Combine Cars and People Skills As an Automotive Service Advisor

November 1, 2012 By

Combine Cars and People Skills As an Automotive Service Advisor

If you’ve ever wondered how to combine your interest in cars with your people skills, look no further than the position of Automotive Service Advisor. It’s an exciting and critical role that you can break into by enrolling in an Automotive Service Advisor Training program.

The position of advisor is very unique in the automotive world, as it combines technical knowledge of cars, trucks, and other vehicles, with the soft skills required to interact with the public on a daily basis. The basic job responsibility is to understand what the issue is from the customer, explain it to a service technician, and then respond back to the client with the technical diagnosis using easy-to-understand language. Perhaps partly because the position requires a mastery of technical and soft skills, Automotive Service Advisor Training program graduates can look forward to attractive salaries. While actual compensation figures vary by region and city size, most advisors earn $40,000 to $60,000.

Program graduates can find employment in a number of different types of organizations, including:

· New and used car dealerships

· Automotive repair facilities

· Automotive specialty shops

· Aftermarket stores

· Heavy duty truck repair facilities

· Vehicle rental companies

Within these different areas, Automotive Service Advisor Training program graduates can hold a variety of jobs, either as entry level positions, or as more senior positions once they have accumulated more experience. Some examples include:

· Service Consultant/Service Writer

· Daily Rental Consultant

· Assistant Manager

· Service Manager

· Rental Car Manager

· Fixed Operations Manager

Because of the technically complex – and ever-changing – nature of cars today, Automotive Service Advisor Training programs are very comprehensive, covering a wide range of automotive knowledge. Students learn the fundamentals of engines, transmissions, fuel injection systems, auto bodies, sound systems, etc. Just as importantly, students are also taught the critical soft skills they need to converse with customers and provide excellent service. Soft skills covered in a typical program would include learning how to greet customers, take note of customer’s comments and concerns, explain repairs to customers, and handle complaints. Students will also be trained in the more administrative aspects of the field, such as writing service orders and customer comments, estimating repair costs, and test-driving vehicles to ensure that all necessary repairs have been made.

So if you’re always wanted to combine your facility with public relations with the excitement of the car industry, look no further than an Automotive Service Advisor Training program.

Combine Cars and People Skills As an Automotive Service Advisor

Combine Cars and People Skills As an Automotive Service Advisor

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Percey Evans is a freelance writer who works for Higher Education Marketing, a leading Web marketing firm specializing in Google Analytics, Education Lead Generation, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Mobile SMS Alerts, Social Media Marketing and Pay Per Click Marketing, among other Web marketing services and tools.

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Internet Business Online Tips – Why 95% of People Fail Online?

October 30, 2012 By

Internet Business Online Tips – Why 95% of People Fail Online?

It is now generally accepted that most people do not make it online in Internet marketing. Having said that, an online Internet business is a lot simpler than any offline business but still a huge proportion fail. So why is that?

Here are 5 of the most frequent reasons why would be business owners fail to create a lucrative business online:

1. Lots of business owners believe they can be making money online literally overnight. The industry is somewhat to blame with all the hyped up sales letters. If you would like to build a real long-term business, it will take time along with effort.

2. Lack of effort. Although you might read stories of business owners making lazy fortunes online, the reality is it took a little time for them to get to this stage. You will have to build automated streams of income; these require time and the work.

3. Not designing a business strategy. If you want to be really profitable online, you need to be systematic. The main motive for why people work for large organizations is for the reason that they are well organized. This has to be the same for your Internet business. Lacking a strategy, you simply won’t go very far.

4. Not putting money into the business. Lots of people once they make their initial profits online straight away go and spend it. You must re-invest your profits back into your Internet business so it continues to expand. This is how a real Internet business entrepreneur thinks.

5. Not receiving the correct education. The most valuable things you will ever own is information. Use your money correctly on the appropriate Internet business marketing products, and subsequently take action from them.

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What is Mindfulness?

The concept of mindfulness has actually been around for thousands of years. Its origins can be found in the earliest Buddhist teachings (2500 years ago). It has been used over the centuries in traditional eastern contemplative practices like Hatha Yoga and other meditation practices. Zen masters taught mindfulness to enlightened monks in the ultimate acceptance of their own existence.

