1- I will take time weekly to learn about the dynamics of abuse.

2- I will tell at least one trusted person about my situation and ask for support.

3- I will believe in my value and worth as a person.

4- I will become familiar with my local law agencies, and their procedures to help victims.

5- I will write a safety plan and make sure it’s in place.

6- I will pick one person I consider a hero, and learn as much as I can from him or her and adapt the qualities that I admire into my own life.

7- I will do something nurturing for myself daily.

8- I will build a community of support around people who can protect me so I can always stand tall and safe.

9- I will ask for counsel from those who have been there and from professionals on the best and safest actions to take to find safety, freedom, and empowerment.

10-I will believe in my right to be treated respectfully.

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How to choose the best better half for life?

I’m a fan of Warren Buffett, the world’s greatest investor. He took $100 and turned it into a multibillion-dollar company. In the latest Forbes “richest people” list, he was declared the richest man in the world.

This is admirable, of course, but it’s how he got there that has always interested me – things about his personality and character.He’s known for his cool head about investing, and for sticking with companies he says he “understands.” He avoided the NASDAQ rush, and instead invests in such companies as Dairy Queen. He’s been known to hold interviews there; he likes the place.

Yes, I have eaten in fancy restaurants and had my share of ganache. However, DQ has the chocolate malt I searched for my whole life, so I stop right there. I know what I want, and look for substance, which is what I think Warren Buffett is all about.

I recall Julia Child being asked what were the best French fries, and her reply blew us all away: McDonalds’. Wouldn’t you agree? I do; when they’re freshly fried.

Somehow we feel better when Julia Child gives us “permission” to consider McDonald’s French fries so good. There’s something a little shady about getting the “best” for pennies. We doubt our perceptions. And this is where Buffett’s “cool head” comes in. It’s emotional to be in doubt about naming McDonald’s French fries “best” because they’re fast food. If we do, we are outthinking ourselves, complicating things, bringing in emotion. Likewise if we don’t trust our own perceptions and have to ask an expert, like Julia.

He also doesn’t do “designer” things like split his stock. He also doesn’t sell out from under his investors. He’s never sold a share of Berkshire-Hathaway, and he’s never split the stock. Buy and hold.

Okay, now let’s apply this investment philosophy and modus operandi to one of the most significant decisions you will ever make: Your Life Partner.

We have all experienced the effects of the 50% divorce rate in the US – give or take some percentage points. We know how important a lasting and good relationship is to our health – physical, mental and emotional. We know these things from research:
· A divorce stresses a man more than smoking a couple of packs a day.

· People who are married live longer and are healthier.

· Toxic relationships destroy our immune systems; therefore our health.

· We need another person to regulate our biorhythms. Not “should have,” or “it would be better if,” but NEED. (Lewis, MD, Amini, MD, and Lannon, MD).

Warren Buffett’s Rule Number One is: Don’t lose money. His Rule Number Two is: Don’t forget Rule Number One. He has often said an investor doesn’t have to be a genius and do a lot of things right, as much as he or she must avoid big mistakes.

Choosing the wrong marital partner is one of the biggest mistakes we can make. Rule Number One: Don’t choose the wrong marital partner. Rule Number Two: Don’t forget Rule Number One.

Buffett has also said, “Investing is like batting a baseball except that you get as many pitches as you want and you never have to swing. Wait for the ‘home run ball’ before investing.”

If you have your act together and good emotional intelligence, you don’t HAVE to marry anyone. You can wait for the home run pitch.

This also applies: “The ability to say ‘no’,” says Buffett, “is a tremendous advantage to an investor. Most investment ideas should be said ‘no’ to.” And what does it take to be able to say “no”? Being centered. Having emotional intelligence. Knowing exactly what you’re looking for. Trusting yourself.

This philosophy isn’t about “buy low and sell high,” and perhaps this should not be your philosophy in relation to marriage either. Why not instead choose the best, stick with it, and reap the rewards.

Buffett has made investments that didn’t work out. “I want to [be able to] explain my mistakes,” he says. “This means I do only the things I completely understand.”

This goes to emotional intelligence as well. If you choose a partner for good reasons – including your intuition (and Buffett says he always trusts his “eyes” above anything else) – and it doesn’t work out, you will understand why.

This is way ahead of doing something without being mindful, without having thought it through carefully. Yes, you are making a decision about romance, a decision of the heart, but its right in the place where emotional intelligence sits – at that interface between intellect and emotions.

How so? Here’s an example. Let’s say you fall in love and you don’t do the intellectual foreplay. You fail to investigate about children, for instance, in this impending second marriage. Once married, it turns out, that you obstinately do not want any more children, while she wants her first child more than anything on earth, including pleasing you.

