What one’s favorite color signifies

Most of us have a favorite color. Maybe you’re drawn to sky blue because it makes your eyes stand out or you find forest green particularly comforting. Whatever the case, your preferred hue can reveal a lot about what makes you tick. And the same holds true for the people you date — you’d probably have a different impression of a date if he or she said, “My favorite color is yellow” versus “My favorite color is black.” That’s because color speaks a powerful, silent language. And I can help you understand it. I’m a success coach and best-selling author of Simple Spells for Love and other books, and I’ve studied color theory. So, look up your favorite color below — then, your date’s best-loved shade — and get some colorful insights that will benefit your romantic life. 


Red
What it represents: Ah, the color of passion, anger and high blood pressure. Red is a primal color. It represents primal urges, like lust (“I must have younow!”) and fury (you know the phrase “seeing red,” right?). Yes, red is a commanding color: think of how stop signs get you to halt in your tracks and how you stand back when a red fire engine goes whizzing by. 


Understanding people who love it: They act — sometimes without thinking — on immediate desires. In fact, they’re usually the poster children for immediate gratification. It’s up to you if you go for it... or proceed with caution.
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Orange
What it represents: OK, orange is not exactly the easiest color to wear and it’s not the most common favorite color, but guess what? Orange is as sensual as it gets. Orange is a mellowed red — and it takes primal, lusty urges and mellows them with a softer vibe. Orange is the color of early attractions, emotional responses, and inner magnetism. Oh, and one other thing: orange is also close to gold, the color of success and wealth. 


Understanding people who love it: Someone who likes orange is alive with feelings, the ability to nurture, and can intuit a path to success. If your favorite color is orange, you don’t have an “off” switch when it comes to passion. This is all good stuff, but there’s nothing casual about the connections this kind of person usually forges. 


Yellow
What it represents: Yellow is the color of the sun, vitality, power and ego... but it’s not a great indicator of romance. Watch out for self-centered, “me first” energy when someone prefers yellow to the rest of the rainbow. 


Understanding people who love it: If yellow is your favorite color, temper your use of the word “I” when you’re interested in someone else. You can come across as too ego-centric otherwise. Now, if you’re dating someone whose favorite hue is yellow, make sure to jump in and share stories about yourself, since this person may not give you much room. 


Green
What it represents: Here is the heart of the matter: green is the color of love. (It’s no coincidence that we make our money in the same color...) Green is the color of life and abundance — leaves, grass, plants — it’s all about growing, expanding, and living. So why don’t we give ferns instead of roses on Valentine’s Day? Because green is about expansive, humanistic love and acceptance, not bodice-ripping romance. What’s more, green is a nice-person color, a “do-gooder, be-gooder” kind of color. This person has a warm heart. Passion is probably in there somewhere, buried under their integrity and honor. 


Understanding people who love it: If you love green, you put the greater good before your own good — but try a little selfish behavior once in a while. 


Blue
What it represents: Blue is a color of clarity, communications and charm. And regardless of the shade, this hue says: “I like to be understood.” On the downside, under stress, a “blue” person can send mixed messages, have trouble making up their mind, or just space out during conversations. 


Understanding people who love it: If blue is your favorite color, you never run out of anything to say — expression is your strong suit. And if you’re dating a “blue” person? The same holds true; you should always know where you stand. 


Purple
What it represents: Purple evokes the energy of illusion, imagination and fantasy. Or should we say purrrrple?Purple tends to inspire coyness, romance, flirtation and teasing — it builds anticipation with a dash of playfulness. The downside of purple is unrealistic expectations. Is it easier to live in your fantasy world than the real world? Some purple-lovers prefer it. 


Understanding people who love it: If you love purple, you can be an imaginative romantic or prefer imaginary romance, depending on how you feel. 


White
What it represents: White is light — the combination of all colors. White symbolizes purity (the traditional bridal dress, the christening gown) and spirituality. There’s a simplicity to it, too. 


