Home Business - A Simple High Profit Small Business Opportunity Part 1

Forget MLM, Affiliate deals and making money from the net, here we are going to look at a small business opportunity anyone can learn and allows investors with small stakes to build wealth quickly.Let’s look at this home business opportunity in more detail. The opportunity is opening your own currency trading business from home – don’t worry if you have never traded before, you can still make big profits and you don’t need much capital to get started. Let’s look at the advantages in more detail. 1. No staff stock or premises Overheads are low all you need is some seed capital to get started, a connection to the internet and around 30 minutes a day and you’re all set. 2. You will never need to seek customers You don’t need an advertising budget, as there is a market you can buy and sell in for profit 24 hours a day for profit. 3. Leveraging your gains You don’t need to borrow money, you just need a small amount to start, you can leverage it and this is the huge advantage of this opportunity and what makes it so profitable. For example, if you want to buy $3,000 of Euro currency your broker will allow you 100:1 leverage - this means you can trade $300,000 – this allows your funds to work many times over. 4. Never a recession As one currency rises another falls meaning there are constant opportunities for profit. You will never have periods of recession where you don’t have the opportunity to make money. 5. It’s simple to learn to trade Trading is an occupation that can be learned by anyone with a willingness to learn and you can become proficient in around 2 weeks of study. In a famous experiment legendary trader Richard Dennis taught a group of people from diverse backgrounds with no trading experience to trade in just 14 days. This group (nicknamed the turtles) went on to become some of the most famous traders of all time and made millions. You may not become as successful as the turtles, but the fact is the opportunity to be a successful trader from home is open to anyone. You Can Build Wealth QuicklyCurrency trading represents an opportunity to start with small stakes and build wealth quickly. You don’t need to have above average intelligence to do it, as to learn to trade is simple you do however need the right mindset to apply the knowledge you have learned.In trading your mindset is crucial to your success. The Character Traits You Will Need Character traits you will need are patience to wait for opportunities, confidence in your trading method and the discipline to apply your method through inevitable losing periods. An Opportunity For All Many people try trading and fail because they do not approach it as a business and let their emotions get involved; if you can keep your emotions in check and be disciplined in your approach, then you can achieve bigger profits than in any other home business opportunity. In part 2 of this article we will show you where to look on the internet to acquire the knowledge you need and how to build a business plan for success.

Public Speaking 101: Speaking Secrets of the Superstars

"With public speaking, your audience will know if you didn't rehearse." Colleen KettenhofenAll of us recognize that public speaking ranks among one of the greatest fears for most people. Whether speaking at a meeting or before a group of 400, many people get nervous just anticipating giving a presentation. A comment I frequently hear in my public speaking seminars is, "What's the best way to overcome nervousness and gain confidence with public speaking?" Here are some proven secrets many great public speakers practice:1. Your audience will know if you're not prepared. They'll pick up on subtle clues in your body language. 95% of your success is determined before the presentation. Rehearsing minimizes 75% of your nervousness. No one likes to rehearse. Instead, see if you can have a friend or colleague videotape you. Yes, I realize no one likes seeing themselves on video either! Still, the camera will be your most objective ally.2. Once you've fine-tuned your presentation, rehearse and practice in front of family members, colleagues, friends, or a public speaking coach. Ask for honest feedback. What did they like most? What did they think of your energy level, passion and commitment to what you're saying? What do they think could be improved? Also practice in front of a mirror. This will help you rehearse standing up and let you see what needs to be improved. The more you rehearse standing up, and the more familiar you become with your material, the more comfortable you will be with your public speaking. This one tip alone can dramatically improve public speaking skills.3. Put your presentation as a "rough draft" on a micro cassette recorder. Listen to it while you're driving to and from work, picking up the kids, or driving to the supermarket. I know what you're thinking. "I don't like how I sound on audio tape!" I realize that. But this is a convenient way to learn material quickly. Again, where do you sound convincing, passionate and interesting? What parts of your presentation do you think need work? The audio cassette recorder is another objective ally.4. Visualize yourself giving a successful presentation. Better yet, if you know the exact room you'll be speaking in visualize that, too. Olympic athletes practice visualization. It works for public speaking as well.5. To improve public speaking skills, do a dress rehearsal. Before I conduct a keynote speech or breakout session at a conference, I take a peek inside the ballroom. If the room's empty, I'll go in and practice a "dry run." This is something I try to do in full dress rehearsal mode. If the ballroom is being used until morning, I go in that morning.Rehearsing in the exact room will give you an edge in feeling more comfortable and conquering fear of public speaking. This is one of the biggest public speaking secrets of many great public speakers. Guaranteed! If you're usually presenting in small meetings or groups these same techniques work.6. Are your notes and visual aids large enough print that you can see them standing up? Your notes should be "fast food for the eyes." Never read your presentation. You're the presenter. Your audience expects you to be the expert. You want that connection with them. A secret to effective public speaking is bonding with your audience through stories, activities, appropriate humor and understanding their needs ahead of time.7. Stand up when speaking in public. Even if only three people attend, it sends a signal that says, "You're so important that I'm going to stand even for the three of you." According to a University of Minnesota study, when you stand in presenting your ideas, you are more believable, credible and persuasive.8. Stand "center stage" when presenting your most important point. It grabs the audience's attention. The rest of the time you can move around as long as you aren't nervously pacing like a lion. Again, that's where the videotaping helps!Visual Aids and Public Speaking: Less is More9. With public speaking and visual aids, less is more. Don't use more than three or four colors per slide. Otherwise, people start focusing more on color and less on content. Use graphs for sales figures or sets of numbers showing a trend over a period of time. Graphs are pictures that increase retention and comprehension. No more than two or three lines on a graph. Use pie charts for market share, budgets, expenses analysis, income sources and the like.10. Avoid slides with yellow, pink or orange print. They don't show up well. Dark blue, black or any other dark color is better. White is okay with a darker background. Red stands for negatives like "danger," or "warning." Only use red to indicate problems, your competition, stopping or something similar.11. Public speaking and eye contact: Approximately three to five seconds of eye contact per person with a small or medium sized group. Many public speakers make the mistake of using their visual aids AS their presentation. A key point in persuading your audience is establishing connection and credibility.12. What if someone in your audience doesn't like what you have to say because they don't like the product or service you're selling? Or what if you fear public speaking because you often have to deliver bad news? Know and research your audience ahead of time. What will be their biggest objections? THINK AHEAD when planning your presentation how you're going to handle those issues.13. Never lose emotional control. Often, these difficult people are trying to rattle your cage. They want control. And they want it in front of others. What if they continuously discount what you're saying? Tactfully respond to them at first. After a while, say something like, "You bring up a good point, and yet, due to time constraints see me at the break and we'll discuss that privately." Your audience will be looking to see how you handle the situation."When speaking in public, you are your own best visual aid." Colleen Kettenhofen

