Do you finish your day not even finishing half of your to-do list items? There are two ways to look at this. First, you could be wasting a lot of time and not managing your working hours very well. The second scenario is that you are simply taking on too much.
I know how you feel. [...]
I made the observation about a month ago that my salary reached a stagnation point. It had been the same for… a while. “But I work so hard!” I kept thinking. But was that really the case? I set out to find out and was shocked by what I found.
I wasted a lot of time. [...]
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Each and every day as we are building our businesses, we all know the key to a successful presentation is a product being sold to the end-line consumer and/or sponsoring a new person. In the sales process, you are fighting many different types of animals. For most of us who are in direct sales, you [...]
No matter how fantastic the short story you have written may be, without a catchy title the chances are good that an editor will not read it. The title is the most important part of the story as this is what first captures the reader’s attention.
A good title should grab the reader and make them [...]
It always amazes me how people apreaciate good writing, whether it appears on a blog, in an article, or in a novel. The thing is, anyone can write well. You can write something that receives hundreds, even thousands of views. You can write a novel that sells thousands of copies. The secret [...]
One of the handiest bits of "equipment" to the idea searcher may be an inquisitive child. The best place for him may prove to be, not the quiet spot on a mountain top he dreams of, away from people, but in a battle of wits with his children. The number of questions a child can [...]
When I was in the 7th grade, I learned the secret to great writing. It had nothing to do with syntax, vocabulary, sentence structure or tone. The secret was one word; one single, solitary command to be adhered to like a strict diet if you ever wanted to be a great writer. The word? Describe.
If [...]
Stephen King says he starts his novels with a "What if?" question. What if a woman and child are trapped in a car by a rabid dog? What if a family pet buried in a Pet Semetary came back to life? What if a young girl could start fires with her mind?
I have also heard [...]
The means of conveying a moral specific theme in a fictional story is termed Moral Fiction. This designation may seem self-explanatory since you most likely grew up with stories that contained a moral lesson. So many classic children’s stories were infused with value based story lines it may seem strange to think that is not [...]
