Treating Psychiatric and Addiction Comorbidity With a Cognitive-behavioral (Non-12-step) Approach by Tom Horvath

As more addiction treatment programs treat comorbidity it seems likely that client confusion about treatment approach will increase. Comorbidity is here defined as having both a mental health disorder (such anxiety or depression) as well as an addictive disorder. Client confusion might arise because CBT (cognitive behavior therapy) has become the treatment of choice for many mental health disorders, but 12-step based treatment remains the most widely available treatment for addictive disorders. Clients receiving CBT for their mental disorders can be confused when they compare the self-empowering strategies of CBT with the emphasis on powerlessness in a 12-step approach. Although 12-step treatment now often incorporates relapse prevention and other CBT components, there remains a fundamental difference in the two approaches on the issue of personal empowerment.

At present there appear to be three potential solutions to this problem. Some providers might persuade themselves that this fundamental difference in treatment approach does not actually exist. If the client agrees, all may be well. However, if the client does experience a conflict between self-empowerment and powerlessness, then one approach could be dropped in favor of the other. Thus, the second possible solution would be to take a purely CBT approach and the third solution, a purely 12-step approach. Because a 12-step approach to mental health disorders is yet to be developed and tested, solution three appears to be only a theoretical possibility.

In a purely CBT approach to both mental health and addiction, clients are taught a basic model of behavior change. This model suggests that changing negative emotional experience (e.g., anxiety or depression) and maladaptive behavior (e.g., addictive behavior) can be accomplished by identifying, testing and modifying underlying beliefs. The leaders in the use of this model for mental health disorders include Albert Ellis, Ph.D. (1913-2007), who developed Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT) and Aaron Beck, M.D., who developed Cognitive Therapy. For addictive disorders the most prominent leader is Alan Marlatt, Ph.D., who developed relapse prevention. Many of the other CBT oriented addiction treatments (e.g., behavioral marital therapy, the community reinforcement approach, social and coping skills training) have typically been developed by teams of researchers funded by government grants and working in universities.

The underlying beliefs that are the initial focus of CBT addiction treatment include the following, all of which are inaccurate (accurate beliefs shown also): Craving is unbearable (it is uncomfortable but it goes away). Craving makes me use/drink (I always have a choice). The experience of craving is harmful to me (it may be distracting but it hasn't ever harmed me). I need to use or I can't cope or have a good life (in time my life will be even better, and I'll have new and better coping skills). I can't change (others with even worse problems have changed; I can change if I focus and persist). If I slip I have to go all the way (I can pull out of a slip at any point, I don't need to let it become a binge). If I stop using my life will be unbearable forever (there will be an initial transition period of weeks to months that will require substantial focus and persistence--probably more than I expected--but over time the process of recovery becomes easier and eventually may even become effortless). If I feel a certain way I have to act that way (I don't; I may not be able to choose my internal experience but I can choose my behavior).

In early recovery, other dysfunctional beliefs emerge: My addictive behavior was completely destructive (I used because there were benefits, which at first might have been significant, but now are overshadowed by the costs). I have to completely avoid temptation (if I work by small steps in time I will build up strength to cope with temptation).

The support group of choice for a pure CBT approach to addiction is SMART Recovery (smartrecovery.org), but clients may still wish to attend 12-step meetings. Despite their overall emphasis on powerlessness 12-step meetings contain many elements compatible with a CBT perspective (e.g., paying attention to "stinkin' thinkin'") and remain an unparalleled opportunity for obtaining social support.

When clients in comorbidity treatment feel confused about how to integrate self-empowerment and powerlessness, a pure CBT approach to treatment may be the solution.

About the Author

A. Tom Horvath, Ph.D., ABPP, is a board certified clinical psychologist and president of Practical Recovery (Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center in San Diego), an addiction treatment facility in La Jolla (San Diego), CA, focusing on collaborative care and self-empowerment.

Ending Recoveryism by Tom Horvath

Racism, dogmatism, and sexism are the judgments that one race, set of beliefs, or sex are superior. I am introducing the term "recoveryism," defined as the judgment that one approach to recovery is superior. Recoveryism often gets even more extreme: there is only ONE approach to recovery. Any other "approach" is just pseudo-recovery. Individuals who try these pseudo-recoveries will not recover until they finally seek the one true way.

A recent example of recoveryism is found in James Frey's book, A Million Little Pieces. Although aspects of Frey's book have come under intense criticism, I suspect the recoveryism aspect of his writing is accurate. He describes his two month stay in residential treatment, and the intense hours just before and after that experience. Given the information about the age, prestige and location of the facility (see especially page 7) it is reasonable to suppose that he attended Hazelden, in Minnesota. On page 409 he receives his aftercare plan, presented in a file to him. As he glances at it he realized that "it is filled with AA literature and schedules of AA meetings." He has made known to the staff many times that "I don't believe in the Twelve Steps. I don't believe in God or any form of higher power. I refuse to turn my life and my will over to anything or anyone, much less something I don't believe in." Nevertheless the aftercare plan is as it as, according to the counselor giving it to him, "because you won't stay sober without AA...because it is the only thing that works."

See pages 151, 166, 222, 230, 291, 333, 345, and 377 for other poignant examples of how the staff attempts to persuade Mr. Frey into their point of view, and how he holds on to his own view about his behavior and what needs to be done about it. Unfortunately few individuals are likely to have the self-confidence and tenacity of Mr. Frey, who throughout the narrative (including the dramatic final sequence) pursues his own approach to recovery. For many US clients treatment is a mixed experience, and for some it is clearly more detrimental than helpful. In no other arena of healthcare is there anything approaching the lack of client choice, as there is in addiction care.

In all of the attacks on Frey's accuracy (did he really get dental care without painkillers, because he was in recovery?), I have not seen any attacks on his description of the intense persuasion attempts he was subjected to.

It would not be recoveryism to suggest that for specific individuals one recovery approach is better than some or all of the other approaches. Unfortunately we know little about how to find the best (or at least a better) recovery approach for each individual. In practice, we should allow individuals themselves to choose their own path of recovery.

If recoveryism is to end we need to 1) make information about the full diversity of recovery options available to all who need it (I have previously termed this "information parity") and then 2) allow them to choose among them. More precisely, we need to support individuals in crafting their own unique recovery paths. I suggest that there are as many paths to recovery as there are individuals. I think we are just beginning to discover how diverse these paths can be.

What often scares families in crisis is that they have lost confidence in their loved one's capacity to make wise choices given the recent addictive choices. However, there is no eliminating choice in recovery. If we don't allow those in need to choose their own new path, it won't be long before they are annoyed and angry, and choosing their old path.

