Happiness - Could Looking For Books Hold the Secret?

There are few things I enjoy as much as helping someone create new beliefs about their abilities, and what they can expect to experience in the world they live in. This is accomplished through any number of methods that have proven useful over the years, but there are some that stand out more than others, as I think back on some of my most “enjoyable” moments with clients. It’s hard to explain the feeling I experience as I watch someone go through an undeniable “ah ha” moment, and observe the “fogged out” look on their face as their brain works to re-organize, and create a new “structure” from which they will think in the future.

While complex linguistic or language patterns, various forms of hypnosis, and leading edge techniques of influence can work near miracles for conveying ideas to the “right” part of a client’s brain, sometimes nothing beats letting someone physically engage in a process that will ultimately allow them to discover for themselves, what I might have otherwise told them.

Just around the corner from the room I usually see my clients in, is a large bookshelf that reaches from the floor to the ceiling, holding six different shelves of books. The only book with a red covering is the classic MOBY DICK, with the large black letters of the title clearly written on its spine. All of the other books are blue, black, or some varied shade of one of these darker colors.

During a session, when the time seems right, I’ll ask my client if they would go into the other room and get the book with the black cover, MOBY DICK. Now, the act of just walking in and grabbing a book off of this shelf, and coming back into the room they had left, should take less than 30 seconds…and that’s being really generous with the time allowance.

However, as I look at my watch, timing the process from the moment they get up, at least a full minute will go by, and then, I’ll hear “Are you sure it’s in here?” After assuring them that it is in fact there, and that all they need to do is look, I can sense their frustration building as they search in vain for the book I’ve asked for. I’ll usually “save” them after 3-4 minutes….which can seem like an eternity to them.

When I finally walk in the room, and pull the RED book, with MOBY DICK boldly written down the spine off the shelf, the responses are varied, but they are all some version of “Oh my god, I “saw” that book, I mean I looked right at it, but I didn’t see those words on the spine!”

So what happened? I mean how is it that these intelligent people were able to scan their eyes across this book, but not “see” it? The answer is simple.

By telling them the cover of the book was black, I had covertly set the frame of reference for how their brain would sort, as they scanned the many books held by this bookcase. Even though MOBY DICK was the only book on that shelf that was red, or even close to red, and should have stood out like a bottle of Bartles & James at a fine wine tasting event…. it didn’t.

Each time their eyes would move across the red book, and their brain would detect the color red….the DELETE function kicked in and the words MOBY DICK simply did not register. The brain had been instructed that the answer would only be found in a BLACK book, and even though they had stopped and read the title of every dark colored book on that shelf, it never occurred to them to stop and read the title of the RED book.

So let me ask you, what frames of reference have you instructed your brain to use for finding solutions? Have you unknowingly given your brain instructions that are the equivalent of a black covered book?

Let’s look at another function of a frame of reference: MEANING.

The frame of reference we hold will literally shape, alter and modify all incoming information. The recent firing of Don Imus at MSNBC is a tremendous example. At the time of this writing, a poll at MSNBC showed that almost half of the people feel that the two week suspension was too harsh, and that this was what Imus was supposed to do as a “shock jock”, while the other half were all but calling for him to be beheaded, feeling that the only feasible solution was for him to be fired.

But we see this everywhere don’t we? Although it varies at any given time, overall, when you look at all of the polls taken regarding whether the U.S. should pullout of Iraq, or, whether we should stay and fight, we’ll see that there’s an average 50/50 split.

Should Imus have been fired? It depends on which half of the Nation you ask. Should the U.S. stay and fight in Iraq? Again, it depends on which 50% you talk to.

Those who felt that Imus should be fired held a frame of reference that would “see” or identify with only that information which matched their “frame”, and would delete, distort, deny, or simply not “see” or “hear” that which did not. What about those who felt he was just doing his job? Same thing; the “frame” held by these people will function in exactly the same way.

