# How to delegate to ENTER Group Validator using Chrome/Brave wallet browser

This documentation will guide you to delegate to ENTER Group Validator

Harmony Wallet

To start delegating to ENTER Group validator you need first to install the Harmony's Chrome extension wallet, with this wallet you will sign the delegations in the staking dashboard. The Harmony's Chrome wallet is a secure native crypto wallet.

The Harmony´s Chrome installation will create an Harmony icon

Installation

• Go to https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/harmony%20one and install extension.
• Click on the extension icon and create a new ONE address or import an existing address by selecting "Recover account".

• After create the new wallet you can transfer funds to this wallet (please transfer funds ONLY in shard 0).
• Go to https://staking.harmony.one/networks 
• Choose Mainnet on the Networks.

• Ensure your address has appear here as per picture below.

• If not you have to click sign in.

• If already login, go to https://staking.harmony.one/validators/mainnet/one14gevvn4z6vmz6htkxwp62pe77c3dwj3p2cvrv6 or
• Choose for ENTER Group validator on the Validator list. The address is one14gevvn4z6vmz6htkxwp62pe77c3dwj3p2cvrv6

• Delegate and confirm transaction:

Harmony ONE Open Staking

DELEGATE WITH US NOW
Get your ONE Tokens ready and delegate with us:
one14gevvn4z6vmz6htkxwp62pe77c3dwj3p2cvrv6

1. ENTER Group Validator $ONE address is one14gevvn4z6vmz6htkxwp62pe77c3dwj3p2cvrv6
2. Do not send your $ONE Tokens to anyone. Remember: When you delegate tokens, you have the right to undelegate and receive it back. When you send your tokens to someone, its gone forever.
3. Do not share your private keys or mnemonics with anyone.
4. ENTER Group will never ask for your credentials.
5. Delegating / UnDelegating / Claiming Rewards must be carried by you. Do not hand over your keys to others.
6. Our social accounts is @winahyos. Do not entertain any other.
7. ENTER Group Validator currently is running on shard 1 with redundant node in 2 different instance/droplet.

During testnet we use validator name "mtbjiwa1 (one1t8n4gyt6ta64k3js3vy8vffw53njahq2yzjlxw) " and "mtbjiwa2". In mainnet we use validator name ENTER Group (one14gevvn4z6vmz6htkxwp62pe77c3dwj3p2cvrv6).

If you also small validator and not elected and also don't have time to manage the node, You can delegate to my validator one14gevvn4z6vmz6htkxwp62pe77c3dwj3p2cvrv6.

As delegator in Enter Group, you may join our telegram channel ENTER Group Delegator

How to delegate and create wallet? Here it is http://winahyos.blogspot.com/2020/09/how-to-delegate-to-enter-group.html

You can contact me by replying to this post.

How to Earn Harmony ONE Coins

As far as I know, Harmony ONE coin can be earned by doing Proof of Stake (PoS) and Proof of Value (PoV). Currently I am join PoS in binance and honestmining. And the PoV in harmony community.

1. Stacking in Binance.com

In Binance.com will distribute these rewards proportionately to users each month based on their daily average ONE holdings.

ONE Staking distribution will be calculated as follows:

• ONE generated by each user = Total ONE staking rewards received by Binance * User ONE holdings ratio.
• User ONE holdings ratio = User ONE holdings / Total ONE staked by Binance.
• Users must hold at least 175 ONE in order to qualify for staking rewards.

Here is how to stake Harmony ONE in binance.com:

• Register to binance - Join Now 
• After register proses has been done, in top menu click Earn and then Stacking.

• The list coin that can be stacking will be appeared, and click deposit to deposit.

• After the coin has been deposit just wait and binance will accumulate in 30 days, how many coins that you have been holding with the total amount distributed equal to the staking rewards accrued on holdings during the period.
• ONE rewards are calculated daily (hourly snapshots) and distributed monthly prior to the 20th of each month.

2. PoS in Honest Mining

In honest mining, to join PoS at least you must have 1000 ONE (BEP2). This 1000 ONE is for taking 1 seat in the masternode. One masternode can be filled for 1000 seats. Currently honest mining has 17 masternode running. Which means there is 17,000,000 coins are being staked in the masternode by honest mining.

Here is how to stake Harmony ONE in honest mining:

• Register to honest mining - Join to honest mining

• After register proccess has been done, you have to deposit the Harmony Coin One by going to Wallet page and click green arrow next to Harmony ONE.

• After coin has been deposit and the balance appear in your wallet, You can join the Harmony Staking, by clicking the blue button (STAKE ONE(BEP2).
• Then you can fill how many seats you may join based on available coin that has been deposit and available seats.

