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What Are The Eight Areas Of Life?

Copyright © 2009 Fullcircle Coaching Center

First thing we can debate about, is how many areas there are in life. In this article we'll give a elementary,generic overview of eight areas of life. We'll focus on looking at the areas of life that each human being from the time of birth automatically experiences. The basic human experience with the brilliance and the wonder of the gift of life with it's patterns and conditions creating beauty in all aspects of design and flow. As we learn to live with basic healthy life patterns we discover that we can become aware of how to dream and live large as we learn about the uniqueness of our personalities. Here are the eight areas:

1- Home Life- All the things associated with family life, organizing, design, and time management.

2- Relationship- The aspect of love, romance, marriage, dating, divorce, children, parents, relatives, friends, neighbors, partners, and pets.

3- Emotions- Taking various degrees of feelings such as fear, empathy, peace, sorrow, love , hate, joy and identifying and dealing with them.

4- Spirituality- Personal discovery, healing old wounds, recovering personal power, expanding intuitive awareness, discovering new dimensions, remembering your true spiritual identity, finding peace within your soul. 5- Body- Physical health and well-being, including weight loss or gain, beauty, exercise, sports, and recovery from illness.


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6- Money- Income, save, invest, payoff debt, purchase power, adventure, indulgences.

7- Career- Your employment, job, what you want to do with your life, the pay, the reward for your efforts, the environment you want to work in,with whom you want to work with, the contribution to the world you want to make and the amount of independence you want to have.

8- Sexuality- Love, physical intimacy, techniques, puberty, attraction, dating, and pursuit.

As we look to bring balance into the 8 areas of our lives we can use 8 processes that come from nature to help facilitate that balance. They are:

* Declutter- Discovering a way to create space to function clearly in our life areas by removing that which causes confusion and disorganization.

* Condition- Creating necessary circumstances that modify and support changes to a state of existence.

* Vision-Creating space for images in the mind of how you want your life to be, look like, and where you want to take it.

* Build- The process of moving on the vision to fashion, form, alters and makes changes to your life in a positive way.

* Seed- Following the decision to build, we make that decision, plant, respond and grow.

* Balance- We find the natural fit for each life area and how it blends with all other areas and know how to weigh when it is imbalanced.

* Sustain- Being naturally refreshed and rejuvenated over long periods of time by simply fulfilling your vision and strategically maintaining your life process to check in on how you are.

* Recycle- Life is goes in stages and is circular. We blend what is working with what is new. Sometimes we begin again.

Success is an attainable goal for all of us. We may measure success in different ways, but feel the success through having peace and a sense of oneness with the core of your being as it is balanced by every area of your life.

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Coachpack is a calendar/planner that supports the concept of eight areas of life. Jaynie Nielsen a certified life coach and 15 year educator has developed Coachpack and School Coachpack for students and parents. Her passion and compassion for family life spawned Fullcircle Coaching Center.You can get more information about the 8 life areas as well as signing up for a free 30 day subscription by going to. => http:/wwww.fullcirclecoachingcenter.com

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Leadership and Guru Addiction

Copyright © 2009 Jennifer Howard PhD

RECAP OF JAMES RAY SPIRITUAL WARRIOR RETREAT TRAGEDY

October 2009, three lives were lost due to organ failure and at least nineteen people were injured while participating in a sweat lodge ceremony during the James Ray Spiritual Warrior retreat. According to The Huffington Post, Ray addressed the public's concern at a seminar he held near Los Angeles: "This is the most difficult time I've ever faced." Ray said. "I don't know how to deal with it really." He continued by saying that he looked at the incident as a test for himself.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HELP OTHERS REACH THEIR POTENTIALS?

I don't know James Ray personally, but I'm sure this has been a difficult time for him. There have many many people who have gone on Ray's retreats before and have had nothing but good things to say. They speak about how because of Ray they have been able to get more out of their lives. This is what the personal development leader wants to accomplish. Yet, what does it really mean to help others reach their potentials?