Understanding people who love it: People who love white are probably clean and orderly. While white isn’t the sexiest color, it is certainly healthy. 


Black
What it represents: Like white, black is a combination of all colors, but instead of purity, it represents the unknown, the unseen — mystery. Black basically holds back information... but there’s no denying that it has strong associations in our culture with “the dark side” and evil. 


Understanding people who love it: If your favorite color is black, you are more hush-hush than high-strung in nature. The silence of this color lets others fill in the blanks. Black says, “I’m not telling you anything.” People who love black can be tough nuts to crack, but quite possibly worth the effort. 


Astro-coach Barrie Dolnick helps people find love and happiness by understanding their stars and their karmic energy. She is the author of twelve books, including Enlighten Up! and KarmaBabe. 






Article courtesy of Happen magazine, www.happenmag.com.

Cool Products and Services You Can Get for Free

by Levi Davis
Friday, November 12, 2010

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From entertainment and financial advice to health care and technology.

The battered economy has taken the stigma out of bargain-hunting. Some might even say that saving a few bucks is in style.

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More from Forbes.com:  • In Pictures: 21 Cool Products And Services You Can Get For Free • 10 Outrageous Credit Card Tactics • 20 Richest Self-Made Billionaires

We're not talking about buying nine cups of coffee and getting the 10th free--we're talking about free entertainment, financial advice, health care, technology and more.

Look hard enough and you can find a bevy of 100% discounts, especially online. "Facebook is a great source of freebies right now, as so many brands try to attract fans and establish themselves," says Julia Scott, who runs the popular blog BargainBabe.com.

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We went freebie fishing and filled the net. Read on for a sampling.

A word of warning, adds Scott: "There are probably more scams out there than there are legit offers, so it is important to be careful." Her advice: When you see a deal that looks too good to be true, always look for customer service e-mail, telephone number and a promised delivery date. Also look for eligibility requirements (by age or residence) or other exclusions; their absence lends a whiff of impropriety.

Among the legitimate goods you can get gratis:

[See 15 Things You Should Not Be Paying For]

Financial Services: Tax Preparation

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Every year the Internal Revenue Service gathers an army of volunteers to dispense free tax advice and preparation services to the elderly, military personnel and their families, and households making below $49,000 a year. (For more, click here.) Another option: E-mail a question to Turbo Tax before the Jan. 31, 2011, and one of its tax experts will call you back with an answer--free. You only get one question, so make it a good one!

Financial Services: Credit Monitoring

The first step to improving your finances is figuring out where you stand. Get free credit reports once a year from AnnualCreditReport.com. For more consistent checkups, keep daily tabs on your status with Credit Karma.

Health Care: Antibiotics

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There is still no cure for the common cold, but for bacterial afflictions, like ear infections, strep throat and severe acne, there are some economically painless remedies. Many pharmacies around the country, including Stop & Shop, Publix and ShopRite, offer free generic antibiotics to anyone with a prescription. Giving away relatively cheap, short-term medicines in hopes of hooking customers on higher-margin items can be good business. Of course, be careful to follow your doctor's directions: Using antibiotics for viral infections, or not taking the whole dose, promotes the development of drug-resistant bacteria.

Culture and Entertainment: College Courses

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If you don't care much about getting formal credit for your efforts, some of the best universities--like M.I.T., Carnegie Mellon, Stanford and UC Berkeley--will let you download lectures for free. Check out Academic Earth for a great collection. You won't walk out with a degree, but you will sound a lot smarter at your next dinner party.

Culture and Entertainment: Travel Lodging

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People around the world are willing to let you stay in their homes for free. CouchSurfing.org connects weary travelers with open couches. Just decide where you want to go, find some hosts, read their profiles and reviews from people who've stayed with them before, and get in touch. The site forbids any formal commercial transactions, but cooking dinner for your host or cleaning the living room is generally polite and appreciated.