However, the way we use the term here, Mindfulness should not be confused with inward focused mysticism or spirituality. Today Mindfulness not only refers to the acceptance of one’s reality but what one does with that reality. As we use it, Mindfulness is the skill of living in the moment and relating to the world in a nonjudgmental and reflexive as oppose to reactive fashion.

In recent years, science and westernization have adapted Mindfulness so that it can be cultivated daily, used without years of practice, and be compatible and useful within almost any modern human activity. Mindfulness is simply an introspective method for grounding your thoughts, emotions and behaviors in the reality you are currently experiencing, so you can stand back, observe, understand yourself more fully and take care of your needs.

The act of Mindfulness is the ability to focus your attention on your inner thoughts while letting go of past or future worries. It will take some practice to witness your thoughts popping up and then going away without self-criticism, but it can be achieved by most people without extensive training, just daily practice. For instance, just watching your breathing can have a calming effect on your mind and slowly restore your sense of well-being. When you quiet your thoughts about what you have to do and your feelings dictating what you want to do, your intuitive mind takes over. Here you gently move from dwelling on the past or future to being focused on what you are doing right at this moment. Being in this state of Mindfulness allows you to listen to your gut and discover what you truly need. Mindfulness allows you to acknowledge your feelings, witness your thoughts and redirect yourself away from distraction.

We live in era of constant upheaval and change. Actually, most of us get through life on autopilot. Our brain gets filled with restless ideas and memories that are hard to keep track of especially when we become stressed. We tend to “tune out” and just “try to get through the day.”

Everyone’s mind naturally wanders, but when you practice Mindfulness you are aware of your mind wandering and can gradually redirect it back to the present. Mindfulness allows you to gently quiet all the noise in your head. Paying attention to your breathing, tracking your thoughts, or scanning your body for tension are just few of the many ways to reduce mental chatter. With Mindful practice, you can learn to remove the tendency to jump to conclusions, make assumptions and idle judgments, and recognize that your negative or positive feelings are coming from you and not the external world around you.

Dr Marsha Linehan, founder of Evidence Based Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) says we need to adopt a “Reflexive Mind” in order to cope with distress and change. Here, your mind is trained to act like Teflon, nothing sticks to it long enough to attach. Mindfulness has been shown to bring calmness and patience to those who embrace the practice. People who practice daily Mindfulness are processing life rather than analyzing its content. The ultimate state of Mindfulness is mental resiliency.

In fact Mindfulness can also help you stay focused and aware even when you are engaged in mundane activities such as driving, eating, and walking. Research has shown its positive effects on boosting the immune system, managing pain, reducing stress and cultivating personal awareness.

A beginning Mindful sequence may involve:

- Sitting in a quiet and comfortable location

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- Thinking about where you are and what you are doing at this very moment

- Closing your eyes

- Allowing thoughts about what already or will happen move in an out of your consciousness with your non-judging mind and gentle persuasion

- Focusing on the sensations of breathing each breath and noticing what that does to your belly, nostrils and lungs

- Making note of every thought and feeling that comes up and then returning to your breathing to further anchor your attention

- Observing your mind but, not getting stuck on any one particular thought or feeling as your breathing becomes more natural, full and steady

- Opening your eyes and looking at something you have seen before with a fresh perspective.

What are Affirmations?

Affirmations are declarative statements about something you now know, did, or intend to do. When you use an Affirmation you are not only being aware of your thoughts, but you are taking conscious control of them. When you say, write, read or even think of an Affirmation, you are, in effect, taking steps to acknowledge what is worthwhile about you.

Studies have shown that most of our daily thoughts are negative. Working with Affirmations makes you aware of how self-defeating thoughts chip away at your creativity. Affirmations help you create a new reality and visualize what you essentially want out of life.

Negativity can threaten your health and happiness. In fact, when you are not paying attention to your thinking, you are more liable to pessimistic and not realistic or optimistic. The more you are aware of what you are actually telling yourself, the more upbeat you will sound. Using command based phraseology, keeping the Affirmation in the present tense and making it reality based offers you more reinforcement. Repeatedly telling yourself that you are, or will be, deserving, healthy, and successful, the more your positive determination will flow. You’re more likely to see a bounce in your step and a lift in your life by using daily Affirmations.

What are Mindful Affirmations?

