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Every day in sales and business is critical. That lead you receive today, could very well be in the hands of your competition tomorrow.

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Every day in sales and business is critical. That lead you receive today, could very well be in the hands of your competition tomorrow.

That is why I can’t stress enough the importance of taking full advantage of your leads once you receive them.

Leads are not meant to sit around pinned onto bulletin boards, or placed in a tickler file. They are meant to be acted on.

The thought process of the customer is to shop around for a product or service, so they have put the word on the street that they are on the market for a particular product.

If someone within your professional circle gives you a qualified lead, it is highly reasonable that the customer on this lead has made several people aware of their interests in a product or service. Which would mean that their name and phone number is being passed around in more than one professional circle.

The timing on a lead is so important, the moment you receive the lead, pick up the phone and make contact with that person.

By not acting on a lead, you have two things working against you. One, you are allowing for your competition to get the jump on you. And two, you are giving your potential customer an opportunity to seek out somebody else to provide them with the product or service they are looking for.

I once worked with a guy when I was in the banking industry. He belonged to a few networking groups, and when he received a lead at one of his weekly meetings, he would come back to the office, pin the lead onto his calendar and let it sit there for three to five days.

When he finally got around to calling the name on the lead, he always received the same response. The customers would inform him that they were no longer interested, because they were working with someone else.

He would than hang up the phone and complain that he had the worst luck when it came to leads.

I think the message here is clear. This is an example of what not to do with your leads.

By letting a hot lead sit around and cool off, you are guaranteed to lose that customer.

Keep in mind, when someone gives you a lead, that someone is most likely giving your potential customer feed back. So that potential customer will have your name, and know when the lead was given to you.

I don’t think your customer would appreciate a phone call three to five days after you have received their information. Even if they are still on the market for your product, you will not be off to a good start.

Leads were meant to be acted on. So the next time you receive one, don’t hesitate, stop what you are doing, and contact that person. Good luck.

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If you are asking yourself and anybody else who will listen, “Do I need relationship help?”, then my response would be, if you are asking the question the answer is probably yes. No relationship is perfect and neither are the two individuals trying to make a go of it. Each one involved brings their own unique set of qualities to a relationship, good and bad.

Since we are all products of how we were raised, if your parents had a good relationship, respected each other, listened to one another and didn’t fight about everything under the sun then you were shown your entire young life how to have a good relationship. Your parents gave you the tools you need to have a successful, loving relationship and you probably didn’t even realize it.

On the other hand, if your parents didn’t have a good relationship, disrespected each other, ignored each other and fought about anything and everything, they gave you a whole different set of tools. If this is the case, it is understandable why you are asking, “Do I need relationship help?”

If you do find yourself asking this question, good for you, this is a positive step believe it or not. It means you are willing to do whatever it takes to improve on yourself and become a true partner in your relationship. If you and your significant other are on the same page then you can both grow together and no one gets left behind.

So, where do you find the information you need to improve a relationship? There are several places you can look.

1. Self-help books – a good resource for insight into what it takes to have a good relationship. You don’t get any feedback from a book so there will be some trial and error to find what works for your relationship and what doesn’t.

2. Counseling – a third party to listen and offer advice when the problems seem too big to handle on your own. You will get plenty of feedback here so be prepared.

3. Your parents – They can give you a wealth of information on how they managed to stay married for as long as they have. Just remember, everyone is different and so is every situation. Don’t try to be your parents, be yourself. Don’t get too specific, try to talk in general terms when involving your parents, they worry about you enough.

4. Your significant other – Yes, yes and yes! Who else would you talk to about YOUR relationship? You would think this would be a no-brainer but you would be surprised at how may people start to see their partner as their enemy, instead of their ally, when things aren’t going well.

So if you are insightful enough to ask, “Do I need relationship help?” then also be open to trying every single suggestion or recommendation given to you to help improve your relationship. It will definitely be worth all the hard work.

Stress was a useful response early in our human development, it would help us to run away or stay and fight. However, in the modern world, stress takes its toll on our bodies and minds. And today most of that stress seems to come from one source more than any other: the workplace. The demands, distractions and deadlines all add up and make things more difficult than they really should be. The good news is that there are plenty of ways to reduce that stress. One such way is by playing desktop games. They are a convenient way to relax a bit during your breaks, and can be played right at your desk.

The reason playing desktop games is so good at reducing stress is because they turn your mental focus away from whatever it is that’s stressing you out. Games are also a wonderful way to pass the time with friends and family. Add technology to these basic ideas and the options for playing games are more diverse and accessible than ever before.

