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Rolls-Royce last month launched the RR500 turboshaft, a 475-shp derivative of the RR300 that powers the in-development Robinson R66. Certification is scheduled for late 2011, with deliveries pegged to begin in the first quarter of 2012.
"Basically, we took the 300-shp RR300 and increased the airflow," Ken Roberts, Rolls-Royce president for helicopters, told AIN. Design engineers enlarged the compressor and modified the turbine and other components. The purpose of increasing the airflow was to "keep the operating temperature relatively modest," he explained. Designers could also have increased power by raising temperatures.
Like the RR300, the RR500 will have an electronic engine monitoring system, and it retains hydropneumatic engine control and will benefit from extended maintenance intervals. While the older Rolls-Royce 250 has TBOs of 1,750 and 3,500 hours for minor and full shop visits, respectively, the RR500 will have 2,000-hour and 4,000-hour intervals.
The new engine is slightly more powerful than the 250 series 2 (which ranges from 420 to 475 shp). "It is targeted at new applications," Roberts said, but he acknowledged that some existing Model 250 applications might move to the RR500.
Rolls-Royce announced the RR500 turboprop last summer at the EAA AirVenture airshow. The company said it is running the turboprop and turboshaft programs "in a very integrated fashion."
The RR500 uses the same engine mounts as the Model 250, making it retrofittable to Model 250-powered helicopters. The RR300 is itself certified as derivative on the Model 250's type certificate.
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Now this should be interesting: Alberta Ferretti has just announced that she's planning to eschew models on her runway for January 11th at the 79th edition of the giant fashion tradeshow Pitti Uomo. For the collection, the designer is planning to use a selection of 'real women' including actresses Marisa Berenson, Camilla Belle and Talulah Riley, the unfeasibly elegant Carmen Dell'Orefice, singer Olivia Ong, author Katy Saunders, as well as Italian socialites, a family lawyer and a blogger. (Tavi? No.)
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Marisa Berenson is on the crest of a fashion wave at the moment, her appearance on Ferretti's catwalk coming after she modeled for Tom Ford's super-secretive SS'11 show in NY Fashion Week. Ford, like Ferretti, used non-models including Berenson, Julianne Moore, Beyonce and Daphne Guinness to showcase his return to womenswear in what was one of the most tightly guarded shows in recent fashion history.
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Ferretti says the idea for her special show came about because 'my muses are always the women of today. I wanted to show my outfits on women, not only on models like in Milan.' She added that the collection, which she describes as 'demi couture', is likely to include a wedding dress and eveningwear. '[It] will be about women and not only the clothes' says Ferretti. 'I wanted to personalize it.'
Alongside Ferretti's use of non-models, the designer is planning on making a donation to The Jordan River Foundation — a not for profit, non governmental organization which works to help empower women and children in Jordan, and is chaired by the stylish Queen Rania of Jordan. Pitti kicks off on January 10th in Florence, and we'll have all the pics from the show for you to peruse as soon as it happens.


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EPIC Urges Oversight Board to Uphold Strong Open Government RulesIn extensive comments, EPIC has urged the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board not to weaken the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Sunshine Act as the agency has proposed. According to EPIC, the Board proposes to adopt vague, broad, and otherwise unlawful definitions that would permit the oversight agency to withhold information and delay document production. The proposed regulations would also allow the Board to encourage other agencies to classify information. The Board proposes to terminate public participation in Board meetings "at any time for any reason." EPIC routinely comments on agency proposals that impact the rights of FOIA requesters. In 2011, EPIC submitted extensive comments to the Department of Justice, warning the agency not to erect new obstacles for FOIA requesters. For more information, see EPIC: Open Government.
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SHENANDOAH JUNCTION — An accident Monday afternoon sent a woman and two children to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
According to West Virginia State Police Sgt. E.D. Anderson, Tammy Brode, of Shepherdstown, lost control of her vehicle due to wet roads, rolled over several times before striking an electric power pole. The accident occurred about 4:30 p.m. near the intersection of Ridge and Luther Jones roads north of Shenandoah Junction. According to police, no one in the vehicle was wearing a seatbelt.
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Congress pits Amarinder Singh against BJP's Arun Jaitley in Amritsar
Congress Party leader, Madhusudan Mistry has declared that former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh will take on BJP leader Arun Jaitley in the LOk Sabha electoral contest for Amritsar.
Announcing an additional list of 26 Congress candidates who will contest the polls,Mistry, a member of the Congress Election Coordination Committee, said the party has cleared the names of 26 candidates.
He also said that senior Congress leader and former minister Ambika Soni would contest the polls from the Anandpur Sahib parliamentary constituency.
"Congress President (Sonia Gandhi) and the members of the election committee have cleared the names of 26 Congress candidates in a meeting held on Friday. Ambika Soni will contest in place of Ravneet Singh Bittu from Anandpur Sahib, and Captain Amarinder will contest from Amritsar,"said Mistry.
Congress activists in Amritsar have welcomed the announcement of Captain Amarinder Singh contesting the polls, and came out onto the streets to celebrate.
They distributed sweets, burst firecrackers and danced in joy over the news.
A Congress worker, Gurjeet Ojla, said all Congress party members and workers were very excited to hear the news of Amarinder Singh's candidature from Amritsar.
"We came to know in the evening about the announcement of Captain Amarinder Singh as the Congress candidate from Amritsar. I can see so much excitement among the Congress workers, that I have never seen before", said Ojla.
Meanwhile, Arun Jaitley, representing the BJP, has already been declared as the party's candidate from Amritsar, replacing Navjot Singh Sidhu.
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The Yankees announced Monday that Controversial star Alex Rodriguez has been cleared by team doctors to begin his rehab assignment. Rodriguez will start and play at least three innings at third base for Class A Charleston, S.C., on Tuesday night.
It's no secret that A-Rod is optimistic about his return from left hip surgery. Last week, just day's after joining Twitter, A-Rod took to the social media platform to share a seemingly harmless update on his staus, which ultimatly led to a public war of words between Rodriguez and Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman.
The dust from last weeks controversy has seemed to settle as Rodriguez has finally been cleared by the Yankees doctors. Now, Rodriguez is finally ready to make his way back to a club that doesn't want him, but desperately needs him. Although Rodriguez's rehabilitation is nearing an end, A-Rod will find himself attempting a different type of rehabilitation when he returns to the Yankees, as many fans and people around the league have grown tired of Rodriguez, and the controversy that always seems to follow the former MVP.
