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Earthquakes can be pretty common in the Inland Empire since the San Andreas Fault runs right by the major city of San Bernardino and Rancho Cucamonga. The Inland Empire has not had a major earthquake for a while and is long over due. When it does strike, it said the city of San Bernardino would just sink into a quicksand of despair. That can be a good thing…

San Bernardino use to have a lake a long time ago and parts of downtown and a major shopping mall is now built on top of that. So when the land starts to shift the soil is said to loosen up creating the quick sand affect. Kind of what happen to Mexico City awhile back when they had their 7.0 earthquake. Just picture that but in a smaller scale happening to San Bernardino.

Many people are not prepared and they definitely need to know what to do. There needs to be a website of some sorts that discusses information and earthquake preparedness in the Inland Empire. Like a community blog, or a site that has all the emergency contacts that someone needs to know just in case something were to happen. I believe that an Inland Empire web design company would best be suited for the development of this site.

Studying can be boring. After reading an entire chapter of text,
can you remember the facts presented in the chapter? How much of
what you read can you actually understand and apply during the
tests or exams?

There is a fun way to take notes and actually make the chapter
come to live.

Ever heard of Mind Mapping?

No, it is not about anything psychic. It is simply drawing
colorful images to represent things. It can be used for
summarizing the facts in a book and retaining what you have
read. It can also be used as a brainstorming tool or for
planning. Personally, I use it a lot in my work. It helps me be
more effective.

So how do you start?

Get some color pnecils and blank paper, or a sketchbook.

Go through the section or chapter you are revising. 1. Identify
the main idea or fact in this section. 2. Draw a small picture
at the center of your paper or page to illustrate that idea.
Write a few words below the picture to explain that idea. 3. Now
identify the details associated with that idea. 4. Draw a small
picture to illustrate that detail and an arrow from the main
idea pointing to each detail. Write a few words on each arrow to
explain the relation between the detail and the main idea. Write
a few words below each detail image explaining what it is about.

Once you have illustrated each main fact and the related detail,
you have a mind map that helps you see the full picture at a
glance. Drawing it out in color helps your remember what you
just illustrated.

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Tips for more on mind mapping and other study tips.

1. Add a free interactive game to your web site. You
could hire someone to create it. The game should be
related to the theme of your web site.

2. Train your employees as a team instead of just
individuals. Everyone must do their job in order for
the others do theirs.

3. Make people feel like it’s their idea to buy, they
will be less hesitant. Tell them in your ad “You’re
making a smart decision for buying our product”.

4. Promote yourself as well as your products. Write
articles, ebooks, reports, etc. When you endorse
products, people will think your statement is credible.

5. Show your prospects a group of testimonials that
stand up for your product. People are more likely to
agree with a group than have a different opinion.

6. Maximize your advertising budget and don’t go
broke like the big web sites. All you need is a small
group of loyal customers to sell back end products.

7. Sell to the people that join your affiliate program.
They are more likely to by your products because
they are interested in selling them for commission.

8. Offer a deluxe product or service as an up sell
or back end product. You won’t have to create a
totally new product just add on to your main one.

9. Tell people what they’re thinking and feeling as
they read your ad. Most people will actually do it.
Your statements should help sell your product.

10. Make your product offer very rare. People
perceive things that are rare as being more valuable.
You could use a limited time offer or free bonuses.

About the author:

Rojo Sunsen is a specialized bounty hunter who prefers to work quietly/confidentially for the benefit of her clients.

We all are project managers. Some of us manage projects like vacations or reunions, while others run implementations of new software systems, consolidation divisions of companies, launch new products, or build buildings. While the scale changes for different kinds of projects, and complexity changes as more people are affected and involved; at the core there are questions you can answer to help get any project off to a better start.

Here are seven of those questions you should ask (and answer!) when initiating a project:

1. What can I do at this early stage to increase the likelihood of project success? This question gets you thinking about the key things to do now. Often at the beginning, especially of big projects, people focus all their effort on planning. While planning is certainly important, sometimes there are actions other than “to plan” that need to be done early.

2. What skills will I need to complete this project, and who are the right people for the team? Seldom can we do it alone - and on big projects this question will get asked several times during the course of the project. Getting the right people with the right skills on your team is critical and needs to be done as soon as you can.

3. How do I influence and persuade these people to be committed to this project? It is one thing to identify the people you want on your team. It is another to help them understand why you want them, the roles they can play, and influence them to choose to be involved when they have other competing interests and opportunities. Even in a corporate setting where people can be placed on or assigned to a team, we need to think about how we will gain their commitment, involvement and passion in the project outcomes.

