Saturday, November 8, 2014

How to use Rudeness to Make Yourself Someone People Want to Avoid, Dislike, Sue, Etc.

Over the past few years an epidemic of rudeness has swept the world. Here’s you will find some great ways how to perpetuate the disease. If you already do some of these, you are well on your track to being part of this bad mannered culture. 

Many think they can just continue to get away with it or it's somehow a good thing to be nasty. The consequences are real and forthcoming for those misguided souls. But just for fun, let's look at these sure ways to be rude.




1) Ignore people. 
  • Don’t return phone calls. 
  • Never answer the phone. (ok I don't agree with this completely. I don't answer the phone often because of the type of work I do. But I do call back,  text, email and respond regardless).  
  • Don’t listen when people talk to you. 
  • Talk on your cell phone when with others, especially in restaurants or other public places.
  • Don’t acknowledge that others exist. The greatest insult that you can give someone is to ignore the person. If you excel at this skill you can skip the next four paragraphs.
2) Show disrespect. Make fun of others. 
  • Assign stupid nicknames or deliberately mispronounce names. 
  • Make people wait for you. 
  • Laugh at other people’s mistakes, struggles, and fears. 
  • Use sarcasm and cynicism freely. 
  • Treat people like idiots. Disrespect is powerful because it strips people of their dignity.
3) Criticize. Find fault in everything. 
  • Spread gossip. Complain about anything and everything. 
  • Remind people about mistakes they made, even if decades ago. 
  • If possible, embellish your complaints with exaggerated descriptions of failure. 
  • Keep a written log of faults, flaws, and fumbles so you can grind on them daily. 
  • Develop a whining tone to your voice. Critics reduce everything to dirt.

4) Be negative. 
  • Master pessimism. Attack every change or new idea. 
  • Always focus on failure. Expect the worst to happen. 
  • Never accept or approve anything. 
  • Refuse to participate or cooperate in any endeavor. 
  • If something appears to work despite your efforts, cause delays so you can prepare fresh arguments against it. Aggressive gloom creates perpetual hopelessness.
5) Get mad. 
  • Throw tantrums. 
  • Scream. 
  • Yell. 
  • Shout. 
  • Slam doors. 
  • Hit walls. 
  • Throw things. 
  • Act violent. 
  • Use accusations, insults, and threats to disrupt conversations. 
  • Tolerate nothing. 
  • Insist on retribution. 
  • Always attack first. 
  • Blame your anger on others. Unpredictable, insane behavior keeps other people off balance.
Caution: Application of these tactics guarantees that the need for attorneys will increase. To NOT use these or help others not use them contact me for coaching sessions. 


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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

3 Tips to Try for Healthier Skin Even with Acne

3 Top Acne Skin Care Tips For A Healthier Skin

When dealing with acne skin care, most of the medical professionals commonly suggest that people affected with acne must practice certain acne skin care methods that will help improve the condition of their skin.

Acne, as you may already know, is a very severe skin disorder that affects thousands of people from all over the world. It not only affects the surface of the skin but also the inner layers of the skin. Acne usually occurs on the face, neck, chest and back, and it starts during the adolescence period. Many times people continue to get acne throughout most of their lives well into adulthood. 

As I stated in an earlier post I am one of those adults. I have had acne since I was 14 years and I'm now 44. That's a long time to deal with something that for some reason with all the medical advances doesn't seem to have a cure. It's very frustrating and it is very easy to get depressed because of it. 

I believe dealing with acne requires a multi-prong approach. There is prevention as much as possible. treating, covering, healing and the cycle continues to preventing. The truth that as much as we seem to know about acne we don't seem to know to to cure it completely. Treating your biggest organ holistically is your best bet. In addition to taking care of yourself in various ways including eating healthy, getting enough rest, reducing stress, trying various treatments, there are action steps you can take to get healthier skin.

