That is what gives you adefinite sense of accomplishment, isn't it? The big plans arenecessary, the baby steps, imperative! My daughter shared a marketing tip with me the other day. Shesaid, "Go big, or go home". I thought about this quite a bit asit seemed so brash and arrogant. Great slogan, but what aboutthe little guy? Then, it all made sense. Each person has theopportunity to define ?big' for herself.

If we are to live ourdreams and visions about how we want our lives to be, how we wantto be remembered, what our contribution to our daily world couldbe, it IS true. Go big or go home! Have a vision. Have a master plan for your whole life as youpresently see it. What would you like to be doing, experiencing,being or having in your life, sometime in your life? What arethe things that are most important, significant and valuable toyou? That's big! After you have created the "big picture" then you can decidewhat you would like to create immediately and pay attention tothat. Timing is only one difference between short and long termgoals.

Another important difference is that short term goalslead directly to long term goals which fit perfectly into themaster plan. And the good news is....you are in charge! You canchange your master plan, and your approach to it, as yourinterests and priorities shift and grow. You are not locked in.A master plan is a plan for joy and passion, not a plan for dutyand obligation. It is useful to break your goals down into three categories:current, near future and far future. Once you have put yourfuture goals into your subconscious mind, they are begun.

It isnot only action that is required. Keeping your goals in theforefront of your mind is key. Thoughtfully craft your currentgoals. Know how you will measure your success and plan for it. Think big! Think limitlessly.

Think "out of the box". Peopleare often limited by their minds unwillingness to stretch.Remember what Napoleon Hill said: "...if you can conceive it, andbelieve it, you can achieve it!" If you find yourself surrounded by people who are ?thinkinglittle', it might be difficult to find support and acceptance foryour big plans. You may have to include some new associates whowant to play ?big', too! You have probably heard that, if youwant to run with the big dogs, you have to get off the porch!Jump off that porch and get running! Reflect on the biggest view of your life--your master plan.Is it big enough for you? Does it cause you to stretch to getyour arms around it? If not, think a little bigger and see whereit takes you. If it does, be sure you have planned the routethat will get you there. Then, follow it.

As you embark on eachtask today, ask yourself, "Am I on the road to my vision by doingthis?" If not, make a correction. Go big or go home! That one little phrase keeps me on mytoes..

If you've ever been stranded 150 miles in the middle of the desert you'll really come to appreciate the specialty products that can purchased for the motorhome. The interior accessories are what's really fun so put a lock on your wallet as you breeze through the site with your favorite beverage. You'll have fun because of the many items you could actually use. Portable vacuum cleaners, coffee makers, map lights, water conditioners, ceiling fans, windshield covers, utility trays, digital refrigerator monitor and clock are some of the few that come to mind. You'll be able to get free catalogs mailed to you and put on a free newsletter mailing list.

So finding the things you need has never been easier. With the availability of brand names, product warranties and money back guarantee's lets us comfortably go shopping for our motor home parts supplies and accessories. Shipped to our front door within just few a short days. There's usually an 800# to call if we need help as well. So have fun!.

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There are many bad habits that lie dormant in all of us. You need to change these bad habits and develop new good habits to survive as an entrepreneur. And in many cases these can be 'borrowed' from your existing or former corporate work environment.Here are some new disciplines that you can borrow from your working life, to develop and to practice:1) Ownership and Decision MakingIn corporate culture, you are responsible only for what your job requires you to do. In most jobs however, you are hardly responsible for the survival of the company. Your contribution, as compared to the whole, is only marginal.

You can make mistakes and get away with it. Your job is easily replaceable.As an entrepreneur, however, you may find the world to be less forgiving. A mistake can cost you your entire business. It is vital for anyone who wants to start their own home based business to think about this fact. You have to realize that success in a home based venture is directly tied up to your actions, and you need to take responsibility for everything that happens.