The majority of recoveries occur outside the treatment system. These recoveries are termed "natural recoveries" because neither treatment nor a support group is attended. It is only from doing studies on large populations of individuals that natural recoveries have come to light. It is not in the treatment industry's interest to emphasize that natural recoveries occur. The industry's ads, at their most enlightened, make statements like "if you don't get help with us at least get it somewhere." What they should be saying is "if it's time to make a change, then do so; if you find you need help, call us."

For now we can support the end of recoveryism by stopping any effort to say what recovery cannot be. We need to focus instead on what recovery might be. If an approach is showing some success, rather than suggest that disaster is just around the corner, let's support what seems to be working. The recovery approach can be modified over time, and indeed is likely to be. This open-minded perspective is more likely than a rigid one to help individuals make changes sooner rather than later. Let's just say Yes to recovery.

Adapted with permission from an article originally published in the SMART Recovery newsletter.

About the Author

A. Tom Horvath, Ph.D., ABPP, is a board certified clinical psychologist and president of Practical Recovery (Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center in San Diego), an addiction treatment facility in La Jolla (San Diego), CA, focusing on collaborative care and self-empowerment.

Should People Who Need Addiction Recovery Have Choices? by Tom Horvath

Imagine talking to your child or partner, who is obviously drinking or drugging too much.

"Why don't you get it? It's SO obvious! You are becoming addicted! Look at the damage you are causing, to yourself, to me, and to everyone who cares about you. YOU NEED TO STOP! I'm arranging to send you to treatment."

And imagine an angry response, perhaps something like "This is my life, I'll live it the way I want...You just don't respect my lifestyle...You are blowing this way out of proportion...Just because you are a prohibitionist doesn't mean I have to be one...You can take your treatment program and..." Looking in from the outside, we could say that this drinking/drugging individual is "not making good choices." The obvious solution is to step in, take some control, and make their choices for them, at least for awhile. To put it another way, if you act like a child, we're going to treat you like one for awhile (and maybe a long time, depending on how you respond).

How well does this obvious solution work? In fact, not very well. Need evidence to support this fact? Can you think of a more tightly controlled environment than a prison? Is there drug use in prison? Of course there is! Can you think of a stricter institution than the military? Is there drug use in the military? Of course there is (and there is government data to prove it). How about prohibition? Did drinking stop in the US between 1919 and 1933? Drinking occurred at a lower rate, but the law was repealed because it was broken so often it was a farce and law in general was in danger of becoming a farce.

How about people living in residential addiction treatment facilities? Although facilities don't publicize this fact, residents are routinely discharged because they have violated the rule about not using substances. Doubt this? Call any addiction facility and ask them, "I want to send my child to your facility, but I'm concerned that someone else will use, and jeopardize my child's recovery. If someone began drinking or using, what would you do?" Notice how quickly they assure you that if a resident used the resident would be discharged and your child would continue to be secure. Then ask "how often do you discharge someone for using (or having sex, or other major rule violations)?" Now the response gets interesting! The specific answers will vary of course, but I predict that you will notice in all cases an increased level of stress in the conversation. The stress is there because even in the supposedly safe haven of residential treatment, all is not as it appears on the surface.

OK, so if forcing them to change doesn't work so well, isn't that better than nothing? Not necessarily. Raising the level of defensiveness in the user is not likely to increase their openness to new ideas or new ways of living. How likely is it that a process of change will begin if someone is busy defending the current way of living?

The alternative approach that we use at Practical Recovery is to work with our clients. It is usually possible to get the individual with addictive behavior into our offices for one meeting, as a favor to the concerned family member. We emphasize that this is a one-time meeting, and that what happens after that is up to them. In some cases, these individuals come directly. Either way, we begin by finding out what they like about their addictive behavior. Then we acknowledge that what they are getting (or used to get) is worthwhile. For instance, addictive behavior can lead to relaxation, a reduction in social anxiety, a sense of companionship with others, increased productivity, better sex, and so forth.

We acknowledge that addictive behavior as an adaptive effort, one they have engaged in to improve their lives. It becomes relatively easy at that point to elicit the negative aspects of the addictive behavior, and to observe that the initial benefits may not be present anymore. For instance, stimulants can make you more productive when you first use them in small doses, but later they make you exhausted.

Although every individual's situation is different, in general when individuals with addictive behavior understand that our job is to help them get the benefits of addictive behavior (such as relaxation and the other benefits just mentioned) without having to actually engage in the addictive behavior, they become open to receiving some assistance or at least making needed changes on their own. We don't label them as addicts or alcoholics. We don't insist on any particular means to ending their negative addictive behavior. We give them a way to understand the choices they have already made, and point out choices they could make now. Emphasizing choices does not look like the obvious solution when someone is making such unhealthy choices in the present. However, in the long run emphasizing choice works better for most people. Otherwise they spend their energy rebelling against being controlled instead of focusing on finding out how to make recovery work.

About the Author

A. Tom Horvath, Ph.D., ABPP, is a board certified clinical psychologist and president of Practical Recovery (Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center in San Diego), an addiction treatment facility in La Jolla (San Diego), CA, focusing on collaborative care and self-empowerment.

Healing people - Health Pointers for the Fitness Babes by http://www.healingpeople.co.uk/

Exercise is an essential in life. Most people will certainly nod their heads to this. Exercise is not only perfect for losing weight, it is also good for keeping a reasonable body weight, for giving a boost on the metabolic rate and also for burning those unwanted excess calories. Exercise also revs up the heart and the lungs' machinery making them more efficient in doing their natural functions.

Aside from these, exercise also works for strengthening the bones and keeps people looking good and feeling good about themselves. Exercise also gives people the stamina to enable them to keep up with the pace of their lifestyles. Unfortunately, not many people chose to do what is good for them. Most people could not decide exactly what to do when waking up in the morning; whether to exercise or to press the snooze button one more time.

The following tips are very helpful in reaching and maintaining the ideal body weight. This is especially great for women since they get through a lot of things going on in their bodies and are more susceptible to osteoporosis. Not to mention that many women are under the pressure of keeping themselves beautiful. It is recommended that one or two of these tips at a time are incorporated to the work out routine.

Worry not that the exercise routine is not enough. It is important to keep the commitments one makes. Ideally, it is advised to exercise three to five times a week for 20-60 minutes. However, this is not exactly the case in the real world. One should not frustrate herself by aiming for the ideal when she knows for herself that it is utterly impossible. If she an manage it two times a week for twenty minutes per session, that will do just great.

