tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36822341357869436772024-03-19T09:18:54.099-07:00Micronet GroupMicronet Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15902409495274777900noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682234135786943677.post-17484694480313863922016-12-23T00:36:00.000-08:002016-12-23T00:44:03.940-08:005 Things You Should Be Doing After Work, That Can Change Your Life!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">You finish work at 6 pm, go to bed at 12 midnight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Within these six hours, how do you spend them?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Watching TV?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In fact, the activities you do between 6 am and 12
midnight,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the importance of it is beyond your imagination.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Too many people believe that,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">your career is determined by the 8 hours of
hard work and effort you put at work,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and your future and career
progression depend on the boss and the company.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But the reality is that for most people, this
thing, you are on your own…..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Read on…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Cultivation”, it’s forever dependent by yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If you found yourself not progressing in life,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">you cannot blame and put the responsibility on your
company for not grooming you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 16.5pt; line-height: 115%;">1. What you do every night is
important<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My major in college was marketing, but I expect to
become a designer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So I practiced day and night,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">picking up some freelance work to improve my design
skills.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It took me a long time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When I became a boss, I no longer need to involve
myself in design work,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So I went back to the Marketing field.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Every day, when my children are sleeping,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I began learning to gain more knowledge, this again
took me a long time,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But I begin to realise my returns.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If I rely on my working hours to gain skills,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">then I will never have become a creative director
and a product manager,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">or like today, teaching MBA students on Marketing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What I rely on, is myself giving myself “lessons”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And the most successful people I knew, walked the
same path as I am.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I have a friend who is a History graduate,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">but he is interested in technical sales,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the day, he does telemarketing, at night he
learns how to code,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Finally, he became the vice president of sales in a
startup company.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Now, he’s a CTO.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I have another friend, he received a degree in
political science.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But he’s very interested in entrepreneurship.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">he learnt a lot of knowledge on how to start up a
company,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">eventually, he founded a company and sold it,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Now he has reaped the rewards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For them, what they do between 6 pm till 12
midnight,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">is what determined their future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Clearly, we need to balance life and work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If you have a wife and children, every night, you
have to stay with them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Even if you are single, you also need a
reasonable allocation of time to go to the gym, to meet with friends, or
be alone to meditate and so on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Of course, watching movies, playing games is good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But there are things you do not need to do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For example, watching the new season of a Netflix
drama,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">14 hours per week watching television (This is the
average amount of time watching television).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The time spent playing the game Candy Crush.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Or spending time stalking your high school alumni
on Facebook,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">it does not seem to be good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So what should you do?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 16.5pt; line-height: 115%;">2. Read more, anything will do!</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 16.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My college mentor was born in Alabama,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A poor African family.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He was admitted to West Point Military Academy, and
he became the first person in the family to go college.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Before going to Havard for his MBA, he’s a trained
officer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When I met him, he has already developed his career
in the city of Colorado Springs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I asked him, what’s his biggest success?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He replied, because he kept the habit of reading,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and he never stopped.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He believed that if you want to get what you want in
life,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">knowledge is the key.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He often asked his interviewees what book are they
reading now,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the excellent ones can give an answer immediately.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Reading can give you a good headstart,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">this is often what your peers cannot obtain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Compared to others,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">you are more likely to know other industries
strategies and tactics,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and that may be helpful to your company.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You can transfer your knowledge within the
organization,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">create new possibilities for your company.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Moreover, your conversation topics will become
more interesting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Anthony Robbins said:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“If you spend one hour a day to learn about a
topic,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a year later, in this regard,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the knowledge you gain will be more than 99.999% of
the world’s people.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Even if you have 30 minutes every night,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">each week you can easily read a book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You may not be an expert, but I promise,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">you’ll know more than what your peers know.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 16.5pt; line-height: 115%;">3. Do some projects</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 16.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You can apply the knowledge learnt to real work
scenario,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">this is only an ideal state.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If your company did not give you this opportunity,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">create opportunities for yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You can do some volunteer projects. They can bring
you fame.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Working with a team,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">you’ll understand how things work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the practical application of the industry,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and how it ultimately affect actual customers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You’ll learn how to perform the task and meet
deadlines,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and get feedbacks on what you are doing,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and benefit from it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When you are not strong enough, these experience
may not have any value to you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But you are still a novice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">these experiences are far more valuable than the
miserable pay you are getting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If you can really convince others of your pockets
of fruits of labour,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Then go try it. But do not let these private jobs
affect your work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 16.5pt; line-height: 115%;">4. Actively build your
connections</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 16.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In your career path,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a strong network of connections will make
everything accelerate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If you have not set up your own personal
connections,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">you’ll need to divide a portion of your time to do
this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A strong network of relationships, can enable you:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 16.5pt; line-height: 115%;">contact smart friends, and
learn their opinions<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 16.5pt; line-height: 115%;">get information and
knowledge that are difficult to obtain<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 16.5pt; line-height: 115%;">help the company look for
more potential partners<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 16.5pt; line-height: 115%;">or income generating
opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Go get to know your work colleague or boss…..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If you are an entrepreneur,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">your network connections will be your early
customers,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">your staffs are a source of capital<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">rather than go home, or going to a bar,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">you should find some inner circles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There are many small groups which are highly relevant
