You must remember that in school, or college, you were a senior student and had been at the institution a long time. Whereas in the workplace you are the junior and do not know where to go and what to do. Your employer and your new colleagues will understand that it is all new and confusing to you. They will appreciate it, if you are willing and eager to learn. When someone gives you instructions, listen carefully and, if you do not understand, ask questions, then repeat the instructions back, to make sure that you have understood perfectly.

Teenagers and young people often speak to one another in a mocking, sarcastic, manner. If you speak to your new workmates in this way, they will think you very rude and disrespectful. Speak to everyone politely, in plain English, not slang. Slang is fine in the playground or college quad but adults use plain English in formal surroundings, such as in the workplace.

There may have been few sanctions if you arrived late at school or college, but, at work, your employer pays you from your start time. If you are late for work, your employer is within his rights to dock your pay, constant lateness could mean no job. You should arrive a few minutes early so that you are ready to begin work on time. You should also return from your breaks on time, remember that a colleague may have to wait for your return before they can go to their own break.

When you begin a job you sign an employment contract, this is a legal document, within that contract and other paperwork will be the terms and conditions of your employment and the workplace rules. Your signature on the contract means that you accept those rules. You may have been used to breaking and bending school rules for a laugh but you are not at school or college now. Breaking workplace rules is a very serious matter, and you may even lose your job for breaking particular rules. You may think that the rules are stupid, but follow them carefully.

Your workplace, like many others, may have a uniform or a dress code. At school, if you disobeyed school uniform rules, your teachers may just have told you off or given you lines, if any punishment at all. Flouting work uniform or dress code rules could mean that your employer sends you home to change and docks your wages for the time that you take to do so.

In workplaces where there is no dress code, dress neatly and tidily for work. Keep those ripped jeans, clothing bearing slogans, and revealing clothing for your leisure time, they are completely unsuitable for work. Young people who work in offices should wear smart clothes. What other employees were wearing, when you went for interview, will point you towards suitable work clothes. People dress more casually in artistic professions, but err on the conservative side until you know what others wear to work.

On paper, you may be better qualified than your new workmates and know the theory of the tasks that you will undertake. However, you have little or no practical knowledge, and your colleagues have years of practical experience. The practice of a task is often very different to the theory. Trying to be superior or cocky with your workmates, by saying “That’s not the way to do that, my tutor/professor said —”, is not clever, it just makes you look like a brash know all. Your colleagues have been doing the job forever and probably have very good reasons for doing it the way that they do. Be quiet until you have been at work a little while, it may become clear why the method that you were taught is not used in this workplace.

You show everyone your personality through your attitude, by your behaviour and conduct. Make it a rule to treat others courteously, considerately, and respectfully. When you are given instructions, listen carefully and follow them to the letter, even if you think that they are daft, without backchat or cheek. Show your eagerness to learn and willingness to do well and succeed in your career. Work is not school or college, you have left that world behind and you need to behave differently, because you are an adult now in an adult world. 

There are moments when the appearance of certain “too good to be true” developments serve to deflect our sense of direction, such as the so-called profitable investments of sorts that sound credible, but are, in fact, a departure from the norm; or an unusual occurrence that are intended to exploit our credulity.

The need to rationalize our thoughts and actions are paramount. While we are privileged to benefit from the guideposts of right thinking and right actions, all through life, we are constantly reminded of the many obstacles, both predictable and unpredictable, that show up in the highways and by-ways of life, and refrain from taking the wrong turns, other than those already mapped out and represented by guideposts that we should not ignore.

I am just tired all the time and there is no space in my head for all of these personalities and faces.

I am simply a series of characteristics ripped from other beings spread across this thin canvas of a personality I have. Everchanging, constantly morphing. Instable. I am an infinite sum of compilations of entirely separate entities. I am the very bend and which the human mind sinks into oblivion. There is no room for emotion, or ties to my surroundings. Only raw logic and rationality. I must constantly come up with new personalities and disposistions just to keep up with myself. And no, this is not some self-aggrandizing plea for attention, as there is no “self” to cajole. There is no single, solidified, accumulation of traits which can be acutely defined as “me”. Only a chain of seemingly genuine charisma and fabricated emotions designed to suit my wavering enviorment.

The work is an activity that uses energy, both physically and mentally, to achieve anything.  Human work has many dimensions / properties.  Overall, work four dimensions – physical, personal, social and economic.

