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Desk Rage: A Growing Problem

Maybe you've witnessed it, or, perhaps you've even been involved in a scuffle at work. It might start as a few well-chosen angry words between office co-workers whose desks are located within close proximity of one another. Soon, the verbal battle escalates, sometimes even becoming physical.

Problem is, desk rage, much like road rage, is happening all too often as office workers become more and more stressed, constantly on edge and at the boiling-over point. Unfortunately, as the stress builds day in and day out, the hot buttons of anger can get even hotter until all heck breaks out.

Here are some strategies we suggest for coping with the growing problem of desk rage: 

Let your cooler head prevail. If you feel that a situation with a co-worker is becoming volatile, take a step back...a time out...and re-access what's going on. How did the anger grow so much? What caused it? How can we talk it over and work things out before the potential for fist-flying begins? 

Put yourself in their shoes. You have a gripe, but so does your co-worker. And although you may think you're the only one that's in the right, your co-worker may also have a valid point. Its very possible that once you take a moment to carefully consider where they're coming from, you may better understand what the differences between you are all about...and then you can work to settle them.   

Offer a helping hand. Many times, desk rage ensues when a person in the office is having a particularly bad day, or, something is bothering them in their life. Then, they take their emotions out on a co-worker. If you sense this, try asking them if you can help. Such an approach might be all they need, and your gesture could diffuse a big problem later on.

Change venues, at least temporarily. You see your co-worker every day; they and you occupy the same cubicles week in and week out. And it's right there, between your workspace and theirs, that a feud has developed. Attempt to make a truce by inviting your co-worker to lunch or for a get-together after work. Many times, a simple change in the atmosphere surrounding two people can be the difference that changes foes into friends.

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Paper Management

Did you know that the average executive wastes 150 hours per year looking for documents? One in 20 documents is lost and never recovered. As an organizational consultant, the most common question I hear from clients is: How Do I Get My Papers Organized?

Id like to help you create a working system for your home or office. A basic filing method can be set up with3 easy steps: sort it, file it, or follow up on it.

1) Sort It. Before you can file a single piece of paper, you need to sort through the stacks. Get rid of anything that you havent used for the past year, except tax and business documents. This applies to business and personal papers, magazines, newsletters, business cards, and your Rolodex.

2) File It. 80% of what you file is never looked at again! This puts things into perspective, doesnt it? There are two basic file types: archives and current. Archive files contain legal and tax papers, while current files include receipts, warranties, instruction manuals, reference material, client information, etc.

3) Follow Up on It. There are several ways to keep track of projects you need to complete, or clients you need to contact at a later date. File Box: Purchase index cards with labeled dividers. You can use an alphabetical system, or write your own category name on the tab. Note important dates and projects on each card, then file. Accordion File Folder: Buy a 3-sided folder labeled A-Z or 1-30 for your desktop or cabinet. Place each document to be processed at a later date behind the corresponding numbered or lettered divider. Keep only the current month in the dividers, placing the distant dates in the back of the folder. At the beginning of each month, pull the papers for the current months attention to be filed. Repeat as necessary each month. Computerized Planner: The software is designed for use alone or with a companion notebook organizer. Some have an alarm or flagging feature, which automatically notifies you of upcoming projects and their due dates. 

Now that youve established your paper management system, lets think about maintaining it. Just remember three easy rules: keep everything in its place, file as you go, and be consistent.

Mail order catalogs contain wonderful organizing products such as bill paying notebooks, greeting card files, budget managers and planning calendars. Discount stores or office supply stores offer magazine holders, hanging folder holders, milk crates, vertical file holders, wicker baskets, and stacking trays.

• Use a tray or a folder to collect mail and process daily.
• File business cards or update your database on a daily basis.
• Post upcoming business and personal transactions in your planner or follow-up file, then file the documentation.
• Keep receipts in a folder or envelope, then cross-reference with your itemized bills.
• Purge files at least once a year.
• Designate a time and place to process mail and record incoming bills.

Remember to only be as organized as you need to be. Tackle those stacks of paper ten or fifteen minutes at a time each day until you can finally see your desktop. I think youll be surprised at how much you get done in a short time.

Set up your files where they will actually be used, not where you think they belong. Once youve set up your working system, commit to maintaining it. And youll find that you have created more time to spend on the things that are really important.

If there is ever a folder / filing topic that you would like for me to write about
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                          You've Just Discovered The 
Most Effective Way To Rid
                                       Your
 Body Of Built Up Organic Wastes*



 

The average person holds between 5 and 10 pounds of putrefied fecal matter and other foul material in the body.

From: Greg & Monika Clowminzer, Carlsbad, CA

Dear Friends of Health and Wellness,

 
You already know the importance of water to human life. Our bodies are made up of 70% water, our blood more than 80%, our brain over 75% and our liver over 95%.

Many of the important processes within our body rely on water.

And while we are learning more and more about how important water is to good health, without it, we die. We are lucky to last about a week.

What you may not know is that the things we eat and drink have a drastic effect on our bodies and our pH. Some of what you eat will be acidic, some of it alkaline. All of it will leave acidic waste, that unless flushed away with Alkaline water, will accumulate over time.

Some people don't give much thought to what they eat. Others do. Maybe you try to eat fruit and vegetables or even insist on the "organic" variety. Maybe you occasionally eat fast food. Maybe you drink a 48oz soda every day. And maybe you are conscious of eating carbs...

The bad news is it doesn't matter
what you eat, it all creates 
organic acid waste in the body.

 
If you are a person who lives to eat, I'll apologize in advance. What I'm showing you here is the basic science of metabolism.

