42 Knock Out

When opportunity knocks you should not be afraid to open the door. That is why the peepholes are so popular. Without being able to see what is on the other side of the door, too many times opportunities are available but they cannot be seen.

Numerous internet business opportunities present themselves every day and unless you can see the chance to become part of something special, you will constantly be on the lookout for a different opportunity that may have already passed you by.

With every opportunity that arises, there is someone willing to take a chance. If you are going to succeed in any business, and in life, you need to take calculated chances (or what some people call risks) to gain real rewards.

If you are not a person who can take a chance, then finding the right opportunity will never come your way, and you will find yourself looking and wishing but never doing.

The internet can be an exciting place in which to do business, but many of the internet business opportunities will involve taking risk.

Business people will tell you that success is an attitude. Others will say that success is a choice.

By having the right, positive attitude you can choose to make your business opportunity grow or you can choose to allow it to fail. However, the first choice you have to make is in taking advantage of the opportunity.

Henry Ford once said: If you think you can succeed, you can, if you think you can’t, you can’t. Either way, you are right. What he is saying is you control your destiny but your outlook.

Not all opportunities are readily identifiable. What may seem like a fleeting thought may actually be a fledgling idea that if nurtured and thought completely through will emerge into an opportunity for growth and success.

There are some online businesses offering people the chance to create their own business, following their model and business plan, which could be considered an opportunity. Robert Kiyosaki says that a business needs a strong system to succeed and with these kinds of opportunities a system is in place. If you follow it, you can replicate the success of others.

But, some folks are reluctant to take them up on the opportunity to own their own business based on their unwillingness to follow someone else’s direction.

Franchises are one of the internet business opportunities that people sometimes shy away from because they will not have complete control over the business. However, a franchise is based on a proven method of doing business and a successful business model. Without the need to re-invent the wheel, you can have a business up and running in short order, or you can go against the grain and attempt to start over from the beginning.

When you see what may be an opportunity, you should study it and do the proper research to make certain it is not one of the many scams online.

Once you have made the determination that the opportunity is genuine and you are willing to exert the energy and put in the time, then it is time to take advantage of the chance to see success.

Imagine where you would be today if the people from Microsoft, Apple or Dell Computers left the door closed to their opportunity. Not only did their lives change based on their actions, so has the lives of everyone with a computer.

Take a chance and start peeping through the security hole at the opportunities out there. You might find success is a mouse click away.

          There are some writers taking very lightly the threat of endangering entrance of another world wide depression. They are of the view that ‘what goes up must come down’. It seems that either they are not aware of the catastrophe and panic of the suspected depression or they are carelessly trying to avoid the worry. Neglecting a problem is no solution. I think, it is due responsibility of thinkers to not only find out the reasons of but also the ways and means to either totally block or at least hamper the entrance of the depression so as to keep the world economies bewared from depression calamity.

          To start finding out the probable reasons of the suspected depression knocking our door we will better recall Lord Keynes who gave the irrefutable logic that depression is always caused on account of a lack of ‘effective demand’. The effective demand comprises of consumption demand and investment demand. Therefore, the lack of effective demand may come about due to the lack of either the consumption demand or the investment demand or both. Hence, to increase effective demand the consumption demand or the investment demand or both should be increased.

          TO INCREASE CONSUMPTION DEMAND According to Keynes, “The fundamental psychological law upon which we are entitled to depend with great confidence both a priory from our knowledge of human nature and from the detailed facts of experience is that men are disposed, as a rule and on the average, to increase their consumption as their income increases, but not by as much as the increase in their income”. Keynes further contends that consumption expenditure is a function of the absolute current income.

          That is, Ct = f(Yt)                                ————–(1)

          This functional relationship between consumption and income needs further clarification as regards to the concept of income. According to Gardner Ackley, in the absence of some reasonable theoretical basis regarding the dependence of money value of consumption expenditure upon the money value of income, it may well be continued to assume that real income determines real consumption to the extent that income determines consumption. Moreover, Lawrence Klien and J. Margolis, on the basis of their empirical study, held that the consumption expenditure is determined by disposable income more correctly than by total earnings. It was further resolved and concluded that the consumption expenditure (hereinafter referred to as consumption) of an economy is a function of its current real absolute disposable income (hereinafter referred to as income).

