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1 comment February 27, 2009
Summer care
- To reverse sun damage use products that stimulate collagen & get rid of brown spots. Add retinol, AHA, Retin A, vit E, Renova or vitC into routine, chemical peels, microdermabrasion, photo facials, resurfacing can help.
- Remove dead skin cells by adding exfoliates to skin regime.
- Retinol eliminates sun damage by stimulating collagen, eliminates precancerous skin lesions, rejuvenates skin, so improves skin texture & tone.
- Alpha hydroxy acid unsticks the glue, peel away brown spots.
- FDA approved new ingredient Mexoryl filters out UVA rays. Mexoryl combined with oxtocrylene & avobenzene blocks UVA & UVB rays.
- Add sunblock into daily regimen. Best SPF to apply is 15 but apply 1shot glass full. SPF 30 or higher are best for those who don’t apply enough of SPF15. SPF15 prevents 95%of rays. Higher SPF means less sunscreen. Apply 20mts before going out, reapply every 2hrs.
- Sun burn checklist to make you feel better but dont reverse sun damage-Topical OTC Cortisone(decrease inflammation, redness, burn), advil/aspirin, cold compress with milk, oatmeal baths, aloe vera.
- Using topical anti oxidants like TNS recovery complex, vivite, prevage, revale etc help to restore damaged skin by fighting free radicals, even out skin tone.
- Products like radiesse, coppertone ultra guard are collagen fillers.
- Wash face 3times a day.
Add comment February 24, 2009
Home based jobs/businesses
- Call centers like LiveOps @Palo Alto, Calif that hires people to work out of their own homes. Operator needs a dedicated phone line, a computer & high speed internet access. Other call centers that employ home based workers are- Alpine Access, Arise, West At Home
- Start a web business. The U.S. Small Business Administration has a free business set-up guide on its Web site.
- Online auction career to market your products.
- Mystery shoppers are paid $5 to $100 per assignment to pose as average customers & then critique a store or service. They look for reliable, detail-oriented people. Takes more time but paid more. Some internet based mystery shopping services are- Corporate Research International Mystery Shops, Mystery Guest, Service Intelligence Experience Exchange.
- National survey companies with internet presence are- American Consumer Opinion, National Family Opinion, Survey Savvy.
- Child care, house sitting, dog walking, errand running through advertising sites like Craigslist.
Add comment February 19, 2009
Better communication
- Make a good first impression when you walk into a room. Take a few moments before you walk in to a room and realign your posture. Bring your shoulders back and down and put a smile on your face. Scan the room and look around as this will make you look a lot more positive and thus creates a good first impression.
- Make sure you give a good, cool and firm handshake. Look the person in the eye and remember to smile at them.
- Practice sitting down in front of a mirror, in the outfit you will be wearing, to see what is going to work and what isn’t. Sit well in the chair as this will make you look more confident. Rest your elbows on the arm of the chair and maybe cross your legs.
- Make sure you don’t use barriers such as folding your arms as this will make you look too closed. Use nice open gestures and good emphatic gestures when you speak, and make sure you keep your hands below shoulder height.
- Get rid of those negative thoughts that make you seem more shy and self-conscious. Telling yourself that you are great will reflect in your body language.
- When you feel shy, you tend to curl up and do barrier gestures, which make your posture seem more negative. Stretch up to your full height, bring your shoulders back and down, arch your back slightly and make sure your weight is evenly divided on both feet.
- Stress can tighten jaw muscles, creating a rigid mouth which can affect your speech. Pressing the tip of your tongue into the roof of your mouth will relax your jaw and make your face look more relaxed.
- Increase eye contact, look a little bit longer when talking to people, but don’t turn it into a stare because a stare looks aggressive.
- Smile with your eyes & mouth which shows that you are friendly.
- Make intentional gestures. When you want to interrupt, raising your hand slightly will signal to people that you want to speak.
- Instant feel happier fix. If you want to feel happier, the first thing to do is sit up straight! And the next thing is to smile, even if you don’t feel like it, just go ahead. Smiling releases endorphins into the body, giving you an overall feeling of wellbeing. And then try smiling at someone else. Inevitably they will smile back, which will increase your happiness levels.
