An intimate note to the Beloved within

Doubts create separation
Not separation creates doubts

Separation is Suffering, not Learning
for love alone is oneness

Love between minds is bound by separation of time and space
love between hearts is bound by separation of emotions & feelings
Love between souls is never ever bounded by boundaries of relationship

Such a love without relationships thus can never created nor can be destroyed
it is as old as the mountains , as old as time , yet young and rejuvenation every moment

dreams can cause expectations,
expectations can cause judgment
judgment can cause choices
choices can cause confusion
where confusion exist, there is fear to choose the right
fear causes conflicts
separation is always within not without
loving oneself ceases this separation ,
At las ! I had to be loved to learn i to love

such a great pain that i've ever felt in my life....


``kavip preya

You are the best lover...

didn't expect that everything will end so fast. I'm so happy when you were comforting me all the time whenever I'm happy,sad, and all the time you was with me. But now when i turned and look at the back you just vanished. God given me a precious gem which i can search anywhere in the world. Unfortunately HE took everything from me. I was the most happiest person when i got u as my everything but i have no you. I such an unlucky girl. Even though, you are not with me anymore i still can i still can feel the sweetest of our love. Give my life with you one word but don't forget to keep your promise.

``kavip preya

Last Blog Post

I think this post will probably be my last post on this Muraliz Kidz blog. This is week 12 already. When I realized the time passes by so fast, I actually got shocked. Our blog, began from week 2, now passed 10 weeks already. Muraliz Kidz, task group will be separated after this.

I want to talk about meeting icebreakers. What are meeting icebreakers? Meeting icebreakers, whether they are games or mental activities, go a long way in providing vital energy to people gathered together in meetings and seminars. If icebreakers are well chosen, they can ease a person through the discomfort of getting to know the others at a meeting better. I’m sure all of us need this help don’t we? This article will show you how to pick the best meeting icebreakers for your group.



Meeting icebreakers are indeed a great way for companies and organizations to get started with meetings and training sessions. There are virtually hundreds, if not hundreds of thousands, of possible meeting icebreakers that you could use during your next meeting or training session. However, always keep I n mind that icebreakers are not all equally appropriate for every circumstance. The best icebreaker is something that fits in with the meeting’s agenda and needs. So it is very important to know what the functions of icebreakers are.



How to Choose the Best Meeting Icebreaker?

The size of the group – Some meeting icebreakers work well in larger groups, while others work better for smaller groups. If there are too many people in the meeting, split them into smaller groups.

The purpose of the meeting – What are you going to do with the group once the icebreaker round is over? Will you be brainstorming for new ideas? Will you be discussing results? Will you be introducing a new project? Remember to match the mood of the meeting icebreaker to that of the meeting. Always be on the lookout and be prepared to switch icebreakers if you have misjudged the mood.

The purpose of the icebreaker – Will it awaken the group or energize them? Will it make introductions easier? Remember that you don’t have to restrict icebreakers to the starting of the meeting. A well-timed icebreaker has the ability to encourage creativity and lift flagging energy levels.

What is required – Icebreakers are effective only if they have been explained properly. Complicated meeting icebreakers require more preparation. Try to choose the simpler ones over the complicated icebreakers.

What materials are required – Verbal icebreakers are the best and there are no materials required. Flip charts and pens are generally required at meetings so stick to icebreakers that require these materials. However, if you are looking for something that’s more complicated, then make a checklist of all the things that you would require and bring them along with you.

Louis Beh ®

Confident Non-verbal Communication

Your non-verbal communication which is more frequently but narrowly referred to as body language, is a universally overlooked area to improve your confidence in communication and general self-perception. The majority of people aim to build their confidence but rarely consider the power of communicating confidence non-verbally.



You need to have high self-awareness in order to be aware of your body language. It's a matter of knowing what you do in certain situations. When you have poor body language others can see fear in you.



