Imagine if you suddenly got a job in some very busy company but you know nothing about the job!
You are sitting there and everyone around you is busy but you don't know what to do!
You are smiling, giving out greetings and thinking, "I'm in the wrong place, I should go back to my old job, my old friends told me not to go!"
Then suddenly someone comes up to you and gives you something easy to do. Something you can handle. What a relief! When you've done that you get another little job to do, the instructions are crystal clear and you do it.
You learned a bit, you did it and as a result you have confidence.
New MLM members are the same. They are all excited with no-where to go except backwards!
Give each new member a job to do, an easy job, build their confidence and fan the fire.
Now imagine a guy called John, smooth looking, great suit, nice guy.
He tells you he is going to the party. He can't believe you didn't know about the party! There are always fun things to do there, great people to meet. The food is the best anywhere. The scenery, WOW, it's a beautiful beach covered in beautiful people, it's the tropics! A place where no one really knows the time, not to mention the day of the week.
The only thing that worries them is the possible effects of the sea breeze on their hard disk. It's the local joke. "How would you like your hard disk?" "Salty thanks".
Now, of course you want to go there! John offers to take you there, but no, you wanted to look confident in front of John and told him you would just see him there.
You don't. Why? Because you have next to no idea of how to get there except talk to ask someone you know and for some non financially sound reason trust.
You ask a work friend, your good friend, and they say "What are you talking about! You are not going to any party and leaving me and the reasonable safety of a 9 to 5 job! You can't do anything better than me! I'd feel worse off! Anyway that's all just a rip-off!"
You ask another non party goer friend and they tell you, "The road there is too rocky, you'd never make it, many have tried and died".
You want to get there but you are now not only unsure of the way, your close friends are telling you not to go! What should I do? Trust my close and dear friends or John? Who is really trying to help me? Who will help me when the bills pile up?
Are my best friends my BEST friends?
List your five best friends, find out their yearly income. Add the five incomes and then divide that figure by five. You now have the average income of your five best friends.
Then you notice something amazing!
The average income of your five best friends is your yearly income ! Now you are really understanding the effects of some friends.
To get a better income, you may need better friends, or at least spend more time with different people.
Now where is that nice guy John!? I know he's making it big and he was willing to teach me the way. Read on:
It may be inaccurate to apply the term "maintenance" to such permanent installations as masonry projects, but there are times when some touch-up work is in order. The most common fault that will appear in concrete - is, despite the most careful preparation of mix, installation and curing - is a crack.
If this is due to a poor subbase the crack can become quite serious, especially if uneven settling causes a portion of the slab to sink below the grade level of adjacent areas. Many times it is necessary to crack up the nuisance area, remove the old concrete and repour. But this sort of major repair job will become necessary only if you neglect the procedures outlined or skip some of the steps in an effort to hurry the job.
Most of the time the crack will be isolated - across a corner or into an expansion or contraction joint. When it is too bad to walk on or too unsightly to tolerate, it can be easily repaired. The first step is to remove the bad concrete.
If the crack is wide and deep you can often get a pry bar under the piece and lift it right off the sub-base. If the repair area is in the center of a slab or walk, use a wide chisel and hammer to remove the bad material. Be sure all edges are clean even if you have to chip off a little concrete from adjacent good areas.
Clean the section thoroughly to remove all dirt, dust and any foreign matter. Oil or grease will make it difficult for the new patch to adhere to existing concrete; if any is present, remove it by washing with a solution of 8 oz. of tri-sodium-phosphate in 1 gal. of hot water. Scrub the surface thoroughly with the solution and rinse with clean water.
Allow excess moisture to drain off and paint the area with pure cement adhesive. Coat the bottom of the cavity as well as all edges. When this coating is sticky to the touch it is ready to take the pour.
Cement adhesive should also be used in the mix you make for the repair job. Fifteen oz. of dry mix cement adhesive product, an equal amount of water and a 60 lb. sack of concrete makes a good repair substance. The ingredients should be thoroughly mixed and then mixed again with enough additional water to get a good flowing concrete. Cement adhesive products may differ, so be sure to read labels carefully and follow directions.
Apply the mix to the prepared, tacky surface and work it in just enough to fill all crevices. Finish with float or trowel to match adjacent areas. As soon as the patch has hardened on the surface so it won't mar, sprinkle it with water and cover with paper or canvas or an old burlap sack and keep the surface damp for at least three days. If the weather is hot or if the repair job will be exposed to bright sunlight, it is a good idea to cover and keep moist for an even longer period.
Caulking Small Cracks
Where the size or location of the crack does not justify a complete repair, it is usually advisable to seal it with a suitable caulking material to prevent it from collecting water.
In brickwork or concrete block, cracks may occur at door and window openings. They can be caused by settling of the house and/or foundation, or even by moisture in a joint which, in freezing weather, expands the joint and forms a crack. Repair is simple - just a matter of cleaning the crack and refilling it with fresh mortar.
With a little time and effort, masonry can be maintained almost perfectly for a very long time.
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