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		<title>Be Successful With Energy Healing Techniques For Your Money Issues Posted By: Nicole Lanning</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now you are probably thinking how can increase the money in my life by working with energy healing? It's all about understanding we are energetic vibrational beings living in this physical world that we are trying to create an have unfold in front of u...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div style="padding:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:right; float:right;"><a href="http://maine-services.com/wp-content/plugins/max-banner-ads-pro/max-banner-ads-lib/include/redirect.php?id=35" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://twitterlistbuilder.com/images/twit468x60x2.gif" style="padding:4px 4px 4px 4px;border:0;"  /></a><br /></div><p>Now you are probably thinking how can increase the money in my life by working with energy healing? It&#8217;s all about understanding we are energetic vibrational beings living in this physical world that we are trying to create an have unfold in front of us. It is all about understanding how money relates to you and your physical life. I can show you how in a few simple steps to create the life that you always want.When you&#8217;re working with an energy healing format, rather any type of healing format in your life whether it&#8217;s distant healing, sound healing, crystal healing, music therapy healing, or any other ones, it is all about finding the balance for your own healing abilities for this particular issue.When you&#8217;re working with money issues, i &#8230; <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/money" rel="tag">money</a>, <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/business" rel="tag">business</a>, <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/blog" rel="tag">blog</a>, <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/humor" rel="tag">humor</a>, <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/alternative+medicine" rel="tag">alternative medicine</a>, <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/self+improvement" rel="tag">self improvement</a>, <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/self+help" rel="tag">self help</a>, <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/society" rel="tag">society</a>, <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/spirituality" rel="tag">spirituality</a>, health, education, family, hobbies, religion</p>
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		<title>Work With Spiritual Healing For Your Connections From Your Soul Level Posted By: Nicole Lanning</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Spiritual healing is all about understanding that you have your own journey and my you can tap into the power from with in. I know my make it sound easy, and many think it&#8217;s overwhelming or frustrating because we don&#8217;t know how to begin. That is actually something I can show you and a few simple steps in this article.It really is all about working from with in you for your own spiritual healing process to begin. Many people do not understand this concept, as this is why it can be very overwhelming when you first get started. Where do you start? Where do you want this to go? How do you want to proceed? What you one accomplish? These are some of the most typical questions you need to find answers to for this pathway.For spiritual healing proc &#8230; <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/spiritual+healing" rel="tag">spiritual healing</a>, <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/blog" rel="tag">blog</a>, <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/humor" rel="tag">humor</a>, <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/alternative+medicine" rel="tag">alternative medicine</a>, <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/self+improvement" rel="tag">self improvement</a>, <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/self+help" rel="tag">self help</a>, <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/society" rel="tag">society</a>, <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/spirituality" rel="tag">spirituality</a>, <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/health" rel="tag">health</a>, education, family, gardening, hobbies, religion</p>
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		<title>Increase Your Managing Skills With Holistic Healing Methods Posted By: Nicole Lanning</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Did you know that holistic healing can help you with your management skills on a day-to-day basis? This is probably a new concept to you, or you would not be reading this article right now. You may be even questioning yourself wondering how can this help me with a management issue in my life? Well if you really think about it, you have to understand what holistic healing is at its base level. When you&#8217;re working with this type he healing it&#8217;s all about balancing everything in her life through a mind &#8211; body &#8211; spiritual connection point.90 have to remember it&#8217;s not just about management issues in your life that you can work with holistic healing, as you can work with this type of healing power in any area of your life. We are all vibrational  &#8230; <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/management" rel="tag">management</a>, <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/business" rel="tag">business</a>, <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/blog" rel="tag">blog</a>, <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/humor" rel="tag">humor</a>, <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/alternative+medicine" rel="tag">alternative medicine</a>, <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/self+improvement" rel="tag">self improvement</a>, <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/self+help" rel="tag">self help</a>, <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/society" rel="tag">society</a>, <a href="http://www.articlesnatch.com/topic/spirituality" rel="tag">spirituality</a>, health, education, family, hobbies, religion</p>
