Don't Bring Your Problems to Me
By Michael Masterson
A high-level executive wrote to me saying he is very upset with how he's been treated by his partners: "First they tell me to do this. And I do it. Then they tell me I can't do it anymore and I need to start something new. So I start something new and they switch plans on me again. I no longer trust them. I am demoralized. My people are demoralized."
Suggestion to ETR readers who sometimes feel this way: Blaming your colleagues or superiors because you feel like they're pushing you around is not an effective way to become successful. People who head up companies are paid to create growth and solve problems. In doing so, they are expected to take responsibility for their actions. If they run into obstacles and must make adjustments, they must make them. They can't hold other people accountable for decisions that they make.
Conduct yourself like a professional. If you feel like you have been taken advantage of or in any way treated unfairly, translate those feelings into a rational process. Don't worry about whether you have been screwed over and by whom. Instead, ask yourself what it is that you want and figure out how you can get it.
Correct the situation by creating a new game plan that gives you what you are looking for and gives even more to the person or people you are working with. Remember, the secret to success is making sure everyone who deals with you feels like they are getting a great deal. There is always a way to do that and take care of your own needs if you are creative, hardworking, and able to communicate your message positively.
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The Depressing Facts About Anti-Depressants
By Al Sears, MD
Commercials for anti-depressants like Paxil, Zoloft, and Prozac all do their best to portray the drugs as harmless. But this class of drugs, known as SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), can be highly addictive for many who use them. And when they stop taking these drugs, one in four will suffer from withdrawal symptoms.
Millions of Americans take SSRIs. They're the medication of choice for many psychiatric conditions, including depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Part of the reason for their popularity is that drug companies have gone to great lengths to prove that they're not addicting.
These drugs have now been in widespread use for years. And despite the fact that scores of drug-company-sponsored studies have shown them to have no potential for addiction, we're starting to get results from non-drug-company-sponsored studies. Several of them have concluded that patients do, indeed, develop problems, physical and mental, when stopping these drugs.
A recent report in the Journal of Postgraduate Medicine notes that up to 25 percent of patients who stop taking SSRIs experienced a number of symptoms, including anxiety, insomnia, mood swings, irritability, nausea, vomiting, tremors, chills, fatigue, lethargy, headache, and dizziness. The symptoms begin 24 to 72 hours after stopping the SSRI. They last one to three weeks, but resolve if the medication is restarted.
I prefer natural remedies to pharmaceuticals. If your depression is mild, consider trying St. John's Wort or SAMe first.
SSRIs can be helpful for those with severe depression. If you and your physician decide that you are a candidate for one of these drugs, take the following precautions.
. Never abruptly stop taking your medication. If you stop treatment, slowly taper off.
. Eat choline-rich foods, such as eggs, beef, cauliflower, peanuts, and spinach.
. Supplement with choline, lecithin, and B complex vitamins.
[Ed. Note: Dr. Sears is a practicing physician and an expert on heart health.]
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It's Good to Know: Google Street View
The satellite views of Earth offered by Google and other Web companies have been supplemented with the arrival of Google Street View, which provides ground-level views of several American cities. The format is scrollable, offering an experience similar to driving down the street.
Currently, only portions of Las Vegas, San Francisco, Denver, Miami, and New York City are available. Go to maps.google.com and click on the Street View tab to check it out.
(Source: Google)
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Word to the Wise: Archetype
An "archetype" (AR-kih-tipe) - from the Greek for "original" - is the model after which other similar things are patterned.
Example (as used by Mark Sarvas in a New York Times review of I Love You, Beth Cooper by Larry Doyle): "As long as there are nerds among us, they will seek their revenge. The pimply-faced debate captain lusting after the head cheerleader is an archetype nearly as durable as the hero's journey or the star-crossed lovers."
Michael Masterson
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These articles appear courtesy of Early to Rise [Issue #2091, 07-11-07], the Internet's most popular health, wealth, and success e-zine. For a complimentary subscription, visit http://www.earlytorise.com/.
