If you are a self respecting individual, chances are you want others to treat you with respect. And you know what, age isn’t a prerequisite nor is it a magic key to gaining respect. Plenty of people who are young can be highly respected from their elder where as there are older people who would never get respect because their actions are so out of line. It’s about how you conduct yourself, your attitudes towards others and your actions. In every field of work, the most highly regarded people are those who are the best at what they do. Everyone loves competent people, especially those who present their best work all the time. If you’re just starting out in your profession, that doesn’t mean you’re not deserving of respect. It’s about starting small and building from there.

Also noboby likes a dishonest or unreliable person. A well respected individual is one who is honest in his/her communications and can be trusted to do what he/she promised. I believe integrity is the first step to being our highest self. I always ensure I live up to my commitments and deliver beyond what I promise. If due to some reason you can’t honor your commitments, make sure you address them accordingly to the other party and make up for it.

Listen - Everyone likes to have their own say. If we can patiently listen to others they will appreciate our concern and attention. Even if it is a little boring and repetitive, there is no harm in listening to what others have to say; listening to others shows that we are interested in them as a person. Listening more is the perfect complement to talking less. When we talk we try to influence others, when we listen we appreciate others; it is important to get the right balance.

Also be honest. The importance of honesty cannot be underestimated; if you gain a reputation for being ‘slippery with the truth’ it will be difficult to gain the genuine respect of others. It is easier to be dishonest than we may imagine. When things go wrong there is a temptation to look for someone or something to blame. It takes a certain amount of courage to just be honest and accept things didn’t work out as planned; in the long run, this honesty will be appreciated.

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. -Galileo

When we do something for the child, we might be quieting the voice in our head telling us to help the struggling child, but, at the same time, we are instilling dependence in him. By jumping in to help, we are demonstrating that he is incapable of figuring out the solution to the problem independently. We can offer clues, suggestions, ask probing questions to stimulate a solution, but solving the problem for the child creates dependence.

Another upside to befriending failure early is that you develop a certain knack for the postmortem, a medical term used here to mean a time of examination and reflection. Failure analysis, as they call it in product development circles, is the process of collecting and analyzing all available data to find the cause of a failure and figure out how to prevent it from happening again. Is there a more useful skill, or a more capacitating one? Failure analysis, by its very nature, says failure is an event, not an identity and that future outcomes can and will be affected by our choices.

There are two forms of feedback: intrinsic feedback and extrinsic feedback. An example of extrinsic feedback is us saying to our children, “good job,” every so often. As mentioned, this type of feedback creates dependence. An example of intrinsic feedback is letting your child solve a problem on her own and watch for that smile when she “gets it” independently. This type of feedback is based on the child learning how to monitor her own work and depend on her own judgement.

As far as I know, there are no seminars on how to fail. Yet, without failure there is no success. It is important to allow our children to fail and make mistakes in a healthy and supportive manner. No amount of coaching, attending seminars and reading books can substitute for the true benefit of failing, making mistakes, and learning the valuable lessons they teach

All man-made products incorporate raw materials to create the finished product. This involves harvesting the earth’s natural resources (e.g. wood, metal) in order to acquire the raw materials.

Deforestation is a prime example of how harvesting natural resources is harming the environment. This could be reduced if we recycle more paper and old wooden products.

Deforestation is a major issue today. This is because man is using natural resources to fulfill his needs. The increase of these demands has led to increasing levels of destruction of our natural resources. These resources being limited, a day would probably arrive when we don’t really have anything to turn towards. Think about all the trees that are being axed in the forests today. Your habits of wasting paper could be one of the million reasons that contribute towards such problems.

Practicing the concept of recycling will benefit us in our everyday life. Have you given a thought to the amount of energy you waste on an everyday basis? Do you really require the light to be switched on at your sink in the morning? Therefore, reduce the use of energy. This is simply because, a lot of materials are required to manufacture new products that require energy and these are not always biodegradable. The more number of non-biodegradable products or materials added to the environment means more matter in landfill areas. This in turn creates more issues due to lack of space in such landfill sites that cannot really accommodate non-biodegradable objects. A time will soon arrive when there would really be no more space on earth to accommodate all the junk we add on an everyday basis!

