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Personal Development Tools
August 30th, 2010 
jvremec
Posted in Positive Mindset 
Tags: Development, developmental cell, developmental milestones, developmentally appropriate practice, personal checks, personalization mall, tools for the pro, tools for working wood, tools r us, toolshed.down.net
Secondary Foreign Language teachers: What is your personal philosophy of education?
How would your classroom management plan reflect accountability, responsibility and character development? What tools to you use to measure student achivement and their satisfaction? How do you see technology as aiding your instructional program? How do you structure your classroom to increase achievement for all students?
Classroom management consists in nothing else but care, love, and friendship of all your students. Tools: your personality development, good preparation and your creativity in teaching.
Group sharing is also praiseworthy and your personal experience in life will surely enrich your students. The use of technology is excellent if you use them properly and with discretion to avoid exaggeration. Make them feel that you love them all and let them form a good study habit at all times and let them refer to the pamphlet entitled, “How to Study Effectively”.
Where to find hot topics and keywords for adsense ?
My idea is to create a website and to write articles on HR & skills & personal development.
Also, i want to run adsense on it.
Do you think it is a viable idea (i consider viable something like 15$ per article) and where can i find a good tool for generating good keywords. Although the trial version of wordtracker gives some insights, it looks like words with high KEI are very ‘niche’ oriented. Any other tools and techniques that help to spot a trend will be appreciated.
Chasing high paying keywords with Adsense is not a surefire way to earn 4 digits or more from the program.
You may chose a keyword that pays $100+ per click in Adwords such as mesothelioma – but if you find your site being SMARTPRICED, you can find that the click price this keyword brings to your site is mere pennies, nowhere near the expected “high price” of the keyword. No one knows how smartpricing actually works. But it can affect the pricing of the ads on your site. If the advertiser paid for $0.50/click – but your site is smartpriced – then the cost may be discounted lower (e.g. $0.25). So you may try to develop a site based on high paying keywords but if smartpricing gets to you, then you may not get as much per click as what you are expecting from your keywords.
A better approach is to find keywords that:
- Attracts people to spend money such as mortgage, investing, business opportunity, etc.
- Develop content where the ads perfectly complement the content of your site — e.g. your content provides information on how to get mortgage while the ads show mortgage lenders and providers
- Diversify the keywords of your site – multi topic sites are more immune to the ups and swings of bidding for a particular keyword.
You need to constantly think how your content can beat Adsense’s smartpricing.
If self help is just the same old material, why don’t the authors sue one another for copyright violations?
This might seem a bit odd, but I have often wondered, with the almost identical nature of various recent and time-tested self-improvement materials out there, why haven’t self-help authors, motivational speakers, or even Scientology sued one another to pieces over Intellectual property or copyright violations, et cetera? Does this mean anyone can all but mimick Joe Guru’s latest / greatest book or technique without fear of legal repercussion?
I understand that it is commonly accepted knowledge that very few truly “novel” concepts emerge in personal development tools. The question is, with the exception of the recent lawsuit over “The Secret”, why is it that such similar materials like self-help books do not violate some legal scenario?
Most thorough reply wins. Many thanks.
The copyright is not for the “idea” but rather the written expression of that. If someone explains a concept using different terms to make it more understandable, that is not an infringement. you are probably right in thinking that one book may inspire others to write on the same subject matter. methods of doing things may get patent protection if truly novel, but anyone can write about or comment on the methods without infringement.
according to leading anthropologists, what evolutionary process created strong heterosexual personal bonds bet?
according to leading anthropologists, what evolutionary process created strong heterosexual personal bonds between early human social groups?
Tool making skills of hunters?
Brain size and shoulder strength of the men?
Development of a monthly menses instead of an annual reproductive season for women to become pregnant?
Early humans across time cared little for one another?
None of the above.
The ability of the female to be sexually receptive even when not fertile. This would include post-menopausal women.
The current problem in this area of research is the bending of data to support a biased preconception.
You must understand that humans have no reliable method of understanding human behavior of 50,000 years ago (or more). Studies on so called primitive peoples and other primates may give us some insight but are not direct evidence.
The importance of human emotions cannot be understated, yet, there is little direct data on the development of emotions in human beings.
What is the difference, if any, between Buddhist dharma practice and Taoism?
I’ve been using the noble eightfold path of Buddhism as a tool for personal development, but for me Taoism seems to provide a more holistic explanation of existence and a better perspective than Buddhist metaphysics (karma, nirvana, reincarnation, etc.). When stripped of all mysticism, are the path and the Way, in essence, pointing to the same thing (cessation of suffering)? Or are they completely different views and I’m just missing something?
Both Taoism and Buddhism share one important quality in common: Both are practice traditions, rather than faith traditions. Both emphasize *doing* rather than believing.
Many Buddhists, particularly those in the Mahayana tradition, also practice some form of Taoist energy work – certain breathing or energy exercises.
In Buddhism, especially in Mahayana Buddhism, we practice in order to attain enlightenment and help all beings become free from suffering.
While Taoism is a more amorphous tradition than Buddhism, the general aim of Taoist practice is more self-centered, with focuses on longevity, health, personal harmony with circumstances, and simplicity.
This is an important distinction between the two: Taoism contains no concept of the Great Bodhisattva Way – practicing to help all suffering beings. From a Buddhist perspective, this is fundamental.
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Although Taoism and Buddhism are distinct spiritual traditions, they meet at one point: Zen Buddhism (Ch’an).
When Buddhism was first introduced to China in the 1st century CE, the Chinese referred to it as “Indian Taoism” because of the apparent strong affinity between the two traditions.
Taoists took the Buddhist concept of emptiness to mean the same thing as the Taoist notion emptiness.
This turned out to be an error, since the Taoist notion of emptiness refers to qualities such as restraint, patience, frugality, simplicity, and lack of worldly desire; in Buddhism, emptiness refers to the never ceasing flux of each thing in the universe.
Probably the two most important Taoist concepts to influence the development of Zen Buddhism are:
- “Wu wei,” or ‘not doing.’ In Taoism, this doesn’t literally mean passivity. It means acting in accord with a situation. Zen internalized this concept as “correct function” — perceiving how to function correctly, from moment to moment. However, in Zen correct function means acting for the benefit of all beings (bodhisattva action) — a concept that exists in Taoism but is not central.
- “Pu,” or ‘natural state.’ Taoist training cultivated “pu,” a mental state not confused by thinking, ideas of right/wrong, good/bad, beautiful/or ugly — just pure awareness. This concept first appears in the Zen tradition through the writings of the 3rd Zen patriarch, Seng-Ts’an, who wrote, “The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. If you wish to see the truth then hold no opinions for or against anything.”
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There are 5 types of mind training used in Zen meditation. This link gives you a description of each type of training: http://kwanumzen.org/practice/sitting.html#techniques
There are many types of mind and body training used in Taoist meditation, including both sitting and movement meditations.
Taoist sitting meditation often includes a combination of special breathing techniques and visualizations that produce certain energetic results.
Taoist moving meditation includes tai chi and qi gong practices to heal the bodies energy pathways and cultivate certain healthful energy states.
This link describes many of the types of meditation techniques used in Taoist practice: http://taoism.about.com/od/meditation/Meditation.htm
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I know this is a long answer, but since you have asked a sincere question, perhaps it will benefit you. Best wishes on your path!