6 Steps To Kickstart Your Career As A University Freshman

So, you and your parents have just invested a significant amount of money for your university education. As a freshman, what can you do to make sure you get your money’s worth? How will you assure a return on your investment (ROI)? Step 1: Get Organized Developing a strong, structured time management routine is crucial to being successful in college. Your first semester...

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21 powerful lessons to remember in life

Yesterday is a beautiful reflection. Today is a new beginning. Tomorrow is a limitless possibility. On my birthday am sharing 21 life lessons i have experienced while living. life lessons 1. Never give up on anything. Miracle's happen everyday. 2. It is better to strive for excellence than perfection...

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HOW TO WIN OVER YOUR FEARS

If you really want to do somethingyou will always find a way.But if you don't want to do it,you will find execuses. win over your fears The easiest way to combat fear is by not using excuses. Instead, you need to look for positive approaches to accomplish your goal. If you want to start a business, attend a meeting at the Better Business Bureau. Read some national magazines...

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TIPS TO BUILDING SELF CONFIDENCE AND SELF DISCOVERY

Lets drive to the meaning of the term confidence. Confidence is the ability to perform to a certain standards. It is synonymous to self assuredness. Confidence is also seen as the belief in the ability of other people. UNCOVERING YOUR CONFIDENCE Most people lack self confidence because they failed to direct or connect to what is important to them.  When you connect yourself to what is important to you and what you value. People failed...

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Watch out, These Nine Obstacles can hinder you from Creative Thinking

These are nine obstacles to creative thinking i will be sharing with you. Each of them may apply to yourself or someone you know. Any one of them, if you fail to recognize and remove it, can hold you back.  1. Lack of Direction The first obstacle to creative thinking is the lack of clear goals and objectives, written down, accompanied by detailed, written plans of action. When you become crystal clear about what you want, and how you are...

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10 Golden Rules In Safety To Work Successfully In Construction And Oil And Gas

There are many cases of incident and accident in the construction sites even in the offices as a result of not adhering to safety precautions. Below are 10 golden rules to help us work in safely. 1. work planning: Before commencing any task, it is worthwhile to adequately state the task procedures and associated hazards. 2. Work permit: in oil and gas sector or any construction site, it is advised that all personnel should make sure they have...

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Dealing with procrastination! 10 Tips To Help You Boost Productivity &Overcome Procrastination

1. Accept the fact that there simply isn’t enough time to do everything. That’s why it’s so important to work on the most important things. If you’re always focused on the important things, both in your business and personal life, you’ll always be making the greatest contribution by using your time wisely. 2. Establish a relaxed state of mind. Keep calm. Stay focused on what you have to do. Ignore everything else. Too much additional stress can...

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Effective time management in achieving tasks

Lots of books,  blogs and seminars have addressed the issue of time management. In this article i will explore the various tips for effective time management. Time management is the effective and efficient utilization of time resources to maximize results or achieve tasks. Time they said is money,  therefore adequate carefulness should be pay in time usage as it waits for no one. Below are tips to guide you: 1.  Identify important...

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Steps to boost your self esteem and confidence

Low self-esteem can negatively affect virtually every facet of your life, including your relationships, your job and your health. But you can take steps to boost your self-esteem by taking cues from types of mental health counseling. Consider these steps, based on cognitive behavioral therapy: 1. Identify troubling conditions or situations Think about the conditions or situations that seem to deflate your self-esteem. Common triggers might...

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Combating Stage fright.

Stage fright or performance anxiety is the anxiety, fear, or persistent phobia which may be aroused in an individual by the requirement to perform in front of an audience, whether actually or potentially (for example, when performing before a camera). In the context of public speaking, this may precede or accompany participation in any activity involving public self-presentation. The fear of public speaking or performance, often called stage...

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Dealing with inferiority complex (part one)

Inferiority complex is an unrealistic feeling of general inadequacy caused by actual or supposed inferiority in one sphere, sometimes marked by aggressive behaviour in compensation. An inferiority complex is a persistent feeling of being inferior to others in some way. It is usually connected with a real or imaginary shortcoming in physical appearance, intelligence, personality, education, social status or economic status. CAUSES An...

