A vision statement should communicate two things. One is open for the public, the other should only be shared within the organization.

To start with the latter, a vision should elaborate on the uncertainty of the future. Because even though it is uncertain, you should do something with it. You might find scenarios that would sound plausible and than focus on one of them to be the statement of conviction. We all have an opinion about the future. To know it, just talk or write about it, and you will find out what you come up with. This is however not something you want to share with clients.

When you think about the role, place or position of your company in this future you have just pictured, you enter the area of the second aspect of the vision. Brainstorming about this one, would require that the first step is set; you need a vision about the (not to near) future.

A vision may change over time and needs continuous adjustments as new ideas come by or when new truths become clear. The future is made today and each day may bring a surprise, although (real) changes do not come that often.

Discussions about the role of your company in the future are the driving force for any strategy. In this strategy you will outline and communicate how you will get there. A strategy without a vision is a battle (sorry girls) without a princess Marian to fight for…

© 2006 Hans Bool

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Symbols are pictures which we use to give a message to other beings and to those that will come after us. The interpretation of the symbol is very personal and unique to each individual.

Those symbols and codes we take for granted are things like the alphabet we use in our language. Languages and their associated symbols are a living thing.

Nowhere is this more apparent than when watching our children sending text messages to each other on their mobile phones. They have created their own language, which is unique and constantly changing.

They may use different symbols in different orders when talking with a certain friend and change the order and language with another. I suppose this is a little like local dialect in different parts of the country.

The main thing to be aware of is the relationship between the symbols on the surface of language and their meaning and effects on our emotions and feelings. Also, the message can be sent out on many levels.

As we write we send a telepathic message, which is received by the other person instantly. The letter or email will follow later. It is this telepathic message that pre-programmes the other person’s emotions and feeling to interpret the message in a certain way and give it its truth.

Symbols are very powerful: as the old saying goes, a picture says a thousand words. It is the intricate matrix of emotions and feeling that is enlivened by a symbol and connects it to your Inner Self. This connection highlights your own truth that you receive from the symbol used.

Last night while I was sleeping I became aware I was receiving lots of symbols. I was quietly watching as thousands of visual images seemed to be being downloaded into my consciousness. Each image was only visible for about a tenth of a second before my awareness moved on to the next image.

I have yet to understand the reason for this download. It appeared to consist mainly of the symbols used by the ancient Egyptians in their wall paintings of animals and various headdresses.

The point being that it is not the symbol that is important; it is its inner meaning for us as an individual. We all have an inner knowledge and belief system which interprets these symbols. This gives meaning and understanding but it is our inner feelings and emotions which give us our truth.

It is this inner connection to Self - that Inner Universal Life Force - that is the seat of our true Inner Knowledge. Our feeling and emotions join the symbols on the surface of life to the inner depth of knowledge which creates our truth and understanding.

It is as though we compare even the smallest symbol to our Inner Universal Knowledge and, through feelings and emotions, make judgements and decisions which give the symbol meaning for us.

The awareness within and our connection to Self, the Universal Life Force, should not be overshadowed too much by our learned beliefs and judgements. It is important to be aware on what level of our awareness we are deciding and acting.

The more we are in tune with our Soul and Universal Life Force the better, as our actions are in tune with the whole universe.

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The difficulties of calling on a offline gaming hall provides us with plenty of reasons to give it up unless it’s inevitable. All that traffic, the difficulties, and to-do lists called for simply aren’t worth the struggle solely for the chance to lay your bets at offline gaming hall, on the other hand, provided you are the kind who finds the consummate satisfaction in card playing then having a try at card playing through the Internet should be the more obvious solution.

There’s no necessity for you to leave home to have a go at online betting for the reason that everything can be done from your domestic environment provided you possess a personal computer plus broadband internet access. Still, remember that there are several guidelines and details which you must grasp regarding online betting, all the more if you are a rookie regarding this realm. So stifle those hormones and read the following tips. Here’s my blueprint which guides you how to select a reputable, secure online betting website. The first thing which your cool online punter will positively chase out is an online betting webpage of the type that will guarantee high winning odds. Furthermore, here are a select number of more remarks regarding singling out your virtual casino gambling webpage.

