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Seven Tips for Staying Happy at Work
by Beverly West
Monster Contributing Writer

If you find yourself longing for greener work pastures, don't immediately go looking for the first exit ramp off of your chosen career path. The Balance Team, which specializes in professional- and personal-growth seminars for administrative and executive assistants in Fortune 1000 companies, suggests these seven tips for staying content at work:

1.  Don't let Personal Issues Interfere with Work:  When you're preoccupied with personal issues, it's difficult to concentrate or be happy at work, says Alison Rhodes, a founding partner of The Balance Team. By all means, make sure you have your kids covered in the event of an emergency, but realize that nobody's personal life is ever going to be completely problem-free. Just as you need to let go of work to enjoy your time at home, it's important to leave personal worries at home so you can focus and be productive at work.

2. Eat Healthy and Drink Lots of Water: "Maintaining a good diet and keeping yourself properly hydrated throughout your workday can really make a big difference in your energy level and attitude," says Shirly Weiss, a certified holistic health and nutritional counselor and consulting expert for The Balance Team. "And if you can manage to maintain a diet of whole foods, as opposed to refined foods such as sugar and bread, then you'll really be ahead of the game.

3. Move Around: "Working in an office can be a very sedentary job, so it's especially important to your overall sense of health and happiness to take a few minutes during your workday to get up and move a little," says Jason Bergund, founding director of Dancetherapy, a dance class, and a consulting expert for The Balance Team.

4. Don't Try to Change Your Coworkers: "You can't change anyone; you can only change the way you react to them," says Star. "Don't let other people's actions affect you. Just figure out a way to resolve conflicts and avert uncomfortable situations."

5. Reward Yourself: Identify a reward outside of your job, and indulge yourself, says Raden. It can be dinner with friends, a movie, exercise or a manicure, treat yourself every once in a while. Just as stress from home can interfere with work, the positive aspects of your life can influence mood at work as well.

6. Take a Breather: "In yoga, we practice the breath of joy, in which we inhale a long breath and then exhale laughter," says Sarah Schain, founding director of Yoga Tales studios for children and a consulting expert for The Balance Team. Stand with your feet together and your arms at your sides. Inhale deeply, then exhale laughter and bend forward. Try to do this movement 10 times.

7. Focus on the Positive: "Identify the things that you like at work, even if they are as simple as your coworkers or the nice view from your office window," says Raden. "You create your own mind-set. If you stress the positives, you will make your job more enjoyable. Worrying about the negatives may cause you to become overwhelmed."

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Seven Tips To Help Make A Better First Impression
 

When you’re dealing with co-workers, clients or prospects in face-to-face situations, it pays to make a good first impression to help win their confidence. In fact, many studies have shown lasting impressions are made in the first three to four minutes of contact; after that, we spend the rest of the time reinforcing or modifying that initial first impression.

Tip #1. Look Your Best.
It doesn’t matter if you’re business casual or business professional, feeling confident goes a long way in making that initial impression. So keep in mind the way you dress yourself, how well your shoes are shined or how long/short your skirt is. Subconsciously, a person looks at the way you’re dressed and determines how well you will treat them.
 

Tip #2. Make Sure The Other Person Is The Center Of Conversation and Action.

Make sure you make the other party feel like they are the center of attention; being self-centered with first-time acquaintances will be an immediate turnoff.
 

Tip #3. Demonstrate Good Listening Skills.

When in dialogue with someone, make sure you give appropriate, positive verbal cues like making the sound of "Hmmm” or saying “interesting" or "Tell me more, please”. Nonverbally, show the other party your interest level by maintaining steady eye contact.
 

Tip #4. Use The Name Of The Person(s) Frequently.

Saying a person’s name makes a direct hit to their inner core. Plus, it will help you retain their name/face in your memory for the next meeting. Equally as important, you'll make conversations more personal by including the listener's name several times. But be careful not to overdo it, or it’ll come across as insincere.
 

Tip #5. Be Careful With Humor.

Although a joke can be an icebreaker, stay away from sarcastic remarks or off-color jokes as they could backfire. Why? Because you don't know how a stranger will react to joking and it could create monumental barriers you can't overcome.

Tip #6. Confrontations Will Destroy Rapport Before You Even Start Building It.

Although no one gets along with everyone, you should wait until you have established credibility before you challenge someone’s statements, ideas and/or suggestions.

 
Tip #7. Don’t Mumble; Speak So You're Easily Heard.

If you want to get someone to listen to you, enunciate clearly and alter your voice’s pitch. There is nothing worse than a monotone voice. Take this to the next level by displaying animation in your voice, hands and facial expressions.

Summary:

Making positive first impressions can have many benefits with developing strong relationships in the business community. Remember, making the right first impression will help you avoid making it your LAST impression.

source: Anita Zinsmeister, President,
Dale Carnegie® Training of Central and Southern New Jersey, http://www.southjersey.dalecarnegie.com 

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