to your career.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You should try to integrate into these circles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Every week, you can drink coffee together with new
friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">go drinking or have breakfast.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You can also look into everyone’s career
developments on LinkedIn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Your connections will be your most powerful asset
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Outsourcing eliminates the cost of hiring employees and the cost associated with them, such as training, health insurance, employment taxes, retirement plans, etc. It unburdens you from a lot of work and unshackles your mind to concentrate in other important and core activities of your business. The company can work towards the main goal of the business rather than divert its attention on other less important activities which outsourcing can take care of. Outsourcing information technology to a firm that specializes in your field ensures your progress and prosperity; collective effort and the experience and expertise of the firm you’ve outsourced your Information technology to, fills all the possible loopholes.</div>
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You must make sure that all the outsourced IT providers have professional degrees and certifications and a proper industry training. When a team of IT professionals works towards your goal, their collective expertise and genius can never disappoint you. They provide you with new and innovative ideas and strategies that are required to survive market fluctuations.</div>
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Internal resources will give their hundred percent to their job when work load will be less and work will be distributed according to talent. This can improve productivity and progress as every employee will do only the job that best suits him. This way outsourcing influences your internal work environment and helps you make the best use of your talented employees. Speedy delivery of output is inevitable when specialization and correct division of work takes place. You can easily hold an upper hand in the market if you are able to deliver before your competitors.</div>
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Professional outsourced IT providers have enough experience and expertise to know what is best for your company. They have the knowledge of the best possible solutions in their industry, therefore, you never run the risk of committing costly business blunders. IT professionals enhance your growth and strengthen your foundation to stand in the global market.</div>
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Companies began to implement the method of outsourcing as a cost cutting tool, but with time outsourcing has proved to be a successful tool in several other ways as well. It was considered economical and non-risky, until companies all around the globe realized its other benefits like speedy delivery of output, specialization, new ideas and innovations, etc. which are intrinsically present in the whole concept of outsourcing.</div>
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You know what they say about opinions—everybody has one. If you want to see that truth in action, just Google “characteristics of successful people.” Some of the results will undoubtedly point to the famous Marshmallow Study at Stanford, which demonstrated that the <a href="http://www.talentsmart.com/about/emotional-intelligence.php" style="color: #5d5d5d;" target="_blank">ability</a> to delay gratification is a key component of success.</div>
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But that’s far from the only theory:</div>
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<li id="atagcolor" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">According to Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck, it all comes down to mindset. She conducted a series of experiments that demonstrated that, while the average person sees their abilities as fixed assets, successful people have, what she calls, a “growth mindset.” In other words, successful people focus on <a href="http://www.talentsmart.com/products/" style="color: #5d5d5d;" target="_blank">self-improvement</a> and overcoming challenges rather than seeing their mistakes as the products of insurmountable personal flaws.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">In another study conducted by Penn State and Duke, researchers assessed the social skills of 700 kindergartners. Twenty years later, they followed up and discovered a strong correlation between social skills and success. The children with the best social skills were more likely to have earned a college degree and to hold a full-time job, while the kids who struggled with social skills in kindergarten were more likely to get arrested, binge drink, and apply for public housing.</li>
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And the list goes on and on. So, what is happening here? Why are there so many different theories, complete with the science to back them up, about the traits that contribute to success? I think it’s because most wildly successful people are complex—so complex that many of their defining qualities are paradoxical.</div>
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Rather than an “either/or” set of static characteristics, they’re more likely to demonstrate both. This is a key to their success. Here are some examples of what I’m referring to.</div>
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<b>1. They’re polite, yet completely unafraid to rock the boat.</b> Successful people are, what I like to call, “graciously disruptive.” They’re never satisfied with the status quo. They’re the ones who constantly ask, “What if?” and “Why not?” They’re not afraid to challenge conventional wisdom, yet they don’t disrupt things for the sake of being disruptive; they do it to make things better. Still, they’re polite and considerate, and they don’t draw attention to other people’s mistakes just to humiliate them. However, that doesn’t mean they sit back and let people wander off in the wrong direction. They won’t hesitate to speak up when it’s time to change course.</div>
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<b>2. They’re deeply passionate, yet rational and objective about their work.</b> Successful people are passionate about their work, but they don’t let it skew their thinking. They have the ability to step back and look at their work with a critical eye and to accept their mistakes. If it’s a disaster, they’ll admit it, because they realize that it’s better to try something different than to put out something subpar with their name on it. That sense of detachment also allows them to accept feedback from others without taking it personally.</div>
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<b>3. They’re convergent and divergent thinkers.</b> Convergent thinking is what’s measured by IQ tests: rational thinking that typically results in a single right answer. Divergent thinking, on the other hand, is less precise. It’s about generating ideas and asking questions that have no solid right or wrong answers. Both are important. No matter how high your IQ is, you’re not going to be successful if you can’t think outside of the proverbial box. On the other hand, you need rational thinking skills to correctly judge whether your ideas have merit. That’s why this particular paradox is so important.</div>
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<b>4. They’re both energetic and calm.</b> Successful people seem to have limitless energy when it comes to doing the things they’re passionate about, but they aren’t frantic. They can keep that energy under control. They work hard and focus on the task at hand with devoted concentration, but they’re so smooth that they make it look both easy and fun. Some people are so energetic that they’re hyperactive and unfocused and constantly bouncing from one thing to another. Successful people know how to harness their energy so that it works in the service of progress and doesn’t undermine it.</div>
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<b>5. They like to work and play.</b> Successful people personify the often-repeated quote, “Do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” Because they love what they do, they find brainstorming, problem-solving, and grinding out tough projects thought-provoking, engaging, and deeply satisfying. And though they take their work very seriously, the enjoyment and gratification they derive from it blurs the common demarcation between work and play.</div>
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<b>6. They’re ambiverts.</b> Successful people are comfortable acting in ways that amplify their introversion and extraversion, depending on what the situation calls for. They can sit in the back of a conference room and silently listen to what’s going on, or they can go up on stage, grab a microphone, and engage a huge crowd—and they look just as comfortable doing one as they do the other.</div>
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<b>7. They’re naïve and smart.</b> No one would argue that intelligence isn’t an important part of success, but many successful people also have a childlike lack of awareness (or maybe it’s a lack of respect) for the type of constraints that other people blindly accept. They’re not limited by what other people tell them is possible.</div>
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<b>8. They’re both humble and proud.</b> Taking pride in your work is absolutely essential for success, but successful people know they wouldn’t be where they are without the people who came before them and those they’ve worked with along the way. They know that they didn’t achieve their success all on their own, and because they’re OK with that, they don’t have anything to prove. That’s why so many incredibly successful people end up coming across as grounded and humble when you meet them in person.</div>
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The reason that there are so many different opinions on what traits are necessary for success—and the reason that so many of them contradict each other—is that successful people are complex. They have a wide variety of paradoxical skills that they call upon as needed, like a mechanic with a well-stocked toolbox.</div>
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You are the sum of your habits. When you allow bad habits to take over, they dramatically impede your path to success. The challenge is bad habits are insidious, creeping up on you slowly until you don’t even notice the damage they’re causing.</div>
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“Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.” –Warren Buffett<br />
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Breaking bad habits requires self-control—and lots of it. Research indicates that it’s worth the effort, as <a href="http://www.talentsmart.com/products/" style="color: #5d5d5d;" target="_blank">self-control</a> has huge implications for success.</div>
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University of Pennsylvania psychologists Angela Duckworth and Martin Seligman conducted a study where they measured college students’ IQ scores and levels of self-control upon entering university. Four years later, they looked at the students’ grade point averages (GPA) and found that self-control was twice as important as IQ in earning a high GPA.</div>
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The self-control required to develop good habits (and stop bad ones) also serves as the foundation for a strong work ethic and high productivity. Self-control is like a muscle—to build it up you need to exercise it. Practice flexing your self-control muscle by breaking the following bad habits:</div>