When you wish to persuade someone else, working (at least initially) within their frame of reference or their metaphor will produce staggering results. Trying to impose your frame upon theirs however, will only result in a war of frames.

But let’s talk about you. Let’s momentarily forget about persuading others, and let’s just think about how we can use this knowledge to positively work with our own lives. Do you know what your frames are? Let’s start with one that is easy. Do you identify yourself as a Republican or a Democrat? If so, the chosen party is your frame, and depending on the strength of your affiliation, you will refuse to even consider some to all of the ideas proposed by the other party.

This gets a little more tricky. What is your frame regarding a marriage? Discipline a child? Handling finances? Health such as diet and exercise? Chances are, you know what you do regarding each of these areas, but my experience has been that very few people are aware of the frame of reference they have that drives these behaviors.

If you desire to change some aspect of your behavior, discovering the frames and beliefs that are behind the behavior can mean the difference between changing as smoothly as possible, and fighting against the current until finally, you collapse from exhaustion, and eventually drift back into the behavior you struggled to depart.

One of the easiest ways I know of to determine what you believe about something, and thus what frame you hold, is to ask a series of questions that will remove the camouflage that has been concealing these powerful drivers of our lives.

People generally reveal only one half of the structure of their belief. When someone says “Chevrolet Sucks, I’d never drive one!” we really have very little to work with. If however, you simply use one magical little word, they will gladly hand over the other half of the belief…the half you need if you hope to help them reconstruct a more useful belief.

When someone has stated something like “Chevrolet sucks…..” just look at them and say “because?” You’ll then get the half that supports the half they had stated. “Because I was driving back from Tulsa late on night, in a Chevy Malibu I had at the time, and the damn thing broke down at 2:00 am in the middle of no where!”

Knowing this, there are countless ways you can now deconstruct the belief they have been using since the breakdown, and help them build another one…..often times in simple conversation.

Can you see how listening all of your first half beliefs down one side of a paper, and then writing down the supporting half on the other side could allow you to see how weak some of your “supporting evidence” for your beliefs has been?

Here’s an example:

I will never be rich BECAUSE I don’t have a college degree

I can’t lose weight BECAUSE I don’t like to exercise

When we allow ourselves to only focus on the 1st half or the thoughts on the left side, we never call into play the “evidence” that has been backing up things from just below the surface. Once we do though, once we call them out in the open where we can really scrutinize them, we’ll often find ourselves delighted to discover how quickly we can punch these “reasons” full of holes.

In later articles I’ll discuss several powerful methods to use for punching the holes, but for now, enjoy watching much of the power you had mistakenly attributed to the “evidence” simply vanish when these thought forms are placed under the spotlight.

© Copyright 2007, Vincent Harris-All Rights Reserved.

Vincent Harris is a professional speaker, trainer, and consultant. He is an expert on the new science of happiness, positive psychology, and teaches others how to become the kind of speaker that can leave the audience spellbound. Join his Free weekly Newsletter today, a $97 value and a Free ebook ” A Step by Step System for Achieving Any Goal” , a $29 value, and a Special Report, ” How to Stop Offending People Unconsciously, and Win Them Over in Record Time” Just visit http://www.successpath.info or http://www.vinceharris.com

Golf Grip Tips To Help You Find Your Swing

One golf grip tip is to not grip the club too tight. By gripping the club too tight, you reduce your wrist action involved with the swing. This is important because your wrist action is a power source and allowing your wrist to rest comfortably will allow you to get the most of your power.

A tip to get the most of your wrist power is to place the club in your fingers rather than your palm. The fingers are the most sensitive part of the hands, and placing the club in the fingers will help increase the amount of wrist hinge.

Another way gripping the club too tightly can affect your shot is through the control you will have on your shot. By tightening up your grip, generally the muscles all the way up your arms and into your shoulders tighten up as well. By overworking these muscles and being tense, you won’t get the proper swinging motion that is necessary for an accurate shot.

