if the entire afternoon is dedicated to it or no clear timebox has been dened for completing the task. your best work in any given activity and thus is to be greatly treasured. It is important to

There is a time to work and there is denitely a time to not work, in the Ninja code this is translated as There is a time to kill and a time not to kill. It is important to have planned times where work is banned and you can give yourself the opportunity to relax. Depending on your type of work this could be the weekend or a few days set aside during the week in which work and the activity of work is banned. To work effectively you must set aside time each week to take a break to let your body and mind unwind.

understand your own personal ow and when you are in it and thus use it to your advantage.

It is important to dene a beginning and The trick is to try and not cut this period of end time for any given task which becomes its hyper productivity short if it is at all possible. timebox. If you get into a habit of not breaking these time boxes you will nd very quickly that all your faculties; concentration, focus, creativity etc will work more effectively to

4. Deadtime
Before you say it, no, this is not the thing

accomplish the tasks if there is a denite end ninjas shout before going into battle, that goal. would just be childish. Here is a fact, there is always enough time. Whether enough time to

2. Pareto 80/20
aspects of life including effective working and it is believed that the very rst Ninja was in fact

learn new things or immerse yourself in topics that interest you but are not necessarily

The Pareto Rule is probably the single essential to the running of your life. There is most important principle to follow for all actually plenty of time to immerse yourself in whatever topics interest you and become an expert in it while not giving up any of the things

To consolidate the information, go and put on a pair of completely black pajamas and jump around the room like a ninja.

called Pareto. The Pareto 80/20 principle or the you currently enjoy. People have a tremendous Law Of The Vital Few states that all things amount of deadtime in their lives, time where

being equal, 80% of your effects come from their mental abilities aren't necessarily 20% of the causes. With regards to engaged. productivity this translates to the fact that 80% of your results are going to come from the key 20% of your time and thus you are going to spend 80% of your time working to Running, commuting, cleaning, brushing teeth or doing the gardening are all examples of this dead time. This is the time that can be

achieve the nal 20% of results. With this in utilized to invest in learning through the use of

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The Killer Art Of Giving Your Concepts A Fighting Chance Of Success

Ideas are not in short supply. Good, million dollar ideas however are so dont waste your time on the other ones.

BE AN IDEA HITMAN
and end up making meaningful small talk with trees is that they try to pursue every idea they have without taking the time to access its merits as a workable concept.

1. Overcome the Problem Of Creative Genius-ness

At any one point in time that there can be literally hundreds of possibilities, quick ideas

The trick to success is to get strategic and start streamlining the ideas, very much like a hitman would

Assassinate The Bad Ideas

to the future but focus on the present is critical. Its important to plan ahead, essential in

streamline the competition. That is

and ashes of inspiration bouncing around and not to say stop white boarding new ideas - or ghting dirty in your head for which you indeed going on a killing rampage - but instead

hurriedly hunt down a pen, pencil or sharp give the appropriate amount of time to each fact, but if your spending a majority of your time object to slice your own nger in an effort to jot idea and cut them as soon as they appear planning the advertising campaign for a future it down in blood should you, God forbid, ever unworkable. You need to have a system for product you will be looking to launch in 2014, accessing the quality of an idea and wether it then I would suggest that something needs to is not the case with you then I can only is indeed worthwhile investing your precious change and you may need to get your priorities presume that you are either a. dead or b. in the time commodity into. Most of your ideas will right otherwise I doubt you will have a company in 2014. I have been guilty of this countless not be worth the investment. wrong line of work. let one of the slippery buggers get away. If this times. The problem then, is that you have so many ideas; some good, some not so good and some, quite frankly, more than likely illegal, and so little time.

Some of your ideas will be down right unworkable, solely self serving or horrendously unethical.

There needs to be a balance in the amount of time dedicated to forward thinking thoughts. A strategy is required to ensure that time is focussed on ideas closer to the present to make sure your success continues to move forward while still keeping the long term vision in view.

You cant possibly pursue all ideas and yet to let one goes seems to be an evil akin to smothering a small ufy kitten while watching Pop Idol.

3. Create Gateway Points

In addition to weeding out the weak ideas at the beginning, you also need a series of gateway points in the development of an idea that accesses if it is worth continuing on with as it develops. Not all ideas will remain valid

Case in point. You have to do it and and sometimes they have to be cut mid way overcome the problem of creative genius by through development if situations change. This choosing to develop only your very best ideas. is usually harder then cutting them in the beginning as now time has been invested. NOT SMOTHER A SMALL KITTEN, but let a lot of your ideas go in order to focus on what is most likely to work. Dont become a Failed Ideas Man (Or Woman)

Pick a small selection of ideas and get focussed. Look to the future but dont neglect the present.

You have to be brutal, if things aren't working, tell your idea to hit the showers.

2. Access An Ideas Merits

I would put forth that it is one of the major contributing conditions to why a lot of startups fail and creative entrepreneurs go insane

4. Think Future. Focus On Present.

In addition to being able to cut ideas like a well trained sheep sheerer an ability to think

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The Practical Art Of Becoming A Chocolate Covered Social Supermagnet.

The holy grail of personal traits is to have the ability to be almost instantly liked by anyone you come into contact with. Heres how its done.
Get out of yourself and take the time to listen and nd out more about others, you will benet more greatly then you could possibly imagine.

