10 Tips for Picking a Career Path in College

In the sage words of Yogi Berra, "if you don't know where you're going, you'll be lost when you get there." Picking a career path boils down to a cost benefit analysis and a gut check. It is a game of reality versus passion, and you can start blazing a meaningful path in college.
But hopefully you can appreciate that every career has an arc, and you are at the beginning of the curve. Don't be surprised if your career direction changes significantly a few times before and after you reach the peak.
With that message in mind, here are my 10 tips for picking a career path in college:
1. Don't let anyone crush your dreams. However, the riskier your dream, the better your backup plan must be.
2. There is a huge difference between a childhood dream and a dream job. If you dreamed of being a lawyer since the age of twelve, you better make sure you know exactly what attorneys do on a given twelve hour work day. Did You Know: In a survey of 800 attorneys, only 55 percent reported being satisfied with their career.
3. Make sure your dream job is not an avocation (a hobby). An avocation is a vacation from a vocation, because the pay ranges from little to nothing.
4. No matter what your part-time jobs or summer jobs are, always be thinking about how those experiences will enhance your resume and work skills.
5. The most important thing for deciding on a major or career path is to get out of the classroom and into an internship which exposes you to the day-to-day ups and downs of that profession. "Learning by doing" will give you a better appreciation of the job than learning through textbooks.
6. Do what you love but don't let your career choices jeopardize anyone you love. Including yourself. Translation: Take care of others but don't forget to take care of yourself, sometimes before others. Listen to our airline flight attendants: "Put your own oxygen mask on first before assisting others with their masks."
7. Determine whether you are driven to be your own boss or if you crave the stability of a steady paycheck. Assess your personality traits and the risks inherent with both paths. (e.g., the risk of putting up your own money as your own boss versus the risk of losing a job in a company you work for) Did You Know: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists occupations with the largest job growth projected through the year 2018, starting with registered nurse.
8. Rather than casually asking career advice from parents or other relatives, set up a time to interview them, with prepared general and specific questions. This approach will make them think more thoughtfully about their responses, and may reveal their personal career challenges and triumphs.
9. Don't rely on luck or fate in your career. Professional success is about putting yourself in a position to create numerous opportunities.
10. Over the course of your lifetime, there may only be a handful of impactful career opportunities. Assemble an inner circle team of advisors now, so you'll be able to act quickly to objectively assess the pluses and minuses of future opportunities.
And finally, clean up your social media presence online! What's publicly available might not bode well for your future employment. Did You Know: In 2011, the Federal Trade Commission approved the practice of employers conducting social media background checks going back seven years for job applicants.

source http://www.huffingtonpost.com/perry-binder/choosing-a-major-career-path-_b_1751690.html

When It’s Time to Give Up

“What do you mean when it’s time to give up? I will NEVER give up!” Slow down there Rocky. Although I am a big believer and practitioner of the whole never give up motto, there will come a time in your life when it would be better to just give up. Ignorance is the person who keeps going and going and does not know when to stop even when what he is doing is completely wrong for him.
Are you considered a quitter when you give up? That depends on what you are giving up on. Now I’m not talking about quitting a bad habit, I’m actually talking about quitting your pursuit of a goal. I’m sure you have been told that in order to become successful, you must persevere, fight, stand up whenever you fall, and march forward until the end. I say those things to people all the time, so why am I telling you now that sometimes it is actually better to quit? The reason is because in certain cases, you could only go forward if you go back.
Sometimes you will be putting a lot of time and effort in achieving a goal to find out one day that your strategy is totally wrong. You could be achieving the same results in half the time had you been focusing on doing the more important things.
Let’s say your goal was to lose weight. You then set a goal to do 1000 sit up a day. After about 1 month of doing this, you realize that you have been disciplined enough to hit your goal of 1000 sit ups a day, however, you aren’t getting any closer to your main goal of losing weight. This is called focusing on a secondary goal, which sometimes is the wrong strategy.
We sometimes get so focused on a secondary goal that we lose focus on the primary goal. I see this with sales people all the time. Their main goal is to make money but they often find their focus on hitting some new position within the sales department and when that doesn’t happen, they feel like a big failure. The goal never was to hit some position; the goal was to make money whether with this company or another company.
Would it make sense, in this case, for a sales person to quit the job if his goal of making a certain amount of money just wasn’t happening? His managers would probably call him a quitter, but his goal is to make money. If he can obtain that goal through a different source, then quitting would actually be the smart thing to do.
So when is it time to give up? When what you are doing no longer makes sense in respects to achieving your main goal. Sometimes it will make more sense to give up what you are doing and start on a different path towards the same goal.
Some people will spend their entire lives on a path to a certain goal only to find out in the end that the path they took was the wrong one. There is no shame in giving up on a path you are taking to your goal as long as you always aim to reach your goal. There’s no point in staying on a path that will lead you to nowhere.

Reminders of Success Part 3 - Success Takes Consistent Action

If you want to get from point A to point B, something needs to move. With all of the formulas, methods, ideas, and strategies of success that you can pick up, none of it will change your life until you put what you learn into action. Action is the key to success, at least partially.
The fact is that anyone can take action. How many people do you know can get themselves to the gym in the month of January? Seeing that so many people set losing weight as a new year’s resolution, you probably know at least several. However, it’s not taking action once in a while or whenever you feel like it that will change your life, it’s taking action consistently, day in, day out, whether you feel like it or not.
If you break it down, most goals are easy to achieve. You just have to perform certain tasks long enough to achieve your desired outcome. The challenge for most people however, is in being consistent. Challenges, obstacles, setbacks, these things cause most people to feel discouraged and as a result, they stop taking action because in their minds, they don’t see the point. They lose their motivation.
If you want to increase your ability to take consistent action, here’s the key: Make your actions a habit. The more you consistently perform a task, the easier it will become. The challenge though is that in the beginning, it will all be about your level of motivation and will power.
You need to do what it takes to keep taking action. This is critical because if you stop, it will be very easy to just quit on your goal for the time being all together and wait for the “perfect time” to start over again. If you continue taking action even when it’s hard, even when the results don’t seem to justify continuing the effort, eventually, you’ll hit a point where the struggle will start to ease, a point where motivation and will power is no longer needed.
When you reach this point, you’ll see how some people can make being successful look so darn easy. You’ll also understand why consistency is so important. Will it be easy to reach the point of habitual action? It depends on your goals but in general, it’s going to feel like an uphill battle at first but once you reach that breaking point, it’ll be just a matter of time before you reach your goal.
Trigger Technique
One technique I found to be useful is to attach the action to something you already do everyday in order to form a sequence of actions. By attaching the actions that you want to form into a habit to an existing habit, when the existing habit is triggered, a process will be activated, eventually leading you to perform the action that you want to make into a habit.
For example, let’s say you want to do some sort of workout each day. Since you shower everyday, you can make it a habit to do a quick workout every time before you shower. If you go onto Facebook every day and your goal is to study more, get in the habit of studying right after you finish using Facebook. If you watch TV every day and your goal is to read more, immediately read after you’re done watching your show. If you drink coffee every morning and your goal is to practice a new language, get in the routine of practicing while you’re drinking your coffee.
Experiment with putting the new action before of after the existing habit to see what works best for you.
Put this into action:
1. Write down the daily actions that you need to take in order to reach your goals and commit to taking those actions no matter what for at least a month.
2. Find something you do on a daily basis to attach your actions to.
Note: It’s going to be easy at first since your motivation will likely be high. After the first week, it may start to get tougher. Once you reach day 30, it’s possible that your actions haven’t become a habit yet. If this is the case, keep going until it does. If you’re taking action towards your goals on a daily basis, it will eventually become habitual or at least easier.

