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I just got an email from Aims ~ this email is about 25 Tips to Become More Productive and Happy at Work. I found that this was useful and I believe most of you may need these tips in order to make yourself more productive and happy at work!


Have you gotten into a rut at work? Would you like to be more engaged, satisfied, and fulfilled in your work? Would you like to be more productive and feel a greater sense of accomplishment at the end of each day? Well you can. It just takes a desire and commitment to renew your habits and routines. Follow these tips and you’ll see your work life improve. And that improvement will trickle into the rest of your life too.

1. Planning. Establish a routine of planning your week and your day. This will allow you to have your most productive week all the time. Start your day an extra 15 minutes early to do this planning everyday. Write down the top 1-3 important things you must do that day. And most importantly, set and reach your Goals! Use the power of intention to get there! (This is what adds jazz to your life! And focusing on your future helps you get through challenging times.)

2. Power Question. Keep a question like this at your desk to help you stay focused: “Am I making the most of my time right now?” or “Is this the most productive use of my time?”

3. Accept That You’ll Never Finish Your Task List. For perfectionists and overachievers this is as frustrating as a greyhound forever chasing the mechanical bunny around the track. Get off that track. Just make sure you work on your most important stuff first. Let the fluff slide, not your priorities.

4. Turn off Your Computer. “What?!” you say. “Everything is done on my computer!” Well is it really? What percentage truly is? Plan to have your computer on only for that amount of time each day. Plan out blocks of time for different computer tasks and work from a checklist to keep you focused. Giving your eyes a rest from the screen will give you more energy for creating. Even if you just close your eyes as you think of a response to an email can help too.

5. Don’t Check Email First Thing. Unless this is required in your job, then let it go until after you’ve completed your top priority of the day. And then process email in batches, say two or three times a day.

6. Take Breaks. It’s a fact that taking breaks will increase productivity. It’s been proven in studies. If you need to, find someone to help ensure you take a morning and afternoon break.

7. Make the Most of Your Commute. How do you spend your commute? Make it positive time. Use it for reading, writing, creative thinking, creative projects, listen to audio books, or, heck, write your own book! If you enjoy your commute, that happiness will spill over into how you feel at work.

8. Drop Unimportant Tasks. Delegate or delete the non-essential items from your to-do list. The best way to do this is to always do your most important things first. Somehow, miraculously, extraneous things will fall away.

9. Transitions. Make sure you plan in enough time between activities and appointments, and find ways to fail proof being on time.

10. Choose Happiness, Humor, Enthusiasm, Gratitude, Kindness, and a Positive Outlook. Being productive and competitive in business doesn’t mean that you have to be serious all the time. Smiling doesn’t mean you’re not working hard. Enthusiasm doesn’t mean you’re not competitive. Being positive doesn’t mean you’re blind to challenges. Choose to enjoy your time at work. Find others who are like this and spread good cheer. It’s contagious and it grows. Try to avoid gossip and negative chat. It can be tempting, but it doesn’t serve anyone well, including yourself.

11. Cultivate Compassion for Negative Coworkers. People who are negative are that way for a reason. They may have difficulties you don’t know about. Try to be compassionate and non-judging. If you’re a manager, people still need to meet benchmarks, but you don’t have to dislike them if they are not cutting it. When you encounter a negative person, you have the choice to either be affected by the negativity or to be the one who influences the other person. It’s a decision. Choose to stay positive. Instead of saying (in your head or out loud) “Oh, that Suzy-Q! Her negativity always ruins my day,” try thinking “Poor Suzy-Q. She must have some difficulties. I wish her peace. In spite of her negativity I will try to be a positive influence around her.”

12. Pace Yourself, Especially on Bad Days. Go slow. Don’t be in a hurry. Just take one thing at a time and keep moving forward. If you’re having a really low day, you might even want to take care of yourself by playing hooky !

13. Take Everything in Stride. Deadlines, tough bosses, rude clients, slow computers. Don’t make them into large dramas. Don’t lament the challenges of the world. Simply accept that they are there, and just keep moving forward.

14. Conflicts with Others. Let your goal be “to make progress.” Don’t get caught up in trying to “be right” or to “win” the argument. That will just slow you down. In your mind ask yourself, “what will move this conflict forward right now?” And then get busy doing that.

15. Take Your Vacation Time. Try doing something different. If you always go on a trip, try taking a more local vacation, and really get some good rest time. Or if you always stay local, try visiting a new place. Variety is one of the keys to happiness.

