Monday 30 November 2015

10 Habits Financially Stable People Have

Still being useful.

10 Habits Financially Stable People Have
Casey Imafidon

Keeping your financial life stable requires some discipline and development of
good financial habits. We all do not want to be in a financial hole that leaves us emotionally
and psychologically devastated. It is better to protect our finances when we can,
before situations cause our money to slip away from our fingers. 
That is why it is important to learn a thing or two from the financially stable.

1. They don’t spend impulsively
Money has a way of engaging us. This apparently happens to a big problem for us all
as we want to take advantage of the “easier” life. Impulse spending means eating out
and shopping extensively until we drain our finances.
Financial stability can only be attained when we control and monitor our impulse spending.

2. They save money
Financially stable people spend less than they earn. You may not have abundant capital
but you can indulge in the right and important things and not overspend.
This affords you the opportunity to save money. 
So learn to negotiate phone, cable and utility bills. 
Or simply reduce how much you spend on grocery, restaurants and clothing.

3. They track their spending
They monitor their spending. This can be done occasionally. Perhaps once a month
you can write how much you have spent, and see what areas you are running deficient.
When this is done one can understand how efficient he is using up his finances.

4. They invest
Financial stable people do well to secure their future. Even when retirement isn’t lurking nearby you can start setting some money outside in deposits for investments

5. They eliminate and prevent debts
All debts are not the same. A loan that builds with high interest is not the same as low interest loans such as mortgage and student loans. Debt has a psychological effect that works 
against the debtor, so it is better to eliminate or prevent debts. Know how much you owe now,
whether it is a car loan or credit card debt.

6. They budget
Financially stable people budget their income. By using a budget they are able to ascertain
where their money is going to and seeing that it goes to where they actually want it to go to.
With apps like Mint and You need a budget you can take charge of your budget
and start becoming accountable for it.

7. They respond automatically
Yes they do not procrastinate with their finance. They do not delay in the paying of their bills.
By doing this there is no room for debt growth and affords you the opportunity to know
what money can be used for personal expenses.

8. They give up bad habits
This takes some discipline. But financially stable people understand that bad habits
have a way of eating into their income and robbing them off their future joys. Things that
truly make you happy are inexpensive and do not leave you swimming in financial wreckage.

9. They plan
There are special things or activities that you would want to reward yourself with.
It could be buying a house, buying a car, going on vacation. This could be long term goals
that require you to efficiently plan and achieve them. Instead of simply procrastinating, put numbers and dates on those goals. By doing this you can be consistent and see them to fruition.

10. They take care of their health
Financial stability requires some responsibility. You cannot accomplish nor do much
without protecting your vehicle to success, besides medicine is expensive, from medication, examination to treatment. Financially stable people protect their finances by also protecting
their health and ascertaining a healthy lifestyle. We all do know unforeseen occurrences
can happen but please there are things one can manage and are still in your control. 

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/money/10-habits-financially-stable-people-have.html


You can TCR software and engineering manuals for spontaneous recall – or pass that exam.
I can Turbo Charge Read a novel 6-7 times faster and remember what I’ve read.
I can TCR an instructional/academic book around 20 times faster and remember what I’ve read.
Introduction to Turbo Charged Reading YouTube
A practical overview of Turbo Charged Reading YouTube  
How to choose a book. A Turbo Charged Reading YouTube
Emotions when Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

Advanced Reading Skills Perhaps you’d like to join my FaceBook group ?

Perhaps you’d like to check out my sister blogs:
All aspects of regular, each-word down-each-line reading and education.
Turbo Charged Reading uses these skills significantly faster
www.innermindworking.blogspot.com     many ways for you to work with the stresses of life

To quote the Dr Seuss himself, “The more that you read, the more things you will know.
The more that you learn; the more places you'll go.”

Friday 27 November 2015

Interviewing and Selling Yourself

 
Pansy or Heart's ease.