It is best to focus on doing what one knows she can do than to reproach herself for having not done enough. She can start from this point and then progress on afterwards. This should make her feel successful for having kept her commitment to herself.

Weight lifting should always come first. Many women always do cardio exercises first before weight lifting. A disadvantage of this is that it is possible to miss a critical component of the routine and spend all of it on cardio training. A women may notice this by not being able to see results even after devoting long hours at the gym. This can be avoided by reversing the order. This will guarantee visible positive outcome.

Remember to monitor heart rate. It is recommended to exercise at 75-85% of the maximum heart rate. Many people stick with just pumping up only 50% of their maximum heart rate. To ensure that one is working out at the prescribed target heart rate, she should use a heart rate monitor or any exercise equipment with this feature.

Work out for only an hour or less. Doing this will keep one from dreading the gym. Focusing on the exercise and the aim to be accomplished will make each work out session more and more efficient.

Have some sort of fitness social support. Being in a fitness community maybe the important element lacking in your training program. A social support can do amazing wonders and therefore should not be underestimated. It would be helpful to work out in a gym once in while if one customarily does her work outs at home. One can also try classes in activities that have always been interesting such as yoga, pilates or sailing perhaps. One can also join clubs such as a walking club or a running club for instance.

Pep talk yourself. One should not pressure herself too much; rather, it is best to congratulate one's self and give out words of encouragement in between exercises. One should never forget to say some positive feedback for herself.

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Healing People - Working Out for Extreme Fitness by http://www.healingpeople.co.uk/

Many people think about building muscles as abandoning life outside the gym and devoting hours in the gym like a monk in a monastery. Perhaps the only way to chisel the body into a hot muscular physique is by toiling hour by hour over the rusty iron day in, day out and year in, year out.

This need not be so. Although hard work is truly required, extreme fitness demands one to be a slave of the iron weights. Full-body work outs can make one progress and it easily fits in one's schedule. This is very convenient if one is looking forward to achieving extreme fitness but finds it hard to hold on to a single work out routine.

Genuine full-body work outs done by athletes with an aim in mind makes for maximum muscle contraction using heavy weights, makes room for full recovery so one can actually grow and continue to train hard plus it also prevents burnout which is inevitable due to excess training.

So if one is ready for extreme fitness, here is all there is to know about full body work out:

Full-body work out is a time saver. The biggest plus about having the whole body trained all at once is probably having to go to the gym less frequently; perhaps around two to three times for every seven days would be enough.

Another advantage of working out the entire body all at once is that one need not spend two or more hours of strenuous exercise in the gym for every session; one only spends one hour in the gym for every session. So that's just three to four hours per week in the gym right? With full-body work outs, it is all about the quality of exercise one does for session and not the quantity, nor even the amount of time you allot per session.

Full-body work out boosts the cardiovascular system for extreme fitness. One must allot two to four sets for every body part into the one hour session. Jam packed with exercising, each one hour session then gets the heart and the rest of the cardiovasular system pumping and up to speed in a flash.

Now feeling pumped up, next find out what rules does one have to follow when engaging in full-body work outs:

Training commences only once every two to three days. This is so easy isn't it? What is great about this is that there is time spared during rest days so that one can indulge in a few cardio exercise sessions instead of depending on cardio execises one normally does at the end of each work out session which after all, are not at all very effective.

Heavy lifting is strongly advised. Contrary to popular belief, especially among athletes. It is not true that it is good to get trapped on training lightly than one actually could so as to conserve energy for the other body parts that will come later in the routine. What is true is that one cannot achieve optimal progress if one is not training heavy, no matter which program that person is doing.

One exercise only per muscle group. This is very easy to follow and is also important. Doing basic exercises which are also intense means you do not have to do another different exercise for that body part.

Keep work out short. Resistance training affects the natural homones of the body connected to muscle building. Intense exercising boosts the testosterone levels and long work outs increase those of catabolic cortisol. Sixty minutes of work out allows you to get the best of both worlds.

Now with this convenient and powerful work out regimen, one can now truly experience extreme fitness.

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Healing People - Moderate Exercises to Fitness! by http://www.healingpeople.co.uk/

Have you ever felt tired and stressed out from work and by the time you get home you see your three children running towards you asking you to play basketball with them? You refused and promised them that you will after you take you rest.

Instead of disappointing your children, why not say, "yes" after all? You will be surprised by the amount of energy you will have after that 30-minute activity.

Did you know that by exercising at a moderate pace for only 30 minutes, you would feel a lot better, mentally? It has been proven that this improves the appetite and sharpens your style in problem solving. Not only that. You will also feel that it is easier to sleep at night if you do moderate exercises even for only 30 minutes every day.

What are the benefits of regular exercise? It promotes self-discipline and has a positive impact how you perceive life. Exercise helps in lifting your spirits and getting you out of any depression. For first timers, it can be done for 15 minutes for 2 to 3 days a week. You can increase the time you spend once your body gets tuned up for it.

DON'T you ever force your body! If you get hurt, then stop. You can take a break from exercising for a few days and then you can start again but you need to start from day 1.

Here are some moderate exercises you can do and enjoy:

1. Do the Walking. Make use of your surroundings. You can walk your dog, with your partner or child. Encourage your family to do the walking exercise daily and you will find yourself burning calories while enjoying the surroundings and getting enough sunlight that is also good for your body.

2. Discover the wonders of Yoga. Yoga is one effective exercise that energizes not only your body but also your soul. You may want to learn even the basic yoga positions that are not too complicated but proven effective. A five-minute yoga exercise can perk you up and recharge your body with the energy you lost for the whole day. You relax and at the same time you stretch!

3. Engage yourself into sports. Play basketball, football, baseball, tennis or badminton. Many doctors have recommended sports as an effective way to stay fit and healthy. Sports can also be done in moderation. Do not take it seriously. Shooting basketball with a friend is one moderate exercise that is also considered a sport.

4. Join exercise programs at work. If you still do not have exercises programs at work, then why not start it? You can talk to your boss about it and start with your colleagues. You do not only lose calories but it is also one good way to bond with them. This can be done 30 minutes, 3 times a week.

5. Exercise while doing household chores. Gardening, raking leaves, lawn mowing, doing the laundry, vacuuming and car washing are effective moderate exercises at home. Make use of these chores to sweat and burn calories. Instead of using machines and gadgets to perform these chores, why not do it with your hands and lose some fats?

Making exercises as part of your daily routines will surprise you of how much calories you will lose. Doing these moderate exercises of the same amount every day can burn 150 calories up to 1,000 calories a day!

