Fitting Your Home Based Business In Your Home
Copyright © Paul Zemella
http://www.HugeIncomeFlow.com
You are motivated and excited about starting your home based business, you even have a plan and a goal and maybe even a product line...BUT....where in your home/apartment are you going to find the room to make your new business operational? Depending on your new business you might need just the space of a small desk, and a laptop computer. But I promise you, if things go as you hope they will, you will soon need more and more space. Now, just a word as a Chiropractor, please try to remember about posture and ergonomics when you are spending time at your computer/desk/floor/bed. When we get engrossed on our new project we can easily find ourselves working into the wee hours of the morning, all crunched up over the keyboard, for hours and hours, not moving except for maybe a bathroom break or a quick snack from the fridge. The spine can usually handle a little of this abuse, but not night after night, the stress on the joints will eventually take its' toll and back/neck pain will be the consequence. So, please remember your posture as you focus on your new business. Possibly the easiest way to evaluate your posture is to ask yourself that if you mom saw you sitting like that would she yell at you to straighten up? Chances are she would.
Now, back to office space, if you have found a corner of a room to put your laptop/computer on a dedicated table or desk you also need to insure that it won't be disturbed. Whole projects have been lost on a computer when well meaning, energetic children wanting to do a homework assignment (My Space) unknowingly erase an open file that you may have spent hours creating, or possibly your cute, loveable cat jumping up onto the keyboard and taking a short stroll across the keys with one paw resting on the delete button for about 5 minutes. All that equals disaster that could have been avoided. So, unless you live by yourself and have no pets consider those possibilities, because I promise, like our friend Murphy says, "If it's possible to happen....it will!"
Some home based business have much larger space requirements, and possibly need an actual room dedicated to the business, if so, try to keep it organized and clutter free, you will find you will be much more efficient, as well as mentally more clear to focus on your tasks. And, don't forget about your garage as an option for your business space, in fact that seems to be where some of the biggest businesses of all time have had their beginnings.
A common challenge home based business owners run up against is that just because your business is in your home you still have to take it seriously, the same as you would if you had to drive across town to an 8 to 5 job. Sure you can dress casual (in your jammies) but you have to be able to operate on a high level of mental focus, attempting to achieve a professional level of performance. In fact I know several very successful home based business owners that will actually dress up, do all the usual primping one would do if they were going to an outside employment, simply to make themselves feel professional and consequently they find themselves operating at a much higher level of performance. Of course that is a personal decision, but if you find yourself not being as productive as you would like, you might consider that strategy. Dress up, feel good about how you look, and just maybe you will get better performance out of your work time at home.
Yours for Health AND Wealth,
Dr. Paul
Paul Zemalla, D.C.
Chiropractor
Santa Barbara, CA
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Making Money And Exercise
Copyright © Paul Zemella
http://www.HugeIncomeFlow.com
Hi Friends,
We all are faced with the challenge of trying to make a living with our job, either working at home, or employment outside of home, and ALSO tying to find time to keep our body healthy by doing at least something that resembles exercise.
Most of us understand clearly that exercise is important, but few of us actually act on that knowledge. Of course we all have our excuses, mostly relating to time, or external demands over which we supposedly have no control, or we have responsibilities that consume our complete day, or if none of those apply how about complete fatigue after our day is over that keeps us stuck in our chair in front of the TV. And then of course, there is the exact opposite individual. We all know the type of person that seems more like a human version of a machine that never tires or slows, and can run circles around all of us without breaking a sweat, they are tireless, never gain an ounce of weight, only need 6 hours of sleep and they are ready to forge into the new day full speed ahead. They always have time for exercise, in fact they must exercise, they get a high from it. We've seen them at the gym, they are the ones on the treadmill going full blast, or in the aerobics class in the front row jumping higher, determined to conquer that 60-minute class. We wonder "what's wrong with those people?" Alas...that isn't us, we are the ones that drive BY the gym thinking to ourselves that we should make use of the membership we are paying on monthly.
So, what do we do, how can we stay healthy, get some exercise squeezed into our full work day? At least enough to know that we burned some extra calories and made our heart and lungs work beyond their daily minimum effort. I have some suggestions. In my 38 years in practice I've come to learn that whenever I communicate health concepts (which is all day long) I must keep them simple, reduce them to their lowest common denominator, if I expect any level of compliance. Of course my patients are sincere when they assure me that they will carry out my exercise recommendations, or diet suggestions, or a stretching program. But I know that if I don't keep is simple, short, and convenient most people will not continue past the second day.
