Credit Tips to Help You Maintain a Good Rating

September 30, 2012 By

Credit Tips to Help You Maintain a Good Rating

People often find themselves in situations where there would be a great of cash to be able to purchase something important or for emergency cases. There are times when the money you have on hand is not enough to meet the cost of what you needed. These are the times when you may opt to apply to get a loan from the bank or lending company. However, before you may be given a loan from a company who offers lending services, there are certain requirements that are needed. Mostly, lending companies and banks often check your credit history before allowing you to apply for loan.

What is a credit history or credit rating? This is a record which reflects your background on how you have handled your previous debts. It will reflect how much you may have borrowed before and if you were able to repay your debt in time. Having a positive credit rating can allow you future loans to be processed quickly. On the other hand, having a bad credit rating would result to poor chances of having a loan to be approved.

Being able to maintain a good credit history could be beneficial for you. Here are some ways with which you can do to be able to maintain a good credit rating.

Budgeting your income- being able to budget your income can allow you to estimate the exact costs of your expenses. This can allow you to record and know on which items you’re spending your money on. You may want to avoid spending too much of your income in things that may not be very important. It would be much better to make your income fit and only use your credit cards or apply for a loan only when necessary. Using your credit card or having a loan would mean that you would have to deal with additional costs like the interest rates.

Keep savings handy- a person can incur debt when they have no cash on hand when it is needed. In order to prevent incurring debt, you may try to set aside an amount of your income for your savings. Your savings can allow you to have money on hand in times when you find yourself short of cash.

Pay your bills on time- if ever you have an existing loan or have used your credit card, make sure that you will be able to pay the bills on time. Try as much as possible not to miss a payment schedule. Missing scheduled payments can reflect negatively on your record and at the same time, penalties can be added to your bills.

However, if you already have a bad credit rating, you may want to mend your credit history. Although a credit rating can be mended again, it may take as long as six years to really get it back on track. You must also try to take care of your bills and become a responsible borrower, as to prevent further aggravation of your bad credit history.

Credit Tips to Help You Maintain a Good Rating

Credit Tips to Help You Maintain a Good Rating

Troy G. Burton is a financial analyst who enjoys writing about bad credit debt consolidation loan and Pennsylvania debt consolidation as well as other financial services.

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Creative Writing – How To Find & Maintain Your Unique Creative Writing Rhythm

September 19, 2012 By

Creative Writing – How To Find & Maintain Your Unique Creative Writing Rhythm

One of the most important elements to being able to write regularly, deeply, and consistently as a creative writer is to be able to find your own unique creative writing rhythm.

If we don’t learn to listen to, and tune in to, the unique creative rhythm that each of us have, we’ll find it a constant battle to remain motivated and productive in our creative writing projects.

Professional athletes and sports players talk about being “in the zone”, where they’re performing at a peak level and everything flows. We can apply the same principle to writing.

So how do we know when we’re not “in the zone”, when we’re out of sync with our natural creative rhythm?

Some of the tell tale signs are:

Writing inconsistent amounts – 10 pages flow freely one day, but the day after you struggle to string together 10 words.

Being obsessive about tiny details – you spend hours re-writing a single difficult line 30 times, and eventually go back to the first version you came up with.

Sticky Shoes Syndrome – you just can’t get going, writing feels about as easy as wading through treacle in concrete boots. With an elephant on your back.

Losing objectivity – struggling to see the bigger vision in the project you’re writing. It’s like trying to view a mountain range from ground level, instead of flying above in a helicopter to get the overall view of the landscape.

Feeling out of control – you’re aware that sometimes your creative writing flows like Niagara Falls and other days it’s barely as fruitful as a dripping tap. But you have no idea why and you don’t feel in control.

So what’s the secret to overcoming some of these struggles and finding YOUR unique creative rhythm?

Put simply: experimenting and testing.

If you keep doing the same things over and over – the same things that aren’t working – then of course they’re going to continue to not work. And you’ll continue to be inconsistent, erratic and frustrated in your creative writing.

Now I’m not suggesting you have to become an emotionless robot, churning out perfect page after perfect page of creative writing.

Not at all.