16. Pick Your Battles. Cliche, but true. It’s kind of like “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.” When you complain or fight on everything, then your power to ask for things is diminished. Save it up for when you really need it.

17. Share Your Results. This is not about bragging, but about ensuring that you get credit for the hard work you do. Don’t keep quiet thinking that the right people know what you are doing. Speak up and find ways to let the right people know how you are contributing to the success of the company.

18. Ask for Help. Don’t be afraid to collaborate with others. Don’t wait for your company to tell you what to do. Think creatively about how you can work with others to generate a greater result than if you had each worked on this alone.

19. Face the Tough Stuff Head On. If there is something difficult that you must do, just bite the bullet and do it. Don’t put it off. Do it first thing in the day. It’s like jumping into a cold pool. Just count to three and do it!

20. Ask for More Time. If you are asked a question that stumps you or surprises you, never feel like you have to answer it right away. (unless you absolutely must) Seek more time to think about or research your answer. Simple as this, “I’ll have to get back to you with an answer later.” This will save you from giving an answer you will regret.

21. Breaking Negative Habits. For one day, observe yourself. Where do you face difficulties? With people? Certain people? Certain circumstances? Take notice and then later on during some quiet time, think about one or two things you would like to work on. Set up some kind of reminder system to fail proof it, such as a simple yellow sticky note next to your computer.

22. Learn from Criticism. Don’t immediately reject critiques from others, even if you don’t like or respect them. Sometimes people you don’t like may be giving you more honest feedback than you can get from others. Don’t take it personally. Even if it is personal, who cares? Listen, process, and then decide what positive action you might want to take.

23. Adapt. Adaptation is the number one survival skill of living organisms. Those that don’t adapt, become extinct. In the work world, the same is true for companies, whole groups, and for individuals. Be open to change. Give it a chance. Adapt to new things while using your experience to guide you, and you will have great success.

24. Learning and Improving. Always be on the lookout for opportunities to learn and improve your skills. Look for good seminars and training. Then ask work if you can attend and will they pay for your admission. If your company pays for education, use it! Borrow books from your local library, the company library, or even from your boss. Borrow some motivational audio tapes from your local library. Keep learning to continually renew your enthusiasm.

25. Creative Thinking. Is your job boring? If so, take some responsibility in changing that. How can you make it more fun, more creative, more varied, etc.? What can you do that no one has done before? How could you grow enthusiasm at work? What is a new way that you could do old things? What processes could you alter to save time, work and money?


Stay happy at work.
“And in the end it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” -Abraham Lincoln

This is a simple plant but have a special name – “$MONEY TREE$“.


I put this money tree beside my laptop so that it can help me to absorb the radiation.

Besides radiation, hehehehe…Money also!!! MONEY MONEY come ^^

I think I kisiao liao

Receiced email below from KS… Feel very meaningful. Thus, Just share with you

白龍王首度受訪指點迷津‧“脾氣好，凡事都好”

2010-01-18 10:57 （吉隆坡）泰國的傳奇人物―白龍王指出，人只要脾氣好，凡事就會好。

“要決定前途好不好、事事好不好，最重要是要有好脾氣，不要迷信，要尊敬父母比尊敬神明更多。”

充滿神秘感的白龍王，在泰國白龍王廟，30年來首度接受了記者的訪問，現年72歲的他身穿紅色上衣和米色外套，頭發灰白、皮膚黝黑的他雙眼炯炯有神，抽著雪茄。

泰國白龍王是當地著名的奇人異士，懂得替人消災解惡，名聲遠播海內外，香港許多紅星和藝人，都曾向他討教賜運。

接見信眾不超過5分鐘.

