Tales of the Buddha Former Lives Stories 1 to 50 Edited by Esther Thien

I am very glad that I have taken this book, Tales of the Buddha Former Lives Stories, home from Bright Hill Temple.


Tales of the Buddha Former Lives Stories is one of the free books I collected when I visited Bright Hill Temple in Singapore. If you like to read this book, you can download the free book from http://www.kmspks.org/download/index.htm

While Tales of the Buddha Former Lives Stories is meant as a children story book, I enjoy reading it since as an adult, I can better appreciate the wisdom of the stories.

There is one particular story about a gentle and mild elephant named Ladyface. This elephant overheard the scheming of the robbers and learnt violence from the conversation of those robbers. The wise minister of the king mentioned that the only way to make Ladyface mild was to ask a few wise men to speak about wisdom.

This story shows that bad association can spoilt virtues. Since most of us want to belong and want the warm friendship, we must learn to choose our friends well.

In another story about two stupid children, the moral of the story is that a wise enemy is less dangerous than foolish friends.

Both children killed their parents due to extreme stupidity. One child killed his father because he used an axe to kill the mosquito on the head of his father. The mosquito died and so did his father. Another child killed her mother in similar manner.

The adviser who witnessed both acts of stupidity commented, “with friends like these, who needs enemies?”

I think this advice is useful for people of old age. Love, loyalty and friendship do not guarantee that the person is wise. Sometimes, it is better to hire outsiders to provide advice than to ask our incompetent friends to help us.

All the stories in the Tales of the Buddha Former Lives have at least one moral. It is surprising that many adults do not even heed the moral of the story.

A few stories dealt with love, and the moral of the stories is: Infatuation leads to destruction.

In the story of the mountain buck and village doe. The mountain buck is blind with love for the village doe. In the end, the hunter kills the mountain buck. The wise fairy said, “It was the excitement of infatuation that killed this foolish deer. Such blind desire brings false happiness at first, but ends in pain and suffering.”

While some people say that love is blind. That is true for foolish people. True love is never blind. True love means to see the other person as what he or she is, and to love his personality while helping him to overcome his weakness.

It is good that children learnt about romantic love from a young age, so that they do not become blind by infatuation, and killed by silliness.

Tales of the Buddha Former Lives Stories 1 to 50 Edited by Esther Thien is one of the best books for children and adults to learn the simple truth.

Tales of the Buddha Former LivesStories 1 to 50 Edited by Esther Thien is one of the best books to remind us of right and wrong.

How to Overcome Your Difficulties by Ven Dr K Sri Dhammananda

How to overcome your difficulties by Ven Dr K Sri Dhammananda is one of the free Buddhist books I got from Bright Hill Temple in Singapore.


You can download the free ebook from http://www.kmspks.org/download/index.htm

It is extremely encouraging to read about the Buddhism principles in view of the recent crisis.

This pocket size little book has less than 50 pages. However, there are many principles to benefit us for life.

There are a few quotations that touch me deeply. I would like to list here, so that I will not ever forget, and you can benefit as well.



Quotes 1

Fear is nothing more than a state of mind.

Quotes 2

You cannot have two opposing sets of thoughts in your mind at one and the same time. (This quote is from a famous British anatomist)

Quotes 3

Calmness is not weakness. By exercising such calm and control, a man builds strength of character.

Quotes 4

One who really likes peace should not violate another man’s freedom.

Quotes 5

Religion is for your benefit. Even a short period spent in the company of spiritually-inclined people will produce good results.

Quotes 6

When we do not see how other people live, we may not learn the different ways of living. Travel is the best form of education.

Quotes 7

All of a man’s unhappiness results from the selfish desire for more pleasures that money can buy, more power over other men, and most important of all, the desire to live forever, even after death!

Quotes 8

It is we who make ourselves unhappy.

Quotes 9

Jokes and remarks directed at you in bad taste should be deflected with good humor.

Quotes 10

If everyone agrees with you, the world will soon run out of ideas.

Quotes 11

Praise is sweetness, an excess of which causes sickness.

Quotes 12

As soon as the desired object is obtained, the happiness ends and new desires arise. Getting the object appears not quite as satisfying as the chase itself.

Quotes 13

Wealth is not something for you to accumulate for craving’s sake. It is intended for your welfare, as well as the welfare of others.

Quotes 14

Wealth that is flouted arouses envy, but wealth that is well managed earns respect.

Quotes 15

When you are angry, who do you fight with? What do you fight with? You fight with yourself, for you are the worst enemy of yourself.

Quotes 16

People feel more comfortable with the illusion of happiness than with the reality of death.

Quotes 17

Attachment to worldly life creates a fear of death, but the truth is that all life is nothing but suffering. Death is natural and inevitable. It is not half as frightening as the thought of dying itself.

It Takes Only A Moment by Mary Jane Clark

It Takes Only A Moment by Mary Jane Clark is a suspense meant for reading within a day.


It Takes Only A Moment by Mary Jane Clark is one of those rare fiction that shows FBI cooperating with media in kidnapping cases.

While It Takes Only A Moment by Mary Jane Clark is interesting, the suspense element is not adequately utilized. The book focus on the media side of the story, and hardly anything on the FBI. Beside the two FBI agents in the house of TV professional, Eliza Blake, the other members of the FBI were not mentioned.

What I like about It Takes Only A Moment by Mary Jane Clark is the writing style. The writing style is simple and direct.

Eliza Blake was a professional, and It Takes Only A Moment by Mary Jane Clark portrayed her as a professional who did not scream, yell, lose her mind or do silly things.

The chapters are very short, and encourage you to read through the book in a day. It is very fulfilling to keep on turning the pages and find that you are a quarter through the book within an hour. Most of us hate long chapter with long paragraphs that never seem to end.

It Takes Only A Moment by Mary Jane Clark covers just a few days, from Monday to Friday. It is a fast moving thriller. If only the FBI function was expanded, it will add to the suspense of the book.

There is an unbelievable feature in this book. The psychic, Stephanie Quick, was the mastermind of the kidnapping of Janie, the seven years old daughter of Eliza Blake. However, the FBI brushed her aside, and did not even conduct a superficial search on her.

Since this book repeatedly mentions that FBI would look into anyone who knows or has anything to do with the kidnapping, no matter how remote. It seems surprisingly that FBI did not bother to look into the activities of Stephanie Quick.

The part about Nell and Rhonda did not really contribute to the plot of this book. I feel that substituting the effort of the FBI team will make It Takes Only A Moment by Mary Jane Clark a better book. It is common for the law enforcement team to spend time chasing false leads, and Nell and Rhonda are false leads. It is a time waster for the readers to read so many chapters about Nell and Rhonda.

Overall, It Takes Only A Moment by Mary Jane Clark is an interesting book. It Takes Only A Moment by Mary Jane Clark offers a look into the media business, and shows that friendship is possible even in this show business.