Reminders of Success Part 2 - Success Takes Focus

You can have a strong desire and really want to achieve your goal but as I’m sure you’ve experienced, life has its way of knocking us off course. Things come up, distractions occur, the next thing you know, you look at your goals and wonder what the heck happened.
Success takes a lot of focus. I’m sure you’ve had the experience of setting a goal and being really excited about achieving it only to have a few weeks or months to go by and realize the goal has dropped down on your list of priorities.
People often get easily side tracked. Circumstances and situations can nudge you off course. This doesn’t just happen all at once. Often times, you get off track just little by little until one day, you realize you’re completely off track. Keeping your mind focused on your goal can be a constant battle because everything around you is trying to get your attention. Since most people can only focus on so many things at once, it will be your job to keep your goal up high on your priorities list.
So what can you do to keep your focus, to keep your eyes on the prize? There are several things you can try. You can write down your goal and read it each morning and night. You can visualize achieving your goals daily. You can make sure that your daily to-do list includes doing something that will take you closer to your goal. You can buy some motivational posters and stick them on your walls. You can find a friend who has a similar goal and work to keep each other on track.
One of my favorite methods of keeping focused on a goal is to constantly ask myself, “Is what I’m doing right now bringing me closer to my goal or further away?” Once you answer that question, you’ll know what to do.
The common theme in all of these ways to keep your focus is to constantly keep your goal on your mind. Making an effort to stay focused on your goal is a lot easier if it’s a major goal that you have an intense desire to achieve.
Now because staying focused on one major goal is hard enough, you may want to consider sticking to just one goal. If you look back at the goals you’ve tried to achieve and realized you haven’t achieved any of your major goals, it may be time to just focus on a single goal. This way, all of your energy and focus can be put towards obtaining that one goal which will dramatically increase your chances of getting it. It’s a lot better to just achieve 1 major goal then to work on a dozen and achieve none of them.
The final thing I want to say about this reminder of success is that you’re going to have days where you do nothing to get closer to your goals. You’re going to have periods of time where your focus and priorities are elsewhere. When this happens, many people will beat themselves up mentally and quit all together.
Remember that you’re human and because of this, you’ll make some errors in judgment. You’ll get side tracked here and there. Instead of beating yourself up, just be aware that certain things can take your focus away from your goals. Once you’re aware of these things, you can actively reduce the amount of time they take your focus off of your goals.
Distractions are like gravity, it’s constant. It’s going to cause us all to fall every now and then. The important thing is that we bounce back up every time we fall. Get your focus back on your goal when you start to realize it’s drifting somewhere else. The quicker you do it, the better.
I’d like to know what you do to keep your focus on your goal. Please share them in the comments section.

Reminders of Success Part 1 - Success Takes Desire

There is a huge difference in having an interest in achieving a goal and having a burning desire to achieve a goal. How intense does the desire have to be? It has to be enough to pull you through any obstacles or challenges that can possibly come up.
I’m sure you’ve heard the analogy of how you must want your goal as badly as you want to breathe. If someone held your head under water, you’ll do whatever it takes to be able to breathe. Procrastination is no longer an issue. Motivation is no longer a problem. The desire has become so intense that you will give it all you’ve got to take that breath of air.
Obviously, you don’t need a do or die level of desire to achieve most goals but if you’ve failed to achieve goals due to laziness and lack of action, then your desire just wasn’t strong enough. Now even if you have an intense, burning desire, you may still have moments where your level of desire is weakened.
During these moments, there are many things you can do and here are 2 that could help.
The first is to choose a goal that you can actually be excited about and keep focusing on how life will like when you finally achieve that goal. Choose a goal that is big enough where if you succeeded in obtaining it, your life will never be the same again. The more you want that goal, the less time you will spend trying to motivate yourself to take action.
The second approach is to remind yourself how life would be if you failed to achieve that goal. Think about the pain it would cause you. Think about having to go through another moment of feeling like a complete failure. Basically, think about the consequences of not giving the goal everything you’ve got.
People are motivated in different ways so choose the one that will work best for you. You can also use both approaches as well. When things are going as planned, you can keep that momentum going by visualizing how it will feel at the moment of success. When things aren’t going so great and you feel like giving up, visualize the disappointment you’ll have if you just quit now.
The opposite works as well. For some people, when things go the way they want, they tend to slow down and relax a bit too much so if you do this, you can use the second approach to keep your momentum up. If you’re the type that when things go bad, thinking about failure just makes things worse, use the first approach to pick yourself back up.
The final thing I want to say about this reminder of success is that your level of desire will most likely fluctuate as you get feedback/results from the actions you take towards obtaining your goal. Keeping that desire strong isn’t always an easy thing to do.
There may be times where you will question why you’re putting yourself through all of this. You may wonder if your goal is really worth it. Having a burning desire for a goal doesn’t mean you’re pumped up and excited every time you think about your goal. When you truly have a burning desire for a goal, all it means is that even when it would be so much easier to quit, when taking another step in the direction of your goal is tough, when you just don’t feel like taking action, you keep moving forward anyway because the thought of failing to achieve that goal would be unbearable.
This is why it’s critical that you choose a goal that you have enough desire for where even when things aren’t going so well, you still want to keep pressing on.
When your desire for a goal is weak to begin with, your chances of riding through the tough times will be slim. Think back at the goals that you failed to achieve, how badly did you really want those goals? An easy way to judge your level of desire is by looking at the actions you took or lack of actions.
If someone held your head under water, I’m sure you wouldn’t procrastinate on trying to breathe. You wouldn’t hesitate to spring into action. You wouldn’t just half ass it. You’d go full force. You wouldn’t second guess your ability to grasp that breath of air, your desire is too strong; and you certainly wouldn’t give up trying until you’ve literally given it everything you’ve got.
Attack your goal with just half of this level of desire and you’ll see just how unstoppable you can really be.
“It is during our failures that we discover our true desire for success.” – Kevin Ngo

Habit Linking Method - A Simple Trick to Easily Create New Habits

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
- Jim Ryun
Breaking bad habits can be tough but creating good habits can be as well. From my experience, one of the things that make forming a new habit hard is that a lot of will power is usually involved, at least in the beginning, and that alone can stop many people from correctly developing the desired habit.
Simple Trick to Easily Create a New Habit
I’m sure this has been written about somewhere before, maybe not with the name ‘habit linking’ but I was thinking since habits are really just a sequence of actions that starts with some form of trigger, the challenge in creating a new habit is that you have to consciously trigger the new habit. Now instead of just using will power and reminding yourself to start the new chain of actions each day, why not just link it to an existing habit?
The idea is to just choose a habit that you already have and link it to the new habit you want to create. Once the existing habit starts to run its course, you simply just add onto the sequence of actions that’s already in process. I’ve thought about this for a while now and was going to write about it but I figured it would make way more sense if I actually tested it first.
My Experiment
The two steps are to decide on a new habit and choose an existing habit to link it to such as showering, drinking coffee, breakfast/lunch/dinner, driving to work, brushing your teeth, smoking if you’re a smoker, daily TV time, sleeping, waking up, etc. Basically, anything that you already do on a daily basis without even thinking much about it. Obviously, some existing habits will fit better with your new habit than others.
For my experiment, I chose a new habit (daily push ups) and linked it to an existing habit (showering). With this experiment, the new habit came before the existing habit but the trigger is still from the existing habit. In other words, your new habit doesn’t have to come after the sequence of actions of your existing habit.
The main goal of this experiment was for me to see how easy it would be to form this new habit when linked to an existing one.
It started with just 20 push ups, something easy. So before I showered each day, I would do the push ups. After a couple of days, I increased the amount just to make it a bit more challenging.
Results
Gradually, over the course of about 3 months, I added in a bunch of other things. I’m now doing 50 push ups, 10 pull ups, 90 crunches, 20 weighted squats, 20 weighted dips, 20 should presses and 20 lat raises using resistance bands, and 50 calf raises before showering. I do this almost daily depending on whether or not I hit the gym for my regular workout sessions.
Now since I feel like something is missing if I don’t do this mini workout before showering, I know the habit is pretty much ingrained. I found it to be pretty easy to create this habit and not much will power was involved. The trigger to shower would activate and I’d automatically just start doing my push ups which starts the chain of exercises.
Thoughts
I think the key, aside from using an existing trigger, is to start out with something really easy. Easy enough where you’d really have no excuses not to just do it. Once that starts becoming part of your daily routine, add on to it. The trigger from the existing habit is still needed even if the action is really easy since easy actions are also easy to forget or put off.
When I started, my goal was just to do some push ups and that’s it. But as the habit grew stronger, it got easier to do so naturally, I wanted to push myself a bit and that’s how I ended up with a mini workout instead of just a few dozen push ups.
I’m planning on creating a new habit using the same method but haven’t decided on what new habit I want to create yet. Perhaps eating more fruit. We’ll see.
Update: I decided on my new habit: practicing the guitar. I linked it to after dinner. I’m a beginner so having calluses is quite awesome. No more pain.
Anyway, just thought I’d share. If you decide to give this method a try, I’d love to read about your results.
Until next time…

Love Life. Do Good. Live Well.