他行事獨特，一般接見參訪的信眾和弟子都不超過5分鐘，不管你是普通民眾，還是巨星、聞人，他都一視同仁，就連“天王”劉德華、梁朝偉等也一樣。

白龍王指出，他在知道自己是白龍王轉世後，一般只接見民眾信徒，其他都不見，而接見信徒和弟子，也都只是5分鐘，就連名人也是一視同仁。

白龍王接見弟子的時間是在每逢週五至週日, 每次見100人，有時人多也會見至150人。

白龍王很出名，信徒眾多，來自多個國家和地區。

不少人甚至組團專程到白龍王廟，渴望見到白龍王，請師傅指點迷津。

雖然白龍王廟每天早上8時才開門，清晨5時已經開始派發編號，讓信徒拿。清晨6時，白龍王廟一開，先讓弟子進去上香拜神，隨後8時才開始問事，直到下午一二時才休息。

一般上，弟子們在清晨3時就會去排隊拿編號。踫上大日子時，一些弟子在凌晨12時就去排隊，就為了得到白龍王的一句真言。


白龍王說，他的妻子、孩子和孫子就住在附近，他本身則住在廟里，每天大部份的時間都花在打座上。


白龍王在接見記者後，給了記者一張他親筆簽名的5元人民幣鈔票，表示見過他的人都認得這張鈔票。


他堅持不肯拍照，表示不想宣傳。


他說，白龍王廟的經費都是由弟子捐獻。“來問事的人我不收費，一切由他本身決定要給多少香油錢。”


他說，這麼多年來他不曾受訪，因為他不想宣傳，只想幫人，只要有事的人都能去找他幫忙。


白龍王9大信條語錄


記者整理出白龍王的9大信條語錄，列出共大家參考︰

●“很多人來到這裡都問我︰‘我的事業好不好？家庭好不好？孩子好不好？姻緣好不好？’“我只是回答一句︰‘你的脾氣好不好？一切都會有答案。’”

●“拜神求平安，回家卻和父母頂嘴，要怎樣得到平安？”


●“父母才是真神，對父母比神好一點，一切便順順利利。”


●“心好有好日”－這也是白龍王的座右銘。


●“讀書讀得高就好，脾氣高就很不好。”


●“神不會騙人，只有人騙神。死人不會罵人，只有人罵死人。”


●“無論是甚麼人，壞人、好人、有錢人、窮人，來到這裡都要排隊。”


●“拜神不要迷信。”


●“好樹生好火，家中夫妻和諧，孩子才會學習去遷就人家。”

This story was happened on Feb 2009! It was almost happened 1 year ago! So sorry about the photo quality ya. Because I forgot to bring camera to Hong Kong I just took the photo using Sony Ericson G19. Hehe ^^ Paiseh Paiseh ~

Enjoying my 2009 Chinese New Year holiday in Malaysia! My brother’s little puppy – Golden Retriever! Now, grow up already lor.


Can I have one puppy?


In Feb, I total took 4 time of flights! 2 times is because going to back to KL during Chinese New Year.


Of course by Air Asia.



Then another 2 times is flying to Hong Kong the next day! Yea! So happy and excited because can go Hong Kong 2 weeks! Of course “give and take” theory always applied to this reality world. My Take is “Can go Hong Kong” and my Give is “Cannot go Bali”!


First time went to Hong Kong~ Sure excited la. My team buddies – WeiNi and Joanne


And Fenny! We still got another 大姐大 “Tai Ga Jies” went together with us. You will able to see their photo later.


This place was cozy.


It was nice to rest here.


Guess and see where is this place?


This place is toilet lar! ^^ Thank you Li Shya who brought us to this Toilet & Powder room. It was a nice and luxury toilet in Changi Airport. Haha


While waiting for the flight. 2 of our Tai Ga Jie “大家姐” – Cheng-I & Li Shya. Lady boss – PTeng want to keep low profile, so she just helped us to take photo!


Business trip always took Singapore Airlines! Siok ~ Like SIA so much


Let’s have a group photo first!


This is the reason I always want to grab the window seat lar! Very beautiful blue sky leh!I love it ~


Sky + Cloud made a beautiful world.


Our Breakfast set


We almost reached. Do you saw the tiny boat?


Yea. We reached Hong Kong Airport. The weather is cold and windy! But I like this kind of weather ~


Let’s take a photo at Hong Kong Airport first ^^


From Airport, we took MTR (地铁) to Hong Kong station. Just show you Hong Kong MTR system map so that you can have a clear picture about the journey. You can click here to view larger map.


Inside the train, there was a big LCD screen showing which station you reached. We reached Kowloon station now.


You can see this inside the train as well.


We reached our hotel.

The Central Park Hotel 中环丽柏酒店
Website : http://www.centralparkhotel.com.hk/

Our room. The design is nice because The Central Park Hotel was a boutique hotel.


TV area


Toilet. Yo, the toilet is 80% transparent one, okie~! So paiseh when taking bath! But slowly slowly get used to it la~ Of course only get used to my roomate har ~


Hong Kong is a busy city. Full of cars and people.