Confidence
Personality
Enthusiasm
Work Ethic
Dedication
Team Player

You can TCR specialist and language dictionaries that are spontaneously accessed.
I can Turbo Charge Read a novel 6-7 times faster and remember what I’ve read.
I can TCR an instructional/academic book around 20 times faster and remember what I’ve read.
Introduction to Turbo Charged Reading YouTube
A practical overview of Turbo Charged Reading YouTube 
How to choose a book. A Turbo Charged Reading YouTube
Emotions when Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

Advanced Reading Skills Perhaps you’d like to join my FaceBook group ?

Perhaps you’d like to check out my sister blogs:
All aspects of regular, each-word down-each-line reading and education.
Turbo Charged Reading uses these skills significantly faster
www.innermindworking.blogspot.com     many ways for you to work with the stresses of life
www.happyartaccidents.blogspot.com      just for fun.

To quote the Dr Seuss himself, “The more that you read, the more things you will know.
The more that you learn; the more places you'll go.”

Tuesday 24 November 2015

How To Experience Flow and Get Crazy Productive

Yellow flag loves marshy ground.

How To Experience Flow and Get Crazy Productive
Dr. Travis Bradberry

The average person has 70,000 thoughts each day, and if you don’t learn to organize them,
they have the potential to wreak havoc on your productivity.
When you succumb to the flurry of thoughts running through your head,
your mind becomes disorganized, and the more you ruminate on intrusive thoughts,
the more power you give them.
Most of our thoughts are just that—thoughts, not facts.
When you find yourself believing the negative, distracting, and pessimistic things
your inner voice says, it’s very hard to slow down the momentum of your thoughts.
In a recent study conducted at the National Institute on Aging, it was found that allowing 
your mind to be disorganized doesn’t just feel bad, it’s also actually bad for you.
A disorganized mind leads to high stress, chronic negativity, and impulsivity.
These states stifle productivity and contribute to a slew of health problems, 
including weight gain, heart disease, sleep problems, and migraine headaches.
Edward Hallowell, a therapist who helps people deal with disorganized minds,
describes what happens when someone falls victim to his myriad of invasive thoughts:
“He makes impulsive judgments, angrily rushing to bring closure. He is robbed of his flexibility,
his sense of humor, and his ability to deal with the unknown. He forgets the big picture
and the goals and values he stands for. He loses his creativity and his ability to change plans.”
An organized mind, on the other hand, falls into a state of flow. Flow is a blissful state of balance, where you are fully immersed in a task, completely free from distracting thoughts.
Flow states enable you to enjoy your work and perform at the peak of your potential.
Research shows people working in a state of flow
are five times more productive than they’d otherwise be.
“May what I do flow from me like a river, no forcing and no holding back, 
the way it is with children.” –Rainer Maria Rilke
Here are five steps that I use to organize and declutter my mind, find flow,
and keep myself on track for a productive day.

Step 1: Find the Right Amount of Challenge in What You Do
When you’re trying to get work done, it’s easy to lose focus and succumb to intrusive thoughts
when the task at hand is too challenging or too easy. We thrive on a healthy challenge—
something that simulates us without being so difficult that it produces anxiety 
or so simple that it induces boredom. When you consciously and carefully choose a task, 
you greatly increase your chance of achieving flow.
Step 2: Take Control of Your Emotions
While it’s impossible to control how things make you feel, you have complete control over
how you react to your emotions. First, you need to be honest with yourself
about what you are feeling and why you are feeling it. From there, it’s much easier to channel
the emotion into producing the behavior that you want. The key is to identify and label
your emotions as you experience them. Associating words with what you are feeling
makes the emotion tangible and less mysterious. This helps you to relax, figure out
what’s behind your emotion, and move forward. If you try to stifle your emotions and tackle
your work without addressing them, they will slowly eat away at you and impair your focus.

Step 3: Sustain Your Focus
We all know that frustrating feeling of sitting down to tackle something important,
only to quickly lose focus when we expected to dive right into the task.
It takes time for your mind to become fully immersed in an activity.
Studies have shown that it takes five to twenty minutes before people start to focus.
If you can force yourself to persist in the activity in spite of any distractions for twenty minutes,
the chances are much higher that you will be able to sustain your focus and find a state of flow.
The best way to do this is to put away or turn off all of your typical distractions (phones, e-mail, social media), then keep an eye on the clock until you’ve done nothing but your task
for a good 20 minutes, even if you aren’t getting much done.
Chances are that things will really start cooking for you once you hit the twenty-minute mark.

