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Research suggests that people with mild eczema who drink oolong tea,
Three times a day may show improvement in itching and other symptoms.
Compounds in the tea called polyphenols appear to be responsible.
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Low levels of sunlight in the winter can cause our mood to darken.
Even when it’s cold outside, it pays to get some external light exposure in the winter,
Say during lunchtime. Another option is to invest in a sunlight simulating
Device and use this daily from October through to March.
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Think you are getting a nutritional boost from your morning cereal?
Up to 40 percent of the vitamins in fortified cereals dissolve in the milk.
If you do not drink the leftover cow juice, you are not getting the fancy pants nutrients.
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Use A Staple Remover To Save Your Finger Nails When Trying To Add Things To Your Key Ring.
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Even 10 minutes ago is the past. If you live purely in this moment you will always be happy because there is nothing wrong in this split second.
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One of the largest studies into diet and cancer the Europe wide EPIC study found that eating just one extra portion of fruit and vegetables a day could cut your risk of dying early from any cause by 20 per cent.
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Take out only the amount of food you plan to eat and don’t allow seconds.
Think before you eat. Don’t eat while distracted (TV, etc).
Stop and consider if you really want to eat that then consciously give yourself permission.
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Drink a full glass of water before you eat and then sip a full glass between bites, you’ll get full much faster.
Remember it takes 20 minutes for the brain to realize the stomach is full.
Eat denser food because it feels like more.
Light and fluffy foods compact in your digestive tract and you will feel hungry soon after.
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1.Find Inner Serenity by Making it Easier to Find Your Keys. For most people, getting control of clutter brings a greater sense of calm and decreased frustration.
2.Surround Yourself With Progress. When you complete a list of action steps, your instinct might be to throw the list away. After all, the work is completed! However, some creative professional teams take a different approach; they relish their progress. Some go so far as surrounding themselves with it. 3.Empty Your Inbox in 30 Seconds. Is your inbox filled with thousands and thousands of unread messages? Before you give up hope, there’s an instant way to clear your inbox of old emails in less than 30 seconds.nds.
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Haskar jeena dastoor hai jindagi ka
Ek yai kissa mashoor hai jindagi ka
Beete hue pal kabi laut kar nai aate
Yahi sabse bada kasoor h jindagi ka
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Lamho ki ek kitaab hain zindagi,
Saanso aur khyalo ka hissab hai zindagi
Kuch jarurate puri kuch khwaishe aduri
Bas inhi sawalon ka jawab hain zindagi.
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Zindagi ki udaas rahon mein log,
Milte hai aur fir bichad bhi jate hai,
Lekin kisi se bichad jane ka gham,
Zindagi bhar sab ko rulata rehta hai
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Naye sire se shuru ki hai humne zindagi apni,
Is mein kisi khushi ke liye koi thikana nahi.
Bas shama jalti hai teri yaad ki,
Meri maut ke liye zalim koi bahana nahi.
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Life is really easy,
if U do not have a lot of demands,
Keep things simple, and within ur means,
Life will flow with less burdens.
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Life is not always smooth and soft. There may be narrow ways,up and downs,darkness and shadows.overcome every thing with wise and patience.
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Life is like a novel, it is filled suspense you have no idea what is going to happen until you turn the page.so enjoy each moment of life.
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A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
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The hardest Part in life is
trying to show the smile
u know is fake and to hide
the tears that wont stop.
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Sub Kuch Hasil Nahi Hota
Zindagi Mein Yahan
Kisi Ka Kaash
To Kisi Ka Agar
Rah Hi Jaata Hai.
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Zindagi Hasne Ka Naam Hai
Rona Kis Kaam Ka
Jaane Wale Chale Gaye
Unke Liye Dil Dukhana Kis Kaam Ka.
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Every Heart Has A Pain
Only The Way Of Expression Is Different
Some hide It In Eyes
While Some hide In their smile.
