Kelty's Writing Portfolio

    If I told you , that there was one skill, one skill only that racticed and utilized  in certain situations, the reward being a much better chance, at getting everything it is Your little heart desires, when should you be interested in hearing About it? I mean, we live in a world where we have every bit of information that we would ever need to know, at  Literally, our fingertips. the internet has made it's extremely easy to access absolutely anything we would want to know In minutes. even better, the internet is everywhere. this said, if I were to tell you what this skill is, Preparation - Preparation is always a smart thing to do before anything important, and this is no different when it comes to negotiation. First and foremost, the parties involved need to decide when and where the meeting will take place. It never hurts to set a limited time-scale before hand to prevent the arguing to drag on longer than it has to. Prior to entering into a negotiation, make sure to write do

   There is a saying my Dad used to say to me about toxic friends. He would say, "You know, a toxic friend will tie a cinder block around your ankles, smile at you and ask you if you would like to go swimming with them in toxic waters." As a kid, I didn't really understand what he meant by that but as I got older, it became more and more clear to me that he was absolutely right about that. Unfortunately, it is not that simple to spot if you are being dragged down by a toxic "friendship", especially if you are not a toxic or mean spirited person yourself. There are sure fire ways to tell whether or not a friendship in your life is toxic.       A toxic friend will do whatever they can to isolate you from others... especially friends in which you probably have  a much healthier relationship with. A real friend wants you to be surrounded by people who are going to bring you up in life and make you feel good about yourself while a toxic friend is probably not going t

Bartender’s Secret - How To Relate to People       I was about twenty one or so when an employer I was working for at that time, knowing that I loved to read, gave me a book called "Positive Personality Profiles", by a very intelligent (and humorous) man by the name of Dr. Robert Rohm. Halfway through the first chapter, I was engulfed and almost the entire book in one evening. When I finished, I flipped back to the first page and read it all over again. By reading that book, I was given an amazing gift; a gift that has proven, and I am confident will continue to prove, to be an amazing asset in my life, in all areas of my life both professionally and personally. Knowledge really is power and the knowledge I obtained from reading this particular book has given me the power to relate to people according to who they are, based on their personality type.     People are like snowflakes as in there are no two people that are exactly alike and we all have our own different persona

There is an old saying that says that the eyes are a window to the soul, or something like that. There really is a lot of truth to that and more and more studies are showing just how much you can tell if someone is being dishonest with you or not, by their eyes. This isn't exactly a new concept, for people have believed that they can tell if they are being lied to just by looking into their eyes. Until recently, I always believed that it was as simple as checking to see if somebody is having a hard time looking you in the eye while talking to you. However, as studies are showing more and more it's actually much more complex than that. Not to say that by the end of this article, you will be something of a human lie detector test yourself. With that, I'll get started. If you suspect that someone may be being dishonest with you, keep a good watch on not just their eyes, but specifically the direction in which the person is looking. Now, we all know that when aske

    So, what makes a person successful? Well, we know that there isn't just one thing rather a variety of things, education and talent, being two very important components.  However, is one more important than the other? I would imagine that different people would say different things based on their own personal experiences,  however, let's take a look at this from an objective standpoint.       I'm going to start with education. Wikipedia defines education as “Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. Educational methods include teaching, training, storytelling, discussion and directed research.” We live in a world today that education is extremely important if you want the best chance at success. I don't believe too many people would disagree with that statement.  That said,  let's not forget that the most suitable people in the world today don't have degrees from fancy schools or

(The following article, although based on a true story, may include exact facts and dates that are not one hundred percent accurate. Although nothing in the article is fiction, it has been written from my memory of the case from articles I have read, television programs, etc. I didn’t want this article to sound like every other article written about this particular case so I thought writing it by memory may give it a level of humanity that it may not have otherwise.) From the moment I saw their smiling faces on the television I knew I had seen them before and I was taken back to see this same so called happy couple on the morning news. About a year prior I had seen the same picture on the same morning news show for a completely different reason. They had been part of the very small community of people who refused to leave the French Quarter which is an area of New Orleans when the entire city was being evacuated because Hurricane Katrina and all of her devastation were headed their