There are a number of ways you can grip your golf club, but in particular there are three that are most common. The first is The Vardon Overlap, which is also referred to as the Overlapping Grip. This is by far the most popular and common grip among all types. To get a feel for this grip, you start by placing your hands on the handle with your little finger on the trailing hand placed between the index and middle finger on the lead hand. The lead hand thumb should fit in the lifeline of the trailing hand. For right-handed golfers, the lead hand is the left.

The next common grip among the three is the interlocking grip. The name of this grip says it all as you literally lock your hands together. You will take your little finger on the trailing hand and intertwine it with the index finger on the lead hand. The lead hand thumb should fit in the lifeline of the trailing hand. Many people with smaller hands and weak forearms and wrists tend to prefer this style.

The last grip style is the ten finger grip, which is sometimes referred to as the baseball grip. This is a rather simple grip, which is why it is often taught to beginners. All you do for this grip is place a perfect lead hand grip, and then place the little finger of the trailing hand close against the index finger of the lead hand. You will lastly cover your lead hand thumb with the lifeline of the trailing hand.

Although these are the three most common ways to grip a club, the best way to find what works for you is by going off of what is most comfortable. The more comfortable you are the better wrist action and power you will get from your swing.

Joshua Spaulding is an Author and an avid Golfer who provides Professional, Free Golf Tips like Chipping Golf Tips through his Website at http://www.freegolfswingtips.net/

Will A Business Card Scanner Make Companies More Productive?

Probably the main reason why so many sales and CRM orientated companies are using a good business card scanner is in order to help speed up their transactions as well as reducing the amount of paperwork they do. A great thing about a good card scanner is allows to archive all that important data you see on people’s business cards in to a database which can then be easily accessed by all those that work for the company.

Within a few minutes a person can soon be carrying out flexible searches and so be able to find the information that is really important to them in a matter of seconds. Certainly where both sales and CRM companies are concerned the staff are likely to collect dozens if not hundreds of business cards during their travels. So rather than someone having to sit down in front of the computer in putting the details provided on those cards one at the time all they do is feed them in to the card scanner and the work is done for you. The software that this system uses and which only takes a few minutes to set up on to your computer is then able to read the information provided on the cards and put it in to a database which anyone can use no matter where they are.

Also this software also allows a company to synch both Palm OS devices, along with Pocket PC’s and smart phone an essential piece of equipment that is carried by many sales executives today. This means that no longer do they need to phone the office in order to get details of a particular client all they need do is open up the database on their handheld and they can then search for the information themselves. Longer will they be wasting money and time in trying to get the details that they want as they will all be close at hand all it takes is a click of a button and everything they need is there.

When you are considering purchasing a card scanner for your company or business it is important that you consider what you are going to be using the application for? Will you use it when at trade shows or during day to day activities for example when meeting a new client? Also will you need to be able to use it when you are traveling so it is vital that it is small enough that you can bring it along with your laptop. If you receive a lo of business cards than using a business card scanners will save you a lot of time.

A business card scanner scanner can save you a lot of time and effort. To get a review of one of the top business cards scanners on the market today go to http://card-scan-executive.com

Bariatric Bypass Surgery - Weight Loss Method That Just Can Not Fail

Bariatric bypass surgery is a medical phrase that you have very likely heard quite a bit about and really stands for many related manners of weight loss surgical treatments. Many individuals who have benefited from this surgery, as well as many famous persons, are very pleased by this weight loss system.

Nevertheless, before you conclude that bariatric bypass surgery is the best way for you to begin losing weight, you have to keep in mind the good and the disadvantageous side of it.

Though gastric bypass is a successful way of weight loss, it ought to be mainly employed to deal with those that are believed to be morbidly obese.

Because there are serious hazards of undergoing this form of surgical procedure, bariatric bypass surgery is employ only when the hazards of surgical procedure are decreased by the hazards of wellbeing that the person is currently facing.

In case that you are thinking about this type of surgical procedure for weight loss, you will most likely need to be ill with health problems that are caused or made worse by being obese.

