"If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it." ~Jonathan Winters~ 



If-Poem by Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you
are losing theirs and blaming it on you.
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
but make allowance for their doubting too;


If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
or being hated, don't give way to hating,
and yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;


If you can dream - and not make dreams your master
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
and treat these two impostors just the same;


If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
and stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:


If you can make one heap of all your winnings
and risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
and lose, and start again at your beginnings
and never breathe a word about your loss;


If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
to serve your turn long after they are gone,
and so hold on when there is nothing in you
except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'


If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;


If you can fill the unforgiving minute
with sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
and - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! 


Rudyard Kipling

The Many Benefits of Weight Lifting



Most people, especially women, discard weight lifting as a good form of exercise because they think that weight lifting will actually make their bodies look like a man.  If you are one of those people, then you might be surprised to know that this is not true.  The hormones of man and woman are not the same.  The hormone testosterone plays a major role in muscular development. Because women have very little of this hormone, they tend not to "bulk-up" with weight training.  
 
Researches also demonstrate that resistance exercise, also called strength training, like weight training and weight lifting, has profound effects on the musculoskeletal system, contributes to the maintenance of functional abilities, and prevents osteoporosis, sarcopenia (loss of body mass), lower-back pain, and other disabilities.  

Quote of The Day

"Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement."
- Golda Meir

Make Your Own Energy Bars



Problem Solving the Creative Way


How many times have you caught yourself saying that there could be no other solution to a problem – and that that problem leads to a dead end? How many times have you felt stumped knowing that the problem laying before you is one you cannot solve. No leads.  No options.  No solutions.  
Did it feel like you had exhausted all possible options and yet are still before the mountain – large, unconquerable, and impregnable? When encountering such enormous problems, you may feel like you're hammering against a steel mountain. The pressure of having to solve such a problem may be overwhelming.

But rejoice! There might be some hope yet!
With some creative problem-solving techniques you may be able to look at your problem in a different light. And that light might just be the end of the tunnel that leads to possible solutions.


Ideas for Fast & Healthy Weight Loss

The challenge to "lose weight" is too general and broad of a goal. There's no definite goal-setting (how much weight?), no methods (how to do it?), and no deadline (by the summer? by 2011?) in this objective. For the same reason, many people do make New Year's resolutions to lose weight, but eventually fail. However, with the following few simple tips and a true New Year approach you can succeed at a fast and healthy weight loss.

How to Make More Money with GPT Sites

Hello everybody. I'm happy to report things are going better than I expected with getting paid to sites. My first few months after joining a few programs had me thinking theses offers look better than they actually put out. I am now happy to report, I may have been a little hasty in my decision.

The key to GPT programs is persistence. Give it at least 6-8 weeks. If you are just getting started remember to join at least 5 sites. *Tip #1 joining more than this in the first week may hinder the surveys you get and it may hinder some of the offers you can get credit for. For example say you sign up for Inbox Dollars or Cashcrate, (plug alert), if you are not a member you can join now through me by just clicking either link. with either of these sites you get credit by joining from their site.

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Why You get Paid To Take Online Surveys


 Online surveys are one among work at home job opportunities that can make you some extra money.

Market research is essential for improving any business. Hence, the field is becoming a multimillion dollar industry. Most of the companies require online surveys for product development, customer satisfaction and comparison with competitor’s products or services. They need unbiased and reliable opinions about their product or services and about their clients. They are ready to pay decent money for this purpose. Hence online surveys.

Work at Home: Virtual Call Centers


Many WAHM's find work at home opportunities with virtual call centers. These call centers marry two important needs: the needs for women to work out of the home and the need for companies to have polite and professional telephone customer service representatives. Virtual call centers help both the business and the work at home mom.

WAHM's are hired as customer service agents to inbound callers. They use their own home phone and computer to do their work, and are networked into the company’s customer service system.

Virtual call centers are growing in popularity. Today there are roughly 100,000 people working at home in the United States, and many of them work for virtual call centers. It is estimated that by 2010 there will be 300,000 work at home individuals. Virtual call centers allow large companies to save money by hiring people to work out of their homes. There is also a low turnover rate for work at home jobs, which makes it beneficial for the company to hire WAHM's.

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