What I have found to be successful over the last year or so is to recommend two basic items, an exercise ball (those large balls that people sit on) and a simple resistance tube made for exercise, with handles at each end. The exercise ball sells for about $25.00, and the resistance tube for about $20.00 and they should be available at any sporting goods store. With those two items you can do combinations of exercises that take the place a gym full of machines. The exercise ball and the tubing should come with simple exercise diagrams on the instruction sheet. The tubing can work your complete upper body, and even your legs, if you can figure out how to do that. Using the ball brings into play all of the "core" or abdominal and low back muscles. Using these I bet you will find that they are actually kind of fun, and you might just be tempted to move to the next level, and that is to go out and rent or buy some of the exercise DVD's available that show complete workouts with these two items.
As far as your heart and lungs are concerned, at first you will notice that you will be getting a good cardio workout just doing the exercises I described above, but soon you will need more, and that can be just a simple but brisk walk around the block, and with time making it a longer walk. A stationary bicycle can always be found at a garage sale, and makes for a great cardio workout. At age 61 I find that's my favorite cardio workout, I sit and read my professional journals while I peddle away, for usually an hour. But you must start slow and easy, listen to your body, don't push it, there is always the next workout to go just a little more.
And of course I have to include the usual caution that that you should not begin any exercise program without first consulting your physician/chiropractor.
There are so many other easy ways to get exercise; I will include more in future articles. But if you simply start you will feel better, and find it is actually fun, especially if you keep it simple and easy.
Yours for better Health and Wealth,
Dr. Paul
Paul Zemella, D.C.
Chiropractor
Santa Barbara, CA
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To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.HugeIncomeFlow.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Copyright © Paul Zemella
http://www.HugeIncomeFlow.com
Hi Friends,
We all are faced with the challenge of trying to make a living with our job, either working at home, or employment outside of home, and ALSO tying to find time to keep our body healthy by doing at least something that resembles exercise.
Most of us understand clearly that exercise is important, but few of us actually act on that knowledge. Of course we all have our excuses, mostly relating to time, or external demands over which we supposedly have no control, or we have responsibilities that consume our complete day, or if none of those apply how about complete fatigue after our day is over that keeps us stuck in our chair in front of the TV. And then of course, there is the exact opposite individual. We all know the type of person that seems more like a human version of a machine that never tires or slows, and can run circles around all of us without breaking a sweat, they are tireless, never gain an ounce of weight, only need 6 hours of sleep and they are ready to forge into the new day full speed ahead. They always have time for exercise, in fact they must exercise, they get a high from it. We've seen them at the gym, they are the ones on the treadmill going full blast, or in the aerobics class in the front row jumping higher, determined to conquer that 60-minute class. We wonder "what's wrong with those people?" Alas...that isn't us, we are the ones that drive BY the gym thinking to ourselves that we should make use of the membership we are paying on monthly.
So, what do we do, how can we stay healthy, get some exercise squeezed into our full work day? At least enough to know that we burned some extra calories and made our heart and lungs work beyond their daily minimum effort. I have some suggestions. In my 38 years in practice I've come to learn that whenever I communicate health concepts (which is all day long) I must keep them simple, reduce them to their lowest common denominator, if I expect any level of compliance. Of course my patients are sincere when they assure me that they will carry out my exercise recommendations, or diet suggestions, or a stretching program. But I know that if I don't keep is simple, short, and convenient most people will not continue past the second day.
What I have found to be successful over the last year or so is to recommend two basic items, an exercise ball (those large balls that people sit on) and a simple resistance tube made for exercise, with handles at each end. The exercise ball sells for about $25.00, and the resistance tube for about $20.00 and they should be available at any sporting goods store. With those two items you can do combinations of exercises that take the place a gym full of machines. The exercise ball and the tubing should come with simple exercise diagrams on the instruction sheet. The tubing can work your complete upper body, and even your legs, if you can figure out how to do that. Using the ball brings into play all of the "core" or abdominal and low back muscles. Using these I bet you will find that they are actually kind of fun, and you might just be tempted to move to the next level, and that is to go out and rent or buy some of the exercise DVD's available that show complete workouts with these two items.
As far as your heart and lungs are concerned, at first you will notice that you will be getting a good cardio workout just doing the exercises I described above, but soon you will need more, and that can be just a simple but brisk walk around the block, and with time making it a longer walk. A stationary bicycle can always be found at a garage sale, and makes for a great cardio workout. At age 61 I find that's my favorite cardio workout, I sit and read my professional journals while I peddle away, for usually an hour. But you must start slow and easy, listen to your body, don't push it, there is always the next workout to go just a little more.
And of course I have to include the usual caution that that you should not begin any exercise program without first consulting your physician/chiropractor.
There are so many other easy ways to get exercise; I will include more in future articles. But if you simply start you will feel better, and find it is actually fun, especially if you keep it simple and easy.
Yours for better Health and Wealth,
Dr. Paul
Paul Zemella, D.C.
