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  In people's daily lives, productivity is a positive thing in influencing a person's success in carrying out work. Coffee has many positive segments in helping employees increase this productivity. This infographic will help you understand how coffee works and how it impacts your productivity. Photo: Life hack How to Consume Caffine Smartly and Improve Work Performance We credit caffeine to start our day, often citing it as a driving force behind our ability to work. No wonder coffee has become the most pervasive drug throughout America, with 25% of coffee drinkers identifying as addicted to coffee. [6] That said, there’s no harm in drinking coffee if you do it smartly and with moderation. Follow these tips to benefit from your relationship with caffeine: 1. Study your own productivity routine and choose to drink coffee at times when you feel you need it most. Record the times when you drink coffee and note the effects that it has on you. If you feel more alert and productive,...

  Are you planning for your precious last year in the university wondering whether you are ready for the corporate world with job application competition? Or let's say, are you career-ready yet? Career Readiness is the attainment and demonstration of competencies that prepare you for a successful transition into the workplace. Before graduation you figure out which company and which position are you going to apply for, you need to understand where you are – or in other words, firstly, let's frame your career mapping phase.  Being aware of your career mapping phase helps you identify how you can build the skills and experiences you need to make confident career choices. There are 4 phases for your perfect career mapping: 1. Discover Firstly, it is important to figure our which industry that you want to develop your career path in the future. If you are not sure yet, it is OK, you will find out once you start reflecting on your strengths and weaknesses. Additionally, updating on...

What is it? Career switch as its name suggests, refers to pursuing a profession or occupation that is out of ones current position. It’s not always deviating form the current industry to another. Sometimes, it may happen in the same industry. Career switches can happen due to multiple reasons. Some of the more prominent ones are, Bad work schedule and less personal time. No chance of advancement or promotion in the same one. Financial reasons.  No availability in the same sector or profession. Increase in stress or bad mental health. Not feeling appreciated. How to? 1. Determine if you're happy with your current role. The very first step if you’re planing to change your career is find if you really want to do it. The best way to do it is look if you’re happy with your current job or position. Find about the job satisfaction, if you’re getting your personal time with family and friends, your day to day responsibilities, is the pay worth the responsibilities and work, how’s the...

When you start googling how to get a promotion in your career path, I assume that either you are extremely ambitious and strategic about your career path since the beginning of it, or you are facing stagnancy in your career development. And apparently, chances are higher when it comes to the latter assumption.  So how long have you been staying in your current position? What are your goals in the long term? Are you satisfied with your job right now? Is it your dream job? And last but not least, why would you want a promotion?  I'm sorry for bombarding you with so many questions at the beginning of the blog, but that's the point! Before starting the tips, you need to make up your mind on these questions and have a proper answer, which thereby my tips can help you better in job promotion. So now people, if you are doing your dream job but you have been staying in the same position for more than 2 years and your long-term goal is more ambitious than your current career developmen...

A lot of people despite their age go through stress and anxiety on daily basis. It’s evident in some people while some people are really good at hiding it.   Here are some ways to ease that stress and anxiety so that you can live your life to its fullest.  1.Engage in more physical activity Many studies have shown that engaging in physical activities help improve one’s mood and reduce stress. Adding a companion like a dog to it might be icing on the cake.  2. Try reducing screen and phone timing As difficult as it sounds in this digital world where everything works on your laptops and computers, many studies show that excessive screen time and smartphone usage is linked to increased level of stress and mental disorder.  3. Reduce caffeine intake For all those who don’t know what caffeine is, Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant of the methylxanthine class. It is used as a cognitive enhancer, increasing alertness and attentional performance. To simp...

Are you using your phone healthily? Or in other words, is your phone eating up your daily time? Let's see what my daily routine is, a typical routine of a business uni student.  Wake up, check my email, have breakfast with Youtube, meet deadlines, submit assignments, lunch with Netflix, scroll Tiktok, have afternoon coffee dates with teammates for school projects, have dinner while uploading Instagram stories, reply to Whatsapp and Messenger messages, video call mom and dad, scroll Tiktok again, set alarm and go to bed. Okie, after a small breach of my typical day, what do you think?  Oh for me, it would be when pigs fly if my screen time was below 8 hours a day. Except for waking up and sleeping, all of my activities are accompanied by my phone and my laptop.  Does it sound familiar?  Ok then take a look back at your daily routine and tell me, how much time in a day is your screen time? Just a reminder, "Too much screen time not only produces its own negative effect...

Who knew waking up early wasn’t just for birds. Let’s ponder on some of the benefits of waking up early (for humans XD). 1. You get more time for yourself. Well when living with family, or alone for that matter, the busy world generally sucks the alone     time for us. Well waking up solves that. Because when you wake up early, the silence isn’t because you’re in a scary horror movie, its because no ones there to disturb you when you’re spending some alone time with yourself. 2. You get more time to exercise. Yes gather up you fitness and health enthusiasts, now’s the time to rise and shine. Waking up early morning means you get time to have that sweaty morning run full of vitamin D (you need a good shower after that though.)  Well not just that, in todays busy world when we don’t get any time to take care of ourself, early morning workout can be the perfect time to be think peacefully and take care of your health at the same time.  3. You might spend less time...

  Are you dreaming of higher education? You want to start investing but don’t have enough money. Or your salary is decent, but you are struggling in saving for plan in the future. You are in university and over budget every month. Okay, these problems, which have been troubling many students and even working professionals, will be solved by money management. The thin line between financial success and financial burden is how you control your spending and income and budget it properly. Money management seems tough at the first glance, but it will be easy-peasy if you follow the 6 Jars Rule. You can do it using 6 jars to store cash, or 6 bank account with your money divided and flowed. 1 st Jar: Necessities (55%) Before kickstarting any of your dream, we need food, water, electricity and accommodation to maintain our basic daily demand. 55% of your money should support you in terms of necessities. Calculate it well and use it wisely for rental fee, groceries, electricity and...

What is a Healthy Diet? Before actually getting into it, lets get to know what a healthy diet is.  A healthy diet includes food items from the 5 major food groups: 1. Vegetable 2. Fruits 3. Lean meats and poultry, fish, eggs, tofu, nuts and seeds, legumes or beans. 4. Grain or Cereal food 5. Milk Benefits Better Heart Health Studies prove that eating more vegetables, fruits, whole grains, opting for low fat or fat free dairy, fish, poultry, beans, nuts and vegetable oils, and limiting saturated and trans fat intake  may lead to a better heart health and less chances of heart attack or cardiac arrest. Less Risk of Cancer Having a diet that contains antioxidants, might help reducing the risk of cancer. While free radicals present in the body increase the chances of cancer, having a good antioxidant rich diet helps doing the opposite.  Weight Loss Including diet full of less fat or fat free products help maintain the calorie level in the body. Other than fat free products, o...