Technology: Ringtones

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Myxer offers a wide range of cellphone ringtone downloads--many free--from top artists like Taylor Swift, Lil Wayne and The Temptations. It also has non-music from comedians like Katt Williams, NFL team chants and bird calls. Not happy with prepackaged selections? You can use the software to upload your own songs (and digital wallpaper, for that matter).

Technology: Wi-Fi Access

Keeping up (and killing time) requires more than a good smartphone these days. That's why a growing number of retailers, including Starbucks and Borders, now offer free wireless access over wi-fi networks. For a map of wi-fi hot spots in your neighborhood, check out Wi-Fi-FreeSpot.

Honorable Mention: Discount Sites

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No list of cheap goods would be complete without mentioning Groupon, the group-discount Web site that has grown so fast. Yipit.com collects deals from Groupon and its competitors and makes recommendations based on preferences you set. Miss a deal the first time around? CoupRecoup.com provides a second-chance marketplace. Scoutmob.com offers deals via daily e-mails or texts. Unlike Groupon, Scoutmob offers half-off coupons for free. We're not talking 100% discounts here, but with a little work and some common sense, these sites can save a ton of money on things you would buy anyway.

Health Care: Gym Access

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If you need a week to tone up for that vacation in the Bahamas, check out 24 Hour Fitness' free seven-day membership. (Personal training and fitness classes cost extra.) Warning: Gyms are notoriously relentless when recruiting new members. Expect plenty of annoying follow-up calls. Then again, if you're not working out anywhere, maybe it's time you did.

Culture and Entertainment: Books

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Own a Kindle e-reader? Amazon.com is serving up classic prose with no library late fees. Check out Project Gutenberg for more than 33,000 downloadable titles. Most were published before 1923, for copyright reasons, so there is no Robert Ludlum here. Just a lot of Poe, Shakespeare, Dickens and the like.

Culture and Entertainment: Music

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You can download music for free off the Internet--and you can also get in a lot of trouble for it. As for some legal strategies to getting your tunes gratis, streaming radio stations like Pandora, Grooveshark and Jango let you tailor stations to suit your taste, while MySpace has an impressive collection of full-length albums you can listen to for free.

Culture and Entertainment: Television

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There have been rumblings about Hulu eventually charging for access to its vast library of shows and movies, but the service is still free and likely will remain that way for non-premium content. Crackle provides a large selection of Sony movies you can watch for free. A third option, reminds Julia Scott of BargainBabe.com: "People forget that the networks allow you to watch many shows on their sites."

12 Steps To Home Business Success

I am going to be my own boss. I will be the one to call the shots. I will work at my own pace and time. I will have free time in my hands. I will spend quality time with my loved ones. I will succeed. I will enjoy my life.

So, you have decided to venture into a home business — where you work for yourself and greatly reap the fruits of your labor. However, there are some bad news and good news that you should be aware of.

BAD NEWS: Studies show that 80-90% of home businesses fail.

GOOD NEWS: Your business can be among the 10-20% that actually succeed!

How? By following the “12 Steps To Home Business Success.” And you can do that with PEP!

*P – PREPARING/PLANNING EXTENSIVELY

When you do decide to venture into a home business, the very next thing to do is prepare for it. Prepare a business plan. This will be the very foundation of your business. You can do this by following these steps:

1) Start with the basics.

What type of business would you like to get into? Would you be selling products, would you be offering services, or would you like to try both? In any case, you must decide on which particular product and/or service you would want to focus.

Have difficulty deciding? Here’s a simple but sure-fire tip: Focus on what you know and enjoy.

If you have a talent in writing and editing, you can venture into an editorial services business. Are you into graphic arts? Can you design/layout brochures, business cards, newsletters, etc. using your computer? Then you can get into desktop publishing.

Do you know how Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, reached the pinnacle of success? He decided to venture into the one thing that he loved — computers.

