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Stop Whining and Ask For What You Want!
When you want something, the best way to get it is to make your request in a straightforward and positive way. You should not expect your boss or co-workers to read your mind and know what your expectations and desires are. Nor should you brood about the fact that someone else has not recognized what you think is obvious to everyone.If it is important to you and you really want it, then bring it to your boss’ attention. Here are 8 steps you can take to get your requests granted at work.How to Succeed at Getting What You Want at Work Think through your request. Spend some time planning

king your inspiration more accessible and understandable to the general public.

• Creative Commons Licensing

Instead of a regular strict copyright, you can use the Creative Commons licensing approach to be more flexible and generous in approaching your "intellectual property."

In their own words: "Creative Commons offers a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors and artists. We have built upon the 'all rights reserved' of traditional copyright to create a voluntary 'some rights reserved' copyright. We're a nonprofit. All of our tools are free."

For more information, check them out. http://creativecommons.org/

• Wholesale stealing of your entire show.

I have seen instances when someone has copied a website completely, word-for-word, including t

Make Your Phone Win Customers
Here's how distinguish your business as one worthy of a customer's trust (and business).1) Hire an operator to answer your phone. This promotes good will, shows that you have employees, and may cost less than the consequences of rotten service. If you must use an automated system, let callers reach an operator from the first menu.The key is to be readily approachable.2) Make sure that the person who answers the phone sounds happy when someone calls. This sets the tone for the conversation that follows. A friendly greeting can lead to more sales.3) Take care of the basics. Have the person who answers the phone st

A month or two back I was in an online discussion with someone who had had an article of theirs printed and quoted from without their permission, and without the proper copyright notice. The author was up in arms and was wondering what to do about it.

No matter how much inventory you have, or how large your customer base, the viability of your business depends on the flow of your thinking, your creativity, your presence. What do you do when someone steals your hard work?

Send a thank-you note.

Remember the Grateful Dead? I was never a big fan, more into punk myself, but I was always intrigued by friends who had dozens and dozens of "bootlegs" of Dead shows- recordings they personally made, or bought from someone else.

What many people don't know about the Grateful Dead is that early on they made a decision to treat the band as a business, and made many decisions to leverage their success, without compromising their values.

They noticed that their fans were recording their shows. Unlike many other bands and industries that tried to stop this nefarious activity (remember Napster?), the Dead encouraged it. Why?

Have you ever tried to act like someone else? How long could you keep it up? The last time I unconciously started writing like someone I admired, I started getting unsubscribes and complaints like crazy, and I had to come back to my own authenticity in a hurry.

The Dead, by smiling at bootleggers who were making "unofficial" copies of the shows, were actually encouraging the growth of community. More people attended their shows just to record bootlegs. It created a "collection" mindset. It was a big deal to say that you had a particular bootleg, and even more of coup to say that you had been at that show.

And, their official records, more than 50 live and studio releases, were a part of the 'collection mania' and had strong, profitable sales over 30+ years.

Instead of spending your time and energy trying to police your "intellectual property rights," put your attention on your heart and your authenticity, and encourage others to make the best use of your materials and ideas. Trust that your customers can tell your authentic presence from someone else who is just riding in your draft.

Are there times when it's worth it to protect your stuff?

Keys to Hippie Protectionism

• It's not thieving to be in the morphic field.

Biologist Rupert Sheldrake originated the "morphic field" theory in modern science (something that has been observed spiritually for eons). The basic theory is this: genetics alone doesn't explain why a plant grows in a particular form. Why do oak leaves all have basically the same shape?

Sheldrake advanced a holistic theory that "morphic fields" hold the pattern for structures. In a similar way, it's not uncommon to find scientists, writers, researchers all working independently on similar ideas, remote from each other. Read his article.

If you are "inspired" by a particular idea, and you notice others taking up the flag as well, don't fret about being stolen from, or someone getting "there" faster than you. Instead, rejoice that the morphic field is making your inspiration more accessible and understandable to the general public.

• Creative Commons Licensing

Instead of a regular strict copyright, you can use the Creative Commons licensing approach to be more flexible and generous in approaching your "intellectual property."

For more information, check them out. http://creativecommons.org/

• Wholesale stealing of your entire show.

I have seen instances when someone has copied a website completely, word-for-word, including th

MySapace Layout – Going Easy About It
A MySapace graphic is a running image that you can use to customize your MySapace profile. You can get as many MySapace graphics as available on the net free of cost. Using any graphic including the best MySapace graphic is pretty easy.If you have a MySapace account, you will find it easy to arrange the new background graphic within your profile MySapace page. You can even experiment and test a number of MySapace Background Layouts before deciding upon one. Remember, the chosen background will have all the basics you need such as the contact table, comment area and so on. In addition, entering a URL of an image will spice up

is that early on they made a decision to treat the band as a business, and made many decisions to leverage their success, without compromising their values.

