Crisis and Management

It comes as no shock that with the growing propaganda about diet pills, fat burners and weight loss formulations, many folks are too confused to zero in on any form of treatment for getting rid of excess fat.

And more often than not, it is the extremely obese who tend to panic in such circumstances. Such individuals may wish to consider bariatric surgery as an alternative that has been proven to be effective.

Bariatric surgery is not for everyone, and it’s crucial to go through a number of clinical procedures to determine if you’re a right candidate for weight loss surgery.

However, the primary objective of bariatric surgery is improved health, according to Dr Jon Goud, an MD of the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

“Rather than reporting surgical results in terms of percentage of excess weight lost, the bariatric surgical community should emphasize the changes in health and quality of life that follow these operations,” Dr Gould wrote in a critique.

by Christine Kane

“Anything worth doing is worth doing badly.”
~ Julia Cameron

How much stuff do you think about doing?

How many things would you love to try but stop yourself because you don’t know how to begin?

Do you avoid projects because of the pressure to do them well?

If so, feel free to join me and some of my most successful friends in our exclusive club of very special and talented people:

We call ourselves the Imperfectionists!

What’s an Imperfectionist?

• An Imperfectionist is often a recovering perfectionist.

• An Imperfectionist knows that getting something done is better than sitting back and waiting to do it perfectly.

• An Imperfectionist knows that being a Perfectionist is simply an excuse NOT to take action.

• An Imperfectionist congratulates herself for taking small steps.

• An Imperfectionist buys herself flowers when she accomplishes something - even if it’s not quite up to her ego’s high standards.

• An Imperfectionist knows that getting a scary thing done IS the reward. Not the kudos or adoration.

You Might Need to Become an Imperfectionist if…

• You tell yourself you need to get “just a little more information” before you’ll try something.

• You have a case of the “Used-to-Be’s.” (”I used to be so good at this!” Or “I used to be so thin!” Or, “I used to write everyday and now look…”)

• Your mantra to the world is: “I’m just so overwhelmed! There’s too much to do! It’s so hard to be me!”

• You call friends and co-workers to get sympathy for how hard it is to accomplish your goals and dreams. They often agree, citing how special you are because you have been given so much talent – and how it must be quite a burden.

• You spend more than one hour per day on Facebook, watching television, or not fully engaging in other addictive activities.

• At the end of every year, you wonder why you never seem to move any further towards your dreams.

• You are waiting for your POTENTIAL to finally kick in.

Why Becoming an Imperfectionist Makes You Successful and Happy

Being an Imperfectionist is an Intention.

When you become an Imperfectionist, you finally recognize your ego voice exactly for what it is: Your own personal Success Prevention Expert.

When you become an Imperfectionist, you finally realize how many Success Prevention Experts exist in the world.

When you become an Imperfectionist, you lower the bar – or better yet, remove it altogether. You can then create in the moment without any grade or standard. Ironically, this allows for such freedom and joy that you might end up doing a great job. (Or at least having a great time!)

When you become an Imperfectionist, you place your creative attention on the project or activity itself. You don’t waste it on obsessing about the outcome. (This paradoxically leads to a higher chance of greatness, and a definite outcome of happiness!)

When you become an Imperfectionist, you get things done imperfectly. You then learn that you can tweak and fix and try again. This process makes you Unstoppable.

When you become an Imperfectionist, you finally understand that there are no mistakes. Just judgments.

Becoming an Imperfectionist doesn’t mean you don’t become a master of your craft or your passion - but that’s not the starting goal.

How to Become an Imperfectionist

1 - Imperfectly pick one thing you keep telling yourself you want to do.

2 - If you read #1 and think, “I can’t possibly pick just one! There’s too many!” then do not proceed until you have picked just one.

3 - Get a timer, and set it to 55 minutes.

4 - Walk away from your computer right now and spend 55 minutes doing that very activity.

5 - Repeat #4 again tomorrow.

6 - Repeat #4 again every day after that until the item is complete.

