Stumbleupon and My Most Popular Article

On January 29, 2009 

I bookmarked my article “Positive Thinking - 10 Delightful Tips to Make You Happy” at Stumbleupon. Later, upon checking with Statcounter, I noticed massive traffic to my blog to read the article (see image). At the end of the day, I have 607 unique visitors and 853-page loads. Almost all of the traffic is from Stumbleupon. I was overwhelmed, excited, and thrilled. Until today the article is still popular among the readers of Stumbleupon.

I wish to express my sincere appreciation to readers of Stumbleupon for identifying my most popular article. Your thumbs-up for my article motivates me to write more articles of this nature- articles that are relevant, useful, helpful, and uplifting to readers.

Once again I wish to thank the readers of Stumbleupon for the tremendous support that you have given to me. I am touched by your enthusiasm. It is a challenge for me to write more articles as popular as “Positive Thinking” if not better.

Have a happy day!

More Years to Your Life - 6 Longevity Tips

Longevity

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According to the New Straits Times, a local newspaper, you can add more years to your life. Here's how:

1. Having faith (+7 years): Scientists at the University of Iowa in the United States found those who attended religious services at least once a week were 35 percent more likely to live longer than those who never attended church or other faith-based events. Being actively involved in a spiritual community boosts the immune system and keeps clogged arteries at bay.
2. Being female: (+10 years): Women outlive men in nearly all countries, usually by about 10 percent of the average life span. While the male hormone, testosterone, can lower "good' cholesterol levels, the female hormone estrogen increases "good' cholesterol levels.
3. Caring for a pet (+2 years): Pet owners tend to visit their doctors less often and are less likely to suffer from depression. Stroking or being near a pet can also lower heart rates and reduce blood pressure levels.
4. A room with a view (+2 years): A room with a good view lift our mood, eases stress, and provides a deep sense of optimism. Research has shown that hospital patients who were assigned to rooms with a pleasant view recovered faster from an operation and were discharged sooner than those looking at a brick wall.
5. Being happy (+9 years): Research has found that optimistic people tend to act in healthier ways than those who are negative - getting more exercise and taking part in more life-affirming social activities. According to a variety of studies, a positive outlook also means quicker recovery from illness and injury, longer life, and less chance of disability. It's also thought that happiness may boost the immune system by increasing the number of cells available to fight viruses and bacteria.
6. Marriage (+7 years): Married couples generally outlive their divorced, widowed, or unmarried counterparts. Californian research found people who never marry are two-thirds more likely to die early. Those who are happily married are less likely to have financial difficulties or physical or mental problems than those who aren't married.

Just imagine, you exercise every day, you eat a balanced diet and you don't smoke and by adding the above contributing factors to your life, giving an average life span of 70, how much longer will you live?

Turn Your Business Cards Into a Marketing Tool - 7 Superb Ideas

Business Card

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Your business cards or calling cards can do more than just telling others about your name, your telephone, and fax numbers, and your business address. Here are what you can do with your business cards:

1. Unique Selling Proposition: Use the back of your card in a special way to market your products or services.

2. Original and compelling design: Create a design that is attractive and appealing so that it keeps people talking about it. Match it with a logo that it can identify with your business.

3. Give freely: Distribute your cards to people you meet - taxi drivers, counter staff, petrol station attendants, receptionists….

4. A part of your correspondence: Include a copy of your card whenever you send out a business letter, a statement, or a quotation. It’s handy for the recipients to slot it into their card file.

5. Promote your website: Besides having your e-mail address printed, be sure to include your website address.

6. Business to business: Place your business cards at various business outlets is one way to promote your business - restaurants, hotels, stores, shops...

7. Jot down vital information: Your business card comes in handy when people ask you for certain information that you can write it down on your business card and give it away. They will definitely remember you for your help.

Your business cards are such wonderful marketing tools. Do not let them sit idly on your desk.

Enzymes, Food and Cancer

Enzymes

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Enzymes

What can enzymes do for you? Digestive Enzymes help digest large food molecules into simple forms and deliver nutrients into the body. Enzymes carry away toxic wastes and purify the blood. They also deliver hormones by feeding and fortifying the endocrine system, balance cholesterol, and triglyceride levels, and feed the brain. All these factors contribute to the strengthening of the immune system.

Food

 The food that you eat makes enzymes overwork at the wrong place Enzymes naturally occur in all raw and fresh foods and they support the body during the digestive process. When we eat cooked and highly processed foods there are no enzymes within the foods and your immune system drastically has to lower its performance and moves its enzyme into the digestive system. 

 Things that destroy the enzymes in the body 

 There are things that destroy or reduce the quality of the enzymes in our body. 