4. What are the major deliverables for this project? A key part of any project plan is to outline what the outcomes will be. Answering this question is a critical part of your project planning, and sometimes overlooked as people focus only on the final end results, not considering the major deliverables along the way.

5. What are the major steps in my project plan? Actually that is the question you want to answer, but isn’t where you want to start. Start by brainstorming on - “what are all the things that will need to be done in this project?” Don’t worry that you won’t think of all of them - you’ll think of more later! Get down on paper everything that you can think of first, and then ask the second question - “what are the major steps?” From your big list you will be able to identify the key steps and then group the other steps “inside” the major steps.

6. How detailed does my plan need to be at this stage? Think about the complexity of the project, the number of people involved and the skill and experience of those people. All of these factors (and potentially many more) can play into the decision of how detailed to make your plan. Make your plan detailed enough that people are clear on the deliverables and know what is expected of them by when. Perhaps the plan will need greater detail later and you will leave that to team members responsible for those components or maybe you need to develop that detail up front. This is one of the things you should be considering and balancing at the start of the project.

7. What can I do at this early stage to ensure fewer risks and obstacles during the course of the project? Think about the end of the project for a few minutes. Imagine today what obstacles, stumbling points and hurdles have had to be beaten to get to this successful completion. Then step back and ask yourself how you can eliminate the obstacles, bridge the roadblocks, and clear the hurdles now. This is one of the best uses of your time at the start - to take steps to reduce or eliminate these things, before they can occur to stall or delay your project.

Kevin is Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group (http://KevinEikenberry.com), a learning consulting company that helps Clients reach their potential through a variety of training, consulting and speaking services. Kevin publishes Unleash Your Potential, a free weekly ezine designed to provide ideas, tools, techniques and inspiration to enhance your professional skills. Go to http://www.kevineikenberry.com/uypw/index.asp to learn more and subscribe.

We all have “too much to do”. True? Sure ‘nuf. And that says a
lot of good things about you. That you have “too much to do”
suggests that a lot of people have entrusted much confidence in
you. I mean, people who are drifting about early each afternoon
begging co-workers for something to do, may not have earned that
confidence from others. And this applies not only in our work
lives but in our personal lives as well.

But this creates a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it’s
great to enjoy the confidence of others. Yet, having “too much
to do” often creates the stresses and distresses that may reduce
your overall productivity.

I divide our responsibilities into two categories: “Crucial” and
“Not Crucial”. Crucial items give us the “biggest bang for the
buck” for the time spent and is the most productive use of our
time. It is the logical use of our time. “Not Crucial” gives us
emotional relief. It’s doing the little things, the junk mail,
desk dusting and the like, that, while necessary, do not really
advance our daily success very much.

When we accomplish the “Crucial” things in our life we are doing
“business” v “busyness”. We are making progress versus wheel
spinning. Have you ever had a day when you were busy the whole
daylong but when you got home that night you knew you had not
accomplished a darn thing? (We can fool the world sometimes but
we cannot fool ourselves.)

Doing the Crucial things builds up our self-esteem and our
motivation level. Ever notice when you’ve had a really
productive “Crucial” day how that positive momentum carried
forward into your evening hours? You are more inclined to do the
woodworking, spend time with the kids, or work on hobbies, when
you’ve had a great day. But when you’ve had one of those “Not
Crucial” days, the motivation and momentum levels are reduced
and when we come home that night, many of us just want to block
out the day with that all important exercise, “click, click,
click”, the sound of the TV remote device, surfing us through a
multitude of channels that fail to grab our interest.

I really believe that most people, intuitively and
instinctively, want to be good time managers. It makes sense.
The better we manage our time, the more results we will enjoy.
It’s the logical choice.

So let’s say it’s the start of your workweek and you have a lot
of “things to do”, some of which are “Crucial”, some “Not
Crucial”. Intuitively and instinctively you and I want to be
good time managers. Therefore, where does our attention
gravitate towards? Do we focus on the “Crucial” or “Not Crucial”
tasks? The “Crucial”? Sure! Logic tells us that. The more
“Crucial” things we do, the more productivity and success we
enjoy.

But, you know what? When given a choice between “Crucial” and
“Not Crucial” items, we will almost always do the “Not Crucial”
items and ignore the “Crucial” items in spite of the fact that
we all want to be productive in our day.

Why?

Because we are driven more by emotion rather than logic.

You see the “Crucial” items are typically longer and harder to
accomplish. The “Not Crucial” items are typically more quick and
fun and emotionally satisfying.

We need to get over to the “Crucial” side more often to increase
our personal productivity.

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