Step 4: Take Breaks
Our brains and bodies simply aren’t wired for prolonged periods of work. While it might seem
as though sitting at your desk for eight hours straight is the best way to get all of your work done, this can work against you. Research has shown that the most productive work cycle
tends to be fifty-two minutes of uninterrupted work, followed by seventeen-minute breaks.
While it probably isn’t realistic to structure your schedule this rigidly,
for most people, the battle is won by just remembering to take breaks.
Just be certain to pepper several short breaks throughout your day.

Step 5: Shift Sets
Once you’ve taken a break, you must shift your focus back to your task.
No matter how “in the zone” you were before taking a break, you’ll sometimes find that
you’re back to square one when it comes to focus. To do a proper set shift, 
you have to reorganize your thoughts by following steps one through four above, 
especially if you’re having trouble diving back into the task. You’ll find that getting back into flow quickly after a break is very doable, but it must be done purposefully.

Bringing It All Together
Organizing your mind to experience flow isn’t particularly difficult, but it does require attention
and monitoring. Lean on these five steps any time you need to get more done.
Have you experienced flow? Please share your thoughts in the comments section below
as I learn just as much from you as you do from me.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-experience-flow-get-crazy-productive-dr-travis-bradberry

You can TCR software and engineering manuals for spontaneous recall – or pass that exam.
I can Turbo Charge Read a novel 6-7 times faster and remember what I’ve read.
I can TCR an instructional/academic book around 20 times faster and remember what I’ve read.
Introduction to Turbo Charged Reading YouTube
A practical overview of Turbo Charged Reading YouTube  
How to choose a book. A Turbo Charged Reading YouTube
Emotions when Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

Advanced Reading Skills Perhaps you’d like to join my FaceBook group ?

Perhaps you’d like to check out my sister blogs:
All aspects of regular, each-word down-each-line reading and education. 
Turbo Charged Reading uses these skills significantly faster.
www.innermindworking.blogspot.com     many ways for you to work with the stresses of life

To quote the Dr Seuss himself, “The more that you read, the more things you will know.
The more that you learn; the more places you'll go.”

Saturday 21 November 2015

How to Lead Like Leslie Knope From “Parks & Rec”

Bluebell - so OK its white!

How to Lead Like Leslie Knope From “Parks & Rec”
Joel Goldstein

Parks and Recreation may have ended, but the legend of Leslie Knope still lives on.
Throughout the seven seasons of NBC’s Parks & Rec, viewers got to know and love
the Deputy Director of the Parks and Recreation Department, Leslie Knope. 
Played by Amy Poehler, Knope is perhaps the most over-eager and determined character 
to ever grace the television screen. 
It’s because of this tenacity and dedication that Leslie Knope is such an amazing leader. 
She may be a fictional character, but she is certainly a model to look up to and aspire to.
Here are five things you can do to be a great boss and lead like Leslie Knope.

1. Do work worth doing.
In a town as apathetic and thankless as Pawnee, Indiana, 
Leslie could have given up many times, but she does work worth doing. 
Her work is a constant source of inspiration to her, her team,
and the people around her. Leslie dedicates her energies to the places
where she can have the greatest impact and do the most good.

2. Be passionate about progress.
Despite a seemingly never-ending stream of ethical roadblocks along the way,
Leslie never loses sight of her goals and the needs of the causes she is championing.
She does things because they’re the right thing to do, not because they’re popular or easy.
This is an important leadership lesson in itself. As a leader, you have to make hard choices –
and people won’t necessarily like them – but if you’re passionate about progress 
and if your choices come from an honest place, 
then you’ll steer your business and your team in the right direction.

