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Write from your college or university e-mail account. Include the course number in your subject line. Choose an appropriate greeting. Avoid rote apologies for missing class. Avoid direct requests. Proofread what you’ve written. Sign with your full name, course number, and meeting time. Don’t send unexpected attachments. When you get a reply, say thanks. I understand where Michael guideline’s is coming from – I guess he has received many emails from students who expect him to remember which class are they in, do not treat email as a formal communication tool, and do not understand a professor may need to lecture many subjects per semester....

In order for people to do those things, most people often turn to go back to school rather than considering other options. While going back to school could be helpful, you can always consider learning how to educate yourself instead. Maybe a long time ago that option wasn’t a reality, but with good quality information and other factors, educating yourself now is well worth considering. Even if you’re not in the market for a new job....

Not the best way to start an impromptu business meeting, but that’s what I got. I was working for Dell as a sales rep—part of a three-person team chosen to manage a group of mid-sized business clients. The guy yelling, we’ll call him Jeb (not his real name), was on the same team, and we disagreed on how we should be dealing with a particular customer. Normally, a disagreement about something sales-related is an easy problem to solve, unless the two people absolutely can’t stand each other....

The irony is this: you often need to find the confidence first before success comes to you. Feeling confident first helps you be your best. The good news is that confidence is something you create! The key to your success in all areas of your life is having the confidence to do it, the belief that you can do it, and that you have the ability to do it. We need the confidence to go through both the high and lows that life will throw at us....

We all want to achieve success so we could live a comfortable life—have financial freedom, drive a nice car, and live in a beautiful house. However, although success can be achieved, it does not come easy. There are a lot of tips and strategies out there on how to be successful in life, but I am still a firm believer that there is no better way to succeed than to follow that footsteps of those who have already done so....

Secondly, as with any health issue, if you delay getting treatment, the problem will only get worse. In your mind, you are delaying treatment to save money, but in reality, you will end up spending more because of the delay. I don’t blame you for waiting. Getting treatment from a dentist can cost you an arm and leg. Then, you may have to pay for additional visits as well. If you have dental insurance, your cost for a root canal will usually be much lower....

Java or Javascript Javascript is for the web, but if you’re developing on online app, you might want to learn it. Alternatively, you might want to learn Java first because it’s the mostly widely recognized programming language there is. Java is fun and boring at the same time. If you like puzzles and calculations, then you won’t mind doing it, but sometimes putting a puzzle together can be tedious. Once you have the puzzle figured out, you can start typing your code....

Even when we manage to find a quiet, soothing physical space, our mind chatter can undermine that by creating a chaotic internal environment. We can increase concentration with meditation in two ways. First, we can gather tools to help concentration during our formal meditation practice. Second, we can apply these methods anytime and anywhere to bring ourselves back into that centered, focused mental state no matter the situation. Let’s explore seven tips that can help our concentration through meditation....

Whether your industry is small and easy to navigate or overwhelming and you’re not sure where to start, here are 5 of the best ways you can learn to influence and benefit your industry: Identify what type of influence you want to have Establish yourself as a credible expert Many people only take a semi-proactive approach to their career by at most attending industry conferences, local trainings, and online webinars....

The difference between unsuccessful people and successful people often comes down to one thing: mental toughness. You can be someone who lets failure derail you, feel like a victim, and tell “your story” of defeat to everyone you know. Or you can do the most difficult and healthy thing of all: move on and try a different approach to accomplish your goals. Here are three mental tricks I use to feel better when I want to give up....

Despite their drawbacks, meetings remain an integral part of any modern workplace. The rise of office silos and remote workers make regular check-ins an absolute must for keeping everyone on the same page. Meetings aren’t going away anytime soon, so how can we work to cut down on their time and productivity drains? Unfortunately, there’s no easy answer to this question. While it’s impossible to take one simple step to eliminate meeting waste, you can start considering your meetings not as routines, but as investments....

When you are depressed. Realize that this situation you’re going through is not all YOUR fault. It’s also other people’s fault. Externalizing the blame will help you get out of the depression phase, and possibly move you to anger… which is good news! Just create a list with all the people and conditions that are to blame…Don’t you feel a little better in doing so? Exactly, that’s relief, and it’s a necessary step if you want to get out of this dark situation you’re in....

The weird thing is, my wife has a memory ten fold better than I have and simple tasks like remembering to take out the trash, bringing along her slippers when fetching her from work or, paying the house conservancy charges, always elude me. Surely there is a way to help me remember daily domestic chores easily like how I remember music lyrics. So just how do we remember things like how we can remember the lyrics to hundreds or not thousands of songs?...

Networking is an investment, not a nuisance. At first, you have to kiss a lot of frogs. Don’t spend too much time on it. Do cool things. Invite people to lunch. Go regularly to things you like. Analyze your results. Find the key nodes in the network. Don’t network just for the sake of networking. How To Network: For Introverts – [Business Pundit]

That said, there are people who are achieving amazing things every day in the same 24 hours that we all have available. So what do they know that most people don’t? What’s Really Important to You? We’re surrounded by distractions that will steal our time if we’re not careful. Everyone is busy for 24 hours a day but it’s important to remember that we’re all busy doing different things. The question is whether you are busy doing the things that are really important to you, or if you find your days filled with endless time vampires....

According to a Harvard Business Review article, “most people are born creative. But over time, a lot of us learn to stifle those impulses. We become warier of judgment, more cautious, more analytical.”[1] I’m here to help you get them back and perhaps also improve your abilities. Creativity is defined as “the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and entertaining ourselves and others....

In fact, those more experienced in the ways of love, veterans of 10+ years of marriage, will tell you that the more you get to know someone the more you are aware of the fact that there is a vast sea of things you don’t know about love and relationships, a sea that can easily drown those who are unprepared. Luckily, planning a great romantic Valentine’s Day date is something that you can research and prepare for, even if you are lacking in the romance department....

Some people think that personal reinvention is difficult, costly and time consuming. After all, you’ve spent a lot of time becoming who you are and communicating that information to friends, work colleagues, family members and others. Yet, if you want to reinvent yourself, you can do so quickly. In fact, if you want to reinvent yourself, and you’re prepared to start as soon as you finish work today—say at 6 pm—you can make a good start in just a few hours....

Granted, this graphic is made by a company trying to sell Pre-Paid Solar Purchase Agreements, but their math and their sources for the info here are both sound and there is nothing here pushing the use of their company over any others offering the same service. The bottom line is that if you do stop using phantom electricity by unplugging gadgets you aren’t using, even if you can’t (not everyone gets enough direct sunlight to use this option) or don’t switch to solar powered electricity, you can save around $80 a year....