May 2010 Articles (61)

Triangle Businesses Support June 10th Women’s Power Networking Expo to Benefit Children with Cancer

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Added by Eileen Batson - Publicist on May 31, 2010 at 7:54pm — No Comments

Part One: Herbs and Supplements - A Fusion of Ancient Wisdom and Modern Day Research By Zachari Cahn, L.Ac., M.O.A.B.

Herbs have been used since the beginning of humanity because of their effective therapeutic value, and the World Health Organization estimates more than eighty percent of the world’s population still use herbal medicine as a primary source of healing. What was once a practice based on empirical observation has in the last century transformed into a sharp-edged double-blind placebo-based paradigm accepted by the scientific community. As a result, two things… Read More

Added by Karen Bernard on May 31, 2010 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

Take a minute to remember...

why we're off from work, enjoying time with family and friends or doing something we really enjoy.

Thanks to all who have… Read More

Added by Pat Howlett on May 31, 2010 at 8:00am — 7 Comments

What Are The Chances?

Last year we decided to move from Long Island, NY to Apex. Like many Northeasteners, we wanted to escape the high taxes, congestion and cold Winters. We wanted to give our family a better life. We had been looking to move to North carolina for over two years.

My wifes cousin moved to Cary ten years ago and we planned a trip to visit and see what it was like down here. After that trip, we gave a lot of though and consideration to move there. We decided to do some research and make a… Read More

Added by Fred T. Gruber Jr. on May 30, 2010 at 2:26pm — 3 Comments

The Guilt Trap

Have you ever felt really bad about something, and promised yourself that it will never happen again? We often feel guilty about things, even when the circumstances leading to the fact are out of our sphere of control, or others – because of their own scales of judgment – accuse us of having done something wrong.

Guilt is often used to control others' behavior. At its core guilt is a natural instinctive guidance system to help us discern right from wrong, but this has… Read More

Added by Sandra Carrington-Smith on May 30, 2010 at 10:03am — No Comments

Sell Holes Not Drills

Products and services do not exist because a business created them; they exist because those products or services fulfill a need that the public has.

Look at it this way; Black and Decker does not sell drills because people need drills. They sell drills because people need holes. Any firm that can create a product that will make a more accurate, cleaner and faster hole at a reasonable price without a drill… Read More

Added by Bob Wagner on May 28, 2010 at 7:30pm — 3 Comments

Idle Thoughts Are Back

Apex 5-28

Real or Really?

Saw a dark windowed SUV with a skull and crossbones license plate and a devil on the back window... It was a Honda Element.

The bumper sticker not on a Prius... Obama/ Palin 12

Was checking the sprayer on the kitchen sink. Thought it was plugged. I kept pushing and still blocked. I then decided to look a little closer. Yup.

Driving this morning at 25 in the neighborhood when a crazed tailgater tried to pass. Ahhh. Blue… Read More

Added by Jim Vogel on May 28, 2010 at 8:30am — 4 Comments

The Things We Take For Granted

I take things for granted. Most of us do, to some extent. I thought about this last night, as I sat at the kitchen table at ten o’ clock at night, helping my oldest son with a school assignment.

Now, my son Stephen is a very good kid – sweet, compassionate, and always happy – but he has a maddening quality: he is a procrastinator. If he has a project due, it is left for the last hour of the last day before it is due, leading, of course, to a mad dash and panic to get it done on time.… Read More

Added by Sandra Carrington-Smith on May 28, 2010 at 6:20am — 1 Comment

It's Your Fault!

If there is one thing that annoys me it’s when people don’t accept responsibility for what is happening in their life.

Here are a few of the phrases I have been hearing lately:

It’s the economy’s fault my business is not doing well. No it’s…

Added by Bob Wagner on May 27, 2010 at 8:00am — 4 Comments

A Dollar A Day

“This is the beginning of a New Day. I am given this day to use as I will. I can waste it or grow in its light and be of service to others. But what I do with this day is important because I have exchanged a day of my life for it. When tomorrow comes, today will be gone forever. I hope I will not regret the price I paid for it.” ~ Author unknown

Let’s imagine that at the beginning of our lives someone gave us a limited amount of money – a dollar bill for each day we are alive - and… Read More

Added by Sandra Carrington-Smith on May 27, 2010 at 6:25am — No Comments

Is your makeup dirty?

