Bullet-Points Tips

Monday, 23 January 2012

Organic Products

Some interesting facts about 'Organic Foods' :-

Organic in food simply means 'Agricultural Products' that are naturally grown.
Organic food contains more vitamins, minerals & nutrients.
Organic foods are free from any insecticides, pesticides and artificial flavours/preservaties.
Growing up organic foods is very difficult for the farmers.
Farmers even lose all or part of a year's crop of organic products at the cost of maintaining 'Quality of the Products'.
In United States, the soil of farmers' land is thoroughly tested to ensure it is free from chemical exposure.
Farmers have to adhere to what high standards set by US Government.
It is believed that organic foods even fight cancer, stroke & heart dieaseas.
Organic Farming protects us from climate change.
Preganent women who consume organic foods give birth to healthier babies.
As Organic products have more advantanges than disadvantages, they are more costly.

Job Fair is an excellent way to meet lots of reputed employers and maximize your job search time.

How to know about upcoming Job Fairs in your City, State & Country? How to Attend Them? Here are the simple tips:-

Have the habit of regularly reading Job Publications and visitng your target companies' websites.
You are an existing or ex-student of your college in your area? Contact your college Career / Job Assistance Offices. They either conduct Job Fairs or are aware of upcoming job fairs.
Search the internet with keywords 'job fair' or 'career fair' followed by your city name and state.
Register your name for the job fair in advance to attend. And do not forget to get the List of Employers at the Fair.
Choose the companies you are interested in, and before you attend the fair, thoroughly research their website to know about the Companies, their business, their annual reports and recent developments in the company.
The above information will help you to confidently present yourself, how you can bring value to them.
At the job fair, present your candidacy for a suitable position. Ask questions and make connection.
Get business cards of exhibitors you meet at the job fair booths.
After the job fair is over, send a 'Thank You Note' and stimulate your skills again to enable them to recall you.
If possible, follow up also by telephone.

Don'ts For Eating Well

Important Tips before/while/after having your foods:-

Evaluate your hunger. Eat only when you feel hungry.
Use smaller plate for having your food.
While having food, sit comfortably. Keep your mind and body cool and enjoy your food.
Fully concentrate on your food. Eat slowly and chew your food well.
Do not eat while watching TV or reading books or doing something.
While having your food, have casual conversation with others.
Do not discuss about any sensitive issue nor have any heated arguments with others while having you food.
Stop eating when you are fully satisfied and do not try to fully fill your stomach.
Do not smoke immediately after meal as it increases the chances of cancer.
Take fruits at least one hour after you have your meal.
Do not take bathe & walk after food as your disgestive system will be weakened.
Do not sleep immediately after having your food.

Discount Coupon Tips

Saving money with coupons sounds too good to be true. Here are the guidelines to use discount coupons to save your money:-

Always shop with a plan.
If you shop without knowing what is on sale and what you really need, you will spend more money and buy unwanted items.
Coupons are everhwhere. If you come across discount coupons from the shop, emails & websites, retain them.
Even Facebook has great coupons if you like the manufacturer or the product.
Organise the Discount Coupons, in an envelope or in a transparent plastic folders.
Coupons won't save you money if you do not use them on time.
Some stores even offer "double coupons" upto a certain amount.
'Stack Coupons' (one manufacturer and one store coupon both) might save lot of money by getting the item FREE.
Stockpile the items when 'sale' is on so that you will not need to buy it when it is not on sale.

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Reduce Burden. Live Happier.

Living in a meaningful way involves developing your own potentials in the best possible way. And opening up a new path in every following area of your life leads to reduce your burden and live happier:-

On an average, we each own over 10000 things in our mind and activities. Make a start at your desk and then move to your closets, rest of your house, garage & your car. Think how to simplify/shorten your activities in them. Remove unwanted/irrevant/unimportant thoughts from your mind.
Managing finances are more difficult than cleaning up the mess in your house. Find out how to get free from financial blockages, and work out your own concept of wealth.
Every person has 24 hours each day. The real issue is how much of your time is free at your disposal. Manage your time by setting clear priorities for your personal and professsional tasks and by keeping yourself free for important things.
Delegate consistently and simplify your communication with others.
Your body is your most personal possession. But most of us pay atention to it only when it does not work properly. Keep yourself fit by always doing some physical exercises, eating happily and keeping yourself engaged.
Concentrating on one activity at a time is the best way to relax adequately.
The social network in your environment can become the source of terribly complicated life. Simplify your relationship to free you up. Make your life more meaningful to move forward.
Balance your work and private life relatoinship to simplify your life.
Learn to understand yourself better and move toward the purpose of your life by developing your strengths.
Less is more. Simplify your life.

Qualities of a Good Leader

Good Leaders are made not born. Good leaders develop themselves through a never ending process of education, self-study, training, and experience. A Good Leader is one who:-

Accepts change and let his employees know that change never ends.
Has the courage to face reality and acts on it quickly.
Teaches his managers to manage less and lets them to come up with new ideas.
Places right people in the right job. Involves everybody and allow them to speak freely.
Brings up the employees who live up to company values.
Reviews expenses and head counts even in good times.
Emphasizes idea sharing & implement best ones. Rewards employees for sharing knowledge.
Starts communication (verbal / non-verbal) with a simple message. Most effective communications are those which are easy to understand.
Motivates employees to go beyond ordinary goals.
Maximises employee participation by linking financial/non-financial incentives to quality performance.
Adapts to changing environment by promoting simplicity and self-confidence.
Monitors customer/employee reactions to the initiative on a continuing basis.

Basics for Graphic Designing

To Become a Graphic Designer one needs to have interest, practice and understandig the world around. If you want to become a good graphic designer, you should know the following pre-requisites:-

Your client wants to convey a message to its customers. You have to express your client' message by a Logo/Logotype. To understand what your client wants to express, go through client's profile and understand all aspects of his business.

Client wants to convey his message also by words. You, as a graphic designer should know how to design the words/slogans for your client's product/service, called 'typography'. Typography simply means 'an art and a technique of arranging words/slogans to make them visible.

Now you have to decide, how to engage your viewer (customer) to your design. Contrasting your design directs him where to look first and what to notice next. Contrasting simply means making difference in color and light between parts of any image/logo/logotype/words.

Next step is layout of your design. Assume you are good driver who knows a destination i.e. layout is the map that makes that you know the road. A good layout provides specific directions to the viewer. Programmes like Dreamweaver, Coffeecup and Adobe GoLive allow you to convert designs done in familiar layout programmes.

If you are designing for books, brochures, magazines and newspapers, you have to decide about the requirements of columns for text, space for illustrations, photographs etc. You should be able to successfully crisp all the information called 'grid'. 'Grid' simply means Layout/Information Organising Technique.

You have to keep page after page very interesting for the viewers (customers) to scan and read.

Logos/Logotypes are the recognitions of what your client wants. To prepare good logo, consider all passible images with maximum number of options to select the best one from them.

You, as a graphic designer, should analyse how and what other designs communicate the viewers.