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Healing People - Fitness Apparel by Healing People

In a sports apparel specialty store you will delight at the wide range of clothing plus accessories that is available in the market. Specific sporting apparels like golf, fitness exercise, equestrian and yoga are very much available. The apparel for sports like surfing or rafting and even mountaineering are abounds. The wetsuits are perfect for surfing apparel. The sports apparel include caps, batting gloves and rafting vests. Here's a short list on how to choose your sports and fitness apparel

1. The Golf wear

The golf apparel can be found in any specialty sport store. The golf apparel usually includes a trouser with a t-shirt. In golf apparel, comfort is the most important factor. Chinos are also very popular golf wear. Hats and caps of varying designs and makes are also available. Of course outlandish gears worn by some professional golfers are also available.

2. The Running / Fitness wear

The running apparel is best made with cotton to retain moisture that causes friction and might lead to possible chafing. The running shorts and tights including the cotton socks are the basic running gear. When running apparel is being chosen, try to select a base layer top which keeps you dry for an extended run. Comfortable and fit running shoes must be matched to keep you fresh on the run.

The fitness gear pertains to all kinds of apparel including aerobics and gymnastics. The multi-colored tights and leotards are the best and most comfortable during a workout. The fitness gear must be selected with care. Choose the proper material and correct size when selecting the fitness gear is a must.

3. The athletic apparel

The athletic apparel must be chosen with the climate and weather in thought. An apparel that is not suited for the weather will hinder the performance of an athlete. A popular athletic wear is the running or jogging pants with a drawstring waist. These type of athletic apparel can be purchased at discounted rates. The all weather gear is designed to keep most of the elements out. An athlete depends on the athletic gear to perform at his best.

4. The Equestrian apparel

The equestrian gear is mainly about breeches and boots. There are specialty equestrian stores that stock clothing and other equipment for riding. The casual equestrian gear could be riding breeches matched with a plain shirt. The paddock boots available also at equestrian apparel stores complete the set for an equestrian. A pair of riding pants and a jersey can be bought at an equestrian apparel store. When having lessons on riding, you may want to look online for equestrian stores to see and choose an outfit which lets you ride with great style and comfort. A little pricey in most cases but may be worth the price. A western style of gear is also available in specialty shops.

5. The Yoga apparel

The yoga apparel must be very comfortable and loose for easy movement. A t -shirts and a loose-fit short are basic yoga apparel which will keep you fresh and comfortable. Also, it does not cost much. The designer yoga apparels are available at special yoga stores. Yoga Capri pants and unitards are available at yoga apparel store. The special Asana clothing can be found at very exclusive yoga outlets.

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Healing People - A Look on Diet Fitness by Healing People

Many people nowadays are very much conscious about their own health and fitness. In addition to that, these people, and many others as well, are now having that desire to sculpt their bodies to ahieve that magazine-cover look. As a result, gyms, health spas and other fitness centers have proliferated all over to cater to the needs of the fitness buffs and afficionados.

Even on television exercise machines, weight loss products, and other paraphernalia to improve fitness have more or less gained control over the airwaves and made their way into the households. But exerise is not the only way to build that body beautiful. It also entails certain amount of responsibility on the foods one chooses to eat. Being healthy and fit requires one to observe diet fitness.

Diet fitness is as essential as exercise itself. Diet for fitness provides the essential nutrition one needs to restore worn-out muscles and for healthy growth. Diet fitness should never be taken for granted. With the popularity of keeping fit, many different views, methods, programs and dieting strategies have been formulated by many professionals. Among these are high carb diets and high fat diets. Whih one is more effective and which one should one choose to follow?

First thing to know would be the fundamental differences between these two diet approaches. As the name implies, high carb diets concentrates on taking in carbohydrate-rich foods while high fat diets endorses fat-rich foods. High carb diets are utilized to glycogen stored in the liver and muscles. Glycogen is a glucose complex that provides large amounts of energy ready for use in anaerobic exercises.

Fats, on the other hand, is well-nown for being the richest source of calories. It actually contains 2.5 times more calories than carbohydrates and proteins alike. Studies also show that it takes the body 24 calories to metabolize carbohydrates while it only takes 3 to burn down fat. So which one to follow? A person can follow a high carb and low fat fitness diet or the other way around. It is absolutely not recommended to follow both at the same time; unless of course if you want to gain body fat.

But then diet fitness is not all about losing fat, one must also consider his diet in order to keep fat away. Research shows that sustainable loss of weight can only be achieved on a diet which suits the individual food preferences, lifestyle, medical profile and satiety signals.

Diet programs all over can help you shed off excess pounds, but only one diet can help you stay sexy, and it is the one that satisfies you most. Other important aspects of having a fit diet are moderation, balance and variation. One must be careful not to leave out important nutrients and other substances necessary for healthy body functioning. health organizations are clear about the amounts of nutrients an individual should have in the body.

Low fat high carbs, high carbs low fat; the question is not which diet program will work out but which is it that will work for you. Striving for a sexy and healthy body does not have to burden an individual, diet fitness does not have to mean sticking to the same kind of food for life. One may even try to be adventurous and try out new foods out there. Who knows? one may even discover spinach interesting.

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Healing People - The 24 Hour Fitness Path by Stephane Jolicoeur

The Twenty Four Hour fitness center is like your one stop shop to everything about fitness and your well-being. Imagine it as the Walmart of the fitness industry. Twenty Four Hour fitness centers are located in a number of areas in the state. All of them have equipments which cater to weight training as well as cardio vascular equipments. A variety of fitness gear is also available. Twenty Four Hourfitness centers all have locker rooms and â€" believe it or not â€" baby sitting accommodations. Over all, the Twenty Four Hour fitness center is a complete, clean and extremely well maintained facility that especially caters to all your fitness wants, needs and preferences.

Join Us

It is very easy to get started on your path to fitness. Twenty Four Hour fitness centers have over three hundred clubs located in the whole nation and is open for twenty four hours. There is no long term contract to sign up in. You have the option to pay monthly, but you are offered a complete personal training package that suits your body type, body weight and built so you are ensured with a service that is truly personalized.

Which club do you belong in?

Twenty Four Hour fitness center gives you the option to choose the specific type of club that you desire. The active club involves a group exercise as well as free weights and cardio machines to work off that fat. The sport club also includes everything in the active club but with additions such as basketball, heated pools and whirlpool. The super-sport club also includes the amenities found those in the active club and the sport club but with more additions such as massages, a sauna as well as a steam room. The ultra sport club is the works. It includes most of the amenities found in the active, sport and super sport club, plus a day spa, courts for racquetball as well as an executive locker room.