3. Proof of Value in Harmony Social Mining

You can join Harmony Social Validation Chain as follow:

• Go to Harmony Social Validation Chain Dashboard - Join Harmony Social Validation Now. 
• Complete your profile, by filling BEP2 address or/and ERC20 which you hold the Harmony ONE coins. Currently you have to hold total 30,000 ONE as minimum. This will gradually increase on December 5, 2019.
• Complete basic profile information.
• Complete the social account details.

Once you completed all you can start to validate otheractivities or/and submit your activities, retweet, and tweet about Harmony.

The new one is about pangaea. The explanation about this can be found in here and EPoS.

HAPPY STAKING

Harmony ONE - Project Progress

Here what I got from update in November 25, 2019 about the harmony ONE project from the email send by Stephen Tse, the Harmony CEO.

It is informed that from the last six month, the Harmony team worked nonstop to achieve many milestone. The milestone is related to: 

1. Network & Validators
2. Business & Partners
3. Team & Communities 

 And here is the complete milestone as stated in the email: 

Network and Validators

• Launched mainnet with 1000 nodes, cross-shard tx, view changes, open staking
• Effective Proof-of-Stake, codified token economics (3% issuance, 10% return)
• 3000 Pangaea community, 10 Pangaea Operation Captains, 80% external nodes 

Business and Partners 

• Quidd acquisition w/ Animoca, Lympo / Carbon / Hummingbot launch partners 
• $683M 24h volume; Listing on Huobi, Bitmax, Kucoin, Gate; Coinbase shortlist
• Mainstage keynote, #crossfi research, developer network in Beijing/Bangalore 

Team and Community

• 9 new Harmonauts (now 4 PhD’s, 8 ex-FAAG, 5 Harvard/Stanford/Berkeley)
• Radical transparency on all-hands, milestones review, market insight videos
• 35M tokens staked via social mining, 10 worldwide ambassadors 

I hope to my self, the Harmony Team, and others that hodl the ONE coins will get the value of this and also gain profit from their investment in the future. 

Steps for Creativity in Problem Solving

By Paul Andrew Todd

At times we all have challenges we need to overcome or problems that need solving. This is just part of life. These problems and challenges can be solved with effective step by step focused problem solving. Realize that there is a solution to the problem and believe that you can solve it. Below is listed an easy to follow guide in helping you tackle these challenges and problems.

The first thing you want to do is take out a blank piece of paper. At the top of this page write down your problem or challenge in just one sentience. After you have the problem sentience on paper write down what you know about the problem or challenge. Be specific on what you know about the situation, try to clearly define everything you know about it.

Once the above step is completed you can look over what you have written and see if you can make any connections. Having everything on paper in front of you will allow you to see the big picture and not just separate elements of the picture. Look for things that are interrelated, use your brain and ask questions of what you have written.

Try not to reinvent the wheel. Think of how other people have handle the same or similar problems. Think about how someone you look up to would handle the situation. Try to think about what solutions others would use. next ask yourself if any of the strategies others have used would help in your situation. Can you mold them or change them a little to make them work for you? As you are going through this process it is good to write down any ideas that come to mind. You can look this over later and make a decisions then. The important thing is to get it down on paper now. Your goal is not to make a decision at this point, but to create a large number of ideas.

If your problem or challenge has several different elements it is helpful to break it down to the smallest parts possible. Once you have done this go over the process above once again. This is a very good technique when you are faced with hard to solve complex problems.

Another technique is to imagine how you would like to see the final result. Once you have done this, work your way backwards solving the problems one by one. You can even combine this technique with the one above.

If you are having problems coming up with solutions, ask someone to join you and brainstorm together. When I have a clear defined question I have even asked complete strangers. Amazing enough they sometimes have a point of view that I never even considered. These steps seem very simple, but will get you to the root of the problem and most likely give you an answer. Do not give up, the answer is out there, you just need to find it.

The author Paul Andrew Todd was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and Since a very early age Paul has had a interest in metaphysics. He has read and studied extensively in the fields of spirituality, metaphysics, religion, mind control and other personal improvement areas. Paul has been a certified hypnotherapist for thirteen years. He graduated from the Cincinnati School of Hypnosis in 1996. Paul also has been practicing meditation daily since 1994. He is a trained yoga teacher and meditation instructor. Paul learned yoga at Rishikesh Yogpeeth in India. Since early 2009 Paul has been traveling the world and living on the road. His web site can be found at Increase Creativity

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What Would You Create If No One Could See It?

By Christopher Edgar

To help us find a compelling direction in life, self-development writers often tell us to ask ourselves "what we'd do if we couldn't fail." For example, we might ask, what kind of book would we write if we knew that whatever we produced was destined to be a #1 bestseller?