Types of Psychic abilities

When we talk about psychic abilities, most of us want the psychic abilities to see into the future.

However, there are many different forms of psychic abilities. We may have one or several types of psychic abilities. The problem is that we do not know that we have the psychic abilities, and we do not know how to channel the psychic abilities that are hidden in us.

What are some forms of psychic abilities?

The first type of psychic ability is animal telepathy. People with this psychic ability can communicate with the animals.

In the Chinese Classic, Romance of Three Kingdoms , there was a battle in which the tribal people mastered the art of animal telepathy . They summoned the animals to fight with army led by Zhuge Liang

The second type of psychic ability is astral projection. Astral Projection means the body remains in one location while the person travels to another location in spiritual form.

The third type of psychic ability is aura reading . The person with aura reading can see the energy field or the color of the aura that emanates from other persons. Somehow they can see from the aura that a person is facing grave danger.

The fourth type of psychic ability is the automatic writing. Many writers want to develop this type of psychic ability. They want to write from the thoughts dwell in their subconscious mind without conscious thought. Sometimes automatic writing is the result of guidance of some powers.

The fifth type of psychic ability is the ability of channeling. The person allows deity or other spirits to channel energy through his body. Most Chinese mediums are actually in this form of psychic ability. The deities using their body for channeling healing powers to the mass.

The sixth type of psychic ability is clairaudience . The person with clairaudience can hear the thoughts or conversations held elsewhere. She has the ability to hear warning from higher source.

The seventh type of psychic ability is clairvoyance . Most people yearn for clairvoyance psychic. They want to see the future. Clairvoyance psychic allows them to see the possible dangers and barriers ahead. Most psychic readers have clairvoyance psychic ability.

Since most of us have different psychic potentials, most of us do not have clairvoyance psychic.

The eighth type of psychic ability is clairsentience. Many of us experience clairsentience psychic in our lives. Sometimes we have a sudden insight, we know the truth suddenly. We may have no proof but all of a sudden, we know. This is the power of clairsentience psychic.

The ninth type of psychic ability is divination. Divination is probably one of the oldest and trainable psychic ability. The Chinese has I-Ching which enable million of people to perfect their divination skills. Divination means using certain methods to predict the future. The ancient Chinese used the turtle shell for divination purpose.

The tenth type of psychic ability is dowsing. People with dowsing psychic were highly valued long ago. They had the ability to locate water or other objects. They were hired to find the best location to dig a well.

The eleventh type of psychic ability is empathy. This is the most common type of psychic ability. Most people with empathy psychic can sense the emotional needs and thoughts of another person. They can feel the atmosphere change faster than the others. Sometimes they can sense the deep loss or sadness of other person.

The twelve type of psychic ability is E.S.P. - Extra Sensory Perception. Actually people with clairvoyance psychic, telepathy psychic and other psychic abilities have ESP (Extra Sensory Perception). Most of us call it the sixth sense. ESP is the ability to know or possess knowledge that does not come from our five senses and not from experience.

The thirteenth type of psychic ability is intuition. Many businesspersons want this kind of psychic ability. Even though some people train their intuition based on past experience or knowledge, for others intuition is a gift. Their intuitions often tell them to act against the crowd. Sometimes their intuitions guide them to walk or travel by different route.

The fourteenth type of psychic ability is levitation. Many yoga masters have levitation psychic ability. They can make their bodies or objects hover off the ground for a few metres.

The fifteenth type of psychic ability is the Mind-Over-Body. They do not feel hunger and thirst when they are in deep spiritual stage.

The sixteenth type of psychic ability is precognition. Some fortune tellers have precognition psychic, the ability to know the future of persons or places.

The seventeenth type of psychic ability is psychometry. People with psychometry has the psychic ability to feel the vibrations and energy of the owners when they pick up the objects left by the owners.

The eighteenth type of psychic ability is pyrokinesis. People with pyrokinesis psychic can start a fire by mental concentration. I have not met or seen anyone with pyrokinesis yet.

The nineteenth type of psychic ability is telekinesis. Many yoga masters have telekinesis psychic ability. They can move objects by mental concentration. This telekinesis psychic ability reminds me of Jesus teaching about having enough faith to move mountains.

The last type of psychic ability is telepathy. I know that identical twins have telepathy psychic ability with each other. Somehow the thoughts and feelings are telepathic across even thought they are miles apart.

The night ferry by Michael Robotham

The night ferry by Michael Robotham touches on sensitive topics, such as illegal immigrants and making use of surrogate mother to produce kids.


I find one thing unusual about The night ferry by Michael Robotham. This book is written by a guy, and uses a female narrative voice, through the voice of Alisha Barber. The paragraph about Alisha Barber putting on a sari is interesting. I wonder how long Michael Robotham practice the art of putting on a sari in order to write about that.

The most interesting character in The night ferry by Michael Robotham is Samira, the Muslim surrogate mother. She appears as a wise, calm and loyal teenager. Towards the end of the story, when Samira kills a man to take revenge for the death of her friend and brother is fascinating.

The plot of The night ferry by Michael Robotham is well paced. Overall, The night ferry by Michael Robotham, is an exciting thriller with the theme of friendship.

However, I find that The night ferry byMichael Robotham is lacking in term of character development. Alisha Barber is a well-trained detective. I expect her to behave rationally, and act in accordance with her training.

In The night ferry by Michael Robotham, Alisha Barber is a plain, stupid woman with no common sense at all. Even a normal well-educated woman will not act so stupidly. It is an insult to well-trained detectives to read about the way Alisha Barber acts in this book.

As The night ferry by Michael Robotham talks about friendship, there are many interesting quotations about friendship.



Friendship Quotes 1 from The night ferry by Michael Robotham

“You can spend a few hours with someone and they will change your life, or you can spend a lifetime with a person and remained unchanged.”

Friendship Quotes 2 from The night ferry by Michael Robotham

“Friendship is about choice and chemistry. It cannot be defined. It is a willingness to overlook faults and to accept them.”

Friendship Quotes 3 from The night ferry by Michael Robotham

“Friendship is about self-awareness. We see ourselves through the eyes of our friends. They are like a mirror that allows us to judge how we are traveling.”



Other interesting quotes from The night ferry by Michael Robotham

Quotes 1 from The night ferry by Michael Robotham

“Poverty is a relative state in a rich country where the wealthiest are the first to cry poor.”

Quotes 2 from The night ferry by Michael Robotham

“He seems suited to the outdoors, big spaces full of wind and sky and water.”

Quotes 3 from The night ferry by Michael Robotham

“Most people talk too much, and have nothing to say.”

How do poor people get rich

All of us love to hear stories of how the poor people get rich. We are always encouraged by the stories of people poorer than us getting richer than us.


Actually, there are equally as many stories of rich people getting poor. Those stories are depressing and we try to avoid them. Even the newspapers and magazines do not want to report on those depressing stories. In fact, we can learn as much from these stories as well.