There are natural peaks and lulls in our minds and bodies, in our moods and in our personal circumstances. They’re part of being a human being.

But if we learn to recognise these patterns, learn to find when we’re naturally at our best, at our peaks, we can begin to find our creative rhythm.

And when we do that, we reduce the kind of tell tale signs like those above we feel when we’re struggling to create.

So we’re able to create more consistently, more abundantly and more deeply than ever before.

How do you experiment then to help you find your natural creative rhythm?

Here are some of the factors to play around with and see what works best for you:

- The time of day when you write.

- How long you write for.

- How you cope with or eliminate distractions.

- The materials you use to write with.

- Where you write.

- What breaks you have, how long and how often.

- What you do (if anything) to prepare yourself to write.

- Whether you use background music or sounds, or silence.

- How you have your writing space set up physically.

- How you decide when your writing time is over for that session.

Experiment with just one of these variables at a time or you won’t be able to track the changes effectively.

Once you’ve found the best way of working with that particular factor, keep that fixed and move on and adjust the next one.

Follow these guidelines and you’ll be well on your way to finding your own unique creative rhythm. You’ll begin too to see your creative writing reach new levels.

Creative Writing – How To Find & Maintain Your Unique Creative Writing Rhythm

Creative Writing - How To Find & Maintain Your Unique Creative Writing Rhythm

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Affirmations can play a key role in helping you to leverage daily the Law of Attraction (LOA) for your training for a marathon, half marathon, or other endurance race.

What is an affirmation?

The Law of Attraction essentially says, “We become what we think about.” And we attract more of the feelings and beliefs that we regularly affirm. This is the power behind affirmations.

Why should I use affirmations for endurance running or walking?

You should write and repeatedly read affirmations as an endurance runner or walker because they can focus the Law of Attraction on behaviors and beliefs that will support your racing goals.

Who is the subject of an affirmation?

You should be the subject of each of your affirmations, with the affirmation written in first-person, singular form (as in “I am…”). The reason that having you as the subject of the affirmation is ideal is that your unconscious mind has direct control over you but does not have direct control over anyone else.

How should I write each affirmation statement?

As a positive, not negative, statement: Your unconscious mind will ignore any “no” or “not” in a statement. For example, your unconscious mind will convert “I do not slow down as I approach the finish line.” to “I do slow down as I approach the finish line.”; so “I maintain my pace or speed up as I approach the finish line.” is the preferable way to write this affirmation. Another reason to write affirmations in the positive is that they feel better to say to yourself. And that single, good feeling that you attach to the statement as you say it gives it a stronger impact on your unconscious mind than would a mixed-emotions, negative statement. A third reason to write affirmations in the positive is a practical one: Positive statements tend to be shorter than negative statements. So you can write them more easily and read them more easily.

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About the present, not the future: Your unconscious mind treats each statement about the present as something over which it has full control. In contrast, it treats each statement about the future as something over which it has no control. In other words, your unconscious mind operates in the present.

As if it were true, even if it is false today: Every time that you read an affirmation to yourself, you are incrementally strengthening in your unconscious mind the belief expressed by that affirmation. Given that your unconscious mind cannot distinguish between fact and fiction, you can read to yourself an affirmation that is not true today with the assurance that eventually your unconscious mind will align your life with that affirmation such that eventually the affirmation is true. In other words, an affirmation need not be true when written or read, but repeated reading of the affirmation increases the likelihood that eventually it will be true.

With specificity: Specific statements have a stronger impact than vague, general statements have on your unconscious mind. For example, “I am a five-hour marathoner.” is more valuable than “I am a fast marathoner.” as an affirmation.

How many affirmations should I have?

The number of affirmations that you have related to your endurance running or walking depends totally on you. Some people prefer to have just a few affirmations. Other people like to have lots of affirmations, including many that are re-worded versions of other affirmations.

Where should I be when I am composing my affirmations?

You should compose your affirmations at a computer in a quiet, private location. You may want to play some inspiring or gentle music while writing them. A few minutes of meditation before beginning could help your writing, too.