I've taken to asking myself basically the opposite question: what would I create if I knew no one would ever care about it? In other words, what would I do if I knew Iwould fail? Believe it or not, this question has been much more helpful to me in finding the direction and motivation I want.

Why? Because I think the reality is that much of our creative output will be ignored - or, at least, it won't get the huge audience we're hoping for - and that's a reality we need to accept and even embrace.

Odds Are That They Won't See It

For instance, I don't know the exact statistics, but I'd wager that close to 100% of writers hope their next book will be a bestseller, or their next blog post will go massively viral, and so on. But how many of them will get what they want? I think it's safe to say the number is much closer to 0% than 100%.

So, since most of our work is overwhelmingly likely to "fail," in the sense that it won't get the attention we want, "what would you do if you couldn't fail" is an unrealistic question. We can, and will often, fail.

But I think the deeper problem with this question is that it plays into the common belief that the pleasure of creating comes from others seeing and appreciating our work, rather than from the act of creation itself.

The conventional wisdom has it that, if lots of people think our project is cool, it must be a "success." But if it doesn't get enough readers, pageviews, retweets, or whatever else, it's a "failure," and we've "got nothing to show for our work."

Being Okay With Being Unseen

If being seen by others is what matters most to us, I think, we're destined for disappointment. Here's why: every creative project requires long periods of unseen, unappreciated work. Even a writer who produces a bestselling book must spend hundreds of hours alone, with no audience, putting it together.

If being by ourselves, unnoticed, is too painful for us, we're going to have trouble making progress in our task. This is a big reason, I think, why many people keep "planning on" doing a big creative project, but never get around to it. They can't bear the thought of all those solitary hours.

But what if being seen wasn't our priority? What if we genuinely enjoyed the project we were doing so much that it didn't matter whether anyone cared about the finished product? If we were having so much fun that it didn't even occur to us to agonize over being unseen?

If we want to know what this kind of project would look like for us, a great question to ask is: what would I do if I knew no one would ever discover my work? If I "knew I'd fail," by the usual standards of fame and fortune? If I knew, whatever the end result was, that I was going to have a blast?

If we can sincerely answer this question, I think, we'll have discovered a true "labor of love."

Chris Edgar is the author of Inner Productivity: A Mindful Path to Efficiency and Enjoyment in Your Work, which uses insights from mindfulness practice and psychology to help readers develop focus and motivation in what they do. You can find out more about the book and Chris's work at http://www.innerproductivity.com/.

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Exercising Your Creativity - 10 Tips

By Sheena Witter

Creativity is a lot like any muscle or skill. It has to be stretched and exercised in order to grow. Here are a few simple ways of exercising your creativity and that of your kids.

Ideas for exercising your creativity:

* Keep looking for new ideas - you never know where you will find them or where they might lead.
* Keep an open mind. Don't say "It can't be done," "Silly," or "Impossible."
* Keep your goals in mind, write them down!
* Keep your mind alert and active - Pay attention to your surroundings and look for inspiration everywhere.
* Don't always go it alone. Sharing a problem with someone else may reveal an unexpected solution.
* When your mind says "enough", take a break and get some fresh air. A walk or other outside physical activity is a great way to take a creative break.
* When you reach a dead end, back up and try a new approach. - don't just give up!
* Break a problem down to smaller, logical parts. How do you eat an elephant? Bite by bite.
* Write any useful ideas down when inspired and before you forget.
* In the early stages, don't commit yourself to a single idea - brainstorm as many different solutions as you can. It doesn't matter how unlikely or far-fetched they are.

Exercising your creativity allows you to build skills that will help throughout your entire life. Kids will find school easier and more enjoyable if they can take a creative approach to problem solving.

Sheena is an educator and author who is passionate about creativity. Her website "Growing Creative Kids" is full of ideas, resources and creative inspiration for parents, educators and care givers. http://growingcreativekids.com
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How to add install a Twitter Retweet Code Button in Blogger Blogspot

1. Login to your blogger.com account --> Layout -->; Edit HTML --> check Expand Widget Template
2. Copy the following code:

    <!-- Start TweetMeme Script -->

    <div style='float: right; margin-left: 10px;'>

    <script type='text/javascript'>

    tweetmeme_url = &#39;<data:post.url/>&#39;;

    </script>

    <script src='http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js' type='text/javascript'>

    </script>

    </div>

    <!-- End TweetMeme Script -->

    3.   Put the code before or after this code <data:post.body/>
    4.   Save Template. Done.

Notes:

• Putting the code before/above <data:post.body/> will locate the Re-Tweet button at the top of the post.
• Putting the code after / below <data:post.body/> will locate the button below the post.

What is Seven Platinum Rules of Life ?

1st
Don't let someone become a priority in your life, when you are just an option in their life.
Relationships work best when they are balanced.