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McLouth hit leadoff homers in the third and fifth. The first one came against Dillon Gee, slated to start the third game of the season for the Mets against San Diego. The second one was off Jeremy Hafner, lined up to start the fourth game.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Time and Memory
From "Through the Looking-Glass":
'The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday — but never jam to-day.'
'It MUST come sometimes to "jam to-day,"' Alice objected.
'No, it can't,' said the Queen. 'It's jam every OTHER day: to-day isn't any OTHER day, you know.'
'I don't understand you,' said Alice. 'It's dreadfully confusing!'
'That's the effect of living backwards,' the Queen said kindly: 'it always makes one a little giddy at first —'
'Living backwards!' Alice repeated in great astonishment. 'I never heard of such a thing!'
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Dranks From Last Week
Pre yoga smoothie (good so you don't get hungry / stay hydrated):
almonds + coconut water + chia seeds + coconut oil + avocado + banana + cacao
Post running (good for muscles)
cherry juice + cherries + cashews + cacao + coconut oil + mint
Good when you want a healthy snack, but don't want chocolate or ice cream or don't want to eat a whole breakfast, but want something filling:
peanut butter + banana + cacao + chia seeds + cinnamon + coconut oil + almond milk
Good for hiding noni juice bitterness, if you don't feel like dealing with the taste:
berries (here is raspberry + blueberry) + noni juice + coconut water + coconut oil + mint
Sunday morning:
cardamom + cinnamon + ground coffee
almonds + coconut water + chia seeds + coconut oil + avocado + banana + cacao
Post running (good for muscles)
cherry juice + cherries + cashews + cacao + coconut oil + mint
Good when you want a healthy snack, but don't want chocolate or ice cream or don't want to eat a whole breakfast, but want something filling:
peanut butter + banana + cacao + chia seeds + cinnamon + coconut oil + almond milk
Good for hiding noni juice bitterness, if you don't feel like dealing with the taste:
berries (here is raspberry + blueberry) + noni juice + coconut water + coconut oil + mint
Sunday morning:
cardamom + cinnamon + ground coffee
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Thursday, May 1, 2014
Wednesday Shmednesday, Just Thinkin' About Chance and Music
Earlier today, I was introduced to this beautiful song, and was then told the chilling story behind Shalom Katz. Katz was a recognized cantor by the time of his Bar Mitzvah. In 1942, he was forced to dig his own grave along with about 1600 Jews scheduled for mass execution in a Nazi concentration camp. It was then that Katz asked if he could sing the Keil Molei Rachamim, a Prayer for the Dead. He was granted permission by the Nazi commandant, who was so moved by Katz's singing that he spared his life so he could sing for the other Nazi officers. The next day, he was allowed to escape, and lived until 67 as a renowned cantor.
In this next video above on the Hammond Organ's history, I discovered that if it wasn't for Laurens Hammond's accountant who moonlighted as a church organist, the popular instrument would not have been what we know it as today. Indeed we associate the Hammond organ with the Church- along with vintage soap opera radio shows and popular jazz standards. This was a guy who was creating anything ever for a dollar- bridge tables, 3D technology, you name it- but his arguably most famous invention was shaped by a church organist associate. Needless to say, this chance collision worked out for Hammond (who FYI was way more avaricious than I would have imagined), and on a meta sync level this man created the 3D technology that benefitted Ziegfeld Follies act of the 1930s, which is where the Hammond organ artist I was researching- which led me to this video- met the love of his life.
Now, since I am huge marveler of chance tonight, I'll throw in a personal now-oldie, but goodie. About four weeks ago, I was recording the chorus for that parody video I posted two weeks ago which I guess I'll repost for reference sake.
La Shea and I had recorded all of the rap parts, but neither of us could really 'sing-sing' so I decided to deal with it later, as she was leaving to LA later that week. I ended up posting a Craigslist ad eagerly seeking a "male with a deep, soulful voice." (Ha- I'm ridiculous, huh? :) ) Of all the responses I received, I decided only one could maybe work. I watched about three or four of the guy's videos and really imagined him mimicking the Charlie Wilson vocals. His voice is great. Alas, our correspondence was slow and I was too cheap to pay him (not to mention I thought I might get molested by a Craigslist random), and the momentum lost its fizz. I found a friend of a friend and subconsciously convinced myself an all girl thing would work better.
Fast forward to the day I am recording the friend of a friend, I start having a quasi-panic attack: What if the guy would have been better? Why didn't I go with Hassan? He was amazing, why didn't you further insist on making it work out? I got over it, as I do with all of my spazz attacks and dashed out of my office to record the friend of a friend, and who do I run into coming into my office building's elevator as I exit it? Hassan the Craigslist random! I remembered him from my You Tube research- and he did not recognize me. After an initial 20 minutes of freaking out I texted him asking if he was on the street I saw him at, and he was. Turns out he had a modeling audition on the floor below mine. Of all the people, in all the buildings, in all of New York! I took it as a sign, and decided to record him as well. He ended up working out in a more humorous way, and I know for a fact I would've never reached out to him again if I didn't run into him in that elevator on the way to the session that night. It was just too cosmic.
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Saturday, April 26, 2014
Been having the favorite film scores conversation a lot lately.
Here are what I've decided this week to be my favorite, in no particular order:
Elevator to the Gallows, Miles Davis
The Conversation, David Shire
Dead Man, Neil Young
Under the Skin, Mica Levi
Here are what I've decided this week to be my favorite, in no particular order:
Elevator to the Gallows, Miles Davis
The Conversation, David Shire
Wild At Heart, Angelo Badalamenti
Under the Skin, Mica Levi
Notes After Cecilia Chorus at Carnegie Hall
Let me preface this post with the chronologically ordered and fitting factoids that well before I was 12 years old I was debating my religious Mexican aunts (parents had already given up on me) on why I didn't believe Jesus was God, and that at 12 I made my eighth grade teacher Sister Mary Catherine so angry she threw a rock at the ground, and that at 17 I made another teacher- not a nun this time- cry after refuting her stances on religion and abortion (I think she couldn't have kids- she was quite open about it- and I told her I was terribly sorry, but that emotional bias is a selfish and insufficient reason to affect the emotional and physical health of every other woman in the country) (years later, I made it up to her by giving her and her kid (she adopted) free admission to this indoor playground for kids I worked at for far too long; see, I am not a cold-hearted asshole). Then I went to college and got really into the social sciences, and that sort of sealed the deal. Fully crystallized religionphobe. No clue where this passion against Christ came from considering I went to Catholic school my entire life, although immediately after typing that last string of words I realized that perhaps that was the exact cause.
