When we go to college we dream about having that perfect job. For some people the perfect job for some means that everyone gets along and is also treated fairly, you move ahead ad you never worry about anything else. Then there are the nightmare jobs. Those are the ones where very unprofessional, backstabbing, people work and you have to deal with them or do you?
The following article provides tips on how to deal with these situations. I found it quite interesting because it's a topic that a lot of people are not willing to talk about but it impacts the entire company.
http://www.divinecaroline.com/life-etc/career-money/ten-tips-dealing-backstabbing-coworkers
Not all jobs make you miserable, because if they do, you should reconsider your employer. At the end of the day you'll always find nice people and mean people. Just follow the guidelines in the article and you're bound to find success!
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Information
How much reading material is considered normal? I recently (2 months ago) discovered an app called Pocket. Pocket is so wonderful, that I wonder why I had not discovered it earlier. Pocket allows you to safely send an article to the Application, and read it later. What? Are you so lazy that you can't just look it up later?
This is not about laziness, it's the fact that there are only so many articles that a person can read in one day. I bet that if I stop Facebooking so much I could get more accomplished. But, let's be honest if I don't read something the minute that it comes out, I will probably forget about it. Unfortunately That leaves me with two options. Option 1: Save the article as a tab in my browser. Option 2: Email myself with the article url to read later.
Here's why both options failed:
Option 1: Failed when I realized that Safari on my iPhone will only allow me to keep 8 tabs open. Who on earth made that decision? Why 8? Ten would have been nice if you ask me. So what do you do when you run out of browser tabs? If you're me you install a second browser! Ah ha! I was so proud of myself for solving my dilemma. I'm sure that this is something that most people will never encounter. This was all fine until one day Peter asked me to look something up while we were driving and I couldn't. What? That's right. I had maxed out Safari and Chrome doesn't work without Wifi. Ugh! Back to square one.
Option 2: The old, I will e-mail myself so that I don't forget. Except this doesn't really work when I have to dig through my 5 email accounts to find out where it went. See how inefficient that is? I'm sure that most people don't need FIVE e-mail accounts, but that'll have to be another post.
In comes Pocket to save the day. If I'm on Twitter I can save it as Read Later and the article will be safely stored. it's way that Pocket displays the articles I send is by showing them like Google Reader would. A nice organized manner, I can read offline without any hassles.
There is so much information that comes out on a daily basis that this is the only way that I have found to stay afloat. This is the risk of being connected and staying up-to-date.
How much reading do you do online? What do you like to read?
This is not about laziness, it's the fact that there are only so many articles that a person can read in one day. I bet that if I stop Facebooking so much I could get more accomplished. But, let's be honest if I don't read something the minute that it comes out, I will probably forget about it. Unfortunately That leaves me with two options. Option 1: Save the article as a tab in my browser. Option 2: Email myself with the article url to read later.
Here's why both options failed:
Option 1: Failed when I realized that Safari on my iPhone will only allow me to keep 8 tabs open. Who on earth made that decision? Why 8? Ten would have been nice if you ask me. So what do you do when you run out of browser tabs? If you're me you install a second browser! Ah ha! I was so proud of myself for solving my dilemma. I'm sure that this is something that most people will never encounter. This was all fine until one day Peter asked me to look something up while we were driving and I couldn't. What? That's right. I had maxed out Safari and Chrome doesn't work without Wifi. Ugh! Back to square one.
Option 2: The old, I will e-mail myself so that I don't forget. Except this doesn't really work when I have to dig through my 5 email accounts to find out where it went. See how inefficient that is? I'm sure that most people don't need FIVE e-mail accounts, but that'll have to be another post.
In comes Pocket to save the day. If I'm on Twitter I can save it as Read Later and the article will be safely stored. it's way that Pocket displays the articles I send is by showing them like Google Reader would. A nice organized manner, I can read offline without any hassles.
There is so much information that comes out on a daily basis that this is the only way that I have found to stay afloat. This is the risk of being connected and staying up-to-date.