Moving eye contact - people with low confidence levels rarely make eye contact and when they do, as soon as the other person returns that eye contact the person looks away. You do not look silly looking the other person in the eyes. In fact, you look weirder and would be annoying the other person more so when you do not make eye contact.



Weak touch - otherwise known as haptics, touch involves bodily contact. What haptics we are interested in to develop confident non-verbal communication is mostly the handshake. You will rarely use any other haptics other then a handshake in a normal social situation. It's not as if you normally go around patting people on the back or stroking their arm. That's just strange!



Stay away - looking at body positions relative to one another now otherwise known as proxemics. What I mean by "relative to one another" is the distance between you and the other person. You are most comfortable with an intimate or well known person being close to you as opposed to someone you just met. However, people with low confidence will have a much wider radius of comfort. A more confident person will not show fear when someone "breaks" their comfortable proxemics. This doesn't mean they are comfortable with the closeness, it just means they don't show the uncomfortably. They desire the other person to stay away but they cope with the situation.



Carry yourself - the last non-verbal communication technique I feel is valuable in developing confidence is kinesics. It involves body movement. Possibly the most important kinesics in confidence is posture. A slouched posture not only screams an unconfident person, but it has a physical and psychological effect on the person with the poor posture. The physical effect of slouching your shoulders forward is it causes your chest to compress inwards. Your chest compressing simulates expelling air causing you to breathe shallowly. This means if you have poor posture you will have poor breathing.

Louis Beh ®

Presentation Aids

Being in my second semester of my foundation program, I have to deal with many assignments in which a number of them deal with presentations. I’ve witnessed an equal amount of good and bad presentations. The outstanding presenters usually have good presentation aids to support them.
These good presentation aids have a few things in common:-
1) Usage of easily seen colours
a. These aids are usually written in bold, solid colours with contrasting backgrounds as these colours go easy on the eyes.
2) Usage of direct phrases
a. The words used in the presentation aids are simple, straight-to-the-point and simple. This allows the speaker to elaborate on his free will to avoid sounding rehearsed.
3) Usage of aid to highlight a few essential points
a. The points which are highlighted in the presentation aids are the important points.
4) Usage of easily read typeface
a. Presenters use fonts which are simple and not too fancy. Easily read font types reflect professionalism.
5) Title
a. Good presentation aids have titles or headings which show the audience what to anticipate or expect from the speaker.


-Carmen Lee-

How to crash a party....

1. Do research... Know the party you are about to crash into.

2. Never crash a party that a relative or someone you know is going to.

3. Make sure never reveal your identity under ANY circumstances.

4. Your body language has to be passive.

5. Use the self-fulfilling prophecy to your advantage.

6. When speaking to guards / bouncers at the club or the party, Never mention the name of the host or the hostess. Instead, just say "Is he/she already there," or any others matter that mite occur to you.


MOST Important is be wary of your body language. Use the self-fulfilling prophecy to trick your body that it is an old-fried's party and when you can trick yourself, definitely you can trick anyone.

Being super sensitive

Have you ever get a call at the wrong moment or the just when things around you are not going very well? Well, try being tactful next time for all of you who loves calling the other person. A way to be polite to is that when you call someone, try to listen out what sound that goes through the earpiece, if you hear someone calling the person's name or a cat or you just hear something going on at the background, just try to ask whether the person is busy or is it a wrong moment to call. You can also just simply ask without the need of the background sounds. This way, the person who picks up the phone will know you are a caring and sensitive person enough. And, even though the person is not busy, they will know for sure.


~Daryl Justin De Rozario~

Come to an End

Time flies, we, muralizkidz has been formed for 11 weeks already. And I am just wondering, if we only a group which is a task group? If we do not communicate after we finish this sem? It is very important memories for each member of us. I enjoy my human communication classes so far, I have good groupmates, I have good lecturer, I have learnt a lot too.

Carmen Lee, is a group leader in mind. She is a responsible person, I learned a lot from her. However, sometimes she will be kind of crazy? She will laugh loudly like a mad lady? She is also our human communication class rep as well.

