Monday, 6 August 2012
Friday, 4 May 2012
Friday, 6 May 2011
Stress Management: 7 Universal Laws for Managing Change
1. The Law of Stagnation
This is also known as first order change. First order change is a type of change where there really is no change.
How's that again? Pretty foggy, huh?
Allow me to clear it up for you. Authors Waltzlawick, Weakland and Fisch, in their book "Change: Principles of Problem Formation and Problem Resolution" explain it this way:
"...A person having a nightmare can do many things in their dream - run, hide, fight, scream, jump off a cliff, etc. - but no change from any one of these behaviors to another would ever terminate the nightmare."
In other words, you can have lots of action and moving around, without any real change taking place.
A good example from the relationship world is the belief that ending one relationship for another will change everything and make you happy. Not necessarily. Remember these profound words of wisdom, "Wherever you go, you take yourself with you."
2. The Law of Transformation
This is also known as second order change. Again, according to the authors,
"The one way out of a dream involves a change from dreaming to waking. Waking, obviously, is no longer a part of the dream, but a change to a different state altogether."
In other words, transformation, or put more simply, real change, involves movement from one state to another.
3. The Law of The Clutch
This is also known as the law of conscious attention. Several years ago, the clutch went out on my two year old car. I asked the mechanic why this would happen so soon and he asked me a few questions about how I drive. It turns out I was a champion clutch rider. If it was possible for me to have the clutch in, it was in.
What's the point? Well, I found myself having to pay conscious attention to something I had been doing, kind of unconsciously, for years - driving.
There are times in our life where we have to pay conscious and careful attention to what we are doing and thinking in order to get the changes we want.
4. The Law of Others
Whenever you set out to change someone else, you are doomed to frustration and failure. The only
person we can change is ourselves, and that's difficult enough sometimes.
5. The Law of Wet diapers
The only person who always likes change is a wet baby. Sometimes change can be the last thing we want. At the same time, change is an inevitable part of our lives.
6. The Law of Waves
Like change, there are three ways to handle a wave: you can let it knock you down, you can survive it, or you can ride it and thrive. Only the wisest and most creative of people do the latter.
7. The Law of Kaleidoscopes
Remember the kaleidoscopes we played with as kids? You would look through the hole in the tube, turn the end of the tube and watch the colors change. Many times there would be a series of small shifts followed by a big shift in the picture.
That's often how we change as well. We make a series of small shifts leading to big changes.
So if you find yourself frustrated by only being able to make small changes, remember, big changes can be just one more small shift away.
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Thursday, 18 November 2010
Thursday, 11 November 2010
Steps to Change a Baby's Diaper
Changing a baby's diaper may seem to be an easy task for some of the parents out there, but I'm sure they are still parents who want to understand more about the way to change a baby's diaper efficiently. diaper's are basically a baby's toilet, all form of excretion are done through the diaper. Changing diaper's can be very simple if basic procedures are followed, everything you've done is worth it once you see the smile on your baby's face.
Before changing a baby's diaper, You need to prepare several things to aid the process of diaper changing. Here are some items that are required: fresh new diapers, wet wipes, a diaper changing table,terry cloth towel and a nappy bin. Of course they are some other items that may come in handy, even though it is optional, it is definitely advisable. Some examples are: talcum powder, diaper-rash ointments and baby cornstarch powder.
After gathering all the required items, the last thing to have is of course a baby. First, Put the fresh new diapers on the diaper changing table, it can also be on top of a towel or any form of cloth to provide more comfort for the baby. After that, place the baby on top of the fresh new diaper. To be exact, the tummy of the baby faces upwards while the buttock faces the diaper. The old diaper is now required to be unfasten and be taken off the baby with a gentle manner. Next, clean the baby's buttock with wet wipes. Holding both the baby's leg up high can aid the process of the cleaning process. Bear in mind that if your baby is a female, do carefully clean her labia and her vagina area because there is a possibility that the female baby will get stools there. Gently clean the baby's buttock area, including the lower back and thigh areas.
At this stage, your baby should be nicely cleaned and be on top of the clean diaper. Use the terry cloth towel to pat dry your baby's buttock area to ensure that the area cleaned is in a dry status. You can now apply some diaper-rash ointment or some talcum powder on your baby's buttock area, it is optional and apply it only when it is necessary. Powder helps protect the baby from getting unwanted rashes due to perspiration. When your baby is nice and clean, this is where the fresh new diaper plays its role. Help your baby in to the fresh new diapers, make sure that the back part of the diaper is pulled up high enough to prevent leakage. The best position the front diaper should be is the position right under the baby's abdomen. The final step is of course bringing the tabs from the back and fastening them to the front of the diaper. There you have it, Isn't easy to change your baby's diaper? Changing a baby's diaper is a very good experience for new parents. It is also possible to make this process in to a game of peek-a-boo to ease the process of diaper changing, the baby won't even notice that you are changing diapers for them because they are too distracted by the game!
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