Sometimes we’re driven by these scary health news bits, especially when you six o-clock news delivered it with such passion and intensity that it makes you a hypochondriac. While most of these breakthrough news are important, be sure to be on your guard with these news items. It’s always best to weed out relevant and [...]

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According to Jaclyn Kostner’s doctoral dissertation on geographically dispersed work teams, the prime issue of remote workers is career implosion that is caused by lack of communication. Until now, it is still viewed as an issue despite all the improvements in remote worker management technologies.
Kostner then formulated the CARE model for communicating between remote personnel [...]

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Some businessmen tend to keep it old school and store albums and albums of business cards. Why not? They’re little calls to business waiting to happen. The fact that someone gave you a business card means that they’re open to business (though some people may think it’s just common courtesy, but a “business” card is [...]

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I’ve already posted a couple of techniques before. Here’s one on a technique called chunking and another one using imagery. Now let me round up my set of memory improvement tips with this post and share with you a few more techniques on improving your memory. These do not only apply to students but a [...]

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Nope, not spam. The old traditional junk mail you get in the mailbox. Getting a heap of unsolicited mail in your postal mailbox can be really irritating, especially when you’re just happy that your mailbox flag’s up. In the years of lore, it means that someone thought of you and sent you a friendly mail [...]

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If you’re looking to block Caller ID it’s very simple.
In the US
Dial *67 before you dial the number and it will block the Caller ID.
In the UK
Dial 141
Alternatively you can…
Dial “0″ and have the operator dial the call for you.
To permanently block Caller ID you can call your local phone company and request that they [...]

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Speech skills are best developed early on since children have the best capabilities for language learning in their formative years. Some say great speakers are born. Well, part of this is true since. If you want your child to grow up as a great orator , then you may want to develop his skills early. [...]

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Dull and boring conversations are get-together killers. So don’t be a party pooper by being a dull conversationalist. You can be good at it. Here are some tips you might want to follow the next time you’re engaged in conversation.

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Sometime, when you’re in a creative slump, it’s really hard to come up with ideas. For someone who needs it for a living (writers, bloggers, and other people in creative work), it’s like hitting a solid brick wall. And it’s quite frustrating most of the time. Overcoming that block is quite tough too. Some argue [...]

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Every relationship has its problems. There are two ways to deal with these problems. One way, it to bottle them up until you explode. That’s not a good idea, but the one people choose a surprising number of times. The second option, is to talk about your problems, and try to [...]

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Brainstorming is an essential step on generating new ideas for just about anything. Need a new product? An activity? A way to weasel out of trouble? Two or more heads are better than one. So get your group together, bring out your thinking caps and brainstorm.

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Business letters are quite effective in getting points across. It also serves different purposes depending on the reasons behind the writing. In any case, writing a good one is common across these purposes so better beef up your writing skills when writing one.
Here’s a follow-up to my tips on planning a letter or a memo. [...]

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It’s been a while since I logged on into an IRC channel to chat but I know many still prefer IRC over other chat services such as Yahoo! or instant messaging. MIRC was one of the more popular IRC clients back in the day and I remember getting nuked and bombed and contracting all sorts [...]

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Here’s a nifty site that lets you create your own warning label in just 4 steps:
Step #1: Choose a warning label
Step #2: Choose a warning symbol
Step #3: Type in your warning message (You have 6 lines!)
Step #4: Click this button (Reads “Generate Warning Label”)
The end result’s exported as a JPEG file so it’s ready to [...]

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There’s no real formula on winning people’s hearts. But here are five tips to help you get started.

Smile. No one likes a moper. And don’t sport a fake one either.
Listen to what others have to say. Conversations don’t necessarily always have to involve “you” to make people like you.
Give a well-deserved compliment to a person.
Respect [...]

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