Junk Foods

Junk Foods Donut Day.  Pi (Pie!) Day.  Girl Scout Cookie Day.  Theres a whole calendar of days to help us further indulge our already out of control urge for junk food. We all may start out with good intentions, a healthy diet, avoid sweets and sugary drinks, but there are times when we need and require comfort food We crave it! It may be after a long night at the pub, or it may be we are out and about and cannot be bothered with going home and cooking. We’ll just grab a quick bite at the local chippy or fast food restaurant. And eating like this in moderation is fine, we all need to feed our “junk food souls” once in a while. However, we also must try to stay fit and healthy.  Heres what it takes to burn off those yummies. The NHS says that a healthy man needs around 2,500k calories a day, and that women need around 2,000k calories a day. Naturally some of these calories are going to be made up of fats, some of which are good and some of which are bad. We need to watch out for the saturated fats, as they can cause us to have high cholesterol, and this can lead to heart disease and heart attacks. All of which we want to avoid. So watching our diets is important, and so is exercise. We need to pick ourselves up off the sofa and get out there and walk, ride a bike, work out at the gym, we need to get moving. And when you bring together our love for junk foods, and how we are going to have them from time-to-time, and exercise, just how much energy and exercise do we need to do to burn off the odd burger or pizza?? No one is saying give up fast food, you just need to know how much exercise you will need to do to in order to burn it off. Here is an 8 step workout to help you to stay fit and healthy while indulging in a few tasty treats. McDonald’s Big Mac “Two all beef patties, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, special sauce, on a sesame seed bun.” One of the granddaddies of the burger world, the Big Mac. The Mac stands alone at 490 calories and has 24g of fat. For a normal man, this represents almost a 5th of their daily calories, and quarter of their daily allowed fat intake. A man would need to do 42 minutes of a cardio workout to burn this off, and women would need a cardio workout of 51 minutes. If you just want to lift weights, a man would require 57 minutes of weightlifting and women would need just over an hour at 68 minutes. Cardio: Men â€" 42 minutes Women â€" 51 minutes Weightlifting: Men â€" 57 minutes Women â€" 68 minutes McDonald’s French Fries â€" Large If you are going to have a Big Mac, what goes better with it then Micky D’s fries. What do they do to make them so tasty?! People even try to make them at home. However, they have 460 calories, and 22g of fat. This is almost a 5th of a man’s calories for the day, and over a quarter of their allowed fat. If you couple a large fry with a Big Mac, you are nearing half the daily calories allowed for a man, you are very close to half the daily calories allowed for a woman, and at half the daily allowed fat. This all in one meal. So how can you burn the fries off: Cardio: Men â€" 40 minutes Women â€" 48 minutes Weightlifting: Men â€" 53 minutes women â€" 64 minutes Soft Drink: 330ml Coca Cola While you are having that Big Mac and fries, you need something to wash it all down with, so why not an ice cold coke. While the soft drink has no fat, which is good, it does have with it 139 calories. To burn this off: Cardio: Men â€" 12 minutes Women â€" 14 minutes. Weightlifting: Men â€" 16 minutes Women â€" 19 minutes To put this in perspective for you, should you drink three (3) fizzy type drinks a day, you would need to take these times and multiply by three. So Men would need 36 minutes of cardio or 48 minutes of weightlifting, and women would need 42 minutes of cardio or 57 minutes of weightlifting. All for 3 sodas. To also put this in perspective, if you opt for an “extra value” meal consisting of a Big Mac, fries and a drink, men would need to do cardio for 94 minutes, women for 113 minutes, or almost an hour an a half You can do the math on weightlifting, it is even more. Pizza: Pizza Express Margherita One of my favourite indulgences, pizza. And you can find this one in your local supermarkets as well. However, this indulgence does not come without a price, in calories. The pie has 682 calories, and 22g of fat. Again, this is over a 5th of the allowed daily calories for a man, and well over a quarter of the daily calories allowed for a woman. To burn this pizza off: Cardio: Men â€" 59 minutes Women â€" 71 minutes of working out Weightlifting: Men â€" 79 minutes Women â€" 94 minutes that’s over an hour and half for women Fried Chicken: KFC 3 Pieces Another one of my culinary delights, fried chicken. When I was a teenager I actually cooked KFC chicken for a few years, and I never got tired of eating it. That secret recipe is one well guarded recipe. Of course, these tasty morals of fowl are not low in calories. They have 726 calories in them, and 42g of fat. While that may only be a third of the daily calories allowed for a man, it still represents over half your allowed fat for a day. So tasty, but high in fat. To burn this bird off: Cardio: Men â€" 63 minutes Women â€" 75 minutes Weightlifting: Men â€" 84 minutes Women â€" 101 minutes Chocolate: Cadbury’s Dairy Milk Bar 45g Calling all chocoholics! And you know who you are. Indulging in your favourite chocolate bar will cost you 237 calories and 14g of fat. That doesn’t sound too bad to me. To melt that chocolate waist you need to: Cardio: Men â€" 21 minutes Women â€" 25 minutes Weightlifting: Men â€" 28 minutes Women â€" 33 minutes Beer: A Pint of Stella Artois OK, here’s where a lot of the fellas are going to start to feel the need for working out. If you go down to your local and toss a few pints back, it can add up. A pint of this fine lager, whilst having no fat, has 245 calories per pint. To flush these calories away you need to: Cardio: Men â€" 21 minutes Women â€" 25 minutes Weightlifting: Men â€" 28 minutes Women â€" 34 minutes So in the time it may take you to drink that pint, you need just as much time to burn it off. To put this into perspective: If you drank six (6) pints out on one evening, you would need to cardio 126 minutes, or over two hours for a man. Cake: Tesco Chocolate Fudge Cake 450g Some of us “love the cake”, that is our sweet treasure. This treasure comes with a caloric price tag of 1710 calories, and 90g of fat. A pretty hefty price tag at that. To get rid of this: Cardio: Men â€" 149 minutes Women â€" 178 minutes Weightlifting: Men â€" 199 minutes Woman â€" 237 minutes You have got to really love the cake for that kind of workouts. If you have followed our little workout plan as you read along, you would have burned up 880 calories. Enough for a pint and a Big Mac, and some other goodies. As with everything in life, moderation is the key.

