Would Oprah Make a Good Senator?

What do you think of Oprah being appointed President Obama’s old senate seat?

On the first day of Blagojevich’s impeachment  trial for conspiracy and bribery charges, Blagojevich announces that he’s considering nominating Oprah Winfrey to fill the empty U.S. Senate seat left by President Barack Obama. Is there anything else he could do to draw more attention to himself than that?

In an article on USA Today,  we read that: 

 ”She was obviously someone with a much broader bully pulpit than other senators,” Blagojevich said. But the Democrat said appointing Winfrey might have been perceived as a gimmick — and that Winfrey probably would not have accepted the appointment anyway.”

What was Oprah’s response?

Oprah said that she was pretty amused by the whole thing and that she would have fallen off her treadmill if she had been working out on it.

She is definitely, not interested.

CNN conducted a phone in survery and here is what several people said:

James from Brooklyn, New York,  says that Oprah may not be bi-partisan. Her opinions may not reflect the opinions of the rest of the country.

Sharese from Seattle, Washington says that she would be the perfect Senator because she understands poverty, she’s totally involved in the community and she can definitely handle it.

Larry, from Louisian said that Blagojevich is a cynical and evil person and that by considering Oprah as a Senator because he ultimatley wants someone in the position to help him get his own way.

What do you think?

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Management Recruiters Shine in Utah

Management Recruiters of Salt Lake City was recently listed in Utah Business Magazine, as one of the best places to work in Utah. With so many companies watching out for their own bottom line, people are left to scramble to just keep their jobs let alone feel secure and happy in their employment.

Management Recruiters is one of the world’s largest search and recruitment organizations. They provide services for small-to-mid-size firms as well as Fortune 500 companies in a number of specialized industry segments.

Some of the reasons that people like working for their company is that Dirk Cortell, president of Management Recruiters of Salt Lake City actually watches out for his employees and says that he hasn’t had to lay anyone off for eighteen years.

What makes this company fun to work for?

“Although we have a professional dress code, the men don’t wear ties,” he says. “We also have a workout facility, a kitchen stocked with many free items, and various office outings and incentive trips. In-fact 12 couples from the company just returned from a seven day Southern Carribean cruise with stops in St Thomas, St Maarten, Antigua, St Lucias and Barbados.”

Advice for hiring new employees

Based on his nearly twenty years as a recognized expert in the area of hiring, Cotterell offers practical advice for hiring and retaining the right people:

• Look for people who have a recent successful track record, who are smart and who have stable personal lives.
• If you don’t connect with the candidates, don’t hire them.
• Determine upfront whether your opportunity aligns with the candidates’ ambitions.
• Once you’ve made the hire, strive to bond with your people.
• Provide a stable, ethical and professional environment, as well as the resources your people need for success.
• Assuming you hired right, don’t give up prematurely on people.

In a recent press release, the keys to Cotterell’s success were shared with everyone.

The effectiveness of Cotterell’s approach to hiring and retention was underscored recently by the selection of Management Recruiters of Salt Lake City as one of seventeen companies recognized by Utah Business Magazine as the best companies to work for in the state. In addition, the Mountain West Capital Network cited the company in the “Fastest Growing Category” of the Utah 100, a program that highlights the achievements of both emerging and mature businesses in Utah.

Management Recruiters of Salt Lake City was the only company in the state of Utah that achieved both awards in 2008. The company is also ranked number three in 2008 among the more than 1,000 offices within MRINetwork.

Look for more articles about the best places to work.

Where are your best places to work and why do you feel that way?

Local Ad Link Reviews

Local Ad Link Review -

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What is Local Ad Link?

Local Ad Link offers local businesses a way to economically advertise their business on the internet, with or without a website. Through geo-targeted ad placement (ads served to people in specific areas based upon the users IP address), local customers are enticed to shop locally.

What are the benefits for the Local Business?

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Developing a Millionaire Mindset

Do you have a millionaire mindset? Have you ever questioned your attitudes toward wealth and money? Do you think you are deserving of the lifestyle you might only dream of right now? Is it possible that something deep inside of you feels that you don’t deserve to be prosperous?

Sometimes we hold ourselves back from realizing our dreams because of the attitudes we have been raised with or developed in response to life’s challenges. A lot of people take the safe road home and never risk dreaming about how things could be different.

Several months ago, I attended a local art show in Salt Lake City, Utah to support one of my dear friends. As I searched for the art show, I had to walk at least a half a mile through a convention center to finally find the rooms where the art show was being held. The art show looked great but apparently was poorly attended. Possibly because it was so difficult to find.

As I made my way out of the convention center I noticed a huge gathering of people in another conference room where hundreds of people were intently listening to the guest speaker. I thought that it was too bad all these people weren’t at the art show. I tried to get as close as I could to hear the speaker without having someone throw me out.

These are the wonderful tidbits of advice I was able to get from that meeting of the Millionaire Mind Intensive program, for which I am grateful and would like to share with you.