- Use open end questions like “what sort of things do you do in your spare time?” to get the conversation flowing. Closed questions that can be answered with yes or no tend to kill the conversation.
- Be an active listener & give feedback to show that u’ve understood what they’ve said. Do this by summarising & repeating what you heard.
- Create a coccoon. If you’re finding it particularly difficult to concentrate on what someone is saying, try to imagine a “cocoon” around you and the person you’re listening to. Imagine that the cocoon is blocking out all outside distractions, so you can really focus on what they’re saying. Try repeating their words mentally as they say it – this will reinforce their message and help you control mind drift.
- Engage with the other person. When someone is trying to get your attention, or engage you in conversation don’t turn your back on them, or answer over your shoulder. Instead, turn and face them, engage with them. Look people in the eye and smile when you talk unless you are complaining about something.
- Don’t assume you know the other person’s thoughts and feelings. Learn to identify when you do this.
- Antagonistic sentences. If you need to talk to someone about a difficult topic then avoid using sentences like “You should know me better”, “Why are you trying to upset me?”. These aren’t productive in any way.
Add comment December 10, 2008
How to lead a happy life?
1. Health and fitness is one of the most basic criteria towards a happy life. You need to be healthy to fully appreciate and benefit from any wealth that you earn, the love and good relationships in your life, or to be able to pursue any meaningful endeavor at all.
Money, or career achievements are meaningless if you don’t have the health (or life) to enjoy it. Good health is the prerequisite to any other areas of happiness.
Exercises can be fun and enjoyable. Start by going at a pace that you can do relaxingly, and as your fitness improves, increase your training level accordingly.
The benefits of a healthy body go beyond physical aspects. A healthy body enables a healthy mind; a clearer frame of mind, be more alert, focus and effective during the day.
A strong and fit body leads to a heightened sense of well-being and confidence.
To lead a happy life, start taking care of your health if you are not already doing so by looking after your lifestyle, your diet. It’s not difficult, you just need a little conviction, some little small efforts, some small successes, and understand that it’s important before your health fails you and it’s too late.
2. Financial stability is the 2nd key to happiness which give you freedom to do what you truly desire to with your life. Although getting what you desire makes you happy for a while, it’s not a sustainable long-term strategy. When it comes to money and happiness, simplicity is best. Live within your means and not overstretch yourself by spending beyond what you can afford to. Make it a point to save and invest a portion of what you earn to increase your net worth over time. The greater your net worth is, the greater your freedom.
3. Another key to happiness is constructive, mutually supportive relationships with people in your life.
We want to be loved and appreciated; we want someone who understands and supports us. We want a happy family. We want friends who understand, are supportive and will be there for us in times of need. We want colleagues who are not demanding, not selfish, and perhaps even fun to work with. But it is so hard; people are hard to get along with. The way that people act towards you is actually a reaction to what you do. People treat you differently based on how they perceive you. This is often working at the sub-conscious level, and the people themselves may not be fully aware of it. So depending on how you treat other people, how you present and carry yourself, others will react to you and treat you accordingly. So instead of putting the blame on the other party, or other people, look inwards at yourself and ask what is it that you can do to influence the person and bring about the quality relationship that you desire.
- If your boss does not trust you or value you highly, ask yourself how you can increase your credibility and value add so that she can trust you or value you highly
- If you think your spouse is not understanding or loving you, ask yourself how you can express your love for him/her more often
- If you are constantly bullied in school, ask yourself how you can stopping behaving like a whimsical pushover, and develop true inner strength in character
- If you desire loyal friends who will stand by you, ask yourself how you can first be loyal and supportive to your friends, who stands by them in their times of need.
Indeed, you cannot control what others do and how they treat you. However, by working on your own behaviors and actions, you can always influence how people act towards you. Genuinely constructive and supportive relationships takes two parties to establish, instead of waiting passively for the other party to change, start by acting positively yourself to kick start the change, and you will often be pleasantly surprised to see positive results coming back.