           The algebraic form of the consumption function (1) above depends upon the nature of consumption curve. It may be linear or non-linear as depending upon the consumption behaviour of the people throughout the variation in income. J. Powelson advocates that it is generally preferred to lay emphasis on linear form of consumption function on account of the fact that it requires rather less detailed and less accurate knowledge of the people’s spending reactions and, moreover, that in short term analysis the linearity and the non-linearity of the consumption function make insignificant difference in the results. That is why Keynes also used the linear form of consumption function in his analysis. Obviously the economists, preferring linear form of consumption function, remained confined to the analysis of the problem of income-consumption relationship for a short term of the order of making insignificant change in the parameters of the economy. But, in the later half of the twentieth century, economic analysis of such a short term has lost its importance since the adoption of economic planning. The economic analysis for a full plan period is most desirable in a planned economy. A single plan period, being generally of the order of five to ten years, is sufficient enough to experience a significant change in the parameters of the economy, especially in case of a developing economy where the entire socio-economic setup is being changed fast on account of rapid economic development through development plans. Therefore, irrespective of the term of analysis either being short to the order of a single plan period or being long enough, the nature or shape of consumption curve must be analogous to the empirical studies and widely acceptable principle of expenditure behaviour of the people.

          If the income is increased successively, the consumption decision out of every successive increase in the level of income will determine the ‘marginal propensity to consume’ of the economy. Thus marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is the sole determinant of the true locus of the consumption curve. Therefore, the true shape and nature of the consumption curve will be arrived at by studying the behaviour of MPC throughout the increase in income. As widely accepted, MPC goes on declining at higher levels of income and approaches to zero at a very high level of income where all available consumption goods are included in the consumption schedule in a way that it gives maximum possible satisfaction to the people. Hence, assuming that consumption is never zero at zero level of income, the consumption curve must attain the form of a curve representing an exponential consumption function as given below.

                                 -wY

          C = Ca + m(1- e          )                      ————–(2)

          Where, Ca is autonomous consumption or the minimum consumption. ‘m’ and ‘w’ are constants, i.e. parameters of the function.

           In the above function, ‘m’ determines the maximum level to which consumption approaches when income approaches to such a high level where MPC approaches to zero and the people attain maximum possible satisfaction from the available consumption goods. This level of consumption corresponds to such a level of income where not the income but other factors like tastes, habits, fashion, traditions, technology etc. prevent the consumption from increasing. These factors are determined by the entire social, political and religious way of living of the people. Hence, ‘m’ can be regarded as Marxian ‘mode’ of production.

          As regards to ‘w’, it contributes to determine slope of the consumption curve within the given range from C = Ca to C = Ca + m. The slope of consumption curve represents MPC and, thence, determines the extent of increase in consumption in response to a unit increase in income (or the rate of change in consumption in response to change in income). This rate of change in consumption, i.e. MPC, depends upon the distribution of income and the conspicuity factors like pride, avarice etc. The distribution of income and the conspicuity factors are both largely determined by class structure of the community. Hence, ‘w’ can be regarded as Marxian ‘relations’ of production.

           From the consumption function (2) above, MPC comes out to be as under.

                                       -wY 

          MPC = dc/dy = mwe                         ——————(3)

          If MPC, as expressed in (3), is made use of in the formula pertaining to Keynesian ‘multiplier (K), the modified multiplier formula comes out to become as under.

                                -wY

          K = 1/(1 – mwe       )                          —————-(4)

          The modified multiplier formula, as derived above, algebraically prove Keynesian assertion that at higher levels of income the magnitude of multiplier (K) declines whereby, (at higher levels of income) higher doses of investment are required to produce same increase in income. Moreover, at high levels of income, where MPC approaches to zero and ‘K’ thence approaches to unity, the multiplier becomes ineffective making the economy stagnated. To bring about further economic growth, at this stage, the magnitude of multiplier ‘K’ is to be made significantly greater than unity by raising MPC to some positive value. This type of a change in MPC and hence in ‘K’ is possible through either raising the value of ‘m’ or decreasing the value of ‘w’ or both as evident from the expression (3) defining MPC. The value of ‘m’ can be raised by introducing new items in the consumption schedule along with some quality improvement in the existing items. Similarly, the value of ‘w’ can be decreased by mitigating the inequalities in income distribution. In developed economies the conspicuity factors are insignificant. Therefore, the mitigation of income distribution inequalities in developed economy has lesser bearing on increasing MPC than that in developing economies where the income distribution is considerably unequal.