For instance, it could be problems in which diabetes has progressed or blood pressure is way too high. By dropping the excess weight that you are lugging around, through bariatric bypass surgery or not, you are going to be more capable of turning around or slow down the growth of health problems similar to these.

What you should also recognize is that gastric bypass is more about preserving your health then improving your look. Various people learn that losing weight with any method is especially demanding and presents not much of instant gratification. It is extremely difficult losing even a couple of pounds, without even mentioning the amount that most individuals with obesity problem considering bariatric bypass surgery should lose.

By means of this way of weight loss, the body really loses weight rapidly because you are incapable to consume as big meals as you used to be able to.

In order to give you such health benefits, bariatric bypass surgery for all practical purposes, partitions the stomach in two. By dividing the stomach into 2 sections, the lesser of the two is at the top, the patient will feel his appetite satisfied sooner, and will ingest just small amounts of food.

This is the result of the stomach, after the surgery being considerably lesser in size. Nearly all of those that have used gastric bypass will eat more tiny meals rather then a few larger ones. Through gastric bypass you will truly lose a substantial amount of superfluous weight.

So in conclusion, if you have struggled to drop a significant number of pounds with other ways of weight loss and was unable to succeed, bariatric bypass surgery could just be the the key to your successful weight loss.

Are you interested inlearning more about laproscopic gastric bypass surgery? Visit us here: http://www.totalgastricbypass.findouthome.net Manfred Stohl is a weight loss author and webmaster of several weight loss sites which cover the subject of “weight loss methods that work”. Visit us and get all the relevant information you need without the hype.

How to Keep Your Skin Looking Youthful Forever

Almost everyone wishes to keep young and youthful looking skin well into old age. Yet, if you look around you will see that most people have allowed their skin to age decades ahead of its time. These people did not know the secrets of how to keep their skin from aging. Luckily, you do not need to follow in their footsteps. This article is going to reveal four ways to make your skin practically ageless. They are all extremely easy to implement. Lets take a look at what you need to do.

  • Supplement with omega 3 oils- This practice is absolutely critical if you desire healthy, supple skin. Omega 3 oils will greatly increase the elasticity of your skin as well as repair skin that has already been damaged. You will not be able to have ageless skin without proper intake of these critical fats. Don’t worry about gaining any weight due to the increased fat intake omega oil supplementation represents. Omega oils have actually been shown to aid in weight loss. Your skin and entire body cannot be totally healthy until you take in plenty of omega 3s. Here is the best possible way to consume omega 3 oil for maximum benefits. Buy pure cold pressed flax seed oil, widely available at grocery stores. Mix one tablespoon oil into a small bowl of cottage cheese. Do this twice daily. You will not believe how much it will help your skin and your overall health. The fats in the flax oil bind with the sulfur based proteins in the cottage cheese allowing for much better absorption and utilization. Be sure to mix them.

  • Drink lots of pure water- This is another major factor in skin and whole body health. Water flushes built up toxins and pollutants from your body and lubricates the different layers of the skin allowing wrinkles to melt away. Your skin will begin to glow after several days of increased water intake. Be sure the water you are drinking is pure. City tap water is not recommended. You can buy gallon jugs of spring water less for than a dollar. I always consume at least a half once of water for every pound of body weight. So if I weigh 150lbs I will consume at least 75oz of water per day. You may need more if you live in a hot climate.

  • Consume wheatgrass juice- I start every day with a double shot of wheatgrass juice mixed with a little cayenne pepper. This provides for huge amounts of energy during my day. I actually feel my life energy increasing after drinking a little wheatgrass juice. When your whole body becomes healthier you skin follows suit. You will likely notice that wheatgrass has the power to revitalize your skin, removing years of age in a short amount of time. It has also been shown to keep hair from graying. Don’t skip this valuable practice. Doing so will sabotage the results you get. If you don’t like the taste of wheatgrass juice all you have to do is mix it with fruit juice. You wont even be able to taste it.

