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"Responsible Internet Marketers".

 

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September 4 volume 8-issue 36

 

Your editor: Jan Tallent, rimdigest@usa.net

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Today's Issue Contains:

 

Publisher's Spot

Featured Article: Help, How I Can Keep My Focus?

Positive Quotes

Feedback

Chuckle

Recommended eZines

Publisher's Goodbye and Legal Stuff

 

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Well, I am getting parts of this issue done at

11pm on Tuesday. Madison got here Monday afternoon

and *work* as I know it has been a joke, lol.

 

I forgot that 2 to 3 year olds ask a million

questions an hour, good thing " I do not know"

is an acceptable answer, whoa ...

 

Having a lot of fun with the visit but there is

a reason God rarely gives 54 year old women

two year olds, LOL. Man, if I had one hour of

her energy to last me ALL DAY. :-)

 

 

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Featured Article

 

by Jill Rapley

 

Help, How I Can Keep My Focus on My Business

  When I Live In an Unfocused World?

 

We live in a high tech age which drives us to lead busy

and demanding lives. Everything is about speed or better

still "instant", especially on the internet.

 

We find ourselves rushing from one thing to another with

our minds in high gear almost around the clock. In the

midst of this we somehow need to find a way to stay focused

on our activities (our business and our lives) if we are

going to achieve anything.

 

Here are seven things we can do to help compete against

the "noise" around us and ensure our focus stays steady.

 

1. We need to recognize that a well defined life purpose

is essential. We need to know where we are going in life.

It has often been said: "If we don't know where we are

going, how will we know we have arrived when we get there?

 

No business or activity should be in itself our life's

purpose, rather the means to achieve our destiny.

 

Do you know where you are going? If not, take some time

alone to search your heart. One thing you can do is write

down everything that comes to mind. This will help clarify

your vision.

 

2. Our business goals need to be well defined and written

down. Once our life purpose is defined, we can then focus

on our business goals.

 

Writing out our goals and purposes will bring clarity in

our minds. This will make it easier to stay focused.

 

3. We need a defined strategy for our business.

The strategy is the working plan or "roadmap"

designed to reach our objectives.

 

4. We need to have defined DAILY plans. These plans are

actually "daily pieces" of our strategy. They are like

the stages of a journey, with each day taking us closer

to our destination.

 

Note: We need to make sure that our daily plans are

achievable yet challenging. If they are not challenging,

then we can find ourselves getting distracted with other

things that may seem more interesting. If they are not

attainable, then we can get discouraged and lose focus.

 

5. We need to make sure we are educating ourselves on

a continual basis. Knowledge is advancing at jet speed.

We need to keep up with our area of expertise. I recently

read that we need to be spending 2-3 hours a day reading

and studying things related to our business to stay sharp.

 

6. We need to maintain a balance in our lives. Life is not

just all business. We have a body to take care of with

right diet, exercise and sleep. We also have friends

and family around us who need attention.

 

7. We all need time alone, just to be quiet away from all

the influences we face every day. This time alone helps

to keep our minds clear and our focus sharp.

 

If you enjoyed this article, may I invite you to visit

the Biz Champs Motivational Blog at

http://www.thebizchamps.com/

 

 

you can follow Jill on twitter:

http://twitter.com/kiwichamp

 

 

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Positive Quotes

 

 

Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.

 

-- Seneca

 

 

and

 

 

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein

of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making

the ground green.

 

-- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish Writer

 

 

 

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Feedback

 

Hi Jan,

 

Have you tried Open Office? Very similar to MS Word,

and will open Word documents.

http://www.openoffice.org/

 

And it's free!

 

John

http://www.HappyOnlineWorker.com

 

> thanks, so much, John

 

I do have it, in fact

 

I just got spoiled to doing the issue archives in word2000,

duh, silly me, thanks for reminder, I will try the

openoffice <

 

 

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A visitor to a certain college paused to admire

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"It's a pleasure to see a building named for Ernest

Hemingway," he said.

 

"Actually," said his guide, "it's named for Joshua

Hemingway. No relation."

 

The visitor was astonished. "Was Joshua Hemingway

a writer, also?"

 

"Yes, indeed," said his guide. "He wrote a check."

 

 

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