Ping.fm and Socialmarker.com – My Blogging Partners

I have recently started to use the services of Ping.fm and Socialmarker to bookmark my articles at social bookmarking and networking sites. It is time-consuming and tedious to do it one by one all by myself. With the help of the two websites I can easily bookmark my articles to a wide audience in the blogosphere.

It is by writing and bookmarking my articles that recently one of my articles “Positive Thinking - 10 Delightful Tips to Make You Happy” was discovered by readers of Stumbleupon as a popular article. Only the readers can decide how good your article is, but you have to market your articles. You should do the same by writing and bookmarking your articles regularly and consistently. Sooner or later, one or more of your articles will turn up to be very popular with the readers.

I wish to convey my appreciation to Ping.fm and Socialmarker.com. Blogging has never been easy without Ping.fm and Socialmarker.com.

10 Ways to Teach Manners to Your Young Child

Do you envy when you see other children are well-behaved and are very polite?

Here are 10 tips that you can start implementing right away so that your child is likable:

1. When your child comes home: Teach him to tell those in the house especially his parents that he is back. When he goes out your child must tell those at home that he is going out.

2. Greetings: When your child can speak, teach him such phrases like: “How are you?” “Thank you” “Yes, please”.

3. Respect the old folks at home: Tell your child to respect elderly people at home by setting good example yourself for your child to follow.

4. Polite behavior: Teach your child to look at the person in the eyes when someone is talking to him. Do not raise his voice when he is talking to an adult. Do not interrupt when the adults are talking.

5. Entertaining guests at home: It is a good opportunity to show your child the right ways to treat the guests in the house. Upon arrival of the guest teach the child to smile and greet the guests. Teach him to offer food and drink to the guests. When there are young children your child should share his toys and have fun with them.

6. Smile: Teach your child to smile at others. It is an international language for friendliness.

7. Always say “Hi”: Teach your child to say hello to his teachers, relatives and friends.

8. Socializing with other children: Allow your child to mix freely with other children. This is a good way for him to learn by himself to get along with others.

9. Visiting: This is another good opportunity to show your child the correct way to greet the people that you are visiting. Teach him the appropriate greetings during festive seasons.

10. Table manners: Tell your child to wash his hands before eating. Teach him the correct behavior while dining with adults.

You child is also leaning from you. He will follow the way you talk to your neighbors and the way you treat people. When you treat people politely he will in turn treat you and others just as polite.

10 Lucky Tips to Boost Your Luck

According to Dr. Richard Wiseman, a psychiatrist who has researched luck and its causes reveal that people aren’t born lucky or unlucky, the main difference lies with each person’s attitude and outlook. In his book, The Luck Factor - The Four Essential Principles, he mentions that if you want to improve your luck you should:


• Maximize your chances

• Listen to your instincts

• Expect to be lucky

• Look on the bright side


Accordingly, here are the 10 tips to improve your luck:


1. Change to a positive mindset will change your luck for the better: Every cloud has a silver lining. All you need to do is to look at the bright side of things. A positive mindset will attract more luck than someone who projects a gloomy outlook. When you expect yourself to be lucky you act successfully and confidently. What the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve-with PMA. These are the wise words of Napoleon Hill and W. Clement Stone.

2. Your gut feelings: Listen to your intuition. It helps you avoid bad situations and maximize your chances. Do you have such instances when you wake up in the morning you have the solution to the problem that you thought very hard about it the night before?

3. Do things differently: As an example I always use a 728x90 Leaderboard ad block on top of the page and the results are poor but when I change to a 336x280 Large Rectangle block which I have never done before, my AdSense earnings improve.

4. Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity: When you have an idea go ahead and do it. For instance I write and post an article a day, all of a sudden one of my articles is a big hit with Stumbleupon . If I hadn't written continuously I wouldn't be lucky enough to come up with a popular article at all.

5. Stop worrying: Be relaxed and be alert at the things happening near you. When you are calm you will be able to spot opportunities.


6. Meet more people: It goes without saying that meeting more people or networking offers the greatest opportunity to get lucky breaks. I get to know more people by joining Facebook. And I am lucky enough to know a few who are kind enough to enlighten me about blogging.

7. Do it now: Nothing is going to happen if you don't act. You may fail but you don’t do it you don't even stand a chance to succeed. According to W. Clement Stone: “If there is nothing to lose by trying and a great deal to gain if successful, by all means try. Do it now!” For example, my article wouldn’t be popular if I didn’t bookmark it at Stumbleupon.

8. Ask for it: When you want something you ask for it. If you don't ask you don't get it. When you ask for it you may get overwhelming response.

9. Instead of saying ‘No’ say “Yes” more often: By saying ‘Yes” you increase the chances of getting new opportunities and find your lucky breaks.

10. Don’t allow the memory of bad luck to haunt you: Don't think that you have encountered a string of bad luck you are doomed to be unlucky. Forget about the past and tell yourself that this is 2009. Act and behave like a lucky guy.


Your luck is very much within your control. Just lift your spirits and look at life with a positive mental attitude and you will be lucky.

Wish you the very best of luck!