How do poor people get rich

Many stories about the poor and uneducated people get rich have a few common points.

The first way they get rich is that they have a long term vision and plan.

They do not believe that they are doomed to poverty. They believe that they will get rich one day. Acting on these beliefs, they find ways to get rich. They are not ashamed to work hard to get rich. They are not afraid of working 14 hours a day and 7 days a week to get rich. They know that once they get rich, they do not have to work so hard.

The second way they get rich is in delayed gratification.

They are the ones who work extremely hard so that they do not have time to spend money. Whenever they have a rest day, they will keep busy with house work and necessary repairs.

If the TV or anything spoilt, they do not buy straightaway. They believe in delayed gratification. They will search for old TV or wait for sales.

The third way they get rich is by learning about investing.

They believe in the power of compounding, but they are not stupid. If they find that the interest rate in the bank is extremely low, they will invest in real estate or stock market. They are likely to invest conservatively. They do not gamble or speculate. They invest in those assets to generate long time income.

The fourth way they get rich is to start a business.

They are likely to work very hard in a business, and do everything so that they can learn and duplicate the business model.

Once they start their own businesses, they will take care of it as if taking care of a new born baby. They will work even harder, as long as 16 hours a day and 7 days a week. They will handle all the money matters and work harder than their employees.

The fifth way they get rich is that they expand the businesses. Some of them do not dare to let go of their iron-clad control on the businesses and they do not get richer.

Those who dare to let others control the day to day operation, and focus on expansion, are the ones who get very rich. They are the ones who aim to list their company in the stock market.

The sixth way they get rich is by learning.

Even if they are not educated, they learn to study people. They instinctively know whom to trust and whom not to trust. They can boast that they are seldom wrong about people.

The ability to read people and understand human nature is the hallmark of every successful person. They might have been conned so many times in the past that their instinct for people is very sharp.

When they hire smart people or when they get in touch with professionals, they learn. They are willing to pay for expensive lunches and entertainment to learn.

The seventh way they get rich is by taking on debt.

They know that they have to use the funds from the bank for expansion. They are not afraid to take on debt and the risk of bankruptcy.

The last way they get rich is by sheer determination. They desire to get rich. They want to get rich. They are determined to get rich. If anyone stops them, whether their spouses, kids or friends, they are not afraid to stand for their beliefs of getting rich.

Nothing on Earth, short of death, can stop them from getting rich.

That is why some poor people can get rich while most of us continue to work for others, and making our bosses richer.



Do you want to get rich? Do you envy those poor people who get rich? You can learn from them by putting in many years of hard work, including working 16 hours a day.

If you are not willing to work hard and work smart, you know that you can never be as rich as them. In fact, you know that you do not deserve to get rich.

Do you fear to get rich?

Is fear stopping you from getting rich? Just what do you fear? Do you fear to possess a million dollars? Do you fear that the kids will be kidnapped if you get rich? Do you fear that you will lose the circle of friends if you get rich?

Do you fear rejection? Do you fear business failure? Do you fear the ridicule that will surely come when you fail?

Fear is the main reason that many people are not rich. Fear is the reason that many people are struggling financially. You may find it hard to believe that many of them have good education and are hard working. They are not rich. They struggle with credit card debts, mortgages and other bills.

The fear of losing keeps them from getting rich.



Some people do not get rich due to wrong beliefs. They think that getting rich is a sin. They think that if they get rich, they will not get into heaven. They think that if they get rich, they will have so many temptations that they cannot resist.

Actually the temptations are everywhere. The minute we surf the Internet, we are tempted. The minute we watch the TV, we are tempted.

If you think that being rich is a sin, you should read the Bible carefully. The faithful servants, such as Abraham, Issac and Jacob, were extremely rich people. They were richly blessed by God.

Jesus was not poor either. The fact that he did not work for money, yet he possessed a quality garment, was a sign of material blessing.



Getting rich is not just a stage of material wealth. You must see riches with your mind before you can hold them in your hands.

Getting rich requires a different knowledge. Many persons who are street wise are able to get rich, while those are academically wise are not getting rich.

If you want to start a business, and get rich by doing business, you need more than street wise. You need financial intelligence, street wise, ability to read people and understand human behavior, plus creativity and determination to get rich.

Those who understand the power of financial language have an advantage over those how do not. Even then, they need to train themselves to think of everything in terms of assets, liabilities and investment. They need to classify everything in term of money.

They need to possess financial intelligence, which is the ability to convert assets into long term cash flow. In the current economy, many workers realized the sad fact that their bosses treat them as a number. When the company downsizes, the employees become figures.



That is precisely how the rich people think of their employees. All employees are assets. Some are better assets because they help the companies to grow bigger and generate more money for their bosses. Some employees are just dispensable assets.

If you happen to be one of those assets that help the company generates more money, you can be sure that the company will value you, and develop your talents.

Many employees are able to work their way up, and adding value to the company. They are able to get rich by getting a high salary, stock option and fat bonus.

This is one way of getting rich without starting a business.



There are many ways of getting rich. Some people get rich without starting a business. They invest in people, not in business.

When they help their relatives to start a business, they will get rich when the business grow. The initial capital may increase a few thousand times, especially when the company becomes a public listed company.

If you are good at spotting talent, you can get rich by investing in people.

You have to be emotionally neutral to success and failure. You have to trust in the people you invest in. You have to prepare for complete loss of your capital. After all, winning and losing is part of the game in investing. You know that the chance of a new business surviving the first year is very slim. You know that the talented people may need to fail a few times before they are successful and become rich.

When they become rich, you will get rich as well.



Getting rich requires courage. You need to have the courage and the determination to get rich.

Do you fear to get rich? Why do you fear to get rich? If you fear to get rich, do you fear also the trap of poverty?

Reflection on how the rich thinks

How does the mind of the rich work? How does the rich person think?


These are the questions that pop to mind after having an argument with my colleague. That is after we discuss some work related issues. We cannot seem to agree on some policies matter.

Frustrated, my colleague says, “Our boss does not think this way.”

That is very obvious. If our boss thinks at our level, he would be as poor as us. Our boss is a rich person, and he thinks the way that rich person thinks.

After thinking and observing those people richer than me, I have certain thoughts on the subject of how to get rich.



My observation on how to get rich

Many rich persons, such as my boss, used to be poor. They used to think about how to get rich.

In fact, most of us ask the question of how to get rich at certain time in our life. The problem is that instead of thinking about how to get rich, and thinking about ways to get rich, we talk ourselves out of riches. We think of rich people as being filthy rich. Once we have this thought, we kill whatever slim chance of our getting rich.

The rich persons are different. Even when they were still poor, they never denied that the knowledge of how to get rich is beyond them.

They expressed the desire to get rich, they expressed the intention of getting rich, and they find ways to get rich.