Daryl, a very creative person in our group. Most of the ideas came from him, his brain is containing many information that normal person cannot reach. He, is a good editor too! He edited our group video very well! Also, he was the person who came out with that idea to capture the video.

Amin, creative as well as Daryl? He discussed the movie with Daryl.

Preya, is a smart lady? She can understand what Murali says in class. She can absorb the knowledge easily. Also, she dare to ask questions as well.

Me, is just a very normal person compare to them. I caused many problems for them, I think? Yet, they can solve it also. I am a person who lack of interpersonal communication skills. So, I have always been silent when discussed something with them. I hope I can overcome this problem in the future.

Louis Beh ®

Self-Disclosure

Self-disclosure is seen as a useful strategy for sharing information with others. By sharing information, we become more intimate with other people and our interpersonal relationship is strengthened. Read about self-disclosure and then complete the interactive activity and take a short quiz to test your understanding of the concept.



Self-disclosure is not simply providing information to another person. Instead, scholars define self-disclosure as sharing information with others that they would not normally know or discover. Self-disclosure involves risk and vulnerability on the part of the person sharing the information.

Louis Beh ®

How to sleep in the class...zzz

Friends there are 10 steps that you need to follow to accomplish sleeping in the class during the lectures teaching.

1. Find a spot away from the teachers desk, and other people. The corner is best.
2. Make sure there is a friend near you to wake you up if needed.
3. The "I Dropped Something" Method: Place a pencil on the floor near your desk on the right side. Place your left arm horizontally on the edge of the desk. Put forehead on the arm. Let your right arm flop down as if you are reaching for the pencil.
4. The Book Method: Set up your left arm in the same way as the last method. Open a book and place it on your lap. Place your head down on your arm. Place your right hand on the pages.
5. The Book Method #2: Place a hardcover book on your desk opened to the very middle (so the pages don't turn themselves.) Put your elbows on your desk next to the book with your forearms up. Using your hands shield your eyes like a sun visor/ baseball cap.
6. The Desk Method: Put your arm and head in the usual positions. Reach inside your desk, as if you are rummaging for something.
7. The "I'm taking notes method": Place some paper or notes, preferably with some writing on them, on the table. Place your left elbow on the table and rest the corner of your forehead on the heel of your left palm. Face your head downwards so that you are looking at the edge of your desk. Hold a pen in your right hand to the paper in front of you, as though you were writing something. Also, you can adjust your seat so that you tilt your head and body away from the teacher as much as possible. Switch hands where necessary so that the arm you're resting on shields you from the teacher.
8. Grab a book and put in standing up on your desk shielding your face from the teacher.
9. Try to cup your face if you are reading something. To do this, cup your hands around your eyes and rest your chin in your palms.
10. The long hair no-fail method: If your teacher stands in one place, and you have excessively long bangs, put them in front of your face about a few minutes before you decide to sleep. Then, fold your arms on your desk and rest your chin on your arms so your face is facing the teacher. As a variation on this method, if you are allowed to have a backpack or large bag during class, place it on your lap and fold your arms over it as if you are hugging it. Rest your head on top of the bag, instead of the desk, as this gives you a more upright posture, and looks less suspicious. Sweet dreams!

``kavip preya,,

Laugh..laugh..and..laugh....

Live will be boring if there is no laughter. So can you imagine a live without some kind of funny stuffs that you do in daily life? Where ever you go, there will be no chance for you to escape this "obstacle". It can be anything such as embarrassing experience,story and so on.