7 Tips to Develop a Healthy Relationship with Your Child a.k.a. How to Get Along With Your Son

Getting along well with your child makes you happy and proud and likewise, your child is also delighted to be close to you. Here are the top tips to cultivate a cordial partnership with your child:


1. Emotions and feelings: There will be times when your child is not happy and he expresses his frustrations and anger. Learn to understand his feelings and console him. Learn to respect his feelings and he will respect your feelings in return. Mutual respect will allow each other to know each other's needs.

2. Leaning: Play an active role in your child’s education. Monitor his progress in school. You can cultivate a learning environment at home by reading books instead of watching TV.

3. Guidance: Provide guidance for, especially, his actions and behavior. Play a role model for your child in areas like courtesy and social etiquette.

4. Love: Your care and concern for your child will create good feelings in him. Love begets love.

5. Positive Reinforcement: Avoid negative criticism. Catch him doing something right and praise him. This will boost his self-esteem and self-confidence. When he feels good about himself he feels good about the family.

6. Quality time: On a daily basis spend some quality time with your child. By being close to your child he will open up to you easily when he has a problem. There will be times when you don't play the role of a parent. You just want to have fun with your child and to enjoy a good time together.

7. Mutual respect: Your son is watching you. When you make mistakes you admit you are wrong. When you have done something wrong you say sorry to him. You respect your child. Likewise, he will follow your good example and show his respect to you and others in return.


A happy family is made up of mutual respect and understanding of each other. This is the foundation for a long-lasting relationship between you and your child.


Related Article: 7 Psychological Needs of Children

Organize Your House for Better Feng Shui – 7 Top Tips

Feng Shui masters believe that when your home is free of clutter it is able to attract positive energy into your living space. Let us find out how you can keep your home neat and tidy:

1. De-junk: Throw away all those items which are used, broken, and beyond repair.

2. Newspapers and magazines: Keep the cuttings for your future reference and recycle the rest on a regular basis

3. Clothing and shoes: Send those clothing and shoes that have outgrown you to charity or sell to second-hand goods outlets

4. Use your free time: Whenever you are at home and you have nothing else to do that is the time you can use profitably to organize your house.

5. Do one room or one section at a time: Concentrate on one area at a time so that you are not under pressure to clear up the whole mess. When you look at the room you have just tidied up it gives you a sense of relief and you know it is the neatness and tidiness that are pleasing to the eyes.

6. Good Habit: Cultivate the good habit of putting back an item that you have used to its original storage place so that you will not start another pile again.

7. 5 actions you can take: Remember you can choose one of the following actions when you want to decide on an item. You can:

• Keep it at the proper place for easy retrieval
• Throw it away after using it
• Recycle it when you have done with it
• Donate it when it is still usable but it is no longer useful to you
• Sell it if an item is in demand when you don’t use it anymore

When you have cleared the whole house you will be very pleased to be at home and a sense of calmness and peacefulness will fill your mind.

Start organizing your house this weekend for better Feng Shui at home.

Twitter.grader.com

There is an interesting website that tells you about your Twitter grade.

According to the website the Twitter Grade measures the reach and authority of a Twitter user. It is based on the following factors to calculate:

• The number of followers you have
• The power of this network of followers
• The pace of your updates
• The completeness of your profile
• …a few others.

My Twitter grade is 91. Do you know yours?

7 Essential Things You Gotta Do

Self Care

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In order to face the doom and gloom of the current situation now you need to do the following things to get ahead and stay ahead:

 1. Manage your personal money well: Review your spending pattern and your investment strategies. Reduce unnecessary expenses and invest less in risky instruments. The important thing is to conserve your wealth. 

 2. Invest in yourself: You don't have to spend money to learn new ideas in your area of expertise or study more about other skills that are required to consolidate your position in the office. Surf the net and pick up the subjects by reading the latest articles. You will become more knowledgeable and wiser. 

 3. Exercise more when the situation gets worse: Be fit and healthy in this depressing situation. You don’t want to get ill and spend on unnecessary medical expenses. A healthy body promotes abundant energy and a positive mental attitude in you. 

 4. Relationships: In this trying environment family ties are very important. Make your home life as happy as possible because you want to find peace and solace at home after a stressful day at work. Support and motivate each other will make the journey in life so much easier to bear. Enjoy a simple home-cook meal with the family members. Savor each mouthful. The quality of relationships is more important than the quantity of food. 

 5. Don’t rush, live every moment fully: Life itself is already full of tension, don't aggravate the situation. Learn to slow down and enjoy every moment of your life like a curious little boy. Find joy and delight in every small thing around you. 

 6. Keep your New Year's resolutions: Keep your goals constantly in view. Remember the benefits of reaching your objectives. . Determine to make it a success. You can refer to my article on Keep Your New Year's Resolutions - 7 Top Tips for further assistance. 

 7. Be happy, be positive, be yourself, and be contented: Abraham Lincoln once said:” People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be”. Just be happy and change to a positive mindset despite the negative outlook. Accept yourself as what you are and be contented with what you have. When you make it a habit to do the necessary things, you are more likely to be successful to face the challenges ahead of you.