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Landscape Plans / Planning For Success

February 12, 2024   Matt

Landscape Plans / Planning For Success

One thing you will quickly find out when landscaping your property is that the landscape plans are the most important part of the whole process. A well laid out design on paper really helps, and is a necessary step to do before you start digging and planting. The last thing you want to do is have to move any plants after you finish, so a little upfront designing can help eliminate headaches later on. Just try to be creative and take your time, but also don’t feel like you are locked into anything after you start the work. You can alter your designs anytime throughout the project.
If you are struggling with ideas for your landscape project, try looking through some magazines or books. And also use the internet as a resource. There are alot of good websites devoted solely to landscaping design. Try to plan something that fits your personality so you can have the most enjoyment out of it when you finish. And even experiment a little to find things that work perfectly for your property.
Once you’re happy with your plans, it’s time to get all the materials you need. You’ll need at least a good shovel and landscape rake, plus all the plants and trees you decided on. Place them around the yard to get a good idea of what the finished project will look like. Move the items around until you are satisfied, then start breaking ground. It is recommended to start any work in the spring, so you can enjoy your hard work in the nicer summer months.
Plants And Flowers Can Make Your Design Stand Out
You will want to create a list of the plants and flowers that are candidates for your landscaping project so that you can easily get pricing and availability of them. Make sure you research the soil conditions and general weather of your location so the ones you pick have a good chance for survival. If you buy them locally you usually are ok, but when buying a plant or flower online it’s necessary to do this. Plus some will do better in full sunlight while others need shade, so where you place them has a big effect on their chances. You also want species that will compliment each other, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere for your visitors.
Get Some Help With Your Landscape
When you start the physical work, make sure you enlist the help of friends and family members with any of the heavy lifting that may be required. Some examples are removing larger trees or raking a large area flat. Doing this can be back-breaking work, especially if you don’t have heavy equipment. The last thing you want to do is injure yourself, as this is supposed to be a recreational activity.
Now that you have all your landscape plans designed, selected the necessary materials, scoped out your property, and enlisted the help of others you are well on your way. Landscaping is a wonderful way to not only improve the value of your home, but also show off your creative side to everyone who views it. You and your family will enjoy fruits of your labor for many years to come.

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The Key To Your Motivation and Success

July 08, 2022   Matt

The Key To Your Motivation and Success

What sets successful people apart from the pack? Is it luck, money, good lucks, and/or talent?

No, it is one small simple fact — motivation.

People who are successful all share one trait — they are motivated.

Of course, motivation really isn’t simple at all. That is why there is multi-billion industry focused on self-help books, tapes, seminars, camps, and coaches.

There is just one problem with using these methods. When it comes to motivation one size does not fit all. One of the elements that makes human beings so endlessly fascinating is that we are all individuals.It is the primary reason our species has been so successful. It also means we each have different interests, goals, and motivation.

So before you can begin following any one of the thousands of motivational programs available you must first determine which motivational group you fall into.

After some thought, study, and research, I have come up with four basic motivational categories:

~ The Pessimist
~ The Competitor
~ The Minimalist
~ The Exhibitionist

The Pessimist

The Pessimist is personified by my husband. Whenever he gets the smallest bit of bad news he immediately leaps into the deep end of doom and gloom. It doesn’t matter if the problem is small or large, he often reacts as if it is the end of the world. If the satellite dish has a momentary hiccup in service then he immediately assumes the bill didn’t get paid and our account terminated and our credit score is now on the decline.

It took me a long time to learn how to deal with this. At first I thought it was real panic and I would try to shield him from the smaller hiccups, and even some big ones, of life. But now I know this is actually how he motivated himself.

When we face challenges, big or small, he works himself through a familiar cycle. First he outlines the worst-case scenario, then he outlines his options for action, and then he takes action. And when he takes action just get out of the way as he moves very quickly — and successfully. Challenge faced, problem solved. It makes me crazy but it works for him!

The Competitor

My brother thrives on competition. Whether he is playing sports or working in sales, he is always more successful if he has competition.If his motivation flags he can easily juice himself up with a quick comparison of his progress toward a particular goal in comparison to others. He likes to keep score and that keeps him motivated. He wants to win whatever competition is at hand.

Don’t knock this method. By almost any measure my brother is a huge success and has worked his way from a contract employee barely able to afford his two-bedroom apartment to a high-level sales executive with a six-figure salary plus bonuses to further incentivize him.

The Minimalist

Perhaps this person might best be described as having a short-attention span. They need short-term goals that are immediately visible and can be achieved within a short time span. They can go the distance as long as it is broken up into smaller projects. Each small victory will spur them on to the final goal but they need those little successes to keep them motivated. In many ways this label applies to me but I think down deep that I am really in the final category.

The Exhibitionist

I know I fall into this category because I have a very difficult time with goals that I cannot see. It is one of the reasons I hate cleaning — sure you can see the results but with a busy family you know how long those results stay visible!

Like the minimalist I enjoy breaking large projects up into small, bite-sized chunks so they are not so overwhelming. When I grade papers for my teaching gig I always divide the pile into several smaller piles so I can feel I am making progress. I do the same with cleaning — first straighten the room, then dust, then vacuum.

But it isn’t enough for me to accomplish the task — I need to have a to do list that I can check off as I go and then crumple up and throwin the trash at the end of the day. I need to be able to point to some visible success for the day whether it is a shining kitchen, a stack of graded papers, or a pile of completed manuscript pages.