A newlywed couple moves into their new house. One day the husband comes home from work and his wife says, "Honey, you know, in the upstairs bathroom one of the pipes is leaking, could you fix it?" The husband says, "What do I look like, Mr. Plumber?" A few days go by, and he comes home from work and his wife says, "Honey, the car won't start. I think it needs a new battery. Could you change it for me?" He says: "What do I look like, Mr. Goodwrench?" Another few days go by, and it's raining pretty hard. The wife finds a leak in the roof. She says, "Honey, there's a leak on the roof! Can you please fix it?" He says, "What do I look like, Bob Vila?" The next day the husband comes home, and the roof is fixed. So is the plumbing. So is the car. He asks his wife what happened. "Oh, I had a handyman come in and fix them," she says. "Great! How much is that going to cost me?" he snarls. Wife says: "Nothing. He said he'd do it for free if I either baked him a cake or slept with him." "Uh, well, what kind of cake did you make?" asks the husband. "What do I look like," she says, "Betty Crocker?"

2. A guy enters a bar carrying an alligator. Says to the patrons, "Here’s a deal. I'll open this alligator's mouth and place my genitals inside. The gator will close his mouth for one minute, then open it, and I'll remove my unit unscathed. If it works, everyone buys me drinks." The crowd agrees. The guy drops his pants and puts his privates in the gator's mouth. Gator closes mouth. After a minute, the guy grabs a beer bottle and bangs the gator on the top of its head. The gator opens wide, and he removes his genitals unscathed. Everyone buys him drinks. Then he says: "I'll pay anyone $100 who's willing to give it a try." After a while, a hand goes up in the back of the bar. It's a woman. "I'll give it a try," she says, "but you have to promise not to hit me on the head with the beer bottle."

laughing is a best therapy in this world.

kavip preya

Sharing is Caring.

Ever had one of those days where you feel so 'different'. Most times it is a mixture of the feeling of disappointment, shame, stress, fear and sadness. It can also be just one of those feelings.

When you have this feeling, it seems that everything is wrong. Your hair is wrong.(bad hair day) You feel as if everyone is out there to get you.(paranoia) You will take what everyone else say to heart.(more sensitive)

This is what i call a phase in every person's life where he/she is in a 'down cycle'. Let me explain.

A down cycle is a period of time which a person will feel sad and frustrated with his life. This phase will usually stay for around 2 weeks more or less depending on the person's will power.

Usually other people can easily notice a person in this sort of 'cycle' because of the way they look, act and speak.

Then people will start to talk to people in the down cycle because they are concern.

What I'm trying to say is that human communication can bring people closer to each other in times of need or joy.

When you have a friend that talks too much.

We all have that one special friend that never shuts up. Don't you agree? Well im going to assume that you do. Since this is my blog. I can write what ever i want. :)

When you find yourself alone with that person, what do you do? Both of you are friends and you do not want to hurt his/her feelings. You just nod politely and keep on saying yes. If she/he 's telling a story you have to keep on saying "and then what happened?" or "what do you feel about that?" or just say one word reinforcing statements such as "REALLY?" or "SERIOUS?". Trust me. It works.

However, you should not entertain them when they are talking to you in class. No matter how much you're interested in what they're trying to say. Why?
1) It is rude to the lecturer
2) You are disturbing others in the class who really want to learn/concentrate.
3) You should be concentrating on the class yourself
4) You do not have the ability to listen to both your friend and the lecturer at the same time
5) You might fail that subject costing you another 1.4 k
6) The lecturer might decrease your participation marks.

When this happens you should just say, "eh ill talk to you after class okay?" while pointing at the lecturer lecturing. If he/she continues his/her bad/annoying/noisy behaviour, you can just sit at another place or just tell him to "shut up". There's no point being nice anymore.

Amin

We are Hotter than The Sun

Yesterday, I came back from a leadership camp in Gopeng organized by HMC. I had a great time there and I think the camp was indescribable. The word ‘fun’ does not do the camp any justice. One of the activities I enjoyed the most was caving. We were separated into 3 groups of 7 and each group had to find their way in and out of the pitch black cave with only a candle. We were in the cave for a couple of hours trying to figure the way out. We had to communicate and work with our team members to get out of the cave because this activity is not usually physically nor mentally possible to be handled by only one person. My team, ‘Hotter than The Sun’ was awesome. We had an amazing leader, and many other fantastic group members who were silently led us. The ordeal was tough. Thirsty, tired, and famished, we managed to find our way out of the cave. When I saw the daylight, I was really glad. Partially, I was happy that we managed to find our way out, but what made me really happy was thinking about how much we have learned from each other on our way out. I can’t describe how much teamwork, cooperation, patience and tolerance were present when we conquered the jagged rocks , the steep path and the muddy slope to get to where we want to go. I felt like I’ve bonded a lot with my team members in the cave even though we could barely see each other. These bonds will not be broken easily after how much we have been through together.