During the past several years, a good number of acne experts and skin care professionals have conducted many studies on how to prevent the formation of acne. And fortunately, these skin care specialists have come out with certain acne skin care tips that can be of great help for fighting acne. Here are three simpler yet most powerful acne skin care tips that you can follow in order to have a healthier skin. These are mentioned below:

Acne Skin Care Tip # 1: You Should Always Clean Your Skin Very Gently
First of all, personal hygiene is very necessary for fighting acne. So as what most experts usually suggest, you should gently clean your skin with a mild cleanser at least twice a day. This simple acne skin care step is deemed important for fighting acne since washing your face or the other affected areas will wipe away the acne-causing bacteria found on the skin. Also note that although you are sometimes told to scrub your face, scrubbing is not a good acne skin care move since it will just trigger the development of acne, worsening the condition. In addition to this acne skin care step, it is worth noting that astringents are not always suggested unless the skin is very oily. And, they must only be applied on the oily spots.

Acne Skin Care # 2: You Should Refrain from Frequently Holding Your Skin
Another helpful acne skin care tip is to avoid frequently handling of the skin. Don’t pinch, pick or squeeze your pimple since it will only worsen the condition. Many of the people have considered this acne skin care step as one of the most important acne skin care pointers knowing that it may only cause infection and scars formation. As this acne skin care tip holds, you should avoid rubbing and touching your skin lesions if possible.

Acne Skin Care # 3: Always Choose Cosmetics Carefully
This last acne skin care tip holds that people who are being treated for acne must change some of the cosmetics they use. Note that in order to avoid the onset or the development of acne, the cosmetics you plan on using like the foundation, blush, moisturizers, and eye shadow should be oil free. Aside from that, this acne skin care tip also holds that you must avoid oily hair products for they may cause closed comedones. Therefore, those products that are labeled as noncomedogenic or nonacnegenic should be applied.

It is a fact that many of us are very conscious of our skin condition. And as such, we are always wanting to have a fresh, good-looking skin as much as possible. Unfortunately, many of us also fail to come to the conclusion that simple steps are the best ways to accomplish this goal. We often are blind enough that we don’t see what’s really right or wrong for our skin. We often fall in so much frustration and desperation that make us go buy any high-priced beauty products that in the end just turn out to be a waste of time and money, and even worsen our acne. Hopefully, the above mentioned acne skin care tips will be a good start to help you enhance your skin condition.


If you would like more information on me and my quest please do contact me. I am of course on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Youtube, Google+, Pinterest, Blogger, and BlogTalkRadio and all can be accessed via my website: www.thisisdiana.com and  Sign up to my email list and get a FREE E-Book!

~Always with Love, Light and Common Sense Manners~

Diana Navarro, M.S.
On a Quest to Bring Common Sense Manners Back!

Sunday, November 2, 2014

The Torture of Acne But You Can Survive and Thrive



If you're reading this, chances are you or someone you love is enduring the torture of acne. Acne isn't just a little pimple a teenager gets, it's a medical condition that is extremely painful, embarrassing and affects millions upon millions of people from teenagers to adults. It appears in various places in our bodies, but for crying out loud why in our faces?! The place the world sees??? I will never understand even if a dermatologist says the scientific reasons and how we have so many oil glands here or there, it just isn't fair is it?

I am one of those adults. I have had acne since I was 14 years and I'm now 44! You do the math. That's a long time to deal with something that for some reason with all the medical advances doesn't seem to have a cure. It's very frustrating and it is very easy to get depressed because of it. 

I have received the most amazing compliments on my skin and I STILL have acne. So I want to share some of what I have done to help me deal with it. I've become very creative since none of the traditional treatments have worked. Some of what I'm gong to share in future posts I have not personally tried and I will clearly to say that. For now, and this post I will tell you what I have tried as a treatment for the insidious acne.