What are the ways to get rich

The first and most important answer to how to get rich is to think of money and riches all the time. Think of it in the positive way.

The rich persons think of everything in term of business. They think of everything in term of money. Art is a business. Music is a business. Education is a business. Even their relaxation is a form of business. When they play a game of golf, they will claim as business expenses because they network with like-minded persons, and explore more ideas to make money.

They think of health in term of money. If they get sick for one day, they miss the opportunity to make more money.

So if you want to get rich, think everything in term of money. When you are stuck in a traffic jam, you are wasting time. Time means money. That means you are wasting money when you are stuck in a traffic jam. You can find ways to make use of the time, such as listening to a lecture or audio book.

You have to remember that thinking about how to get rich must be a life-long habit. Once you develop the thinking of the rich, you will get rich regardless of how long it takes.

You have to remember that when you train your minds to see money, you are better than those people are thinking about problems.

If the thoughts of money is not in your head, you cannot get the answer to how to get rich.



The second important answer to how to get rich is to trust yourself. You have potential to get rich as long as you are alive. Riches does not stay with people who do not believe in themselves.

It is not a matter of education, family background, nationality or other external factors. The external factors can affect the means and the duration to get rich. However, they have no power to prevent you from getting rich.

Some people take ten years to get rich. Some people take thirty years to get rich. There are many different ways to get rich. The external factors will affect the means to get rich and the time it takes for you to get rich. Ultimately, those who want to get rich, and who think the thoughts of the rich, will get rich.



The third important answer to how to get rich is to learn from success and failure.

Failure is a great teacher, so is success. You can learn as much from the failure as success. You can learn form personal experience or you can learn from the experience of others.

The important thing is that do not make the same mistake twice, and to duplicate successes as many times as you can.



The fourth important answer to how to get rich is to overcome fear. You should overcome fear of success, fear of failure and fear of rejection.

Many people can overcome fear of rejection, since they have been rejected by others all their lives. However, not many people can overcome fear of success.

They fear success, knowing that once they get rich, the riches will place a barrier between them and the poorer friends or relatives. While that is true, you have to understand that your friends and relatives are happy for you as well.



The fifth important answer to how to get rich is to mingle with the right crowd. You cannot mingle with those who think of poverty and expect to get rich.

You have to mingle with those who think about getting rich, and believe they will get rich one day. While they are as poor as church mice now, the seed of greatness is in them. They will get rich one day, and you can be proud of their accomplishment.

You have to mingle with them, and seek advice from them. They are the ones who will urge you to stick to your dream of getting rich. They are the ones who keep their minds open on how to get rich.



The sixth important answer to how to get rich is in the action.

The poor people spend time worrying about bills and doing nothing practical to reduce their bills. They spend time gossiping about friends, colleagues, celebrities. They spend time surfing the Internet and watching TV.

Will all these activities make them rich? Unless they are starting an online business, and need a wide reach of audience, all the time surfing the net and watching TV are wasted.

The rich spends their time reading, networking with other rich people, recruiting talented people, and always, always think of how to get rich.

All their actions are geared towards getting richer and richer.



The last answer to how to get rich is to think everything in accounting terms.

Time is an asset. Money is an asset. Children are assets. Employees are assets. Getting sick is a waste of asset, and that means a liability.

When they have assets, they think about increasing the value of the assets through investments.

They think in term of capital gains, rental income, dividends and residual income. They view learning and development as a way to enhance the value of their assets. That is why they want their kids to study. That is why they want to read so much.



So how to get rich? Think the way the rich think, and do all the things they do. You will get rich one day

Is renewable alternative energy sources practical?

We are aware of the bad effects of global warming. Even kids know about the bad effects of global warming. All of us hate to see the oil price increases and hope that the renewable alternative energy sources can take over the expensive oil as the energy provider.


While it is not too late to save the Earthy by pushing for renewable alternative energy sources, many of us are frustrated by the politicians who seem to point fingers, rather than taking the lead to push for more researches into renewable alternative energy sources.

However, before we treat renewable alternative energy sources as the miracle cures for global warming, let us consider the advantages and disadvantages of renewable alternative energy sources.



Advantages of using renewable alternative energy sources

The advantage of using renewable alternative energy sources is that it is clean.

In theory, renewable alternative energy sources do not emit harmful substances into the air which to pollute the environment.

Renewable alternative energy sources is good in that it is renewable, meaning we will never run out of renewable alternative energy sources, unlike oil, which is expected to dry up in the foreseeable future.

Although facilities for harvesting renewable alternative energy sources are expensive to build, they requires less maintenance so you do not have to fork out a lot of money to operate it.

Using renewable alternative energy sources can also bring economic benefits to certain areas, including boosting tourism with cleaner air and greener environment.



Disadvantages of renewable alternative energy sources

While the advantages of renewable alternative energy sources sound good, there are many people who pont out the disadvantages of renewable alternative energy sources.

While renewable alternative energy sources can produce electricity, how much it can generate is not consistent. This is due to the fact that we have no control over the weather. If a place relies on solar energy and there is a raging storm for days, it will not be able to convert sunlight into electricity.

Building these facilities for using renewable alternative energy sources requires land and money. In certain cases, we may have to cut on farmland.

If the farmland is used to harvest biofuels, a form of renewable alternative energy sources, there will be less food available for consumption.

Another disadvantage of using renewable alternative energy sources is the fact that some of the renewable alternative energy sources are not practical in certain places.

For instance, wave energy, one of the most powerful renewable alternative energy sources, can only be utilized if the waves coming from the ocean reach at least 16 feet.

The use geothermal energy is possible in geologically unstable parts of the planet.

However, places that cannot use one form of renewable alternative energy sources can use another form of renewable alternative energy sources.

If wind turbines need more space, we can installed them near the coast instead of putting these near the cities.

Even though the weather is beyond our control, we know that weather disturbance does not happen everyday.

If solar energy is being used and the sun is behind the stormy clouds, we can use the reserve energy or other forms of energy generation.



The point is that we really do not have much options left. Once the oil reserve is depleted, we have to use renewable alternative energy sources. There is no other way to generate electricity, short of using nuclear energy.

The way to counter the disadvantages of using renewable alternative energy sources is through better research. In fact, many governments and corporations are pumping money into research of renewable alternative energy sources.

A very good example of this is called ocean thermal energy. Power is generated by harnessing the different temperatures in the water. It is currently being used on a small scale both in Japan and Hawaii.

In the US, renewable alternative energy sources contribute a small percentage of electricity used nationally. While there is remarkable improvement and clamoring for renewable alternative energy sources, there is still room for improvement.

Many individuals are using renewable alternative energy sources, such as getting solar panels, and using biofuels for their cars. Some of them go as far as using solar-powered cars.

We can get electricity from different renewable alternative energy sources such as biomass, biodiesel, geothermal, solar, water and the wind.

