Indusrty's best cordless impact drills

Indusrty's Best Cordless Impact Drills

Impact drills are not just brawn, on the contrary, they offer quite a bit of brain as well. With power and versatility, one of these tools does a great deal more than simply drive screws; with the help of a brilliant, self-triggering impacting mechanism, these tools move through concrete and other seemingly impossible materials with striking ease. Ultimately, a good impact drill can make life easier on many counts, but finding the one that best suits you isn’t always as easy as simply enjoying its benefits. I’d like to help you define your search for the best fitting impactor by high-lighting the industry’s toughest, most impressive impact drills — some, with price-tags that will surprise you.

For heavy-duty users Makita’s BTD141 (18v) cordless impact driver truly packs a wallop incorporating new features and a maximum torque motor to deliver 1,330 in/lbs of torque. Remaining compact and lightweight despite all that big power, the tool weighs only 3.4 lbs — this ergonomic shape distributes pressure evenly throughout the tool for comfortable, easy control. A built-in LED light illuminates work spaces, and a high quality heat-hardened steel proprietary hammer and anvil significantly increase the tool’s overall life and durability. The tool also has an electric brake for immediate stops which not only increases your safety, but also minimizes kickback, otherwise known as «the enemy». Additionally utilizing lithium ion battery technology and an exclusive charging system that optimizes battery life and produces more than twice as many cycles, the tool is powerful, durable and terribly efficient. It’s slim, cordless design renders this impactor both mobile and maneuverable an ultimately an ideal choice for everyone from the most industrial workers to the most average homeowner. This BTD141 impact kit ranges in price from $270 — $300.

Another heavy-duty impactor comes in green from Hitachi. Their WH14DL (14.4v) cordless impact driver is built with big power and smooth innovation to master every industrial impacting application from decking to heavy-duty construction projects. Also utilizing lithium ion battery technology, the impactor delivers a perfect union of power, controllability, and durable longevity. Big torque (1,240 in/lbs) allows you to easily complete rough jobs, and the tool’s industrial grade, two-piece motor (equip with heavy gauge copper coils) is one of the strongest in the business. The tool’s two-step speed switch allows users to select between Power-Mode (0 — 2,600 RPM) or Save-Mode (0 — 2,000 RPM) for ultimate control over each task, and with Hitachi’s unique Cool Flow system emitting a steady stream of air into the motor, the impactor can run harder and longer, minimizing the risk of burnout and totally increasing your productivity. At only 3.3 lbs the tool is portable and simple to control and operate providing craftsmen with surprising power in an ultra-compact design. Additionally, the tool’s brushes are externally accessible for the easiest maintenance and replacements, and perhaps most importantly, the tool is covered under Hitachi’s unmatched 10-year warranty. pricing at about $240 — $260, the WH14DL kit is an exceptional tool at a great buy.

In this particular instance, high-quality and high-price don’t necessarily coincide. Pricing from around $195 — $225 Makita’s BTD142HW is an elite tool for a remarkably good value. For the ultimate in high-quality this 18v cordless impact driver provides users with both striking power and an innovative, durable, design. Employing Makita’s superior battery technology and exclusive lithium ion charging system, the tool’s toughness and battery life is virtually unmatched. Producing more than twice as many charging cycles, this system ensures the tool is durable through even the toughest applications. Additionally, with a jaw-dropping power-to-weight ratio, the tool flaunts 1,280 in/lbs of torque while still weighing only 2.8 lbs; this compact design renders the BTD142HW incredibly comfortable to use while the tool’s four-pole, Makita-built motor efficiently delivers high-torque to complete your jobs more efficiently. The impactor’s proprietary hammer and anvil are made with the highest quality (heat-hardened) steel for superior durability, and externally accessible brushes contribute to the tool’s overall serviceability and longevity. An electric brake system additionally ensures safer operation and that as you work, you enjoy vastly minimized kickback, which, if you’ll kindly remember, is «the enemy.» Ultimately, with compact portability and serious power, the tool promises high-quality results, smooth operation, and an overall performance that will consistently, continually impress.

Appealing to users of all levels and price-ranges, Bosch’s PS40-2A is known for its exceptional quality and innovative design. This 10.8v impact fastening driver boasts a sleek, compact design coupled with the most force in its class. powered by a high-performance motor boasting 1,800 RPM (3,000 BPM), and with a hammer and anvil system producing 800in/lbs of torque, the impactor delivers exceptionally fast fastening and an ultra smooth, high-performance. Powered by Bosch’s Litheon technology, batteries built for a totally optimized performance, the tool remains lightweight (at only 2.2 lbs) while still maintaining big power. A variable speed trigger produces a wide range of speed options for greater versatility in a variety of applications, and with a 1/4″ hex quick change chuck that can instantly change from drill bits to driving bits, the tool is incomparably efficient and convenient on the job. The impactor additionally has 3 LED lights integrated into the front of the tool to illuminate dark or tight spaces, and pricing from around $160 — $190, the PS40-2A impact drill kit has the power for heavy-duty effectiveness, at a really great price.

