Dec 27

Networking is incredibly important for doing any sort of business or even making friends. Sometimes we think that we don’t have good networking skills when challenged to do it at work. But having good networking skills can lead to a promotion, landing your next amazing career, and even growing your own business. Here are some networking tips: Ask for business cards when you meet people, then write on the back of the card how that person is important to your line of work. Keep in touch with people you meet; send thank you cards if they gave you good advice, or call them and meet up for lunch if you want to talk work strategy.

If you’re not quite sure of how networking can help in your career, think of your social life. All of your friends are your friends because of your networking skills; you probably either met them through someone else you knew, or somehow had the chance to meet them because of someone you knew. When I asked a college friend of mine if he was nervous for a job interview he replied, “Of course not, it’s fun to meet new people, and that’s how I think of an interview.” That statement changed the way that I think of networking. Many things in life are “just meeting people” and if we’re good at that, there’s so much more that we’ll be good at in response.

Dec 22

Music can be calming, energizing, just background noise, or pure entertainment, that’s what I love about it. I have a hard time doing work or anything else without music in the background. I hook up my iPod either to my stereo or to my computer, and I make sure to choose calming tunes when I work. Sharing music with friends is my favorite part; they’ll tell me about their latest favorites and I’ll share mine. When we have a chance to see the band live in concert, it’s even more fun.

The best place to check out the latest up-and-coming bands is on MySpace. The site is dedicated to helping newcomers to the music scene post their tunes so the world can hear them. My absolute favorite MySpace page belongs to Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, from the movie “Once.” It was a great movie in which Hansard and Irglova fall in love and share their love of music together. They have clever, catchy tunes and Irglova has an incredibly enchanting voice. They are definitely worth checking out!

Dec 18

Apart from eating healthy foods and monitoring your nutritional intake, adding nutritional supplements to your diet can be very beneficial. This includes vitamins, mineral supplements, and health shakes, all of which can boost your energy, help ward off illness, and even increase your life expectancy. There are different types of nutritional supplements for people depending upon their age, energy needs and health issues. For example, an Olympic athlete may require different nutritional supplements than a five-year-old child. Think of 2008 Olympian Michael Phelps. He had to consume as many calories in one day that one person would eat over half a week or more. He did this because he was using so much energy to train and compete that he wasn’t getting the nutrition he needed from a smaller portion of food.

A nutritionist can help you find the right nutritional supplements for your body by researching what people your age need. They will then add supplements according to your athletic endeavors, stress levels, and health concerns. For example, someone who can’t sleep at night and someone who needs an energy boost throughout the day will probably look into different types of nutritional supplements.

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Dec 17

Office supplies are something that we may not think of when planning a business. However, they’re almost as important as anything else to the success of your business. You need paper, printers, ink, copiers, fax machines, telephones, and even comfortable chairs and spacious desks. Staplers, pens, rubber stamps and envelopes are also necessary office supplies for any business.

Take Google for example: Their “think outside the box” approach to the way they do business is reflected in their choice of office chairs. Instead of regular chairs, at the Google headquarters, employees sit on big exercise balls. How creative! This makes employees move around a little while they work, keeping them from getting stiff and losing energy. Do you remember being at an office where they had exceptional office supplies, desks, chairs, or office machines? What did they have, and how can you incorporate it into your office?

Dec 17

My younger sister just asked for a Christmas present that I thought was pretty unique: She would like everyone in our extended family to give her a couple of their favorite recipes so she can have a family recipe collection. What a good idea, right? For those of you who don’t have a gift for the chefs in your family, ask your relatives to give you a few of their favorite recipes, copy them down in a recipe book, add a few family photos, and voila, the perfect birthday or holiday gift!

If you don’t have any family recipes, ask friends and neighbors. Or, go online and test out other people’s favorites. Make sure you consider the person you are creating the gift for: are they vegetarian? Do they eat a lot of meat? Do they barbecue? How many people are they cooking for in their family? Tailor the recipes to meet their exact cooking needs. It will be a great gift!

Dec 16

Having a pet is great company. Whether you prefer to throw a ball with your dog in the park or hang your snake around your neck, animals can be therapeutic. They soothe us, are great companions, are trustworthy friends, and are always available. Taking care of your pet includes buying the proper food, supplying it with fresh water and any vitamins it needs, and making sure to take it for regular veterinary checkups.

It’s great to have a pet as a friend. They make great companions and there are so many options to choose from. You can devote your life to taking care of a horse or you can have a fish that just needs to be fed a few times a week. Pets are great because they become devoted and attached to you, the more you care for them, usually the more loving they become.

Dec 14

Personal development is something that most people will do their entire lives, and never before has it been so easy. Personal development can be a variety of things, from reading books to learning new languages, and with so much new technology to assist us you can develop personally more conveniently than ever before. You can now watch full-length personal development speeches online, or download helpful podcasts and listen to them will you exercise or go to work.

Recently, my friend began an online course to learn to develop websites. It has been great; he logs on and learns whenever he wants, it is very cheap, and learning to develop sites will make him more marketable to employers. You can look up how to do anything online now; try it. You simply Google “Learn to________” and fill in the blank with whatever you would like to do. Do this enough and you find yourself with a great knowledge of the world and how things work.

Dec 13
Taking Care of Yourself
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With our expanding knowledge about the link between diet and health, taking care of ourselves is becoming more and more linked to what we put in ourselves. Obesity and weight problems are becoming epidemic. There are millions of ways to fight these problems, but one thing I would recommend is simply look at the nutrition facts of what you are eating. You can become more healthy by simply comparing two similar products you are thinking about buying, and choosing the more healthy one.

This seems simple, but by making a few minor changes you can drastically take better care of yourself. For instance, when you are buying milk, look first at what percent you like, and see if you really notice a difference by going from 2% to 1%, then compare the different brands of milk, some contain much more sugar and fat then a comparable gallon of a different brand. Also, consider little things like ranch dressing and syrup. If you cannot tell the difference between reduced sugar syrup and regular, save your body a few calories and go with the reduced sugar syrup.

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Dec 12

My friend is undergoing physical therapy right now for a jaw injury. She was kicked by a horse and had to undergo numerous surgeries. Now, with the help of a physical therapist, she is learning to talk and chew without straining her newly healed jaw. It’s difficult for her, but the physical therapist is giving her exercises she can practice at home and is supporting her throughout the entire process.

Without physical therapy, many people would not be able to recover from serious injuries and ailments. Physical therapy helps improve overall health while also allowing people to focus on a positive goal. Physical therapy often involves stretching exercises, muscle-building exercises, and balance and coordination exercises.

Dec 10

For effective physical therapy, it does not always take the most expensive products to produce the best results. Usually, you do not need to buy the product from the infomercials that appears late at night and that you can get for five easy payments of $39.99. Many things I have found to be the most effective are cheap and easy to obtain. For instance, a balance ball, which is the big inflatable plastic balls you lay or sit on you have seen at every health club in America. There are so many exercises you can before that can help you recover from injury on a balance ball.

Two other products I have found to work great are a large elastic band and a foam roller. A large elastic band can be used to stretch primarily, but also you can attach it to a door handle or something that does not move and use its resistance to strengthen your rotator cuffs and joints. For those with back problems, the foam roller is a cylinder shaped foam product that you can use to alleviate back pain and help with your lumber support. If you are in need of physical therapy products, there generally is a product that can solve your problem that is cheap and easy to come by; we just have to look.

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