So it wasn't too random that at tonight's choral performance the first thing I thought when I heard the opening Ralph Vaughan Williams piece (which includes lines from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass) I thought to myself- This is divinity! Who needs the religion part when you have this! Why isn't this enough? The thought was most likely generated because I was sitting behind a nun and because I'd been reading about the choir's history before the show. It was founded in 1906 by Metropolitan Opera coach Victor Harris under the name The Tuesday Morning Singing Club and soon became the St. Cecilia Chorus before deciding to drop the saint bit.
I greatly appreciate devotion, and admit I find beauty in faith and in aspects of religion (although to be honest, upon reflection, mostly what the mythologies say about us, the art and the music)- but to me, that beauty is on the same level as a film or a rainforest or a good conversation (because I would probably rank a great conversation higher :)). I should also mention that while I'm pretty much a skeptic, I am a firm believer in the laws of synchronicity, and in a beautiful turn of events the very next piece was one called Credo for a Secular City by Tom Cipullo! It opens with Iago's line from Othello "Demand me nothing. What you know, you know" and it goes on to produce other inspiring words I had to totally resist from tweeting during intermission such as, "I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am" (Antoine Léonard Thomas riffing on Descartes) and a line from Llewelyn Powys' The Pathetic Fallacy: A Study of Christianity: "A wise man can do no better than to turn from the churches and look up through the airy majesty of the wayside trees with exultation, with resignation, at the unconquerable unimplicated sun."
So why aren't the certainties of facts and mystery at large enough? I can't even begin to try and answer that because this subject isn't my forte, but I'll say my hunches point to the same reason why people decide there's a safety in settling. And underlying that and my other hunches, the power of fear. Why the need to define if the definition is absurd? Curiosity is at the core of our humanness, and I don't take for granted that our spirits are partly driven by wonder (even if the wonder is sometimes inspired by religious notions). Ultimately, I find dogma stunts the full exploration of that wonder, and ya know what-
- I'm fine with this open ended mystery because that beautiful curiosity enables growth. I'm reading William Burroughs' Junky for work right now, and in there he says, "When you stop growing you start dying." I think those will be my two new (albeit vague) reasons as to why I'm so anti organized religion, its powerful and dangerous ability to narrow a mind and promote the need for "more than this"... Because this is great!
P.S. I totally saved the Eucharist wafers in my pocket and ate them in class.
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Please tell me about the experiences that have whittled away at you - the things you've seen, heard, felt, and imagined that have transformed you into the person who is standing in front of me now.
What ideas have you given life to, and which ideas are most firmly rooted in you? And which ideas have you abandoned?
And do you sleep well at night?
When was the last time you laughed at yourself?
Tell me about your relationship to the world, to God, to others, and to yourself.
When you look at a clock, do you see its shape and color before you notice the time, like I do? Or maybe you see its transparency because you know precisely how each cog and gear interlocks beneath its face? Or do you instead hear its steadfast tick as the pulsing heartbeat of the universe?
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Nine years is a long time. By the time you read this, I'll have gone through a typical Splendid production week -- whatever that means -- something like 472 times. And now, suddenly, I'm coming to terms with the fact that I'm done. We aren't going to start fresh on January 2. If we were a long-running sitcom, our ninety minute finale would just be finishing: I'd be switching off the office light one last time and then the credits would roll, backed by a particularly slow and sentimental arrangement of the theme tune. And then, inevitably, life would go on without us.
Since we announced Splendid's end two months ago, I've been inundated with questions -- mostly stuff like "What did you think of my CD?", "Can I send you a copy of my CD?" and "When do you think you'll be reviewing the new album from Band X, which comes out in April, 2006?", but with a few inquiries of a more personal nature thrown in for good measure. People who know how much time I've committed to Splendid in recent years (hint: it's like a full-time job, but without the money) have been wondering what I'm going to do with my sudden wealth of free time. As it happens, I've given it a bit of thought. Here are the first 16 things I came up with.
Concentrate on my day job
I'm not saying that I haven't been concentrating on my work, but it'll be nice not to have to field calls from PR interns who think we're a print magazine, and I won't have to keep Eudora open 24/7 to keep track of the endless crush of "Where's my CD?" e-mails. I hope I won't, anyway.
Go more than 24 hours without checking my e-mail
I have enough computers, PDAs, smart phones and related gadgets to allow me to check my e-mail or update Splendid from almost anywhere in the world. It will be liberating to give them all a rest.
Stop getting the shakes every time I see one of those white plastic US Mail crates
I'm not kidding. Right now, a white crate on my doorstep means a whole bunch of mail. A whole bunch of mail means many more CDs... which means I'm going to have to find a place to put many more CDs, not to mention another one of these damn white crates. I ran out of room months ago. I think I also caused a minor shortage of those white plastic USPS crates, which is why there are so many new ones in circulation in my neighborhood.
Get back in shape
Those of you who've met me know that I don't exactly fit the beanpole-thin indie-rock profile. Time to do something about that. I have no plans to look like one of those skinny, unwashed, women's jeans-wearing assholes, but I'm definitely going to use my spare time to drop a few pounds.
Make spur-of-the-moment plans
For the last few years, any kind of last-minute plan required an almost superhuman effort to rejigger our editorial schedule -- especially if it required doing something on a Sunday, which gradually emerged as the heaviest day of Splendid's production week.
Write about something other than music
This one is already happening. A play I wrote back in 1994 is being revived by a cool little suburban theatre in early January, and I have a bunch of print, audio and video projects on my schedule. I can't wait.
Actually listen to a record
A lot of music critics dream of this. It'll be interesting to see whether my tastes change when I don't have a self-renewing stack of new music awaiting my attention. Finally, I'll be able to turn my attention to the much larger (but, happily, finite) stack of "old" music that deserves a few more spins.
