Oftentimes a quiz can be an effective learning device. For that reason consider the following questions and see what you learn. Hopefully a few questions will inspire you in the direction of improved management and leadership skill development. The answers are at the bottom of the column, but please resist the temptation to peak until you have given some serious thought about your answers.

1. How many hours of TV do fathers between the ages of 25-34 watch each week?

   a. 10 hours

   b. 15 hours

   c. 20 hours

   d. Almost 26 hours

2. How many hours of TV does the average non-working spouse watch each week?

   a. 20 hours

   b. 25 hours

   c. 30 hours

   d. Almost 48 hours

3. How many acts of violence will the average child have witnessed on TV by age 18?

   a. 25,000

   b. 50,000

   c. 75,000

   d. 180,000

4. How much time does the average father spend giving meaningful feedback to his children?

   a. 1 minute per day

   b. 10 minutes per week

   c. 20 minutes per week

   d. 30 minutes per week

5. How much time each day does the average married couple spend giving meaningful feedback to each other?

   a. Less than 4 minutes

   b. About 15 minutes

   c. Approximately 20 minutes

   d. Slightly more than 30 minutes

6. A psychological validation is a specific type of supportive feedback that sustains a person in some way. An invalidation is a critical or sarcastic comment that is hurtful or demeaning. On average, how many invalidations does the average teenager receive each day from: parents, friends, teachers and siblings?

   a. 11

   b. 21

   c. 57

   d. 113

7. How many invalidations would the average teenager therefore receive during his or her teenage years (13-19) from the four sources mentioned in question 5? (Do the math)

8. How many validations are you giving your young employees each day to offset the invalidations they are receiving?

9. Some psychologists believe that one effectively delivered validation can offset up to ten invalidations. How many validations are you giving your family members and your employees? How many invalidations do you give or permit others to give in your presence?

10. On average, how much feedback (supportive and corrective) do you give each of your employees each day?

    a. 1 minute per day

    b. 10 minutes per week

    c. 20 minutes per week

    d. 30 minutes per week

ANSWERS:

1. d. Almost 26 hours (This is amazing!)
   
2. d. Almost 48 hours (This is even more amazing!)
   
3. d. 200,000 (according to the American Academy of Pediatrics)
   
4. a. 1 minute per day (This is sad, but it explains what is happening to many of our youth.)
   
5. a. Less than 4 minutes (This explains the 50% divorce rate.)
   
6. d. 113 (Unbelievable!)
   
7. 288,715 (Unimaginable!)
   
8. An effective manager will take every opportunity to deliver validations to all employees, especially those who need them most such as the younger population.
   
9. An effective manager will not only eliminate invalidations from his or her leadership style, but also will work to ensure that the organizational culture doesn’t permit that type of behavior. This is as true at home as it is at work.
   
10. The needs of feedback are situational and individualistic. Each person’s needs are different; it depends on the specific person and the type of situation. Clearly, workers need ample feedback each day from their manager merely to break even. And providing this leadership skill development will help if you want them to resolve problems and/or make progress.

If employees and family members are the most important people in our lives, why are we spending almost 26 hours per week in front of the television? We should be providing more than one minute of our day giving meaningful feedback to our youth. What if those numbers were reversed? What would happen to the problems in our society? Perhaps we ought to introduce ourselves to our employees and families and assist in their leadership skill development.

Dr. Richard L. Williams, the author of Tell Me How I’m Doing, is a business consultant specializing in feedback, performance coaching, leadership skill development, and quality improvement. Contact us at (888)262-2499 or visit our website.

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You should in most instances not mention your business opportunity when greeting a member of an online social and business networking site, such as LinkedIn, Ryze, Friendster, or DirectMatches.

Of course, we join such online communities in part to meet potential new customers, distributors, or joint venture partners. It’s how we go about achieving that goal that is important.

If put your energy into “selling” your opportunity to other members, you will almost always fail to achieve your goals. This article explains why that is the case and then describes the most effective way to take advantage of online business networking sites with an emphasis on the beginning: How to get started on the right foot.

The Effective Way
Instead of greeting a member of your online business networking community with a promotion for your products or opportunity, offer a warm, genuine welcome with an eye toward building a relationship with the new member. Let them know that they are part of a vibrant community where you help each other to achieve your goals.

In your initial conversation, share some personal information about yourself. Ask the new member similar questions–where they live, family specifics, hobbies, etc. In other words, begin to build a relationship with the other member. Don’t even mention your products or business opportunity. You don’t need to. If you build a relationship with the new member, he or she will ask you eventually anyway.

