Students Of Success

I’ve got to admit, I’m a big fan of comfort. I like it when things in my world are stable and reliable. For example, my home is my sanctuary. I live here, and I work here. I like it to reflect peace, order and beauty, so when a messy remodeling project was underway - like the recent replacement of a water-damaged bathroom ceiling - it affected me. I was stressed and cranky. My husband might not have been quite so generous and called me downright crazed.

Same thing with my physical body; I’m blessed with a high level of health and vitality. So, when something goes “wrong” like a recent eye infection (resigning me to a week of glasses versus my contact lenses) my stress needle hit the red zone.

You might be thinking, “This all sounds a bit extreme, especially for a successful coach who has a highly functioning life.” Well, you’re right…I thought the same thing.

Then I remembered…Thomas Leonard, known as the father of coaching, once said, “Success becomes sustainable when there are environments and failsafe structures which support it and which make you feel fully alive. And being fully alive calls you to play a much bigger game in life…evolving to your optimal potential to levels of greatness you never thought were possible.”

There was my answer; these two recent events reminded me about the power of our personal environments and what happens when they are out of balance. I had experienced chinks in my environments, and although I was feeling fully alive I certainly wasn’t feeling my own greatness.

As an entrepreneur your success and greatness, or lack of it, hinges on how well you keep the all the balls in the air. It’s your job to maximize the conditions that will nurture and assure your success. That’s where your personal environments come in.

Environments are not only the physical space in which we live; it is also our belief systems, our spirituality, our physical being (our bodies).

How are your environments? Is your home cluttered? Is your blood pressure high? Are your finances in an upheaval?

Whether you care to admit it or not, your inner life is reflected in your outer life. Clutter in your home or office space is a sign that your inner life is cluttered as well. If your material possessions are in chaos, you are living in lack and not taking care of yourself. If you surround yourself with negative people, should you be surprised when you feel negative too?

Here’s a brief assessment to rate your level of satisfaction in each environment. The list represents the primary environments that impact you on a day-to day basis:

On a scale of 1-10 (1-low, 10-high) how inspiring or satisfying are each of your nine environments currently:

Relationships _____

Network _____

Spirituality _____

Belief Systems _____

Intellectual _____

Physical _____

Nature _____

Self _____

Financial _____

How did you do? I invite you to start by choosing one of your environments, preferably one you scored lower in, and begin to improve it. Make sure to pick an area you can imagine being successful with. Start by identifying the benefits you will gain with the improvement. For example: if I improve my finances the benefit will be less stress and a more secure future.

Begin to create those sustainable and failsafe structures for your life and business. Give yourself the gift of possibilities. Start today.

It’s YOUR life…live it completely!

Helaine is a professional coach and writer, who has been featured in numerous publications, including “O” The Oprah Magazine. She helps entrepreneurs and professional women accelerate their professional success, while achieving a more complete and fulfilling personal life. For a free consultation, contact her at 603-357-8546 to discuss how she can help you accelerate your own success. You may also visit her website, http://www.pathofpurpose.com, or email your questions to helaine@pathofpurpose.com.

Coaxial cable is defined as two concentric wires, cylindrical in shape, separated by a dielectric of some type. One wire is the center conductor and the other is the outer conductor. A protective jacket covers these conductors. The protective jacket is then covered by an outer protective armor.

Coaxial cables are used as transmission lines and are constructed to provide protection against outside signal interference.

Coaxial cables are used primarily for CATV and other wide band and video application. Coaxial cable is called “coaxial” because it includes one physical channel that carries the signal surrounded (after a layer of insulation) by another concentric physical channel, both running along the same axis. The outer channel serves as a ground. Many of these cables or pairs of coaxial tubes can be placed in a single outer sheathing and, with repeaters, can carry information for a great distance.

Coaxial cabling is the primary type of cabling used by the cable television industry and is also widely used for computer networks such as Ethernet. Although more expensive than standard telephone wire, it is much less susceptible to interference and can carry much more data.

Most common coaxial cable impedances in use in various applications are 50 ohms and 75 ohms.

50 ohms cable is used in radio transmitter antenna connections, many measurement devices and in data communications (Ethernet).

