How to manage your moods

What is mood?

Mood is a powerful word. It actually comes from older words that mean spirit, mind, to strive, be energetic, and courage. It is also being referred to as customary behavior or custom. Thus, mood means way more than being happy or being sad. Moods encompass much from what you need in order to live. Spirit, mind, to strive, be energetic, and courage – are all related to moods and your sense of well being.

Different Facts About Moods

- Moods are your state of mind – whether you’re happy or lonely, afraid or angry, depressed or overjoyed.
- Emotions and moods are strongly linked specifically to the structure of the center of your brain, where your unconscious activities are being controlled.
- Moods actually have 3 elements – how one feels, what happens in the body, and what mood makes one do.
- Certain experiences and memories are powerfully linked to your mind, the reason why they often triggers your mood automatically.

Moods are considered as emotional state. They differs from emotions in a way that they’re less intense, less specific, and they’re less likely being triggered by particular events or stimulus. Moods also differ from personality traits or temperament which is longer lasting. Nevertheless, such personality traits like neuroticism and optimism predispose certain kinds of moods. Long- term mood disturbances such as bipolar disorder and clinical depression are also considered as mood disorders. Moods are subjective, internal state but they are often being inferred from behaviors and posture.
Your Thought Determined Your Moods
Your moods are being controlled by your thought. This is the reality, you must think, or something should reach your intellectual mind in order to be

What Causes Your Moods?

Moods are being caused by your psychological and physical states. If you say you’re feeling good, you are probably describing contentment or good health. Likewise, if you say you’re feeling bad, you are probably describing sadness or cold. Teasing out both the state of your body and mind is somewhat complicated because they influence one another.
On the other hand, there are also different physical causes and means to your moods. For instance, low sugar levels of blood, hunger, or sleep deprivation – all these cause change in your moods. The energy level of your body also causes change in your mood. Many people usually feel energetic and most upbeat in late mornings and in early afternoons but less energetic and less upbeat during late afternoons and evenings.

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How to do a successful CrowdFunding

Crowdfunding.

The word drums up all kinds of visions for the average person. Small startups exploding in popularity overnight. Companies on the verge of financial collapse being saved by a capital injection received through crowdfunding.

Crowdfunding came into popularity at a time when it was desperately needed. As traditional loans became nearly impossible for new companies to get and angel investors became much pickier about their investments due to the burst of the dot com bubble, crowdfunding saved the start-up world by providing a way for these new and emerging companies to find the funding they need.

In fact, crowdfunding’s brilliance lies in a couple of small features:

1.    Companies typically do not have to pay back their funding. They receive donations rather than loans. This can be extremely beneficial for companies in the start-up stage, because paying back loans often cripples new companies that need all their cash for operating capital.

2.    Because funding is spread out between hundreds, or even thousands of investors, no one individual or company is taking any risk in the company’s potential failure.

3.    Unlike traditional investing, you won’t lose any of your company to investors. You won’t have to give a venture capitalist any control over your company, nor will you have to give anyone any stock. You keep 100% control and ownership.

Promotions & Generating Buzz

Once you’ve created an interesting project with a great video presentation, it’s time to get eyeballs on it. This means doing a lot of promotion, and hopefully generating a little viral buzz.

Rewards

One of the most important things you can do to get people interested is to offer interesting perks to people who donate money.

Social Media 

Don’t forget to use social media to generate interest. Ask everyone you to know to share your project on all of their social media accounts, and consider making social media accounts specific to your project.

Conclusion

Crowdfunding is a great way to get funds for your business or project, but always remember that if you fail to meet your funding goal, you won’t receive anything.

For this reason, it’s vital to estimate your true funding needs as closely as possible. Never ask for too much, because the more you ask for, the more likely it is you won’t reach your goal

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Secret Marketing Mindset.

