Goal Setting, Health and Parenting

Our new website

2008-10-13T14:22:00.000-07:00

Hello,

We have recently launched our new website www.defeatthegrind.com which provides a free weekly self help and health ezine. Please visit our website to check it out.

Take 10 minutes of your time every week to read Defeat the Grind, and achieve a more successful, healthier and happier you! We guarantee it!

Defeat the Grind provides success orientated people with free weekly self help information on topics which include: goal setting, time management, improving your physical health, nutrition and parenting.

The ezine is written and contributed by experts in their field, many of whom have had their work extensively published. Defeat the Grind also occasionally has guest contributors such as politicians and sports people, who provide us with their views on self-help topics.

Cheers

Andrew Collings

Andrew Collings is the founder of www.defeatthegrind.com and has over 10 years experience in self help, health and parenting. Andrew has a Degree and Masters in social science and has also completed post graduate management studies. During the day, Andrew works as a principal in a consulting firm, and has had numerous pieces of planning work published. He is married with three children, and currently resides in Melbourne, Australia. As a hobby he is a juggler and magician.

Saving Accounts

2008-05-11T22:09:00.000-07:00

In terms of budgets, savings are the be all and end all. With saving you can sleep soundly at night knowing you have some protection. Without them, you are leaving yourself exposed if anything should happen.

But not all savings accounts are the same, and you want to make sure that you get the best bang for your buck, and the best possible return that you can on your money.

We recommend you visit www.wamu.com for all your savings account needs. Wamu is the style of new banking for the future. Visit the website and they will take care of all your banking and financial needs, even credit cards.

Our favourite feature is that you can open a savings account on line, no having to wait weeks, with countless bank visits to open the account, do it from the comfort of your own home or office. We personally recommend the online savings account.

Check out the savings account by clicking on this link Savings Accounts

So do yourself a favour, if you don’t have much savings start building on it as best as you can and go go go. If you want to get the best return and save on fees, then visit wamu.com Savings Accounts

We wish you all the best with your future financials vist the website herehttp://www.wamu.com/personal/savings_account/default.asp

Don't commit to some tasks

2008-05-11T22:05:00.001-07:00

Are great way to achieve your goals is by stopping doing work that isn't relevant.

Often people committ to tasks even when they know they don't have time or are not going to do a good job. Our view is that you should help people whenever you can, but if you can't tell them straight away.

You will be surprised at how easier this makes your life.

Cheers

Andrew

All your lighting needs

2008-05-03T21:05:00.002-07:00

Farrey.com is the place to go to buy all of your lighting needs - and often for lighting you have never even thought of lighting fixtures
Farreys.com doesn't just have 1000s of lighting fixtures...no no no...they have hundreds of thousands!!! Whether you are looking for indoor lighting or outdoor lighting, whether you are after older and classic styles or modern, they are the online shop for you!!!

They have a wide variety of styles and ranges - at low low prices - from all of the top manufactures around the world. Thing of them as a wallmart that specalises in lighting. But rather than walking through row after row of lighting you can simply do a quick search, narrow it down to what you want, and find that perfect product quickly and easily - all without a salesperson standing over your back.

Maybe you are after that perfect chandelier, but don't know what will suit your house. Well click on this link to find out.chandeliers

Maybe you are after home lighting but don't have time to search through an entire store to find the right product. No problems, you can click on this link home lighting

Lighting is a fact of life, so why not make the shopping experience so much easier. Visit ferreys.com to find out more.

Cheers

Andrew

Good Grammer

2008-05-03T21:05:00.001-07:00

Writing in essence is about punctuation. Today, we though we would provide a list of when to use different types of punctuation. Enjoy.

Commas: If we are going to get something wrong, it is usually the comma. When you're writing down a thought and you want to take a breath, put it in. In many cases you need two, as comma's can be used to make a sentance within a sentance.

Semi-colon: Semi-colons can be used to highlight a point, or to detail a slightly different topic, without the need for a new sentance. Be careful not to over use semi-colons as they can create confusion.

Colon: Use when you want to make an example of something: For example, just like this.

The above three points, will hopefully get you on the right track. In our next article we will detail some more common punctuations.

3gb

2008-04-29T16:48:00.000-07:00

3gb

As long time goal setting, health and parenting sufferes will know, we are big on communication and social forums.

3gb.biz is the latest in social communication. Whether you want to catch up with friends, submit or review blogs, or upload your latest photos. The benefit of all this. No matter where you are in the world you will stay connected.

Our favourite feature is the ability to upload and download mp3s. When travelling it is great to be able to get access to your favourite music and transfer it to your Ipod or phone. 3gb.biz enables you to do that.

