Who doesn’t want to be successful? Even as kids, we dreamt of
reaching the pinnacle someday. We get a lot of tips and pieces
of advice on how to snag success in an instant and once it has
stopped by right at our doorstep, there is nothing left to do
but gush over it.

People define success as where they desire to go, what they need
to achieve and what skills they can give. Success is relative.
Success can mean wealth, it can mean enhancement of one’s
talent. Success can be the be-all and end-all of someone’s
existence. If that is case, that person is totally drunk on
success.

The question “Are you drunk on success?” can mean two things: it
can be “are you too engrossed with success that you’re
forgetting everything else” and it can also mean “are you
finally enjoying what you have?” But the meaning leans toward
more on the latter.

Too much success is a good thing, but being too preoccupied on
this success isn’t.

How to know if one is drunk on success? Read on to find out:

1. You are just too busy planning how to be more successful.

You’re way above successful but for you there is no such thing
as successful enough so you work yourself to death and just
ignore everything else. It is a classic case of being drunk on
success. You are just so impossibly workaholic that there is no
stopping you!

2. You tend to become selfish.

For you, success gets depleted if you keep sharing so you just
keep everything to yourself. Success has turned you to a
tightwad and cheapskate. Oh no!

3. You turn to a materialistic person.

Let’s admit it, we all love gorging on material things but too
much of them can just squeeze the values and goodness out of us.
If being drunk on success means being drunk on everything that
has a designer label, then it is best to assess things first.

Again, this article points out that being too successful is not
a bad thing. Oh no, of course not! But what if you haven’t
reached that success level yet, what can be done? To be drunk on
success in a good way, remember the following:

1. Write down your goals.

Then cross out every goal accomplished. Knowing your goals and
seeing them all neatly written down can inspire you and motivate
you more. Then soon enough, success will just come in an instant!

2. Prioritize.

A lot of people have been taking priorities for granted. If you
are aware of your priorities, then you know what things to
accomplish first. Result? Success will come easily!

3. Don’t watch too much TV.

You heard it right? If you minimize the TV viewing then you can
concentrate on other things. Breaking the couch potato habit can
lead you to better things and before you know it, you’re already
drunk on success.

4. Positive thinking can go along way.

Oh yes! If you envision positive results, expect yourself to
gain positive results! People underestimate positive thinking
and they shouldn’t. Remember, you are what you think. If you are
normally a pessimistic person, start looking at the brighter
side!

5. Be friends with successful people.

Not that you are going to use them or anything, but if you
surround yourself with people you made it big, inspiration
arrives early and easily.

6. Don’t forget your values.

This is such a basic thing. Never forget essential things in
life like honesty, trust, kindness, courage and determination.
If you are armed with all those values, success will not be
elusive.

7. Have faith!

Don’t say to yourself that you cannot make it. Don’t be stuck in
a mindset that I will never get drunk on success. Have faith, my
friend! Faith moves mountains, that we all know.

8. Keep learning.

As soon as your mind becomes stagnant, nothing influential will
ever happen to you. Keep learning! Read those books! Indulge
yourself in intellectually stimulating conversations!

9. Never give up.

They say failure comes when people stop trying. Remember that
adage? Try and try until you succeed!

Getting drunk and intoxicated on success is a good thing, only
if one knows how to handle it properly. Don’t let success get
into your head. Keep yourself humble and grounded. Cheers!

OVERVIEW: NFC South

In the NFC South look for Tampa Bay and Carolina to catch and over take the Falcons in 2005, the fall from grace will fall on the shoulders of QB Michael Vick who has been to a large extent a product of media hype, sure the guy runs like a deer but so do most wide receivers and that is exactly what Vick is, a wide receiver playing out of position.

Remember the media hype surrounding Pittsburgh QB Kordell Stewart when he was in his “Slash” role with the Steelers? Then you also remember that he ended up saddling his team with disappointing loss after loss once other teams in his division and conference figured out how contain him in the pocket and make him play catch with his receivers.