In your own business, you need to go beyond your capacity at times, stretching yourself more than you would as an employee. Taking responsibility also means being able to make the correct decisions as and when needed. When you work from home, YOUR decision is final. Although it may a little scary for an entrepreneur at first, these habits practiced over time becomes second nature. It sure beats having to put up with corporate red-tape!2) Developing a Creative Mindset & Taking RisksCompanies hardly, if ever, reward you for being creative.

They do, however, reward you for showing up on time and completing your daily routines. You are rewarded not for being outstanding, but for being average.As an entrepreneur, you need to shake off the bad habit of doing things the usual way, the "way it's always been done" There is nothing wrong with using standard procedures and methods. In fact, sticking to the 'rules' can help you make a decent living. But if you want the big money, like I do, you need to start thinking "Outside the Box". A little bit of ingenuity in your business can save you a lot of money and time.Ingenuity involves finding solutions to a problem.

You may, at any stage of your home business, realize that you just don't have an abundance of resources. Resources in this context can be money, time, expertise or just about everything else that you need, but just don't have...As you might have figured, creativity comes with risk. Doing something new is more risky than doing it the old way, but the payoff is incredible. Thinking outside the box might result in failure, just as well as it might lead to amazing success. But risk is not necessarily a bad thing, especially when it is studied, anticipated and even welcomed.So what do you do?Most home business challenges can be solved, even if you are not a genius or have thousands of dollars to spend.

If you can just use your ingenuity, you can find a solution to these challenges. Figure out how to make the best of your advertising dollars. Figure out how to save time and automate your business. Figure out how to complement your skills using the skills of others. Small steps like these can go a long way in determining just how successful you will be.3) Making Your Own Rules & Organizing TimeImagine you arrive at work one day and find that the punch-card machine has been removed.

The company also fired your boss, and the new rules say that you can come in at any time you want, bring your wife and kids along, and take as many breaks as you want. Shorts and a T-shirts are now the standard, accepted work attire.What would you do?I know what I would do - absolutely nothing at all! I would take advantage of the situation, and do absolutely no work at all. As days go by, I get lazier and eventually become a total slob.A home business environment is not much different from the scenario above. In the absence of corporate rules, you must develop your own self imposed "home business rules". Set a time for work, for play, and for household activities.

If you just decide to "go with the flow", you often get no where at all.I used to think that money was the most important asset of my home business. Being quite naive, I thought that with more money, I could be successful faster. After all, money is king. With more money, I could buy more "big time" advertising, hire assistants and equip my business with the best software systems.It didn't take me long to realize that time is more important than money. Money simply cannot buy time.

But with more time, I can all make all the money I want. Put in another way, I would say that MORE TIME is more important than just MORE MONEY. But none of us, not you, nor me, can have more than 24 hours a day at our disposal.So, as a home business entrepreneur, we need to ultimately learn how to make the best use of the time that we have. This easy to say, but it will take discipline to see it through. Discipline is not easy to achieve, but it CAN be done.

Just focus on doing a little bit every day, and stick to the timeline you had laid out, and you will get into the productive rhythm that comes with discipline.4) Continuous Self-improvementThe home business arena is highly competitive. As an entrepreneur you will need to keep up with any event that will effect your business, for better or worse.Corporations usually have mandatory training courses for all employees. If you are someone who attended these courses just to get away from doing work, or just to get some extra sleeping time in the class, then you need to change your attitude.As an entrepreneur you must to find ways to enrich yourself with more knowledge. Take that accounting class, attend that local business seminar and read related books. Don't see these as additional expenses, see them as long term investment.

An investment in knowledge, after all, yields the best return.Every type of business is subject to slowdowns. If you do not continuously improve your skills and knowledge, simply throwing in more money or hiring more people when that happens will not solve the problem. The only way to move forward, to get to "the next level" is to acquire new knowledge. New knowledge opens up more opportunities for your business.5) Commitment to Your Goals & Deadlines for Success"I want this on my desk by 2.00pm".Sounds familiar? Most of us seek a home based business because we want to escape the pressures of a 9-5 job. The word "deadline" may send a shiver through your spine.The irony, however, is that deadlines are EXACTLY what you need to succeed in just about anything.