The Path to Performance

It all depends on what you want to achieve. In Twenty Four Hour fitness centers, a uniquely specialized fitness program is available to anyone who simply wants to improve their performance in a specific sport or is seriously training for competition. The program is designed by athletes.

The Performance program includes a menu plan specifically customized for those intense workouts. A resistance training is also available as well as a full cardio workout. After your exercise, a metabolic rate test is conducted.

This program is designed for those who wants to get started as soon as possible but has no clear and specific idea how. This is clearly the best option for them because all the information on nutrition, resistance training is learned through this program. This is the foundation one needs in order to have results that would last your body a lifetime. The Components of Fitness

A regular exercise, an intense workout is just part and parcel of your path to health, fitness and well-being. There are other factors that should just as well play a part and which Twenty Four Hour fitness center teaches you.

Food intake is one of them. A menu is provided to those who follow the performance path. This details what you should or should not eat, or at least eat less of, if not completely avoid. Cardio is also one as this enhances your endurance to stress and exercise. Vitamins and supplements are a necessity unless you are sure that you are able to receive the proper amounts of iron, calcium, vitamin C or D or E in a day. If not, it is best to take them in. Resistance training is a feather in your fitness cap and is a necessary tool for being healthy, wealthy and wise.

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Six Reasons that make Asian Women Appealing to Men when Using Asian Online Dating Service by Diane Winter

It would seem that asian online dating service are popping up all over the Internet these past few years. It would seem that men all over the world are starting to recognize women from Asia as ideal partners, considering how easy it is for an asian online dating service to amass a huge userbase. The qualities that make women from Asia appealing to men are the following:

Exotic Charm and Beauty

Asians have a specific physical look that makes them appealing to men in general, and their petite structure makes them look delicate and fragile, which tends to hide the fact that some asians are actually aggressive and seductive. This contrast makes them even more exciting and thrilling for men who want to be challenged.

Attentive and Caring

In Asia, relationships and connections are valued highly, whether it is familial, romantic or platonic in nature. This makes the needs of a partner paramount for women born in Asia. One glance at the testimonials for most Asian online dating services would prove that Asian women will nurture and care for their partner better than women of other nationalities.

Polite and Respectful

Asians are taught to be polite from the onset of their childhood and as such, they tend to be more mild mannered and composed, which helps them to attract men from all over the world. Asian women value the same for their male partners so it can be very hard to impress them with flashy clothes and lame jokes. Above all, they will value sincerity and friendship more than any physical or material beauty.

Grace and Composure Asian cultures tend to put emphasis on the beauty of fluid body movements, and women from Asia reflect this with the way they walk and move. They come off as very reserved yet graceful, as if they were performing a rehearsed dance even when doing something as simple as pouring tea from a cup.

Physical Advantages

Aside from asian culture giving importance to bathing regularly, Asians are genetically designed to smell better. Asians have smaller or less apocrine glands than Caucasians. Apocrine glands are the glands that produce foul odor when people sweat, so their lessened presence in Asians means that they rarely smell bad even when perspiring.

Talented and Skilled

Asia has a rich and unique culture that spans centuries of expansion and assimilation. And as such, asian children are very creative and artistic. They tend to have a natural love for the performing arts. That is why a lot of asian artists who migrate to western countries succeed and become popular.

For admirers of Asian women and their many qualities, it is very easy to find the Asian online dating service that is right for you. In fact, other dating sites that were neutral a few years ago are now setting up sister companies or subsections that specialize in featuring Asian men and women, in order to help people from different race and nationalities meet each other and develop lasting friendships and romantic relationships.

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Taking the Plunge - Starting Your Own Business by Paul Menzie

"The longest journey begins with the first step"- Confucius

When I first broke the news to family members that I was about to start my own business, I received , as expected, a few funny looks and the inevitable question - "What are you thinking? What do you know about running a business?"

A very good question, I must admit, what possible motivation could there be for a 55+ year old textile engineer with no business experience to even attempt such a venture? What could possibly be going through my head? Was this a sign of early senility?

In fact, there were several factors that influenced me to take that great leap into the unknown. Some were obvious and in the final analysis proved to be the least important. The final and most important factor was an event that completely turned my world upside down, one totally unexpected and emotionally devastating.

Mad Money to Feed That Travel Itch

My wife and I loved to travel and as the years progressed our desire to go first class did also. I first started out with my home business as only a part-time venture, not too serious about the whole thing but willing to spend a couple hours a week doing what I had to, to earn a little extra cash to enable us to take that yearly trip to which we had become accustomed. I know that this is not unusual everyone has the need for a little extra for some luxurious and otherwise unobtainable item. The cost of just getting by nowadays is somehow getting out of reach for many and luxury items are not on top of the list but just the necessities of life. The rising price of fuel alone has caused many a serious crimp in some lifestyles and if the economy doesn't rebound soon many others will also begin to feel the pinch of the 21st Century.

Shielding Oneself from Outside Influences - Financial Independence

The 21st Century has proven itself to be a strange new world. Events which take place on the other side of the globe can affect our lives immensely in the matter of weeks or months. No longer are we just competing with the business across the street. Having been in the textile industry for close to 40 years I have seen the devastating effects of competing with the Far East Nations. Factory after factory have shut their doors. Men and women, some with 20+ years experience in the auto industry, are receiving notice that in the matter of months, their jobs will no longer exist. The rising price of crude oil no longer justifies production of the product they make.

What better place to protect yourself from global influences than the Internet where everyone competes on an equal playing field? The resources of some may be greater than yours - at the moment - but with hard work, the right instruction and the desire to succeed your resources can match or even exceed theirs in time. The playing field is equal.

Being My Own Boss - The Chance to Succeed or Fail on My Own

Everyone at some point in time wants to be the master of their own destiny. If I am to fail, let me be the cause of my own demise and not someone in a corporate office, thousands of miles away - the same can be said for success.

The idea of working my own hours from the comfort of my home was always an appealing prospect for me. Probably, in part, this was due to the 2 hour round trip commute I faced everyday just to reach my place of employment. The stress of this daily ritual - driving the expressways in good weather and bad - was certainly beginning to have its effect on me. I often joked that the hardest part of my job was driving back and forth to work - not the time I actually spent in the office.

Everyone enjoys being praised for a job well done. How often has someone else taken the credit for all your efforts for a good job or passed on the blame for a botched up one? I know it is difficult to pat oneself on the back - but do it - it sure feels good !! With my own business I can do that - reward myself for a good job and give myself a good tongue lashing for a mediocre one. I am the boss remember.

