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A Lifelong Learning Plan is a conscious, continuous engagement in acquiring, assimilating and applying knowledge and skills in the context of authentic, self-directed growth and challenge. It is rare for individuals to take this initiative. Most people operate on a "what they need now" plan and typically attend educational institutions for their training.

Lifelong Learning is a philosophy of approaching learning as an integral, inseparable part of our life's activities. Here are ten guidelines to help you formulate your own personalized Lifelong Learning Process.

1. Commit to approach learning as a lifelong journey. Choose to keep it alive throughout your lifetime. You don't need to attend formal educational institutions for this process. In fact, you can learn more in small, consistent spurts than you can in a classroom, if you set up your plan correctly.

2. Maximize your resources. With lifelong learning, there isn't a structure like you had in school, so it's easy to ignore and procrastinate. If you allow this, eventually the "you snooze, you lose" theory will catch up with you. A prime example is how changes in the national economy have hit the IT industry these last few years. The companies that priorize learning are still in the game, whereas their competitors who focused on "what we need now" are out of business. Create a system and plan that works and can last a lifetime. Keep learning journals for each topic.

3. Maximize your environments. Identify and create settings that support and inspire you both inside and outside your home. How does the library spark your learning? How about the mall, the park, or even McDonalds! Explore different environments and label each one (e.g., "inspiring," "relaxing," "great for concentration.") What supplies help you keeping your energy up? Do you need quiet for some learning and busy environments for others?

4. Know how you learn. To learn effectively, know how you learn. How do you take in information, process, and retain it? There isn't one best way. Tie everything into a learning purpose and vision. When and how often does you mind need a break? Do you have reading spurts? How do you retain the information -- by reading aloud, notes, summarizing in memory, or sharing with others?

5. Tap into the power of your mind. Your mind's power is evident in everything you do. Analytical, critical and creative thinking enables the mind to process, store, and create all the facts and ideas it encounters. By practicing different types and ways of thinking, you keep your mind strong and flexible. Consider it "going to the gym" for your mind! (Talking about how the mind works is the subject of a huge tome, not a Top 10!)

6. Harness the power of words and ideas. Words, when joined, form ideas, and are tools with enormous energy. Whether writing a memo, letter, e-mail, article, or journal entry, make each an opportunity to fulfill a learning goal. Each is a chance to work toward improving and using words to construct understandable ideas. Learn to express ideas in writing. This will evolve into clearer thinking. Keep an idea journal by theme or topic.

7. Absorb, retain, and demonstrate knowledge. What do you do with the facts, opinions, and stories that you accumulate daily? Listening helps absorption and memory skills, which enables retention. Listen to a teleclass or book on tape, then write your own version and master what you learned by moving it into long-term memory. Listening can be compared to using a camera. First, you view the image and focus (listening). Next, you snap the picture (remembering). Finally, you print the image (demonstrate knowledge). Mastering knowledge means being able to apply it in other situations.

8. Value diversity. The greater part of our day involves interacting with others. Experiencing other people's communication styles, learning methods, and the roles played in groups and teams helps us to grow, prosper, open our minds and develop new perceptions. Dealing with conflict, criticism, and any points of vulnerability strengthens our ability to use any situation as an opportunity to learn.

9. Take exceptionally good care of yourself. Physical and mental health affects learning. Examine these aspects and set up contingencies within your plan to identify and work through all health challenges as soon as they appear.

10. Map your course. Maximize time, energy and focus by defining a yearly learning theme. Subdivide into monthly topics with time commitments. (Example: Ten years ago, I defined a learning goal of three new computer steps in no more than 15-minutes per day. It has compounded and saved time and money ever since.) Minimize distractions by learning to "table the other topics." Create a "next year" folder to contain those great ideas and set up a review month of tabled topics to decide how to use them in the following year.

Catherine Franz, a Certified Professional Marketing & Writing Coach, specializes in product development, Internet writing and marketing, nonfiction, training. Newsletters and articles available at: http://www.abundancecenter.com blog: http://abundance.blogs.com

Woodburning Fireplace Safety Tips

One thing we all look forward to when the chilly weather sets in is a nice roaring fire to light up the room. Your fireplace is not only a great source of natural heating, but brings a crackling snap to the ambience with that distinctive fireplace aroma. Enjoy your fireplace, but be sure to follow the basic rules for a safe and happy hearth.

1. Be sure you have your chimney inspected if you have not used your fireplace in a while. There may be a dangerous blockage from debris lodged in the chimney, and small animals may have found shelter with a nest. To keep all creatures safe and sound, have your chimney inspected regularly.

2. Never use a chemical fire accelerant to jump start your burning logs. Flammable liquids such as kerosene, lighter fluid and gasoline can cause a dangerous flash and ignite the area outside of the fire pit.

3. Keep all combustible fluids far away from the fireplace flames and heat. This includes seemingly harmless liquids such as nail polish and nail polish remover, which contain highly flammable chemicals.

4. Protect your fireplace with a security screen, one which is properly sized to cover the open fire pit. In addition, when placing your logs on the iron pedestals, be sure that they are positioned correctly and will not be able to roll forward into the fire screen. The screens are tough, but may buckle under a heavy log barreling towards the facing.

5. Keep the fire level to a low or medium high density of flames. A roaring fire is nice for the camp grounds, but can be dangerous inside of a home. You never want the flames to rise so high that the sparks can escape through the edges of the screen.

6. Never burn anything that is made of plastic or cellophane. This material often omits a gas when heated and can radiate odorous and dangerous fumes.

7. When adding a fresh log, avoid throwing the timber onto the burned out embers. The weight of the log will cause sparks to fly, as the inside of the glowing embers are still red hot and fragile. Instead, carefully place your new log on the front section of the fire and slowly roll it backward with a fire poker.

8. Keep in mind the time you wish to retire for the evening and let the fire die down well before bedtime. You never want to leave the burning embers going when the fireplace is unsupervised.

9. Be sure you do not burn lightweight loose papers that will quickly ignite and float to your rooftop. Burning newspapers is OK, but they should be tightly rolled and placed under the logs. And as a general rule, you do not want to burn fabrics or garbage in your fireplace for the same reason. Perhaps the most common mistake is to put a Christmas tree into your fire. The branches are spread out and separated and cause an extension to the flames, one that can quickly get out of control. Rather, chop your tree and make arrangements for its removal with your garbage service.

10. Be sure to sweep your fireplace after each use to remove any ashes that might hinder your next fire. The easiest method of ash removal is to invest in a fireplace tool set that will equip you with several sizes of brushes, pokers and a metal dustpan. And be sure to keep your fireplace tools near to the fireplace in case there is an emergency where you have to shift the logs. In addition, you may wish to keep a fire extinguisher on hand should the area outside of the fire pit ignite. Fire extinguishers should be dated to ensure they are fully functional when you need them and should be replaced upon their expiration date.

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How to remove broken spark plug bushing

I'm working on a buddy's 78' Honda CB750. He asked me to change the plugs. Three came out fine, but one snapped off! Now the threaded bushing of the plug is stuck in the cyl head! The bike was in storage for over 25 yrs and he didn't anti-seize the plugs.....:(

The problem is, I can get an EZ-Out (screw extractor) into the bushing, but cannot get a tool onto the EZ-Out because the plug is recessed into the head so far! I don't know what to do from here..... Idea's please!
I cannot find a longer extractor and do not have a welder.

there are some extensions available that will fit the easy out or you could find an extension that fits your ratchet and weld it to the extractor.

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