Which category do you fall into? Once you know that much about yourself you will be better able to find the motivation technique that works best for you. Stop by the Words of Inspiration web site and vote in our motivation poll and then go get motivated!

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Purchasing new phone equipment leads to greater company success

November 24, 2021   Matt

Purchasing new phone equipment leads to greater company success

Communication is key to a successful business. As a customer service representative, the quality of my business’s current phone system isn’t exactly the most technologically-advanced equipment. After twenty years of customer service experience at 3 different companies, I have discovered through the years that effective phone systems are essential for a business. They ensure the greatest availability and accessibility for employees to assist customers with their concerns.

Because of my forward-thinking work ethic, I researched new phone systems and decided to initiate a new phone system purchase from a website that sold a variety of top manufacturers at a low, more affordable price for growing businesses. The low prices made it easier to convince my boss to invest in them. This site helps companies to further extend their phone systems throughout their company, therefore allowing for a greater rate of success after installation occurs.

The convenience of online usage in literally anything, allowed for a quicker decision to be made. Both my supervisor and I viewed the systems online. We both decided these systems would help our future success and ultimately the customer’s. This played a large part in our decision-making process. Our customers are always the first people that we are concerned about.

After discovering that there are a variety of systems, key, PBX, digital or hybrid systems, we decided to implement a Complete Avaya Lucent Partner package. This system allows for the ability of 5 lines and 9 telephones to access it. Most importantly, it can be expanded to 17 lines and 41 phones. Our investment would include everything we needed to get started at a comparable lower rate than any other company I researched.

The easy-to-use service and affordability factor made it hard for my boss to say no. And now a month after installation, my colleagues and I enjoy a great phone system that allows us to effectively answer the questions and concerns of our customers. Our daily concerns of our old phone systems are gone. Now we can remain calm and assured that our new phone system purchase was the right choice to make!

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Six Steps To Yard Sale Success

September 16, 2021   Matt

Six Steps To Yard Sale Success

It’s now officially summer and for many people, that means yard sale (or garage sale) time. Have a yard sale and get rid of all those things that you have tossed during your Spring cleaning “spree.”

Now that you have all of this “stuff,” what do you do with it?

Step One: Get it organized. Put books with books and dishes with dishes. You get the picture. All like items together.

Step Two: Write the ad for your yard sale and get it to your local newspaper and Recycler publication. When writing your ads and your yard sale signs, remember that the words that sell the best are “Collectibles” and “Everything Must Go!” Your yard sale sign should be written with a bold black marker on a bright yellow card stock. It really catches the eye and makes it easier to read. Don’t make the mistake of writing too small. Make your printing large enough that people can see it when they drive by. Add a large arrow – and don’t forget to put your address on it.

Step Three: Price your items. Some things like books and sweaters or other clothing, will sell better if you sell them as two-for-one or three-for-one. Create small cards to place on your set of books say, “3 for .00.” Now, aren’t you glad you already have all your books together?

Step Four: Set up your tables and other areas for your sale. Set up a table especially for smaller items such as jewelry. Antique dealers have a secret for selling small items: display them on a dark colored tablecloth. This shows them off better than light colors or bare tables. Also, sorting jewelry into individual baggies gives the idea that each item is special – even if it’s not!

Step Five: Ready, Set Go! You have everything ready so now you can sit back and rake in the cash. Well, not really. If you want to really sell, you need to join the crowd and talk to your customers. Make them happy. Give a toy to a child. Dicker over the price of an item. Throw something in for free and tell them, “The more you buy, the cheaper you can get it.” Your goal here (besides making money) is to get rid of your clutter!

Step Six: When the yard sale is over, don’t put everything that’s left back into your house. It’s tempting to save it for the next yard sale but you’ll usually just end up selling the same items over and over again. Take everything to a charity such as Good Will or the Salvation Army. That will make your yard sale a true success – cleaning out all of your unwanted stuff!

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A reliable means to make money for your business bring about better future economic success

April 03, 2020   Matt

An effective way to make money for your firm bring about greater future monetary success

As manager of a large firm, one of my best worries is to restrict expenses as a lot as possible to make sure additional company success. It continues to be a constant component of my work responsibility to reduce prices and also constantly be thinking about affordable methods to proceed company in my division. After my boss acquired a full new phone system, I made a decision that we should offer our old AT&T equipment back to the firm we bought the brand-new one from.

Developing effective methods to begin back cash within your firm can include future monetary success to your firm. This cutting-edge method of assuming will make you better to your company. Eventually, encouraging the proprietor or whomever is in cost of costs, to proceed to purchase more devices that will certainly not just assist you but various other workers.

By executing more effective systems within one’s business, it permits the business to stay on the leading edge for upcoming modern technology as well as additionally permits better success for employees. Their workload can considerably be alleviated by the installment of a brand-new phone system. Client solution agents’ best worry is the demands of your customers. If their needs are not met, your revenues are impacted.

Making the right choice on a brand-new phone system might be the factor of your service success. This new equipment will certainly allow employees to function more effectively as well as with less tension. It has actually been proven that less anxiety permits even more performance. For instance, by purchasing a total brand-new phone system with multiple lines, staff members can be a lot more specified in job responsibility.

In my printing firm, consumer solution representatives are each assigned different duty concerning orders gotten by mail, e-mail or fax. By having multiple lines, the receptionist can quickly move customers to their specialized representative to better suit their requirements.

The installment of this brand-new devices has my business performing at its best. Hereafter investment, I am actively looking for out additional ones that will remain to protect my future economic success. Staying updated with one’s tools enables for greater work circulation and happier clients.

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