
Church forum sites are filled with posts asking for advice about porn addiction. Religion and spirituality play a big role for many people seeking recovery and redemption from porn addiction. Perhaps it is because there is so much guilt and shame involved. For a religious person, it seems the natural first place to look for help with pornography addiction is their church, synagogue, priest, rabbi . . . The advice offered on the online forums is not professional advice.
The typical scenario is a man who desperately wants to stop his porn addiction and recover. He may talk about the pain and guilt he feels. He is ridden with shame and is sure something is fundamentally wrong with him. He looks to God for a way out. It’s probably not possible to conduct a study on how effective spiritual salavation is in helping porn addicts or other addicts for that matter in their recovery. In a preliminary review of a variety of Internet forums and religious based websites offering advice, there is a mixture of acceptance, sympathy and some that are less welcoming or just not giving useful advice. Read more...

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How much time and money do you devote to your company’s sales pipeline? Think about the resources, the software, the meetings, the forecasting, the managing and measuring you do, and the time and effort you give it. If you’re like most CEO’s or VP’s or sales managers, your sales pipeline is your life blood. It’s what you run your company by; it’s how you make decisions, and often times it even drives your stock prices.
While the pipeline is a vital part of the sales process, it is also where the most fundamental mistake is made, and this mistake costs companies millions (if not billions) of dollars every year.
The problem is that most companies spend too much time, money and energy on measuring and managing the pipeline rather than managing and improving the quality of leads that go into – and ultimately come out of – the pipeline. Read more...