           As regards to the present depressive situation in the world economies, the developed economies too are suffering from considerable level of inequalities in income distribution. Therefore, introducing new consumption items, improving quality of existing items and making income distribution more equal will help to increase consumption demand almost equally in both the developed and the developing economies.

TO INCREASE INVESTMENT DEMAND

           The situation pertaining to induced (productive) investment at present is different in the developing and the developed economies. The developed economies are characterized by more than the desired level of productive investment while the developing economies are still suffering from persistent lack of total investment. Therefore, the developed economies need only to preserve the existing productive investment in the present depressive situation. It can well be done by raising the purchasing power of the middle income group (the dominating group in the consumption goods market) through the measures as suggested for increasing consumption hereinabove. Moreover, the easy consumer loans either free of interest or at an insignificant rate of interest and restriction on speculation (both commodity speculation and non-commodity speculation) activities would be proved most helpful as instant weapons to preserve the existing productive investment. As regards to the developing economies, in the situation of economic depression these economies need not only to preserve the existing productive investment but also to increase it. The Keynesian assertion that ‘induced (productive) investment depends upon the excess of Marginal Efficiency of Capital (the rate of profit earning on investment) over the prevailing rate of interest’ always holds good. Therefore, the developing economies apart from increasing consumption demand as suggested above also have to bring interest rates significantly lower and to increase the ‘Marginal Efficiency of Capital’ (the rate of profit earning on investment) to fight against depression. Among various ways and means of lowering the interest rate the restriction on speculation will help very much in the developing economies because they are always short of capital and the liquidity engaged in speculation not only makes a dent on the supply of capital but also makes the interest rate high.

          Moreover the steps taken to mitigate the inequalities of income distribution diverts a part of the flow of income from high income group (the group having insignificant MPC) to the middle income group (the group having high MPC) whereby not only the consumption demand will improve but the magnitude of the multiplier ‘K’ also will attain the value more than unity and become effective in raising income, employment and induced investment.

CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS

          The above discussion makes amply clear that the situation of world wide depressive economic trend emerging on account of unequal income distribution, large amount of liquidity engaged in speculation activities and saturation in induced investment can well be faced by taking following steps.

          1. The income of the middle income group and the low income group should be preserved against unemployment.

          2. The inequality of income distribution should be alleviated fast so as to divert a considerable portion of income of the high income group towards the middle income group and the low income group.

          3. A wide range of consumer loans at negligible interest rate or interest free should be floated in the market.

          4. Government should make its expenditure concentrating on the external economies to the existing production units.

          5. Government expenditure (autonomous investment) for attracting new induced (productive) investment should be stopped.

          6. A subsidy scheme for the consumption goods should be launched in a way that consumption goods pertaining to high income group may become under the reach of middle income group and consumption goods pertaining to middle income group may become under the reach of low income group.

          7. Flow of funds towards trade & commerce enhancement should be restricted.

          8. Speculation activities, especially the non-commodity speculation activities should be stopped.

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The bottom line of any business is how much profit you got from your investment. At the end of the day, what drive a business to operate are the profits.

Indeed, every business, whether it is a small one or part of the Fortune 500 list, needs to consider profit to stimulate the drive for a successful and effective performance. Be it in any process within the business – e.g. marketing campaigns such as business card printing, manufacturing the product, empowering the employees – the profit will help your business to strive to achieve its goal.

However, profit does not just get to your doorstep at once. Just because you have started your own small business, you expect that tomorrow you will have your profit. That is not the way it works. Profit is something that you constantly seek and work for. It is something that keeps you from lying back and waiting for it to come in. It is the very thing that keeps you working diligently night and day.

When looking for profit, you need to know three things to get you your bottom line:

Where does your profit come from?
Profit does not come from just waiting around your office and hoping that it will knock on your door soon. Profit comes from doing the basic functions of your business efficiently and effectively. And mind you, each of the basic functions in your business is a potential area for profit to come in. The bottom line is to make or save money in each core area to increase your potential to succeed.

