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Hi, my name is John Doe and I’m a Glossophobic

People who suffer from glossophobia, the fear of public speaking, may need some time to recognize they have a very real phobia. It may take multiple trials and failed attempts at making an effective speech for them to realize they have a very real problem. Usually by the time the consistent pattern of panic occurs, the person feels so disheartened by their abilities that their confidence is stricken and they are convinced they are unworthy, or just plain ‘no good’ at speaking in public. In this vein of thinking, the person then will avoid at all costs the situation of being forced to speak in public and when it is cleverly or luckily avoided, they feel immense relief.

Unlike other phobias where there is an actual threat of danger- from heights, deadly spiders or swimming in large ocean waves, the fear of public speaking presents no real danger elements. No one will be threatening to ’shoot to kill’ if the presentation gets a bit fouled up or the speaker convulses in a fit of nervous laughter. This idea of rejection from a group probably stems from our evolutionary history, genetically encoded in our brains, where being accepted by the tribe was a matter of life and death. Win the approval of the tribe, be guaranteed of food and shelter. Be rejected by the tribe and suffer the life of the outcast, banished from the group to feast on berries and river water and fight the elements ALONE. This high-anxiety producing, primitive response to survival is entangled with the need for approval from a group.

So, what to do?? Many people spend a lot of time and energy in avoidance. Avoiding presentations, turning to alcohol or drugs, mysterious disappearances from work, feigning illness, rejecting promotions for fear of their public speaking phobia being discovered if the higher position involves presentations or manipulation of coworkers or other people. The energy and attention produced in avoidance could much better be used in proper preparation and methods of calming to distract from the irrational phobia. Eventually, this person is up against a wall, either socially or professionally and is called upon to face their fears. Getting help is a much better option.

There are resources available that can rapidly improve one’s fear or phobia of public speaking. Be embarrassed no more! The Fast Phobia Cure from Neuro-Linguistic Programming changes learned patterns of fear. The Emotional Freedom Technique, Hypnosis, Cognitive Therapy and other treatments can be viewed online in many resources.

No one need suffer from the fear of public speaking. We are all imperfect and sometimes, the beauty of a live performance or public speaking engagement can be perceived most clearly in the very human blunders and mistakes that befall the orator. Winston Churchill makes the case for lucid, concise and phobia-free public speaking oration, “It’s quite simple, say what you have to say and when you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending, sit down”.

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The exciting term, infopreneur, is becoming a hit among today’s entrepreneurs who want to capitilise on the sea of opportunities available on the internet. An infopreneur, apparently combined from the two words “information” and “entrepreneur”, refers to an entrepreneur who makes money by selling/sharing information on the web.

Infopreneurs fall into two categories. One is where infopreneurs sell information which are created on their own. The other kind is whereby infopreneurs piggyback off information from certain sources, modify as their own and sell them. The selling part might not exactly refer to selling information to readers directly all the time. Instead, sometimes information will be made free to be read by anyone. In this case, revenues are earned through advertistments which are relevant to the information. Infopreneurship serves as an important purpose to the public especially when people are looking for information on a specific topic. Then again, the reliability of the source has to be checked for.

The selling part comes in when an infopreneur offers information products in a variety of formats including books, e-books, special reports, audio formats, videos, workbooks, booklets, and virtually any method in which one can deliver information. This method is practised by entrepreneurs cum infopreneurs and successful results are obtained.

The reason for successful infopreneurship, be it selling information or sharing information for free, is that it is a great way to market an individual’s ideas, products or services. Information sharing is like presenting a business card. It opens up doors to new business opportunities. With more media exposure, it can easily increase popularity to one’s business. An article published on an article submission site, gets republished several times to various websites which increases visitor traffic in the twinkle of an eye. Most infopreneurs have their own website which is a centre for their business. By publishing information on the net, they leave a link behind for interested readers to follow through and land up on the infopreneurs’ sites. For an example, an infopreneur may have written on a specific topic such as “the best ingredients to use in cooking a Bombay styled mutton biryani”. An interested reader who finds the information useful would then click on the link left by the author to visit his website where there would be more related information on that particular topic.