At this point, you might be thinking, “Well that sounds all nice and warm and fuzzy but I won’t make any money if I don’t generate sales and/or sign-ups!”

The Frustratingly Ineffective Way
Here are a couple of situations that will hopefully lead you to understand why you should not try to sell another member on your products or opportunity.

First, consider this scenario: The Knaves & Rogues Corporation buys your current company and starts to run it like a greedy corporation and they eventually eliminate the network marketing aspect of the business (it happens!). But you believe a home business is the way to go, so you start looking for a new opportunity.

Over several months of interacting with other members of your online business networking site, you have come to know some experienced home business owners whom you respect and trust.

During the same time period, you have also received several unsolicited sales letters (emails) from members of your business networking site with whom you have never communicated before. You don’t know them from Adam (or Eve).

Who would you most likely talk to about starting a new business? (If you don’t say, “the experienced members I have come to know and trust” call me for a consultation! ;o)

Also think about all the promotional sales letters you currently receive from members and others. Do you read all of them and visit their sites and purchase their products or sign up for their programs? Maybe you’ve found a couple of programs that are worthwhile but by and large, don’t you ignore those promotional emails?

The fact is that most people–including you, I’d wager–don’t listen to or respect strangers who try to sell them something before even saying hello!

Back to the Effective Approach
The reality is that when we are seeking information or advice regarding a purchase or investment, we turn to our friends, family, and colleagues whom we trust and respect.

We ask these people for suggestions because they have demonstrated trustworthiness. We know them. We know their likes and dislikes; their prejudices and passions. We have a context in which to evaluate their recommendation and see if makes sense for us.

A similar level of trust and mutual support develops in online business networking communities–at least among the men and women focused on building relationships.

By building relationships you will find that business comes to you. For example, over time, you will find that friends you have met in an online business networking community will know someone who is looking to become a distributor in your company or to purchase your products. Naturally, they recommend you because they’ve come to know and trust you.

The Proof is in the Pudding
This very scenario happened to me just last week– and this was from a contact I had not spoken with for almost one year!

I have also on several occasions personally referred customers and prospects to Network Marketers whom I have come to know and trust in online communities.

Take the Initiative
So go introduce yourself to another member of Ryze, LinkedIn, Friendster, or DirectMatches! Get to know them. Be genuine and authentic. Offer to help where you can and take advantage of what you can learn from them. Have fun. Your business–and your bank account–will grow as a result.

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Mark Worthen, Psy.D. is a Phi Betta Kappa honors graduate of the University of Maryland, where he was Commencement Speaker for his school’s graduating class. He earned a Doctor of Psychology degree from Baylor University and was a Clinical Fellow at Harvard.

Dr. Worthen enjoys earning extra income as a distributor for a leading health & wellness company and as owner of Best-MLM-Opportunities.com

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You can’t sell through your site if nobody can find it, and one of the most reliable ways to get them to visit is to invite them. And the easiest way to invite them is to via email. But beware, and approach email as if a “do not email list” existed today, as it may in the future. Is someone hasn’t given you express permission to email them something with a commercial message, do not send anything. This is considered spamming and it will ruin the good will you’ve worked so hard to build for your site. It can also subject you to fines and other penalties.

So, how can you create an email list?

Draw people to your site via search engines, and offer them something of value, such as an ezine or newsletter subscription, in exchange for their email address.

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Step 1: Collect Information

Bladder infections are also known as cystitis, urethritis, and UTIs (urinary tract infections). When bacteria grow in the bladder, the resulting infection usually causes symptoms such as: a burning sensation during voiding, overwhelming urgency, frequent but minuscule urinations, incontinence, bloody urine, and pelvic pain. Up to 25 percent of bladder infections in post- menopausal women are silent or symptomless.

Bacteria enter the bladder in three primary ways: when feces are spread to the bladder opening (such as wiping from back to front after toileting), when the tube leading to the bladder is irritated or bruised (as from use of a diaphragm, pelvic surgery, or prolonged/vigorous vaginal penetration), or when there is an in-dwelling catheter.

The thinning and shrinking of reproductive and bladder tissues that may occur in the post- menopausal years contributes to bladder infections in older women, as does lessening of vaginal acidity.

Sometimes tiny ulcerations appear in the wall of the bladder; this is called interstitial cystitis (IC). Some of the remedies in this section are contraindicated for women with interstitial cystitis.