So, whatever type of business and whatever product or service you decide to start with, always make sure that you are familiar with it and that you have passion for it. The first will save you time, the second will keep you motivated.

When you are already decided about the type of venture you want, think of a name for your business. Make sure that it is unique, easy to remember, and professional. Of course, also make sure that it is significantly related to your business.

2) Gather your resources.

You cannot put up a business without a capital. This includes the monetary or financial capital, material capital (supplies, gadgets, etc.), and manpower. Do you think you are prepared to invest all this into your business?

3) Draw out your goals and set your mind into them.

Set general goals and specific ones. Formulate short-term goals and long-term ones. What do you aspire to achieve in one month, three months, six months, one year?

Visualize your goals. Have a vivid image of each goal in your mind. How do you see yourself a year or two from now?

Have a list of your goals on hand. Read your list regularly. Did you know that by merely doing so, you actually increase your home business success rate by 100%?

*E – ESTABLISHING YOUR BUSINESS.

This stage refers to the actual nitty-gritty of setting up your home business. This time, you are done with conceptualization and you are ready to get into action. You are now implementing the plan that you have prepared. Here are several steps that will help you establish your home business and achieve home business success:

4) Work on the legal requirements of your home business.

For your venture to be a legal business entity, you need to work on certain formalities. These include registering your business name, applying for a business permit/license, setting up a taxation system, and other paperwork. In this step, you also formulate a compensation plan for your employees.

5) Devise a marketing plan.

How do you create exposure for your products and/or services? Formulate a creative, innovative marketing plan. Consider the following factors/concerns:

Your target market. Clearly define your target market. This will help you decide which advertising and promotion strategies would be more appropriate to draw in your prospective clients/customers.

Your products/services. Of course, your advertising and promotion techniques will greatly depend on the type of products/services that you sell/offer. Make sure your strategies will “sell” your products/services. If you are offering graphic designing services and you give out poorly-made flyers, you will surely attract no clients at all.

Your resources. You cannot aspire for grand and complicated advertisements if you are limited by financial constraints. You can, however, maximize whatever resources are available to you to effectively promote your product. Take advantage of the Internet. By using e-mail, blogging, forums, etc., you can spread the word about your business in a flash!

Your uniqueness. “Same-old, same-old” will give you no gold. You can still utilize the most common advertising/promotion strategies, but give them a twist. Think of the most creative ways to catch — and hold! — your customers’ attention. Make offers they can’t resist.

6) Formulate a Daily Method of Operation (DMO).

Make sure that your Daily Method of Operation is practicable, realistic, and goal-oriented. Set specific things to be done during specific hours. Set your priorities for each day. Make sure that such tasks can really be done and that they are done for the purpose of reaching your goals.

7) Manage your time effectively.

Although you practically have time in your own hands and you are your own boss, it does not mean that you can sit back and relax all you want. In fact, you must be more cautious about spending your time because your home business success depends on you — the time and efforts that you commit to your venture.

*P – POWERING UP.

Your home business is already established based on your plan. Can you now just relax and watch the cash flowing in? Of course not! Maintaining a successful home business entails exactly that — “maintenance.” You need to continue working for your home business success. Here are some steps to power up your home business:

 Aim for your personal development.

How do you develop your personality and how can this help you achieve home business success? Consider the following ways:

Be educated. Continue learning about your business, as well as about yourself. Participate in meaningful seminars and workshops. Read a lot, especially the stories of successful people. See what you can learn from any situation that you get into. Make each day a learning experience.

Be motivated. Read inspirational stories. Listen to motivational news.

Be sociable. Of course, you need to interact with other people; otherwise, you cannot do business with them. But besides that and more so, you need to socialize with other people and learn from them. Exchange tips with them. Learn from their mistakes and be inspired by their triumphs.

