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• Top 10 Most Common Distractions At Work
• Top 10 Priceless Artworks That Were Accidentally Destroyed
• Top 10 Popular Predictions About Doomsday

Top 10 Most Common Distractions At Work Posted: 22 Dec 2012 09:05 PM PST Page1 2 Everyone has had at least one bad day at the office when he couldn’t get any work done, mainly due to interruptions. While it is true that most of the things found in an office building are there to help people finish their tasks faster and more efficiently, at times they also represent the source of distractions. Let’s review the top 10 most common things that hinder you from getting work done at a good speed.   1. The overall office environment What most employers fail to understand is that without providing a comfortable office environment for their employees, they should never expect performance. Simple things, such as the chairs you select for the office area, are enough to make some employees sit uncomfortably or experience aches, which will inevitably distract them from the task at hand. In addition to office furniture, the temperature and lighting are two other important factors that decide the comfort level and often lead to headaches, tired eyes or increase the frequency of breaks.   2. Noise is the arch nemesis of easily-distracted employees All people have problems concentrating on the tasks that need to be done when they are tired and start hearing the conversations of their colleagues, noises coming from the street, one-sided conversations, etc. The easiest way to deal with the distracting noise would be to close the door or window to your office. Does this mean that employees who don’t work in an office are doomed? No, and in fact they can mask the noise by using a professional set of headphones or placing a white noise machine in their vicinity.   3. Unexpected or rude visits There is nothing more annoying than the situations when your colleagues decide to take a break and start chatting right next to your desk. What do you do when you are trying to play the role of the nice co-worker that everyone likes? If that irritates you a lot, then you can take a small break with them as well, time during which you can calm down and explain to them nicely that they are distracting you. If you prefer a more radical solution, then you can always try to get the point across quickly and finish the conversation faster. The latter idea is usually very efficient for the times when you receive an unexpected visit from one of your clients.   4. The truth is that everyone hates meetings In some industries, meetings (both scheduled and unexpected) are a necessary evil. However, the reality is that frequent meetings are also a main cause of employees’ distractions as they practically make it impossible to allocate sufficient time for finishing actual work tasks. Luckily, this issue can be easily solved if you book meetings and tasks in your calendar and stick to it.   5. Bad consequences don’t mean the end of the world More often than not, people feel compelled to answer the phone or reply to an email because otherwise they expect negative consequences. But, let’s be honest for a second: while a partner or client is expecting a fast response, that does not mean you should answer him right away. When you can answer immediately, do so. However, when you have something to do, then rest assured nothing bad will happen if you call back in a couple of hours.     Page1 2 Related Posts: Top 10 Bizarre Reasons to Call in Sick Top 10 Worst Places To Breakup Top 10 Common Lies Married Men Tell Their Mistresses Top 10 Signs You Bought The Wrong Gift Top 10 Ways to Pick the Best Event Planner

Top 10 Priceless Artworks That Were Accidentally Destroyed Posted: 21 Dec 2012 09:02 PM PST Page1 2 Imagine owning an amazing work of art, a precious watercolour by an old master or a contemporary masterpiece. Or just being near one. Then imagine, if you will, the awkward moment when you inadvertently ruin it. Could there be anything worse, as an art lover, than accidentally destroying a priceless painting. Well, these poor people have done just that; some more pitifully than others. 1. Picasso Gets The Elbow Le Rêve by Picasso was owned by 491st richest man in the world, Steve Wynn. In 1997 he decided to sell it and the sale was agreed at $139m. Unfortunately, whilst showing off the masterpiece to friends, Wynn accidentally put his elbow through the canvas. After a $90,000 repair job, the painting was valued at $85m.   2. Jesus Gets a Makeover More recently, a well-meaning restoration job on a fresco in a Spanish church resulted in a very strange looking Jesus Christ. The elderly church-goer had intended to save money on repairs and inadvertently made into a global laughing stock.   3. Minging Qing Vases Mothers always remind you when your shoelaces are undone. And with good reason, because, like Nick Flynn, you may trip at the top of museum stairs and land head first into some 300 year old Qing Dynasty vases. They weren't even insured.   4. Poor Picasso Again What is it with Picasso pieces getting ruined?! An unsteady student in New York stumbled into The Actor, tore a 6 inch gash in the canvas and slashed the price by $65 million. That's about $10million per inch of rip.   5.Tracey Emin is Barbed A Tracey Emin work entitled Self Portrait: Bath had a neon light with barbed wire over it. A visitor managed to get tangled up in the wire and caused $2,000 worth of damage.     Page1 2 Related Posts: Top 10 Signs You Bought The Wrong Gift Top 10 Bizarre Reasons to Call in Sick Top 10 Ways To Express Your Individuality Top 10 Worst Places To Breakup Top 10 Countries US Owes Money To

