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Monthly Archives: May 2009

May 29th, 2009

New clues to Underachievement

The Worried Worker (W2)

A Durham University study has found that underachievement in children could be caused by a poor working memory rather than by low intelligence.
 
Working memory is the capacity to hold information in your head and manipulate it mentally. For instance, you use working memory when you are presented with a math problem orally and you [...]

May 28th, 2009

Truth in e-mails is a fantasy

It’s well known that e-mails are a source of misinterpretation and miscommunication because they lack nonverbal and behavioral cues. However, two new studies at Lehigh University reveal that e-mail is the most deceptive form of communication in the workplace.
 
Perhaps more surprising, though, is the finding that people feel justified in lying when using e-mail.
 
MBA [...]

May 27th, 2009

Tips for Being Unemployed

The Worried Worker (W2)

Get through your pain fast – do not linger, do not point fingers, do not regret – get your shit together right away and you can make positive things happen faster than if you go deep into the dark side.
 
Accept that your situation will change relative to how you manage it – if you stay [...]

May 26th, 2009

Feeling at odds with your job?

The Worried Worker (W2)

If you’ve hit a snag and feel as if it’s you vs. the world, ask yourself one question: “Am I struggling against something that is unchangeable?”  Do you really control your situation?  Your job security?  Your boss?
 
Of course, it just be the overall economy, but it’s ok to be down these days – the trick [...]

May 25th, 2009

Memorial Day – United States of America

The Worried Worker (W2)

The last Monday every May, the United State of America celebrates a national holiday for those U.S. men and women who died while in military service.  It is known primarily for American casualties of war or military action.
 
It is a day across America where the American flag is hoisted up on buildings, in fronts of [...]

May 22nd, 2009

Attaining goals – hurdle by hurdle

The Worried Worker (W2)

If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there. 
 
The conventional wisdom is that if you don’t set a goal, you won’t get where you want to go. You might be a receptionist who has the goal of one day becoming a novelist or a construction worker who wants to own [...]

May 21st, 2009

Please be Nice To the Garbage!

The Worried Worker (W2)

 
 
It’s hard to post uplifting information these days, and everyone is trying their best.
 
“New acne medicine will get rid of those zits, but may cause melanoma.”
 
“This pill will stop your need to pee, but will also cause your next bowel movement to resemble the glacier that cut through Yosemite Valley.”
 
“We can give you an erection, [...]

May 20th, 2009

Email Scam - the Worried Worker gets more than a dozen each week!

MICROWORD CORPORATIONS:
CUSTOMER SERVICE, VALENCIA.
REFERENCE NUMBER: MCV-RX/E-3929
BATCH NUMBER: 2009/330/MCV
OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION.
 
We are pleased to inform you of the released results of Sweepstakes Promotion organized by Microword Corporations, in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software products, held on 1st February, 2009,  in Valencia,Spain. Your email address emerged as one of the online Winning emails, [...]

May 19th, 2009

Speaker Pelosi speakin’ a bit too much?

The Worried Worker (W2)

Now, here’s a job that none of us want.  Going public and saying that everyone is a bad guy but me – counting on the fact that no one will refute it, certainly not from the same political party – and then – oh my – to all our surprise – someone refuted it.  Someone [...]

May 18th, 2009

Jesus is a Cheeto?

The Worried Worker (W2)

We want to be balanced in our commentary at Bizpain.com but, we really have to yield to our better senses and ask ourselves, shaking our heads, calmly exhaling – are you people out of your minds?
 
Reports are increasing that Jesus is coming back – the second coming is approaching – sinners will see some real shit, [...]