Problem: Article: Many business gurus will state you need to look your best if you want to maximize your sales potential. While this is absolutely true, it doesn't necessarily mean dressing up in your finest suit. Rather, you should dress the way you think your customer would feel most comfortable and impressed with. Formal business wear is fairly standard in upper-level business spheres, but more casual settings might favour appropriately casual dress. As much as you'll want to impress the customer with your professionalism and adhere to the workplace's dress code, you also want to appear approachable and friendly. If you're making the sale employed under someone else, you'll also obviously need to consider how your boss will react to your wardrobe before taking the customer's whims into consideration. Semi-formal business wear fits the vast majority of business situations if you're unsure. As a rule, it is better to be too formal than too casual. Being too formal might make it harder to relate with the customer, but being too casual will make it harder for the customer to respect you. Respect is essential if you want to make a sale work. Punctuality is an incredibly simple (and easy) way to impress a customer and just about anyone else you'll be dealing with professionally. This doesn't just mean getting somewhere on time; it means being absolutely ready for whatever time you set to meet. This could involve coming fifteen minutes earlier than you are expected. By coming early, you'll have all of your things ready and have time to adjust for any unforeseen complications. An important side effect to punctuality is how much less stressed you'll feel. If you're prone to stress, getting to a sales meeting early will give you time to get your bearings and relax. Part of a great sales routine is knowing exactly what you have to offer, and the kind of person that is going to want what you're selling. If you have the ideal customer in mind, you can start to go ahead and imagine the sort of salesman they would be most inclined to buy from. Being able to predict your ideal customer's ideal salesman will gradually inform the way you present yourself. The more specific the type of customers you attract, the better (and easier) business will be for you.
Summary: Dress to suit the circumstance. Be punctual. Attract the specific kind of customer you want.

Problem: Article: Before resizing your image in Paint, make a copy of the file so that you don't lose the original. This will allow you to do the process again later if you aren't happy with the results. To make a copy of the image file, right-click on it and select "Copy." Right-click a blank area in the same folder and select "Paste" to create a copy of the image. Paint is a free image editor that comes with every version of Windows. Right-click on the image file and select "Edit" to open it in Paint. If you want to resize the entire image, select the whole thing by pressing Ctrl+A. You can also click the "Select" button in the Home tab and choose "Select all." You'll see a dashed line appear around the edge of the image. You can find this in the Home tab, or you can press Ctrl+W. This will open the "Resize and Skew" window. You can choose to resize by percentage or by pixels. If you select "Pixels," you can enter the exact size that you want the resized image to be. You can enter percentages larger than "100" to make the image bigger than the original. By default, Paint will maintain the original aspect ratio, and entering a value in one field will automatically change the value in the other. This keeps the image from stretching or squishing during the resize. You can uncheck "Maintain aspect ratio" if you want to be able to define both the Horizontal and Vertical fields independently. Making an image larger than the original will result in a blocky final image. Once you click "OK," your image will be resized according to the values you entered. There is no preview available, so you'll need to apply the changes to see them. If you aren't happy with the outcome, press Ctrl+Z to undo the resize changes you made. You can also click the "Undo" button at the very top of the window next. Your image will be resized, but the canvas will stay the original size. Click and drag the boxes around the edges of the canvas to resize it accordingly and remove excess white space. Once you're satisfied with the new size, you can save the changes to the file. Select "Save As" from the File tab and choose "JPEG picture." You can then name the file and choose where to save it.
Summary: Make a copy of the image file. Open the image in Paint. Select the entire image. Click the "Resize" button. Use the "Resize" fields to change the size of the image. Click "OK" to see your resized image. Drag the canvas edges to match the resized image. Save your resized image.

Problem: Article: Learn about the music scene, the party scene, the food scene anything that you think would enhance your quality of life. Try to grasp the cultural idiosyncrasies that make each place unique. Read about the ratio of younger people to older people, and try to see the trends in why people are moving to a particular place. Perhaps your favorite band or a beloved author hails from a certain city. Maybe you've heard that a city has a notoriously active and outdoorsy populace. Living around others who are in the same socioeconomic bracket can be more comfortable than living among people who make considerably more or less than yourself. Whether you will be renting or owning a home in your new area, try consulting with a real estate agent to get a better idea of the neighborhood. It is important to make an informed and practical decision, but you should also find a reason to be enthused about the place you're going to live. Create a mental image of what life would be like here, and then evaluate whether that life is something you want. Determine whether you want to live somewhere hot, cold, wet, dry near the coast or in the mountains. Basic research on a city or region should give you a good idea of the weather patterns. Consider the effects that a different climate (say, a very rainy place, or somewhere that freezes over in the winter) will have upon your lifestyle and your goals. Consider the temperature, the average precipitation, the air pollution, and the seasonal flux. Some people suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), which is a cyclical depression pattern related to the changing of the seasons. People often find themselves most down in the winter or the rainy season, when the skies are cold and overcast. If you are unsure of the climate in a particular area, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has excellent data on everything from temperature to air pollution. This can also help swing your decision, although it may not be the most weighty concern. Some areas face a high risk of hurricanes and tornadoes, while other areas get a lot of earthquakes. Some areas are prone to drought, and others to mighty storms. Inform yourself of the danger so that you can make a conscious choice.
Summary:
Consider the culture. See the romance in a place. Understand what the climate is like. Learn about the risk of natural disasters.