Boasting the smarts of automatic impact and the underrated awesomeness of portable power, any of these impactors are certain to help you achieve the best resutls with an efficient and rewarding power tool.

Interview like a champion

Interview Like a Champion

Maybe you have decided that you deserve more money than you are currently being paid or maybe you have decided that not having a job and not being paid anything must come to an end. You may be looking for a new position in the company you are in or you may be looking to jump companies and possibly even industries all together. Whatever you situation is, you must face the inevitable…The Job Interview.

Why so many people have given this process a negative connotation, is because they do not know the proper steps to take to interview like a champion. Being a champion interviewer like any other skill takes practice. When you were a kid and first learned how to ride a bike, chances are you fell off a few times before you were burning rubber on your first two wheeler. The same goes for interviewing like a champion, your first interview ever may have a few flaws, but after going on a couple of interviews and reading the remainder of this article, you will be an interviewing powerhouse.

First you must establish what kind of job you want. In order to do this I like to say, what do you love to do? If money was not an object, what would you do for a living? Maybe you would help out in a hospital, teach children, or maybe you enjoy the roller coaster ride of a salesperson, manager or work in human resources. What ever it is that you enjoy, you can increase your chances of being happy on the job is you are working in a job that you enjoy. In addition to the kind of job, you must enjoy the atmosphere of your working environment and industry.

So you know what you like, now are you really able to perform this type of job? If you are five foot two and weigh 250 pounds, you probably shouldn’t expect a job in the NBA. Finding what you love and what you are qualified for really takes some soul searching and should not be rushed. Take a look at what you do in your free time, are you doing something you love? If money wasn’t an object what would you be doing? Is it possible to take these two and find a job in this area? If you enjoy traveling, would a job in travel interest you? If you enjoy building things, would a job in construction interest you?

Once you have figured out what you enjoy, it is time decide what job you believe you qualify for that is in your area of interest. It is best to choose at least three different companies in this industry that suit your needs. You don’t have to necessarily choose an industry if it is just the position that you enjoy, but why not obtain a position in an industry that you really enjoy. Working in an industry that you enjoy as well as having the position that you enjoy will add to your day to day happiness on the job. If you believe you have found the company and are working in it already, you have one foot in the door and are a step ahead of those coming in from the outside. Do not get to comfortable though, because the prize always goes to the person who wants it the most…this is true for everything in life, not just interviewing.

You have picked the industry and narrowed your choices down to your top three companies in that industry. Hopefully you have done this by looking at many things such as the size of the company, the location of the company (how long is the commute from home), the companies reputation in the industry and many other things that you can imagine you would need to look at in working for this company.

Next you must look at the position available in that company. Is the position available (if it is not today, it does not mean that you can’t earn that position, it just may take some real champion interviewing), what are the requirements for that position, who would you be reporting to, what is the working environment like and of course how much can you make at this position. These are just some of the many things you will want to consider when deciding on a job.

You have narrowed down you choices and have your top 3 companies in mind that are aligned with your values and are ready for the interview…or are you? Sure if you believe you are, but like the master craftsman — measure twice…cut once. Why have you picked these three companies to work for? List as many reasons as you can possibly list for each company on paper…yes on paper. This will allow you to go back to this list before your interview to study so you can have an answer when asked the question “Why do you want to work here?”

Get ready because the follow up question to the preceding question is “Why should we choose you for this position? What do you have to offer to us that someone else doesn’t?” Am I suggesting that you have answers to these questions already scripted out before the interview…yes! In fact, you should know the answers to these questions even before you make your first contact to set up the interview.

Now it is time to set up the interview. Hopefully when you were contacting the companies to ask questions about the positions available and about the company itself, you were friendly and built rapport with everyone you talked to (for more on rapport, please read my articles on building rapport). As you are setting up the interview it is a great idea to befriend some workers in the company to get the “inside scoop” on the job, the company and the person(s) interviewing you. These will be good contact to have to prep you for the interview, especially because today interviews are becoming more and more complex.

It is best to find out the appropriate way to apply for the job, not all of us are fortunate enough to be drinking a cup of Joe in a run down cafe next to a successful movie producer like in the movie “Sullivan’s Travels.” If dad owns the company, you can promise to wash his car and mow the lawn, but chances are good that someone in human resources or the hiring manager will give you their companies’ process of landing that dream job.

