Thursday 29 September 2016

[HM:258515] 9 Body Language Mistakes that Ruin Your Interview


When it comes to getting a new job, every effort to be the best option will always be worth. But sometimes the body can betray him in certain situations. So be careful!

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1. Do not make eye contact:

The worst and the worst of all. You feel more nervous, this is one of the first signs that tell an interviewer that you are not sure and demonstrate little interest and attention span. If those who feel you can not keep a look, previously prepare for your interview and try to keep at least 10 seconds , the look of the person

2. Poor posture:

depending on how you sit in the chair, will be a key pair that you will give your interviewer. If those who are "scatters" can appear as someone arrogant and lazy. Look feel comfortable, trying to keep your back straight and shoulders back. . If this position does not like it, just keep your chin and right arms in a comfortable position

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3. Horseplay:

with a pen, watch , or any other object that has at its disposal. The meaning is clear: anxiety. And this is something that most companies do not want on your payroll, because they are people who can not get to have low productivity rates. . And again, it's all about the ability to concentrate that you can get to have

4. Do not smile:

so say it is definitely something that is not given to you. This is simply an indication of "the level of bad temper" or how willing he is to be known. A smile does is show a person as someone warm and friendly that you can establish good working relations.

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5. Aim:

It is a gesture that definitely puts a barrier between people who are interacting and depending on how point, it may be an indication that it is a "bossy" person who is not willing to listen to the views of the the rest. Undoubtedly, it is a very aggressive gesture.

6. Very strong handshake:

or very weak. Either one might say a lot about you. Even to the same position in which you reach out , it is a sign of his personality: down, indicates arrogance; as well as provide the forearm instead of the hand. . Remember that the ideal is that it is always sideways, pointing towards the person and force a just lasting no more than 10 seconds

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7. Arms crossed:

the obvious is shown as someone who is on the defensive and putting resistance. Even, depending on the position in which it does, it is also sending the message to be a faithless and arrogant person, which obviously puts a barrier to your interviewer has the mood of wanting to know more.

8. Feeling restless:

and start looking at the ceiling, play with your hair or touching your face. These can reach interpreted as gestures of indifference to the interview and distraction. There are some that are passable and shown as "nerves" in the interview, but when they are very consistent, the omen is not good.

9. Position of the hands:

either they are behind your back or hidden in pockets or in your jacket, does not send a good signal to your interviewer. This has to do above all with a theme of trust and shown as someone who is unsociable or have things to hide. Leave them on your lap or on the table and move them only when you want to talk about something particular. Yes, without error 5.

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Wednesday 28 September 2016

[HM:258514] Excel: 2 Methods to Combine Multiple Cells Information into One Cell

There are two easy ways to combine values from multiple cells in Excel.

In order to do this, we need to do what is called "concatenate" values.

Method 1 - CONCATENATE Function

  1. Type =CONCATENATE( into the cell where you want the combined text to appear:
  2. Select the first cell that you want to combine:
  3. Type a comma and then select the next cell that you want to combine:
  4. Repeat step 3 until you have selected all of the cells:
  5. Type the closing parenthesis for the function and hit Enter and that's it!

Now all of the text is combined but it looks rather odd because there are no spaces between the text.

Add Spaces Between Combined Text

We follow the same steps as above except that, between each cell that we want to combine, we type this " " which is just a blank space.  It looks like this:

Which ends up looking like this:

Method 2 - Ampersand

You can combine cell values without having to use a function at all.

You simply use the ampersand character &

  1. Go to the cell where you want the combined text to appear and type an equals sign and select the first cell to combine:
  2. Now type an ampersand and select the next cell:
  3. Repeat this until all cells have been selected:
  4. Hit enter when you are done (there is no need for parenthesis here):

Once again, there are no spaces between the text.

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Add Spaces Between the Combined Text

We do it just like before in that we need to add spaces between the text using a space between two double quotation marks (you could also just add a space after the text in each cell that you want to combine).

Here is the result:

Notes

This saves you a lot of time when you have a large set of data where you need a simple function to combine the data in each row. Using the methods above, you just create the formula or function once and copy it down the entire column of data.

