The Last Piece of Chocolate Ever - Business Tips for the Silver Set
INTRODUCTIONRight now I am playing a game that I have played ever since I was a kid. (I just took another drink of milk). When I got a box of chocolates as a gift, I would grab a whole container of milk and run into my room with the box. I would then try to make the milk last for the entire box, trying hard not to run out of milk before the last piece of chocolate, or run out of chocolate before the last bit of milk. To this day I wonder if I had more fun playing the balancing game than I did actually eating the chocolate.
I do know one thing. Sometimes the game distracted me from the delicious taste of the chocolate and I do regret that.What does any of this have to do with being in business or becoming an entrepreneur? Plenty, so bear with me a few paragraphs more.THE TRUTH HURTS, A LOTI have reached that age where I am now sure of a few things. One. Time moves only forward. The number of grey hairs on my head far exceeds the black ones.
Outside of a dye job I don't see that ratio ever going back the other way.Two. The hands of time spin ever forward and the direction they point to is eminently clear. This journey is of a finite length, and I am now of the age where I can start estimating that length. I am reminded of this every time I wince at the realization, that I am squarely in the age bracket those health insurance commercials for the silver set are targeting.Three. Although I have many good years left, I am absolutely out of time when it comes to wasting any of them.
Even one single day. Every day is precious and I need to treat each and every one of them that way.BACK TO BUSINESSOne of the dangers of the later years can be an extreme sense of isolation. Loneliness. A sense of being disconnected from the world and those around you. This can be especially devastating for women.
Women by nature are more social than men, especially mothers and most of all grandmothers.Take a caring human being that has been actively involved raising one or more generations of human beings. Then place them in a solitary environment, with their only comfort being perhaps the television, or the occasional guilt motivated call from a relative. This is a recipe for sadness, despair, and a loss of self worth. But I would never paint such a bleak picture for you if I didn't believe that there is a cure. THE CURE FOR CHOCOLATE DEPRIVATIONThe best solution for isolation is to start your own business.All of us, especially women, need to feel that they are performing a useful service for somebody.
For society. To be part of a group and to be needed. You can of course perform charity work or other similar work for free (if you can afford to do so). But will you feel really needed?Let me put it this way. Have you ever told a friend about a great business idea you had? I bet in many cases, they were very supportive and were very excited for you.
Now, did you ever ask them for money to invest in your business idea? I will also bet that in most cases their enthusiasm vanished and was replaced with negativity, or perhaps a series of excuses for why they can't give you any money right now. Outside of love from your family, the only way you know if someone really needs your services is if they pay you for them. The best compliments I have ever received from anyone were from paying clients, not from friends.STILL GOT MILKWhat happened to the chocolate?The good news is that after the last bite of chocolate, there was still a nice helping of milk left in the glass. Perfect! Even though I was typing this article I made a point to relish every chunk of chocately goodness as I washed it away with milk. The question is what will you do with the last piece of chocolate in your box? Will you begrudgingly finish it, holding back tears of regret and resentment for the life that you could have had, or for the gratitude not received from the family you did have? Or will you create a new family and a new self-image based on a sense of empowerment? Power that comes from creating a new family of people that you help, and who in return, pay you for the valuable services that you render.CONCLUSIONI don't know you so I don't know how many years you have left in your box of chocolates.
But I can make you this promise. Try your hardest to enjoy each and every day to the fullest. Create for yourself at least one more terrific year, filled with a sense of belonging to the world and rich with the memories of people and events. If you can do this, it will wash away all the sadness and life again will make sense. Perhaps in a way that it hasn't for a long time.
This article has now come to an end and like the chocolate I just ate, I hope it was as much fun for you as it was for me.Good luck.Copyright 2004 Android Technologies, Inc..
Ted Riley is an entrepreneur and educator interested in teaching others on the benefits and rewards of having your own home business. He writes frequently for the web site "A Grandmother's Business", a web site dedicated to the needs and equirements of the mature woman entrepreneur and job-seeker. To see more articles like this visit: http://www.grandmabiz.com/COULD A SLIM, HEALTHIER YOU, BE JUST A TICK AWAY ? ? ?
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read on .........As your holiday approaches do you hear yourself saying "I really must lose some weight before I go on holiday", or during your holiday as you over indulge (and why not? After all, you are on holiday) do you hear yourself saying once again "I really must go on a diet after my holiday".Yes, we have all been there! We mean to diet before holidays, after holidays, before Christmas, after Christmas, and so on ... and isn't it funny how we are so full of good intentions at the time when we are so full after finishing off that box of chocolates we couldn't resist opening. It's always the same old story, we only mean to eat just one chocolate, our favourite, and then, as if by magic, the whole box is suddenly empty. And that is when we are filled with (not just chocolates) but the desire to embark on yet another slimming diet. Usually, of course, the resolution to slim disappears even faster than the chocolates...
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Tickle Your Senses With Yankee Candles!
How many of us remember as kids creating our own candles from our broken crayons?
We'd have mom or dad help us melt down the crayons on the stove, throwing in every color of the rainbow.
Then we'd carefully pour the melted wax into old cardboard milk cartons.
But, how many of us were able to turn the fun of creating candles at home into a profitable money-making business?
Well, Mike Kittredge, founder of Yankee Candles did just that!
In 1969, when he was 16 years old, Mike melted down his old crayons to make his mom a candle for Christmas.
His neighbor liked it so well, that she bought it from him.
He then had enough money to buy wax to make both a candle for his mom and one to sell.
This was the beginning of a bright future for Yankee Candles.Today, Yankee Candles are the #1 selling brand in the United States.