Gone were the days where there existed an industry era peacefully before technology started exploding into the scene in exponential forms. Today we are living right in the heart of the information era and what more relevance could it be other than infopreneurship. Information is the underlying vitality in today’s success to both an individual and a company. So if you feel the need to share loads of information, be it for profitable or non-profitable reasons, dive right into the limitless stream of information superhighway aka internet today.

- Thanaseelan, click on http://www.worthofwordplay.blogspot.com to view his main blog. Don’t forget to check out the categories on his blog.

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The web 2.0 movement is certainly mainstream at this point. A quick look at the VC investment data shows that this is no longer a fringe movement. Having lived through the dot-com experience, running an Internet start-up at the time (which made it through to this day), I have a few observations about this latest craze.

The number one objection I have to Web 2.0 is the lack of definition for the term itself. Whenever there is a “buzz” about something people can’t quite define, I tend to believe it’s not real. Or at least, the idea is still in a formation stage. We heard this in the 90’s, “the Internet is changing the very fundamentals of business.” But when you asked people how, they couldn’t really answer. Their only reply was: “You’ll see.” Well, we certainly saw. Business is business, and always will be. There needs to be a return of x percent in y years, or investments generally are not offered.

Will Web 2.0 bring new and interesting ways to make money? I think so. I’m quite intrigued by the possibilities. But my money is on the sidelines at this point. I think that the money that’s out there now is somewhat foolish. Maybe foolish is a little harsh. It’s the early-adopter money. It’s a typical investment pattern, really. The early money will largely be lost, but is necessary to help define how to use a new technology. The 1% who make it through the first few years will see incredible returns. The other 99%, well…

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The cigarette smoking habit has seen an evolution in its perception and acceptance. Early in its history tobacco smoking was viewed as actually being good for you. How untrue that tale turned out to be. Instead we now know what tobacco does. It causes problems like cancer, problems in the lungs and heart disease. Those are just the major risks involved. Others like the smell and the expense of the addiction all contribute to the bad side effects.

National awareness of these problems have legislated action and laws against tobacco smoking and the need to quit smoking. Some of these actions include the following.

Anti-Smoking Public Service Announcements: Truth is one very successful ad agency that has depicted the bad effects of smoking. They portray the tobacco industry as an evil empire. Their commercials are also cryptic in showing the effects of tobacco and smoking. The ads they show have even reached audiences of the NFL Super bowl.

Public Laws have also curtailed smoking on a social level. In many states around the USA smoking bans in social places like restaurants, bars and recreation facilities are banned. The states with such bans include:

ALASKA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII, IDAHO, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, KANSAS, KENTUCKY, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, MISSISSIPPI, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH DAKOTA, OHIO, OKLAHOMA, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, PUERTO RICO, RHODE ISLAND,SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA, TEXAS, UTAH, VERMONT, WASHINGTON DC, WASHINGTON STATE, WEST VIRGINIA, WISCONSIN, WYOMING

High taxes on cigarettes and cigars also cut deeper into the budgets of smokers. It is estimated that a smoker who starts early in his age will end up spending nearly two million dollars on cigarettes in his lifetime.

Agencies like insurance and health organizations also penalize smokers. This is accomplished with expensive fees and less services available due to the dangers of tobacco.

Nicotine patches and other products that help smokers stop smoking have also emerged on the market.

The result of all these restrictions, laws and legislations against tobacco smoking has made it a habit that is becoming inconvenient and expensive. Quitting smoking does come with expense and effort but the benefits are very bright. They include saving money every year and a longer lifespan. Better health and a longer lifespan. Your family will also benefit from better health and not having to deal with secondhand smoking.

