Paul Zirka asked:


When I first started studying the history of music, I did not know what I was getting into. I had a notion that music history was somewhat of a trivial pursuit…

Honestly, I only followed my history of classical music course because I needed the credits. I am sure some of you out there can relate to that. I did not know how fully interesting music history could be. You see, in our culture many of us do not really study to comprehend music. For much of the world, music is a language, but for us it is a thing that we consumed passively.

When I started to study about the history of Western music, however, it changed all that for me. I have had some experience using musical instruments, but I have never mastered one enough to really comprehend what music is all about. This class showed me.

When a lot of us think about the history of music, it means the history of rock music. We presume that the history is plain because the music is plain. In fact, neither is the case. The history of music, whether you’re talking about classical music, rock music, jazz music, or any other kind, is always complex. New chord structures are set up carrying with them new forms of understanding humanity. New rhythmic patterns are established, carrying with them new methods of understanding history. And music shows all of it.

History of music nowadays is even more interesting. Even when the class was ended, I could not stop learning about the history of music. It had stimulated my appetite, and I wanted more. I acquired all the music history volumes that I could discover. I even started to examine forms of music that had not interested me before in the hopes of improving my musical knowledge further. When I was in school studying toward a very different subject – a degree in engineering – I had thought about giving it up and going back to obtain a degree in musicology. That is how much I am fascinated by the subject.

If you have never taken a course in the history of music, you don’t know what you are missing out on. You do not miss what you don’t know about in a way but then again… Believe me the CDs will never sound the same to you again. Actually not only the Cds but any type of media you are or will be using to play your favorite music. The whole thing will seem much more rich, much more luminous, and much more important. A new song can reflect a new way of being, and a new way of imagining existence in the world. This is what learning about the history of music means to many of us. Just try it and you will see.

Listening to music now has a whole new meaning. You can imagine all the different types of musical patterns there are in the world. It make your musical mind really expand.



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R. Sebastian Gibson asked:


Whittier Lost Loved One Lawyer, Sebastian Gibson states and psychologists agree that with so many people now searching unsuccessfully for love since the start of 2009, there may be nothing stronger or more hopeful to people in these times than finding and rekindling a lost love. These loves, by their nature are more intense than normal loves. More thought has gone into the search for the loved one. Hopes are raised and the excitement of the reunion is palpable. But it is not only the intensity of lost loves that is so attractive, says Whittier CA Lost Loved One Attorney, Sebastian Gibson. They are also enduring in the feelings the lovers have for one another both before and after their reunion. In one study of lost-and-found lovers, nearly three quarters remained together after a decade.

If you need help in searching for or finding your lost love, visit the Sebastian Gibson Law Offices at http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com and call us at any of the numbers easily found on our website.

What makes a reunited lost love so powerful and so intense? Whittier California Lost Loved One Lawyer, Sebastian Gibson, who recently searched for and found his own lost love, states it may be because these loves have endured the test of time, even though there has been a gap in their time spent together. It may be the obsession some people have over their lost love. It may even be the effect of movies, literature and music that makes finding a lost love so powerful. But it is surely also the combination of the highly charged effects of a new romance combined with the deep feelings of a long-term romance by persons who now know the importance of true love and who treasure it when it is finally realized.

When that love is reignited after the absence has made their hearts grow fonder, it is even more intense the second time around. Their feelings have grown even more potent, passion even more intense and upon reuniting, and lovers in this type of romance will often resolve to never lose each other again. For many, says Whittier Lost Loved One Attorney Sebastian Gibson, there is no price too high to pay to find a lost love.

Another reason lost loves are so successful when they are reunited, is the single bullet theory. The theory is that every person in their life is struck by a single bullet – a single love that never makes it the same for that person with anyone else. And when such a person finally realizes who they really loved all their lives, the search for their single bullet lost love begins in earnest and with great intensity.

The most interesting thing about lost loves that find each other, says Whittier California Lost Loved One Lawyer Sebastian Gibson, is their amazing success rate upon reuniting. While the same cannot be said for the marriages broken apart by such reunions, the results for the couples finding each other appears worth the risk of the breakup of a marriage in many cases.