Ideally, each affirmation should feel as if it were an expression of your best self — as if your “higher self” were telling you what it believes you are capable of being, doing, or experiencing.

If you are stumped when you initially sit down to type affirmations into your computer, then give yourself a goal to carry around a pen and small notebook so that you record several affirmation ideas as you go about your daily life. You eventually should have enough ideas in your notebook to produce several affirmations when you return to your computer.

What are some examples of affirmations for endurance runners or walkers?

Here are examples of affirmations that are correctly worded for an endurance runner or walker:

“I always breathe aerobically when I run.”

“I shave at least one minute off my personal record in every marathon that I run.”

“I eat exactly what I need for each walk.”

“I give myself permission to run my own race.”

“I stop for water precisely when necessary at water stops while walking my half marathon.”

Why should I record my affirmations to a computer?

Typing your affirmations into a computer document gives you three benefits over handwriting them:

Typing them on a computer lets you craft them easily. The ease of editing text with a computer ensures that you can craft affirmations that are “just right” for you to repeat many times to yourself over the coming days, weeks, and months.

Typing them on a computer lets you update them easily. Having your affirmations in a computer document means that you can refine them easily to suit you better as your needs or goals change but without having to re-write your entire list of affirmations.

Typing them on a computer lets you print them in different sizes. This gives you the flexibility to make a single-page list for scheduled reviews, larger printouts of affirmations for in-your-face display in your bedroom, bathroom, or office, and a wallet-size, laminated list for on-the-go review whenever you have downtime.

How should I read my affirmations?

Always read them as if you believe them, even if they are not yet(!) true.

Always read them with an emotional intensity that will capture the attention and imagination of your unconscious mind.

Read them aloud if at all possible.

Even if you are only reading them silently in your mind, vary from session to session your pace (from a fast-talker to a slow-talker), your pitch or accent (your own voice, the voice of a favorite actor, etc.), and your volume (from a whisper to a gentle shout) — to avoid boredom and to stimulate your unconscious mind in multiple ways with the same affirmations.

When and how often should I read my affirmations?

Plan to read your affirmations several times a day but at least twice a day:

As part of a morning ritual in which you use several LOA methods to prepare you for the day ahead;

Later in the day — and perhaps as you retire to bed — to reinforce them.

If you work at home, reading your affirmations aloud during your workday may be no problem. If you work in an office, in a retail store, in a warehouse, in a factory, or otherwise with other people in your workplace, then consider using your automobile or a secluded outdoor area as your “sound booth” in which you read your affirmations aloud.

What else can I do with my affirmations besides reading them to myself?

Post individual affirmations throughout your home, in your car, or in your office so that you see and unconsciously absorb them even though you do not consciously and deliberately read them.

Record yourself saying your affirmations, mix that voice recording with different background, instrumental songs that are suitable for the targeted periods for playback (such as for running, for stretching, or for winding down at the end of the day), and play the appropriate mixed recordings at least twice a day — such as while training for an endurance race, while driving, while in the shower, or while completing indoor or outdoor chores.

Kirk Mahoney, Ph.D., loves to walk and run, and his SpryFeet.com website provides practical research for runners and walkers. By going to http://www.SpryFeet.com/Reports/, you can get his FREE “Pace Tables for Runners and Walkers” special report, letting you look up paces needed to complete several different race distances within given durations and for different micro-level-pacing methods.

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Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations are 12 powerful affirmations of prosperity and well-being drawn from the 10 Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17) and the book Prosperity’s 10 Commandments by Georgiana Tree West. The 11th and 12th affrimations are inspired by Jesus’ 2 great commandments found in Matthew 22:37-39. Prosperity’s first 4 affirmations help to internalize ideas that contribute to establishing a prospering relationship with the Fundamental Creative Energy of the Universe – God. In this article we will look at four affirmations, which will help you internalize ideas that aid in creating prospering relationships with other people. As you use these affirmations to create your abundant life, you will begin to establish habits of language and action that will enable you to create mutually prospering relationships with other people. Affirm these affirmations daily and you make these powerful prosperity principles a basic part of your life experience.