Read... all day
It's been ages since I've had more than a few minutes at a time to enjoy a book -- and on the rare occasions when I have, I've been so sleep-deprived that I've dozed off before finishing a single page. That's enough of that. First good rainy/snowy Sunday of 2006, I'm going to put a serious dent in my Borders backlog.
With the exception of business trips and business-like trips (i.e. SXSW, which isn't a vacation, let me tell you), I haven't had more than a 72-hour vacation since 1998. In 2006, I'm going to travel. I may even leave the laptop at home. One of them, at least. Besides, my wife deserves several years worth of vacations after putting up with Splendid for all these years.
See bands on a night other than Saturday
Sad but true: Splendid eventually became so time-consuming that I no longer had time to see bands play -- unless they obligingly scheduled their shows on Saturday. Even Friday was a hassle -- if the show started too early, I wouldn't be able to get out of work on time. If the show started too late, I'd fall asleep while watching (I got up at 4:00 a.m., remember?). Now, at last, I'll be free to explore the dubious wonders of Tuesday and Wednesday night gigs.
Pay to see a band
I admit, I've done this a few times since 1996 -- guest lists get screwed up, schedules change at the last minute, etc. -- but in the back of my mind, I've always been "working". Now I get to be a fan. I figure that'll be fun... twice? Maybe three times.
Start a family?
The jury is still out on this one. Yes, it can be cute when young hipster parents drag little Efrim and Neko to the all-ages show, and I'd certainly like to have a kid who actually wants to inherit my collection of Television Personalities vinyl when I finally go the way of the buffalo, but... well, as long as my home is full of meter-high stacks of sharp-cornered CD jewel cases, the time probably isn't right.
Sit down in front of my computer, realize that I have no work to do, and feel a bit lost
Yeah, I'm gonna do this one a lot. I guess it's time to play through Half-Life 2 again.
Wonder why I'm not getting anywhere near as much e-mail as I used to
Another one that's already happening. Either my spam filter is finally working properly or people have figured out that we're done. Either that or they're on vacation. I'll know by mid-January.
Start work on plans for the new site
As much as I've been craving a long vacation, I don't think I'm ready to ride off into the sunset just yet. Splendid may be done, but there's a whole 'nother chapter right around the corner...
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Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste probably didn't even know that he'd be the subject of Jennifer Kelly's final Splendid interview... but he is!
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- Immune Support – We try to stay healthy and out of the doctor's office, so we rub Thieves Essential Oil on the bottoms of our feet to give our immune systems a boost.
- Air Freshener – I diffuse various essential oils as a chemical-free air freshener for our home.
- Cleaning – I use either a mix of vinegar and essential oils or Thieves Oil Cleaner to clean my entire home without chemicals.
- Perfume – I like to rub on some Joy or Valor Essential Oils for a mild and pleasant scent.
As you can see, we use essential oils for a lot of things! I am so thankful that our family was introduced to essential oils by a friend. Essential oils have been such a blessing to our family and many of our friends, which is why I am eager to share the benefits of essential oils with all of you!
A word of caution. The essential oils I use are specifically therapeutic-grade oils. They cannot be found on the shelf in your local store. The oils you find in stores may be easy on the pocket book, and may smell good, but they are not intended to be used on your body and I cannot speak to their results. If you are curious about which oils I've chosen to use on my family and where I buy them, keep reading.
Why Use Essential Oils?
Essential oils have amazing healing properties. Essential oils are used for aromatherapy, massage therapy, emotional health, personal care, nutritional supplements, household solutions, and much more.
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- Essential oils are so small in molecular size that they can quickly penetrate the skin.
- Essential oils are lipid-soluble and capable of penetrating cell walls. They can affect every cell of the body within 20 minutes and then be metabolized like other nutrients. (Source: Quick Reference Guide for Using Essential Oils)
For just about any ailment that you or your family could experience, there is likely an oil that would be beneficial to use. Plus, each oil also has a plethora of uses. For instance, lavender essential oil can be used for burns, insect bites, headaches, PMS, insomnia, stress, and much more.
You can read literally thousands of testimonies to the benefits of essential oils.
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- motion sickness
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- acne
- anxiety
- and SO MUCH MORE!
The benefits of using essential oils are truly amazing and the side-effects are very mild (for instance "hot" oils like oregano can cause skin irritation if used without a carrier oil). Compare that to the laundry list of side effects that comes with using pharmaceuticals!
How Much Do Essential Oils Cost?
Obviously you're going to want to know how pricey these oils are. The cost of oils will vary from brand to brand. It depends on the quality of the ingredients, the methods of distillation, and the purity of the oil (some companies add ingredients to "stretch" the oil). Personally, I think you get what you pay for when it comes to essential oils.
"LOW PRICES MAY ALSO MEAN THE OIL IS A SECOND OR THIRD DISTILLATION OF THE PLANT MATERIAL, in which case it will have far less therapeutic value. Sometimes oils are diluted with another plant that has a similar aroma, but costs less…" (Source: excerpt from Holistic Aromatherapy, A. Berwick, 1994, Llewellyn Pub., St. Paul, MN pp. 168)
I personally choose to use Young Living Essential Oils because of their quality, reputation, cost-effectiveness, customer-service, and seed-to-seal guarantee. I believe in their integrity and desire to provide the best possible 100% therapeutic grade essential oils. I believe they are the best choice for our family and I highly recommend their oils.
Young Living offers many ways to help you save money on essential oils. You can join as a wholesale member to get a 24% discount off the retail price (this is the option I chose). They run monthly specials plus they offer great monthly promos where you can get free oils with your purchase! You can also earn credit from all your purchases to use toward free products when you participate in their rewards program (details below).
So, while Young Living Essential Oils certainly aren't "cheap," there are many ways to make them affordable. Definitely more affordable than gas to drive to the doctor, co-pays, prescriptions, OTC medications, and sick days from work….and then repeat all of that for when you begin to deal with the side effects of those medications.
Also, your health is worth it. Not living with daily headaches, sinus pain, congestion, depression, etc. is priceless.
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If you're excited to try these essential oils for yourself, here's how to get started!
There are two ways to purchase Young Living Essential Oils. You can purchase as a customer or as a wholesale member.
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Hell yes.
Hell yes.
and I don't care who knows it!
I didn't flinch, so I rewarded myself with a scoop of Superman ice cream! :]
It doesn't matter what kind of mood I'm in, Adele always makes things better. I totally want to listen to something that will get me up & going [Daft Punk, Passion Pit, Scissor Sisters…], but there's no way I can turn off Adele. She's just too magical.
