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Do you have nightmares about public speaking? When you have to stand up in front of a group does your mouth go dry? Hands shake? Stomach turn flip-flops? Feel lightheaded? Think you may pass out?

Welcome to the club. If it’s any comfort, you are not alone!

According to a well-known survey, 65% of us would rather die than speak in public. Many have tried for years to overcome their fear and given it up as hopeless. But wait! There is hope.

We can now turn to one tested method to end the fear of public speaking that has been shown to yield amazing results. It is The Lefkoe Method (TLM).

Probably the least known, but possibly the fastest way of getting rid of the fear of speaking in public, is The Lefkoe Method (TLM). TLM is based on the knowledge that our behavior is governed by what we believe to be true. Therefore, it focuses on finding the 10 or so negative beliefs that make us fear public speaking. These can be such beliefs as, Mistakes and failure are bad; If I make a mistake, I’ll be rejected; or People aren’t interested in what I have to say; etc.

Perhaps the most interesting feature of this approach is how consistently it works. In a study published by the Journal of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, university researchers found that on a scale of 1-10, participants who used TLM lowered their fear of public speaking from an average of 7 down to 1.5 (1 was a lack of any fear at all). It took an average 3.5 hours for participants to reach this level. In follow-up six months later, the fear had not returned. Based on this evidence, the researchers concluded that, The Lefkoe Method is an effective, quick, and convenient procedure to eliminate the fear of speaking in public.

TLM was created over 20 years ago by Morty Lefkoe, founder of The Lefkoe Institute. He and several other certified facilitators have helped over 12,000 clients rid themselves of their fear of public speaking, along with many other emotional and behavioral problems. Their Speaking Without Fear Program is offered with a money-back guarantee: if your fear is not gone in four or less one-hour telephone sessions, you’ll get a full refund. For more information visit: Fear of Public Speaking.

The Lefkoe Institute (TLI) has a money back guarantee and a 97% success rate.

Keep in mind that most people who have benefited from TLM agree that the skill of the practitioner is of the utmost importance in determining the effectiveness of the program. If you really desire to overcome your fear of public speaking, be sure you are working with someone who is highly skilled, gives you confidence in his/her ability, and makes you want to succeed. And about that money-back guarantee? Couldn’t hurt.

Even though you may have a great website, if a person visits and decides to leave, it is more than likely he or she will not come back if you do not give them a reason to.

When visiting ten pages or more a day, it is not hard to forget the names or addresses of one specific site that we might have visited.As any good webmaster realizes, if 1,000 visitors visit your site and never come back, they take all the potential revenue they could spend with them.

Making a profit from those visitors is something you could have done. Still, if you want your customer to comeback, you need to convince them to join your mailing list! Some may say that creating unique content can keep some of the visitors coming back, but very often, unique content is not the solution.

If you really want to have your visitors return to your website, the best way to do this is by having them subscribe to your mailing list. The sign-up process for your mailing list should be a simple opt-in for the visitor that they can subscribe to before leaving the site.

The information that your opt-in form will gather is the visitor’s name and email address. Your mailing list will allow you to follow up with your subscribers through email.

You can get your subscriber to consider your offer, or endorse another offer to him or her. By getting as many visitors as you can to subscribe, you will increase your pool of potential customers and profit.

Try writing articles to boost your list, many people have found this to be a successful method. Readers and publishers of online directories will want to read the information you provide on the expertise of your business topic.

Writing good articles that capture the audience’s attention is the key to a successful viral marketing plan. The articles provide a way to market your product, but more importantly, allow you to show your expertise in the area.

The most important part of the articles is the resource box because it is through that tool that you will build your mailing list. A good website owner uses this resource box as a place to market their skills and the URL of their site.

The URL you include should send visitors to the place on your website where they can sign up for your mailing list in order to maximize the size of your email list. Presuming your articles are worth sharing, eZine will republish them and expose your resource box to many potential subscribers.

Getting your articles to become viral should be fairly easy if you follow these techniques, you should also remember, that once you embark on your list building endeavours, it can become quite obsessive. You will want to learn more as you see the big bucks coming in.

Here are a few valuable tips and ways to keep your home and workshop safe from fires. Prevention is the best method so keep these things in mind. Of course you should have at least one of the many different types of fire extinguishers on hand for the ultimate in preventing a fire from spreading.

1. Make sure flamable items are disposed of properly including wood scraps, wood shavings, sawdust and other wastes.

2. Store oily rags in a proper waste can and empty it daily. You can also soak them in water and toss them outside in a sealed metal container.

3. Make sure electrical tools don’t have frayed cords, bad motors or bent and broken plugs. These are a hazard and should be replaced.

4. Make sure your wood working shop has at least a 20 amp electrical circuit to make sure you have enough power for your tools and lights.

5. In case a fire would break out, be sure to have good smoke detectors in the right places and replace the batteries as often as needed.

6. Invest in a good kidde fire extinguisher, and get proper fire extinguisher training. There are many types of fire extinguishers available so be sure to get the one that is right for your home. You’ll want one that can handle electrical and combustible materials including liquids that are flammable.

7. Have a fire escape route plan for every location. In some cases that will mean exiting through a door, in others perhaps a window.

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