2nd
Never explain yourself to anyone.
Because the person who likes you doesn't need it, and the person who doesn't like you won't believe it.

3rd
When you keep saying you are busy, then you are never free.
When you keep saying you have no time, then you will never have time.
When you keep saying that you will do it tomorrow, then your tomorrow will never come.

4th
When we wake up in the morning, we have two simple choices.
Go back to sleep and dream, or wake up and chase those dreams.
Choice is yours.

5th
We make them cry who care for us.
We cry for those who never care for us.
And we care for those who will never cry for us.
This is the truth of life, it's strange but true. Once you realize this, it's never too late to change.

6th
Don't make promise when you are in joy.
Don't reply when you are sad.
Don't take decision when you are angry.
Think twice, act twice.

7th
Time is like river. You can't touch the same water twice, because the flow that has passed will never pass again.

Where is Enough? Ten Questions About Financial Sufficiency

By Rich Dixon

The secret of contentment is the realization that life is a gift, not a right.

One of my favorite presentations is titled ACHIEVING YOUR DREAMS. It's a wonderful context in which to talk about realistic optimism, hope, and the possibilities of a new beginning.

Whenever I speak about dreams I invite audience members to write their "big dreams" on a feedback form. I've encountered an amazing variety of aspirations, but it's interesting that no listener has ever listed "being wealthy" as their central desire. In fact, the dreams rarely involve money directly.

Browsing the responses always prompts me to ponder my own dreams and how they're related to my attitudes toward finances. I'm not certain that my beliefs and behaviors are clearly defined and consistent.

I think it's okay to seek more-up to a certain point. But I don't want the pursuit of more to become an all-consuming quest for most. There needs to be some sense of where more becomes enough.

I want to be clear about my own definition of, and approach to, sufficiency.

Have I personally defined enough or am I always blindly seeking more?

Do I consistently act from a perspective of abundance, or do I sometimes imagine that my success only happens at the expense of others?

Have I developed a clear distinction between needs and wants?

Am I behaving like a faithful steward, clearly living my belief that everything I have is a gift from God?

Do I control my possessions, or do I allow them to control me?

Am I choosing to invest my time in important ways, or do I chase a buck at the expense of relationships and principles?

How often do I lose sight of the distinction between people and things, so that I begin to treat people like things?

Are my principal motives always safety and security, or am I willing to take risks for compelling reasons?

Are my choices aligned with my beliefs, or do I settle for expediency and short-term rewards?

Do I really trust that God will provide for my needs?

I'm not advocating a commitment to a life of poverty. There's nothing inherently evil about money and material possessions.

Money is generally neutral. It's a tool, and like any tool can be deployed to build or destroy.

It's what we do with money that matters. I need to remember that my level of contentment depends less on how much I have and more on my attitudes.

What's your strongest financial tension?

Rich Dixon is a writer and motivational speaker who addresses issues related to leadership, inspiration, encouragement, and faith based on grace from a Christian perspective. Visit Rich's blog at http://www.richdixon.net/bouncingback

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Positive Psychology and Liberated Learning

It taps a huge market for the optimization in human achievement, which can be attained more efficiently through positive psychology and liberated learning.

By narrowing the digital divide throughout Indonesia, we should be able to implement effective liberated learning through an online environment based on positive learning psychology.

While many of self-help and motivation gurus are self taught, a few distinctive positive psychologists are making their marks in the scientific study of optimal human functioning. The state of happiness as a feeling must be translated into learning activities.

In his extremely popular class, Ben-Shahar defines “happiness” as the overall experience of pleasure and meaning. Happiness, after all, is the key to optimized, if not maximized, human achievement.

In liberated learning framework, both present and future benefits are also placed in proportionate importance. According to SLOAN Consortium, a professional organization dedicated to integrating online education into the mainstream of higher education, in Fall 2008, with over 4.6 million college students took at least one online course.

Among the top universities in the United States integrating online with mainstream courses are Stanford, UC Berkeley, University of Wisconsin, Columbia University, NYU, and California State University System. On K-12 level, California Virtual Academies provide free online public education curricula that would prepare students for future demands as guided by credentialed teachers using the promises of online technology. Learning is both individually tailored and mass marketed.

Learning is “individually tailored” as students and parents have the freedom to choose learning subjects and styles that fit their needs, while it is “mass marketed” as learning is no longer a scarce commodity in which one class of tens of students must be taught by a teacher who is a sage on the stage. Teachers are facilitators by the side whose main interest is ensuring a positive learning environment to optimize knowledge and skill retention. Here, Freud’s philosophy of pleasure and Frankl’s philosophy of meaning play a distinctive role.

