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This is so hard to explain and is a very personal view.
To try to answer my own question today, February 21st the first anniversary of my own mother passing on, is probably one of the hardest things I have ever tried to write.
In my view grief is a mechanism in our brain by which we remember some or people very close to us. I cannot and am not going to try analysing the scientific reasoning or even the chemical reactions happening in our brains at this sort of time. I think what we do as humans is to compartmentalise every one we know and remember everything about them that way. Let’s put it this way you are carried by your mother for nine months and brought up by her and in many ways trained and conditioned by her at least until you are eighteen. Even then your mother and also your father is a continuing influence on and in your life. I will always remember my own mother and the fact that she was a very happy and busy person. She was a very intelligent woman and so much fun to be with.
So what is grief well every one will grieve in different ways, yes the initial reaction is to cry and even sob some for many days but each of us is different and we grieve in different ways. I remember I cried for several hours on and off for a few days and even to this day I know I often have a tear in my eye when I think of my mother. I think that grief is a very human way of remembering some one very close to you. Why do we grieve I have no idea but all I can say is that we do and there is noting we can do to stop it.
So when the experts say the grieving process takes this course and the other course NOT TRUE. You grieve how you want to grieve. Yes the initial reaction is to burst into tears and in some cases sob uncontrollably other will possibly go into a sort of trance or hypnotic state. I know I cried and for a man of over fifty in some spheres it is un cool to admit you cried. But I did and am not ashamed to admit in openly. After a while I often used to go off into a world of my own and sometimes I did not know I was doing it. All I was doing was thinking about my mother and remembering some event or something she said or did. How you grieve is really I think down to how you are as a person. Everyone wants remembers a loved one in different ways and that is very true of individual family members.
Why do we grieve short answer I do not know. I suppose it is our way of remembering the person who has passed on in our own special way. That I suppose could be a non medical explanation. We grieve because we want to remember the person as they were and not as we last saw them. I remember saying to my wife a short while after my mother passed on “that was not my mother in the bed”. Again I knew she was going but I saw her as I wanted to not as she was. Maybe that was my way of saying I do not want her to pass on but I now she will be more comfortable and at peace if she does. I think I also knew she was in pain and some of me was asking for the pain to be taken away. I knew in my logical mind that it was my mother but my subconscious was saying it is not. So why and what is the mechanism of grieving.
Quick answer I have no idea. Personally it is my own way of remembering some one who carried me for nine months helped to nurture and mould me into the person I am along with a lot of help from my father. The grieving process is I suppose constantly remembering a loved one or close friend, remembering all the good they have done. Remembering how they affected family and friends and what they contributed to the world and family and friends unit. We grieve because there is something built into us as humans to want to remember the person who has passed on.
So what am I trying to say. Well there is definitely no set and prescribed way to grieve. Humans being a set of unique individuals will and do grieve in their own individual ways. How do we grieve in a number of different ways by crying or shutting off for a few minutes every now and then? I am very aware that as I work during the day and every day since my mother passed on I have thought of her even if it was for only a few seconds. Now if I am grieving in my own way I have no idea how my father is grieving because they were together for over sixty years.
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Article by Adrian Rush MISTC,
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What are Presentation Skills? Simply put, they can be divided into three areas. First, how do you present yourself? Second, how do you present your business or company? Third, how do you speak when giving a presentation or a speech?
How to present yourself:
This concept is the most personal and difficult for people to grasp and accept. Let me put a scenario into place for you: You are going to an interview for a new job as an architect. If you turn up in jeans and a polo shirt, what are trainers or the HR and Section Leaders going to think? A sloppy dresser will be perceived as a sloppy worker. Dressing inappropriately will allow clients to view you in a negative manner. First impressions are vitally important. People will judge you and your abilities on your appearance. This holds true for networking events as well. Wondering what you should wear to these three different types of meeting? A simple a pair of trousers, a shirt, tie and jacket fit the bill nicely. If you are attending a conference, a high profile event or if you are a speaker at said event, it is essential for you wear a suit and a tie.
How you present Your Business:
How do you present your business? If you are “Sole Trader” or “Micro Business” you are the face of it and MUST always be aware of that fact. What can you do to give a favourable impression if going to meetings or other business related events? Again, always look respectable and always have business cards with you. Be clear and concise when speaking about your business. Do not “run down” your competitors (they will hear about it). Always be positive about your competition, you never know when one day they might recommend you to a client as they cannot handle the work. Potential client’s and customers want to know what you do in the first thirty seconds of your presentation. Practice your pitch until it is second nature to you.
How to speak when giving a presentation:
Prepare yourself and practice what you are going to say. Prepare any slides, making them clear and easy to read. DO NOT put too much information on your audience or client. Good practice dictates a slide should have no more than six lines preferably four lines. Use the slide to get the main points across to the audience. Have notes to work from as memory joggers and above all know what you are talking about. If possible, try to include examples or “stories” in your presentation. This will help the audience to identify with you and your topic. . Always allow time for questions and think before you answer them. DO NOT say “um” before you speak. Speak clearly and slowly. Engage with your audience to make sure you are informative without lecturing. It is essential that you vary the tone and pitch of your voice. If you do not your audience will start to “zone out” and only listen to bits of what you are saying.
Be interesting, even for the most boring of subjects. This means thinking about what you are going to say when you prepare your talk. Involve the audience. Ask them questions and wait until you have heard and understood the answer. If you have to demonstrate something, use a member of the audience. It is essential that you are confident in what you are saying and make what you are saying believable. If your audience thinks you do not understand what you are saying they will not listen to you.
