New Year New You Part I

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In the former article “New Year Resolutions: where you’ve been going defective ~ Part I”, you learnt 5 faults persons make when making new year resolutions. In this article, prepare to learn another 5 big no-no’s that may have sabotaged your success in the past, and how you may repair things!

Mistake #1 Failing To Plan

We say we want to do things, but ofttimes we leave it to chance, or to God… to actually get us to do them. I believe not one thing happens by chance. As they saying goes, if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. You need to devise a plan, fast! Otherwise, how are you going to make sure you do the things you want to do?

This is another thing I help my clients with. A good plan ought to be tailored to you and only you. It ought to take into account your personality, your values, your lifestyle, the type of work you do, your family, your schedule, your free time… to put together a great plan you may need to learn sure organisational and time management achievements you might not have right now. But I guarantee you that when you have devised the right plan of action for you, it won’t be in your head, it will be on paper, and when you take a look at it, when you think in regards to it, you will feel your motivation levels soar.

Mistake #2 Forgetting To Strategise

After you’ve devised a outstanding plan that works for you, you need go to strategize. A outstanding plan deserves a great strategy. A system comprises all the extra things you need to do to make sure you cohere to your plan. Do you have everything you need in place?

For example: Last week I helped a client formulated their own plan. Her Resolution is to lose a stone by the 1st of January.

After we worked out her plan I asked her “now, how are you going to make sure that happens? do you have everything you need?”. “What do you mean?” She asked. “Well, if you are going to be eating healthily and exercising for the next four weeks, do you have everything you need? do you have healthful foods in your home? do you have all the workout gear you need? do you need to take your gear into work with you, or are you gonna go home to get it and then go work out…?”

This is when you get into the nitty gritty of things. As I always say to my clients, you have to become a bit of a Ninja! You need to strategize, have everything covered, and you need to have it covered so doing the things you want to do is as easy and pleasurable as possible. Achieving your Resolutions shouldn’t seem an inconceivable feat, you ought to feel like you may do it. You want to make things as easy as possible for yourself. You have to aid yourself succeed.

Mistake #3 Not Telling Anyone About Your Resolutions

Another bad habit a lot of persons have: secrecy. “I won’t tell anybody just in case I fail…”

Why not tell everyone to make sure you succeed?

Studies show that humans who have a supporting family and friends reach their goals intended to be attained faster, and likewise live happier and longer lives! This is why aid groups of all sorts have proven to be so frequent and successful.

If your family and friends are not as supporting as you’d like them to be, finding like-minded humans who part the same or similar goals will support you get what you want more immediate and more easily. And you’ll get to receive pleasure from the routine more too.

Mistake #4 Making Excuses!

But I don’t have the time, it’s too cold, it’s too dark, I failed in the past, I don’t know if I may do it, it’s just that…

Time to get rid of your BUT!

Make a list of excuses, get them all out of your scheme and onto paper! Do it real quick, now, look at them and realize there is always going to be stuff in your way. It is your occupation to move it detached so you may move past it, it’s your occupation to move over it, around it, through it, do whatsoever you have to do… the tiny percentage of people who are going to fulfill their resolutions this year likewise have stuff going on, just like you and me. The divergence is they do what they need to do anyway.

Don’t imagination a run in the rain? I work out outdoors all year round, come wind, rain or snow.

Too lazy to wake up an hour earlier? TV Chef Clodagh McKenna wakes up at 5.30am each day and says that waking up after 6am is a waste of a day.

Reluctant to stop eating cake? A client of mine has lost 1 stone and a half in the past 21 days, while you’ve been tucking in.

My question to you is: what are you more than willing to do to get what you want? how far, how long, how hard are you more than willing to work to get what you want?

Mistake #5 Thinking You Can Make It On Your Own

In my whole life, there isn’t one thing I’ve accomplished on my own. And neither have you. We didn’t learn to smile on our own, we didn’t learn to eat on our own… we didn’t even learn to walk on our own, mum or dad were there, a few steps away, guiding us, supporting us, motivating us, helping us make it!

Thinking that you will be competent to make it on your own, relying solely on your own will power is a big fault that will only fetch you feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized and disappointment.

Even the most successful businesspeople, artists and athletes have a team of persons aid them achieve their goals.

The sooner you realize this the rapidly and without delay you’ll achieve your new year resolutions. You ought to surround yourself with the right team; persons who are going to guide you, motivate you, uplift you… mentors, coaches, family members, friends and loved ones… people who just won’t let you fail!

So, you might not have all the resources you need yet. Maybe you need to get planning, perhaps you need to save some money, read a book… you may need to talk to someone, make a phone call, write an email, take a course, get coaching… but you don’t need the stars to align in the sky before you may get started.

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Amazon Sales Rank: #1 in Consumer Electronics
Color: White
Brand: Generic
Model: MA591G/A
Dimensions: .12 pounds

One Year Warranty, 7 Days Unconditional Return Period
Same day shipping( Payment before 3:00PM, PST)
For Apple iPhone, iPod Sync data or charging

435 of 444 people found the following review helpful.
Different Amazon vendors give different cables! Cellular 5 Star gave best. Importer520 cables were okay. Item44less were worst
By E. Kim
I compared the cable I received with my original iPhone 4 and 3 cables. I cannot tell any differences other than a slightly different feel of the rubber/plastic material along the cable length, which by the way also differs between my genuine Apple iphone 4 and 3 cables. Another reviewer posted pictures on Amazon in which the cable in question appeared to have a slightly wider or larger connectors, but mine are identical in size, and appearance.

I am very happy with this purchase and will purchase several more.