” Mindful Affirmations ” are not just inspirational sayings. We use the term as thought provoking phrases that loosely derive from Mindfulness ideas of Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, who founded the medical and meditative models of Mindfulness. He came up with Eight Stations of Mindful Meditation:

- Smile

- Breathe

- Arrive

- Attend

- Find the essence

- Slow down

- Listen

- See things with a new perspective

Mindful Affirmations incorporate one or more of these active stations into each passage in order to support the Mindful notion of keeping an “open mind,” where possibilities have no limits. They are not meditations as used by Dr Zinn and others. Mindful Affirmations take ordinary Affirmations like “Your self-confidence will carry you on,” and make them more reality based so the reader can gradually acknowledge and accept the truth about their life. An example of expanding the above Affirmation into a Mindful Affirmation would be “I barely thought of my own self-worth until I saw myself going backwards in life. Letting myself go and losing all I had gained made me feel stuck and dependent. I now see how harnessing my self-esteem can help me not only find my way but, carry me through life.”

This phraseology helps to evoke not only the reader’s subconscious mind, but keeps the reader focused on the key of Mindfulness, just being in the moment.

Pain is about growth and is inevitable. Unfortunately, too many of us have become addicted to suffering… but suffering is optional! Mindful Affirmations make our conscious and subconscious minds look at our pain and release our fears about the unknown. Our inner subconscious mind has the desire for change but doesn’t know just what to change or how to do it. Our outer conscious mind desires to be relaxed, in balance and accept our state of affairs. When working in concert our two minds remove expectations/accusations and allow us to gently examine our feelings, thoughts and behaviors about the past without dwelling or being judgmental.

When Mindful Affirmations are written in the first person they can help the reader not only empathize with the writer, but slowly begin to accept and validate their own pain, saying inside themselves, “I guess I am not alone.” Mindful Affirmations not only break down the reader’s self-imposed isolation but offer them options for change such as in the passage, “I now see that responding rather than reacting will build a healthy interpersonal world for myself.”

It has been my clinical experience that each time I ask a patient to read a Mindful Affirmation, they mention to me that they now see their old problem in a different way. One of the core values of Mindfulness is to be able to see yourself and the world around you with a “new set of eyes.”

The focus is on accepting, commitment and learning (refers to “ACT” therapy) a new way of living or looking at life. Mindful Affirmations help the reader’s mind stay engaged while supporting the surrender of old baggage and unfulfilled expectations.

Mindful Affirmations use positive assertions like “I feel happy,” but allow our present awareness to reinforce our declaration giving us clarity of thought to see our options. It is a coping strategy. For example, the statement “When I am stressed I make myself sit and take notice of my surroundings,” supports your inner desire to stay calm and centered rather than be overwhelmed and scattered.

The book takes Affirmations to the next level by first talking about how “I” (the reader) arrived at the state of not being able to take control, what resulted, and how “I” plan to take command of my life in the future.

Using these three components to the Affirmation not only supports the drive to do better, but plants the seed more firmly that “I” will make progress and “I” can learn from my past. Mindful Affirmations are cyclical in nature. Each time a negative feeling comes up the reader has a choice to make good or bad decisions. The truth is that we are more likely to accomplish what we set out to do, if we are keenly aware of how the past made us feel and what consequences may lie ahead.

Mindful Affirmations help you not only face reality, but look beyond it by challenging your old mental dialogue with a new perspective. Mindful Affirmations allow you to step back from life enough to examine regrets and embrace new options. Mindful Affirmations help you discover that who you really are is what keeps you alive, vital and present.

Dr Unger’s new book “Presence of Mind – Mindful Affirmations” is available at the website Store.

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3 Ideas For People Thinking of Starting Internet Business

October 5, 2012 By

3 Ideas For People Thinking of Starting Internet Business

What if I told you that you that there’s now a new way that you will be able to earn the monthly income you need without having to stick to that dead end job of yours, would you take it? I bet you many people would grab this opportunity of a lifetime. The good news is, the prospect of making money online is actually possible. The bad news though is there are twice as many fluke online businesses than legitimate ventures so it’s likely that you’ll encounter some very bad scams first before you can actually settle with an internet business that is just right for you. So in order to avoid this scenario from happening, here are 3 ideas that you can use if you’re currently in the stage of thinking of starting Internet business.

