by: Margaret Meloni
If you follow sports you have noticed that top athletes do not always perform consistently. A world class runner may break a world record in one competition and then not even place in the same event one week later. A champion weight lifter might break a record and then be unable to lift that same weight for several workouts. These are professionals, champions, stars - why can't they demonstrate peak performance every time? Aren't they giving it their all each time? Well, they are doing their best. There is nothing wrong. Their best might be different each time they work out or compete. The same is true for you. You go into work and you give it your all. Sometimes your all produces different results. You are doing your best. Your best is different every day. At any given time you can only do your best. Your best varies and is dependent on many criteria including:• Your physical condition • Your mental condition • Your environment(Hint: This is why in past articles we have discussed the importance of your physical condition, your mental condition and your environment.) To be able to do your best you must support yourself in the best possible way, good sleep, good nourishment, good surroundings and a positive mental outlook.Keywords: consistent, performance, professionals, peak performance, produces different results, criteria, dependent, physical condition, mental condition, environment, do your best, excuseOn any given day you can only do your best and your best is different from day to day. At the end of the day, if you know you really did your best, you shouldn't worry. But saying, "Well hey, I did my best" is not meant to be used as an excuse. YOU know when you did your best; you know when you did not.Your best looks like this:• You jumped into a task enthusiastically with every intention of doing a great job. • You lost yourself in whatever you were doing. • You truly cared about the outcome.Your best does not look like this:• You worked on something with a feeling of dread. • You spend your work week wishing for the weekend - every week! • You did something for someone out of a sense of obligation and not out of a sense of giving.Truly doing your best allows you to make the other agreements part of your life. What other agreements? The agreements from 'The Four Agreements', by Don Miguel Ruiz. Not many of us can just wake up one morning and do a perfect job being impeccable with our words, not taking things personally and not making assumptions.Luckily you have the agreement, always do your best to help you. When you know you really did your best you can just skip the part of your day when you beat yourself up because you are not perfect. You are going to have an off day. What if your boss is crabby during a meeting and for some reason today you decide that crabbiness is all about you? Well, if today you are doing your best and you still take it personally, guess what? Let it go. Today you did your best. So relax and move on. Put all thoughts of failure and judgment aside. You did your best. Tomorrow you will do your best again.That's all anyone can ask of you and that's all you should ask of yourself.
source:http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/you_are_doing_your_best
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Hybrid Car
Have you pulled your car up to the gas pump lately and been shocked by the high price of gasoline? As the pump clicked past $20, $30, $40 or even $50, maybe you thought about trading in your car for something that gets better mileage. Or maybe you're worried that your car is contributing to the greenhouse effect.
The auto industry has the technology to address these concerns. It's the hybrid car. There are a lot of hybrid models on the marketthese days, and most automobile manufacturers have announced plans to manufacture their own versions.
How does a hybrid automobile work? What goes on under the hood to give you 20 or 30 more miles per gallon than the standard automobile? And does it pollute less just because it gets better gas mileage? In this article, we'll help you understand how this technology works, and we'll even give you some tips on how to drive a hybrid car for maximum efficiency.Many people have probably owned a hybrid vehicle at some point. For example, a mo-ped (a motorized pedal bike) is a type of hybrid because it combines the power of a gasoline engine with the pedal power of its rider. In fact, hybrid vehicles are all around us. Most of the locomotives we see pulling trains are diesel-electric hybrids. Cities like Seattle have diesel-electric buses -- these can draw electric power from overhead wires or run on diesel when they are away from the wires. Giant mining trucks are often diesel-electric hybrids. Submarines are also hybrid vehicles -- some are nuclear-electric and some are diesel-electric. Any vehicle that combines two or more sources of power that can directly or indirectly provide propulsion power is a hybrid. Most hybrid cars on the road right now are gasoline-electric hybrids, although French car maker PSA Peugeot Citroen has two diesel-electric hybrid cars in the works. Since gasoline hybrids are the kind you'll find at your local car dealership, we'll focus on those in this article.
Taken from(www.howstuffworks.com)
The auto industry has the technology to address these concerns. It's the hybrid car. There are a lot of hybrid models on the marketthese days, and most automobile manufacturers have announced plans to manufacture their own versions.