As an entrepreneur, these deadlines always are, and must be, self-imposed. There are many book on how to set and achieve goals (my recommendations at http://www.home-business-association.com/books/) and I suggest you read as many as you can.Having family around you can be used to your advantage. Communicate your goals to your wife or husband. Promise your kids a vacation when you've finished a major task. Soon, you will get little "bosses" running around telling you to stop watching TV and get to your work.

Well, at least they are "adorable" bosses!An excerpt from the book 'Think and Grow Rich' by Napoleon Hill (pg. 15):...a great warrior faced a situation which made it necessary for him to make a decision which insured his success on the battlefield. He... gave the order to burn the ships that carried them. Addressing his men before the first battle he said "You see the boats going up in smoke? That means that we cannot leave these shores alive unless we win! We now have no choice - We win - or we perish".They won.And no matter what YOUR goals are in seeking self-employment and an entrepreneurial life, with commitment to your goals and determination to meet your deadlines, you too will win.

Take the positive aspects of your current of former work environment to build a healthy and productive home business mentality to ensure that you are heading towards success.Here's to your success. Cheers..

Some organizations will also provide additional health and mental health services to residents. While there are many local, state, government and private non-profit organizations taking the initiative, here are some of the major emergency disaster relief programs available:American Red Cross Disaster ServicesAmerican Red Cross Disaster Services focuses on meeting the immediate needs of residents who have been affected by disasters. Red Cross provides shelter, food, and health and mental health services to address basic human needs. Residents affected by Hurricane Charley, Hurricane Frances, Hurricane Ivan and/or Hurricane Jeanne should contact their local American Red Cross for more information on hurricane disaster services. To find your local Red Cross, visit their website: www.redcross.org.Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)Through the Individuals and Households Program (IHP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides money and disaster relief services to people in a federally declared disaster area for losses not covered by insurance and property is damaged or destroyed.

Residents affected by Hurricane Charley, Hurricane Frances, Hurricane Ivan and/or Hurricane Jeanne should contact FEMA through their toll free phone number 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) (Hearing/speech impaired use this alternate toll free phone number 1-800-462-7585.) Visit their website: http://www.fema.org for more information on emergency disaster relief programs.Salvation Army Disaster Response and Recovery ProgramsSalvation Army offers a variety of disaster response and recovery programs including spiritual ministry, family counseling and financial assistance. Additionally, Salvation Army may donate shelter, food and basic human necessities. Residents affected by Hurricane Charley, Hurricane Frances, Hurricane Ivan and/or Hurricane Jeanne should contact their local Salvation Army for more information on disaster recovery programs. To find your local Salvation Army, visit their website: http://www.uss.salvationarmy.org.Long-Term Disaster Relief ProgramsLong-term disaster relief programs are designed to help residents repair and rebuild their lives. These disaster relief programs provide money to help residents repair or replace personal belongings, cars and homes.

Depending on the disaster relief program, residents may or may not have to pay those moneys back. Here are some of the organizations to contact for long-term disaster relief:Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)The Individuals and Households Program (IHP) also assists residents with repairing their homes to make them safe, sanitary and functional. Please be advised that the money provided may not be enough to restore the home to the condition it was before the hurricanes. In some cases, FEMA may even assist a displaced resident with replacing their home. Residents affected by Hurricane Charley, Hurricane Frances, Hurricane Ivan and/or Hurricane Jeanne should contact FEMA through their toll free phone number 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) (Hearing/speech impaired use this alternate toll free phone number 1-800-462-7585.) Visit their website: http://www.fema.org for more information on long-term disaster relief programs.Small Business Administration (SBA)SBA Home and Personal Property Disaster Loans are there to assist residents who are not eligible for FEMA IHP but still need assistance with repairing or replacing their home.

