Sensory Based Goals Are Well Formed Goals
July 7, 2009 by Dr. Letitia Wright
Filed under Featured Articles, Wright Ideas
Are your goals truly goals (rather than dreams and wants)? By looking at how the goal is stated we can quickly tell the difference. The difference between a dream or a want and a goal is that the goal has specific features that make it reachable. Well formed outcomes have several criteria: stated in positives, individually driven, sensory based, and ecological.
This article shows you how to put sensory based outcomes into your goal statements. We interact with our world through our five senses. Everything we know about the world is what we see, hear, touch, taste, and smell. This means that the only way to know whether we have reached our goal is by checking our well formed outcome against what we see/hear/touch/taste/smell. Because we use the word "feel" to mean what we do with our fingers as well as what we do with our heart you will want to make sure what you will feel is actually something you’ll sense not just an emotion.
If you have "feel respected" as part of your outcome statement you will be better served by making it clear what you can sense when feeling "respect." What will you see when you feel respected? What will you hear? Is there a particular sensation in your body? A scent? Some taste in your mouth? We can ask these same questions of each of your goals. By making them solidly sensory based we make them that much more "real" and more attainable. Remember to make your outcomes things you can see, hear, touch, taste, and/or smell to get to reach those goals!
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Product Design For the Inventor and Entrepreneur
July 4, 2009 by Dr. Letitia Wright
Filed under Featured Articles, Wright Ideas
Check out this great article by Bruce Ditty!
You had this idea or you’ve had it for quite some time and the reoccurring thoughts drove you nuts! You kept thinking about the benefits of your idea or invention and the problems it solved or the safety it provided or the pleasure it would provide. You’ve mentioned the idea to others and they agreed. They saw the value. You were certain that there was nothing like it around. When you gained some spare time you were going to sketch it out, an invention, a new product. You would put your search engines to work and start researching it. You procrastinated but some day soon you’d get to it! Then one day, you are channel surfing, and BAM! There’s an infomercial with your idea in living color! I’ve been there, as my Dad used to say, “A day late and a dollar short”.
It you are an inventor and entrepreneur, the internet has not made life any easier for you unless you know how to use it!
When it comes to offering products for retail, business recognizes the need for “fast to market”. Big business has streamlined this process but usually has whole departments dedicated to:
? Product Design
? Product Development
? Legal – Intellectual Property – Patent
? Market Analysis
? Prototype
? Product Testing
? Manufacturing
? Packaging Design
? Sales and Marketing
Large corporations and well established manufacturing companies have budgets and personal to make investments in new intellectual property and product development. But what about the inventor and or entrepreneur that doesn’t work in an industry where these skills exist? And even if you do, your idea is yours. It is something unique that has nothing to do with your employer or you “day job”. If you are a teacher, or an accountant, or a fireman, where do you start, as a lone individual to find the product engineering and design work your invention requires?
The internet has many sites that allow inventors to post projects seeking professionals to work for them at very affordable prices. Some would say down right cheap! But like any service, buyer beware! As an experienced product engineer, I have seen too many products designs that on paper, are pretty to look at, but would be almost impossible to manufacture without expensive special tooling and/or a complete redesign. There is an amazing amount of difference between product design and product design for manufacturing. If the inventor intends on applying for a utility patent, they must also make certain that they have properly documented their invention and that the design professional signs a non-disclosure document before ideas are shared.
This will be the first of several articles that will explain the entire product design process for the non-engineer. Topics covered will be:
1. Product Development and Idea Generation.
2. Idea Protection and Patent Considerations
3. Market Research
4. Product Liability
5. Hiring Design Professionals
6 Design For Manufacturing
7. Materials Selection
8. Prototyping
9. Packaging
10. Manufacturing Costs
Bruce Dittly is a Mechanical Designer and Inventor capable of helping other inventors take their invention idea from dream to reality.
http://wecaninvent.com
Your Own Debt Settlement Company
July 3, 2009 by Dr. Letitia Wright
Filed under Wright Ideas
In this article I am going to show you three ways to operate a debt settlement company (DSC). Learn these three ways to get your DSC off the ground and up and running in an ethical yet profitable manner.
These are the three ways:
1) Learn how to qualify your clients for a Debt Settlement (DS) plan that will pay off all the credit cards plus your fee in a reasonable period of time;
2) Learn the proper way to sell and advertise your services without creating deceptive practices claims;
3) Offer your services in an ethical manner following TASC principles.
Lets take a closer look at these 3 ways:
1) Learning how to qualify clients for a DS plan:
This first element is likely the most important aspect you will need to learn when handling DS clients. This is the primary service that you will provide to your client. As part of this service, your will also explain how the program is administered and how we will be making contact with the creditor to settle the debt for 50% or less than what is owed.
2) Learn the proper way to sell and advertise your DS services. It’s very important to know what you can and cannot do while you are advertising or selling your services to the public in this business. One wrong step and you’ll have plaintiff lawyers and the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) knocking on your door. Seek out ways to get educated about how to stay out of trouble when marketing and describing your DS services.
3) Offer your DS services pursuant to TASC Principles. TASC is an organization that oversees debt settlement companies. A good DSC will abide by TASC rules and guidelines and this is all done to protect both the client and your company. Good DSCs will not do anything that would put them in jeopardy of losing their good standing and accreditation with TASC.
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