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Avoid Analysis Paralysis

Ope — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:56:00 +0000

How many times have you been in a planning meeting that seemed to be going very well…but in the end, never amounted to anything?

Chances are you’ve been caught up in analysis paralysis. In other words, good ideas have been presented, but by the time enough people consider and reconsider the situation, it seems more complex, or not as great an idea as you originally thought. Or, in most cases, a conclusion about how to act is never reached.

But, guess what? There is such as thing as “over-thinking.” In sports, analysis paralysis might keep an athlete from reacting quickly enough. In politics, analysis paralysis might cause a simple issue to be debated for years. And, in business, analysis paralysis can keep business owners from moving forward in some pretty amazing opportunities! To avoid analysis paralysis:

Quickly jot down the pros and cons of an idea.
Make a decision (If an entire group is deciding-take a vote.)
Write out the steps required to follow through.
Assign the steps.
Follow through.

You didn’t become an entrepreneur to become a hesitant decision maker. By following these steps, you will make good, well informed decisions. Some will work out and some won’t. But, at least you won’t miss out on BIG opportunities!

If you find it difficult to be a decisive person, remember this, “The success is not in the decision you make; the success is in HOW you deal with the decision you make.” Make your decision and then go to work to make it the right decision.

Have you ever suffered from analysis paralysis? share your experience and how you overcame the situation.

Internet Slangs/Acronyms

Ope — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:50:18 +0000

AFAIK =» As Far As I Know

AFK =» Away From Keyboard

ASAP =» As Soon As Possible

BAS =» Big A$$ Smile

BBL =» Be Back Later

BBN =» Bye Bye Now

BBS =» Be Back Soon

BEG =» Big Evil Grin

BF =» Boyfriend

BIBO =» Beer In, Beer Out

BRB =» Be Right Back

BTW =» By The Way

BWL =» Bursting With Laughter

C&G =» Chuckle and Grin

CICO =» Coffee In, Coffee Out

CID =» Crying In Disgrace

CNP =» Continued (in my) Next Post

CP =» Chat Post(a chat message)

CRBT =» Crying Real Big Tears

CSG =» Chuckle Snicker Grin

CYA =» See You (Seeya)

CYAL8R =» See You Later (Seeyalata)

DLTBBB =» Don’t Let The Bed Bugs Bite

EG =» Evil Grin

EMSG =» Email Message

FC =» Fingers Crossed

FTBOMH =» From The Bottom Of My Heart

FYI =» For Your Information

FWIW =» For What It’s Worth

GAL =» Get A Life

GF =» Girlfriend

GFN =» Gone For Now

GMBA =» Giggling My Butt Off

GMTA =» Great Minds Think Alike

GTSY =» Glad To See You

H&K =» Hug and Kiss

HABU =» Have A Better ‘Un

HAGN =» Have A Good Night

HAGU =» Have A Good ‘Un

HHIS =» Hanging Head in Shame

HUB =» Head Up Butt

IAE =» In Any Event

IC =» I See

IGP =» I Gotta Pee

IMNSHO =» In My Not So Humble Opinion

IMO =» In My Opinion

IMCO =» In My Considered Opinion

IMHO =» In My Humble Opinion

IOW =» In Other Words

IRL =» In Real Life

IWALU =» I Will Always Love You

JMO =» Just My Opinion

JTLYK =» Just To Let You Know

KIT =» Keep In Touch

KOC =» Kiss On Cheek

KOL =» Kiss On Lips

L8R =» Later

L8R G8R =» Later ‘Gater

LHM =» Lord Help Me

LHO =» Laughing Head Off

LHU =» Lord Help Us

LMAO =» Laughing My A$$ Off

LMSO =» Laughing My Socks Off

LOL =» Laugh Out Loud

LSHMBB =» Laughing So Hard My Belly is Bouncing

LSHMBH =» Laughing So Hard My Belly Hurts

LSHTTARDML =» Laughing So Hard The Tears Are Running Down My Leg

LTNS =» Long Time No See

LTS =» Laughing To Self

LUWAMH =» Love You With All My Heart

LY =» Love Ya

MTF =» More To Follow

NRN =» No Reply Necessary

NADT =» Not A Darn Thing

OIC =» Oh, I See

OL =» Old Lady (significant other)

OM =» Old Man (significant other)

OTOH =» On The Other Hand

OTTOMH =» Off The Top of My Head

PDS =» Please Don’t Shoot

PITA =» Pain In The A$$

PM =» Private Message

PMFJI =» Pardon Me For Jumping In

PMP =» Peed My Pants

POAHF =» Put On A Happy Face

QSL =» Reply

QSO =» Conversation

QT =» Cutie

ROFL =» Rolling On Floor Laughing

ROFLAPMP =» ROFL And Peeing My Pants

ROFLMAO =» ROFL My A$$ Off

ROFLMAOAY =» ROFLMAO At You

ROFLMAOWTIME =» ROFLMAO With Tears In My Eyes

ROFLUTSROFL =» Unable to Speak

RTFM =» Read The F****** Manual!