So why are we pro social sites and communication? Well we truly believe that together we do it better. When we can communicate with friends and family, and others from around the world we become part of a community and have a feeling of belonging.

This offsets the negative problems of people who feel they are isolated and alone. The Internet is a great mechanism for communication and this is where 3gb.biz fits in. No matter who you are, or where you are you can connect to other people. You can discuss social topics or get into deep and meaningfuls. More importantly, you can see photos so you show what you are doing and see what your friends are doing.

Do yourself a favour and checkout this new generation of social site.

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Self help: Attitude is everything!

2008-04-29T16:38:00.000-07:00

Self help: Attitude is everything

Having the right attitude is one of the keys to success. Attitude determines whether we are happy or sad, often whether we are going to win or lose. At the very least a hopeful attitude determines internal success.

As we often run in to potential threats on our positive attitude, today we are going to provide you with a list of aphorisms to help you when you are under stress and your attitude is threatened.

Kites rise against the wind, not with it
A rubber band becomes effective only when it’s stretched.
Choices not circumstances determine how we think.
Where there is no faith in the future there is no power in the present
Act “as if” we are successful and we will be.

Keep these at hand for when you are having “one of those day’s” and they will help bring you up.

GTXcorp GPS

2008-04-19T05:15:00.002-07:00

GPS is a fantastic technology. Whether you are lost in the bush, driving a car or simply trying to find directions.

Today we want to share with you a fantastic product called GTXcorp GPS. The beauty of this GPS device is that it is the size of a matchbox.

Imagine been able to give it to the kids "just in case" when they are going out to school or a night on a town. Perhaps you are a regular traveller - The GTXcorp GPS could assist you on your travel. It will help you find your way, and more importantly, have people find you if you are lost or something happens.

The use go far beyond the above as well. Are you a business owner? Do you need to track your goods and logistics in real time? Well guess what you can. Simply add the GTXcorp GPS to the consignment and away you go. You will know where your products are in real time.

But don't just take our word for it!!! Check out the website below for full details on what the product can offer you.

In our view, the best use is with tracking vehicles. Whether you run a fleet, or want to make sure your own personal car is safe, simply place the matchbox sized device in the vehicle, and relax. You will know where your car is to within 10 metres accuracy.

The world is embracing GPS, and now you can do with the easy to carry GTXcorp GPS. Do yourself a favour and checkout the website below. Enjoy.

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Visualisation - key to changing habits

2008-04-19T05:15:00.001-07:00

There is often an attitude among people that visualisation is a waste of time. We recall one particular manager, when we were working in quite a remote area of the country, who had a simple attitude: Don’t waste time planning or thinking about it, just do it!!!

We agree in part, that you definitely have to take action; albeit, we also believe that you can undertake visualisation in addition to “just doing it”. Combined, you unleash the full potential.

Visualisation is not a new thing. It has been used by peak performers for years. Sporting greats who visualise that shot at goal. Billionaires who visualise how their company will grow; and most importantly goal setters who visual themselves achieving their goals.

The power of visualisation has also been the subject of numerous scientific studies. While there has been some questions over methodologies, there seems to be clear evidence to suggest that people who visualise something, generally have a greater chance of creating that something.

For example, a person who visualises a calm and happy home life, has a calm and happy home life. The business owner who visualises success, tends to be successful.

Make it a habit to take some time (it doesn’t have to be much, just five or 10 minutes), to relax and visualise what you want to achieve. Imagine that you have already achieved it. How does it make you feel? Keep redoing this until it becomes second nature. What you believe you can achieve.

$ 8 Zenni Optical Rx Eyeglasses

2008-04-15T18:44:00.000-07:00

Are you paying to much for perscription glasses? Are you sick of not being able to find that perfect pair? Do you want to eliminate the middle man and get quality glasses at fantastic places.

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Whether you are after single vison lens, sunsensors, tintend sun glasses, bifocals or progressive lens, you will find what you are looking for at www.zennioptical.com

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Parenting: The People's tips

2008-04-15T18:41:00.000-07:00

Parenting: The peoples tips

In today’s article we have turned the parenting tips over to the people. We often get tips about how parents treat their children, and on what works and doesn’t work. We thought it was about time we provide a list of the main tips we get. Enjoy.
· Put your baby down when she/he is still awake. This is the key to having them sleep through the night.
· Read all food labels. You never know what is in food these days. This will help to make them healthier and may even stop a bad allergic reaction.
· Present a unified front: Don’t show your differences in front of your child – show you are consistent and support each other.
· Say sorry to your kids when you make a mistake.
· Monitor yourself: Your child will pick up most of their moral guidance from the parents – make sure you are teaching them well.
· Don’t be over protective. Kids learn through making mistakes and hurting themselves in minor ways. Just make sure they are monitored to some degree.
· Bail and switch: When your child is misbehaving, distract him with something that’s incompatible with the misbehaviour. For example, if your child is grabbing food from someone else’s plate, hand him a glass of milk.
· Ban bad mouthing. Your child will most likely learn this from you…did you see that lady’s dress what was she thinking!!! – teach them to not say bad things to other people.
· Be silly. Enjoy playing and laughing with them.