We will reap the benefits of using renewable alternative energy sources in the form of lower electricity bill, and cleaner environment.

Do you want a successful life?

Everyone likes success. Nobody likes to fail. Everyone likes to think that they have or they will achieve a successful life.


However, the older we get, the more frustrated we feel. It seems that children are more positive than us about the possibility of a successful life.

The problem with most of us is that we do not have any measurement of a successful life. What exactly is a successful life? How can we measure a successful life; Do you want a successful life?

The following steps are guidance to live a better life, a successful life.



Steps to a successful life

The first step to a successful life is to know what you want in life.

If you have observe kids, you will see that they seem to know what they want in life. When you ask them, what are they going to be when they grow up, they will give you an answer.

They know what they want. They know why they want it. Even if what they want is just an ice-cream.

That is the first step to a successful life. To know what you want, and to know why you want it so much is the first step to a successful life.

The second step to a successful life is to visualize the successful life.

When you have a very firm goal in mind, regardless of short term goal or long term goal, the next time is to visualize the success.

When you are hungry, you see the steaming plate of chicken. When you are stressed up at work, you see the sun, sand and sea in the distant tropical island.

That is visualization. When you can see it so clearly in your mind, your brain will find a way to make it come true.

The third step to a successful life is maintain a positive attitude in life.

As long as you are still alive, you have a chance for a successful life. In fact, successful life is not measured at the end of the journey.

A successful life is made up of many small successes and a few regrets in life. As long as you have more successes in life than regrets, you have a successful life.

The fact that you are alive today means that you can make today a success. You can aim to make every day a success. No matter what happens today, you can maintain a positive attitude. As long as you are still breathing, you will have a chance to make the rest of your life a successful life.

The fourth step to a successful life is to take action.

Many successful persons take actions that are seemingly crazy. Their gut instincts tell them to go against the wisdom of the crowd.

Many persons with successful life seem to do the wrong thing at the wrong time. Some of them used their life savings to start a business. Some of them marry a person that everyone frowns upon. Against all odds, they have a successful life.

They have a successful life because they dare to take action. Even if the action proves to be a mistake, they will take actions to rectify the mistake. At the very least, they gain wisdom from the mistake. They also gain wisdom when they learn to rectify the error.

It is impossible to have a successful life if you dare not take any action.

The fifth step to a successful life is to befriend successful persons.

Your friends will determine what the kind of person you will be. Even if you cannot find successful persons among your circle, you can make friends with successful people by reading their books.

Through reading, you will gain access to their thoughts. You can live a successful life only when you make friends with other successful persons.

The sixth step to a successful life is to learn, unlearn and relearn.

What you have learnt when you are young may not work now. You have to unlearn the lesson, and relearn a new lesson.

Many parents grow up in an era when people hold stable job. They stay in the same job for thirty years and enjoy retirement from their career. That is the lesson they impart on us. That is the lesson we learnt from young.

However, our generation is different. The trend of the world is towards short term contract job. Even CEO in many companies stay for 2 to 3 years. They do not stay with a company for 30 years. We have to unlearn the mindset of stable and permanent job. We have to relearn the lesson that the only stability is our skill.

The ability to learn, unlearn and relearn is the key to a successful life. We can live a successful life regardless of the changes in the world.

The seventh step to a successful life is to learn from mistakes.

It is best to avoid mistakes. It is best to learn from the mistakes of others. We do not need to head into bankruptcy to learn the value of money. We do not need to divorce in order to learn to make marriage works. We can learn from the mistakes of others so that we can live a successful life.

The last step to a successful life is to share.

Happiness is a fruitage of a successful life. Happiness is multiples when we share. It is impossible for a person to enjoy a successful life without sharing.

We share our love and joy. We share our experiences and wisdom. We share our tips for happiness and a successful life, so that others can enjoy a successful life too.

The more we share, the happier we become. The more we share, the more we appreciate our life. We will learn to appreciate what we have. We are thankful for living a successful life and a wonderful life.

Avoid mistakes in resume cover letter

When you are looking for a job, your resume cover letter conveys the first impression to the company.


If you are using email to send resume, the body of the email serves as the resume cover letter. The resume cover letter or the email will determine whether the company will even glance at your resume.

Many professionals spend hours writing resume and a longer time rewriting the resume cover letter.

You have to revise your resume cover letter to make sure that it is personalized for the position you are applying.

Since you have spent so much time on the content of the resume cover letter, you have to make sure that the resume cover letter is perfect.

Sometimes, you may forget to change the most important and prominent part of the resume cover letter. That is the address line.

Most mistakes in the resume cover letter are made in the address line. In the case of the email, you should not make the mistake of sending the same email to many companies. You have to personalize the email to each company you are applying for job.

When you rewrite the email template, make sure you change the name of the company. It is very embarrassing to address the email to the wrong company, since this will leave the bad impression on the potential employer.

If mistakes are made in the address line, you can be sure that the potential employer will discard the resume or delete the email.

The following are common in resume cover letter. You must pay special attention that you do not make the same mistake in resume cover letter or email before you send it to the employer.



The first mistake in resume cover letter is not addressing to a person.

This is a common mistake in the resume cover letter, especially when the job advertisement specification mentions to address to a person.

Even if the job advertisement does not name a person, you can look at the email address. If the email address is the name of a person, you can safely assume that particular person is in charge of recruitment.

If the job description does not include the contact person, and you have the means to find out the person in charge, then you should do so.

You may call the company and find out who is the hiring manager or the recruiter. You can address the resume cover letter to the person in charge.

If it is impossible to find out who the hiring manager, or the job description mentions to send the resume to the HR Manager, then it is appropriate for you to use generic greetings.



The second mistake in resume cover letter is to misspell the name of the company.

This is a common mistake for people who send out emails application for jobs. You have to remember to change the job title, the name of the person in charge and the company.

You have to make sure that the company name is spelled correctly, especially when you use the company name in the subject.

It is very embarrassing to send an email with “Application for Accounts Executive position at XXX” when the company is XYZ.

Hiring managers and recruiters may not even want to open the email to read the content. The first impression is that you are a careless person who are not really interested in the job.



The third mistake in resume cover letter is that you do not provide enough information.

If you do not even put the position you are applying for in the resume cover letter or email, the company will not want to read your resume. You cannot assume that the company advertises for one position. The recruiter may have 20 open positions. It is very frustrating to receive a resume for no particular position.

You have to let your potential employer know why you are applying for the job. You have to state the exact position you are interested in, and show how your qualifications make you a perfect candidate for the job.

Your first statement in resume cover letter needs to reflect the positive mindset that you have. You must convey that you are an energetic person with a can-do attitude.



The resume cover letter should convey all the information that the employer wants to know. If the employer specifically wants you to state the current salary and expected salary, please do so. You can use the last paragraph of the resume cover letter for salary matter.

