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Personal ImprovementMichael Jones (433)   Public Speaking Technique: How To Use Repetition Without Being RepetitivePosted Saturday, June 30, 2007 (2 years 146 days ago.) Viewed 208 times. An essential public speaking technique to master if you want your audience to remember is your presentation was about is repetition. Usually any presentation regardless of length can be boiled down to just 3 or 4 main points or even less. By skillfully repeating these points in various ways, the audience will have them imprinted on their minds without being bored. Use these 4 guidelines and make this public speaking technique your own: 1 - Use The Theme Or Title Use the theme or title of your presentation effectively. Your theme will contain key thought containing words. Make sure you elaborate on those key words during your presentation. Keep linking your material back to your theme or title so it runs like a thread through the presentation much like the thread in a garment holds it together. The audience should be able to see the connection between what you are saying at any given time and the main subject or title of your presentation. 2 - Re-state Ideas Use repetition skillfully by re-stating the key ideas through the presentation, either using the exact same words or phrases or employing similar words to say the same thing. If you have a catch phrase or pithy slogan you want to remember, repeating it at strategic points in the presentation can be very effective. A summary early in the presentation can be a powerful method of repetition. For example, state beforehand the main points you are going to consider, then deal with them, and finally give a brief summary of the points you considered. 3 - The Progressive Summary Using a progressive summary of main ideas through your presentation to reinforce the ideas on your audience can be a very powerful public speaking technique, especially if you number or itemize them. For example, you might mention there are three main ideas to be considered, then briefly state them. Then say, "Let's take the first point . . ." Afterward you can say, "So up to now we have considered Point 1 (restate in a couple of words). Now we'll deal with Point 2." After that you can say something like, "So far we have seen Point 1 which was . . ., and also Point 2 in which we saw . . . Let's now look into Point 3." Finally, you conclude by saying, "So what have we learned so far? Point 1 was . . . Then we considered Point 2. Finally in Point 3 we showed . . ." Using this form of repetition is very effective in lodging key points in the minds of your audience so they will remember them easily after your presentation is finished. 4 - Be Vivid Be on the constant look out for words you can use to add feeling and color to your presentation. You may discover them through your own reading or you may hear them from another speaker. If you see or hear a word that makes an impact on you, note it down and keep it for future reference when you might use it in your own presentation. Gradually as your vocabulary increases to include dynamic words full of vigor, your presentation skills will develop too as you convey vivid mental images to your audience. Using a variety of vivid words and expressions directly related to your main points and theme will give you the flexibility of being able to repeat them often but with a different flavor. Repetition is an essential public speaking technique. However, it needs to be used skillfully. The 4 guidelines above will help a public speaker use powerful repetition without appearing to be boringly repetitive! Michael has personally benefited from this Public Speaking Course ranked No. 1: http://www.about-goal-setting.com/public-speaking-course.htm For personal development listen to "The Program Of Presidents": http://www.about-goal-setting.com/personal-development.html 
Permalink Comments (0) Trendline Forex Entry Signal - Two High Probability SetupsPosted Tuesday, June 26, 2007 (2 years 150 days ago.) Viewed 1,735 times. A reliable Forex entry signal usually involves a combination of factors which all come together at the same time. No single indicator can provide the ideal entry level and the new Forex trader has to grapple with this stark reality. Many find this hard to accept and spend countless weeks and months and hard earned cash in search of what could be termed the 'holy grail.' Learning to trade the Forex is hard work and needs to be treated like a business, the same as any other business. It requires a large investment of time, energy, mental discipline, and a cautious investment of cash until the necessary skills are acquired. Trendlines are just one of the tools seasoned traders use along with other indicators to provide a reliable Forex entry signal. Here we spell out two distinct ways in which trendlines can be used safely. Using a higher time frame candlestick chart such as a 60 minute, 4 hour, or even daily chart, a trendline is drawn along the most significant lows in an uptrend or across the most significant highs in a downtrend. 1. Momentum Combo As price moves upward in an uptrend or downward in a downtrend, it will retrace and bounce off the trendline at certain times. However, using a trendline bounce by itself as a Forex entry signal is too risky. There have to be other factors. Once you have drawn the trendline you now have a graphical representation of price movement and you will be able to see where price has to retrace to test the trendline once again. Now use other indicators to see if that level where price would need to retrace to test the trendline combines with other factors. Calculate your daily pivot points and draw horizontal lines on your chart to mark them. Run your eyes left on the chart and note if there were any significant highs or lows that formed support or resistance within the last few days. Support and resistance on higher time frames usually provide more substantial reference points. Use the Fibonacci tool on your charting software and mark retracement and/or extension levels on a variety of swing highs and lows and see if any intersect the trendline. Also make sure you have the 200 EMA (Exponential Moving Average) line shown on your charts and note