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- Do you acknowledge problems as they arise? - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2019 from Peter MainThere is a tendency nowadays to talk about challenges rather than problems. It is as if the word problem is slightly negative, whereas talking about a challenge seems more constructive. The idea that the notion of a problem is negative is a strange one. The idea of negative and positive ...
Views: 24 - Do you Set Realistic Goals - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2019 from Peter MainAny type of goal setting is often considered a fundamental part of any types of personal development or life coaching or 12-step recovery. The idea is simply to set objectives that you then try to achieve. At some point you evaluate your efforts and results, and make any necessary adjustments ...
Views: 31 - Can you buy a tractor on credit - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2019 from Peter MainThe short answer is yes, given that the cost of many tractors runs into thousands of dollars, some of the big ones costing upwards of 60 - $70,000 US. For many people the need for a tractor or some type of agricultural machinery is a commercial necessity, and as such getting the right credit ...
Views: 60 - Buying a tractor from a dealer - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2019 from Peter MainBuying a tractor from a major manufacturer has many of the same principles and drawbacks as when buying a new or second-hand car. Dealerships of tractor manufacturers will normally offer for sale new and used tractors, as well as a wide range of other types of agricultural machinery, as well as ...
Views: 69 - How to Choose the right Tractor - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2019 from Peter MainMost people assume they know what a tractor is, and what it is used for, based largely on historical and stereotypical images of someone ploughing a field, using a tractor. Whilst this is true to a large extent, the extent and range of tractors in today's world means that they can be adapted to ...
Views: 83 - What is the difference between a one stage and two-stage snowblower? - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2019 from Peter MainAnyone looking to buy a snowblower will pretty much soon realise that the choice tends to come down between what are referred to as one stage or two stage snow blowers. There are a few manufacturers who also make what are known as three stage snow blowers, and these will be looked in into and ...
Views: 64 - A guide to snowblower operating controls - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2019 from Peter MainSnowblowers come in different makes and sizes, some one stage to stage or even three stage, some have tires and some have tracks, and some are in effect compact tractors adapted to clear large areas of snow. It is important when operating a dedicated snowblower to understand what the various ...
Views: 62 - What to look out for in snowblower safety - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2019 from Peter MainFor many people, a snow blower can be a lifeline, but there are some risks and hazards which need to be flagged up. These can be easily dealt with, but they are important and often overlooked. Buying a snowblower is often thought of as similar to buying a garden mower or small compact ...
Views: 76 - What is the issue about grey market tractors - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2019 from Peter MainGrey market tractors are often talked about, or written about ,in slightly hushed tones, as if there was something slightly under the table or under the counter about them. They also talked about often in very unpatriotic terms, as if someone buying them is undercutting people's jobs and ...
Views: 199 - Is it better to buy or lease a new car ? - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2019 from Peter MainUntil fairly recently, most major car manufacturers does not really encourage the leasing of vehicles to private customers, it was a part of the business that was more reserved for companies and fleets. That has changed significantly, and nowadays all major car companies actively promote the ...
Views: 212 - Car Buying Tips - Arranging Finance - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2017 from Peter MainAnyone thinking of buying a new or a used car, or even leasing one, would do well to start off by investigating and arranging their financial credit. Knowing how much money they can afford to spend on any type of car gives them a much better structure both in terms of whether to buy a new or a ...
Views: 472 - Best place to buy a used car - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2017 from Peter MainFor some people, the very idea of a used car brings up images that are inherently negative, and many manufacturers avoid the term nowadays, in favour of terms such as certified pre-owned etc. Having said that, the used car market is huge, and with a bit of thought and research it is very ...
Views: 483 - Cyber Security and the Networked World - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2017 from Peter MainMany people view the growing nature of the internet of things in one of two ways. They either see it as a world where literally every person, place and thing can literally talk to each other through sensors and wireless connectivity, and see this as a massive boon for mankind. Other people ...
Views: 409 - What Is a Smart Home Security System? - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2017 from Peter MainMost people would probably give slightly different answer to the question of what is a home security system, let alone a smart home security system. Any security system in a home is often thought of largely as an alarm system, possibly coupled nowadays with various types of CCTV cameras and ...
Views: 556 - What Are Smart Home Systems? - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2017 from Peter MainSmart home systems refer to a variety of different and overlapping electrical and wireless systems that will enable a smart home or a smart house to function as a combined whole unit. Central to understanding the nature of the systems is an understanding of the basis of what a smart home is ...
Views: 530 - Car Buying Tips - When to Buy a New Car - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2016 from Peter MainMany people dream of buying a new car, partly because they assume, sometimes wrongly, that it will be completely reliable and they will never have a real problems with it. Whilst a new car generally is very reliable and will have a manufacturer's warranty for a period of years, some people do ...
Views: 460 - Guide to Buying a Pickup Truck - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2016 from Peter MainSales of pickup trucks are for more significant compared to car or auto sales than most people realise. Pickup trucks are a huge part of the auto vehicle industry, and the process of buying or leasing one can in many ways been a lot more expensive than that of simply buying a car. Anyone ...