How does a hybrid automobile work? What goes on under the hood to give you 20 or 30 more miles per gallon than the standard automobile? And does it pollute less just because it gets better gas mileage? In this article, we'll help you understand how this technology works, and we'll even give you some tips on how to drive a hybrid car for maximum efficiency.Many people have probably owned a hybrid vehicle at some point. For example, a mo-ped (a motorized pedal bike) is a type of hybrid because it combines the power of a gasoline engine with the pedal power of its rider. In fact, hybrid vehicles are all around us. Most of the locomotives we see pulling trains are diesel-electric hybrids. Cities like Seattle have diesel-electric buses -- these can draw electric power from overhead wires or run on diesel when they are away from the wires. Giant mining trucks are often diesel-electric hybrids. Submarines are also hybrid vehicles -- some are nuclear-electric and some are diesel-electric. Any vehicle that combines two or more sources of power that can directly or indirectly provide propulsion power is a hybrid. Most hybrid cars on the road right now are gasoline-electric hybrids, although French car maker PSA Peugeot Citroen has two diesel-electric hybrid cars in the works. Since gasoline hybrids are the kind you'll find at your local car dealership, we'll focus on those in this article.
Taken from(www.howstuffworks.com)
Friday, July 24, 2009
Getting Ready for the 'Robot Revolution'
As advances in technology allow for smarter, more versatile robots, their place in society likely will become more diverse. No longer limited to just factories, they are expected to become more widely used in places such as laboratories, hospitals and food service operations.
By Peter Alpern July 22, 2009
With an expected boom in demand, one company is anticipating greater need for robot technicians.
MobileRobots, a designer and manufacturer of intelligent mobile robot platforms as well as sensing, navigation and control products, has launched a service-robot technician training program to teach technical and career college students robot customization, installation and maintenance.
The classes, which will begin as early as August, will take place at ITT Technical Institute's Woburn, Mass., campus. The two-week classes will be limited to about only 10 students, putting an emphasis on each individual getting hands-on experience.
MobileRobots will offer a service-robot technician program as the demand for robots and the workers needed to maintain them is expected to increase.
Robot technology has advanced rapidly in recent years, as industrial robot arms that performed repetitive tasks have given way to highly sophisticated automated systems.
According to Jeanne Dietsch, CEO of MobileRobots, robots no longer need Ph.D. programmers to perform a function. What they do need, however, are capable technicians.
MobileRobots' technician training curriculum will place a heavy emphasis on performing facility assessments, which involves programming the robot to understand the building's floor plan, where the robot is allowed, where it's not allowed, and, for instance, where the pickup and drop-off points are or the location of the docking station.
"As robot sales increase exponentially, the number of people that are needed to do assessments like this is going to rise as well," says Dietsch.
William Kennedy, author of the training curriculum, says the shift in how robots are used demands a larger workforce familiar with the technology.
"Students need jobs with a future, and the mobile robot industry need technicians," says Kennedy. "Tens of thousands of people make a living customizing and servicing PCs and software. Unless technical schools train people to customize and service robots, the robot revolution won't happen."
from: http://www.industryweek.com/articles/getting_ready_for_the_robot_revolution_19604.aspx?ShowAll=1
By Peter Alpern July 22, 2009
With an expected boom in demand, one company is anticipating greater need for robot technicians.
MobileRobots, a designer and manufacturer of intelligent mobile robot platforms as well as sensing, navigation and control products, has launched a service-robot technician training program to teach technical and career college students robot customization, installation and maintenance.
The classes, which will begin as early as August, will take place at ITT Technical Institute's Woburn, Mass., campus. The two-week classes will be limited to about only 10 students, putting an emphasis on each individual getting hands-on experience.
MobileRobots will offer a service-robot technician program as the demand for robots and the workers needed to maintain them is expected to increase.
Robot technology has advanced rapidly in recent years, as industrial robot arms that performed repetitive tasks have given way to highly sophisticated automated systems.
According to Jeanne Dietsch, CEO of MobileRobots, robots no longer need Ph.D. programmers to perform a function. What they do need, however, are capable technicians.
MobileRobots' technician training curriculum will place a heavy emphasis on performing facility assessments, which involves programming the robot to understand the building's floor plan, where the robot is allowed, where it's not allowed, and, for instance, where the pickup and drop-off points are or the location of the docking station.
"As robot sales increase exponentially, the number of people that are needed to do assessments like this is going to rise as well," says Dietsch.
William Kennedy, author of the training curriculum, says the shift in how robots are used demands a larger workforce familiar with the technology.
"Students need jobs with a future, and the mobile robot industry need technicians," says Kennedy. "Tens of thousands of people make a living customizing and servicing PCs and software. Unless technical schools train people to customize and service robots, the robot revolution won't happen."
from: http://www.industryweek.com/articles/getting_ready_for_the_robot_revolution_19604.aspx?ShowAll=1
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