1)    Physical work based on the requirements of natural life.  A few work habits necessary to meet basic natural as hunger, thrust and nudity.  We call these basic work habits – eat, drink and clothing – a natural masterpiece.  In general, to educate parents and teachers worked in the early stages of life.  The purpose of this study is natural to make our life in accordance with nature or to meet the demands of nature. 

2)    The work is the result of personal needs and desires, each person has different needs and desires, when a person meets their particular needs or desires, such as dressing ingredients specific, concrete, clear and go then we can call a personal work

Timely measures to individual needs and desires are essential for normal life.  It should be noted that clashes between the needs and natural desires can lead to diseases, such as items of junk food perhaps because of illness. 

3)    Social work a result of social interactions.  Man is a social being, he / she interacts with other people.  A social network meets the demands of life and increase the social power of the question, when a person increases social resilience through social contacts who can call social work.  At one point, the social interaction apparently anti-social, but the result is social intelligence, which led to successful social contacts. 

4)    Homes, a wide range of products such as tasty, fashionable dresses, economic and commercial vehicles are large, which can be achieved only by money.  Efforts to gain wealth or money are known that the economic work.  Economic work gives people the monetary independence.  Financial Intelligence / Business Intelligence is essential to achieve economic studies.  These aforementioned dimensions of the work are closely linked and mutually reinforcing.  The division of labour is indicated to clarify the concept of work is no scientific definition of human activities.  The classification is based on the dominant aspect of the job characteristics.  For example, it is natural working for the satisfaction of hunger, economic work, too, because food is not freely available in the modern society.  Similarly, a task to have two or more dimensions of the work in your portfolio with fashion portfolio that satisfaction of physical needs, personal desires, economic needs and social aspirations.

     Communication is such a huge part of building a relationship of any kind, whether it be a friendship or a marriage. Without communication, people just co-exist.

     Interacting with others on a day-to-day basis greatly develops a person’s self-confidence and mental stability. An example of this truth is solitary confinement; being alone for years at a time can drive a person insane.

     Mental barriers sometimes make it difficult for people to communicate openly with others. Past experiences in a person’s life also influence the social skills of an individual. Regardless of the reason of a lack of communication, there is always a way to stimulate social interactions.

     Good ways to increase your communication skills include:

• Making friends with your friends’ friends (this increases your circle of friends, which indirectly increases your social abilities).
• Planing to attend a social gathering with a mixture of people you know well, people you know of, and people who you don’t know well (this will enable to meet new people and create a stronger bond with friends you already have).
• Talk to people in person more than virtually. It may feel more comforting to text someone, but real relationships grow exponentially in person. 
• Be open with people about your thoughts, as long as they are appropriate and not unreasonable. Telling people your views on life help them to better understand you, which makes them feel closer to you.
• Be honest with yourself. Look at the big picture. If you are honest with yourself, you can be honest with others. The same goes for respect.
• Practice creative writing, or perhaps even begin a journal or diary. Writing provokes thought, and thought provokes conversation.

Communication is an important key to develop any relationship with a person. Just like everything else, communication is something that must be worked towards. The time put into perfecting your social skills will pay off in the long run, and the reward will be great.

One reason why self-concept affects the outcome of your interactions is the way you feel about yourself has a lot of sway over how far you can go. For example, if you do not have a high level of self-esteem, you will feel down about yourself. If others see this, they might start thinking it would be a waste of their time to continue dealing with you.

Another reason why self-concept is so influential is it can affect your ego. If you think you are too good for others, you are not likely to treat them nicely. Furthermore, you will probably turn others off if you carry yourself as being snobbish or high and mighty.

The amount of confidence you have is important. In order to have a legitimate shot at making and maintaining your friendships, you need to have some confidence in yourself and allow others to see this.

Having a poor thinking of yourself can affect your self-worth. If you do not think you are worthy, you will be unlikely to overcome a sense of shyness and have the courage to introduce yourself to those you have not met. If you keep to yourself, you will have a hard time making friends. Can you see how the way you think about yourself can make or break the outcome of your interactions?

Perception also plays a huge part in how you get along with those you come in contact with. The first thing that is necessary is to perceive yourself as being deserving of others’ companionship. If you do so, you will make it easier to get out and mingle.

