Laugh Your Stress Away

Humor is a terrific stress-reducer and antidote for all kinds of stress.  It has been clinically proven to be effective in combating the worst kinds of stress.

Experts know that a good laugh relaxes tense muscles, sends more oxygen into your system, quicker and lowers your blood pressure.

So next time you feel yourself start to tense up, tune into your favorite comedy on television. Read a funny book. If you laugh so hard it hurts, even better.  You’ll find your stress melting away with each laugh!

Watch these videos for a good chuckle:

Did you know…Simple Tips For Living Green

Did you know…

If every North American home with a PC received and filed their bills and statements electronically, it would save an average of 700-900 pieces of paper and 200 envelopes per year.  That’s 275 billion pieces of paper.

If every taxpayer chose to save their return as a PDF and e-file with the government, that would save another 5 billion sheets of paper.

If North America’s 26 million weekly online shoppers chose to save their purchase receipt electronically instead of printing it, that’s another 1.35 billion sheets of paper.

Saving 280 billion sheets of paper annually equals 34 million trees saved.  (The average pine tree yields approx. 8,333 sheets of photocopy paper).

One tree generates the daily oxygen requirements for three people.

Here are some other things you can do to help…

• Print or photocopy documents two-sided.

• Revise documents on screen using “track changes.”

• Use fax coversheets only when necessary.

• Print colour only when required; colored paper is harder to recycle.

• Purchase products with no packaging, less packaging or reusable packaging or recyclable packaging and check to see if anyone can reuse packaging before discarding.

• Give your newspaper or magazine to someone else after you finish reading it.

For more green living tips or to learn how you can help make a difference, visit www.earthday.ca

Top 9 Signs You Need a New Job

Here’s a Letterman type Top Ten except it’s only a Top 9 . They’re a bit tongue-in-cheek, but there’s a bit of truth in all of them.

9: You’re outgo exceeds your income. You just need more money.

8: The most rewarding thing you did this week was sharpen all 12 of your pencils to the same length.

7: You’re reluctant to be a Career Day speaker at your kid’s fourth grade class.

6: Everyone in your workgroup got a raise except you.

5: You were late for work three times this week, but you don’t care.

4: There’s a meeting at 3:00 to talk about the upcoming reorganization, but you’re not invited.

3: Your boss keeps forgetting your name.

2: You constantly daydream about being a forest ranger.

1: Your company was recently acquired and you spent two weeks worry that you’d be laid off. After that, you worried that you wouldn’t be.

Remember, finding a new job nowadays can be difficult.  So, before you decide to look for another job, always resolve your problems with your current job.  Self-improvement will really help you in that.

Don’t Let Your Music Die In You - Inspirational Speech

This is truly inspirational speech by Randy Pausch who passed away July 25, 2008.  In his last lecture entitled “Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”, Pausch talks about his lessons learned and gives advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals.

Cool Job, Once In A Lifetime Opportunity

The best in the world will gather in Vancouver in 2010 for the Olympics, and you be there, too!

If you think this would be an exciting opportunity and want to join the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) as an employee or volunteer click here.

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