8 Ignite Videos to Skyrocket Your Career

8 Ignite Videos to Skyrocket Your Career If you are a follower of our blog, you probably are no stranger to TED.   But have you met TEDs little cousin Ignite? Where TED has ideas worth spreading, Ignite wants their presenters to, Enlighten us, but make it quick. If you want to present at an Ignite event, you take a topic and present it in 20 slides in five minutes or less.   Your slides are on auto rotation so you have to have to know your stuff.   Otherwise, you just look like an idiot. Which is why it is so great to watch. Sure, we might not hear Dan Pinks experiments with motivation or Ken Robinsonss ideas on how schools kill creativity, but you can still find other enlightening talks like how to jump off a cliff by a professional rock climber, or how to get 5 million people to read your website by Mathew Inman (creator of The Oatmeal). But, instead of just telling you about it and letting you go off to dig through the hundreds of presentations willy nilly until you might find one that was a hit, I thought Id do you a favor and list some of my favorites. I summarized some of the points below to give you an idea which ones you might want to check out. 1.   How to Get 5 Million People to Read Your Website by Matthew Inman I think every professional should be involved on a website or have their own.   Its a great source for sharing your expertise. I loved this video in particular, because Matthew does this in a creative way not being done by anyone else at the moment. Matthew Inman was a web designer who found he could grow quite the audience after he picked up on the ques of what makes a site popular. 1.   Pick a topic we all have a gripe with Printers 2.   Pick something everyone can relate to Cats trying ambush you 3.   Find something that is not being articulated and go for it   Common spelling errors people make that drive us nuts 4.   Pick something you can react to that everybody hates or is popular for no reason Twilight 5.   Pick something everyone is involved with but knows nothing about Whats in all those Starbucks drinks? 6.   Make something disgusting Women with Mustaches Marvelous Man Boobs 7.   Make an Engaging Title 6 Reasons Bacon is Better Than True Love 8.   Educate people, make it easy for them to learn 2.   Flash Mob Gone Wrong by Tom Scott This was an incredibly pieced together story of the power of social media and the internet.   Just watch it. 3. The Practicality of Pessimism: Stoicism as a Productivity System Tim Ferriss Tim talks about a single exercise he did one night that led to his book and much of the success thereafter. Define Your Fears Instead of Your Goals Take a piece of paper and make three columns.   In the first column write down what your fear is and what the worst case scenario would be. In the second column, list all the things you could do to minimize the likelihood of those things happening. In the last column, list all the things you could do to re achieve the status-quo, or get back to where you are now. He found that taking a step in the area he feared was an unlikely transient value of 2 while potential life changing possibilities in that direction were a ten 4.   The Pomodoro Techniqe by Greg Head Sometimes its hard to get the most value out of our work day.   So Greg shares one technique that helps him get through the work. 1.   Choose a task 2.   Set a kitchen timer for 25 minutes 3.   Work on that task without stopping 4.   When time is up, stop for 5 minutes 5.   The 22 Minute Meeting by Nicole Steinbok Dont you wish you had a DVR for meetings?   Nicole breaks down how to run a meeting at its most efficient level, 22 minutes. 1.   Schedule a 22 minute meeting 2.   Have a goal based agenda 3.   Send a required reading 3 days beforehand 4.   Start on time 5.   Stand up 6.   No laptops, but presenters and note takers 7.   No phones, no exceptions 8.   Focus! Note off topic comments 9.   Send notes and action items ASAP 6.   Trading a Paperclip for a House by Kyle MacDonald If you havent seen this story of how Kyle traded a red paperclip all the way to a house, then you need to watch this. We mention Kyle whenever we want to talk about the power of connections.   