"I Am a Rebel" Stop Smoking EFT Reframe

Every now and then, I have this delightful experience with a smoker on the way to becoming a non-smoker. I call it the "I am a Rebel" stop-smoking EFT reframe. It is delightful because I literally see the face change from "I am a Rebel and determined to self-destruct" to "Confused" to "You tricked me and I fell for it" to "That was very funny" to "Did I really think like that?" and ending the most serene and empowered expression on the soon-to-be-non-smoker's face.

So if you or someone you care for would say that you smoke to rebel, here is one of my favorite reframes that you can be almost guaranteed to enjoy. It goes something like this.

Setup:

"Even though I smoke to rebel, I deeply love and accept myself"

Reminder, using one phrase per point, going round and round your favorite points:

"I'm a rebel, I smoke to rebel, nobody can tell me what to do, because I'm a rebel, and if they try, I will smoke in their face, Ha! That'll show them, because I'm a rebel, that's what I am, I love myself, I love the rebel in me, I accept myself, I accept the rebel in me, I'm a rebel, that's what I am, Oh yes I am, I will always be a rebel, as a matter of fact, you can depend on me to be a rebel, every day you can rely on me to rebel, the cigarette companies can rely on me to rebel, every day I rebel and do what they want me to do, because I'm a rebel, that's what I am, every day they can count on me to rebel, and do just what they want me to do, I rebel so much they're rubbing their hands with glee, Kerr-chingg! Yes, they can count on me to be a rebel, I will dutifully rebel every day and buy their cigarettes, I will do what they want and remain addicted, because I'm a rebel, that's what I am, they can rely on me to pay them money every day, 'Sucker!' - yes, they can always rely on me to comply, they can rely on me to rebel... Or maybe I can rebel against the cigarette companies, maybe. I'm a rebel, that's what I am, I can be relied on rebel, maybe, perhaps."

By this stage, we are usually both laughing so hard, I get tears in my eyes and we are just shaking with laughter! It works every time. And it is just such great fun! Who said stopping smoking had to be serious?!

6 Questions to Consider Before You Build That Screened-In Porch

If you are wanting to build a screened-in porch, there will be many things that you must consider. You can't just begin building without planning and knowing exactly what you are wanting to do. Here are 6 questions that you need to consider before you build the screened-in porch that you have been thinking about.

Question 1 - Is There Enough Room? Before you go any further, you need to determine if there is enough room to build the porch that you want to build. Do you have ultimate permission to build, such as being the owner of the property? If you are planning to put in a doorway, do you have the right of way to walk through the land that the exit would lead to?

Question 2 - Do You Have a Building Permit? In almost any civilized area of the world, any plans that you may have to alter the exterior appearance of your home will require you to purchase a building permit from the local government. Many people don't bother with this step, but it is legally required that the exterior plans of your home match the plans on government file before you can sell it. If you try to sell the home at some later point, or if someone should get injured on the addition, you will have to pay large fines if you didn't bother to get the proper permit when you were building.

Question 3 - Do You Have a Plan? Before you cut the first board, you should have every aspect of your screened-in porch planned out. This includes the length and width of the porch, the height and pitch of the ceiling, and where the door and stairs would ultimately be. Having every detail ready before you begin work will keep you from having to redo things later on.

Question 4 - Will Your Eaves Keep Out the Rain? You need to plan the roof to hang over the screened-in walls to a certain point. This will help keep the rain out when the weather turns bad. You are going to all this trouble to put a roof on the porch and screen it in so that you can use it in any weather situation, so you should take steps to make sure the rain won't ruin your plans by getting everything wet.

Question 5 - Will You Be Running Electricity To Your Porch? If you are wanting to make additions to your porch, such as lighting or a ceiling fan for air circulation, you will need to run electricity in proper ways. This means that you may need to hire an electrician, if you don't have the knowledge yourself. Be prepared to deal with this additional cost.

Question 6 - What Are Your Intentions? If you intend to turn your porch into a breezy family-style room, with plans to put couches and a television or other expensive items in it, will your porch be secure enough? You may want to rethink these ideas if you aren't prepared to make your porch as secure as your house would be.

