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You’ll find that a closet organizer is the best way to straighten out your unorganized storage space.

Closet organizers are storage systems that help in storing items in a closet in a more organized manner. Closet organizers are available as shelves, hooks, boxes, racks or storage bins designed to convert a closet form a chaotic haven to an organized spot from where you can easily retrieve any stored items.

Closet organizers are usually quite easy to install, and once in place your new organized storage system can transform a chaotic closet into an oasis of neatness. Closet organizers are cleverly fashioned to take advantage of the available space.

The number of bilingual children in America is increasing as more and more parents realize the benefits of teaching children to speak Spanish. It is no secret that the Spanish language is growing in importance, and many parents want to make sure that their children will benefit in the future by being able to speak it fluently.

Young children, especially those under the age of ten, have a much easier time learning a second language than adults do. That’s because their brains are still developing and have the incredible ability to store different languages in separate areas, unlike the brains of adults which store all languages jumbled together in one area. It is this unique quality that enables children to learn to speak everyday Spanish with far less effort than an adult.

When teaching a child a second language, it’s important to make the learning process an enjoyable one. Learn to speak Spanish audios CDs, Spanish children’s books, interactive software and online tutorials are all helpful tools that make learning Spanish fun for kids.

Of course, not every parent agrees that teaching a child a second language before they have mastered a first is a good idea. They think that young children who learn to speak everyday Spanish while they are still learning English can become confused have their learning abilities compromised.

Some parents are worried that teaching children to speak Spanish, or any other language, will compromise a child’s ability to speak English proficiently. Numerous studies have proved this concern to be completely unfounded. In fact, children who were taught multiple languages at a young age usually speak their mother tongues much better than those who were not taught a second language.

Teaching children to speak Spanish can also have a very positive impact on their reading abilities. Learning a second language helps develop a child’s cognitive skills, so their reading skills are often superior to those of their classmates that only speak English.

Sometimes parents that would like to teach their young children a second language refrain from doing so because they are afraid of delaying their speech. But there is absolutely no reason to put off introducing a young child to another language because children who are exposed to multiple languages develop at about the same rate as those who are only exposed to one. It may take a child a little bit longer to process and begin speaking two languages than it would just one, but the amount of time would be insignificant. Besides, there is no specific age for a child to start talking.

Teaching children to speak Spanish is an easy way to help prepare them for the future, so do what you can to help them learn while they are still young. Check out the many tools and resources that are available, like kid-friendly learn to speak Spanish audio CDs and online tutorials. Just get something that is interactive and fun, and your child will be speaking Spanish before you know it.

Homes and businesses can have very different requirements when it comes to choosing appliances. Clearly, if your business is home-based, your appliance needs are equivalent to that of a residential home. Likewise, if you are running a large manufacturing company your needs are going to be different. Even so, home appliances and business appliances are basically the same.

As the needs of all homes are pretty much the same, they all have the same basic appliances. Businesses, on the other hand can be very different, and have very different requirements. There are five basic, regular home appliances. These are the washer and dryer, stove, refrigerator and dishwasher. Other, smaller home appliances can include a microwave, coffee maker, kettle, toaster, blender, mixer, food processor, extra ranges and more.

Businesses rarely have as many appliances as homes do, although, some businesses can require the same appliances only in more heavy-duty models. For example, in your home, the coffee maker is usually only turned on and run once I n the morning. In a fair sized business, the coffee maker could be used five or ten times a day, or more for a larger business! When shopping for your home, you would probably buy a regular 12 cup coffee maker, but when shopping for a large business you would probably want to find something more durable and large in proportion to the amount of people that will be using it.

A lot of businesses, including smaller ones have a kitchen in which there is usually a microwave, small fridge and a kettle. These are the same appliances that you would typically find in a home. The larger businesses may have a more full-sized kitchen with a stove and regular fridge. Businesses like manufacturing companies and factories are the ones that have the heavy duty appliances. Some of these appliances include very large freezers and refrigerators. Some factories like to provide frozen treats for their employees in the summer because of the lack of air conditioning, and as such, they need a much more heavy-duty freezer than a home would typically have. The fridges in these factories would also be much larger in order to house all of the lunches. Some homes with bigger families can have a large fridge, but not usually as large as the factory fridges.

