I know the feeling of just being stuck in your desk for a good part of the office day rushing some important reports or business plan. If stress has crept up on you, then you better relax a bit. But you’ve got not much time, right? How about thirty seconds? Here’s one good stretching exercise [...]

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Here’s one tip for you real quick, easy and fast to reduce your household or office clutter. Arm yourself with a garbage bag. Make one full round around your house (or office) going though every room, drawer, nook and cranny. Find all the things that you don’t need and throw them away. If you’re feeling [...]

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No political correctness with this one. Everyone’s a crack head and you got to protect yourself!

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If you’re a guy and you don’t know squat about flowers (and roses are a dangerous thing, they can spell both “sweet” or “lame”), here’s a quick guide to. Trust me, women would have stumbled upon these one way or another. Wow, those yellow roses look nice. But if your lady love somehow keeps track [...]

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Some critical decisions don’t need to be made immediately. And when you’re faced with one and you have the luxury of time, then don’t do anything, especially if your gut and that little voice inside your head are telling you different things. It’s, most of the the time, best to take your mind off it [...]

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Some style tips for today: Focus on your assets. Don’t wear shades indoors or if there’s no sunlight (too Matrix-y, Mr. Anderson). If you’ve got a favorite top and favorite pants/skirts, don’t always wear them together. Mix and match. It’s like you’re wearing them as uniform. Pair print with solids. Avoid mismatching prints. Polish those [...]

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I might start a series on this until I probably run out of ideas. Here are some random style tips that I’ve been collecting. Try some of these out, they might help: Wear your favorite color to help your mood. Don’t overaccessorize especially if you’re petite. Fix those unibrows! Don’t slouch! Slouching’s bad for your [...]

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Everything seems to be negotiated nowadays. Even something as trivial as keeping control of the TV remote is negotiation. But negotiating for price can be a bit different. Here are some pointers on negotiation ranging from my experience from corporate deals to haggling in a flea market.

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Here’s something for a quick laugh. Ever wonder how your job is making you age disgracefully? You might want to check out this cool Flash-based “aging” progam. It’s Age-o-matic from Careerbuilder.com. It lets you load a picture. You set some details about work environment with quips like “If my job was an animal, it would [...]

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Intelligence quotient or IQ is a score from a series of tests that supposedly measures the intelligence and potential of the person. It’s calculated with the formula: 100 x (mental age/chronological age). For example, a 10 year-old child who scores as high as the average 12 year-old does has an IQ of 120. Now testing [...]

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Who ever said that napping in the office is for slackers? Surely it depends on when and how you take your naps. But after pulling a late night in the office last night, how will you be able to muster enough strength to get through another day? And the rising competitive nature of the workplace [...]

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Ever wonder why most of the time you could remember faces better than names? That’s because there’s a part of our mind that lets us recall images better. And according to multiple intelligences proponent Howard Gardner, there’s and intelligence such as visual-spatial intelligence. Some studies have even shown that men are more visual than women. [...]

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Ah, business startups. There are a lot of business ideas that you can try out. Blogging and social networking can be considered small businesses. With the Internet, some have made a fortune out of eBay and MySpace. Or you can have a small diner with killer milkshakes. Or a guitar repair shop in your garage. [...]

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Accidents can happen or perhaps, freak coincidence. What are the chances of meeting some loony guy with a grenade. A small blast is not something to joke about. These pointers became popular post 9-11 tragedy. Here are some pointers on how to survive a small blast: Try to gun for the exit – Only if [...]

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There’s a reason why polygraph results are not allowed as court evidence in most laws. And for good reason. So unless you have a potential in-law who’s like Robert de Niro’s character in Meet the Parents, then there’s no need to worry. In any case, you can always cheat your way through a polygraph test. [...]

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