Attitudes of Wealth – Winning the Mind Game

• I create my life. I create the exact amount of my financial success.
• I play the money game to win. My intention is to create wealth and abundance.
• I admire and model rich and successful people.
• I believe money is important, money is freedom and money makes life more enjoyable.
• I get rich doing what I love.
• I deserve to be rich because I add value to other people’s lives.
• I am a generous giver and excellent receiver.
• I am truly grateful for all the money I have now.
• Lucrative opportunities always come my way.
• My capacity to earn, hold and grow money expands day-by-day

Attitudes of Wealth – Winning the Money Game

• I am an excellent money manager.
• I always pay myself first.
• I put money into my Financial Freedom Account every day.
• My money works hard for me and makes me more and more money.
• I earn enough passive income to pay for my desired lifestyle.
• I am financially free. I work because I choose to, not because I have to.
• My part-time business is managing and creating passive income streams.

Perhaps we can adopt some of these attitudes of wealth to help us create a more successful personal finance story.

If you have experienced using these positive thinking Millionaire Mind Mantras, please share your story!

Martin Luther King Remembered

Martin Luther King Day

Bishop John C. Wester of the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City, Utah, spoke at a recent luncheon held to honor Martin Luther King. It was inspirational and I felt honored to be able to attend. I wish that more people could have heard this speech. A small part of Bishop Wester’s speech is included in the video below.

For those that have trouble hearing this speech, I have included part of it below:

He did much to leave our country a better place, where peace and harmony could thrive. He brought us a long, long way. And although we have a long way to go, we are not defeated. We are after all a people of hope. A hope enlivened by President-elect Obama, in his historic journey to the white house. He has proven that Martin’s dream is more than that. It is a vision of greater things to come. The first installments of which we are all living in these days of transition. It is fitting then that we pause to remember Martin Luther King Jr. today as we anticipate the inauguration next week.

Ours is an arduous task as we seek to live the values that Martin Luther King espoused.

Taking that path of Desmond Tutu, we seek to fashion a country that embraces eulogy, harmony, and peace.

While this task is daunting, there are ways to begin immediately. For example, this January 19th is a Martin Luther King Jr. day of service. Based on his quote, “Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve,” we are inspired to strengthen our communities and achieve common goals through service.”

Last year, hundreds of thousands of citizens across the nation participated in this day of service. What a great way to honor Martin Luther King. Not by taking the day off, but by making the 19th a day of service.

The Drum Major Awards luncheon has been held annually in Utah to pay tribute to community leaders that showed the “drum major instinct, that Martin Luther King referred to during a talk in a 1968 sermon. In that sermon, King requested that he would be remembered as a person who tried to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, be right on the [Vietnam] war question, and love and serve humanity.

Martin Luther King gave over 2,000 speeches in his lifetime and is known as a human rights icon. In 1963, when he led people in the March on Washington, to deliver his I have a dream, speech he became known as one of the greatest orators in United States history. Martin Luther King was one of the youngest people to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in ending racial segregation. He was assasinated on April 4, 1968.

His legacy however, lives on.

Leo Babauta Blogging Entrepreneur

Leo Babauta, author of ZenHabits, a Technorati Top 50 blog with an Alexa rank of 65,645, may not think of himself as an entrepreneur however he is making a living from blogging and that makes him the ultimate blogging entrepreneur.

Background history

Leo Babauta, a native of Guam, earned a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and English.  He put his writing skills to work and eventually became a successful speech-writer for the governor of Guam.  His unquestionably remarkable talent and writing style has contributed to his current success in the blogosphere.

His life however was not always the peaceful, happy life he is now living. According to an article in Psychology Today, February 2009, he used to struggle with many personal problems.  His addiction to nicotine was on his list of challenges.  His Internet research on changing bad habits and dedication to success helped him to not only conquer that deadly habit, but to share with millions of people how they too can change their lives.

Two years ago Leo Babauta was $30,000 in debt, had maxed out his credit cards and personal loans and was struggling from paycheck to paycheck. He even appears on CNN.com with an article about how he cut up his credit cards and worked on getting himself out of debt.

What contributes to his success?

Today, Leo Babauta runs a blog, ZenHabits,  which has 85,500 readers. In his blog, he writes about achieving goals, productivity, being organized, motivation, eliminating debt, saving, exercising, eating healthy, simplifying, living frugally, parenting and happiness. He achieved this success by being engaging, honest and laying his heart bare for the world to pick apart.

By listening to my readers, and having a conversation with them, I was able to figure out what they really wanted, what kinds of posts would be most interesting and useful to them, and to give Zen Habits a character that was not just mine but theirs as well.

What is the key to happiness?

Achieving goals is the key to happiness. Reach them by daily practice of good habits. True happiness can be found when you clarify what is important to you and spend your time doing only those things. Simplifying life reduces stress and focuses on that which you hold dear.

How does Leo Babauta help others become  better bloggers?
 
At Writetodone.com , another one of his blogs, he helps people learn how to develop their own unique writing style.

… by reading many different writers, and really engaging in their ideas, you enhance your critical thinking skills as well as your imaginative firepower, both of which enable you to develop a richer personality, which is what you really want to shine through in your writing anyway.

Where can I find out more about Leo Babauta?