Of course, many couples are in unhappy marriages in the first place, and this is why partners in such a marriage will often begin their search for a lost love. A lost love who contacts a person in an unhappy marriage often finds that their lost love is not only receptive to meeting with them, but has also been thinking about their lost love as well. For lost loves in unhappy marriages, it’s not only the search for or a contact by someone they once cared deeply about, it is also the possibility of realizing a dream for love they no longer find possible in their current marriage.

For those in happy marriages who find themselves contacted by a lost love, the situation is more difficult, says Whittier CA Lost Loved One Attorney Sebastian Gibson. For the person whose partner has been contacted by a lost lover, this may spell doom for their marriage. And for the partner contacted by a lost love, the contact will cause that person to reexamine their life and their marriage like they never did before.

Equally devastating, states Whittier Wrongful Death Lawyer Sebastian Gibson, is the loss of a loved one, either by wrongful death or by circumstances. Such a loss can test a person’s soul and bring unbelievable misery. The results of such devastation can often be seen when a relative or spouse dies and the remaining spouse or person who was closest to the deceased dies shortly after. While a doctor might not put it down as their cause of death, just as surely as the sun goes down every night, the person suffering the loss of a loved one subsequently dies of a broken heart.

And so, Attorney Sebastian Gibson specializes in helping people search for and find their lost loves legally and when asked, will contact the lost loves on behalf of the person searching. We also specialize in seeking damages for the loss of a loved one due to a wrongful death.

At the Law Offices of Sebastian Gibson we utilize the most effective search techniques available and work with successful investigators and people searchers in order to find lost loves and persons responsible for the loss of a loved one in wrongful deaths.

If you have lost a loved one and have been unable to find them or if you have suffered the loss of a loved one in a wrongful death, call Attorney Sebastian Gibson today and let us help you find your lost love and seek the compensation you are due as a family member, spouse or relative if a loved one has died in a wrongful death.

If you’ve lost a loved one as a result of a wrongful death, learn more about wrongful death cases at our website, http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com .

Due to the variables that exist in every case, Whittier California Lost Loved One Lawyer Sebastian Gibson can offer no guarantee that we will find your lost love or obtain compensation for you for the wrongful death of a loved one. However, in the case of lost loves, Whittier CA Lost Loved One Attorney Sebastian Gibson strives to provide the highest quality legal resources that can be utilized to find the person you are looking for.

Today, the Law Offices of Sebastian Gibson have more resources than ever that can be utilized to find a lost love. In most cases, upon being provided the information you have on your lost love, we will attempt to provide you with an estimate of how long it will take to find the person you are searching for.

The methods we and the private investigators we utilize to find lost loves are completely legal. Whittier California Lost Loved One Attorney Sebastian Gibson’s services are confidential and private and protected by attorney confidentiality. We will only give out information about you or your search if we have a duty to do so under the law. Otherwise, your information is completely confidential.

Whittier Lost Loved One Lawyer Sebastian Gibson reserves the right to refuse to represent any individual or entity if in our opinion the reason for your search or for retaining our services is either not legal, ethical or, in our opinion for the right reason – love. Retainers are required in advance prior to the start of our services in searching for lost loves. Wrongful death cases that are accepted by Whittier Wrongful Death Attorney Sebastian Gibson are accepted on a contingency basis.

Sebastian Gibson is a California lawyer with over thirty years of experience in the U.S. and U.K. and nothing on this web site should be interpreted to infer that he is a private investigator. Sebastian Gibson is an experienced internet attorney and is also experienced in the search for lost loves and in wrongful death cases.



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Noah Scott asked:


The Chief Executive of DaimlerChrysler Dieter Zetsche is under pressure as it decides on the fate of its money-losing Chrysler Group. But according to some reliable sources the automaker is open to any offer coming from US automakers that are willing to take the rein over Chrysler.

The big question now is which company is interested enough in buying the Chrysler unit. According to a German magazine, DaimlerChrysler is already negotiating with General Motors but for the meanwhile DMX officials would like to keep quiet on the matter. “I cannot and will not go into any further details,” Zetsche said during an interview.

