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5 Easy and Quick Ways to Improve Your Credit Score
Your Credit Score is one of your biggest financial assets. If your credit score is high, your borrowing rates will be low and therefore save you hundreds of dollars. The big mystery is how to maintain a high credit score. Well if you want to either maintain or repair your credit score, you are in luck, it can take as little as two months to raise your credit rating.Your credit score is based on a few prime factors, there is no particular order in which I will discuss them (Some of them have higher weights in regards to the score). Repayment history, current debt owed, recent credit checks, and registered income (there are other factors as well). In order to repair or raise your score you may follow a few of the steps provided below.1.) Pay off all revolving credit cards. Revolving credit cards are like Discover card or any other monthly credit cards. Even though you might pay before the deadline, credit card companies report the debt owed on a monthly basis which may be before the deadline. On your credit score it will not show as bad debt, but it will decrease your overall score. The standard recommendations are as follows. If you have one credit card, pay it off before the months end. Second, if you have two credit cards, pay the minimum on both of them and work on paying in full one of them first.2.) Registered Income. This is your official salary from work. Basically the numbers they crunch are matched with what you earn. If you debt is larger than what you earn, your credit score is lowered. So, if you are

Would You Like to See Your Downline Excited, Focused and on Fire?
One of the ways to re-ignite the 'burn' is by hosting a live training event for your team. Human interaction and the group dynamic have been part of network marketing since the 1940's. In today's fast-paced, internet lifestyle it is even more vital to the success of your organization.The quality, not the quantity, of your team-building events will be the most important factor. Here are a few ideas that I have been using with great success for more than a decade in MLM....1. WHAT DO YOU CALL THE EVENT?Be consistent in labeling the event. Think long term, big picture. By giving the event an actual title, communicating the excitement and necessity to attend will be easier. Strategize with your team as to how this event fits into your overall plan. Some examples of local and regional training events that I have organized include:NEW DISTRIBUTOR WORKSHOP NUTS AND BOLTS TRAINING PROFIT BREAKTHROUGH WORKSHOP SUPER SATURDAY TRAINING2. HAVE A FLYER FOR THE EVENTHave a 1-page flyer for your organization that they can mail, fax and email their team. Remember to include the date, start and finish times, the location with directions, what to bring, who's qualified to attend, the investment, the speakers and training topics. Get the flyer out to the team at least 28 days before the event.3. SHOW THE PLAN, SHOW THE PLAN, SHOW THE PLANOur most successful training events were always on a Saturday morning. We would show the plan from 10 am to 11 am, then do a 1 hour training. Gue

Could less be better? In a world short of counsellors should we really be waiting four years to qualify as a therapist? Most disciplines whether psychoanalytical, Jungian, CBT, transactional analysis and many others insist on years of training to become a competent counsellor. I would like to challenge this and some basic assumptions about therapy itself.

Why the length of time? Well a flippant answer could simply be money. A lot of organisations and personal trainers make a living out of training counsellors. The length of time and the commitment needed by a student can provide a steady income for a long time from relatively few trainees. Most overview organisations insist on so many hours of training, client contact, supervision and conference attendance. If you can afford to pay out for all these things you can become a counsellor. No wonder many noted psychologist’s start their own theory based counselling and start a new trend. You can break away from the original system and start your own little cult of therapy. However the secret to making money is to have the training last as long as possible and have your own pet organisation set examinations by your so-called peers to say whether you have passed their tests (or spent enough money doing so).

The current trend is about four years on average; some such as psychodynamic traditional therapy can be many years of training. It is true you can earn money yourself while training by seeing clients and practising your art. This in turn leads to the lucrative practice of supervision which is the most insidious practice of money laundering. (See separate paper on Supervision). It is considered then appropriate to spend this huge length of time learning your trade. When organisations are challenged about this they simply defend the practice by saying we are protecting the public from bad counselling. This in itself is a joke – the worst counsellors I have met had years of training – being a good counsellor or therapist is about personality not training.

What makes a good counsellor (therapist)? This question is of course multifaceted, but let’s for the sake of argument keep it simple, as simple is always best. First you need to have a stable personality yourself. This does not mean you are a boring person who sits back and listens to endless clients tell you of their misfortunes. It means in your own life you should be good at coping with adversity. You should be able to demonstrate, not that your life is perfect, but that you can cope with the problems you encounter personally. Second you should be self aware, know your own strengths and weaknesses, do not be afraid to show yourself as vulnerable sometimes. After all a good counsellor is human too. It is advocated that new counsellors should have personal therapy for several hours each month plus examine the effect clients have on them personally. Look for cases of transference and counter-transference in relationships. (This is the common situation of falling in love with the client or visa-versa.) Also in personal therapy you are encouraged to explore your inner self and your own life. This can be very counter-productive to the new counsellors own well-being. So I will make this bold statement clearly so all who read this understand:

“Personal therapy when you do not need it can damage your mental life!”

