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We live in a world filled with short attention spans, where trust doesn't come easily

To keep their attention and gain their trust, you must make a great first impression. So if your goal is to get further ahead in your social or professional life, you need to get people to like you. Immediately. You need to be memorable. Today I'm sharing 10 surefire tips for nailing any first impression. Here's what we have coming up: Be on time and do your homework Wear the right uniform Greet people properly Make eye contact Assume they like you Get their name, remember it and say it correctly Control your body language Be a great listener Be open to talking about yourself Bring other people into the conversation Plus, the five mistakes you should avoid to make...

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I Want to Buy a New House

Do I Have to Get a Bridge Loan? You wake up one morning and realize you’re facing a similar situation as a lot of other people — your family has expanded, but your house has stayed the same size. Kind of like in Alice in Wonderland, when Alice eats the cookie in the White Rabbit’s house and grows until she’s bursting out of it. Time to move! But you have a problem: Without a ton of cash in the bank, you won’t have the funds to buy a new house until you sell your current one. There has to be a way out of this, right? There is. And you’re not alone — when financing a home purchase, 38% of...

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Last week we did our annual HUGE outdoor furniture roundup and while I had SO much fun putting it together I was once again shocked by the general price points on the market

But I guess when furniture pieces need to withstand a variety of seasons and still look good year after year, it warrants a higher price tag. The truth can hurt…the wallet. But before we move on, watch how Em DIY’ed her patio before that famous beautiful tile went in (just wait for the ad to run first): Ok we’re back! SO because of that, I made it my mission this week to create an affordable accessories roundup post. Because while your outdoor furniture is built to last many many years, you just might want to switch up some throw pillows, add a rug or heck FINALLY get that fire pit you’ve always dreamed of. Doing those things should NOT have...

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Once again, it’s time to catch the latest and greatest of all dating guides: Dating 911!  I should level with you.  Which basically means, I need to tell you to give up now.  Because it’s a war zone out there, I tell ya.  A war zone.  Once upon a...

  Now?  Well, forget it.  It’s like dating WrestleMania where every man is for himself. You might not just come out alive.  Some people give up altogether and seek other forms of entertainment.  But you are still here.  So . . . I guess I may as well cover the next section of our Dater’s Guide which I promised two weeks ago.  The Guide presents Dating 911! Welcome to Dating 2019, A Scammers Delight. A couple of weeks ago, I know I promised to do a whole topic on scammers out there in the world.  But I felt like it wasn’t enough talking about why we kept repeating our mistakes.  The first post talked about forces that were beyond our...

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