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Helen Keller
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1. Get up
fifteen minutes earlier in the morning. The inevitable morning
mishaps will be less stressful.
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Prepare for the morning the evening before. Set the breakfast
table, make lunches, put out the clothes you plan to wear, etc.
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Don’t rely on your memory. Write down appointment times, when to
pick up the laundry, when library books are due, etc. ("The palest
ink is better than the most retentive memory."-Old Chinese
Proverb)
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Dear Friends
 Is
midlife crisis a myth or a fact? Is the concept new to this fast paced
century or has it been a stigma of mankind for ages Do we at certain
stage in our lives, fall apart to be rebuilt again?
Some psychologists compare the midlife crisis to the anxieties and
emotional turmoil of adolescent years. Primarily it is a transition
between two distinct ages, if at adolescence we have to let go of the
reigns of childhood, towards maturity, what kind of maturity awaits us
if we successfully cross the sea of midlife crisis.
 The partaker of the midlife crisis MLC has to be reborn to survive the
quagmire-otherwise he will stay stagnant till the day he dies. The funny
thing is that, despite being stuck in the rut, very few of us are aware
that we have reached a certain plateau in our lives. Blessed are the
ignorant… It is such a paradox that only realization can take us out of
this predicament, but
the realization itself and the possible consequences or actions needed
to snap out of it can be so laborious that most of us would rather
choose the comfort zone rather than the persistent struggle.
As Nietzsche says “And if you gaze for long
into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.” The longer we
stay in the zone of our midlife crisis the harder it becomes to crawl
out of it.
 Our mind keeps giving us false signals that there is progress
taking place in our lives; it will cite pay increase, or promotion or
other superficial elevations, but we know in our hearts that we are
under-living our true potential. It may be to do with unresolved
difficulties from the past, dissatisfaction with the present, a sense of
lost opportunities, a fear of diminished options in the future or of
growing older in an ageist society.
The growing recognition that we are not young anymore can trigger
painful feelings of
loss,
a sense that we haven't done what we really wanted to do, a sense of
dissatisfaction with what we've achieved, and a recognition that we need
to change, to find a new direction and different sources of fulfillment.
At midlife we must give up who we think we are so we can become who we
were meant to be. This transition is not easy and is greatly resisted.
But it's possible to view mid-life difficulties as having a very real
purpose in terms of our personal development. It is a time of
transition, which enables us to grow and explore different ways of being
and living. Carl Jung, emphasised that 'the
greatest potential for growth and self-realisation exists in the second
half of life'.
Midlife is the time when we are at the pinnacle of our knowledge,
experiences and awareness and what better time to take a SWOT of the
past life and plan for the future. Time to put an end to reactive life
and taking charge pro-actively. A few guidelines to get the creative
juices flowing are”;
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List
everything you have wanted to do in your life, no matter how
insignificant.
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Write a list of all your dreams. Relive the excitement of dreaming.
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List down your ten favourite activities and endeavour to do one of
them every week.
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Organise a discussion group of like-minded friends. Confide in them.
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Write down your thoughts in a journal.
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Do
something new every week.
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Eat healthy and exercise moderately everyday, and vigorously thrice
a week.
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Make a conscious effort of thinking about the positive times of your
life.
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Find quiet time everyday to meditate, think, plan etc.
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Throw the word crisis out of the midlife and rename it Midlife
milestone…
Wishing all our friends the fortitude, the discipline, the persistence,
to successfully triumph over the challenging phase of midlife crisis, to
emerge as winners in the journey of life.
Always look forward to your
suggestions / feedback
which helps the Intek team to continually improve this Ezine.
Zaufyshan Haseeb
and The Intek Family
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Cross Cultural Awareness
Global Non-Verbal Signals - Central and South America
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Nicaragua
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 The typical warm, friendly Latin
handshake prevails here. Men who are close friends will embrace (the
abrazo), and women friends will engage in a brief hug and
cheek-kissing motion.
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Smiles are important when meeting
others, and North Americans and Europeans may find that Nicaraguans
stand closer together during gatherings and conversations. This
merely reflects the Latin attitude toward personal space.
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Deference and respect is shown to the
elderly with many actions and gestures: rising when they enter the
room, opening doors, and giving up seats on public transportation.
As in other Central American countries, one obscene gesture is the
'fig.' This is the label given to the fist when the thumb protrudes
upward between the index and middle fingers. It is a phallic symbol,
and therefore considered an offensive and rude gesture.
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Eye contact is important at all times.
Panama
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 A nod, a handshake, and the abrazo are
all used in Panama for daily greetings. A nod and mildly firm
handshake is the most common, while the abrazo, or embrace is
frequently exchanged among good male friends. Women friends will
embrace lightly, and make a kissing-like motion to one cheek.
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Women should avoid wearing clothing that
is revealing.
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When dining the host usually sits at one
end of the table with the guest of honor at the other end.
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Because of the long North American
presence in Panama, most American gestures will be known and
understood.
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Motivation
Motivate your staff to motivate themselves
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 "What can I do to motivate my people?" and
"What can I do to stay motivated?" are two of the three most asked
questions I get. The third is, "Jeffrey, where did all your hair go?"
But that's another story.
The subject of motivating a salesperson to succeed -- or to achieve more
-- is as much an enigma as it is a challenge.
Big corporations and ad agencies are aware of what motivates people, and
they make TV commercials accordingly. The big four buying motives
(mental incentives to take action) are fear, greed, vanity and guilt.
These all seem to have a negative twinge to them. And the long-term
strategy of playing on these motives will fail -- but TV uses them only
for a minute. They poke you in the eye with a sharp stick real fast --
so that you just wince with guilt or greed, then act.
These messages are actually called "memes," from the new science of
memetics (memes are to memetics like genes are to genetics). Memetics is
the science of how...
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Negotiation Skills
30 Tips for Successful Negotiating
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 Negotiating is an art practiced by virtually everyone; it is a craft mastered
by few.
There are many techniques to making negotiation work. If you pay careful
attention to the following thirty factors, you should find that negotiating,
with all the stakeholders who are clamoring for your attention, will yield
more efficiency, less stress, and greater long-term success:
Everything is negotiable. “Challenge” means not taking things at face
value. You cannot negotiate unless you are willing to challenge the validity
of the opposing position. Being assertive means asking for what you want and
refusing to take “no” for an answer. Being assertive is part of negotiation
consciousness.
Become a good listener. Negotiators are detectives. They ask probing
questions and then shut up. The other negotiator will tell you everything
you need to know—all you have to do is listen. Many conflicts can...
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Business Writing Skills
How To Write Right
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 Writing is an essential skill upon which all engineers and managers
rely. This article outlines simple design principles for engineering's
predominate product: paper.
"Sex, romance, thrills, burlesque, satire, bass ... most enjoyable".
"Here is everything one expects from this author but thricefold and
three times as entertaining as anything he has written before".
"A wonderful tissue of outrageous coincidences and correspondences,
teasing elevations of suspense and delayed climaxes".
(reviews of Small World by David Lodge)
This has nothing to do with engineering writing. No engineering report
will ever get such reviews. The most significant point about engineering
writing is that it is totally different from the writing most people
were taught - and if you do not recognize and understand this
difference, then your engineering writing will always miss the mark.
However, this article...
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