There are many articles today explaining the benefits of exercise, what it can do to enhance and improve your mind, body, and spirit. These articles look at exercise from the perspective of what it can do when you start doing it. But to really see the importance and benefits of exercise, you should learn what… Read more »
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How Emotional Intelligence Can Help You at Work
Emotional intelligence has been getting a lot of attention recently in business circles. As the name implies, emotional intelligence is about a person’s receptiveness to emotions, both of their own and others, recognizing different emotions and what they might mean, and recognizing the role that emotions play in a person’s perceptions and decision making. Some… Read more »
How to Enhance Creativity
Generally, when we have work to do that involves using our cognitive faculties, imagination, and creativity, we are usually sitting at a desk or maybe in a chair. But research is now showing that if we want to get our creative juices flowing, being sedentary is not the best way to do it. We should,… Read more »
Ways of Making Decisions
We are constantly making decisions throughout the course of the work day and throughout the course of our lives. So, naturally, people would be interested to know if there were any easier or more efficient ways of going about making decisions. Here are a few ideas on improving decision making. 1. Make decisions routine. That… Read more »
The Family and Medical Leave Act — What You Need to Know
In 1993, Congress passed the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). This law guarantees that a person will not lose his or her job if he or she takes a leave of absence for various medical situations, which can range from having a baby to other health issues affecting family members. Under the law, an… Read more »
How to Make an Effective To-Do List
Many business experts counsel people to make to-do lists to help them manage their time. And to-do lists are very popular among employees. The problem, however, is that not many people know how to put a to-do list together so that they get the most out of it, so that it is the most effective… Read more »
How to Stay Mentally Sharp
During the workday, we want to keep our minds as sharp as possible. Mentally, we obviously want to be at our best. It’s not always easy to do. We might be sharp when we first get to work in the morning after a good night’s rest, but after a while, that tends to wear off…. Read more »
Why You Need a Hobby
If you are a busy professional, and someone brings up the subject of hobbies, you might reply with a derisive snort. Who has time for hobbies? It may seem that hobbies are a luxury only the leisure class or retired can afford, but if you give it some thought, there are a number of benefits… Read more »
How to Ask for a Raise
Asking for a raise is generally a pretty stressful proposition. But after you have been with a company for a while, you may feel you deserve one. However, the number of years you have been at a company is not by itself a basis for a raise. It won’t carry much water with your supervisor…. Read more »
How to Bring Change to Your Company
Companies never tire of telling employees that they value people who are innovative, who can come up with new and better ideas and ways of doing things. But then, you might ask, how is it that many companies have outdated policies and procedures, ways of doing things that have been in place for a long… Read more »