 Food additives 

Pesticides 

Alcohol 

Coffee 

Second-hand smoke 

Stress 

Accidents 

Diseases 

 The danger sign of cancer 

 With all the years of eating cooked and difficult-to-digest foods the body becomes more and more acidic, therefore slowing down the activity of enzymes because they react negatively to variations of ph levels. Remember this: for all cancer sufferers their body is always acidic. 

What you can do 

 There is a very simple solution. Eat more raw and fresh food and less cooked and highly processed foods. To prove the point primitive Eskimos eat raw meat and uncooked fish, yet they show no sign of circulatory disease. Uncooked meats contain a high level of lipase, the enzyme that breaks down fat in the bloodstream and keeps it from clogging arteries. In a study conducted by Dr. Francis Pottinger over a period of 10 years he took 2 sets of cats and fed them only raw milk and raw meat. And he took 3 more sets of cats and fed them with cooked meat and pasteurized milk. The cats eating the raw food were disease-free and healthy generation after generation but not the cats that eat cooked and processed foods. 

Conclusion 

 Eating the right kind of food will lessen the strain on your enzymes as their main function is to fortify your immune system. Eating the wrong kind of food will make your enzymes work harder on food digestion and less on your immune system. In the end, your body becomes more and more acidic – getting cancer is the only end result.

Engaging New Staff - 3 Vetting and Screening Tips

Candidate Vetting and Screening

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When you are happy and satisfied to employ someone after an interview, take one step further to do proper vetting and screening before you send out the appointment letter. Failure to do so will incur the following consequences:

 • Employee fraud 

• Damage to the company’s image 

• Possible litigation 

• Theft of vital business information

 • High cost of staff turnover

 Here are the three tips: 

 1. Check and verify original personal identification document and other documents: When a potential employee cannot produce his or her original personal identification card you should be suspicious especially when there is no police report lodged for the missing identity card. 

 2. Reference checks: Check all references with all his or her previous employers to ensure that the information supplied matches with actual history. Ask the former employer why the candidate left the company. Ask for his or her strengths at work and working habits. It is also a good idea to check the candidate’s financial status. 

 3. Refer to the police: It is to make sure that you are not hiring someone with a criminal record with the police department. 

 Proper employee vetting is essential to avoid a potential disaster in the company,

Resume - 10 Top Writing Tips

Resume

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In order to get an interview, you need to write a persuasive resume to get past the gatekeeper, that is, the HR department. Here are the top 10 tips:

1. Keep it short, clear, and concise: The HR department has no time for a lengthy resume. Go straight to the point and provide relevant and essential information on one to two pages.

2. What can you do? Your experience and qualifications are fine. But the employer wants to know what you can do for them. Identify their problems and show them how you can solve their problems in the position that you are applying for.

3. Flawless writing on quality paper: Make your first impression count. Make it a perfect resume without grammar and spelling mistakes. No slang and jargon. Use fonts such as Times New Roman or Arial with12 points which are easy to read and print your resume on quality paper. Use bullet points to make life easier for someone who is reading your resume.

4. Vital information: Crucial information such as your contact number and related work experience should be on the front page. Do not let the HR staff hunt high and low for it.

5. Covering letter: It would be better if you know the person who reads your resume so you can address him or her personally. The person will be pleased and impressed.

6. Keywords and title: Like the title of an article, your heading will attract attention or it will land in the waste paper basket. It takes only a few seconds for the HR personnel to decide whether to proceed further or reject your application outright. Focus on the appropriate keywords for the job that you are applying for. As an example: “Accounts Payable Clerk with 2 years experience” is better than just “Accounts clerk”.

7. Highlight your achievement: Instead of listing your duties and responsibilities emphasize your achievement at the workplace.

8. Match your experience with the job you are applying for: Tell the prospective employer how your experience can benefit them in the job that you are applying for. As an example, when you apply for the position of Accounts Manager you should mention that you will cut down the time necessary to come up with the monthly reports.

9. Tailor-made your resume: Don’t use a standard resume for every job application. One resume should be used exclusively to apply for a particular position.

10. Your traits and strengths: Highlight your strong points and avoid negative remarks about yourself. Sell yourself and project a receptive image.

A compelling resume will definitely impact and increase your chances of getting an interview.

Wish you good luck.

AeroSnap for Windows XP/Vista- Powerful and Useful Software

One of the new features of Windows 7 is Aero Snap. With this feature you can move Windows to the left, right or top screen. I find that the most useful part is that you can display two windows equally side by side. It is very convenient when you are working on two files.

This feature is also available to windows Vista and Windows XP. Thanks to AeroSnap.

It is a powerful software that allows you to resize, arrange or maximize your desktop windows with just drag’n’drop. Just drag a window to a side of your desktop to snap it or drag it to the top to maximize. When you drag it back to the last position, the last window size will be restored.

Watch the video to see the features of this software.

AeroSnap is free to download. Go to http://www.aerosnap.de/index_eng.htm.

However, it is in beta version.