Chiropractor
Santa Barbara, CA
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To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.HugeIncomeFlow.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Money And Stress
I'd like to address the issue of stress that seems to surround our world of financial survival. As a chiropractor I frequently see back and neck problems that are resulting from a secondary reaction to stress, and on questioning I find more often than not, it's roots stem from the financial challenges that patient may be experiencing, either on-going struggles, or maybe a recent negative turn of events. None-the-less most of us know from personal experience how financial struggles can and will cause increased stress on the body's nervous system, which in turn can result any number of negative physical consequences, from simple spinal tension and headaches, to serious internal complications such as ulcers, and diverticulitis to name a couple, and some even suspect stress is in part responsible for the big C (cancer).
So, with that in mind, as a chiropractor I can usually effectively improve the stress related symptoms of muscle spasm and the associated spinal changes, and even possible improve the internal nerve disturbances to help the body heal itself, BUT I’m unable to help the individual's financial problems, the actual cause of the stress condition.
In fact it's my own personal experiences with financial reversals, and the huge accompanying burden of stress I experienced that led me to diversify my efforts at improving and stabilizing my financial position. Stress kills, and my being age 61 I want to minimize the added stress factors on my body by making sure financial issues were no longer producing the anxiety and burden that I had experienced in the past.
Being trained as a chiropractor is literally the only formal education I have, and with the insurance world in such constant disarray I, as all doctors are finding, have to work twice as hard to earn even less than I made in past years. Consequently, I have turned to the internet for the possibility of making additional income. I have been very pleasantly surprised at how easy one can tap into the riches that the internet has available for the truly average person, unschooled in technical proficiency. There are multiple venues I have pursued, and I seem to have found a very winning combination of diversity that is proving quite profitable with a very minimal cost to me, other than time and effort, which I am more than willing to devote to reap the rewards I see flowing into my bank account. You too, if you are interested, can easily accomplish what I am doing, and I repeat, internet knowledge is not necessary, only the desire to put energy into the clear and simple learning process along with a little seed money (a hundred or two) will allow you to duplicate and very possibly eclipse my accomplishments.
Working at home on your computer can easily solve your financial problems, as long as you have clear direction and dedication. If Solve your financial problems most of your stress will disappear, however there is always the issue of children, in-laws, neighbors, relatives, etc. that will keep the stress levels from dropping to zero.
For a glimpse at what my Internet business looks like view my business web site and evaluate for yourself. I will welcome ANY questions or comments on any issue pertaining to Health AND Wealth.
Yours for better health and wealth,
Dr. Paul
Paul M. Zemella, D.C.
Chiropractor
Santa Barbara, CA
-----------------------------------------------------------------
To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.HugeIncomeFlow.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------
So, with that in mind, as a chiropractor I can usually effectively improve the stress related symptoms of muscle spasm and the associated spinal changes, and even possible improve the internal nerve disturbances to help the body heal itself, BUT I’m unable to help the individual's financial problems, the actual cause of the stress condition.
In fact it's my own personal experiences with financial reversals, and the huge accompanying burden of stress I experienced that led me to diversify my efforts at improving and stabilizing my financial position. Stress kills, and my being age 61 I want to minimize the added stress factors on my body by making sure financial issues were no longer producing the anxiety and burden that I had experienced in the past.
Being trained as a chiropractor is literally the only formal education I have, and with the insurance world in such constant disarray I, as all doctors are finding, have to work twice as hard to earn even less than I made in past years. Consequently, I have turned to the internet for the possibility of making additional income. I have been very pleasantly surprised at how easy one can tap into the riches that the internet has available for the truly average person, unschooled in technical proficiency. There are multiple venues I have pursued, and I seem to have found a very winning combination of diversity that is proving quite profitable with a very minimal cost to me, other than time and effort, which I am more than willing to devote to reap the rewards I see flowing into my bank account. You too, if you are interested, can easily accomplish what I am doing, and I repeat, internet knowledge is not necessary, only the desire to put energy into the clear and simple learning process along with a little seed money (a hundred or two) will allow you to duplicate and very possibly eclipse my accomplishments.
Working at home on your computer can easily solve your financial problems, as long as you have clear direction and dedication. If Solve your financial problems most of your stress will disappear, however there is always the issue of children, in-laws, neighbors, relatives, etc. that will keep the stress levels from dropping to zero.
For a glimpse at what my Internet business looks like view my business web site and evaluate for yourself. I will welcome ANY questions or comments on any issue pertaining to Health AND Wealth.
Yours for better health and wealth,
Dr. Paul
Paul M. Zemella, D.C.
Chiropractor
Santa Barbara, CA
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To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.HugeIncomeFlow.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, January 21, 2008
Growing Your Home Based Business Through Advertising
Growing Your Home Based Business Through Advertising
Having a home based business has many ups and downs. I've experienced both, and I thought that maybe a little direction from my experience would be appreciated. The last thing you want to worry about while trying to figure everything else out is whether or not your home based business is getting enough advertising to make a profit, or possibly having too much advertising to where the costs eats away all your profits.