Do not ever use the first paragraph of the resume cover letter for salary expectation.

A good resume cover letter should leave a good impression on the hiring manager.  A good resume cover letter can improve your chance of getting a job interview.

The Story of a Nobody by Anton Chekhov

I borrowed The Story of a Nobody by Anton Chekhov from the library due to the fact that it was a very thin book.


The most outstanding part of The Story of a Nobody by Anton Chekhov is the unforgettable characters in this book. There are basically three main characters, namely the narrator, Orlov and Zinaida.

The setting of the story was in St Petersburg, a century ago.

The narrator was a man with a mission. He wanted to assassinate the father of Orlov, an important politician. As a result, he worked for Orlov, hoping to gain an opportunity to kill his father. However, when the opportunity presented, the narrator could not bear to kill the old man. The hatred for the man was not there.

Orlov was a man who hated commitment of any kind. He loved to read and read widely. He hated changes and had no great ambition.

He seduced Zinaida, a married woman. When Zinaidi fell wildly in love with him, and moved into his house. He felt that life was a living hell.

Zinaidi loved deeply. She thought that it was very brave of her to leave her husband for a man she loved. She could not see that Orlov did not love her at all.

The story evolved at a slow and steady pace, until the narrator decided to leave. He informed Zinaidi of the fact that Orlov did not love her. While this news seemed to liberate her, it essentially killed her spirit. Zinaidi committed suicide after giving birth to a baby girl, Orlov’s daughter.

Orlov was relieved to see that the birth certificate put the husband of Zinaidi as the father. As a man who hated commitment, he did not even express the desire to see the baby.

This little book is a deep study of human nature. Sometimes, truth is so unpleasant that it can kill our soul and spirit. I wonder if Zinaidi preferred to know the truth that Orlov did not love her at all.

As I read The Story of a Nobody by Anton Chekhov, I realize that people everywhere is the same. There are people like Orlov, Zinaidi and the narrator around us.

There are still people who love the wrong person and still believe that in the fairytale of love.

The Story of a Nobody by Anton Chekhov is a classic worthy of my time. The Story of a Nobody by Anton Chekhov is a book that is imprinted in our mind after reading. The insight offered by Anton Chekhov into the depth of human nature is profound.

New England White by Stephen Carter

The plot in New England White by Stephen Carter is actually quite simple. However, due to the many characters, some of them quite unnecessary, New England White by Stephen Carter is rather messy.


I find that the first book by Stephen Carter, The Emperor of Ocean Park, is better than this one. The Emperor of Ocean Park stays close to the heart of the story, while this book is too scattered.

New England White by Stephen Carter starts with a simple murder. It should stay as a simple murder. I do not like all the diversion into the past, especially as far back as 1956 and 1972. Since I am not an American, and am not familiar with the history of America, it is very confusing to drag all the way back to those years.

After all the twisting and turning, by the middle of the book, I have forgotten all about the murder of the black Professor.

The most interesting person in New England White by Stephen Carter is Lemaster Carlyle, the President of the University, and a member of a powerful club for the Black.

And I find the description of the club for women unnecessary too. Apparently the members of the women club, those Lady Sisters, serve no useful purpose at all, except to spread gossip. I think New England White by Stephen Carter will be a better book if all mentions of this useless club is taken off.

As a book, New England White by Stephen Carter, is too long and windy. The plot is simple and captivating.  It is just too bad that the twists and turns destroy the beautiful plot.

The description of each member of the Carlyle family is extremely well done. It seems that the teenage daughter, Vanessa, is the smartest member of this family.

There are many interesting and thought-provoking quotes in New England White by Stephen Carter.

Quote 1 from New England White by Stephen Carter

“The truth only matters if you want it to.”

Quote 2 from New England White by Stephen Carter

“You know what the difference is between brave and stupid? Brave is when you fight because you have to. Stupid is when you fight because you want to.”

Quote 3 from New England White by Stephen Carter

“The problem was that people want a God small enough to fit in their hip pocket, to be pulled only when necessary to gain a secular advantage. Nobody wants a God who tells us what to do. We want a God who commands only what we tell Him to command, and allows whatever we tell him to allow.”

Quote 4 from New England White by Stephen Carter

“There are three things you always seem to be running from. Your people, your past and your God.”

Quote 5 from New England White by Stephen Carter

“Parenthood was the process of watching your children slowly lose interest in you.”

Quote 6 from New England White by Stephen Carter

“People who want justice cause more horror in the world than all the rest.”

Quote 7 from New England White by Stephen Carter

“People are real, justice is abstract. Abstract is when the killing starts.”

Quote 8 from New England White by Stephen Carter

“His politics were the politics of pure and perfect righteousness.”

Are you suffering from Chocolate Addiction?

Most of us love chocolates since we were young. Some of us force ourselves to quit consuming chocolates for dieting purpose. A few of us become chocolate lover, and continue on to suffer from chocolate addiction.


Are you suffering from chocolate addiction? Do you crave for chocolates?

Chocolate addiction is a talking point recently. It seems that people want to draw a line between chocolate lover and chocolate addict. Most people will readily admit to love chocolates but not to suffer from chocolate addiction.

It seems that scientists have investigated into the matter of chocolate addiction as well. Some scientists claimed that the results of the chocolate addiction is similar to the marijuana addiction. While chocolate is a food, and marijuana is a prohibited drug, both can cause happiness or a sense of well being.

While some people think that food craving, such as for craving for chocolates, is a result of emotions. However, it is not strictly true. Most children love chocolates, not because they have chocolate addiction, but they are simply not able to resist the lure of chocolates in the fridge.

Sometimes, a sudden shift from a state of happiness to a stressful state can prompt us to suffer from chocolate addiction. It seems that chocolate addiction is in the state of the mind.

People who have seasonal affective disorder are likely to suffer from chocolate addiction. Women who have premenstrual syndrome are yearning for chocolates too.



Women and Chocolate Addiction

Women are more likely to have chocolate addiction than men.

Women are more likely to have chocolate addiction because they eat chocolates in period of heightened emotional stress. Chocolates contain caffeine that will give a kind of high, by elevating the blood pressure and quicken the breath. Chocolate lover becomes chocolate addict because of the caffeine in the chocolates.

Many women experience strong cravings for chocolates prior to their menstruation. The changes in hormonal levels affect their mood, and make them crave for chocolates.

Many people feel the immense satisfaction from eating chocolates. The happiness and satisfaction from eating chocolates is hard to duplicate in other activities in life. That is one key reason why so many people love chocolates, and get chocolate addiction. The habit of eating chocolates to feel happy becomes a need to eat chocolates to feel happy.

Chocolate addiction makes sense since the metabolized sugar produces serotonin, a chemical responsible to the feeling of elation.

That is why people do not view chocolate addiction in the bad light, as gambling addiction or drug addiction. Nobody becomes violent or rob the bank due to suffering chocolate addiction.