Simplified English - A Great Way of Elucidating the Language

Simplified English can really simplify complex content that is loaded with terms and jargon. Content that is full of technical terms is technical English writing. Usage of technical terms in a technical publication is pretty ordinary and it is directed only towards a particular audience that can understand the usage of technical English terms. Most of the audiences might not be well versed and therefore may not be able to understand some of the terms. Therefore, the use of technical English writing in your contents has to be restricted to the minimum or can be made simple with the help of Simplified Technical English. Not all audiences understand all the terms and so would have to search their meaning in the dictionary and then read further. This makes it a very cumbersome task. Most of the audiences will probably get annoyed and leave it half way without knowing the exact meaning and shift to some other content. Terminology management software offers the best synonyms for complex technical terms.

A person involved with technical documentation needs to be competent enough to communicate his message aptly to all types of audiences (technical and non technical). Non technical audiences can understand simple English and for their sake it is advisable to translate it from a complex to a simple format by the means of many existing software applications that facilitate technical translation. Shufra helps to implement international documentation standards such as ASD-STE100 and S1000D, which help to emphasize and add meaning for the technical jargon that is used. This in turn entirely avoids misinterpretation and misunderstanding from the audience side. A good technical writer should be aware of what the readers need to want to read. He should thus convey the correct content and meaning using the right words and style.

The writer should use simple words in his writings that are easy to comprehend for the reader. The audience should be able to understand what the document is all about. So it has to be precise and easy to comprehend for the reader. A writer can be very effective if he can understand the readers' requirements and background. It is essential that your technical writing according to AECMA, SE and STE (e.g. IETM, AMM, CMM) provides the accurate information that is being looked for by the reader. While trying to find the solution, the reader must feel about the writing that it is concise, simple and interesting. It has to make the reader get interested in the written topic.

There are many requirements for technical writing in industries such as aerospace, defense, aircraft, etc. With the development of science and technology it has become possible to introduce new technical products in the market manufactured by different companies. Therefore, it becomes necessary to find services of writers who can provide information on the usefulness of the newly launched product into the market. In this way, the different needs of different audiences can be met with. Their search for information on science and technology topics or products can be quicker if they get to read simple technical documents.

5 Tips For Winning at UNO

UNO is a great card game that involves using a specialized deck. There are some great ways to increase your chances of winning at it.

1. Save Your Draw Cards.

A lot of people like to put draw cards down early, and why wouldn't they it makes them appear to be in control, but once they use it, it is over. Now the two reasons I like to save draw 2 cards are.

a. When someone else uses a draw 2 card on you, you can put a draw 2 card on top of that and make the next person draw 4 instead of having to draw 2 cards.

b. When someone has UNO you want to have some draw cards to stop them from winning the game.

2. Save Wild Cards

The same thing goes for wild cards, don't use them unless you actually need to. Remember you can always put down a wild card, but you might not have another chance to put down your blue 4.

3. Make others with UNO draw

Even though it is a really good thing to save your draw cards for later you don't want others to win the game. When someone is about to win stop them by making them draw 2 cards or something.

4. Watch Other Players

If the color is blue and you have 2 blues 2 reds and a wild, but someone else keeps trying to change it to blue it is OK to use your wild and change it to red and play your red cards because that person will probably try to change it back to blue.

5. Be Creative and plan ahead

Be creative when planning. If someone two turns after you is on UNO and you know the person directly after you has a draw 2 try to put down a draw two yourself. That would make the next person put down their draw two and force the person with UNO to draw 4.

Referral Marketing - A Powerful Business Tool

Have you ever suggested to a friend that they should go see a movie or try out a new restaurant? Of course, we all have. But, what if the movie theater and the restaurant gave you a portion of their sales that resulted from your referral? Referral marketing is based on just that concept; letting others know about products and services that you have tried and endorse, but then paying you for your efforts to market their products.