Online Freelancing

If you’re the type of person who can boast of having highly in demand skill online then you might want to get into the business of selling a service. Some very lucrative skills that are currently in demand these days are article marketing writing, graphic designing and also web site managing. You can get paid on a per project basis if you acquire a client independently, or you can join a freelancing website that will be able to match your skills with a company depending on the type of work they have available and the skills that they require to get that job done.

eBay Business

On the other hand, if you were more of the entrepreneurial type, then an eBay business would be perfect for you. Many people with a starting Internet business selling an assortment of different products have already made great progress through popular auction sites such as eBay since it’s the foremost avenue for almost everyone and anyone looking to do their shopping online. As it’s quite convenient and economical than managing a traditional store, you can easily build up a buy and sell empire online, once you learn how to manage your eBay account and your ads wisely.

Affiliate Marketing

Then there’s the option if you’re the type who wants the best of both worlds. Affiliate marketing, as it is already one of the most popular and hassle free business opportunities available on the internet today, you can easily get into it as long as you have access to the right tools to use and you have found the right product to become an affiliate marketer for. All you need to do is to make sure that you generate traffic and attention for the product that you’re marketing and voila! You can expect money to just flow in. that is, if you have made the correct choices along the way. If you’re interested with this venture, look up how you can start today by simply searching through affiliate ads to get an idea on what it’s all about.

So there you have it, the top 3 ideas for people who want to know what starting Internet business ventures can become lucrative endeavors in the long run. So make that change towards an online business today. You won’t regret it.

3 Ideas For People Thinking of Starting Internet Business

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Why People Buy

September 23, 2012 By

Why People Buy

Selling products or services, it is important to understand why people buy. Marketing, sales, operational infrastructure, and customer service should be crafted with the consumer purchasing perspective.

First, we need to distinguish between why people buy, and why people buy from you. Typically, consumers make a decision to buy, before making the decision on which one to buy, or who will make the sale. Most organizations continually refine the process of studying consumer demographics to understand position in comparison to the competition. In other words, the organizations study why a consumer will buy from them, as opposed to the competition. Design, features, marketing messages, and sales plans are organized to differentiate from the current competition. To take a step ahead of the competition, focus first on the fundamental moment of truth, the point at which the consumer makes the decision that an investment or purchase is worthwhile. Before you can answer the question of “why you”, you must first answer the question, “why buy”?

Prestige, Luxury, and Style

Some purchases are based on luxury, style, and prestige. This applies to products from watches to cars, and collectors items to homes. It is easy to see examples of jewelry, watches, and other personal items as purchases based on prestige. Jewelry and watches can be a personal expression of style, achievement, a gift from a loved one, or the result of a special occasion. Some cars are purchased to accommodate a family, or to get better gas mileage. Some cars are purchased to make a statement, to convey status, or as an investment to show credibility and confidence. When the commitment is made to invest in an expensive timepiece, a luxury automobile, or prestigious real estate property, the decision to buy is typically based with this intent, well before there is a decision on who to buy it from.

Quality, Reliability, Durability, or Reputation

The decision to buy based on quality, durability, reliability, or reputation is often preceded by an experience that raises this as a concern. These considerations may also apply in the decision process for items like watches and cars, but typically not for the same consumers. Therefore, it may be necessary to understand the intent of the consumers in the market to which you are selling. While BMW and Mercedes have reputations for quality, reliability, and durability, the ‘ultimate driving machine’ is recognizably more a statement of luxury performance than a reassurance to avoid roadside assistance.

There is much more focus on durability in the Home Appliance market, for example. The lonely Maytag Repair Man is not trying to convince you that he represents a stylish washing machine, he is reassuring you that his brand is built to last. Once the decision is made to invest in a new washing machine, there are many selections with a wide variety of features. There is opportunity to upgrade for conveniences, for appearance, and for style. However, selections based on appearance are typically made after the consumer has already limited the playing field to a finite number of brands with a reputation for durability. Even the selection of brand is made after the decision that it is necessary to replace a home appliance, typically because the existing item is no longer reliable or must be replaced. Unlike a watch or jewelry, it is not very common for appliances to be replaced as a fashion statement.

Save Time or Money

Sometimes the consumer compelling reason to buy is based on the opportunity to save time or money. This can be just as pertinent to business and commercial sales as it is to individual consumer sales. Saving time, or making more effective use of time, can often be quantified in quality and monetary terms. There is also opportunity to save money by investing in energy conserving devices. Quite often, reducing expense or conserving time are not the catalyst to start the process of thinking about the buying decision, but rather contribute to the timing of the buying cycle. When confronted by a potential need to buy, the opportunity to save time or reduce cost can be compelling motivation to take action.