LEADERS IN THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

This reminds me of something that I said years ago on a television talk show, in which I was a guest therapist. It is so very important that we as leaders do not forget that we should also be continuing to look at ourselves and our human journey, both personally and professionally. When we teach and give information, we must hold ourselves accountable and come from a place of integrity, humility and authenticity. This means not falling prey to our own unhealed wounded egos that can be seduced to believe the projections of the students' or feel pressure to teach what the consumer "wants." Our job, instead, is to teach the subjects that we are deeply trained and seated in, as well as what is most healing for all in the long run.


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FULFILLING OUR HUMAN NEEDS

As a culture, many of us appear to be focused on pushing ourselves to be part of something bigger while wanting more, and then more, which can have an addictive quality. Funny enough, this behavior tends to push us further from our true selves, keeping us from embracing life as it is in the moment. It's important to see that this inner longing drives our wounded ego toward the outer authority in order for us to be a part of something bigger than just ourselves. What is important to understand is that we can fulfill this human need and, at the same time, keep our own sense of boundaries without hurting ourselves.

THE STUDENT

Looking at this from the student's point of view, it is important to explore the issue of dependency. It seems that they are not looking for guides or teachers that point to what might need to be looked at, but to have the answers handed to them. This would come from a place inside that is younger. This place wants so badly to end the struggle and be saved or fixed, but looks for the easy answer from someone else. This doesn't help the student learn from their own inner knowing.

WHY DO WE SEEK EXTREME, HASTY SOLUTIONS TO OUR PAIN?

True and lasting change often happens bit by bit, so we need to ask, why do we feel the need to seek extreme, hasty solutions to our pain? The attendees of workshops/retreats/seminars that ask them to leave their own sense of self at the door will not be left with empowerment nor are they treating themselves with kindness. We become truly empowered by building consciousness, taking action and knowing ourselves. Conversely, our cultural guru addiction causes us to believe that they know better, are better and, in turn, have more, and we want it, too!

UNFINISHED PERSONAL WORK

We all, including great teachers, have unfinished personal work left to do because this deep work is never complete. To be deeply integrated and to live a humble, authentic life is the job of all of us, if we choose to see what is there to be processed for one more round. In other words, it is important to keep challenging our own human wounded egos. This is not my opinion on James Ray, however, there are many narcissistic leaders who lead from disillusion. I don't know how much deep work Ray has done with his ego, but certain traits lead me to believe he has further to go, as we all do.

WE ARE ALL WOUNDED HUMANS ON THE SAME JOURNEY

I am pleased when I hear that people want to grow and better themselves and I think it's wonderful when there are others whose life purpose is to help these people on that journey. Yet, we must remember that, whether we are teachers or students, we are all wounded human beings on the same journey. This is why, as leaders, it is important to continue to look at ourselves to understand why we are searching for outward glorification and acknowledgement. A trap we can all fall into from time to time. If we are unaware from where inside of us we are doing this, we will attract a certain kind of student, one who so desperately wants to look up to just about anybody. This is most likely because their particular childhood wounding either by their parents or society.

SUPER HUMAN LEADERS

In some circles, it seems difficult to see the leaders and teachers own their human-ness since they lack humility. Often, this is because the consumer wants super humans. These consumers want to buy a fantasy and the leader either easily falls into this trap or slowly gets sucked in, creating the illusion of what people want to buy. For the human being attempting to become a super human, regretfully, this sometimes ends in the loss of a life.

Consider this: often true greatness is not splashy, but kind and humane.

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Dr. Jennifer Howard is a licensed psychotherapist, healer, author, & professional speaker with more than 20 years of experience. She has offices in LI, NY, & NYC, & has appeared on numerous national network TV shows. Receive a FREE MP3, "Tips on Goal Setting + Guided Meditation" and her FREE e-zine. Feel free to read articles, gain access to the online Virtual Meditation Room, and more. Visit http://www.drjenniferhoward.com/free-gift.asp .

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Create an 'I've Done It' List

If you're like most of us, you live with a tottering tower of ‘to do'. If you are on top of what needs to be done, you probably keep a ‘To Do' List.

To Do Lists are terrific for managing your ‘to do’s’. You don’t need to worry about forgetting what it is you need to do. You don’t need to keep track in your head of the multitude of items once they are written down. When you've accomplished a task you check it off your list, providing a momentary sense of triumph.