-Carmen Lee-

How onion play its role....

On the flip side, onions exact a brief but uncomfortable physiological toll to those who dare to slice through their white, yellow or red-tinted skins. Within a few moments of opening up an onion, the tangy scent wafts up to our noses, and our eyes begin to water. Sometimes, the onion reaction is just a mild ocular irritant; other times, it's a full-on cry fest.

Unless you're a chef with a freshly broken heart, the tears you shed when chopping onions aren't emotional ones. That leaves two other categories of tears: basal and reflexive. Since basal tears are the ones that hang around our eyes and eyelids to act as a lubricant, that leaves us with reflex tears. The lachrymal glands above the eyelids regulate the release of tears. In the case of reflex crying, an external irritant, such as dust or smoke, triggers nerve endings in the cornea to communicate with the brain stem. The brain registers the irritation in the eye then alerts the lachrymal gland to stimulate tear production to flush away the invader.

If we're chopping onions a few feet away from our eyes, what's causing this weepy reaction? The answer begins in the soil. Onions are part of the plant genus Allium, along with garlic, chives, leeks and about 400 other cousins. These vegetables absorb sulfur in the earth, which helps form a class of volatile organic molecules called amino acid sulfoxides. These sulfoxides are the real tear-jerkers when onions go under the knife.

~kavip preya...

memory skills

Many people have trouble remembering things as they age and lose valuable memory. There are many techniques and tricks for retaining strong memory skills, which is an important skill to attain due to the vast amount of information that we individually process while being alive. Exercising the brain and body to keep your mind healthy is the best way to achieve strong memory skills. There are people who habitually forget mundane yet important things. Do you find yourself saying, “where are my keys?” or “where is my wallet?”. Sometimes, poor memory skills can disrupt the path of your life, getting in the way of your experience and causing stress. “I forgot my passport”, is a statement none of us wish to make while standing in the International Airport Terminal.

Improving your memory and developing excellent memory skills can be learned. Articles on memory improvement, strategies to improve your memory, methods to enhance your memory and the importance of sleep are available to read and memorize in this section. Reading is actually a great way to improve your memory, it encourages the brain to process information and absorb what we find interesting and relevant. These are things we tend to remember best. The key to creating greater consistency in your memory retention is to practice your memory skills and development with regularity.

~kAvip preya...

Intrapersonal communication is language use or thought internal to the communicator. Intrapersonal communication is the active internal involvement of the individual in symbolic processing of messages. Intrapersonal communication is the thought process or communication with one person or one's self. The individual becomes his or her own sender and receiver, providing feedback to him or herself in an ongoing internal process. It can be useful to envision intrapersonal communication occurring in the mind of the individual in a model which contains a sender, receiver, and feedback loop.


Although successful communication is generally defined as being between two or more individuals, issues concerning the useful nature of communicating with oneself and problems concerning communication with non-sentient entities such as computers have made some argue that this definition is too narrow.

Louis Beh ®

Facial Expression

A facial expression results from one or more motions or positions of the muscles of the face. These movements convey the emotional state of the individual to observers. Facial expressions are a form of nonverbal communication. They are a primary means of conveying social information among humans, but also occur in most other mammals and some other animal species.


Humans can adopt a facial expression as a voluntary action. However, because expressions are closely tied to emotion, they are more often involuntary. It can be nearly impossible to avoid expressions for certain emotions, even when it would be strongly desirable to do so; a person who is trying to avoid insult to an individual he or she finds highly unattractive might nevertheless show a brief expression of disgust before being able to reassume a neutral expression. The close link between emotion and expression can also work in the other direction; it has been observed that voluntarily assuming an expression can actually cause the associated emotion.


