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| Your Personal Image Secret of Efficiency How You Control Your Financial Success How to Be a Great Person |
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| Your Personal Image |
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| A bad personal impression gives a message that is not always accurate. For example, bad breath gives the impression that you are dirty. Poor eye contact gives an impression that you are disinterested. Crooked teeth gives the impression that you are stupid. The problem is often found in education. "Modern schools are so backward they don't teach personal appearance, manners, cleanliness." "Cleanliness and neatness are the primary building blocks to respect in most societies." -- L. Ron Hubbard To succeed, you need respect. Personal impressions are important in this society. A bad impression can hurt your chances of success. People dislike being around you. You make them uncomfortable. They distrust you somehow. A good personal impression makes your job easier. It opens the door to good relationships. It gives you a chance to show your skills and value. Job applicants with a good personal image have a significant advantage over those with a poor image. Sales people often win or lose because of their image. Getting a date or finding a spouse depends a great deal on your image. A good personal image helps make people listen to you, believe in you and like being with you. It shows you are a professional. Everyone can improve their personal image. It's an easy step on your road to success. 25 Ways to Improve Your Image 1. Have no smells. Use an effective unscented deodorant. Avoid perfume and cologne. 2. Wear clean clothing with no stains. Ensure the clothing fits well and looks professional. 3. Females should avoid heavy cosmetics or sexy clothing. 4. Ensure your fingernails are clean, smooth and well-shaped. 5. Pluck hair that sticks out of your ears or nose, between eyebrows, out of moles or other odd places. 6. Give a healthy image: no red eyes, sniffles or coughing. 7. Ensure you have clean-smelling breath and non-greasy hair 8. Get as much cosmetic dentistry as you need to have clean, attractive teeth. Of course, this can be expensive, but if you get some of the work done each year, you'll eventually have a great smile. 9. Wear nothing extraordinary: psychedelic ties, long fingernails, nose jewelry, tattoos, hats, big rings. 10. Stand when first meeting someone, no matter who they are. 11. Walk with good posture; stand tall, lift your chin. 12. Sit straight. 13. Make good eye contact. 14. Smile at everyone. 15. Shake hands or pat the shoulder of everyone you meet. 16. Use dry, warm hands for handshaking. 17. Allow a comfortable amount of space between you and others. 18. Laugh easily; it makes people relax and makes your face glow. 19. Watch your humor. Avoid jokes about race, disability, sex and so on. Tell jokes about yourself or pass on humorous stories that anyone would enjoy. 20. Appear relaxed, yet energized. 21. Use good manners. Say "please," "thank you," and "excuse me" at all times to everyone, regardless of who you think they are. 22. Use good language. Bad/good examples: "c'mere/come here," "ain't/isn't," "yeah/yes," "nah/no." 23. Acknowledge everyone; ignore no one. 24. Say "goodbye" to everyone as they leave. 25. Most important of all, be proud. "Pride is the primary reason for good appearance." -- L. Ron Hubbard |
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| Secret of Efficiency |
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| A real reason people feel overworked, overloaded or overwhelmed is not because they have too much work to do, but because they are inefficient. When one person produces twice as much as another, you are looking at a big difference in work habits. You can increase your accomplishments and have more free time if you rid yourself of two bad habits and form one good habit. Two Bad Habits 1. Looking at a piece of work your are supposed to do-a letter, program, interoffice communication, task assignment, request, whatever-and putting it aside to do later. You read it, digest it, think about doing it, consider the problems involved, sigh and put it down. Nothing is accomplished. A total waste of time. 2. Taking a piece of work, deciding you do not want to do it and referring it to someone else, even though it is your job to do. The other person eventually sends it back to you. A total waste of your time and their time. One Good Habit "Do it Now." "One of the best ways to cut your work in half is not to do it twice." "If you do every piece of work that comes your way WHEN it comes your way and not after a while, if you always take the initiative and take action, not refer it, you never get any traffic back. . ." "In short, the way to get rid of traffic is to do it, not to refer it; anything referred has to be read by you again, digested again, and handled again; so never refer traffic, just do it so it's done." "So if you are truly a lover of ease, the sort of person who yawns comfortably and wears holes in heels resting