Somehow someway the Falcons finished with a record of 11-5 straight up and 7-9 ATS during the regular season last year, a closer look see reveals that Atlanta won six games by a grand total of 16 points, in other words more than half of the Falcons 11 regular season wins were by an average point difference of only 2.6 points per game which includes defeating the Niners, Cardinals, and Giants by a total point difference of only 9 points and to think that these three teams finished 2004 with a combined straight up record of 14-34.

Michael Vick had the worst statistics of any playoff QB last season as evidenced by his 14 to 12 TD to INT ratio, a QB rating of only 78.1, and throwing for a mere 2313 total passing yards, to put things into perspective consider that Peyton Manning finished 2004 with a TD to INT ratio of 49 to 10 with 4557 total passing yards and a QB rating of 121.1, Viking QB Duante Culpepper finished the year with a TD to INT ratio of 39 to 11 with 4717 total passing yards and a QB rating of 110.9.

I won’t bore you with the statistics of the remaining 2004 Playoff QB’s but trust me when I say each of the remaining playoff QB’s had numbers better than Vick, but to put things another way, consider that Titan backup QB Billy Volek came off the bench in relief of sidelined QB Steve McNair last year and ended up with a TD to INT ratio of 18 to 10 with 2486 total passing yards and a QB rating of 87…enough said.

In reality Atlanta had a good season due to the fact that Tampa Bay and Carolina had injury filled bad seasons, look for that to change in 2005 when considering that the Panthers had a total of 14 players sidelined with injury during the first half of 2004 which was the root cause for their shoddy 1-7 straight up and 3-5 ATS start, however, the Panthers started to get healthy during the second half of 2004 and rebounded to post a 6-2 straight up and 6-1-1 ATS record with both losses coming by way of a field goal.

To showcase Michael Vick the NFL schedule maker saw fit to have Atlanta appear three times on Monday Night Football in 2005 including the season opening Monday Nighter which will be a playoff rematch against Philadelphia, in an attempt to make things easy on Vick in prime time each MNF appearance will take place on the Falcons home field.

With that being said, Atlanta’s three opponents on MNF will be the Eagles, the Jets, and the Saints and each team will have a passing attack that can fully expose the Falcons weak defensive secondary, for the sake of “Value” we will be wagering against Vick and company in each of these three Monday Night appearances and recommend that you do the same.

In our 2005 preview of the AFC West we made mention of the fact that the Oakland Raiders have gone 9-23 straight up and 9-22-1 ATS since their Super Bowl appearance following the 2002 season, remember who the Raiders opponent was in that Super bowl?

Of course you do, it was none other than the Tampa Bay Bucs. Like the Raiders these Bucs have also fallen on hard times over the past two seasons as evidenced by their 12-20 straight up and 12-19-1 ATS record since that January 26, 2003 Super Bowl appearance, historically speaking Tampa Bay’s two year record of 12-20 is the worst of any NFL team in history following a Super Bowl victory.

Tampa Bays woes have been offensive in nature when considering that the Buc defense held opponents to less than 300 yards per game on average for the fourth straight year in 2004, however, for the third time in this same four year span Tampa’s offense failed to average at least 100 rushing yards per contest and over the past four years have finished 30th, 27th, 23rd, and 29th in the league in rushing.

Look for Tampa Bay’s rushing numbers to improve dramatically in 2005 due to the drafting of RB Carnell “Cadillac” Williams, OT Chris Colmer, and OG Dan Buenning along with the free agent addition of former Jet TE Anthony Becht who was very instrumental in clearing the way for Jet RB Curtis Martin to rumble to four straight 1000 yard seasons including Martin’s career high 1697 yards in 2004.

New Orleans is an enigma in a lot of ways as they are now paying the price for being a middle of the road team over the last four years with regard to posting straight up marks of 8-8, 8-8. 9-7, and 7-9 since 2001 which has led to another very average draft for a very average team.

However, the odd thing about the Saints is that they have an HC with a defensive background in Jim Haslett, yet finished 32nd in the league last year in total defense, on the flip side of things the Saints are immensely talented on offense and managed to post a 4-0 straight up and ATS mark in their final four games of 2004 after posting a shoddy combined record of 5-11 straight up and 6-10 ATS over their final four games from 2000 to 2003, see what I mean? These Saints are a paradox.

