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Time for a 2012 Tune-up? - Click To Read Article
Wise, successful business people of all times constantly looked at what they were doing, how they were doing it, how others were doing it and how they could ratchet up, revamp or recycle their business products, services and practices. They knew some old had to be replaced with some new. And they kept their fingers on the pulse of not only their industries but other industries, as well.

Transcendental Meditation: Mind/Body Tune-up - Click To Read Article
Have you been thinking you need to do something? You don’t get restful sleep. Your stomach, digestive system is so fouled up you’ve got tablets at home, at work, in the car and you hate it when you forget to put them in your pocket. Would you be surprised, like I am, that insomnia costs workplaces $63 billion a year in poor productivity? Or, are you surprised that sleep medication is the fastest growing class of drug on the market today?

Leadership Lessons from Earnest Shackleton, The Great Antarctic Explorer - Click To Read Article
Imagine a leadership test while stranded twelve hundred miles from civilization on Antarctic ice for nearly two years in temperatures so low you could hear water freeze. Earnest Shackleton not only led every one of his twenty-seven Endurance crew to survival, but led them to survive in good spirits.

Out of Character: Surprising Truths about the Liar, Cheat, Sinner (and Saint) Lurking in All of Us - Click To Read Article
Why do you do the things you do? More importantly, why do you do things you never thought you would do that got you in a lot of trouble? Think Eliott Spitzer and Tiger Woods.

One Page at a Time (on the Writing Life) - Click To Read Article
Imagine following a writer around through all the years of her life one story at a time. When the writer is an award-winning writer and a superb storyteller, like Dr. Pat Carr, you are most likely to enjoy the trip through marriages, relationships, academic life, writing life....

Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy - Click To Read Article
Author Sarah Ban Breathnach can become your daily coach moving you forward in a most positive way throughout an entire year, at the end of which you will be a happier, more organized, more disciplined person, leading a simpler life.

What Makes Certain Art Popular? - Click To Read Article
You know the art that has remained popular throughout the ages. Why? You know the artists who have remained famous through the ages. Imagine, for example, The Mona Lisa. Most people are familiar with the painting, yet not so many can tell you that an artist named Leonardo painted it. Most people can recognize a Picasso painting, but not so many can tell you the names of them.

Why Color Matters in Selecting Art - Click To Read Article
Color lives, just like the art. Color has meaning, just like the art. Color can rule a room or a space, just like art. That makes your color selections important. Should you avoid buying a painting, because the color does not go in the space where you would like to place it? There are ways to make it comfortable in a space, just like there are ways for a person to wear a favorite color that does not look so well with their skin color.

Sports Art as an Investment - Click To Read Article
Sports art has been around from the beginning, unlike landscape painting as a genre, which came much later. Sports art includes all of the sporting animals. Some of the most beautiful and exciting art is sports art, lots of action, movement and solid technique.

The Nine Types of Art Buyers - Click To Read Article
Personalities, fascinating stuff. Art buyers are perhaps the most unique of buyers. Art buyers are exciting people who want the best for themselves. Understand them and you will win them over. Pay no attention to their uniqueness and you could lose your sales. Everyone, especially art buyers, wants to be understood.

The Art of the Forever Young Face - Click To Read Article
Staying looking your best takes commitment, time and good sense. How to do it is clearly outlined in this article.

Staging Art - Click To Read Article
A huge theatre buff and an artist, I always pay attention to all the choices the set designers make for each set. Watching a play with three distinct sets, I thoughts about working with clients to create the kind of ambiance that would work for them for at least the near term and came up with the term, "Staging Art." Interesting, now other artists and real estate agents have embraced the concept and you can, too. The more the merrier!

The Rembrandt Mystique - Click To Read Article
I spent the Fourth of July with Rembrandt on the occasion of his 400th birthday in 2006. What an exciting celebration I had with Rembrandt. As an artist/teacher, my students must study extensively the Old Masters. Why shouldn't I continue this essential study myself?

Savvy Tips for Hanging Paintings - Click To Read Article
Lots of things need to be considered when hanging paintings. How high, how close, how far away from sunlight, which to put near which, size in relation to hanging space, gallery walls, which paintings go with which paintings, and what does a painting do to the ambiance in a space?

The Global Significance of Art - Click To Read Article
As an artist, I believe that art lives. There is the spirit of the artist in each original piece of art. Of this I am sure. Does the spirit move also into each reproduction? This I am not so sure of. What I do know is that a piece of art can stop one cold in his or her tracks or a group of people cold in their tracks. You can see this yourself whenever you go to a major museum where they have the masters in their collections. And, of course, contemporary artists can also stop people in their tracks. Art is powerful. I love being an artist. I love that what Kant said about come comparing artists to God. Of course, it all comes from God. Where art is concerned, globally, it is a small world indeed.

Understanding Design & Color in Art - Click To Read Article
Color is amazing in its meaning and feeling. Do the activities in this articles and see if you don't understand what I mean, if you don't already know that certain colors make you feel good, other colors make you feel blah. Then, think about how those same colors interact with the art you have.

