What gift will you give yourself this holiday season?Written by Coach Pat Morgan
Along with holidays come many extra activities such as parties, shopping, gift gifting, cooking and more. Stretching ourselves to meet increased demands on our time, energy, emotions and finances can leave us feeling exhausted and overwhelmed rather than joyous and enthusiastic. There is nothing like holidays to distract us from our good habits and healthy personal care routine; they almost always get in way of our best intentions.While you may love holidays, you may easily and quickly find yourself over-extended with obligations, commitments and expectations for creating a magical holiday. How about being more more intentional about giving to yourself, as well as giving to others, in order to find a balance that allows you to be less stressed and truly enjoy season? By regularly scheduling time for yourself, to unwind, to exercise, to rest and rejuvenate, you will feel much better and enjoy holidays more. Have you taken a moment to think about gift you will give yourself for holiday season? Why not give yourself give of self-care? Below are four tips to help you have a more enjoyable holiday season: 1. MANAGE YOUR EXPECTATIONS. Set realistic expectations. Give yourself permission to let go of trying to be superhuman in order to create a perfect holiday. Be patient with yourself and do best you can, trusting that holiday will be perfect however it turns out. Ask yourself: Do I have reasonable expectations for holidays? 2. SCHEDULE TIME FOR YOURSELF. Self-care is not result of good intentions, but rather result of being intentional about setting aside time each day to care for yourself. Especially during this busy season it is important to schedule time, even if only 5-10 minutes, to refresh and rejuvenate your body, mind and spirit. Ask yourself: Have I scheduled time for myself today? What will I do to care for myself?
| | How To Come Up With New Product IdeasWritten by Jeff Schuman
How To Come Up With New Product Ideas © 2004 Jeff D. Schuman http://www.team-schuman.com Have you ever wanted to add new products to your exsisting product line? Obviously one way to do that is to find a product that is already developed and start selling that. Affiliate programs are great for that. Another thing you can do is develop your own new product. Below are 10 ways you can come up with new product ideas. 1. Solve an existing problem for people. There are thousands of problems in world. Create a product that can provide a solution to one of those problems. 2. Find out what's current hot trend. You can find out what new trends are by watching T.V, reading magazines and surfing net. Just create a product that's related to current hot trend. 3. Improve a product that is already on market. You see products at home, in ads, at stores etc. Just take a product that's already out there and improve it. 4. Create a new niche for a current product. You can set yourself apart from your competition by creating a niche. Your product could be faster, bigger, smaller, or quicker than you competitor's product. 5. Add on to an existing product. You could package your current product with other related products. For example, you could package a football with a team jersey and football cards.
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