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In an era where online profiles are often seen and judged before the real person, it is important to ensure that your online identity presents a good image to your prospective employers. Seema Khinnavar tells you more
Social networking sites, which were earlier considered to be a domain only for teenagers, are increasingly being used as an important tool for building professional relationships and businesses. According to a survey conducted by reppler.com (a social media monitoring website), 91% of recruiters visited a potential employee's online profile as part of the recruitment procedure and 69% rejected the applicants on the basis of the content found on their online profile. However, 68% of them also hired prospective candidates on the basis of their presence on social networking sites.
Ayesha Sruti, a member of Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication's placement cell, who actively uses social networking sites to look for possible recruiters for fresh graduates says, "Social networking sites are the future. In the professional space today, social networking sites are a way for prospective employers to find young, enthusiastic students, fresh out of college. Linkedin, and even Facebook groups, are a great way of scouting for students who are willing and eager to work."
In today's rat race for jobs, having a professional online profile can give you an edge over others. Ashish Chandra, a budding photographer uses behance.net, an online platform where like-minded professionals connect, showcase and appreciate their creative work.
"Behance gives me an opportunity to promote and even sell their work. I am extremely careful about what I post on this website as the content posted on behance.net, is also visible on other social networking sites," informs Ashish.
While social networking sites are of great assistance in networking, they can also cause irreversible harm to your professional reputation if not used in the right manner. The maximum amount of interaction on social networking sites happens with personal relations which makes it difficult to manage online profiles across various sites.
Embarrassing posts and awkward pictures invariably get posted on the profile. Every activity on your profile can impact on how your prospective recruiters perceive you.
To avoid this conundrum, maintain two different profiles to maintain your personal and professional life separately. While Linkedin is a popular social networking site for professionals, Facebook is more personal in nature. Google Plus offers different social circles to keep the contacts separate. You also need to be extremely careful while sharing information. Most social networking sites offer privacy settings where content on your profile can be managed to keep it private or public.
Tips to communicate professionally through social networking sites
1. What is there on the web stays on the web - Never post malicious content. Always check your posts for grammatical errors. Keep private conversations strictly private.
2. Always maintain consistency in your tone of language.
3. Check the words you use most often - Do you want to relate your personality with these words?
4. If a lot of your posts on your Facebook profile are from a game application, do you want your prospective employers to see that?
5. Check which pages you associate yourself with on a social networking website.
6. Join groups which will add different dimensions to your online personality.
7. Build your credibility - Ask your seniors and previous employers for recommendations.
8. Always give true details about your professional qualifications.
9. Google yourself - would you like to associate yourself with the sites that are first on Google's list?
10. Always keep your profile updated.
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Professionaly speaking, your resume is a mirror of what your career has been like and what you can offer in terms of professionalism to your prospective employer. But a CV full of typos, errors and cluttered information doesn't create a good impression. Here are some useful tips to keep in mind while writing your resume :
Avoid Typos
No one is going to give your resume a second glance if you write sentences like 'I'm a carrier-oriented person' and 'I'm a graduate form ...'. "Typos on a job application can kill your prospective of landing a job," says MeeraNair, a senior HR manager. "A sloppy resume means the applicant will do a sloppy job. Typos and spelling errors are not justifiable on a resume. A CV gives a first-hand account of a job seeker's capabilities and experience. If he can't pay attention to something as important as his resume, why should I believe he would treat my business with care?" she asks.
Avoid confusing objectives and common phrases
According to Vishwajit H, talent manager at an employment site, "'Seeking a challenging position' and 'want to grow professionally' are objectives for you. But what do you have to offer to the company? Your skills must bring him profit, and that's what you must stress on." Also avoid cliched phrases like 'proven track record', 'excellent communication skills', 'work well under pressure', and 'result-oriented'.
Avoid exaggerating
You might be tempted to exaggerate, or even lie, about your past. But remember that employers have tools to verify what's written on the resume. "We always do background checks, track a person on social media and call for references before employing someone," states Vishwajit.
Restrict your resume to minimum number of pages
There's nothing called an ideal length to a resume; as long as it justifies your qualification and experience, and doesn't put your prospective employer to sleep, it's fine. "But then, it's suggested that you limit yourself to a maximum of two pages. No one has the time to read an epic. Try to accommodate your qualification, past experiences, your skills and what value you can add to the company in two, or in rare cases, three pages. But also make sure you don't miss out on important information in a bid to keep your resume short," advises Meera.
