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Business Life Success Tip - The Value of Self-Investment

How often do you register for classes and courses that promise to share success strategies and secrets to help you grow your business? How many books and products do you buy with the hopes of learning from experts in the field? If they’re successfull, they must know things you don’t know or you’d be more successful, right?

Some of these trainings, courses and classes carry a hefty price tag ranging from a couple of hundred dollars to thousands of dollars. And yet, people whip out their credit cards and yell, ”sign me up” because if the result is making more money, the short term investment is worth it. Long-term gains are compelling and the investment is justifiable if it delivers.

Investing in getting to know yourself well is key to any success you dream about. When the program or product offers personal development, transformation or spiritual growth, people are less inclined to make the time and financial investment in their own evolution and awakening.

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Read a book; Plant a Tree

Ecolibris is an innovative company that helps communities and the environment every time you buy a book. For a buck a book, they will plant a tree. Ecolibris has partnered with tree planting organizations in Africa and Latin America to bolster developing communities and aid in enriching their environment.

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Pacman Cap

New Era has some rather pricey game inspired caps on the market. The caps, which feature boldly colored Pacman and Space Invaders motifs might not give you street cred, but they ooze geek cred. All but the most hardcore geeks will probably avoid these, but it's great to wear in the privacy of your own home.

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Vending Machine Marijuana

Herbal Nutrition Center has installed operating machines next to two dispensaries that are open 24/7. Security Guards are present, to keep any people away who might not “meed” the pot, but after you get a perscription from your doctor you have to be fingerprinted and jump through some other hoops.

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Vending Machine Ramen

From hot canned coffee to warm corn soup, Japanese vending machines do their best to meet all your vending machine needs. This May, Kyoto-based company Fujitaka began selling Sapporo-style canned ramen for ¥300 ($2.67) a pop to nerds in Akihabara, Tokyo's electronics district. Yes, you can buy canned noodles!

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Artificial Surf

Six-foot swells are set to break on the Thames at an attraction aiming to tempt the growing ranks of urban surfers to taste the "quintessential California surf lifestyle" in the unlikely surroundings of a disused dock in east London. The world's first outdoor artificial surfing machine will use cleaned river water.

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Tweens’ Social Network

Moshi Monsters, a UK based social networking site aimed at children between the ages of 7 and 12 years old, might become Club Penguins biggest competitor “Tweens” can adopt and customize their very own pet monsters. The more they play with their monsters, the “happier” the monsters will be.

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YouMail Voicemail

YouMail, a free voicemail service, launched a new advertising program this week that will connect brands with mobile users through text-based advertising. This new feature will add short, non-intrusive 40-character marketing messages to the text alerts users already receive when a caller leaves a new voicemail.


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Do You Follow Marked Trails Or Bushwhack Through The Bush?

If you’ve ever dreamed of owning your own business, you’re not alone. The desire for the autonomy and financial security that being your own boss can provide has never been more prevalent than it is today.

   Read More | Comments | Franchise | Article by Kimberly Ellis

Five Reasons Podcasting Might Be Right For Your Home-based Business

Podcasting has been called the wave of the future. The truth, however, is that podcasting is the here-and-now and is gaining momentum across the world. Podcasting can have many uses for the home based business owner.

   Read More | Comments | Home-Based Business | Article by Jill Hart

Saying No Gracefully To Customers And Colleagues

Whether you are saying no to a collaborator asking you to do something, or saying no to a potential client that you really don't want to have, the ability to say no gracefully is a key skill when you are in business as a solo entrepreneur. Here are four quick steps to learning this skill.

   Read More | Comments | Customer Service | Article by Terri Zwierzynski

Teaching People To Learn

Common sense seems to be in very short supply. Perhaps it always was. Even allowing for the creative and often hysterical reporting of the news media it is hard to avoid the conclusion that a previous culture of personal responsibility seems to have changed into a culture of dependence and blame.

   Read More | Comments | People & Management | Article by John Bittleston

10 Definite Ways To Piss Your Audience Off

We are all experts at playing the role of the audience, thanks to the countless presentations that we have sit through. Quite frankly, we have seen it all! I thought it would be interesting to give you my list of ten things a presenter can do to piss me off. See if this tallies with yours! Starting from the bottom…

   Read More | Comments | Communication Skills | Article by Eric Feng

What Football Has To Do With Your Business

Recently Brett Favre, the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, broke the all-time NFL touchdown record. As a fan of football, I also realized how his career provides some valuable business-building lessons. Many of the same mindset and principles are the same no matter how the success manifests itself.

   Read More | Comments | Business Ideas | Article by Michele PW

Getting the Biggest Bang For Your Marketing Bucks

It's a dilemma that most small businesses and startups face: You must market and advertise, but you're strapped for cash. Fortunately, ideas, energy and imagination can make up for meager marketing budgets. Whether you're an established company or nascent business, the marketing formula is the same.

   Read More | Comments | Branding | Article by Lou Bortone

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