Have you ever considered what the heck dreams are really made of? Many people believe dreams are simply a bunch of garbled thoughts strung together that don?t mean anything in particular. If you taking the time to read this article, then chances are you probably believe that dreams are much more important than that?and they certainly are! Your dreams are a true reflection of yourself at that particular point in your life. They encompass all of your thoughts, your emotio...

China?s national government offers a tempting variety of financial incentives designed to lure inbound foreign investment, some of which were introduced by this author in the article ?Investing in China: Tax Incentives?. However, additional incentives offered by provincial and local governments significantly sweeten the investor?s overall incentive package. These incentives tend to become more generous as one moves westward from the investment-saturated coastal provinces to C...

The People?s Republic of China offers a variety of tax breaks and financial incentives to encourage inbound investment. National government incentives vary based on how much money you are investing and whether or not your project is located in one of China?s special economic zones; local incentives vary by jurisdiction according to relative bargaining power. The tendency in recent years has been for China?s central and western provinces, who have been starved of foreign in...

Do you believe that you need a partner to be happy? My client, Adrienne, an attractive woman in her 50?s, has been married and divorced twice. She was unhappy in both marriages, but she still believes that she needs a partner to be happy. This belief continually leads her into inappropriate relationships with men who initially come on strong, only to turn out to be emotionally needy, just like her. The problem is we attract people at our common level of woundedness and our...

If you are considering setting up a company in the People?s Republic of China (the ?PRC?) you should be aware that Chinese law is more protective of employees than the laws of many western nations, particularly the United States. The current PRC Labor Law was enacted in 1994; however, a new PRC Labor Contract Law, intended to supplement the Labor Law, is expected to come into force at the end of 2006. This new law contains both bad news and good news from the point of view of...

Thanksgiving is a time for food, celebration, and fun. Every year on Thanksgiving, families gather around the table to enjoy a meal and give thanks. But for some folks, Thanksgiving can be a lonely time. Many adults spend the holidays feeling isolated and depressed. Today as we celebrate this Thanksgiving, it is important to remember that it?s about more than being thankful for one day, it is an entire lifetime. Today is the day to be thankful for all the things in your li...

We?re in an informational age. Information is more available now than there's ever been in the world. More will be available tomorrow. Unless the entire Internet crashes, I predict that?s going to continue for a long time. So, the question isn?t, ?How many opportunities are there?? or ?What is the best opportunity?? because there?s no such thing. There?ll be a better opportunity tomorrow than the one you?re working on today. When you have ADD, it?s a blessing and a curs...

When you say that the positive tendencies are the cause of happiness in an individual, in the same breath you can say that the negative tendencies are the cause of unhappiness. Well, extreme stress, anxiety and frustration pave a clear way towards depression. It is the same old story through the ages- the eternal conflict between the Light and Darkness. These two forces can not exist at the same time at the same place. When the Light arrives, we need not order the darkness...

Work at home mothers do you find that there is not enough time in a day to get all your work done? You are not alone. Many mothers feel like time is just not on there side. I happen to be one of them, I am a work at home mom and I juggle eight web sites, writing articles, two kids, a husband, and a house. That is about seven days all piled into one. I was pulling my hair out trying to accomplish everything in one day. Then I realized, it's impossible to do all that in one day...

There are many instances where people prefer to outsource work, rather than do it themselves. Popular authors outsource their work to professional writers, major corporations outsource some of their work such as data entry and maintenance to companies who specialize in these types of jobs, magazine publishers outsource some of their graphics and photography works to professional freelance workers and other companies that specialize in working with graphics and the internet ha...