The mention of General Motors as a possible buyer of Chrysler has aroused various reactions. Although it is true that GM is still the world’s largest automaker and producer of the most popular brand of auto parts like GM fenders, but it is also no secret that the numero uno is also facing financial difficulties and purchasing another money-losing brand may not be a good move for the automaker. But then again Chrysler has some very good models and so does GM. For now all we can do is to wait and see for developments.

Aside from the possible sale of Chrysler, DMX has also announced 13,000 job cuts as part of the company’s recovery plan. The said job cut will affect 11,000 DC employees in the US plus 2,000 in Canada. For the US alone 2000 white collar jobs along with 9000 UAW jobs are going to be cut which will result to the closing of an assembly plant in Newark, Del and a part distribution center in Ohio. The Newark plant builds large SUVs for DC. Truck plants in Michigan and Missouri are also going to be affected reducing production capacity to 400,000 units.

Over the weekend the pressure on Zetsche to let go of Chrysler intensifies. According to one DaimlerChrysler shareholder Henry Gebhardt, DWS fund manager in an interview with a German newspaper, “This needs to be an option that must be examined again and again.” He also compared the DaimlerChrysler breakup to BMW’s sale of Rover saying that “It would be irresponsible for Daimler management to exclude this option.” DWS is Germany’s largest fund company and owns less than 1% of shares on DaimlerChrysler.

In fairness to Zetsche he is doing all he can to save Chrysler and recently he held meetings with the United Auto Workers Union asking for the same health care concessions that the union gave General Motors and Ford Motors. Unfortunately the union refused Chrysler saying that the German Company has deep pockets to pay for workers’ health care. Zetsche will still try to work it out with UAW but he also made it clear that if the UAW will refused to accept the new terms that will be set by DaimlerChrysler then he is left with no other option but to let go of Chrysler.

According to some sources the problem with Chrysler Group began nine years ago after the merging of Daimler-Benz and Chrysler. Mid-level managers at Mercedes have resisted any collaboration that could tarnish the luxury brand’s image which is not entirely a bad thing if it has not hinder the Chrysler Group from achieving the level of synergies that it has promised in 1998.

Thomas LaSorda said that the recovery plan that was outlined by DaimlerChrysler can strengthen Chrysler’s position in the North American market and at the same time create the underpinning for a new business model that is geared to a possible global growth and a shift to more fuel-efficient models. The plan if put into action would help DC a regain profitability by 2008 and an approximately 2.5% sales retune by 2009. In the year 2006 Chrysler lost $1.5 billion while DaimlerChrysler overall earnings reached $7.3 billion for that same year.



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Anthony Fontanelle asked:


Your cell phone can get a matte finish. Same is true with your dresses and photos. Moreover, what can stop you from getting shine-free matte finish on your car?

At this year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit, a new trend in the industry has become apparent. And that is the rise of matte finish. To stress, Audi AG, General Motors Corp., and Lamborghini and other automakers showcased a total of eight matte-finish cars.

The trend is attributed to the owners clamor for distinction. Car owners want their vehicles to be unique and easily identifiable.

Before, matte finish was only used to serve as an accent to some auto features such as the fender flares. Now, customizers and automakers have paved the way for overall auto matte finish. And watchers in the industry predict, the trend also will conquer the mainstream.

Karen Surcina, color technology and marketing manager of Dupont Automotive, said buyers should expect to see matte finishes on specialty or limited-run vehicles in the next two or three years. “We expect that the matte trend would be more of a niche offering,” she added.

Aaron Bragman, auto industry analyst with Global Insight, told CNN that one compelling reason matte finishes are taking off is that young drivers, who are used to the flat finishes on their cell phones and laptops, no longer equate shininess with luxury.

“The trend is toward more personalization, which to different consumer groups means different things,” Surcina noted in an interview. “Automakers are looking to differentiate their vehicles. One of the ways to do that is through bright and bold colors.”

GM’s Vice President of Design Ed Welburn said nearly all automakers are experimenting with matte because it shows off the pure design of the car. “It reduces the design to the very core elements because you’re not influenced by the surroundings at all. You don’t have the reflections of trees or buildings or the reflection of clouds or anything on the car because of the matte finish,” Welburn said at the NAIAS, where matte-finish Hummer HX and Chevrolet Groove concepts were showcased. “You see the pure surface development and nothing else.”