Successful Automated Niche Site 

The big buzz around the marketing industry is niche sites.  This is picking up speed and many marketers are launching products and sites that are niche-specific because they know that is where the money is and they are trying to get in on the latest craze. Unfortunately, many of these marketers have never even owned a real niche site outside of the marketing industry itself.  So, how can they teach you anything that is proven? They usually can't.  That is why I wrote this report.  I have several successful niche sites that are almost 100% automated and generate a passive six figure income. And, I keep duplicating these sites, with every chance I get.

If you're an internet marketer than you know that this market is saturated with products and services on internet marketing and this is becoming an increasing problem. Having a niche business is one of the best business opportunities on the internet.  I started my niche business back in 1999 and they have been steadily growing since.  Establishing and building profitable niche businesses is the absolute best way of developing a recurring income stream that will continue for years and years.   The best online niche businesses are those that are fully automated.  By this, I mean that you do not have to spend much time maintaining these sites at all.

How to Choose a Niche

I won’t lie to you about this. I did not spend countless hours doing research. I did not spend any money and it did not take me very long to pick my niche site.  Sorry if I disappointed you by not giving you some complicated formula or a list of a thousand steps of how I chose my site. Actually, I’m not sorry at all because I know you want me to tell it to you straight and easy and not waste your time.

I chose my specific niche site because that is what I know and do better than anything else.

I have been a technical consultant in the PeopleSoft industry for years, and discovered that it was difficult to find answers to my problems.  Additionally, I found that it was difficult to find specific recruiters and jobs that specialized in the PeopleSoft recruiting industry.  So I thought to myself… Self, wouldn’t it be nice if there was one place you could go to find information, discussion forums, tips, articles, jobs and news for the PeopleSoft industry?  You better believe it!

It was at this point that I discovered I found a problem and I discovered a solution.  That’s how easy it was for me to discover what this niche site should be.  Now, it may not hit you exactly what niche recruiting site you should start right away, but you can easily find one by doing some quick research on specific keywords to see if there is an industry with low competition. 

For example: If you are interested in starting a niche recruiting site that connects marketing professionals and marketing candidates, you can use services such as www.GoodKeywords.com or www.Google.com to see if such sites already exist.  Simply go to Google and type the keyword “Marketing Jobs” and see what comes up in the search engine.  However, let me tell you that the best way to find your niche is to look within.  What is it that you do for a living?  What are your hobbies?  What are your interests? Chances are that is your niche. So why not take it online and earn some money doing what you love?

Now, just because there are already sites out there does not mean that it is not a good industry for you to start your niche site. When I first launched my site there were 5-10 other PeopleSoft-specific career sites out there. I just knew that I could do it better than any of them.  So I used the same model as that of www.Monster.com and www.Dice.com.  My site is a lot like those sites except that it is 100% PeopleSoft and offers my customers the best experience when searching for PeopleSoft jobs or candidates.

People spend a tremendous amount of time and money just figuring out what type of specific niche site to launch.  But let me save you a tremendous amount of time and money by telling you that there is big money in niche-specific recruiting sites.  Employers and Recruiters are constantly looking for new sites where they can find more and better candidates faster. 

So why waste time with unproven or untested marketing products when you can jump right into one that is already proven?

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51 Calorie Burning Activities

We need calories

Our bodies need calories. Depending on age and sex, we need anywhere between 2000 and 2600 calories every day. Unfortunately, most of us consume double and triple this number. The good news is there are many activities that you can do to get rid of those unwanted calories. In this article it will help you understand and decide on what is the right activities you should do.

The following are 10 of 51 calorie burning activities you can do from exercising to doing house hold chores.

 Bicycling

Whether it’s a real bike, or a stationary one, cycling is a great way to get your 

heart pumping and those calories burning. Just cycling for 15 minutes a day will

burn 119 calories. If you extend it to 30 minutes, you’ll burn 477 calories.