How much reading do you do online? What do you like to read?
Monday, April 22, 2013
Crochet
Yarn is such an interesting item if you ask me. You can knit it, or crochet it, amongst many other things to turn it into beautiful mostly wearable crafts. I think that I was 13 the first time that I tried crocheting. My mom tried teaching me how to crochet a hat, unfortunately, I ended up with a really ugly looking pencil holder.
How I went from a hat to a pencil holder, I will never know. I also didn't know that crocheting is a skill that can really come in handy. There are so many wonderful patterns, and yarns and crafty people with crafty ideas. It's amazing at the stuff that I find on Google and Pinterest.
Today, I am much better at making hats and learning about yarn. Who knew there was so much to learn? The moral of the story here is that just because you see a piece of string or in this case yarn don't dismiss it as worthless. You might not have fully discovered all of its possibilities.
How I went from a hat to a pencil holder, I will never know. I also didn't know that crocheting is a skill that can really come in handy. There are so many wonderful patterns, and yarns and crafty people with crafty ideas. It's amazing at the stuff that I find on Google and Pinterest.
Today, I am much better at making hats and learning about yarn. Who knew there was so much to learn? The moral of the story here is that just because you see a piece of string or in this case yarn don't dismiss it as worthless. You might not have fully discovered all of its possibilities.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Outer beauty
Dove is my favorite soap brand. Why? Simply because it actually works. Yes, I've been a Dove fan since I can remember even when all of my friends loved Bath and Body Works products, because they smell so good. Frankly, it's hard to make such decisions when there's hundreds if not thousands of different beauty products to chose from. Since I'm a creature of habit I stick to what I like. Lately, I've been liking Dove a lot more. Not because they have changed, but because of their clever marketing campaigns. The ones that empower men and women to love themselves for who they are.
When I started seeing this article http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/dove-hires-criminal-sketch-artist-draw-women-they-see-themselves-and-others-see-them-148613
circulating on the Internet, the only thing that came to mind was "Well that's obvious".
Call me vain, but if I had someone ask me to describe myself, I would certainly embellish on the details. Isn't that why women color their hair, buy makeup and spend ridiculous amounts of money on clothes? We really don't need everything that we think we do. For such a positive campaign there were a lot of people whining on Facebook about how old they were and wrinkles and such. There goes the morale. Well, if you're concerned about wrinkles then do something about it! Right?
The aging process is one that science has not mastered. What are we to do? Well, we must age gracefully and accept the life that we have lived by being happy with growing old. We're going to grow old anyways. The way you feel about yourself is the way others see you. Some of us just need a little extra boost in self-confidence.
Now, lets talk about this self-confidence. When I said age gracefully, I meant it! I had a French teacher in High School that even though she was probably 50 something she dressed like the students. She also tanned a lot which didn't help her case either since it just made her look like a tanned old lady. Plus, tanning causes more wrinkles. Let's not take it that far either.
I just want everyone to do something for themselves that makes them happy. Positive visualization of yourself does wonders for the self-esteem. It all starts by loving yourself. Smiling, laughing and exercising are all simple things that release those "happy" chemicals in the brain. Leaving you, not only happy but with a positive self-image. So, next time that a loved one (or a stranger) says you're beautiful thank them and actually mean it.
When I started seeing this article http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/dove-hires-criminal-sketch-artist-draw-women-they-see-themselves-and-others-see-them-148613
circulating on the Internet, the only thing that came to mind was "Well that's obvious".
Call me vain, but if I had someone ask me to describe myself, I would certainly embellish on the details. Isn't that why women color their hair, buy makeup and spend ridiculous amounts of money on clothes? We really don't need everything that we think we do. For such a positive campaign there were a lot of people whining on Facebook about how old they were and wrinkles and such. There goes the morale. Well, if you're concerned about wrinkles then do something about it! Right?