  • Use a high end age reduction cream- By utilizing the more advanced anti aging skin care products you can shave a decade off of your appearance in a matter of weeks. This step will provide the most immediate results and will work synergistically with the other three practices described. You will be amazed to see what the best age reducing creams can do. I have fully researched and all of the contenders in the age reducing skin care cream market and have found one that stands out above all the rest. You can read my review of it by clicking the link in the authors box at the end of the article. I would highly recommend you look into it if you desire exceptional, ageless skin.
  • There you have it! Four skin care practices that will allow you to keep your young healthy skin for all of the years of your life. You need to make everyone of the above points into a habit that goes on automatically everyday. You will not receive the results you desire with sporadic efforts. Everything I mentioned above is easy to implement and easy to stick to. Do yourself the favor of following the skin care program I have outlined here. I guarantee you that you will not be disappointed.

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    Addiction to Venting

    “I was up too late with my friend Peg last night,” Abigail told me in our phone session. “She was needing to vent. Then I had a problem falling asleep, but at least I was there for her.”

    “How often does this happen?” I asked her.

    “Oh, fairly often. At least every couple of weeks.”

    “Why do you continue to listen to her?”

    “Isn’t that what a good friend does?”

    “How do you feel when you listen to her?”

    “Kind of stressed.”

    “Do you see it helping her to vent to you over and over?’

    “Well, she says she feels better after I listen to her.”

    “Of course she feels better! She has just dumped all her stress onto you. She goes to sleep and you are up with her stress. But do you see anything actually changing in her life as a result of you allowing her to vent to you?”

    “No!”

    “Abigail, if what Peg wanted to do every couple of weeks was come over and get drunk at your house, would you allow this?”

    “No! But that’s different.”

    “It’s not different. Peg is using venting as an addiction to avoid taking responsibility for her feelings. She is not spending the time with you exploring what she is doing that is creating her upsets. She is not learning about what she can do differently so that she doesn’t reach the point of anger and anxiety that she then dumps on you. There is no learning or change happening. And, your stress in response to the venting, is letting you know that listening to this is not good for you either.”

    “I have had a feeling that this was not working well for me, but I don’t know what to do. Peg is my good friend and I don’t want to let her down. What can I say to her?”

    “Well, how about, ‘Peg, I know that when you vent and I listen to you, you feel better for awhile. But I end up feeling worse. I love you and I want to be here for you, but it seems to me that the venting is not getting you anywhere - that is it an addiction just like using sugar to feel better for the moment but not really dealing with the issue. I’m here for you if you want real help in dealing with the issues, but I don’t want to be at the other end of your venting any more.’ Is that something you would be willing to say?”

    “I think so. But she might be mad at me.”

    “Yes, she probably will be mad at you. Most people do not like it when someone calls them on their addictions and refuses to participate in them anymore. Are you willing to have her mad at you? Certainly listening to her vent is not loving to yourself, and therefore not loving to her. It is far more loving to both of you for you to stop enabling her addiction, even if she doesn’t think so.”

    “I know this is what I need to do. But what if she doesn’t want to be friends with me anymore?”

    “Abigail, what would this tell you about the friendship and about her caring for you?”

    “I guess it would tell me that she is using me rather than really caring about me and our friendship.”

    “Right. If she pulls out of the friendship because you don’t want to listen to her vent, then she is not really a friend. It means that she want to go on being a victim, not taking responsibility for herself and dumping her feelings onto you.”

    “Okay, I’m going to do this. I am at the point where I want friends who are learning and growing, not friends who are being victims. I guess I have nothing to lose, and I will get more sleep!”

    Margaret Paul, Ph.D. is the best-selling author and co-author of eight books, including “Do I Have To Give Up Me To Be Loved By You?” and “Healing Your Aloneness.” She is the co-creator of the powerful Inner Bonding® healing process. Learn Inner Bonding now! Visit her web site for a FREE Inner Bonding course: http://www.innerbonding.com or email her at margaret@innerbonding.com. Phone sessions available.

