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  TimesPeople recommended a video:

  Jan 22, 2012

  The iPhone Economy

  It is a pain to be stuck with no more display than that.
  If you are not back in Alabama, you probably should be.
  Arkansas looks worse on the map.
   
  http://www.wunderground.com/stormreport.asp
  Alabama

  Wind Damage

  Elmore, Tallapoosa, Perry, Sumter, Talladega, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Madison

  Tornado

  Butler, Chilton, St. Clair, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa

  Small Hail

  Lawrence

  Flooding

  Tallapoosa, Randolph, Jackson, Marshall, Madison, Lauderdale

  Big Hail

  Jefferson, Limestone

  
  

  Arkansas

  Wind Damage

  Ashley, Ouachita, Nevada, Hempstead, Phillips, Arkansas, Howard, Craighead

  Tornado

  Cleveland, Dallas, Arkansas, Jefferson, Prairie, Lonoke, Pulaski, Crittenden

  Small Hail

  Garland, Greene, Lawrence

  Big Hail

  Calhoun, Ouachita, Lincoln, Jefferson, Grant, Hot Spring, St. Francis, Monroe, Prairie, Lonoke, Pulaski, Cross, White, Poinsett, Craighead, Jackson, Lawrence, Independence

  
  
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  Jan 22, 2012

  Chris_B_Leone

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    James Wah Kong Chan commented on an article:

    Mar 14, 2010

    In Hard Times, Lured Into Trade School and Debt

    I know of one corporate manager, who, after having been downsized and had difficulties finding a job, paid $18,000 for several months of "training" to an organization that promised to turn him into an instant, "successful" entrepreneur. He did not become a successful entrepreneur. Several years after the bad experience, he found another job doing what he had done before but at a lower salary. The good news is that the man landed on his feet.

    
    

    When times are bad, people feel desperate and they are more likely to become victims of fast-talking salespeople whose goal is to make the sale. For-profit organizations are there for one reason -- they are into profit, not prophecy. 

    
    

    There is nothing wrong in paying to improve one's knowledge and skills. But the buyer must be truly interested in the subject to make the "training" worthwhile, for the long haul. 

    There is no overnight success. 

    The difference between the "for-profit" schools and the "regular" prestigious schools is that the former relies on selling the idea to people whereas the latter attract people who already sold themselves to the instititions. 

    They are self-motivated -- the best pre-requisite for any success.

    
    

    I agree.
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  Jan 22, 2012

  James Wah Kong Chan

  James Wah Kong Chan
  Philadelphia

  

  Dr. James Chan is a nationally recognized expert on selling American goods and services to China. He founded his Philadelphia-based consulting practice in 1983.

  http://www.AsiaMarketingManage...
  

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    James Wah Kong Chan commented on an article:

    Mar 14, 2010

    In Hard Times, Lured Into Trade School and Debt

    I know of one corporate manager, who, after having been downsized and had difficulties finding a job, paid $18,000 for several months of "training" to an organization that promised to turn him into an instant, "successful" entrepreneur. He did not become a successful entrepreneur. Several years after the bad experience, he found another job doing what he had done before but at a lower salary. The good news is that the man landed on his feet. When times are bad, people feel desperate and they are more likely to become victims of fast-talking salespeople whose goal is to make the sale. For-profit organizations are there for one reason -- they are into profit, not prophecy. There is nothing wrong in paying to improve one's knowledge and skills. But the buyer must be truly interested in the subject to make the "training" worthwhile, for the long haul. There is no overnight success. The difference between the "for-profit" schools and the "regular" prestigious schools is that the former relies on selling the idea to people whereas the latter attract people who already sold themselves to the instititions. They are self-motivated -- the best pre-requisite for any success.

    
    

    
    

    It is always better to be approached by a buyer. 

    The buyer will pay more for his desire than he will pay for yours

    The price of my desires has mostly been more than I can pay.

    
    

    A thought from antiquity:

    Why does a man sell a good horse?

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