I make that statement as I say boldly, against all the trends out there that feel you should have your own breakdown in order to rebuild you into a thinking, emotional, empathetic counsellor. I only have one comment on that proposal – rubbish. Counselling is like any other job you can do it without thinking so hard about your own life. It is ironic that in any other job we tell people to keep their personal demons at home where they belong. If on the other hand you have personal issues of such magnitude that you need to see a counsellor yourself then maybe you are not right for becoming a counsellor in the first place. I am not a believer that the best person to understand a junky is a reformed junky. That is the modern joke on our society that we employ the ex-unstable to help the present un-stable. I am not saying these people are not sincere in their effort to help those lik

Drive Free Traffic To Your Website By Writing Articles
One of the best ways to drive traffic to your website is by writing articles. Getting your own articles written, distributed and published on the Internet is one of the very best Internet marketing techniques in existence.Once you have become an author of an article, you become an instant authority. When visitors locate and read your article they could obtain some useful information from it. They would most probably appreciate you. When appreciation turns into trust, it is very likely that would click the link in your article resource box to visit your website to get more information.Chances of them signing up with you in one of your recommended business opportunities or buy one of your recommended products would be greatly enhanced.The question is how to write the relevant articles which might demand some of your effort and time?If you are good in writing and enjoy doing it, you might decide to write your own articles. Otherwise you could join an article cooperative to get access to private label articles OR hire someone to write articles for you.Let’s discuss the differences of these 3 possibilities:1) Do Your Own Research and Write Your Own Articles.The main advantage of writing your own articles is that it's "free" and it would give you a sense of pride in accomplishment. You might enjoy writing articles to share your experience in Internet online business. The downside is that it'd take up some of your time to conduct some research work.2) Join An Article Cooperative to G

wonder many noted psychologist’s start their own theory based counselling and start a new trend. You can break away from the original system and start your own little cult of therapy. However the secret to making money is to have the training last as long as possible and have your own pet organisation set examinations by your so-called peers to say whether you have passed their tests (or spent enough money doing so).

“Personal therapy when you do not need it can damage your mental life!”

How to Write a Good Presale - 5 Steps to Boost Your Sales
If you are reading this article, you most probably have got a website on which you are trying to sell something and are looking for ways to boost your sales. A good way to do this, is to have a presale page. This page will help you target better traffic to the actual product pages on which you actually sell the pages. The goal of these presales, is to have some content that will help the client feel convinced he/she needs this product and believes he will get an answer to his needs from it. In the following article I will talk to you about 5 important steps of preselling and how to apply it.Step 1 to a good presaleYou must grab the client's attention. You want him to be hooked right at the beginning. To do so, you must start out by using a catchy title.Here's an example: "Get those coldsores to leave you alone with little to no treatment!". I suggest using big fonts, with colors that contrast the rest of your website. Red is always a winner, so it is my favorite color to use. Yellow kind of hurts the reader's eyes, so don't go with that.Step 2 to a good presaleRelate to your client. You want him to feel as though he can trust you. You want him to feel like he is on the same boat as you, and that you aren't trying to pass him a bad product. You could take some examples of what you have went through that associate with what you're selling. Make them feel you've had the same needs they have and didn't find the answer to your needs easily either.Step 3 to a good presaleCreate a sense

uge length of time learning your trade. When organisations are challenged about this they simply defend the practice by saying we are protecting the public from bad counselling. This in itself is a joke – the worst counsellors I have met had years of training – being a good counsellor or therapist is about personality not training.

“Personal therapy when you do not need it can damage your mental life!”

Qualifying Your Prospect
How do you respond when an absolute stranger calls, at work or at home, and begins to ask questions? “Are you the person who…?” “What is your marketing strategy?” “Do you own or rent?” Even, “How are you today?” Are you annoyed and put off by these questions? Do you respond, “I already have a vendor,” “I’m not interested,” “Send a brochure” or “What are you selling?” (These days my response is to tell these callers to order Cold Calling College!) This question-asking strategy does not work. It does not work to qualify your prospect, and it does not work to set your prospect at ease. If anything, this strategy puts you at a disadvantage and makes your prospect not want to speak with you! Here is a better approach: Allow your prospect to “self-qualify”—allow them to tell you that they are the decision-maker. This is how: Position yourself as the expert. Give your prospect a reason to want to speak with you, and set yourself up as the person with the credentials who has the right to ask questions. Use your script. Introduce yourself, your company and your product or service. Tell your prospect something about the above in such as way as to “stand out from the crowd.” Talk about your experience in the industry or your company’s credentials. Explain what you do in a way that is different from everyone else in the entire world who is doing something similar. Talk about your business and the unique benefits you offer. You can use phrases like “we

ounter personally. Second you should be self aware, know your own strengths and weaknesses, do not be afraid to show yourself as vulnerable sometimes. After all a good counsellor is human too. It is advocated that new counsellors should have personal therapy for several hours each month plus examine the effect clients have on them personally. Look for cases of transference and counter-transference in relationships. (This is the common situation of falling in love with the client or visa-versa.) Also in personal therapy you are encouraged to explore your inner self and your own life. This can be very counter-productive to the new counsellors own well-being. So I will make this bold statement clearly so all who read this understand:

“Personal therapy when you do not need it can damage your mental life!”