Views: 523 - Car Buying Tips - Finance and Insurance - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2016 from Peter MainAnyone thinking of buying a new or used car has a huge range of options to choose from in terms of manufacturer, type of car, gas, diesel or electric etc. Whatever the individual chooses to buy in the end, it is important from the outset to understand the various additional costs that can be ...
Views: 591 - How Good Are Health Articles? - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2016 from Peter MainMost people tend to appreciate that the internet carries a wide range of health article and related material, and most people would probably accept that some of this material is of a highly dubious quality. The paradox of the internet is that anyone can access virtually any type of ...
Views: 1096 - Healthcare and Prior Authorization - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2016 from Peter MainThe term prior authorisation has a specific meaning within the concept of health care and health insurance, and has a fundamental effect on virtually all of the procedures and clinical assessments that an individual is likely to come up against in the context of their health insurance ...
Views: 915 - Is Mental Health Covered Under Health Insurance? - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2016 from Peter MainFor people who depend on any type of private or company insurance to cover the cost of their health needs, the question of whether or not the health insurance policy covers mental health problems is a crucial one for a number of reasons. The idea of a split between physical health and mental ...
Views: 870 - What Is the NHS? - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2016 from Peter MainTo answer this question fully would require several extremely large volumes of written material including analysis and data as to the development of the health service in the UK. The point of the question, what is the NHS, is actually to provide a bit of background to the broader question of ...
Views: 557(1 vote) - Honda Auto Finance - Value of Warranty - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2015 from Peter Mainn buying or leasing any Honda vehicle, either new or used, there will be or at least should be some type of warranty, which can either be a manufacturer's warranty and/or a dealership warranty all of which can vary considerably in terms of what they offer and their terms and conditions. Many ...
Views: 726 - Honda Auto Finance – How to Finance a Vehicle - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2015 from Peter MainWhilst there are some people who will pay cash for a vehicle when buying it, this will typically apply to people who are buying a car in a private sale or a used car that is relatively cheap. When people talk about auto finance they are normally referring to people who are buying a new or a ...
Views: 704 - Honda Auto Finance – Choosing a Vehicle - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2015 from Peter MainThe question of deciding which vehicle to buy and how to pay for it are to a degree linked together, but it is a good guide to first of all decide what type of Honda vehicle you want to buy or lease, before deciding how to pay for it. There are many reasons for this, but perhaps the most ...
Views: 613 - Honda Auto Finance - Benefits of Leasing - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2015 from Peter MainHonda go to great lengths through their website and through the individual dealerships to stress the benefits of leasing a vehicle, and in particular trying to make individuals aware that leasing a vehicle is of benefit to private individuals, and is not simply some type of corporate expense or ...
Views: 619 - What Part Does Sex Play in Recovery From Alcoholism? - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2014 from Peter MainIt is probably fair to say that the issue of sex and sexual relationships does not feature very heavily in the pecking order of emotional issues and emotional drives that tend to fuel an individual's alcoholism or addiction. It is however a hugely important issue that often plays a crucial ...
Views: 1718 - Do You Guide or Dominate Your Children? - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2014 from Peter MainThis question obviously applies mainly to people who have their own children, but can equally apply to people who as children are aware of their own upbringing, and can also apply to how an individual treats other people in his life who he effectively has some responsibility for, either at work ...
Views: 832 - Do You Think of Other People As Separate Individuals? - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2014 from Peter MainThis is the sort of question that people will instinctively answer yes to, without really taking a moment to consider the real implication of what the question is asking, and why it is particularly important to any notion of personal development or self growth. At some level people think of ...
Views: 1247(1 vote) - Can You Put Up With Immature Behaviour? - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2014 from Peter MainThe answer to this to some extent depends on who the person is, and what the behaviour is, and how much their behaviour affects you and in what ways. Obviously this is a very broad question but there is an important point behind it, in terms of an individual's willingness to let other people be ...
Views: 836 - How Much Thought Do You Give to Your Family? - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2014 from Peter MainThe reality of how much time and thought you give to your family is of course in many ways a unique question that can only be answered by the individual themselves. The reason it is so important is because in a significant number of cases the amount of focus that an individual puts on the family ...
Views: 909 - Home Business Tips - How Working From Home Can Affect Your Health - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2015 from Peter MainMost people, when they decide to start working from home will probably not consider their health, either physical or emotional or mental as being at the top of their priority list. Their focus is much more likely to be on the nature of their business, how they might balance work and family life ...
Views: 800 - Home Business Tips - Working From Home and Leisure Time - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2014 from Peter MainMany people, when faced with the reality of working from home tend to approach it in quite a manic way, often with quite a high degree of burnout at some point either physical or mental. They may well be able to work with this burnout as they can adapt their home or family life ...
Views: 924 - Home BusIness Tips - Working With Others - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2014 from Peter MainThe notion of working from home in any capacity or running your own business from home has an implication that it is you alone and no one else. This is often not true and whilst there can be an appeal in the sense of being your own boss and being in control and owning your own time, there is ...