The more we recycle, the more we can help to reduce the burden on local and national landfill sites. As population levels increase, we will need to find more landfill sites, which will harm the surrounding environment and wildlife.

This is another important reason why we should recycle more, in order to reduce the impact landfills have on the surrounding environment.

Dress Well and take care of yourself - When you don’t look good, it changes the way you carry yourself and interact with other people. Use this to your advantage by taking care of your personal appearance. This doesn’t mean you need to spend a lot on new clothes. One great rule to follow is “spend twice as much, buy half as much”. Rather than buying a bunch of cheap clothes, buy half as many select, high quality items. Also eat a healthy diet and get enough exercise. Don’t abuse your body, don’t overload it, and don’t deny it any of the things it needs. At the same time, don’t obsess.

Improve your posture - Similarly, the way a person carries herself tells a story. People with slumped shoulders and lethargic movements display a lack of self confidence. They aren’t enthusiastic about what they’re doing and they don’t consider themselves important. By practicing good posture, you’ll automatically feel more confident. Having good posture can actually make you feel more confident. Good posture also helps with deep breathing, which helps with feeling calm and relaxed.

Find your passion - Whether it’s football, martial arts, dancing, or basket weaving, you will feel confident pursuing that endeavor by recognizing what you enjoy doing the most. More importantly, you’ll be enjoying your progress.

Know your strengths and weaknesses -Learning who you are doesn’t happen overnight.

A good start is to identify your strengths and weaknesses and then weigh those against what you enjoy. (If you’re great in sales, but you actually can’t stand sales jobs, then it doesn’t really matter if you have confidence there. Unless it’s all about ego—but does that really make you happy?) It might help to list five things you do well that you enjoy, and five things you’d like to do well. Make an effort to utilize some of the first list and work on some of the second every day. As you use your strengths and improve where there’s room to grow, you’ll develop both confidence and fulfillment simultaneously.

Bearing all the hallmarks of the midlife crisis, this phenomenon – characterised by insecurities, disappointments, loneliness and depression– is hitting twenty- and thirtysomethings shortly after they enter the “real world”, with educated professionals most likely to suffer.

“Quarterlife crises don’t happen literally a quarter of the way through your life,” said lead researcher Dr Oliver Robinson, from the University of Greenwich in London. “They occur a quarter of your way through adulthood, in the period between 25 and 35, although they cluster around 30.”

This tends to be the age where regets about decitions made in School, College or University become more appart. The classes one didn’t take, or could have tried harder in, the teams one didn’t try out for, and wished they had and so forth can sometimes cause a lot of regret and even resentment of those that are doing things one wishes they’d done.

Some people will respond to a quarter life crisis by rushing into various landmark type goals in life (ie, getting married, moving out from your parents house, getting your first house, getting your first real job, having kids). You wonder how you will ever find job security/afford a house at today’s prices/find a partner if you’re working all the time/get out of your parents’ house if your debt is costing you every dime you make/afford rent while it keeps going up/find a job that pays the bills/pay off your debt/all of the above. Usually all of the above.

Basically, you wake up one morning and think to yourself, “Man - I’m totally screwed.”

Organise your day at work - If your average work day often leaves you feeling stressed and overwhelmed, it is time to calm things down by getting more organised. Make sure you arrive a few minutes early for work to give you time to organise your tasks for the day and get mentally prepared. Then organise your space by clearing away any clutter and streamlining your workspace Finally, make a list of everything that you need to do that day in order of priority.

Get extra monitors and a headset -  The ability to have multiple pages up at once saves a huge amount of time. Also having a headset is much more comfortable than using a conventional phone, and it lets you walk around freely whilst on the phone, which will boost your energy. Also organise your desk. Could you invest in some desk accessories to help stay organized? Could you replace that hideous lamp?

