Thursday, June 29, 2006

Straight-up bartending wisdom from turn of the century still holds true today - Culinary Currents Nation's Restaurant News - Find Articles

Straight-up bartending wisdom from turn of the century still holds true today - Culinary Currents Nation's Restaurant News - Find Articles

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Parkinson’s Law


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Enhancing your Financial Success.

Parkinson’s Law is one of the best known and the most important laws of money and wealth accumulation. It was developed by English writer C. Northcote Parkinson many years ago and it explains why most people retire poor.

This law says that, no matter how much money people earn, they tend to spend the entire amount and a little bit more besides. Their expenses rise in lockstep with their incomes. Many people are earning today several times what they were earning at their first jobs.

But somehow, they seem to need every single penny to maintain their current lifestyles. No matter how much they make, there never seems to be enough.
The first corollary of Parkinson’s Law says: “Financial independence comes from violating Parkinson’s Law.”

Parkinson’s Law explains the trap that most people fall into. This is the reason for debt, money worries and financial frustration. It is only when you develop sufficient willpower to resist the powerful urge to spend everything you make that you begin to accumulate money and move ahead of the crowd.

The second corollary of Parkinson’s Law is: “If you allow your expenses to increase at a slower rate than your income, and you save or invest the difference, you will become financially independent in your working lifetime.”

This is the key. I call it the “wedge.” If you can drive a wedge between your increasing earnings and the increasing costs of your lifestyle, and then save and invest the difference, you can continue to improve your lifestyle as you make more money. By consciously violating Parkinson’s Law, you will eventually become financially independent.

Now, here are two things you can do to apply this law immediately:

First, imagine that your financial life is like a failing company that you have taken over. Institute an immediate financial freeze. Halt all non-essential expenses. Draw up a budget of your fixed, unavoidable costs per month and resolve to limit your expenditures temporarily to these amounts.

Carefully examine every expense. Question it as though you were analyzing someone else’s expenses. Look for ways to economize or cut back. Aim for a minimum of a ten-percent reduction in your living costs over the next three months.

Second, resolve to save and invest fifty percent of any increase you receive in your income from any source. Learn to live on the rest. This still leaves you the other fifty- percent to do with as you desire. Do this for the rest of your career.

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Obtaining your bartending certification

Obtaining your bartending certification means that you are a certified bartender. This certificate shows that you have successfully completed your training for bartending, and graduated.

And could mean everything when you are applying for a job as a bartender. There are several locations that offer bartending certificates.

The course can cost as much as 500 bucks, depending upon where you choose to. The good thing about attending a school to obtain your diploma is the hands on training that you will receive.

These courses ensure that you receive the amount of training you need, and that you know what you’re doing.

Most of these schools have a highly trained staff of professional bartenders with years of experience in the hospitality industry. Bartending schools are committed to providing a thorough, hands-on training program using an actual bar, and bar equipment, in a realistic bartending atmosphere.

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