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 Share This- David Seah - Hold That Thought!
 Nov 12, 2007 1:55am  (1 review) self-improvement, organization, creativity, productivity http://davidseah.com/blog/comments/hold-...
From the page: "I'm sometimes distracted by too many project ideas. When the ideas pile up, my productivity sinks because I keep thinking about them, and multitasking slows me down. To keep focused, I evolved a mind trick called The Pickle Jar that, despite its hokey name, actually works for me. It got me through my thesis, when writing was the last thing I felt like doing.
The Pickle Jar is an actual glass jar that once held pickles. Next to it is a square pad of paper, about 4 inches on the side. To get unrelated thoughts out of my mind, I write down a brief synopsis down, fold it twice, and put it into the Jar."
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- Kohlbergs theory of moral development@Everything2.com
- Nov 12, 2007 12:35am cognitive-science, spirituality, moral-development, psychology, enlightenment http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=Koh...
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- MySpace.com Blogs - Teddy MySpace Blog
- Nov 11, 2007 11:02pm
 (1 review) spirituality, indigos, empaths, overly-sensitive http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseac...
More information for the empaths and Indigos among us.
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- Use Horse Sense with Your Horse
- Nov 11, 2007 10:57pm (1 review) horses http://www.akfentertainment.com/akf/veti...
- Tips on safely training horses
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- Wake-Up Wal-Mart Blog: In The News Archives
- Nov 11, 2007 9:02pm (1 review) labor, corporations, wal-mart http://blog.wakeupwalmart.com/ufcw/in_th...
- Another site that posts news on issues with Wal-Mart and their type of business ethics (un-ethics?)
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- Dealing with Difficult People
- Nov 11, 2007 8:40pm (1 review) relationships, self-improvement, difficult-people http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/11...
- Steve writes some really exceptional articles on challenging issues. Here is one on using behavioral conditioning to improve how others treat you.
From the page: "On to dealing with difficult or irrational people: I certainly haven't been sheltered from such people, even though I've only been an "employee" for a total of six months of my life when I was in college. They're everywhere! I've still had to deal with irrational/abusive people in business deals, landlords, etc. But such people rarely get to me because of how I deal with them on two levels:"
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- Google AdWordsAdvisor Answers Questions About CPC Site Targeting for Contextual...
- Nov 11, 2007 8:01pm (1 review) adwords, contextual-advertising, google-adwords http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/015...
- This type of advertising could convert even better for search if the placements are well targeted.
From the page: "The Inside AdWords blog announced two changes to site targeting yesterday: placement targeting (targeting precise subsections of websites) and CPC bidding for placement targeting.
A few questions popped up on forums about the changes this will bring, and AdWordsAdvisor chimed in with a few responses:
The goal, for example, is that the Google AdWords team is trying to make it simpler for advertisers to "target specific, quality sites and pay per click.""
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- Site Referrals - Compete Search Analytics | Compete
- Nov 11, 2007 4:19pm (1 review) search, online-marketing, keyword-research, analytics, internet-advertising http://searchanalytics.compete.com/?src=...
This Search Analytics site is an excellent example of the old paradigm that is on the way out. Everything is cast as a win/lose game of rivals, enemies, competitors, and often ample war references.
The new paradigm is win/win where everyone is a collaborator and we focus on improving OURSELVES and what WE are doing instead.
This is wonderful because the ONLY person you can truly control - once you learn how - IS YOU! To paraphrase Wayne Dyer, if you believe everyone ELSE is the problem you have to get the entire population to go to a psychiatrist for YOU to get better!
That is not necessary. Simply change yourself and your entire world changes with you.
From the page: "Use our new Search Analytics to:
* Discover new keywords you should be bidding on
* Find the gaps in competitors' search strategies
* Invest in terms that drive the most engaged visitors
* Track your performance against competitors and peers"
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- LightingCatalog.com - Search
- Nov 11, 2007 4:02pm (1 review) manufacturing, pianists, lighting http://lightingcatalog.com/search.aspx?b...
This image is of a piano lamp; they are highly useful on pianos or organs and also for reading and this site is one that has an affgoo.com [affgoo.com] affiliate program.
I bring this up to point out one reason the planet is in dire straights today. I bought a piano lamp when I started college in 1974. Not only am I using it today - THE ORIGINAL bulbs are still working! And it has been moved many times and knocked off tables by cats more times than I can count.
Alas, the Tensor company that made it appears to be out of business. (The bulbs are Sylvania; I wonder if new Sylvania bulbs will last 33 years?) There is more truth to "they don't make them like they used to" than most are aware.
The reason our houses and landfills are overflowing is the intentional manufacture of goods DESIGNED to die quickly. That - coupled with conditioning to buy, buy, buy - more, more, more - are ridiculous.
Everything we buy from large to small: vehicles, appliances, clothing - you name it - is:
1. Intentionally intended to wear out quickly
2. Made as cheap as possible
Consumers demanding CHEAPER and CHEAPER helped drive YOUR wages down. Manufacturers leaning on suppliers to lower costs contributes to decisions to use lead paint and other dangerous ingredients, to demand ridiculous concessions from their workers, and to create sweatshops full of children.
The ironic part of it all is that CHEAP is NEVER cheapest anyway. Calculate VALUE. Here is an easy to understand example:
Cheap work boots cost $69 but only last me three months
Quality work boots cost $150 and last two years (being resoled and heeled once - cost about $30 for a total of $180).
$69 divided by three months is a cost of $23 per month
$180 divided by 24 months is a cost of $7.50 per month
Which is cheaper? (Now you know why there are story problems in math classes in school.) Which uses more materials? Which fills up the landfill? Which forces you to go shopping again?
This is not rocket science. It is good ol' common sense - which I really wonder about. Was it ever really COMMON?
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- Why Children Labour - The India Uncut Blog - India Uncut
- Nov 11, 2007 3:24pm (2 reviews) activism, for-kids, human-rights, child-labor http://indiauncut.com/iublog/article/why...
We have to start accepting responsibility for our part in creating a world that takes advantage of children. Our priorities have been seriously - outrageously - focused on selfishness and we don't even know it!
Our fear and greed is destroying the planet and we are almost all still oblivious. What will it take for us to see that the love of money truly is the root of all "evil". Our pursuit of maximum profits and focus on lowest price are the cause.
From the page: "If blouses were people, there is one variety of blouse that would feel rather ashamed of its origins right now. Last week, the clothing company Gap pulled a smock blouse for children from its stores because it was found to have been made by young children in India. The press called it names such as the `child labour top', and the hapless thing is now being exterminated. A Gap spokesman announced that child labour was "completely unacceptable", and that they would prevent a recurrence.
The resulting international outrage gave children's rights groups the boost they needed to push forward a series of raids over the last few days. Child workers were rescued from seedy bylanes in Delhi, where they were hard at work in small, cramped rooms. The Observer wrote that according to the UN, "Child labour contributes an estimated 20% of India's gross national product with 55 million children aged from five to 14 employed across the business and domestic sectors."
Working children are all around us: at the office canteen, the Udupi restaurant, the neighbourhood grocer's, the traffic signal. It is so ubiquitous that most of us don't even notice it when we shout, "Chhotu, ek chai la." Nobody in his right mind can condone it--there are few thefts as appalling as that of someone's childhood."
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