 Stairs or Treadmills

Stairs are great for toning up those legs. They can also burn calories. Don’t have stairs near you? Use a treadmill! Just 15 minutes can burn 102 calories, or the equivalent of each of these:

•        1 tbsp. of mayonnaise
•   1 banana
•        1 oz. of pastrami
•       2 small chocolate chip cookies

Weight Lifting

Working on that muscle tone? Weight lifting burns calories as well. 15 minutes

of pumping iron burns 51 calories. Not much, but if you extend your

training to 30 minutes a day, you’ll burn 204 calories. 

  Running

Lace up those tennis shoes. Running is an all-around great calorie-burning 

exercise. Running 12 minutes at 5 mph burns 109 calories. If you kick it up a 

notch and run 15 minutes at 7 mph, you’ll burn 196 calories. If you’re really 

devoted and run for an hour a day, you’ll burn 784 calories!

                      

Badminton

Hit that birdie! Badminton is a fun way to get in shape. A 20-minute game burns 102 calories, and an hour game burns 306 calories. 

 Sweeping and Mopping

Does it seem all the time you spend in the kitchen is sweeping? Don’t fret,

because while you’re sweeping you’re also burning calories. A quick 15-minute

sweep will burn 42 calories. Then if you mop, that’s another 77 calories. Not

much, but if you do it often those calories will really add up.

Washing Dishes

America’s least favorite chore, dirty dishes seem to never go away. There is

hope, however. If you spend 20 minutes doing dishes, you’ll burn 52 calories.

Doing this twice a day will burn 104 calories. If you have lots of dirty dishes,

you can burn 117 calories (45 minutes).

Cooking

Like to cook? While you’re making your meals, you can rest assured that

cooking burns calories. If it takes you 20 minutes to cook your meal, you’ll burn

57 calories. Multiply this by 3 meals a day, and that’s 171 calories. If you

prepare more elaborate meals, you could burn 128 calories per meal (45

minutes each).

  Grocery Shopping

Love to shop? Now you can love it even more knowing that you’re getting in

shape while you shop. A 30-minute grocery shopping trip will burn 119 calories.

Like to shop even more? An hour trip will burn 238 calories.

Ironing

Plug in that iron! Doing this household chore won’t burn a lot of calories, but if

you have to do it anyway you might as well count them, right? 15 minutes of

ironing will burn 38 calories. Ironing for 45 minutes will burn 114 calories.

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Graphics Design for Beginners

A graphic designer, or graphic artist as they are also known, is a person who places together images or motion graphics (or both) with typography in order to produce their work. They will primarily create such work for printed, published or electronic forms of media (newspapers, magazines, TV, film, internet) for use in advertising.

However, there are some graphics designers whose work makes them responsible for illustration, typesetting and web design. But as these are speciality subjects within the field of graphic design, only someone who has taken training in this particular field will work on such projects as these.

The main responsibility of a graphic designer is to present information in such a way that, not only can it be easily accessed, but also it looks pleasing to the eye.

Qualifications in Order to Become a Graphics Designer

If you wish to attain a position as a graphics designer, most companies now require them to have a Bachelor’s degree, but there are some positions which will only require you to have an Associate degree instead.

Now let us take a look at the types of degrees you will require for certain positions within the industry of graphics design.

Bachelor’s of Fine Arts Degree Programs in Graphic Design

These programs are offered by many universities and colleges, as well as private design schools around the country.

The program of lessons that you will take in order to attain your degree include studio art, the principles relating to design, how to design using a computer, learn about various different printing techniques, the production of commercial graphics and also about designing for a website.

Associate Degrees and Certificates in Graphic Design

These are courses which a person will take for 2 or 3 years at one of the many professional design schools that have now been set up across the country.

Normally, these courses will focus on the more technical parts of graphic design. Plus, they will include very few additional sections to the course relating to liberal arts.

Is Graphics Design Degree Essential 

 For those high school students who are interested in a career in graphics design, many have wondered if it really is that essential for them to attend a college, university or design school to get their degree or certification in Graphic Design.

Although you may be good at sketching or painting and other forms of artwork, or can use software such as Photoshop, Illustrator or Flash and think you can design well and are able to find a position within a company, you are lucky…that may not always be the case.