Continuing My Learning Experience

Some people I know fear change. I, on the other hand, welcome it. I have always enjoyed learning and doing different things - but where could I find such a business that offers such a challenge? Then I discovered Global Cash Flow Network. The product they offered was truly unique. There was no inventory to keep; no direct selling on my part; only the opportunity provided to become a media placement specialist. The online tutoring, the printed materials supplied, and the personal one-on-one coaching were superb. To this day I still receive bi-weekly calls from my advertising coach to see if I could use any help and to offer new suggestions to help my business. I had at last found something I truly enjoyed doing while continually gaining further knowledge.

Life Changing Event

For many a life changing event could be a marriage, a new baby in the house, retirement or pending retirement, moving to a new city, starting a new career, a divorce or as a tragic loss.

Sitting in the doctor's office we couldn't quite believe what our doctor was telling us. Digging in our heels we resolved to fight, but in the end it proved to be a losing battle. The ugly serpent, Cancer, had again reared its ugly head. In four short months my reason for being was gone.

But in those months we talked and talked, probably more so than in the previous 25 years and one of the topics that somehow arose was our fledgling online business. Once just a pleasant pastime, a vehicle for earning us some "mad money", my business now took on far greater importance. The income earned now would no longer be just for trivial pursuits. So in the end I promised that I would continue it - to make "ends meet" as my wife said.

My wife was certainly wise beyond her years. She knew, as I have come to realize now, that the hours I spent in front of my computer to enhance my business would otherwise have been spent depressed and feeling sorry for myself. The days passed into months and the months into years and somehow I got through it and in the same time my business grew.

A Long Way to Go

Over two years have passed. In that time the bills have been paid; I have been able to semi-retire from "my real job" as my sister puts it and now only work every second week and still have had enough left over to spend a week in Hawaii. By no stretch of the imagination do I consider myself a huge success. I am but a minnow in the ocean but I am growing daily. I still have such a long way to go.

What about you? Do you also feel the need to take the plunge and make needed changes in your life but have no idea where to start? If so, call the number or visit my website listed below for a free consultation - there is no obligation. Life often springs many surprises in our paths, some pleasant and some not. Don't allow Life to catch you unawares - take action now - it could change your life forever!  

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Paul Menzie is an author and entrepreneur for Global Cash Flow Networks, a continuing education and business development company showing people how to build business success. Get No Obligation Free Tips And Training at http://24hourwebcash.com/menzie1959. Find out if you qualify to be trained in having your own business at 1-800-719-82

How to Cure a Yeast Infection by Tracey Kay

HOW TO CURE A YEAST INFECTION

Did you know there are many more symptoms for vaginal thrush than just vaginal odor, white discharge and that crazy feeling of wanting to itch something you can’t reach? I was so surprised when I looked over the list below, and saw symptoms I didn’t even realized I had. I came across it when I was trying to find a natural way of how to cure a yeast infection. You should have a read; it is well worth it.

These were 12 symptoms to yeast infection, Candida and Thrush that I came across. Maybe you will relate to some as well:

� Painful sex or sexual dysfunction; � Tiredness or fatigue; � Depression; � PMS; � Headaches; � Always hungry with food cravings. (this explained a lot); � Rash and skin problems; � Vaginal Odor; � Vaginal discharge; � Pre mature aging; � Arthritis; � Lowered self esteem

The reason I came across these is because I was sick and tired of never really getting rid of my yeast infection completely. It was like putting a Band-Aid on it for a while, and then before I knew it I was thinking “NOT AGAIN!” And is anyone like me, and it always happens to you at the worst possible time. I was so OVER IT!

I started to search the Internet for some answers as you just get sick of using over the counter medication, and I also wanted to find something more natural and kinder to my body. And lets face it, we all feel the same way, you just want it to go away. I wanted a cure for my yeast infection, not keep using something that keeps fixing you for a little while.

Anyway, I kept looking and found some great information. I came across a e-book written by a woman that used to be a suffer from Yeast Infections herself and was so over the doctors telling her there really wasn’t a cure, that she started looking for one herself. I thought least she really understood how it felt physically and how it can effect you emotionally, by having a Yeast Infection.

She has done some very in-depth research, but what I liked was that she wrote her e-book so simply, that I had no problem understanding what she was telling me. And it will help you safely and permanently cure your yeast infection, without any drugs, and it gave me everything I needed to know about how to cure a yeast infection and understand the root of the problem. And I felt a huge difference in hours. YOU REALLY DO!

I feel so much healthier and alive, and over the time I have lost weight as it also helped me with my hunger and food cravings. I never knew I lacked self-esteem, until I actually found a cure for my yeast infection. I know that’s sounds silly, but you really don’t realize how down you get, by reoccurring yeast infections.

Anyway, I just wanted to let you ladies, mums and partners out there, know there is a cure, and an easy cure out there from the privacy of your own home.

You have to give it a go; it is so worth it. Just not having that “NOT AGAIN” feeling, but also you will be surprised what other symptoms you have and didn’t even know it!

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I wrote this hoping to reach out to someone else out there, looking for answers and a solution like me. If I help one person, my time was worth it. I hope my list was useful and made you a bit more aware of the systems, liked they helped me. If your interested in finding out more information, help is at hand. Check out http://nat011.dmhmd.hop.clickbank.net/ They are so confident, they give a 100% money back offer within 8 weeks.

Why am I Constantly Breaking Vacuum Cleaner Belts? by Kristina Brown

Is this a situation you have found yourself in before? Fifteen minutes till your family arrives for a special dinner you prepared, the last thing to do is vacuum the rugs when suddenly snap the belt broke and you do not have time to rectify the situation. Luckily if you follow a few simple tips this situation is easy to avoid. Although a vacuum cleaner belt is simply constructed of a simple band of rubber, there are many different sizes and types to accommodate the many vacuums found in households today.

One of the first things to look for when trying to fix a problem with a belt is to make sure that the belt is meant to work with your vacuum cleaner. Although belts are similar in construction, each vacuum cleaner belt is created in a way to work smoothly with a certain vacuum cleaner. Incorrect usage of a wrongly fitting belt will lead either to a broken belt, or even a broken vacuum.

To identify the proper belt for your machine simply look at your vacuum cleaner because select vacuum cleaners will list the belt number or style directly on the machine. If you cannot locate the belt number on the machine look toward your instruction manual for the belt number or look at the actual belt because the belt number may be printed directly on it.

An additional problem that arises from vacuum belts is incorrect installation of the belt. To correctly install the belt it is important to make sure that the belt goes around the motor spindle and then around the brush roll. When installing the belt it will be evident there is a lot of tension in the belt and putting the brush roll in the correct slots is difficult because there is a tremendous amount of tension. The tension felt is entirely normal and essential to perform its job of rotating at high velocity speeds.