“You would not believe how difficult it is to do a matte finish in production,” Welburn said. “Every time you take it through the car wash, the buffers are starting to buff it back up and it starts to get shiny there. It’s easy to paint, but it’s not easy to keep it matte.”

“Now we can’t keep it dull,” Welburn concluded.



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Joy Fender asked:


Pepper spray is a defensive weapon. This means it only influences the perpetrator to allow the person to get away. Upon contact with the skin and eyes, the active ingredient in a pepper spray would have immediate effects. The attacker will cough, wheeze and have difficulty in breathing. Pepper spray can also cause watery eyes and runny nose and even temporary blindness. Even though these symptoms are very helpful when people feel they are threatened, they do not have lasting debilitating effects. This is the reason why a lot of people like the idea of using pepper spray as oppose to other weapons and other means for self-defense.

 

There are different kinds of pepper spray available in the market. Some have varying degrees of OC content. There are some that are designed for a single spray while others are designed so that they can be fired multiple times. Some are manufactured to be used for a crowd especially in the event of riots. The exterior of pepper sprays also vary. There are ones that are shaped like a small gun, ones that look like a pen and ones that look like a lipstick or cosmetic implement.

 

The ones that are less bulky are what most people depend on as they like the idea of bringing it with them anywhere they go. Sometimes, people are not only concerned about themselves but the protection of their loved ones as well. Some people buy a number of pepper sprays so that they can give it to their children or girlfriend or whoever that they feel is exposed to such dangers. For example, if someone works late at night and is forced to walk the deserted streets on the way home, it is quite rational to bring one. If the neighborhood, where a person is living in, is not exactly what people would call a safe environment, owning a pepper spray might be a realistic step.

 

However, people are naturally forgetful that no matter how many times a person is reminded to bring their pepper sprays, some people still end up forgetting them. What good is a pepper spray when they are left at home? This is where the keychain pepper spray comes in. Whenever something is always misplaced, people depend on keychains. Sometimes they attach it to other things that are rarely forgotten such as the favorite bag or the favorite clutch bag. Those who do not usually bring bags with them attach it to their jeans or other pieces of clothing. Another variation of a keychain pepper spray is the one that has a cord. The cord in ringlets is what allows a person to pull it out for better aiming as pocket model keychain pepper sprays have a limited shooting range. This feature makes it even more convenient.

 

Most prefer the pocket model type that is quite handy. The manufacturers of keychain pepper sprays seemed to have understood that they also have different colors and prints on their little weapons so that teenagers will not be so irked bringing them. It could even be a fad that people can have a collection with different colors so they can attach one for each bag they use. Unlike other fads, this is something for a cause.

 



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R. Sebastian Gibson asked:


Temecula Lost Loved One Lawyer, Sebastian Gibson states and psychologists agree that with so many people now searching unsuccessfully for love since the start of 2009, there may be nothing stronger or more hopeful to people in these times than finding and rekindling a lost love. These loves, by their nature are more intense than normal loves. More thought has gone into the search for the loved one. Hopes are raised and the excitement of the reunion is palpable. But it is not only the intensity of lost loves that is so attractive, says Temecula CA Lost Loved One Attorney, Sebastian Gibson. They are also enduring in the feelings the lovers have for one another both before and after their reunion. In one study of lost-and-found lovers, nearly three quarters remained together after a decade.

If you need help in searching for or finding your lost love, visit the Sebastian Gibson Law Offices at http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com and call us at any of the numbers easily found on our website.

What makes a reunited lost love so powerful and so intense? Temecula California Lost Loved One Lawyer, Sebastian Gibson, who recently searched for and found his own lost love, states it may be because these loves have endured the test of time, even though there has been a gap in their time spent together. It may be the obsession some people have over their lost love. It may even be the effect of movies, literature and music that makes finding a lost love so powerful. But it is surely also the combination of the highly charged effects of a new romance combined with the deep feelings of a long-term romance by persons who now know the importance of true love and who treasure it when it is finally realized.

