Mel wrote in asking How to Get Motivated, so she can achieve her goals? In this article, I will provide you with a step-by-step plan used by psychologists to help their patient’s reach their goal’s.
Most article’s that try to tackle the issue of How to Get Motivated, just provide tips on Smart Planning, Setting Goals, etc. Here I’ll teach you how to rewire your brain so that motivation will be a driving force.
Romeo648 wrote in asking how to get people to like you? Today I’ll give you numerous examples of ways to get people to like you.
What is Rapport
The first technique we are going to cover is rapport building. The definition of rapport is the development of a close and harmonious relationship in which two or more people understand each other and can communicate well.
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Today I’m going to go through all of the Gestures and Body Language Analysis technique’s used to study the legs and mouth. This information was pulled from countless books and law enforcement manuals on body language analysis.
This article was requested by KellyBee23, a regular blog reader. If you have any question’s, leave them in the comment section below and the next article can be about your question.
In this article, I’ll cover Arm and Hand Body Language Analysis. I know doubt know someone that reads this article will say to themselves, “I just feel more comfortable with my arms crossed in front of me.” Body Language Analysis is used because it has been proven to work for many people.
If you feel comfortable with a specific body position it is because you are feeling a certain way. Ask yourself, when would you feel comfortable with your arms crossed while enjoying yourself with a loved one? Have you ever seen anyone cross their arms in excitement? Just a few things to think about, as you read this article.
KellyBee23, wrote me and asked, “Do you know how to read Gestures and Body Language? If so teach me.” Well KellyBee23, I’ve spent quite a bit of time studying Gestures and Body Language. Below I’ll list everything the expert’s agree on, in regards to what eye movement’s mean.
In future article’s I will cover all of the other part’s of the body. By the end you will be an expert in reading Body Language. I’ll create a Body Language Video as soon as possible.
I’m writing this article because Mark5 wrote in asking, “What is the Tea Party?” I normally would never write about politic’s, but I stated I would answer any question posed to me. I’ll do my best to provide the most accurate information possible. So, here we go.
The whole concept for the name ‘Tea Party’, is based off of the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was a protest by colonists against taxes imposed on them by the British government. The colonist’s demanded representation in the British Parliament in exchange for paying taxes.
Akbar sent me a question, “How do I stop thinking about people who are mean to me?” I’m going to approach this question, by explaining how to eliminate negative thought’s and action’s. I’ll explain how our brains retrieve these negative thoughts and in doing so also explain how to keep yourself from having these thoughts.
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I was sent an email from Kelly B, asking me “How do I win an argument?” I read a bunch of book’s on the subject and this is what I found:
Brittany34 sent me an email requesting that I teach her how to hypnotize people. I’m supposing she want’s to know how to perform a hypnosis instant induction. This is when you walk up to someone and almost instantly hypnotize them.
Learn Objective C Part 1
In this tutorial I will begin by explaining Object Oriented Programming using Objective C. If you would prefer to read the article click on Learn Objective C Tutorial, otherwise watch the video below.
When I was young I used to love performing what are called suggestibility test’s. These are tricks that make the other person think you have power over them. I didn’t know it then, but if you master these technique’s you will be able to hypnotize people without them knowing. This is what they call indirect hypnosis.
These tricks can be used to amuse others or to improve your ability to hypnotize others. I’ll teach you the trick’s in the order of complexity.
In this article I will wrap up the creation of the Tragic Eleven Ball App. We will create a icon for your app and then I’ll give you all the code you need. If you missed the first article, go check out Programming for iPhone Pt 1 first!
Creating an App Icon
To create an icon for your new app, create a good representative of what your app does and save it as a PNG file. The dimension’s must be 57 x 57 pixel’s. You don’t need to round the edge’s or add a glare to the button. The iPhone software does that for you. Here is the one I made, to the left. Save it as icon.png.
This is the second series I’m doing on iPhone and iPad programming. The first time I covered the underlying language called Objective C. If you haven’t seen that already, go there first. Objective C Tutorial
In this series I will teach you how to program for the iPhone / iPad, by showing you how to make working app’s. First, you need to understand the concept of the Model-View-Controller.