Be an inspiration. Aim for your personal growth and inspire others. If you want to see positive changes in your home business or your financial life, you should first strive to achieve inner growth. Grow from within and develop the without as well.

9) Develop the desirable or must-have traits for home business success.

In connection with step number 8, here are other traits that you should develop for you to achieve success in your home business:

The 3 P’s – Patience, Persistence/Perseverance, Passion

The 3 D’s – Desire, Discipline, Determination

The 3 C’s – Courage, Confidence, Consistency

10) Take care of your health.

This looks too simple, but it is very important in any business endeavor and many people tend to take it for granted. How can you work on your business and attain success if your physical being is poor? Eat a balanced diet. Exercise regularly. Monitor your stress level. Stay physically fit and enjoy your home business feat!

11) Have a balanced life.

Your home business success will not be as meaningful if you do not have success in your personal life. Do not surrender all of yourself to your business. Even Bill Gates takes a week of rest and solitude every month. Have that needed rest. Spend quality time with your loved ones. You will see that as you rejuvenate yourself, you will be more productive and even more prepared to face the various challenges that your home business may pose. Take time to enjoy life, for that, indeed, is the very purpose of your financial success!

12) Have the right mindset.

Do your best and believe that you can and will succeed. Never give up. If Thomas Alva Edison quit when he failed after thousands of trials, we wouldn’t be enjoying the benefits of the electric light bulb today. As the great inventor aptly put it: “Many of life’s failures are done by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

Yes, you can venture into a home business and enjoy your life. Just follow the “12 Steps To Home Business Success”!

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Best Internet Marketing For Best Home Business Opportunity

Internet marketers and those new to Internet marketing are looking for the best Internet marketing programs for the best home business opportunity on the web. The two are inseparable.

That nagging thought of knowing that thousands of people are turning to the Internet and learning how to make money online doesn’t go away. What is it that makes them different than you? Maybe you just haven’t found that perfect home business opportunity.

The truth is, that many of these people who are making 6 figure incomes could make a good living with a number of different systems or businesses because they have learned some very important information, mostly through trial and error, failure after failure. These people pick themselves back up, dust themselves off and get back in the game. They are entrepreneurs and they do not quit – ever. You can do it too by following these people, and without making costly mistakes.

Below is a list that I believe are requirements for the best home business opportunity using the best Internet marketing practices.

It Must Have Integrity

You do not need to spend much time on most Internet marketing sites to learn that it is not something you would be proud of or acquire a deep passion to share with others. Think of it this way, when someone asks you what you do for a living, are you ready and willing to tell them what you are involved with, what you do? I have seen all too many so called “best home business opportunity” company’s that I would not associate myself with. Find a business you can be proud of.

Time Investment

Do you believe that your time is valuable? My time is precious to me! If you would like more time for yourself and your family then you must look for the best business opportunity that will help you use your time wisely. Just writing this article is all about investing my time wisely because I know I can help readers who want more for their lives than the dead end jobs or businesses they are now in.

ROI – Return On Investment

A wise person will spend their time on things that offer the most money for the time spent. If you are not spending the time on your business opportunity doing things that are profitable, you are wasting your time – a big difference. If you are spending time you are purposely setting goals to make money for your business. You are wasting your time if you are never moving in a direction to make a change to your present situation.

Product or Service

You want to find a company or business with the best home business product or service opportunity. Let me ask you this question… Do you really want to sell health products or some health drink? Do you want to sell mobile phones or fat reducing diet pills? Really? When it comes to a product or service, you want to be in business promoting the very thing that Internet marketing is all about. You are reading this because you want the best Internet marketing system, the best home business opportunity available for you and others. Bottom line, you want to make money, so find a business that promotes the education and creation of money. You see, people who are selling health products do not really want to sell health products, oh they will tell you they do, but they want the money it produces. So, why not pursue a business where the very purpose of it’s existence is teaching others how to make money?