Don't forget to download the accompanying spreadsheet so you can see this feature in action.

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[HM:258513] The Solution to Complaining


There are two things you can do when you feel the need to complain. One is to cultivate an attitude of gratitude. That is, when you feel like complaining, shift your attention to something that you're grateful for. Taking time to contemplate what you're grateful for isn't merely the right thing to do; it reduces the stress hormone cortisol by 23%. Research conducted at the University of California, Davis, found that people who worked daily to cultivate an attitude of gratitude experienced improved mood and energy and substantially less anxiety due to lower cortisol levels. Any time you experience negative or pessimistic thoughts, use this as a cue to shift gears and to think about something positive. In time, a positive attitude will become a way of life.

The second thing you can do—and only when you have something that is truly worth complaining about—is to engage in solution-oriented complaining. Think of it as complaining with a purpose. Solution-oriented complaining should do the following:

  1. Have a clear purpose. Before complaining, know what outcome you're looking for. If you can't identify a purpose, there's a good chance you just want to complain for its own sake, and that's the kind of complaining you should nip in the bud.
  2. Start with something positive. It may seem counterintuitive to start a complaint with a compliment, but starting with a positive helps keep the other person from getting defensive. For example, before launching into a complaint about poor customer service, you could say something like, "I've been a customer for a very long time and have always been thrilled with your service..."
  3. Be specific. When you're complaining it's not a good time to dredge up every minor annoyance from the past 20 years. Just address the current situation and be as specific as possible. Instead of saying, "Your employee was rude to me," describe specifically what the employee did that seemed rude.
  4. End on a positive. If you end your complaint with, "I'm never shopping here again," the person who's listening has no motivation to act on your complaint. In that case, you're just venting, or complaining with no purpose other than to complain. Instead, restate your purpose, as well as your hope that the desired result can be achieved, for example, "I'd like to work this out so that we can keep our business relationship intact."

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Just like smoking, drinking too much, and lying on the couch watching TV all day, complaining is bad for you. Put my advice to use, and you'll reap the physical, mental, and performance benefits that come with a positive frame of mind.

AUTHOR: Dr. Travis Bradberry is the award-winning coauthor of Emotional Intelligence 2.0 and the cofounder of TalentSmart®  - Picture Source

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[HM:258512] 10 Stupid Office Rules That Make Good People Quit

10 Stupid Rules That Make Good People Quit

10 Stupid Rules That Make Good People Quit

By Dr. Travis Bradberry

It's tough to hold on to good employees, but it shouldn't be. Most of the mistakes that companies make are easily avoided. When you do make mistakes, your best employees are the first to go, because they have the most options.

If you can't keep your best employees engaged, you can't keep your best employees. While this should be common sense, it isn't common enough. Companies need to have rules—that's a given—but they don't have to be foolish and lazy attempts at creating order.

I understand the temptation. As my company has grown, so has our difficulty maintaining standards. There have been many instances where someone crossed a line, and we were tempted to respond with a new rule that applied to everyone.

But that's where most companies blow it.

In just about every instance, upon closer inspection, we realized that establishing a new rule would be a passive and morale-killing way to address the problem. The vast majority of the time, the problem needs to be handled one-on-one by the employee's manager.

When companies create ridiculous and demoralizing rules to halt the outlandish behavior of a few individuals, it's a management problem. There's no sense in alienating your entire workforce because you don't know how to manage performance. It makes a bad situation that much worse.

Let's explore some of the worst rules that companies create when they fall into this trap and see if we can't influence people to think differently about making rules in the workplace.

1. The six-month rule. Most companies won't let you transfer or get promoted until you've held a position for six months. This rule harms the company and the employee by holding people in roles that they're not suited for. Companies might have gotten away with this rule when our parents were entering the workforce, but these days good people are more likely to jump ship, rather than wait around for some arbitrary rule to kick in.

An employee's manager should have the freedom to decide when an employee is ready for a promotion or would perform better in a different role.