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		<title>HEREDITY AND OPPORTUNITY</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[YOU are not barred from attaining greatness by heredity. No matter who or what your ancestors may have been or how unlearned or lowly their station, the upward way is open for you. There is no such thing as inheriting a fixed mental position; no matter how small the mental capital we receive from our [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>YOU are not barred from attaining greatness by heredity. No matter who or what your ancestors may have been or how unlearned or lowly their station, the upward way is open for you. There is no such thing as inheriting a fixed mental position; no matter how small the mental capital we receive from our parents, it may be increased; no man is born incapable of growth.</p>
<p>Heredity counts for something. We are born with subconscious mental tendencies; as, for instance, a tendency to melancholy, or cowardice, or to ill temper; but all these subconscious tendencies may be overcome. When the real man awakens and comes forth he can throw them off very easily. Nothing of this kind need keep you down; if you have inherited undesirable mental tendencies, you can eliminate them and put desirable tendencies in their places. An inherited mental trait is a habit of thought of your father or mother impressed upon your subconscious mind; you can substitute the opposite impression by forming the opposite habit of thought. You can substitute a habit of cheerfulness for a tendency to despondency; you can overcome cowardice or ill temper.</p>
<p>Heredity may count for something, too, in an inherited conformation of the skull. There is something in phrenology, if not as much as its exponents claim; it is true that the different faculties are localized in the brain, and that the power of a faculty depends upon the number of active brain cells in its area. A faculty whose brain area is large is likely to act with more power than one whose cranial section is small; hence persons with certain conformations of the skull show talent as musicians, orators, mechanics, and so on. It has been argued from this that a man’s cranial formation must, to a great ex tent, decide his station in life, but this is an error. It has been found that a small brain section, with many fine and active cells, gives as powerful expression to faculty as a larger brain with coarser cells; and it has been found that by turning the Principle of Power into any section of the brain, with the will and purpose to develop a particular talent, the brain cells may be multiplied indefinitely. Any faculty, power, or talent you possess, no matter how small or rudimentary, may be increased; you can multiply the brain cells in this particular area until it acts as powerfully as you wish. It is true that you can act most easily through those faculties that are now most largely developed; you can do, with the least effort, the things which “come naturally”; but it is also true that if you will make the necessary effort you can develop any talent. You can do what you desire to do and become what you want to be. When you fix upon some ideal and proceed as hereinafter directed, all the power of your being is turned into the faculties required in the realization of that ideal; more blood and nerve force go to the corresponding sections of the brain, and the cells are quickened, increased, and multiplied in number. The proper use of the mind of man will build a brain capable of doing what the mind wants to do.</p>
<p>The brain does not make the man; the man makes the brain.</p>
<p>Your place in life is not fixed by heredity.</p>
<p>Nor are you condemned to the lower levels by circumstances or lack of opportunity. The Principle of Power in man is sufficient for all the requirements of his soul. No possible combination of circumstances can keep him down, if he makes his personal attitude right and determines to rise. The power, which formed man and purposed him for growth, also controls the circumstances of society, industry, and government; and this power is never divided against itself. The power which is in you is in the things around you, and when you begin to move forward, the things will arrange themselves for your advantage, as described in later chapters of this book. Man was formed for growth, and all things external were designed to promote his growth. No sooner does a man awaken his soul and enter on the advancing way than he finds that not only is God for him, but nature, society, and his fellow men are for him also; and all things work together for his good if he obeys the law. Poverty is no bar to greatness, for poverty can always be removed. Martin Luther, as a child, sang in the streets for bread. Linnaeus the naturalist had only forty dollars with which to educate himself; he mended his own shoes and often had to beg meals from his friends. Hugh Miller, apprenticed to a stonemason, began to study geology in a quarry. George Stephenson, inventor of the locomotive engine, and one of the greatest of civil engineers, was a coal miner, working in a mine, when he awakened and began to think. James Watt was a sickly child, and was not strong enough to be sent to school. Abraham Lincoln was a poor boy. In each of these cases we see a Principle of Power in the man that lifts him above all opposition and adversity.</p>