A frequently asked question asked pertaining to belt breakage is, what is the reason for belt breakage? What factors could lead to the breakage of vacuum cleaner belts on a regular basis? Unfortunately correct installation of belt does not grant you invulnerability from belt breakage. Belt breakage can be caused by a variety of factors such as repeated vacuum use, which causes the belt to wear down over time. An additional thing that causes belt breakage is snagging your machine on a carpet, blanket or even the machines own cord. Snagging on various items causes the belt to overheat and break. Problems with snagging causing belt breakage do not occur on a machine with gear driven electric overload. For this reason you should heavily consider purchasing a machine with gear driven electric overload.

To prevent belt breakage it is remember to keep a few things in mind while vacuuming. First check to see if you have correctly installed the belt into the machine, and secondly check to see that the type of belt is appropriate to you machine. After an initial check of the whether or not you have the proper belt you can begin vacuuming. While vacuuming it is important to remember not to run over anything that cause snagging. Snagging an item such as a towel, a blanket, the edge of a carpet, or even the vacuum cleaners power cord, will put you at great risk of instantly incinerating your vacuum cleaner belt. Another tip to remember is to regularly change your vacuum cleaner belt every 6 months. Over time a belt becomes more elastic, and loose around the brush roll, consequently the brush roll will no longer turn at the appropriate revolutions per minute. The vacuum cleaner belt being loose causes a to vacuum not to function at an optimal level and can be avoided if the belt is changed every 6 months.

There are all different kinds of belts that exist. Many are flat belts, but there are also round belts and cogged belts. Round belts are used with old style machines that use a fan system. Cogged belts can be found on machines with electronic overloads. When you snag on something, vacuum cleaners that use cogged belts are the best because they are much less likely to break a belt. This is because the machine is aware when something is caught or snagged and will shut down to prevent belt breakage. Then you either turn the machine on and off or press a reset button in order the make the brush roll turn again. This feature is found on many machines such as the Miele, Simplicty, Dyson and Sebo. This feature is great because it prevents belt breakage and frustration. When purchasing a machine this should be definitely be a consideration because it does not even require 6-month belt changes, saving you time and money.

Buying a vacuum cleaner that is built to strongly resist belt breakage and following the easy steps above, will prevent you from being one of the many people with vacuum cleaner belt breakage problems. The reasons and causes for belt breakage are easily avoidable and following these simple tips may help prevent the amount a belt breakage that occurs on your vacuum cleaner.

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Cruising Towards A Successful And Happy Life by Mark Garbelotto

No matter what you do, success cannot be rushed in one's life. You have to be patient. You have to be fully at par with success. You cannot have success in a snap of a finger but still deficient with the abilities of a successful person. Success will just slip off your pocket if that's the case. Cruising towards a successful and happy life entails 100% discipline and focus in enjoying the cream of the crop. There may be unexpected demands or pressures that will harness your personality, it's all part of the cruise trip.

Brian Tracy's book, "Eat That Frog" makes you enjoy a more peaceful and abundant cruise towards success and happiness. The book shares to its readers 21 basic and simple principles that will surely navigate one to success in the right coordinates. By defining what you really want in life will propel your leverage to a much productive delivery. By focusing only to the most important tasks will surely make the difference. Forget about the rest; just learn to concentrate on these tasks that needs to be accomplished FIRST. "Eat That Frog" brings everything to the light. It rekindles the basic values our grade school teachers would tell us. Discipline in everything will bring us somewhere more pleasing.

Let Mr. Brian Tracey be your ship captain towards success and happiness. Let his powerful tiny book, "Eat That Frog" mold you. With the use of a "pen and paper" will surely help you see everything in perspective. Learn from the expert and apply his advices. Since you seek success and happiness, let him guide you. He's been generous enough to share to you what he shares to successful people who pay him barrels of money just to be coached. Think like a successful and happy person now! Your cruise towards success and happiness defines your substance as an individual. The more dedicated and focused you are, the more possibility that you'll be in your ultimate destination in no time. Don't be idle now, pick up a pen and paper and start writing!

Here's to Productivity and your Success, Mark Garbelotto, Your Exclusive Expert in Increasing Personal Performance & Company Profits , CEO Wealth & Empowerment Institute. Mark Garbelotto Your Exclusive Expert in Increasing Personal Performance & Company Profits , CEO Wealth & Empowerment Institute.

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Mark Garbelotto, Your Exclusive Expert in Increasing Personal Performance & Company Profits , CEO Wealth & Empowerment Institute. Mark Garbelotto Your Exclusive Expert in Increasing Personal Performance & Company Profits , CEO Wealth & Empowerment Institute.

Share Your Concerns With a Silver Spring Cosmetic Dentist by Hilary Lowe

The Silver Spring cosmetic dentists are well known for their passion to nourish back to health their patients' gums and teeth. They deal with the reworking, restructuring, contouring, reshaping, refilling, and the likes of patients that range from two up to one hundred years of age. If a painless procedure is what you want in terms of treating your ordeal with crooked, cracked, chipped, or discolored teeth, then you better find your best dental health expert as early as now.

A dentist is a medical practitioner who specializes in diagnosing, preventing, and treating of the disorders that have to do with the teeth and gums. Moreover, a Silver Spring cosmetic dentist is someone whom you can turn to for the acquisition of a beautiful smile. Why? It is mainly because this person knows the facts and procedures about the art and science of bringing back the healthy and natural smiles on the patient's face.

Looking Back to the Past

In the past, the very common thing that a dentist did was to clean the teeth at least twice in a year. Cavity, decay, and stains were typically removed. But since the advent of the practice of cosmetic dentistry, many other materials and strategies have been introduced and as of now being used by the dental practitioners in Silver Spring. With them, problems with teeth discoloration, chipping, deformation, or even a missing tooth is sure to be solved. In more ways than one, the Silver Spring cosmetic dentist has the means to polish the teeth, improve the size and shape of the teeth, modify the worn or short length of the teeth, and even fill in the gaps in between the teeth.

The Common Procedures

Among the common methods that the Silver Spring cosmetic dentist does include fixing the caps, bleaching of the teeth, reshaping, bonding, using of veneers, contouring of the teeth, crowning, and enhancing the teeth alignment. But what is so good with these practitioners is that they make sure that before any of the methods are administered, they give a roundabout of the entire procedure for the benefit of the patient. The treatment may be a really sensitive case since it entails modifications, repairs, and changes. Thus, the dentist does a profound explanation about the things to expect, the changes to look forward to, the advantages and disadvantages, and a lot other significant matters that the patients ought to know.