How To: Make Money With Blogger - Ad Revenue Explained

Is it really possible to make significant money just blogging?


You bet it is!  Can you do it?  That's up to you.  Blogging for cash is not for everyone.  Some people just want to keep an online journal or occasionally blog to keep the creative process flowing.  I've done both.  I actually even made some ad revenue doing that, but it was peanuts compared to what I am about to teach you.

Lesson 1: What brought you here?

EXACTLY... You saw something appealing and clicked on it.  I have knowledge that I am willing to share for free.  Not everyone possesses this information, but since I do, I can use it to drive up my traffic.  I also have the time to dedicate to blogging a few times a week.  This is important, because I don't ever want to cool off and lose my readership or following.  Sure, most people won't read everything I've written, but that's because my wide range of knowledge lets me hit more than one topic.  (Later I'm going to show you how to do CREDIT REPAIR on your own.)  More after the break.
Okay, so you're still with me... GREAT!  Now that we've established that people will want to read what you have to say, let's get you set up on a soap box.  So what are you going to talk about?  I'm doing the tips and trick of life, so you can do a blog about how Alanis Morissette can predict the future in her songs.  Look it up, if someone else hasn't already done it, I bet you can do it.  ( I just heard one of her songs, hence the reference.)

THE SETUP: Getting Started


Go to Blogger.com and click "get started."  Yeah, that simple.  Find a title that fits and is available.  Title's aren't always THAT important though.  I once read a blog called "How to drive like an idiot" by Doggie Snot.  People will read ANYTHING.

Once you get set up, your template picked, etc, it's time to start tweaking the settings.  Since I am going to assume you are not without a brain, I'm just going to tell you what to do and not so much how.  If I can figure it out, you'll be good.

MONETIZE: The whole reason you're doing this.


     AdSense
When you are at the dashboard, click on the MONETIZE tab.  This is where you will need to sign up for a Google AdSense account.  This is where you lose your anonymity with Google since you expect to actually get paid.  It's okay... Take a deep breath and put your REAL info in there.  Once you get that you'll get ads added to your blog automagically from Google.

See those ads to the right and around?  Yep! Some of those are the basic AdSense ads.  You will get paid just for them showing up.  As people see them, you'll get fractions of a penny per visitor.  This is why traffic volume is so important.  You get much more when people actually click on them though. (Go ahead, click one for me... See how much I'll thank you.  No really... please just click one.)  By convincing people to click on them, your revenue will start to grow quickly.  I'll show you how to get that to happen later.

     Amazon Associates
Another jewel worth signing up for since it integrates into Blogger very nicely.  Let's say you are actually going to try and pass off Alanis as a prophet of the future.  Why not capitalize on that?  You tell people how she is the most amazing thing and that people should listen to a song they've never heard by her.  BAM! show them how they can listen to it...

Yes, that is the song I was listening to and now you can because I put the option there.  I get something like 10cents if you buy it, but it's a dime I didn't have yesterday.  This is BY FAR the easiest ad generator I've ever used.  I got paid the other day on something I didn't even advertise.  My sister had clicked on a link and then went and bought something else.  I got 40cents because she was going to buy it anyway.  Cool, right?  You bet it is.  Just don't change around your username or anything, just use what they give you.  I tried changing some things and almost lost EVERYTHING.  Just keep the defaults, it'll save you a headache.  **You need at this point a Google, Blogger, AdSense, Amazon, and Amazon Associates account.  They all link up at this point though, so we're still working in simple mode.

     Google Affiliate Network
The WHAT?!?  Yeah, too many people haven't heard of the GAN before.  http://www.google.com/ads/affiliatenetwork/ is where you'll need to go for this one.  Google is known for the fact that they are advertising giants.  Look at the very bottom of my page when you get a chance.  After I set up the Google Affiliate Network account, I was able to sign up with some companies and agree to display an ad of theirs for a set period of time.  As of this typing, I have on the bottom left of my page an ad from "BookByte" and if you have books to buy or sell, check them out.  I'll make another buck from it.  Thanks.

Google Affiliate Network ads were a little less easy to add for me.  I had to go to the DESIGN tab and Add Gadget in one of the available slots.  Now you have to take the provided link and creative links to put in a "Picture" (it's in the list) and you'll be good on that.  Because the Google Affiliate Network is not as well known as they would like it to be, they have some good guides and almost everything has a help bubble. **Using your Google credentials, you just added another account to the list, but it's not out of control yet.
 It's All Setup... Now What?: Traffic Generation


What's the quickest way to generate traffic?  With a FREE HAT!
 http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/153539/free-hat
If South Park has taught us anything, it's that you have to offer free things, or people won't show.  It's simple.  Though the clip gets off topic of what I'm trying to say, the boys get like 1000 people in a gymnasium chanting "FREE HAT..."  and yes, the South Park spin takes place and has nothing to do with free merchandise, the fact remains.

Other than knowledge... what can you give me?  I'll help you if you will help me.  So what people have learned is that if you give something of value away, people will flock to your site and take place in your contest.  You may wonder why it is so important to use this technique to generate traffic, but as your site becomes more popular, it will also strike higher on searches and recommendations.

Once you get your traffic flowing with a contest, you ask people to click on an ad, donate, or buy through your Amazon link.  For instance... At the end of this blog, I'm going to give away an Amazon Kindle. Along with the contest link, I'll have a link for people to go and look at it or buy e-books.  Maybe one or two of them will eventually buy something and I'll get some revenue for it.  That's why you need to incorporate EVERYTHING you can use to make a spider web of revenue opportunities.  If 2000 people sign up for your contest and 500 of them click ads that pay an average of $1.00 per click, then you just made over $300 after buying the prize and shipping it.  You then write off the other $200 on your taxes as cost of doing business and you get ready for another contest.

See below about how to set up your contest.  Lastly, how do you advertise your contest?  Simple... do a Google Search of "Submit Giveaway" and submit your link and info to the blogs and all that specialize in that.  They get their ad revenue by telling people about you.  Win-Win because they get paid to direct people to you and you get paid for the same traffic.  Nice setup, right?  So, on to the giveaway and let's see what we can do.

Get More Twitter Followers For Free! (No Follow Back Required)

How'd you get so many followers? You're not THAT interesting...


True... I may not be terribly interesting, but something has brought you to this site, right?  Yeah, you probably saw the title and thought, "I'm cheap/broke and I want to increase my Twitter followership for (whatever reason)."  Guess what?  I can help you dominate your circle, your city, etc.  Best of all, I can do it ABSOLUTELY FREE! 


Common questions about the method I'm going to show you below are as follows...
1.) Do I have to pay anything? At all? - NO! Not unless you want to.
2.) Do I have to tweet stupid ads or anything? - NO!!! I hate those and refuse to subject you to that.
3.) Do I have to follow a bunch of people? - NEVER!!! I haven't followed anyone I don't want to yet.
4.) What's the catch? - Do you have about 6 hours? If so, then there's no catch at all! (Though donations are appreciated).
5.) So how do I know this works? - You don't! But I personally gain about 25 people a day.  That can be higher, but I set limits and restrictions to who follows me.

Come on... You're kidding, right?


Not at all.  Keep reading and we'll get into the meat and potatoes of this.

This is perfect for small businesses, personal bloggers, non-profit organizations, winning bets, etc.
Keep reading after the break...



GET ON WITH IT!!! (Monty Python Reference)


Okay, okay... Your time is obviously more precious than mine, so let's get started, shall we?

TWIENDS!!!