Another difference between home and business appliances is that appliance manufacturers will sometimes make the business appliances have a higher wattage than the appliances meant for homes. The reason for this is because business appliances are used a lot more often and in a larger capacity than appliances in the setting of a home.

So, there is not much difference between home and business appliances. There only needs to be a difference if the business is large and has a lot of employees. Also, both of these types of appliances are bought at the same stores. It is very hard to find a store that only sells business appliances.

While the concept of ‘energy’ may seem new-agey, I personally find it integral to the understanding of self, which is the first step in understanding persuasion.

At a recent seminar in Tucson, I went deeply into the idea of core drives and how these drives can be utilized to persuade powerfully, reaching our clients’ and prospect’s emotional triggers, triggers which are universal.

From ancient India comes the theory of Chakras. In our culture, many consider this to be the domain of hippies and new agers, but if for nothing else, the theory of these energy vortices has incredible metaphorical value as each relate to a different core value or drive within each of us.

Regardless of our spiritual or religious affiliations, these energy centers are interrelated with the notion of self mastery which is in turn interrelated, in my view, with persuasion. Simply, we, as persuaders, have the ability to pick and choose from the abundance of life, spirituality, business, economics, literature, politics, popular culture, history, or anything at all, and take what is valuable and shape our world out of what we’ve gleaned.

I am also of the opinion that there is great value to the different kinds of energy flows in our bodies. Chinese medicine practitioners refer to this as Qi (or Chi). These energy flows can be traced throughout our bodies in rivers of energy called Meridians. Along the meridians are points. . .these are called tsubos and are where acupuncturists put the needles when there is a blockage of energy which results in ’stagnation’ or ‘dis ease’. Meridians control different things in our bodies, correspond to different organs, and when we have an awareness of these flows, we can more readily help ourselves. Call it DNA, Qi, Chi, Chakras or meridians. . . it’s all about power.

In that spirit, how can we absorb value from chakras, as one of my students suggested, even simply as a metaphor?

Here’s a very brief outline of the chakras and how they correspond to our core drives. The base chakra is related to security similar to the fight/flight mechanism. The second chakra is about sexual reproduction and is related to our fourth core value which is replicating ourselves. The third chakra is about power, similar to the third core value of fight.

When we get higher in the chakras we get higher in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Abraham Maslow was an American psychologist in the mid 1900s. He created his Hierarchy of Needs in the form of a pyramid. If the baser needs are not met, then we don’t advance well to the higher needs. If we don’t breathe, sleep, eat or drink water, we’re not going to require self-actualization such as spontaneity, creativity, morality. . .why? Well, because if we don’t eat, breathe, sleep or drink water, we’re not alive.

At the bottom of the pyramid are two of the four core values in addition to biological functions. The physiological basis for physical human existence-food, water, air, sleep, sex, excretion and homeostasis (internal balance)-has extreme power where persuasion is concerned. Obviously, we’re not really able to utilize air or sleep (unless you’re selling mattresses) or excretion or homeostasis (unless you’re a doctor). The next level up for Maslow pertains to security-the fight and flight core values-and also corresponds to the third chakra of power.

Also for our purposes, there are imperative psychological needs at the top of the pyramid including: the need to be needed, to feel hope, to believe problems are a result of something outside ourselves, to be noticed and understood, the ‘law of being right’, and the principle of giving people a sense of power. These fit in with the rest of the chakras-the fourth one representing love and energy, the fifth one representing communication, the sixth one requiring an inner sense of knowingness, and finally that higher spiritual plane which is represented by union, bliss, God.

When we elicit our prospect’s and client’s criteria and deep values, and when we gain a really strong sense of rapport, we are definitely tapping into these needs. Think about rapport. . .with rapport, one feels noticed, necessary, listened to and when all that is in place we can hone in on the core values.