BE IRRESISTIBLE

1. Smile
The power of a smile and subtle use of humor breaks down social barriers as effectively as lipase does fat. Smiling increases your own personal sense of well being and

3. Be Genuinely Interested

Be Sweater Than Honey

Even if you do disagree with someone, dont jump in and pull them on issue in question or worse yet, correct them. Even if you are right, it is a fact that you will ultimately lose, as that person is very unlikely to look favorable on you in future. Instead, try questioning why a person believes or thinks a certain way, or believes a certain theory or goal to be correct. It is a good idea never to speak

You cant fake this, apart from when they

reduces tensions and anxiety, all factors that are at car boot sales where all logic seems to be left at the entrance, people are very good at are readily picked up by others. picking up fakes. When you listen to someone Over 60% of our communication is non you need to really be listening and genuinely verbal, 30% is in the tone of voice and only being interested and not just trying to look like 10% has actually got anything to do with what we say. This is why it is essential to understand how your mannerism plays the biggest part in social interaction. People are like mirrors, they reect the you are.

in absolutes but leave discussions open and People are fascinating creatures and exible. every single person has a unique story and angle on life, you need only to ask the right questions to unlock their thoughts and their When you are genuinely interested in people, you are interested in their thoughts and ideas as well, even if you dont agree with them.

energy they receive. If you are giving out good graces. There are different tips and tricks that can be used to help encourage the person energy then they will tend to reect this also. you are talking to to believe you are interested Smiling is a very practical way to produce and to be truthful, these can be faked but you learn a lot more from being genuine. within yourself a more attractive mannerism.

5. Use Their Name

Fundamental. A persons name is the sweetest sounding word in the world. Use it to your advantage. Find it out early and use it a

2. Let them talk

We have two ears and one mouth. It is not rocket science, this suggests that we should be listening twice as much as we spea, however in almost all social interaction this is not the case. Very few people are good listeners and are usually only letting the other person have a

Maintaining eye contact, shadowing a persons movement and ll gestures such as head nods, agreements and the like can all be

taught if you want to fake interaction, but they few times in the early sentences of interaction. can also be used to help you develop Using a persons name frequently has the interaction. added benet of giving a sense of closeness, even to a stranger, as ones name is such a personal and powerful thing. Hearing ones own name is like having You are not always going to agree with liquid honey dripping from the speakers lips - it

4. Be Agreeable

few words while they work out what to say someone, and just like shellsh, they are truly is irresistible, so use it to your advantage. denitely not always going to agree with you. next. The very best social super magnets are However one of the most unattractive

people who understand that one of the easiest qualities of any individual, and especially one ways to be incredible attractive to people is to you have just met are when they continually simply listen to them. There is nothing more disagree with your views, opinions, thoughts or attractive than someone taking a genuine ideas. interest in you and what you have to say.

Go Forth And Prosper You Belgium Chocolate Covered Supermagnets High On Red Bull, The Social Arena Awaits You.

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The Art Of Quitting In Style Without Ending Your Career

In the movies, quitting your job is always a momentous occasion usually a pivotal point in the lead characters life or the turning point in the story line of the movie - and thus because of this is subsequently always spectacularly overblown. Heres how to do it properly.
Handing in your notice only to then be indecisive or easily swayed into staying, or worse yet, changing your mind will do irreparable damage to your career at your current company but is easily avoided by taking time to think. Be 100% important. Have what you are going to say planned sure. Very

QUIT YOUR JOB

No Steroid Induced Hockey Cokey

1. Have a Master Plan

Unless you are planning on taking on the world yourself and start your own business, the very best way to quit is to already have a new job on the table to walk into. You are generally under no obligation to your current company not to look for a new job

3. Dont Burn Bridges

This is usually the main thing people get wrong and unfortunately it is usually the most destructive to your future.

and lay it out clearly and in as few sentences as possible. Dont babble or excessively explain. This is not necessary and you undersell yourself. If your boss is good and you have explained your reasons for leaving - leaving, not wanting to leave clearly then he should except them and wish you well. Keep it professional and be

The best rule of thumb when quitting your job, and for life in general, is never to talk condent in your decision. If you are still in two and any new company you approach should minds about wanting to leave then you should also be discrete in talks with you. So dip your negatively of others. Keep negativity and negative thought out of the workplace, not be in the ofce with your boss discussing toe in the water and see how it feels. it. Even if you are planning world domination denitely dont speak negatively of any it is of no benet to just up and quit, you need experiences you have had at the company or to have a plan for the next 6-12 months, how with people there and denitely dont cite them will you live, where will the money come from as reasons to leave. etc. This should be planned out in advance When applying for new jobs the same many months before you nally hand in your rules apply, do not speak negatively about your past boss or colleagues to your new boss and notice. colleagues. It just does not help you. Be quick

5. Dont slack towards the end

Now comes the nal and critical stage work hard right up until the last afternoon. Most employees will have to give some kind of notice before leaving, usually about a month. This is typically the contract you have signed and you need to honor it. True, the company probably wont chase you if you dont but this is your reputation on the line, be honorable to the contract you signed. This means working out the remainder of your notice and doing a good job.

2. Be 110% Sure

to praise, and slow to criticize.

You may need to use some of the bridges Now is not the time for indecision. If you you have built in the past sometime in the are planning to quit then take some time to future so you want to ensure they are still seriously weigh up the decision. standing. Let people speak highly of you, even when you leave. It will ensure your future Dont jump in and out of the boat like a success. crazed Hokey Cokey dancer on steroids. When you nally come to hand in your notice you need to be 100% sure you denitely want to quit, exactly what you plan to do once you have quit and the only possible terms that you would consider staying on if they were offered by your boss. Once you have handed in your notice you will of course be required to explain your reasons for wanting to quit to your boss, it is inevitable but dont panic, we all knew this was coming. The key thing to remember is to keep it simple.