Here’s the problem with To Do lists: they are like the hydra, the many headed monster of Greek mythology. When any one of the hydra’s heads was cut off, two would grow in its place.

If your ‘To Do’ list is kept electronically, the completed items disappear as soon as you delete them to be replaced immediately with the next tasks which arise, or those you’ve been postponing. If you maintain your To Do List with paper and pencil, you cross off the completed items and add new ones. When you turn the page to begin a new week, or the list becomes too much of a mess, you copy over the not yet completed tasks and start all over again.


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Either way, no matter how many items you accomplish, there’s a never-ending phalanx of new items ready to immediately take their place. The focus always remains on all of the things you have yet to do, while your accomplishments disappear out of your consciousness and into the ether (or your waste basket).

This can become discouraging and, ultimately, daunting. You may feel like a hamster scurrying furiously on its wheel, never making headway against the constant torrent of To Do. The sense of never being able to accomplish enough undermines your self-esteem and confidence.

To get legitimate satisfaction from all that you’ve accomplished, and build your confidence and self-esteem, create a companion for your ‘To Do’ List: an ‘I’ve Done It!’ List.

It’s easy to lose track of or minimize your real accomplishments. Keeping a record of what you have achieved provides you with concrete evidence you can use to provide encouragement and build your confidence.

When you complete a task, rather than simply deleting it from your electronic To Do List or crossing it off your paper and pencil one, transfer it to your ‘I’ve Done It!’ List. Make a habit of referring regularly to your list of accomplishments to remind you of the progress you are making on important projects in your life and boost your self-esteem. Any time you feel overwhelmed or discouraged, get out your ‘I’ve Done It!’ List, and enhance your confidence by reminding yourself of how far you really have come.

By focusing on your accomplishments, you will build confidence that energizes and empowers you to tackle your ‘To Do’ List with renewed vigor. The increased self-esteem you experience will lead to further success, helping you to make your good life better.

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Drawing on skills and expertise developed over 30 years experience, Philadelphia life coach Jeannette Samanen PhD provides effective life coaching, empowering you to achieve your goals. You will receive her free article "5 Easy Steps to Access Your Inner Wisdom" when you subscribe to her "Make Your Good Life Better" newsletter at www.achieveyourgoals.com.

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Stress Free Living With Ten Practical Tips to Save Time

Are you stressed for time? Do you feel like twenty-four hours in one day simply isn't enough for all your activities? Well, here are several practical ways that you can do to save time without making sacrifices:

1. Planning meals for the entire week. When you’ve listed down all the ingredients for the meals that you will prepare, it means that the grocery trip would only be done once. Racing to the store is avoided. When you’ve planned your meal, it also means that you’re not as tempted to go to the restaurant. You save both time and money as a result. If you need help with planning you can search online for recipes.

2. Sticking to your schedule for the day. There’s a lot to be said for being organized and strictly following your itinerary. When you have it mapped out, you focus on the current task instead of worrying about keeping them all in a balance. It’s a good idea to know all your family members’ plans too. That way family members can support each other and nothing is set aside.

3. Keeping lists. Honestly, it feels so good when you cross off the items on your list. Keeping a list helps keep you on track and lets you avoid making mistakes or worse, forgetting about a task altogether. It lessens your worrying too.


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4. Being organized. This saves you the most time. When you know where things are and how each aspect fits into the picture, you’ll get rid of the stress associated with your responsibilities. Remaining organized is the key however, since it's very easy to get your things all in a clutter.

5. Getting errands done in a single trip. To accomplish errands the most efficient way, get them all done at one time if possible. You can't imagine the amount of time is wasted with no constructive activity. When you interlace jobs with errands, you’re exposing yourself to the risk of getting distracted.

6. Delegating if you can. There can’t be a way for you to accomplish all the tasks yourself. Thankfully, we have family members and co-workers who can assist us.

7. Eliminating distractions. Don’t do too much multi-tasking. You will find that when you’re working on the computer, turning off the social networking sites will actually mean that you’ll have more time for them later on. Doing so also has the desirable effect of maintaining the quality of your tasks.