He was able to achieve a remarkable feat all through networking. Kyle didnt have any special talents, skills, or knowledge, and demonstrated beautifully how far someone can go based on connections alone. 7.   How to Work a Crowd by Alexis Bauer One skill that is valuable in any situation is the ability to win a crowd.   Alexis has this down to a science and investing five minutes in this is well worth it. 1.   Be a leader 2.   Use open ended questions 3.   Keep them talking about things you find interesting 4.   Use engaging body language 5.   Keep it real 6.   Practice with professionals 7.   Learn to use embarrassment as a bonding tool 8.   Add new people into the conversation 9.   Move eyes to the new and old person, going back and forth. 8.   Cup Noodle: Innovation, Inspiration, and Manga by Jason Grigsby The story behind the product every college student lives off of was actually quite interesting.   Jason Grisby takes us through the process Nissin went through to come up with their solution. This process can still be followed today with many of the projects we work on. 1.   Compelling Vision Passionate Leaders 2.   Embrace Constraints 3.   Design For People 4.   Iterative Design 5.   Diverse Teams 6.   Dont Limit Yourself 7.   Seek Simple Solutions 8.   Understand What Sets You Apart 9.   Word of Mouth 10.   Celebrate Your Victories Which Were Your Favorites? Did I leave off an Ignite video that should be mentioned?   Which was your favorite?

College Internship To Full-Time Job Success Story Jessica A. Zaloom - VocationVillage

College Internship To Full-Time Job Success Story Jessica A. Zaloom - VocationVillage This success story is part of a series profiling people who leveraged their college internship experience into a full-time job. This interview features Jessica A. Zaloom, an advertising professional.Jessica, what college did you attend?Lehigh UniversityWhat year did you graduate from college?2010Where did you complete an internship?DeVito/Verdi, a full-service advertising agency in New York City How did you find/land your internship?I knew I wanted to land a job in the marketing/PR industry, as all of my internships during the school year were along these lines. After doing my research, and applying to a small handful of strong, mid-sized agencies, I chose to work for DeVito/Verdi during the summer of my graduation, hoping that my hard work and work ethic would land me a full-time spot.What type of work did you do during your internship?During my internship I learned a great deal from co-workers. I drafted news releases for the press, built relationships with clients, and learned how to make anything seem news-worthy. All of these things would be necessary for completing my day-to-day tasks successfully and efficiently.What was one significant thing you learned about working during your internship?Not every day would be a walk in the park. Some days would be good days, while others would be extremely challenging. I learned not to let one bad day affect my entire week. It was important to learn from mistakes and do better next time. Also, I asked A LOT of questions. Even though I was afraid the questions may seem stupid, it was my way of learning even the smallest things. Sometimes people will assume you know something. But, it never hurts to ask to make sure you understand.How did your internship lead to a job offer?After the summer was over, and the other (still in school) interns were finishing up their time here, I expressed my interest in staying with the company, permanently, if possible. I had been learning a lot and really enjoying my time here. It was by far the best internship experience I had yet, and I was not ready to leave it to start all over elsewhere. After all, I had graduated and was ready to work full time. After speaking with my boss, I was hired full-time at DeVito/Verdi, and I have been extremely happy here since.Any words of wisdom you would like to share with current college students?It’s OK to not land your “dream job” ri ght away. Be patient, work hard, and don’t lose sight of your goals.Thank you, Jessica, for sharing your experience and advice.. Read Another College Internship Success Story . Go To Complete List of College Internship Success Stories