When that love is reignited after the absence has made their hearts grow fonder, it is even more intense the second time around. Their feelings have grown even more potent, passion even more intense and upon reuniting, and lovers in this type of romance will often resolve to never lose each other again. For many, says Temecula Lost Loved One Attorney Sebastian Gibson, there is no price too high to pay to find a lost love.

Another reason lost loves are so successful when they are reunited, is the single bullet theory. The theory is that every person in their life is struck by a single bullet – a single love that never makes it the same for that person with anyone else. And when such a person finally realizes who they really loved all their lives, the search for their single bullet lost love begins in earnest and with great intensity.

The most interesting thing about lost loves that find each other, says Temecula California Lost Loved One Lawyer Sebastian Gibson, is their amazing success rate upon reuniting. While the same cannot be said for the marriages broken apart by such reunions, the results for the couples finding each other appears worth the risk of the breakup of a marriage in many cases.

Of course, many couples are in unhappy marriages in the first place, and this is why partners in such a marriage will often begin their search for a lost love. A lost love who contacts a person in an unhappy marriage often finds that their lost love is not only receptive to meeting with them, but has also been thinking about their lost love as well. For lost loves in unhappy marriages, it’s not only the search for or a contact by someone they once cared deeply about, it is also the possibility of realizing a dream for love they no longer find possible in their current marriage.

For those in happy marriages who find themselves contacted by a lost love, the situation is more difficult, says Temecula CA Lost Loved One Attorney Sebastian Gibson. For the person whose partner has been contacted by a lost lover, this may spell doom for their marriage. And for the partner contacted by a lost love, the contact will cause that person to reexamine their life and their marriage like they never did before.

Equally devastating, states Temecula Wrongful Death Lawyer Sebastian Gibson, is the loss of a loved one, either by wrongful death or by circumstances. Such a loss can test a person’s soul and bring unbelievable misery. The results of such devastation can often be seen when a relative or spouse dies and the remaining spouse or person who was closest to the deceased dies shortly after. While a doctor might not put it down as their cause of death, just as surely as the sun goes down every night, the person suffering the loss of a loved one subsequently dies of a broken heart.

And so, Attorney Sebastian Gibson specializes in helping people search for and find their lost loves legally and when asked, will contact the lost loves on behalf of the person searching. We also specialize in seeking damages for the loss of a loved one due to a wrongful death.

At the Law Offices of Sebastian Gibson we utilize the most effective search techniques available and work with successful investigators and people searchers in order to find lost loves and persons responsible for the loss of a loved one in wrongful deaths.

If you have lost a loved one and have been unable to find them or if you have suffered the loss of a loved one in a wrongful death, call Attorney Sebastian Gibson today and let us help you find your lost love and seek the compensation you are due as a family member, spouse or relative if a loved one has died in a wrongful death.

If you’ve lost a loved one as a result of a wrongful death, learn more about wrongful death cases at our website, http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com .

Due to the variables that exist in every case, Temecula California Lost Loved One Lawyer Sebastian Gibson can offer no guarantee that we will find your lost love or obtain compensation for you for the wrongful death of a loved one. However, in the case of lost loves, Temecula CA Lost Loved One Attorney Sebastian Gibson strives to provide the highest quality legal resources that can be utilized to find the person you are looking for.

Today, the Law Offices of Sebastian Gibson have more resources than ever that can be utilized to find a lost love. In most cases, upon being provided the information you have on your lost love, we will attempt to provide you with an estimate of how long it will take to find the person you are searching for.

The methods we and the private investigators we utilize to find lost loves are completely legal. Temecula California Lost Loved One Attorney Sebastian Gibson’s services are confidential and private and protected by attorney confidentiality. We will only give out information about you or your search if we have a duty to do so under the law. Otherwise, your information is completely confidential.

Temecula Lost Loved One Lawyer Sebastian Gibson reserves the right to refuse to represent any individual or entity if in our opinion the reason for your search or for retaining our services is either not legal, ethical or, in our opinion for the right reason – love. Retainers are required in advance prior to the start of our services in searching for lost loves. Wrongful death cases that are accepted by Temecula Wrongful Death Attorney Sebastian Gibson are accepted on a contingency basis.