8. Knowing when to say no. Sometimes, you will be required to accomplish more than one person could possibly do. I suggest that you decline properly and either delegate or reschedule the task.

9. Using idle time wisely. When you’re commuting or waiting for a meeting to begin, there are many productive things you can do. You can respond to text messages and emails, plan your report, or make the shopping list.

10. Grouping similar tasks. If there are tasks that you can do simultaneously, then you better schedule them to be accomplished together. While talking on the phone, there are chores that you can do. Or you can rearrange and clean at the same time.

Saving time means that you can have more time for things that are most valuable to you. When you manage your time it means you can keep your lifestyle. Apply these ideas and you’ll soon find that you have a lot of time for yourself.

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Linda Hampton RN, MSN a Wellness and Stress Management Breakthrough Life Coach is the publisher of Transition Your LIfe, a free 5-part ecourse full of revealing information to help you deal with the stressful changes in your life.

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Success Amplifies What is Already There

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Copyright © 2009 Paula Gregorowicz

Do you dream of a big financial windfall to solve your money woes? Are you waiting for that one big business deal or career achievement so you can feel like you've truly arrived? If so, I'm here to tell you that the big achievement you are striving and waiting for will only amplify what is already there.

I'm not saying that succeeding and achieving won't feel great - it often does. And, well thought out goals that align with who you really are and what you really want is one of the most fulfilling parts of life's journey. However, what often makes them feel hollow or sets you up for a letdown is expecting that somehow an achievement is going to fundamentally change who you are and how you experience the world.

For instance, I can remember my first job out of college. I did not like being there and could not wait to find a different company. I was convinced once I switched companies things would be great! I ended up there for 7 years. Then, I was thrilled to get an opportunity to not only go to a new company but also enter a new field (web programming) - now things would be ideal, right? Well, it was a good opportunity and a job I enjoyed but you know what? I hadn't changed on the inside and was just trying to shove a square peg in a round hole. It wasn't all that different. I wasn't any happier in the long run, and found myself experiencing the same déjà vu again just with a different cast of characters. Ever feel that way?

I was watching Alanis Morrisette do a mini interview on the Sundance Channel program Abbey Road recently. She shared about her success as a musician, rock star, and actress. One of the greatest lessons she learned about herself while becoming super successful is that success only amplifies what is already there. If you are at war with yourself, it gets that much more intense.

If you're an overachiever you may have found yourself reaching a goal but still not feeling good enough? You know - like the Olympic medalists who pout like a spoiled kid because they ONLY won the silver medal. Now I "get" wanting to win the gold, but a silver medal in the Olympics is nothing to sneeze at. I did the same thing - graduating "only" 4th in my class or playing a recital piece perfect except for one small passage. I was already feeling badly about myself and only beat myself up more because I was chasing some perfection that didn't exist.

So just think about this in your own life. Think about a time when you had a goal you were oh so sure was going to "make it all right" - the next promotion, raise, etc. It feels like an external goal will sweep in like faerie dust and make everything great. Think about your life just after you achieved an important goal you had set. Did your life fundamentally change? Did your way of being shift at its core? Did self-sabotage and money woes vanish instantly? I think not! Why? The one constant before and after was YOU. As I say over and over - wherever you go, there you are. There's no escaping this fact.

So if success only amplifies what is already there, does that mean you shouldn't have goals, desire more wealth, or take action to fulfill your dreams? Absolutely Not! What it does mean is that you can have more of what you want RIGHT NOW by working from the inside out and becoming more of the person you most want to be today. The real secret to this win-win is not only do you get more of what you want right now and find yourself happier and more fulfilled, but you also grease the rails for achieving your desires. The real super duper win in all of this is that when you do achieve your desires you are amplifying what you really want instead of simply turning up the volume on what you don't desire.

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Paula Gregorowicz, The Paula G Company, helps women get more comfortable in their own skin so they value who they are and what they offer and as a result experience greater success and meaning personally and professionally. She empowers them to greater clarity, confidence, and courage to live life by their own design. Learn the "5 Steps to Turn Your Fear into Freedom"

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Using Twitter and Facebook

If you are a businessperson, you are always looking for ways you can promote your business, creating a stable clientele and therefore maximizing your profits. Apart from conventional methods of marketing, the internet is today the new and exciting frontier of marketing and networking. Internet marketing is now considered a major means of advertising and promoting your business. The advent of social media websites has been at the forefront of this drive.