It might take a while for Indonesian education policy makers to agree to adopt such advanced techniques in learning, particularly in distributed liberated learning. University of the People, a new online university that doesn’t charge any tuition fees is an example of democratization and equalization of learning opportunities using open source instructional materials and low-cost Internet-based technologies. Let us push the direction of education policies in Indonesia to allow equality in learning opportunities by implementing reliable and affordable — if not free — Internet connections throughout the country.

Summarized from The Jakarta Post

Be Real, Be Passionate, Take Risks!

By Jennifer M. Stewart

Logic can be so seductive, and seem so sensible - and be so completely wrong, in the long run. It's easy to forget that any conclusion is only as good as the information that backs it. For example, take the "logic" that says if you want success you have to work out what people want, and provide it. Seems pretty sensible. Seems statistically supportable. But is it really? Does it actually bring the kind of success we long for?

I'm always reading articles which say that if you're writing and you want readers or success it's no use writing what you want to write, you have to figure out what your audience wants. I can understand how that seems logical and based on common sense. After all, I read what I want to, and I tend to look for what I've been interested in so far. But for writers - and publishers, I guess - to conclude that I only want to read something similar to what I've liked so far, and won't be attracted to a new voice and way of writing, a new perspective, a fresh way of thinking, is just dead wrong.

Publishers, agents, producers, some teachers, even writers, are always making two mistakes. The first is thinking that the potential audience won't respond to the energy, the thrill, the excitement an author conveys when they write on something they're passionate about. The second mistake is thinking that the audience doesn't like what's new. It's ridiculous: marketers and manufacturers are always looking for new perspectives and new products, because they recognize that LIFE CHANGES, that people need newness. Newness is the lifeblood of the commercial world. And it is the artists who create the newness which we all crave, yes?

Yet publishers, producers and agents are always telling writers and artists that they must conform to some nebulous idea of what the public wants - which is in fact a formula they the publishers et al have created out of what's been done. What is it with these guys? They've got to be the most ignorant bunch of humans ever. And they don't seem to change from generation to generation. Somebody should write a book, Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus and publishers, producers et al are from - hmm...

Look at every individual who has risen above the masses - haven't they all been complete individuals? Haven't they all been rejected by agents, publishers, producers, you name it? Haven't they all been told "nobody will want to listen to you / watch you / read you /you're your art because you're too different"? Yet they've shot to great heights of fame and fortune - not because they adapted themselves to "what people want" but because they gave free reign to their passion and individuality. And it always turns out that the audience was utterly starved for something new. Oh yes. It's been proved time and time and time again. Fred Astaire, Charlie Chaplin, Sidney Poitier, Walt Disney, Oprah Winfrey (reputedly fired as a reporter for being "unfit for TV" - boy was that a mistake!), The Beatles, Elvis, J.K. Rowling (very big publisher oops), Stephen King (ditto).

Publishers and "authorities" are bullies, that's all; egotists trying to hold onto their power, trying to control their world. They can never have enough uniformity, it keeps them safe. Or that's what they believe. But here's the curious thing. They could be so much safer if they recognized talent and newness and understood how much it is craved by the multitude.

How misguided can you be? And really, aren't there already enough people spewing out formulaic rubbish that has no life in it, is predictable and utterly dull dull dull?

The funny thing - right, it's side-splittingly funny - is that the authority bullies never ask anybody real what they like. They don't actually speak to anybody and say "excuse me, what do you think of this or that?" Their bullying isn't based on anything real at all. Ever. It's based on their own fear-driven, control-freak-driven narrow-mindedness. Greed might play a little role in there. They don't think they'll make so much money if they take a risk on an individual. Well the joke always ends up being on them. Always. Think of all the publishers who rejected J.K. Rowling! They must kicking themselves. And they deserve all the bruises they self-inflict.

All of us, artist and audience alike, we're all human, we're not sheep or lemmings. We all have hearts and souls and minds and we all long to be touched by somebody's passion - and when we are touched by it, we all register it. I know it's true, because if it wasn't the bright individuals would never rise above the mundane, to shine like stars for the rest of us to be inspired by. There's real logic for you.

Personally I love to hear somebody say "whatever you do, don't try to please people. Be real, be passionate, take risks".

Robert De Niro said that. Good on you, Mr. De Niro.

Jennifer Stewart experienced bankruptcy six years ago. It changed her life dramatically - for the better! She now writes a blog about her experiences and her journey of Stepping out of History. Visit its-not-about-the-money

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How Fear, Resistance and Failure Are Central to Your Success

By Lisa A Cherney

It may sound counterintuitive, but fear, resistance and failure are central to your success as an entrepreneur! In fact, if you can embrace these feelings and actions, then you may be on the verge of a business breakthrough - and a spiritual one, too.

