The Key to Success


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A basic guide to success.
The key to success is hard work, healthy body and mind, network of support and an education.
Before you start, you must have a goal in life. This is what you will be working towards.

  • Hard Work: Maintaining self confidence and motivation is the first start. Next planning and being proactive will help you towards achieving your goals.
  • A Healthy Body and Mind: What goes in, is what goes out. Thinking positive, eating right, and exercising, will increase your energy, performance and brighten up your days ahead.

    Self- Esteem & Confidence:
    How To Have A Healthy Body And Mind
  • A Network of Support: The people you know is a main factor of success. You take on your surroundings, mainly your environment and your social network. If you want success, avoid negative surroundings. And join positive ones with people who have already achieved your goal.
    How to Network
  • Education: Knowledge is power. Don’t do something without first understanding it. Therefore do research before starting a project.

With these simple tips, you can change your life and achieve your goals.

Larry Battle

Larry Battle

I love to program, and discover new tech. Check out my <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/users/527776/larry-battle">stackoverflow</a> and <a href="https://github.com/LarryBattle">github</a> accounts.

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How to get the cheapest Airfare ticket.


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Traveling is always fun, but paying for the ticket isn’t.
Having flown around world on a budget, I’ve learned a lot about getting the best bargains.
The following are tips for finding the best airfare price online. Using these tips will save you hundreds or thousands on you next flight.

Cheapest Ticket = “Buying time” + “Flexibility with dates” + “Type of ticket” + “Airfare Website”

  1. Buying time:
    – Purchase your ticket within a month or two before your departure, 2 weeks the latest.
    During this period canceled and undesirable tickets become available.
    – Search between 11 pm – 3 am for tickets.
    Because of the low traffic, the airfare sites normally offer lower rates. Therefore, avoid buying during daytime, as business is booming and the discounts become hard to find.
    – Search for bargains throughout the week at different times of the day.
    This helps you get a better image of the pricing.
  2. Flexibility with dates:
    – Play around with the dates to find the cheapest match.
    Generally, leaving between Sunday – Wednesday gives the best results, as most people choose to fly towards the end of the week. To make up for the slow days, airlines offer lower prices to attract more customers for the start of the week.
  3. Type of ticket:
    -Choose an Economy and Round trip ticket.
    Economy is the cheapest ticket you can get. Round trip tickets are filled with discounts. So for a one way trip, sometimes the round trip is the cheaper one to get.
  4. Airfare website:
    – Compare with different airfare sites.
    Kayak.com is the best out there because they offer price history, tracking, and more features to make life easier. Other sites include orbitz.com and priceline.com.
    Also, try to pick a big airport that is close by, as bigger airports are cheaper than small ones.
    NOTE:
    * Double check your websites before buying anything from them. Google their history to avoid scams!
    * Double check the ticket before buying it. Make sure it’s the right one because most of the time it’s non-refundable and cost money to change.

Lastly, you get what you paid for. Slow down and take a 10 minute break before buying anything. Make sure it’s something you can live with and not too stressful to handle. So make sure your trip doesn’t include 3 stops with a 20 hour wait in between.

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-Larry

Larry Battle

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Add me to your LinkedIn.

Hey everyone,
I’m trying to form a bigger network on linkedin.com.

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So if you would like to help, add me to your connection list. Thanks.
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Larry Battle

Larry Battle

I love to program, and discover new tech. Check out my <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/users/527776/larry-battle">stackoverflow</a> and <a href="https://github.com/LarryBattle">github</a> accounts.

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Book Review: Free $ for College

Bought this book, Free $ for College, last month from a dollar garage sell and then spent my spare time reading through it to better understand how getting free money actually works. This book will come as a big help to others looking for ways to save while attending a university.

Here’s the book review I did at amazon.com.
link: Free $ for College

4.0 out of 5 stars Get help with education cost, October 4, 2009
By Larry Battle –

David Rosen and Caryn Mladen, the authors, cover every route for paying for college: Scholarships, grants, low interest or interest-free loans, tuition discounts, and other stuff. With that said, I found half useful and the other half irrelevant and repetitive.
This book gives good tips on what payment plans do and don’t work. Like how working during college to pay your expenses is a bad idea.
They also talk about scams, joining the military, athletic scholarships, and other means of reducing your tuition.
The best part of the book is how they help you discover what makes you unique and how to use that to win grants, scholarships, and discounted tuition.
After reading this Dummies book, I can now assist my friends and myself with getting free/discounted tuition.

Here are a few good tips provided in the book:
– Some states have early deadlines, so completing your FAFSA as soon as possible is a must. Most states funds require your FAFSA to be completed.
– No scholarships are guaranteed, so don’t pay money to get a scholarship or for someone to find it for you because most likely it is a scam.
– Apply to many small scholarship because they have low competition, helps you winner bigger ones, and they can add up quite nicely.
– When applying to scholarship, presentation is the key. Attach a cover letter, print on high quality paper and contact the scholarship committee’s office after your submission.
– College is a business, so you can negotiate a deal on your tuition. However finish college early because the price will keep on rising.
– You can get your student loans forgiven by working for a low income school for 3-5 years.

-Larry Battle

Larry Battle

Larry Battle

I love to program, and discover new tech. Check out my <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/users/527776/larry-battle">stackoverflow</a> and <a href="https://github.com/LarryBattle">github</a> accounts.

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