Lies about acne cures
Speaking of traditional treatments, I'm sure by now, almost everybody has seen the late night and early morning acne infomercials with all kinds of celebrities like Julianne Hough, Jessica Simpson or Sean “Diddy” Combs. 

Let me just say that featuring a celebrity claiming to have acne when they have an occasional blemish or breakout does not acne make. In other words, this is very insulting to the person suffering from acne covering their face, neck back, arms. It hurts physically and emotionally. 

Many people for some reason feel that if a celebrity vouches for something, it must be true or accurate. If they trust something you should too because they are famous. When you really think about it that makes no sense.If the promises made for any given product sound surreal, and miraculous it's probably to good to be true. The truth is that acne can be tricky. It can respond to a treatment temporarily then return with a vengeance. People should know this before they let their desperation for a cure give them false hope. 

Sadly, those celebrities are not there when someone is staring at you, judging  and taunting you for a medical condition that isn't your fault. What bothers me the most is that many advertisers are lying. They are claiming to cure acne when truthfully the condition can persist for years. The best way to discuss this is to be honest about this condition. Sure there can be relief and we'll take it but don't make a claim that isn't true. If and when a break out does returns, you won't feel there is something wrong with you. You have to treat it and yourself gently to find a way of at least controlling it a bit.

What I tried
Please note this is my personal experience and opinion. It is not a substitute for professional advise or consultations. Also note that what did or didn't work for me may not affect others the same way. In a nutshell. I started going to the doctor as a teenager and they gave me antibiotics. No it didn't help. I tried over-the-counter medicine with color coverage and that helped cover it a bit. But the acne continued and even got worse. I tried birth control pills. Men can't use this type of remedy for obvious reasons. It helped a bit but the long term effects of the antibiotics and birth control pills affected by good/bad bacteria balance and caused all kinds of other issues. Thank goodness for probiotics, they have helped balance things out quite a bit. I later tried some other prescription treatments like Retin-A and that helped for a while but again the acne returned.
Source: Drugwatch.com

In my late twenties I heard about the miracle cure of Accutane. I tried it. Let me just say that I don't care how desperate one gets, this is very, very toxic. If you read the warning label, I ask you take everything there very seriously. I needed to take 3 full courses of it. I got all the side effects of drying, peeling, digestion issues and some that weren't very widely discussed. My joints were in tremendous pain I had problems doing any type of physical activity. Unfortunately, I never got better and the acne returned. You can read more about its side effects here

In my thirties and now being in my forties I discovered a few things.
  • Using products that are right for my skin is crucial for treating it the best I can. I have oily skin and now I'm aging as well. Although many say I look younger than my age, I am aging and must moisturize in addition to treating. It is very important to keep skin moisturized with non acnegenic moisturizer no matter what.  I use currently use plain old benzoyl peroxide or something with sulfur for severe breakouts. Choose the right cleanser, moisturizer and treatment produce for your skin type.
  • Covering acne with the right product has become a very important part of living with this condition. Even if you are a man, there are tinted products that treat and conceal blemishes. There are many great concealers and foundations that cover without making your condition worse.
  • Using a face brush does help. Just don't scrub too hard. It cleanses a bit better than using your hands alone.
  • What you eat does matter. I'm not saying that any specific food causes or cures acne. But the healthier the diet, the better for your overall health. After all, the skin is the largest organ. It needs proper nutrients from inside out. 

Remember, though you may feel like it, you are not alone in your pain. I know it doesn't make the acne go away but there are ways of dealing with it. You can be happy and healthy even with acne. So although the age-old confidence destroyer is still around and going strong, we are getting better at dealing with it. 




If you would like more information on me and my quest please do contact me. I am of course on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Youtube, Google+, Pinterest, Blogger, and BlogTalkRadio and all can be accessed via my website: www.thisisdiana.com and  Sign up to my email list and get a FREE E-Book!

~Always with Love, Light and Common Sense Manners~

Diana Navarro, M.S.
On a Quest to Bring Common Sense Manners Back!

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