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<b>1. Using your phone, tablet, or computer in bed.</b> This is a big one that most people don’t even realize harms their sleep and productivity. Short-wavelength blue light plays an important role in your mood, energy level, and sleep quality. In the morning, sunlight contains high concentrations of this blue light. When your eyes are exposed to it directly, the blue light halts production of the sleep-inducing hormone melatonin and makes you feel more alert. In the afternoon, the sun’s rays lose their blue light, which allows your body to produce melatonin and start making you sleepy. By the evening, your brain doesn’t expect any blue light exposure and is very sensitive to it.</div>
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Most of our favorite evening devices—laptops, tablets, and mobile phones—emit short-wavelength blue light brightly and right in your face. This exposure impairs melatonin production and interferes with your ability to fall asleep as well as with the quality of your sleep once you do nod off. As we’ve all experienced, a poor night’s sleep has disastrous effects. The best thing you can do is to avoid these devices after dinner (television is OK for most people as long as they sit far enough away from the set).</div>
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<b>2. Impulsively surfing the Internet.</b> It takes you 15 consecutive minutes of focus before you can fully engage in a task. Once you do, you fall into a euphoric state of increased productivity called flow. Research shows that people in a flow state are five times more productive than they otherwise would be. When you click out of your work because you get an itch to check the news, Facebook, a sport’s score, or what have you, this pulls you out of flow. This means you have to go through another 15 minutes of continuous focus to reenter the flow state. Click in and out of your work enough times, and you can go through an entire day without experiencing flow.</div>
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<b>3. Checking your phone during a conversation.</b> Nothing turns people off like a mid-conversation text message or even a quick glance at your phone. When you commit to a conversation, focus all your energy on the conversation. You will find that conversations are more enjoyable and effective when you immerse yourself in them.</div>
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<b>4. Using multiple notifications.</b> Multiple notifications are a productivity nightmare. Studies have shown that hopping on your phone and e-mail every time they ping for your attention causes your productivity to plummet. Getting notified every time a message drops onto your phone or an e-mail arrives in your inbox might feel productive, but it isn’t. Instead of working at the whim of your notifications, pool all your e-mails/texts and check them at designated times (e.g., respond to your e-mails every hour). This is a proven, productive way to work.</div>
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<b>5. Saying “yes” when you should say “no.”</b> Research conducted at the University of California in San Francisco shows that the more difficulty that you have saying no, the more likely you are to experience stress, burnout, and even depression, all of which erode self-control. Saying no is indeed a major self-control challenge for many people. “No” is a powerful word that you should not be afraid to wield. When it’s time to say no, <a href="http://www.talentsmart.com/about/emotional-intelligence.php" style="color: #5d5d5d;" target="_blank">emotionally intelligent</a> people avoid phrases like “I don’t think I can” or “I’m not certain.” Saying no to a new commitment honors your existing commitments and gives you the opportunity to successfully fulfill them. Just remind yourself that saying no is an act of self-control now that will increase your future self-control by preventing the negative effects of over commitment.</div>
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<b>6. Thinking about toxic people.</b> There are always going to be toxic people who have a way of getting under your skin and staying there. Each time you find yourself thinking about a coworker or person who makes your blood boil, practice being grateful for someone else in your life instead. There are plenty of people out there who deserve your attention, and the last thing you want to do is think about the people who don’t matter when there are people who do.</div>
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<b>7. Multitasking during meetings.</b> You should never give anything half of your attention, especially meetings. If a meeting isn’t worth your full attention, then you shouldn’t be attending it in the first place; and if the meeting is worth your full attention, then you need to get everything you can out of it. Multitasking during meetings hurts you by creating the impression that you believe you are more important than everyone else.</div>
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<b>8. Gossiping. Gossipers derive pleasure from other people’s misfortunes.</b> It might be fun to peer into somebody else’s personal or professional faux pas at first, but over time, it gets tiring, makes you feel gross, and hurts other people. There are too many positives out there and too much to learn from interesting people to waste your time talking about the misfortune of others.</div>
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“Great minds discuss ideas, average ones discuss events, and small minds discuss people.” –Eleanor Roosevelt<br />
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<b>9. Waiting to act until you know you’ll succeed.</b> Most writers spend countless hours brainstorming their characters and plots, and they even write page after page that they know they’ll never include in the books. They do this because they know that ideas need time to develop. We tend to freeze up when it’s time to get started because we know that our ideas aren’t perfect and that what we produce might not be any good. But how can you ever produce something great if you don’t get started and give your ideas time to evolve? Author Jodi Picoult summarized the importance of avoiding perfectionism perfectly: “You can edit a bad page, but you can’t edit a blank page.”</div>
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<b>10. Comparing yourself to other people.</b> When your sense of pleasure and satisfaction are derived from comparing yourself to others, you are no longer the master of your own happiness. When you feel good about something that you’ve done, don’t allow anyone’s opinions or accomplishments take that away from you. While it’s impossible to turn off your reactions to what others think of you, you don’t have to compare yourself to others, and you can always take people’s opinions with a grain of salt. That way, no matter what other people are thinking or doing, your self-worth comes from within. Regardless of what people think of you at any particular moment, one thing is certain—you’re never as good or bad as they say you are.</div>
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By practicing self-control to break these bad habits, you can simultaneously strengthen your self-control muscle and abolish nasty habits that have the power to bring your career to a grinding halt.</div>
Micronet Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15902409495274777900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682234135786943677.post-49098072483979887092016-11-02T01:02:00.000-07:002016-11-02T01:02:01.501-07:006 Things No One Tells You About No Shave November<div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;">
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When you think of November, election season and Thanksgiving typically come to mind. This November there are bigger things to be concerned with other than who to vote for or what dishes to make for the big feast. To shave, or not to shave. It’s an important decision.</div>
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If you find yourself asking “What is no shave November for?” or “What does no shave November support?” you might want to do some research before shaving your face. The decision to shave or to not shave is a crucial one. So before you let your beard get a little native and type November No Shave in your calendar, you should take a look at the facts first.</div>
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What is No Shave November?</h2>
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This is when guys all across the country drop their razors for an entire month until December 1st rolls around. Some men view it as a competition to see who grows the best beard and others do it truly to support the cause.</div>
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Meaning of No Shave November</h2>
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At some point in the last couple of years you have probably heard of “no shave November”. The whole purpose of no shave November is not to let your beards grow crazy, but to raise awareness for different kinds of cancer including prostate cancer. The goal is to donate the money you normally would use to get a haircut or groom your facial hair to St. Jude or other cancer research charities.</div>
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This is a great tradition but the real no shave November meaning and significance often gets lost among all of the jokes, hashtags and hype created by the media. Many men don’t even realize why they do it. Some use it as an excuse to not shave for a whole month. Although the no shave November cause of cancer is a great cause to support, there are other alternative ways to show your support.</div>
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No Shave November Origin</h2>
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So, how did no shave November start? No Shave November started after a father in Chicago passed away from colon cancer. His 8 sons and daughters started this campaign in 2009 in honor of their father. Over 6 years this became a popular thing to do among many throughout the country.</div>
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There are a lot of things that people don’t tell you before you decide to participate in this official month of no shaving. From trends to setbacks and to just straight opinions. Even if you like facial hair on a guy, or as a guy it only goes to a certain point. No one likes beards or mustaches that look unkept. Many girls like a man with a well groomed beard, but if you happen to be one who doesn’t, chances are “No Shave November” is not your month.</div>
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So What Don’t They Tell You About No Shave November?</h2>
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1. Not Everyone Can Pull Off or Grow Facial Hair</h3>
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What about those people who can’t really grow facial hair? If you fall into this category you might already be disappointed that you can’t produce a macho beard. The disappointments will only continue when No Shave November comes around. We hate to break it to you, but no one wants to see a man that can only grow patches of uneven gross facial hair.</div>
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Let’s face it; not everyone looks good with a beard. They might not have the face shape or personality for a beard. Sure there is Movember where those who prefer to have a mustache instead of a beard can participate, but not everyone looks good with facial hair, PERIOD. For most women facial hair is only considered attractive when it is well kept and groomed and with No Shave November, that is not the case.</div>
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2. Hipster Beards Aren’t “In”</h3>
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<span style="color: #666666;">For the longest time every man’s goal was to rock the hipster beard. You couldn’t go to a trendy coffee shop or hip restaurant without becoming lost in a crowd of wannabe lumberjacks. We don’t want to be the bearer of bad news, but it’s ju</span><span style="color: #666666;">st <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; box-sizing: border-box; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial;">not cool anymore</span>. The time for hipster beards is long gone.</span></div>
