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Make A Lasting
Impression
People
develop an opinion of you within four minutes of
your first meeting. And 75% of that impression is
based on your body language. If you want to make a
powerful impression, show that you mean business in
a firm and friendly way. Follow these tips:
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Flash
a brow. Raising your eyebrows briefly upon
meeting someone is subtle, powerful signal that
takes all of one-fifth of a second. Not being
"flashed" by someone with whom we are
on good terms can create hostile feelings.
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Make
eye contact at regular periods. Eye contact
sends the signal to the people with whom you're
talking that you're interested in what they're
saying. However, be careful not to cross the
line and stare, since that makes you seem
aggressive.
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Return
a handshake. Apply the same pressure offered
by the other person. Keep in mind that a limp
handshake signals a wimpy image, and a crushing
grip seems overly aggressive.
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Stand
Tall. Same goes for walking tall. Good
posture says you're self-assured and
trustworthy.
| He Who
Laughs Last...
Still not convinced that bringing a sense of
humor into the workplace adds to the bottom
line? Here's proof:
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96% of
executives in one survey believe that
people who know how to have fun do
better at their jobs than those who have
no sense of humor.
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20 middle
managers increased productivity 15% and
cut their sick days in half in the nine
months following a workshop called
"Fun at Work" at Digital
Equipment Corp.
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Workers at
the Colorado Health Sciences Center
showed a 25% decrease in downtime and a
60% rise in job satisfaction after they
viewed humorous training films and
attended fun workshops.
-The Working Communicator
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100
Years of License Plates
Back in 1901, New York was the first state to
require cars to have license plates. But, says
Jonathon Upton of the Automobile License Plate
Collectors Association (ALPCA), the state didn't
issue plates, so motorists had to make their own.
They used wood, leather, rubber and other materials.
Massachusetts was the first state to issue plates,
in 1903. They were made of heavy steel, coated with
blue porcelain enamel and white numbers.
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All About
Hiccups
Whatever the suggestion may be, people come
up with a big bag of wacky cures for the
hiccups. Why do these cures work - even
sometimes? Because all the remedies have
something have something to do with changing
the pressure in your diaphragm - the source
of hiccup woes.
During normal breathing, the
diaphragm, a muscle that separates the chest
and abdomen, stretches downward when you
inhale and contracts upward when you exhale.
When you hiccup, something makes your
diaphragm spasm or contract involuntarily as
it expands to draw in air. The tissue that
closes off the trachea when you swallow,
closes shut, causing the staccato sound.
So how do the old-time remedies
work? If you drink water, the stomach
distends and puts pressure on the diaphragm.
Squeezing your thumb "unscrambles"
the same nerve connected to the diaphragm.
Sugar may simulate the nerves in the back of
the throat, distracting the other nerves
that control the diaphragm and the tissue
that closes off the trachea. In fact, any
distraction can help.
Whatever the remedy, usually
time takes care of the problem.
A few hiccup facts...
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Most
attacks of the hiccups last only a few
seconds or minutes, occurring with a
frequency of four to 60 per minute.
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Fetuses
and dogs hiccup.
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The
longest case of hiccups lasted from 1922
to 1990.
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SPEED
BUMP Dave
Coverly
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Facts and Figures
The pentagon in northern Virginia, built in
1943, is one of the largest office buildings
in the world. Here are some facts about its
dimensions and features:
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It has
five stories above ground and two floors
below.
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It has
three times the floor space of the
Empire State Building.
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The
Capitol building in Washington, D.C.,
could fit into any of its five wedge
shape sections.
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It has
17.5 miles of corridors, but it only
takes seven minutes to walk between any
two points. It takes 15 minutes to walk completely
around the building.
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About
23,000 employees work there. They use 16
parking lots, take 131 stairways and 19
escalators, visit 284 rest rooms, look
at 4,200 clocks, and drink from 691
water fountains.
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