Happiness! Future Or Present?

Are you living your life on the deferred plan? Some people are waiting for that special moment to be happy. Waiting for the perfect mate, waiting for the right job, waiting for the house to be paid off, waiting for the kids to finish college. If you keep waiting for the perfect moment to be happy, you will never be happy.

You have to be happy right now, in the present, then you will be happy in the future. Happiness is a mental habit, a mental attitude, and if it is not learned and practiced in the present, it will never be experienced.

Happiness cannot be waited upon until all problems are solved. Every time a problem is solved another one comes along. Life is a series of problems. If you are to be happy at all, you must be happy now, not because of.

Abraham Lincoln quoted: “Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”

We have let the little things make us unhappy for so long, it has become a habit to have frustrations, dissatisfaction and irritability. Things that make us that way are a blow to our self esteem, so we react as being unhappy.

You need to stop letting circumstances and other people dictate how you feel. Change your attitude, change your out look and change your feelings. Form the habit of reacting positively toward problems. Practice keeping a positive attitude. Continue to do this and you will be happy in the present and in the future.

How To Combat The Negative Effect Association Has On Negotiations

Have you ever considered how the associations you make about the other negotiator affects your mental state of mind during a negotiation? You more than likely realize that your brain is influenced by subliminal stimuli, based on the associations you make. The associations can be in the form of how you feel about the other negotiator, and/or the surroundings in which the negotiation occurs. Have you considered how to combat such associations when they don’t serve you?

This article delves into perception and security, as two aspects of how you can raise your awareness, per the associations you make during your negotiations.

Perception:

We give our power to those to whom we wish to ingratiate ourselves. We also do so to those that we perceive as having the ability to deliver us from one position to another. Thus, we view such deliverance as beneficial to our well-being.

Negotiation Tip: During your negotiation, you should question the amount of credibility and credence you give the other negotiator, based on how well your joint negotiation outcomes are aligned. Stated differently, to the degree that both of you are pursuing outcomes that are accepted as being mutually beneficial, you can lend more credence to actions that display that demeanor. To the degree your outcomes are adverse to one another, be cautious per the amount of power and control you give away.

When it comes to perception, you must understand preferably at a logical and emotional level, why you wish to subjugate your power to any individual, even more so during a negotiation. In giving your power, you reduce the focus that you might otherwise apply to offers and counter-offers. Suffice it to say, if you wish to relinquish your power do so as part of your negotiation plan. Then, make sure by doing so, you gain an improved position in the negotiation.

False Sense of Security:

There will be times when you’re in environments that will cause you to drop your guard. You may do so because the situation ‘feels right’ based on the accoutrements and trappings in the environment. Be aware when you experience such emotions and don’t fall prey to such surroundings. By maintaining your mental equilibrium, you’ll be more watchful for circumstances that are not beneficial to your negotiation position and expected outcome.

During your negotiations, you’ll be bombarded by ideas, offers, and counter-offers. Be sure to address each in a mindset that’s not clouded by undeserved attributes that don’t serve you. In essence, keep your wits about you and don’t be lulled into a false sense of security, due to the surroundings and goodwill that’s displayed. Be judicious, forthright, and very aware about your needs and why you’re negotiation. I’m not suggesting you be selfish, I’m suggesting you look out for yourself and don’t be overwhelmed by undeserving accoutrements to which you lend undue credibility. If you keep in mind the suggestions above, you’ll enhance your negotiation process. You’ll come out further ahead in your negotiations… and everything will be right with the world.

Remember, you’re always negotiating!

The Advantages of Slide Show Software for Presentation

To support their presentation, people often use slide show as their supporting tool. However, having only computer and projector without having the software installed. This certain program is responsible to help them deliver any materials in front of your audience. Unfortunately, many people do not know much about this program and how to optimize it. If you are one of them, this article will help you get more information about slide show software for your presentation.

Basically, slide show presentation software is a certain program with ability to create slide show. The features are usually including text, graphics, images, sound, and even video to deliver your information or material. The aim in making slides for presentation is to make the communication between you and the audience easier. It will be good guideline to keep your presentation on track. Therefore, you do not need to memorize the whole material that you should deliver in your presentation. Meanwhile, for your audience, it provides textual and visual representation that will help the audience in getting the information clearer.

Besides, the software also let you to transport the data to be manually or automatically arranged into slides. Surely, you have to set the software first to the most suitable setting for you. In order to make your slide more attractive, beautiful, or even more personalized, this program also allows you to change the appearance of the background, animation, as well as sound. Even, you can also set the change of the slides from many available options. Therefore, your slide will be more attractive for your audience.

Besides, attractive and systematic slide also often easier the audience to take notes, especially in schools or university. The lecturer or the professor just need to place the main point of the material, and the student will get easiness in getting the information. Besides, it also helps them to stay focus on the presentation.

If you want to have successful presentation, it will be better for you to look for slide show software to be installed in your computer or laptop. Therefore, both of you and your audience will get great support and help during the class, discussion, or meeting time.