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Vol. 6 No. 4, April 2014 Copyright 2014 by Wolf J. Rinke

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IN THIS ISSUE
1. GREAT VALUE CPEUs
2. NUTRITION NEWS YOU CAN USE
3. HOW TO SAVE UP TO 16% ON CPEs
4. HOW TO CONQUEOR STRESS--PART II
5. HEAR WOLF "HOWL"--I MEAN SPEAK
6. HUMOR BREAK
7. ABOUT THE EDITOR
8. PRIVACY STATEMENT AND SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION

INSIGHT BREAK
"Don't sweat the small stuff -- and remember it's all small
stuff."
--Unknown

1. GREAT VALUE CPEUs
Win-Win Negotiation: Fail-Safe Strategies to Help You Get More of What You Want
W. J. Rinke, PhD, RD, Wolf J. Rinke, PhD, RDN, C184, 20 CPEUs, $99.95, or C184E (electronic version), $89.95. (That is only $4.50 per CPEU--What a bargain!)
Times are tough! This CPE course shows you how you can stretch your budget and get more for less! Whether you are shopping for food, a gift or a car, I will show you how you can negotiate and pay less for what you want. You will learn how you can convince your employer what you are really worth and maybe even get a salary increase. Plus I will share with you fail-safe negotiation secrets which will enable you to make up to one million dollars more in compensation over a 50 year professional career. This CPE program is a must have in these tough economic times. It will pay for itself many times over.
Approved by CDR, CBDM
For RDs & DTRs: Suggested Learning Need Codes for the Prof. Dev. Portfolio:
1000, 1010, 1110, 1130, 7000, 7020, 7030, 7040, 7070, 7080, 7120, 7150, 7210, 8000, 8120 For more information and customer comments, click here. Need new link
Reminder: Meet your 5 year ethics requirement with our FREE Ethics CPE program, C237E, 2 CPEUs. Developed in collaboration with CDR. Free with purchase of any CPE Program, available in electronic format only! For more information and customer comments, click here.

2. NUTRITION NEWS YOU CAN USE
A Hidden Benefit of Cold Winters--It May Induce Weight Loss
New evidence suggests that regular exposure to cold air may contribute to weight loss, because people expend five times more energy when shivering than when they are resting. Researchers at the Maastricht University Medical Center in the Netherlands found that subjects spending six hours a day at 59 degrees for 10 days, had more brown fat than controls who were exposed to warmer temperatures. (Brown fat burns energy, rather than storing it.) The researchers advocate "temperature training" as a healthy sustainable alternative strategy for increasing energy expenditures.
ACTION STEPS: Help your patients become more knowledgeable about different types of effective weight loss strategies. When you enter the keyword "weight control" in the search field at www.easyCPEcredits.com you will find 17 different CPE programs on this topic.
Source: Lichtenbelt, W v M, et al. Cold exposure--an approach to increasing energy expenditure in humans. Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, available on line, 1/22/14. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043276014000101.

3. HOW TO SAVE UP TO 16% ON CPEs
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4. HOW TO CONQUEOR STRESS--PART II
By Wolf J. Rinke, PhD, RDN, CSP

Once you have mastered the most powerful stress control system of all time:
--Change the changeable
--Accept the unchangeable
--Remove yourself from the unacceptable;
which I shared with you in my previous eNewsletter (need link here) you will be ready for 15 specific strategies to help you kiss stress goodbye:

1. Hang Out With Positive People
Negative people drain your battery. Positive people charge your battery. So minimize the time you are together with "stinking thinking" people.

2. Recognize That You Are Not Your Job
Although we define much of who we are by what we do, you are a lot more than your job. You get paid what you are worth in the market place, based on supply and demand, not based on who you are. Getting little pay does not mean that you are not a worthy person. In fact, you may be the most worthy human being on this planet.

3. Get Your Life in Balance
If you're experiencing problems at home and at work, you'll accelerate the burnout process. So think creatively, and develop a strategy for balancing personal and professional demands. For example, if you know you'll be working late all week, arrange to meet your family for dinner one of those evenings at a nearby restaurant or plan a weekend outing. Recognize that the most important things in life are relationships--not stuff! So make time for the real important things in your life: your spouse, your children, your parents and your friends.