Your Twitter Friends (Twiends) are what make your twitter profile popular (or not).  As everyone knows, the quickest way to lose followers is to be annoying, to spam, only retweet, or you just aren't original or relevant. How many people have you unfollowed because you just got tired of seeing their picture and reading their stupid tweets.  I have, so keep that in mind as you start growing your brand.

Firstly, go to TWIENDS by CLICKING HERE.  Now... Sign up by just signing in with Twitter.


Once you have signed in, there are a couple of things you need to do to set yourself up for success.  First is to sign up for the newletter.  They give you 50 "Seeds" (I'll show you how to use them later) toward gaining your following.  Click "SEEDS" and then "FREE".  See below...

Once you get your email address on their mailing list, they'll send you a voucher and on occasion, they'll send you free seeds to your email, so it's worth not blocking them.  They don't send that many newletters.


WHAT ARE SEEDS?
TAKEN FROM THEIR FAQ:
"You offer seeds to others as an incentive for them to follow you. They can then use the seeds to do the same. It is purely a mechanism for encouraging people to check each other out, and it works. You can change how many seeds you offer people in the settings page. Different people will offer varying levels of seeds depending on their personal choice. "
Basically, seeds are currency on this site and can be earned and spent by following on Twitter, liking and Facebook, and watching YouTube videos.  That's coming next.

Settings


Next, let's go into the settings options by clicking "SETTINGS" at the top left of the page.  First is your personal info that you should probably fill out.  There are also Facebook and YouTube settings here, but we're focusing on Twitter for this post.  Once you update your personal settings, go to the Twitter settings tab and click the small EDIT button.  The image below will pop up...

Okay, here is where you start getting your followers.  How many "SEEDS" do you want to give to each person who follows you?  Mine is currently set at 2 seeds per follow.  I get around 25 followers a day for my 2 seeds a follow.  I also only want people who are quality followers who are not known to have a high drop rate and have also been members more than two weeks.  If you increase your seed distribution number, you'll exhaust your seeds much more quickly, but you'll also gain followers more quickly.


LET'S GET YOU MORE SEEDS!

I suggest going to the YouTube tab first.  If you want to gain seeds by following Twitter users, you can, but that's not how you want to do it.  (*Remember, if you follow and then drop a lot, that's call "Churning" and Twiends along with Twitter will end up suspending or banning your account.  Basically, just don't do it.)

Now that we are at the YouTube tab, you'll see anywhere from 9 to 3 seeds just for watching a YouTube video.  Since you are playing it safe and only giving away 2 seeds right now, you'll be able to build up a seed base (like you can see I have) and prepare to reap the benefits.

Once you click "TWIEND" on one of the videos, you'll see the video pop up.

Once you click play, the pop up will show you how long you have to watch the video before you get your seeds.  In this case, I only had to watch some guy play the guitar on his phone for 50 seconds.  I got 4 seeds and I go on to the next one.  If it didn't play or had errors, I could have used the "SKIP" button to report it broken and move on to the next one.  Though there aren't always 9 seed videos available, they do come periodically, so I'll show you how to find them.

 I've watched the requirement.  Now what?  The bottom right shows you that you got credit and you can move on.  Once you finish a video, you go back to the lounge where you can see how many seeds you can get for each video.  I personally don't pay too much attention to the lounge because I typically have another tab open and my volume off, so the videos run in the background and I go about my business.  60 seconds later I check on it, get my credit and click on another one.

So I can open multiple tabs and double my efforts? - NO!


No, you'll get this screen if you try that.  You can also get this screen if you click refresh too quickly and too many times.  Sometimes you only get 3 seed videos and you want to refresh for a 9 video to come up.  It's possible, but don't click too quickly or they'll cool you off.  Here's what that looks like.

It's not a big deal though.  Go get a drink and by the time you come back, it'll probably be good again.

Lather, Rinse, Repeat...


So does it really seem like that much work?  Nah... I've got about 2 hours a day for like 2 weeks into keeping my seed count over 1000.  Those 1000 seeds are worth 500 followers to me.  If I wanted them quicker, I could give 3 or 4 seeds to get a few hundred quicker, but I'm not interested in that right now.

I'm an expert now... Now what?


Great! You've been listening and you've got 500 seeds and you are comfortable with the level of followers you are getting.  You are getting tired of watching all of those videos though.  (and yes, most of them are terrible, but mute helps!)  They have a referral program as shown below.

Since all of your new followers aren't from Twiends, you can still introduce some by clicking the TWEET button or giving out your link.  When your friends ask, "How'd you jump in followers so quickly?" you can give them your referral link and earn 25 seeds when they start the program.  You can also give them this guide to help them.  You can also use the other parts of the site to follow a few people on twitter if you want (though not the point) to earn some quick seeds.  You can like Facebook pages, but remember, everyone on Facebook will see you as a spammer too.

SO BASICALLY...
To not look like a desperate spammer, use the YouTube method.  You don't have to follow, like, or pay anyone.  I'd buy seeds (and they sell them) before I'd follow anyone I don't want to, but there are others out there who will follow you and you'll grow quickly.  Take advantage of it...

THIS IS GREAT. HOW CAN I THANK YOU?
I know why you are here... You don't want to spend any money.  I will still remind you that all donations (click the link at the top) are appreciated, but that's not the spirit of this post... Let someone else pay me.  Click an ad for me.  Find a big graphical one and I'll thank you all day long for it. Or just TWEET IT!

Cara Membuat Subdomain Untuk Blog [Blogger]

Subdomain adalah domain sampingan dari domain pokok, nah domain 'sampingan' ini bisa kita buat banyak, sebanyak banyak banyaknya xxixixxi, subdomain juga bisa menghemat pengeluaran kita karena kita bisa menggunakan subdomain untuk situs kita tanpa harus membeli lagi domain baru, oke begini langkahnya

1. Masuk ke situs tempat sobat mendaftar domain, kalau saya di dapurhosting, lalu masuk ke bagian seting DNS isikan subdomain dengan yang sobat ingin, ganti dengan CNAME (alias), DNS isi dengan ghs.google.com [lihat gambar]

2. Masukan subdomain yang sobat inginkan, misal secure [lihat gambar] lalu simpan,

 

3. Masuk ke Blogger lalu masuk ke setingan, publishing, lalu klik costom domain [lihat gambar]

 

4. Masuk ke advanced settings atau pengaturan lanjutan, 

 

isikan subdomainnya lalu klik save :D selamat mencoba sob. contoh subdomain dari www.bloghabibi.com >> http://alfa.bloghabibi.com

 

Semoga berhasil..

Contoh Soal Ujian Masuk PTN Negeri

halo sobat Beloved All kali ini saya akan memposting tentan contoh soal umpn di Jakarta, soal ini bisa di jadikan sebagai media pembelajaran bagi kita yang mau masuk PTN di Indonesia
soal bisa di download di sini

Contoh soal UMPN
pass : www.bloghabibi.com

Ok, sekian dulu untuk sekarang .
 thanks buat Abdis Blog (source)

Test IQ

Aku adalah sendiri.
Aku berada ditengah diantara kawan-kawanku.
Aku adalah sebuah angka.
Aku independen.
Sedangkan kawan-kawanku berpasang-pasangan.
Kami semuanya ada 9.
Mereka semuanya memiliki kesamaan kecuali aku.

Biar lebih mudah ku gambarkan clue nya :D
z1-y1-x1-w1-v-w2-x2-y2-z2

aku adalah huruf v nya (perumpamaan)

1. jika angka, angka berapakah aku?
2. Apa yang membuatku berbeda?
3. Jelaskan persamaan setiap pasangan! (ex: antara z1 dan z2)

nb: soal ini sepele, tapi dapat mengasah logika.
Hanya 25% yang menjawab benar (jawaban + logika nya )
buktikan kalau kamu bagian dari 25% tsb.