3 Gb community - are you a part of it yet!!!

2008-04-15T18:35:00.000-07:00

Hello dear blog readers,

Have you heard of the 3Gb community yet. If not do yourself a favour and visit www.3gb.biz the newest social community site.

You can meet new friends and old friends alike, as well as upload all your latest photos to show and share with your mates. But wait therese more. You can read blogs and chat with other members as well as listen to the latest and greats mp3 hits, as well as some of the classics as well.

So enjoy, we look forward to catching up with you on www.3gb.biz

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How to brain storm goals

2008-04-05T16:05:00.000-07:00

Goal Setting: How to brain storm your goals

As we have discussed in previous articles, high level goal setting focuses on four main areas of your life: health, wealth, family/community and spirituality. That’s the easy part. But how do you go about finding what you really want to achieve in each of these four areas. In today’s goal setting article we show you how.

The best way is brainstorming. Brainstorming boosts creativity and helps generate many ideas quickly. However, brainstorming by itself can be frivolous, and you can often end up further away from finalising your goals than you were at the start. To keep you on track with your brainstorming, consider using the following tips.

Brainstorm for ideas only (the review comes later)
Write up every suggestion as it comes (no matter how out of left field)
Suspend your judgement – it is often the thinking outside of the box that leads you to extraordinarily results.
Go for quantity – after you review you can look at the quality

Once you have written down everything, take a small break and then come back to evaluate what you have written. Consider what topics best meet your needs and what you want to achieve in life. From here you need to narrow your thinking and ideas in to two or three main points. These main points will help guide you into what you want to achieve in this area of your life.

How to eat your greens

2008-03-18T04:15:00.000-07:00

We have written may articles on eating your greens, but because of all the benefits, we thought we would write another!!!

Long time sufferers of our daily ezine at www.goals-4-life.com will know the drill. Steam your greens and then add lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. While we know that this tastes great. There are also many other benefits.

The most important is in the lemon juice. Lemon juice helps to keep antioxidants in our bodies. By having lemon juice with vegetables you absorb more nutrients. Simple yet it tastes great!!!

Enjoy.

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2008-03-03T19:33:00.000-08:00

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A Shop: Shopping Cart

2008-02-21T18:57:00.000-08:00

You have all been there. You have gone to purchase a product through a website, you click the shopping cart button and then things start crashing. The website seems to fall apart before your eyes. Things stall, you can't click backwards, the process takes you to the same page again and again.

After several minutes, you shake your head, and restart the computer. You have decided not to buy the product. All this because the website made it to difficult to pay.

DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOUR CUSTOMERS!!!

You have good products that will sell and are useful to people, make their shopping experience as easy as you can with customised products from www.ashop.com.ai

The A-Shop products are like know other. They are affordable, easy to install, and the best part is you can start using them right away. Just look at the benefits the www.ashop.com.au has:
Web based, no installation required
- Affordable ecommerce software
- Accept credit cards online
- Thousands of features, easy to use
- Start selling online right now
- Fully customisable design
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So make your checkout experience as easy as can be!!!

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P.S Do yourself a favour and click on the above link. As well as finding out more about the benefits, you will also be able to click on a demo, and see how the system operates itself. With a 10 day free trial, you can try before you buy!!!

Cheers

Andrew Collings

Finding extra time

2008-02-21T18:56:00.000-08:00

Goal Setting: Finding Extra Time

One of goals-4-life favourite parts of goal setting, is to help people find more time, time that they didn’t know they had. In today’s article we will discuss some finding extra time tips. We have discussed a few previously, but it won’t hurt to detail them again!!!

• Reduce paperwork and develop a good filing system: This saves you heaps of time as you won’t be continuously looking for documents.
• Get up early: Almost all successful people get up early,
• Do the most important tasks first.
• Transition time: If you travel a hour a day each way to work, after 35 years of work, you will have spent over 2 years travelling – use it wisely.
• Turn off the TV: TV can be fun, and a good way to relax (sometimes), but it can drain heaps of time.
• Relax: Take time to relax…you will be more productive. When you relax, don’t think about work etc, this is your relaxing time.