Referral marketing can take many forms, from network marketing, where you are an active representative for a company and are paid based on the volume of sales that goes through your business, to what is commonly known as affiliate marketing, where you are driving potential clients to a product and then paid a percentage (sometimes as high as 75% of the sales price) of each sale. There are other examples, but these are the two that I've been involved with and are the most familiar.

For the new person starting out I suggest getting started with affiliate marketing first, as the start up costs are minimal and you can start with a single product, become proficient with marketing techniques and then expand your representation to multiple products (meaning multiple streams of income). Once you have established yourself in affiliate marketing and have steady income coming in, then take a serious look at getting involved in network marketing. With many affiliate programs, you will make a single sale to a customer, but with network marketing you are typically representing products that will be consumed and thus purchased on a regular basis, giving you a serious stream of residual income.

When getting started with affiliate marketing on the internet I suggest that you look at products such as E-Books, video or audio file programs. These are among the hottest products on the net because they can be instantly downloaded once the purchase has been made. Your customer can have the product immediately and put it to work to fix the problem they were looking have solved. These are also among the least returned products being sold over the internet, meaning you have a high likely hood that once a sale has been made you're going to get to spend that commission.

You will be the most successful when you become an affiliate for a product you have used and believe in personally. Remember our opening example of the movie and restaurant. You're most sincere recommendations will come for items you have faith in and it will show through in your marketing efforts.

Gold For Retirement - Gold In IRAs

Selecting the right form of investment in gold depends on your overall financial strategy. Individual retirement arrangements, more commonly known as individual retirement accounts (IRAs), are familiar investment vehicles. Not having to pay taxes on assets held within an IRA can significantly increase growth. Investing in gold through an IRA offers a hedge against inflation.

For the investor beginning to invest in precious metals, an obvious question is "Can I buy gold for retirement for an IRA?" And the answer is simple: yes. You can not only create a new IRA, you can also transfer contributions from another IRA or rollover a 401(k) to your new IRA.

New IRAs can only be funded with cash or cash equivalents, for example money market funds or treasury bills. The IRA then acquires the investment. Transfers and rollovers between existing IRAs and other retirement accounts can be of any asset class.

Generally, you can only rollover funds from your 401(k) after you've left the employer funding your 401(k). To be sure of the requirements, just contact your fund manager.

Kinds of IRAs for Precious Metal Investing

For the purposes of protecting individual wealth, the most relevant IRAs are the Traditional, the Roth and perhaps the SEP. All have rules for eligibility which include age, other pension plans and AGI (adjusted gross earnings on income tax).

Most people are familiar with the Traditional IRA established in 1974, and the Roth IRA, established in 1997. For these IRAs, as for all types, earnings on the investment are not taxed. Traditional IRA contributions may be tax deductible in the year of contribution; taxes are paid at the time of distribution. Roth IRAs are funded with after-tax contributions; no taxes are paid at the time of distribution.

The SEP IRA allows a small business or self-employed individual to set up a Traditional IRA instead of a pension fund. Ease of administration is one of the advantages.

The administration of all IRAs are handled by a custodian, whether bank, credit union, brokerage firm or any other financial services provider. Keep in mind a financial firm may service only certain kinds of investments.

Self-Directed IRAs

Self-Directed IRAs (SDIRAs) are designed for more complicated investments requiring increased attention and expertise on the part of the investor. Not every financial service provider handles these. Custodial responsibilities include keeping your IRA on the right side of IRS law. For this expertise and added attention, you will pay more.

IRAs for Physical Gold

Gold investments come in a large range of choices. Each choice has a specific advantage and disadvantage. All paper investments, i.e., paper representation of gold, such as mutual fund shares, ETFs, mining stocks, annuities, or futures can be used.

What is surprising is that even physical bullion can be used in an IRA. Not unexpectedly only a few companies actually provide this service. Only recently has the gold price climbed to historic highs generating a new wave of broad interest.

The IRS has rules regulating the form and purity of gold and other precious metals to be placed in an IRA. In addition, each financial service itself may have different requirements on the type of gold and the cash equivalent amount. Setting up a gold bullion IRA involves more work than a typical paper transaction. Typically, fees charged will be higher.