INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Give yourself twenty minutes to review your existing list and consider whether you are missing anyone. On a blank piece of paper, brainstorm a list of people you may need to thank who are not currently on your list. After adding any additional names, review the list and write down what you are grateful for under each name, such as contributions, advice or expertise. You may want to consider the following prompts: Who helped you become the person you are today? Who offered you the most encouragement? What specific contributions are you thanking people for? Who gave you the time of day when you really needed help? Who offered valuable expertise at crucial moments? If your list is handwritten, start by copying your list into a spreadsheet or text editing program so that it can be easily rearranged. Then, arrange the names by what you are specifically grateful for, such as friendship, time or expertise. Once you have the list ordered by type of gratitude, you may want to rank the list from most to least important contributions under each category. When you start writing your speech, it will be helpful to have individual lists of people you want to thank for specific types of contributions. For instance, under the category expertise, you could rank individuals from most to least important contributions of expertise to the project or award you are giving the speech for. Review your ordered list and identify the two or three most important people in each category, such as the two or three most important friends, family members or colleagues. It is important to highlight these people, so that you don't skip them in the speech writing. 'Thank you' speeches should be short and succinct. Review your list and consider how you might organize your list for concision. You could try re-organizing the list according to function, such as all of the people who made me laugh or all of the people who pushed me to reach higher in life. When you write the speech, you can give thanks to people according to their function or role and then just list their names. This will give you more time to spend on particularly important individuals, as identified in your ranked list. For instance, a 'thank you' speech at a wedding should be no longer than three minutes long.

SUMMARY: Make sure you have a complete list. Start ordering your list. Determine the top ranked people. Organize your list to accommodate time constraints.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Order some of an item at 99GP, some at 97GP and some at 95GP. If the price goes up and you flip the item, you'll make a bigger profit overall. Set orders starting at 5 percent below the GE price. Slowly increase your offer until someone bites. You'll find out the floor price for which others will sell the item, and you'll save GP. Set your price at 5 to 10 percent percent above the GE price. Then, drop it gradually until someone makes the buy. For example, buy 1 lobster and test the price instead of buying 100 lobsters before you know the direction that prices will go. Most people will set prices on even numbers, like 20,000GP. If you set your price at 19,997GP, you'll beat their offer. If you're lowering your offer on an item that you want to sell, always lower it in odd increments. If you have enough extra GP and one of your items starts to free-fall in price, then make a huge order for the item to stop the price from decreasing. Then, when you've cornered the market, sell your items gradually to avoid causing the price to drop dramatically again. Don't always try to guess what the hottest item will be. Get to know 2 or 3 items and become familiar with their price ranges. For those items, you'll be able to spot a good deal quickly. When you invest in a certain item at 150GP, keep buy orders in the exchange at 140GP and sell offers at 180GP. When your buy or sell offer hits, you'll be able to predict the path that prices are headed, and you can decide whether to sell out quickly or whether to keep buying. Choose an item that will go higher in price on the GE site. Buy it between -5% en the GP price. Now wait a little bit. When the items are loaded, you can put it on your bank for 2 or more days. Sell it at GP between the GP price and the +5% price. Wait and take your profit. Good luck!

SUMMARY:
Use price averaging. Buy high-value items below price. Sell high-value items above price. Buy single commodities to test prices. Use odd pricing. Set a price floor. Specialize in a few items. Set a hedge. Flip.