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Grand view approach to business – Elements and intuition

A GRAND View approach of how to be successful in business includes an extensive list of factors. Learn as much as you can about what affects your success. With knowledge comes the ability to adjust the energies surrounding you, or completely change them to work to your benefit.

Last week’s article discussed the Five Element Theory and how everything around us is associated to one of the five phases of energy known as wood, earth, fire, metal, and water. Every type of business, job, and career can be categorized under one of these elements. Likewise, your personal energy can also be categorized under one of these elements. With this information, you can find a business that is compatible with your energies and more likely to bring you success. To see what your promoting element is and which careers are compatible to you, have your personal birth chart, also known as the Zi Wei Do Shu, calculated and read.

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All about Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs)

MOST qualified retirement plans offer significant tax benefits for those willing to follow a few IRS specified rules. The government wants to make these plans- (401(k)s, Keoghs, SEPs and traditional IRAs) - available for specific needs, and has established tax law to help eliminate potential abuses of these tax advantaged investment alternatives.

Retirement plans are intended for retirement

For one thing, the government wants to make sure that such savings (and income tax benefits) actually go towards providing retirement income. Stiff penalties for early withdrawal help encourage investors to reserve their qualified plans for use during their retirement years.

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Earthquake preparedness tips

LIVING in California, means living with earthquakes. They can happen at any time. Are you and your family prepared? If not, you may want to familiarize yourself with these earthquake safety tips.

The best protection during an earthquake is to get under heavy furniture such as a desk, table or bench. The greatest danger exists directly outside buildings, at exits and alongside exterior walls. Fatalities often happen when people run outside of buildings and get hit by falling debris from collapsing walls. Ground movement during an earthquake is seldom the direct cause of death or injury. Most earthquake-related casualties result from collapsing walls, flying glass and falling objects.

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To your hair, be kind

To your hair, be kind

When you treat your hair well, it usually returns the favor. This means, making sure your hair gets the nourishment needed according to demands of each season.

Now in the middle of fall and in preparation for the winter months, it’s a good idea to get started on upping the hair’s moisture levels.

I’d love to tell you that shampooing and using regular conditioner will do the trick but it’s simply not enough.

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Emasculating stress

(6 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5)

"I’ve used up all my sick days, so I’m calling in dead" — Graffiti

(We are headed towards the Christmas season, when the stress levels particularly during these unusually tougher times are bound to increase several notches higher. For heaven’s sake, let’s all see stress for what it is, bring it down to size and max out on the pure joy the season ahead was meant to bring.)

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The silent musician – Feng Shui case study
THEO calls and tells me he’s saved enough money for his feng shui consultation and he’s ready for me to come to his home. I can tell right away...
Of Mice and Murder: Sleep now Annie
"Forcertain is death for the born and certain is the birth for the dead; Therefore over the inevitable thou shouldst not grieve." — Bhagavad...
Is a two-rate system of paying nurses and health care personnel legal?
Q : I work as a nurse in a hospital. I work 4 days a week. Twice a week I work 12 hours per shift and the rest of the days I work 8 hours per shift...
The power of guardian animals - The Dragonhead Turtle, Money Toad, and Lion
THE dragonhead turtle is a very special animal guardian and one of my personal favorites since I used to dream about it as a child. It is the...
What your facial features reveal
TO finish up our series on feng shui for the face, I will focus on a few of the main facial features and some of the attributes we pay attention to...
Foreclosure Alert: Are things about to get better or even worse?
As home values continue to plummet and the number of foreclosures continue at an alarming rate, the questions people have been asking are: "Is the...
Surviving in a hostile immigrant environment
"Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems." —Nelson RockefellerDESPITE the enforcement of harsh and...
Spotlight on Reflections’ 20 honorees: Michael Cucueco, Jackie Regala, Angie Gradney, Jona Capino
The upcoming Reflections 20 to be held on Nov. 22 is very meaningful for me because it will sum up all the years I’ve spearheaded this major FilAm...
Testimonials and Q & A’s from Ken Go
I have requested numerous time for my readers to advise me if someone or a company has help them resolve issue with loan modification. Here is a...
Creditor tells debtor to eat less
I thought after 30 years of dealing with creditors, I had heard everything in the book. But yesterday, client told me something I had never heard...
Mortgage cramdown bill resurrected
THE legislative part of Obama’s mortgage relief plan was to adopt a law amending the bankruptcy code to empower bankruptcy judges to modify...
New bankruptcy law to make mortgage modification easier
THERE may be some good news for struggling homeowners facing foreclosure. A few days ago, Senator Dick Durbin introduced new legislation in Congress...
Love, Intrigue and Unity: It’s all in the family
THIS WEEK, I take a break from writing about celebrities, our leading FilAm personalities and beauty tips by focusing on a more personal subject....
Countywide and Bank of America’s own rescue plan for its customers
Countrywide Financial has agreed to the largest program ever to modify home loans; just days after the US government adopted a giant financial rescue...
Why wait until your debt problems become a financial emergency?
ARE you struggling with unpaid bills, lawsuits or perhaps an imminent judgment or wage garnishment by a creditor? Are you afraid of what creditors...
Sniffing out Arson
LAW enforcement has a new weapon against arson, and it happens to be man’s best friend.Arson Dogs have been used since 1986 to detect accelerants,...
Are your financial problems pushing you into bankruptcy?
HAVE recent changes in the economy or the real estate market put your back against the wall with no way out? Are you struggling to make sense out of...

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