by admin | Apr 5, 2016 | My Point, Soft Skills
Don’t retaliate to a backstabber. Picking a fight with backstabbing coworkers is the worst thing you can do. By stooping to their level, you will be perpetuating the drama. If one of them has the nerve to talk to you directly instead of just gossiping behind your back, don’t give them anything to use against you when they return to their gossiping mates. Maintain eye contact, speak in a level tone and then excuse yourself politely by saying you have a deadline. They will walk away with nothing and you’ll have scored an emotional victory for yourself.
Source: work.chron.com/emotionally-deal-backstabbing-coworkers-gossip-office
by admin | Jul 6, 2015 | My Point, Soft Skills
Recommendations are sometimes misconstrued as corrections when someone wanted to convey the importance of achieving excellence. Let us consider someone’s suggestion positively even if we don’t want to hear it as long as it gives quality to our work. At the end, we are the ones who get the benefits of it.
by admin | Feb 23, 2015 | My Point, Soft Skills
Here’s a short story depicting trust.
Little girl and her father were crossing a bridge. Father was kind of scared so he asked his little daughter,
‘Sweetheart, please hold my hand so that you don’t fall into the river.’
The little girl said, ‘No, Dad. You hold my hand.’
‘What’s the difference?’ Asked the puzzled father.
‘There’s a big difference,’ replied the little girl.
‘If I hold your hand and something happens to me, chances are that I may let your hand go. But if you hold my hand, I know for sure that no matter what happens, you will never let my hand go.’
In any relationship, the essence of trust is not in its bind, but in its bond. And in that bond, each one is certain that both are there for each other. Those who are strong have the bigger role to keep the bond for a relationship to prosper.
by admin | Nov 6, 2013 | My Point
Ludwig Boltzmann developed an equation to describe the dynamics of an ideal gas.
Boltzmann’s ideas were not accepted by many scientists. Attacks on his work continued and he began to feel that his life’s work was about to collapse despite his defense of his theories. Depressed and in bad health, Boltzmann committed suicide just before experiment verified his work.
Only a couple of years after Boltzmann’s death, Perrin’s studies of colloidal suspensions (1908–1909), based on Einstein’s theoretical studies of 1905, confirmed the values of Avogadro’s number and Boltzmann’s constant, and convinced the world that the tiny particles really exist.
This is a typical example of how the great idea was being rejected but later its importance is recognized and applauded.
Poor Boltzmann, he did not able to experience the success of his work.
by admin | Mar 26, 2013 | My Point, Soft Skills
Should you find it hard to get to sleep tonight? Just remember the homeless family who has no bed to lie in.
Should you find yourself stuck in traffic? Don’t despair. There are people in this world for whom driving is an unheard of privilege.
Should you have a bad day at work? Think of the man who has been out of work or jobless.
Should you despair over a relationship gone bad? Think of the person who has never known what it’s like to love and be loved in return.
Should you grieve the passing of another weekend? Think of the woman in dire straits, working twelve hours a day, seven days a week, for -$10.00 to feed her family.
Should your car break down, leaving you miles away from assistance? Think of the paraplegic who would love the opportunity to take that walk.
Should you notice a new gray hair in the mirror? Think of the cancer patient in chemo who wishes she had hair to examine.
Should you find yourself at a loss and pondering what is life all about, asking “what is my purpose”? Be thankful. There are those who didn’t live long enough to get the opportunity.
Should you find yourself the victim of other people’s bitterness, ignorance, smallness or insecurities? Remember, things could be worse. You could be them!
– Author Unknown
by admin | Feb 26, 2012 | My Point, Soft Skills
75-90% of primary physician visits are due to stress.
Stress is a normal physical response to events that make you feel threatened or upset your balance in some way. When you sense danger – whether it’s real or imagined – the body’s defenses kick into high gear in a rapid, automatic process known as the “fight-or-flight” reaction, or the stress response.
Effects of chronic stress
The body doesn’t distinguish between physical and psychological threats. When you’re stressed over a busy schedule, an argument with a friend, a traffic jam, or a mountain of bills, your body reacts just as strongly as if you were facing a life-or-death situation. If you have a lot of responsibilities and worries, your emergency stress response may be “on” most of the time. The more your body’s stress system is activated, the easier it is to trip and the harder it is to shut off.
Long-term exposure to stress can lead to serious health problems. Chronic stress disrupts nearly every system in your body. It can raise blood pressure, suppress the immune system, increase the risk of heart attack and stroke, contribute to infertility, and speed up the aging process. Long-term stress can even rewire the brain, leaving you more vulnerable to anxiety and depression.