Where your favourite outfit - While many of us are required to wear a uniform if you do have more freedom to dress as you wish, try opting for clothes or accessories that boost your mood. Whether you opt for a piece of jewellery that reminds you of a special memory, a colourful bag to brighten up your day, that confidence- boosting outfit, or even your favourite underwear beneath it all, adding something special to your worn-in work attire can really brighten your day.

Be nice to your collueges - This is the right way to behave, and it will also serve your best interests, if you need that justification. In situation evocation, for example, we spark a response from people that reinforces a tendency we already have — for example, if I act irritable all the time, the people around me are probably going to treat me with less patience and helpfulness, which will, in turn, stoke my irritability.

Stay Active - If your working day is getting you down, try giving yourself an instant happiness boost by squeezing some exercise into your lunch break. Exercise is good for boosting self-esteem and letting off stress, and it also releases chemicals in the brain such as endorphins and anandamide which can boost your mood and leave you feeling great. If you have shower facilities at work you could go for a lunchtime run. Alternatively, a brisk walk around the shops will get your heart rate up without working up a sweat.

The average rise for all rail tickets - including unregulated fares such as advance and business tickets - is 5.9%. However, the cost of a Chester-Crewe annual season ticket goes up 10.6%, as does a season ticket for travel between Llandudno and Bangor in Gwynedd and Port Talbot Parkway and Swansea, will increase by 8.7%.

With the price of UK train fares being the most expensive in the EU its hardly surprising the majority of the general public are in uproar at these ridiculous increases. The rises are bad enough for commuters who mostly cannot hope to match the fare rises with comparable salary increases. Yet things could have been even worse, as the Government had originally intended to raise the January 2012 annual increase for regulated fares from RPI inflation plus 1% to RPI plus 3%.

However the Government is apparently still planning to operate a RPI plus 3% formula for January 2013 and January 2014, leaving us hard-up passengers to hope that promises of a reduction in inflation will be fulfilled. There was a similar “reprieve” for London travellers who had faced Tube and bus rises of around 7% from today until an extra £136 million of Government was found to limit the London increases to an average of 5.6%.

Michael Roberts, chief executive of the Association of Train Operating Companies (Atoc), stats money raised through fares helped pay for improved services. “For a number of years, the government has sought to sustain investment in the railways by reducing what taxpayers contribute and increasing the share that is paid for by passengers,” he said. “The focus of the whole industry is to keep on reducing the overall cost of running the railways as a way of limiting future fare rises and providing taxpayers with better value for money.”

Campaign groups and transport unions have bemoaned the 2012 increases which come at a time when rail regulators have warned Network Rail about poor punctuality on some long-distance routes.

Last week, the Campaign for Better Transport (CBT) released figures showing that passengers in Europe can pay between three-and-a-half times and nearly 10 times less for their annual season tickets on routes of around 23 miles than their British counterparts. But the Government, train companies and London Mayor Boris Johnson have all stressed that fare rises are necessary to sustain investment in Tube and main line systems that are attracting more and more passengers.

However Coca Cola is not the only cola brand that uses Christmas to promote its product. Alongside its rival Pepsi they have been in what’s arguably the longest running competitive battle in the history of advertisement. So what makes the Coca Colas Christmas adverts so special, that it brings people to quote the same line time and time again “You Know It’s Christmas When the Coca Cola Advert Comes on”; when in reality Coca Cola has nothing to do with Christmas at all!?

Before the first Christmas campaign was made, many people believed that it was a summer drink. Coca Cola wanted to change the outlook people had on this so adopted the image of Father Christmas as its unofficial logo. Now Coca Cola claims to have changed the world’s view on who Father Christmas is. They claim that before the first ever advert was made, many people portrayed Father Christmas as being fat, thin, small, tall to even the image of an elf.