Let's face it, all entrepreneurs, no matter how successful they are, hit a rough patch now and then. This is something I like to call the "dark-night-of-the-business-soul." Believe me, I know - because I've been there myself (more than once!)

Does this sound at all familiar? You're procrastinating big tasks that are central to your success; you're spending a lot of time networking, but have too few clients to show for it (you're having trouble "selling" yourself); your head and heart are often in conflict; and most importantly, you are just not having fun anymore? If you said yes to any of these, then you are likely suffering from "dark nights."

I've seen so many people struggling recently with these "dark nights" - believe me, you are not alone. So how do you get past them? It's all about starting from the inside out and defining what it is that you really want to do. It's about finding the clarity you need to define your business strategy and "leap frog" forward.

My entire journey as an entrepreneur has been about integrating my spiritual understanding with my professional knowledge. When those two things merge, magic happens. I feel whole and complete, I don't worry, I have confidence, I offer products that resonate with people, and people invest a lot of money in my programs.

If you can learn embrace your failures, use them to your advantage and take the next step forward, it will be like entering a wormhole and coming out five years in the future living the life - and running the business - of your dreams. If you can face these "dark nights" head on, learn from them and break through them, you are on the verge of a massive, life and business-changing experience that will change everything.

Lisa Cherney is a Marketing Intuitive and President & Founder of Conscious Marketing™. Lisa has helped thousands of business owners tap into their intuition and market their businesses from the 'Inside Out'. For 15 years she worked at Fortune 500 companies and top advertising agencies.

Lisa tells her story in the new co-authored book Inspiration to Realization, available at http://www.ConsciousMarketing.com. Conscious Marketing also offers workshops, coaching and creates marketing materials. Visit her website for more details or call 888-771-0156.

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Direct Download of Information Into the Brain?

By Gloria Adams

How can a child learn a language in no time, while an adult has to go through a time consuming series of memorizing words, grammar and structural rules? How come anything the child observes during the age between 2 and 7 is like a direct download into the brain, without any effort or strain?

If you take an EEG reading of an adult brain, you will see a variety of brainwave frequencies. Researchers have divided the millions of possible brainwave combinations into five general frequency ranges: delta, theta, alpha, beta and gamma (lowest to highest). The brainwave pattern of an adult will change depending on what the person is doing - sleeping, analyzing, relaxing, etc.; the higher the alertness of the brain, the higher the brainwave frequency.

A child between the ages of 2 and 7, on the other hand, while in an awake state, does not have any of the higher frequencies. The child's brain has not ramped up to alpha, beta or gamma yet and is operating predominantly in theta.

Because there are no high brainwave frequencies present at that time, there is no consciousness to analyze and evaluate before information is accepted into the subconscious mind. When the brain operates in theta, like in the case of young children, any information that is presented, is like a direct download. If a child hears from the parents "You are not good enough," for example, the "You are not good enough" program is downloaded and installed. It will run for the rest of the person's life, unless it is uninstalled and replaced by a different program.

Unlike children, if an adult is learning something new, the conscious mind (characterized by the higher frequencies) is constantly analyzing; trying to understand and evaluate. The process of direct downloading is not possible anymore for the adult mind. Before any information is allowed into the subconscious mind, it has to pass the evaluation of the conscious mind.

From the brainwaves perspective, what the child has and the adult does not, is the predominance of theta brainwaves. When the brain is predominantly in theta, the door to the subconscious mind is open and allows for any corrections and improvements.

Now, thanks to modern technology, going into the theta brainwave state is easy and does not require extensive training. There is a process called brainwave entrainment, or brainwave synchronization. When the brain is presented with a rhythmic stimulus, it tends to synchronize it's brainwave frequency with the frequency of the stimulus through a natural process called "frequency following response."

There are many brainwave meditation audios offered in today's market to stimulate the brain into a desired brainwave state, including that of theta and low alpha. When in this state through the processes of visualization or affirmations, one can successfully alter old patterns of behavior, improve performance in any desired area, and expand knowledge.

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7 Super Saver Ideas

By Joy Howe

I wanted to call this blog GO COUPONS because these 7 ideas are so basic I consider them to be a General Overview. Also I like the positive energy of the word GO! So for all you experts, please indulge those of us catching up.

1. First and foremost, only buy items you normally eat or use. It's not a bargain if you or your family won't eat it.

2. Keep an open mind. When the store brand name is considerably cheaper, try it to see if you like it before you commit to it. If you are purchasing higher priced items with a coupon because of a long term habit, but not seeing significant savings, you may want to reassess and try the generic brand. (However, don't forget rule #1. If you really prefer the taste or quality, stick with it.)