A high-level executive wrote to me saying he is very upset with how he's been treated by his partners: "First they tell me to do this. And I do it. Then they tell me I can't do it anymore and I need to start something new. So I start something new and they switch plans on me again. I no longer trust them. I am demoralized. My people are demoralized."
Suggestion to ETR readers who sometimes feel this way: Blaming your colleagues or superiors because you feel like they're pushing you around is not an effective way to become successful. People who head up companies are paid to create growth and solve problems. In doing so, they are expected to take responsibility for their actions. If they run into obstacles and must make adjustments, they must make them. They can't hold other people accountable for decisions that they make.
Conduct yourself like a professional. If you feel like you have been taken advantage of or in any way treated unfairly, translate those feelings into a rational process. Don't worry about whether you have been screwed over and by whom. Instead, ask yourself what it is that you want and figure out how you can get it.
Correct the situation by creating a new game plan that gives you what you are looking for and gives even more to the person or people you are working with. Remember, the secret to success is making sure everyone who deals with you feels like they are getting a great deal. There is always a way to do that and take care of your own needs if you are creative, hardworking, and able to communicate your message positively.
______________________________
The Depressing Facts About Anti-Depressants
By Al Sears, MD
Commercials for anti-depressants like Paxil, Zoloft, and Prozac all do their best to portray the drugs as harmless. But this class of drugs, known as SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), can be highly addictive for many who use them. And when they stop taking these drugs, one in four will suffer from withdrawal symptoms.
Millions of Americans take SSRIs. They're the medication of choice for many psychiatric conditions, including depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Part of the reason for their popularity is that drug companies have gone to great lengths to prove that they're not addicting.
These drugs have now been in widespread use for years. And despite the fact that scores of drug-company-sponsored studies have shown them to have no potential for addiction, we're starting to get results from non-drug-company-sponsored studies. Several of them have concluded that patients do, indeed, develop problems, physical and mental, when stopping these drugs.
A recent report in the Journal of Postgraduate Medicine notes that up to 25 percent of patients who stop taking SSRIs experienced a number of symptoms, including anxiety, insomnia, mood swings, irritability, nausea, vomiting, tremors, chills, fatigue, lethargy, headache, and dizziness. The symptoms begin 24 to 72 hours after stopping the SSRI. They last one to three weeks, but resolve if the medication is restarted.
I prefer natural remedies to pharmaceuticals. If your depression is mild, consider trying St. John's Wort or SAMe first.
SSRIs can be helpful for those with severe depression. If you and your physician decide that you are a candidate for one of these drugs, take the following precautions.
. Never abruptly stop taking your medication. If you stop treatment, slowly taper off.
. Eat choline-rich foods, such as eggs, beef, cauliflower, peanuts, and spinach.
. Supplement with choline, lecithin, and B complex vitamins.
[Ed. Note: Dr. Sears is a practicing physician and an expert on heart health.]
______________________________
It's Good to Know: Google Street View
The satellite views of Earth offered by Google and other Web companies have been supplemented with the arrival of Google Street View, which provides ground-level views of several American cities. The format is scrollable, offering an experience similar to driving down the street.
Currently, only portions of Las Vegas, San Francisco, Denver, Miami, and New York City are available. Go to maps.google.com and click on the Street View tab to check it out.
(Source: Google)
______________________________
Word to the Wise: Archetype
An "archetype" (AR-kih-tipe) - from the Greek for "original" - is the model after which other similar things are patterned.
Example (as used by Mark Sarvas in a New York Times review of I Love You, Beth Cooper by Larry Doyle): "As long as there are nerds among us, they will seek their revenge. The pimply-faced debate captain lusting after the head cheerleader is an archetype nearly as durable as the hero's journey or the star-crossed lovers."
Michael Masterson
__________________________________________________
These articles appear courtesy of Early to Rise [Issue #2091, 07-11-07], the Internet's most popular health, wealth, and success e-zine. For a complimentary subscription, visit http://www.earlytorise.com/.
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