Some expressions can be accurately interpreted even between members of different species- anger and extreme contentment being the primary examples. Others, however, are difficult to interpret even in familiar individuals. For instance, disgust and fear can be tough to tell apart.


Because faces have only a limited range of movement, expressions rely upon fairly minuscule differences in the proportion and relative position of facial features, and reading them requires considerable sensitivity to same. Some faces are often falsely read as expressing some emotion, even when they are neutral, because their proportions naturally resemble those another face would temporarily assume when emoting.

Louis Beh ®

Group Task Roles

In college, I’ve been put into many different groups for different assignments in different classes. Most of the times, the students would be randomly segregated into different groups. It’s not easy to work together in a group, be it whether you know each other or not. When you know the members in your team, it gets a little hard to challenge ideas that you think would not work for fear of hurting their feelings. When you’re grouped with people you’re not close with, it’s equally tough to do the same because you do not want to be disliked by people you just met.

There are 3 general classes of member roles in a team. They are GROUP TASK ROLES, GROUP BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE ROLES, and INDIVIDUAL ROLES.

I will be blogging on the first role which is group task roles. Group task roles are the members who hold the roles to help the group focus on achieving its goals. This role can be divided into 3 examples:-
1) The information seeker or giver : this person asks for opinions, seek clarification of issues , and presents facts or opinions.
2) The evaluator-critic : - he evaluates decisions , questions probabilities , and arises with positive and negative feedbacks.
3) The procedural technician or recorder : takes care of various mechanical duties, such as distributing materials , arranging seating , and serving as group memories.




-Carmen Lee-

The Big-Baby Pivot

Give everyone you meet The Big-Baby Pivot. The

instant the two of you are introduced, reward your new

acquaintance. Give the warm smile, the total-body

turn, and the undivided attention you would give a tiny

tyke who crawled up to your feet, turned a precious

face up to yours, and beamed a big toothless grin.

Pivoting 100 percent toward the new person shouts “I

think you are very, very special.”*

*Leil Lowndes

~Daryl Justin De Rozario~

Asking Question Effectively

Garbage in, garbage out, is a popular truth, often said in relation to computer systems: If you put the wrong information in, you'll get the wrong information out. The same principle applies to communications in general: If you ask the wrong questions, you'll probably get the wrong answer, or at least not quite what you're hoping for.


Asking the right question is at the heart of effective communications and information exchange. By using the right questions in a particular situation, you can improve a whole range of communications skills: for example, you can gather better information and learn more; you can build stronger relationships, manage people more effectively and help others to learn too.


A closed question usually receives a single word or very short, factual answer. For example, "Are you thirsty?" The answer is "Yes" or "No"; "Where do you live?" The answer is generally the name of your town or your address.


Open questions elicit longer answers. They usually begin with what, why, how. An open question asks the respondent for his or her knowledge, opinion or feelings. "Tell me" and "describe" can also be used in the same way as open questions.


Asking probing questions is another strategy for finding out more detail. Sometimes it's as simple as asking your respondent for an example, to help you understand a statement they have made. At other times, you need additional information for clarification, "When do you need this report by, and do you want to see a draft before I give you my final version?", or to investigate whether there is proof for what has been said, "How do you know that the new database can't be used by the sales force?"

Louis Beh ®

Making a Great First Impression

It takes just a quick glance, maybe three seconds, for someone to evaluate you when you meet for the first time. In this short time, the other person forms an opinion about you based on your appearance, your body language, your demeanor, your mannerisms, and how you are dressed.


With every new encounter, you are evaluated and yet another person’s impression of you is formed. These first impression can be nearly impossible to reverse or undo, making those first encounters extremely important, for they set the tone for the all the relationships that follows.