Currently reading. I've always adored her poetry, but have only just now had time to read the novel. It's AMAZING.
…in a movie theater, & in 3D.
March 2010, please hurry.
it's beautiful, but there's nothing to do here.
…just sayin'.
End your sentences with a period (full stop), question mark, or exclamation point (exclamation mark or shout mark).
- Use the period (full stop) to denote a full stop at the end of a statement. The period ( . ) is one of the most commonly used punctuation marks. The accessibility of the computer has increased tremendously over the past several years.
- The question mark ( ? ), used at the end of a sentence, suggests an interrogatory remark or inquiry. What has humanity done about the growing concern of global warming?
- The exclamation point (exclamation mark, shout mark)( ! ) suggests excitement or emphasis in a sentence. I can't believe how difficult the exam was!
Use the semicolon and colon properly.
The semicolon ( ; ) has a few uses.
Use a semicolon to separate two related but independent clauses. Note that, if the two clauses are very wordy or complex, it is better to use a period instead.
- People continue to worry about the future; our failure to conserve resources has put the world at risk.
- Use a semicolon to separate a complex series of items, especially those that contain commas.
- I went to the show with Jake, my close friend; his friend, Jane; and her best friend, Jenna.
- The colon ( : ) has multiple uses.
- Use the colon to introduce a list. Be careful not to use a colon when denoting a regular series. Usually, the word following suggests the use of a colon. Use only after a full sentence which ends in a noun.
- The professor has given me three options: to retake the exam, to accept the extra credit assignment, or to fail the class.
- INCORRECT - The Easter basket contained: Easter eggs, chocolate rabbits, and other candy.
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Words cannot describe how much I love this.
I've been up since 2am, & have to be at work in a few hours.
I'm only paid $2.13/hr. FAIL.
The survivor is born. (via fuckyeahfacts)
True story! I learned about this at an aquarium a few years ago - freaky.
Read it.
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Good people: They exist.
this made me smile so hard!
yeah, i am quite ridiculous if you haven't noticed.
keep hating on my fb status. :l hahaha.
I cried too. I felt like a bitch…
…especially the episode when Matt Damon guest stars!


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Definition of strapper in English:
strapperLine breaks: strap|per
Pronunciation: /ˈstrapə /
nounchiefly Australian
A person who grooms racehorses.
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- We also felt it appropriate to provide a more substantial trophy for the jockey and trainer and to provide the strapper with a Cup miniature.
- With racing's spring carnivals underway all over Australia, the trainers, the jockeys, the strappers and the owners and of course the horses, the neddies themselves, are all at full stride.
- The horse enters quarantine in Ireland on August 27 and arrives in Australia on September 19 accompanied by his longtime strapper.
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Idag börjar många företag att rekrytera efter helt nya parametrar och t.ex Google pratar om att expertrollen inte är självklar. Idag sker utvecklingen snabbt och utan en ständig nyfikenhet blir den främste expert stillastående och stagnerar i gammal kunskap. Den genuint nyfikne kan också se helt nya kreativa vägar som i samarbete med experter kan skapa det unika. Istället för en fast och statiskt expertroll, så kommer man att vid behov kliva fram, ta ett ledarskap under en del av ett projekt för att sedan kliva tillbaka. Resultatet är i fokus, inte det egna egot.
One thing that has been on my mind the last few years is how your potential can be tracked by analyzing the key factors of your professional reputation.
The really interesting thing about your potential is that it's not only how good you are, it's how good you want to be. It's about your destination for the future, your next big thing. The key factor here is combining the unique strengths of your reputation with considering what can be expected from you. Realizing your potential will give you the courage to take a major leaps forward.
With today's focus on our potential for the future, it's time to get rid of the myth that you are never better than your last project. Replace it with – You are never better than your next project – which to me is a greater challenge. Kristian Borglund had the following headline in Metro after an interview: "Be famous for what you haven't done – yet".
It was expectations that made millions of people queueing up for the first iPhone before they had even seen it. Even if you don't get millions of people queueing up for your services, consider what they can expect from you
I've been working with many consultants and seen the huge potential to be visible in new and effective ways. It's a new mind set realizing that what your clients are buying is your potential to create results.
So instead of just introducing what you have accomplished before your should put forward your potential in the form of your perceived expertise, your reputation and what your potential client can expect from you.
My experience working with the Reputation Resumé, that combines these key factors, is that it gives you the possibility of attracting new interesting and profitable clients.
I stepped out of my own comfort zone10 years ago to be on the edge exploring the area of Reputation and all the huge possibilities that it opens up. Driven by curiosity and my passion I have been on this trip ever since and it has been worth every second of it. I have met, and keep meeting, intriguing people who have been contributing with so many great ideas. It's a great privilege to be able to create a unique concept that I with humility see is affecting the professional lives of so many.
Ten years ago I wrote my first book "The Myths Of Effective Recruitment" where I for the first time, among other things, challenged the effectiveness of the traditional CV. To my great surprise it was nominated among best books in the HR area in 2005. It's actually not until today that I see headlines in major newspapers like " The Resumé Is Messing Up Recruitment" and "Reputation Is Your Resumé". One lesson that I've learned on my entrepreneurial trip is that when people think that you are crazy, you know that you are on the right track – just keep going.
The journey goes on looking into all the new possibilities that the concept of Your Professional Reputation creates for you as an entrepreneur, consultant, leader or employee yearning for new exciting things in your business or work life.
There is one thing that has been on my mind for a long time. It's what key factors that are involved in positioning you as the expert that will be top of mind in your field. To be the expert that people will listen to and choose.
I would suggest four strategies that will really make a difference.
Know and expand your reputation. It's vital to be aware of what your reputation looks like since it's your highest valued possession and it always walks ahead of you. Once you are aware of every angle of it, you can expand it by building on your perceived strengths and use your full potential.
Narrow your expertise. Of course, this is a vital part of your reputation in order to be top of mind. Today it's crucial to narrow your expertise to be really good in one area. This is where your ambition, talents and passion join forces to create great stuff. You don't have to strive for being the best, instead stand out as unique, being on the edge. Use your 'stop doing list' to gradually get rid of things and circumstances that don't support this ambition.