Sales, Marketing, and the Web

Once you have identified the contributing factors that compel consumers to make a purchase in your market, then it is time to reflect on your message and how you will reach out to those consumers. Your message of ‘why people should buy from you’, should be framed in the context of this moment of truth, the moment that consumers make the decision to buy. This is a distinctly different direction than beginning your planning based on what you have to offer and want to promote from your own features and benefits. On the contrary, begin with the perspective of that precise moment in time that your prospective consumers flip the mental and emotional switch to relinquish monetary funds for the products or services in your market. What are your customers feeling and thinking about at that precise moment? Your marketing and sales messages should be empathic to that moment of truth, and to those customers. If you are struggling to identify that moment of truth, talk to your current customers and find out why they made a decision to change or buy.

Design your web site to welcome consumers at the moment of truth, and to give them your compelling and empathetic reason to buy. Your messages and images should be based on what the customer is looking for in a provider of goods or services. Your web site is not a place to shout your features to the heavens and hope that customers will be hypnotized by your exotic and unique advantages compared to your competition. On the contrary, if the message on your web site clearly identifies customer needs at the moment of truth, then your competition becomes irrelevant. Use your web site and your marketing materials to identify with your customers and create a relationship through demonstrating awareness, compassion, and commitment to that pivotal moment in the purchase process.

Beyond Sales

It is more than marketing messages, web sites, and sales. The awareness, compassion, and commitment to your clients must resound in every aspect of your organization and delivery. Whether you are providing goods or services, the manner in which support and customer service is delivered to the individual consumer must be consistent with the message conveyed before the sale.

If the message before the sale is based on luxury and prestige, then rest assured that your clients are expecting to be treated with luxury and prestige after the sale. The operational functions and customer service must be designed to deliver exceptional personalized treatment and consideration.

If the message before the sale is based on quality, durability, and reliability, then service after the sale is expected to live up to the same merits. It is inevitable that some products or services may experience unexpected failure or defect. The response to defects in material or workmanship should be as reliable as the product is purported to be, and should mirror the same standards of quality. The quality of customer service has much longer lasting impact on a reputation for customer service than any marketing message or brochure. Quality customer service and operational expertise can be the foundation of a reputation for reliability, and the backbone of integrity with existing and future customers. Reliable service is a compelling reason to buy.

Beyond These Examples

These are just a few examples of compelling reasons that consumers decide to buy. The purchase of services may be predicated on product failure, a convenience to replace personal workload, or a strategic decision to outsource a business function. A business decision to buy may be based on periodic timing to implement changes, end of lease, or financial stimulus. There are many scenarios, but it is important to understand the perspective of your customers and the reasons that they buy. There may be multiple contributing factors, and it may be necessary to prepare several different messages to accommodate the different perspectives. Find the most common reasons that your consumers decide to buy, and then work on your marketing, sales, and customer service delivery to match that moment of truth.

Words of Wisdom

“Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for – in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.”

- Ellen Goodman

“There’s a whole segment of the population with a mentality that bases good times on where they can go and what they can buy.”

- Jeff Foxworthy

“Certainly there are things in life that money can’t buy, but it’s very funny, did you ever try buying them without money?”

- Ogden Nash

Why People Buy

Why People Buy

John Mehrmann is a freelance author and President of Executive Blueprints Inc., an organization devoted to improving business practices and developing human capital. John Mehrmann and Mitchell Simon are authors of The Trusted Advocate, the fundamental guide to achieving extraordinary sales and sustaining loyal customers. This revolutionary sales guide applies peak management techniques and leadership skills to the sales profession, showing you how to utilize authenticity and integrity in your sales to achieve maximum success.

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Why People Really Fear Public Speaking

September 9, 2012 By

Why People Really Fear Public Speaking

An entire industry has developed around the simple skill of public speaking. Studies have shown that public speaking is more feared than death by most Americans. Of course, the greatest fear must be of public speaking to death, that would combine the worst of all evils. Why are most Americans so afraid of public speaking?

