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Everything You Need to Know About Insurance Selling from Noah’s Ark

July 25th, 2008 by Ellis | No Comments | Filed in Making Money

Insurance selling is a great job opportunity for smart individuals even in times of financial crisis. Adopting sipag at tiyaga of Senator Manny Villar, one can become a millionaire three or five years from now.

Here’s a great tip for new insurance agents.

One: It pays to plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.

Two: We should stay fit. Noah was 600 years old when he was asked to do something really big. No one’s really old to get into the insurance business; age brings more prospects.

Three: We shouldn’t listen to critics. One hundred and twenty years of work on an ark meant for a flood not likely to happen seemed impractical to Noah’s contemporaries. People who live for the ‘here and now’ are not very eager to set aside money for the future.

Four: There is an advantage when you have two of everything. This should include our plans in life.

Five: Speed isn’t always an advantage. The snails made it on board the ark together with the cheetahs. Don’t hurry off to meet a client unprepared. Take time to explain clearly the benefits of an insurance plan.

Six: When the floods of our lives come, we may need to float a while. Amidst the financial troubles that accompany upheavals and sudden life changes, blessed are those who have a lifeboat they can depend on.

Seven: A reliable ark might just set us down on even higher ground than before. It is possible to actually be better off, or have an improved financial situation after having experienced the ill effects of force majure.

Tags: financial, insurance selling

Free Cooking Demos for Nestle Club Members

July 16th, 2008 by Eleazar | No Comments | Filed in Workshops/Trainings/Seminars

The Julius Maggi Kitchen (JMK) kicks off the third quarter of the year with a new food business theme, Food Cart Ideas. With this theme in mind, JMK will offer cooking demos sessions on sandwiches and wraps this month. In this session, JMK’s featured chef will share recipes that jazz up old-time favorites like hamburgers, hotdogs and other sandwich fillers to become sumptuous, best-selling food cart treats.

The free cooking demos for Nestle Club members will be held on July 17, 19, 22, 24, 26 and 29 from 2:00 – 5:30 PM at the Julius Maggi Kitchen, Ground Floor of the Nestle Center, 31 Plaza Drive Rockwell Center, Makati City. Please make your reservations by calling 898-0011 loc. 6004 from Monday to Saturday, 8:30 am to 5:30 pm.

The JMK will also offer a paying class, Baking for Beginners on July 25 from 2:00-5:30 pm. For only P350.00, you can take part in this semi-hands-on activity and learn the fundamentals of baking like recipe reading, measuring ingredients, and baking terms and techniques. Easy-to-make recipes of cookies, bars and cakes will be demonstrated as well.

For queries on how to become part of the Nestle Club, you can contact:

Nestle Consumer Services

Tel. No.: 898-0061

Email: nestleclub@ph.nestle.com

Website: www.nestlerecipes.com.ph

Tags: cooking demo, food business

Three Simple Ways to Save Rice

July 10th, 2008 by Eleazar | No Comments | Filed in Education/Personal Growth

The rice crisis is the buzzword today and may not die down in the years to come. With the increasing Philippine population, the demand of this staple food is also increasing in contrast to the decreasing agricultural lands planted with rice. But whether it is true or not, saving rice is something we should always keep in mind.

According to studies by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), some 25,000 sacks of rice are wasted everyday. If saved, this volume is enough to feed nearly 4 million starving Filipinos.

Here are simple ways to save rice:

Cook only enough rice for a meal. Much leftover rice are spoiled. To avoid this, turn leftover rice into delectable rice recipes like rice salad, rice cake, rice pasta, and rice porridge.

Save overcooked rice. There are times when you’re engrossed with something and forgot about the rice you’re cooking until it’s overcooked. Although you can easily separate the scorched rice crust (tutong) from the unburned rice, it has already emitted smoky smell and embittered the rice. Save overcooked rice by trying this simple way from ehow.com.

Transfer the unburned rice carefully from the cooking pot to another lidded bowl of pot. While transferring the rice, be careful not to scrape the scorched layer or the overcooked part way from the bottom or sides of the cooking pot.
Wipe two to three onions with a clean, damp cloth.
Remove the papery outer peels from the onions.
Spread the onion peels completely over the surface of the unburned rice.
Cover the pot or bowl tightly and let it sit for 15 minutes. The onion peels will absorb the bitterness.
Discard the onion peels and serve the rice.

Order a small serving of rice. When dining out, order a small serving of rice to avoid having leftovers. Ask for another serving later if you need to eat more. If you’re dining with children, you may just share your food with them because they usually jag food.

Saving rice may seem small from your end, but it is something worthwhile. Why waste rice when it’s becoming expensive and more and more people hardly afford it? Just think of the 4 million starving Filipinos who could have eaten the rice you have just wasted.

Source: Agriculture Magazine, June 2008

Tags: rice, rice crisis, save rice