Sebastian Gibson is a California lawyer with over thirty years of experience in the U.S. and U.K. and nothing on this web site should be interpreted to infer that he is a private investigator. Sebastian Gibson is an experienced internet attorney and is also experienced in the search for lost loves and in wrongful death cases.



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Monica Hendrix asked:


More traders try Forex day trading and scalping than any other method of trading and here we will look at how to win at Forex day trading and make a regular income with the best day trading systems.

Vendors will tell you that they have day trading and scalping systems which can trade for profit in hours or minutes and give you a stream of small regular profits, so you can pile up big gains but do they work?

No – none of them do and the reason is obvious.

In days gone by some traders could trade ahead of the pack, as they had the prices first but today we have a level playing field, with everyone able to get prices and news in a split second. The day trader, no longer has an advantage and the simple fact below proves it:

If you do a daily study of volatility and standard deviation of price, you will see all moves within a day are random. Because of this, you cannot key of daily levels of support and resistance and if you can’t do that, you can’t get the odds on your side and will lose.

If you ever see a vendor saying you can make money ask for this:

An independent track record supported by account statements and audited of gains over the long term and you won’t get one.

Traders can make money trading Forex but need to look longer term, where they can get the odds on their side and win. So forget day trading for a regular income as it’s doomed to failure and trade the big high odds trading scenarios that occur.

A glance at any Forex chart will show you, trends that last for many weeks and these are the ones that make the big profits. – so, get the odds on your side and trade the big moves, for big profits.



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Marshall Goldsmith with Mark Reiter asked:


Wouldn’t the world be a better place if we each had our own presidential press secretary to answer tough questions and “spin” our message all day long against any and all adversaries? (It would be great for us perhaps, but I’m not sure I want to live in a world where everyone is “spinning” everyone else.)

That said, there’s something to be learned from the methods that politicians employ to stay in power.

Chief among these is staying on message — i.e., knowing what you want to say and then repeating it with extreme discipline and near-shamelessness, until it sinks in. If there’s one thing we’ve learned in this noisy media age, it’s that simple, un-nuanced messages break through the clutter and hit home with high impact. (I’m not saying that’s always a good thing, but it’s a fact of life. Deal with it.)

It’s no different when you’re attempting to change. Like a politician making headlines for introducing new legislation, if you have a new initiative at work, you have to do something dramatic to announce it. (Reagan taught us that.) For sheer drama, apologizing fits the bill. What could be more theatrical than telling people that you’re sorry for some transgression and you’ll try to do better in the future, especially people who think you cannot change?

Don’t stop there. You can’t just apologize and say you’re trying to do better just once. You have to drill it into people repeatedly, until they’ve internalized the concept.

It’s the reason politicians in a hard election campaign run the same ads over and over again. Repeating their message — relentlessly — works; it sinks the message deeper into our brains.

I don’t want to push this political press secretary analogy too far. I’m not asking people to obfuscate or display selective memory or avoid questions, all of which are valuable weapons in the press secretary arsenal. All I’m saying is that you cannot rely on other people to read your mind or take note of the changed behavior you’re displaying. It may be patently obvious to you, but it takes a lot more than a few weeks of behavioral modification for people to notice the new you.

That makes it all the more vital that you proactively control the message of what you’re trying to accomplish. Here’s how to start acting like your own press secretary.

• Treat every day as if it were a press conference during which your colleagues are judging you, waiting to see you trip up. That mindset, where you know people are watching you closely, will boost your self-awareness just enough to remind you to stay on high alert.

• Behave as if every day is an opportunity to hit home your message — to remind people that you’re trying really hard. Every day that you fail to do so is a day that you lose a step or two. You’re backsliding on your promise to fix yourself.

• Treat every day as a chance to take on all challengers. There will be people who, privately or overtly, don’t want you to succeed. So shed the naiveté and be a little paranoid. If you’re alert to those who want you to fail, you’ll know how to handle them.