<p>There is a Principle of Power in you; if you use it and apply it in a certain way you can overcome all heredity, and master all circumstances and conditions and become a great and powerful personality.</p>
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		<title>ANY PERSON MAY BECOME GREAT</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[THERE is a Principle of Power in every person. By the intelligent use and direction of this principle, man can develop his own mental faculties. Man has an inherent power by which he may grow in whatsoever direction he pleases, and there does not appear to be any limit to the possibilities of his growth. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>THERE is a Principle of Power in every person. By the intelligent use and direction of this principle, man can develop his own mental faculties. Man has an inherent power by which he may grow in whatsoever direction he pleases, and there does not appear to be any limit to the possibilities of his growth. No man has yet become so great in any faculty but that it is possible for some one else to become greater. The possibility is in the Original Substance from which man is made. Genius is Omniscience flowing into man.</p>
<p>Genius is more than talent. Talent may merely be one faculty developed out of proportion to other faculties, but genius is the union of man and God in the acts of the soul. Great men are always greater than their deeds. They are in connection with a reserve of power that is without limit. We do not know where the boundary of the mental powers of man is; we do not even know that there is a boundary.</p>
<p>The power of conscious growth is not given to the lower animals; it is mans alone and may be developed and increased by him. The lower animals can, to a great extent, be trained and developed by man; but man can train and develop himself. He alone has this power, and he has it to an apparently unlimited extent.</p>
<p>The purpose of life for man is growth, just as the purpose of life for trees and plants is growth. Trees and plants grow automatically and along fixed lines; man can grow, as he will. Trees and plants can only develop certain possibilities and characteristics; man can develop any power, which is or has been shown by any person, anywhere. Nothing that is possible in spirit is impossible in flesh and blood. Nothing that man can think is impossible-in action. Nothing that man can imagine is impossible of realization.</p>
<p>Man is formed for growth, and he is under the necessity of growing.</p>
<p>It is essential to his happiness that he should continuously advance.</p>
<p>Life without progress becomes unendurable, and the person who ceases from growth must either become imbecile or insane. The greater and more harmonious and well rounded his growth, the happier man will be.</p>
<p>There is no possibility in any man that is not in every man; but if they proceed naturally, no two men will grow into the same thing, or be alike. Every man comes into the world with a predisposition to grow along certain lines, and growth is easier for him along those lines than in any other way. This is a wise provision, for it gives endless variety. It is as if a gardener should throw all his bulbs into one basket; to the superficial observer they would look alike, but growth reveals a tremendous difference. So of men and women, they are like a basket of bulbs. One may be a rose and add brightness and color to some dark corner of the world; one may be a lily and teach a lesson of love and purity to every eye that sees; one may be a climbing vine and hide the rugged outlines of some dark rock; one may be a great oak among whose boughs the birds shall nest and sing, and beneath whose shade the flocks shall rest at noon, but every one will be something worthwhile, something rare, something perfect.</p>
<p>There ere are undreamed of possibilities in the common lives all around us in a large sense, there are no “common” people. In times of national stress and peril the cracker-box loafer of the corner store and the village drunkard become heroes and statesmen through the quickening of the Principle of Power within them. There is a genius in every man and woman, waiting to be brought forth. Every village has its great man or woman; someone to whom all go for advice in time of trouble; some one who is instinctively recognized as being great in wisdom and insight. To such a one the minds of the whole community turn in times of local crisis; he is tacitly recognized as being great. He does small things in a great way. He could do great things as well if he did but undertake them; so can any man; so can you. The Principle of Power gives us just what we ask of it; if we only undertake little things, it only gives us power for little things; but if we try to do great things in a great way it gives us all the power there is.</p>
<p>But beware of undertaking great things in a small way: of that we shall speak farther on.</p>