Views: 706 - Home Business Tips - Home Business and Productivity - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2014 from Peter MainThe very word productivity may be one of the main reasons why people want to start their own business or work from home. Productivity by its very nature implies getting the maximum out of an individual, often at the expense of their individuality and quite often at the expense of any decent ...
Views: 878 - Home Business Tips - Home Business and Personal Grooming - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2014 from Peter MainThe issue of personal grooming may seem slightly odd in the context of running a business from home, or working from home, but actually aside from the physical practicalities and needs of personal grooming, it is a really important issue in terms of the individual's attitude to their work and ...
Views: 1198 - Home Business Tips - Insuring Your Home - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2014 from Peter MainAnyone who runs a business of any description needs to make sure that they have certain types of insurance, normally insurance covering areas of property loss and damage, business interruption and loss of earnings and various types of liability insurance. Anyone working from home as well needs ...
Views: 695 - Home Business Tips - Identity Theft - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2014 from Peter MainMost home insurance policies now offer a provision that gives some degree of protection against the risks of identity theft. This is normally included in the insurance policy as standard, or offered as an optional extra at a minimal extra cost. Insurance companies perceive risk of identity theft ...
Views: 638 - Home Business Tips - Personal Possessions - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2014 from Peter MainAnyone who works from home or runs a type of business from home is likely to have a significant number of items that they would classify as their personal possessions. These may be items that are normally considered domestic or purely for domestic use, or maybe part of the business work that ...
Views: 636 - What Is the Best Way to Deal With Anger? - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2013 from Peter MainLevels of anger and stress has increased hugely in recent times, especially in large urban areas and cities, resulting in increased tension and instability in many people's lives. The effects of anger can be seen very clearly in many domestic or work situation you care to imagine. Anger as an ...
Views: 1458(1 vote) - How Do You Learn to Meditate? - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2013 from Peter MainMany people express a desire to learn how to meditate, without really understanding what meditation involves or what the process of learning it means in the context of a lifelong journey. This can be true of many areas of life, but especially true of meditation. This is in part because it is ...
Views: 883 - How Do You Motivate People? - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2013 from Peter MainThe question of motivation is one that has become much more widely asked with the rapid growth of the self-development industry over the last few years. The question tends to be asked in two different ways. Firstly, people are asked or told how they can motivate themselves in numerous ...
Views: 1888(1 vote) - Farming as a Small Business - Farm and Tractor Safety - A Guide - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2013 from Peter MainUnderstanding the safety implications of buying and using a new or a used tractor is an essential element for anyone working either on a farm of any size, any type of small holding or any type of residential land where a small or compact tractor might be used. Agriculture generally is ...
Views: 1033(1 vote) - Farming as a small business – skills needed - by Submitted on May 23, 2013 from Peter MainMany people have quite a romantic view of farming, normally people who have never worked on one or been involved with any type of farm or agricultural business. A farm is a multi-complex business, that can range from a very small acreage or smallholding to a multimillion dollar enterprise ...
Views: 858(1 vote) - Spiritual Terms - Why Do People Isolate? - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2013 from Peter MainIsolation is often thought of in physical terms, as being a process where people physically remove themselves from other people and live apart, either from society or from family and friends and other people. Isolation is sometimes thought of as a good thing, often in the context of someone ...
Views: 2832(1 vote) - Spiritual Terms - The Value of Listening - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2013 from Peter MainQuite recently there was television footage of a politician surrounded by his advisers, listening to a voter telling him what she thought about a particular subject. The commentary was about how this politician had been listening to this woman, and was designed to show him in a more human ...
Views: 1181(1 vote) - Spiritual Terms - Self Acceptance Not Self Improvement - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2013 from Peter MainSelf-improvement has become something of a mantra and a watchword for a vast industry that has grown up around it in the last 30 perhaps 40 years. A lot of the self-improvement industry has flourished in the last 10 or 15 years with the growth of the Internet. Perhaps an inevitable ...
Views: 1307(1 vote) - Spiritual Terms - It's Ok to Be Human! - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2013 from Peter MainWhen many people hear the word spiritual or spirituality, or any word associated with religion or spiritual terminology they immediately assume that the underlying idea or rationale behind it is that of becoming a good or a better person than they were before. To many if not most people, this ...
Views: 1228(1 vote) - Spiritual Terms - What Does the Serenity Prayer Actually Mean? - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2013 from Peter MainThe serenity prayer has a special place for many people, aside from its actual or little meaning, it has become something of a mantra for members of Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12 step fellowships. The wording and dating of the serenity prayer goes back far beyond the beginning of ...
Views: 2206(1 vote) - What Is a Spiritual Awakening? - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2013 from Peter MainA spiritual awakening or a spiritual experience are terms that are often used by people to try and describe experiences that are in many ways so deeply personal that they are extremely difficult if not impossible to put into words. This might seem a slight contradiction in terms, but is part ...
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