I believe in The Top Down Theory, where you go right to the top of the company and they refer you to the person responsible for the hiring decision. How does a referral from Bill Gates sound to you, that is if you can get a hold of the person at the top. If not a simple phone call, personal letter, fax or e-mail should do. When setting up the interview do not sell them on hiring you on the phone, your main concern should be booking the interview, who knows who or what is on the other end of the phone. The in person interview is where the true champion thrives past the unprepared person.

You have the interview booked, now what? What are you strengths and weaknesses, define them, yes on paper, and ask others who know you to define them for you as well. This will really give you an opportunity see if you see yourself the way that others see you. Get to know what kind of questions will be asked in the interview and role play with people, remember sloppy practice equals sloppy play and outstanding practice equals outstanding play. What questions would you ask someone hiring for the positions. Know the questions, know and believe your answers because you can see trepidation when someone does not believe in what they are saying.

Interview day, this is where the champion shines. I will not get into appearance in this article (if you would like to know more about appearance, check out my article Dress For Success), but needless to say you should look the part of a successful employee in the position you are interviewing for whatever the attire calls for wear it, and groom yourself accordingly. Review you notes about the company, yourself and why you are their best choice. Visualize the interview and imagine any questions that may be asked of you and have answers for them.

Unless you are applying for a job as a mafia hit man, I would suggest smiling at everyone. Nothing is more becoming than someone who brightens a room with a beautiful smile. Not only is it contagious, but people will want to be around you because you must be smiling about something good about yourself. This may even have the interviewer wondering what is so great about you that you are smiling and you may even be offered the job. In addition to your smile, please be friendly to everyone, yes everyone. You never know who is who in the office. The CEO may have just decided to take a seat for a moment in the lobby, wouldn’t that be great if you were smiling and acting friendly.

Here comes the interviewer. With a friendly warm smile shake hands and let them lead you to where the interview will take place. Please shake hands like you want the job, the dead fish handshake really is a turn off (for more on handshakes, check out my article (Who You Are Is Speaking So Loud That I Can’t Hear What You Are Saying). The person giving the interview will probably take the lead and let you know that the interview will probably look something like this (This is how the most common interview is structured, for more on unique interviews check out my article Now That’s An Interview). First they will ask you questions about yourself, they will tell you about the company and position, and then ask why you are a fit. You will master that question because of all your outstanding practice. Finally they will ask if you have any questions. You should have at least one if not several. The one you should have is if you can have the job. This will show confidence and that you mean business, if you are this powerful in the interview, the interviewer will think that you will be just as powerful in the job. Confidence is the most important thing to have on an interview, if you are not confident about yourself, why should the person conducting the interview be confident about you? (For more on confidence, check out my article Confidence…Fake It Till You Make It.)

In regards to questions, you should also ask them to clear up anything that you did not understand when they were giving you information about the company and position. You should also ask anything else that you want to know about anything. It is said that the quality of your performance is judged by the quality of your questions. Outstanding questions get outstanding answers…and people who ask outstanding questions, must be outstanding…wouldn’t you agree?

If you are not offered the job on the spot, kindly thank the interviewer for their time and when you get home, send a thank you letter or e-mail for their time. This shows that you respect them and their time. What if they had to decide to hire you or someone else and you were both even for the job, but the other person didn’t send a thank you card, who do you think they would hire?

You should be contacted in a week or two and if not, follow up with a phone call inquiring about the job. If you got the job great (check out my article First Day On The Job), if not you should have two other employers getting back to you if not at least two more interviews to go on.

Louis Lautman, he is a business consultant, life coach and peak performance expert. He is the president of International Sales University, a sales training company based in Miami FL. He runs extraordinary public and private seminars to create breakthroughs and transform your life. Louis can be contacted at 813-380-7467 or louis@InternationalSalesU.com. Check his website at louis@InternationalSalesU.com.

Lessons from sport and alan jones

Lessons From Sport And Alan Jones

I was flicking through the newspaper on the weekend when I came across an article about Alan Jones.

The article covered a number of things, but there were a couple of things which stood out.

1. He always tries to empty his head so he is ready for the next, not the previous.

And I think that’s an important point for us as business people and entrepreneurs. Forget about the past, focus on the future.

Of course, we need to learn from our mistakes. But it’s all too easy to end up stuck in the past… thinking of the mistakes you have made… the money you lost… the things which went wrong… etc.

But where you focus your attention is where you will get results. So the only place to focus really is on what you want.

And we need to empty our minds from all of the other B.S.

Anyway, here’s the second point he made which I thought was quite powerful.

It’s about sport…

2. «It teaches you that you can’t argue with the scoreboard. It teaches you that you can’t always win, that you’ve got to learn how to lose. You learn to play by the rules, respect the other fellow and learn how to accept adversity and disappointment.»

Now doesn’t business do the same thing?