Model-View-Controller
In the programming world there are things called Design Patterns. You really should understand OOP Principle’s before you try to move into the world of Design Pattern’s. Go here to learn Object Oriented Programming.
If you understand OOP, you’ll understand that a Design Pattern tells you how to structure objects and classes so that you can best solve specific problems. By using a Design Pattern:
So, now back to the Model-View-Controller. The whole framework used to program on the iPad and iPhone, is based on the MVC. Let me give an example on how a user of your app will interact with the MVC interface:
To break it down simply, the Model is the brain of the app. It knows what the app is doing at all times, knows when anything has been changed, knows what function to call when anything occurs.
The View knows when someone has interacted with it.
The Controller is contacted when the View has been interacted with and then decides what to tell the Model.
If you don’t quite get it, a few example’s should make it very clear.
The Tool’s you Need
You need the following tool’s to write iPhone/ iPad app’s:
There are three versions of the iPhone SDK, which are all the program’s you’ll use to program with. They are:
In this presentation I’ll be using the Free & Standard SDK. You’ll more than likely use the same.
What Tool’s do you Get with the SDK
The Tragic Eleven Ball
The app we are going to make is called the Tragic eleven ball. It will allow the user to ask the iPhone a question, click a button and then get some bad news. I’ll walk you through how every line of code works.
Start up XCode
You are on your way to creating your first app. The XCode Application has many part’s:
Groups & Files
I feel I should provide some detail on the types of file’s contained in the Groups & Files Window:
Classes: This is were most of your code will reside. Since you named your Project Hello World, some file’s have already been created for you, as you can see if you click on the arrow next to that folder.
Other Sources: Here you will find pre-created framework’s (code library’s) and the main() method for your app. These file’s are also pre-made for you.
Resources: Here you store any data you might need. Such as: your app’s icon, Hello_WorldViewController.xib (the controller for your app), MainWindow.xib (The code needed to build your interface, or view) and the plist file that contains info on your app.
Frameworks: Pre-made code libraries available for your use.
Products: Contain’s the working app, after you compile it.
That’s All Folk’s
I hit you with a lot of information in this article. Tomorrow, or in the next article I create the rest of the code needed for the Tragic Eleven ball.
If you have any questions leave them below
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I’m asked in the real world all the time the question, “How do I get rich on YouTube?” I have the answer for you today!
I have been studying all the big hitters for a while now. I will provide your answer and assume these things:
You are not extremely attractive, even though you are I’m sure!
You are not an amazing videographer.
Your not afraid to show your face.
You have a good personality!
If the above apply, you are in luck. As I studied all the most successful Vloggers, I came across one true shining star. His name is ZeFrank. He is, in my opinion, the greatest vlogger ever. He is probably the most successful vlogger as well. And, all the successful YouTubers seem to copy from him, to one extent or another.
Here is a sample of ZeFranks work. Note: If you are offended by a little swearing don’t watch this video. He swears a little.
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ZeFrank studied neuroscience, by trade and I think he applied everything he knows about the brain to his videos. I’ll now break down all the techniques he uses. To become successful, just copy as many techniques as you can.
Opening
How to Video Yourself on YouTube so Viewers will Love you
How to Get More Comments on YouTube
How to Get More Ratings on YouTube
How to Get Video Responses on YouTube
Increase Viewer Activity on YouTube
Build a Community of Viewers on YouTube
How to Format an Interesting Show on YouTube
Other Random ZeFrank Vlogging Techniques
Other Vlogger Tricks
Wrapping Up
That’s pretty much everything I learned from watching the best Vloggers. I don’t necessarily think ZeFrank planned to do all that he did to trick people into watching him. I instead think he aimed to create a very entertaining show. In my opinion and in the opinion of millions, he succeeded.
Post a comment below to become “The High Muckity Muck of the comment’s.”
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Here I provide some high quality photo’s of restaurant food. Use them as you like, because they are completely royalty free.