Coca Cola art quotes - When the name Santa Claus is mentioned anywhere in America today, the image that invariably comes to mind is the one created by Haddon Sundblom for the Coca-Cola Company. In 2001 this same artwork was used again for the basis of an animated commercial.

Since the start of the Christmas campaigns coca cola has gone on to create many different adverts using catchy jingles, polar bears and penguins; and in 2010’s advertisement they even used a more modern approach and placed the world in Santa’s own snow globe. Coca Cola has cleverly taken a product that has no relevancy to Christmas and turned it into one of the most recognised campaigns in advertisement history.

As well as the new campaigns they produce every year, the same famous “Coca Cola Truck” advert runs alongside the new ones. This advert is the most powerful advert Coca Cola has ever created. Many people immediately associate it with Christmas as they have been brought up with the theme tune “The Holiday’s are coming”, taking many people back to their younger days.

Looking back at Coca Cola’s Christmas campaign it is clear to see that they have cleverly taken a product that had no relevancy to the Christmas period what so ever and turned it into one of the most recognised campaigns ever to have been created.

Shop early. Nothing takes away the Christmas spirit like fighting for parking and struggling through crowds. Leaving the present buying until the last minute may seem like a good idea at the time, but as the big day draws closer, it will be an extra stress you could do without!

Think about what the meaning of Christmas and what it means to you. Is it the birth of Jesus Christ? Is it a time when all the family get together? Does it bring some warmth and light in the middle of the winter? Does it show others that you’ve thought about them with the gifts you’ve chosen? Or is it simply about receiving presents? Think about what you’d like Christmas to mean to you and how you can work towards that goal, giving yourself that warm and exciting feeling about Christmas.

Listen to Christmas Carols and watch Christmas movies. Films such as “It’s a Wonderful Life” is a good one for reviving a flagging Christmas spirit, as is “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” Or if reading is more your thing there are novels availble such as “A Christmas Carol” and “A Child’s Christmas in Wales.” Do any number of these things will enable your brain to start thinking of the festive season, and hopefully get you into the spirt of Christmas.

Don’t for get to decorate your house! Be Inspired by Decorations. Walk around your town to look at the Christmas decorations and lights, visit family and friends and decorate or bake together, do anything that you know have something to do with lights, and Christmas, this will be sure to have some influence on you. However if you don’t want the hassle of a large tree, opt for a small or pre-lighted tree. It doesn’t matter how clean your house looks for your family. Just relax and have a nice time with those you love.

Most restaurant owners want to know if you have an issue with the food or service so that they can improve it, as reputation is everything to them. They will often look at replacing the dish, and sometimes even chuck freebies in to make up for your misfortune. A friend of mine recently ate at a local restaurant that has a rather good reputation, however somehow this particular dish was not best cooked. My friend very politely sent it back and got a free drink, along with an improved dish in return. The staff where very friendly and apologetic about the whole situation and my friend left the restaurant with a positive outlook about eating there again.

Now I know not all restaurant staff will be this helpful, but unless you give them a chance to fix your issue you cannot truly be aware of whether the restaurant you have dined at was really that bad. A few various scenarios where the problem would lie with the restaurant includes: when your meal is the wrong temperature, stale, has a foreign object (a hair or something similar) in it, or is not what you ordered. In this case the fault lies purely with the restaurant, which means that you are entirely within your rights to send your order back (that is to say, you shouldn’t receive any complaints or trouble from your waiter).

If any of the above problems arise whilst dining you should politely request a replacement, and make sure that you are specific about what you would like to be changed. This means you should know whether you want the meal to be fixed, or cooked entirely from scratch. Another few tips to remember are -
•Be Light-hearted and smile, smiling cures everything. A kitchen is busy and people make mistakes.
•Never demand a server to work for you. Remember, they are handling your food.
•Unless they are having a bad day, most servers will not care if you send back food. As long as you’re not rude and ask politely, they should be happy to help.
•Your Server is not 100% to blame - if there is something wrong with your food, remember you are tipping on service.