2. Ridiculous requirements for attendance, leave, and time off. People are salaried for the work they do, not the specific hours they sit at their desks. When you ding salaried employees for showing up five minutes late even though they routinely stay late and put in time on the weekend, you send the message that policies take precedence over performance. It reeks of distrust, and you should never put someone on salary that you don't trust.

When companies are unnecessarily strict in requiring documentation for bereavement and medical leave, it leaves a sour taste in the mouths of employees who deserve better. After all, if you have employees who will fake a death to miss a day's work, what does that say about your company?

3. Shutting down self-expression. Many organizations control what people can have at their desks. A life-size poster of a shirtless Fabio? I get it; that's a problem. But employers dictate how many photographs people can display, whether or not they can use a water bottle, and how many items they're allowed to place on their desks. Once again, it's the ol' "If I could just hire robots I wouldn't have this problem" approach.

Same goes for dress codes. They work well in private high schools, but they're unnecessary at work. Hire professionals and they'll dress professionally. When someone crosses the line, their manager needs to have the skill to address the issue directly. Otherwise, you're making everyone wish they worked somewhere else because management is too inept to handle touchy subjects effectively.

4. Restricting internet use. There are certain sites that no one should be visiting at work, and I'm not talking about Facebook. But once you block pornography and the other obvious stuff, it's a difficult and arbitrary process deciding where to draw the line.

Most companies draw it in the wrong place.

People should be able to kill time on the Internet during breaks. When companies unnecessarily restrict people's Internet activity, it does more than demoralize those that can't check Facebook; it limits people's ability to do their jobs. Many companies restrict Internet activity so heavily that it makes it difficult for people to do online research. The most obvious example? Checking the Facebook profile of someone you just interviewed.

5. Bell curves and forced rankings of performance. Some individual talents follow a natural bell-shaped curve, but job performance does not. When you force employees to fit into a pre-determined ranking system, you do three things: 1) incorrectly evaluate people's performance, 2) make everyone feel like a number, and 3) create insecurity and dissatisfaction when performing employees fear that they'll be fired due to the forced system. This is yet another example of a lazy policy that avoids the hard and necessary work of evaluating each individual objectively, based on his or her merits.

6. Banning mobile phones. If I ban mobile phones in the office, no one will waste time texting and talking to family and friends, right? Ya, right. Organizations need to do the difficult work of hiring people who are trustworthy and who won't take advantage of things. They also need to train managers to deal effectively with employees who underperform and/or violate expectations (such as spending too much time on their phones). This is also hard work, but it's worth it. The easy, knee-jerk alternative (banning phones) demoralizes good employees who need to check their phones periodically due to pressing family or health issues or as an appropriate break from work.

7. Stealing employees' frequent-flyer miles. If there's one thing that road-weary traveling employees earn, it's their frequent flier miles. When employers don't let people keep their miles for personal use, it's a greedy move that fuels resentment with every flight. Work travel is a major sacrifice of time, energy, and sanity. Taking employees' miles sends the message that you don't appreciate their sacrifice and that you'll hold on to every last dollar at their expense.

8. Draconian e-mail policies. This is a newer one that's already moving down a slippery slope. Some companies are getting so restrictive with e-mail use that employees must select from a list of pre-approved topics before the e-mail software will allow them to send a message.

Again, it's about trust. If you don't trust your people to use e-mail properly, why did you hire them in the first place? In trying to rein in the bad guys, you make everyone miserable every time they send an e-mail. And guess what? The bad guys are the ones who will find ways to get around any system you put in place.

9. Limiting bathroom breaks. If you're going to limit people's trips to the bathroom, you might as well come out and tell them that you wish they were a bunch of robots. When you limit basic personal freedoms by counting people's trips to the bathroom, they start counting their days at the company. The day you have to bring in a doctor's note to prove that you warrant additional trips to the bathroom is the day you need to find another job.

10. Pathetic attempts at political correctness. Maintaining high standards for how people treat each other is a wonderful thing as we live in a world that's rife with animosity and discrimination. Still employers have to know where to draw the line. Going on a witch-hunt because someone says "Bless you" to another employee that sneezed (real example) creates an environment of paranoia and stifled self-expression, without improving how people treat each other.