What your clients can expect from you. Consider carefully what your clients can expect from you in the year to come, based on the perceived strengths of your reputation. Promote it in a trustworthy way and build your credibility by living up to it. Combined with your reputation, this is what your clients are actually buying today.
Be visible. Being visible with books, keynotes and articles on social media is of course crucial. To me it's important to start offline with the key factors above before you build your strategy online. In this way you can really expand your reputation being consistent in using the tools that you feel confident using.
It's this simple and that hard. Of course, it's a process that you are building over time, but don't be surprised if you will also find a fast track using these strategies. It has been done before.
I must admit that I love working with entrepreneurs. Many see things as they are, but entrepreneurs see things as they could be. You often meet them 'on the edge' where exciting meetings take place. It is where their passion and ambition join forces to create great stuff, they make things happen and know their Next Big Thing.
They are the shining experts that fully live their reputation and by knowing every angle of it they inspire trust and the expectations they create attract new exciting collaborations and profitable clients.
The Midway Islands had a profound strategic importance during the Second World War. They are small islands covered with runways in every direction where the planes could refuel.
When you are midways in your life – around 55 – you should land, refuel and maybe take of in a new direction for the next 40 years or so and not only wait for retirement. You could start a part time company and design the rest of your life to make it rich and continue working for as long as you like. Today it's mainly about getting the right tools and head for the best runway that will take you there
I love paradoxes because within them lies all the traditional myths that prevents us from achieving what we are aiming for and at the same time includes all the exciting possibilities that are waiting for you to explore.
The most important paradox about Reputation is that it's at the same time your highest valued asset and your most unknown possession. When you are aware of every angle of your reputation you can start expanding and promoting it in new effective ways and stand out as the unique individual that you are. This is also the golden key that gives you an opening to the interesting challenges that lies ahead of you.
However, there are more challenging paradoxes within this crucial area. One that I often run into is that we are also to a large extent unaware of many of our vital strengths and unique qualities although it's upon them that you get hired. Instead we have a solid focus on improving our weaknesses but I haven't met a single person yet who got successful on their weaknesses.
And there is more to come. All research today points to the fact that your potential for the future is much more important than your track-record or business plan. Yet, whenever I bring up the question what your clients can expect from you in the year to come, the answers are always extremely vague. The great challenge that lies in this paradox is that the expectations that goes hand in hand with the perceived strengths of your reputation is actually what your clients are buying. And still, instead of promoting these crucial facts we keep on introducing what we have done in the past.
If you take time to reflect upon the combination of these three paradoxes you will understand why so many get stuck in a traditional mindset and the methods that have been around for to many years. I sincerely hope that you instead will see the extremely interesting possibilities that are waiting for you around the corner. You just need to change your mindset and challenge these paradoxes.
I'm deeply impressed by Simon Sinek's thesis that you should always start with Why before you go into the What and How you do it. Of course, this is also very relevant for my work with Your Professional Reputation and to keep this short and precise – here we go:
My work aims at getting everyone to discover and utilize their full potential. The tool is to explore and expand their perceived strengths and unique qualities forming their professional reputation and bring it out to the world.
One of my clients wrote the following comment to one of my updates on LinkedIn: "The greatest surprise is the overwhelming courage that Your Professional Reputation brings to you. Once you know what others think of your work, you're ready to take major leaps towards your goals! I've done it!".
Of course, this made me proud and I have noticed this happening on several occasions and this might be the real power of the concept. To become successful building on your unique perceived strengths, once you are aware of them
A couple of months ago you could read the headline in MIT Technical Review "Your Reputation is Your Resumé". Just a few days ago Leslie Gaines-Ross, expert on Reputation wrote about "Reputation By The Speed Of Light" – we just haven´t got that much time to get our messages through. This, and many other things indicate that we need a new approach to introducing ourselves.
In my opinion, the three main key factors today are:
Reputation – how your expertise, strengths and unique qualities are perceived
Expectation – your potential – what your clients can expect that you accomplish
Trust – your credibility, living up to your reputation and expectation
This can be put together in a Reputation Resumé with five different parts with the ambition that it could be read in 30 seconds. It deals more with what you can accomplish in the future than with the past.
1. Your Professional Reputation. This is without any doubt your most valuable possession. After having it analyzed, you can present a brief description of it in five or six lines. This is not what you say about yourself but how you are perceived by your professional surroundings.
2. What can be expected from you. Research from Stanford University and Harvard Business School shows that your potential for the future is far more interesting than the things you have done in the past. This is what your clients and employer always are looking for. In the Reputation Resumé you add a brief description of the results that can be expected from you. This should be based on the perceived strengths of your reputation, since then it will take a completely new and crucial height.
3. A picture that mirrors your reputation. Please never underestimate the power of a picture. Put the description of your reputation in the hands of a gifted photographer to get that unique picture.
4. Your reputation in one sentence. To arise curiosity we also work with bringing down the individuals reputation into one sentence that also indicates what can be expected from her. In the Reputation Resumé it should be put next to the picture since they work beautifully together.
5. Track-record. Here you put in the link to your updated LinkedIn profile.
A Reputation Resumé is very effective as a presentation for consultants, it can be used on the webb and as a cover letter and I also use it often as a pre-meeting document. A week before a meeting with an important new client, I email her my Reputation Resumé and so far it has been read every time before the meeting. It always initiates interesting discussions and please remember that they should be able to read it in 30 seconds. As Leslie Gaines-Ross puts it – Reputation at the speed of light.
Being aware of your Reputation will make a profound impact on your professional future. In business and work life your Reputation is your most important currency and it highlights your full potential. Why settle for less? People will work with you, buy from you and invest in you based upon your Reputation and no single strategy will have the same impact on your economy than this. A crucial success factor is the expectations that are closely tied to your reputation and the combination of the two will make a magnificent marketing tool.
When hiring today we are looking for potential and it´s at the same time the one thing that we don´t promote, spending so much time on history and track-record. Who do we choose for a project, to do business with or hire for a job? A person who has done great things in the past – or a person that we expect to have the potential of doing great things in the year(s) to come? Unanimous research from Stanford University and Harvard Business School shows that we are much more impressed by potential than by track record. Heidi Grant Halvorsen writes about this research in Harvard Business Review:
"People are much more impressed by your potential than by your track record. It would be wise to start focusing your pitch on your future, as an individual or as a company, rather than on your past — even if that past is very impressive indeed"
The greatest challenge for consultants, entrepreneurs and leaders today is to fully communicate their potential and reputation to clients, employers, investors and interesting talents.