Keep the format simple
Forget fancy, colourful and multiple fonts and jarring text sizes. Also forget centre alignment for texts and random bolding and italising of copy. "The idea is to keep the format simple, readable and visually appealing. Trying to beautify the resume will only give the readers a headache," warns Akanksha Shah, a HR professional.
Do not copy another person's resume
The easy way out for most youngsters these days is to model their resume on their friend's or their peers'. "A resume is personal; it's about what you've achieved. Why would you copy another person's and replace few words and basic details?" asks Meera. She adds, "Even if you can only come up with a one-pager, let it be original."
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A new study has revealed that half of workers in large companies do not like their colleagues. Figures from office space provider Regus show 49 percent of people in companies with more than 250 staff don't like their co-workers, News.com.au reported.
It's significantly more than the 16 per cent of people in companies with less than 49 staff who admitted to disliking their colleagues. Employees also didn't like colleagues when they were perceived as being too precious to work hard (11 percent) while small business workers detested colleagues who were difficult to manage. When people didn't like a co-worker the most common response was performance management, with 53 percent of people saying this was their first port of call, according to the research. More than one third said they would work harder to understand a colleague better while six per cent said they would fire them.
Researchers established that reasons for disliking co-workers includes poor work ethic, overpowering, controlling, lack skills and lack of performance management. Paul Migliorini, Regus Australia and New Zealand CEO said that in today's busy workplace, the value of building relationships through collaboration seems like a tough job but for employers it is important to structure the workplace to create a positive environment for employees, he added. He further suggested that having flexible working time and discussing issues with managers can help improve collaboration.
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From flirtations in the copy room to after-work drinks that lead to a walk down the aisle, office romances can be an exciting, if risky, proposition.
While some bosses say that they're not worth pursuing at all, others say that dating in the office may actually be good for business, particularly when such relationships make workers happy.
"I think happy employees equal higher profitability," ABC News quoted Tom Szaky, the CEO of the New Jersey-based recycling company Terracycle, as saying.
"Isn't that what every CEO is in the business of?" he said.
If you do decide to mix business with pleasure, there are some tips from workplace author Caitlin Friedman on how to do it while minimizing the impact on your career.
A workplace romance can have serious consequences for your reputation, so do take it seriously.
"It just makes people uncomfortable," Friedman said.
"Even if they say they are O.K. with it, they're not," Friedman said.
It is advised not to have public displays of affection, as nobody wants to see it, Friedman said.
It is also best if you don't travel for business together, as it can lead to troubling questions.
Don't talk about your relationship with your colleagues. Although from a gossip perspective, your co-workers want all of the details but no matter what you say, you will be judged.
Do think about who will be impacted if the relationship goes south. Are there clients you both work for? People who report to you who would feel their loyalties tested if you broke up?
Don't change your public persona when your partner is in the room, especially during meetings. Everyone will be watching your dynamic, especially in the early stages of your relationship ... so try to behave consistently. For instance, don't suddenly start agreeing with your partner if you hadn't done so before.
Do check in with each other as the relationship progresses to see if it's time to make a professional change. If you are in this for the long haul, then maybe one of you should consider looking for a new job.
Don't date someone who reports directly to you. Even if it is consensual, you will be vulnerable to a sexual harassment suit.
Do consider keeping it secret for as long as possible. It can be really satisfying and really fun to have a relationship that is just between the two of you.
Don't move too fast. Sure, you have lots in common already — you share a company and colleagues. But on an emotional level and on a personal level, you are still getting to know each other.
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There is nothing new in couples working together at the same workplace. In fact, in many cases, it is workplace romance that results in marriage.
Although a lot of couples believe that sharing the same workplace is not the most ideal thing, quite a few end up working together. Here's how you can maintain your personal space in such a scenario.
Have different set of work friends/colleagues: Firstly, do not hang out with the same set of people at work. Make sure you have a separate set of work friends or colleagues so that you do not end up bumping into each other during work hours. Having a different set of colleagues will help you create different atmosphere at work, since you need to hear and talk about various things in life.
