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** Biz-Tips by Dr. Kevin Nunley – Sponsor a Contest

** Featured Article – Working from Home: 4 Rules to Follow by Nick Usborne
 
** Quote of the Day

** A Little Levity – Little Brother?

** Publications of Interest

** Stress Tip by Dr. Rae Baum

** Fact Of The Day

** Health Tip of the Week – The School Token Reward System

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Biz Tips
by Dr. Kevin Nunley

Sponsor a Contest

Looking for a way to reach a particular group of prospects? Find a business that regularly works with them. Offer to sponsor a contest.

You can get your name involved by giving the business what it needs to run the contest. You can contribute prizes, money, help, or resources.

For example, if you are looking for ways to recruit people into your business opportunity, sponsor a contest through a well-known ezine or website that specializes in biz ops.

Your contest will get more attention and enjoy more legitimacy when coming from a trusted name in the industry. Your association with an established business can also make you look important and noteworthy.

When I worked in media we often searched for sponsors for our contests. An electronics store sponsored a mud fight on election day (that one brought out the TV cameras!) A car dealership sponsored a treasure hunt and offered a major clue to anyone who came by.

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Working from Home: 4 Rules to Follow
by Nick Usborne

Working from home is a dream for many people. It sure beats being stuck in a cubicle all day. And the commute time is hard to beat as you walk from the kitchen to your office.

But working at home also brings its own set of challenges.

It can be hard to stay focused on your work. And it can get lonely.
I have been working from home for most of the time for over 20 years now. Over that period I have noticed ways in which to make my work life both productive and pleasurable.

I don’t always follow my own rules. But I try.

Rule 1. Set yourself a schedule
Nobody else will do this for you. You have no manager or boss. No time sheet to complete.

So you need to set yourself a time when you start work at the beginning of the day. And a time when you end.

Then give yourself some reasonable breaks. It’s tempting to take either too much or too little time away from your desk. Try to be formal about this. Give yourself a short break mid-morning and a decent lunch break. And another short break during the afternoon.

Sometimes your schedule will be shot to pieces by travel or sudden family commitments. But use you schedule as your default each day, and stick to it as firmly as you can.

Rule 2. Find yourself a place to work
Some people build a formal office in their homes, with the complete desk, the printer, fax machine and more. It’s easy to do if you have a spare room, and an Office Depot or equivalent close by.

Other people just make a work area in the corner of the family room, with the minimum of special furniture or equipment.
Myself? Strange as it may seem, I work from my laptop at the kitchen table. It’s how I like it.

So don’t get too hung up about how a home office “should” be. Find your space and make it your own. And then let other family members know that it IS your office space, and encourage them to respect that.

Which brings us to...

Rule 3. Educate your Family
This can be the toughest part of all.

You need to help your family members understand that when you’re working, you’re AT WORK. Just the same as if you were working in an office.
After all, if you were working in an office, would one of your children walk in and ask you to get them a glass of juice?

Would another walk into your office conference room and announce that he or she was bored?

If you have family in the home, especially during vacation times, it can be tough on everyone. They want to disturb you. And you would probably rather step away from your desk and be with them as well.

So you need to establish some rules, for them and for yourself.

Rule 4. Know When to Stop Working
This can be the terror of working from home. You never know when to stop. You’ll find yourself doing just one more thing and, next thing you know, it’s eight or nine in the evening.

This rule contains elements from each of the others. It’s about scheduling, it’s about walking away from your office area, and it’s about rewarding yourself and your family by firmly putting work to one side at a reasonable time...just as if you were working in a real office.

Concluding thoughts...

Working from home brings with it multiple benefits. It’s a wonderful lifestyle.
But it has its own sets of demands as well.

And that means you have to be disciplined, and plan your day in a way that represents a healthy balance between your work life and home life.
Don’t let either one impose on the other. The more disciplined you are, the more successful and enjoyable your work at home lifestyle will be.