4. Cut the Electronic Umbilical Cord
Too many of us simply no longer know how to recreate. When we leave work to go home or on a vacation, we not only take work with us, we are still tied into the office, via e-mail, cell phone, and other electronic gadgets. Discipline yourself to turn those things off. (You are not nearly as important as you think you are.) Better yet, don't even give out your cell phone number. I use mine only for bona-fide emergencies. Also, leave work at work, so that you can set aside time to relax and recharge--recreateyourself.

5. Reduce Your Commuting Time
If you are commuting more than one hour a day it's time to move or get another job. One hour a day means that you are wasting about 30 working days per year. Plus, you are already stressed by the time you get to work. If you must commute, get in the habit of listening to motivational and educational CDs--it will reduce your perceived commuting time dramatically.

6. Find A Boss Who Knows How To MBA--Manage By Appreciation
If you report to a toxic boss, someone who constantly "builds you down," or who practices Seagull management, it's time to look for a new boss, or at least stay away from your current boss as much as you can. (Seagull management is when the boss flies in, makes a lot of noise, eats your lunch, craps on you and flies out. [Finally I got you to laugh.]) If you are a manager and the shoe fits, you owe it to yourself to devour my powerful book or CD album: "Winning Management: 6 Fail-Safe Strategies for Building High-Performance Organizations." Both formats are approved for CPEUs, see http://www.wolfrinke.com/CEFILES/cemgt.html.

7. Move Your Body
We've made our lives too simple. Make yours more difficult by parking in the farthest spot on the parking lot, taking the stairs, standing at your desk, walking to the store, conducting meetings while walking, and so on.

See the next eNewsletter for another 8 stress-busting strategies.
Source: W. J. Rinke, "Beat the Blues--How to Manage Stress and Balance Your Life," 2nd Edition, accredited CPE program, approved for 28 CPEUs, available at http://www.wolfrinke.com/CEFILES/C242CPEcourse.html.
If you don't need CPEUs and would like in-depth help with this read or listen to "Make It a Winning Life: Success Strategies for Life, Love and Business," available at http://wolfrinke.com/MIWL.html.

5. HEAR WOLF "HOWL"--I MEAN SPEAK
"Winning Management: Taking Team Performance to the Next Level."
Sep. 24, 14. Philadelphia, PA. Chairperson: Joe DeBenedetto, philadelphia@ims-online.com.
This full day seminar may be open to you if your company is a member of the Institute of Management Studies (IMS). Contact the chairperson for specifics.
Recommend me to the meeting planner of your upcoming state or local dietetic association and I will help make your next meeting a "howling success." As a way of giving back, I speak to ADA groups at significantly reduced rates.

6. HUMOR BREAK
Senior Thoughts
Now that I'm older here's what I've discovered:
1. I started with nothing, and I still have most of it.
2. My wild oats are mostly eaten with prunes and all-bran.
3. I finally got my head together. Now my body is falling apart.
6. If all is not lost, then where the heck is it?
7. Kids in the back seat cause accidents.
8. Accidents in the back seat cause kids.
9. The world only beats a path to your door when you're in the bathroom.
10. If God wanted me to touch my toes, he'd have put them on my knees.
11. When I'm finally holding all the right cards, everyone wants to play chess.
12. It's not hard to meet expenses . . . they're everywhere.

7. ABOUT THE EDITOR
Dr. Wolf J. Rinke, RDN, CSP is the president of Wolf Rinke Associates--an accredited provider of easy to use CPE self-study programs for nutrition professionals since 1990 available at www.easyCPEcredits.com. He is also a highly effective management consultant and executive coach who specializes in building peak performance organizations, teams and individuals, and an author of numerous CPE home study courses, audio/video programs as well as several best selling management, leadership and self-development books including Make it a Winning Life--Success Strategies for Life, Love and Business. In addition he is an internationally recognized keynote speaker and seminar leader who delivers customized presentations that combine story telling, humor and motivation with specific "how to" action strategies that participants can apply immediately to improve their personal and professional lives. Preview a demo at www.WolfRinke.com or call 800-828-9653.
If you have questions, or would like him to address a specific issue or topic in this eNewsletter please e-mail him at WolfRinke@aol.com.

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