5 Strategies to Curb Your Micromanaging Ways Marla Gottschalk

5 Strategies to Curb Your Micromanaging Ways Marla Gottschalk If youve ever been micro-managed, you fully understand the aggravating confidence-busting results that can occur. Fear of impending failure, decreased motivation and complete disengagement from your work. When your supervisor doesnt seem to understand the levity of the potential consequences â€" work life can become quite miserable. However, if you are that individual doing the managing â€" and worry that you tend toward micromanaging â€" there is little advice to actually help save you from yourself. In many cases, it may feel that the root of micromanaging begins with the behavior of a struggling employee. However, there is another perspective to consider. Setting personality characteristics aside â€" your need to micro-manage could be the result of neglecting a few, very necessary best practices. So, lets explore a few ideas to help curb a tendency to micromanage: Become mindful of the potential consequences. Pause and consider that you need to support an employee, not badger them. Ultimately, you cannot control every individual action â€" and if you try do so you â€" you squelch autonomy, independent thought and growth. However, the worst outcomes are yet to come: the damage you will wreak upon trust and self-confidence. Evaluate employee strengths in relation to assignments. If performance seems under par, have a conversation with the employee about the scope of his work in relation to his or her skill set. Sometimes an employee is simply not a fit for the work at hand, and this must be addressed in short shrift. If it becomes evident that this was a selection mistake â€" take actions to re-assign them. Commit to communicating fully. Many performance issues have much to do with unclear performance expectations about the role or how the work should be completed (Organizational style and mores come into play). So, dont skimp on communicating job-related information during on-boarding and the initial months of employment. Furthermore, review best practices at the start of key assignments. If you invest more time in your employee, there will be far fewer issues to potentially micromanage down the line. Discuss feedback mechanisms. Individual differences reign here. While we all must be accountable, what may completely suffocating to one employee check-in wise, may be perfectly acceptable to another. Be sure to agree upon the level of day to day supervision, that works for both you and your employee. If possible, consider utilizing technology (Trello and Basecamp, for example) to dampen your desire to look in too frequently. Emphasize on-going learning development. It seems that our work lives become more challenging by the day. As a   result, your staff may require on-going training to stay prepared. If someones skills begin to lag behind, it is up to you ensure they have the opportunity to seek the training that they require. Are you a recovering micro-manager? How did you stop the cycle? Dr. Marla Gottschalk is an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist, consultant and coach. She holds the role of Senior Consultant at Allied Talent and also serves as the Director of Thought Leadership at Kilberry Leadership Advisors.

How Recruiters Should NOT Run LinkedIn Groups

How Recruiters Should NOT Run LinkedIn Groups I was invited to join a LinkedIn group the other day. Well actually I probably get invited to join a LinkedIn group every day but this one stood out. I am not going to name the group or the recruitment company that started it, Ill simply mention what lessons we can all learn here. In a world with 2 million LinkedIn groups you cant afford to waste time on doing things wrong. Heres how NOT to run a LinkedIn group: The name of the group was the same as the recruitment agency. Unless you are Apple or Google its going to be hard to build a community around your brand on LinkedIn, very few people will want to join a group that carries a name like Mickey Mouse Recruitment. Ideally youd want to build the group around a topic, such as HR, Marketing or Healthcare. This is going to interest professionals in that field, Joe Bloggs Staffing is not. There were 4 posts in the group, all by the group manager and all about current vacancies that the recruitment agency are working on. So no content about the market, people or news. No real discussions between peers. Not even a question for anyone just a direct sales channel in other words. A soon as I saw this I knew this would be another tumbleweed LinkedIn group set up by a recruiter. I saw no reason to join this group unless you are an active jobseeker. If its all about jobs and recruitment, it wont attract the 80% of LinkedIn users who are happy in their jobs big mistake when we know that passive candidates are typically the best ones.  Even when a jobseeker does join this group, as soon as they find a new job what will they do? Leave the group as soon as they find something. My invite was sent way too early. Why send invites to a group that has less than 5 members? Its a fact that people want to go where other people are, just think of that swanky night club with long queues outside. The better way of doing it would be to reach a critical mass, say 50 or 100 people before blasting it out to un-initiated users. So start with the team, then friends and family (if they oblige that is), then candidates and clients that already know you and then go public with the group. I didnt stick around long enough to gauge the group rules, moderation, any welcome emails so dont know if they actually did these things right. I for one wont be going back to find out. Any other thoughts on how not to run a LinkedIn group? Please let me know! Related: How To Grow a LinkedIn Group to 50k+ Members [Case Study].