Four Affirmations for Prospering Relationships with Others

“I maintain my highest integrity when connecting with God and interacting with God’s agents of my wealth”. Perhaps this affirmation should be “I am faithful to God and respectful of people”. The key to success with this affirmation is to stay conscious of our relationship to God, our only Source of supply. Then we will remember that others are also connected to the God-Source. In this consciousness we create the possibility for everyone with whom we interact to bless us in some way. However, we must be open and receptive to the blessing. When we maintain our integrity and treat people with respect, we empower them and they are likely to empower us, quite possibly in unexpected ways.

“I keep my wealth circulating and creating blessings for others and for me”. The Commandment upon which this affirmation is based is “Thou Shalt Not Murder”. Habitual thoughts of poverty and limitation are murderers of prosperity. We affirm this affirmation in language and in action through our generosity, tithing and giving. In using this affirmation we are creating our experience of the unimpeded circulation of wealth and abundance.

“I only use my wealth for creative, uplifting, enlightening, joyful and life affirming purposes”. This affirmation helps us to keep our motives and uses for money pure and unadulterated. We remind ourselves that money is Love in action and we focus on the positive uses of our money as a pure expression of love. With this affirmation we exercise the power of intention. When we create a field of clear intention we take advantage of the natural processes of creation to yield the object or service for which we expended a portion of our wealth but we have the added benefit of spiritual and emotional satisfaction because others are blessed and benefited by our intentions and actions.

“I always give generous and fair compensation for value received”. This affirmation helps us practice the Law of Compensation which reminds us that when we are attempting to get something for nothing, we are actually trying to steal. However, when we are willing to give fair compensation for everything we receive, we stay in the continuous flow of prosperity.

Next Steps Take action by repeating these affirmations until they feel natural to you. You may want to craft your own version of these affirmations to really make them yours. The time and energy you invest in working with the affirmations will pay large dividends in your experience of prosperity and abundance.

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One of the things you can do to accelerate your progress is to engage in conversations based on these four affirmations with family, friends and acquaintances. I invite you to visit Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations Blog, http://www.prosperingtimes.com/blog and if you wish to powerfully accelerate the potency of this affirmative process, accept our invitation to subscribe to the complimentary e-course “Introduction to Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations at http://www.prosperingtimes.com/Intro2P12Registration.html

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How to Maintain a Peaceful, Loving and Cherished Home and Family

August 6, 2012 By

How to Maintain a Peaceful, Loving and Cherished Home and Family

Home and family! Both the words go hand in hand. One cannot have a home without a good and well-knitted family to live in it with, and without a home, a family cannot survive. A good and caring family is what any human being on this earth desires and craves for. But sadly, in today’s time, which is marked by too much job pressure, fatigue, stress, and anxiety, we often tend to push family second in our list of priorities. This is a huge loss, both personally and professionally for an individual. Having a nice home and family, is a blessing for every person.

We must understand the importance of family and the family members around us. It is necessary for us to treat them with respect, love and importance. You must show that you take care of people around you and take pain and effort to consolidate your relationship with them.

Remember, it is not the quantity but quality of time that you spend with your loved ones, which strengthens your relationship. Sitting at home watching TV or surfing net is not going to do any good to your relationship with your children, spouse or parents.

It is important that rather than thinking only about your problems and difficulties, you also pay heed to problems of your family members as well. Sharing each others problems will definitely wipe out all major concerns in life.

Respect and take care of your parents and guardians. Remember, you are going to set up an example for your children on how to treat elders. The saying goes, “What goes around, comes around.”

A beautiful home and family goes hand in hand. Light up the mood of your family by getting a nice home improvement done. Get some trendy furniture, bright wallpapers, aesthetic wall hangings, and add a new spice to your home and family.

Take your family out on a nice vacation. This will certainly add a little fun to your life and a will be a nice excuse for family re-union. Family fights are obvious. Rather than holding grudges against each other, learn to let it out. Look at the larger picture of happiness and love.

A nice home and family is what is needed to have a happy and peaceful life. Amidst all personal and professional adversities, it is up to us to maintain a healthy relationship among our loved ones.