Articles on the net you may be interested in reading:

• Top 10 Blogs For Writers
• Interview with Leo
• Top 50 Most Influencial Bloggers

Leo Babauta is the ultimate blogging entrepreneur. He inspires people daily and give them hope that they can improve their lives through simple changes. He is an inspiration to us all.

What inspires you about Leo Babauta?

100 Popular Questions Asked on The Internet

What are keywords?

On the internet keywords are basically what words the user types into the search engines to find what they are looking for. Keywords can be fun to research. This data is relevant to bloggers because it helps them know what to write about and what people are interested in.

Where do I find keyword tools?

There are a lot of tools on the internet that research the number of times keywords are searched for. One of those keyword tools is provided by a company called Wordtracker. Wordtracker has recently come out with a beta version keyword tool that will tell you what questions people are asking based on the keywords you enter. This keyword tool is very handy and a lot of bloggers will enjoy using it.

How many results for keyword searches are considered popular?

When you begin your keyword research, you’ll see that many questions get less than 100 searches. To be included in this list of 100 popular internet questions, I chose the majority of questions that had been asked over 400 times.

What keywords are people using in the questions they ask?

Being a curious person, I spent some time this morning researching keywords used in questions on a variety of different topics and chose to list 100 of the top ranked questions that people are asking. The number that you see represents the number of times that question was asked over the past 140 days.  You may be able to use these statistics to write your own blogging posts.  Spend some time using this keyword tool to help you with ideas of topics to write about.

100 Popular Questions Asked on the Internet 

 

Number	Keyword Questions	Times Asked
1	how much does beyonce weigh	2,650
2	who invented the computer	2,287
3	show aaliyah when she died	1,955
4	who invented football	1,834
5	doctor who	1,689
6	who invented the television	1,596
7	who invented velcro	1,577
8	who created the internet	1,522
9	what nationality is barack obama	1,483
10	how much does britney spears weigh	1,435
11	who invented the internet	1,403
12	who invented basketball	1,320
13	who invented soccer	1,175
14	who invented the telephone	1,164
15	who invented the car	1,162
16	how much does jennifer aniston weigh	1,135
17	who invented the ipod	1,103
18	who invented the radio	1,098
19	who invented the tv	1,070
20	who invented baseball	1,043
21	what does red pubic hair look like	985
22	how much should i weigh	956
23	what is the precursor of the internet	945
24	in what year was the first computer invented	937
25	what is love	917
26	how many gold medals did the u.s. women win in the olympics	884
27	why did the pilgrims come to america	875
28	how much does kelly ripa weigh	838
29	who invented the mp3 player	831
30	what does wii stand for	793
31	what does meerkat mean in south african language	788
32	how to draw cars	784
33	how to make paper guns	779
34	what is the definition of news media	771
35	where was barack obama born	770
36	who invented american football	706
37	who invented the cell phone	701
38	how much will the nintendo wii cost	700
39	scorpio behavior when in love	679
40	the black eyed peas where is the love	668
41	black eyed peas ft justin timberlake where is the love	668
42	who invented legos	662
43	who invented the snickers candy bar	659
44	who invented hip hop	656
45	who invented the world wide web	638
46	how many people die from cancer each year	636
47	where can i watch movies absolutely free	632
48	how to make a fish costume	631
49	what type of government does china have	612
50	who invented electricity	611
51	who invented video games	610
52	what causes cancer	604
53	when was the first television made	586
54	why are gas prices so high	578
55	when was the first mobile phone invented	574
56	when is high school musical 3 coming out	573
57	who invented the microwave	572
58	what type of government does canada have	568
59	how many people in the world have cancer	558
60	who invented the cd player	554
61	how much does jessica simpson weigh	547
62	what is computer software	538
63	why is education important	536
64	when does a scorpio say i love you	532
65	when were m&m’s invented	530
66	how many people died at pearl harbor	529
67	what is the best love match for sagittarius	527
68	how can win the heart of a aries man	519
69	who invented medicine	518
70	what time is it	516
71	who invented sign language	511
72	who invented the zipper	493
73	why is education so important	493
74	how much does mary kate olsen weigh	493
75	what is the food web of the grey wolf	483
76	how much money do you have to make to file taxes	481
77	how to get a capricorn man to fall in love	473
78	what kind of government does canada have	471
79	who invented the light bulb	467
80	who invented google	467
81	what does html stand for	459
82	who invented the airplane	448
83	why people love cars	443
84	why people love cars	443
85	what to say to someone who has cancer	441
86	who invented fireworks	439
87	who created the world wide web	431
88	who is the vice president	428
89	what are the most exciting jobs in the world	420
90	what type of government does france have	417
91	who invented the game of baseball	412
92	millionaires who give money to help	410
93	why is government important	408
94	where did our love go the supremes	407
95	who invented volleyball	403
96	how do you get a scorpio to fall in love with you	401
97	how to write a business plan	322
98	how much water should a person drink a day	316
99	how can i get money to start my own business	265
100	how to start a cell phone business	226

 

Using popular keywords in your writing will help you attract readers to your blog.  Be sure to use keywords that are meaningful to your readers and that provide answers to their questions.

What keyword tools do you use and why do you like them?

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