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ShiVersblood
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Being overwieght effects your career
#7532241 - 10/18/07 05:23 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Did you know that being Overwieght or Sloppy may worse for your career than poor job preformance.
http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/careerist/48564
Being overweight or sloppily dressed is worse for your career than being a poor performer. I'm not saying this is fair, I'm saying it's true. So manage your weight, and manage the image you project at work, and you'll do wonders for your career. If you doubt that your image can inhibit your career, think about this: According to a 2005 study by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, good-looking people make more money than average-looking people for doing exactly the same work. Fit in Every Way Before you get up in arms over how unfair it is to discriminate against people who are overweight, consider that there may be some rationale behind it. If you're overweight, you're probably not exercising every day. But regular exercise increases peoples' ability to cope with difficult situations in the workplace and, according to University of Illinois kinesiology professor Charles Hillman, might even make people smarter. And the same self-discipline we use to make ourselves exercise regularly and eat in moderation carries over into other aspects of our lives. This is probably why, in a study from Leeds Metropolitan University, people who exercise regularly were found to be better at time-management and more productive than those who don't. So don't kid yourself that if you do good work it won't matter if you're overweight. It's sort of like people who have messy desks: The perception is that they're low-performers, poor time-managers, and not clear thinkers. This might not be true at all, but the only thing they can do to overcome the perceptions of their coworkers is clean their desks. Make Image a Priority What makes this information particularly troubling is that so many people say they can't make time to exercise and eat right because they need to work instead. In fact, if you're overweight, you should probably put aside some of your work, accept that you won't be performing as well at the office, and manage your image more closely by going to the gym. That's right -- get rid of that perfectionist streak, do a little less work, and use that time to make yourself look better. People will perceive that you're doing better work anyway. So instead of rationalizing why you can put work ahead of taking care of your health, start acting like a healthy person. Go to the gym at lunch, or leave work at 5 to hit the gym. Reorganize your schedule to make health a priority and your coworkers will respect you for it. Here's something else: Dress like you care. Building a strong brand for yourself is the only way to create a stable career in today's workplace. You'll change jobs often, and what influences your ability to get new jobs most is the image you convey. People judge that before they judge one word that comes out of your mouth. A Career Constant I didn't have a weight problem when I owned my first company, but I did have an image problem -- I was younger than almost everyone, and my mentor told me my age was creating problems. So I hired an image consultant to drag me around town and spend lots of money until I looked more grown up. I still worry about image issues today -- everyone does, no matter where they are in their career. It's just that today I worry less about looking older and more about what shirt is right for an appearance on CNN. The point is that issues of image are ongoing in a career that matters. So don't be overweight and don't dress carelessly. These are just as detrimental to your career as doing your work poorly. And if my bringing this up makes you angry, consider being more forgiving, because anger is a risk factor for obesity. Besides, forgiveness makes people more resilient to difficulties because it's about seeing the world in a positive light -- which is, of course, also good for your image.
-------------------- Retiro Equipaje. Mas uno por favor Cerveza, es mas fina. Psalm 706:6
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Re: Being overwieght effects your career [Re: ShiVersblood]
#7532253 - 10/18/07 05:25 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Are you calling me fat? Cause I'm not.
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Re: Being overwieght effects your career [Re: Tangerines]
#7532325 - 10/18/07 05:41 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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yah - my human resource management teacher was tellin me all about it last semester.
he is a genius - but a huge asshole (but he is nice so he's a nice asshole). he said bottom line he doesn't hire fat people. he gave a multitude of reasons (none of which i remember)
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Re: Being overwieght effects your career [Re: memes]
#7532330 - 10/18/07 05:44 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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not to be that correcting asshole guy, but the right word for the job is "affects" 
good read though
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Re: Being overwieght effects your career [Re: blkjkrabbit]
#7532338 - 10/18/07 05:47 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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ofcourse someone has to make a post about that word
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Re: Being overwieght effects your career [Re: ShiVersblood]
#7532349 - 10/18/07 05:50 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I believe it.
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ShiVersblood
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Re: Being overwieght effects your career [Re: ShiVersblood]
#7532353 - 10/18/07 05:51 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Affect was my first choice but I typed the sentence into google and it said, "Do you mean effects?" And I changed it. SO I dunno which is better.