Do not discuss work issues at home and vice versa: Since you share the same workplace, it is obvious that you will also have a few common colleagues or aqcuaintances. Hence, make sure you do not discuss anything related to work at home. Similarly, keep away from talking about your personal issues at work. Every one knows office rumours are mostly unpleasant! This will ensure you don't open up your personal life at your workplace and not spoil things back home as well.
Do not meet during lunch breaks: Although it might seem very romantic, it is not the ideal thing to do. You do not want to be talking to the same person all the time of your day. Take lunch breaks with your colleagues and avoid lunching at the same time. In fact, do not join each other on the table, even if you bump into each other at the canteen. Maintain a workplace decorum and encourage your spouse to keep up with his/her professional space while at work. Plan lunch outings with your respective colleagues at times.
Do not insist on finishing work together every day: It might seem to be a blessing to be travelling to and from work together, as it makes it very convenient and you also cut cost this way. However, it is not always a very good idea, as it tends to get monotonous. More than that, you might also have to face a lot of flak for work-shirking just to join your spouse back home. Never shirk work just because your spouse finishes early. Make it a point to travel back home separately. This will also ensure the two of you have enough personal space and are not feeling claustrophobic in each other's company.
Avoid visting each other's departments: Keep away from making it obvious. It is not necessry for the world to know that your spouse works with you. Avoid visting each other's departments or work station for small things or just to surprise them. Do not indulge in small talks by calling on extensions when you are relatively free. Make sure the two of you lead completely separate lives at work; this will help maintain your sanctity as well. Behave like colleagues and not like a couple at work.
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Job satisfaction is all about contributing the best of the potential in you apart from enjoying your work.
Not everyday is going to be an outstanding day wherein you tend to perform excellent at the work place. There will be days which give you mixed set of responses in terms of work pressure and also appreciation of work done. There will be days when you are loaded with so much work that it simply unnerves you. However, instead of getting perplexed with problem areas at work, it would be better if one gears up to face the professional rigors in a different way.
Stay focused: Staying focused helps a professional concentrate more on day to day tasks. Make a chart of tasks and targets and go on tick marking all those finished tasks. Think about meeting your targets and focus on your learning and development calendar. The workaholic in you always recognizes the priorities.
Take mini breaks: In between work hours, take short break for not more than five minutes. These breaks will help you relax a bit and get ready for the workload in the coming hours. During the breaks, you can munch fruits, have a sip of coffee or munch some snacks. Do not sit for longer hours at one particular place, i.e. your desk. Walk along the corridors and look at some green trees, flower pots etc which will let you unwind.
Think positive: Hum some favourite songs and always begin the day's work on a positive note. Don't get threatened by the magnitude of work. Mentally prepare yourself to come up with solutions for work front problems.
Be nice with colleagues: Being nice doesn't take away anything from you. Rather, it adds some warmth to your existing personality and it helps you maintain cordial relationship with other professionals at the work place.
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Emotional intelligence can definitely be developed but the L&D practices at most organisations are not geared for it.
Emotional intelligence is a type of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor one's own intelligence related to emotions and also respect other people's emotions and use this information to guide one's thinking and action.
Emotional intelligence is the ability to identify, use, understand, and manage emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathise with others, overcome challenges, and defuse conflict. Emotional intelligence impacts many different aspects of your daily life, such as the way you behave and the way you interact with others.
EI can definitely be developed. However, the L&D practices at most organisations are not geared for it.
It requires an engagement of our emotional habits.Changing habits such as learning to approach people positively instead of avoiding them, to listen better, or to give feedback skillfully, is a more challenging task rather than just adding information.
Motivational factors also make it more difficult than complex than cognitive learning. It often involves ways of thinking and acting that are more central to an individual's identity. The prospect of needing to develop greater emotional competence is not easy for us to take. Thus, it is more likely to generate resistance to change.
A systematic and committed approach is necessary to build emotionally competent organisations. A strategic cycle of assessment - learning - practice - feedback over time will enable organisational members to build competencies that can help develop high-performing leaders for the organisation.
