Management consulting firm The Gap Partnership has come up with a whole load of tips and tricks you can use to influence people over the phone. If you’re working in sales, recruitment or generally conducting business over the phone then you don’t have the luxury of body language or other qualities that are used to persuade in person. Instead, you must rely on factors such as intonation of voice, speed of speech, timing, preparation, humour: all sorts of things!...

Commit to one programming language When someone decides to learn how to code, the first thing they will naturally do is figure out what language they should learn. It’s a common mistake to pick a language only to ditch it for a new language a couple weeks later. I personally repeated this process four or five times before settling on a language that I was committed to. My reasons for switching varied from not being able to find good tutorials, to someone on the internet bashing my language of choice....

Maybe you’re busy, and don’t have much time to spend on the letter. Perhaps you’re not that close to the person asking you for the letter – what does she work on again? Fear not. This article will help you to write an amazing letter of recommendation with very little effort. Before you start, first consider letting the person asking to write it himself Not all letters of recommendation were actually written by the person who signed them....

1. I Can Bring My Passion With Me Wherever I Go You don’t have to only be passionate about the things you love in life. Instead, you can choose to be a passionate person who brings passion everywhere you go. Behave passionately whether you’re cleaning up garbage or speaking to an auditorium full of people. 2. I Control My Attitude A lot of things in life aren’t within your control. You can’t control your past, how other people behave, or how the world works....

Research confirms this. 1. Boost your beliefs and ideas Some of the most damning evidence that music can be bad for you is that music is a popular method for torturing prisoners. This was devised back in the 1950s and is still widely used today. You may be envisioning the sounds of keyboard mashing and car alarms, but in actuality, the top 11 most popular songs used by the CIA to torture prisoners are songs by mainstream artists....

Stress is normal, it means you’re important and it’s even good because it pushes you to perform Stress is caused by working too much Stress is cured by working less Stress is cured by working more Stress is cured by focusing on stress He highlights the work, even the heavy work hours will not give one stress, but feeling bad about work will. Interesting concept. Do you agree on this? Top 5 myths about workplace stress – [Chief Happiness Officer]

Your job can either make you or break you. The right work arrangement can mold your character and contribute to your personal development. That’s why it’s important to find happiness in what you do at the office. Without motivation, you’re prone to stress, compromise and even depression. Many individuals who are struggling with such symptoms fail to address the need to set positive career goals. Are you looking for more reasons to seek out happiness at work?...

You could be pretty overwhelmed with that number of sites, and not all are right for your needs. Depending on what you want to achieve in your funding campaign, you should identify what sites would fulfill that goal. To simplify things, though think of crowdfunding sites as classified into two groups: Donation-Based Funding Site – A website that accepts donations for creative campaigns. Usually funders are given rewards or discounts depending on the level of financing they provide....

Worried how to nail it? The interview, for many job seekers, is considered as the mountain peak to conquer for landing your dream job. Evaluating a new job offer can be more troublesome if you go without preparations. So, what do you need to overcome your fears and anxiety? Just follow the tips given to you in this article. An essential thing that we suggest to all the job seekers is to have a positive attitude, calmness, confidence, and a vision that yes you are the right one for this job....

1.Question: What would you do if the Internet went down? This question is posed as a simple problem solving exercise. The lazy and uninspired would probably just call IT and let them deal with it. A more practical approach would be to figure out if it’s something that’s happening inside the building only or if there is a regional outage. For bonus points, offer to work from your home internet or even take your laptop to your local WiFi hot spot and work from there....

Do you want to make a positive change inside you that leads to better productivity and improved self-confidence? If so, then I suggest that you take a look at these common unproductive habits that hold you back and transform them into productive ones. 1. Complaining -> Taking action I used to belong to the group of people who complained a lot. Mostly it was about the job I hated, but I had other things that I complained about too....

To ensure that we can absorb information more efficiently, we have to work on improving on our critical thinking skills. Actually, all truly smart people have gone through the following four stages to gain their well-developed minds. Check the following to see which critical thinking stage you’re staying at now and how you can reach the final stage:[1] Level 1 thinker: believing in what others tell you. When you fail to think independently, you will start to believe everything the majority tells you....

For some it’s ideal to turn an internship into a full-time job because it eliminates the toughest step that comes after college graduation: job hunting. Finding a job right after college is becoming increasingly harder because of the horrific job market; if you have the chance to turn your internship into a full-time job, you should definitely go for it. As you’ll see in the infographic, there’s a 70% chance of being hired by the company that intern with....

Children, being children, do not understand this and it is highly frustrating when they refuse to drink adequate amount of water. Though most kids behave this way at one point or the other, it is most common in kids who have tried juice and soft drink. Once they taste sweet liquids, reverting to water comes a challenge. Make drinking water interesting for kids In response to this problem, Bowhead technology have developed a great product, “The Gululu” which can help parents to get their kids to drink more water....

This tiny piece of technology, created by RHL Vision Technologies, will have you communicating with all your smart devices in no time – using hand gestures. Fin is waterproof and features an LED indicator and sensors to help accurately track the movement of your thumb on your palm. It’s also smart enough to detect detect each part of your finger when touching them together. To see Fin in action, be sure to watch the above video; you’ll see that it really does put all your favorite gadgets at your fingertips....

I’ve taken Lencioni’s advice to heart, seeing those that I used to view as “the enemy” as a fellow journeyman. One example comes from a graduate course I had recently taken in which I practiced collaboration instead of competition. My technique has been to serve those in the course with an idea, an act of hospitality or some other gesture of helpfulness. The result has been a more pleasant, almost useful, experience in which I’m getting more out of the course than I had ever dreamed....

“Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness” ~Byron Katie “Don’t get confused about what people say you are and who you know you are” ~Oprah Winfery “Talk to yourself in two languages – what do I love and what do I fear- in order to balance the soul” ~ Peter Sheppard “We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come from as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have....

With advancements in home automation, smartphones and tablets, it’s about time the old router gets disrupted. The makers of Soap noticed this and created a superior router for today’s digital needs. First, the router features wireless gigabyte speeds. You may never need a messy Ethernet cord again. The panel runs on Android and can be controlled using an app. This is also the first router to have 2GB of DDR3 Ram (yours is probably 256MB)....

If you don’t try out some of the most effective writing tools available today, you’ll never know how fast and constructive you can really be. Below you’ll find a list of some very cool tools that every contemporary writer should experiment with. 1. Writers Net 2. NanoWriMo 3. Ninja Essays 4. OmniOutliner 5. WritingHouse 6. Nisus Writer (Pro) 7. PageFour 8. Daily Writing Tips 9. NewNovelist 10. BookBaby 11. WriteRoom 12....

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