How to Maintain a Peaceful, Loving and Cherished Home and Family

How to Maintain a Peaceful, Loving and Cherished Home and Family

Wallace has been writing online articles for the past few years. Not only does he specialize in home improvements, you can also check out his latest website on solar lights for garden where he provides information and offers on low voltage garden lights to enhance the appearance of your garden and yard.

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What does affirm mean? It means to assert positively; to tell with confidence; to maintain as true; opposed to deny. I really love the meaning of this word. We really could stop this article at this point because the definition is so exact and so clear.

Affirmations are popular and powerful because they are simple, easy and they work. Affirmations reprogram your thought process, they change the way you think and feel. With affirmations you can replace negative beliefs that have been sabotaging you and no longer serve you with new beliefs that are positive and effective in making real changes in your life.

With affirmations you can turn failure into success, you can turn a sour and negative attitude into a great and joyful attitude. You can change bad health into vibrant good health. In other words affirmations can enable you to achieve the life you have always dreamed of having.

There are many ways to affirm. Affirmations can be verbal, mental or written but there is a certain format that make them work.

· The statements must be positive. When your subconscious connect with the statement “I don’t have money to pay my bills.” It picks up the “don’t have” and gives you more of what you “don’t have.” The goal here is to target subconscious negative beliefs and replace them with positive nurturing beliefs.

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· They must be formatted in the present as if they already exist. You would not say, “I plan to have money to pay my bills.” Plan is a future event.

· You must include yourself. I am, I Jane or I in the first person.

· You must be consistent with repeating your affirmations

Keep your affirmations short, clear and so simple a child would understand them.

This is a simple, clear and positive example of an affirmation: If you weight 180 pounds and your goal is to weigh 155 pounds you would state this: “I, Jane Doe, am healthy and I weight 155 pounds.”

Don’t concern yourself about what diet you will use, what exercise program you will use. Those things will open up for you. You add the word “healthy” because you could get sick and lose the weight. This would not be good. State what you want and not what you do not want.

The example above happened to me. I found it so interesting that I suddenly began to walk more, I watched what I ate, not dieting, I love swimming so I did that as much as possible. Suddenly my clothes fit and people began to comment about my weight loss. It was easy and so much fun. Almost automatic. No stress. I was delighted.

If you want money to pay your bills you would state this: “I, Jane Doe, have more than enough money to pay all of my bills.”

When you affirm these statements over time you really begin to believe them as true and your subconscious has no choice but to make this happen for you. It also helps to add this statement at the end of your affirmation. ” I accept this or something better.” This shows you are not trying to control how you get what you intend to have.

An affirm statement goes like this: ” I have a wonderful job in sales that pay me $75,000 a year. I accept this or something better.”

When first using affirmations go easy on yourself. If you weight 300 pounds and want to lose 150 pounds affirm the weight lose in 25 pounds increments. If you earned 30,000 in your last sales job consider affirming $100,000 a year.

Affirming $1,000,000 could happen but only if your belief system is in place. Continually repeating affirmations with conviction will chip away at the strongest resistance. If you use affirmations correctly they can manifest real and positive change in your life.

When you affirm your statements you believe they are true. Your mind cannot hold two conflicting thoughts.

You can speak your affirmations out loud and in front of a mirror. Try saying, “I like myself” in front of a mirror and not smile. Look yourself straight in the eye and affirm your message with emotion. The more emotion you exhibit the faster they will appear for you.

You can sing your affirmations. Make a tune to hum and sing throughout your day. This is fun. You may choose to write your affirmations. Write them (10-20) times. Write them down each morning when you first get up or in the evening before you go to sleep. This imprints them on your brain. You can record your affirmations on your recorder or MP3 player. I use this approach.

No matter which way you choose to affirm I know for a fact they work. I have used affirmations for many years to change bad habits and to get from life exactly what I want. With affirmations you can live your life by design not by default. So get started and have fun. Start with something you really want and affirm it in the present tense as if you already have it.

No matter what you are dealing with or what problems you would like help with affirmations can make you feel better about yourself and your life. Affirmations work well with visualizations. Check that out.