In closing, I fully expect the public to over rate the Falcons in 2005 and as recommended above I would look to play against Michael Vick and company in each of their three MNF appearances and especially since the ole history book shows that Atlanta has posted a mark of 1-13 ATS in their previous 14 Monday Night games.

New Orleans opens up their regular season with a visit to Carolina and the Saints might just catch the Panthers looking ahead to week two when New England comes to Charlotte, NC for a rematch of the 2003 Super Bowl, its always nice to know that according to past history the doggie in Saint/Panther contests has a record of 6-1-1 ATS in the past eight meetings.

With regard to the Panthers and Buccaneers, barring injury I would recommend a wager on them each and every time they are installed as a doggie getting at least a field goal, the only exception to this is when Tampa travels to New England on December 17th as the Bucs will be playing their third straight road game and will be in a divisional sandwich having just played at Carolina and a home date with Atlanta on deck.

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The new Chevy Corvette has all performance systems including
engine, transmission, chassis, tires and suspension. Standard
Active Handling works in conjunction with Traction Control and
ABS on select 03 and 2005 - 2006 Chevrolet Corvettes, making
maximum use of available traction to assist the driver, when
needed, in keeping the car in line with steering input.

The 2006 Chevrolet Corvette has a chassis, which is all
aluminum, hydro formed in similar dies to those used to build
the standard steel C6 frame. Magnesium and carbon fiber parts
are also used to help contain the total curb weight to less than
3150 pounds.

The front grille is larger, and an additional small scoop in
front of the hood gulps cool intake air. Barely visible from a
distance, 1-centimeter-wide black strips follow the wheel
arches, oriented at a right angle to the fender.

An all-new LS7 7.0-liter V-8 (the displacement works out to 427
cubic inches) is said to churn out 500 horsepower. It will also
be fitted with wider tires and larger Brembo brakes. Body
modifications include a high-rise hood, deep side skirts and
cooling ducts ahead of the rear wheels.

The car’s larger-displacement engine and lightweight are claimed
to deliver 0-to-60-mph acceleration times of less than 4
seconds, a 12-second quarter-mile and a top speed of more than
190 mph on the track. Just as the base engine grew to 6.0 liters
and became the LS2, the Z06 power plant has grown to 7.0 liters
and becomes the LS7 V-8. It’s rated for 500 hp at 6,200 rpm and
475 pounds-feet of torque at 4,800 rpm

Red brake calipers employ six pistons apiece up front, four
pistons per side in the rear and 20 individual brake pads, which
Chevrolet says deliver more even wear. The ventilated,
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The fall season brings with it loads of end-of-summer and back-to-school sales. When you have taken a proper inventory of your bras and panties, you are in the know when it comes to hitting the sales hard. The are some basic principles to follow that get missed by many in the bra and panty world. Getting the most out of your intimates is not difficult, especially when you are well informed.

• First things first. Cleaning out your lingerie drawers doesn’t just mean putting things in a certain place and making the appearance a little neater. Throw out the old panties! Old panties are not like a worn in pair of blue jeans.
• Matching is important. We get used to wearing the same old intimates that we find to be most comfortable. We never know when we will be sharing them with someone special. It is very important to bring in matching bra and panties into your lingerie wardrobe.
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• Exploration is sensual. Although there is a possibility of contradicting the previous rule, it is crucial to venture out into unfamiliar lingerie worlds. Many times, we get trapped in our comfort zones without realizing some of the potentials that exist. You might not yet have discovered what your true fetishes are, or maybe you are too afraid of social taboos that may accompany such lingerie fetishes. Exploring the unfamiliar is exciting in its own sense, and more sensual with a friend.

Trust your instincts when you are adding lingerie collections to your wardrobe. Some sets are for everyday wear, while others are for those intimate encounters, expected or unexpected. Getting the most out of lingerie will enhance and complete the setting that you choose to make special. We only get one chance to make it right, so plan carefully and use your imagination.

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