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When is the last time you felt angry? What triggered it? How did you react? Looking back, do you feel this was the right response? If not, what should you have done differently? Before the anger strikes, practice these every day:

Meditate: Through daily meditation we allow the mind to “rest” and deepen our sense of spirituality.
Relax: Through daily relaxation we calm our breathing and bring our nervous sysem into balance.
Make Healthy Food Choices: By eating healthfully we get adequate fuel for energy and avoid foods that throw our systems into chaos.
Think Positively: Positive thoughts affect our overall mood and even our health.
Take Time Out: Time to play gives us time to be creative, to relax, to laugh and to lighten up.
Rest: Sleep allows the body to rest and the mind to “clean itself.”
Exercise: Exercise is a major stress reducer. It produces feel-good chemicals in our bodies that counteract anger.
Enjoy Close Relationships: We all need this to reduce our sense of isolation and calm ourselves.
Get an Interest: Be a joiner and contributor. Find constructive, creative, and/or challenging ways to channel your energy in positive directions.
Keep a Good Attitude: Turn a situation around and around in your mind like a kaleidoscope until you can get the right light on it.

Barbizon’s life changing curriculum can help you in any situation. Also, visit the That’ s Not Cool website for more insightful information.

Sssshhh! There it is again. Can’t you hear it? That melodic, infectious laugh. Don’t you love being around people who have a wonderful way of laughing? They laugh honestly, with their whole face and body. This laughter becomes a wave that sweeps everyone into the moment. What is this person’s secret?

Maybe you’ve heard that it takes more muscles to make a frown than it does to make a smile. Some experts say the score is 43-17. Others say that this is an urban legend that, at most, it takes three muscles to frown and only two to smile. Either way, we say, “Why work harder than you have to?” http://www.barbizonmodeling.com/barbizon-modeling-blog/wp-admin/edit.php

Every time you make or receive a telephone call your personality is being judged by your telephone manner. At Barbizon you will learn about phone etiquette in your manners class , but meanwhile remember these voice projection tips:

1. Maintain good posture
2. Use emphasis in phrasing
3. Speak at a moderate pace
4. Use an effective pitch
5. Speak with proper volume
6. Sound cheerful and alert
7. Hold the phone neither too near or too far
8. Be courteous
9. Take accurate messages
10. Return calls promptly
11. Book appointments efficiently
12. Don’t yell into a cell phone
13. Pronounce words distinctly