Define Chocolate Addiction

Some studies found that when respondents are allowed to eat unlimited amounts of chocolates, and then cutting them back from eating chocolates result in their salivating at the sight of chocolates. They suffer from chocolate addiction unwontedly. They felt deprived, anxious, and depressed when they could see the chocolates but could not consume the chocolate.

Another study showed that rats which were fed with sugar experienced anxiety the moment sugar was removed from the diets. The rats suffer from sugar addiction, and their symptoms were similar to that of nicotine addicts suffering from nicotine withdrawal syndrome.

Actually, there is no definition of chocolate addiction yet. Even researchers doubt that there is such a thing as chocolate addiction.

There is no true chocolate addiction, since there is no definite chemical in chocolates that is addictive. The people who are experiencing anxieties from cutting down the consumption of chocolates are just experiencing a mood change.

If there is such a thing as chocolate addiction, there will arise such a term as sugar addiction. After all, sugar is found in nearly all food products, and we cannot imagine the day when the world is sugar free.

The fact that chocolate addiction is not a clinical addiction does not mean we can eat a few bars of chocolates every day for the rest of our lives.

How much chocolate is enough?

We have to learn to eat everything in moderation. Eating chocolate too much can harm our health too.

If you are not sure whether you are eating too much chocolates, you can consider the few questions below. You can consider these questions as the checklist to see if you have chocolate addiction.

a. Do you usually buy chocolates in bulk and consume chocolates everyday?

b. Do you have more chocolate bars in the fridge than fruits and vegetables?

c. Do you eat more than a pound of chocolate every month?

d. Do you have withdrawal symptoms if you stop eating chocolate? The withdrawal symptoms are shaking, restlessness, anxiety, sweating, unreasonably bad tempered, and teeth chattering.

e. Can you survive without eating chocolate for the rest of your life?



Most of us love chocolate. Most of us enjoy eating chocolate, especially when the weather is cold. However, do not let chocolate addiction ruin your health. It is good to enjoy chocolates for the health benefits, but do not over-consume chocolate.

How to prevent hair loss while combing hair

Combing hair is so much as part of our routine activities that most of us do not give a thought to it. The only time when combing hair becomes so important is when we suffered from hair loss.


It seems that those with limited hairs are the ones who know how to comb hair properly.

Actually the proper method of combing hair to prevent hair loss should be taught from young.

Some people keep a certain hair style throughout their life and the method of combing hair becomes an automatic habit.

Some people, especially the younger generation, adopt new hair styles according to the latest trends and fashion. In this case, combing hair becomes more challenging.

While preventing hair loss is more than just combing hair, since hair loss has to do with nutrition and general health as well.

When I was young, our parents kept telling us that general health has direct relation with the quantity and quality of hair. It is very rare for a healthy young person with no genetic defect to suffer from hair loss. Probably stress and extremely bad health can produce hair loss in young people.



How to prevent hair loss while combing hair

The first tip to prevent hair loss is to use a good comb. There are many different types of combs available in the market. You can choose the best comb by considering the nature of your hair, whether it is hard, soft, long or short, and the hair style.

The second tip to prevent hair loss is to concentrate on the hair combing. Some people have a bad habit of thinking about some other matters while combing hair. As a result, they may comb too hard or too fast and put stress on the hair strands.

The third tip to prevent hair loss is to comb gently. A vigorous combing can increase hair loss.

The fourth tip to prevent hair loss is to avoid combing wet hair. You should not comb when the hair is wet. You can dry it with a towel, before putting some oil and gently massage the wet hair. The combing will be easy.

The fifth tip to prevent hair loss is to avoid combing hair in the wrong direction. You should avoid combing hair in the opposite direction of hairs. This can increase the risk of hair loss.

The sixth tip to prevent hair loss is to avoid vigorous combing in backward direction. This can produce traction baldness.

The seventh tip to prevent hair loss is avoid frequent combing, since frequent combing can damage the scalp and the follicles of the hair. If you have the habit of carrying a pocket comb, and use it frequently, you have to stop the habit. Too frequent hair combing is definitely a factor in escalating hair loss.

The eighth tip to prevent hair loss is to avoid using a comb with sharp too. When the tooth of the comb is too sharp, it could pressed too tightly on the scalp.

The ninth tip to prevent hair loss is to clean the comb regularly. You can make it a habit to clean the comb before and after hair combing, since hair and dirt deposited in the gap will make it hard for you to comb hair. It can be uncomfortable and painful.

The tenth tip to prevent hair loss is avoid using the combs of others. You can avoid getting fungal and bacterial infections in this way. You can avoid getting head lice too, since head lice can spread through comb sharing.

The last tip to prevent hair loss is avoid tangled hair. You know the frustration of running a comb through tangled hair. It is difficult and painful as well. That is why you can use oil on your hair after cleaning, to make your hair free for easy combing.

Ten rotten and sucking ways to lose weight

Let me caution you before you read further. You read this ten rotten and sucking ways to lose weight at your own risk.


If you want to employ any of the rotten and sucking way to lose weight, don’t blame me for any unpleasant side effect. Don’t scold me for writing this blog posts about losing weight too.

All the ten ways are effective methods to lose weight, even though they are perfect disgusting, rotten and horrible. No one in the right mind will employ the ten rotten ways to lose weight voluntarily. If you are not a person who can think straight, you can employ the method at your own risk.



What are the ten rotten ways to lose weight?

The first method to lose weight is to find the perfect mosquito. This perfect mosquito must have all kinds of virus and diseases in its body, such as dengue and malaria and other unknown or unidentified diseases.

Let the mosquito kiss you. You can look forward to a month of extreme weight loss, compounded by sweating, high fever and aching. By the end of the month, assuming that you recover, you will be down to half the normal weight.

This is almost the easiest and cheapest method of quick weight loss, as long as you stay in the cheapest ward in the hospital.

The second method to lose weight is to ask your friends to cook for you, with added ingredients. These added ingredients include cockroaches and sewer rats.

Imagine you are halfway through the hearty meal when you dig out the tail of the sewer rat from the soup! I doubt you would have any appetite. You will probably feel sick for a week, and your appetite will suffer. This is a slow and steady method to lose weight. As long as you manage to find all the disgusting creatures in your meals, eating becomes a phobia, so much so that you lose weight out of fear of eating.

The third method to lose weight is to consume all the expired tinned food. Try to find those tinned food that has expired years ago. The best is those with funny color and funny taste. Those are the ones most effective for weight loss purpose.

You are likely to stay in the toilet for a whole week, and discharged all the fats and wastes from your body.

The fourth method to lose weight is to quit driving and taking public transportation. You can hook up to the train or bus instead. When the train or bus moves, you have to run like hell to catch up with it. Do it everyday, and you will achieve your ideal weight in a month.