You should always ensure the virtual casino gambling webpage is licensed verifiably, e.g. by probing the ministerial permit on the casino site’s About page. If you fail to trace any ministerial permit on that targeted virtual casino gambling webpage, do not remotely think of risking there. After, you’ll likely want to survey meticulously the specific promotional deals that the virtual casino gambling webpage has to offer you.

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Beyond, further advice would obviously be to take your chances at first in trifling amounts in place of fooling away more than does you good on the spot. First thing, check the health of the virtual casino gambling setup prior to triggering some grave menace– all the more in regards to money! Finally, here is another pointer regarding virtual betting. It must be never to ignore that any and all gambling should be about entertainment rather than money. Casino wagering is not a livelihood, instead it’s a pastime which should help you become jolly and life as a whole delightful.

Simply having observed these suggestions, you can now go and submit to the charm of virtual casino gambling…

When is a person brilliant? When does a person show his genius? When he goes beyond the usual, beyond the obvious. When he goes one step farther in his thinking, understanding and creativity. For example, when you play chess, you plan ahead. You study the moves that are optional to you, and then the moves your opponent can make. You go a few steps deep. My son’s chess teacher once said: “Usual players plan 2 to 3 moves ahead. A grandmaster can plan 6 to 7 moves deep, and that makes grandmasters - grandmasters”. The teacher suggested to my son to look at the chess board, analyze the moves ahead, and then - put a conscious effort into analyzing one more move. Put conscious effort into going one step farther.

When applied to all areas of life - this habit alone can differentiate between the everyday smart person, and an unusually creative, brilliant genius.

How can we teach our children this exceptional practice - as early as possible? This truly takes only a few minutes at a time! Whenever you do an activity with your child, whenever you have a conversation with your child, whatever your child’s age is, encourage him to go one step farther in his thinking and in his playing or working.

For example, a toddler comes to you and tells you about an experience that he had, or an observation. Ask questions that lead him to thinking and analyzing beyond the obvious. When your child builds with blocks, encourage him to go one step farther by asking questions. What is this? What can you use it for? What else? How can you improve it? Can you make it bigger? Can you make it smaller? Is it heavy? Is it light? Is it strong? How can you make it stronger?

When you play a board game with your child, you can ask questions like: Why did you decide on this move? What would happen if you would make a different move instead? What would happen if I would make a different move? What was your strategy?

When you have a conversation with your child, always encourage him to think one step farther by asking questions. Try to widen his horizons. Try to get him to think creatively. Ask about possible solutions - and keep asking.

A very known game that encourages creativity, is taking a very usual, mundane household object (the classical example is a paper clip, but you can do it with any object you choose) and try to come up with all the things you can use it for. Everybody first comes up with the obvious: clip papers together, hold papers in place… but after a while the creativity starts to flow, and people come up with amazing and fantastic uses for a paper clip. This is a great game to play with your child, to encourage creativity.

I recommend using this approach to everything that you do with your child: ask open questions that encourage thinking and problem solving, and then keep asking. When your child is done with the obvious, keep asking, so that your child will go one step farther, and start thinking creatively beyond the obvious.

You can do it with a very young child, during any activity. You can do it with a school aged child too. Do you help your child with homework? Encourage him to go one step farther. Ask your child about the topic he is studying, and get beyond the obvious. When your child writes a book report, or a research report of any kind. When your child is done with his work, encourage him to go one step farther, by finding some additional information about the topic, that provides a different point of view, or provides some additional information.

One technique that I used when my son was in elementary school, was asking “why” questions. For example, when he had to write a report, and he read to me what he had written, I asked “why”, and used this to stimulate his thinking deeper into the subject. When he was done with the report, I always said - lets go one step farther and see if we can come up with additional information, explain one more fact, get to one more conclusion. What would make this paper brilliant, instead of just good?