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Basic Rules Of Table Manner

few tips and rules for basic table manners...Napkins should be placed on the lap as soon as you are seated.When you get downfrom the table, leave the napkin, unfolded on the table, to the left of the place setting.Sit a comfortable distance away from the table, so that with the elbows bent the hands are level with the knives and forks.Sit up straight, sit square with hands in the lap and do not fidget. Do not put elbows on the table.If you are...

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Difference Between Quality Assuarance(QA) And Quality Control (QC) in companies

Quality Assurance is process oriented and focuses on defect prevention, while quality control is product oriented and focuses on defect identification. By definition,QA is a set of activities for ensuring quality in the processes by which products are developed.QC is a set of activities for ensuring quality in products. The activities focus on identifying defects in the actual products produced.Focus onQA aims to prevent defects with a focus on...

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Four Things You Should Not Do With Your Company's Computer

Most workers get overwhelmed with the computer and free internet connection given to them by their company at the office. It is pertinent to note this four things before one falls victims. 1. Don't use the company's network server to email your cv to another company or job website. 2. Don't browse irrelevant sites like Facebook, youtube etc. with the company's network server especially during work hour.3. Do not watch video or play game with the...

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7 Basic Office Etiquette That Will Help You Build A Successful Career

Etiquette. The word alone has the power to dredge up childhood memories of dinnertime reprimands: Elbows off the table! Napkin in your lap! Excuse yourself before leaving the table! Most of us likely have mastered table manners by now (or at least know not to talk with a full mouth). But what about office etiquette?1. THAT TEXT (OR FACEBOOK UPDATE) CAN WAITHey… it’s just a quick text to a friend confirming your after-work plans. No problem...

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Why Workplace Safety Is Important To Companies.

Workplace safety is so important that a government agency exists solely to monitor and regulate it. Workers Employers have a basic moral obligation to provide for their workers' safety and well-being, regardless of any safety laws. It’s just the right thing to do, because you’re not going to get much work done if you’re dead or maimed. Chances are, you won’t even stick around very long if the workplace is a needlessly hazardous environment....

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Top 10 Fun And Useful Ways To Spend Your Weekend Days After work

Despite your tight schedules as a worker in any organization, there are still ways to you can spend your weekend and remain healthy.1. Volunteer: Be a part of something that can bring a change or an act of kindness. Volunteer yourself into a public service or a charity act. There is no scarcity of services that need volunteer. Enroll yourself into weekend teaching service...

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The Need To Employ Step Back 5 X 5 before undertaking any task in your workplace

Its another new working week. Different activities and works here and there. There is need to ensure safety in each of your activities for i believed that He who works safely lives to work another day.What Is StepBack 5 x 5?StepBack 5x5 is a simple activity that encourages workers to identify and deal with hazards associated with all tasks for all jobs and is completed at each step in every job - all day long. It helps to promote a hazard management...

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Lifestyle- 17 Golden rules to remember in Life

17 IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER IN LIFE. 1. Never give up on anything;miracles happen everyday.2.Be brave even if you are not, pretend to be. No one can tell the difference.3. Think big thoughts, relish small pleasures.4. Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.5. Never deprive someone of hope, it might be all they have.6. Strive for excellence, not perfection.7. Don't waste time greiving over past mistakes. Learn from them and...

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Ten Rules To Giving An Effective Talk/presentation

Every academic career is filled with presentations. In fact, giving a good presentation is one of the more important tasks of our careers. Talks/presentations are how we inform our peers and students about recent developments in science/medicine, our research, new techniques, etc. They are how we inform colleagues (who might also be reviewers) of our work before they see it in grants or papers. And, they can and should be fun to give. Therefore,...

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Five Tips on how to improve your Diction

If you’ve spent any amount of time around top executives or business leaders, you’ve probably found that most of them don’t speak like your typical employee. There is a recognizable confidence, timbre and clarity to their vocal presence that can motivate and inspire the masses.1. Um, drop verbal crutchesThese crutches are most pronounced during pauses that occur while delivering a speech or presentation. They can come in the form of unintelligible...

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