3. Think of the big picture.
If you’ve ever watched an episode of Parks and Rec, you’re well aware of the centuries-old feud between the fictional towns of Pawnee and Eagleton. Despite this deep-seated hatred,
Leslie is willing to help the town of Eagleton during its time of need.
She puts differences aside, reaches out, and lifts up her neighbors.
Leslie acts for the common good, she thinks of the big picture 
and how to benefit the most people.
As a leader, it’s vital to employ this big picture thinking. Furthermore, it’s important for leaders
to be charitable and to be active leaders in the community. Lead by example.
Show the importance of giving where you’re able to give and helping your community.
Under the direction of their generous leaders, the most successful and well-respected companies participate in community outreach programs and volunteer on a regular basis.

4. But always pay attention to the little things.
Her acute attention to detail makes Leslie the ultimate public servant and an attentive leader
who truly connects with her team. Leslie is hyper-organized and detail oriented, 
as evidenced by her lengthy reports in thick color-coded binders on just about everything. 
She also has a habit of giving the perfect gift for each of her fictional holidays. 
By paying attention to the little things, she gets to know her staff on a personal level 
and is able to hone in on how to motivate each of them individually. 
Leslie’s knack for thoroughness means she prepares lengthy reports
that make a difference in the community and get noticed by the higher-ups in Washington.
By paying attention to the little things, 
Leslie is able to be a better leader and an amazing colleague.

5. Care.
As viewers see in the show, Leslie takes on various roles. She moves on to new jobs
and pursues new adventures. She knows when to move on and how to best dedicate
her boundless stream of energy. No matter what hat she wears or what project she’s working on, Leslie is consistent in her efforts and in her caring. She cares about everything she does.
This notion is reflected in the quality of her work. The best leaders care about every paper
that crosses their desks, every phone call they make, and every person that sits in their building.
In Leslie Knope’s words, “No one achieves anything alone.”
Your team will be a reflection of your leadership. Dare to care. Dare to be a Leslie Knope.

Conclusion
Do you want to know more about how you can be the best possible leader? Complete a quick and easy leadership assessment, courtesy of Orlando businessman Joel Goldstein, President of Mr. Checkout Distributors. It only takes three minutes to find out your leadership strengths!
http://www.lifehack.org/285270/how-lead-like-leslie-knope-from-parks-rec

You can TCR specialist and language dictionaries that are spontaneously accessed.
I can Turbo Charge Read a novel 6-7 times faster and remember what I’ve read.
I can TCR an instructional/academic book around 20 times faster and remember what I’ve read.
Introduction to Turbo Charged Reading YouTube
A practical overview of Turbo Charged Reading YouTube 
How to choose a book. A Turbo Charged Reading YouTube
Emotions when Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

Advanced Reading Skills Perhaps you’d like to join my FaceBook group ?

Perhaps you’d like to check out my sister blogs:
All aspects of regular, each-word down-each-line reading and education.
Turbo Charged Reading uses these skills significantly faster
www.innermindworking.blogspot.com   many ways for you to work with the stresses of life

To quote the Dr Seuss himself, “The more that you read, the more things you will know.
The more that you learn; the more places you'll go.”

Wednesday 18 November 2015

LinkedIn for Students: Top Five Profile To-Do's

Welsh poppy.



You can pre-read all your course material for internal knowing.
I can Turbo Charge Read a novel 6-7 times faster and remember what I’ve read.
I can TCR an instructional/academic book around 20 times faster and remember what I’ve read.
Introduction to Turbo Charged Reading YouTube
A practical overview of Turbo Charged Reading YouTube  
How to choose a book. A Turbo Charged Reading YouTube
Emotions when Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

Advanced Reading Skills Perhaps you’d like to join my FaceBook group ?

Perhaps you’d like to check out my sister blogs:
All aspects of regular, each-word down-each-line reading and education.  
Turbo Charged Reading uses these skills significantly faster
www.innermindworking.blogspot.com       many ways for you to work with the stresses of life
www.happyartaccidents.blogspot.com       just for fun.

To quote the Dr Seuss himself, “The more that you read, the more things you will know.
The more that you learn; the more places you'll go.”