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Elements Home Spa Announces Romantic Valentine's Day Gift Basket
HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO (ContentDesk) January 27, 2006 -- Elements Home Spa, Inc. is offering a promotional Valentines Day gift basket, which features luxurious skin products, rich chocolates and romantic soy candles. Valentines Day is a very special day to show someone how much you love them.
We have carefully selected products that can be enjoyed by a couple together, stated Christy Kopp, President of Elements Home Spa.
Our Valentines Day gift baskets are always very popular and we make them special by including special products that are not available in our catalog. Elements Home Spas Valentines Day Gift Basket features:????- Chocolate Indulgence Massage and Lotion Bar????- Citrus Body Polish????- Almond Body Butter????- 4 Vanilla Soy Votive Candles????- 4 Glass Votive Candle Holders????- Hersheys Kiss Chocolate CandiesEach gift basket is shrink wrapped to protect the integrity of the products and wrapped in a red heart ribbon.
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Understanding Wine Grapes
You will find that one of the easiest ways to get to know your way around wine flavors is through grape varieties. Each grape variety has specific characteristics. In some regions, one grape variety is used to make a wine; in others, winemakers blend several varieties in a single wine. To help you identify grape varieties, below is an overview of each of the major red grapes and their characteristics.Cabernet SauvignonCabernet Sauvignon is the big daddy of the red wine world. It is like the Chardonnay, as it is widely planted and distributed.
The result of this is that there are so many versions of this grape. Many people think of Cabernet Sauvignon as being a wine that needs to age, but that is only because the best red Bordeaux need age. Most non-premium varieties are ready to go right away.Under ideal conditions, it produces an aromatic, tannic...
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That's the Christmas spirit
Last Christmas, Uncle Albert promised his neighbor, Wilson, to find a way to keep the Christmas spirit alive all year. You know, just like Wilson and everybody else wishes people each year.Yesterday I was checking my calendar. "Holy smokes! It's almost Christmas. I better check to see if Uncle Albert found a way to keep the Christmas spirit alive all year."So I put on my boots and buttoned up my jacket. I dashed out the door.
I came back into the house to put on a scarf. And some gloves. And a hat. And my long-johns. I filled up the thermos with hot chocolate and dug out a pair of ear muffs.
"Yup. That's the Christmas spirit," I thought as I headed out once more, trying to keep my head above the snow.When I reached Uncle Albert's, I could tell something was different. I wasn't sure quite what, but I suspect it had something to do with the large red and gold sleigh parked in his driveway."Say, Uncle Albert. What's with the sleigh?""You like it, Happy Guy? That's part of...
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Curing Insomnia - 7 Steps To Better Sleep
Do you sit up at night not bothering to go to bed because you know you won't sleep? Or, do you climb into bed and then toss and turn getting more and more frustrated because sleep won't come? If so, don't despair because help is at hand.Whether you are suffering from short-term, transient insomnia or longer-term chronic severe insomnia, curing insomnia is simpler than you might think.Here are 7 simple steps that provide a natural cure for insomnia and that will set you on the road to better sleep.Step 1. Set yourself a bedtime routine.Set a time for going to bed and for getting up in the morning and stick to them. Experts agree that most of us need about seven or eight hours sleep a night, but this varies from person to person. You'll know yourself whether you can manage comfortably on six hours a night, or perhaps need as long as nine hours. Whatever the case, set your bedtime and wake up times accordingly and then keep strictly to them.Step 2.
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A Look at Lactose Intolerance
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Lactose provides 30-50% of the energy in milk, depending on the fat content (skim vs. homogenized).A number of individuals are affected by lactose in the diet, but there is a difference between intolerance and maldigestion. Lactose maldigestion is "a disorder characterized by reduced digestion of lactose due to the low availability of the enzyme lactase." Lactose intolerance is "the term for gastointestinal symptoms (flatulence, bloating, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and 'rumbling in the bowel') resulting from the consumption of...
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Methods of treating acid reflux
Acid reflux is a quite common illness that causes the gastric acids and sometimes the food inside the stomach to get into the esophagus because the valve that separates the two organs is not functioning properly. The acids inside the stomach are very strong, as strong as the acids from a car battery, so if they get into the esophagus they can seriously damage it. The stomach is protected against the acids inside it but the esophagus is not.
Many people are diagnosed with acid reflux yearly, and they can choose from many types of treatments, depending on their diet and lifestyle.
The simplest treatment method is a slight change in the lifestyle and eating habits. The first thing that you should do is to always have the last meal of the day a few hours before going to bed. It's more likely that acid reflux occurs while you are lying down because it's easier for the stomach's contents to reflux due to the position of the body.
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Who Killed the Electric Car Is No Mystery To EV World
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Michael Fortino Announced As Keynote Speaker Of the IVAA Fourth Annual Best Practices Conference
The International Virtual Assistants Association (IVAA) is pleased to announce that Michael Fortino has been selected to deliver the opening and closing keynotes at the Fourth Annual Best Practices Summit to be held October 19-22, 2005, at the Houston Hyatt Regency. "Mr. Fortino is ranked in the top 2% of all national keynote speakers and trainers in the country and his dynamic, motivational and humorous presentation style has entertained audiences in more than 17 countries and 1,100 organizations,"...
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SurfSafe offers Spyware Slayer as Part of its Free Privacy Protection Software Bundle
Fort Lee, NJ (ContentDesk) June 8, 2005 -- SurfSafe, a consumer products company offering subscription e-mail and ISP services, is now including Spyware Slayer in its suite of privacy protection software that is free to users with a monthly subscription to SurfSafe.SurfSafe understands that there is a real threat online from unscrupulous marketers who secretly install Spyware, Adware, Trojans, Worms & Viruses on a PC, all which can contribute to:? Damaging and corrupting a hard drive? Stealing...
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