Are there any other type’s of royalty free photo’s you’d like? I know photo’s of people are hard to come by, but without a sign off, they would be unusable in advertising. Either way I hope you find these Food Photo’s useful. If you need one in a higher resolution just comment below.
Click on Images for a larger view
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After I put up my list of top restaurant food’s I received an email asking, “How are we supposed to start a restaurant without a nice menu?” So, here I provide some of the best restaurant Menu Marketing example’s.
I looked at hundreds of menu’s last year, and I have to say in my opinion Denny’s knows how to design a great menu. I don’t know about the food, but the menu’s are amazing! There goes my Denny’s sponsorship:)
I put tons of menu’s through focus group’s and Dennys won by a wide margin. I also included a few menu’s from TGI Friday’s because they won second place. I have other menu’s and if you want to see all of them, leave a comment down below.
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The thing that baffles me more than anything else, is why restaurant’s give away their recipe’s. What is even stranger, is that other restaurant’s don’t copy them?
Everyday on the Food Network, the best restaurant’s give their recipe’s away. I made custom recipe’s based off of the best of the best. I specifically aimed at creating a menu based off of the must have’s for a successful small restaurant.
If someone just copied these, I can’t imagine that their restaurant wouldn’t be a success. If you have any question’s or comment’s leave them below. Enjoy!
Pizza
My Personal Pizza Recipe (10 year’s in the making)
I’ve been working towards the greatest pizza recipe for over 10 years. Here it is.
Topping’s for pizza
Marinara sauce
Bake the 2 pizza’s for 12 minute’s at 550 degree’s.
As soon as the pizza leave’s the oven coat the crust with melted butter, mixed with garlic powder, dried oregano, and dried basil.
Gino’s Knock Off Deep Dish Pizza
Basic Topping’s – 1 1/4 cup mozzarella & 1/4 cup parmesan cheese covered with marinara sauce above
Italian Sausage – 2/3 lb of Italian sausage removed from casing on top of the sauce
Best Hamburger Recipe
McDonald’s French Fries
Chicken Nuggets
Fried Hot Dogs
Fried Fish
A white fish such as cod or catfish works the best for deep frying
Make the batter
Chocolate Milk Shake
(For other flavor’s replace the ice cream & syrup)
Geno’s Philly Cheese Steak Recipe
Fried Chicken
Meat Ball Sub from The Back Road Pizza, NM
Combine ingredient’s for the meatball’s and then bake 20 minutes at 550 degrees.
Combine to make the sauce
Eggplant Parmigiana
Marinara sauce
Place fried eggplant on a bun, cover with sauce and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese
Jalapeno Popper’s from The BBQ Shack, KS
Buffalo Wing’s Like the Anchor Bar
Mix together the following for the sauce.
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People ask me all of time for statistics on real estate so I’m going to lay out everything I have in this article. I have pretty much anything you could ever want on all 50 states except New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont and Wyoming. These state’s provide very limited sketchy data in regard’s to real estate.
Scroll to the bottom of the screen for almost 5,000 city listing’s. If I don’t provide something you specifically want leave me a comment and I’ll get it for you.
The Best Demographic Link’s
The Top States for Real Estate Investing
State (1 Year Price Increase)
Most Expensive Home Value’s by City / Town
City, State (Avg. Price)
Least Expensive Home Value’s by City / Town
City, State (Avg. Price)
Real Estate Growth Rate Over the Last Year by City / Town
City, State (Growth Rate)
Real Estate Growth Rate Over the Last 5 Year’s by City / Town
City, State (Growth Rate)
Worst Real Estate Markets over the Last 5 Years by City / Town
City, State (Growth Rate)
City’s / Town’s Hit Hardest by Foreclosure’s in Past Year
City, State (Foreclosure Rate)
Top Real Estate Gain’s in Pennsylvania in Past Year
Here I provide the best investment’s in the past year in the state of Pennsylvania. If you want your state covered leave a comment below. I’m just providing stat’s not investment advice. Past performance may or may not have anything to do with future return’s.