SETE =» Smiling Ear To Ear

SHID =» Slaps Head In Disgust

SNERT =» Snot-Nosed Egotistical Rude Teenager

SO =» Significant Other

SOT =» Short Of Time

SOTMG =» Short Of Time Must Go

SWAK =» Sealed With A Kiss

SWAS =» Scientific Wild A$$ Guess

SWL =» Screaming with Laughter

SYS =» See You Soon

TA =» Thanks Again

TGIF =» Thank God It’s Friday

TCOY =» Take Care Of Yourself

TILII =» Tell It Like It Is

TNT =» Till Next Time

TOY =» Thinking Of You

TTFN =» Ta Ta For Now

TTYL =» Talk To You Later

WAS =» Wild A$$ Guess

WB =» Welcome Back

WTH =» What/Who The Heck (or sub an F for the H)

YBS =» You’ll Be Sorry

YG =» Young Gentleman

YL =» Young Lady

YM =» Young Man

Using Google for more than just searching

Ope — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:56:10 +0000

Explicit Phrase:
Lets say you are looking for content about internet marketing. Instead of just typing internet marketing into the Google search box, you will likely be better off searching explicitly for the phrase. To do this, simply enclose the search phrase within double quotes.

Example: "internet marketing"
Exclude Words:
Lets say you want to search for content about internet marketing, but you want to exclude any results that contain the term advertising. To do this, simply use the "-" sign in front of the word you want to exclude.

Example Search: internet marketing -advertising
Site Specific Search:
Often, you want to search a specific website for content that matches a certain phrase. Even if the site doesn’t support a built-in search feature, you can use Google to search the site for your term. Simply use the "site:somesite.com" modifier.

Example: "internet marketing" site:www.smallbusinesshub.com
Similar Words and Synonyms:
Let’s say you are want to include a word in your search, but want to include results that contain similar words or synonyms. To do this, use the "~" in front of the word.

Example: "internet marketing" ~professional
Specific Document Types:
If you’re looking to find results that are of a specific type, you can use the modifier "filetype:". For example, you might want to find only PowerPoint presentations related to internet marketing.

Example: "internet marketing" filetype:ppt
This OR That:
By default, when you do a search, Google will include all the terms specified in the search. If you are looking for any one of one or more terms to match, then you can use the OR operator. (Note: The OR has to be capitalized).

Example: internet marketing OR advertising
Phone Listing:
Let’s say someone calls you on your mobile number and you don’t know how it is. If all you have is a phone number, you can look it up on Google using the phonebook feature.

Example: phonebook:617-555-1212 (note: the provided number does not work – you’ll have to use a real number to get any results).
Area Code Lookup:
If all you need to do is to look-up the area code for a phone number, just enter the 3-digit area code and Google will tell you where it’s from.

Example: 617
Numeric Ranges:
This is a rarely used, but highly useful tip. Let’s say you want to find results that contain any of a range of numbers. You can do this by using the X..Y modifier (in case this is hard to read, what’s between the X and Y are two periods. This type of search is useful for years (as shown below), prices or anywhere where you want to provide a series of numbers.

Example: president 1940..1950
Stock (Ticker Symbol):
Just enter a valid ticker symbol as your search term and Google will give you the current financials and a quick thumb-nail chart for the stock.

Example: GOOG
Calculator:
The next time you need to do a quick calculation, instead of bringing up the Calculator applet, you can just type your expression in to Google.

Example: 48512 * 1.02
Word Definitions:
If you need to quickly look up the definition of a word or phrase, simply use the "define:" command.

Example: define:plethora
"time in tokyo" or any other major city displays the current local time there.
Currency converter: 100 GBP in USD
if you click a search result and find a dead link or a removed page, go back to the Google search page and click on "cache", you’ll get the content of the page as stored by Google.

Kreativ Host Seminar

Ope — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:01:10 +0000

Kreativ Host is organizing an enlightenment seminar on the basics of web hosting, maintenance and domain registration.

Emphasis would be on how you can use this knowledge to generate a steady source of income either on a full-time or part-time basis, for yourself or your small business.

Date is this Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 7, Akinhanmi Street, by AP filling Station (Empire Area) Ojuelegba, Surulere by 10 am.

Attendance is Free.

There are also part-time and full-time positions for the role of web master, Business Development and a Customer care/frontdesk executives to be filled.

Interviews would be conducted on the same day.

Please help spread the word.

Thanks.

What is WordPress?

Ope — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:07:39 +0000

WordPress is a free, open-source special publishing software that allows you to effortlessly create a composite blog, or web log, on your site. Written in PHP coupled to a MySQL database , WordPress offers insightful administrative tools and stylish design features that make it simple to develop and incorporate a personal or professional blog onto your website.

You can install WordPress from a regular Cpanel Hosting account using the fantastico scripts software, (this feature is available on all hosting packages at Kreativ Host). This installation takes barely 5mins to conclude.

Once you install WordPress , you’ll be able to use it’s a wide variety of available themes to design the look and feel of your blog; and voila! You are ready to start publishing your own thoughts and blogging for the world to see and relate too.

Welcome to My Blog

Ope — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:45:34 +0000

Hello, and welcome to my blog!

My blog is personal journal that I use to publish information about things that interest me. I enjoy the power a blog harnesses and enjoy broadcast signal that delivers my writing to thousands of people.

I launched my first blog on January 1st, 2007 and since that time I have been writing content that helps others learn more about making money online, and enjoy their time spent on the internet, by identifying useful resources and most especially the free ones. I have written over 100 high quality articles that will help you learn more about how you can make money online. From time to time I touch on the topic of making money online. I invite you to subscribe to my mailing list to get updates.

I enjoy writing about a broad range of topics related to making money online and good netiquette. Thanks so much for stopping by to read my blog and I hope that you’ll become a regular reader. My goal is to help you learn more about making money online.

Thanks for checking out my blog.