Even if you are good enough at what you do, any potential employer of a graphics designer likes to know that this person understands the processes of graphic design completely. They also want to be able to know that you will not have difficulty working with others. Plus they want to know that you understand all the various aspects relating to design including:

•                       Design Principles 
•                      Art and style of printing (typography)
•                      Color
•                     The art of selling something to a target audience

But if you want to be assured of getting not just a job, but a good one, then you will need to attend a good design school, university or college in order to obtain your degree.

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Creating an Online Business Plan

Your Organization Breakdown in Your Online Business Plan

Your online business plan needs to make sure it addresses the management and administration structure – in other words your organization’s breakdown. Online businesses often have a simpler organization structure than a traditional business, but that’s not always the case, and it must be clearly defined.

You will need to cover the management structure and ownership of your business. It’s okay if one person fills a number of roles. Online businesses that are starting up often don’t have more than one or two people running the whole business.

During the startup period, the owner is not going to be receiving a paycheck or any benefits. Initially owner salaries are going to be figured out based on the profitability of the company but they should never be more than fifty percent of the profit of the business.

If the company is limited, there will be the distribution of shares among the owners. That could be one person, two people or more, but the breakdown needs to be included in the business plan so potential investors know and understand the business structure.

You will also need to include the managerial style that you plan to use. This should be broken out so that not just investors but business owners can stay on track and later compare.

• Communication - Communication will be mainly through, i.e. email, texting, oral, etc.
• Decisions Making - Who is going to be the final decision maker for all the decisions pertaining to your business.
•   Project Management –There are different styles. You should define what style you are going to use. For example, all project management will be defined by the PMI PMBOK standards.
• Record Keeping – The company will use to manage our financial records.

You will need to define the management structure. For example, Person A will be President, Director of Marketing, and Director of IT. Person B will be Director of Operations, Director of Finance. You are then going to define what the responsibilities are in each of those positions that a person holds. Be clear and concise when describing these roles, because you will be using this yourself in running your business.

The organization breakdown is going to look very different from one business to the next, so make sure that you take the time to properly define what your business organization is going to look like.

Your Online Business Plan Must Measure the Market and Metrics

You are going to want to specifically focus on the users and your demographics that you plan to hit with your new online business and how your costs and price compare to what the market is currently willing to pay for the product or service you are going to offer.

It’s here that you are going to take the time to make a list of your current competition along with what you feel they are doing correctly and what they are doing wrong. This is one of the most important sections for luring lenders and investors on-board with your plan. If you aren’t able to show that you have an idea that’s innovative and that you also have the marketing strategy to shoot you forward, you’ll have difficulty getting any investment interest.

In the business landscape today, your ideas need to also make sure to include social media strategies such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. Your business personality needs to shine through here and if you know the magic to help this happen in social media, you are definitely on the right path. When you are able to locate influencers that’s how you will discover those people who are linked to what you have to offer or who can help you to identify the impact you will have on society.

Online entrepreneurs are lucky to be able to make use of metrics. This is something that businesses in the past did not have access to. This instantly lets you measure how your business is doing. It shows how successful you are in a very inexpensive and practical manner. These are very easy to obtain.

Sure, it’s nice to read what your online customers are saying; however, this does not tell you whether a person is actually buying the product you have to offer. The easiest and most effective way to measure success is by paying attention to how your business is performing with those individuals that you have already established a relationship with. This will give you some good feedback about just how effective your online business actually is.

It’s important that your business plan pays adequate attention to those marketing factors in combination with the use of metrics to ensure that your marketing is actually working the way you believed it would. Remember once you look at your metrics, this is a good time to ‘fine tune’ any necessary changes that you think you need to make.

Online Business Plan Needs to Include Your Management and Financial Summary

You are creating your business plan for your online business and like all business plans there are a number of sections you need to put together to ensure you have a plan you can follow to keep your business on track and headed for successes. You may be surprised to learn that many business plans come up short in their management and financial summary. Perhaps this is simply because they are unsure.