The Worth of Your Payment

It is clear that not everyone who has problems with the teeth or gums is able to finance the cost that is called for during the cosmetic dental procedure. The payment differs from one service to another. Thus, it is important that before you go and seek the services of the cosmetic dentist, you are prepared to face the costs. There are dental clinics that make the payment scheme even lighter by offering a chance for installment bases.

Restoring your youthful and natural smile means concerting your effort. No worries though because the Silver Spring cosmetic dentist is likely going to make the procedure a lot easy for you.

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Find the best cosmetic dentists in Silver Spring or have a look at Cosmetic Dentists in California or for many other top cosmetic dentists near you visit http://www.cosmeticdentistartcles.com - A popular cosmetic dentist website that teaches you all about the new techniques and where to go for treatment.

You Can Earn an Income From Home Too! - What's Stopping You? by James Peters

You can earn an income from home too! So what's stopping you? Do you know? While people are making millions online with internet marketing and earning revenue from their work, you sit in your 9-5 job or worse, sit around trying to "get rich quick".

The Millionaires know how to do it already, but you don't. They know how to create websites that get them a residual income. While they get sale after sale after sale, you just continue to buy things and help them get richer. Now how exactly do you begin to make the kind of money they do? Simple, you find a way to get that recurring income just as they do. But the thing is you need to know what works and what doesn't.

Success stories. Yes. Success stories usually is a great indicator in helping you make a decision that will change your life. If you find that someone is giving you away their secrets to success, and gives you undeniable proof of that success, wouldn't you want to learn the secrets for yourself as well? No matter the cost? Can you put a price on your income for the year? If someone walked up to you today and told you that if you gave him 100 bucks he would show you how to make 100, 000 in a few months. what would you do?

You'd better invest that $100, especially if you can definitely make it back plus thousands on top of it, why not. I'm sure you've heard the saying where a guy says work for him for 30 days, on the first day he will pay you .01, on the second day he'll give you double, what he gave you on the first day, and every days salary after that will be double what you got the previous day. Do the math I'm sure you know that by the end you will be seeing some serious cash.

Anyway the moral of the story is this, Invest into something worth investing in. Trust that your investment will pay off. Know that you can too make the kind of money that the Guru's of internet marketing are making. Good luck.

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How To Get Through The Waiting by Cody butler

Many of us have made the choice to no longer settle for mediocrity in our lives. This is fantastic and applause to all who have done this. The difficulty arises here in the undesirable fact that there is almost always going to be a time delay between when an action taken and when the results of that action appear in our lives.

Our present life is the sum total of past thoughts and action. How we are today is actually not us at all, it is who we were 6 months ago or a years ago possibly. For example, our current financial state the result of decisions made some time ago, possibly years.

The way to overcome these time delays is to understand them. Most people fail because they have unrealistic expectations on the time involved. The goal is completely achievable, what is not realistic is the time we want to achieve it in. So what happens is the majority become impatient, decide it's not working and back to old habits they go . This is a mistake.

We must lose the instant gratification mentality society has adopted if we are to succeed. Begin thinking in term of months and years, not days and weeks. Sadly there is no silver bullet solution to this situation, only good solid planning. Strive to take action everyday. If we do this, it is like a drip falling into a bucket. It may take some time for the bucket to fill up, but once it does, every drip will then overflow. If we know this and we have taken action everyday, once we do start to see results, we know the bucket will be overflowing for sometime to come. Sadly we can fill most of the bucket with our efforts, but if we stop before it overflows, well, we will never reap the reward of our work, nor will we ever know just how close we might have been.

There just simply is no substitute for patience, none. If we do not have it we will fail, simple as that. The very best thing we can do is stay busy and focus each day on what it is that we can do. If we act in the areas we have the ability to act, then this is the only way to speed things up. There are no short cuts. Make the most of the present, enjoy what you have, this is the fastest way to achieve more.

Waiting is not fun, but it is necessary, don't waste your time looking for ways to avoid what is unavoidable, this will only slow you down. Focus on what you can do and reap the reward.

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Cody Butler, personal development author and founder of Dream-Life-Coaching is committed to providing the best resources available to aid you in your growth.

7 great Tips For Creating Adsense Sites That Create Money! by Mahaneesh chandra

Having a Google AdSense site is a great way to make money. And to create an AdSense site, all you have to do is have a Google AdSense account (which is free), a website or a blog (which is free), and some articles (which are free if you write them yourself). Once you get your site up and running, the AdSense ads will be targeted to your content.

Therefore, those looking for your content will come by, read your articles, and have a high probability of being interested in the targeted ads. Every time someone clicks an ad, you get paid! That is, as long as you have designed your site to maximize AdSense click throughs! Let’s look at seven tips for creating AdSense sites that create money.

#1: Keyword Density Before you place ads on your site, be sure your keyword density is good. You will want to be sure that the right kinds of ads are placed on your site. A free way to determine what the ads will look like on your site is to go to. You will then be able to see exactly what ads would show on your site. If you don’t like what you see, then you know that you need to make changes to your keywords! You can get keyword suggestions from Results Generator from Overture or from the free trial version of Word Tracker.

#2: Focused Not only will the ads be based on your keywords, but they will also be based on your content. You definitely want your keywords and you re content to match as closely as possible.

#3: Write Often The more information you have the better. Why? Because the more content you have, the more visitors you get. Many people suggest that you write a new article every day since no one wants to come back to your site to find the same old messages!

#4: Choose The Right Format AdSense allows you to choose many different ad formats. Research has shown that wider ads are more successful. The top three formats are:

#5: Color Counts You has the option to create a Google AdSense ad in any color of your choice. The best thing to do is to make your ad blend well with your site color scheme. You should make the border color and the background color the same color as your web site. You will want your text color to either be black or the color of your main content. When creating your Google AdSense ads it is recommended to use the color scheme and style of your website so that the ads blend in well. Ads without background color and borders perform better than ads within borders with background color.

#6: Position Counts, Too It is well known that visitors to a website scan the site to determine if it is worth reading. You definitely want them to see and scan your AdSense ads. Therefore, the best place to put them is in the top left part of your page or directly under your headlines.

#7: Increase The Number AdSense allows you to use up to three AdSense units on a page, two AdSense search boxes, and one unit of ad links. Using all that you can increases the chances of earning money. Keep these seven tips in mind when creating your AdSense site and you will find that your click through rates increase, thus increasing your money making potential.

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Mahaneesh chandra is a online blogger who deliver free report and guidelines to earn a living from blogging. For his free tips and guidelines visit