There are desktop games for virtually every taste. Some are made specifically to be played on the computer, such as Tower Defense, Online Paintball and Desktop Destroyer. These action packed games are all fun ways to help you get through an otherwise stressful day at work, or at home.

Perhaps you don’t like to relieve stress by taking out your frustrations in game, but prefer to engage in mental pursuits to calm yourself down. The good news is that there are no shortage of those types of games either. Crossword puzzles, Sudoku, solitaire, word games and many other mental games can also be found online. The real key is to reducing stress is to change what you are thinking about, and games demand more of your attention, giving you a chance to forget about things for a while.

While exercise isn’t really a game, it is something you can do while you are sitting at your desk. This is also a good way to relieve stress. You need to make yourself take a break from things from time to time. Whether your desktop games involve venting your anger, challenging your mind, or moving around a bit; it’s important to do something to get your stress under control.

Desktop games are a wonderful way to help relax and take your mind off of things. You don’t have to go anywhere special, or dress into different clothes before you start to play. Letting stress build up can take a major toll on your health, and is responsible for any number of various medical problems. Playing games is fun, and it can also help to keep you healthy. Now if that isn’t a good reason to play more often, then I don’t know what is.

Dealing with break up heartache is something everyone would rather not have to do in their lifetime. It is a painful process and you feel as if someone you thought loved you has now ripped your heart right out of your chest. Even if you knew it was coming you still need time to deal with it. Learning to be without that one person who has been around for so long takes time.

There are things you can do and steps you can take to make things better for yourself.

You may feel like you just want to be alone for a while. Go ahead, be alone. Tell family and friends you are going to take a couple of days, or so, to just cry it out and think about things. This is a step that can be good for you to take as long as it is only for a couple of days. You want to be careful not to make a habit of it. Make a plan to have one of your friends call you or stop by after a day to make sure everything is going ok.

During your time alone you are going to want to think about the reasons you are now dealing with break up heartache. You know the two of you had not been getting along lately but you will wonder if there was something you could have done differently to keep the two of you together. This is normal after a break up. Try not to dwell on this though because now the important thing is getting over the break up and getting on with your life.

During your couple of days of being alone you can do some things, healthy things, to start making a new life for yourself like boxing up all of the things that remind you of the other person and putting them away in the attic or garage or even a storage unit depending on the amount of stuff the two of you collected.

Also, learn to write down how you feel about everything. Doing this will help put things into perspective and help sort out your feelings. Then you have it to refer back to if and when you need it. In the long run doing this will help you heal.

When your couple of days of solitude are over, call one, or all, of your friends and get out of the house for awhile. Go to lunch, or go shopping, or go to the park and just talk. The fresh air will do you good and so will making contact with them. Your friends will have worried about you and having contact will put their minds at ease also.

After a break up you will feel as though you are unlovable. Getting in touch with friends after a couple of days will show you that they still love you and are there for you to lean on when dealing with break up heartache.

Now that the internet is so popular, many things have changed. We keep in touch with our friends and family through Facebook and Twitter. We send an email now instead of posting a letter. Most of us know people all over the world yet don’t know many of our neighbors. In this atmosphere, it’s easy to see why dating singles online is also the way couples get together these days.

One advantage to dating singles online is the access to a great many single people all at once. There are many online dating sites with thousands of potential dates for you. You aren’t limited to meeting people through friends and family – and let’s face it, how often does that really work out?

The best thing is you don’t have to get all dolled up and travel to a club to find a new person to date. That scene is fine to go out with friends but it’s not and never was the best place to find someone new.

Another advantage is that you can learn a little bit about that person before you ever approach them. All the dating sites have profile features, some very detailed, and people can include pictures and even videos. You can search through the sites based on all sorts of criteria, too. Do you want to meet certain age people? Perhaps you only want to meet those within 50 miles of your location or maybe you want to meet someone who isn’t nearby. The choices are endless.

The nice part about this is you don’t have to be so concerned with how this person will react or the fear of rejection. It’s tough to get hurt feelings by someone not returning an email. It’s a lot harder to approach someone in person and have them turn you down.

You can get to know the people you are interested in by chatting with them through email and instant messagers before you have to actually meet them in person. You can take as long as you’d like to be comfortable enough to move beyond the computer to phone calls or meeting face-to-face.

Some people, who aren’t comfortable with the new technologies, will say that meeting someone you met over the internet is dangerous. That seems silly, though. How is it safer to go on a date with some person that gave you their number Friday night at the bar? Besides, as said before, it’s a great thing to work up to a date, anyway.

Start by exchanging emails and asking questions about the other person. Figure out if you sound compatible before you further the contact. From there, work up to instant messagers and then phone calls. Taking the time to really get to know each other will be better in the long run then simply going out on a date after a dance in a club. You’ll know the person a lot better.