Start by creating an outline of what type of experience you want to see your management team have. How many people you envision on your management team, the individual roles that they will have and what their responsibilities will be individually and as a team.

Think of the management summary as hiring resume where you can easily see the qualifications you are looking for, the work history of those that will be involved in the startup of your business. If it’s a smaller venture like so many online businesses are, you may have to wear many different hats yourself and improve your skills in some areas. You may not have the luxury of having many people on your management team and so in these instances, in addition to you having to have a wide range of skills, the people you do hire may have to be able to perform a broader range of tasks.

In addition to taking the time to outline what your management team will look like you need to also address any financing that you have put into place and that’s ready to go for your startup. Your working capital is critical to your startup. How much working capital you need will depend on your specific venture. Some companies have little to no stock on hand while others carry huge amounts.

Sales and revenues are established by you for the business plan; however, we all that these projections can be way off if the person creating the business plan isn’t being realistic, so try to keep it real. Your business plan is also going to establish how much capital you already have and what your operating costs will be.

What’s nice about an online business, is that if you don’t any sales yet so you can’t provide solid sales numbers, you can get your website up and running, go live, get things moving on the site in a practical way that’s closer to reality and then show the potential investors what you are making and what you’re spending.

Bottom line – make sure your business plan thoroughly details your management and financial needs.

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Guidelines for Healthy Pregnancy

Nutrition

Now that you are pregnant, it is no time to diet.  You certainly want to eat the right things and try not to gain an unhealthy amount of weight, but you should NOT be dieting right now. 

• You will need about 300 to 350 calories more per day than when you were eating just for you – about 2,500 to 2,700 calories per day. 
•  If you are very thin by nature or if you are going through a multiple birth pregnancy, your doctor may even prescribe more of an increase in daily caloric intake.
•  On the other hand, if you are typically overweight, your doctor may advise that you consume more calories, but she may advise you to drop below the additional 300 to 350 usually prescribed for an average pregnancy.

You should plan to maintain a well-balanced diet throughout your pregnancy, consisting of lean meats and protein, fruits, vegetables, and whole-grain breads, as well as low-fat dairy products like cheese and milk.   

Protein - Two or more servings of lean, cooked meat or poultry (without the skin), or fish.  These servings should amount to 60 grams of protein per day.

Protein is especially important during your second and third trimester, as it will help your body keep up with the demands and growth of your baby in the womb. 

Whole Grains and Whole Grain Products -  Nine or more servings of whole grain products per day.  Try to stay away from white flour, sweetened cereals, etc.  They contain little or no nutritional value. 

Here are some examples of serving sizes:

• Whole Wheat or Other Whole Grain Bread: One slice
• Cooked (hot) Cereal, Brown Rice or Whole Grain Pasta:One half cup
• Cold Cereal:One cup

These products contain B Vitamins, and minerals and fiber to keep your body healthy and keep your digestive system moving. 

Dairy Products - Four or more servings per day.  

Here are some examples of serving sizes of dairy products:

• Cheese (natural, not processed):             One and one half ounces              
• Low-Fat or Non-Fat Milk:                          One cup 
• Natural (active ingredient) Yogurt:            One cup

Water – 6-8 eight ounce glasses of water per day (if you are exercising:  8-10 glasses) 

Vitamins and Minerals

We’ve talked about how important it is to follow a good diet during pregnancy.  Your prenatal vitamins, combined with the good food you eat should give you enough of the right vitamins and minerals. 

Calcium - Most women don’t get enough calcium (1,000 mg per day) but when you are pregnant your need for calcium is even more important, to meet the demands of your body and the demands of your baby’s calcium needs to grow strong bones. 

  

Iron – You need iron to produce hemoglobin and red blood cells.  Hemoglobin is the component of red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout your system. 

