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Relationships at work

How to improve your relationships at work
The relationship you have with your colleagues or team members is important. Not only does it often define your emotional condition, it can guide your effectiveness, career growth and long-term success. Here are a few tips which can help you improve your relations at work:

Weigh your words

How one says something counts for far more than what one says. When confronted with a difficult situation, one must always say less than one thinks. Curbing one’s tongue in a stressful situation is critical to avoid unnecessary disputes or misunderstandings.

Keep your word

Whenever you make a promise, no matter what the cost, be prepared to keep it. The easiest way to lose the respect of others is by promising things/ facilities that cannot be delivered.

Be supportive and encouraging

Never let an opportunity to show kindness or encouragement to others to pass by. Praise good work, regardless of who did it. Sometimes, one can turn even the most hardened of fellow workers into real softies once they realise that you are not afraid to compliment them or be encouraging.

Know people

Learn about others’ interests, their homes and families and their problems. Gaining the confidence of fellow workers is made much easier when you demonstrate that you care. Make everyone feel important.

Be positive

Learn to be positive ‘magnet’ with your attitude towards yourself and others. Maintaining a cheerful attitude at all times will not only make others more comfortable in your presence, but you will feel better as well. Develop your attitude, which clearly says ‘I care about you and want to get along.’

How to deal with your mistakes at work

Everyone make mistakes at work. Learning from mistakes leads to growth and to greater understanding. If you make a mistake of a more serious nature, consider these suggested steps:

1. Admit responsibility.
2. Determine who needs to know.
3. Communicate the error to the appropriate person(s)
4. Give only the facts.
5. Don’t make excuses. Only offer the person an explanation.
6. State how you fixed the problem – or how you plan to fix the problem.
7. Plan and communicate to the employer how you will prevent the mistake from occurring again.

FROM COLLEGE TO WORKPLACE

After college you enter into a more important stage of your life and that is CAREER. Making the transition from college to work is by no means easy. It is an entirely different life style and one has to put in ones utmost to be successful and achieve best results. You have to take crucial and important decisions in office. The days of hanging out with friends and wearing blue jeans suddenly will change to business suits. You life has to be more disciplined as your responsibilities increase and you cannot afford to take things casually. Here you can not keep shifting the work on your shoulders on to others or ask your friends like you used to do in college to complete your journal or work book. You are responsible for your assignment and thus you have to be sincere and hard working. When you start working, you have to be ready for change, in your life as well as your way of living.



The first thing a person has to be ready for is responsibility. You will most probably be assigned a project when you begin working. And it's very important to understand it clearly. You must always understand what exactly is the sphere of your work and who are the persons involved in the project and how much is expected of you. Though duties keep changing and increasing, it always helps to have an idea of which spheres of work you will be accountable for so that later on there is no misunderstanding. You cannot afford to waste time and will probably have to complete your project within a certain time frame. Though there will be no one constantly pushing you but you will have to produce results all the same. Remember, performance is the most important factor on the basis of which you will be judged in office.

Learning to work in and with a team is another important aspect of working. This is very different to the team in college. Here at work though you are a team but each person will have his separate share of work and you have to be efficient so as to complete your share. At the same time you have to make sure you are not lagging behind so that the project assigned to you does not get delayed because of you. Thus adjustment and cooperation are imperative in a working environment. Each one has a specific role but everyone is working towards the larger goal of the organization.

Another important thing that you have to remember is that you should come into the workplace with an open mind, ready to learn and absorb. Learning and observing is an important characteristic of success. One cannot know everything and he has to learn either through observing or through experience. Don't expect that you are perfect in everything. Initially you might make mistakes but when you learn through your mistakes you will be perfect. There is always something one can learn from co-workers, especially those with more experience. Learning from someone should never be a problem and you should never be ashamed to ask. Remember your colleagues will always help you out if you don't know something but if you pose to know it and then you fail or make mistakes you will not be excused.

Time is money - Always remember this. Meeting deadlines is essential. There are no will-do-it-tomorrow or postponements. One has to complete whatever is assigned to one within the scheduled time.

A major change that will be moving into your professional life will be in respect of your behavior. You have to learn to manage professional relationships effectively and, as most professionals point out, diplomacy is a must in the workplace. Maintaining healthy relations with co-workers is vital not only for your career but also for your progress.

Though the workplace is a drastically different environment from college, the change that comes with it is an essential part of growing up. It will shape up your career making you a more responsible person. It will give you a confidence which will help you go ahead in your life achieving success and only success with each step you take.

Success in Exams

STEPS TOWARDS ACHIEVING SUCCESS IN EXAMS

Every person has his own way of studying to achieve success in exams. Some like studying in the early morning, some like to do late nights, some like studying all through the year while some believe that last minute study is effective. Whatever your method is it is always better to be thoroughly prepared for your exams and there should not be a last minute rush. Today we are presenting before you some steps of effective study and it is our belief that you will benefit a lot from it.

STEP 1
Read through all the materials and all the chapters, including class notes, text chapters and any handouts the professor has distributed. Read carefully, paying special attention to any underlined sections you may have marked. Do not leave any chapter because probably the question carrying the maximum marks may come from that chapter.

