I own one of those fourth generation touchscreen smartphones. Anyway this article is not really about my phone, but do bear with me as I walk you through my phone woes. One fine day my supposedly invincible phone started giving me all kinds of technical troubles: flickering screens, hanging software and sudden shut downs. A…
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Well-Being & Advancement
Workplace Bullying and How to Recognize It
Workplace bullying isn’t exactly a new problem, but it is one which has grown significantly in recent years, and particularly since the start of the current recession. In fact, so severe had the impact of the world’s economic crisis been by June 2010, that this was one of the issues addressed by the seventh international…
Help I Can’t Sleep! Causes, Effects & Remedies
Sleep. Just hearing the word makes me want to go take a nap! I’ve fallen asleep sitting at my desk, while typing on the computer, reading and watching TV. You probably think, what’s the big deal?
Healthy Eating Tips For The Workplace: Eat, Drink and be Functionary!
I’m relatively certain that we all understand a car needs gasoline to run. Using the top-quality “premium” grade will make it run much better than filling it with the cheapest, lowest-grade of gasoline we can find. Then why the heck do so many of us think it’s okay to work a 10-hour day, either eat…
Make Your Goals Smarter Than SMART
We all set goals. We set personal goals such as loosing weight, or saving more money, or getting a new job. We set business goals or they are set for us by our boss – goals such as increasing sales, increasing productivity, or cutting costs. Frequently however, these goals are not achieved and that’s because…
What Type Of Boss Do You Have?
No matter whom we are, what we do, why we do it and where we live, 99% of us have had someone we call boss, manager, supervisor, or any other title that makes us accountable to them (to avoid confusion, from here on in, I will refer to this person as “boss”).
How To Avoid F**k Ups At Work
Have you ever gotten into an email war with someone? Have you said something or sent something and instantly regretted it? You just couldn’t stop yourself, right? Why? A number of things can trigger such a reaction, especially threats to one’s standing in society, social group, self-esteem and status. Our core emotional need is to…
Insights On The Effects & Causes of Stress, Learnt From Kenyan Baboons
Dr. Robert Sapolsky, from Stanford University, shares some insights from his work on stress. He draws on his research done over the last 30 years, some of which involves work in the Kenyan wildlife.
“B” is for Bully
I’m sure we all remember a time when a grade-school bully made the life of one poor kid a regular nightmare. Usually a boy, often with his gang of thugs, targeted a smaller, more awkward child, whose frail and helpless demeanour made him easy prey for the bully to intimidate, humiliate, degrade and generally torment, any…
Who Are You? How Well Do You Play with Others?
This doesn’t mean you’re Jason Bourne, trying to figure out who you are. But do you know a succinct way to describe your personality type? And would you like to know some interesting/easy ways in which you can use personality type information?