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How to Stop Saying Like All the Time (Infographic)

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People can often develop nervous habits when speaking – some will say, “Ummm” frequently (especially when they’re making a speech). Many (MANY!) others pepper their speech with, “like,” which is what the infographic below deals with.

Personally, a trend I’ve noticed that drives me batty is people ending sentences with an inflection, as though they’re questions.  For whatever reason, it drives me up the wall. I have, literally, changed channels and turned off podcasts because of it. In fact there was once a husband and wife team giving an interview on a podcast and as soon as I discovered they BOTH did it, I jumped up from the computer and sped to Starbucks for a Chai Tea Latte to calm my nerves.

THAT’S how batty it drives me.

Frequently saying “like” (as is the case with Ummm and making everything sound like a question) distracts from what you’re actually saying. It causes you to seem less knowledgeable and less confident. Pretty much the last things you want to convey!

The infographic has wonderful tips and advice. Enjoy! ~ Joi (“Joy”)

Courtesy of: QuickQuid

The Non-Confrontational Person’s Guide to Conflict

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When this infographic landed in my e-mail, I couldn’t help but smile. I am, quite possibly, the most non-confrontational person to ever walk on two legs. I can’t speak for three or four-legged people, but I’m all but certain I hold the title among the two legged.

People do, of course, have different temperaments and personalities – as well as different experiences and life stories. Each of these things go into making us the way we are, for better or worse.

Personally, I think something else contributes to this particular train and you don’t have to look any further than your mom and/or dad.

Many times, if we’re raised by at least one parent who has an outgoing… confrontational, when need be… personality, we tend to pull back. It could be simply because we grew up knowing they would take care of everything. They had our back, so to speak, so we didn’t even have to turn around, let alone add our two cents to the moment.

It can, of course, go even further. If, by way of our own personality and temperament, we were somewhat embarrassed by our parent’s gregarious approach to conflict, we pull back EVEN further.

Welcome to my world!

My mom was NOT a wallflower. She was the most amazing, predominant piece of furniture… and she didn’t sit against the wall… oh no! She’d be the amazing, predominant piece of furniture in the middle of the room. Smack in the middle with a lamp shining on her. That was my mother and I loved her greatly.

While I was more the comfy chair next to the window, I did, usually appreciate her placement in the spotlight. However, there were times when (as a calm and quiet chair) she would mortify me in public. If her steak wasn’t “just right,” the server and cook would know about it. If we had waited beyond an acceptable amount of time at the clinic, the entire room would soon be aware of just how many minutes we’d been there.

If a salesperson, nurse, doctor, or electrician was rude, they’d soon pay the piper.

My dad and I exchanged so many, “She’s about to blow…” glances over the years and nearly as many, “She blew…” glances.

Two different teachers flat-out wronged me in high-school and – by the time it was all over – I almost felt sorry for them. You see, nothing would elicit an eruption quite like thinking her only child had been wronged.

I wonder if either teacher has recovered yet?

At any rate, I am non-confrontational to the extreme. If you’re a similar “comfy chair” (And let me go ahead and say there’s nothing wrong with that! What’s a room without chairs, after all?!), you’ll enjoy this infographic as much as I did.

~ Joi (“Joy”)

The Non-Confrontational Person's Guide to Conflict (Infographic)

Credit: The Non-Confrontational Person’s Guide to Conflict

14 Scout Badges They Should Make for Adulting!

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Cooked Meal for Two

While this infogaphic is really all in good fun (I mean none of us truly expect to be rewarded for doing what we should do in the first place), there is a good old fashioned lesson behind it.  We don’t give ourselves enough credit or others enough recognition.

Think about it – we’re all going through life, learning as we go along. No one can really and truly prepare anyone else for the battles, joys, struggles, or victories they’ll experience in life. We all have our own path to walk and no one has ever walked the exact same path before, nor will they ever walk the exact same path in the future.

It’s ours… all ours! (insert maniacal laughter… just for the heck of it)

We should pause from time to time and give ourselves credit for coming through what we’ve come through and, at the risk of sounding a little dramatic, for the fact that we are still standing.

What’s more, we should give the people in our lives respect, recognition, and even a much-welcomed pat on the back just as often. They, too, have overcome their own battles and they too are still standing.

Courtesy of: SavingsSpot

Weird Body Facts (Infographic)

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Weird Body Facts Infographic

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I can’t remember the last time an infographic made me say, “Cool… gross… that’s awful… cool” all in the span of 3 minutes – but it was a fun experience. I love random facts and trivia, so this was a very enjoyable infographic. It’s also one of the cutest I’ve ever seen.

Infographic Credit: Vapester

~Joi (“Joy”)

What Does Your Handwriting Say About You (Infographic)

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For whatever reasons, I’m always fascinated with “personality” quizzes and infographics. They aren’t just fun, they can actually be pretty insightful. Ironically, they’re often right on the nose, too.

The great infographic below is all about what your handwriting says about your personality. Enjoy!

What Your Handwriting Says About You (Infographic)
Credit: essaywritingservice.co.uk