Daftar situs PPC, PTC, & PTR

Hai sobat Beloved All kali saya akan memposting tentang daftar situs PPC, PTC, dan PTR. bagi kalian yang belum tahu apa itu PPC,PTC,dan PTR disini saya akan menjelaskan secara singkat.
P P C (Pay Per Click) ialah program jika kita memasang iklan dari situs tertentu yang mengadakan program sponsor PPC di blog kita dan iklan yang kita pasang tadi di klik oleh pengunjung blog kita, maka kita akan dibayar untuk tiap kali klik tersebut. Dan bagi kamu yang ingin mencari situs-situs tersebut, Berikut Daftar
Situs Indonesia dengan Program PPC Indonesia (Pay Per Click):
1.http:// kliksaya.com
2.http:// kumpulblogger.com
3.ttp:// ppcindo.com
4.http:// tinggalklik.com
5.http:// adsentra.com
6.http:// adsensecamp.com
7.http:// adspeedy.com
8.http:// paneniklan.com
9.http:// ppcinbox.com
10.http:// indofad.com]indofad
11.http: // ppcindonesia.net
12.http: //dutablogger.com

P T C (Paid To Click) ialah program ketika kita klik iklan yang disediakan maka kita akan dibayar.
Situs Indonesia dengan Program PTC Indonesia (Pay To Click):
1.http:// klikrupiah.com
2.http:// indoptc.com
3.http:// klikajadeh.com
4.http:// ngebux.com
5.http:// rupiahbux.com

P T R (Pay To Review) ialah program promo pada suatu situs blog/website, kita diwajibkan membuat posting tulisan sesuai dengan tugas yang diberikan oleh sponsor yang akan membayar kita.
Situs Indonesia dengan Program PTR Indonesia (Pay to Review):
1.http:// reviewmu.com
2.http:// adreviewcamp.com

Jumlah nominal pembayaran komisi program diatas tersebut berbeda beda/ beragam sesuai dengan TOS yang telah disediakan oleh masing situs, termasuk jangka waktunya transfer pembayaran hasil yang akan kita terima. Pembayaran biasanya lewat transfer antar rekening Bank, atau dengan menggunakan jasa paypal.
Catatan: Sebaiknya baca terlebih dahulu TOS yang telah disediakan tersebut, dan patuhilah peraturannya untuk menjaga profesionalisme kerjasama yang sehat. Informasi ini kemungkinan akan berubah ubah, sebab mungkin ada penambahan atau pengurangan situs seiring dengan waktu.
Ok mudah mudahan dapat membantu dan bermanfaat, mendapat penghasilan lebih sambil ngeblogg kan lumayan. Oh iya jika kamu ingin mengecek apakah situs tersebut scam atau tidak kamu bisa cek di sini

Semoga Bermanfaat bagi kalian semua :) 

Tips dan kiat sukses snmptn

Buat kamu-kamu yang pengen ikutan spmb, berikut ada sedikit tips praktis tentang persiapan menjelang umptn. Sebenarnya kamu-kamu nggak perlu takut ya untuk ikutan spmb, yang penting kita harus mempersiapkan diri untuk menghadapi spmb.

Langkah pertama :

Kalo mau ikutan spmb, ya… Diniatkan yang mantap, jangan setengah hati. Siapkan semua “senjata” serta “perlengkapan perang” untuk menghadapi yang satu ini. Mantapkan tujuan kita pengen masuk kemana, misalnya kedokteran ui, teknik elektro itb, psikologi ugm atau teknik mesin undip. Pertimbangkan pula keadaan ekonomi orang tua, cita-cita, harapan orang tua, serta peluang kerjanya setelah lulus nanti.

Beli atau pinjam soal-soal spmb tahun-tahun terdahulu dari kakak-kakak kelas atau saudara, terus kerjakan soal-soal itu sebanyak mungkin. Karena soal spmb itu mengulang dari soal-soal tahun terdahulu, paling angkanya yang berubah. Oya, dari dulu spmb itu namanya selalu berubah, tapi inti-nya tetap sama. Dulu namanya proyek perintis, skalu, sipenmaru, umptn kemudian spmb.

Juga jangan remehkan mata ujian hari pertama, terutama bahasa indonesia. Rugi lho kalo nilai bhs. Indonesianya kecil, karena itu merupakan tambang nilai di spmb. Minimal bisa 25 soal yang benar.

Langkah kedua :

Kalo bisa ikutan bimbingan belajar alias bimbel, tapi kalo nggak bisa, usahakan untuk mencari referensi lain di luar bimbel, jangan malu minta ajarin sama kakak kelas yang sudah kuliah, bahkan jangan malu juga nanya sama adik kelas yang lebih pintar. Yang penting kan ilmunya bisa diserap.

Langkah ketiga :

Untuk mengukur sejauh mana persiapan dan kemampuan kita, ikut try-out spmb, pasti donk banyak tempat atau instansi di kotamu yang ngadain try-out spmb. So jangan ragu untuk ikutan. Begitu keluar nilai try-out kamu segera cocokkan sendiri dengan passing grade jurusan dan ptn yang akan kamu tuju. Kalo nilainya cukup pilih saja, tapi kalo nggak cukup pilih alternatif lain, misalnya pilih jurusan atau ptn dengan nilai passing grade yang lebih rendah. O,ya untuk bisa mengetahui nilai passing grade jurusan di ptn, bisa dilihat di bimbel atau tanya saja sama teman yang ikutan bimbel. Jangan segan untuk konsultasi ke pengajar bimbel ataupun ke kakak kelas yang pernah lulus umptn.

Langkah keempat :

Jangan lupa untuk selalu meminta petunjuk serta pertolongan dari allah, karena hanya allah yang akan menentukan segalanya. Perbanyak ibadah sunnah, misalnya shalat qiyamul lail, puasa senin kamis, shalat dhuha, dll

Langkah kelima :

Hati-hati dengan masalah teknis pengisian formulir pendaftaran. Pengisian formulir harus tepat dan hati-hati. Tidak boleh kotor, basah, terlipat atau lecek. Karena formulir umptn akan dibaca oleh komputer sehingga hal-hal tsb sangat berpengaruh. Sayang kan…, kalo sampai terjadi “kecelakaan” pada formulir spmb, padahal sebenarnya nilai spmb kamu cukup tinggi.

Langkah keenam :

Jangan lupa untuk survei tempat umptn minimal 2 hari sebelum spmb. Ambil resiko terburuk yaitu mendapatkan meja atau tempat duduk yang kurang memadai. Jadi, siapin semaksimal mungkin. Dan pada malam hari sebelum spmb jangan terlalu banyak belajar ataupun kegiatan berat lainnya, tapi istirahat untuk menenangkan pikiran, agar besoknya bisa segar. Pakailah pakaian yang nyaman, agar tidak menggangu konsentrasi.

Siapkan “senjata-senjata” berikut : minimal 4 mata pensil 2b yang siap pakai, bisa dengan menyerut 2 ujung pensil 2b, penghapus yang bersih, penggaris, klip/penjepit kertas minimal 5 buah, pulpen, tissue/saputangan, alas, jam yang tepat, air minum. O, ya kartu ujian-nya nggak boleh lupa lho…

Kalo bisa datang jangan terlalu kepagian atau terlambat. Kalo kepagian kita bisa be-te nungguin lama, kalo telat kita juga nggak tenang ngerjain soal. Waktu optimalnya kira-kira 15 menit sebelum masuk. Hindari membawa buku yang banyak, karena memberatkan, cukup “senjata” saja yang dibawa. Yakinlah bahwa kamu telah mengisi form nama, nomor ujian dan kode soal dengan benar. Jangan lupa periksa berulang-ulang.

Untuk mengerjakan soal-soal hitungan, pertama bukalah klip pada naskah soal, kemudian pisahkan satu-satu per mata pelajaran, jepit dengan klip/penjepit kertas yang telah kamu siapkan, nah, misalnya untuk mengerjakan soal fisika, dapat menghitung/mencoret-coret pada belakang naskah soal pelajaran lainnya. Lebih mudah khan??

Kerjakanlah soal yang kamu anggap paling mudah terlebih dahulu baru meningkat ke yang sedang kemudian yang sulit, sisakan waktu minimal 15 menit untuk memindahkan ke lembar jawaban. Manfaatkan waktu-waktu “injury time” untuk mengecek terakhir kebenaran form nama, nomor dll serta jawaban pada lembar jawaban komputer. Jangan terburu-buru tapi juga jangan membuang waktu. Hindari pekerjaan yang membuang waktu misalnya menyerut pensil, dsb. Rugi lho.