When writing assays, after reading the assay, I always encouraged him to go one step farther, and analyze, compare or ask a question that he did not ask himself yet.

By doing this, we are achieving more than one goal. The first goal is to increase our child’s learning, to deepen his understanding. By doing this, we encourage our child to grow. But we also get them into the habit of going one step farther constantly, with every project that they take on. This will prove to be more and more valuable as they go through life. It will teach them to be more thoughtful towards other people, as they deepen their understanding of their fellow man. It will teach them to go one step farther and discover the solution that was not yet discovered. It will teach them to go one step farther and think about a topic in a completely fresh approach nobody has ever thought about in this way before. It will make it possible for them to be a true genius, one who comes up with ideas that may change the face of our world.

For the last 26 years, Esther Andrews has studied, researched and practiced the ways to develop a child’s intelligence. She also served as the principal of the School for Gifted Education. As a result of this experience, she developed her own method and philosophy, that proved to be extremely successful with her own 2 highly gifted children. In her web site, http://www.all-gifted-children.com , she helps parents develop their child’s genius, and provide for their kids the opportunity to achieve their maximum potential.

My parents went on their honeymoon in Sicily and, ever since I heard their romantic stories about it as a child, I wanted to travel to this part of Italy. It’s a place that used to hold many half-images for me… dramatic landscapes and winding rivers; hot, dry summers and damp winters, rural locals and bustling cities. Now that I’ve visited, those half images have sharpened into some of the fondest travelling memories I have.The thing that stands out the most is the food. I ate more cannoli than can possibly be healthy for me, but it just tasted so good! However, it was the actual sharing of the food that works so well in Sicily. Family is such an important part of the culture. All the old people are treated with such great respect, as, of course, they should be, and this comes across most during mealtimes. I particularly admired the pride of the inhabitants of this island. They live in a beautiful, interesting and historical place and they’re well aware of it.I stayed in a huge variety of accommodation, from small holdings in the mountains to hotels like the Timeo in Taormina. I spent three weeks just travelling round the island, visiting the vast wealth of cultural heritage that greets you wherever you look. No wonder my parents had such a wonderful time here. They haven’t been back though… it’ll be nice to reassure them that their dreams could still be refreshed if they choose to return.

You will begin to realise why this exercise is called the Dickens Pattern (with reference to the ghost showing Scrooge some different futures) as you notice that the idea of this exercise is to hypnotize yourself to be aware of two very real possibilities for your future. Two distinct pathways that you could take for your life this very day.

Have a think about something that you do that you are maybe not motivated to change about yourself. Prior to running through this technique, just have a think about something that you know you need to be doing, but are not. Then with that thing in mind, follow these simple steps.

Step One: Get yourself nice and relaxed and settled. Concentrate on your breathing, engage in the moment and spend some time being still, quiet and drift inside of your own mind. Hypnotize yourself here.

Step two: Use your imagination to imagine walking down the path of your life.

Ok, I know that some of you just cried out “but I can’t visualise!” First up, if you believe you can’t then of course you can’t. Second up, just imagine these things. They do not have to be in cinema screen perfect detail. You can remember what colour what your front door is, right? You can remember what your childhood bedroom is like, right? That is your imagination doing that. You know the sound that your feet make when you walk across gravel don’t you? You can imagine it, but you are not hearing it in your ears, are you? Just imagine these things as best as you can. Failing that, pretend that you are imagining them and that will do the trick.

So, as you imagine walking along the path of your life, notice that every step forwards is a minute, an hour or a day into your future. If you look back, you will notice that your past is there; everything you have ever done or experienced is behind you.

Become aware of the temperature, the sights, the sounds and enjoy walking along the path of your life. Make it sensory rich and get comfortable with the idea. Imagine the feeling of your feet walking along the path and the sound they make. Engage with the idea of really being there.