Step by Step Mentoring

I have found that more legitimate company’s are realizing that whether things can be automated or not, the company’s that understand the value of mentoring over time, with time tested material and step by step processes are the ones that are making the biggest impact on growing and lasting wealth. When looking for a website that offers a best business opportunity, are they promising complete automation without anyones help – run! (that would be the back button on your browser). The best home business opportunity is one where 6 figure earners are ready and willing to help you become a master marketer.

MLM vs GPT

Many MLM (multi-level marketing) systems will never bring the amount of money that will give the lifestyle that people want for themselves and their families unless you where there at its inception. Using affiliate based MLM systems may be good for bringing in enough money to support advertising costs. However, it is a new concept called GPT (Get Paid Today) that makes more sense, and in fact is more in line with traditional business practices. You want a business that pays you now for your work.

Residual Income

Residual income probably goes back in history a ways, but the Internet has made residual income a reality for many. Our home builder websites for example are one of our income streams, or residual income streams. If your looking for the best home business opportunity, find a company that offers residual income, and the more income steams you can create and manage, the more money you can make, and later invest into wealth building assets.

Important things you must do now to succeed

Building Assets

The wealthy put their money into assets, which in turn make more money for them. Your house is not an asset. Most people think it is, but the maintenance and taxes alone make it a liability. That’s a topic that people write books on. Read “Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki. The best home business opportunity is one that has a focus on wealth education, educating you on wise investment opportunities

Reading

If you are not reading books and articles on Best Internet Marketing practices, how to become successful and others, than you will struggle in any business. With each of my employees I required them to take my home design books home and read them cover to cover so they could become good designers. Years ago when I was a tool-maker, I read a number of books on parts and products to best tool and die practices. This knowledge helped me create a system to reduce a die change from 8 hours, down to 37 minutes. Reading is very important to the understanding required to become creative, and then to practical use. Start reading today.

Dreaming (A Plan)

Without a dream you will go nowhere – fast. Behind every wealthy person was a dream realized. Every entrepreneur needs to start with a dream… a plan. Sit down and write your dream down. Fine tune it over time with every detail you can imagine. Do not worry about how you will make it happen right now, just make sure you know exactly what it is that you want.

For Example, we have drawn thousands of house plans for people wanting the dream of home ownership. How did it happen? We drew a house plan with every detail that made up everything that was required to meet the home owners dream. Without a plan, not a single person could do anything to help make that dream come true.

Most people do not have a dream, no plans. They have a desire to have money and to live free from their bills and credit card dept, but without a focused detailed dream you will lack the desire and the passion to create the means by which you will realize your dream. Once you know exactly what you want, you will begin to find and create ways to see your dreams become a reality. Read “Put Your Dream to the Test” by John Maxwell. This will help you get started.

Never Give Up

The winners are people that never give up. 97% of the people searching for the best home business opportunity will give up. Some only months before they would have seen the fruits of their labor. Frustration is a normal part of anything new that we learn. Internet marketing is a business. There are many things you need to learn. If you keep learning and applying what you learn, and never give up, you will own a profitable home business. Never give up!

Well, you are probably wondering if such a business exists, it sounds to good to be true. I’m no different than you. When I read an article that explained some of the items I covered in the list above, only in much more detail, I had to know more.

No matter what you do in your search for the best home business opportunity you will also need the best Internet marketing system. You owe it to yourself and your family to find something soon, because today’s economy and taxes will crush many of those people who do nothing about their future.

I am planning my future with an Internet marketing business that offers everything I mentioned above; CarbonCopyPRO delivers. http://besthomebusinessopportunity.us

Steve Nyhof has been a world traveler, entrepreneur and an active business owner for many years. With an architectural back-ground, Steve has designed thousands of house plans and built million dollar homes. Steve is currently enjoying the opportunities and rewards of Internet marketing and copy-writing.

Contact Steve anytime for more information at 1-800-834-6198 | Ext 34
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