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3. Not Everyone Can Participate</h3>
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Some jobs frown upon facial hair. For those guys with jobs that do not allow them to grow a beard, how do they show their support for this cause. Or maybe even the women out there who want to join the movement but are too scared of being judged? There are many people in the world who wish they could, but can’t.</div>
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4. Your Beard Has Poop In It</h3>
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Okay, maybe your beard doesn’t have actual poop in it, but multiple studies (KOAT & NY Post) have shown that your beard might be just as dirty as a toilet. Just because you wash your face or take daily showers does not mean that your beard is squeaky clean.</div>
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5. It Takes Longer Than 1 Month to Grow a Good Beard</h3>
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Usually it takes months and months for any man to grow the most glorious, luscious beard that many women go crazy about. According to Beardoholic, a beard on average only grows half an inch per month. If you expect to grow a hip beard in just one month, you can take your so-called beard to the World Beard and Mustache Championships and see what they have to say.</div>
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6. If You Already Have a Beard, You Have to Shave It</h3>
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You have spent months and maybe years perfecting your beard. If you want to be a part of No Shave November, your hard earned beard will be history. One of the No Shave November rules is that you start out with a clean face. If you don’t feel like saying goodbye to the beard you worked so hard to get you are not able to do No Shave November.</div>
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In order to support the charity of cancer research there are other events, products and things you can do to make a difference. The whole reason for No Shave November is to raise money and awareness for cancer. Why can’t we just dedicate a whole month or host another event to do the exact same thing? An event where there are no rules, photos, memes, or other aspects that draw away from the original goal. Before you decide to start letting your hair grow for No Shave November, think about all of these reasons why you should not take part in No Shave November.</div>
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One style definitely does not fit all! And given that Millennials will soon make up the largest share of the working population, if you aren’t managing a Millennial person yet, you soon will be….</div>
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Based on some latest research – and our own personal experience of working with Millennials here are our top 10 tips on how to manage Millennial people successfully.</div>
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1. They want feedback in real time</h3>
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Millennials are used to constant feedback, from social media ‘liking’ to gaming where incorrect strategies can have immediate results…Not unreasonably, they therefore want regular ongoing feedback from their managers, not just a couple of times of year during a performance review. Keep in mind that they have been raised with continuous (usually supportive) feedback from their Generation X parents and teachers. So – they have a desire to know exactly how they are doing at all times in the mind of their manager. Are you doing this – for example either face to face or through real-time dashboards?</div>
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2. They ARE money motivated – but there is more to it than that…</h3>
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It’s easy to assume that Millennials aren’t ‘all about the money’ compared with their 1980s -1990s Generation X predecessors but recent research suggests this isn’t the whole picture. Millennials are money motivated (especially given the rising price of housing in most cities!), but they have other motivations too…. probably linked to the rapidly changing world of technology.</div>
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For example, Millennials are more likely than Generation X people to worry about their personal development – they have grown up in a world where then can clearly see that today’s skills and knowledge won’t work tomorrow. So show them and help them build transferable skills they can use in the future as well….</div>
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3. On-the-job training</h3>
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If your training programmes consist of people sitting in a room and listening to a lecturer or following a non-interactive e-learning course, it is unlikely to be effective. We find that Millennials are very action-oriented – even more so than previous generations – and prefer experiential learning (again think gaming) in other words, doing it rather than reading about it. They are used to learning things rapidly and immediately putting those skills to use.</div>
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4. Tell me what to do, not how to do it</h3>
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Millennials want very clear objectives and want to know specifically what you expect from them. But they do not want to follow a rigid process or one way to achieve their goals. We find that they just love to try out their skills in short, frequent role-play or real-play situations so that they can come up with their own style that feels authentic to them. Telling them what to say and how to say it feels “fake” and ineffective to them. Think “mentor,” rather than “micro-manager.”</div>
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5. They are not necessarily “job jumpers”</h3>
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While Millennials in general have been tagged as “job jumpers,” that isn’t necessarily the case. A 2012 Vorsight and The Bridge Group research study found that 75% of Millennials answered “yes” to the question, “Do you see yourself at this company in 2 years?” Their study showed that this was the same percentage as Generation X and Boomer respondents. However, you do have to make sure you are discussing career growth with them on a consistent and regular basis to earn this loyalty.</div>
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6. They want your job</h3>
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Yes, Millennials are impatient and many feel they should be a Manager or even Director after a year of experience. The key is to channel that ambition to get the most out of them. Use that thirst to challenge them with more and more responsibility. Find additional areas and ways for them to continue to learn new things and grow.</div>
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Millennials are about “fairness,” not “seniority.” They do not believe in “paying dues” or ‘time serving’ to get advancement, rather, they expect their skills and performance to merit promotion. So let them know exactly what is expected of them in order to move up and advance in the company.</div>
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7. They are risk averse</h3>
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We continually hear about Millennials and how they are natural entrepreneurs. This doesn’t mean however, that they are natural risk takers – many are actually risk averse. This probably stems from having ‘helicopter’ parents to catch them when they fall (or even before they fall!) and also from seeing the effects recession on their parents. For instance this generation of sales professionals tends NOT to be comfortable with commission-only compensation. They want a base so that they know their basic expenses are covered.</div>
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8. Reward me</h3>
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Remember that this is the “Trophy Generation” that has been raised (in some parts of the world at least) on being rewarded just for participating. Money is therefore not enough. Millennials respond to rewards that are personalised – a day extra vacation – or a later start in the morning might be even more valuable than cash. Some creativity may be needed here. We know of call centres where reaching a certain target is rewarded with time away from the phone for gaming. Or you can choose to reward them by boosting their visibility within the company to help them become more marketable internally rather than externally.</div>
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9. Build the relationship</h3>
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Millennials want to have a strong relationship with their manager. They want to look to their boss as a mentor and someone who is genuinely interested in them as a person and the success of their career. You have to be available to them and build trust. Yes, they are digital natives, but they need face-to-face contact, not just emails.<br />
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Of course the best way to know exactly what your Millennial people want is to ask them. Take the time to find out their expectations, needs, motivations, career aspirations and you'll be able to successfully manage these talented young people and harness all the energy and talent that they bring to your business. </div>
Micronet Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15902409495274777900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682234135786943677.post-42638937595851618392016-10-12T20:53:00.000-07:002016-10-12T21:07:18.528-07:0010 Reason to Consider Outsourcing Your Bookkeeping<span id="docs-internal-guid-9eb2b2e2-bc20-0823-559c-937ad4a1f3fc"></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9eb2b2e2-bc20-0823-559c-937ad4a1f3fc"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Professional services businesses I’ve worked with have low volume, but high-value transactions. These businesses average 20-50 transactions at most each month, making outsourced bookkeeping a smart alternative to in-house.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you’re in a services business and you’re not already outsourcing your bookkeeping, <b>here are 10 reasons why you might want to consider doing so</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Expect to see a small cost savings by outsourcing, but don’t make this the primary goal. The savings is likely to be 10% to 20% of the base wage of an in-house operator. Your primary motivation for outsourcing should be getting better financial reporting and advice. One key piece of advice now could save you tens of thousands of dollars later.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Manage less</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most business owners can only effectively manage a handful of staff. Consider hiring as many people as you can manage to carry out revenue-generating tasks and outsourcing other functions, including bookkeeping.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The management activities required for each additional staff person you hire can add up to 100 hours of a manager’s time in training, directing, salary negotiations, firing and hiring. Outsource and the 100 hours can be reinvested elsewhere. A professional bookkeeping company will shoulder the responsibility of replacing bookkeepers who leave and conduct necessary training.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The things you own own you. Every additional computer or software license you own is one more you need to track and manage. Apart from the upfront cost of purchase, troubleshooting these systems will add expense and require the business to learn new non-essential competencies. Outsource bookkeeping and you outsource ownership.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You save more than salary by outsourcing. Factor in employer taxes, health insurance, travel insurance, worker’s compensation, vacation pay and retirement benefits.