City, State (Increase in Property Value’s)
Here is a Complete Listing in Spreadsheet Format
Real Estate Values
Here I provide you with my newest 3 video’s on investing. I cover specificially:
In the video’s I give a brief history on the Dow Jone’s Industrial Average. Since I never wrote about that in any article, I provide that information here.
The stock market is considered by most people to be the Dow Jones Industrial average. Everyone has been sticking their retirement funds into it for over a hundred years, in one way or another. So, I thought I’d talk a bit about it.
A Little History
I’ll skip over a lot of the history and instead focus on how it operates. The Dow was created in 1896, by Charles Dow. At that time it was made up from 12 stock’s, that where chosen to be on the list because, they best represented the performance of their specific industry. Of those 12 stock’s only one remains being General Electric.
On October 1, 1928, the Dow was expanded to a 30 stock portfolio. It still is made up of just 30 stocks today. Here they are:
How is the Dow Calculated?
Originally the Dow was calculated by adding the price’s for all of the stocks and then divided by zero, but not any more. To keep the Dow a meaningful number more needs to be done with all of the stock substitutions, stock splits, spinoffs, etc.
A stock split is when a company that is currently selling at $50 per share, decides to double the number of shares, but have each be worth half as much. So this company would still be worth the same overall, but it’s per share price would be $25. This is why a company with a huge per share value may be worth less than one worth $10!
So in calculating the Dow, they have to figure out the exact value of all 30 stock’s if they purchased the exact same dollar amount of each share.
In the previous article, I spoke on how I believe buy and hold investing is no longer going to provide a good return on investment. In reality, it never has apart from the dramatic ride the market took from 1982 to 1999. The stock market historically pays an interest rate of 3.73%. If you don’t believe me see Buy and Hold Investing is Dead.
Here I’ll give you a few tips on how you can dramatically improve your results with investing. This is for educational purposes only and I’m not providing investment advice, just investment theory. In fact, I don’t think you should buy stock if you don’t know what you’re doing.
Investment Allocation is King
Forget everything you know about asset allocation. This is the act of indiscriminately combining stocks and bonds in a portfolio. We are going to instead use math to build a portfolio with a risk level you are comfortable with and then get you the greatest return at that risk level.
By using some math formulas we can make highly accurate predictions on what would be the maximum potential loss for a given portfolio. Then you can decide on how much potential risk your willing to take and then know that your portfolio will act accordingly.
Treasury bill’s will represent the least risky investment in my portfolio. While penny stocks (stock’s worth less than $5) will represent my riskiest investment. I will for now not include options in this portfolio, because they may confuse you. It’s impossible to make the best portfolio without them, but I’ll leave them for a later article.
Just know that how you structure your portfolio will determine your result’s in 94% of day to day market movement’s.
Time for a Little Jargon
Risk Equals Standard Deviation
Let me assume, that I can expect ABC company to increase in value by 25% after 10 years. I then must only fear that I’ll be forced to withdraw at a point when the value has unexpectedly fallen. This rise and fall from the average growth rate is known as Standard Deviation. When people talk about risk, they are referring to Standard Deviation.
As you add more risk to your portfolio, you are increasing the chance that it’s price will deviate from an expected return. But, my risk less 1 year treasury bill is only paying me .35%. I’m guaranteed to get that .35%, but I can also be sure that inflation will be higher than .35%.
Standard Deviation Example
Excuse me as I jump back into the fantasy days of the 80’s and 90’s. Here I listed some of the best performing mutual funds and show you both their average returns as well as their standard deviations from 1987 to 2003. These funds were the best at not only earning money, but also at minimizing their standard deviations
| Name | Std. Dev. (%) | Avg. Ret. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Mairs & Power Growth | 14.65 | 12.75 |
| First Eagle Fund of America | 12.75 | 11.46 |
| Weitz Value | 16.39 | 11.91 |
| Liberty Acorn | 21.26 | 11.46 |
| First Eagle Sogen Global | 10.84 | 7.33 |
| T. Rowe Price Hi-Yld | 7.42 | 6.45 |
| T. Rowe Price Capp Appr | 10.72 | 10.75 |
| Vanguard Wellesley | 7.09 | 10.33 |
| Meridian Growth | 21.26 | 10.61 |
| Smith Barney Aggr Growth | 27.83 | 9.8 |
| Dodge & Cox Stock | 16.74 | 11.01 |
| Dodge & Cox Balanced | 10.69 | 10.41 |
I’m not telling you to buy any of these mutual funds! Actually many don’t exist, have new money managers or are closed to new investors.