When it comes to advertising there are several different ways you can do this and some may even work better than others, but the goal is to be sure to reach as many audiences as you can in order to provide yourself the best outcome. In this article I will provide a few different ways you can advertise your home based business and hopefully one, if not more, will work for you.
Newspaper Advertisement
We all have seen how powerful the newspapers are. They cover all the news, good and bad, show job listings, and even advertise businesses. Though this can be quite costly, depending on how big you want the ad to be and how long you want it to run, it is still one of today’s best methods in getting the word out about you, your business and what you can do for the public.
Television Advertisement
This is yet another expensive, yet effective, way to get the word out. Most people in America own a television, or at the very least can find a way to view one. You know as well as I do that when you are right in the middle of the best part of your favorite show, there comes a commercial break. Commercials are where people who run businesses or offer some sort of service tell about their product(s) and try to get you to buy from them or use their services instead of someone else’s. Why not put your service out there for the public to see and decide if it is something they want or need. You might be surprised how many actually watch the commercials. Advertising on cable is probably the most cost effective form of TV advertising.
Internet Advertisement
This seems to be one of the best and most inexpensive ways to get the word out about your business and the product or service you offer. The best part about it is that you can set up your company’s own website, and put whatever it is that you think will help your company. Be sure when doing this though that you keep the information on your company’s website up to date with current information. Example: If you are having a sale but it ends in a week, put the information on there about the sale, but go back in a week and take the info off. You don’t want to advertise something that is not happening as you would have to honor that and may end up losing money in the end. The learning curve on internet advertising can be very challenging to the novice, or one can implement one of the many companies that have complete packages for starting your home based business on the internet. That was my choice, and has proven to be very effective and profitable. My particular recommendation can be found on my personal home based business website noted below. The company I use is professionally managed, has a very successful track record, and a program that is easy to implement for us beginners.
About the Author:
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To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.HugeIncomeFlow.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Having a home based business has many ups and downs. I've experienced both, and I thought that maybe a little direction from my experience would be appreciated. The last thing you want to worry about while trying to figure everything else out is whether or not your home based business is getting enough advertising to make a profit, or possibly having too much advertising to where the costs eats away all your profits.
When it comes to advertising there are several different ways you can do this and some may even work better than others, but the goal is to be sure to reach as many audiences as you can in order to provide yourself the best outcome. In this article I will provide a few different ways you can advertise your home based business and hopefully one, if not more, will work for you.
Newspaper Advertisement
We all have seen how powerful the newspapers are. They cover all the news, good and bad, show job listings, and even advertise businesses. Though this can be quite costly, depending on how big you want the ad to be and how long you want it to run, it is still one of today’s best methods in getting the word out about you, your business and what you can do for the public.
Television Advertisement
This is yet another expensive, yet effective, way to get the word out. Most people in America own a television, or at the very least can find a way to view one. You know as well as I do that when you are right in the middle of the best part of your favorite show, there comes a commercial break. Commercials are where people who run businesses or offer some sort of service tell about their product(s) and try to get you to buy from them or use their services instead of someone else’s. Why not put your service out there for the public to see and decide if it is something they want or need. You might be surprised how many actually watch the commercials. Advertising on cable is probably the most cost effective form of TV advertising.
Internet Advertisement
This seems to be one of the best and most inexpensive ways to get the word out about your business and the product or service you offer. The best part about it is that you can set up your company’s own website, and put whatever it is that you think will help your company. Be sure when doing this though that you keep the information on your company’s website up to date with current information. Example: If you are having a sale but it ends in a week, put the information on there about the sale, but go back in a week and take the info off. You don’t want to advertise something that is not happening as you would have to honor that and may end up losing money in the end. The learning curve on internet advertising can be very challenging to the novice, or one can implement one of the many companies that have complete packages for starting your home based business on the internet. That was my choice, and has proven to be very effective and profitable. My particular recommendation can be found on my personal home based business website noted below. The company I use is professionally managed, has a very successful track record, and a program that is easy to implement for us beginners.
About the Author:
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To find the best home based business ideas and
opportunities so you can work at home visit:
http://www.HugeIncomeFlow.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, January 7, 2008
Diet anyone?
Well...I bet you've thought about committing to losing some weight as one of your New Years resolution? Of course most of us have. We seem to need some significant motivation to spur us into making major personal changes, and the start of a new year always calls forth just the right excuse for personal weight loss goals. If you need any help in what might be best for you and your personal health needs I've be happy to assist. One company that many doctors are utilizing incorporates both a cleansing and fat burning program. I personally am using it now with great results. It's nutritionally balanced and very healthy, but, like all diet programs it takes discipline and commitment. If you are interested in evaluating it yourself this is the link to the companies website: http://dchealer.isagenix.com/us/en/home.dhtml
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