Learn from the lessons of government agencies and organizations and get help to stop smoking. See the New Nicotine Cure today (Endorsed by the Writer of this Article): http://www.NicotineCure.info

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Protecting your puppy or dog from everyday poisons in the home and garden will be the focus of this article.

Along with your veterinarian’s phone number, you should have posted in prominent vicinity by the phone the number to a 24 hour emergency pet hospital and the ASPCA Poison Control Hotline (888-426-4435). Make sure you know where the pet emergency hospital is before the need arises. Having these numbers available before you need them may save your puppy or dog’s life. It is also suggested that you have a doggie emergency kit available consisting of the following:

- Bottle of hydrogen peroxide

- Bulb syringes (medium and large sizes) or large medicine syringe

- Saline eye solution

- Muzzle

- Clean blanket to wrap dog in if necessary

- Assortment of towels

- Portable pet carrier if dog is small

- Rubber gloves

Most canines love to explore and sniff out new things. Most puppies and dogs lick things or put items in their mouth before you have a chance to tell them no or direct their attention elsewhere. Keeping all unsafe items out of a dog’s grasp is one way to protect them in your house. Keeping them on a leash helps protect them when away from the house or out walking.

Placing cleaners in cabinets or cupboards and gardening supplies in the garage away from the dog is a start on making your home doggie safe. If your dog has access to the garage, make sure all gardening supplies or additives are on shelves or in an area of the garage inaccessible to the dog. Think how you would childproof your home and apply it to the dog. A dog can’t climb but he can jump up on tables and grab anything he thinks is edible. Fumes from paints, fuel oils and acetones are very harmful to animals and can also make humans ill. Keep these items in a well ventilated area and out of reach of dogs and children.

Most people don’t think of their prescriptions or over the counter medicines as a danger to puppies or dogs. A dropped pill on the floor could cause great harm to the puppy or dog that finds and swallows it. One little pill could cause live failure, depression, seizures or a multitude of medical emergencies. If you drop a pill or anything on the floor, pick it up. Taking 2 minutes to locate the pill may save the life of your pet.

Everyone must know by now that chocolate is harmful to dogs. It isn’t that great for humans either but our weight gain (as a side effect of too much chocolate) is not as serious as the effect that chocolate has on dogs. Theobromine is a natural stimulate found in chocolate and affects the heart muscle and central nervous system of dogs. Eating a little chocolate won’t hurt your dog but knowing how much is safe is hard to judge. If you have a small dog even a little chocolate may be fatal. Theobromine may cause increased heart rate, increased urination and excessive panting. This then could lead to seizures, coma and death. Keep all chocolate candies, cookies and cakes away from puppies and dogs and make sure the goodies are put away in the refrigerator or cabinets when leaving the room. If a dog wants a piece of chocolate, he may jump on the counter or table.

Setting out ant and roach baits is dangerous for animals and children. Placing the bait containers inside cabinets and away from little fingers or paws is preferable to placing the containers in an open area.

Any pest control poisons or rodenticides are extremely dangerous to puppies and dogs. The key ingredient in some of these poisons is warfarin which stops the blood from clotting. Ingesting these poisons or a mouse or rat that has ingested these poisons could be fatal to your animal unless medical treatment is sought immediately. Make sure your puppy or dog is in their crate and unable to get near the poison if you do set it out. You could always set the poison in another room and make sure the door is firmly closed. Before letting your dog have run of the house, please pick up the poison bait and either dispose of it or place it high on a shelf out of the dog’s sight.

Antifreeze kills many dogs and puppies each year. It is sweet tasting and curious animals seem drawn to it. If an animal drinks the antifreeze and you catch it right away you may be able to get medical attention and save them. Making sure the containers of antifreeze are tightly sealed and placed out of reach of children and animals is one way to guard against accidental poisoning. Keeping your dog on leash when out walking and away from driveways is another way to prevent your dog from ingesting the antifreeze. Check your garage floor for any antifreeze runoff from the car and clean the garage floor if necessary. Staying alert to this danger and being watchful will help keep your furry friend safe.