Marketing is one area where you can open doors for profit. Using strategies such as business card printing or online business card printing can help you increase your client base. In fact, your business card printing can help you identify your database, as well as help you be recognized and remembered by your target market. Your marketing campaign is a core area that can help you identify how you can solve a problem of your target market. When you are able to, your level of revenue from your marketing and sales efforts can double your opportunities for profit.

How do you get your profit?
How much you get for profit depends on what action you put into your business. This means having actions and steps done to make sure your get your ROIs for your business. What actions did you take to ensure that your products get recognized? All of this can be seen then in your profit plan, which you should have for each of your basic function areas. Without it, you will have a very hard time to control where you get your income from.

How do you know if you have a profit?
It is in the numbers. The numbers speak for itself. You therefore must be able to keep track of the numbers that result from each and every action you make.

The point: your profit may not be at your door instantly. But working hard and diligently, understanding your profit, having your profit plans, and tracking it can get you your profit at your door. It may even want to stay inside your small business if you do it right.

If your debts get to the stage where a bailiff comes knocking at your door to seize goods, it can be a very distressing experience. However, if you know your rights and the law beforehand, this can alleviate some of the stress and make the situation much more manageable.

This guide to the regulations on bailiffs refers to England and Wales only.

What is a bailiff?

First of all, back to basics – what is a bailiff? A bailiff is someone who collects a debt on behalf of someone to whom you owe money (a creditor).

There are different types of bailiffs – county court, certified and private. County court bailiffs are employed by the local authority, certified bailiffs are employed by a private debt collection company but have provided references to the local authority to confirm their suitability to work as bailiffs.

All types of bailiff must adhere to the same general regulations, although some have more power than others to collect debts.

When is a bailiff authorised to enter your house?

A bailiff might be employed to collect debts such as magistrates court fines, county court judgements, unpaid council tax, outstanding child support or maintenance, or overdue rent.

Legal authority must be granted by the court to permit a bailiff to enter your house. There are different terms for the authority depending on the type of debt. For county court judgements, a warrant of execution is required. Other types are a liability order or a distress warrant for unpaid fines, council tax or maintenance from the magistrates court.

Sometimes creditors (or the debt collection agencies working on their behalf) may send representatives as ‘counsellors’, ‘advisors’ or ‘collectors’ to negotiate the repayment of the debt with you. These people are not bailiffs and they have no right to enter your home or seize any goods.

Ask the bailiff for identification and for their warrant to enter your house – they must provide these if you request to see them.

You will be given at least seven or 14 days’ notice of the bailiff’s visit, depending on the type of warrant granted. However, you could receive a visit at any time of day – there are no regulations as to when bailiffs must call (except for those collecting rent, who must call between dawn and dusk).

A bailiff can’t enter your house if the only person present is under 18m, and they can’t enter at all if there’s a child under 12 in the house, even if there’s an adult present.

Do you have to let them in?

Under most circumstances, bailiffs are not allowed gain entry to your house by force. Either you must invite them into your home, or they can come in through an unlocked door or open window. They’re allowed to climb over walls, gates and fences to get to your property, but they’re not allowed to knock them down. And they can’t force their way past you if you answer the door.

As a result of these restrictions, bailiffs often employ other methods to enter your house peacefully. They may ask you to take pity on them and let them inside if it’s raining, or they may request to use your phone to speak to the creditor or debt collection agency. They may also bring along police officers if they believe there may be a disturbance, which can be very intimidating. However, you don’t have to agree to any of these – even if the police are present.

What will the bailiffs do if you let them in?

If a bailiff gains entry to your house by peaceful means, they can then take goods belonging to the person named on the warrant to cover the cost of the debt if the person can’t pay by other means. It can be difficult to prove who owns the goods, but the onus is on you. Normally the bailiff will be able to take the goods and it is up to you afterwards to provide evidence of ownership if they do not belong to you.

When inside, bailiffs are allowed to break down locked doors or cupboards, and after you’ve allowed them into your house once, they have the right to enter again with or without your permission – and they can even break a door or window to do so.

You have no right to forcibly remove a bailiff from your property after they have entered and you could be charged with assault if you do.

