Measure Vitamins and Minerals with Smartphone

Caring for ourselves may become much easier.

 I want to try this smartphone device that tells which vitamins and minerals you need. Seems similar to what the Biomeridian stress test machine which I experienced at the Carolina Center for Integrative Medicine in Raleigh with Dr. Pittman. The Vitastiq Indiegogo campaign was 100% funded 25 days before campaign closure. If nothing else, that points to the fact that people are getting involved with their own health and well being.

Prosper in good health, ~lorrindam

Reference:  vitastiq.com  carolinaCenter.com  


 

Snooze Momentum

Snow is the most inert state of water, but avalanche is one of the most powerful forces of nature.  In an avalanche, one little snow particle causes other little snow particles to move, which causes more little snow particles to move, which cause even more little snow particles to move, etc. Boom!

When the alarm clock goes off in the morning you have a few choices; ignore it, get up or hit the snooze button. If you actually get up and go to the shower, you’ve started a positive cascade of emotions and triggers.  In your head you’re already thinking, “I’ve got time to eat breakfast, exercise and meditate this morning… this is gonna be great!”  At that moment your brain starts to release the feel-good hormone dopamine and you get different patterns emerging in your brain.  Different parts of your brain come on and those positive internal cycles begin to recruit other positive internal cycles.  You actually begin to feel more awake because more areas of your brain are on!  In turn, elevated levels of dopamine recruit circuits that optimize other neurotransmitters… as you get into the shower, this is already happening.  

Because you have enough time to compose yourself without feeling stressed about being on time, your brain tells the adrenal glands on top of your kidneys that you don’t need cortisol.  Less stress, therefore, lower levels of cortisol in your blood over time improve the likelihood that you live longer.  Some think of the word “disease” as DIS ease or NOT at ease.  

The downstream effects of one choice can be enormous when you take a cause-effect approach to what is actually happening in your world and in your body because of even seemingly tiny choices.  Perhaps because you were in a better mood, you paid attention to a thought or an observation that changes the course of your life because you were more alert and feeling good.  Maybe if you hit the snooze button and had yet another rushed exit to get to your day, it turned into another day that you are just coping instead of thriving.  

Like an avalanche, put all the forces of nature behind your desire to create your best life; letting nothing (not even a snooze button) stop or hinder you.

Have your best day (life).

P.S. Rooibos Tea may be a natural sleep helper.  It is all natural, naturally sweet, caffeine free and antioxidant rich.

How To Execute Consistently On A High Level

Molly Fletcher is nicknamed the “female Jerry Maquire” by CNN. Here she shares 5 things to shift your Behavior in the absence of crisis to execute consistently on a high level:
1. Believe in what you do and why you do it
2. Discover who you are in the world and add value
3. Get clear on what you do and why you do it
4. Discipline – recover quickly, dig in, be consistent
5. Execute with urgency consistently

Sometimes when you ask for the job you get advice; and sometimes when you ask for advice you get the job. When you know your why, you can solve any how. The passion for your why can suffocate any fear inside you that tells you that you can’t do it.

Visit Molly’s website here: http://www.mollyfletcher.com

Best Time To Tweet

Many say that 9am, 12pm and 3pm is the best time to tweet, to get the most value out of Twitter discover YOUR best time.

Consider some important factors: where in the world are you located? What kind of tools are you using to find the best times to tweet? Are you engaging enough on social media to test which times work best?

Source to read more:  http://blog.hootsuite.com/best-time-to-tweet/
Image: http://goo.gl/OBeHRI

Social Media Platform Guide for Business

You're in business.  You're thinking that social media networking is probably a good idea; but where do you start?  This article is a good start.  Which platform you use matters because you want to be where your target audience is and you also want your efforts to reach your specific goals for doing it in the first place.

Decide what your goal is;

1. Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
2. Traffic Generation
3. Brand Awareness
4. Customer Communication
5. Relationship Building
6. Entertainment
7. Conversation vs Publishing
8. Information Distribution
9. etc.

then... choose the platform best suited for that goal using the type of content that works best for you.  This article describes types of content.

eBooks Publishing vs Traditional Publishing

Photo Credit: http://goo.gl/NBGRBu

These are exerpts (that I love) from the original article here.

https://medium.com/@cshirky/publishing-and-reading-6a80139d13cc

"Bezos [Amazon] doesn’t love books (something his critics never fail to note, as if selling things designed to be sold is an atrocity) but his motivations are producing better outcomes than those of the dominant cartel. If we have to pick between two corporate strategies for making money, the one offering more access is better."

"The threat Amazon poses to our collective self-regard is the usual American one: The market is optimized for availability rather than respect. The surface argument is about price, but the deep argument is about prestige. If Amazon gets its way, saying, “I published a book” will generate no more cultural capital than saying “I spoke into a microphone.”

"The traditional industry belief — if you don’t live in a big city and have a lot of money, you deserve second-class access to books — is being challenged by a company trying to say “If you have ten bucks, there’s not a book in the world you can’t read.”

"They [Traditional Publishers] can drop DRM, sell ebooks directly to readers, add or improve their subscription services, offer print-on-demand—any strategy, really, except continuing to insist that readers must accept high prices and restricted access."

"...he is concerned that publishing will become too easy, that there will be no one who can stop the publication of ...books he and I and our fellow members of the highly educated class won’t approve of."

This Forbes article puts Hachette in second place and self-published books in third place as it lists the "Top Five Ebook Publishers in 2013."   That success in self-publishing is encouraging for those that want to work from home as a Kindle ebooks publisher.

This ebooks publisher community provides step-by-step information for easy money on Amazon.

Live Large.

"Things that feed my life, make it full.  Focus on those people, experiences, and mindsets and live LARGE." ~lorrinda

Images That Grab Attention

Rebekah Radice originally shared:

How to Create Social Media Images That Grab Attention
While you might not be able to judge a book by its cover, it’s often the cover that draws you in. The same holds true for graphics.

A compelling graphic is the eye-candy cover to your amazing social media content.

Want to brand your business, draw people in to the conversation and create more engagement? Read my 8 quick tips to help you get the most out of your social media posts through the power of a persuasive image!

TIP 1 – Evoke Emotion

In order to sell your product or service, you must speak to a primal need.

- How to satisfy a basic necessity – food, clothing, shelter
- To solve a problem – what’s their concern, challenge or problem
- Better themselves – better body, life, bank account

TIP 2 – Customize Your Masterpiece

While your image might not be the Mona Lisa, it can be branded with your signature look and feel. Customize each image to inspire and delight your social media fans and followers.

The four basic questions you must answer:

- What is it?
- How does it work?
- Who has it?
- How does it feel?

Read all tips here and pin it for later: http://rebekahradice.com/social-media-graphics

#socialmediamarketing #socialmediagraphics #socialmediatips