    Promoting Your Book

    Now that your book is in your hands, yipee, wowee. Congratulations. Many compete but few get to publication these days.

    Some authors are quite naive when they are first published with the idea that the publishing company will take a leading role in their promotion, dumping buckets of money out on flashy advertisements in magazines. They will hire you a book promoter and pay for a six day book tour around the country. It’s the beginning of a dream fulfilled. Sure, that might happen sometimes. With a book tour costing an average of between 1,000 and 10,000 dollars a day, it would be unlikely the would spend the money on you. Instead, the publishing company is most likely going to watch you instead.

    The book publishing company cannot sell books without the author. So they wait to see what the sales are like before they think about investing in advertising.

    So if novel A is published and it’s from a first-time author without a track record, they simply ignore it and wait. They have books they’ve published from more established authors and still those authors are probably expected to make their own wind. Often, they do not even put out press releases. In fact, how many books can your remember reading an online press release about? Few, if any.

    No track record, no money. Nothing is thrown at you to make your life easier.

    So what do you do if you want a career?

    You remember some of the shows where the gopher and mailroom clerk work their way up to CEO. This is the same concept with your book. If you want the book career and have your book right there, this is your entry level job. It doesn’t matter who published it. It now comes down to what you do.

    So if you thought the heartbreaking rejection letters were the worst, you just wait.

    Now you have a sales job of getting book signings at bookstores. Even if your book company distributes themselves or doesn’t have a distributor, bookstores can still host you. So if someone says ‘no’, then you need to find out why.

    For media coverage, you’re not going to get it without first setting up an event so chicken before the egg or egg before the chicken. Nobody is going to pick your story up unless you’re somewhere visible.

    So be somewhere visible. If bookstores aren’t immediately interested, it is probably due to your approach.

    Are you faxing them? Yeah, people hate that. Don’t fax them unless you want to tag along on an event they are promoting. Really, don’t fax. And what about email? Sure, give it a try. You might email 150 places and find two get back to you. But that might be worth it to you. But by faxing ahead of emailing, you may be consumed with the fact that you are rejected which isn’t the truth.

    Yes, you’re a new writer and a published author. Now, it’s time to realize you’ve just entered your job in sales.

    Sales people don’t get their answering machine messages returned as a general rule and if they are identified as a sales person, they don’t even get to talk to the real decision maker.

    If you want to set up book signings at bookstores, make a point to call eight or more bookstores a day or at least a week. These should be bookstores you can get to in a car or on a bus.

    Tell them who you’re with. This is Jake. I’m looking to talk to someone who sets up book signings at your store.

    Don’t talk to anyone else if you can help it because the element of surprise is a good one.

    Introduce yourself. Tell them about your book as a secondary issue and instead focus on what successes you’ve already had drawing in people and selling books. So you sort of name drop in the last book signing and how many books you sold. If you don’t have the track record, say nothing. Sprinkle in reviews from fans with your conversation.

    Try to solve problems as they give them to you. They don’t take on romance books? Start identifying your book as an inspirational book or some other more generic genre. They don’t do mystery books. Describe it next time as a crime book.

    Expect six rejections for every two positive calls. The two positive calls could simply be getting more information, being pointed in the direction of the Regional Sales Representative. It could be a book signing right away.

    If you are finding that bookstores are not responding, it could be related to the time of year. Winter book signing events are rare when there’s three feet of snow. In cottage areas, summer book signings may not be popular.

    But don’t think because book signings don’t immediately welcome you that you’re in trouble. Now’s the time to instead phone up a local charity or a small business and have them put on an event for you with you donating a little money to the charity per book. It gets your name out. It’s very easy to advertise this kind of event. Media outlets will pick it up.

    Phone up a cafe. Ask to be hosted. Order your own books and get out there. Create your own wind and I guarantee by your third book, the advertising dollars from the publishing company will now start following you.