Step Three: Imagine that a few more steps ahead there is a place where the path splits, where is goes off to the left and off to the right. Pause here for a few moments and have a think. Here, there are two different pathways, two possibilities, two ways that you could choose to go.

If you were to choose the path to the left, life is pretty much the same as it is. You carry on doing the same things, living the same way and dealing with this thing in the same way as you have been doing.

If you were choose the path to the right, the right path, there are new possibilities, achievement, freedom of mind, positive and progressive implications. Think about that as you stand at this place where the path splits. You want to make a decision and commit to one of these paths. Before you make that decision, we are going to see what each path holds for your future.

Step Four: Step out on to the path to your left. Where there is no change. Briefly imagine that you are not going to live and discover your unfulfilled dreams. Instead, you continue doing what you have in the past. What will life be like in 10 years time?

Step out, every step you take you get older, days pass, weeks pass. Notice how your body is, how your mind is, how you feel about staying on this path. Walk out into your future to the 10 year point. Walk out 10 years into your future and feel how it feels to carry on doing the same thing.

This path is just like today, with one difference: you have 10 fewer years remaining in your life. I want you to think about how you will feel in 10 years if you continue doing the exact same things you have done to date. What will your daily life be like?

Really experience that. See what you see, hear what you hear, feel the feelings. Disappointment? Anger? Frustration? Failure? How does that feel? How do you affect those around you? How do they feel? Absorb every aspect of this path that you can take today if you so choose. Notice everything that you need to know about what it will be like if you carry on with the same behaviour, putting off change.

Drift back to where the path splits.

Step Five: Now take a step out on to the path to the right. This is where you create powerful, progressive change. Notice the sense of freedom in your thoughts, the sense of accomplishment and walk out 10 years into your future.

Imagine you are 10 years into the future but this time it’s different. Why? Because starting today you actually begin making changes in your life. Specific intentional changes are not easy. They are intentional because these changes are changes that you are choosing and they are the changes that will cause you to live the life you want to live and dream. They often mean leaving the perception of security in order to discover your personal freedom. These are the changes that will bring happiness and satisfaction into your life.

Just go there now. 10 years out… having made a decade of changes. Imagine living the life you want to live.

How does that feel inside? Do you feel that you have lived life? See the people of your life and how they feel about you and how they react to you. This is the path of a different choice, a different decision. You have the freedom to be how you want to be.

Absorb all you need from this moment in your future and the positive things that you can learn consciously and unconsciously and then drift and float back to the place where the path splits.

Step Six: Now that you know and have experienced the two contrasting futures. Now that you know what your future holds as a result of what you do this very day, you can make a decision. You can compare and contrast those two futures that can be yours based on a decision that you make about how you are going to live your life.

Imagine reaching deep inside you for all the strength and wisdom that you need to make this decision today. As you do so, imagine that when you choose to make that decision that deep inside your mind you are switching off the alternative path, you are switching off the opportunity to drift back to that place.

Then step out and take your future path.

Absorb yourself in the sensations, the feelings, the sights, the sounds and of course continue to engage in your future the way I have discussed in previous articles on this blog.

Step Seven: Open your eyes and begin to plan your future and take action to achieve that outcome. Your unconscious mind now knows what it is working towards.

What is the exact sequence of events that will take you to where you want to be? Have a think consciously of what you need to do. Every outcome begins with the first step. When you decide you want to have a romantic meal for two, there are many steps that you need to perform in order for that to happen. (Check the fridge, do you have what you want to serve up? No? Find keys, open garage door, drive car to the supermarket etc. etc.) You need to determine the exact sequence of events and write it down.

Begin with the outcome in mind. Write without stopping. 10 years from now, I plan to be living in a… at…. With…. Get really detailed about it. Why? Because you are hooking up the neural connections in your brain. You must improve upon, clarify and make clear just exactly who and what you are going to be doing, experiencing, living and having in 10 years. This is the first step of the process!