How Your Art Reveals You - Click To Read Article
Your art says a lot about you. That's why people spend so much time the first time they enter your home or apartment or office looking at the art you have chosen to hold in your personal space.

Loving Art & Conversing with Artists - Click To Read Article
How do you speak to an artist? Are artist really any different than accountants? How do you treat artists in conversation? Are you artist-friendly, or not? Read the article and you can answer the question from at least one artists point of view.

Couples Making Decisions About Art Purchases - Click To Read Article
Whoever lives in the space has to live with the art. Men and women come from different places when they are purchasing art. Some men defer to the women. Some women defer to the men. Some couples duke it out. Everyone needs to be happy! How does that happen?

Beauty Keeps You Young - Click To Read Article
The more beauty you have in your life on purpose, the happier you are likely to be. Surround yourself with beautiful people, things, gardens, pets, food. It is important. Dress yourself like you are going out among kings and queens. Always feel good about the way you look, no matter where you are. I know. I know. Comfort is important. I agree. You can be comfortable and beautiful. Comfortable doesn't need to mean sloppy!

Art Buyer Worries! - Click To Read Article
Buying art for most people is a big deal. It costs big bucks. You have to live with your purchase. Your taste is out there for all the world to see. The choices are endless. I hope this article can help.

What is Art: A Discussion by Artists - Click To Read Article
What is art? What do others say art is? What to artists say art is? Who is right? Who is speaking? Art is personal.

What Happened Just Before vanGogh Cut Off His Ear Lobe & Painted Himself Bandaged - Click To Read Article
The collaboration between vanGogh and Gauguin in Arles, France I found profoundly interesting, as a study of both of their lives and their painting styles I enjoyed studying.

Speaking with Heart at Funerals - Click To Read Article
Likely, there will come a time when you feel motivated to speak at the funeral of a loved one, business associate, or you are requested to do so by bosses or family. Here are some guidelines that can be helpful.

Having a Conversation with An Artist Painting Out of Doors - Click To Read Article
Especially in Summer, you are likely to encounter artists outside with all of their equipment painting happily. You will see them in the cities, in the country, in rural areas, in museums sometimes, by oceans, by lakes, by farms. Speak with them if you feel so moved. One of the most exciting things for an artist is to sell a painting right on site that is not yet dry if it is oil and perfectly dry if it is an acrylic or watercolor. If an artist is shy or would rather not speak, you will surely know it. Still, most artists enjoy conversing with art lovers and others.

Here, There & Everywhere Flying with Santa - Click To Read Article
I am so proud of my friends from all over the world who let me know that I will always have a home in their hearts! Blessings, Barbara Garro, author of From Jesus to Heaven with Love: A Parable Pilgrimage with new books coming out as early as 2012--stay tuned!

Selling Art to Men - Click To Read Article
You can't sell a man art the way you sell a woman art. You need to sell a man art the way he wants to be sold art, and he likely knows exactly what will work for him and what will not. He may not reveal it to you--he may just walk away.

PDS – The New Tool to Help You Hire the Best - Click To Read Article
Hiring right the first time, every time takes preparation, knowledge, commitment and luck. My Personality Detective System can help, because it helps you understand where each candidate is coming from it his or her way of looking at the world.

Road Rage--Dangerous Anger Behind the Wheel - Click To Read Article
Anger behind the wheel of a car or truck that weighs thousands of pounds can get you into a war with other vehicles that weigh thousands of pounds and one day you could lose your life.

Outing Employee Procrastination - Click To Read Article
Procrastination drops productivity. Lower productivity drops profits. Procrastination hurts employees and management. Here are some things to think about when trying to control and stop procrastination in your workplace.

Procrastination: Productivity Paralyzer or Power House? - Click To Read Article
Workplaces breed procrastinators, because procrastination works two times out of three. What's going on? What can you do about it? Whose at fault?

Procrastination: Understanding the Root Causes to Bring About Productive Change - Click To Read Article
Ever wonder about the psychology behind procrastination in the workplace? Lots of studies have been done. Here are some things to think about when you notice that procrastination is dragging your productivity down along with your profits.

Art-Real or Not? - Click To Read Article
On a journey with Poet W.H. Auden, through his writings, we had a conversation about art that I hope you find interesting.

Art Helps Kids Act & Feel Smart - Click To Read Article
With our economy suffering and all manner of cost-cutting, art in schools must never be cut, because it is just too important to the development of children.

Duer's Painting of the Praying Hands-The Story - Click To Read Article
Those hands belongs to someone Albrecht Duer dearly loved, the person directly responsible for financing Duer's painting study. Find out about this amazing love story.

Art Buyers Must Be Art Detectives - Click To Read Article
Buying original art can be fraught with problems that learning the ways and means of art detecting can help solve. Buy with knowledge and own with pride.

Art Fools! Don't Be Fooled! Buy as Smart as Possible! - Click To Read Article
As we move further and further away from the great masters, more and more demand screams for original art from the great masters. And, art forgers are more than happy to provide them. Some of them are so good, Museum Curators have been fooled to their embarrassment. What's a rich buyer to do? Buy as smart as possible!