3. The unit price is an important number. This is when you will be glad you learned math in school. (You never thought you'd use it, right?) Divide the price by the weight if it isn't posted, then look at all the other items and compare. Size is not always a factor. Recently, I compared the large bag of tortilla chips with the $2 bag, thinking bigger was better value. But in this one instance, the smaller bag was actually cheaper. I was surprised!

4. Watch for those coupons that pair up. Especially with items that rarely get couponed. Meaning fruit, dairy and meat. For instance: if you have a free or discount coupon for crackers with the purchase of milk you already planned to buy, you are getting more value with that milk purchase. Better yet if it's for fruit or meat.

5. Ask if you're uncertain about any advertised special. The cashiers can tell you if you must purchase a certain amount or number of items on special. Are two loaves of bread advertised as 2 for $4 going to ring up as $2 each. If you can't use 2, don't buy 2. The same is true for those 10 for $10 items. Do you really want 10 Symphony bars, or do you just want one for $1? Be smart and don't get caught in that trap.

6. Don't use the Sunday ad immediately unless the store is running a special. Often the store will wait to discount their price a week or two later. Wait for the price drop.

7. Plan your meals around the store specials and buy in volume when the prices are good. That way you won't have to pay full price because you ran out. You can afford to wait for the low price.

Well, there are many more tips, but I promised I'd stick to seven. Have fun shopping and saving!

Joy Howe, http://www.supershopperblog.com, http://www.hq4deals.com

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Two Easy Ways to Boost Your Self Confidence

By Pat Burnett

There are many ways to boost your self confidence and regain your self esteem. When you lack self confidence it can affect every aspect of your life. Everyone has the ability to improve their self confidence and begin enjoying life again. Follow the confidence boosting techniques outlined below to help you. The main cause of low self confidence is our negative perception of ourselves. Perceived failures, lack of support from other people, rejection or unkind words from others can lower our self confidence and damage our self esteem.

Many people with low self confidence avoid social situations. Because of this, they become lonely which can lead to depression. It is quite common for people with low self confidence to be scared of socializing with others because they think that they might say the wrong thing.

The first step to boosting your self confidence is to change the way you think about yourself. There should be no more negative self talk. No more putting yourself down. The biggest thing that can help your self confidence is positive thinking. Take some time and think about the person that you would like to be. Visualize how you would like to act and feel in your new role as a self confident person. Your goal is to strive to become that person. Keep that vision in your mind all day long. Remember it in every situation during the day.

You will be pleasantly surprised when you change the way you think about yourself that people around you will notice this change. When you are more confident and sure of yourself, other people will respect you and want to be around you. You should begin to get back into society by socializing more. Spend time with people such as family and friends that love you and care about you. They will boost your self confidence. When you feel more confident, start adding more social activities.

The sooner you get out and realize that your fear of rejection is unfounded, the more self confident you will become. Think about joining a group that has the same interests as you do. Take a class and meet some new people. Remember if you do nothing to change your situation, everything will stay the same.

Another good way to boost your self confidence is by using positive affirmations to help you get rid of negative thoughts about yourself. When you discover yourself thinking negative thoughts, repeat a positive affirmation over and over in your mind. Eventually when you repeat it enough, your subconscious mind will start to believe that it is true. This is how you can turn negative thinking around and is one of the best ways to boost your self confidence.

Visit Overcoming Low Self Esteem for additional FREE help. You may also find Overcoming Shyness helpful.

Author - Pat Burnett

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Bank Account for West Sumatra Earthquake Aid

Indonesia Ministry of Finance has just opened an account at Bank Indonesia to provide an opportunity for the Nationwide and International donors to provide funds for earthquake victims in West Sumatra.

As a report from Harry Z. Soeratin, the Head of Public Relations Bureau, Indonesia Ministry of Finance, the Minister of Finance accounts for Sumatra Natural Disaster Aid are listed as below:

- Account No.519.000124 –> for Rupiah (Rp) currency and for currencies other than USD, EUR, and JPY.
- Account No.609.022411 –> for USD currency
- Account No.609.000991 –> for EUR currency
- Account No.609.007111 –> for JPY currency

All assistance will be disbursed by the Government to the disaster areas. The government ensures the accountability of transaction records. For more information, you can open http://www.depkeu.go.id.

Well, this is quite a new action from Indonesian government and I appreciate it very much. As I recall, previously the foreign aids for natural disaster always come in the form of goods. By receiving the aid in the form of money, the aid can be used by the needed people in other important sectors other than food or clothes, such as an asset for them to rebuilt their home or their business. I just hope that the money from this aid can really help the needy in those disaster area.

Recipe For Becoming A Faster, More Creative Problem Solver

By Regina Pacelli

Life comes at you pretty quickly and can sometimes leave you feeling like a deer caught in the headlights. But that doesn't need to be how it goes. You can nurture your ability to think on your feet and develop the ability solve problems more quickly and creatively. Below is a recipe for achieving that goal without causing you any indigestion.

