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Your New Year’s Resolutions | Jan 6th, 2012

So here we are a few days into the New Year. Happy New Year by the way! Maybe you have had a wonderful start to the year, or maybe not. Maybe you made New Year Resolutions (and for the time being are still sticking to them), or maybe not. Maybe you love the month of January, or maybe not. Whatever your...

Posted by Ana | Aug 31st, 2011

How to fight post holiday blues

Have you just come back from a holiday? Are you suffering from post holiday blues? They say all good things come to an end and never has this been truer than in the case of holidays. However long you take off it never...

Posted by Ana | Apr 14th, 2011

6 Ways to Start a Dinner Party Conversation

Dinner party conversations can either make or break an evening. Arguably, it is equally (or more) important than the food itself in contributing to the success of the event. So how do you know if you are a good dinner...

Posted by Ana | Apr 1st, 2011

Does Your Job Define You?

What do you want to be when you grow up? A familiar question that gets asked to children resulting in some fabulously entertaining answers (I for one wanted to be a princess and a detective part time). As we do in fact...

Posted by Ana | Mar 10th, 2011

What Rules do you Self Impose?

I came across the Top 10 Most Ridiculous Laws from Around the World and it got me thinking about rules in general. Are rules devised to control the behaviour of each individual? What are the incentives to comply with...

Posted by Ana | Feb 25th, 2011

Is it important to say ‘Thank you’ at Work?

To thank or not to thank, that is the question. Thank you. Two short and simple words we say several times throughout the day to strangers for the services they provide such as making our sandwich, selling us the paper,...

Posted by Ana | Feb 10th, 2011

Do Fairytales Affect our Percpetion of Reality?

Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess who lived far far away. Something terrible happened. The handsome prince came to her rescue. They fell in love and got married. They lived happily ever after. The end. Throw...

Posted by Ana | Feb 3rd, 2011

How to Complain about your Boss

Do you work with a difficult boss? Is your boss making your life miserable at work? Have you tried to address certain issues to no avail? Has the time come to escalate matters and talk to their boss or HR? These conversations...

Posted by Ana | Jan 17th, 2011

How to keep your desk tidy

Do you think it is important to keep a tidy desk? Is there any correlation between creativity, productivity and the mess on your desk? Many will say that a messy desk is a display of originality and a good imagination....

Posted by Ana | Jan 6th, 2011

20 Questions to Ask Yourself

The beginning of a new year is filled with hope and expectations of what is yet to come. Whether you are firm believer that a new year is a new beginning or simply another page on the calendar, chances are you will be...

Posted by Ana | Dec 30th, 2010

Everybody is free to wear sunscreen

As another year comes to an end, most of us will feel rather nostalgic about the past as well as excited about what the future has in store for us. Rather than trying to depart with my own words of wisdom, I have chosen...

Posted by Ana | Dec 15th, 2010

Resolutions or Goals?

How many times have you uttered the words “My new year’s resolution is…”? The end of the calendar year is still very much seen as out with the old and in with the new. New Year’s resolutions...

Posted by Ana | Dec 8th, 2010

What not to say to a single friend

The party season is upon us. With this comes meeting new people or old friends. Usually these conversations will start with standard and harmless chit chat and pleasantries. Then, before you know it, the interrogation...

Posted by Ana | Nov 25th, 2010

Do you need it or want it?

Need and Want – Take a look at these two four letter words. Their dictionary definitions are relatively similar yet they have distinct meanings. In economic terms, a need is generally referred to as something required...

Posted by Ana | Nov 18th, 2010

6 Ways to Handle Stress at Work

Are you stressed at work? Do you feel strained, anxious, worried and tense? These are just other ways of referring to stress. They all represent negative emotional states that are detrimental to your well being and it...

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