E-Mail & Phone Texting Communication-Blessing or Curse? - Click To Read Article
Whether you embrace or curse our Internet-based communication systems, most people are using them. Like anything else new and evolving, its benefits come with their own particular problems. The more problems and challenges you can avoid, the more of a blessing communicating electronically can be for you and your business communications.

Best Book on Painting Tips for Artists I Ever Read - Click To Read Article
TITLE: BEST BOOK ON PAINTING TIPS FROM CHARLES WEBSTER HAWTHORNE (1872-1930) As An artist and a writer, I study all the time the masters in those fields, those who struggled and won. Why? Because I am still struggling and need their tools to win. I recently read Charles Webster Hawthorne on Painting, collected by Mrs. Charles. W. Hawthorne with an Introduction by Edwin Dickinson, an Appreciation by Hans Hoffman, and Biographical Notes by Joseph Hawthorne, his son. These forty tools I gleaned from Hawthorne’s tips to help his students create more masterful paintings. In working to understand these forty tools, I felt like one of his students. I wish the same for you.

Breaking Through Your Bottlenecks: Part 2 - Managing Everything - Click To Read Article
Keeping yourself out of bottlenecks means managing yourself, your working spaces, your projects, your systems, your people, and, most importantly, your communications. Now I'm stopping, because that's really all you need to know about Part 2. Part 3 helps you create a current Mission Statement.

Creating Your Company's Written Mission Statement - Click To Read Article
If you have no focus on where you are going, how can you get there or anywhere? A business has a mission. You need to know what that is, know that it can change as the business world changes, and be ever ready to respond.

Should You Hire a Coach to Help You Succeed? - Click To Read Article
Are you one of the people who is asked to do more and more with less and less. Is your company in a downsizing mode? Every time somebody goes and is not replaced, are you one of the ones who is left who is expected to step up the plate and pick up the slack? Do you feel like you will never be able to get caught up no matter how hard you work or how many hours you put in? Bottom Line: Do you feel over-worked and under-appreciated?

Selling Yourself & Your Ideas to Banks - Part 1 - Click To Read Article
Your loan and line of credit are important to the viability of your business. Do it right and you get what you want, provided the non-negotiable basics are in place. Part 2 will give you the in's and out's of a Successful Loan Presentation by Somers White.

Selling Yourself & Your Ideas to Banks - Part 2 - Your Presentation - Click To Read Article
In Part 1, you received an overview of the mental mindset necessary to present yourself in the most attractive manner to bank loan officers, negotiating pointers from Roger Dawson, and some of the basic mechanics of a business loan from the bank's viewpoint. In Part 2, you get from Somers White a comprehensive walk-through to help you make a successful presentation to prospective loan targets.

Breaking Through Administrative Bottlenecks: Part 1 - Work Spaces - Click To Read Article
Organized business people get more done well than disorganized ones. Organization systems need to be dynamic instead of static. What worked ten, five or even last year may not work in our ever more time-consuming Internet Age. Marketing, advertising, public relations have become beasts with a thousand heads, so many ways, so little time to investigate them against your needs and your budgets. More people contacting you and more ways for them to do it. Add to all that, we have, according to my Character Architectural Technology System, nine very different personalities. See my book Grow Yourself a Life You'll Love to learn the CAT.

Ku'uipo Coaching - Click To Read Article
The Hawaiian meaning of its word "Ku'uipo" drives quality coaching: "One who invites others into their hearts and into the mystery."

Productivity Insurance: Reclaiming Your Leisure - Click To Read Article
You know you are working too hard, too much. People keep expecting more and more. Layoffs and cutbacks have increased your workload as an entrepreneur or an intrapreneur. Everybody is complaining about waiting, not hearing from you fast enough. You are losing things, dropping things, feel lousy too often. Seems like nothing is the way you want it any more.

Beware of Profit Thieves - Click To Read Article
Watch your back. The difference between a break your back job and a profitable job is analysis. Costs are controllable only when you pay proper attention and do your upfront and monitoring homework. Never, ever say "whatever" to anyone. That gives people permission to do whatever they want, whenever they want to whomever they want and you have totally lost control. Did I mention read every single word of every single paper you sign?

Discovering Your Enneagram Type - Click To Read Article
If you don't know who you are, how can you confidently be you and power yourself to success? As a business columnist for eighteen years, I have analyzed many of the popular personality systems, including the ones that cost thousands of dollars per person. Hands down, the Enneagram of Nine Personality Types is the best. I believe in it so strongly that I got the U.S. Patent & Trademark for my Enneagram Personality System Character Architectural Technology. The Three World Views appear in my book "Grow Yourself a Life You'll Love."

Could a Coach Get You There? - Click To Read Article
You know what coaches do for athletes. You've heard what they've done for the rich and the famous. What about you? Have you ever thought about partnering with a coach? Barbara Garro spent the time to graduate from both Corporate Coach University and Coach Training Institute. Why? Corporate/entreprenerial coaching entails complexities personal/life coaching does not. Why else? Business people have personal lives and I wanted to combine my skills so my coaching clients get Work-Life Coaching or Life-Work Coaching. Garro coaching is all about getting you where you want to be when you want to get yourself there.





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