Let’s look at the best performer, being Smith Barney Aggr Growth. It provided it’s investors an average return of 27.83%, and in any one year was expected to provide a minimum return of 18.03 % = 27.83 – 9.8. This number is calculated this way: Worst Expected Return = Average Return – Standard Deviation.
Let me stop for a moment to explain why these investment’s don’t exist anymore. By buying this mutual fund you received at worst a return of 18.03% per year, and at best 37.63%. Whats funny is that when I was a broker, people thought this was a bad return! Seriously!
I just want you to understand this new way of looking at securitys. Think not only about expected average returns but also think of their deviation from this average. If you understand that the goal is not just to get a good average return, but also to minimize standard deviation, you really are starting to understand investing.
The Capital Allocation Line
The Capital Allocation Line depicts in graph form, the fact that as you increase your standard deviation your potential return also increases. The CAL is created by looking at all potential investment pools of investments along with their expected return’s versus standard deviation. Here is an example:
As you see the portfolio I’m emphasizing has an expected return of 15%, the only problem is the standard deviation is 32%. This mean’s if I’m comfortable potentially losing 17%, this is a good portfolio, if not it’s bad.
Diversification
Most people think that blind diversification will protect them from risk. They think it is a good idea to randomly add different investments to their portfolio. Wrong!
As you can see in this chart, if a computer randomly pulls together a portfolio, you are no longer able to minimize Standard Deviation simply through diversification after you reach 20 random investments. I then continue to show you the result’s with 100, 200, etc.
The Efficient Frontier
Now we are getting into a territory your stock broker probably doesn’t even understand. If we chart the following:
Every investment based on it’s expected return versus standard deviation
Every portfolio including the best of these investments
We get the following graph.
I’ve already described what the CAL line is.
The little dots represent all of the investment opportunities out there.
The line that curves away from the CAL is known as the Efficient Frontier. It represents all portfolio’s with the best return at the lowest standard deviation.
The Optimal Portfolio represents the point in which you are getting the best return at the lowest risk level.
The Optimal Risky Portfolio represents the point at which you receive the highest return versus all other possible portfolio mixes.
If you are a bit confused don’t worry. It comes down to this simple concept. We want to create a portfolio that will provide the best return, with the lowest amount of risk. That’s it! But, how is the optimal portfolio created? If you understand standard deviation, there is just one more piece to this puzzle. Covariance!
Covariance Analysis
I wrote in the last article about how when some stock’s go up others tend to go down. A candy companys growth potential is directly related to the price of sugar. So if sugar price’s sky rocket, chances are the candy companys stock will fall.
This is known as Covariance. It’s a measure of the degree to which two assets value’s move in tandem. If 2 stocks have a negative covariance that means they move more opposite from one another.
So one way to hedge risk in one asset is to find the other assets that effect it’s value and add them to the portfolio. This act helps to minimize standard deviation.
Wrapping Up
As mentioned before, a hedge fund named NWQ (North West Quadrant) made huge returns based purely off of creating Optimal Portfolio’s. Their name refers to the Efficient Frontier. They constantly readjusted their portfolio’s based off of expected changes in expected return’s and standard deviations.
They did this with computers, but the computer sitting in front of you now is probably as fast as the one they used back in the 90’s. In future articles I plan on showing you the math behind this article. It really isn’t that complicated. You just need to plug in day to day price changes for all of your investments. They then provide you with the investment’s:
Then all you have to worry about is general market risk. As history has shown us though, market risk only will effect you 6% of the time with the right asset mix.
And, if you think doing all this is way to complicated, in my opinion, don’t buy stock if you don’t want to do it intelligently. If you think a brokerage house will do this research for you, I say again good luck!
If you have any question’s leave them in the comment section below.
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