<p>There are two mental attitudes a man may take. One makes him like a football. It has resilience and reacts strongly when force is applied to it, but it originates nothing; it never acts of itself. There is no power within it. Men of this type are controlled by circumstances and environment, their destinies are decided by things external to themselves. The Principle of Power within them is never really active at all. They never speak or act from within. The other attitude makes man like a flowing spring. Power comes out from the center of him. He has within him a well of water springing up into everlasting life, he radiates force; heist felt by his environment. The Principle of Power in him is in constant action. He is self-active. “He hath life in himself.”</p>
<p>No greater good can come to any man or woman than to become self-active. All the experiences of life are designed by Providence to force men and women into self-activity; to compel them to cease being creatures of circumstances and master their environment. In his lowest stage, man is the child of chance and circumstance and the slave of fear. His acts are all reactions resulting from the impingement upon him of forces in his environment. He acts only as he is acted upon; he originates nothing. But the lowest savage has within him a Principle of Power sufficient to master all that he fears; and if he learns this and becomes self-active, he becomes as one of the gods.</p>
<p>The awakening of the Principle of Power in man is the real conversion; the passing from death to life. It is when the dead hear the voice of the Son of Man and come forth and live. It is the resurrection and the life. When it is awakened, man becomes a son of the Highest and all power is given to him in heaven and on earth.</p>
<p>Nothing was ever in any man that is not in you; no man ever had more spiritual or mental power than you can attain, or did greater things than you can accomplish. You can become what you want to be.</p>
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		<title>For the Man Who Hated Christmas</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Nancy W. Gavin It&#8217;s just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree. No name, no identification, no inscription. It has peeked through the branches of our tree for the past ten years or so. It all began because my husband Mike hated Christmas&#8211;oh, not the true meaning of Christmas, [...]]]></description>
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<p>It&#8217;s just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree. No name, no identification, no inscription. It has peeked through the branches of our tree for the past ten years or so.</p>
<p>It all began because my husband Mike hated Christmas&#8211;oh, not the true meaning of Christmas, but the commercial aspects of it&#8211;overspending&#8230; the frantic running around at the last minute to get a tie for Uncle Harry and the dusting powder for Grandma&#8212;the gifts given in desperation because you couldn&#8217;t think of anything else.</p>
<p>Knowing he felt this way, I decided one year to bypass the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so forth. I reached for something special just for Mike. The inspiration came in an unusual way.</p>
<p>Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was wrestling at the junior level at the school he attended; and shortly before Christmas, there was a non-league match against a team sponsored by an inner-city church. These youngsters, dressed in sneakers so ragged that shoestrings seemed to be the only thing holding them together, presented a sharp contrast to our boys in their spiffy blue and gold uniforms and sparkling new wrestling shoes. As the match began, I was alarmed to see that the other team was wrestling without headgear, a kind of light helmet designed to protect a wrestler&#8217;s ears.</p>
<p>It was a luxury the ragtag team obviously could not afford. Well, we ended up walloping them. We took every weight class. And as each of their boys got up from the mat, he swaggered around in his tatters with false bravado, a kind of street pride that couldn&#8217;t acknowledge defeat.</p>
<p>Mike, seated beside me, shook his head sadly, &#8220;I wish just one of them could have won,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They have a lot of potential, but losing like this could take the heart right out of them.&#8221; Mike loved kids &#8211; all kids &#8211; and he knew them, having coached little league football, baseball and lacrosse. That&#8217;s when the idea for his present came. That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and bought an assortment of wrestling headgear and shoes and sent them anonymously to the inner-city church. On Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Mike what I had done and that this was his gift from me. His smile was the brightest thing about Christmas that year and in succeeding years. For each Christmas, I followed the tradition&#8211;one year sending a group of mentally handicapped youngsters to a hockey game, another year a check to a pair of elderly brothers whose home had burned to the ground the week before Christmas, and on and on.</p>
<p>The envelope became the highlight of our Christmas. It was always the last thing opened on Christmas morning and our children, ignoring their new toys, would stand with wide-eyed anticipation as their dad lifted the envelope from the tree to reveal its contents.</p>
<p>As the children grew, the toys gave way to more practical presents, but the envelope never lost its allure. The story doesn&#8217;t end there.</p>