Setelah selesai ujian, langsung pulang, jangan keluyuran, siapkan untuk hari kedua. Kalo perlu sembunyikan lembaran soal yang kita bawa pulang. Hindari ajakan teman untuk membahas soal atau mengungkit-ungkit tentang umptn, karena akan sangat mengganggu “jiwa” kita. Kecuali kalo sudah “kebal” sih nggak apa-apa. Kalau ketemu teman cukup dengan obrolan yang ringan saja.

Hal-hal yang tak kalah penting dalam pemilihan jurusan

Sebelum memilih jurusan, ada baiknya cari informasi terlebih dahulu agar tidak terjadi penyesalan di kemudian hari. Tanya-tanya sama kakak kelas atau teman, bagaimana kuliahnya, dosennya, fasilitasnya, pergaulannya, ospeknya, biaya kuliahnya, praktikumnya, dll.

TIPS - KUNCI SUKSES MASUK PERGURUAN TINGGI NEGERI

Banyak orang tua yang bingung ketika putera-puterinya memasuki kelas 1 Sekolah Menengah. Mau kuliah dimanakah setelah ini? Perguruan Tinggi Negeri  (PTN) masih menjadi impian mereka sebagai tempat menimba ilmu. Ada berbagi alasan mengapa begitu, utamanya mereka percaya kalau kwalitas PTN masih lebih baik dibandingkan yang lain dan biaya kuliahpun lebih murah. Ada juga yang beranggapan kalau lulusan PTN lebih mudah mendapatkan pekerjaan dan juga beasiswa S2 ke luar negeri. Tak heran para orang tua sudah mempersiapkan dana dan sederet les-les tambahan untuk masa depan Sang Buah Hati.

Berikut ini ada tips untuk masuk PTN yang harus dipersiapkan orang tua jauh hari sebelumnya:

1. Mulai Sekolah Dasar amati kemampuan dan bakat anak Anda. Dari sini Anda bisa mengetahui bakat dan tingkat kecerdasan mereka. Konsultasilah dengan Psikolog bila perlu.

Mulai ikutkan mereka dengan kegiatan-kegiatan yang membentuk perilaku positif. Misalnya saja, les Bahasa Inggris, menari, vokal, piano dll. Tapi tetap beri mereka waktu bermain yang cukup dan jaga jangan sampai mereka stress karena terlalu banyak les. Ingat, anak yang stress malah berakibat tidak mau sekolah !

2. Memasuki SMP, mulai arahkan mereka ke profesi. Kenalkan mereka kepada berbagai profesi (dokter,guru, bidan,artis,ilmuwan, dll) dan ajak mereka mengetahui tugas-tugas mereka secara langsung.  Pada tahap ini, kepribadian anak labil karena memasuki proses dari anak menjadi ABG. Tapi mereka sudah mulai mempunyai pilihan. Jaga dan arahkan mereka sebaik-baiknya. Jangan  sampai mereka merasa kehilangan kasih sayang Anda. Waktunya ditingkatkan pendidikan Agama.

Mulai fokuskan pada mata pelajaan untuk UNAS. Karena Bahasa Inggris dan Matematika adalah kunci sukses di dunia pendidikan Indonesia maka wajib menguasainya. Kalau Anda menilai pendidikan di sekolah kurang sempurna maka ikutkan mereka les kedua mata pelajaran tersebut.  

Anda boleh melakukan psikotes pada anak untuk mengetahui tingkat kecerdasan dan bakat mereka.  Dari sana Anda bisa menganalisa jurusan apa yang akan diambil sejak dini.

3. Memasuki SMA, tanamkan pada anak Anda untuk menguasai  bidang pelajaran yang akan dipakai Ujian Nasional dan ujian masuk PTN. Juga pacu terus semangat belajar mereka. Karena dari nilai sehari-hari yang bagus dapat membawa putera-puteri Anda masuk PTN pilihan tanpa tes dan dapat beasiswa. Ikutkan mereka ke bimbingan belajar program khusus UNAS dan Ujian masuk PTN.

Memasuki kelas 2, pastikan kalau mereka sudah menentukan akan memilih profesi apa untuk masa depannya. Karena hal itu akan menentukan jurusan apa yang harus diambil. Biasanya, pembimbing di tempat bimbingan belajar akan membantu siswa dan orang tua untuk memilih jurusan yang tepat.

Memasuki kelas 3, siapkan mental anak dan jaga jangan sampai mereka stress gara-gara ketakutan pada UNAS. Pada tahap ini berikan nasihat bahwa untuk meraih keberhasilan diperlukan usaha dan doa, UNAS adalah salah satu bentuk usaha dan perjuangan untuk meraih cita-cita dan masa depan yang cemerlang. Bila berusaha dengan belajar yang intensif dan diiringi doa pastilah berhasil. Beri pemahaman yang benar tentang UNAS. UNAS bukan hal yang perlu ditakuti.

Selesai UNAS tibalah saatnya masuk jenjang Perguruan Tinggi. Tentukan jurusan yang sesuai dengan keinginan putera-puteri Anda. Jangan memaksakan kehendak orang tua karena akan berakibat fatal. Di saat inilah anak dan orang tua harus saling mengerti. Bicaralah dari hati ke hati sehingga keinginan orang tua dan anak bisa sejalan. Kalaupun putera-puteri Anda harus menuruti keinginan Anda, merekapun akan menerimanya dengan sepenuh hati tanpa beban.

Kalau yang diinginkan secepatnya dapat kerja setelah kuliah, ambillah jurusan yang banyak menyerap tenaga kerja dan jurusan profesi (Keguruan, Dokter, Bidan, Tehnik Mesin, Tehnik Elektro, Komputer,Akuntansi,Manajemen,Tehnik Kimia, Apoteker,Sekretaris,Perawat) dan program pendidikan yang dibuka oleh pemerintah (informasi lengkap biasanya ada ditempat bimbingan belajar). Biasanya yang memilih jurusan tersebut sangat banyak. Tapi jangan berkecil hati.

Beda lagi kalau Anda menginginkan putera-puteri Anda pokoknya dapat kuliah di PTN. Pilih saja jurusan yang peminatnya sedikit ( Sejarah, Sastra Jawa,Sastra Belanda, Sastra Perancis, Sosiologi dll). Contohnya: Ada seorang anak yang begitu menginginkan masuk Universitas Indonesia padahal dia punya kemampuan akademis yang biasa saja, ternyata dia hanya ingin bergabung dengan kegiatan-kegiatan di kampus UI terutama tarinya. Karena didukung orang tua ,akhirnya dia pilih saja Sastra Perancis yang waktu itu sedikit peminatnya dan akhirnya diterima. Karena punya motivasi positif yang tinggi akhirnya dia bisa menyelesaikan kuliahnya dengan baik, malahan dapat menguasai Bahasa Perancis yang sulit.

Pada dasarnya semua pilihan ditentukan oleh motivasi dan keinginan anak serta orang tua. Tapi menghadapi Ujian Masuk PTN tidak perlu berkecil hati. Yakinlah kalau semua sudah dipersiapkan dengan matang pasti akan diterima. Selain itu faktor keberuntungan juga menentukan. Berdoa dan berusahalah. SEMANGAT !!!

Windows 8: 20 Tips dan Trik

Apa yang akan Anda lakukan dengan sistem operasi baru? Segera singsingkan lengan baju Anda dan menjelajahi setiap bagian dari OS. Pertama kali Anda harus membuat tweak registrasi manual untuk membuka elemen tersembunyi dari OS terbaru: Anda jelajahi pilihan konfigurasi untuk melihat apa yang berubah, baru dan apa yang Anda inginkan.
Anda perlu mencurahkan beberapa jam untuk bermain dengan semua fitur yang berbeda. Atau jika Anda menginginkannya secara cepat, Anda bisa mengikuti panduan di bawah ini. Ada 20 item mengagumkan yang wajib Anda ketahui dari sistem operasi terbaru Microsoft.




