Tips to relieve computer eye strain
Blurry vision and dry eyes are rampant, now that roughly one-third of those over age 18 spend at least five hours a day on a computer, tablet or smartphone. Tips for easing eye strain:
Category: Personal Development
1-Minute Strategies: May ’12
Keep a mentoring relationship going with these three tips … See a tweet with a link you want to remember? Click the star-shaped Favorite button next to the Retweet button … Be smart but not a know-it-all. The best employees are learners, not knowers or naysayers.
Words to inspire
“As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” — New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow, quoting Proverbs 27:17
Avoiding sweet rewards at work
With vendors bringing in sweet temptations, birthday cake-filled office celebrations, and a vending machine stocked with goodies, it’s hard to stay healthy. Some tips and strategies from admins:
Credibility counts? Better believe it!
Three “C’s” shape the way other people listen to us, says Susan Mason, of Vital Visions Consultants. If they think we possess competence, character and a can-do attitude, they’ll find us credible, and they’ll be more influenced by what we say.
Feel stuck? Go ‘Oblique’
In 1975, producer Brian Eno and artist Peter Schmidt published a set of 100 cards each containing a single question or “brain bomb” to push them out of their mental rut.
The case for writing it down
Three reasons to turn to pen and paper for capturing a burst of creative thoughts or a list of to-dos:
Weighing the numbers
Our sedentary work lifestyle is part of the reason Americans have packed on so many pounds over the past 30 years. Some stats that bear witness to the problem:
4 stick-to-it apps help achieve goals
To achieve your goals, you may also need a little help from apps: 21Habit.com, Livifi.com, HealthMonth.com and Stickk.com.
Surround yourself with geniuses
When Gina Amaro Rudan quit her job to start her own business, she realized that she needed other risk-takers in her life. So she made a “genius wish list” of 25 people whose stories intrigued her. Then she asked each of them for a conversation. Each successful conversation built her confidence.