According to Daniel Goleman, an American psychologist who helped to popularise EI, there are five main elements of emotional intelligence: 1. Self-awareness; 2. Self-regulation; 3. Motivation; 4. Empathy; 5. Social skills.
The more that you, as a leader, manage each of these areas, the higher your emotional intelligence.1. Self-awareness If you're self-aware, you always know how you feel, and you know how your emotions and your actions can affect the people around you. Being self-aware when you're in a leadership position also means having a clear picture of your strengths and weaknesses, and it means behaving with humility. So, what can you do to improve your
1. Self-awareness?
Keep a journal - Journals help you improve your self-awareness. If you spend just a few minutes each day writing down your thoughts, this can move you to a higher degree of self-awareness; · Slow down - When you experience anger or other strong emotions, slow down to examine why. Remember, no matter what the situation, you can always choose how you react to it.
2. Self-regulation
Leaders who regulate themselves effectively rarely verbally attack others, make rushed or emotional decisions, stereotype people, or compromise their values.Self-regulation is all about staying in control.
This element of emotional intelligence covers a leader's flexibility and commitment to personal accountability .
So, how can you improve your ability to self-regulate?
Know your values; · Hold yourself accountable; · Practice being calm.
3. Motivation
Self-motivated leaders work consistently toward their goals, and they have extremely high standards for the quality of their work.
How can you improve your motivation?
Re-examine why you're doing your job; · Know where you stand Determine how motivated you are to lead. The leadership motivation assessment tool can help you see clearly how motivated you are in your leadership role. If you need to increase your motivation to lead, it directs you to resources that can help; · Be hopeful and find something good - motivated leaders are usually optimistic, no matter what problems they face. Adopting this mindset might take practice, but it's well worth the effort.
4. Empathy
For leaders, having empathy is critical to managing a successful team or organisation.Leaders with empathy have the ability to put themselves in someone else's situation.They help develop the people on their team, challenge others who are acting unfairly, give constructive feedback, and listen to those who need it. If you want to earn the respect and loyalty of your team, then show them you care by being empathic.
How can you improve your empathy?
Put yourself in someone else's position; · Pay attention to body language; · Respond to feelings.
5. Social skills
Leaders who do well in the social skills element of emotional intelligence are great communicators. They're just as open to hearing bad news as good news, and they're expert at getting their team to support them and be excited about a new mission or project. Leaders who have good social skills are also good at managing change and resolving conflicts diplomatically. They're rarely satisfied with leaving things as they are, but they don't sit back and make everyone else do the work: They set an example with their own behavior.
So, how can you build social skills?
Learn conflict resolution - leaders must know how to resolve conflicts between their team members, customers, or vendors. Learning conflict resolution skills is vital if you want to succeed; · Improve your communication skills - how well do you communicate? Our communication quiz will help you answer this question, and it will give useful feedback on what you can do to improve; · Learn how to praise others - as a leader, you can inspire the loyalty of your team simply by giving praise when it's earned. Learning how to praise others is a fine art, but well worth the effort.
To be effective, leaders must have a solid understanding of how their emotions and actions affect the people around them. The better a leader relates to and works with others, the more successful he or she will be.Take the time to work on self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills. Working on these areas will help you excel in the future!
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You can't win a debate without learning the trick of understanding argument. Dr Janki Santoke on how to trump a discussion.
Everything we do depends on how we think. If our thoughts are not streamlined, we meet all sorts of disappointments. We reach for solutions, without tapping into what the problem is. "It's like taking a pain killer, which will suppress the symptom, but not solve the root cause of the problem," says Vedanta scholar, Dr Janki Santoke.
Last Sunday, Santoke conducted a daylong workshop at a suburban five star where she trained the participants to do precisely this. She laid the foundations for clear thinking.
How and what you think forms your opinions.However, to think effectively is a skill -one that requires sufficient training and practise. "It's all pervasive. The better you think, the better the quality of your actions, and therefore, better the results," says Santoke. "When you convert that thinking into realisation of the Self, then you are using the thinking for spiritual matters."