4. Keep it simple

This approach is unusual, in my experience, and so it will reect very well on you and you never know how that might help in the future. On the last afternoon feel free to go crazy but dont kiss you boss on leaving.

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The Art Of Creating Elephants

Well written, helpful and content rich blog posts are rare. Heres how to create quality in a sea of mediocrity.

ensure the ow of the post is clear and understandable. Imagine if your were building the skeleton of an elephant, you need to get it in the right order and built sturdily so you dont end up with the head coming out the ass. The skeleton will always ow from and around the heart. The heart is your core message and the skeleton is the structure for taking that message to your readers.

1. Heart
The heart of your post, like the heart of the elephant is critical to its survival. Without a heart the elephant dies and without a heart your post too will die. Try not to cry, there are ways to prevent it, your post will be ne.
The heart of your post is the title. Have a strong title and you will have a strong post. The structure of your post will ow from the heart and it is core to forming the strong message of your post. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO BUILD AN ELEPHANT WITHOUT A GOOD HEART. You cannot perform an open heart

Heart. Skeleton. Flesh. Skin. Polish looks pretty bloody. Now is the time to skin the elephant and give it its distinctive look.
The skinning stage should take about 15 minutes and is the time to re-read over your bulking sections making your corrections to the way it ows and changing any content to make it ow better and ensure you message is getting across. Throughout the eshing stages, no doubt new ideas have come to mind on better ways to get your message across and these can now be implemented at this skinning stage. The skinning stage help ensure that everything is kept in place, just like the skin of a real elephant does.

3. Flesh - 20 Minutes
Once you have a secure skeleton build around your strong heart it is time to esh things out. This is where you add the bulk to your elephant - the content to your post.
Brain dump everything you are thinking onto the page, ignoring bad grammar, spelling

transplant on a elephant after it is being mistakes and anything else that stops you from created without leaving brutal scars than run concentrating. All this can be corrected and though it. improved int he subsequent sections.

2. Skeleton - 5 Minutes
Once you have a good heart, your elephant is going to need a strong skeleton to support the massive weight of your message. This is usually the largest section of creating your elephant.
The skeleton should only take about 5 minutes to build but creates the foundation and structure on which you will build the rest of the elephant around and so is critical. In creating the skeleton you need to create the major bones of your elephant and you need to get them in the right order and

The idea is to have your skeleton and eshing out section complete within the rst 25 minute time box. This might sound like a huge challenge but with practice it becomes easier and easier as your mind gets used to focussing on the time boxes you have in place. Do not underestimate the power of the subconscious. In this time is is best to be in a place where you are less likely to be distracted or have to have your attention divided.

5. Polish - 10 Minutes
Now now you have a good looking elephant on display with about 10 minutes to spare. Best to spit shine that bad boy and get it looking good for your readers. Perhaps put a bow on it or something, whatever oats your boat.
Use the last 10 minutes to check

4. Skin - 15 Minutes
So you have a strong heart, a solid skeleton and some meaty esh around the bones. It resembles the shape of an elephant but it still

grammar, correct spelling then give your elephant a quick nal once over to make sure you hare happy with it and the door. give it a quick, playful slap on the ass and it is ready to go out

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The Sneaky Art Of Self Promotion Without Resorting To Violence And/Or Blackmail
Some people may not see the brilliance of your ideas right away, and thus it is your duty to enlighten them. Heres how.
Instead therefore, when negative issues arise, agree with them. For added laughs, add a few of your own issues you have with the idea in

SELL WELL

1. Know The Ideas Pitchs Past

It is critical to your ideas future.
Other people not understanding the brilliance of your idea presents a problem and so for this reason alone some very clever individuals came up with the concept of The Ideas Pitch. The Ideas Pitch is the tool with which to create a bridge of understanding between your brilliance and their understanding of your brilliance. It has created a hassle for us brilliant thinkers, this I know. Unfortunately however this is one that all entrepreneurs must accept, e v e n R i c h a rd B r a n d s o n . A l t h o u g h i n Brandsons case, if his brilliance isnt understood he can retreat to his private island in order to console himself. For some it is a very tough life and our hearts go with you Sir Richard Brandson.

there for good measure to let them have a good old kick around of it. They are now left with a

Pitch Well. Succeed Often

is boosted and they will subsequently subconsciously start to like your idea more and more as they explain the benets to the others. I actually had the CEO of a multimillion pound company doing exactly this the other week to his head designer for one of my products. It was beautiful to behold...and super

problem; you are agreeing with them and so they have lost the power; they jolly well cant keep condemning the idea if you keep agreeing with them, there is absolutely no fun in that and its just not cricket. The only way they can regain the power is to start defending your idea. Now at this point, dont stop giving your idea a good old tearing down, really go to town and be ruthless on it. You will be amazed at how quickly they will jump to your ideas defense and start to defend it from your merciless onslaught. Once defending your idea they are much more likely to accept it as obviously they cant be disagreeing with their own judgement and they have just spent the last 20 minutes defending the idea. I think you will agree, incredibly crafty.

crafty because it works so well.

4. Go in ready to wet yourself

But try not to actually do it.
Not a technique for the feint hearted but one that seriously works for calming the nerves as all your subconscious thought is not being used for presenting is being used to focus on not soaking the seat and thus very little is left for thinking about how nervous you should be. Crafty with an edge of danger. Bond Style. Just throw in a Aston Martin DB9 and you are there.