Having said that, time management is a key aspect when using social networking websites. You will need to balance the time you spend on promoting your business and actually running the business. The fruits of your effort when implementing may take time to be realised and more so if you have minimal experience. Overall, the effectiveness of these tools depends on your knowledge of how to manipulate and utilise these powerful marketing tools. If done well, the benefits can be gratifying. However, the results of internet marketing can be very fruitful if the proper procedures are used; and among today's most popular social networking sites, they do not come any bigger than Twitter and Facebook. So let us briefly look at each.

Twitter

Twitter allows you to build a social network of followers: a potential gold mine for businesses. In Twitter terms, followers are the people with whom you share common interests. They are technically your fans. With Twitter, and more so if you have a business-oriented objective, you can also follow other people who you consider potential clients. To attract a large following, you need to first create an attractive profile, which should preferably include your photograph.

Twitter has an advantage over other social websites in the sense that it is flexible and customizable. You may change the appearance of your Twitter page by including links, graphics and even changing the colour theme. It is advisable that you use a colour theme that is similar to your company website's colour theme. Twitter allows you to change your Twitter Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address and this gives you the chance to include keywords related to your business. Including your company's biography on your Twitter page may also increase the chances of numerous hits to your website but this largely depends on how you use your keywords. Within no time, major search engines may pick your website or Twitter page, as long as you used your keywords wisely.


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Facebook

Having a Facebook page starts with you creating your personal profile. However, you should ensure that you separate your personal Facebook profile and your business page for the purposes of maintaining business integrity and personal privacy. Although Facebook is not as flexible as Twitter, it is still among the most powerful social media websites. It allows you to create a Facebook page for your business. Make your page as attractive as possible and at the same time devoid of unnecessary in-your-face sales-like links. This is because numerous links will give the impression that you are only interested in promoting your business rather than giving valuable information.

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Andrew Plimmer is CEO of Suncoast Internet, SEO Sunshine Coast, web design and web development specialists. For more information on Internet Marketing go to => http://www.suncoastinternet.com.au/

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Basic Dieting Tips To Aid In Weight Loss And Weight Maintenance

It's well known that the key to staying healthy and fit can be found in losing weight and exercising. Here are some basic dieting tips which will help you feel and look better especially if combined with exercise.

Dieting (eating) properly really isn't that complicated, but does take some effort. Most of these ideas won't be new to you, but are good reminders of what to do for an effective diet and weight loss program.

First, though, understand that you must steer clear of pills and diet aids that pump your body full of chemicals and unnatural substances. These can cause problems later on in life if you continue to depend upon them.

There are some quality, safe products out there which can help you jump start your weight loss diet, but if you must use them, keep it short-term.

- Limit your daily meals to 6 small meals per day. I know that is easier said than done, but it keeps your body from ever feeling starved and maintains a properly functioning metabolism. You must look at these as light meals rather than the regular meals you grew up with. To help keep you from overeating during these meals, place your food portions on a smaller side plate. And consider carry with you things like energy bars, pieces of healthy fruit, or something like instant cup-o-soup, to help with the six meals per day.

- Keep in mind "You are what you eat." Eating too much sugar makes you plump, too much bread and pastas make you lethargic and plump, and so on. Sugars found in these things, such as: cakes, chocolates, cookies, ice cream, etc, also make your digestive system sluggish and can affect your immune system negatively. Eating these types of food, then, aside from poor nutrition, discourages you from exercising, which just makes matters worst. So you must choose foods that are high in nutritional value and actually make your body feel good.


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- The good foods are all the things "mom" and the government said you should eat: fresh fruits and vegetables should be eaten at every meal (or at least 3 times per day); lean meats, such as fish, chicken, and occasional lean cuts of red meat; healthy carbohydrates, which includes grainy breads, brown rice, whole-wheat or wholegrain cereals and some pastas.

Not all fats are bad, especially in moderation. Also, remember the 8 glasses of water.