Begin with seeing the point and stop when you are carried away with mere mental wandering. "The way to achieve this is by thinking in terms of a question," suggests Santoke. "Then, there are methods to spot common errors in thinking, by using some of these checks and safeguards."
FEW PITFALLS OF LANGUAGE
Language can be used in various ways. The fallacy of equivocation, for instance, is using the same word in different senses in the same argument.z Watch out for coloured terminology or spin doctoring.Coloured terminology gives not only the particular quality, but also the speaker's attitude towards the quality. "`I am between jobs' is different from saying `I am unemployed'," says Santoke. "Both mean the same thing, `I don't have a job'. But one denotes the positive connotation, and the other, negative." Another kind of error is the use of unfinished terms such as progressive, beautiful or desirable.When someone says, `this is good' or `this is desirable'; ask, for what, and to whom.
FALLACY OF RELEVANCE
More often than not, when stuck in an argument, people attack the messenger instead of the message.This is known as ad hominem fallacy. Father says don't smoke. The son retorts, 'but you smoke'. And the point that smoking is bad is completely lost.
So also, when you see facts stated, question the relevance of the authority that's quoting them. For instance, a doctor saying you suffer from pneumonia is believable. But your friend thinks so based on symptoms of the disease, is questionable.
Are you accepting something because everybody says so? Or because it appeals to your sentiment? Or does it appeal to reason? It's like saying this man can't go to jail for committing a crime because his innocent children will suffer. There is no reasoning to the statement, but it appeals to sentiment of pity.
ERRORS OF THINKING
The most common error of processing thinking is to argue in a circle -to fail to see that the argument and the conclusion mean the same. Intoxicating drinks must be banned because they make people drunk is a case in point of a pointless rigmarole.zPost hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy suggests that just because Y succeeds X, X is the cause of Y. A cat crossing your path, and because of it you meeting with an accident, is a logical fallacy.
Many people feel things will eventually even out. This is known as gambler's fallacy. However, they fail to realise that it is a law of large numbers, not for few tries. A businessman, for instance, will believe that though five ventures have failed, the sixth will succeed -this, without questioning whether he is built for business at all. zOften times, one falls into the trap of heuristics, which essentially allow people to solve problems and make judgments quickly with insufficient data. Thus, they are also prone to errors. A common example, `since she is a woman, she must be talkative'.z Be mindful of `self-sealers'. This means a person positions himself herself in such a way that nothing can contradict himher. A clairvoyant tells you that certain bad vibes didn't allow the predictions to come true. This argument is a self-sealer because in no condition can it be proved wrong.
Watch out for fallacies of vagueness -when someone is moving into a term defined as `slippery slope'. These kind of arguments -for example, if you have one drink, you'll soon be an alcoholic claim that there is no significant difference between one end of the spectrum and the other.
Attacking a Straw Man is a common type of argument and is an informal fallacy based on the misrepresentation of an opponent's argument - attacking claims that your opponent never made. The husband says, `this ring is too expensive' and the wife views it as, `you don't love me', is a standard fallacy of refutation.
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Contrary to popular opinion, it can be good to feel bad at work, while feeling good in the workplace can also lead to negative outcomes, says research.
"The findings of the studies challenge the widely held assumption that in the workplace positive emotions generate or engender a positive outcome, and vice versa," said Dirk Lindebaum from University of Liverpool in Britain.
Being too positive in the workplace, rather than resulting in greater well-being and greater productivity, can lead to complacency and superficiality, the findings of one study showed.
On the other hand, anger does not always lead to negative outcomes and can be used as a force for good through acting upon injustices, the study said.
"Anger can be considered a force for good if motivated by perceived violations of moral standards."
An employee, for example, could express anger constructively after a manager has treated a fellow worker unfairly.
In such cases, anger can be useful to prevent these acts of injustice from repeating themselves in the future.
Within team situations, negativity can have a good affect, leading to less consensus and therefore greater discussion among workers which enhances team effectiveness, another study noted.
The studies appeared in a special issue of the journal Human Relations.