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Nick Usborne, author of Net Words - That's me. I have been a copywriter for over 20 years, but am also a consultant and speaker. In addition, I have written hundreds of articles over the years on a variety of subjects, including writing for the web and building a small business.

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Quote of the Day

"Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing."

- Vince Lombardi

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- 10/27

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A Little Humor

Little Brother?
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A mother asked her small son what he would like for his birthday. "I'd like a little brother," the boy said.

"Oh my, that's such a big wish," said the mother. "Why do you want a little brother?"

"Well," said the boy, "there's only so much I can blame on the dog."

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I was going away for a few days and left my husband a list of chores. For fun, I put down as Item 5: Think about your wife a lot.

After I returned, my husband proudly reported that he had completed every job. When I saw the list, however, each item except No. 5 had been crossed off. "What's this!" I exclaimed. "Didn't you think about me while I was gone?"

My chagrin vanished when he replied cheerfully, "I started to, but just never finished."

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The proud father brought home a backyard swing set for his children and immediately started to assemble it with all the neighborhood children anxiously waiting to play on it.

After several hours of reading the directions, attempting to fit bolt A into slot B, etc., he finally gave up and called upon an old handyman working in a neighboring yard.

The old-timer came over, threw the directions away, and in a short while had the set completely assembled.

It's beyond me," said the father, "how you got it together without even reading instructions."

"To tell the truth," replied the old-timer, "I can't read, and when you can't read, you've got to think."
 

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On his first day of classes at a university, a student took a front row seat in a literature course.

The professor told them they would be responsible for reading five books, and that he would provide them with a list of authors from which they could choose.

Then the professor ambled over to the lectern, took out his class notes and began ... "Baker, Black, Brooks, Carter, Cook ... "

The student was working feverishly to get down all the names, when he felt a tap on his shoulder.

The student in back of him whispered, "He's taking attendance."

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Riddle

Seven batters come up in an 1/2 inning, yet no one scores. How
is this possible? There are no substitutions.

How was this possible?

Do you know the answer? Scroll down to find the solution.

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  I love being married. It's so great to find that one special
       person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.

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Publications of Interest

In each issue, we swap a notice with another E-zine.  Most of the time they are invitations to subscribe to their publication, but sometime it could be for a product or service they provide.

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Answer to Riddle:

Batters one and 2 fly out. Batters 3,4,5 get on base, loading the bases. Batter 6 hits a grand slam, but never touches first base. According to the rules of Baseball, the pitcher cannot protest to the umpire until the seventh batter comes up to hit. When he comes up to hit, the pitcher protests, and Batter 6 is counted as out, without getting even a single, and the inning ends.

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1. Stress Tip
2. by Dr. Rae Baum

You will find this "Stress Tip Message" helpful to stay focused and on purpose.  You can put this message to work by reading it often throughout the day.

“You are in control of your life with the choices  you make.  So make your choices wisely and proactively.”

---- Dr. Rae ----

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- 9/16

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Fact of the Day

Jerry Lewis got mad at his agent one day and reportedly had the agent's pictures plastered on toilet paper rolls.

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- 9/23

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Health Tip of the Week
by Frank Barnhill, M.D

The School Token Reward System

The School Token Reward System (STRS) is a prize system for encouraging spontaneous good behavior based on immediate positive reinforcement of observed desirable behavior.  Similar behavioral programs have been in use in various parts of the United States for the past two to three years, and have been highly successful.

Here’s an example of how the system works:

Each school designs a milk bottle cap type token about the size of a half dollar coin.  It may be plastic or cardboard, but must be durable and difficult to duplicate.  The imprint should carry the school logo and the words “valuable or redeemable token” or “good deeds token.”  A reward points system based on accumulated tokens exchanged for “prizes” must be established in writing and posted.

Prizes must be awarded based on the degree of difficulty in saving the tokens, but must be a reachable goal.  Most schools use pencils, rulers, character labeled notebooks, book bags, and specially printed T-shirts.
Stickers and small toys do not work well in this system.  Items must be unique and not available for purchase in the school store or a local store, so that perceived value is high.

Dr. Frank

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