My first memories of public speaking fear tie back to early memories of school, and more importantly public speaking at school. I think many of our fears of public speaking tie back to that scenario. I recall being required to stand before the class and recite, from memory, a poem by Chaucer. I was terrified that I would not remember it, and watched as classmate after classmate forgot the poem, and stood there besieged with laughter from his classmates. When I think of my classmates, I wonder how public speaking, given this memory, affects them later in life. Did this one horrible event make everyone fearful of public speaking?

I wish that this instance was unusual, but I hear it over and over again when I ask students when they developed their fear of speaking. It is my theory that a lot of public speaking fear is really fear of memorization. That’s why, in my public speaking courses; I try to eliminate all memorization. I teach speakers that in real life, nobody memorizes anything. You speak from a prepared text or, at a minimum bulleted notes. I have found that once I remove memorization from the public speaking syllabus, speakers loosen up and focus their energy more on positive delivery than negative fear. To me, memorization is the cause of public speaking anxiety. That is why I completely remove it from speaker’s lives to make them happier and more effective.

Do you look stiff reading from a prepared text? Not if you practice and learn good eye contact techniques. Sure, you look more natural without looking at your notes, but you sacrifice your health and happiness. Also, the tension will eliminate any off the cuff naturalness. In the end, you really are better off, and more successful, without making memorization a part of your public speaking job.

Think back on your first bad public speaking experience. Did it include memorization? I thought so.

Why People Really Fear Public Speaking

Why People Really Fear Public Speaking

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Frank Rolfe, author of One Day Master Speaker has spent over 25 years teaching public speaking classes at the college level.

He developed his method while teaching a five day immersion course on public speaking. Rolfe noticed that by focusing on the most important building blocks and eliminating minor items that few people use, he could get outstanding results from students extremely quickly.

Rolfe also developed unique “tricks” that students can use based on real-life shortcuts professionals use to improve the impact of their speaking. Some of these shortcuts are so simple and easy, but the impact is enormous.

Rolfe believes that anyone can speak confidently by following his system. And he should know. He has taught 1,000′s of executives and professionals these concepts.

Frank can be reached at: frank@fasterspeaker.com

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One of the most important pieces of gaining permanent weight loss has nothing to do with the foods you eat or the exercises you do. It has to do with your mindset. Some people are able to lose weight effectively, and then gain it all back, while others, those who have made the proper changes to their lives to lose weight, can stay thin for the rest of their lives. The major difference between these two people is in that one person is achieving weight loss through affirmations, often without even realizing it, while the other is not. One of the most powerful tools for losing weight could en up being weight loss through affirmations.

Affirmations are a thought or a statement that we say to ourselves which has a profound effect on how we act or feel. Depending on its positive or negative nature, the mind then acts accordingly which can lead to either positive or negative impact on our lives. Thus, if you want to achieve weight loss through affirmations, you need to know how to utilize these techniques to give you the mindset of a skinny person. Weight loss through affirmations is an underused and understudied technique, but the effects can be profound.

To achieve weight loss through affirmations we must first overcome our negative thoughts because it is a major contributor to our general mindset. We must let go of these thoughts as these thoughts are major resistance to our weight loss through affirmation treatment. Instead of thinking ‘I am fat’ or ‘I will never be slim again’ try thinking ‘Today I have succeeded in losing some of excess fats’ or ‘I look thinner’. These kinds of statements leads to a positive and fruitful results.

For a positive result of weight loss through affirmations, the affirmations need to be repeated many times. Write down any positive thought you get maybe in a diary, on a piece of card or whichever way is convenient to you. Review them daily to get your mind to completely accept these thoughts and think of them as nothing but true. Preferably review them twice a day. Initially along with positive thoughts, you will eventually run across negative thoughts that continually occur to you. Note down these thoughts as well and at the end of the day review them and try replacing them with something more positive. For example if you have a thought such as ‘this isn’t working’ or ‘I don’t see any change’ try replacing it with ‘I feel lighter’ or ‘I feel thinner’ or ‘It really is working’. You should say your weight loss affirmations out loud, and try to use them in the way that you think, and you should be much better off.

Weight loss through affirmations depends on thoughts and in particular the words that one uses to attain weight loss through affirmations. Proper terminology varies from person to person, but the right words are needed for this weight loss technique to actually work. Try to us simple and direct sentences which your mind can easily get used to without causing any negative effect. This is important as even positive words can have negative effects.