<p>You see, we lost Mike last year due to dreaded cancer. When Christmas rolled around, I was still so wrapped in grief that I barely got the tree up. But Christmas Eve found me placing an envelope on the tree, and in the morning, it was joined by three more.</p>
<p>Each of our children, unbeknownst to the others, had placed an envelope on the tree for their dad. The tradition has grown and someday will expand even further with our grandchildren standing to take down the envelope.</p>
<p>Mike&#8217;s spirit, like the Christmas spirit will always be with us.</p>
<p><strong>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</strong><br />
Editor&#8217;s Note: This true story was originally published in the December 14, 1982 issue of Woman&#8217;s Day magazine. It was the first place winner out of thousands of entries in the magazine&#8217;s &#8220;My Most Moving Holiday Tradition&#8221; contest in which readers were asked to share their favorite holiday tradition and the story behind it. The story inspired a family from Atlanta, Georgia to start The White Envelope Project and Giving101, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating youth about the importance of giving. To learn more about honoring a loved one through this special tradition, please visit www.Giving101.org/WhiteEnvelopeProject. On the site, you can browse a catalog of unique giving opportunities, create and send your own white envelope gift, purchase charity gift cards, and more.</p>
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		<title>How to Earn a lot More and Work a lot Less</title>
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		<title>Want to be leaner?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good deal&#8230; here&#8217;s 5 tips that will help you along&#8230; TIP 1: Ditch The Starch Starches, such as rice, potatoes, some veggies, oats, etc. are often considered &#8220;health foods.&#8221; While they can be healthy, they can also pack on stomach bodyfat like crazy if you overdo them. As you may know, the &#8220;Every Other Day [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Good deal&#8230; here&#8217;s 5 tips that will help you along&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>TIP 1:  Ditch The Starch</strong></p>
<p>Starches, such as rice, potatoes, some veggies, oats, etc. are<br />
often considered &#8220;health foods.&#8221;</p>
<p>While they can be healthy, they can also pack on stomach bodyfat<br />
like crazy if you overdo them.</p>
<p>As you may know, the &#8220;Every Other Day Diet&#8221; System (EODD) actually<br />
encourages you to eat starches and even sweets several days a week<br />
to get rid of excess weight:</p>
<p><a href="http://4c8bfklax73imza9y3e8qs7rce.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_top">Every Other Day Diet </a> <strong><-- click</strong>.</p>
<p>( Some of you may see a survey here on how best to help with your<br />
bodyweight goals. )</p>
<p>Well&#8230; how does THAT work?</p>
<p>Simple:  Timing is everything.</p>
<p>And it takes a &#8220;weekly&#8221; approach to foods rather than a daily<br />
approach. This keeps your metabolism guessing. If your body cannot<br />
figure out what you&#8217;re up to, fatburning is that much more<br />
powerful. And you can get by with eating starches&#8230; at least a<br />
specific times on specific days.</p>
<p>But if you&#8217;re not going to do EODD, then you&#8217;ll have to wing it.<br />
And the best way to wing it is to simply cut starches out entirely<br />
for 4-8 weeks. Then slowly add them back a few days per week.</p>
<p>This is no where near as effective (or as fun) as the EODD method,<br />
but it will get you pointed in the right direction.</p>
<p><strong>TIP 2:  Can The Sodas</strong></p>
<p>Why diet-sodas? A recent study revealed that people who drank<br />
diet-sodas actually increased bodyfat when compared to those who<br />
drank sugar-sodas.</p>
<p>What the&#8230; ??</p>
<p>Yep. Your body cannot be fooled by aspartame and chemicals. Sorry,<br />
but that&#8217;s the truth.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a personal story:  When I cut out the diet-sodas my bodyfat<br />
drops like a rock in a pond of clear water.</p>
<p>And that&#8217;s what you need to be drinking:  A quart of pure water per<br />
50 lbs of bodyweight a day.</p>
<p>Try mixing water with lemon and a bit of Stevia (an herbal<br />
sweetener) and make lemonade. It&#8217;s wonderful!</p>
<p><strong>TIP 3:  Stay Hungry</strong></p>
<p>It takes a special person to be hungry&#8230; and an even greater one<br />
to stay that way.</p>
<p>I want you to stay hungry in two ways:  In how you workout and<br />
literally&#8230; stay a bit hungry before you go to bed. Not<br />
&#8220;starving&#8221;&#8230; just a bit hungry.</p>
<p>For your workouts, I have a great solution. If you pick up EODD<br />
you&#8217;ll get a limited shot at &#8220;7 Minute Body&#8221;&#8230; Jon Benson&#8217;s<br />
combination of &#8220;7 Minute Muscle&#8221; and &#8220;The 7 Minute In-Home Workout&#8221;<br />
in one book&#8230; and for more than half off&#8230; but that&#8217;s a very<br />
limited deal. Gotta have EODD&#8230; you&#8217;ll need them both&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://4c8bfklax73imza9y3e8qs7rce.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_top">Every Other Day Diet</a>  <strong><-- click</strong>.</p>
<p>You see, progression &#8212; &#8220;forced&#8221; progression &#8212; is the best way to<br />
stay hungry. 7 Minute Body forces you to progress without thinking<br />
about it. Progression is built into the System.</p>
<p>As far as staying hungry at night? Check with your doctor and if<br />
he/she okays it take 500mg of potassium and 1000mg of<br />