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Counting money won’t make more money. If you have spare time to build in-house accounting teams, inject it into the areas of the business which make money like your sales team. Outsourcing is not a perfect system, but compared to the alternatives its far more effective.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not enough emphasis can be placed on this. No client I’ve every spoken to went into business for the love of administration. There’s nothing worse than an unmotivated leader to bring down the morale of the whole crew.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are still doing the books each month, stop today. Maintain your passion and do what you love most. You will excel at what you love most and are more likely to remain motivated.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. Value creation</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By engaging an outsourced bookkeeper, you physically restrict the number of hours you are exposed to bookkeeping per month. For most services businesses, one or two days per month is adequate. Tasks take as long as the time allotted to them. A full-time bookkeeper will occupy part of your day, every day. Outsource and instead focus adding value to your client’s business.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You may want to keep the books confidential. One of the most outsourced financial functions is payroll. This is because payroll is complicated and many firms do not want to share salary details with internal stakeholders. By outsourcing bookkeeping, the accounts are one step removed from your staff.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9. Unbiased advice</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In times of financial crisis, tough decisions need to be made. An outsourced bookkeeper will be more impartial than an in-house person, and will probably give you unbiased advice. Suppliers are also easier to let go of than full-time staff.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10. Improved control</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Despite how it may appear, an outsourced bookkeeping company should provide you more control. Choose the software you want to use, the date each month the service is performed, the location and how reports are accessed.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Source: </span><a href="http://futurebooks.com.sg/blog/10-reasons-to-outsource-bookkeeping/465" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Futurebooks</span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9eb2b2e2-bc35-5363-325e-2279c32d7980"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now that you see how beneficial outsourcing your bookkeeping / accounting really is, the next step is finding the right one for your business. There are various accounting firms out there to assist you in taking control of the future of your business by delegating a little bit of your responsibility.</span></div>
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</span>Micronet Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15902409495274777900noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682234135786943677.post-52633192454218643452016-10-11T20:26:00.002-07:002016-10-11T20:26:25.106-07:006 key trends affecting Australian SMEs<h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.584; margin-bottom: 25pt; margin-right: 17pt; margin-top: 15pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="361" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/tVh_TwqYMNZisIc5YMWJyn3OkPPGLyRQjJtqlg7bHH26139yyL_CzJes71x335lQARy4Oby_huMYmBvTjyXF01SnEQODC4o-T9aBJDzt_N-KC5Ip_ObsFQdvmyZfRnukeKxmxiTN" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="624" /></span></h2>
<h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.584; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 15pt;">
<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since September 2014, Australia’s Scottish Pacifichas engaged specialist research firm East & Partners to conduct six monthly polls of 1200 small to medium enterprise leaders across all states and key industries. </span></h2>
<h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.584; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 15pt;">
<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Donald Together they have produced the SME Growth Index which has been released today. Scottish Pacific CEO Mr Peter Langham said the latest results show that SME confidence has taken a hit despite the resilience of the sector, which according to ABS statistics employs almost half of the 10.7 million Australians in the workforce.</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here are six key trends affecting Australian SMEs</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. SMEs predicting positive growth now in minority</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For the first time since the Index began, SMEs forecasting positive growth (48.4 percent) are outnumbered by SMEs forecasting negative growth or no change (51.6 percent). 24.2 percent forecast negative growth, compared with 16.8 percent last year.</span><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“The current environment is clearly placing pressure on Australia’s small to medium business community,” Langham said.</span><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Cash flow named as top small business concern</span><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“SMEs nominated cash flow as the most stressful element of business. They cited credit conditions as a key barrier to growth," Langham said.</span><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"With the Index highlighting that cash flow keeps 72.5 percent of respondents awake at night, it’s crucial for these leaders to find the right funding to support their business.</span><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Small businesses increasingly looking to non-banks for funding</span><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Businesses are increasingly looking beyond the banks to fund growth and to help ease cash flow concerns. From this time last year, there has been a 30 percent increase in SME owners planning to fund their growth using a specialist non-bank lender, with one in five now indicating their intention to do so,” Langham said.</span><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He said SME Growth Index surveying took place in July and August, in the aftermath of the Federal Election and UK Brexit referendum. While uncertainty around these events may have influenced some responses, the results were a timely reminder to governments, industry bodies and financial institutions of the importance of having the right regulatory and funding systems in place to stimulate and support the nation’s vital SME sector.</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. SME owners putting in long hours</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A 50-plus hour week is standard for most SMEs (88.8 percent). Almost half of SME owners and senior managers (43.7 percent) are spending 60 to 80 hours a week working on their business, which equates to 12+ hour days, six days a week.</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. Double edged sword of technology</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Almost half of SMEs (44.6 percent) believe mobile and digital technology has had a negative impact on their work/life balance. Only 15.7 percent of small businesses believe it has led to better work hours or flexible working conditions.</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">New products and services plans on hold – Almost half (48.9 percent) of SMEs report no plans to introduce new products and services during the second half of 2016, up from 33.7 percent a year ago. This may have been influenced by uncertainty following the Federal Election.</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. Entrepreneurs still positive</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Australians are still keen to start their own business, despite barriers and tough conditions. The Index shows one in 10 SMEs are in start-up phase, a consistent figure since data was first collected in September 2014.</span></h2>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-c7f6447f-b6e9-9c7b-4694-001988f82ddd"><br /></span>Micronet Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15902409495274777900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682234135786943677.post-17623378117331915442016-10-09T20:41:00.000-07:002016-10-09T20:41:20.446-07:00World Mental Health Day – what is it and why is it important?<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 11pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; clear: left; color: #333333; float: left; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt="(Picture: WMHD)" height="312" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/nVXOPMtmCVocdP48OOjywJKC95ZLYsKowox64LC5lAxo88afUeOHsYKlcEiDiOzd_XzcYDREhg_-A9jRZm0qlDDx67PecUcteQP9_8X4uYZN2SXC8molJtSY3p6Gor18mzNLEiX6" style="border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" width="624" /></span><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mental illness – a sad thing that happens to other people, but not something to worry your head about, right?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wrong. According to the World Health Organisation, ‘if we don’t act urgently, by </span><a href="https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/world-mental-health-day" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2030</span></a><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> depression will be the leading illness globally.’</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 11pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As someone who has bipolar disorder I suppose I have a vested interest in spreading awareness of mental health conditions but, the truth is, statistically speaking, either you, or a great number of your friends or family will be affected by them at some point.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 11pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Every October 10 is World Mental Health Day – a time to educate and raise awareness of mental Illness and its major effects on people’s lives worldwide.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here’s everything you need to know.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What is World Mental Health Day?</span></h2>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 11pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s a day first celebrated in 1992 at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health, a global mental health organization.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 11pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The World Health Organisation recognizes World Mental Health Day on 10 October every year.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Every year has a different theme.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This year’s is psychological first aid and the support people can provide to those in distress.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What can I do to support it?</span></h2>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 11pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can get involved in Tea & Talk – a national fundraising event which takes place today.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s pretty chill – friends, family or workmates get together, have tea (and possibly also biscuits or cakes), talk about mental health and potentially donate to mental health research charity, </span><a href="https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mental Health Foundation</span></a><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Generally the day is on October 10 but you can organise one any time and request a pack with some ideas </span><a href="https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/get-involved/tea-and-talk" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">here</span></a><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Suicide is the most common cause of death for men aged 20-49 years in England and Wales at present.