What goods can a bailiff take?

There are some restrictions as to what items a bailiff is allowed to remove from your property. Only non-essential items can be seized to cover the debt, i.e. they must not take items that you need for basic living, such as a cooker, a fridge, a bed, clothing or equipment or vehicles that you need to carry out your job. However, they’re entitled to take items such as a microwave oven, a hi-fi, a DVD player or a second television set, as these are considered luxuries rather than essentials.

To express their intention as to what goods they will take, the bailiff will either put a note on them, touch them, point at them or tell you. This is known as levying distress upon goods.

They’re most likely to take the items away immediately, although they could leave someone to guard them until they are able to collect them.

Can you hide goods in advance of a bailiff visit?

Unless your debt is rent arrears, it’s not illegal to hide goods or take them away from your house before the bailiff comes. However, if the bailiff obtains peaceful entry to your house and suspects you have hidden goods, they may return unexpectedly to look for the items they believe you have hidden.

Is there a charge for a bailiff visit?

You will be charged a fee every time a bailiff has to come to your house. The bailiffs will also charge for removing, storing and selling your goods, which is likely to be done at auction. And your items won’t be likely to fetch a good price at auction. They normally only sell for around 10% of their original value. So even if your debt is only £100, the bailiffs will be entitled to seize goods up to the value of £1,000 to cover the debt.

Are there any alternatives to losing your goods?

One solution that will allow you to keep the goods in your house is a walking possession order, in which the bailiff owns the seized goods but allows you to keep and use them as long as you stick to your part of an agreed repayment plan.

In order to seize goods for a walking possession order, the bailiff must gain peaceful entry into your house. One trick that some bailiffs may have up their sleeve is to make a list of goods that they have seen through a window and then post the order through the letterbox. You should not sign any order that has been taken out in this way.

Walking possession orders are subject to a fee – you will be charged daily for as long as it is in place.

Another potential solution is to attempt to negotiate – although this will probably only be effective at earlier stages of the debt recovery process, before the bailiff’s visit. You’re more likely to be able to come to a manageable agreement with your creditor if you keep communicating with them so that they understand your situation, rather than ignoring the repayment demands they send. As soon as you get notice of a bailiff visit, start negotiations with the creditor or debt collection agency immediately to try to agree on repayments and persuade them to cancel the bailiff’s warrant.

For advice on how to deal with your debt and bailiff visits, contact your local Citizen’s Advice Bureau.

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKING

You could be thinking the bells are tolling for you, but in truth it could be opportunity knocking at your door. It’s just a question of perspective. Things aren’t going too well at work. You think, or rather, you know it’s just a matter of time before you might get laid off. What are you going to do about it? Many successful people have started their own businesses when they’ve lost their jobs. And they’ve succeeded beyond their wildest expectations. Failure, for them, was a stepping-stone to success.

Entrepreneurs are in control of their own destinies. They are not dependent on their bosses to keep their jobs.
If you have a yen for business, find a niche to cater to. Once you find your market, the rest of it gets a lot easier.
If you have a finger on the pulse of the market, nothing is going to stop you from succeeding.
Successful business people say it’s only the initial fear that is difficult to overcome. It’s a lot easier to strike out on one’s own than is commonly supposed.
When it’s your own business, you can work with your best skills. Capitalise on your talents.
Since many big corporate houses have started outsourcing their needs, there is more opportunity for entrepreneurs to come into their own.
No matter which industry you aspire to enter, make sure you do your homework properly. Research and homework are critical for any business.

Advise to communicate your Vocational Guidance Officer of your local Employment Department.

So much of your success is dependent on your ability to recognize that opportunities are all around you. If you only recognized it you would realize the huge potential you have in front of you. Many people ask me how to recognize an opportunity when it’s truly right there in front of their own eyes!

You know, opportunity doesn’t usually come along and BANG on your door…or a streak of LIGHTNING comes flashing down at you from the sky. Frankly, it will just come creeping up to you one lovely day, totally unannounced and take you completely by surprise…so much so you didn’t even notice its presence. Does that sound too philosophical? Nah…I think its right on target!

Just think of different situations that you handled or failed to handle…or even failed to perceive that they even existed…until it was too late…and the parade passed you by!. By way of example, how many times have you met someone for the first time and you didn’t even leave your business card with them; or the chance to attend a convention or a seminar and you didn’t attend?