The scoreboard is how much you are making: That means no excuses, because the only thing that counts at the end of the day is the scoreboard. It doesn’t matter if you just lost that sale, if you should be doing better, the scoreboard tells the final story.

Just like in soccer, if you miss the goals by even a cm, it’s no goal vs. a big goal. And the scoreboard doesn’t argue.

And that’s why we always need to be improving ourselves.

What’s more, we can’t always win in business, can we?

Sometimes we implement a marketing campaign and it totally flops. Sometimes we have multiple losers and that’s okay.

You can’t always win. But you can always keep playing… going back for more and more to put it over the line.

And you’ve got to learn how to lose: I think the answer in the business world is to accept your losses, learn from them and move onto the next.

Adversity and disappointment come with the territory.

In fact, business can be compared to one big ball game.

But the problem is most people don’t know the rules to the single most important element to success: getting customers.

They try to cold call instead of attracting new customers via magnetic methods and they try to write pretty ads (or worse still, ads with their company name on top) instead of mastering the art of creating ads that sell.

Remember, the greatest athletes know all the tricks.

The best soccer players… rugby league players…Australian Rules players and teams have advanced plays which give them an unfair advantage over the average team or player.

Everyone knows the basics. But the key to being a true master is to take the mastery of your craft to another level.

How to start a successful craft business

How To Start A Successful Craft Business

If you have you ever wondered how to start a successful craft business, you need to listen carefully. Homemade craft items have become more and more popular as gifts and home accessories. It doesn’t matter what your craft is, you can start your own successful craft business. Follow this simple guide to learn how to start your own successful craft business.

Who Can Start a Craft Business?

Craft businesses are really popular for moms to work on a part time basis. Most people start a home based craft business as a part time job or for extra income on the side. But a successful craft business is certainly not limited to moms. Anyone with a particular gift or skill can start a successful craft business.

Where Can I Sell My Crafts?

Whatever your skill is, from making candles to holiday ornaments for the Christmas tree, you will need to know where you are going to sell them. If you have smaller priced items, you may want to consider selling them at craft fairs or flea markets. If you have expensive handmade sculptures or heavy items that are very big, selling them at a craft fair might be impossible. Another option to consider would be selling them on the Internet, either on your own website or at an auction website such as Ebay. Finding the right way to market your crafts is important, because if no one sees your crafts, they can’t exactly buy them.

What Are Some Ideas for a Craft Business?

Depending on your particular skills, which I am sure you already know, there are many ideas for craft businesses. Just to mention a few:

— Candle Making
— Scrapbooking Business
— Greeting Card Business
— Seamstress
— Homemade Jewelry
— Soapmaking
— Furniture Design
— Gift Basket Business
— Pottery — Clay Figurines

A thought to consider when starting craft home businesses is that you need to carry a variety of products. For example, if you are making clay figurines, make sure that you have a variety before you beginning selling them. This will make sure that when people visit your booth or website, they can choose from a variety of products, to find exactly what they want.

When pricing your crafts, you’ll need to make sure you’re making a profit. Add the cost of all material used to make your craft, then determine what your time is worth. Add these two together then determine how much profit would make it worth it for your time and effort. Add it all together for the total price.

A successful craft business doesn’t have to be a big business, but it can be if you choose. It may be something that you do for fun or something that earns you a sizeable profit. Remember, the hardest part of anything is getting started, so you must make a commitment to the success of your new business. Always remember, it does take time to establish a business, no matter what kind.

If you are interested in starting a craft home business, there are many to choose from. Visit our craft home business directory for some great ideas for your craft business:

http://www.athomedirectory.com/list.php?cat_id=14

With a craft business, you will have the opportunity to let your creativity shine.

How to make money with myspace

How to Make Money with MySpace

Unlike Facebook and other social networking sites, MySpace does not really support people who directly use their MySpace accounts to sell products. MySpace believes that their website should be used for social networking, not for affiliate marketing of some sort. Yes, MySpace does not allow direct marketing of any user’s products. This is where you can play around. There is a way on how to make money with MySpace legally. That way is to do it indirectly.

The very first step on how to make money with MySpace is to develop an image that presents you as an expert on some topic. Build your profile in a way that makes viewers get the message that you know a lot about a certain field of interest. Make sure that this field of interest is something that a lot of people love reading about as well. For example, you may present yourself as a baseball expert – that is, an expert on the sport’s history, stats, and current events. Write something in your About Me section that will really convince them that you know the ins and outs of your chosen topic niche.

Use your MySpace account to link to outside sites such as Squidoo. That way, you forward people to a site that actually welcomes the idea of affiliate marketing. This is the key on how to make money on MySpace – indirect selling. If you master the craft, then expect to cash in huge amounts of income.

This article is all about myspace.