    Robyn Whyte is the CEO of Stargazer Press. Drop by http://www.stargazerpress.com and check out our great educational programs and novels. This May first, pick up a copy of Victoria Graydale’s journey story ‘The Wizard’s Daughter’.

    Yoga Options for Managing Anxiety

    Yoga has many options for ridding your body of toxins, negative energy, stress, and daily anxiety. Yoga postures (Asanas) are most commonly known, but Yoga breathing techniques (Pranayama) are very beneficial; most can be practiced any time of the day.

    The worst action you can take is to ignore anxiety. Anxiety requires a plan of action to instill positive energy within your being. If your plan of action is to take a Yoga lesson, you are “on the right path” to eliminating negative feelings.

    Anxiety can lead to a multitude of health problems. Therefore, you should take action to rid your body, mind, and spirit of negative feelings, which build up from within or are a result of your environment. Within a typical Hatha Yoga class, you will learn Asana, Pranayama, and some form of meditation.

    The combination of these three methods, within the span of 45 to 90 minutes, occurs in one Yoga lesson. Yoga students often practice at home, but the “home Yoga sessions” are usually much shorter.

    This is fine because a little Yoga is better than no Yoga at all; especially, in the case of a person who experiences anxiety. One short Yoga session can help the mind and body lose feelings of negativity. Yet, it may require a longer session to give you relief, if negative energy is “getting out of hand.”

    The study of Yoga requires your commitment to make a personal appointment with yourself. Do you have the time to take care of your health? This requires pro-active thinking on your part, because most of the world reacts to health problems.

    Setting a time of the day for a Yoga lesson, at a studio, or a Yoga home practice session, is not difficult. Yet, there are other ways to practice Yoga off your mat and say “goodbye” to anxiety at the same time.

    Here’s another option: Go for a 20 to 40 minute walk. You can practice the natural breath technique (belly breath), Dhirga Pranayama (Three part breath), or a walking meditation.

    If the weather is rough, you can always go to an indoor facility, or a shopping mall. It does wonders for your body, and mind, to get out and stop thinking about regrets. We must all learn to put the past behind, do our best now, and plan for the future.

    Yoga has a number of options for a public, which seeks relief from daily anxiety and stress. Yoga can be considered part of a coping strategy, but in the case of severe anxiety and depression, professional medical or psychological help should be sought.

    © Copyright 2007 - Paul Jerard / Aura Publications

    Paul Jerard, e-RYT 500, is a co-owner and the director of Yoga teacher training at: Aura Wellness Center, in Attleboro, MA. http://www.riyoga.com He has been a certified Master Yoga teacher since 1995. To receive a Free e-Book: “Yoga in Practice,” and a Free Yoga Newsletter, please visit: http://www.yoga-teacher-training.org/index.html

    How to Make Money from Free Products

    Is it even possible to legally make money from free products, you might ask? If it weren’t possible I would not be wasting your time and my time with this article. So, read on…

    To make money from free products there are three extremely important principles that you must adhere to.

    These principles are:

    1. Find high quality products.

    When you promote and recommend any product, you are attaching your name and your reputation to that particular product. If you promote products of inferior quality your reputation and your integrity will suffer, and any success that you might have will be very short-lived.

    Building a sustainable long-term business based on product promotion, including promoting free products, requires you to be very selective in terms of the quality of products that you promote.

    2. Respect copyright and intellectual property.

    As you will see further on, I am not advocating, approving, or condoning stealing other people’s intellectual property and gaining in any way from their efforts in an illegal or unethical manner.

    As above, to build a sustainable business with free product promotion you absolutely must respect the copyright and intellectual property of the authors and owners of those free products.

    3. Find free products with an affiliate commission system at the back-end.

    To make money from free products, you need to find free products that promote and lead to bona fide sales of another product, and where you get paid an affiliate commission on those sales.

    This method needs to be backed up by a robust affiliate commission tracking system that can follow your referrals from the free product all the way through to the eventual sale of the commissionable product.

    This can be a very easy and very lucrative way of making money.

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