Well, in my opinion, these were golden opportunities that you failed to recognize.

I’m sure, that you can make a long list of such instances when opportunity knocked at your door and you didn’t even care to let it in! Knock knock…

The failure in recognizing an opportunity happens when we have not evolved ourselves to that level…of awareness. It’s like a child who cannot obviously understand things beyond their age.

Unless we work towards the achievements, towards the “awareness”, we will never be able to reach that maturity level to discern and distinguish different business situations that are in our presence.

But a smart “aware” entrepreneur, who by just talking to a person, can figure out the possible advantages or even disadvantages of doing business with that person. With his continuous efforts to make the best use of every instance, he develops a clear understanding of what is an opportunity and what is not. I like to call this “clear discernment”. It’s all about awareness and being open and receptive to every day opportunities and what’s around you.

I advise you all to have a good look around. Wherever you are, whatever your circumstances, you will find enough profitable situations, where opportunity abounds…only you have to recognize them. You have to be aware of them, that they even exist.

There’s a wonderful story I read about a Marketing Manager of a Japanese noodles company, who around 25 years ago went to study the market potential of noodles as a product for India. He, together with his team, carried out quite an extensive survey in a particular region in India by talking to people about their eating habits. To his dismay, his research concluded that the people of that region preferred only their regular staple foods and disliked anything other than that.

The frustrated Marketing Manager called up his CEO in Japan and said, “Boss, I’m so sorry to disappoint you, but I think we’ll have to dump the whole idea of launching our product in India. People just don’t like foreign food here!”

To that the CEO said, “Wow! We have a golden opportunity there! If people in that part of the world, don’t even know what noodles are, we would be the first ones to tell them!”

The Manager thought probably his boss had gone crazy, but little did he realize, noodles was going to bring a revolution in the eating habits of millions of Indians with a slew of foreign companies starting their operations one after the other. Today noodles are a part of the Indian food and families have accepted this once-a-foreign-food as an integral part of their daily food intake.

Well, the CEO sure had an evolved thinking! Don’t you think? He was shrewdly able to recognize the huge opportunity; he opened a whole new opportunity for more foreign companies that established their “unacceptable” products in India over the years.

My friends, it’s all in the way you look at it. What seems like a mere difficult situation to you could actually be an extraordinary chance for another person. But if you are evolved in your perception, I am sure you would not fail to welcome any advantageous business situation you come across.

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“I always do things the hard way.” I could not believe my ears when these words came out of my own mouth while I was talking to someone recently about a project I was working on. After I mentally said “Cancel that, cancel that,” I realized that it was time to get down to the bottom of this belief that was certainly not how I want to live my life.

The first thing I noticed is that working “hard” is not only a way of acting; it is also a way of being. It is as if there is a club with card-carrying members who are inordinately proud of the fact that they work harder, work longer and work faster than everyone else. These hard-working members push and shove and overcome hardship in order to achieve the outcome that they want. But what if there is a shorter, easier way? Would they be willing to shed their do-or-die persona long enough to slow down and look for it?

Then there is the “price you have to pay.” That hefty price very often includes long, tedious hours; missing out on family time; not going on vacations; and being unable to enjoy the things you would really rather be doing. But like Goldilocks deliberating over her porridge, how can you tell if the price is too high, too low or just right?

And what about the old “I’ve learned everything I know on my own—through the ‘School of Hard Knocks.’” In other words, knowledge and expertise are acquired through heartbreaking failures, humiliating mistakes and hard decisions. Do you really need a master’s degree from the University of Adversity to achieve the life of your dreams?

All of these questions are easily answered when you shed a little light on them; when you let them bask in the illumination of imagination, insight and intuition and then take inspired action. Let your imagination do the walking when you are facing a challenge. Spend some time in solitude and silence and visualize the outcome the way you would like it to be; and if you don’t know what that is, imagine the best possible solution for all involved. Then be open to the insightful knowledge and intuitive knowings that will guide you to take just the right steps to what you want.

