When things in your lives seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee.A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with an unanimous "yes."The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed."Now," said the professor as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things--your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions--and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car.The sand is everything else--the small stuff. "If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you."Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first--the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked.It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend."
I was amazed this morning when I woke up to see Facebook?acquires?Instagram for one billion dollars?that's?right one billion dollars, for an app that has no source of revenue but a huge database full of great?professional?&?amateur?photographers. Just recently I have been using instagram on my android phone. I was even more amazed by the fact that Gary Vaynerchuk yes the wine guy & the guy who will eventually own the New York Jets. He predicted this?acquisition?to the T if you dont belive me what the youtube video below.
I give mad props to Gary & it looks like he will be talking to?Piers Morgan on cnn tonight about the facebook instagram?acquisition.I highly recommend you follow Gary hes a great guy & true mentor to me?http://garyvaynerchuk.comhttp://facebook.com/garyTweets by garyvee
After reading the title the first question that may come to your mind is: what exactly is social bookmarking?Social bookmarking refers to the process of saving bookmarks to a web site or web page and tagging them to social bookmarking sites. These sites are popular and convenient ways to store your favourite sites. You can also share your link with friends and send them to search engines. Other users can also easily find your web site via tags on these social bookmarking sites.These sites are usually free - you can submit your site and can share your links to the others for free. Normally in these social bookmarking sites you can save your link publicly but you have the option of saving these links privately.You have to be aware that some sites are NoFollow while others are DoFollow. Of course, it's better if you submit your site to the DoFollow social bookmarking sites. So that your bookmark may be crawled quickly by the major search engine. Submitting to NoFollow social bookmarking sites means not that they don't have any value. However, the NoFollow sites might increase your your site's Yahoo backlink score.Be CreativeThere are millions of web pages on the net and visitors will only click your bookmark if it is interesting to them. So make your bookmarking title more interesting - be creative, so that the user are attracted to your bookmarking title.Social bookmarking allows you to share your link in a professionally way to the other users. Normally, Social bookmarking is the a place where thousands of user can create their personal account to add their bookmarks. It is ideal if the social bookmarking site allows you to insert keywords so that other users can easily find links related to their specified bookmarks.Laying down rootsSocial bookmarking lays down the roots for establishing and promoting the value of your website, article post or video. Users are also able to vote for a bookmark. So the more votes you get for your bookmark, the more valuable it becomes. Thus, Social bookmarking gives a resource credibility. Most of the social bookmarking networks will also highlight those profiles with the highest votes.sOnce you register with a social bookmarking site you become a part of that community. You and all other members are there for the same thing for which you signed up. It is essential to develop a close relationship and communicate with the other users.Fiverr.com is one of the places where you can buy social bookmarking service for only $5. So go over to the site and open a free account. Then buy my Gig?100 manual social bookmarking for $5.
Joining a make money affiliate marketing program can prove to be beneficial if you want to earn money using the Internet. The popularity of affiliate marketing has risen with the steady increase in online marketing. Sometimes, websites are created for the purpose of affiliate marketing only. However, you can very well create a blog and use it for the same. Make your blog a lucrative medium for earning dollars through affiliate marketing by extending it beyond a space for publishing personal posts.
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The industry of mobile commerce & smartphone apps ?is finding more and more ways to provide instantaneous service to its followers. Consumers have the ability to purchase anything online upon demand. Producers have had the ability to connect with consumers instantly through developments like QR codes and opt in location-based coupon offers. However, the most recent and exciting advancement is the ability to make money via your smartphone or tablet.
Although the concept is far from mainstream, the ability of the average person to make and save money specifically because of a mobile device is quickly trending into an entirely new economy. People are no longer chained to a desk or a specific geographic location. People can legitimately say that they are doing work while they are on the beach or the golf course.There are many applications that have created these new and exciting opportunities for the average person. This article will go over a few of them.?
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This money-saving application will give you the ability to instantly reorganize your personal budget. It is able to combine all of your bank accounts into an easily organized singlescreen personal budgeting tool.The application allows you to automatically pay bills every month and combine accounts in complex ways. Many people actually navigate their investments from this application as well.Groupon Mobile Coupons
The number one name in online coupons has now expanded their repertoire to include mobile devices as well. The reason that the brand became so popular was because they were able to get coupons in the hands of people who wanted them more quickly than any other application. This trend continues with the mobile application.The mobile application actually outshines the desktop application in some ways. Because it is mobile, it adds location-based services that are quite convenient to the average shopper. For instance, you can opt in to be notified of special offers from a business when you step into a certain radius around that business. You can also combine the application with a mobile version of Twitter. This can bring your personal and business worlds together in a money-saving conglomerate of contacts.GasBuddy
This application has steadily increased in popularity over the past five years, and with good reason. As gas prices go up, GasBuddy tells you exactly how to keep your money in your wallet.This application uses location-based services and an internal GPS to find the cheapest gas in your radius. No matter where you are, you can always save a few pennies at the pump.Free App Finder
If you have ever wanted an application but did not want to pay for it, then you need to download Free App Finder. As the application that informs you when other downloadable apps become free, Free App Finder does exactly what it says it does.CommercialAffiliate
This application will actually give you money for watching commercials on your smart phone. Although each commercial does not net you a great deal of money, in the aggregate the pennies can really add up.If you do not have a lot of free time on your hands, you can also set the application to run automatically. This means that you're generating income whether or not you are looking at your phone.The one downside to downloading all of these applications is the cost of using them from your carrier. If you are to take full advantage of the new economy that is slowly surfacing within the mobile environment, you must consider how you will keep your costs down.SIM only phone plans are the way to keep your phone costs down. SIM only phone plans are the closest thing to pay-as-you-go on the market today, which can save you as much as 50% on your phone bill each month.This is a guest article by Ruben Corbo, a freelance writer for technology, travel, and music production topics. When he?s not writing or making music, he?s enjoying a good post-apocalyptic novel or playing RTS Strategy online game. Ruben?s writing resume includes websites like SIM Only where you can get the best SIM only deals as well as other websites that help you save on your tech purchases.
When things in your lives seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee.A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with an unanimous "yes."The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed."Now," said the professor as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things--your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions--and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car.The sand is everything else--the small stuff. "If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you."Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first--the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked.It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend."
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