Monday, December 22, 2008

The Tough Rules You Need to Follow As You Advance Your Career

By Adam Jones

If you have a job in a fair-sized office and you get promoted, here is how to handle your new caste problems gracefully.

Continue at first to accept invitations to the homes of employee friends who now are your subordinates, but reciprocate only with group invitations. Then don't accept at all.

Also, you will no longer associate with your old gang during coffee breaks - you are always "too busy". They will have to understand you now have a different role in the company.

If you have a family, then you may give your wife more leeway in disengaging from the old circle of peers. After all, she is not as savvy as you are regarding the corporate rules.

Break away gradually, but eventually reduce all contacts to office hours. Recognize the simple fact of office life that the higher you go, the fewer friends you'll have in the company.

I guess you had some inkling of these things, but did you fully understand the brutal reality of this coded system?

One may ask what this code of behaviour is good for. And here is an answer: Take the story of the two office clerks who were doing a lousy job. They happened to be great friends with the manager of that department.

Now, the two clerks were directly responsible for the company's loss of $40,000 worth of business. And when their boss was asked to fire these men, he wouldn't do it. Therefore, he was fired along with his fiends, the clerks. That was the consequence of his failure to separate friendship from the demands of the business. - 15790

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3 Stone Diamond Engagement Ring

By Alice Sy

An engagement ring is the ultimate symbol of love that professes a mans undying devotion and commitment offered to the woman of his dreams. There different types of stones, cuts and designs for an engagement ring, but what better way to express love than giving not one but a 3 stone diamond engagement ring.

The 3 stone diamond engagement ring is also known as a trilogy or sometimes referred to as trinity rings.

Most people regard giving the 3 stone diamond engagement ring as a symbol of past, present and future relationship of sweethearts. That is why this ring is very popular as engagement rings and even popular a choice for anniversary rings.

The 3 stone diamond engagement rings is composed of three diamond stones usually of the same size the middle stone may be a bit larger. But you have to have a keen eye not to mistake a 3 stone diamond engagement ring for a solitaire diamond with small diamond stones designs on each side.

Having these three diamond stones in one ring is good enough design but you can always choose to have little gems or stones accentuate each ring. Filigree embellishments are sometimes preferred by woman to highlight each ring.

The most common shape and size for this ring design is the princess or round cut. The design and setting of the stone in the middle may be slightly elevated since it will be a bit bigger than the two diamonds on either end.

The price of a 3 stone diamond engagement ring is more expensive than ordinary diamond solitaires because usually they are heavier in carat weight. The cost will also depend on the cut, clarity, color and the weight of the diamond as well.

Singer Madonna is one proud owner of a five carat, 3 stone diamond engagement ring that has bet set in bezel. - 15790

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