So, whether they are in your career or social life, it’s important to know how to create a good first impression.


First, you must be on time.The person you are meeting for the first time is not interested in your “good excuse” for running late. Plan to arrive a few minutes early. And allow flexibility for possible delays in traffic or taking a wrong turn. Arriving early is much better that arriving late, hands down, and is the first step in creating a great first impression.


Also, you must present yourself appropriately. The person you are meeting for the first time does not know you and your appearance is usually the first clue he or she has to go on.


They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and so the “picture” you first present says much about you to the person you are meeting. Is your appearance saying the right things to help create the right first impression?


Start with the way you dress. What is the appropriate dress for the meeting or occasion? In a business setting, what is the appropriate business attire? Suit, blazer, casual? And ask yourself what the person you'll be meeting is likely to wear - if your contact is in advertising or the music industry, a pinstripe business suit may not strike the right note!


For business and social meetings, appropriate dress also varies between countries and cultures, so it’s something that you should pay particular attention to when in an unfamiliar setting or country. Make sure you know the traditions and norms.
And what about your personal grooming? Clean and tidy appearance is appropriate for most business and social occasions. A good haircut or shave. Clean and tidy clothes. Neat and tidy make up. Make sure your grooming is appropriate and helps make you feel “the part”.


Appropriate dressing and grooming help make a good first impression and also help you feel “the part”, and so feel more calm and confident. Add all of this up and you are well on your way to creating a good first impression.

Louis Beh ®

Multitasking

Human multitasking or multitasking is the performance by an individual of appearing to handle more than one task at the same time. The term is derived from computer multitasking. An example of multitasking is listening to a radio interview while typing an email. Some believe that multitasking can result in time wasted due to human context switching and apparently causing more errors due to insufficient attention. Other research illustrates our brains are capable dealing with certain 'dual multiple tasks' at the same time.With the productivity losses incurred from multitasking 4 main ways to combat it:

1. Accurately estimate the time to complete tasks.

For one day, write down all the tasks you have to accomplish and estimate the time needed. Then truthfully time yourself. You will be able to find the percentage that you routinely underestimate and can adjust your work schedule.


2. Use external memory as much as possible.

Albert Einstein once said that he keeps nothing in his mind that can be easily retrieved from paper. A cluttered brain makes it much more difficult to be creative and productive. External memory can be as simple as a pad of paper or using technology more effectively. Use the calendar on your computer to remind you of important dates or appointments and quick lists to organize your tasks.

3. Batch your work. Rather than checking e-mail multiple times per day, set times for reading and responding. Let your phone go to voice mail, if possible, and return phone calls during a specific time. Put similar tasks together, like paying bills and balancing your checking account, to increase efficiency.

4. Remove distractions. Control interruptions and noise. If the workplace is loud, discuss with co-workers ways to control the volume. Set times for consultation or questions rather than allowing unlimited access to your time. And make sure you don’t “interrupt yourself” by running to get more coffee or making a quick phone call. Use “butt glue” until the task is completed.






~kavip preya..

Group Disscussion

As a professional in the working world, there will be times when you will be required to participate in group discussions. This section offers helpful articles analyzing the rules for success in group discussions. Your career and status within your field can improve if you learn some guidelines and tactics that refine your group discussion skills.

If you have trouble speaking out of turn, interrupting others or a lack of confidence about properly expressing yourself, the techniques about handling yourself in a group discussion can be invaluable. This is helpful advice for any individual working with other people in any industry. Discussing ideas in a group is one of the best ways to solve the problem. When a person becomes a burden in group discussions due to lack of experience, an excess amount of excitement or a general lack of social skills, these factors can contribute to how you are viewed by your colleagues and superiors in the workplace.

If you are in a managerial position, it is imperative to provide an open forum for discussion where your subordinates feel comfortable sharing their ideas. If a person participating in a group discussion feels that their opinion will be ignored then the members within the group will hesitate to share what could be valuable solutions to business issues in group discussions.


~kAv!p Preya..