2. Know The Power Play

Dont defend your Idea, let them do it.
This technique is incredibly crafty because it focuses on reversing the power play. It works in much the same as when involved in an argument. When someone has a issue with an aspect of your idea, or even the whole idea itself; arguing with them or defending your idea will only make that person argue their issue with it and their position all the more strongly. The more you argue or defend, the more they argue or attack back. This is exactly how an argument works and this is not good for you or for your pitch, the power play needs to be reversed.

And incredibly effective.

3. Let them do the selling

Let them sell your idea to each other.
A slightly more difcult technique to instigate but if pitching to more than one person, try to get them to explain different aspects of your design to each other. A crafty technique to do this is as follows; following a question on your pitch, ask one of the others if they might do a better job of explaining your idea to their colleges then you have. Their ego

Next time you have to go through the proceedings of pitching your idea think about including these super crafty techniques into your game plan to give your brilliant idea pitch that little bit more edge.

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A life without plans and focus is wasted. Heres how to not waste yours.

The Art Of Having A Destination, Roadmap and Vehicle For Achieving Your Dreams
You need to have a vision of where you want to be and it is by breaking this vision down into both long term and short term goals that gives you a map to your vision - a plan of how to get there with all the checkpoints along the way. Having an end destination in mind AND a map to get there is what will make your life successful. You no doubt have notice that almost all successful people have a strong sense of purpose, a compelling reason for why they act and live a certain way and almost without You need to have a goal, a vision, a target; a destination in mind of where you want to go in life and the more vivid you can make this Picture of your dream destination the better. If you have no target, how are you going to know what to aim at? If you have no vision of the destination in mind then why start the journey. A life without a goals looks like a spaghetti of pathways with no real direction. There is movement but there is no focus. One can be extremely busy going absolutely nowhere. With focus you move forward towards your goals and dreams. It will not always be a direct path and you will deviate from time to time but you will always be moving upwards and not backwards. Depending on the distance your vision for your life is, from where you are currently, will determine the size and complexity of the vehicle you will need to get you there. Your vehicle is all your tools, systems and processes that help you achieve your vision. Your time management skills, your people skills, your sales skills, communication tools, knowledge and understanding. It is all the things that your need as an individual need to successfully navigate the map you have created to achieve your goals. The bigger your goal and the further and more grand the destination is from where you are currently the more you need to invest into a better vehicle. You may have the destination exception, all successful people have a plan, their roadmap for reaching their highly visual destination.

1. Have Vision ( The Destination )

What is the dream destination for you life? Does it involve palm trees and coconuts or high rise city living and expensive night clubs? Is it a Family Man or High ying Business Woman? Are you working or are you nancially independent?

Visualise. Plan. Execute.

and the map, but if it is beyond walking distance then you are going to need a reliable vehicle to get you there. Without it, the journey will be a lot less fun than it could and you will only get half way. Build a solid vehicle to get you there and everything is possible from this strong foundation/

4. Revise
To have the journey of your life you need to have A Strong Visual Destination in mind. You then need to have a carefully detailed map of how to get there from where you are now which is broken down into checkpoints along the way. Finally you need the right Vehicle to aid you on your journey which is made up of all the processes and systems you develop for reaching the checkpoints on your map on the journey towards your dream destination.

3. Execute Well ( The Vehicle )

If you are only aiming to get to the next town then an old Skoda will sufce but if you are planning to get to the other side of the world then a clapped out banger will not do - You need a Merc.

Visualize a grand destination - Get a custom map - Drive there in a Merc.

2. Have A Plan ( The Road Map )

If you have an awesome destination in mind then you cannot reply of the SATNAV like everyone else - it will only take you to where everyone else is going. If you have an awesome destination to reach, then you need a custom map.

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The Art Of Being Luckier Than A Rabbit Foot Wearing Leprechaun

It is amazing how many positive people seem to be luckier than the owner of a horseshoe and four leaf clover museum. Heres how you can be too.
lemonade is probably around here somewhere too.

BE LUCKY

3. Change Your Lighting

Its All About It is amazing how Positivity much luckier your The life rule that Some People Get life becomes when All The Luck is true - some things you start seeing everything in a positive do always seem to work out for light. some individuals. However, it is generally the more positive people When you are positive things seem to that everything seems to work out work out pretty well on the whole and you nd for. that other people start to be more friendly

1. Be Positive

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around you, your food tastes better, your On average positive people are the friends are closer, your nights out more luckiest people in the world. They have the awesome, your work life more productive. best holidays, they always choose great restaurant food, they have the best friends and the best nights out. They seem to be very lucky and have the best of everything. On average negative people are the unlucky people in the world. They have less than ideal holidays, they always choose the wrong meal, they friends are never as good as someone elses and their nights out are always average or worse. You dont need a bowlful of lucky charms to be lucky in life, you just need to rethink your position of how that cup of lemonade looks.

4. Love Life
Lucky people love life and those that love life tend to be lucky, it is the law of the universe.
To be lucky one needs to learn to not focus on being lucky, as counterintuitive as that may seem, and allow themselves to just live in the moment. Sometimes by striving to ram open as many doors as possible you are making too much noise for luck to come and bless you.