They noticed that their fans were recording their shows. Unlike many other bands and industries that tried to stop this nefarious activity (remember Napster?), the Dead encouraged it. Why?

And, their official records, more than 50 live and studio releases, were a part of the 'collection mania' and had strong, profitable sales over 30+ years.

Are there times when it's worth it to protect your stuff?

Keys to Hippie Protectionism

• It's not thieving to be in the morphic field.

• Creative Commons Licensing

Instead of a regular strict copyright, you can use the Creative Commons licensing approach to be more flexible and generous in approaching your "intellectual property."

For more information, check them out. http://creativecommons.org/

• Wholesale stealing of your entire show.

I have seen instances when someone has copied a website completely, word-for-word, including t

Gift Cards - You've Got To Spend Money To Make Money!
The old adage you've got to spend money to make money is no where more true than with gift cards. Look around all I've seen advertised on television and in the newspapers this holiday season has been for the purchase of gift cards. It's as if Walmart, BestBuy and Target don't have any merchandise to sell.Advertising today is very expensive. People in marketing know that to advertise for 1 specific product nationally or locally can cost thousands if not millions of dollars. Is it worth it to sell 1 product. For those interested in that product they might venture into the store and while there, they may purchase other items, bu

record bootlegs. It created a "collection" mindset. It was a big deal to say that you had a particular bootleg, and even more of coup to say that you had been at that show.

And, their official records, more than 50 live and studio releases, were a part of the 'collection mania' and had strong, profitable sales over 30+ years.

Are there times when it's worth it to protect your stuff?

Keys to Hippie Protectionism

• It's not thieving to be in the morphic field.

• Creative Commons Licensing

Instead of a regular strict copyright, you can use the Creative Commons licensing approach to be more flexible and generous in approaching your "intellectual property."

For more information, check them out. http://creativecommons.org/

• Wholesale stealing of your entire show.

I have seen instances when someone has copied a website completely, word-for-word, including t

The Top Six Reasons to Buy Rather Than Build an Inventory Management Solution
Is building your own inventory management solution really your best bet?The issues that companies face when they decide to build a solution in house are numerous: Scarce development resources, project cost overruns, delivery delays, unexpected technical issues, long-term maintenance issues.For these reasons, you should consider purchasing hosted, flexible, "out-of-the-box" vendor managed inventory (VMI) and web-based inventory solutions that can be running in a matter of days -- rather than months -- all at a fixed monthly price - with no delays, low risk and a lower total cost of ownership.At Invendia we've oft

in the morphic field.

• Creative Commons Licensing

Instead of a regular strict copyright, you can use the Creative Commons licensing approach to be more flexible and generous in approaching your "intellectual property."

For more information, check them out. http://creativecommons.org/

• Wholesale stealing of your entire show.

I have seen instances when someone has copied a website completely, word-for-word, including t

Team Building Seminars: Why New Teams Struggle
With over 25 years of research and experience, we have observed countless groups struggle with activities in our Team Building Seminars. These groups all had the same common denominators, whether they were strangers or intact work teams, that became apparent during the first activity in which they were asked to work effectively together.At least four issues were found to inhibit these start-up groups from functioning as a team:Task fixation, process blindness Power struggles Fight versus flight Stereotyping Task Fixation, Process BlindnessIndividual members justify

king your inspiration more accessible and understandable to the general public.

• Creative Commons Licensing

Instead of a regular strict copyright, you can use the Creative Commons licensing approach to be more flexible and generous in approaching your "intellectual property."

For more information, check them out. http://creativecommons.org/

• Wholesale stealing of your entire show.

I have seen instances when someone has copied a website completely, word-for-word, including the free give-aways and bonuses. I always feel a little sad the very, very few times I've seen or heard of this, because someone is so clearly shut-down in their heart, and feeling desperate. Their business won't last sustainably like that, but it is good to take official notice so you don't have problems later on.

In these instances it's often easy to send a note to them telling them you've noticed them and they need to cease and desist. If they don't respond, you can look up their website registration on Whois.

Generally, an email sent to the company where they have registered their domain name will result in some action.

If you want to track certain words and phrases on the web, you can use Google Alerts.

However, this is an extreme case, and you will probably not encounter it.

Let your heart rest easy about "borrowers." Stay in your authenticity, keep letting your heart move you forward, and rejoice that what you are inspired by is resonating so strongly with other people. This means you probably have a very viable and profitable market for your business.

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