magnesium/calcium a few hours prior to bed. This helps with the<br />
hunger pangs. Also, keep hard-boiled eggs in the fridge. If you get<br />
really hungry, eat one with half the yolk (toss the other half.) It<br />
keeps you full for an hour at least.</p>
<p><strong>TIP 4:  Cardio Clarity</strong></p>
<p>Hours and hours of cardio a day is not the answer. However, you can<br />
do &#8220;light&#8221; cardio (i.e. brisk walking, or riding the bike at 60% of<br />
your max) just to burn off calories. That&#8217;s okay&#8230; and personally<br />
I don&#8217;t find it that boring if I&#8217;m watching a TV show. It does not<br />
interfere with my main fatloss exercise (weight training&#8230; YES!)<br />
and it burns off about 400 calories an hour.</p>
<p>What does work is early morning fasting cardio&#8230; but you only need<br />
9-15 minutes. Jon Benson explains GXP (Modified) in the 7 Minute<br />
Body book, available only if you pick up EODD, and you can get it<br />
at more than half off:</p>
<p><a href="http://4c8bfklax73imza9y3e8qs7rce.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_top">Every Other Day Diet</a>  <strong><-- click</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>TIP 5:  Get Raw At Night</strong></p>
<p>Raw veggies with your last meal and as a snack will really help<br />
your fatburning along. Try starting with red peppers because<br />
they&#8217;re sweet. You you&#8217;ll eat virtually every veggie raw at night<br />
without thinking about it. Give this a shot. The fatloss is well<br />
worth it.</p>
<p>Yours In Fitness,</p>
<p>Steve G. Jones, M.Ed.</p>
<p>P.S.  Jon is still giving away &#8220;Radical Fatloss Blueprint&#8221; along<br />
with EODD for a few more days. And I&#8217;m giving a lucky few the<br />
chance to pick up the Supplement-Kit that comes with Radical<br />
Fatloss for almost 100 bucks off&#8230; the video and details are here:<br />
<a href="http://4c8bfklax73imza9y3e8qs7rce.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_top">Every Other Day Diet</a>  <strong><-- click</strong>.</p>
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		<title>Obliterate the #1 Obstacle to Success</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><strong>Our Top 5 Time-Saving Tips</strong><br />
<img src="http://maine-services.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Time-Savers.jpg" alt="Time Savers" title="Time Savers" width="181" height="240" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-498" />1. Organize your work space &#8212; offline and on </p>
<p>How much time do you waste every day trying to find a pen or a notebook or that site with all the great information you were reading just yesterday?<br />
You&#8217;ll be much more efficient if you take a day to organize your work space and make sure you know where everything is.</p>
<p>This is as true of your online resources as it is of the things you have on your desk. Take a moment to create a few bookmark folders under the &#8220;Bookmarks&#8221; tab in your browser. Name these folders according to subject (e.g., Niche Market Research, Website Building, SEO.) Then every time you find a site that offers valuable information, save it in the appropriate folder. </p>
<p>That way, you&#8217;ll never have to waste valuable time trying to find it again. </p>
<p><strong>2. Eliminate distractions<br />
</strong><br />
When you sit down for a serious work session, make sure there&#8217;s nothing that will divert your attention from the task at hand. Shut down your email program so you aren&#8217;t distracted by any new messages that arrive in your inbox. </p>
<p>Also be sure to close your Internet browser so you aren&#8217;t tempted to take any web surfing breaks. You may think you&#8217;re &#8220;only going to spend a minute&#8221; checking out the latest developments on your favorite website, but those minutes add up all too quickly. </p>
<p><strong>3. Break down large jobs into manageable chunks<br />
</strong><br />
When you&#8217;ve only got 30 minutes to spare at any given time, how can you accomplish a chore that&#8217;s going to take days to complete? </p>
<p>Simple &#8212; by taking it one small step at a time. </p>
<p>Instead of being overwhelmed by a big job, break it down into smaller, more easily manageable chunks. You&#8217;ll be surprised at how much you can accomplish in 30 minutes if you just sit down and DO it. </p>
<p><strong>4. Set yourself &#8220;unbreakable&#8221; daily goals<br />
</strong><br />
When the events of your day are crowding in on you, it&#8217;s all too easy to look at the work you wanted to do on your online business and say, &#8220;Oh, I&#8217;ll do it tomorrow.&#8221; </p>
<p>Don&#8217;t give in to that temptation! </p>
<p>Let&#8217;s be realistic &#8212; tomorrow is also going to be a busy day, and the best time to get something done is NOW. </p>
<p>Create a work schedule that identifies a clear and achievable task for you to do every day. Then do what you must to make sure you complete each daily task on your list &#8212; don&#8217;t go to bed until it&#8217;s done. </p>
<p><strong>5. &#8220;Reward&#8221; yourself for each task you accomplish<br />
</strong><br />
As you cross each task off your list, reward yourself with something fun &#8212; maybe five minutes to check your email or 10 minutes of surfing your favorite website. Just make sure you set a timer so you don&#8217;t lose track of time. </p>
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		<title>The Energy of Tomorrow, In Your Home Today!</title>
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