- Lastly, the timing of when you eat is important. You should be cognizant of your daily schedule and not allow it to affect your diet.

Attempt to eat at approximately the same time each day. This keeps your body from beginning to store fats as a survival mechanism. It does that when it's not sure when it will be eating again.

Also, do not eat for at least 3 hours before you go to bed. If you break that rule, food does not have time to properly digest, and this cause excess fat to build up.

As you can see, these basic dieting tips to help with weight loss and proper body maintenance are not new. They are the things we've been told all our lives for a reason- they work!

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Drive SEO Traffic With Video Marketing

One method, often overlooked, to increase SEO traffic is video marketing. It has several advantages, but only if webmasters take certain precautions to achieve the best result. Here's how to drive SEO traffic to your web site with video marketing...

BENEFITS

Putting interesting, high-quality videos on your site will help to increase SEO traffic in the following ways:

1. Other webmasters, bloggers, and social bookmarking service users often post voluntary links to attractive videos on other sites.

2. In addition to regular search engines, your pages may become listed on traffic generating video-only search engines.

3. Sites can target search keyphrases that have the word "video" or "videos". This is good for SEO because such searches remain popular.

METHODS

A company may choose to create informative, relevant videos that aren't directly promotional. A local auto dealer, for example, might provide footage of a recent antique car show. It won't directly promote their products, but will drive new traffic to the site and possibly benefit their SEO efforts.

Other businesses will use video marketing to demonstrate impressive features or capabilities of their products. It is harder to gain voluntary links using this method, but it directly promotes sales. Such marketing can be more convincing than text, but only if it is accomplished skillfully.


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Consider submitting your site to Google Video, so that searchers specifically looking for videos will be able to find it easily. Google provides them with "thumbnail" images of videos and shows their lengths as well. You can search for "google video submit" for more details. Other search engines of this kind also exist.

PROBLEMS

There are also some potential problems to avoid in video marketing. Certain web hosting providers do not allow videos, or set bandwidth limits which make them impractical to use. Search engines cannot understand this type of content, so it's important to design video pages in an SEO oriented manner.

Not all users will have the hardware, software, and Internet connection needed to watch videos. A site's entire marketing strategy should not depend on such content. It is better for SEO, sales, and traffic (in general) to have separate non-video pages which attempt to provide the same material.

OVERALL

Video marketing offers new opportunities to drive more traffic to your site and improve its SEO status. It is only worthwhile, however, when the recordings are of good quality and all technical considerations have been attended to.

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Chuck Aikens has been in Internet Marketing since 1997. His Colorado based company, Volume 9 Inc , provides internet marketing services through Booyah SEO & Market Vertical Partners. Follow Volume 9, Inc. at http://www.twitter.com/volume9 for the latest on SEO.

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BlackBerry Cell Phones: Recycle And Ease Your Mind

When you recycle any old mobile phone, BlackBerry Cell Phones or whatever, you are helping the environment. When they are recycled, more energy is conserved and used to provide power to more people in the United States. The recycling process allowed a lot of households to have electricity at least for a year.

Recycling a Boost Mobile Cell Phones, or whatever brand may have, will also help the environment by reusing materials over and over again. These materials can be saved from the landfills that stink up communities all over the United States. BlackBerry Cell Phones contain copper, precious metals and plastics. These items can be conserved by the recycling process and used for new products.

Old Boost Mobile Cell Phones can be dropped off at recycling centers that accept them. There are some things that you must do prior to having them recycled. Make sure that you have canceled the service with your phone carrier. All mobile devices, including BlackBerry Cell Phones, cannot be recycled unless they have been deactivated. You won't be billed for any charges once the phone is refurbished.

Remove all of your personal information from the phone's memory. Write down the information to place in your new phone. Delete all of your contact, text messages and other information that is stored there. Remove the SIM card from the phone. This ensures that no information will be transferred to the next person that gets the device. Before the recycling facility can accept your old phone, they will check to see if all information has been removed.


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After the phone has been checked out, it gets sent to another facility. The old phone will be evaluated before proceeding further. The phone can be reused if it is still in good condition. It can be donated to a charity. The phone can also be refurbished. After that, it can go back in service where it can be used by someone else. If the phone is no longer operational, it is sent to a processing facility that deals with materials that are reusable.