them on desks, if your true ambition is one long bout of spring fever, then you'll do as I suggest and handle everything that comes your way when it comes and not later; and you'll never refer anything to anybody that you yourself can do promptly." "Do it when you see it and do it yourself." -- L. Ron Hubbard The best time to get the "do-it-now" habit is (of course) RIGHT NOW! 1. Take a stack of papers or any kind of cluttered mess. 2. Read or examine the first item. 3. Deal with it. A. If the item is just for info or has no current real use, file it, store it or throw it away. B. If you need to take action, do it right now. Persist until the job is completely DONE. C. If you dislike the work involved, it is even more important that you do it right now. ". . . take the initiative and take action . . . ." 4. Remember the rewards of the do-it-now habit. If you do your work in half the time, how will you spend the extra time? What new activity could you do that would increase your productivity? What would be fun to do if you had some extra time on your hands? Give it a try! |
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How You Control Your Financial Success
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| You can get everything you want in life as long as you give others enough of what they want. If you give nothing of value, you get nothing of value. Your method of exchange determines your wealth. The type of exchange determines your financial success. L. Ron Hubbard points out four types of exchange. "1. First consider a group which takes in money but does not deliver anything in exchange. This is called rip-off." - L. Ron Hubbard Examples of this first condition of exchange: - You pay a $1,000 deposit for a new car. The dealer goes bankrupt. You get no car and no refund. - A plumber loosens a pipe, shows you the "leak," tightens the fitting, makes noise, charges you $159. - Someone in your office avoids doing work. Lots of excuses, lots of smoke screen, no work, full pay. This first exchange condition is basically theft. You are in this condition if no one can trust you. You get fired from jobs. You are constantly covering your tracks or end up in jail. Your business goes under. The second exchange condition is cheating. "2. Second is the condition of partial exchange. The group takes in orders or money for goods and then delivers part of it or a corrupted version of what was ordered." - L. Ron Hubbard Examples: - County fair booth promises to show you a two-headed cow, but actually shows an odd-looking skeleton. - The "$99 Dream Vacation Package" turns out to be a smelly motel room by the freeway. - Instead of working, an employee reads a magazine, surfs the net or makes personal calls while being paid. If this is your style of exchange, you also get fired. Your business barely survives or eventually fails. You never earn any wealth. "3. The third condition is the exchange known, legally and in business practice, as `fair exchange.' One takes in orders and money and delivers exactly what has been ordered." - L. Ron Hubbard Most successful companies and individuals use this principle. Examples: - You pay for a dozen fresh eggs, you get a dozen fresh eggs. - A $10-per-hour employee works 40 hours of normal work and is paid $400. - You pay your power bill and get electricity. |
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How to Be a Great Person
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| You might find the recommendations in this article are nearly impossible to follow. However, the rewards of this success tip are unmatched. Those who can follow this advice rise to new levels of power. The advice in this article lowers stress and boosts intelligence. You can face extremely difficult situations with no fear. You are emotionally stable. You earn more money than those who do not use this advice as you are sane and logical regardless of what people try to do to you. Criticism and disrespect have minor effects on you. You waste little time in petty, emotional games that no one wins. What Is Greatness? "The hardest task one can have is to continue to love his fellows despite all reasons he should not." "For the one who can achieve this, there is abundant hope. "For those who cannot, there is only sorrow, hatred and despair. And these are not the things of which greatness, or sanity or happiness are made. "A primary trap is to succumb to invitations to hate. "Never use what is done to one as a basis for hatred. Never desire revenge. "It requires real strength to love man*. And to love him despite all invitations to do otherwise, all provocations and all reasons why one should not. "Happiness and strength endure only in the absence of hate. To hate alone is the road to disaster. To love is the road to strength. To love in spite of all is the secret of greatness. And may very well be the greatest secret in this universe." -- L. Ron Hubbard (*Man: mankind; the human race.) Love, of course, does not need to be physical. You don't need to hug your boss or employee and say, "I love you Bob!" You simply like everyone as much as possible. Examples 1. You are driving down the road enjoying some music and some idiot cuts in front of you making you slam on the brakes to avoid a collision. You send him a mental curse and hope he has a rotten life. This doesn't make you feel any better. In fact, you feel irritated and start driving recklessly yourself. You decide to be great. You try to love the person, but the best you can do is find a little understanding. You think, "He must be late for work" and decide to wish him well. Within seconds, you feel better and forget about it. You go back to enjoying your music. 