Birth Control Pill Mix-Up Leads To Pfizer Recall

i will never ever rely on that shit. craziness. absolute craziness. plus it’s a competitor, so.. muahaha.

• A job description that is pretty much what I do already.  The ability to influence without authority… LOL did I not just write about this? 25% travel, “domestic and international (Europe.)” within the family of companies—- CONSUMER. APPLIED. 
• The leadership program EVERYONE in my group went through is recruiting still. I shrugged it off earlier because it didn’t interest me at all, even though I would have mad connections. I’m taking my last class in this area…. it now interests me… somehow. APPLIED.
• Today is my dad’s 30th anniversary with his company. He enjoys what he does, and he’s good at it.  His loyalty inspires me. 

In one well-known study, workers who felt unfairly criticized by a boss or felt they had a boss who didn’t listen to their concerns had a 30 percent higher rate of coronary disease than those who felt treated fairly and with care.

In the workplace itself, researcher Marcial Losada has found that among high-performing teams, the expression of positive feedback outweighs that of negative feedback by a ratio of 5.6 to 1. By contrast, low-performing teams have a ratio of .36 to 1.

Practice appreciation by starting with yourself. If you have difficulty openly appreciating others, it’s likely you also find it difficult to appreciate yourself. Take a few moments at the end of the day to ask yourself this simple question: “What can I rightly feel proud of today?” If you are committed to constant self-improvement, you can also ask yourself, “What could I do better tomorrow?” Both questions hold your value…

Make it a priority to notice what others are doing right. The more you work at it, the better you’ll get at it, and the more natural it will become for you..

Be appreciative. The more specific you can be about what you value — and the more you notice what’s most meaningful to that person — the more positive your impact on that person is likely to be…

Read the full article here.

I think this is SO important and relates a bit to my last post, even if I didn’t directly state it. I love this job because my work and who I am is appreciated. The entire group appreciates each other and vocalizes it. Often.

I’m so highly amused at how much “good business practices” can apply to your personal life, especially relationships. Appreciation, the 80/20 Principle, Good to Great (get the right people on the bus/in your life).

Really just about life, and my life, and the cycle of things. Like how it can be so nice to walk in the sunshine on some sidewalk in the suburbs, knowing you’ll always have the most perfect relaxing plans every weekend because you have a long-term boyfriend and you like the same things. But things are not always “always,” things end. And that’s fine, but like everything, you have to believe you’ll have something beautiful again, and maybe this is your last time really alone, so you better damn well appreciate it. And with this job, you have to truly believe you deserve this, or something just as good, even if it’s somewhere else. You have to try everything you can do to be more than just a really long-term intern, because who else gets extended… twice? Even the security guard and the lady that takes your money in the cafeteria were amazed. Co-workers jump from their desks to hug you when it’s been awhile. You tear up when you see the effects of what you do laid before you, in human form. You do good, true, work, and these things are happening for a reason. I am sure of it. And if it amounts to nothing full-time, at least you have things to prove you can self-manage yourself while working from home, and coordinate with all kinds of people, and can write up reports that go out to thousands of people. Yesterday was filled with coincidences and crazy timing, and every time that happens, I feel like it’s God signaling, don’t worry, trust, you are on the right track, no matter what it looks like, one day you’ll tilt your head to the sky and laugh at how perfect everything is. You have to believe that you are worthy of other wonderful things, and they will always wax and wane, which means you have to appreciate them when they are laid out before you.

STOP IT.

i’m sorry but i’m a little obsessed and i’m getting up to date with my “new girl gif” tag following. fuck he’s so goofy and cuteeeee. nerd with sex appeal. major. sex. appeal.

I sent an email out to my group for my senior seminar project at 8am about meeting tonight to finalize a contract we all have to make up and sign. The contract is basically written on Google Docs, with all of our inputs, and it’s just beautiful because we didn’t even meet up for that. But I’m nearly crying because I sent this email at 8 about meeting today and everyone responded and was smart enough to hit “reply all” (this is rare) in under an hour and a half confirming that they could make it… and I’m just like aww this is literally the best group ever, our email chain is beautiful :’)

to my highest weight. 

I’m just a little more than five pounds away or so. What I was before the gym, and after I stopped playing sports, exactly four years ago. And you know what? I don’t even care. I look fine, I feel great, fuck that noise, you know? I eat pretty well, I work out hard. The scale and BMI calculators are shitheads. It’s only a matter of time before I finallyyy tuck that damn thing away into a closet. 

one of the best things anyone could ever say to me

bwintz:

SHUT THE FRONT DOOR.

making these this weekend, that’s a promise.

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bwintz:

it’s weird how you can just lose a friend, like they change and they change and you keep telling yourself they’ll talk themselves out of it, they just need the time to come to the decision themselves. they can’t possibly like the person they’re being, they’re just trying to please everyone. constantly transforming into someone completely unrecognizable to the point that she’s the type of girl you used to make fun of together. the kind of girl that cares more about the price of her manicure than her friendships. everyone is disposable as long as you make them think you like them. why does that even work? why are people so fundamentally fucked in the head?

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don’t ever forget this. it’s easy to get all blinded once you’re well into something. so do not. forget. this. 

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