Recycling mobile phones is a great way to keep the environment clean. It helps in the quest for saving more energy and passing it on to families who would not otherwise get it. It is also a way of other people getting phones that they would not normally get otherwise. The environment would definitely appreciate your efforts to conserve energy by recycling your old mobile device.

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Article written by William Gold, after extensive research on BlackBerry Cell Phones. If you are in the market for Boost Mobile Cell Phones, Paul recommends visiting Cell2Get.com. They offer a great selection and wonderful service.

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Are You Doing What You CAN Do?

Copyright © 2009 Paula Gregorowicz

I wondered if it really matters whether I do what I can do or not. Do I or my business matter in the grand scheme of things? You see, I love nature and animals and was riddled with a conflict. I was working in the yard when I startled a sick and injured songbird. It hobbled to a tree and sat there. Scared, hopping back and forth, and attempting to fly it just sat still with its head drooped.

It just pained me to no end to watch this. For sure it would have died by dawn. In fact I even dug a mini grave for it in anticipation. However, it was still alive. Now you have to realize that I watch the birds all day in our backyard. I can see them from my office, I see them as I sit on the porch, and notice them from every window of every room. I love to see them and hear them chirp and sing. While my parents hate the woodpecker in their yard I welcome the rat-tat-tat. I've always found even the most ordinary bird amazing. This tiny being who can do so much - sing, chirp, build nests, lay eggs, nurture young, and fly. I mean really, humans may have opposable thumbs, but...

So here I sat with a schedule full of appointments and business and I couldn't get my mind and heart off this bird. My partner then called to tell me of a local wild bird rehabilitation center she found online. So I called them. She suggested I bring the bird in. So there I was constructing a shoe box with newspapers, a double bagged zip lock with warm water to comfort the bird, and gently picking up this suffering creature to lay him in it for transport. With a bunch of air holes and a rock on top to secure the lid, off I went to drive 30 minutes to try and help it.


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I usually have a degree of composure but I have to say this little robin had me thoroughly unglued. I was driving at the red lights, stopping on green, and crying all the way. Totally out of proportion to the situation, but for whatever reason this little bird and its situation touched me and I couldn't help but think about it in a bigger context.

Do you stop to notice the precious creatures (people, animals, and things) around you - human and otherwise - around us? Do we treat them with the utmost respect and compassion? How gentle are we being with ourselves? Are we caring and loving? Such precious and strong creatures we all are, but also how fragile as well.

Do you do all that you CAN do in any situation? I certainly didn't have to help this bird. It most certainly would've died on its own in the yard either slowly or at the paws of a stray animal. Yet I felt called to and knew that I had the ability to transport it to someone who could care for it properly. It just made sense.

So often we stay stuck, frustrated, or in a rut because we don't do what we CAN do. We look at the big picture and feel our efforts don't matter. We feel hopeless at the hands of bosses, careers, or clients that don't fit. Perhaps we find ourselves being controlled by our money instead of the other way around.

I am here to tell you there is always something we CAN do in any situation. Sometimes that something is to simply bear witness or let go, but there always is something even if it seems insignificant and small (it isn't). When we choose to do what we CAN do that leads to us living in our greatness. Not to mention it is infinitely empowering and satisfying.

In the end, the rehabilitator looked at the bird and determined it has an incurable disease from which they never recover. So, feeding it by tube would not make sense. She said they basically starve to death, a very painful, slow death with much suffering. She was able to euthanize it and give it a dignified, swift, and comfortable transition. I felt blessed I could take a few hours of my time to help this little spirit the best I could. We are all connected.

No action is too small. No act of kindness is unimportant. The sum total is what will determine your character and ultimate success. So next time you find yourself saying "but it's just...(insert minimizing term)...you're giving away your power and abdicating responsible to do what you CAN do and make a difference.

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Paula Gregorowicz coaches women to greater confidence so they fully value themselves and what they offer and as a result experience greater levels of success and meaning in their life and business. Get the Free eCourse and learn the "5 Steps to Turn Fear into Freedom & Experience Greater Confidence"

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