Total 7 of us.


We just walk around places near by our hotel! I stopped here to take a photo. Did you see the staircase behind me? Look familiar right? I always saw this kind of staircase in Hong Kong movie/drama series!


Hollywood Road 荷利活道


We walked until Central 中环


Fenny took photo with these cute stuffs.


Yippee!


All Pinky pinky stuffs.


Aiyo, so big oh. Malaysia and Singapore just small only.


Havent ready lar ~ I always saw this building inside the Hong Kong movie/drama – Polica Station. By the way, the photo so dark hor! Cant see anything at all. Aiks, bohbian lei…The only photo I have.


Wah, what is that! Looked so scary ~ Er… But Weini’s expression looked so happy to see this.


We were going to reach Lam Kwai Fong 兰桂坊 already, that’s why you can see alot of cabs.


See photo below, the Lam Kwai Fong was so crowded lei~ Alot people like to have a drink here especially Hong Kong actor/actress. But we didnt met any lar.


Not only Lam Kwai Fong so happening at night, places near by Law Kwai Fong also full of people.


This building was so old! Got so much feel I was inside the Hong Kong movie/drama I watched always ^^


Weini, me and LiShya. We were taking photo at Law Kwai Fong.


Weini! She was a very easy going and kind person. Everything she will just say “Cincai la”~


Central has a lot of branded shop. Fenny purposely want to take this photo because of the handsome guy inside the poster.


Hihi~ We at Hong Kong now!


A very nice perspective photo.


Fenny ^^


Actually where we want to go ar? I also forgot already.


The tallest building in Hong Kong – IFC ( International Finance Centre )


[Source]Hong Kong is an international financial centre that has 106 buildings that stand taller than 180 metres (591 ft). The tallest building in Hong Kong is the 88-storey Two International Finance Centre, which was built in 2003 and stands 415 metres (1,362 ft) tall. You can find the tallest building from photo below. Hong Kong night view amazing right?


Actually I was not focusing to LiShya but the police


Fenny ^^


Back to hotel! Self potrait first ^^


This is my roomate la ~ Joanne from Philipines.


Due to our hardwork! Our lady boss brought us to The Peak 山顶, a famous place to see Hong Kong night view.


Our plan A – take tram go up The Peak. But too long queue so we just changed to plan B – took cab.


We have our dinner at The Peak Restaurant. Cool! A big thank you to our BOSS


太平山..Wahsei, what happen to my eye?


Okie, a charming Hong Kong night view which taken by Sony Ericson G19. Got this kind of quality not bad liao.


Hehe~ Show you better quality photo la! Photo was taken by Joanne!


Nice right?


I love Hong Kong night view so much


Taking photo with “Dai Ga Jie” them. From left – PTeng, Me, Cheng-I and Li Shya


Fenn Fenn and Jo Jo. Both of them are very young but tough! Especially Fenn Fenn. She was the youngest among us. But her energy was the strongest one. She can work continuos day and night!Keng ~


Next day morning, our lady boss treated us Dim Sum! Hong Kong popular with Dim Sum oh.


Big Lobster!


I think Weini got the potential to be a model.


Possession Point 水坑口. The road name so funny lei ^^.


After our dim sum breakfast, we continued to work at hotel balcony area.


Yea! This is a very nice place to work. Today only first week we at Hong Kong, still got one more week to go =.=”’. Let’s continue the story in Hong Kong Business Trip Part 2 (Feb)…

JobsDB.com Career Expo is back! This career expo is Singapore’s only paperless career and education event.You just need to bring along your softcopy (save it in your thumbdrive, hardisk).
How to apply for jobs?

1. Registered at level 1 counter. A career card with a barcode will be given.
2. If you have a green sticker on your career card…You can start applying jobs.
3. If you do not have a green sticker on your career card..Submit the softcopy of your resume at JobsDB booth and collect your Green Sticker. You can start applying jobs.
3. Simply scan your career card with the barcode scanner at any exhibitor’s booth or Job Application Counter and your resume will automatically be submitted! Easy and convenience right? *But hopefully no LONG Q lah~ !!!

Good luck to everyone!

Jobsdb.com Career Expo2010
Suntec Convention Centre
Halls 602 – 603
26 to 28 March 2010
10am to 7pm daily


***Remember to bring along a softcopy of your Resume.