Ingredient #1: Build Your Mental Muscle
Every day you make lots of decisions, large and small, and everywhere in-between. Take some of the less critical problems, decisions, or situations that need resolving that come up during the day and as quickly as you can, come up with as many possible choices/solutions as you can. Push your speed limit. Don't edit yourself. The goal is to come up with as many as possible as quickly as possible. This will help you build up your mental problem solving muscle. It's a muscle like any other and the same principle of 'use it or lose it' applies. Kind of like wind sprints for the brain.

Ingredient #2: Slow Down To Go Fast
Sometimes going too fast can actually slow you down. You can end up in blind alleys and make lots of false starts. Practice making your problem solving thought process more deliberate and relaxed, less scattered and hurried. When you slow down a bit, you allow your 'gut' (sub-conscious brain) to help you out. It's where your creativity lives. Give it some breathing room. This doesn't mean becoming a slow poke, just not giving your best imitation of a ricochet bullet.

Ingredient #3: Solve it Ahead of Time
When embarking on something new, whether it's buying a car, going to a party, going on a job interview, hiring someone to paint your house, or anything else, visualize potential scenarios that could possibly happen. Play them out in your mind, kind of like a movie, thinking through what you'd say or do. This way when that or a similar scenario possibly happens, you won't be taken completely by surprise. It may not be exactly what you had envisioned, but you've given yourself at least a jump start in figuring out how to handle it.

Ingredient #4: Be fearlessly Creative Daydreamer
Daydreaming is one way to help you become more creative. Go on an adventure of your choosing. Swashbuckler, mad scientist, avenger, pioneer. Take some time to let your mind wander and take you where it will. Be fearless. Be your most creative self and even more imaginative than that. Don't hold back. It's one fun way to give your creativity a little stretch and keep it flexible.

Mix these creative problem solving ingredients together, in amounts according to taste, and bake until done.

Regina Pacelli is the author of "Outsmart the Unexpected: Grow Your Creativity the Edge-of-your -seat Way". You can learn about it on her website: http://www.reginapacelli.com

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64th anniversary of Indonesia Independence

Happy Independence Day

On 17 August 1945 Indonesians proclaimed its Independence from Dutch colonial rule. Today we Indonesians are celebrating the 64 anniversary of its Independence. There are so many way to do ceremony and celebrate the Independence Day.

Below are some of ceremonies that have been held on 64th Anniversary:

First Picture (Left) is about Underwater ceremony: Divers wave a red and white flag in an underwater ceremony to celebrate the country’s 64th Independence Day at Malalayang beach, Manado on Monday. The event is the first of its kind and will be included in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Second Picture (Right) is about Celebrate it in the old way: Dozens of old bicycle lovers took part in a ceremony to commemorate the country’s 64th Independence Day in front of the Lawang Sewu building in Semarang on Monday.

The common way that usually do by the Indonesian people is to held some games such “makan kerupuk”, “balap karung”, and many more.

Sail Bunaken 2009: August 12 - 20, 2009

World Ocean Conference and Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) Summit are over. The success of both events gave the North Sulawesi Government the initiative to host an International event called "SAIL BUNAKEN 2009" which will be August, 12th-18th 2009 in Manado, North Sulawesi. A lot of programs will be a part of the SAIL BUNAKEN's agenda which will attract a lot of foreign and domestic tourists.

Sail Bunaken 2009 is one of the largest events of the year 2009 and will offer strategic business opportunities for various products and services.

North Sulawesi is one of the provinces in Indonesia that has great tourism potential and there by one of the reasons it was chosen to host the international event SAIL BUNAKEN 2009. The Sail Bunaken event is expected to help to promote Manado and North Sulawesi as one of the rising tourism destinations in South East Asia.

Sail Bunaken 2009 will involve 24 warships and 150 sail boats and cruise ships from 26 countries.

Sail Bunaken 2009 is actually a part of World Ocean Conference's activities (that was held in May 2009 in Manado) which had a theme of "Protect Our Oceans for the Future Generation".

Sail Bunaken 2009 offers various marine activities, including Indonesian Fleet Review, Yacht Rally, Bunaken Expo & Festival, International Big Game Fishing "KASAL CUP", Diving Competition & Festival, International Seafood Festival, and Bunaken Trans Equatouring Celebes 2009.

Sail Bunaken 2009 is jointly organized by the Ministry of Marine and Fishery Affairs, Provincial Administration of North Sulawesi, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and Navy Force of Indonesia, supported by the Directorate General of Immigration and other government institutions.

www.sailbunaken2009.com