You don't want to sacrifice your family life, your relationships, health and the personal activities that are so important to you. I wish nothing but the best for you on this journey. May you never be the same.

Signatures & Title/Rank Count for Nothing
There are no signatures nor are there any ranks higher than Palace Resident(>30 posts). I don't care what rank or title you get by posting many messages. Sure there are millions of sites out there and i want to do well by enabling more ranks and titles for users to keep them at the site and prevent them from going to other sites. In the short term you get an ego boost from your rank/title and signature and i get to benefit cause you'll continue to post in the discussion board but that's not my point.

Living Life On Your Terms
Liu Bei	Sculpt your life or others will sculpt it for you. If you don't have a plan for your life, i can guarantee someone else has a plan for you and they don't always have your best interest at heart. They want you to fit into their picture.	Zhuge Liang

You Distinguish Yourself Through Real Ability
My goal however is to offer some real value to you and not simply dazzle you with ego boosting ranks and signatures. First, a rank/title and signature offer little value to you. Certainty you will stand out among the rest of the other posters by having that high rank or unique signature but my outcome for you is to leave the site with the skills that will enhance the quality of your life. In the absence of fancy titles and signatures you will use more of your abilities to write better quality messages in order to stand out and grab other people's attention. This skill is invaluable in the increasing competitive world that we now live in. Once you learn how to grab other people's attention and respect in your message posts, you'll be able to apply it in your career, school etc. The skill is yours to keep and live with for the rest of your life.

Guan Yu's Crescent Blade

You Distinguish Yourself Through Real Ability Real ability counts. The weapon is an added bonus. A fine weapon is useless in the hands of an inept person. Likewise what makes you skilful is real ability and when you possess that it doesn't matter much what "weapon" you are using.

Zhang Fei's Serpent Spear

Knowledge Success Cycle
When you improve your ability to write knowledgeable quality messages, something magical happens! You attract more knowledgeable posters who will reply and grow to like you! This is something i noticed while moderating the board. Basically the loop goes like this. You

• write posts that people appreciate as informative & knowledgeable. (eg. SHZLD, Empress Zhang)
• Your knowledgeable post attract other knowledgeable people(eg. The Historian).
• Attracted knowledgable people reply to you with knowledgable posts. (Birds of a Feather Flock Together)
• Your knowledge & insights increase as a result! (Soaring Eagle!)
• Your increased knowledge led you to write more informative post to interact with other knowledgeable people to increase your knowledge further.

Helping You Get Ahead In Life
We live in a world with more choices than any other time in history. Yet with them comes increased responsibilities, challenges, and changes. In this age of abundance, what's the scarcest commodity of all? Time. We all need and want more time, but with today's ever-increasing demands, how do we get it? Technology. Technology is supposed to give us more time by handling the chores like washing clothes. But how does that ring true? With cellphones, beepers, voice mail, faxes etc i find it to be the contrary.

In addition, with so much information going around in cdroms, dvds, cable tv, internet etc... we are drowning in information yet we are starving for wisdom. I'm committed to give you the true essence of what is required and nothing else. Signatures are stripped to help you get ahead in life.