2. Manufacture Chocolate
We manufacture our own reality like Cadbury's manufacture their deliciously creamy chocolate.
If Cadburys used crap in the their chocolate they would get crap chocolate and many people would be upset, yours truly leading the riots. A lot of the time we are unlucky because we think crap. The way to bescome that Somebody who gets all the luck is to be the positive person that sees the cup half full and then realises the bottle of

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You dont need to chop off rabbits feet to be lucky, you simple need to charge your outlook.

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The Art Of Missing The Mark Efciently, Effectively And Every Time.
Are you succeeding too much? Well stop it, here are 10 steps to take to ensure that you fail at any given endeavor.
how much money he would now have.

FAIL

1. Aim high.
Ludicrously high. If youre a computer programmer wanting to start a company, make Microsoft and Apple your main competitors. Dont worry about the fact that they are both multi-billion pound companies with money and manpower to burn and you are just one guy in a shed, its all about belief and motivation, if you want it enough you can achieve it.

5. ont listen D to others

All the great ideas seem to y in the face of traditional convention and they all worked out. There are literally thousands of them; Google, Innocent Smoothies, Million Dollar Homepage. There is nothing you can learn from people with experience in the eld, and dont listen to people when they say technology is complicated, its not, people just believe the lie which stops them creating products that compete with the Ipod by

Dont Follow This Advice

they are old fashioned and not thinking outside themselves. You are not that stupid so get out the box. Remember, anything is possible, so if there. people tell you its impossible to make your idea work then youre onto a winner. Soon you will be laughing at them from your Ivory Tower thanks to your visionary thinking.

2 . Benchmark early
If you dont see results within 7 days of an endeavour then give upit obviously isnt a good idea, move on, there are plenty more ideas out there. Remember, a new blog should have at least 50,000 hits within the rst week or it is not worth while.

8. Diversify
Focussing on just one endeavour at once is just plain stupid, most things dont require that much effort or commitment and most of the greatest ideas have just fallen into place for people with very minimal effort. Thus, get out there and start a lot of things all at once.

6 . Compare yourself to the best

If youre starting a company compare

3 . Benchmark often
You can never assess your progress enough. Comparisons against your competitors (see step 1) should be done at least every 10 minutes, ideally every 5, any longer then 15 and youre out of the game. Dont worry that this is leaving you with very little time to do anything else, making sure you have up to date information on where you stand compared to the best of the best is more important.

Remember if you had a good idea that could yourself to Virgin, if youre launching a blog make you a million pounds and it only took you then you must compare yourself against 5 minutes to think of, that means potentially Engadget. Fast food chain? McDonalds is the only chain you should be comparing your success against. Starting the gym? Then you need to compare your body against Arnies. If you are not, at least, matching prots / turnovers / trafc or muscle size within 7 days (see step 2) then quit because at this rate theres no way you will be bettering them by week twowhich you should be. The single biggest thing you should never do is work too hard. You will only get stressed and tired and then you will not be able to think properly which will restrict your creative thinking and stop you coming up with brilliant ideas. Do not work for anymore than about 3 hours a day or your creativity will be severely The very biggest mistake you can make is you could make 12 million in just one hour, its only stupid people who dont think like this.

9. Relax

4 . Do it all yourself

7 . Go for the glory

affected. Luckily you dont have to work as to do something you love and, God forbid, hard as someone in a 9-5 because you work Its your idea so dont let anyone else get enjoy. This will probably see you setting up in a more effectively, its all about quality and not their dirty, stinking hands on it. All the fame small cake shop selling to the local oldies. quantity, remember that. and riches belong to you, so getting others What are you thinking?, wheres the vision?, involved, or even telling them your idea, is wheres the fame?, this sort of thinking is dangerous as it may dilute the greatness of small, weak and completely wrong. Millions will your idea and your ability. If only Jonathan Ives Heres To Your Failure ! not know your name and you will not be was smarter and kept the Ipod idea to himself swimming in money, so why bother. Get into and developed it in his spare time, imagine the technology business and the web 6.0 era,

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The Art Of Exposing Your Big Shiny White Teeth When Disaster Hits
The true character of people is revealed in crisis situations and it is always inspiring to see people who are completely unfazed by crisis situations. They are easy to notice - they are the disturbingly quite ones that are not shouting, not panicking, generally doing something productive and in some extreme cases, appear to be laughing at the same time. Be careful not to confuse these people with those that laugh just before bursting into tears.
how insignicant most of the molehills we make mountains out of actually are. Almost all situations, in the long run amount to having any real course changing signicance in life. Most events breeze past with little consequence so why worry about them.

SMILE IN A CRISIS

Be Like A Grinning Shark

3. Focus on the bigger picture:

If you get real close up to a beautifully crafted patterned rug, all you are going to see is frayed edges and dirt, the beauty can only been seen from a distance. Generally people that are calm in a crisis tend also to have big dreams and goals for their life. It's these aims that can raise their ugly head in life as their don't bother too much about getting up close observe the pattern from a distance.

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1. Get Perspective
As with so many things in life it is how they react in any given situation. Those situations generally have not had any specic the topic; simply they just have a different perspective, generally one that doesn't see the situation as such a crisis or the be all and end all of life. Arguable this is not a good stance for certain circumstances which do require a measured amount of concern, but these are generally few and far between, and in the work environment almost non-existence - much like sexual tension in ofce accounting departments. If you would like to be more like the person that is coolly enjoying his diet coke as others are preparing to jump out of windows (safely, only from the ground oor) then you need to realise that it is not the situation that needs to change, just how you perceive it.

people's perspective that is all important in that lift them above the day to day problems that seem to become superhuman in difcult eyes are focussed on the bigger picture. They training or workshops or how to seminars on and personal with the dirt, they prefer to

4. Except the challenge

Learn to accept pressure, it creates diamonds. One of the great goals of life is to learn and to grow and this only comes about when you are taken out of your comfort zone. Crisis situations denitely take you out of that zone so be thankful for them. Remember, it is more than likely not life and death, even if it seems that way now. So Relax.