In many cases you are the expert [or the audience is lead to believe you are].Your goal is to get this across to the audience. Try to gauge the capabilities of your audience in the first few seconds. If you can, alter what you say to suit their ability to understand what you are saying. Make every effort not to “talk down” to an audience because they will shut off and think of you in a bad light. You may want you can ask the audience for their experiences on the subject. This will allow them to become involved, even in a small way. This makes your speech or presentation unique and helps people to remember you and what you have said.
An audience will judge you on your appearance, your ability to get your message across and the way it was your “product” was presented to them. How often have you gone to a talk or presentation and by the time you get home have forgotten everything that was said? If you follow these three simple principles, you are less likely to be the forgotten
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January 2012.
Drama, or acting, can be a great confidence builder. Why is this? I think because you are challenging yourself and working outside your normal comfort zone. Performing on stage can increase your confidence. So how does it work?
Answering this is not easy. In my own case I can honestly say the process has worked for me. In effect, the actor is putting him/herself on view for their audience. Regardless of what your career is, you are unlikely to have to do work and perform publicly at the same time. By engaging with drama/acting, you are putting yourself in a position that may be uncomfortable and possibly alien. For the newcomer, it is certainly a new situation or circumstance. By believing in yourself (confidence in you) your brain says to you that you can do this. Hence your self confidence develops. This will generally happen in any situation when you have stretched yourself and achieved something new and different.
Confidence emerges from drama because, as I said earlier, you are challenging yourself to do something out of the ordinary, sometimes to be another person entirely. When you succeed, when you achieve your goal, your sense of self deepens and is affirmed.
I have noticed it in myself and in the way I interact with people and can talk to people, I have seen significant changes in some teenagers and adults in my own drama group.
I can see changes in how they talk to their equals and their peers. They are more assured and can hold a good strong conversation. For example, two girls this year had challenging roles in that one aged 15 and the other 13 were asked to play male characters. Previously they had both had small parts and one had taken a three-year break. Last year, the 13–year-old took the lead role. When I first started, the young woman who has now directed two pantomimes was a shy girl playing a drummer boy. No one expected her to go on and direct. The young girl who played the lead role this year started with small dancing and non-speaking parts.
In my view it is simple and logical. By putting yourself in a position where you can either succeed or fail and you then succeed you can say to yourself: “I DID IT”. And people will see a difference in you. Again by challenging yourself and putting yourself in a succeed or fail position you can choose which way you go.
I think choosing drama can make you believe in yourself, give you more self esteem. You are placing yourself on stage for scrutiny by your fellow cast members, production crew and the audience. You know you have made it when you hear them say “well done” or “you did great”. Also the more you engage with drama the more confident and self assured you become. I am certain that my continued involvement continues to make me a stronger and more self-assured person.
Finally, drama has changed me and people I know into stronger more confident people. Nothing breeds success like success. It has given me the confidence to go for extras roles in TV dramas. Over the years I have been able to talk to absolutely anyone. I have and still see changes in myself because every year I get very different parts and I have to adapt and refocus and tell myself that I am good enough to do it.
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LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network with more than 135 million members worldwide, has just released the most overused words and phrases in members’ LinkedIn Profiles for 2011.
Interestingly the number one most overused buzzword in LinkedIn Profiles, (the place where members’ list their professional skills and achievements), globally was “creative” and for Irish professionals the word is “Motivated”. Below is LinkedIn’s 2011 list of the top 10 terms that are overused by professionals in Ireland:
1. Motivated
2. Track Record
3. Creative
4. Effective
5. Innovative
6. Extensive experience
7. Wide range
8. Communication skills
9. Problem solving
10. Multinational
“Competition for opportunities can be fierce, so craft your LinkedIn Profile to stand out from the professional pack,” said Nicole Williams, LinkedIn’s Connection Director and best-selling author of the book, ‘Girl on Top’. “You should aim to banish buzzwords from your profile and resume. Use language that illustrates your unique professional accomplishments and experiences. Give concrete examples of results you’ve achieved whenever possible and reference attributes that are specific to you.”
In 2010 LinkedIn’s study showed that buzzwords like “extensive experience,” “dynamic,” “motivated” and “innovative” ranked as the most overused buzzwords in various countries. Its global membership has grown from 85 million to nearly 135 million members since 2010 so that buzzword list has changed. Here are the 2011 number one buzzwords for countries that LinkedIn fielded the study in:
• Creative: Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States
• Multinational: Brazil
• Dynamic: France
• Effective: India
• Problem solving: Italy
• Motivated: Ireland
• Managerial: Spain
• Track record: Singapore
Here are some tips professionals can act on over the Christmas break to increase the number of people viewing their LinkedIn Profile:
Showcase your skills
LinkedIn tracks thousands of hot, up-and-coming professional skills on LinkedIn Skills so add as many as possible.
Come highly recommended
Recommendations on LinkedIn give those viewing your profile a sense of who you are as a professional so request as many ‘Recommendations’ as you can. Oh, and don’t worry to hint at why you're asking for the recommendation or the type of recommendation you’d like.
Accentuate your profile
Finally, always make sure your LinkedIn Profile is complete and includes all the roles you have had. Also, add a profile photo – people never forget a face.
About LinkedIn
Founded in 2003, LinkedIn connects the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful. With more than 135 million members worldwide, including executives from every Fortune 500 company, LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network on the Internet.
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