STEP 2
Evaluate the test questions of previous years and the question paper sets. Mark and write down the most repeated questions and the marks they contain. This will give you a general idea of the most important areas that you have to cover. This will also help you come to know the mind frame of the paper setter and will help you give importance to some chapters which requires more consideration rather wasting time on unnecessary topics. But that doesn't mean that you can leave other topics. Try to cover the most chapters as far as possible.

STEP 3
Now that you have the materials in front of you start preparing your own notes. This will be most helpful because it will make you aware of the particular topic and if the notes are made by you, you will always remember it and memorizing it will not be a problem. Generate questions to focus studying. Write down their answers. Exam questions don't just ask you to recite back information you have learned. They often ask you to think about that topic in several ways and you have to be prepared for all possible questions in all possible forms.

STEP 4
The next step is reciting and recalling. This is the most important part of studying. You want to memorize as much relevant information as you can. Then close the book or cover your notes and summarize the main points. Practice recalling important concepts and definitions. Keep doing this everyday so that you don't forget what you have read. At the end of the day sit in your room, close your eyes and then try to summarize what you have studied the whole day.

STEP 5
The last step is going back and reviewing all the materials again, all the topics and all-important sections. This helps to fix the information in your long-term memory. Now, you should be able to answer all the questions you posed to yourself. If you can't, review again. Make sure you understand the concepts, don't just memorize names and details. Try to understand the logic behind it and I am sure you will not face any difficulties anymore.

Apart form these important steps here are a few general tips that will help you in your study strategy:

Get all relevant info
Get all the information you can about the test before you study. Be it your class tests or competitive test or any other tests you are planning to appear in. You should also know how specific the test would be. Thus be prepared and know what to expect.

Review Habitually
It's a good idea to review your class notes right after you've written them and then again, just before the next class. Make sure you understand the concepts you've illustrated. This way you will be ready with the topic and if you have any difficulty you can approach the professor right on.

Exam Review
Start studying for the exam early. Don't do that last minute study because then you are bound to miss out on many topics and though you might pass but you will not be able to secure the percentage that will be helpful in getting admission for higher studies in reputated colleges. If you have a large amount of material to cover, try dividing it into smaller chunks and start studying the most difficult sections first. Go over that material just before the test, so it's fresh in your mind. To fix it in your memory, practice recalling the information aloud or try explaining it to someone else or discuss the topic with your friends.

Take proper rest
Generally, it's not advisable to stay up all night. Learning diminishes with fatigue and you'll think more clearly if you're rested properly. If you do stay up late, give yourself frequent breaks to keep your mind alert. Study but don't kill yourself.

Chill out
Don't exert yourself too much. Just relax and keep your cool. Excessive anxiety will reduce your ability to think clearly. Get to your class early and use those minutes to unwind. Chances are, if you have given yourself adequate preparation, you'll feel better about the test before you take it.

Education

EDUCATION- IS A MUST

Education is an important factor in a person's life. Especially for women it is a must. It is very much essential for women to be literate and to be able to read and write in order to be able to live life with dignity and self-esteem. No matter if we have stepped into the 21st century then also still a woman is treated with contempt and dis-respect. Even today she is considered a chattel something which is there for the enjoyment of men and hence it becomes very necessary for women to educate themselves in order to survive and fight all the obstacles that she has to face.

"Literacy is pivotal to human progress. All agree that the single most important key to development and to poverty alleviation is education. Adult education, literacy and lifelong learning must be combined with the fundamental recognition that education of women and girls is central to development". World Bank President, James D. Wolfensohn, while speaking on the occasion of the World Literacy Day - September 8 , 1999.

Did you know that India still has about 300 million illiterates out of a global illiterate population of around 1 billion. This means that around 1/3rd of the world's illiterates live in India! That is shameful. India is the second most populated country in the world. We have the infrastructure and the resources. We have given this world so many great scientist and great personalities then it is shameful for us to be rated so low as far as the literacy level of the world is concerned. Why is it so? Has any one ever wondered?

Education is important not only for ensuring that you make a great career, but also for inculcating accepted values and principles in your life so that you can lead your life as a person and you learn to respect and love fellow humans. Respect for elders and love for your young ones, knowing about your country and your life, knowing about the mystical world of science is all possible only if education is a reality in your life. As a person you have to see that you help other also acquire this great power. Try to contribute.

Thus if you want to see your country progress and be the most successful country in the world you have to be educated and also try to educate people. Make the best use of the facilities given to you and pass on the legacy to the coming generation - that it is education and nothing but education that will pave the way for a better future for mankind. Make it a point to educate at least 12 illiterate persons in a year and thus contribute towards eradicating illiteracy from our country. Women who have free time should devote their time in educating illiterate persons and you can begin by teaching your maidservant to read and write. Tell her; enlighten her why it is so important to learn to read and write and advice her to send her children to school if still she hasn't. This is your chance……so don't waste it. Do something for your country. Help India eradicate illiteracy and strive towards success.