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Is stealing the bible a sin? Have you ever taken stuff from a hotel?

Can't say I have ever stolen a bible but the little shampoo's and an occasional pen from hotels, well....they're free aren't they? URL:  news.travel.aol.com

Where and when (and with whom) do you do GREAT work?

I try to read a little bit each week about some new ideas in my field of expertise. I also couldn’t live with out my podcasts in a number of different areas to stimulate thinking. How about you?

Amplify’d from www.entrepreneur.com

Whatever you’re making, whatever services you offer, whatever you’re selling, everything you do falls into one of three categories:

Bad Work is the work that wastes time, slows things down and sucks the spirit dry. It’s bureaucracy, complexity and paperwork.

Good Work is what most of us do most of the time. It’s comfortable, familiar and the heart of our business. As entrepreneurs, good work is our economic engine. It’s that reliable product or service we produce for our customers, all with a profit margin that works.

Great Work is the flame that burns inside most entrepreneurs, the work that lights us up and excites us. It’s the work we care most about, that stretches and challenges us. It’s work that has meaning for us and creates impact.

So how do you manage the busywork so you can do less good work and more great work? Here are two simple and powerful tips:

Begin with the Great
set aside for great work
Find Great Work Allies
find people who are extraordinaryRead more at www.entrepreneur.com
 

The Gullibility Factor test at naturalnews.com

Find out by taking The Gullibility Factor test at naturalnews.com URL:  www.naturalnews.com

March is National Craft Month

Are you crafty? Wanna be? Check out this video and contact on what is hot right now in the arts and crafts field.

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MARCH IS NATIONAL CRAFT MONTH
Crafting is booming and continues to gain in popularity. Why? Because it’s an enjoyable activity that provides lots of benefits. It’s easy; it helps reduce stress; it builds children’s self-esteem and learning skills; it’s emotionally pleasing; and most importantly — it’s fun! Nothing is quite as satisfying as making something with your own hands — no matter what your age or skill level. Because crafting is such a well-liked pastime, the Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) has dedicated the entire month of March to celebrating all that crafting has to offer. During March, craft retailers around the country will offer special classes, demonstrations, tips and projects to get customers involved. Craft and hobby retailers nationwide will offer a variety of fun-filled craft activities to introduce families and kids to the joys of crafting.
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Therapists Resource Telesummit

This should be a good one...it's free and if you are a therapist needing some help building their business, sign up! URL:  therapisttelesummit.com

Use Twitter in a National Emergency…

You might be able to use this line of reasoning to your spouse to let you buy the new Droid or 3G iPhone, but better yet to learn a few high tech, social media tricks to help you during a time of crisis. Any other tips? Tweet us @thirstyfishinfo or leave a comment!

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Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes — lately, it seems like there’s a new natural disaster wreaking havoc on poor planet Earth every week. From our television sets to our Twitter (Twitter) streams, it’s impossible to ignore the devastation these disasters leave behind.

Create a Plan

According to FEMA, the best way to avoid significant damage during a disaster is to prepare an emergency response plan in advance. The FEMA website is a great place to get that process started.
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You can easily order ID cards online at places like Life360, a site that offers multiple mobile and web-based emergency planning services, including ID cards for your kids
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your 3G-enabled phone will likely help you stay connected in case of an emergency. Even though phone lines may be down or jammed, the 3G network won’t necessarily be out as well. This is how Twitter status updates helped locate a missing person during the recent Chile earthquake
bookmark your local emergency services site
Google Docs
back up your important
papers Read more at mashable.com
 

How do you use social media?

Chris Brogan is the author of Trust Agents and a great pragmatist when it comes to social media uses. Here’s a great bit of how to make social media cool and use it for some great power business tools. What do you do with social media sites like twitter, linkedin, myspace or facebook that is cool?

Amplify’d from www.chrisbrogan.com

Social media are a bunch of tools. They let us see things a bit differently. They empowered new ways of working together. But they’re just the tools. When this all gets cool is when we start really turning this stuff on our own passion projects, on our bigger goals, on what COULD happen.

  • Start a public list of Twitter accounts from local businesses. Point everyone in your community to it.
  • Start small mastermind groups on Google Wave (I have an incredible group going. Very small. Very useful.)
  • Donate four hours a week to a charity, giving them more promotion and exposure for their causes, equipping them with more ways to find what they need.
  • Connect to 10 people every day. Make it a blend of 5 people you’ve been in touch with, and 5 people you need to stay fresh with. Ask for nothing. Offer everything. ( Tim Sanders does this well.)
  • Give your local school teachers or library a free class on how to use the tools for their projects.
    • Read more at www.chrisbrogan.com
     

    The Social Impact of Friendships and Lies | Social Media Marketing | Social Media Consulting - Convince & Convert

    We don't trust the media anymore but we do trust our friends online. Should we really? URL:  www.convinceandconvert.com

    Dear Diary: Writing helps me heal!

    In our last post we talked about the anger myth about how venting your anger is not really healthy. As you would expect, there are opposite ideas that say letting your emotions out is healthy. It is all about how you do it and if your catharsis leads to constructive change or coping. Research suggests that "writing" your feelings can be very helpful in the coping... read more

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    Research is starting to shed some light on the thorny issue of talking about trauma. Does it help to talk about traumas you’ve experienced or not? Is it a good idea for someone to write about traumatic experiences? It turns out, like most things in life, that it depends on how and in what circumstances.

    Although writing as therapy actually has an ancient history, a model was developed for research purposes by James Pennebaker, Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas 2 . The method consists of several writing exercises with an emphasis on expressing one’s emotions. It has been shown in numerous experiments conducted by him and his colleagues that this simple procedure leads to improvements in physical health.

  • Let your hand and the pencil or pen guide you.
  • Set aside a time each day
    • Find a place where you feel alone and comfortable
  • Write out how you feel. Don’t use big words and don’t talk about it. Show, don’t tell, as they say. “I feel _______ that ____________.”
    • Read more at www.healthandage.com
     

    What’s your emotional trigger?

    We all got one! Some of us have a “hair-line” trigger and blow at the littlest things. More importantly, for marketing, what are you using in your copy writing?

    Amplify’d from www.entrepreneur.com

    Once you identify the target audience for your marketing messages, you need to consider which emotional triggers you can connect to those messages. Following are 10 common emotional triggers that you can tie into your marketing messages to make the sale.

  • Fear: Fear is an emotion that can be used in a wide variety of marketing messages. Insurance companies often appeal to the emotion of fear with messages like “Don’t get caught with too little insurance.”
    • Guilt: Consumers are easily affected by messages that trigger emotions of guilt. Nonprofit organizations use the guilt trigger effectively in copy such as “Don’t let them suffer anymore.”
  • Trust: Trust is one of the hottest trends in marketing, and every company seems to be trying to jump on the trust bandwagon in their marketing messages. Financial companies are leading the way with messages like “no hidden fees.”
    • Value:
    Belonging:
    Competition:
    Instant Gratification:
    Leadership:
    Trend-setting:
    Time:Read more at www.entrepreneur.com
     
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