Please guys, lose the wieght before you lose your life. The people in your life will thank you for it. Your wife/girlfriend will thank you for it. Your children will thank you for it when you live longer. Your son will thank you for it when you are able to play sports with him.
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Re: Being overwieght effects your career [Re: ShiVersblood]
#7532354 - 10/18/07 05:51 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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In other news, generalizations are generally true.
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Re: Being overwieght effects your career [Re: ShiVersblood]
#7532377 - 10/18/07 05:55 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
ShiVersblood said: Affect was my first choice but I typed the sentence into google and it said, "Do you mean effects?" And I changed it. SO I dunno which is better.
Please guys, lose the wieght before you lose your life. The people in your life will thank you for it. Your wife/girlfriend will thank you for it. Your children will thank you for it when you live longer. Your son will thank you for it when you are able to play sports with him.
affects is an action verb, your first choice was right 
-your post isn't lost on me though, i work out every other day 
-p.s. are you the girl in your avatar? if so - well played, your spelling was actually perfect 
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Re: Being overwieght effects your career [Re: blkjkrabbit]
#7532385 - 10/18/07 05:57 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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nooooooooooooooooo
-------------------- Retiro Equipaje. Mas uno por favor Cerveza, es mas fina. Psalm 706:6
Edited by ShiVersblood (10/18/07 05:58 PM)
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Re: Being overwieght effects your career [Re: ShiVersblood]
#7532467 - 10/18/07 06:20 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I guess some people have to work harder in life. People can make up for appearance in performance.
-------------------- ...the whole experience is (and is as) a profound piece of knowledge. It is an indellible experience; it is forever known. I have known myself in a way I doubt I would have ever occurred except as it did. Smith, P. Bull. Menninger Clinic (1959) 23:20-27; p. 27. ...most subjects find the experience valuable, some find it frightening, and many say that is it uniquely lovely. Osmond, H. Annals, NY Acad Science (1957) 66:418-434; p.436
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Re: Being overwieght effects your career [Re: ShiVersblood]
#7532477 - 10/18/07 06:22 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yea whatever, what if you work as a security guard..why would that effect anything?
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Re: Being overwieght effects your career [Re: Skunk420]
#7532491 - 10/18/07 06:25 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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If your a out of shape fat Security guard you can get your ass kicked.
-------------------- Retiro Equipaje. Mas uno por favor Cerveza, es mas fina. Psalm 706:6
Edited by ShiVersblood (10/18/07 06:26 PM)
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Re: Being overwieght effects your career [Re: ShiVersblood]
#7532496 - 10/18/07 06:27 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
ShiVersblood said: If your a out of shape fat Security guard you can get your ass kicked.
that's a common myth - fat security guards know not to intervene - and thus the walky talky was born
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Re: Being overwieght effects your career [Re: ShiVersblood]
#7532497 - 10/18/07 06:27 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Just because someone is overweight, doesnt mean they dont know how to fight.
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Re: Being overwieght effects your career [Re: Skunk420]
#7532513 - 10/18/07 06:30 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
Skunk420 said: Just because someone is overweight, doesnt mean they dont know how to fight.
true - and someone who is overweight and DOES know how to fight is twice as deadly. luckily - i too have been trained in walkytalky-fu
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Re: Being overwieght effects your career [Re: Skunk420]
#7532516 - 10/18/07 06:31 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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If your overwieght usually you are out of shape, and if you fighting against someone fit and in shape, and a criminal thus the reason he is fighting a security guard in the first place, you will probaly get beat up.
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Re: Being overwieght effects your career [Re: ShiVersblood]
#7532525 - 10/18/07 06:33 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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being overweight also affects your sex life. and your scale. it doesnt appreciate the extra weight.
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Re: Being overwieght effects your career [Re: ShiVersblood]
#7532531 - 10/18/07 06:34 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
ShiVersblood said: If your overwieght usually you are out of shape, and if you fighting against someone fit and in shape, and a criminal thus the reason he is fighting a security guard in the first place, you will probaly get beat up.
overweight and out of shape are pretty much synonymous with eachother. you can be in the best shape of your life and still get your ass whooped by a tubbo if he knows more than you - knowledge is power, not biceps
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Re: Being overwieght effects your career [Re: ShiVersblood]
#7532535 - 10/18/07 06:34 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Oh really? I am a little overweight, and i am in great shape, and I exercise all the damn time. what do you say about that? I bet I could kick your ass!
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