• Think of the process as an election campaign. After all, you don’t elect yourself to the position of “new improved you.” Your colleagues do. They’re your constituency. Without their votes, you can never establish that you’ve changed.

• Think of the process in terms of weeks and months, not just day to day. The best press secretaries are adept at putting out the daily fires, but they’re also focused on a long-term agenda. You should too. No matter what happens day to day, your long-term goal is to be perceived as fixing an interpersonal problem — to the point where it isn’t a problem anymore.

If you can do this, like the best press secretaries, you’ll have your personal “press corps” eating out of your hands.

Excerpted from WHAT GOT YOU HERE WON’T GET YOU THERE by Marshall Goldsmith with Mark Reiter. Copyright 2007 Marshall Goldsmith. All rights reserved. Published by Hyperion. (January 2007;$23.95US/$29.95CAN; 978-14013-0130-9) Available wherever books are sold.



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David Etienne asked:


If your car has received dents, dings, or creases as the result of a fender bender, shopping cart collision, or hail damage, paintless dent repair, also known as PDR, is typically the best solution for the repair of the damage. Not only does paintless dent repair restore your vehicle to its original state, it does so affordably and quickly. Paintless dent repair is cheaper than than most work performed at a body shop, and can often be done while you wait. Additionally, paintless dent repair is approved by most insurance companies for reimbursement.

Paintless dent repair does not require sanding, bonding, filling, or paint. Instead, it relies on the use of special tools which take advantage of the fact that most auto bodies are made of metals which have “memory”. The memory of a metal is its tendency to seek out the original shape or curvature it originally had when it was manufactured. The use of high strength metal in manufacturing as well as resilient paint finishes contributes to the effectiveness and simplicity of the PDR process.

Paintless dent repair is suitable for most vehicles manufactured after 1990 and works well for large or small dents so long as the surface of the paint has not been cracked. As paintless dent repair takes advantage of your car’s original finish, there are no issues with respect to matching of paint, and your vehicle is restored to its original condition.

While most dents can be fixed in a short time “while you wait” (and some PDR companies even offer mobile service in which they come to your location), more extensive damage, such as hail damage, which involves numerous dents can take more time. Even so, the PDR process is still typically quicker and cheaper than more traditional, body shop repair processes would be.

If your car has received dents, dings, or creases as the result of a fender bender, shopping cart collision, or hail damage, paintless dent repair, also known as PDR, is typically the best solution for the repair of the damage. Not only does paintless dent repair restore your vehicle to its original state, it does so affordably and quickly. Paintless dent repair is cheaper than than most work performed at a body shop, and can often be done while you wait. Additionally, paintless dent repair is approved by most insurance companies for reimbursement.

Paintless dent repair does not require sanding, bonding, filling, or paint. Instead, it relies on the use of special tools which take advantage of the fact that most auto bodies are made of metals which have “memory”. The memory of a metal is its tendency to seek out the original shape or curvature it originally had when it was manufactured. The use of high strength metal in manufacturing as well as resilient paint finishes contributes to the effectiveness and simplicity of the PDR process.

Paintless dent repair is suitable for most vehicles manufactured after 1990 and works well for large or small dents so long as the surface of the paint has not been cracked. As paintless dent repair takes advantage of your car’s original finish, there are no issues with respect to matching of paint, and your vehicle is restored to its original condition.

While most dents can be fixed in a short time “while you wait” (and some PDR companies even offer mobile service in which they come to your location), more extensive damage, such as hail damage, which involves numerous dents can take more time. Even so, the PDR process is still typically quicker and cheaper than more traditional, body shop repair processes would be.

Paintless dent repair has other advantages as well. Not only is it more affordable and quicker than traditional body shop work, it is environmentally friendly. No harmful paints, sprays or solvents are utilized. Paintless dent repair also preserves your car’s original finish, which helps maintain its value (cars which have their original finish on them resale for a greater amount than those with aftermarket finishes). Body shop work typically involves a depreciation of the value of a vehicle. This is simply not the case with paintless dent repair.

Paintless dent repair provides a host of advantages over other means of automobile body repair. If your car has experienced dents, dings, or hail damage, it would be wise to investigate the options provided by PDR.



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