When it comes to food, there are 5 things we need to concern ourselves with:

•    Food is made up of protein, fat and carbohydrate

•    Protein, fat and carbohydrate are made up of nitrogen, carbon, oxygen and hydrogen


•    Carbohydrate contains no nitrogen

•    97% of anything you eat is made up of these 4 elements

•    The remaining 3% consists of inorganic minerals such as sulfur, chlorine, sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, iron, phosphorous, etc

Of these inorganic minerals that perform various functions within our bodies, we divide them into two categories:

Alkaline forming minerals
sodium
potassium
calcium
magnesium
iron

* Example - Magnesium is present in the muscles and is vital to the most important muscle of all - our heart.

Acid forming minerals
sulfur
phosporous
chlorine
iodine

 * Example - Chlorine is needed by the body to made hydrochloric acid in the stomach to digest our food.

 
Now, as a result of eating and metabolizing food, (97% of which is nitrogen, carbon, oxygen and hydrogen), our bodies create the following organic acid wastes:

Acetic Acid
Lactic Acid
Cholesterol
Carbonic Acid
Ammonia
Uric Acid
Fatty Acid

Let's look at cholesterol.

Most people believe if they eat food with no or low cholesterol in it, they won't have any cholesterol. Right?

Lactic and acetic acids in particular, lower the pH of body fluids drastically. When blood contains too much of these fatty acids, blood pH is dragged down and the buffering system using alkaline minerals commences. If there aren't enough alkaline minerals in the form of bicarbonates in the bloodstream, the body will take calcium from the bones.

There is also another way to neutralize some of the acids -- solidify them.

This is cholesterol.
Even if you eat food containing no cholesterol, your body will still make it. Cholesterol builds up as plaque in arteries and well, you know what happens next.

But it gets better...

•    Undissolved uric acid crystals accumulated in the joints cause arthritis and gout

•    Acetic acid, lactic acid and cholesterol are derivatives of fatty acid, which will build up with over-ingestion of carbohydrates and not enough exercise

•    Intense exercise creates a lack of oxygen in the cells, which causes lactic and acetic acid from incompletely burned carbohydrates

•    Phosphoric acid is responsible for kidney stones

•    Kidney stones are usually confused with excess calcium, but there is an easy way to test. Calcium deposits will dissolve in acidic urine, while kidney stones dissolve in an alkaline solution


  
those same accumulated 
organic acid wastes 
can be washed away gradually with Alkaline water.
 
The normal human blood pH is 7.4. Any pH below this is acid, and any pH above it is alkaline. There is a narrow range of pH values (7.35 to 7.45) that the human body and its complicated enzyme-supported systems operate within. pH values below 7.0 and above 7.6 mean you are no longer with us.

 
All of this is covered by Sang Whang in his book, Reverse Aging. I have summarized it for you, but the whole book, the key to Reverse Aging is the following 4 points:

1. Metabolizing any food causes organic acid waste

2. Organic acid waste lowers the pH of bodily fluids

3. Inorganic Alkaline Minerals buffer acid waste in the bloodstream to maintain healthy pH

4. Micro-cluster, alkaline water permeates cells to wash away acid buildup and helps create an alkaline buffer in the bloodstream



 
•    Has negative ORP -- Active Hydrogen neutralizes Active Oxygen (free radicals) in your body that cause aging and disease

•    Is micro-clustered and easily absorbed helping to keep your body properly hydrated

•    Will gradually wash away the the acid waste buildup in your body caused by years of metabolizing food

•    Will help create an alkaline buffer in your blood stream, so that if you do consume something acidic, it is neutralized

•    Is easily absorbed into the intestines to eliminate toxins from the colon

•    Permeates cell membranes to carry oxygen in and wastes out

•    Will do all this simply by drinking 8 glasses of water a day

Drinking a large quantity of Alkaline water will not only assist the digestive process, it will also help remove the buildup in the intestines, the toxins and ultimately the opportunity for disease. You will literally start to feel completely different, from the inside out.

But the key element to this entire process is the water. Just as a river needs water to flow, so do your intestines. The more water you can absorb, the more free radicals you can neutralize, the more toxins you can flush from your system.

Its incomparable oxidation reduction potential, its smaller clusters of water molecules and its alkalinity all combine to make Alkaline water the best water available for hydrating the body and controlling acidosis.

Good health starts with clean intestines and clean intestines start with Alkaline Water.

Drinking to your health,

Greg & Monika
760-580-7230

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Here's what the experts say:

Dr Hiromi Shinya,
Director, Shinya Medical Clinic, New York.

His revolutionary “Shinya Method” has become widely used in colonoscopy procedures worldwide.

"It is widely recognized in the medical profession that a healthy and clean colon is one of the most important precursors to good health and that the great majority of body ailments and diseases originate in an acidic and dirty colon. Water is essential for your health. Drinking “good water;" especially hard water which has much calcium and magnesium keeps your body at an optimal alkaline PH."

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Dr Theodore Baroody,
Author, Alkalize or Die

"I have administered over 5000 gallons of this water for about every health situation imaginable.

I feel that restructured alkaline water can benefit everyone."
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Change Your Water... Change Your Life
For more information contact:
Greg or Monika at 760-930-9604
www.ionwayswaterionizers.com

Information presented here is for educational purposes only. These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA and as such shall not be construed as medical advice implied or otherwise. No claims are made with respect to treatment of any physically diseased condition and no attempt is ever made to dissuade individuals from seeking medical treatment for any condition. In addition, this equipment, technology and products have not been evaluated by the FDA, nor are they intended to treat, cure, mitigate, diagnose or prevent any illness or disease.