7 - Celebrate the item’s completion with chocolate, flowers, or a manicure.

8 - Go back to #1 and start over.

An Imperfect List of Things You Can Do Imperfectly

• Imperfect Writing

• Imperfect Meditation

• Imperfect Yoga

• Imperfect Romance

• Imperfect Hiking

• Imperfect Vacations

• Imperfect Scrapbooking

• Imperfect Cooking

• Imperfect Dinner Parties

• Imperfect Bowling

Add your own items to this list as needed. Find a way to let yourself experience them without judgment. And listen to this recovering perfectionist when she tells you that your success is guaranteed when you live by this principle!

Disclaimer: The preceding article should be ignored by the following people:

Brain surgeons.
Commercial airline pilots.
Skydivers.

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Performer, songwriter, and creativity consultant Christine Kane publishes her ‘LiveCreative’ weekly ezine with more than 11,000 subscribers. If you want to be the artist of your life and create authentic and lasting success, you can sign up for a FREE subscription to LiveCreative at http://www.christinekane.com/.

Are you an RV person? If you are, chances are that you know the ups and downs of RV life. The RV takes away the monotony of a routine life, while also offering the comforts of home and taking away the pains of looking for accommodation while you’re on serious roaming. To top it, even with rising gas prices, an RV can still be less expensive and more exciting and comfortable than staying in resorts or motels.

On the flip side, with an RV, you will be motivated to drive during nights, as well as remote areas. In fact, so remote that you may have to drive miles before you see another human being. When this could also be considered ‘adventure’, the anti-climax comes in should your RV breakdown. Would you have the necessary equipment and knowhow for any kind of RV repair?

Gear that could go wrong at the most unexpected of times include the roof A/c, fuel system, refrigerator, transmission and a number of electrical systems. Apart from the fact that you’d probably have taken enough care to do extensive preventive maintenance, things can still go wrong in the middle of the night, in the middle of nowhere.

This is when you need a dependable road service plan, which is something you do before you start off on your journey. An established service, such as Good sam Emergency Road Service, is better than most auto club road services since they reach you in the shortest possible time and the prices are much less compared to any other service.

The first idea that gets generated at the thought of promoting a business is of course advertising. But the concept of advertising goes beyond print, Web and the television, since its mainly targeted at product recall. One idea that has proved itself for decades is advertising through promotional products.

A promotional product is simply more like a novelty that is given away as a compliment — either to potential and existing clients, staff, business associates or plain publicity. When it comes to clients, the goal is of course to ensure brand visibility, but promotional products can also gain goodwill of the employees. They can used as incentives to motivate a sales team or as a way of showing gratitiude to service companies.

The scope of products that can given away as promotions can be endless. Matter of fact, they need not be expensive gifts. For instance, key chains, mouse pads, tote bags, pens and even water bottles can serve the purpose of promoting a brand name. In any case, its important that the product carries the company, and, better yet, a small message with it. A little research on the Web will yield some established companies who can offer you typical promotional products in bulk, at extremely competitive rates.

When it comes to home decor, I believe the blinds should be the last one to choose. And that’s because the choices in material, finish and applications are nearly endless, and you’ll be able to choose the right blind to blend in with the rest of your home.

And yes, blinds to liven up a room — while also literally opening up the world! However, to get the best out of blinds, you’ll need to consider two factors — your room decor and the purpose of the blind. While matching the blind to your room is a personal preference, whether your blind meets your needs is quite an objective matter.

You’d probably want to consider light and shade, privacy as well as the ‘maintanability’ factor. With each type, there are many variations in design, color, perspective, material and more. Would you like to roll them up and slide them sideways? Bamboo blinds impart a cool effect, while the brightly colored light plastic ones can cheer up any setting.

While the choice is yours, the good news is that you don’t have to worry about being ’stuck’ with one type of blinds forever, since lately almost all designs are easily replaceable any time you feel like it with any other design or type.