Top 10 Popular Predictions About Doomsday Posted: 20 Dec 2012 09:01 PM PST Page1 2 If you were to check out the success of most Hollywood blockbusters, you would conclude that mankind has an inexplicable attraction towards apocalyptic scenarios. While we cannot explain why we are so fascinated with the end of days, it is impossible to overlook the number of people who have tried to speculate on how and when the world will end. Considering that we’re currently in 2012, a year which most doomsday prophets have associated to the end of days, we thought it was a good idea to review the apocalyptic theories involving this moment as well as the ones further in the future.   1. World War III Over the past decades, each international conflict brought to the public’s opinion more and more information about the military capabilities of the most powerful countries in the world. Currently, a great number of theorists strongly believe that a conflict between two super-powers will inevitably mean the start of WWIII and the utilization of nuclear force, which will make the planet inhabitable. However, while a nuclear war is highly unlikely, WWIII is actually a possibility because of several factors: the scarcity of fresh water supply across the globe, the reduced crop production due to harsh meteorological conditions, the economic depression and the limited supply of resources (oil and other fossil fuels).   2. Galactic alignment The theory of the galactic alignment that will bring forth the end of the world has its roots in the Mayan cosmology interpretation. To summarize, this prediction states that at the winter solstice on 21st of December 2012 the crossing point of the ecliptic (the location of your solar system) will align with the dark center of the galaxy. While this phenomenon takes place once every 36 years, this time it is special as the sun will appear in front of the center of the galaxy. Supporters of the theory claim that the alignment will cause several disturbances on Earth, the most fearsome being that the planet will be sucked in by the black hole located at the center of the Milky Way.   3. Geomagnetic reversal As geologists observed a dramatic change in the Earth’s magnetic field (it dropped by 6% each century), some believe that the geomagnetic reversal of the poles is inevitable. However, the supporters of this theory cannot calculate the time when this will occur given the fact that the reversals tend to vary from a few thousand years to millions of years. While the effect cannot be predicted, one thing is for sure: if the process were to occur, the planet will be completely exposed to the charged particles emitted by the sun.   4. Solar storms Once every 11 years, the Sun experiences changes in the magnetic field resulting in massive coronal ejections, solar flares and spots, which combined will send charged particles towards the Earth. As NASA announced in 2012, the solar storms will reach a peak, which can cause severe disturbances on our planet. Currently, the planet is protected by the magnetic field and hence, the solar storms will not make the Earth burst into flames or anything. However, NASA warns that power grids and electric devices can be seriously affected.   5. The super volcano threat With the help of various sophisticated calculations, scientists have been able to determine an eruption pattern of the planet’s super-volcanoes. Essentially, the eruption of such a volcano will destroy all life on Earth (as it is estimated the sunlight will be blocked out for several years) and will cause the earth to enter a nuclear winter. Among the four super-volcanoes on the planet, Yellowstone has been showing several signs on unrest and, according to calculations, it can erupt at any point.     Page1 2 Related Posts: Top 10 Ways That Life on Earth Can End Top 10 Surprising Facts About The Moon Top 10 Interesting Things about Mars Top 10 Hypotheses About The Earth’s Future Top 10 Technological Advancements That The World Needs

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