4. Having purpose in life is another key for happiness.
Let’s try to imagine that you have all the money that you need in the world, a healthy body and the most loving spouse, family and friends surrounding you. Will you be happy? The answer is a surprising “NO”.
Sure, it may feels good for a while, but after some time, nothing excites you anymore and you wonder what to do next. It will feel like there is nothing to look forward to; each day seems the same as the previous one, and time starts to drag. Life is meaningless, it feels empty…
What you lack is purpose. A sense or reason for living. It basically is what you find as meaningful work in your daily life. It is work that you enjoy doing (even if you are not paid for it), because you believe it improve someone’s life, make the world better, or is valuable in some ways. It is the type of work which you can do for as long as you live, solely because it’s meaningful to you, and gives you a sense of accomplishment.
If you are having difficulties finding your purpose, don’t be discouraged. Try out different things in life and follow your heart. Somehow, your heart will tell you when you have struck the pot of gold.
1 comment July 24, 2008
True telephone conversations
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Helpdesk: What kind of computer do you have? Customer: A white one…
- Customer: Hi, this is Celine. I can’t get my diskette out.Helpdesk: Have you tried pushing the button ?
Customer: Yes, but it’s really stuck.
Helpdesk: That doesn’t sound good; I’ll make a note …
Customer: No … wait a minute… I hadn’t inserted it yet… it’s still
on my desk… sorry .
- Helpdesk: Click on the ‘my computer’ icon on to the left of the screen.Customer: Your left or my left ?
- Helpdesk: What’s on your monitor now ma’am ?Customer: A teddy bear my boyfriend bought for me in the supermarket.
- A customer couldn’t get on the internet.Helpdesk: Are you sure you used the right password ?
Customer: Yes I’m sure. I saw my colleague do it.
Helpdesk: Can you tell me what the password was ?
Customer: Five stars.
Add comment March 21, 2008
Egypt history
- Egyptian books were lost when the great library of Alexandria was destroyed, so we have to depend on fragments from sculptured tombs & rocks.
- Long before 3000BC- Egypt was known to be of high education & culture.
- Herodotus, the Father of History tells of Cheops & Chephren who built the largest pyramids, never after equalled.
- 1700BC- Egypt was conquered by the Hyksos or sheperd kings form Asia. One of them was Pharaoh of Joseph & Jacob & his family.
- Ramesis II, the Great, the 3rd king of the 19th dynasty was the greatest king of Egypt. He conquered 1/2 of the then known world. On 2/3rd of the remaining monuments along the Nile his seal is carved. He made slaves of the people & compelled them to build great cities & monuments. He is believed to have been the oppressor of children of Israel. His son was the Pharaoh, who was drowned in Red sea called “Pharaoh of Exodus”. Necho II dug the 1st canal from Nile to Red sea.
- Alexander the Great left Ptolemy as governor of Egypt. Ptolemy founded the Alexandrian library & made himself king. Alexandria, under the Ptolemies, became the greatest city of the world. Cleopatra, daughter of the last Ptolemy, after a brilliant career, killed herself when her kingdom was conquered by Rome.
- Egypt was the 1st christian country.
- 640AD- Egypt was conquered by Amru & Alexandria was destroyed with her library, 4000palaces & 400theatres.
- 1517- Mamelukes ruled Egypt, when it was conquered by Turks in 1517. After Napolean conquered, the French ruled but British drove out the French in 1801.
- 54-63 Said Pasha began to dig the great Suez canal
- 75- Rights of Egypt in it were sold to England which gave ctrl of the canal & of the country to British.
- 1885- Slavery was abolished in Sudan & general “Chinese” Gordon lost his life.
Add comment January 15, 2008
Adding forum to ur website
- Ur hosted website shd’ve forum page.
- Search yahoo or google for free form for my website, choose options, click on create my forum.
Add comment October 29, 2007
Managing time
- Create schedule or to do list. Write down deadlines for accomplishing certain tasks.
- Tackle difficult tasks when u’re most alert.
- Say no to nonessential demands on ur time.
- Avoid perfectionism on a task when u could better spend time on s’thing else.
- There’re many computer progs that help u keep organized.
Add comment October 29, 2007