Volume 9, Issue 4 A Publication from Personnel Staffers, Inc. Fall 2006
Positive
Attitude
Having a positive attitude is an important component of business productivity.
Often times, professionals may have the skills and expertise they need to work
effectively but negative attitudes undermine their efforts and diminish their
results. Here are 5 tips for maintaining a positive attitude.
1. Treat people with kindness and respect. Acknowledge that they have feelings
and their own perspective on life; they may be different than yours but they
are also valid.
2. Avoid comparison. Constantly comparing yourself keeps the focus on the other
person instead of on what you can do, want to do and are good at doing.
3. Take responsibility for your work, actions and life. Don't pass the buck.
Don't make excuses. Don't beat yourself up about the mistake or hang onto past
mistakes. Resolve them, own them and move forward.
4. Enjoy the little things that happen in your day. Relish the compliment someone
gave you on the insight you shared at the staff meeting or the big smile the
customer gave you when they picked up their order. 
5. Always come from a positive attitude and perspective and you will feel more
in control. Consider each job and interaction as your best performance, rather
than just running them together as part of your day. You will see the impact
you have and the value you offer. Others will also notice your efforts and will
respect your for your contributions.
Computer
Tip
Question: Whenever I try to
open a new link from my e-mail or online, nothing happens.
Answer: There are a few things you can try to resolve this problem. Before we
go any deeper, the first thing to check is your popup blocker. If you have a
popup stopper installed on your computer, it could be interfering with the links
you are trying to open. If this happens to be the case, you can always hit the
Ctrl button and click on the link again. Ctrl + a click allows the link to open.
Another simple cause could be that you don't have the correct browser set as
the default for your computer. If you use Internet Explorer, you have to make
sure it is set as your default browser. To check this, open Internet Explorer
and go to Tools, Internet Options. Click on the Programs tab and make sure the
box at the bottom that says "Internet Explorer should check to see whether
it is the default browser" is checked. This will allow Internet Explorer
to open any links you click on.
If those two things still don't fix the link problem, you need to check that
your folder options are set to your specific browser. Go to Start, Control Panel,
click on the Folder Options icon and choose the File Types tab. Now, you're
going to look for the item "(NONE) URL: HyperText Transfer Protocol."
Highlight that and click on the Advanced button, then the Edit button. This
will bring up some information on your browser. You're mainly going to be looking
at the Application line. If you use Internet Explorer, make sure it says IExplore
and so on (for whichever browser you use). If you've recently switched browsers,
you may still have your old settings in there and that could be causing the
problem with the links. You just have to make sure you have the right browser
selected so the links will open in the correct way. 
You can reach us by e-mail at
perstaff@stargate.net or call us
at
724-942-5860 with any ideas or comments.
We would love to hear from you!