Love, tolerance and peace

Harriette Blye

Harriette is a wife, mom, successful internet marketer, registered respiratory therapist, former General Motors car dealer, started and operated her own successful staffing agency and advertising weekly newspaper, writer, public speaker, artist, and Baby Boomer, and she is doing it her way.

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How to Maintain Brand Elevation With No Loss of Cabin Pressure in 2010

July 8, 2012 By

How to Maintain Brand Elevation With No Loss of Cabin Pressure in 2010

The Dream

You wake up with a brilliant idea, a new concept no one has thought of before. You develop a flawless marketing plan over morning coffee, word gets out and by noon, the best teams of specialists all call you. All these world-class designers, marketing consultants, media planners and brand management professionals offer you their services free, just to be part of your breakthrough concept. By 3:00 p.m., four major global corporations have had their legal departments fax over contracts to form co-branding efforts…. Hey, let’s get real. If it were this easy, there wouldn’t be brand development and image management firms, nor all the activities (not to mention all the books on the market) designed to develop and manage brands. So until it gets this easy, brands either do well, so-so, or poorly-depending on how well they are conceived and maintained. If it’s going well, good. If not, then you’re suffering needlessly from a dreaded affliction: Brandus Interruptus.

The Symptoms of Brandus Interruptus

A brand exists for one key purpose: to be the bridge that connects a product’s or service’s promise (e.g., “To help you become a world-class athlete”) with the consumer’s desire (e.g., “Just do it”). So how do you tell whether your brand is living up to its potential or giving you the short end of the stick (i.e., Brandus Interruptus)? Some of the early warning signs include:

Trying to be like another company is one (violating every basic premise of positioning).

Trying to be everything to everybody is another.

Having no (or random) design consistency is yet another.

Identifying the branding objective is the key step in preventing or halting the dreaded Brandus Interruptus and its accompanying symptoms. Is it to reposition an ailing brand? Is it to invent a category that no one has claimed yet? Or is it to handle a real oversight where the brand has lost its relevance? Below, you’ll find the qualities necessary in creating and managing a world-class brand, a clarification on the differences between brand strategies and brand tactics, and why we hear so much about brands reinventing themselves (and what problem this is really solving and how to avoid this pitfall in the first place).

A Category of One

The grandest objective and ultimate dream-come-true would be becoming-and sustaining-a category of one. Being best in a category is admirable, but being in a category of one is truly the prize trophy. Recently, an installment in the Wall Street Journal’s branding series featured David S. Pottruck, Co-CEO of the Charles Schwab Corporation. In this interview, he states, “We’re not trying to become the traditional model of a full-service firm. We’re establishing the new model. That’s a very challenging brand position to build because people want to pigeonhole you. Oh, you’re like this firm or, You’re like those guys. Well, what we want is to be unlike anyone else. In other words, a category of one.”

Maintaining Brand Stamina

So let’s say you’ve had the good fortune to develop a sound brand. How do you manage it so it doesn’t suffer from “Brandus Interruptus”? Let’s look at some examples. Examples of consistent brands are Dyson, Apple, Harley Davidson, Nike and Fossil. None of these brands is capricious about how their brand is presented to the world. None allow chaos to compromise the brand. Harley’s rebel position is embraced at every corner whereas Apple’s “cool innovation” can be seen from a mile away.

Prevention Is the Best Medicine

Just as prevention is the best medicine, understanding is the best form of prevention. The best-managed brands utilize the brand as an anchor. To understand this is to understand the difference between a brand strategy and a brand tactic. A brand strategy is a long-term plan, with bigger and broader objectives. Brand tactics are those actions designed to forward the brand’s strategic objectives. Example: A brand strategy could be to develop the best online service for cat lovers. A brand tactic would extend from that, such as evaluating all possible competitors to see their strengths and weaknesses, developing certain marketing goals from that information. An even more basic tactic could be forming an alliance with the best cat food manufacturer. Brand strategy=big picture plan. Brand tactics=day-to-day implementation that makes it possible to forward the strategic plan.