This disaster relief program may loan up to $40,000 to replace personal belongings and $200,000 to repair your home. Renters can also apply for a Personal Property Disaster Loan; however because they don't own their own home, they are only eligible for the $40,000. Residents affected by Hurricane Charley, Hurricane Frances, Hurricane Ivan and/or Hurricane Jeanne that are interested in applying for SBA Home and Personal Property Disaster Loan, visit their website: http://www.sba.gov/disaster_recov/loaninfo/property.html for more information.Take a moment to check your local community to find out what other local, state and government assistance there is available. There may be emergency and long-term disaster relief programs available to help you with hurricane recovery.CreditGUARD of America, a non-profit credit counseling agency, is dedicated to helping residents get through this difficult time by providing full service credit counseling to those affected by Hurricane Charley, Hurricane Frances, Hurricane Ivan and/or Hurricane Jeanne. Please visit our web site at http://www.creditguard.org or call 1-800-867-0406 for a free consultation with a certified credit counselor.

*Jeanne Damage Estimated at up to $8B. Tampa Bay Business Journal. 09-27-04. http://tampabay.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2004/09/27/daily9.html.

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By the time a teacher realizes a child is drowning in the new language instead of swimming like an Olympic athlete, the damage to the child is done.In addition to facing a new home, a new school and the arduous task of making new friends, the child automatically starts this new life without the comfort of hearing his primary language and of knowing he is understood. At home, the parents of these ESL students may speak little or no English and are unable to reinforce the English lessons at home, since the students did not receive instructions in their native languages to help them explain their lessons.The best way to introduce children to a second language is to make the second language a natural part of their growth and development. According to Professor Laura-Ann Petitto, Dartmouth College Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Department of Education, children who are exposed to two languages from early childhood develop as if they have two "monolinguals", or single language centers, in the brain where each language is stored separately. The children do not experience confusion between the two languages, since they are stored separately, and the addition of a second language does not adversely affect the speed of learning either language. Petitto's study indicates early exposure to a second language works well, and the earlier the exposure the better, since the brain will adapt more easily.

Late exposure to a second language in a restricted classroom setting penalizes the student and prevents complete fluency in the language. Instead, ESL programs should consider exposing children to both languages at the same time for the best bilingual fluency results.Fun with Languages?, is the company behind the "Fun with?" series of bilingual videos, interactive workbooks and musical CD's. The "Fun with?" videos and interactive workbooks are designed to help ease the transition and respond to those needs. Owner Lizann Hinds, Rick Hinds and mother-in-law Ynes Cruz developed the bilingual videos and workbooks after realizing that they could not find any educational and entertainment products to fulfill the bilingual need. Many parents, like the Hinds's, desire to raise their children in a bilingual family in order to prepare them for an increasingly bilingual society.

So with his mother-in-law, an elementary school teacher and ESL chairperson at her Florida school, Mr. Hinds created the videos. Written By Melanie C. Duncan for Fun with Languages?.Currently, the videos are available in English/Spanish, English/French, English/Portuguese and English/Italian.???? Contact Rick Hinds at 305-824-1231 or email e-mail protected from spam bots and visit www.funwithlanguages.com ..

In addition, the use of pioneering techniques during construction can save the builder even more. Part of the Association's class focuses on pioneering techniques such as lifting logs without the use of an expensive crane.Each month, a log home built by a student of the Association is selected as the Log Home of the Month and featured in a photographic layout. For more information about log homes, visit the association's web site at or call (360) 794-4469. About The Log Home Builder's Association of North AmericaThe Log Home Builder's Association of North America has been teaching students to build their own log homes from scratch since 1965 and currently has over 45,000 members throughout the world. Contact Information:Media contact: Steve White425-894-0561Students please visit our website, www.loghomebuilders.org or call (360) 794-4469..