Bringing It All Together

If companies can rethink their policies and remove or alter those that are unnecessary or demoralizing, we'll all have a more enjoyable and productive time at work.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

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Dr. Travis Bradberry is the award-winning coauthor of Emotional Intelligence 2.0 and the cofounder of TalentSmart®

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Thursday 22 September 2016

[HM:258511] Strong or Weak Personalities



Some people have strong personalities, in that people either hate them or love them.. they have very distinct personalities that basically say.. this is who i am.. either love it or leave it... they are confident in who they are and really dont allow other people to shape their thinking. They have their opinions on issues and let them be known, without trying to curry favor with the "crowd"....They are aware of what they like and what they don't like... They don't seek to control other people.. their only focus is mastery of self..

Other people have weak personalities.. in that they are more easily influenced and seek the approval of the crowd.... they need others to "take charge" and responsiblity in various situations.. they strive to be loved by all because rejection can be crumbling to their self esteem.. They seek to keep up with the Joneses when the Joneses don't even know they live in the same neighborhood..

Now by strong personalities I don't mean people who are boorish and want to control other people.. by weak personalities i don't mean wallflowers that everybody can run roughshod over... I dont mean that at all.. the outlook is telling

Example: A person with a strong personality is asked in front of a few people why they have no children... They respond that they are not married or  Strong Personality responds "I don't want to be a baby mother".... A listener with a strong personality may respond "oh okay.. well to each his own".. a listener with a weak personality may respond "oh you so stuck up bytch! looking down on people that got kids because they ain't married!" ... why the disparity.. because the strong personality listener is aware that each person has their own desires for their own life and isn't offended because their perception of their own situation is not affected by other people.. the weaker personality feels as if they were personally slighted because they may have their own issues about being perceived as a "baby-mother"

So... why do weaker personalities always seem to be offended by others with strong personalities?? What kind of personality do you think you have? Do you find yourself wanting to "put people in their place" when they talk about doing something that you may feel is out of your reach/budget or giving an opinion about something? Do you care very little for what other people do with their own lives as long as they don't desire to leech your bank accounts or waste your time? Are you percieved as "looking down on people" because your opinions are not geared towards becoming a crowd favorite? Do you feel people look down on you because they express realities different from your own?

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Wednesday 21 September 2016

[HM:258510] Act in this Moment



Let yourself see the potential value in this moment. Open yourself to the opportunities in this day.

You are immersed in a sea of abundance, and it is up to you to make meaningful value out of it. You have the power to make a positive difference, so allow yourself to do so.

Take a moment to consider all the good and powerful possibilities that are within your reach right now. Remind yourself of what a shame it would be to let those possibilities go unfulfilled.

This is a day that's like no other, and a day that will never be here again. It's a day that can add enormous value to your life and your world, but only if you make use of it while it's here.

Breathe in deeply, and fill your awareness with a fresh, invigorating sense of possibility. Feel your useful, beneficial power, and make the choice to immediately engage that power.

Act in this moment, on this day, with love, purpose and passion. And capture the unique value that this day offers for all of life.

Ralph Marston - The Daily Motivator

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[HM:258509] How to Overcome Negativity for Good


It's difficult to control the words people use on us and some people get their kicks by saying hurtful things. Here are some of the few things you can do to keep your happiness and prevent negative words from ruining your day.

1. If someone tries to offend or belittle you, do not participate in his or her game. If you do not participate in the game, he or she will leave you, since t takes two to play the game.

2. Tell yourself that you are going to stay calm, happy and positive, no matter what people say or do. Repeat these words often, until your mind accepts them unconditionally.

3. Give people the benefit of the doubt. Don't assume someone is trying to offend or hurt you. Sometimes, they might be just joking or maybe they are having a bad day.

4. Pause briefly and think, before reacting instinctively or getting emotional. Maybe people are not referring to you? Don't jump to conclusions, without thinking first.

Remember; while you can't control what people say, your reaction is your sole responsibility. Have a great Week.

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If you are dealing with a lot of negativity in life OR would like to know how to handle negative event OR have questions, please feel free to send us an email at questions@emotional-detachment.com.

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