IMPROVE YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR

Just the same as any other skill and ability, by constant training and exposure to jokes and comedy, you can actually improve your sense of humor. Go to the movies, buy a ticket for a comedy. When you read the paper, don’t forget to check out their daily cartoon too. Spend ten minutes daily reading jokes, and, when you find some you like, share them with your friends. Who knows it could be an invaluable asset when it helps to calm you down and reduce the levels of stress, says author John Ryan.

POSITIVE THINKING

“What you focus upon expands,” says Dr. Asoka Selvarajah. “There is ample evidence that the universe responds directly to thought. Thoughts are real, and they directly create the reality you choose to live in. In short…What you focus upon expands. If you concentrate your mind on the negative, you will get more of it. Some people are stuck in the mistakes and regrets of the past. Guilt and regret hold them down. As a result, they are trapped by the past and become incapable of facing the future with a fresh attitude. They bring past mistakes into the present and then into the future.”

MAKE YOUR JOB MORE FULFILLING

Some people are happy with their jobs. But for many they are bored, especially with routine jobs. Frequent suggestion is to get a new job. Another practical alternative is to improve the one you already have.

Why some people aren’t bored? even if they work in a job that is routine. Regardless where you work, you can make your job enjoyable and interesting: don’t change your job but change yourself. You can change the way you react to the job.

Here are some tips:

1. Find the variety in your job, often something more than your job requirement.
2. Challenge yourself: not just do the normal job but a better, quicker job.
3. Set a day’s goal: so that your job becomes a series of goals you wanted to achieve.
4. Use your spare time to learn from other staffs to teach you what they do.
5. Learn as much as you can about your company’s products.
6. Be friendly always.

By changing yourself first, gradually your boss and your fellow staffs would change the way they react towards you.

BUSINESS MEAL (BM)

Knowing how to entertain customers at a BM could make all the difference to your career, so get it right. When to entertain? Recommended: The power breakfast(PB). Advantages: You keep the meeting short because the work day starts at 8.30 or 9.00, which means you won't miss the first appointment of the day. And breakfast is cheaper than lunch or dinner.

MANAGING vs. LEADING

You can lead your horse to water, but you can't manage him to drink. If you want to manage somebody, manage yourself first. Do that well and you'll be ready to stop managing. And start leading.

TIME MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES

If you can’t manage time, you can’t manage yourself, if you can’t manage yourself, you can’t manage others. Time management has progressed dramatically from the use of simple calendars and to-do lists. Using today’s sophisticated executive planners, you can go so far as to plan your life goals as well as to keep track of all those meetings and lunches you have to attend, so now there’s absolutely no excuse for missing a dead-line or turning up late for a meeting.

Do you know...

+ Researchers have found that people who has windows to look out of are better problem solvers, less likely to complain, more patient, more flexible in their thinking, and less frustrated than those in windowless environments.

+ It is best to train people on a Tuesday since this is the day when they are most productive and motivated to learn, according to studies.

+ An aisle seat near an emergency exit in the back section is the safest place to sit on an airliner.