Rarely do individual events have any lasting or changing effect in the scope of ones lifetime so you can sleep easier tonight. Life goes on.

2. It could be worse
Still breathing? Well things arent that bad then. If we could only see the scope of our lives laid out before us it would be amazing

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The Art Of Living In The Moment While Naked In The Shower

We would all like to be just a little more free. Heres how to start.
For inspiration on this easy living lifestyle I thought I'd travel to Jamaica as those guys are seriously chilled. Then I realised that I wasnt being paid for this ebook and thus there would be no expenses form to ll out so I thought better of it and bought my self a coke instead - the posh kind, in a glass bottle, and decided draw on experience.

BE FREE

1. Take The Test

It's Monday morning and you wake up in:

A. A cold sweat B. Ample time C. Amsterdam

Lather. Soap. Rinse. Repeat.

7. Remember The Part Of LucK

Luck plays a very large part in life and success. Although you can help create luck to an extent, ultimately most of life is outside of your control. This is another freeing feeling as it allows you to relax more into the knowledge that: Even though you have a rudder on your lifeboat, against the vast sea of life it is going to have little effect on the ultimate direction you take so dont stress.

What do you think about when you are in the shower?

A. The next big project B. Breakfast and what I'm going to wear C. Soapshampoolather.rinse Ones? You are a workaholic and seriously need to put some ice down your trousers and chill out. Twos? Oh Yeah, you know how it is. Punctual, planned and precise. Threes? Look at you, you Hedonistic Bad Boy (Or Girl) You can stop reading right now and go back to sipping on you Pinocolada.

4. Start Thinking Headdonistic 5. Play The Game

Life Is A Game. Try thinking less of life as a challenge and more of life as a game. This simple change of though process can do wonders for helping you relax and deal with situations and events that arise. Get your Home Runner out and knock that problem out of the park.

2. Shower in Amsterdam
Answer C is a lifestyle that screams healthy freedom, even though they are in a 9-5. This is a way of thinking and acting that takes guts but brings huge rewards and in the moment and enjoys the journey without the future. This is an aspect everyone needs in their life and can be easily integrated without the need for surgery.

6. Access Your Achievements

Your achievements will disappear. A brutal but immensely freeing truth. Nothing in life lasts and eventually everything will be destroyed anyway. This is not to depress you but to free you. as will you so dont worry too much about relationships with people that you love and enjoy sharing your time on this earth with. Let others stress about gathering as much ice as possible before walking out onto the sun.

Lean back, pull on your sun glasses and sigh deeply. Life doesnt need to be as stressful as many people make it. In a world of ants on steroids consider the caterpillar, it takes things a little slower and is a little more carefree and eventually it becomes...well you know the rest.

enjoyment out of life. This is a person that lives You achievements will eventually be forgotten being unhelpfully worried and stressed about them. Focus instead on developing lasting

3. Chill Like A Jamaican

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ALIVE

KEEP SMALL PUPPIES

The Art Of Finding Success Through Doing Something

Procrastination, they say, is the killer of progress, creativity and small puppies.
It is also ironically a rather long word for those that do procrastinate to get around to But that is not a saying. But it is true. How many countless reason not to put your millions of great ideas, wonderful concepts, wellies on and get your potential experiences and new lives have never It is not going to be easy, it will be scary as hell and there is a chance that it is all going to go mammary glands up.

Oxygen Is Key

feet wet. History is littered been realised because people did not just get with missed opportunities, could on and do it? haves and should haves and Damn I had that idea 3 years ago but never followed thoughs

5. Make a plan
Right, rst understand that whatever plan

1. Stop Waiting
All things being equal, Want to know the main difference between someone who is successful and someone who isnt? - one took the risk, one didnt. One got the cake, the other looked on with sugar envy. As great as those Guinness adverts are,

Dont add your name to the list, unlike the VIP you make is almost denitely going to change, one at your local club, this is not a list you that is the nature of plans, they never survive the rst encounter. However this does not want to be on. negate the need for one. Planning can

3. Get On The List

You dont need to give a false name, use invisible ink or stuff the paper in your mouth to ensure you are not be put on the list, you

seriously help you really get to grips with what you want to do, what you will need in order to achieve and how you are ultimately going to go it. Label the top of you plan My amazingly brilliant plan of greatest to achieve....(whatever you want)

you know the ones, where the liquid happiness simply need to take the opportunity and do is being poured ever so tantilisingly slowly into something. the glass until you are about ready to get rather inappropriate with the TV. As fantastic a commercial as they are, their theory is fundamentally wrong for moving forward in life. People wait....and they wait....and they I am just as bad as the next person for putting things off, especially when they are risky so this is as much for myself as anyone else. Peoples opinion of risk differ but generally anything that is going to make you a little hot wait....and the tea gets cold...and they wait under the collar and lose you some beauty some more...the children grow up...and they sleep is probably going to be risky. Almost wait....their clothes go out of fashion....and always, however, the potential gains far they wait....their clothes come back into outweigh the risks. fashion again.....and they wait...time itself gives up and goes home...and they wait. STOP WAITING DAMMIT.