1. Metro: Langsung ketik itu!
Pertama kita akan mulai dengan trik yang mudah. Jika Anda menggunakan Metro UI pada Windows 8 dan ingin mengupload aplikasi, jangan gerakkan mouse di layar atau scroll mouse, tapi langsung saja ketik! Anda tidak perlu mencari tombol pencarian atau yang lainnya sebab Windows 8 akan mencoba untuk menemukan apapun yang Anda ketik, misalkan itu “Solitaire” atau “Control Panel”.




2. Screenshots sangat menyenangkan dan serbaguna.
Microsoft akhirnya telah membuat cara yang super mudah untuk membuang konten pada screen down untuk sebuah image file. Pertama Anda klik key Print Screen untuk meng-copy konten, tapi Anda masih harus paste pada image pada aplikasi lainnya. Setelah itu buka Windows Key dan Print Screen secara bersamaan untuk membersihkan seluruh layar Anda pada file PNG dalam gambar folder. Mudah!



3. Jangan Upgrade!
Ini adalah panduan untuk menginstal Windows 8, dan jangan mengupgrade Windows 8 pada sistem operasi yang sudah ada. Jika hal ini Anda lalukan maka ada potensi yang tidak kompatible pada perangkat lunak, game dan aplikasi “test version” di Windows 8. Ada baiknya Anda baca buku panduan sebelum menginstal Windows 8.




4. Hot Corner adalah teman Anda.
Microsoft meninggalkan beberapa navigasi kasat mata di empat sudut layar Anda, dan jika Anda menempatkan mouse maka Anda akan melihat menu tersebut. Menu di pojok atas dan bawah untuk mengakses Charm Bar: Search dan Sharing capabilities.  Di pojok atas dan bawah sebelah kiri untuk mengakses “Switch List” seperti Anda menekan kombinasi tombol alt dan tab pada keyboard.

5. Hotkey adalah teman anda juga.
Kecuali Anda menggunakan PC dengan layar sentuh, navigasi antar muka dengan UI Metro bisa sangat membosankan. Jadi jangan gunakan mouse Anda, cukup gunakan keyboard Anda. Berikut beberapa hotkey:
Windows Key + Tab - untuk membuka “Switch List”.
Windows Key + C - untuk membuka Charms Bar.
Windows Key + I - untuk membuka Setting Menu.
Windows Key + T - untuk kembali ke Deksktop Mode dan membuka kembali menu taskbar.
Windows Key + Shift + . - untuk membawa aplikasi di kiri, tengah atau sisi kanan pada layar.
Windows Key + M - untuk ke Desktop dan meminimalkan semua aplikasi.
Windows Key + Q - untuk membuka pencarian global Windows 8 melalui Metro.




6. PC Setting Panel adalah teman terbaik Anda.
Anda dapat memilih dan mengkonfigurasi Windows 8 untuk konten Control Panel dan menu setting Metro yang baru, yang bisa Anda akses melalui setting option Charms Bar. Di sini Anda dapat menyesuaikan sreen backgorund yang terkunci, warna Metro, pemberitahuan dan nama-nama perangkat yang terpasang serta banyak lagi pilihan penting lainnya.




7. Windows 8 lawan kerusakan.
Jika Anda sudah menginstal dan mulai menjalankan Windows 8 tapi sistem operasinya tidak berjalan dengan baik atau ada yang rusak, maka Anda tidak perlu menginstal ulang. Klik tab General pada menu “More PC Settings” lalu “Refresh” strip option pada aplikasi  yang sudah diinstal dan kembali pada setting factory-default untuk menjada file tetap digunakan. Jika Anda memilih “Reset” akan menghapus sistem operasi Anda dan mengembalikan sistem Anda ke setting factory-default Windows 8.




8. Memungkinkan untuk Save Mode
Berbicara mengenai bencana pada komputer, jika Anda ingin reboot sistem pada Save Mode maka Anda tidak bisa hanya dengan menekan kunci F8 untuk loading Windows 8: pertama kali Anda harus memungkinkan Safe Mode sendiri.
Ketik “cmd” pada Metro Ui Anda, klik kanan mouse Anda pada app Command Prompt (disebut “cmd”) lalu pilih sebagai administrator. Lalu ketik “bcdedit / enum / v” pada layar commad prompt dan tekan Enter. Salin seluruh konten untuk entry “Windows 8 Consumer Preview” bukan “Windows Boot Manager.” Lalu ketik command prompt berikut ini: bcdedit / copy youridentifierstring /d “Windows Developer Preview (Safe Mode) dan tekan Enter, setelah itu ketik “msconfig” dan tekan kembali Enter.
Klik pada tab “Boot” dan pilih entry “Windows Developer Preview (Safe Mode).” Klik “Boot,” maka semua pengaturan Boot menjadi permanen, klik OK dan klik “Yes.”




9. Menjadi administrator super dengan satu klik
Inilah kabar gembira yang tersembunyi pada Window 8: pindahkan kursor mouse

anda di pojok kiri bawah dari Windows 8 Metro atau Desktop mode sampai muncul thumbnail to-be-swicthed-to. Klik kanan pada mouse Anda , Anda akan menarik sebuah menu yang memberi jalan pintas ke banyak pilihan termasuk Command Prompt, menu Sistem dan sebagainya.




10. Cara cepat Uninstall aplikasi
Jika Anda mencari cara yang cepat untuk membuang aplikasi pada Windows 8 Anda, cukup klik kanan pada ikon app dalam Metro UI dan pilih “Uninstall.” Dan aplikasi itu akan menghilang dengan mudah.




11. Benci Metro?
Inilah salah satu bagian yang menyenangkan. Buka Windows Explorer dan navigasikan pada Windows direktori. Lakukan pencarian untuk “shows desktop,” dan copy shortcut pada lokasi: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup. Dengan begitu, Anda akan bahwa Windows 8 selalu boot pada “Classic Desktop” melalui Metro UI.




12. Benci Password?
 Pasword itu penting, terutama jika Anda menggunakan Windows 8 untuk berbagi file melalui jaringan. Untuk file penting dan direktori, tentunya Anda ingin memastikan bahwa hanya Anda yang bisa mengakses file pada sistem Anda. Dan jika Anda ekstra hati-hati, Anda harus mengunci setiap kali Anda melangkah jauh dari komputer Anda.
Tetapi apakah Anda suka untuk mengetik pasword setiap kali booting komputer Anda? Tentu tidak. Anda bisa menghilangkan beberapa proses, tapi tetap menggunakan password untuk melindungi bagian Windows 8 Anda, dengan cara melakukan kombinasi Windows Key dan “R” kemudian mengetik “netplwiz” untuk Run windows dan tekan enter. Anda harus memasukkan user name dan password untuk menggunakan komputer dan klik OK.




13. Terhubung Konsol Game
Versi terbaru sistem operasi Windows menampilkan fitur untuk terhubung pada Xbox 360 Anda. Windows 8 memungkinkan Anda untuk meluncurkan game pada Xbox 360 dari PC Anda, idealnya sama dengan bermain game pada PC yang terhubung langsung dengan Xbox 360. Untuk menghubungkan PC Windows 8 dengan Xbox 360, klik pada aplikasi “Xbox Companion” pada start menu Windows 8 untuk memulai proses yang mudah.




14. Task Manager yang menakjubkan.
Salah satu upgrade yang lebih baik adalah Task Manager. Ketik “Task Manager” di Metro, kemudian klik pada link “More Details” di bagian bawah, nantinya program Task Management akan tampil baru.
Yang paling menarik adalah tab “Performance” yang dapat Anda gunakan untuk melihat 60 detik terakhir  dari sistem CPU, Memory, Disk atau penggunaan jaringan. Selain itu ada juga tab"App History” dan tab “Startup” untuk mengaktifkan dan menonaktifkan aplikasi.




15. Password visual
Ini merupakan sistem keamanan yang baru pada Windows, klik Setting pada Charms Bar Windows 8, lalu klik “More PC Setting.” Klik “User” dan pilih opsi untuk membuat pasword gambar. Anda bisa memilih gambar apapun, Anda juga bisa mengkombinasi dengan gerak tubuh.