Folic Acid (Folate) -  Studies show that taking folic acid supplements during pregnancy decreases the risk of neural tube defects by up to 70%! 

Pregnancy and Diabetes

If you are a diabetic and you want to get pregnant, work with your OB/GYN doctor and your diabetes doctor to be sure you are in the best shape possible at least three to six months before you conceive. 

Your OB/GYN doctor will usually refer you to a dietitian so you can get meal plans that are specially designed to help you control your blood sugar.

Vegetarian Diets

If you are a strict ‘vegan’ and eat no animal products or animal byproducts, you may feel you will have a problem during pregnancy.  Or perhaps you are a ‘lacto-ovo-vegan’ and you do eat eggs and dairy products. 

Talk to your doctor about this, if you find that it is a problem.  You may want to take a caloric supplement.  

Things You Should Avoid in Your Diet

What you DON’T eat or drink during your pregnancy can be just as important as what you DO consume!

Here are some things to avoid while you are pregnant:

Alcohol – We shouldn’t have to tell you this, but we will anyway!  STAY AWAY FROM ALCOHOL DURING PREGNANCY.

Alcohol goes straight into your baby’s body in high concentration levels through your blood stream, through the umbilical cord and into the placenta, and can cause any one of an array of symptoms included in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).

Caffeine – Consuming a lot of caffeine can increase your chance of miscarriage.  Two or three cups a day may not seem like much to you, but just to be safe, you should try to stop drinking coffee altogether. 

MODERATION

Foods to Avoid
Avoid foods that MAY carry bacteria and other food-borne illness (toxoplasmosis and listeriosis to name two).  These can cause birth defects and miscarriage, and while you may be able to eat them with no problems, you may not want to take the risk during your pregnancy.

Exercise

Unless you have a serious problem or abnormality in your pregnancy, you should expect to continue to exercise throughout your term. 

Exercise during pregnancy is healthy and will help to reduce swelling and bloat, prevent excessive weight gain, reduce muscle and back strain, and constipation, improve your energy levels, your sleep patterns and your mood. 

Avoid exercise like high-impact aerobics, rock climbing, gymnastics that require balance or exercise at high elevations.  Don’t water ski, snow ski or ride a horse and use common sense when exercising during pregnancy. 

If you feel tired, overheated or dizzy, or if you get nauseous, weak or have blurred vision or heart palpitations, stop immediately and sit down and rest. 

Lifestyle

Food and exercise are important components of a healthy pregnancy; so is the way you live your life. 

Your lifestyle considerations include everything from the medications you take, and the amount of sleep you get, to the level of stress you experience on a daily basis. 

Let’s look at some of the factors you need to consider in your lifestyle:

Medication, Drugs and Medical Treatment  – If you are taking prescription or over the counter medication, talk to your OB/GYN doctor about these medications and be sure you can continue taking them throughout your pregnancy.

Don’t make assumptions.  Talk to your doctor!

If you are seeing a specialist for a medical issue, be sure to let them know you are pregnant so that they can consider that and talk to your OB/GYN doctor if appropriate. 

Remember to tell x-ray technicians and dentists that you are pregnant as well.

Ask your doctor to give you a list of ‘safe over the counter medications’ for things like muscle strain and headache, so you will know what to take if you need pain medication, allergy medication, etc.

There is no time to waste!

If you have used drugs at any time during your pregnancy, tell your doctor.  Even if you stopped using the drug or didn’t know you were pregnant when you used it, your baby can still be a risk and your doctor may need to monitor your pregnancy more closely.

Smoking – If you smoke and you are pregnant, get help and quit.  There is no other way to say it!

The risks of smoking are legendary and they have significant impact on your pregnancy, including:

•   Premature birth
•   Stillborn fetus
•    Low birth weight stillbirth
•    Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
•    Asthma and upper respiratory problems

A 50-page Guidelines of Healthy Pregnancy is available to download below. More information found in the eBook like Pregnancy Planning, Considerations, and the stages of pregnancy.

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