Why do we always assume that the price tag for what we long for is too high and out of reach? Just think, the cost could merely be a contemplative walk on the beach, where the solution to a challenge suddenly “pops” into your head. Or when you’re taking a shower after spending a fun-filled day with the kids, and a new way to finance your business presents itself to you. Or as you are joyfully engaged in a hobby that you love and you get an idea for a fantastic new product using your current inventory of parts and materials. Insight is an inside job, but you don’t always have to be meditating like a monk to get it.

And, yes, everyone makes mistakes and experiences failures from time to time, but it’s how we see those events that make all the difference between giving up and dreaming on. It’s in the contrasts that we can fine-tune our heart’s desires. How can you know what you truly want if you haven’t explored it in your mind—your imagination—from all angles? The trick is not to dwell on what you do not want, just acknowledge it, and keep your spirits up and your vibrations high and go on to benefit from the insight and intuition that will assist you in allowing your dreams to come true.

And don’t forget, when it comes to hard knocks, school’s out when you let the light—imagination, insight and intuition—in.

When engine knocking is detected the knock sensor sends electrical signal to the ECU. Directionally as the compression ratio of the engine increases so does the required octane number of the gasoline if engine knocking is to be avoided. Engine knocking is in fact a pulse detonation and we all known what that can do an engine. Thus, the likelihood to engine knocking is reduced and the engine runs more smoothly. Engine knocking is the premature fuel combustion that can result in power loss of the engine. Engine knocking is compression detonation or pre-ignition of fuel in the power stroke of the engine. Engine knocking is normal for 4-stroke bike.

If you have an older car or a high performance car, you may need a higher octane gasoline to help prevent engine knocking and improve engine performance. In order to prevent engine knocking at high rpm’s, NGK’s high-spark #7 platinums are used. Before leaded gasolines were removed from the market, bromine was used in an additive to help prevent engine “knocking”. Motor mount also help prevent or at least minimize engine knocking. There was a need for improvement in the refining process for fuels that would prevent engine knocking and increase engine efficiency. This prevent engine knocking which is very common at the time of a transmission kick down. MMT is a fuel additive, which is mixed with petrol in order to prevent engine knocking. Has been used in gasoline to prevent engine knocking. Lead was originally added to prevent engine knocking. The lead compound TETRAETHEL LEAD was added to gasoline to prevent engine “knocking”.

If anything, high octane gas will help reduce engine knocking in most cars (assuming your car’s manual says it’s okay to use such a gas). Replace Air Filter – Dirty filter can reduce fuel economy by 10% or more. Ethanol in unleaded gasoline helps reduce carbon monoxide emissions by as much as 30 percent. It is oxygen-bearing additive used to reduce engine knocking and assist gasoline burn more cleanly. An antiknock agent is a gasoline additive used to reduce engine knocking and increase the fuel’s octane rating. Thereafter, the engine performance will peak and emission will reduce. Lead has also been added to gasoline to reduce engine knocking. Standard Oil began adding ethanol to gasoline to increase octane and reduce engine knocking. Lead, in the form of tetra-methyl lead or tetra-ethyl lead, is added to petrol to increase its octane rating to reduce engine knocking. Some manganese compounds have been added to gasoline to boost octane rating and reduce engine knocking.

When engine knocking is detected the knock sensor sends electrical signal to the ECU. Engine knocking is in fact a pulse detonation and we all known what that can do an engine. Thus, the likelihood to engine knocking is reduced and the engine runs more smoothly. Directionally as the compression ratio of the engine increases so does the required octane number of the gasoline if engine knocking is to be avoided.

When you think of marketing, there are thousands of advertising options available. I used to own a franchise that centered around marketing to new movers with a direct mail package. As I reflect on those days and prices, I have no idea how new business owners quite afforded my contract, but many did. Now a days, I work in a local family business, and just like you, we take marketing very seriously. Sometimes it’s like we’re swimming with the sharks – and we’re shark bait. Our major competitors are on the radio, local television, buying Google Ads, you name it. When you’re building up from nothing to noteworthy, so long as you can afford to do so, I’d recommend all the above.

However, if you’re anything like our business, you don’t own a gold mine. Money has a limit, and you still have to eat at the end of the day. Our solution was pretty low-tech, though we have a Google Ads campaign and a pretty well-designed website. We get 98% of our customers from a low-tech solution that has been proven throughout the history of business. Cavemen used this method to promote their dried T-Rex jerky stands (don’t bother looking that up). As you may have guessed, the low-tech solution that’s so often overlooked is door knocking.