whether this also intersects near or at the trendline. Now if you have a combination of two or three of the above indicators meeting at the same place you have now identified a Forex entry signal that can be regarded as high probability. Put in your entry order to be take in long at this point where the trendline intersects with the other indicators and set a reasonable target limit for what probably will be a profitable trade. For a downtrend, simply use the above indicators going the other way. 2. Break Combo The second way to identify a reliable Forex entry signal using trendlines is to watch for a break of a trendline on a higher time frame such as the 60 minute, 4 hour, or daily chart. Some traders sent an entry order to go long or short once price has broken the trendline by a few pips. That works for some. There is however a safer way to trade a trendline break. It will be observed that often (not always, nothing is absolutely certain when trading the Forex) once price has broken a trendline and moved 15-30 pips, it will come back, retrace, and test the backside of that trendline. This is where again you use the combination of factors mentioned in the previous strategy. Look to see if the point at which price may come back to test the backside of the trendline coincides or combines with factors such as:
Now when you place an entry order to be taken in at that level you are doing so on the basis of a clearly defined Forex entry signal. For a graphical example of the above, see the resource box below. Be aware that trading trendline signals on lower time frames such as 30 minute, 15 minute, or even 5 minute charts are very high risk trades. Price will break these short term time frames frequently during the course of a day and catch a new trader frequently by luring them into a trade they later regret. Be patient and wait for things to setup as described in the two methods above for high probability trades triggered by a combination Forex entry signal. For an actual trading example using the trendline strategy above click here: http://www.vitalstop.com/Forex/trendline.html Click here to learn how to use another indicator, the 200 EMA, in a simple yet powerful way: http://www.vitalstop.com/Forex/Advisor/200EMA-forex-strategy.htm For the best free economic calendars plus a free pivot point calculator and Fibonacci calculator click here: http://www.vitalstop.com/Forex/tools.html
Permalink Comments (0) Facial Hair Removal: How To Make It Easy At HomePosted Monday, June 25, 2007 (2 years 151 days ago.) Viewed 588 times. Some estimates put the number at around 50 million for women in the USA concerned about facial hair removal. Unwanted facial hair around the lips or under the chin is perceived by many to be undesirable and for a woman, it can affect her self-confidence and feelings of femininity. As a result, waxing kits, sugaring pastes, tweezers, and threading procedures are in great demand. Many women choose to use wax or sugaring paste or tweezers themselves at home. These methods are inexpensive although they need repeating every few weeks depending on the rate of hair growth. What if there was a way though to make home facial hair removal sessions easier. Specifically, what if the hair didn't grow back so fast, and when it did it, what if it was finer and much easier to pluck or remove with wax or sugaring paste? For many years various personal care and pharmaceutical companies did research on this problem. In the year 2000 an announcement was made that a cream was now available, especially for facial hair removal for women, which would slow down hair growth so facial hair removal sessions would not be so frequent. A Prescription Cream To Complement Facial Hair Removal Methods Bristol-Myer Squibb along with The Gillette Company succeeded in getting FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approval for a prescription cream which, when applied regularly to the skin, inhibits hair growth. They called it Vaniqa. Clinical trials and tests showed it had some effect on around 58% of the women who tried it. Side effects are minimal, just skin irritation or redness in a small number of cases. Results are seen after a couple of months. Some years before that, around 1993, a Toronto based company called Nisim International, released a product to curb hair loss. It was featured in the Medical Post of 1993 and the clinical trial results listed there were quite impressive in stopping hair loss and generating new hair growth. What's this got to do with facial hair removal? Well, in the process of developing a hair loss solution by treating the hair follicles, the Nisim laboratory stumbled on a way to get the hair follicles to stop producing hair using natural enzymes. A Non-Prescription Lotion For Facial Hair Removal Sessions Four years later, they released Kalo, a hair growth inhibitor based on natural ingredients. You don't need a prescription to obtain it. It is for men and women and can be used on any part of the body, unlike Vaniqa which is only for women and usage is restricted to the facial areas. Additionally, the makers of Kalo offer a money back guarantee. So women who use waxes, hard, soft, hot or cold, sugaring pastes or strips, tweezers, or who go to a beauty salon for the increasingly popular threading procedure, can now make facial hair removal a lot easier. Hair growth inhibitors such as Vaniqa and Kalo interrupt the normal mechanism for hair growth so repeated use results in a reduction in hair growth and a change in hair texture, making it easier to remove. This means facial hair removal sessions become much more infrequent. Considering the high costs of electrolysis and laser hair removal, this option might well be worth investigating further. The resource box below provides additional links for research. For information on Vaniqa precautions, usage instructions and ordering click here: http://www. about-hair-removal.com/Vaniqa-Infopages Check out Kalo, a hair growth inhibitor for men and women which is natural with no side effects: http://www.1bodycare.com/kalo.htm For an information page of facial hair removal methods click here: http://www.the-complete-hair-removal-guide.com/facial-hair-removal.html
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