2. Two years ago, you and friend Jim bought a delivery van together. He used it during the day to make deliveries from his flower shop and you used it at night to deliver newspapers to your delivery people. One night, your delivery man calls and says, "The van's not at Jim's where I normally pick it up." You called Jim who said, "Oh, I sort of rented it to this guy." You said, "We need it to get the papers onto the streets." He said, "Well, actually I sold it because I had to pay off some bills. I'll pay you back, I promise!" You can't believe he did this to you. You yell at him and vow to never speak to him again. You jump in your car and spend all night moving newspapers. Every time you think about Jim and the van, you get upset. Even two years later, you feel the hatred every time you see your new van. It makes you unpleasant to be around. You plot revenge in several ways. You'll spray paint his store windows. You'll ruin his credit. You'll spread rumors about him. But after two years, you decide to be great about it. You call Jim. He apologizes again and you say, "Don't worry about it. I'm sorry too. Do you want to go fishing this weekend?" You feel better than you've felt in two years. Your employees like being around you again. 3. Before you meet the new president of your business support group you dislike her. You've been hearing rumors and bad opinions about her all week. For example, you heard she doesn't like real estate agents and you're a real estate agent. During the group's social hour, you see the new president walking toward you. She doesn't smile when she looks at you. You feel snubbed. You decide to snub her back and you turn around and ignore her. Your feel your face turning red with anger. You start to plan how you can ruin her. But then you decide to be great. You ignore all the rumors and decide to love the new president. You get introduced and give your best smile. "Congratulations! I hope you enjoy your new position here!" You instantly treat her like a close friend. The new president is relieved to have a supporter. She confides in you. "I'm so nervous about this! I sure want to help the members of this group." You become good friends. You find out she manages five large apartment complexes. She sends you so many people who want to buy condominiums and houses that your sales double that year. 4. You overhear one of your employees scream on the telephone, "Well, if you don't like my attitude, you can take your business elsewhere!" She slams down the telephone and then sees you standing there. You feel a little hatred as it appears she's turning away customers. Many bosses would say, "You treat a customer like that again and you're fired!" But you want to be a great boss and continue to love your staff even when you have reasons not to. You say, "What happened here?" "This jerk asked me if I was new or just stupid." "So you yelled at him and told him we didn't want his business?" "Right." "Well if we don't sell to jerks, we won't make any money and will have to lay off some staff. You need to deal with jerks if you want to succeed on this job. Can you do it?" "Yea, I suppose. I'll bite my tongue and be polite no matter what they say from now on." "Do you need help learning how to do that?" "No, I'll be fine. Thanks." Being great leads to a sane, cheerful, profitable operation. Seven Recommendations Below is some of the most difficult, but most useful advice you may ever receive. 1. Start loving everyone you know at home and at work. 2. Whenever someone gives you a good reason to not love him or her, be great and love him or her anyway. 3. Whenever someone invites or provokes you to hate him or her, refuse to play the game. Instead, generate some understanding for the person and, if possible, some love. 4. Eliminate revenge as a purpose in your life. Who do you want to get even with? Change that decision to something positive, such as the desire for prosperity for yourself and others. 5. Whenever you feel depressed (sorrow) or a loss of hope (despair), find someone to love. 6. Make yourself happy by loving people. If you ever feel happy and then unhappy, find where you let some hate slip in. Your happiness will persist if you do not feel revenge or hate. 7. Make yourself mentally tough and strong by loving people. To maintain that strength, do not seek revenge or agree with reasons to hate. "To love in spite of all is the secret of greatness. -- L. Ron Hubbard Excerpted from "What is Greatness?" by L. Ron Hubbard. 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