Key: Notice how you felt excited and optimistic when you did this? The reason is simple. It’s the life you are designing instead of the one that was given you and that you have lived with less intention and purpose to date.

This is the beginning of creating the life that you want to live. Know what the future holds for you as a result of the choice you can make today.

Have some fun and hypnotize yourself to be your very own “Ghost of Christmas future” and see what the future holds for you.

Adam Eason is a UK based, renowned consultant, speaker and best-selling author of ‘The Secrets of Self-Hypnosis.’ Please visit his website for a vast range of resources from the field of hypnosis and to receive your amazing, free, instantly downloadable hypnosis session for ultimate relaxation: www.adam-eason.com Thank you.

In many countries, gastric banding surgeries have been performed successfully. And you don’t have to pay through your nose for such surgeries here unlike other countries such as United States of America or Europe. Patients undergoing gastric banding surgeries need to follow certain procedures. The patient may be prescribed a liquid-only diet, followed by mushy foods and then solids. This is prescribed for a varied length of time.

Some may find that before their first fill that they are still able to eat rather large portions. This is not surprising since before the fill there is little or no restriction and this is why a proper post-op diet and a good after-care plan is necessary to success. Many health practitioners make the first adjustment between 6 - 8 weeks post operatively to allow the stomach time to heal. After that, fills are performed as needed.

Some practitioners may be more aggressive than others, but most appear to require a 2 - 4 week wait between fills. It is very vital to discuss post-surgical care and diet plans with your weight loss team if you are considering this surgery. Recommendations can change radically and it is important to find a weight loss team with a good post-surgical plan. Some teams offer support groups, but unfortunately many of them mix gastric bypass patients with gastric banding patients.

Some patients have complained about this approach because the needs and challenges of the two groups are very different, as are their early rates of weight loss. The average gastric banding patient loses 500 grams to a kilogram per week consistently, but heavier patients often lose faster in the beginning. This comes to an average of 75 pounds in the first year for most band patients. Finally there is a way for patients to lose weight effectively.

Why check a doctor’s background?
We all want the best
possible surgeon or physician when it comes to our healthcare.
We know all physicians and surgeons do not have the same
training and experience, especially in today’s advanced medical
health-care environment. No doctor will tell you outright
whether he/she has been disciplined or had one or more
malpractice judgments issued against him/her. The only way to
find out, is to ask or research the surgeon or physician
yourself.

Free Doctor Information
Is there such a thing as free
doctor information? Absolutely; you can find free doctor
information by contacting your state medical board or by
browsing online. The question is, how much information can you
get for free and how accurate will it be? Most state medical
boards do not charge; however, most (if not all) offer limited
background information on doctors. Very few establishments (less
than a handful) specialize in providing information relating to
doctor’s credentials. That’s why it’s important to find out how
credible the company is, and what type of doctor-related
information they offer.

Doctors’ Credentials
Just by looking at a doctor’s
credentials will not guarantee you will receive high quality
health care. However, you can use several important criteria to
find an experienced well-trained physicians or surgeon.

Tips:

• If your are looking for a specialist, make
  sure he/she is board-certified in his/her respective field of
  specialty.
• Make sure no disciplinary actions has been
  instituted.
• Look closely at malpractice judgments,
  and how many have been brought against the practitioner (more
  than three is not good)
• Find out if he/she is
  fellowship-trained in their specialty field. This-is usually a
  good sign.
• Look for hospital affiliations or
  membership affiliations; the more there are, the better.
• Physician or surgeon has been practicing medicine five
  years or more.
• Research to see if they have teaching
  responsibilities at any hospitals etc.
• Look for a
  physician or surgeon who has been practicing medicine for five
  years or more.
• Research to see if they have teaching
  responsibilities at any hospitals or other medical
  institutions
• Find out how much of the physician’s
  practice focuses on the medical condition/surgery you request.
• Find out if the physician/surgeon has any awards, or
  is involved in his/her community.