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While suicide and self-harm are not mental health problems per se, they are obviously linked to mental distress.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Having said that, you shouldn’t assume that because someone has depression, or indeed any mental illness, that they are or have ever been suicidal.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nevertheless, this awful fact shows how much still needs to be done – from improvements in mental health care provision on the NHS through to people having more open conversations about mental health, and beyond.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some other recent stats to think about or discuss today –</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Mixed anxiety and depression is the most common mental disorder in Britain.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. As many as 10 per cent of people in England will experience depression in their lifetime.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. The poorer and more disadvantaged are disproportionately affected by common mental health problems and their adverse consequences.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Ten per cent of mothers and six per cent of fathers in the UK have mental health problems at any given time.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. One in five teens experience a mental health problem in any given year.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All statistics from </span><a href="https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Mental Health Foundation</span></a><span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While stats can be a starting point for a conversation, I think it’s the conversation – however it begins – that matters.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfffd; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When you have a mental health condition it’s pretty s*** in itself, but to feel like you’re the only one going through it, and to deal with it alone, and to feel like it’s somehow your fault, something to be ashamed of, that you have to hide, can be just as bad I think.</span></div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-b42bd780-aca9-ca01-31e2-27cffd41f7d9"><br /></span>Micronet Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15902409495274777900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682234135786943677.post-72114914293771587382016-10-07T01:27:00.004-07:002016-10-11T20:31:00.383-07:005 Trends Changing the Financial Services Landscape<span id="docs-internal-guid-c7f6447f-b6ed-51ab-20e8-b26b4b56d916"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 11pt; margin-right: 11pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The FinServ industry does not look the same way it did five years ago. Gone are the days of industry behemoths solely competing with each other. Within the financial market, interest rates are extremely low, and while this may be good for people that want to buy a car or house, it is bad for the FinServ industry that relies on interest as a form of revenue. Along with low interest rates, market volatility in Asia and Latin America has thwarted merger plans and other business deals. There is a loss of brand loyalty in all industries, but especially in regards to banks and wealth management firms. Even though FinServ brand loyalty is down, financial awareness has increased, specifically among millennials. This, in part, is due to an increase in mobile phone usage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amid this overall landscape, five trends in FinServ have been identified that can create opportunities for organizations and their customers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. F</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">intech disruption</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fintech is technology that makes any type of financial service more efficient, but it typically exists in the form of a mobile app. FinServ companies used to be competitive with only big businesses (think Charles Schwab and JP Morgan) because the industry used to have a large barrier to entry – a company needed a lot of initial capital in order to become a key player. Now, other types of companies are entering the game.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">These players typically fall into three sections of FinServ:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Investing: Apps like Robinhood, Acorns, and Betterment use customer profile information to create an investment portfolio by using algorithms. Typical wealth management firms have people, not algorithms, managing the portfolios. The management fees are significantly lower with apps (around 0.5 percent with an app vs. 2-3 percent with a wealth management firm) since it’s an algorithm, and not a person, managing the account.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lending: Online-only lending is becoming a major threat to traditional banking, especially peer-to-peer lending services like SoFi and Lending Club. Peer-to-peer lending is when people apply for and acquire loans, and investors take on the risk of the loans instead of banks. This type of lending became much more popular after the 2008 Financial Crisis. SoFi underwrites about $1 billion per month in loans, making it the largest non-bank unsecured lender in the United States. The peer-to-peer lending industry had a revenue of $2.1 billion for the first two quarters of 2016.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Payments: The peer-to-peer trend is showing up in payment Fintech as well. In an app like Venmo, people can pay their friend (or anyone, really) directly through their phone or laptop. PayPal and ApplePay also make payments faster and easier, but both of these apps are meant for people to link their credit and debit cards so all forms of payment are in one area, and you can pay an online store or trip to the supermarket instantaneously.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Companies can play within the Fintech game by building an app (Charles Schwab and Capital One have already done this) or update their mobile sites to mirror these new apps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>2. Single Customer View</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A single customer view is a term used to describe the aggregate of multiple data sets into one unified database on each customer; this enables companies to derive the maximum value from existing customer relationships. Not only have FinServ competitors changed, but the recent economic climate has resulted in a tightening of banks’ lending criteria. Acquiring and retaining profitable customers is much more challenging now, and there is a heightened importance on gaining the maximum value from the current customers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mapping the customer journey is at the heart of a single customer view. Companies look at general profile information, services the customer is currently using, the length of time a customer is using these services, and on what platforms (mobile, computer, in-person). Companies can then use data analytics to sort and filter customer information, making it identical on all platforms, and use this organized data to determine additional services the customer may need.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A single customer view gives companies the opportunity for customer retention because companies can look at needs, wants, and grievances. It can help to determine additional services for the customer and also streamline business practices since information would be cohesive on all platforms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blockchain is a distributed public ledger where every person involved has a verified, secure identity. When information is added into the system, it is encrypted. Normal security technology would stop there, but blockchain breaks up the information into pieces, distributes, and stores the information on several different servers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to change the information, a person must know what pieces of information are where, and he or she must have the account number. Blockchain technology is also safer because it’s a public database, so everyone can theoretically see the details of the transaction. Currently, most data is on a central server where one person can hack into and falsify the information.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you’ve ever read or seen any of the </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Harry Potter </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">series, think of Voldemort (excuse me, “He-who-must-not-be-named”) and the seven horcruxes. That’s essentially how a blockchain works.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Banking now is like sending a letter; you send the transfer, and you don't know if it reached there. [A blockchain transfer] is more like sending an iMessage. You send it, and you immediately know it got there.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">” – Chris Larsen, CEO of Ripple</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blockchain technology is not only for customer security. It can also allow for easier and faster financial transfers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Currently, the two most common ways to transfer money in the United States are through:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A wire transfer: The name is self-explanatory, but a person can “wire” money to the intended party. It's the closest thing to an instantaneous transfer, but banks initiate transfers every 15 minutes, and the transfer can take up to 3 hours. There is usually a fee associated with this type of transfer, around $20 - $50. In order for the transfer to occur, a person must know the account number, routing number, the intended party’s name on the account, explanation of funds, and the monetary amount. If anything is left blank or mistyped, the transfer can be delayed or sent to the wrong person.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Automated Clearing House transfer (ACH): This type of transfer is done through the Federal Reserve Bank (the Fed) and takes 72 hours to complete. The transactions are processed in batches on somewhat regular intervals rather than immediately as the transactions occur. This system dates back to the early days of the Fed. There is a new rule that will put ACH payments on a same-day delivery schedule, but the rule won’t be fully implemented until March 2018.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Both of these types of transfers are time-consuming and costly. Instead, banks like Santander, UBS, and CIBC are among others experimenting with Ripple, a start-up that uses blockchain technology for overseas transfers. Ripple specializes specifically in international transfers because most are of low monetary value, and banks can end up with a net loss because of the effort involved. Since Ripple is using blockchain technology, transfers can be instantaneous while still being secure, and Ripple claims that the transfers can be done at two-thirds of the cost of normal transfers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As more FinServ companies experiment with blockchain-backed transfers, movement of money can become much safer, faster, and cheaper. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The continuing prevalence of terrorist groups has brought up discussion about stricter Anti-Money Laundering laws (AML) laws. Money laundering is the process of making illegally-gained transfers (i.e. "dirty money") appear legal (i.e. "clean"). Terrorist groups are using offshore shell companies to launder money and fund violent attacks. The United States created stricter AML laws after 9/11, but countries are being pressured to come out with tighter restrictions for FinServ companies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Along with AML Laws, the outcome of Brexit will affect the FinServ industry. Many FinServ institutions used to use London as a pathway into the European Union (EU). The outcome is still uncertain, but FinServ companies will most likely have to make individual trade deals with each country in the EU.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Although impending regulations can be burdensome, FinServ companies can use these laws to improve customer relationships. Underlying these regulations is the notion of improved accountability, transparency, and trust. Making these three values a priority can result in more faithful, happier customers.</span></div>