These remedies are substantially the same ones that delighted and aided the readers of my first book: Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year.

Step 2: Engage the Energy

• Flow, flow, flow. Head off that bladder infection by drinking a glass of water hourly as soon as you feel the first urgency or burning. It is tempting to stint on drinking if you find yourself unexpectedly incontinent, but don’t. Bladder infections only make incontinence worse.

• Urine is ideally neutral to slightly acidic (pH 5.8-pH 7). Very acidic urine (below pH 5.5) encourages infections. An established infection gives rise to alkaline urine (pH 7.5 or higher), which causes stinging and burning. Test your urine with pH paper at any time except first thing in the morning. Cranberry juice lowers pH; vitamin C raises it.

• Cantharis is a homeopathic remedy for scalding urine.

Step 3: Nourish and Tonify

• Cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon) contain substances that kill bacteria and make your bladder wall so slippery that any escaping bacteria can’t latch on and thrive there. Unsweetened cranberry juice (or concentrate) is the most effective form. (The sugar or corn syrup in cranberry cocktail-type juices and cran-apple juices can feed the infection.)

  Drink freely, at least a glass a day, up to a quart/liter a day for acute infections unless your urine’s pH is already low.

• Pelvic floor exercises help prevent and relieve bladder infections too! Try this one: After urinating, close your eyes, relax, breathe out, and see if you can squeeze out an extra dribble.

• An overgrowth of vaginal yeast may be irritating your bladder or urethra. Eat one cup of plain yogurt 4-5 times a week.

Step 4: Stimulate/Sedate

• Uva Ursi (Arctostaphylos uva ursi) is an old favorite for strengthening the bladder and ending chronic silent bladder infections. I prefer a hot water infusion of the dried leaves, but know women who have successfully used cold water infusions, tinctures, even vinegars. A dose is 1 cup/125 ml of infusion; 10-30 drops of tincture; 1 tablespoonful/15 ml of vinegar; 3-6 times a day initially, then 1-3 times a day for 7-10 days. In very chronic cases, eliminate all forms of sugar (even fresh fruit, fruit juice, and honey) for a month as well.

• Yarrow is a urinary disinfectant with a powerful antibacterial action and an astringent effect. A small cup of the infusion, once or twice a day for 7-10 days, tones up weak, lax bladder tissues. Combines well with uva ursi. Results may be felt within hours.

• In my experience, Echinacea purpurea and E. augustifolia are as effective as antibiotics in clearing bladder infections and do not contribute to vaginal yeast. (See Step 5b.) A dose is 1 drop echinacea tincture per 2 pounds/1 kilo body weight. (For 150 pound/70 kilo person, use 75 drops or three dropperfuls.) In acute cases, I give the dose every 2 hours. As the infection clears, I lengthen the amount of time between doses until I’m down to 1-2 doses a day, which I continue for another 2-10 weeks.

• Women who wash their vulva with soap and water are four times more likely to get vaginal and bladder infections. Douches, bubblebaths, tampons, nylon underwear, and pantyhose may also irritate the urethra and contribute to bladder infections.

• Known bladder irritants include: alcohol, black tea, coffee, sodas, citrus juices, chocolate, cayenne, and hot peppers. (An herbal tincture in an alcohol base won’t irritate the bladder if you take it diluted in a glass of water or a cup of herb tea.)

• Urinating after love play flushes out bacteria and cuts down on UTIs. Urinating before love play increases your risk of a bladder infection.

Step 5a: Use Supplements

• Ascorbic acid wrings the kidneys, flushes the bladder, and raises urinary pH. Try 500 mg hourly for 6-8 hours. CAUTION: IC sufferers avoid!

• Be careful about taking calcium supplements if you are prone to bladder infections. Calcium supplements increase bacterial adherence to the bladder wall, increasing bladder infections.

Step 5b: Use Drugs

Antibiotics are the standard medical treatment for women with bladder infections. But taking antibiotics frequently causes vaginal yeast overgrowth (which can lead to bladder infection). One nitrofurantoin (Macrodantin) seems to cause microscopic scarring and ulceration of the bladder wall, precipitating IC.

Step 6: Break and Enter

Dilation of the urethra is expensive, painful, and causes tiny scars on the urethra, which may lead to interstitial cystitis. I have seen it referred to as “the rape of the female urethra”. No controlled study has shown this procedure to be effective at limiting chronic bladder infections. Do pelvic floor exercises instead.

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