Drunk Driving Can Ruin Your Career
Although you won’t find “loss of job” listed in Washington state's DUI laws, a drunk driving arrest can have a devastating impact upon your continued employment. If you need to drive to get to work, or you must drive to do your job, a DUI arrest in Washington state sets in motion two ways you can suffer due to loss of your license: (1) administratively at the hands of the Department of Licensing (2) by court action if you are subsequently convicted of DUI. In Washington state, when a breath test was taken and the result was .08 or higher, the Department of Licensing will seek to administratively suspend your license even if you are not charged with the crime of DUI. In most cases you will be eligible to apply for a temporary restricted license but only after you have served thirty days of the suspension. (You must wait at least 90 days to apply for a temporary restricted license if you have refused the breath test.) Thus, if your job absolutely depends upon driving, a DUI arrest can make you unable to perform your job for a minimum of thirty days. IF you survive the thirty days of absolute suspension, you are then eligible for a temporary restricted license which will permit you to drive to and from work for the remaining sixty days of the ninety day license suspension. Be advised that your employer must sign the tempoorary restricted license application, and some employers will fire an employee who has had a license suspension if the job involves driving a company vehicle.

oldly, against all the trends out there that feel you should have your own breakdown in order to rebuild you into a thinking, emotional, empathetic counsellor. I only have one comment on that proposal – rubbish. Counselling is like any other job you can do it without thinking so hard about your own life. It is ironic that in any other job we tell people to keep their personal demons at home where they belong. If on the other hand you have personal issues of such magnitude that you need to see a counsellor yourself then maybe you are not right for becoming a counsellor in the first place. I am not a believer that the best person to understand a junky is a reformed junky. That is the modern joke on our society that we employ the ex-unstable to help the present un-stable. I am not saying these people are not sincere in their effort to help those like themselves but most are really indulging in self-righteousness of the most insidious kind. The point I am really making here is time again. It is another time consuming exercise that for most is unnecessary to do the work. It takes a long time to build up personal therapy hours in order to show you are stable and ready to treat others. This in itself is contradictory in that just because someone has resolved their own issues somehow they are able to then have some insight into other people’s lives. It is like the unmarried Catholic priest advising on marriage when they do not marry themselves, you do not need to talk from personal experience to understand another’s point of view. Many Catholic priests do a very good job of counselling the faithful. I personally may not agree with the doctrine but if you have faith in God then that is the route to your salvation in mental health. I have no problem with that approach. However in the modern God-less world the therapist is often cast into the new priest of the high alter of therapy and theory.

Time: I started this paper with the preposition that counsellor training is taking too long. I cannot just criticise the present if I am not prepared to risk a solution. So I propose the flowing ideology of training for future counselling based on practical skills and theory also the clear idea of an eclectic approach for all and the dismissal of all single approach therapies.

First Step: A simple self-evaluation of what counselling actually is and is not. Counselling is a relationship between two or more people communicating difficult life problems and learning to come to terms with and cope with those issues. It is not about a cure and never was! If you can see yourself as capable and intelligent enough to listen and actively engage other people then you may have the right starting point.

Second Step: A degree in a related area would be a good foundation for learning counselling, this could be nursing, human biology, medicine (although not always the best training ground for empathy) and of course psychology. I am not advocating that people who do not possess a degree would not make good counsellors just that a degree of proven intelligence for learning can be a good grounding for further study.

Third Step; Tuition itself, I suggest in a two part system over a two year period. The first year should cover the skills of basic counselling and an all round appreciation of all types of counselling theory and not just one technique. This should also cover mental health issues and a history of psychiatry (this is to make aware new counsellors of the barbaric medical profession and its practises). By the end of the year the student should be able to discuss an elective approach and how to apply it practically. During this period they should build up a small client base of paying or voluntary patients. They would be required after each session with a patient to fill in a three part report for the course tutor. The first part should be a short report of what happened in the session, the second, should be the active approach the therapist used in this session. Finally the therapist should report their own feelings and learning outcomes. At the end of every ten sessions a three part report on the same lines should be produced for filing in the counsellors training record. Supervision will be arranged by peer g

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