Back in the days when ‘Archie’ was the most popular search engine, ‘getting your site ranked’ was not a well-understood phrase. In fact, the whole concept of search engine optimizing (SEOing) your website was just in its infancy. However, today, if your site is not ‘found’ by a major search engine, you might as be the proverbial needle in the haystack.

One concept was raking your site that has emerged (and is still evolving) powerfully is submission to web directories. Well, go ahead and do optimize your site for search engines, but you still need an seo tool to give you the extra edge. That’s where listing in a number of web directories can help be ‘found’.

It works really simple, and in two ways. To get ‘weighted’ by a search engine, you need ‘votes’ or back links. The web directories give you a back link for free. In other words, you submit your site to a thousand directories, you a thousand back links. Secondly, your site will be systematically listed, as in a directory, so chances of surfers finding a site in your niche become multi-fold.

To make things easier for you, you also get free SEO tools to automate your submissions to directories. All you need to do is type out just once the name and the URL of your site, plus a small description, and the auto submitter does the rest for you. It’s time to find out and be found!

I do believe that one’s body constitution has something that decides how much sleep is adequate for one, since I often see folks with barely four hours of sleep a day, bouncing with energy and enthusiasm. Then again, if you’re suffering from lack of sleep, that’s a whole new ball game.

While sleep is required to regenerate some parts of the body, certain levels of sleep are also needed to keep your brain in top condition — alert and be able to concentrate. Those who suffer sleep deprivation, may resort to sleep aids to produce the required amount of sleep.

Sleeping aids such as pills can help you sleep better especially when you’re going through a period of stress or even suffering from jet-lag. Used appropriately, sleep aids can be safe and beneficial. There is a myth about sleep aids could be addictive. While it depends partly on person using them — and the way they use them — not all sleep aids are addictive. Doing a little research on the Internet can help you find the right sleep aid.

It IS, however, important to understand that sleeping pills are not for grabbing a quick nap and that any intake more than the recommended dosage can be quite harmful.

Acne is one topic that has gained such a vast following, that if you ask a hundred people what’s the best acne treatment, you get a hundred different answers. Could even be more!

So, obviously, asking around is not the solution to find out what’s right for you… or is it? I mean, not jumping to conclusions right away, but getting the feedback and comparing your status with those to who apparently a certain treatment worked.

That’s exactly what Jane, my ex co-worker did. Well, not asking around everyone you meet on the street, but getting yourself educated. The keyword here is reviews. There are a decent number of sites out there that do give you unbiased views based on consumer ratings and experts’ analysis. And guess what, Jane did track down what was possibly the best acne treatment for her!

Lately, when you say ‘networking’, most likely, you’re also saying ‘KVM switches’ in the same breath. A KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) simple lets to hook up multiple PCs with a single desktop setup, which constitutes the KVM switch.

A KVM switch can be also used in a situation where you wish to connect different types of computers to retrieve various data from each other. You also have ‘reverse KVM’, where some KVM switch models let you link one computer to multiple KVM control stations. KVM switch box systems can also be used for an array of remote networking situations where USB KVM switch technology lets users plug in from remote locations.

However, you need to remember that the KVM switch must be in tandem with the highest video resolution of all the machines you plan to use, and that some KVM switches might degrade images at high performance. So it’s always a good idea to check out your requirements and shop for the ideal KVM switch for you.

You’re well settled in a job, but you still have a nagging thought that you probably could better with some additional qualification and skills. Sounds familiar? If so, an online degree is your best bet — but is it really worth betting on?

So once you zero in what course(s) you’d want to take, what you should be looking for is schools that offer accredited online degrees. There are two types of accreditation — regional and industry specific professional accreditation.

Regional accreditation gets its importance from the fact that accrediting agencies oversee the schools to make sure they meet the educational standards, which will go much in your favor since you’ll then know you’re getting an online degree you people trust for its educational standards. Professional accreditation, on the other hand, makes sure your chosen program meets the standards set by top professional organizations.