Adam Web DesignWritten by John Casey
Adam Senour of Adam Web Design has several articles on this site describing business practices. There is one business practive that he is very good at that he has not written about. Advertising for web developers, hiring them, getting them to do freelance work and then not paying them. That could be an article on how to make money. Adam has not just screwed me, I am in contact with 5 other people he has screwed in last 6 months.
| | Humor in BusinessWritten by Avinoam Amizan
With advancement of computer simulators, anybody can repeat all business routines before he goes to field, and have opportunity of relaxing from tedious work with numbers. The businessman can concentrate more on human factors: The Customer Service, relationships among fellow workers, and self care. The occupation with Human factors is obligation to deal with emotions. Emotions volumes are not measurable accurately, contrary to cognitive or physical volumes. We can measure I.Q., or weight lifting, but not intensity of love or hate. Questionnaires about satisfaction from a product or a boss give very limited answers. The reason we cannot measure emotions is that they expand all time. This is their main attribute. It gives them their most unique quality: The ability to identify with other and be empathic. We can memorize cognitive or physical practices, but with emotions we are left bare like children in a barren field. This leaves businessman exposed to mistakes of emotional intelligence, and computers cannot help him. There is nothing better then sense of humor, best therapy for soul, for illuminating human factor. The definition of humor is: Emotions made precise. It derives directly from an overloaded mind, which seeks to facilitate feelings he faces with others. Every accurate expression of emotion is followed by it, as part of a relief. Every business deal is a transaction of emotions. These are accurate emotions, purified through long bargaining process. Between negotiating sides, after a deal closing, comes immediately a mutual sense of emotional relief. While it fade away down, It create a by product, in form of lightness of spirit, a humor. The precision of humor observations makes them suitable for businessmen training. There is a use for humor in all aspects of human relations at work, but it is limited, in scale and methods. There are humor workshops for businessmen, but they are relatively rare, in contrast to amount of time dedicated for self improvement. Starting at morning meetings, through motivation papers, and finally with private learning, average businessman provide himself constantly with emotional intelligence advice. Compare percentage of humor in it to humor in ordinary life, and you will find that while daily life is a continuous effort for laugher, business life is a cooperated effort for making life more serious and heavier. The businessman needs a steady supply of concrete, healthy humor. Otherwise he may turn into acidly cynic person. One medium of humor, Cartoon, is more suitable then others for Businessman. The Visual aspect of cartoon makes it easy to grasp content. It affords a visual relaxation in visually intensive world of business. Humor in business is not as simple as it looks like. It demands professionalism both in humor and business. It has to be precise. Otherwise there is a danger of getting out of focus. Laser precision is part of any humor. If target is missed, damage is big.
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