One example of the power of affirmations is noted by Barbara Doberman Levine, author of “Your Body Believes Every Word You say” talked about one man who read about hypnosis and began to affirm to himself, “I am not hungry.” Instead he actually gained weight. Whenever he told himself he was not hungry his mind focused its attention to see if he was hungry. He repeated this affirm so many times that his subconscious actually put energy into making him hungry. So he felt more hungry through this affirm rather than before adopting it. Barbara Levine also says, “Telling yourself not to do something, you focus attention on the very thing you are avoiding, making it harder to avoid”.

Thus, you can not expect to achieve weight loss through affirmation using phrases like ‘I will not eat chocolate’ because this brings to mind the thought of eating chocolate, which in turn will make you desire it more. Instead, say something like ‘I eat healthy foods’ because this is vague enough to avoid problems, but focuses specifically on the idea of controlling what you eat. The words ‘no’ and ‘not’ should never appear in your weight loss affirmations.

Weight loss through affirmations is not only about having the right thoughts but is also about expressing your thoughts using right words. If weight loss affirmations are rightly utilized with proper and correct technique it can result in actual weight loss and a prefect body as we desire. When considering trying to achieve weight loss through affirmations, build up a large list of weight loss affirmations, and run through them daily or twice daily. In time, you should notice that you achieving weight loss through affirmations.

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Robert Watson is a certified hypnotherapist with the ABH and the NGH, and has worked with affirmations and subliminal messages for over ten years. Visit his Subliminal Messages [http://subliminal.green-machine.info] website for more information about using affirmations and subliminal messages to help you lose weight, quit smoking, have a more positive outlook and more.

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Auto Loan Options for People with Bad Credit

September 4, 2012 By

Auto Loan Options for People with Bad Credit

Internet surfers with bad credit looking for an auto loan are bombarded with advertisements most days. Many of these ads are truthful in their bad credit auto loan options. However, there are many things to avoid, and this article will describe some of those.

Directly financed auto loans for people with good credit are a bit different than those with bad credit. People with bad credit are expected to pay more of a down payment as well as a higher interest rate on their auto loans. Many creditors won’t even extend an auto loan to those with bad credit. Depending on how bad someone’s credit is, auto loans can range from a 20 – 50% down payment requirement, interest rates from 5-26%, and amortization (the length of the loan) anywhere from 2-4 years.

This may sound like a lot of bad news for bad creditors looking for an auto loan. But with some good planning and foresight, these auto loans can actually help people with bad debts rebuild their credit history.

The worst situations in bad credit auto loans show up when car dealers artificially inflate the pricing or interest rates on their cars. Auto dealers who specialize in bad credit loans will take a car normally selling for $5,000, inflate the price to $8,000, take a $2,500 down payment and then finance the purchase at 24%. Now the bad creditor will be in debt to the auto loan company for an inflated price that isn’t indicative of the vehicle’s real value. A way to counteract these types of sneaky bad credit auto loan dealers is to check the value of the car you are looking at, first, and then only pay $200-500 extra then what’s listed. Only in exceptional circumstances would you ever pay more than this for a car.

Two different ways of selling a car have emerged recently with the new, Internet economy. The first is called the ‘dealer network system’. Auto purchasers can get a loan regardless of their bad credit history with this option. Essentially, a potential customer looks at a car on a website, and then answers some basic questions if interested in buying. This information is then passed along to a dealer specializing in bad credit auto loans. Since there are no fees involved, this can be a real boon for the bad creditor looking for a decent car loan. However, with this system, there is no way of researching the auto dealership you are about to do business with.

The other new option is called an application service. In this situation, a person with bad credit applies online for an auto loan, and the financial information is then sent to multiple lenders at the same time, with the hope that one or two will be willing to take the credit risk. If the system works, several dealerships with fight for the customer, using price and convenience as their selling points.

Auto Loan Options for People with Bad Credit

Auto Loan Options for People with Bad Credit

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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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How to Paint People With Acrylic

September 3, 2012 By

How to Paint People With Acrylic

Acrylics is the most versatile of paints for fine art. There are many attributes of acrylic paints that make it my choice of paint. There are 3 main advantages of acrylic paints to oil paints and watercolors.

1. Varied Viscosity and Textures

Acrylics can be purchased with different levels of viscosity. This allows the artist to apply color using infinite choice of different techniques. One can apply the impasto technique by slapping on thick globs of paint on the support, or choose to thin the paint with water and make color wash like watercolor.