Before planting that spring garden, do your research and find out which plants are poisonous to dogs. This information would be available in any library and online. You can also research poisonous houseplants to make sure your home is safe for your four legged companion.

Jim McKiel lives in the Chicago suburbs with his wife Doris and their pet family members Buddy and Buster. They have devoted their lives to the betterment of pet ownership. For more information, visit Large Breed Family Dogs

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Do you think the truth has anything to do with change? Really? It does and I’ll show you what I mean. Several years ago I was working a project for a company doing around $8 billion dollars a year at the time when the CEO decided to improve every process ten times … thus the project was dubbed 10X.

It was colossal in its size and scope. They put two hundred people on the project and ninety consultants and planned a mere two years, at the behest of the consultants, to complete the end-to-end redesign of every process in the organization. The advice was that they could do this in one year design and one year implementation. Foolhardy but we all embarked on the journey.

The redesign included accounts payable, receivable, a new handheld computer for the retail side of things, inventory system and you name it. The size and scope made it impossible to complete but what made it worse was the complete absence of truth. Not only did anyone not want to tell the Emperor he had no clothes, telling the truth was punished severely.

Well as you can tell this was a train wreck waiting to happen. The change train was barreling down the track and it was just a matter of time. The operations group headed by my boss was given the project to ‘implement’ at the two year and three month mark. The only problem was there was nothing to implement that actually worked.

One example was the handheld computer. At six weeks before test launch when my partner and I took over the project for implementation we were presented with a balsa wood model. That is not a misprint; we were presented a balsa wood model. At the four week mark the actual unit showed up and was eight pounds instead of the design of four and wouldn’t pass the four foot drop test, only two. Yet, the rollout was destined to be so the new unit passed through the field integration test lab with flying colors.

What do you think happened? In the field it bombed in three days and my partner and I had the train wreck sitting right before our eyes. When we got the design crew together we said, “We have to know what happened. No one gets shot here, there’s a new Sheriff in town so relax and tell us the truth”. It was a classic and silence ruled the room.

After some time a coder who was sitting on the floor of the conference room with his head down raised his hand. I said go and he said, “Pain avoidance!” It threw me a bit and I asked for an explanation. He said simply, “It was easier to tell them what they wanted to hear than to tell them the truth, it was just too painful”. Herein lies the lesson of truth and change.

Leaders must make it safe to tell the truth. They must create what I call an Umbrella of Safety where it is okay to tell the truth. Why did Enron happen? One reason was that it was not okay to tell the truth. It is always important but during times of change in an organization it is more important than at any other time. In the example above the handheld computer left the field integration testing lab with 187 known defects. That happened because to the leaders the timeline was much more important than the truth. It is a leadership responsibility.

Imagine a continuum running from left to right. Now divide that continuum into a block on the left representing ten percent of the line, and a block on the right representing another ten percent. That will leave you with eighty percent in the middle. The left ten percent represents people like me who will tell the leader the truth, as I or you see it anyway, regardless of the consequences. Now the ten percent on the right represents people who will lie to you no matter what. They lie because they are liars so don’t spend any time on that since liars lie.

Now the eighty percent in the middle represents most people in today’s organization who tell situational truth, they do what I call ‘abuse the truth’. They do that because of the leaders in today’s organization and their need for political correctness and inclusion at all costs. The leader’s job is to move the block on the left, truth, as far right as they can. This means on your continuum you will have thirty, forty, maybe fifty percent who will come in and tell you the truth. You do this by creating a safe environment and seeking the truth rather than the answer you want.

If you don’t create an Umbrella of Safety in your change work you will fail. It will not be a question of whether you will fail; it will be a question of when. The choice is yours.