</span>Micronet Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15902409495274777900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682234135786943677.post-12520660883329524612016-10-04T04:21:00.001-07:002016-10-04T04:21:44.695-07:00How Does Donald Trump, Narendra Modi and Elon Musk Influence The Public?<div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 3.2rem; margin-top: 3.2rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">However, there is one thing common to them: All three understand the power of emotions and instincts. And they use this power extremely well to their benefit. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First, let’s understand ourselves. The human brain isn’t a homogenous lump of mass: it actually has three distinct layers: </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The innermost part - the instinctual brain - is responsible for basic survival instincts like food, breathing and autonomous movements. All reflexes and instincts are an outcome of this layer.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Surrounding the instinctual brain is the emotional brain that is responsible for emotions, and behavioural response.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At the outermost part is the logical brain that is responsible for logic, intelligence, analysis and rationale.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, here is the catch: Stimuli from the sense organs reach the brain in the reverse order: i.e. they are first screened by the instinctual brain (for survival threats) and emotional brain (for emotional content and responses) before being processed by the logical brain (for logical action). This makes the responsiveness of the instinctual and emotional brain a lot quicker than that of the logical brain.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Such a brain structure leads to below outcomes:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While the logical part of the brain is the most intelligent, the emotional and instinctive parts of the brains are the most influential parts of a human brain.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They are, in fact, so powerful that in every situation deemed an existential or emotional threat and they will hijack the logical brain and dictate the responses.</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The stronger a message appeals to the emotional brain, the lesser the threshold of logic required to appeal to the logical brain. Whether the emotions are positive or negative is immaterial to the emotional brain.</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once the emotional brain has accepted something as true, the logical brain tries to find supporting reasons to justify this emotional position.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The longevity of a message depends on the strength of its emotional connect as opposed to the strength of its logic.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Add all these together and it becomes clear that the message that resonates with the emotional brain complemented with supporting logic will influence the listener quicker, stronger and longer than content that resonates only with the logical brain.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trump, Modi and Musk (and scores of influential communicators) understand this really well. However, they use it for altogether different purposes.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trump’s manifesto reveals an emotionally charged message of fear and nationalism (illegal immigration killing Americans, death tax, China stealing jobs etc all indicating injustice against and harm done to Americans). These are precisely the kind of messages that appeal to the emotional brain. Individuals whose emotional brains resonate with this message now need a far lower threshold of logic to accept the message. Note that these people are not illogical: they emotionally connect so deeply with Trump’s pitch that the supporting arguments sound very logical. However, for those who haven’t emotionally accepted the manifesto, the very same supporting messages appear totally illogical. This explains the huge polarization caused by Trump.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Modi used the same powers in 2014 when he spun an emotional dream of “India on the rise” (corruption free economically advanced nation, set to reclaim its powerful status in the world order) to the aspiring Indian middle class: an agenda that helped him get to the Prime Minister’s post with a thumping majority.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Musk has a vision for humans that is highly emotional in content (driverless zero-emission vehicles leading to zero vehicle fatalities; homes and businesses that draw power from the sun and store it in batteries for later use; “machine that builds the machine.”). To a layman, there is virtually no logic in these statements. But so emotionally convincing is the vision and its outcome to Musk that no amount of logic can dissuade him from pursuing it. Musk obviously finds investors who are sold to this vision knowing fully well that ALL inventions and advances in mankind have been an outcome of such visions sold to the emotional brain. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While Modi, Musk and Trump are using the SAME technique, the emotional sub-text is different. While Trump relies on negative emotions of fear and hate, Modi and Musk use positive emotions like hope and success. It is worth noting that once a message resonates with the emotional brain, the logical mind doesn’t differentiate between positive and negative emotions while providing supporting logic. That explains why all three create such a deep impact with their target audience and why this messaging technique works all the time. Everywhere. And why it can be used by anyone. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You and I might not start the next Tesla or vie for the top job in our countries. However, knowing the functioning of the brain can help us get desired action in any audience interaction: in campaigns, promotions, presentations, pitches, debates or even routine discussions. Here is the how we can use the same technique used by Trump, Modi and Musk:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Emotional Positioning: Appeal first to the emotions of the audience. Emotional connect provides the audience with a “why” to act. This is the most important point to be considered in every audience interaction. Appealing to logic without emotional connect is equivalent to putting the cart before the horse. Your influence with the audience is in direct proportion to the emotional connectivity of your message with them.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 17.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Logical supporting statements: Back your emotional position with sound logic. Emotional content with no logical case will lead to either a confused audience with questions or an audience with blind faith. They will know what actions to take, but not know why. “Why” will come from emotional positioning. </span></div>
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Micronet Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15902409495274777900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682234135786943677.post-56951543502197442712016-10-02T22:23:00.001-07:002016-10-02T22:23:33.977-07:00What Trends In Mobile Advertising Will Drive Global Market Towards Success?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk9EgZdV1l5twh-oUkj_Z4uNeQupyOKhJ60FHycIl8yOzwHu2T6d08C-JPf_gDqFZwbpeMJFx2NvbbMpmTvi6C8F4B1Tmr-1kfUnEr2aqyGqgTAayHqJSA_AQY5lNA4I-5cF3HkwHehmc/s1600/native-ads.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk9EgZdV1l5twh-oUkj_Z4uNeQupyOKhJ60FHycIl8yOzwHu2T6d08C-JPf_gDqFZwbpeMJFx2NvbbMpmTvi6C8F4B1Tmr-1kfUnEr2aqyGqgTAayHqJSA_AQY5lNA4I-5cF3HkwHehmc/s640/native-ads.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nowadays, we see people glued to the screens of their smartphones to browse different ads of products they wish to buy. Mobile advertising is a rising trend, thanks to the new advancements made in mobile applications. Today, the majority of people are depending on smartphones to access through various ads and content and browse through the products. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For the advertisers, the best way to reach the customers is to make their ads available in the smartphones through various applications. Although not all organizations have fully accepted people-based advertising, the mobile advertising technology has well-spread across the globe and has already made a huge impact. The effectiveness of mobile advertisements is clearly seen as it has overtaken the traditional advertising methods in a short period. Mobile advertising has proved effective for both, customers and advertisers. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Going forward, the in-app advertising segment is expected to contribute the highest towards the growth of the global mobile advertising market. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The application of mobile advertising is growing across many industry verticals. Academic and government, FMCG, energy and utility, healthcare, media and entertainment, telecommunication and IT, hospitality and tourism, and supply chain and logistics are some of the industries, currently driving demand for mobile advertisements. By considering factors such as requirements, security, useful information, and flexibility, advertisers take efforts to select best ad-solutions to cater to their business requirements and usage.</span></div>
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Micronet Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15902409495274777900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682234135786943677.post-60009627806057679982016-09-28T23:25:00.000-07:002016-09-28T23:25:02.677-07:005 Essential Activities That Will Make Your Brain Healthier<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Simple enough right?</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fj41kKCxwAZuyGBRi3kR4rI1kJ2LxF5Jg5GmE48n6gSYVvKaZFm5-ERC8bcliFGd6BXYpS4tw6pTVZOZS9BhzYP6I0JsO_uLZfaM6wUqlCtMLEUc4k5ZzPSvZklEuCb6vwOMN96dazU/s1600/aid4733-728px-Socialize%252C-Be-Funny-and-Make-Friends-Step-9-Version-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fj41kKCxwAZuyGBRi3kR4rI1kJ2LxF5Jg5GmE48n6gSYVvKaZFm5-ERC8bcliFGd6BXYpS4tw6pTVZOZS9BhzYP6I0JsO_uLZfaM6wUqlCtMLEUc4k5ZzPSvZklEuCb6vwOMN96dazU/s640/aid4733-728px-Socialize%252C-Be-Funny-and-Make-Friends-Step-9-Version-2.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A laugh a day keeps the doctor away?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Being around people you enjoy is a great way to keep your brain healthy. When you’re laughing and smiling, your brain releases “feel-good” chemicals, such as Dopamine.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In a study of 2,249 California women published in the July </span><a href="http://ajph.aphapublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/98/7/1221" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">American Journal of Public Health</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, researchers reported that older women who maintained large social networks reduced their risk of dementia and delayed or prevented cognitive impairment.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The message is clear: form bonds instead of walls. Come together, instead of isolating from one another.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. Learn another language</span></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Speaking of socializing, a great way to get your social life going while learning a new skill is to learn a language.