The fifth method to lose weight is to throw stones at every big and ferocious dog. You can throw stones until the dogs are so angry that they start to run after you. Obviously you have to run very fast to get away from them, or else they will bite a piece off your buttock.

Come to think of it, once the dog bites a big piece of fat off your buttock, that is an instant weight loss.

The sixth method to lose weight is similar. You need to travel to Africa, and throw stones at all those fierce animals there. Just make sure that those animals do not run faster than you, otherwise you will not come home alive.

The seventh method to lose weight is to suffer from Hyperthyroidism Symptoms. You can ask God to grant you for three months of suffering from Hyperthyroidism Symptoms. One of the symptoms is to rapid weight loss despite better appetite.

Think about it, you are losing weight while eating more. That is the perfect sickness you can get for three months. Just pray that it is not a permanent sickness.

The eighth method to lose weight is to suffer from cancer for three months. Cancer is one of those sickness with unexplained weight loss. You can ask God to let you suffer for just three months, in order to lose weight.

Your body will suck all the nutrients and produce a tumor that is heavy and big. That is why you can lose weight. Just pray that this weight-loss cancer lasts for three months.

The ninth method to lose weight is to make a pact with the Devil. Since you are too lazy to exercise during the day, you can ask Devil to send demons to haunt you at night.

The demons will force you to run everywhere, so that you do not have to suffer all kinds of horrible tortures. In this case, you will get to expend the calories at night. It is likely that you will run the length of two marathons every night to lose weight.

The last method to lose weight is to switch off all the heat sources during winter. Your body will shiver to keep you warm. Since shivering is a heat-producing activity, it burns calories. If shivering is not enough to lose weight, you have to run about in the house to produce heat.

As long as you do not freeze to death, you can lose weight.



Disclaimer to ten rotten and sucking ways to lose weight

I think by now you will agree that these ten methods to lose weight are very effective, even though they suck. If you really want to try to lose weight by using any one of the ten rotten ways describe above, please make your will before you try.

The best result is that you end up half dead at half your weight. The worst result is to end up in your permanent home. All the other results in between are simply too horrified for contemplation.

May you lose weight and enjoy a slimmer body without resorting to the desperate and rotten methods above.

Writing ideas: The last part of evergreen titles

This is the last part of the writing ideas series in this blog. This series of writing ideas blog post has generated enough writing ideas to keep you busy for one whole year.




Writing ideas: 20 evergreen titles on personal

1. How to Protect Yourself from Muggers

2. How to Protect your Home from Burglary

3. How to Handle Obscene Phone Calls

4. How to Say "No" to a Salesman

5. Defend Yourself from Rape

6. How to File for Bankruptcy

7. How to Sublet Your Apartment

8. How to Sell Your Home

9. How to Invest in Jewelry

10.Introduction to the banking system

11.How to trade stock online

12.How to Get Creditors Off Your Back

13.Introduction to Credit Bureaus and credit report

14.How to Balance Your Checkbook

15.How to Save on medical expenses

16.How to select insurer

17.Introduction to whole life insurance

18.Introduction to endowment policy

19.Introduction to annuity

20.Understand mutual fund and index fund



Writing ideas: 23 evergreen titles on sports

1. How to Enter Professional Football

2. How to Improve Your Swimming Strokes

3. How to Play Better Baseball

4. An introduction to professional wrestling

5. Guide to Ski Resorts

6. Amateur Boxing Guide

7. Introduction to Hunting Rifles

8. Introduction to Trout Fishing

9. How to play Tennis for Beginners

10.Beginner’s guide to bowling

11.How to plan Treasure Hunt party

12.Where to go for Deer Hunting

13.Introduction to deep-sea fishing

14.Tips for joggers

15.How to choose a pair of running shoes

16.How to choose a pair of hiking shoes
17.How to Lift Weights

18.How to Build Your home Gym

19.An introduction to Ice Hockey

20.How to Play Basketball

21.An introduction to Wild Game Hunting?

22.Body Building Tips

23.What to Wear for a rainforest eco-tour



Writing ideas: 7 evergreen titles on occultism

1. Introduction to Witchcraft

2. Introduction to handwriting analysis

3. ESP for Beginners

4. Yoga for Beginners

5. How to change your destiny using Feng Shui

6. An Introduction to Hypnotism

7. How to meditation



Writing ideas: 35 evergreen miscellaneous titles

1. How to become a TV Contestant!

2. How to file for patents

3. How to Enjoy the Opera

4. Advantages of living in a Mobile Home

5. How to Read Blueprints

6. How to make award-winning TV Commercials

7. How to prevent theft in the office

8. How to Prepare a Publicity Release

9. Introduction to the function of the Stock Market

10.How to choose Mutual Funds

11.How to Pass a Lie Detector Test

12.How to Get Free Publicity for your Business

13.How to Pan for Gold

14.How to Select the Perfect Gift for [grandma, grandpa, boss, etc]

15.How to Remove Tattoos

16.How to Learn Tattooing

17.Sewing Tips for making an evening dress

18.How to make Your Own Cheese

19.How to Build Your Own Canoe

20.How to be a Ventriloquist

21.How to Decorate a Cake

22.How to Identify Counterfeit Money

23.Guide to Professional Cooking Schools

24.How to buy a franchise business

25.How to get your Name in the Paper

26.How to Meet Celebrities

27.Introduction to Radio Talk Shows

28.How to Adjust to a New Neighborhood

29.Recipes for Homemade Jelly

30.How to Conduct a Political Campaign

31.How to Hold a Fashion Show!

32.Handbook for Street Musicians

33.How to Mold Public Opinion

34.How to Spot a Potential Suicide

35.How to Train a Hunting Dog



If you can write an “How to” ebook that is interesting and helpful, you can make money from selling the ebook online.

It is impossible for us to make use of all the writing ideas in this writing ideas series. Even if only 20 titles appeal to you, there is enough work for a whole month. You can write 20 articles from the topic or even the same title.

You can write a 100 pages ebook from each of the evergreen titles in writing ideas series.

In order to make money from writing or blogging, you should write only on titles that appeal to you,. You can write articles on subjects that you know something about.

If you are a good cook, you can experiment with different methods of cooking, and write recipes. There are so many ways of cooking chicken that you will never run out of writing ideas for recipes.

If you write on a title that does not interest you, you will be bored to death. Writing on a title that you have no knowledge is tough. You need so much time on research that writing the ebook or article becomes a dreadful chore.



How to use the writing ideas

You have to organize the writing ideas before you start to write. You can pretend that you are a person who does not know anything about the subject. You can write down a list of questions that the person will ask.

You can write a simple one-liner answer to all the questions before developing it into an article or ebook.

If you are not sure about any main point, you can do some research online or offline.

The hard work is actually in the editing, not generating writing ideas or research. Editing is a never-ending process, since you can never get all the sentences right or the writing perfect. After you go through the first or at most, second editing, it’s time for you to publish the article or ebook.