Archive for December, 2007
Effective New Year’s Resolutions
My Thoughts on New Year’s Resolutions
Many people make New Year’s resolutions. A lot of them becomes useless because majority of the people never keep their resolutions past March. Also, I’m not so keen on this whole New Year’s resolution thing. Why slack off and wait till January 1st to start working towards your goals? You [...]
Penelope Trunk: The Brazen Careerist
Penelope Trunk’s blog is what I strive my blog to be. I discovered her blog a few months after I created mine, and I was amazed at the quality of posts. She writes what I want to write about, and she is able to do it in a clear, no-nonsense way. She is able to [...]
Points on Good Body Language
We all know of the statistic: 92% of our communication is nonverbal. A majority of that 92% is body language (voice tonality is the other).
I’ve been working on my body language for a long time. It’s not perfect, but it gets the job done. Growing up a shy, insecure boy left me with almost no opportunities in college (in romantic life and job life). After being unemployed for a bit, I decided to improve my soft skills.
Body language is important. One time, I went to a job interview with a company I didn’t care for. Just to experiment, I decided to …
