Good negotiating skills is a valuable tool to have. It comes to use whether you’re negotiating for a new car, a new job, pay raise, or anything else that you want to get a good price for. The bottom line, it will come of use sooner or later. What is the best technique? Walk away. I agree. I bought a car for my wife using this technique. The salesperson did not want to go down in price. He went down a little but not enough for me. I told him my last price. He said no. I was walking away.…
Stanley
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I love my 40+ minutes commute. Why? Because I am able to listen to great audio books. Mostly for free! That’s just great. Mostly free, how? Check out your local library. If they don’t have downloadable books, then I’m sure you can rent books on tape or CD. As I wrote before, Free Audio Books for Northern NJ Residents, in Bergen County, NJ, I can go to NetLibrary and pick from over 1000 audio books. Then there is LearnOutLoud.com, which has a lot of books for free (sign up for their newsletter to get updates on new titles). You can…
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Do you want to be more productive at work? Use breaks to your advantage! (Good advice, right? ;-)) Seriously, I heard this a number of times already (I talked about it as part of the review for The Power Of Full Engagement book). I actually started taking brakes every 90 to 120 minutes at work and I think they’re helping me. I know that sometimes I don’t take them because something that I’m working on is urgent (ie, I have a bug to fix), but I suffer as a result, because it takes me longer to find the bug (fatigue…
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I used to be a subscriber of Time for several years. No more. I have discovered something vastly better. The Economist has become my favorite weekly magazine. It has excellent writing. It has short stories that are very interesting to read. It has articles on every continent in the world, with extra sections for US and United Kindgdom. It has technology news. It has business news. It has book reviews. It has everything that you need to stay well informed. I don’t know of any other news magazine that is as good as The Economist. It is truly a gem.…
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Do you want to be successful? Or maybe you already are, in that case, do you follow a pattern? I have to say that I have been successful in most of the things that I have tried to achieve. But I don’t necessarily have a process. After reading the article, more below, I think that I might have a process: I think of an idea — a goal — and then I stay determined and try to achieve it, over time I look back and see if it was successful. But I don’t really have a structure and the process…
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If you’ve never seen, like me, what North Korea looks like, take a look. Great stuff. North Korea – Military Photoshttp://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=82755
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An interesting question and an interesting answer. Guy Kawasaki: What will the demographics of the US look like in 2050? Dr. Joseph Chamie (Demographer): Later this year, sometime in mid-October, the US population is expected to hit the 300 million mark. The growth of the America’s population is expected to continue throughout the 21st century. By 2050 it is projected to grow to about 420 million; and by the century’s end, the projected US population is approaching close to 600 million.The age structure of the population is also expected to become older. For example, the proportion of the US population…
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This is a great advice from lifehack.org blog: Take The Sword In. You probably haven’t re-read your copy of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People lately, but there’s a great part in Habit 5 (Seek first to understand, then to be understood) that talks about confrontations. I use that advice often, and almost always to the effect that Dr. Covey promises. Good! You See it Differently When confronted by a difference of opinion, especially when the person who disagrees with you sounds almost hostile about their opinion, or dismissive, what’s expected is a confrontation. The person arguing with you lunges…
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Alexander Hamilton was a brilliant man. He was one of the most influential people in the American revolution. He did such a good service to America. He helped America a lot. And he was just a boy when he came to America, by himself, from the Caribbeans. He was a great writer as well. His writings had great influence. He was writing to newspapers to promote independence. Later he promoted the constitution. I heard about these stories in Hamilton’s autobiography, which I’m now vastly enjoying. It’s a fascinating audiobook. I love it. But because I heard about his writings, I…
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If you’ve been following the real estate in US, you must have at least heard these names (if not tried them). If not, I’m going to recommend these as helpful to asses the housing market, and a great help in finding your next house. They are all real estate tools: interactive websites that allow you to search and value the houses on the market in your area, and in United States overall. Trulia.com. It is a site that I like the most. This site puts together listings of houses for sale in your area, as well as in the whole…