Smorty: The benefits

2008-02-21T18:20:00.000-08:00

Blogging is a win win activity. The blogger provides useful information that readers can use, and also gets the joy of writing to an audiance.

What can make blogging even better, is the fact that you can actually profit off the blogs you write as well. While there are many was to do this, the most beneficial is via smorty.

Smorty, in simple terms connects up relevant advertisements with relevant blogs. In between your normal articles that you provide your readers with for free, you simple write an article about a particular topic or company. Your readers can choose whether to click on it or not - if its something they find relevant.

With all the benefits blogging has, the opportunity of a payment helps the blogger to keep going and to keep providing useful information.

The concept is exactly the same as news sites and google sites etc, yet with one important difference. The readers know the blogger personally, and know that the ads recommended will be suitable.

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Goal Setting: Writing in a concise way

2008-02-20T13:55:00.000-08:00

Goal Setting: Writing in a concise way

One of the building blocks of good goal setting is time management. If you can make the most out of every minute that you are working (remember you still need time to relax), you will have more time to achieve your goals.

One way of saving time for yourself and other people is to write in a concise way. In this modern world we still feel the need to write things in great detail, while that is required for academia and for novels, for business we can get away with writing less and more concise.

As a first rule, try not to use jargon, this wastes everyone’s time if no one knows what it means. Also try not to waffle, think about the message you are trying to get across? Speak it…often that helps.

After you have written a letter or memo etc, go through it. Are there any unnecessary words, sentences or paragraphs? This may take a little longer for the first few times, but in the long run, it will set you well on the way to finding more time.

Prescription glasses online

2008-01-29T13:45:00.002-08:00

Tired of paying top dollar for your perscription glasses? Tired of the sales people that try and sell you the most expensive frame? Then why not check out www.zennioptiocal.com. They sell stylish and affordable perscription glasses online, and take the fuss out of buying your new glasses.

Do yourself a favour and check out the site, you won't believe the styles and the price. Enjoy.

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Goal Setting: Small Regular Improvements

2008-01-29T13:45:00.001-08:00

Goal Setting: Small Regular Improvements

Today, in our goal setting article we will look at the benefits of small regular improvements. Goal setting is a funny things, most people seem to view it as either all or nothing. After new years, people go after their goals hard for a week or two, and then normally stop.

Unless you are in a hard situation, or achieving your goal is of the utmost importance to you, chances are you won’t be able to sustain the hard core effort you have put in.

The best way to achieve your goals is to undertake a small amount of regular work every day, and to have your goals and tasks well defined.

Make sure you undertake an action each day that will lead you towards achieving your goals.

Note: If you do have times were you are really motivated, or in a situation where you have to push hard, then use it to your advantage. These moments are great for moving things quickly. Just recognise that these period may be short, and don’t feel upset when you go back to your normal path.

A Shop Commerce

2008-01-29T02:37:00.000-08:00

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E-commerce is a scary business. For the un-initatied there seems to be modern snake venom sellers at every turn. Today we would like to share with you www.ashop.com.au who specialise in e-commerce in particular shopping carts.

To put it blunty, you don't want to leave your shopping cart and ecommerce applications up to chance. The more professional they look, the more secure they are, the easier they are to use, the more customers will be willing to use it.

And lets face it, you want to make sure that your customers are looked after as well, and are using a secure system.

Whether you are a beginner or a pro, check out www.ashop.com.au, and see what they have to offer.

Benefits of Salt

2008-01-29T02:34:00.000-08:00

We wrote an article in our daily ezine about the benefits of salt. Although we have only just recently published the article, we have received a lot of feed back.

We would like to reiterate that when we talk about the benefits of salt we are referring to sea salt, not the normal table salt which is highly adulterated.

The majority of the water in the human body has some salt in it, therefore in its right form it helps to balance the body.

Enjoy in moderation as always!!!

Shopping Carts

2008-01-26T20:00:00.000-08:00

One of the most important aspects of building a e-commerce website, is ensuring your shopping cart and payment details are right. If you don't do this, then you are vertually throwing money away.

With a shopping cart, people look for integrity and a brand they can trust. If you are building a website, we strongly recommend visit www.ashopcommerce.com.

You will find the most up to date technology, as well as information on how to set up software, and complete shopping and chechout solutions.

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Make sure you are not throwing money away when you develop your website - have the best shopping cart software that customers want to use!!!

Making the most out of every minute

2008-01-26T19:57:00.000-08:00

One way to look at life is minute by minute. When we have one minute in front of us we have a choice how we use it. We can waste it, we can have fun with it, we can shape our future with it.

Today, we just want you to think about this idea. It is these one minutes that you have in front of you that add up and can mean the difference between happiness, and no happiness and success and failure.