Ed Kugler has been living change since the jungles of Vietnam where he was a Marine Sniper for two-years in the Vietnam War. He came home to a country he hadn’t left and began work as a mechanic and truck driver. Since then he has worked his way into the executive suite of Frito Lay, Pepsi Cola and Compaq Computer where he was Vice President of Worldwide Logistics, a position he achieved with no college degree. Ed left in 1997 to consult and write. He is the author of Dead Center - A Marine Sniper’s Two Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War and five other books and counting. He regularly consults with some o the nations leading companies on organizational change and coaches individuals to make the most of their lives. Ed is the father of three, grandfather to three and has been married to the same woman for 38 years and counting. http://www.nomorebs.com

http://www.edkugler.com

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If you’re a mixed martial arts fan, you’re probably sick of that headline. You’re sick of hearing how Lorenzo J. Fertitta and Frank J. Fertitta have purchased PrideFC from it’s former Dream Stage Entertainment owners and ousted former CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara. You want to hear more about what is possible the biggest month in Mixed Martial Arts history, April 2007.

There are four shows worth mentioning in April, in addition to season 5 of “The Ultimate Fighter”. These shows are:

April 5, 2007 - Ultimate Fight Night 9

This show features a bout between Joe Stevenson and Melvin Guillard. These two 155 pound fighters are at the cusp of becoming superstars in the UFC lightweight division. A win in this bout, then perhaps one more and one of these guys might be ready for a title shot. There is also another interesting match on this card, featuring the return of Kenny Florian after his beat down, courtesy of UFC lightweight champion Sean Sherk. Kenny Florian is facing Dokonjonosuke Mishima.

April 7, 2007 - UFC 69: Shootout

Everybody is waiting to see what Georges St Pierre has in store for Matt “The Terror” Serra. St Pierre completely dominated Matt Hughes in his last outing, earning him the UFC welterweight belt. Serra on the other hand, barely squeaked by Chris Lytle to get the season 4 “Ultimate Fighter” title at 170. This could be an interesting match, but most expect another St Pierre blow out.

The most interesting match of UFC 69 will put Diego Sanchez’ undefeated record on the line against super-wrestler Josh Koscheck. These guys have met before, but Josh was a pure wrestler at that point, he’s had a couple of years of MMA experience now, let’s see who’s better now. Other big names on that card include Mike Swick, Kendall Grove, Heath Herring, Brad Imes and expect a great match between Josh “I never quit” Haynes and Luke Cummo.

April 8, 2007 - Pride 34 Kamikaze

This event isn’t nearly as interesting as it could be. The main thing that does make it interesting is the 10th anniversary and resignation of Sakakibara, all in the same show. Expect and emotional show with a lot of “Pride Past” clips. If you’re not a Pride fan, you soon will be, watching this show would be excellent research into what the Pride fighters bring to the table. Unfortunately it’s being shown live at 3:00am my time, bring on the coffee! The feature bout will be Sokoudjou vs Arona. Sokoudjou KO’s little Nog in his last outing and Arona is a perennial contender. Perhaps he has the most to win by the UFC owners purchasing pride. His solid ground game could be trouble for a lot of the UFC’s current 205 pound division.

Pride is also featuring a freak show match between Butterbean and Zulu, personally, I’m not interested.

April 21, 2007 UFC 70: Nations Collide

Finally, the show which will determine the future of the UFC heavyweight division. Mirko Cro Cop vs Gabriel Gonzaga will determine who meets Randy Couture for the title. Look for Cro Cop to dominate this one, but as always in MMA, never count any fighter out of any fight. There are a number of other interesting names on this card. Look for Michael Bisping “Ultimate Fighter” season 4 winner facing Elvis Sinosic in a match, seemingly designed to set up Bisping for a future title shot. Andrei Arlovski will face Fabricio Werdum which could end up being the fight of the night. Cheick Kongo will try to redeem himself after a decision loss when he faces Assuerio Silva. Let’s hope Cheick comes out swinging.

That’s it, a great month of great fights, and I barely even mentioned the big UFC - Pride purchase. For those of you sick of the UFC - Pride headlines, you’d better get used to it, it’s here to stay and will remain the big story in MMA for months.

Take it easy and enjoy the fights!

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