Oh crap, you thought getting through toddler hood would be a challenge and now you have to face the issues of dating for teenagers. Trying to figure out what you can do to help keep them safe during this tumultuous time is every parents number one concern. With so many new things to worry about such as violence, drugs, alcohol, date rape, etc, there is a lot to consider.

While I can’t guarantee a safe passage for your teen, I can provide some useful hints and tips so that you can help them safely navigate this time in their life. One of the best things you can do for yourself and your teen is to discuss, early and often, what your rules are in regards to dating. This can include the age you think they should start dating, where they will be allowed to go and with whom, curfews, etc. Going over this even before your teen is allowed to date may help alleviate a little of the inevitable arguments about this subject.

Many parents find that they like to ease their teen into dating situations slowly, by suggesting group dates as the first step. This can allow your teen the ability to have some fun with their friends and be a little independent without totally cutting them off from their support system.

Make sure that not only does your teen know their curfew but their date does as well. Also make the consequences of missing curfew known to your teen whether it’s going to be a week of grounding or something else. Decide what, if any, activities will be allowed on school nights. Many parents will allow their teen to go to school sponsored events such as sporting events, but will impose an earlier curfew.

Allow your teen the opportunity to gain your trust. Slowly allow them a little more freedom and closely monitor their grades and how well they follow the rules. If you feel they are showing a lot of responsibility it may be a good idea to let them have a little more freedom. That’s the only way they can prove that they can be trusted and it’s the best way for you to show them that you do trust them. Believe it or not, your kids really do want your trust and approval and they will try to please you.

No matter how uncomfortable you may feel about discussing sex, or addiction, now is the time to do it. Your teen needs to know about the ‘birds and the bees’ and if you don’t tell them their friends will… the problem is that their friends probably don’t know what they’re talking about. Wouldn’t you rather have it come from you?

Make sure your teen also understands about the various types of abuse and what the warning signs are. Don’t just talk about physical or sexual abuse but also let them know about verbal abuse, this is probably more prevalent and easier to miss the warning signs. Tell your teens that if their boyfriend/girlfriend is trying to control them by flirting with others, threatening to break up if they don’t get their own way, trying to keep them isolated and cut them off from their friends, that these are all signs of abuse and your teen should be very cautious with that person.

I hope this advice on dating for teenagers has given you some good ideas on where to start. The bottom line is make sure your kid knows that you are their number one fan and that no matter what happens you love them and you’ll be there for them.

If you have overdone it and need something now that cures hangover symptoms, read on. If you didn’t take proper precautions before you went out drinking, then you will need to treat the symptoms the morning after.

First, drink some water. Do not make it too cold and take it slowly or your stomach will rebel and the water will come right back up. Drink as much as you can to begin re-hydrating yourself, alcohol has a drying effect on the human body so you need to rehydrate as soon as possible.

Next, get some caffeine into your system. Caffeine will help the headache, especially if you take it with some over the counter pain reliever. If coffee isn’t your drink then have some cold pop on hand for the morning after. If you do not have to leave your house, make the coffee and put a shot of Bailey’s in it, Irish Creme Coffee cures hangover symptoms.

A nice hot shower should do the trick, too. Just let the hot water flow down over you. Have your shower hot enough to create lots of steam. The steam will open your pores and help all the toxins get washed away. Letting the water beat on your neck and shoulders will also help with that nasty headache.

If you can stomach it, have a light breakfast that is high in protein and low in fat. Eggs and toast with a little butter would be perfect. Stay away from the milk and other dairy products they will only contribute to the nausea and may cause you to vomit.

Of course there is that, too. some people need to vomit to begin to feel human again but if you are like me and you can’t stand the thought of doing that then take it easy and be sure to follow the all steps above for your hangover relief.

Remember to keep drinking the water throughout your day. Stay hydrated, the more you drink the more you will have to go to the bathroom during the day and this will help flush out the bad stuff and make you feel better sooner.

To help with the re-hydration you could also get a sports drink, this will help you replenish vital electrolytes that your body needs to function properly. Remember that sports drinks are loaded with sugar to fuel your muscles during and after a strenuous workout so if sugary drinks are not for you then stay away from them.

Each of these tips will help you get rid of your hangover in a timely manner and you should feel better as the day goes on. Which brings me to the last, best thing that cures hangover symptoms, time. Time is the best thing you can give yourself after a night of over-indulgence. Every hour that goes by you will feel better and better. Throw in a nap or just take it easy on the couch and soon you will be back to your old self.