Archive for December 6th, 2008

Tips to Refine the [Golf Backswing

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

The leading movement from the top of the swing is a sideways thrust of the hips to the left, eventually followed by an mechanical turning of the hips. This is true. But there is more than that. Here are some golf tips to improve your downsing. The hips must not only move to the left and turn,their motionmust be so closely tied to the left arm that it pulls the arm and the club down and whips them through the ball.

There must be a precise, conscious feeling that this is happening. It is the single most significantmovement that a good golfer makes. This is not to be confused with the mistaken advice to start part of the body stay back. Finally you must turn your hips toward the target as they reach the extension of their lateral movement. Are your hips ever in this position when you hit the ball? What happens, actually, is that the left arm itself is being [dragged|pulled] by the hips. The arm is merely the connecting rod between the hips and the club. When the hips exert this pulling action, they cause the shoulders and the left arm to revolve so fast around the axis of the upper spine that the hands have little or no time to manipulate or do anything whatever with the club except hang onto it. If there is one unique the secret to the golf swings this is it. Moving the hips in this mode would seem a simple thing to do.

It is easy to say and easy to understand. Yet nearly all of the vast army of golfers fail to do it. Millions have read it and heard it and seen pictures of it, but just as many millions keep right on starting down with their hands, or pulling with their arms, or stopping the hips after they start them, forgetting to move them all the way through. They fail for two reasons. The first is that this is a big movement and they are afraid to make it. The second is that, preoccupied with what they think they must make the club head do, they completely forget the fundamental hip action and let it die. The concise connection between the hips and the club, and the sequential pull the club gets from the hip action, is the single greatest source of power in the golf swing. The big muscles of the upper legs and of the torso are giving the club a flying start before the hands do anything.

OfflineBiz.com: Getting Your First Client

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

Getting your first client as an offline business consultant can be intimidating, but here are two great tips either one of which virtually guarantees that you’ll get off to a roaring start. The first strategy involves finding key businesses that can really help you and offering them your advice for free.

It is your local Chamber of Commerce. The CoC hold regular morning breakfasts all across the country. it is called “networking” and they have been going on for years. Why? Because they work. These meetings allow you to hook up with the industry leaders in your local area.

I have attended a handful of these and it never ceases to amaze me the amount of free advertising done here. Nothing sleazy. Just honest interaction all devised to create a win/win situation. You will be surprised at how receptive some people are to your offer etc.

The second strategy involves giving away something for free. Find out the most influential person at these meetings. With a bit of study this should not be too hard. Approach this person and tell them you would like to give them your time and services for free. You will devise a marketing plan to get this person hundreds, if not thousands of visitors to their website for free.

Emphasize that you usually charge $1,000-$1500 for this service but you will do it for free providing he recommends your service to his circle of influence. This will be a huge bonus for your business.

Remember - 95% of the businesses in your area NEED what you have to offer and with offlinebiz.com you have the tool to propel any local business profits skyward. Win a couple of them over and your business will pick up incredible momentum.

Go to http://www.craigmcpherson.info/offline-biz/ now to read the 11 reasons why you join today for free. Discover what it is that Jim Cockrum and Andrew Cavanagh have developed.

I love my new super efficient fireplace

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

My family had a fireplace when I was growing up. We didn’t use it much — just for special occasions and holidays. But it was one of my favorite things.

It’s no wonder, then, that I wanted to have a fireplace when I bought my own home.

I didn’t know much about fireplaces or the dynamics of heating a home when I first bought my house, with its fake-brick fireplace. What I did know was that if I wanted to be warm, I had to sit right in front of my fireplace, where I would virtually bake! And the rest of the house was freezing cold.

Much as I loved having a fireplace, I soon learned that I was creating a situation where all the cold air was being sucked in from outside through every nook and cranny, and the hot air was going up my chimney.

This year, I bit the bullet and bought a new Brentwood fireplace by Lennox. And I just love it!

It’s highly efficient; there’s an airtight seal on the door, which you keep closed, normally. The fire is “fed” by outside air, which they created a special vent for, under the fireplace and out to the outside wall.

It has blowers, which are thermostatically controlled, to move that hot air around the room. So unless the fire is sufficiently hot, the blowers stay off. Once it gets hot, those blowers blow that warm air into the room.

In front of the fireplace, it’s nice and warm — not uncomfortably hot. And the rest of the house is a little cooler, of course, but not freezing cold!

I highly recommend this kind of high-efficiency fireplace. If you love watching fires in the cold winter, but you don’t want to just let all that hot air go up your chimney instead of heating your home, these are wonderful!

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