Do I want to work from home or at home? Some home-based businesses require you to hit the road, while others let you work without ever leaving home.3. Do I have certain skills that make me stand out from the crowd?Can you bake the most delicious cookies in town? Are you a whiz with your camera? Does every pet you encounter just love you?4. How much can I afford to invest?Do you have all the necessary equipment to operate your business? Can you start operating on a shoestring and then add as your business grows?After you have answered those questions is time to search for more information on your desired business idea, you will find a lot of information online. Some ideas are:? Aromatherapy and Natural Products for Pets? Poop Scoop Business? Dog Bakery Business? Pet Grooming? Pet Sitting Business? Pet PhotographyOf all of them, my personal favorite is the first one because it merges the two largest growing industries together, Wellness and Pets. BINGO, you have a winner! Do your homework, find out which home-based pet business best suits you and start today, you will find it to be a rewarding way of earning a living because not only your customers will thank you, but also their human companions.

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Teacher Jerry Wilson of< http://www.wilstar.com > says the most popular Babylonianresolution was to return borrowed farm equipment. Whiletimes and the details may have changed, today's home-basedentrepreneurs are also concerned with improvingrelationships with colleagues and customers - and makingtheir businesses grow. There are lots of changes we can makein our day-to-day lives that can increase our chances oflooking back on 2001 with fondness - and January is theperfect time to start. Resolution #1: Keep Better Records If you tend to stick your receipts in a shoebox or at thebottom of your handbag, you already know the heartbreak oftrying to make sense of your tax returns. You are probablylosing some legitimate deductions! Get in the habit ofsaving and categorizing every receipt, clearly marking thosethat are 100% deductible.

Devise a workable filing systemand use it! Resolution #2: Watch Your Miles Do you keep track of your auto mileage for business? If not,you will be surprised at how much you can save on your taxesonce you start - the 2001 rate will be 34.5 cents per mile.However, it's imperative that you keep careful and accuraterecords in case of an audit. Note your mileage at the startof each month and keep track of all miles you incur in thecourse of conducting business. Keep an auto expense journalin your glove compartment or buy expense tracking pages foryour ring-bound organizer. Tax expert Jeff Schneppertells his clients to keep a tape recorder in their cars torecord mileage and expenses as they occur, as a supplementto their paper journals. "Accumulated tapes blow the IRSaway in an audit," he says.

You can find some nice shareware for tracking auto expensesat: < http://www.winappslist.com/hobby/automotive_apps.htm > Resolution #3: Get Your Accounts in Order If you've put off getting a business bank account orinstalling that new accounting package, this is the besttime of the year to start. Remember that a separate bankaccount is one of the factors the IRS uses when decidingif your home enterprise is a business and entitled tobusiness-related tax deductions. (Other factors are whetheryou have business cards and stationery, have advertised orcan document that you've been trying to generate business). For more tax advice, visit our friend, Eva Rosenberg (akathe TaxMama) at: < http://www.taxmama.com > Resolution #4: Provide Better Customer Service Vow to answer your email in a timely manner, change yourbusiness voice mail on a daily basis, and treat yourcustomers as you would like to be treated. For moresuggestions on growing your business with good customerservice, go to: < http://www.parentpreneurclub.com/ppc_cserviceart.html > Resolution #5: Update your Business and Marketing Plans You can't get to your destination without a roadmap, andthese are your guides to business success.

For specificsuggestions, go to: < http://parentpreneurclub.com/Archive/aaeditor1001.html > Resolution #6: Make Time for Yourself Home-based entrepreneurs are often running in severaldifferent directions - all at once. They shift gears at thedrop of a child's skinned knee, only to shift right backwhen a client calls. Many who work at home are so busytaking care of their families and businesses that theyoverlook the most important ones of all: Themselves. Vowthis year to give yourself a few hours each week to dosomething just for you - be it exercise, coffee withfriends, a bargain matinee -- or anything else that youenjoy. To paraphrase the late Dr.

Seuss: These things are fun andfun is good...This year is gone, this year was fun and nextyear is another one!.