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A strong heart is a result of healthy lifestyle choices. Be active and stress-free
Today's fast-paced life and workplace pressures escalate stress levels, taking a toll on one's heart. We must realise that the healing power of the body decreases when under stress, leading to many complications like hypertension and poor immunity. Today, even youngsters are prone to heart ailments. So, it's very important to stay healthy and manage your stress levels by understanding the risk factors — high cholesterol levels, stressful lifestyle, smoking, and lack of exercise — following simple changes in lifestyle.
Avoid smoking
Smoking reduces life expectancy by 15-25 years. If you are a smoker, you are twice more likely to have a heart attack than a non-smoker. The moment you stop smoking, the risk of heart attack begins to reduce.
Cut down on salt
Too much salt can cause high blood pressure, which increases the risk of developing coronary heart disease.
Watch your diet
Try to have a balanced diet. Eat fresh fruits and vegetables, starch foods such as wholegrain bread and rice.
Monitor your alcohol
Too much alcohol can damage the heart muscle, increase blood pressure and also lead to weight gain. Avoid intake of alcohol or at least limit it to one to two units a day, gradually decreasing the consumption.
Get active
At least aim for 30 minutes of moderate exercise a day. Keeping yourself fit not only benefits the heart but also improves mental health and well-being.
Monitor your BP, blood sugar and cholesterol levels
Routine medical check-ups will ring an alarm, if you need medical help.
Manage your waist
Cholesterol deposition in blood vessels begins in the first decade of life. Carrying a lot of extra weight as fat can greatly affect your health. Make small but healthy changes in your diet.
Manage your stress level
If you find things are getting on top of you, you may fail to eat properly, smoke and drink too much. This may increase your risk of a heart attack. Practice yoga/meditation. Take a vacation.
Check your family history
If a close relative is at risk of developing coronary heart disease from smoking, high BP, high cholesterol, lack of physical activity, obesity and diabetes, then you could be at risk too.
Laughter is the best therapy
Laughter anytime will work wonders for you. It is an instant way to unleash the pressure and it makes you feel light.
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A strong heart is a result of healthy lifestyle choices. Be active and stress-free
Today's fast-paced life and workplace pressures escalate stress levels, taking a toll on one's heart. We must realise that the healing power of the body decreases when under stress, leading to many complications like hypertension and poor immunity. Today, even youngsters are prone to heart ailments. So, it's very important to stay healthy and manage your stress levels by understanding the risk factors — high cholesterol levels, stressful lifestyle, smoking, and lack of exercise — following simple changes in lifestyle.
Avoid smoking
Smoking reduces life expectancy by 15-25 years. If you are a smoker, you are twice more likely to have a heart attack than a non-smoker. The moment you stop smoking, the risk of heart attack begins to reduce.
Cut down on salt
Too much salt can cause high blood pressure, which increases the risk of developing coronary heart disease.
Watch your diet
Try to have a balanced diet. Eat fresh fruits and vegetables, starch foods such as wholegrain bread and rice.
Monitor your alcohol
Too much alcohol can damage the heart muscle, increase blood pressure and also lead to weight gain. Avoid intake of alcohol or at least limit it to one to two units a day, gradually decreasing the consumption.
Get active
At least aim for 30 minutes of moderate exercise a day. Keeping yourself fit not only benefits the heart but also improves mental health and well-being.
Monitor your BP, blood sugar and cholesterol levels
Routine medical check-ups will ring an alarm, if you need medical help.
Manage your waist
Cholesterol deposition in blood vessels begins in the first decade of life. Carrying a lot of extra weight as fat can greatly affect your health. Make small but healthy changes in your diet.
Manage your stress level
If you find things are getting on top of you, you may fail to eat properly, smoke and drink too much. This may increase your risk of a heart attack. Practice yoga/meditation. Take a vacation.
Check your family history
If a close relative is at risk of developing coronary heart disease from smoking, high BP, high cholesterol, lack of physical activity, obesity and diabetes, then you could be at risk too.
Laughter is the best therapy
Laughter anytime will work wonders for you. It is an instant way to unleash the pressure and it makes you feel light.
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