The aging process is one that science has not mastered. What are we to do? Well, we must age gracefully and accept the life that we have lived by being happy with growing old. We're going to grow old anyways. The way you feel about yourself is the way others see you. Some of us just need a little extra boost in self-confidence.
Now, lets talk about this self-confidence. When I said age gracefully, I meant it! I had a French teacher in High School that even though she was probably 50 something she dressed like the students. She also tanned a lot which didn't help her case either since it just made her look like a tanned old lady. Plus, tanning causes more wrinkles. Let's not take it that far either.
I just want everyone to do something for themselves that makes them happy. Positive visualization of yourself does wonders for the self-esteem. It all starts by loving yourself. Smiling, laughing and exercising are all simple things that release those "happy" chemicals in the brain. Leaving you, not only happy but with a positive self-image. So, next time that a loved one (or a stranger) says you're beautiful thank them and actually mean it.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Spring cleaning
When we think of Spring cleaning, we really don't think about cleaning out our electronic equipment. Today, I decided to clean out my phone contacts. In the process, I deleted 156 contacts! 156 people and businesses phone numbers that are no longer relevant to my life. I am proud to say that while 336 contacts might still be a bit much, I have trimmed as far as I could. Can you imagine having to remember that many numbers? Last time my phone got "cleaned out" it wasn't by choice, the phone died and I lost all I my contacts.
It's interesting that the more storage access we have, the more we seem to want to cling to unnecessary stuff. When was the las time you went through your email, your bookmarks or your external harddrive and cleaned out the clutter? I think that a simple life is conducive to a happier person. That said keep in mind your electronic stuff when spring cleaning.
If you have too much paper stuff that you must save, try scanning it and recycling the paper. We should all try to do our part to declutter and recycle as much as we can.
Good luck and happy spring cleaning!!
It's interesting that the more storage access we have, the more we seem to want to cling to unnecessary stuff. When was the las time you went through your email, your bookmarks or your external harddrive and cleaned out the clutter? I think that a simple life is conducive to a happier person. That said keep in mind your electronic stuff when spring cleaning.
If you have too much paper stuff that you must save, try scanning it and recycling the paper. We should all try to do our part to declutter and recycle as much as we can.
Good luck and happy spring cleaning!!
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Violinists' playing a Taylor Swift Song
Country music gone classical. Certainly an interesting, yet innovative approach to music. Enjoy!
http://youtu.be/224E-VtB4k4
http://youtu.be/224E-VtB4k4
Friday, April 12, 2013
Customer Service
Most of us, will have worked customer service at some point in our life. Whether you worked retail, restaurants, or call centers you've been explained how to treat the customers.
Many walk out of said customer service jobs with the mentality that they, a) never want to work with customers ever again and b) they'll never use what they learned anyways.
You might not be willing to accept it, but every job you ever have deals with customers. Therefore, having good customer service skills will really help you out through out your life.
Think about it. As long as you have something to provide to someone, or your getting something from someone you're dealing with customer service.
So be nice and remember that hat comes around goes around.
Here's an article that provides some very insightful tips on how to treat others.
https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130411211410-33236097-use-their-name-it-s-important?_mSplash=1
Many walk out of said customer service jobs with the mentality that they, a) never want to work with customers ever again and b) they'll never use what they learned anyways.
You might not be willing to accept it, but every job you ever have deals with customers. Therefore, having good customer service skills will really help you out through out your life.
Think about it. As long as you have something to provide to someone, or your getting something from someone you're dealing with customer service.
So be nice and remember that hat comes around goes around.
Here's an article that provides some very insightful tips on how to treat others.
https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130411211410-33236097-use-their-name-it-s-important?_mSplash=1
Thursday, April 11, 2013
The Enneagram
Personality testing is something that we have all heard and talked about at some point. Most of the time when we deal with personality testing it's either brought up at work, school or while reading a magazine. Some employers will have a prospective party take a test and submit it with their application. Why? Some companies like to create a culture. Unfortunately, if you're a terrible test taker it doesn't really say much about you, other than you're not getting the job. That's right. Your chances of landing a job are no longer about what you know, it's about your personality and how you deal with others. As well as well as whether or not others like you. Suddenly, employers care about who you are first and then worry about what you know. After all, a happy employee makes for a very productive employee.