Acrylics have strong molecular bonds. The material is tacky and stretchable. This makes is possible to be mixed with solid granular or fibrous material to create interesting textures.

2. Different supports

The molecular structure mentioned above allows the paint to stick well to any thickness of material, from paper to wood or even metal, as long as the surface is not totally smooth.

3. Quick Drying

Quick drying paint is a boon to artists who paint layer on layer. Layering is not easy with oils because they take long to dry between layers. Watercolors are not color fast. Layering with watercolors is tricky since the paint is not color-fast. Layering of watercolors lead to bleeding and smudging of the under layer if one is not patient enough.

Within the scope of this article, I shall explain more of painting, as in applying color and not so much on drawing.

Skin Tones and Realism

Contrary to what many art teachers subscribe to, I do not believe there is such a thing as a formula for the color palette. One can use any combination of colors to create paintings of the human figure. I personally, use a very limited palette of not more than 2 colors plus black and white to paint people. The colors used should reflect the artist’s own painting style, and also the tone of the subject matter.

The use of black is actually optional. Some artists do not use black, but rather mix two complementary colors to produce a dark. One great mix would be Burnt Sienna and Ultramarine. However, one can also use Cerulean Blue instead of Ultramarine for a more ‘realistic’ skin undertone.

For eyes, hair and lips, when trying to achieve realism, less is often more. Keep the color of these features muted if unsure. The exception is, of course, when the intention is to exaggerate these feature.

Clothes and Accessories

Clothes and accessories make paintings interesting. If possible, try to paint these last after painting the complete figure. I tend to use the figures as the support for these accessories.

Different Physical Techniques For Painting People With Acrylics

Creating art is free. There are so many ways to apply acrylic paint. Here are 4 broad techniques one can explore.

1. Color Washing

This method is similar to watercolor painting, except that one can use this method to paint on paper or canvas. Use the most fluid Acrylic paint, and thin it with water. The best results are obtained when the paint is really watery-thin. Paint from the highlights and darken as you go. The way to darken the tones is to wait for each thin layer to dry and then paint another thin layer over.

The more layers, the more control one will have on the skin tones. Start with the lighter skin tones like the yellow highlights and gradually add the burnt sienna, and the blue tones for shadow.

The idea for this style is to keep the colors loose and free.

2. Impasto

This techniques looks best on sturdy medium like stretched canvas and wood. It will not look so stable on paper. Visualize the famous portraits of Vincent van Gogh. The paint is thickly applied as if it was just squeezed out of the tube. Acrylic paints look like oil paint when applied this way. Buy paint which has high viscosity. If you need thicker texture, add acrylic gel medium. Apply the colors each stroke next to each other until the canvas is covered. While painting skin tones, most artists applying this technique would paint the darks first. This is because you want the highlights to appear on top of the surface. Hence, start with the shadows.

Extent of realism in this technique depends on the size of the brush strokes and the thickness of the paint. More realism is generally achieved by smaller strokes and less viscous paint.

3. Layering

This is the technique I use most in my present portfolio. The idea is somewhat in between the first two techniques. Use paint of varying viscosity. For lighter areas of the body, use paint thinned with water, and for areas which are darker of less detailed use slightly thicker paint.

For more control on realism, use thin layers. One can also adopt this technique called “Grisaille” method where the first under-painting is monotone to block in the shades.

4. Collage Techniques

Very popular with abstraction painters, and many artists today. This technique is not so much about painting with the traditional brush. The versatility of the paint allows us to mix and stick objects to the paint and onto the support. One can, use these objects under the paint or on top of the paint. Either way, there will be infinite possibility of textures and styles. Normally, realism in painting the human figure is not priority with this style.

Getting that X-factor in a painting

Human figures are the most interesting subjects to have in a painting. Even a landscape, a tiny figure of a person becomes the focal point. We are always drawn to body language. That is why I find it easy to communicate with art by painting people.

In order to add more drama, more expression in a figure painting, one can try experimenting on lighting, foreshortening, composition and clever use of color and brushstrokes.

The possibilities of painting people with acrylics are endless. An ultimate painting of the human figure can speak volumes and express a whole lot.

How to Paint People With Acrylic

How to Paint People With Acrylic

Nik Helbig is an artist and art blogger living in Austria. She specializes in figurative paintings on canvas.

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