I found this article to be quite interesting and helpful; check it out:

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/dirty-makeup-gma-found/story?id=10631498

I do not allow customers to "double-dip" in my testers for these very reasons! I also don't use the testers left out in public - God only knows what people have done to them when no one was watching.

I encourage everyone to wash makeup… Read More

Added by Julie Jones on May 26, 2010 at 8:52pm — 2 Comments

Facebook Privacy Changes Cause Heartburn

Originally facebook was considered a 'walled garden'. Information was largely restricted to those you had 'friended'. Although for many this was a good thing, I personally felt that twitter had an advantage over facebook in that it allowed me to discover new people and make new friends that I never could have connected with via facebook (because I didn't even know that they…

Added by Heather O'Sullivan (HeatherO) on May 26, 2010 at 5:19pm — 5 Comments

Why Buy Local?

I thought this would be a good discussion question to just toss out there. What is the measurable self-interest in buying local vs. buying from a chain?

Added by Dave Baldwin on May 26, 2010 at 4:50pm — 5 Comments

Veteran and Social Security death benefits

For your enlightenment:

In most cases, the family of a veteran of the United Sates armed forces and his or her spouse are entitled to the following benefits upon his or her death.

Free burial of a casket or urn in a national cemetery including an outer burial container for a casket interment.…

Added by David Heckel-Funeral Director on May 26, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

Our Current State of Affairs: Reality or Illusion?

Our world is going through a hard shift. On that, I believe, everyone is likely to agree. Not only does it seem that our planet is being traumatized by increasingly frequent disasters, but also the people inhabiting it are struggling to just make it to the next day. All one has to do is open any newspaper, or listen to any random newscast – crime is on the rise, the economy is at its lowest since the depression of ’29, and tension is growing in many parts of the world. It is not uncommon to… Read More

Added by Sandra Carrington-Smith on May 26, 2010 at 10:17am — 2 Comments

Benefits of Hiring a Virtual Assistant (or VA)

A Virtual Assistant (or VA for short) is a qualified individual who will handle the mundane administrative, marketing, clerical, bookkeeping, payroll, website, SEO or social media tasks for your business on a contract basis. The VA is not on the premises of your office, hence the term "virtual".

Here are some of the many benefits of hiring a VA:

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Added by Angel Lebak ~ Virtual Assistant on May 26, 2010 at 9:00am — 9 Comments

Sales Tip! 5 Steps That Help In Figuring What You Want To Be When You Grow Up

I was talking with Will Turner one day and he told me about a recent survey where 50% of respondents said they would choose a different career if they were able to start all over again. Why is it that so many people are going through the motions with a job or career that doesn’t excite them? For most, the thought of having a job that they love seems like an unattainable goal. It’s called “work” for a reason, right? Can you really make money doing what you love to do?

A client…

Added by Tim Moore on May 26, 2010 at 6:58am — 1 Comment

What I learned from Watching Kids at Play

I spent last weekend at the beach (also known as the “shore” to some from other regions) in South Carolina. It was a wonderful weekend and the weather was perfect. The resort I was staying at had lots of children and watching them couldn’t help but make you happy.

When kids are happy they sing to you, they sing to their friends, they sing to anyone that will listen, even the squirrels and birds were receiving melodies from the kids. Another thing that made me smile were all…

Added by Tim Moore on May 25, 2010 at 12:50pm — 1 Comment

Delicious Expectations

“The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the completion of almost every wish is found a disappointment.” ~ Samuel Johnson

As we were driving home last night, my son raised his eyes to the lottery billboard and whistled when he saw the staggering jackpot amount. “How much money do you think that is, Mom?” he asked with childlike curiosity. “Too much”, I replied. “Yes,” Michael interjected, “after winning a sum like that, one is… Read More

Added by Sandra Carrington-Smith on May 25, 2010 at 9:15am — 2 Comments

Simplify Your Relationship

With all the economic and financial turmoil of the last few years, the idea of Simplicity and Simplyfying one's life has taken many people by storm. Facing the need to economize, many people are taking a hard look at their lives and deciding what's necessary. In other words, they are minimalizing their stuff.…

Added by Lesli Doares,Relationship Expert on May 24, 2010 at 1:23pm — 1 Comment