Before you shake your head at it, get your mind around the fact that there are churches that are quite successful at promoting themselves this way. This isn’t meant as an endorsement or criticism of those groups, but it shows at least that the method works. What you may not realize is that your competitors may already be out there on the street door knocking, grabbing your future customers from right underneath your nose. If you own any type of delivery service, or lawn care, or other residential maintenance service, then door knocking simply makes tactical sense. You can consolidate your routes and growth for greater efficiency.

There is no cheaper way I know to target market for your business. If you can’t get out there and spend a couple of hours a day building your business, then you should really consider paying someone to do it for you. I’d recommend perfecting your “elevator speech” before you do so. You want your team going out there armed with the ability to always be closing, to ask for the sale about 3-5 times, and to overcome objections with a possible “puppy dog close” (”risk-free trial”). Do your homework and ask yourself: why would these people want to switch to me, or use me instead of the other guys? What benefits to the customer can you sell at their door step? Can you give them an incentive to use you immediately or sooner rather than later? Introductory offers work really well. Don’t be afraid to win someone’s business.

Unlike other marketing methods, you can really go after your target market door knocking. Target areas like golf courses, higher income developments, and custom homes. Before you launch your door knocking campaign, be sure you check with local authorities to make sure you have proper licenses if needed. Also be sure to respect the “No Solicitor” signs. Keep good records, too, of homes for sale: you’ll hit these when they finally do sell. Get to these new movers first, and you may win a long-term, loyal customer. Don’t be afraid to give door knocking a shot, because unlike other ad campaigns, your costs are minimal. Try it out for six months, and weigh the benefits and steady growth against your other campaigns. If you get really good, train others to do it for or with you. If you aren’t any good, get a coach or hire a pro. Growing your business is definitely worth it.

MMA gladiators circling the eight sided ring, searching for the shot, and, WHAM, somebody is knocked out. The price of the ticket, the roaring crowd, they are all worth it if you can see a good knock out. What most people don’t realize is that a good knock out, with a little practice, is actually easy to do.

More than three decades ago, in Kang Duk Won Karate my instructor explained that A tight fist is a heavy fist. Man, that was a stunner info that was worth it! Just curl the fingers together, fix them in place with a thick thumb, and, zingo bingo, you have yourself an stone shattering fist.

The trick, of course, is to be relaxed before, and to be relaxed after. This is the concept of focus, and it is vital to a good, knock out punch. Hard to do it the way they wrap hands and put them in gloves these days, but there it is.

imagine it like this, a radar station is scanning the open skies for incoming targets, it is scanning, and what would happen if the radar screen suddenly filled up with static? The radar operator wouldn’t be able to find the incoming targets for all the static. So when you make yourself loose and empty, and make your fist totally relaxed, you are trying to get rid of the static, make it so you can see what is going on around you.

Then, your perceptions picking up the flight of fist, the anger, the very intention of the attacker, your fist will move faster because it is empty, and it will hit harder when it becomes tight. Muscular tension will not slow down your fist, and it will fly fast and, your radar not being blind, will better hit the target. The moment of impact your fist tightens, and that increases the mass and weight of the fist, making it hard enough to knock somebody out.

So there are two things a fighter in the UFC ring, or just a guy out on the mean streets must do if he is going to have real knock out power. The first thing to be done is to be loosey goosey empty, not trapped because of his own muscular tension. This frees the inner radar to find those incoming targets, and enables the MMA fighter to move faster because he does not think of himself as heavy.

The second thing is to make the fist tight when it hits, and loosen it immediately afterwards. This is real nanosecond stuff here, but it really works. The energy comes to bear, the power focuses, and that which was empty and quick suddenly becomes full and heavy.

If you are an Mixed Martial Arts fighter in the UFC or strikeforce, or even just a guy who likes watching it on the tube, think about the physics I have described here, and figure out how to use them. Empty/full is actually a well worn concept from traditional Karate, and it is used extensively in the ancient Shaolin types of kung fu like or Choy Lee Fut or Hung Gar. Emptiness and focus, these are the keys that will lay them out and close their eyes!