Last week, I attended a social event in Portland, Oregon where I met Ginger Lapid-Bogda, Ph.D. It never crossed my mind that I would be actually learning about myself in a social event.
Ginger started to explain The Enneagram system and it's roots. She explained the different personality types and how to better understand them. This is not something that you'll read and fully understand the first time around. It takes time, not only that but it doesn't just classify you in to a category. This system is set up to improve yourself. That's right. It takes your weaknesses and strengths and it helps you visualize why you do the things you do.
I know that not everyone likes to believe or even like personality testing. Frankly, you might not even like anyone telling you about yourself, because you know yourself. Trust me in this one, just check it out and see what you think. I have found it to be very interesting and helpful.
Check it out and tell me what you think!
http://www.theenneagraminbusiness.com/index.html
Last week, I attended a social event in Portland, Oregon where I met Ginger Lapid-Bogda, Ph.D. It never crossed my mind that I would be actually learning about myself in a social event.
Ginger started to explain The Enneagram system and it's roots. She explained the different personality types and how to better understand them. This is not something that you'll read and fully understand the first time around. It takes time, not only that but it doesn't just classify you in to a category. This system is set up to improve yourself. That's right. It takes your weaknesses and strengths and it helps you visualize why you do the things you do.
I know that not everyone likes to believe or even like personality testing. Frankly, you might not even like anyone telling you about yourself, because you know yourself. Trust me in this one, just check it out and see what you think. I have found it to be very interesting and helpful.
Check it out and tell me what you think!
http://www.theenneagraminbusiness.com/index.html
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Decisions
Today, I read an article about making decisions. We make decisions every single day that whether we like it or not will forever change our lives. Some decisions are small and some are big. Regardless of how we see them, we must not treat them lightly for that could be the game changer.
I've met a lot of people from different places in different places. And the one thing that I admire the most in someone is having the courage to make a decision under pressure. Why? Because at the end of the day someone has to make those tough choices that no one wants to make. Not only that but they're most likely to either hate you or praise you for it.
Some choices are as easy as dating someone until the hard question of sticking around comes up. Sometimes we make decisions based on what we're comfortable. Which can be bad. Just because you're comfortable where you are doesn't mean that it's where you should be. There's also those decisions based on where you want to be. Do you want to be married? Have kids? Go to grad school? Move to a different state?
Now, everything is easier when you're a single person. When you're married or married with kids things start getting more complicated and compromises must be made. At the end of the day you must stand by your decision and take responsibility. So, I advise you to read this article. This article gave me hope. It inspired me to believe that I can make the right decisions because my decision is no one else's. And remember, to take charge otherwise, you risk being a backseat driver in your own life.
http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130410071034-11846967-decide-or-else-making-tough-calls-under-pressure?_mSplash=1
I've met a lot of people from different places in different places. And the one thing that I admire the most in someone is having the courage to make a decision under pressure. Why? Because at the end of the day someone has to make those tough choices that no one wants to make. Not only that but they're most likely to either hate you or praise you for it.
Some choices are as easy as dating someone until the hard question of sticking around comes up. Sometimes we make decisions based on what we're comfortable. Which can be bad. Just because you're comfortable where you are doesn't mean that it's where you should be. There's also those decisions based on where you want to be. Do you want to be married? Have kids? Go to grad school? Move to a different state?
Now, everything is easier when you're a single person. When you're married or married with kids things start getting more complicated and compromises must be made. At the end of the day you must stand by your decision and take responsibility. So, I advise you to read this article. This article gave me hope. It inspired me to believe that I can make the right decisions because my decision is no one else's. And remember, to take charge otherwise, you risk being a backseat driver in your own life.
http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130410071034-11846967-decide-or-else-making-tough-calls-under-pressure?_mSplash=1
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