For a couple of years now we have developed and worked with a Reputation Resumé based on the key factors showing your full potential. It combines your perceived strengths and unique qualities of your reputation – all the soft skills that effectuate results – with what the clients can expect from you. Then add a track record in form of a link to your LinkedIn profile. Your full potential to be read in 30 seconds
I'm kind of a nerd having focused on one exciting area in my professional life for the last ten years – the power of your professional reputation as an individual. For that reason I'm often asked if being a nerd is an advantage building a strong reputation. My answer would be yes, if you in this way are combining your passion, talents, expertise and ambition in your specific area to achieve great things. To be so good in your field so the clients or employers won't ignore you. But of course, there are other ways.
One way to expand your reputation is realizing that your potential – what you can accomplish in the future is far more important than your history. You are never better than your next project. Try to leave your traditional focus on your history and what you have accomplished in the past and consider what expectations your clients can have from you for the future. Naturally it's also about building trust by living up to those expectations on a constant basis.
One thing that is often overlooked is the art of getting rid of things and circumstances that might affect your reputation in a negative way. One secret to high performance is deciding what not to do in order to focus on what you are really good at and enjoy doing. Your 'stop doing list' will come in focus here.
The reason why people don't fully utilize their potential is that they are not aware of it. In order to build a great reputation it's vital to build on your strengths. To do that you have to be aware of them and this is something that we are normally not very good at. When you know your perceived strengths and unique qualities of your reputation you have a magnificent tool expanding your reputation further.
What your customers and stakeholders are buying today is the expectation created by you, your reputation, trust and potential. This goes far beyond your expertise, credentials and your history.
There is without any doubt something exciting waiting around the corner, and it's to a large extent an unused resource. In today's global market, you can't afford not to take every opportunity finding the unique things that give you competitive advantages. If you are not 100 precent aware of every angle of your reputation, your strengths and potential – how can you convince others?
Imagine that you are a manager of a soccer team and got a lot of money to buy one player – which player would you choose? The player who scored 30 goals i the league three years ago or the player you expect to score 30 goals in the coming season?
To me the choice is simple and we just have to transfer this mindset into business life when promoting ourselves or recruiting. Of course, the absolute best thing is having a great reputation AND create these expectation for the coming year.
How do you combine and describe these crucial key factors?
The most common reason why many don't utilize their full potential is that they are not aware of it. If you don't know your perceived strengths and unique qualities you don't know what you actually could accomplish.
Many get the advice to first find out what they want and then act and I would say that today it's the other way around. Working with reputation will give you the best available tools to put your security inside yourself and discover new possibilities by knowing your potential and how to promote it.
Do you have the courage for an exciting leap?
Leslie Gaines-Ross, expert on Reputation wrote about today's need of Reputation by the speed of light. At the same time, telling an attractive and trustworthy story is one of our most undervalued business strategies.
Would it be possible for us to also compress a persons reputation into a mini-story in one sentence to also indicate what to expect from that person. One of my recent clients, Magdalena Bibik's mini-story is:
"With her unique passion for business, Magdalena is is dedicated to delivering with excellence – Bibik style".
To me it creates a genuine curiosity at the speed of light.
Reputation management is often associated with building and protecting your individual reputation online. However important that is, it's even more important to first be aware of your reputation offline – to have it analyzed and then figure out how you in a systematical way can strengthen and promote it online.
To take the process in that order also means that you put online the things that your clients and employers are actually buying – You, Your Reputation and the Expectations that this opens up. Of course, it is crucial to be attractive on the Web, but it is even more important to live up to the expectations offline that you put online.
Reputation offers so many possibilities today and by knowing every corner of it you also get hold of all the skills that effectuate results, not only your previous experiences. To introduce these and what your clients can expect from you in trustworthy way is Reputation Management at its best.
Your professional reputation and the expectations and trust that it opens up with your customers, clients and employer has the potential of changing your professional life. It's remarkable that it's an unexploited area considering that reputation will be the cornerstone of the economy for you as an individual and it will affect the company's market value. There is an ongoing reputation revolution that will affect our way of thinking and acting.
Your reputation always walks ahead of you and a huge majority of the decisions about you are made when you are not present – the 'only' thing present is your reputation. These are the moments when they are discussing if they will offer you that exciting project, new job or where to invest. They are the crucial moments in your career or in business life.
One of our clients Magdalena Bibik wrote the above headline in her blog and of course, this made me feel both proud and humble. She has previously even called me a PT for her brain. Magdalena dramatically changed her career and went into business after having completed our process of analyzing and developing her Professional Reputation four years ago.
Magdalena is now bringing her companies together into Bibik Enterprises and I´m totally convinced of her future success. She went through the same process again a couple of months ago to see how her reputation has developed over the years.
Her new tagline, which is a part of the report she gets is: "With her unique passion for business, Magdalena is dedicated to delivering with excellence – Bibik style". This is not what she is saying about herself, it's her reputation – what her professional surroundings are saying about her – compressed into one sentence. It also signals the expectations that her reputation opens up. Who wouldn't like to hire her.
You will find more about Magdalena Bibik and Bibik Enterprises here.
Idag dyker det ständigt upp artiklar om värdet av begreppet Reputation för dig som individ. I en artikel i New York Times skriver Thomas L. Friedman:
"What I want to own is my reputation, because in this hyperconnected world, reputation will give you access to all kinds of things now. … Your reputation now is like having a giant key that will allow you to open more and more doors."
Ditt professionella rykte ligger i händerna på andra – det handlar inte om vad du säger om dig själv utan hur andra upplever dig. Thomas skriver i artikeln att han vill ta ägarskap över sitt professionella rykte och det kan man göra först när man känner varje vrå av det. Då öppnas det också upp väldigt många nya möjligheter som vi inte trodde var möjliga.
Which are the most important reasons for letting your key employees analyze and develop their professional reputation? I was asked this question during an interview recently and this is of course a most relevant question. In my opinion, it is the most profitable strategies that you can engage upon within a company.
The first reason for this bold statement is that, according to research, more than 60 percent of a company's market value is tied to its reputation and it's the key employees who are shaping it. 90 percent of investors state that they are making their decisions based upon reputation and the expectations going with it. Great economic value are at stake here and individual reputation will be a dominant factor.
