INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Some workplaces are naturally more competitive than others. For instance, if you're in sales and marketing, you'll be surrounded by people who are competitive by design. On the other hand, if you're in an environment where competitiveness isn't part of the job description, its presence can seem foreign and unpleasant. Competitiveness has both advantages and disadvantages; painting it in a purely negative light does it a disservice. By only concentrating on the downside of competitiveness, you risk losing sight of the potential benefits. Competitiveness can result in innovation, successful sales and outcomes, and motivation. Be aware that most organizations are a combination of cooperation and competitiveness. Problems really only arise in workplaces where extreme  competition is not adequately dealt with. If your organization is all competition and no collaboration, you're probably sitting in a hotbed of negative competitiveness. Sometimes the best policy is to be the change you want to see in your workplace. Yes, this is a hard task, but it is not any harder than fuming silently around the water cooler. Try to set an example for those around you.  Use inclusive language. Say "We" rather than “I.” Avoid responding to competitive outbreaks at work with arrogance or jealousy; As best you can, show competitive people some compassion. It is up to you whether or not you respond with competitiveness or defensiveness. Accept that you're exceptional and wonderful just as you are. You don't need external validation to prove this, nor do you need more things to show that you're better than anyone else. Ask your co-workers exactly what it is they're wanting more of, and how they feel this is improving their personal lives.

SUMMARY: Take a look at your work environment. Weigh the benefits. Look for balance. Set an example. Avoid buying into the competitive dogma.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: A pitch is the story behind your idea and its significance. All pitches that you end up delivering should be a conversation with your client, but for now, create a story behind your idea to give yourself some working material. You could write it down, talk it over with a trusted advisor, make a presentation, or even craft an abstract storyboard. A pitch addresses  what problem you want to solve how your idea solves that problem how to implement your idea what you expect the payoff of this implementation to be These are limitations that you are not willing to overstep to sell this idea, including your reservation price, which is the least amount of profit you are willing to make before you walk away from a deal. Hard boundaries might include  A timeline: how much time are you willing to dedicate to this idea? Industries: are there any companies or industries you are not willing to work with? Finances: how little money will you be happy with, and how much money are you willing to take? Values: what of your idea and beliefs are you willing to change to sell? Do you care most about the impact, profit, or relevance of your idea? You can find them through word of mouth, online research, industry connections, and personal connections.  Keep the longer list of potential buyers in case you have to go back and adjust your strategy Keep an open mind. Look at companies who are growing or failing. Use personal connections to open conversations with buyers. Know whether you plan to sell your idea once to one buyer or multiple times to competing buyers. Personal connections help a lot, including the industry experts who helped you earlier in the process. Cold calling and emailing can also be effective. Listen to the opinions of those who turn down your product and see if you need to improve your product or target different buyers. Selling is hard, and selling a young idea is harder. Especially when you are trying to sell to a stranger or large company, you should continue to try to sell your idea even in the face of rejection. Once you are in contact with an interested buyer (either another individual or a firm), you can communicate further about your idea and its value. This meeting should be in person, or over video chat if applicable, and will be an opportunity for you to start selling your product.  Schedule a meeting in a neutral and appropriate zone. This could be anywhere, from the conference room in a company’s building to a coffee shop. Schedule a time so that you can arrive on time and prepared.

SUMMARY: Create a rough draft of your pitch. Write down your hard boundaries. Start a list of potential buyers. Research your list of buyers and edit it accordingly. Be persistent. Set up a meeting.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Tender cuts of meat, like sirloin and fore rib, are better for roasting, while leaner cuts of meat, like topside and silverside, are better for braising. When purchasing beef, make sure the meat is a deep, dark red.  Look for beef containing little streaks of fat throughout leaner muscle, and with an outside layer of firm, creamy-white fat.  It should also be slightly sticky with a little resistance when pressed. Fat is essential to a moist and flavorful beef joint.  You want to buy a beef joint that has a thick layer of fat on it. The fat will melt during the cooking process, infusing your beef joint with moisture and lots of flavor.  If your beef joint does not have a layer of fat on top, which is likely with a joint of silverside, ask the butcher to secure fat to the meat. Like beef fat, beef bones will also impart rich flavor to your meat. If you purchase a boneless beef joint from a butcher, you can ask for beef bones to tuck under the beef joint when cooking. Topside is a boneless, tender cut of meat that comes from the inner thigh muscle of a cow.  It’s a lean cut of meat, which means it doesn’t have much fat inside; but it does have a layer of fat on one side that melts during cooking, keeping the meat moist. It’s ideal for roasting, but also cooks well braised as a pot roast, and in stews, casseroles and pies. It’s similar to the topside, except leaner.  It’s more affordable than other cuts of meat; however, cheaper cuts of meat are not as tender once cooked. To keep this from happening to your silverside, it needs to be braised in liquid.  You can also have it “barded,” if buying from a butcher, which means thin layers of beef fat are placed on top of the silverside to keep it moist while cooking. It can easily be split into rib-eye steaks after cooking to serve several people. It’s great for roasting on the bone, which imparts great flavor; and it has a thick layer of fat to keep it moist while cooking. It is just as tender as rib of beef, but leaner and costlier.  Bone-in sirloin will impart more flavor, so look for a sirloin joint on the bone, or sirloin with undercut, which is the same as the sirloin joint, but with the tender fillet attached.  If you’d prefer your sirloin boneless, look for a striploin, rolled sirloin, or rolled sirloin with undercut.

SUMMARY: Buy your beef joint according to how you want to cook it. Pick out a fresh cut of beef. Make sure your beef joint has enough fat. Choose a joint of topside if you want to serve thick slices of beef. Choose a joint of silverside for a midweek pot roast. Choose rib of beef, also known as fore rib, for a special occasion, like a holiday party. Choose sirloin to impress a crowd.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: This brings up the Audio ripping dialog box screen.  MP3/WAV/WMA.     check ripped songs after the process is complete.

SUMMARY:
Start CDRWIN and click on "Rip Audio CD" link. Click on settings button below. In settings options, select audio format and quality i.e. Select the path for saving ripped music files. Select option regarding naming conventions and other settings. Click on save button below and go back a step to the list of tracks. Now choose the tracks you want to rip and click on start button below. CDRWIN will start ripping your selected tracks to the selected location and in selected format.