6. Tell everyone your intentions.

Peer pressure and the thought of losing face is huge, so use it. When I was thinking about quitting my job and moving to Thailand I made my plans, hedged the risks and then told everyone what I was going to do as if I had already booked the ight so that I couldnt back out without losing face. Notice I did not tell everyone what I was planning as this gives you a get out clause. Burn the bridges, damn the torpedoes and gung-ho it all the way.

4. Access the risks

These are the actual risks, not just the ones you perceive or feel. Seriously sit down and work out the risks of doing what you are planning and most importantly the risks to your

2. Put On Some Wellies

Unless you are contemplating murder,

health and mental well being of not doing there is no better time then right now to do them. You will be surprised that when you lay what you have been thinking about doing for things out, they usually do not seem as risky far too long. as you once rst felt.

Whatever you have had in your mind for a while to do, now is the time to do it. Grab yourself a smooth, creamy Guinness poured with a perfect head and get moving. If it is a really big, risky thing then best to have a few more of those Guinness.

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The Art Of Avoiding The Road Most Travelled

School Work Eat Some Strawberry Pie - Die. Surely there is more to life and living than this? because if not then I want out. Heres is how teux get more.

LEAD A FULL LIFE

Life is not just about a career or any other single aspect of living, and yet those riding along on the road most travelled tend to focus solely on this facet whether this be a career, your relationships, your goals, your 10 Pin Bowling prowess or any of the many other things people focus on. Whether you are driving a Ferrari or a Banger, on the road most travelled your all going to end up in the same place. People who travel the path less travelled see their career or any single aspect of their life as just one small part of their journey and existence and not the sole focus. This single focus of just one section of a persons life, having it as the centre of It is worth remembering that empires do not last, careers are eeting, children will not want you in their lives 100% of the time and retirements, like ofce parties, are vastly over planned and under executed. but a tiddler in the vast ocean of your potential experience.

1. Dont Just Survive

Life is not simply about surviving; for making do and settling for less then the best. Life is not something to be endured or regretted. Life is not being stuck in the middle of 6 lanes of trafc going in a direction you really dont want to go with an aggressive backseat driver. Life, conversely, is like imported Italian ice cream. Something to be enjoyed, to be

Get Off The Road And Onto The Path

experienced, to be toyed with, risked, existence to one degree or another, is the key investigated, challenged, experimented on indicator of the road "most" travelled and leads and, over all, "Devoured" with lots of mess around the facial region. Life is too short and too expansive to be trapped on autopilot on the superhighway that is the Road Most Travelled Slam on the brakes and get off. Avoid falling into the trap of following the "Road most Travelled", and instead go for a wander along the Path that is least followed. Away from the pollution and the noise, it is a much more beautiful experience. s The path least travelled is just that, a path to an unbalanced and ultimately less interesting and overall fullling existence.

3. Follow The Path

5. Remember The Key

The key to a full and successful life is always to have balance. If you are currently

- a more risky and thus generally more eventful doing 80 on the Road Most Travelled maybe journey then the road tarmaced for the its time to reect on exactly how this is majority. shaping your life and whether straying from the The path least travelled focuses on ensuring a healthy balance between all aspects of ones life so that, in the same way that eating some greens with your red meat, you will enhance the experience. The path least travelled understands road and moving to the Path Least Travelled, having more balance in how you spend your time, nance and focus would improve your quality of life.

2. Ignore The Highway

The road "most" travelled is generally job focussed. It is the old clich of "go to school to

get an education in order to get into college so that life is not and should not be dened by a that you can get a good job and start a good single focus, but that ultimate happiness career, spend 50 years of your life working comes from experiencing everything life has to hard and then spend a few of the last years offer, at every stage. having fun with your walking stick before kicking the bucket. Like farting in public, It just so happens that jobs and careers tend to be the main single focus offenders to most people.

-If nothing else try it, if its not for you it is very easy to nd your way back to the road again: just follow the noise.

4. Think Fish
Like the puffer sh, a job can give the illusion of being a monster with spines that requires your full attention, but in reality it is

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The Art Of Finding Blogging Success WIthout Shooting Yourself In The Head
Describing blogging to someone who isnt

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expression, to improve their

a blogger is much like trying to explain String skills, to network, to be Theory to a 4 year old using a carrot and a half a p p r e c i a t e d , t o f e e l deated balloon. Lets just say its a tough sell important, to be praised etc. to say the least. These are all valid reasons for starting and investing time into a blog, as long as the individual is sure on what they wish to get out of that investment. It is an old clich that you have to be passionate A. Have a Personality: There are millions of other blogs out there so the main competitive advantage you have is your personal touch and writing style. B. Create Posts of Value: about what you do and then the success will come. By and large I agree with this but it depends on what you mean by "success" Starting a blog these days with the sole goal of having a huge readership and thus Peoples attentions spans and availability making substantial money from it is not a of free time is forever in short supply and thus recipe for success. you must provide a compelling reason for a person to keep returning to your blog. C. Get involved in community: This is a very competitive marketplace lled with high quality and well established blogs. It is probably best akin to starting a Community is key to gaining peoples fashion line with the aim of competing with interest and getting them involved in your blog companies such as Nike or Boss. It's a nice in order to keep their readership. goal but chances are, it is not going to happen. If you want to make money from your blog it is and improve yourself and not just to drag more readership to your own blog. Better reasons, and thus benchmarks for success, for investing time into your blog would be to focus on things such as: Improving your writing and communication skills Help clarify your own thoughts, ideas and beliefs by getting them down on paper. Learn from reading other blogs and develop your own thoughts and ideas on the topics discussed. Advance your knowledge of anything your interested in. Enjoy joining into the conversation in the

1. Learn From The Masses

Here is the common advice.