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US drops marine's Haditha charges

The US marines say they came under fire after a roadside bombingThe US Marine Corps has dropped all charges against one of the eight marines accused in the killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2005.
Sgt Sanick Dela Cruz has been granted immunity in exchange for his testimony, the Marine Corps said in a statement.
Three other marines are charged with unpremeditated murder and four with attempting to cover up the incident.
Iraqi witnesses say the shootings were in retaliation for a roadside bomb that had killed a US marine earlier.
"Charges against [Sgt Dela Cruz] were dismissed on April 2 after the government balanced his low level of culpability in the alleged crime against the potential value of his testimony," the Marine Corps said on Tuesday.
Investigation delayed
Lance Cpl Miguel Terrazas was ripped in half by a bomb that exploded under the marine convoy as it drove through Haditha, 240km (150 miles) north-west of Baghdad, on 19 November 2005.
Defence lawyers for the accused marines have argued that the squad of marines then came under fire from the houses in which the Iraqis died and that they had shot back in self defence.

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The US military at first reported that the Iraqis, among them seven women and three children, had died in the bomb blast and subsequent firefight, but later said that was incorrect.
There was no full US investigation into what happened until three months after the event when video footage taken by a local human rights activist of the aftermath reached Time Magazine.
Once their report showed flaws in the initial marine statement, an investigation began.
Sgt Dela Cruz was charged with unpremeditated murder and making a false report about the incident.
A military judge has yet to decide if there is enough evidence against the remaining seven accused marines to convene a court martial.
If found guilty, the three marines charged with second-degree murder could face life imprisonment.
The Haditha inquiry is just one of a number the US military has been conducting into incidents of alleged unlawful killings by US forces in Iraq.

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Mumbai court to continue hearing into Pramod Mahajan case

A Mumbai sessions court will continue hearing into Pramod Mahajan murder case today.

Earlier, Judge S P Davre had adjourned the hearing, after Pravin Mahajan's wife Sarangi told court that she received death threat allegedly from BJP workers in the court premises.

"It has been happening since the testimony of Rekha Mahajan (Pramod Mahajan's widow)," Sarangi said.

In the beginning of the court case hearing, BJP leader Gopinath Munde had said that Pravin had sent a threatening SMS to the slain leader a few days before purportedly killing him.

Rekha Mahajan had also said that Pravin had allegedly threatened her husband a few days before shooting him, as the senior BJP leader had refused to meet his demand for one crore rupees.

Earlier, the Mumbai Police had submitted a plea before Sessions Judge Abhay Thipsay that they have prima facie material against Pravin.

Pravin was arrested on April 22 after he admitted to firing three shots at Pramod Mahajan at the latter's Poornima building apartment in the Worli area of Central Mumbai following an argument.

Pravin was charged under Sections 302 (murder) and 449 (house trespass) of Indian Penal Code. (ANI)