How to Make Your Resume Mobile-Friendly

How to Make Your Resume Mobile-Friendly As mobile phones become smarter, recruiters are also following suit. In the last three years, social media recruitment went from 39 percent to over 52 percent. And most of this recruitment was done via some sort of mobile technology.Recruiters and Hiring Managers are extremely busy professionals and often use their cell phones to go through their emails Which of the two following resumes do you think she will gravitate towards?She won’t be able to check this one properly until she can download a copy on a desktop version of Microsoft Word. Plus â€" where’s his number? It seems to be hidden by a light blue box.So she closes it and quickly opens the next.Richard’s thankfully made her life easier by using a nearly plain-text resume format that shows up beautifully on her iPhone. She taps his number, her phone dials it, and she gets Richard on the phone to ask what his availabilities are this week.She promptly forgets all about Dean and returns to her busy schedule.evalFrankly, in this short-attention-span age, the quicker you can make your point and inspire people to interview you, the better off you are.Follow these simple tips to make sure your resume passes the “mobile-friendly” test:1. Use a simple formatResist the urge to go all out when formatting your resume. Use a clean font, larger than size 10, so that the reader doesn’t need to zoom in to see your resume. Use lots of white space, avoid tables, and use bulleted lists wherever possible.2. Think verticalMost people look at their mobile screen vertically and scroll down using just a single finger or thumb. Pack the top 1/3rd of your resume Make Hiring Managers’ lives easy by keeping your resume to just a couple of pages and using short, simple bullets to explain what you did. Group similar bullets together and delete or combine redundant ones.4. Use hyperlinks to save spaceAdd hyperlinks to your contact number and email to make it easier for hiring managers to contact you while they’re still on their phone. Include your personal portfolio, if applicable. Try to keep your contact info to a single line.5. Test,Test,Test!Send your resume to several friends with different cell phones. At the very least you want to check what your resume looks like on an iPhone, Blackberry, and Android phones. Save your resume in Word, not PDF, because if the recruiter wants to upload your resume to an Applicant Tracking System, your Word file will perform better.6. Make it easy for them to understand what you doThe purpose of a resume is to secure an interview. One of the best ways to quickly make an impression is to include your headline right under your name, just like Richard did in his resume.You can use this link to generate a headline to put in your own resume. Doing so will help recruiters quickly understand what your biggest strengths are.

Why Is It So Hard to Write My Own C-level Career Brand Biography - Executive Career Brandâ„¢

Why Is It So Hard to Write My Own C-level Career Brand Biography Composing a biography (or any other career marketing document) can be overwhelming. Its not easy to write about yourself. Knowing what to include, what not to include, how to write to the reader, and why hiring authorities care about your personality are just some of the stumbling blocks. You may not understand the value of a career brand biography over the traditional bio you may be used to  â€" a boring rehash of your resume that gives little or no feel for what kind of person you are, what attributes and strengths drive you, and how those brand attributes can benefit potential employers. I find that my clients sometimes have a hard time completing my bio worksheet, even though they know Ill be doing the actual writing. They resist talking about themselves. But also, some are worried about broadcasting what they consider to be highly personal information about themselves. I reassure them that its okay to let people in on their softer side. In fact, this is the very information hiring authorities are seeking in top-level executive candidates, but dont often get, and gives my clients a competitive advantage over their peers who dont use this strategy. I tell them to rely on the storytelling benefits of brand bios to complement and work in tandem with their executive resume. Bios can do what resumes dont do as successfully: Showcase your leadership and management acumen through softer skills and “good fit” attributes, and link them to your value proposition. Personalize your C-A-Rs (Challenge Actions Results) stories and use them to reinforce your brand attributes and key strengths. Generate chemistry around how you use your key personal attributes, passions, strengths, and motivated skills to make things happen for employers. Help employers connect with you and envision you on the job, having a positive impact. Related posts: How to Write a C-level Executive Career Brand Biography 10 Steps to an Authentic, Magnetic Personal Brand How to Write An Irresistible C-level Executive Brand Resume in 10 Steps 00 0