16. Default aplikasi untuk Bypass Windows
Beberapa aplikasi yang jarang Anda gunakan pada Metro UI Windows 8, solusinya dalah ketik “default programs” pada Metro UI Windows 8 dan klik pada link yang muncul. Pilih “Set your default programs” dan masing-masin gprogram akan memberitahu Anda berapa banyak ekstensi yang dapat terbuka.




17. Mengatur Thy Tiles
Anda dapat mencampur, mengelompokkan atau mengubah ukuran ikon sesuka Anda. Jika Anda ingin memindahkan tile, geser mereka lalu klik pada ikon pembesar di pojok kanan bawah lalu pindahkan, tapi Anda harus memindahkan satu persatu.




18. Dimana Driver Anda?
Jangan lupa untuk menginstal driver perangkat Anda pada konfigurasi Windows 8. Driver yang paling penting pada motherboard Anda seperti, driver video card akan install uptodate pada sistem Windows 8 dan berabagi driver lainnya. Sebab produsen perangkat tidak semuanya ada dalam sistem operasi Windows 8.




19. Syn Up
Windows 8 memungkinkan Anda untuk menyinkronkan sistem pengoperasian ke semua akun pihak ketiga. Yang paling penting adalah dapat menghubungkan Anda dengan Microsoft Account, yang dapat Anda lakukan dengan menu Setting PC (Charms Bar . Setting . More PC Setting). Dengan begitu Anda bisa memuat tema, setting, bahasa dan settingan aplikasi.
Selain itu Anda dapat mengintegrasikan Hotmail, Linkedin, Google, Facebook dan akun Twitter dengan Windows 8 dan jika Anda berhasil Anda bisa chatting dengan Facebook dan Windows Messenger melalui aplikasi Messaging.




20. Shut Down!
Salah satu fitur Windows 8 yang aneh adalah tombol shutdown berada dalam Metro UI. Anda juga bisa beralih ke mode Desktop dan menekan alt+F4 untuk mematikan PC Anda, selain itu Anda juga bisa membuat ikon shutdown yang berfungsi sama seperti di Metro.
Untuk mode Desktop, klik kanan pada desktop dan buat shortcut baru. Untuk “location” Anda ketik sebagai berikut: shutdown.exe-s-t 00, lalu Anda bebas menamai shortcut. Setelah itu jalankan Windows explorer dan pindahkan shortcut ke C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs directory. Lalu kembali ke antarmuka Metro dan Anda akan melihat tombol Shutdown muncuk dengan tile baru, klik sekali dan sistem Anda akan mati.

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Job Interview Questions and Sample Answers

Job interviews are always stressful - even for job seekers who have gone on countless interviews. The best way to reduce the stress is to be prepared. Take the time to review the common interview questions you will most likely be asked. Also, review sample answers and advice on how to answer these typical interview questions.
Then take the time to research the company and to prepare for an interview. This way, you will be ready with knowledgeable answers for the job interview questions that specifically relate to the company you are interviewing with.
Interview Questions: Work History

• Name of company, position title and description, dates of employment. - Best Answers
• What were your expectations for the job and to what extent were they met? - Best Answers
• What were your starting and final levels of compensation? - Best Answers
• What were your responsibilities? - Best Answers
• What major challenges and problems did you face? How did you handle them? - Best Answers
• What have you learned from your mistakes? - Best Answers
• What did you like or dislike about your previous job? - Best Answers
• Which was most / least rewarding? - Best Answers
• What was the biggest accomplishment / failure in this position? - Best Answers
• Questions about your supervisors and co-workers. - Best Answers
• What was it like working for your supervisor? - Best Answers
• What do you expect from a supervisor? - Best Answers
• What problems have you encountered at work? - Best Answers
• Have you ever had difficulty working with a manager? - Best Answers
• Who was your best boss and who was the worst? - Best Answers
• Describe your ideal boss. - Best Answers
• Why are you leaving your job? - Best Answers
• Why do you want to change jobs? - Best Answers
• Why did you resign? - Best Answers
• Why did you quit your job? - Best Answers
• What have you been doing since your last job? - Best Answers
• Why were you fired? - Best Answers

Job Interview Questions About You

• What is your greatest weakness? - Best Answers
• What is your greatest strength? - Best Answers
• How will your greatest strength help you perform? - Best Answers
• How would you describe yourself? - Best Answers
• Describe a typical work week. - Best Answers
• Describe your work style. - Best Answers
• Do you work well with other people? - Best Answers
• Do you take work home with you? - Best Answers
• How many hours do you normally work? - Best Answers
• How would you describe the pace at which you work? - Best Answers
• How do you handle stress and pressure? - Best Answers
• What motivates you? - Best Answers
• Are you a self motivator? - Best Answers
• What are your salary expectations? - Best Answers
• What do you find are the most difficult decisions to make? - Best Answers
• Tell me about yourself. - Best Answers
• What has been the greatest disappointment in your life? - Best Answers
• What are you passionate about? - Best Answers
• What are your pet peeves? - Best Answers
• What do people most often criticize about you? - Best Answers
• When was the last time you were angry? What happened? - Best Answers
• If you could relive the last 10 years of your life, what would you do differently? - Best Answers
• If the people who know you were asked why you should be hired, what would they say? Best Answers
• Do you prefer to work independently or on a team? - Best Answers
• Give some examples of teamwork. - Best Answers
• More teamwork interview questions. - Best Answers
• What type of work environment do you prefer? - Best Answers
• How do you evaluate success? - Best Answers
• If you know your boss is 100% wrong about something how would you handle it? - Best Answers
• Describe a difficult work situation / project and how you overcame it. - Best Answers
• Describe a time when your workload was heavy and how you handled it. - Best Answers
• More job interview questions about your abilities. - Best Answers
• More job interview questions about you. - Best Answers

Job Interview Questions About the New Job and the Company

• What interests you about this job? - Best Answers
• Why do you want this job? - Best Answers
• What applicable attributes / experience do you have? - Best Answers
• Are you overqualified for this job? - Best Answers
• What can you do for this company? - Best Answers
• Why should we hire you? - Best Answers
• Why are you the best person for the job? - Best Answers
• What do you know about this company? - Best Answers
• Why do you want to work here? - Best Answers
• What challenges are you looking for in a position? - Best Answers
• What can you contribute to this company? - Best Answers
• Are you willing to travel? - Best Answers
• What is good customer service? - Best Answers
• How long do you expect to remain employed with this company? - Best Answers
• Is there anything I haven't told you about the job or company that you would like to know? - Best Answers

Interview Questions: The Future

• What are you looking for in your next job? What is important to you? - Best Answers
• Where do you see yourself 5 years from now? - Best Answers
• What are your goals for the next five years / ten years? - Best Answers
• How do you plan to achieve those goals? - Best Answers
• What are your salary requirements - both short-term and long-term? - Best Answers
• Questions about your career goals. - Best Answers
• What will you do if you don't get this position? - Best Answers

Behavioral Interview Questions
In addition to being ready to answer these standard questions, prepare for behavior based interview questions. This is based on the premise that a candidate's past performance is the best predictor of future performance. You will need to be prepared to provide detailed responses including specific examples of your work experiences. Review examples of behavioral interview questions.
Interview Questions Employers Should Not Ask
There are some interview questions, typically known as illegal interview questions, that employers should not ask during a job interview. Here are questions that shouldn't be asked during a job interview and how to best respond.
Interview Questions Listed by Type of Job
Job specific interview questions for a variety of jobs, career fields, industries, and types of candidates, as well as tips on how to answer these types of questions. List includes accounting, administrative, customer service, technical, management, retail, sales, analyst, consultant, entry level, part-time, work at home and many more.
Phone Job Interview Questions
Have a phone interview on the agenda? Here are common questions asked during a telephone interview, plus tips on how best to answer so you can move to the next stage of the interview process.
Practice Interview Questions
Review practice interview questions for a variety of different occupations, types of jobs, and types of interviews.
Tough Interview Questions
These are some of the more difficult interview questions that you may be asked on a job interview.
Interview Questions to Ask
The last job interview question you may be asked is "What can I answer for you?" Have an interview question or two of your own ready to ask. You aren't simply trying to get this job - you are also interviewing the employer to assess whether this company and the position are a good fit for you.

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