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There’s no need to raise your blood pressure over gift-giving—the holidays are supposed to be about showing people you care for and appreciate them, and it really is the thought that counts more than the amount of money you spend. With that in mind, here are some thoughtful holiday gift ideas for your co-workers and boss that won’t break the bank. For the Super Organized Coworker Every office has a person (or two, or three) who thrive on a perfectly organized work space and have created elaborate spreadsheets and filing systems that make them the masters of efficiency....

“When I used to work for a large PR company, I can remember a few times when colleagues that were consistently blaming other people for their mistakes (and running to the boss over minor issues) got found out and were ostracised by the rest of the team.” – Lorraine Barker, Workfish While every office is unique, there are some bad office habits that could eventually lead to damaging your career prospects at your current place of work, and any future opportunities....

It all sounds fun and great, but what does that mean for the old house you inherited in the countryside? It’s cute, it’s quaint – but can it be smart? There are many obstacles preventing you from making your ordinary home great; the walls might be too thick for Wi-Fi, and the installed heater might not be compatible with a device that will try to track its temperature. In the near future, everything will be connected one way or another, and all the appliances will try to work together in order to create the most pleasant environment for everyone around, until they rise up from their slavery and kill us all – who knows?...

However after sharing a “before and after” picture that challenged societies’ concept of a desirable and beautiful woman’s body on Facebook, she got thousands of responses from women all around the world supporting and thanking her for her bravery. This inspired Taryn to create a Kickstarter campaign that will found a full length documentary on why women have such a massive amount of difficulty embracing their bodies positively. The documentary begins with a simple request: “describe your body to me in a single word”, and after hearing the genuinely saddening responses it could not be more important to create a film that will inspire women:...

There are 3 reasons as to why social media becomes too time-consuming. In order to overcome these three time wasters and take back you time on social media, you must have a clear plan. Creating a plan means getting clear on what you’re on social media for. It also means that you need to line up your content creation and curation in a way that supports that. For example, my personal strength on social media is engaging with people....

It is January, February or whatever month of the year and being a distinguished psychologist, Susan David knows why many resolutions go unfulfilled. She, therefore, sets out to help using an inspiring post – “Want to help your resolutions stick? Make this one-word change.” Read about Ted and why Alex, his adopted son is worried! Susan had a London-based client who also doubled as her friend called Ted – an obese, intrepid traveler and ardent lover of cheeseburgers and beers....

John Jerryson, a banker, came to the awareness that he had lived all his life opposite to his true desires. His dreams and his passions all wasted away when he chose to follow the security of a steady, “safe” 9-7 job. A sleep, eat, and work pattern consumed all energy and precious time of the once robust, energetic, and innovative soul. He strived towards reaching corporate career ladder heights, leaving behind his family, friends, ambitions, and passion....

Here is why these individuals are truly great. You can learn a lot from them. 1. They are strong from the heart. These people have gone through a lot in life. They have passed ordeal after ordeal. Tattoos are a gateway or an expression of the pain they have gone through and embalmed in themselves. Next time, don’t think just because someone has a tattoo, that they are bad. Think that they may have gone through some painful time in their life that they want to keep close to them and never forget about....

It is very human to want to be approved of. Perfectionism involves a pervasive, deeply felt, and constant need for approval. Sometimes this desire has been buried and isn’t directly apparent anymore. However, underneath almost all perfectionism is a strong need for people to approve, which translates over time into very high internal standards. Perfectionists believe others are always judging them and can come to treat themselves in the same harsh, judgmental way....

This is the area which helps us store long term memories and plays an essential role in connecting our emotions to memories, personality, and consciousness. It can also help us with spatial navigation. It is one of the first areas of the brain to be affected by Alzheimer’s and explains why recent memories are such a big problem for those affected. Research details The depression research project involved 15 institutes from all over the world....

Millions of players are playing Pokémon Go daily and it has already beaten the likes of Twitter and Tinder in terms of daily active users and number of app installations respectively. It has also gone past the average time spent in an app beating the likes of WhatsApp. Its popularity has already been answered around the web, but that’s not the point of the article. The point of the article is to guide you through the amazing world of Pokémon Go....

In the early years of my own management career, management by objective was the single-minded battle cry for business. It was a time when we took certain things for granted, like the hard work ethic of our staff; with few exceptions, dependability and reliability was pretty much a workplace-entry given. Little wonder that most of our efforts were directed toward process improvement, with the Total Quality Management movement sprouting in very fertile ground....

Positive parenting is a new way of parenting, that enables you to deal with the most frustrating and difficult situations in the life of a parent without losing your patience, screaming, or beating your child. Positive parenting is all about disciplining your child with patience and gentleness while maintaining your authority. The concept of positive parenting allows you to form a strong relationship with children, showing them that they are valuable and that you respect them....

QR codes, or Quick Response codes, are two-dimensional barcodes that can be personally designed to hold a variety of information; from addresses to websites, their uses are potentially infinite. Smart phones, Androids, iOs and tablets can scan the QR code with a QR Reader app and store the information into their device. This makes it convenient and easy for your networks to locate your information, but beyond that, it makes you memorable....

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. The simple solution is dipping into these 101 quick, easy and free ways to make you feel happy right now. They’ll help you get the big picture on how you can actively seek happiness and start to feel happier every day. 101 Ways to Feel Happy on a Daily Basis

“All men of action are dreamers.” – James Huneker The dreams that you have are there for a reason: to be realized as a part of fulfilling your life purpose. If you are still trying to find your passions and purpose, you might want to start with Leo Babauta’s article on how to find your passion. Many people have trouble seeing the potential of their dreams; they give up on them because they don’t see how they will ever come true....

What strategies actually work to not just boost sales and increase profits, but to raise the value of a business, to raise the capital? Of course, you need to be attuned to the market place and ensure that what you’re selling, people want to buy. But this kind of thinking can also turn into a treadmill of external focus. Lose sight of what’s happening inside your organization, and you lose a golden opportunity to raise capital “from the inside out....

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Short-Term Keepers Receipts tend to fall into two categories: those you need to keep at least long enough to double check them against your purchases when you get home and those you need to hold on to for a bit longer. The short-term keepers can be thrown away as soon as you’ve taken care of checking them — I tend to shred these sorts of receipts, but many don’t have any sort of information you really need to worry about....

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