To be chosen as a project leader presents an opportunity for you. You can either boost or sabotage your own career depending on the outcome of your project. Indeed, spearheading a project is not to be taken lightly, as you will be responsible for your team’s deliverables. Here are pointers which can help you lead [...]
If you have a flair for journalism, and you want to express your thoughts, you might want to join a newsletter. Most established institutions have regular newsletters and they use it as a means to communicate announcements, updates, and news about a particular organization. If your company does not have one yet, you can [...]
If you have a product which you want to sell, you will need a variety of marketing materials which will promote your product to your customers. This calls for a very strategic advertising which you can do through dissemination of product brochures, or fliers. If you need help on how to make effective product brochures, [...]
There’s always someone in your immediate surroundings who always manages to irk you with their natural talent to promote themselves way too much. Sometimes when they overdo it, these people can even successfully ruin your day. But don’t let them do that to you. Consider these ways on how you can cope with self-promoters.
01 Jul
Posted by Alex as Security and Safety, Sex and Relationships, Work and Career
At work, you like the closeness that develops between you and your colleagues. When workmates become friendlier with each other, work becomes more comfortable and easier. But when the usual pat on the shoulder by a colleague starts feeling more like he’s copping a feel, you should take action to protect yourself from sexual harassment.
Sometimes, you just have to take a break from your career. It might be something personal or family related. This is often the case with most college-educated women who opted to quit their jobs to take care of their children have a hard time trying to get back to their careers, no matter how ready [...]
At this time and age where everyone is getting into fitness, you’re well aware that your body should belong to your topmost priorities. Aside from your recent diet of wheat bread and whole grains, you might also want to take a look at what you can do to make your bones stronger. You need good [...]
I’ve read somewhere that “It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” Do you believe it in the context of a career change? What if you’re in the middle of your life and you suddenly find yourself seriously contemplating about switching to another career path? Would you go for it, or would [...]
Okay so this would happen only if you’re a celebrity and all of a sudden you find yourself needing a bodyguard. Imagine — a huge chunky wall to make sure you’re safe from the paparazzi, fans, and strangers in general. Your safety is more important than anything. That is why you can’t just hire anyone [...]
Usually, doomed relationships have signs flying in all directions; it’s just a matter of whether you’re ignoring these signs or not. A relationship is always a risk. We’re not being cynical here, I mean, we still believe in like-very-much at first sight. People know that entering a relationship requires a few sacrifices (at the least) [...]
Pregnancy is a happy moment. There’s nothing quite like the joys of being a parent. And so, the pain of pregnancy loss is the kind of pain that one doesn’t just get over that easily. Parents who go through pregnancy loss suffer much emotional depression and in effect, there are also negative implications on [...]
26 Jun
Posted by Alex as News
I’m not a big fan of full-screen browsing since I do keep a lot of windows open. But if I’m trying to appreciate a site’s content, I usually find myself hitting F11 (the keyboard shortcut) to switch to full-screen viewing. Not really a quirk, but something that might annoy you in Firefox 3 is [...]
As children, you have always seen Mom as one of your your model. For many girls, you’d sneak into her room and try on her shoes and her makeup, because you wanted to be her. But as you got older, you became matrophobic. And you hate it when people say you’re turning into your mother.
24 Jun
Posted by Alex as Business, Productivity, Work and Career
You take pride in the people who work for you. But it’s human nature to seek for greener pastures. Your employees are your assets. They are the ones who keep your business running – staying late overnight on bad days and celebrating your milestones. And it’s just sad to see that the ones you’ve chosen [...]
24 Jun
Posted by Alex as Business, Productivity, Work and Career
No manual will ever make you the best manager just by reading it. Being an effective manager largely depends on how you can maximize your staff’s potential for the benefit of the company. Here are ways how you can make this happen.