The Cure

We read about it everywhere. Reinvention is an all-too-common term these days used in branding and marketing circles. Let’s look at the reality of this popular concept. Reinvention=purpose reinforced. Well, if a purpose needs reinforcement (or refreshing like popping a breath mint), that tells us the purpose and mission of that brand went off the rails somewhere-maybe all at once, or slowly through gradual erosion. It’s like forgetting one’s name, or career, or reason for getting up in the morning. Each results in a diminishing of both drive and clarity for doing what one is doing. So, let’s go earlier. A company starts out (hopefully) with a purpose: to solve “X” for some identified public. Things take off. Word gets out. Production demand increases. Day-to-day needs flood everyone’s plate. The brand goes on “automatic.” Everybody’s really busy-busy forgetting about brand presence, brand purpose and the reason all this activity was started in the first place.

Well, nothing runs on automatic for too long. That’s why the world’s great brands-Nike, Apple, HP, IBM, Xerox and Chrysler to name a few-all went through a “reinventing” process for their brand. What they really were doing was refueling their “lost” drive, their lost purpose, reclaiming ownership of what had been theirs to begin with. Keeping a brand alive involves a consistent and continuous assessment of the marketplace-the same type of assessment that was done when any enterprise first came into existence.

When this is all left unattended, all of a sudden you’ll find everyone talking about the need to “reinvent” the brand. It’s a poor substitute for forgetting why one was doing what one was doing in the first place. And the cure? Keeping one’s brand alive, fresh and consistently relevant.

How to Maintain Brand Elevation With No Loss of Cabin Pressure in 2010

How to Maintain Brand Elevation With No Loss of Cabin Pressure in 2010

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By affirming Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations each day, we can begin to make these powerful principles of prosperity a fundamental part of our daily activity.

What Are Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations?

I look to God as my only Source of wealth. I create prosperity, abundance and wealth images. I only speak words that affirm sufficiency, abundance and prosperity. I surrender the details of my wealth creation to God. I maintain my highest integrity when connecting with God and interacting with God’s agents of my wealth. I keep my wealth circulating and creating blessings for others and for me. I only use my wealth for creative, uplifting, enlightening, joyful and life affirming purposes. I always give generous and fair compensation for value received. I honor, glorify and give witness to the accessibility of the Source of my wealth. I claim my own wealth and give thanks for the wealth of others. I love the Source of my wealth with all of my heart, all of my mind and all of my soul. I honor, respect and appreciate my neighbor’s wealth as though it were my own.
5 Ways To Empower Your Life Read Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations Everyday for One Week Become familiar with each of Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations Allow them to become part of your consciousness
During the Next Week Imagine How You Would Practice One of the Affirmations Each Day.
Select and affirmation that you will imagine putting into practice for the day. See yourself living the essence of the affirmation. Write a description of what you will do to act out the essence of the affirmation.
Focus on Two New Affirmations Each Day for A Week
Apply the affirmations to health, relationships or some aspect of prosperity other than money. You will have considered all of the affirmations after 6 days. Journal about your experiences during the week. How did you feel? How did others relate to you? How did you relate to others?
Each Day, for Two Weeks, Take an Opportunity to Share the Essence of a Different Affirmation with Someone During the Course of Your Day.
Look for opportunities each day that you can share the essence of an affirmation with at least one person. Repeat the process until you have shared all 12 affirmations at least once. Journal about your experiences.
Write or Record a Story about How You Would Spend an Entire Day Applying Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations.
Imagine a day in which all of your thoughts and actions flowed from Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations. Hear the conversations you are having with other people. Remember your experiences from other exercises and incorporate them into this imaginary day. Write or record a story about what you have imagined. Or draw a picture depicting the images and feelings you imagined. Or in some other way create a physical representation of what you imagined, such as in a montage of photographs, a poem, a sculpture, etc. Just allow your creative juices to flow.

Take Action You are now equipped with 12 affirmations based on scriptural wisdom, you have probably generated your own ideas while reading to this point and you have been given five suggestions for using Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations to empower your life.

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Now, which one of the 5 suggestions will you use first? Set your intention to prosper and enact your intention by saying and living Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations. Commit to your intention by practicing Prosperity’s 1st Affirmation everyday for one week. To see more information about Prosperity’s 12 Affirmations visit http://prosperingtimes.com/blog/

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