Its Want You Want Out Of It

2. Remove Luck
In the blogosphere there are a great number of excellent sites out there which are of an incredibly high standard. Some are successful, some are not. Some were lucky, others were not. Remove luck to guarantee success.

probably best to nd a niche market that very blogosphere Network few blogs are in and service that. I however, would not suggest this unless you are very passionate about the niche and it will benet you outside of nancial gain and readership gain. If however, you want to see "success" from your blog, well then, this is another ball game entirely. If you focus on the wrong reasons for starting a blog, like nancial and readership success, ultimately the likelihood is that you will be very disappointed. Instead why not focus on the reasons for self improvement and enjoyment - this way you will be guaranteed to nd success. Then, if nancial and readership success come, it is an added bonus.

3. Question Yourself
Why do we do anything in life? Before embarking on anything you need to be sure you know why it is you are doing it and what the main driving force behind doing it is. That is the only sure way to be truly successful in whatever you endeavor to do. Bloggers have many reasons for spending their time writing articles and looking after their site; to make money, as a form of self

4. Create Success
Seeing success in your blog will depend on what the personal goals you have set for it are and I would suggest you move away from nancial and readership size goal. Focus on why you want to spend time writing articles, how it will improve you and bring you happiness. If you are investing time in reading and commenting on other peoples blogs, ensure it is because you wish to learn

Ensure you know why you are investing time into anything. If you do not nd enjoyment or self improvement from it then I would suggest that perhaps you have the wrong reasons for doing it and you would be happier investing your time elsewhere.

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The Art Of Success That The School System Failed To Teach You
and debt remain. Best to try The School system will teach you to regurgitate facts, life will teach and avoid if possible. you that this has very limited application in the real world and to Compound Interest: get ahead you have to get creative Compound interest is and sometimes downright sneaky. a sneaky little blighter as its maths can get a little

BEAT SKOOL

1. Learn Basic Finance

confusing. In laymen's terms you are paying

Ignore Teachers. Learn From Life.

Listening, really listening to someone and not just waiting for your chance to speak will open doors that you never imagined and will substantially increase your ability to make friends. Good listeners are very attractive people. C. Use their name: A persons name is the most beautiful sound to them in the world. Forgetting someone's name is worse than dating their grandmother. If you are not good with names then now is the time to learn.

Good basic nance is understanding your interest on interest so over Personal Cash ow, The Dangers of Debt, the long time this can become

What Compound Interest Is, Good Saving very substantial, especially if you are paying Principles and How Pensions Really Work interest monthly. without being reduced to to a puddle of tears on the oor. Before going into debt or getting that new credit card it might be worth remembering this little picture to remind you of the dangers of compound interest growth. Compound interest is like a snowball

Dead Fish Economics:

It is handy and simple to think of your

personal nances in terms of a sh. You will be rolling down a hill. It starts small but very either of three different types - A happy Fish, quickly gets exponentially larger and very soon An Unhappy Fish or a Dead Fish. can get out of control causing serious damage to your neighbors greenhouse and prized This refers to whether you live inside your vegetable patch, which is bad news for means, on your means, or outside of your everyone involved. means. Living inside your means, or spending less than you earn makes you a Happy sh and is the best possible way to live. It is like a sh living IN water. Living on your means, or spending as

3. Get Creative
Life is fast paced, constantly changing, wildly unpredictable and constantly at the mercy of the whims of 8.6 billion people.

2. Develop People Skills

Thinking you can control life is like Life is People. Business is People. reaching for that itch right between your Success is People. Hobbits are people. shoulder blades, as hard as your try, you will The so called soft skills that are not never succeed. What you can do though is get creative, get innovative. See a problem and solve it. Draw from multiple experiences and create a solution. The people that do this are the people who that get ahead in this world. The future is only going to get faster and more unpredictable so why not focus on being able to adapt and create just as quickly.

much as you earn, makes you an Unhappy taught in school are probably the most Fish and is not the best way to live but you can valuable lessons you can learn. Being able to

survive as long as there is money coming in. get people to like you, to work with people This is like a sh living ON water. It can effectively, to build teams and to communicate survive but it is not ideal. You just have no buffer zone of savings should circumstance change. with people are essential to your personal success. A. Smile: Ridiculously easy and

Living outside your means, or spending underrated but the results are drastic for more than you earn, makes you a dead sh. I breaking down barriers and engagement, just dont think I need to point out that being a make sure you have brushed your teeth rst, dead sh should be avoided. A sh is DEAD dont want that bit of spinach on show. when it lives out of water just as living outside your means in pretty fatal. The happiness you achieve from the extra stuff you buy is short lived but the stress levels of compound interest B. Listen: You have two ears and one mouth. This should say something about how much you should listen compared to speaking.

Develop Your Financial, Emotional and Creative Intelligences to get further in life than school could ever take you.

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The Author
Jonny writes for love of Helping People, Inspiring People and Katie Holmes. He honed his unique writing style through his refusal to read for fear the words would attack him, and borrowed his life philosophies from the local stray terrier but plans to give aspects of them back. If you are bored check out his site, blog or email him at jonny@thelifething.com, or say hello on facebook.