One of the most frustrating moments for yourself is when you find yourself avoiding the spotlight when you can outshine everyone else! You prepare yourself for a party, curls and all, but when you get there you hang out in the kitchen. What are you doing?!? How do you suppose to get the most out [...]

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I helped out in my former company’s headhunting efforts and reading resumes had always been a treat for me. While I really don’t find them on one’s resume nowadays, I’m still interested in knowing what a person does on the side. Don’t get me wrong, I think that those information will stick out like a [...]

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Text messaging (or SMS) is a great way to keep in touch and it has probably redefined the way personal communication is done. However, with this rapid change, text etiquette hasn’t really been established. Politeness is still an important thing to show even in text messaging. Here are some tips on how to text politely.

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Commonly found in retail and food establishments, the suggestion box is one of the most underused and underrated relationship building devices and all it takes is a pencil, a pad of paper and a small drop box.

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I have a confession to make. I don’t really go visiting websites anymore. For the past month, I’ve just been using my RSS feed reader (Google Reader) for most of my daily reads and research. Why not? It’s a very streamlined process to get the low-down on what’s new and fresh without the fuss of [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 work them out. If [...]

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