My second argument in the interview was that by knowing the perceived strengths and unique qualities of your key employee's you will be able to fully utilize their potential. They will be able to put words to what the company and customers can expect from them and by knowing their reputation it will take a completely new height.
The third reason I introduced was that working with reputation builds attraction among both clients and the talents that you want to bring into the company. Exceptional talents will find reputation attractive and of course the recruitment process will be both easier and more effective.
When your key employees know the strengths and unique qualities of their reputation you can introduce a face to face discussion about the three winners – the employee, the company and the customers. You will have two motivated persons in a meeting with a great potential for the company.
Vilka är de tre viktigaste skälen för att ett företag ska låta nyckelmedarbetarna arbeta med sitt professionella rykte? Frågan ställdes idag under en intervju och videoinspelning med företaget Thelimehouse och det är naturligtvis en ytterst relevant fråga. Jag vill påstå att det är den enskilt mest lönsamma strategi som man kan arbeta med inom ett företag.
Det första jag tog upp var att, enligt forskning, så ligger minst 60 procent av ett företags marknadsvärde i dess rykte och det är nyckelmedarbetarna som skapar stora delar av detta. Det står stora ekonomiska värden på spel här.
Det andra är att, först när man känner de upplevda styrkorna och unika kvaliteterna hos nyckelmedarbetare, så kommer man fullt ut att kunna nyttja deras potential. Risken är annars att man blir underutnyttjad och på sikt stagnerar i sin profession.
Det tredje argumentet är att detta angreppssätt skapar en stor attraktivitet både hos kunder och den talang som man vill locka till sig för att utveckla företaget. Ett företag där nyckelmedarbetarna har ett starkt professionellt rykte behöver inte rekrytera på traditionellt sätt, man blir attraktiv och intressant talang söker sig till företaget. Den ekonomiska vinsten här är naturligtvis ovärderlig.
När medarbetarna känner sina styrkor och unika kvaliteter, då kan man också omforma de traditionella och lite slentrianmässiga medarbetarsamtalen till ett konkret och effektivt samtal kring tre vinnare – jag som medarbetare, kunden och företaget – alla ska bli vinnare. Dessa samtal blir mycket konstruktiva, man får två motiverade parter att mötas och skapar en stor utvecklingspotential för företaget.
Din expertis kan aldrig stå ensam, naturligtvis är den viktig, men i sig garanterar den inget och att bara luta sig mot denna skapar idag problem. Det behövs något som turboladdar den och omvandlar den till handling med ett framgångsrikt resultat.
Det behövs en perfekt mix av erfarenhet, personliga styrkor och unika kvaliteter. Allt detta förenas i ditt professionella rykte där du får hela paketet presenterat på ett trovärdigt sätt.
Det finns ett 25-tal viktiga nyckelfaktorer involverade, men oftast introducerar vi bara högst en handfull.
Jag måste erkänna att jag älskar att arbeta med entreprenörer. Många ser saker som de är men entreprenörer ser ofta saker som de skulle kunna vara.
De finns ofta "on the edge, där passionen finns och spännande möten sker, de får saker att hända och ofta vet de sin nästa stora grej. Entreprenörer är också fullt ut sitt professionella rykte.
När man känner varje vrå av detta så byggs förtroende och förväntan och det skapas stora möjligheter att attrahera nya intressanta samarbeten och lönsamma kunder.
Vem väljer vi för ett projekt, att göra affärer med eller för ett intressant jobb? En person som har åstadkommit stora saker tidigare, eller den person som har potential att göra det i framtiden?
Lek med tanken att du leder ett professionellt fotbollslag och ska köpa in en spelare – köper du då den som gjorde 30 mål i serien för tre år sedan, eller den du förväntar kan göra 30 mål kommande säsong? Valet är väl ganska enkelt och det gäller bara att överföra detta till näringslivet och när du söker uppdrag.
Forskning från Stanford University och Harvard Business School visar entydigt att din potential gör ett mycket större intryck än ditt track record när man väljer.
Trenden är tydlig, vi startar i allt större utsträckning mikroföretag, lever på det enklare sätt som vi vill på attraktiva platser och säljer våra tjänster. Med dagens teknologi blir detta en maktfaktor att räkna med där vi också kan gå ihop i globala nätverksföretag för att snabbt komma åt spännande uppdrag där de större företagen inte hinner med eller inte har samma intressanta kompetens att erbjuda.
Det behövs då nya och trovärdiga sätt att marknadsföra sig. Ditt rykte, den förväntan och förtroende som detta skapar blir de nya nyckelfaktorerna och Reputation Resumés det nya verktyget.
En av mina samarbetspartners ville ha ett citat från mitt budskap med Your Professional Reputation till en föreläsning och hon fick några. Hon gjorde denna sammanfattning:
"What your customers and stakeholders are buying today is the expectation created by you, your reputation, trust and potential.This goes far beyond your expertise, credentials and your history."
Detta sammanfattar väl det enkla, naturliga och effektiva i det jag vill föra ut. Jag ser hur detta kan ta utvecklingen vidare via de Reputation Resumés vi arbetar med idag till Reputation Dashboards på nätet. Vilken hissnande utveckling
Det är ytterst sällan som man kan påvisa ett så stort substantiellt och ekonomiskt värde av en enskild strategi eller åtgärd som med begreppet Reputation. Helt nya perspektiv öppnas upp i dagens affärsliv och vinsterna kan bli avsevärda.
Som konsult, entreprenör eller ledare så lever du helt på ditt professionella rykte. Det är din mest värdefulla och högst värderade tillgång och samtidigt paradoxalt nog den mest okända. Det kan vara hög tid att ändra på detta nu när omvärldens behov förändras så snabbt.
Låt mig bara konstatera att vi inte längre har tid att läsa så långa presentationer. En av våra utmaningar när vi arbetar med individers professionella rykte är att också komprimera detta till en mening – din tagline.
Denna ska samtidigt också indikera den viktiga förväntan som du kan skapa.Men det avgörande är att det är inget du säger om sig själv – det är hur du upplevs av sin professionella omgivning, det är genuint, trovärdigt och attraktivt. En bra bild och tagline blir ett spännande litet marknadsföringsverktyg i sig. På samma sätt kan man arbeta med en company tagline.