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The Art of Smiling

I've always been known of or likened to smiling at others. It puts those positive vibes out if you are sincere and it certainly creates the friendly environment I enjoy. So, today I decided to put it to test. Remember a manager that absolutely knocked my mood off for questioning me on where I sit? I put a super sincere and glowy smile at him today, wishing him Good Morning. So, 2 steps forward, and he back tracks. Looking back and me and said, hey you know what, you can sit at that place until Feb, no one will be taking the seat. But its just, I prefer you to ask beforehand next time :) He is not known for his smile, but certainly I think the morning smile of mine opened his heart to accepting my preposition. Well done Nigel. 

Unhappy at work place report

A recent news report reported 78% of unhappy employees, or what we call salary workers. Most cited unhappiness because of immediate superior, which is unfortunately true based on my experience. I am of course, pointing fingers at the culprits and only a selected group of 'bosses'. The bosses are suppose to be open, friendly and willing to share. Instead, they are uptight, arrogant and worst of all - fail to recognise our contribution to their work. Being a nomad in my company ( I have no 'fix seats' only a fix drawer), another boss came up to me today and said ' how long will you be sitting here? do you know this is our place? you're like francis (whoever that is) moving around and sitting anywhere you want. If this was a GMAT essay and I was ask to discuss I will clearly state the flaws in top management in corporate companies. 1) Extreme overheads because of structure. Look at how AirAsia is ran, even the CEO has no 'fix seat'. It is what you