75 ohms coaxial cable is used to carry video signals, TV antenna signals and digital audio signals.

There are also other impedances in use in some special applications (for example 93 ohms).

It is possible to build cables at other impedances, but those mentioned earlier are the standard ones that are easy to get. Different impedances have different characteristics. For maximum power handling, somewhere between 30 and 44 Ohms is the optimum. Impedance somewhere around 77 Ohms gives the lowest loss in a dielectric filled line. 93 Ohms cable gives low capacitance per foot.

It is practically very hard to find any coaxial cables with impedance much higher than that.

To know more about Coaxial cable you can visit http://www.cable-telindustries.com

Creating tickets and raffle tickets is easier than you might expect. There are many Ticket Printing websites and services that can help you make great tickets it is just a matter of finding the one that best fits your specific needs.

Things to consider before having your tickets Printed

Before you start looking for the best way to produce your tickets it is best to spend a few minutes and collect the information about your event. This information can include:

• Event Title Information
• Event Time, Date, and Location
• Ticket Price and Number of tickets needed
• Artwork or logos to be included on the tickets

This information will make it much easier as you proceed through the following steps of designing and printing your tickets and will give you a good idea of what exactly it is that you are looking for in your ticket printing endeavor.

There are three ways to easily and quickly produce event, general admission or raffle tickets, they are:

• Design and print tickets using an online form
• Have custom tickets designed and printed by a professional for your event
• Use ticket design and printing software to create your own tickets and then print them on pre-perforated ticket stock from your home or office printer.

Design and Print Tickets using an Online Form

Many online sites now offer pre-designed ticket templates that can be customized for your event. TicketPrinting.com, as an example, has over 100 designs for different types of events. Once you find a template that fits your event you can customize the tickets by placing the text that describes your event on your ticket, some templates will even allow you to upload an image or a logo to the ticket giving it even more of a custom look and feel.

The advantages of these pre-designed tickets are that they are less expensive than custom tickets; they have a quick turnaround time if speed is a requirement, and you are able to see the proof of your ticket immediately.

Have Custom Tickets Designed and Printed by a Professional for your Event

Companies are more than willing to help you design tickets for your event. Most of them will even include the design as being free with your printing order. With a professional ticket designer, you will talk directly to a person who will ask you about your event and what you would like the tickets to look like. They will then create a ticket proof that you can approve before the tickets are printed.

Custom Designed tickets take longer than pre-designed templates do to process because of the additional design time, averaging 3 days to 1 week for the tickets to be printed. They are also more expensive due to the fact that it you are also paying for more human interaction in the process. The cost is worth it many times when you want a great looking ticket that matches exactly the theme of your event.

Ticket Design and Printing Software

Printing tickets is possible with programs that are currently installed on your computer if you do not need any variable data, such as a ticket number or a seat number, but it is much easier and faster to use a program that is specifically designed to print tickets. Most ticket editors have an easy to use interface that will allow you to drag and drop text, images, numbers and other items onto your tickets. You can also buy pre-perforated ticket stock that is safe to use in any home or office printer providing a professional feel to your tickets.

This option is great if you know what you want your ticket to look like and if you trust your artistic ability. The downside is that it often takes a fair amount of time to print the tickets and then separate them from the sheet that they are printed in.

There is no right or wrong way to have your tickets printed, but you will find that one of these options probably will fit you and your organization more than the others. Once you decide how to have your tickets printed, you will be close to the end of your quest.

Raffle Tickets

Printing Raffle Tickets is not any different than printing event tickets in most cases. While most raffle tickets have a detachable stub and space for the purchaser to enter their own contact information, the printing is the same as they require a serial number. You will find that some Ticket Printing Companies will either print raffle tickets or event tickets. These are generally smaller companies that print tickets on a pre-printed background that is set up to be raffle tickets or event tickets, but not both. If you find a site that does not have what you are looking for, keep looking as most needs can be met by the major ticket printing companies.

Josh Francis

Business Development

Josh spent three years working at Brigham Young University’s Ticket Office before recieving an MBA in Marketing and Technology at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. While at Notre Dame, Josh won the McClosley Business Plan Competition with FlashSeats, a company that is revolutionizing lifecycle management of tickets to events.