You see the problem. There is no concession here.

It would’ve been difficult to turn away from marrying someone he was so in love with, but not nearly as painful in the long run – to him, to his children by his first marriage, to his pocketbook, to the woman, and to his self-esteem – as getting divorced a second time over an issue that hadn’t been thought through.

If you both have thought and felt your way into the decision (using your emotional intelligence), you’re mindful. If you haven’t thought it through, when it doesn’t work out you are left struck dumb over the outcome, hit much harder emotionally, clueless, unable to correct and move forward, and worst of all, condemned to do the same thing again. That’s what happens when you’re on auto-pilot.

Another one said his friend told him when he was dating, “That woman will never set foot on your boat once you two are married.” How did the friend know when the other didn’t? Thinking in addition to feeling. Emotions can fog our thinking. The emotion of love is most delightful, most seductive … like the NASDAQ was in 1999.

Remember Rule Number One. Remember Rule Number Two.

Rule Number One was “don’t marry the wrong person,” because the assumption is you want to marry the right person. Therefore, you must know what the “right person” looks like. Do your homework as carefully as you look them over at bat. Then you’ll know the home run pitch when it comes across the plate.

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Now as you know from my previous blog, who is Warren Buffett. And am sure you must be eager to know how he became the richest person in the world. So here are the tips from Warren Buffett.

A look into Buffett’s simple, yet intelligent mantras for investing and minting millions.

1) Focus on not losing money rather than making it. Don’t own any stock for 10 minutes that you wouldn’t own for 10 years.

2) A frugal billionaire Buffett believes in straightforwardness. He advises investors to take easy decisions. Never buy when you are doubtful. Invest only if you understand the businesses well.

3) A proponent of value investing, he believes that one must take decisions on his own. He doesn’t believe in listening to analysts or brokers. The best investing decisions come from oneself.

It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results.

4) Buffett advises to invest in ‘old economy’ businesses, companies, which have been around for fifty years and will continue to have a long innings.

5) We have often heard of people suffering heart attacks when markets crash. Well, Buffett advocates a sound temperament for stock market success.

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A Mother loves right from the start.

She holds her baby close to her heart.

The bond that grows will never falter.

Her love is so strong it will never alter.

A Mother gives never ending Love.

She never feels that she has given enough.

For you she will always do her best.

Constantly working, there’s no time to rest.

A Mother is there when things go wrong.

A hug and a kiss to help us along.

Always there when we need her near.

Gently wipes our eyes when we shed a tear.

So on this day shower your Mother with Love.

Gifts and presents are nice but that is not enough.

Give your Mother a day to have some peace of mind.

Be gentle, be good, be helpful, be kind.

Happy Mothers Day.

With this lovely poem I would like to greet Mother's Day to all moms in cre8buzz. :)

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I know it is a little off topic from my normal business blogging but the truth is that this blog talks a lot about how to make your website great and that is something that should secure attension of every business owner. Now I say that because I think every business owner should have a business website. I don’t see why for any reason any company would choose not to try and tap into the vast market of people out there that surf the internet. It is a huge market base of potential customers no matter what kind of business you are in.

Yet not all the news is scary. Ideas circulate as fast as scandal. Potential customers are out there, sniffing around for deals and partners. While you may be putting it off, you can bet that your competitors are exploring ways to harvest new ideas from blogs, sprinkle ads into them, and yes, find out what you and other competitors are up to.

The printing press set the model for mass media. A lucky handful owns the publishing machinery and controls the information. Whether at newspapers or global manufacturing giants, they decide what the masses will learn. This elite still holds sway at most companies. You know them. They generally park in sheltered spaces, have longer rides on elevators, and avoid the cafeteria. They keep the secrets safe and coif the company’s message. Then they distribute it—usually on a need-to-know basis—to customers, employees, investors, and the press.

That’s the world of mass media, and the blogs are turning it on its head. Set up a free account at blog sites, and you see right away that the cost of publishing has fallen practically to zero. Any dolt with a working computer and an Internet connection can become a blog publisher in the 10 minutes it takes to sign up.

They represent power. Look at it this approach: In the age of mass media, publications like ours print the news. Sources try to get quoted, but the decision is ours. Ditto with letters to the editor. Now instead of just speaking through us, they can blog. And if they master the ins and outs of this new art—like how to get other bloggers to link to them—they reach a huge audience.

I can’t tell you how many times I have found a local place to shop based on a website that I found recommending the place. So if you don’t already have a website be sure to get one up and running right away. Then go by this blog `and look into all the tips and advice that you can use to make your website the absolute best website that it can be. From the design and look of the site to the optimization of the site for the search engines it can give you all sorts of advice to make your web site great.

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