Research a Doctor
How do I research a doctor? The
Internet is loaded with many sites which claim to have
information about doctors’ credentials information. And yes,
most of them do; however, you want to make sure you get more
than just a doctor’s license number and contact information. For
more comprehensive information, consider contacting the
following sources.

• Your local library
• Your state medical
  board
• The American Board of Medical Specialties
  (ABMS), a non-profit organization comprising 24 medical
  specialty boards.
• The medical society relevant to your
  intended physician or surgeon’s field of specialty.
• American Medical Association , if a member

Bottom line
Every physician or surgeon
has a different background<
/a> of experience and training. The more research you conduct
into this background, the more it will increase your chances of
finding a health-care provider who will satisfy your medical
needs.

Even if you are just starting out your computer consulting practice with rather basic desktop support level technical skills, make sure that your computer consulting firm gets some paying clients who are at your current technical skills comfort level. In this article, you’ll learn which types of clients to pursue first.

Start out by working with home offices and very small stand-alone businesses and companies with really, really small peer-to-peer simple networks. At least you’re getting some paying clients and some reference accounts.

Make The One-Shot Deals a Stepping Stone

Recognize however, that you need to move beyond that. You want to be able to have a successful small business computer consulting practice that’s built on recurring revenue retainer agreements and sophisticated kinds of dedicated server solutions. When you’re first getting started with your computer consulting business, there’s certainly no reason why you can’t take on some of these smaller, one-shot deal accounts. Just recognize that you need to be moving towards more sophisticated, more profitable, long-term client accounts.

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If you feel that your lack of technical training is holding you back from clients that need more sophisticated solutions, put aside some time each week for training (even if its just two or three hours). Go through tutorials and resource kits. And install your not-for-resale (NFR) software. Then, break the installation and troubleshoot the setup process. Then, reinstall the applications until you get more and more comfortable with setup and troubleshooting.

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NASDAQ, Dow Jones, BSE & NSE; Do they ring any bell? They surely must have. Not every one knows what the color of money is, but what people do know is they want to feel more money and see more money.

Another well known fact is that the ever increasing number of the average human being would never want to jeopardize his money, which for him, is the sole means of existence. In the end, it is the human craving for more that makes him succumb to his urge and makes him take a plunge.

The only thing that makes the average investor lose out, is his inexperience. The Raging Bull lures many new people into its arena, but little do they realize what’s in store for them. The market trends are tough to gauge. No one can ever be sure how high or low will stocks leap! Everything on earth has a risk involved, so does this market. We can’t live with it but we can work around it.

Imagine a scenario where you as an amateur investor decide to take a dip. Based on a few tips from a few places, you make your pick. The possibility is that you might hit the nail, or may be you might get nailed. Every player who is a benchmark, be it a game, trade, business (depends on whatever you cal it) has had some level of practice and has learnt things the hard way. People have lost a lot of hope, money and many other things trying to figure out the market. They had to do it the hard way because they didn’t have a place to hone their skills. A place where they could learn tricks of the trade, where they could make an investment without the fear of losing anything and at the same time, learn a lot more than the others.

But the question still remains! Would there be such a place. Is it one of those wonderland parties that people always think about and never find? Well!! Not this time. This time round all you investors are in for a good time. It fills me with pride to present to you the game of your lifetime. The SenSex Simulation!! This game is an assortment of all that I have gathered over the years.

The Game is a complete replication of the stock markets with live feeds for the values of stocks. Registered members get to play around with money in their account, using which they can purchase and sell off stocks. The game would also give you your daily stats. These would include your portfolio, the value of your stocks, and whether you have gained or lost out, relative to the market. The SenSex Simulation provides you with a platform to stand out of the ring and get a look and feel of the rumble.

“By the time you know the rules, you’re too old to play the game!” It’s never too late to start learning. Life is a vicious circle. Someone, who does not stop learning, never stops growing.

It’s Time to tame the BULL!!

Jigar Vikamsey is a freelance writer and writes on stock markets particularly the Sensex . Play the Sensex Game For Free.