ADDENDUM April 20, 2011
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After my initial great experience with the cable (that I ordered from Amazon’s merchant Cellular 5 Star), I ordered 3 more cables, and did not realize that the “default” merchant had changed to Importer520. I just received these 3 cables and they look similar to genuine Apple cables at quick glance, but on closer inspection, they all had surface blemishes and slight irregularities. They also had a suspicious looking “Designed by Apple in California Assembled in China” stamped on the cable length.

The cable from Cellular 5 Star was of very good quality that I could NOT distinguish from genuine Apple cables, but the ones from Importer520 are slightly inferior. The feel of the cable length material is good though, in that it is supple. It will coil and uncoil without keeping the bent shape.

I have contacted Importer520 to see if I can get a refund, but their stated return policy states that they will not refund shipping costs, which when I ordered was almost all the purchase price.

ADDENDUM June 16, 2011
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I purchased another “OEM” cable, this time from Item44Less and this cable is the worst of the bunch. The length of the cable is made out of a rigid plastic that does not bend like the more supple rubber-like material of the genuine Apple cables or even from Cellular 5 Star or Importer520.

ADDENDUM September 2, 2011
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I purchased another “OEM” cable, this time from C and J Accessories, which actually qualifies for Amazon Prime since their order fulfillment is through Amazon. This cable is clearly not authentic with the end that connects to the iPhone being larger by about 0.5 mm width and length. The other Amazon merchants cables were identical to design, but differed in quality. This cable actually differs in its design with its wider and thicker connector end. The length of the cable is also more plastic than a flexible rubber, compared to authentic Apple cables. I would say this is almost as bad as Item44Less.

ADDENDUM September 19, 2011
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I purchased a cable from Niceeshop and it looks genuine except that the cable length material is not as supple as the genuine Apple cables. The cable length material is not as rigid as the Item44Less cable, but more inflexible (retaining bends) than the Importer520 cables.

SUMMARY (Ranked in order of similarity to an authentic Apple cable)
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1. Cellular 5 Star cables are the best and indistinguishable from my genuine Apple iPhone cables.
2. Importer520 is acceptable, but slightly inferior to Cellular 5 Star with some cosmetic blemishes. The cable length is made out of a high quality material.
3. Niceeshop is acceptable, but the cable length is not as supple as the Cellular 5 Star or Importer520.
4. C and J Accessories, although it qualifies for Amazon Prime, has its iPhone connector end as larger than the authentic one with a cheaper cable length material.
5. I would avoid Item44Less because of the rigid plastic cable material that does not bend and keeps the angular bent formation from its coiled position during shipping. The cable length material is the lowest quality (i.e. most plastic like) compared to the above four competitors.

206 of 216 people found the following review helpful.
Not an “Apple” cable but VERY LITTLE DIFFERENCE! (see my pics for full visual comparison made 4/1/11)
By Christopher Barton
I browsed Amazon for weeks teetering between about 3 different sellers for my replacement dock cables for charging/syncing my iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and 160Gig iPod Classic. I found these cables to be the least expensive of the ones with predominately “good” reviews. There were a few people who said they got the “real thing” when they ordered the cables as “OEM Apple cables”, a few people who said the cables were good but not “OEM Apple” quality, and finally there were a few who said to “stay away from these cables” because they tore up easily. I figured I’d chance it and order them. I am VERY PLEASED that I did. I ordered the cables 3/29/11 and was given a forecasted delivery date of 4/4 to 4/7/11. I received the cables today (4/1/11). VERY SPEEDY SHIPPING!!!! The cables were sent via USPS in a small brown envelope that was coated inside with bubble wrap. The cables were coiled up, much as anyone would coil a dock connector cable for storage with plastic wraps that were similar to the style wraps for the cables that come with all new Apple products. I was curious but kind of dreading opening the package because I just knew these cables would not fit my iPhone 4 with the bumper like just nearly every other “after market” cable I’ve seen. I was PLEASANTLY SURPRISED when I saw the design of these cables. They are as close to being “OEM Apple” cables as I’ve ever seen without actually being “Apple cables”. They fit snugly in all of my iDevices, charge the 4, 3GS, and Classic with NO ISSUES. I tested the sync speed of the cable and found it rivals the speed of the newest “Apple cable” that was included with my iPhone 4 purchase back in July 2010. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THESE CABLES!!!! If you’re an iPhone 4 owner who uses a bumper, GET THESE CABLES!!! THEY WORK!!! I’ve also taken “comparison” pictures and posted them to the “user pictures” on this item’s display. Hope my review is helpful and thanks to everyone who writes these reviews and to everyone who reads them. Together we can help each other make sure we get what we pay for!
Brandon (Shreveport, LA)
***(More to come on their durability after I’ve used them a couple of months)***

***UPDATE 8/28/11***
Got these cables almost 5 months ago, one connects to my iMac, one to my wall charger, one to my XP machine at work, and one connects to my car charger. All are working and none have presented any issues so far. A friend was looking for similar cables but purchased them from a different seller and found they didn’t fit his iPhone 4 bumper. I thought on it a bit and found an excellent resolution. Just get an emery board (flexible fingernail file) and file down the edges of the 30 pin connector. PRESTO it fits now! SO if the seller does change the type of cable that is being shipped and you get one that doesn’t quite fit the iPhone 4 bumper, I can tell you (from experience) that it will not hurt to file the 30 pin connector to fit the bumper. Hope the review and this update are still helpful to people looking for new charge/sync cables.

234 of 256 people found the following review helpful.
The cable sent is not the cable shown.
By Danielle R. Favreau
I ordered this cable because the image shows a real style Apple cable with rounded edges. I have an OtterBox case that requires a rounded edge cable in order to charge it. I received this cable and it is a generic square ended cable, which is completely useless to me. Though it might work it would require I remove the phone from the case every time I wanted to use it, which is not an option.