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We’ve written extensively on the benefits of learning a language, but here are the highlights:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">i. Enhances your focus</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ii. Improves your native languages</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">iii. Prevents common brain diseases</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In fact, learning a new language can prevent or delay Alzheimer’s disease and dementia by </span><a href="http://www.neurology.org/content/early/2013/11/06/01.wnl.0000436620.33155.a4" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4.5 years</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. This is a far more powerful than the best drugs which only delays the symptoms by </span><a href="http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_standard_prescriptions.asp" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6–12 months</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The best method to reap the benefits of socializing and learning a language is not using a software solution, like Duolingo or Rosetta Stone, but by speaking it with native speakers. This allows you to learn a new language while learning about the different cultures of people around the world.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We all have time to learn something new, and it starts with re-prioritizing your schedule for self development.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. Sweat it off</span></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This one should come with no surprise. If you’re doing any sort of exercise, you’re already ahead of the game.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But Mark McDaniel, PhD, professor of psychology at Washington University in St. Louis, suggests “a combined program of aerobics and weight training. Studies show the best outcomes for those engaged in both types of exercise.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Whether you’re twenty-five years old or about to retire, maintaining a strong sense of purpose for the future is a necessity for keeping your brain alert and healthy.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Studies show that when individuals were simply planning a trip (i.e. booking a flight ticket), they reported higher levels of dopamine in their brain. This means that just planning for the future alone can be beneficial to your brain, even if you never take that trip.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Having something to look forward to is what helps us maintain optimism, which is essential for our brain and overall health.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Continue to improve yourself, develop new skills, and never stop learning. It may just save your life.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-779af050-50fa-e3e8-bfa2-df36d0be72d3" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Businesses can benefit from using managed IT services, and here are some of the benefits you get by outsourcing IT Services.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Control IT Cost</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Outsourcing converts fixed IT costs into variable costs and allows you budget effectively. In other words, only pay for what you use when you need it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hiring and training an IT staff can be very expensive, and temporary employees don't always live up to your expectations. Outsourcing lets you focus your human resources where you need them most.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Organizations that try to do all IT Services in-house themselves can have much higher research, development, and implementation time, all of which increase costs and are ultimately passed on to customers.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A quality outsourced IT service organization will have the resources to start new projects right away. Handling the same project in-house might involve weeks or months to hire the right people, train them, and provide the support they need. For most implementations, quality IT companies will bring years of experience in the beginning saving time and money.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Every business investment carries a certain amount of risk. Markets, competition, government regulations, financial conditions, and technologies all change very quickly. Outsourcing providers assume and manage much of this risk for you, with specific industry knowledge, especially security and compliance issues. They generally are much better at deciding how to avoid risk in their areas of expertise.</span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-779af050-5077-cd47-accb-df7f5e595037"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Is your firewall up to date? Do you have a DMZ installed? Do you audit your Workstations and Servers? Has your company implemented PCI security standards and work to maintain those standards? For example, Businesses have more ways than ever to prosper by taking many forms of payments such as Credit and Debit Cards, Gift Certificates, E-Checks, Wire Transfers to name a few, but with these forms of transacting also comes the need for due diligence. By outsourcing a qualified Manages Services company who is familiar with PCI Compliance standards you can rest assured that your company is minimizing the risks associated with maintaining client data, credit card numbers, sensitive competitive information and more.</span></div>
Micronet Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15902409495274777900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682234135786943677.post-63379595477068723842016-09-21T21:32:00.001-07:002016-09-22T00:06:28.745-07:005 Key Benefits of Outsourcing Your Finance & Accounting (F&A) Operations<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-AqBXeS0aPZpqLpsNC_OHw-EcLBwHA1DM-qXxO-fzvRaBsGdyjTqECbDtSe0qcvwBv-tROpdTGJHEANBWB_qCI5xjKhyphenhyphenXaLSHC4VdaGA-mz13tOfFFbF2atq2yUnflS_56kbjpzlrFM/s1600/cq5dam.web.1400.350.desktop.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-AqBXeS0aPZpqLpsNC_OHw-EcLBwHA1DM-qXxO-fzvRaBsGdyjTqECbDtSe0qcvwBv-tROpdTGJHEANBWB_qCI5xjKhyphenhyphenXaLSHC4VdaGA-mz13tOfFFbF2atq2yUnflS_56kbjpzlrFM/s640/cq5dam.web.1400.350.desktop.jpeg" width="640" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The modern global market is highly competitive whereby companies give</span><a href="http://www.acelerartech.com/services/finance-and-accounting-outsourcing" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> finance and accounting outsourcing</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (FAO) serious prioritization in order to have their internal F&A functions standardized, streamlined and fully functional.</span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-779af050-501a-66e5-1386-ceffb831262b"></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Given that dilatory and inefficient F&A management is contributory to a slow-paced performance growth; accounting outsourcing services are thoughts that most CFOs contemplate. Be it reviewing financial statement, developing operating budgets or cash flow management, they want quality services on lower financial investment from their outsourcing partners in order to materialize remarkable efficiency results in their F&A functions.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-779af050-501f-c199-3a55-463870629414"></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Industries have long attributed imprecise and cost-burgeoning aspects of financial functions to their failure to understand the importance of FAO. To state otherwise, industries believe that if they had externalized accounting processes in early stage of their business, they would probably have reduced operating costs and improved business productivity level significantly.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To say the least, FAO really drives the efficiency and improved business performance to any organization. Due to increasingly tough outsourcing market worldwide, outsourcing companies face the pressing need to adopt latest technologies and client-satisfaction-centric business strategies. In view of the circumstances, client companies can expect efficiency-driven results for their outsourced projects, as vendors can’t afford the risk of losing clients by providing substandard services.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Undoubtedly, if you externalize an accounting process to a vendor, you invariably get an access to vast talent reservoir, effective and useful for your business to scale up. Start-up, small and medium size organizations usually make a cost-efficient business strategy involving externalization of internal F&A process so as to get their accounting functions streamlined.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In brief, outsourcing enables an organization get quality services within the deadline, thus helping it many ways. A client gets service within the deadline as its outsourcing partner has all requisite resources essential to streamline client specified accounting process with faster turnaround time.</span></div>
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Micronet Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15902409495274777900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682234135786943677.post-72519372004106732452016-09-20T21:39:00.004-07:002016-09-21T22:36:09.479-07:005 Most Important Advantages of BPO <span id="docs-internal-guid-779af050-505e-b671-7066-3df8eef4b2f5"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 13pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Outsourcing market is growing tremendously in the coming few with increasing years with an increasing advantage as discussed below:-</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">get very little time to formulate strategies. BPO saves time and helps the executives to explore new revenue areas, accelerate other projects and focus on their customers. This leads to improvement in the productivity. Better educated or skilled people perform the task efficiently and thus improve productivity.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BPO enables to the corporate executive to concentrate upon core business areas. Conventionally executives spend more time in management of details and they BPO enables optimum utilisation of resources of scarce resources. Outsourcing helps to capture new efficiency and reallocate the resources. This increases the efficiency and productivity. Availability of skilled employees and adoption of sophisticated technologies leads to utilisation of resources and productivity.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cost savings can be significant to any business. BPO not only helps in reducing cost but also increase productivity and raise revenue significantly. Cost reduction is possible through process improvements, re engineering, and use of technologies that reduce and bring administrative and other costs under control. Outsourcing helps the company maintain lower rates with better service solutions, thereby giving them a better market position and even a competitive advantage.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Improved HR is another great advantage of outsourcing business processes. Cost effective manpower is yet another important factor of importance in BPO. Companies today, require productive and efficient human resource that can generate economies of scale. Due to outsourcing business can save Human resource cost, depending on their priorities. Outsourcing gives a company the ability to get access to skilled and trained manpower at extremely low rates</span></div>
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</span>Micronet Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15902409495274777900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682234135786943677.post-30041020234174419822016-09-19T03:49:00.000-07:002016-09-28T02:00:59.139-07:00About the Director<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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