The second is to try to see the good in others. Doing so will allow you to have an easier time befriending them. The third is to try to get others to see you as being a good person. It is easier to convince others to be bothered with you if you are likeable.

No matter how things go for you at any given time, you must resist the temptation to believe you are a loser. If you think you are one, you will likely have a hard time being on top of your game in your interactions.

Your emotions are also key to your success. If you express love and joy, you are likely to make many friends.

You have learned how self-concept, perception and emotions impact interpersonal communications.

Have you ever met with a friend, family member, who after you left, you were totally wiped out. That person is probably what I call an energy vampire. They take all our energy and leave us totally drained. Usually this is a person, who has so many things going on, and they feel they have to burden you; or perhaps they are so negative, no matter how you try to “paint a pretty picture” they just shoot down every idea. Well if this sounds familiar then you have come in contact with an “energy vampire”, and you know exactly what I mean. Sometimes the drain can be so severe that it can lead to depression, or feelings of being totally overwhelmed, and out of control; and unless you recognize this, you can go in complete circle and truly believe it is all depression.

I find the best way to deal with such people is to avoid them, but sometimes that is not practical, but the realization that a particular someone is giving off negative energy, or is an “energy vampire” will help prevent such an invasion.  Try to keep your positive energy flowing to do this; you must focus on goods things, smile, and be cheerful. Do not pay much attention to what they are saying or doing. Never let, the person affect you, once they have, that is when they start sapping your energy, You MUST put up your shields!!!!

If you are going to visit someone who you know has that affect on you, then you can prepare your self. If you meditate, do so before coming into contact with the “energy vampire”, if you exercise or jog, again do so; by doing what you enjoy and getting your mind set on positive things, and surrounds you with the positive energy that surround you. By taking action before the invasion starts will help ward off any drain of negative influence, or being overwhelmed by it.

Positive Energy is fantastic, it helps you be creative, fun and loving. When you are surrounded by positive energy, everything flows much easier, your thoughts are in prospective, and your day mores along nicely and your feel completely balanced.

Using positive energy is very much like positive thinking. You can make yourself feel good by using affirmative words. A simple sentence like “ I feel great” or “today is going to be a great day” can and will have a large impact on you day.

So think positive and avoid those “energy vampires”.

The person vs. self conflict is an internal struggle of a person. It may be a tough decision to be made, or someone pushing him or herself during a workout, either way the person is competing with himself or herself for a desired outcome. A person vs. himself conflict can fit into two of the four definitions: an emotional state characterized by indecision, restlessness, uncertainty, and tension resulting from incompatible needs, and also a contest of two opposing forces. It is an emotional conflict because the person can be fighting themselves with emotions and thoughts during their inner conflict, trying to come to the correct conclusion that they are searching for. This could be anything ranging from if they should follow their diet, to weather or not they should intervene with a friend’s bad habit. It is a contest of two opposing forces because within the person are two opposing thoughts, actions, or “forces”.

Thefreedictionary.com defines “force” as “a person or thing with influence”. A thought or action can be considered a thing, therefore making it a noun, so this definition fits into a person vs. himself conflict. After a person deals with an inner conflict, they are changed for better or worse by a maturing of the mind, spirit, and/or body, by learning from the experience. Without inner conflict, a person would never learn to progress their minds, since there is nothing to learn from.

A person vs. person conflict can fit into three of the four definitions previously stated. A contest of two opposing forces fits into this conflict because as defined earlier a force can be a person, or many people with the same idea or action, against a person or many people with an opposing idea or action. The second and third definitions that fit into this type of conflict is a striking or clashing together of material bodies or substances, and a clash, competition or mutual interference of opposing or incompatible forces or qualities. They fit because people clash with some type of force everyday. People fight, argue, and dislike each other everyday in this world. People clash with opposing ideas of abortion and gay marriage rights, go to war over disagreements pertaining to a nation’s actions or ideas, and argue over whether or not the Giants will beat the Eagles on Sunday Night Football. Not all conflicts between two people have to be negative and violent. The Giants playing against the Eagles is a person vs. person conflict. Coaches, players, and fans are all opposing each other hoping for their team to overcome the other. The game itself is a conflict with opposing linemen clashing into and conflicting with each other. Without person vs. person conflicts where would the human race be? With no competition progress would be slowed but not stopped. People need to conflict with each other to grow and learn from each other, but its when there is too much conflict when the human race will start going backwards.

The conflict of person vs. environment is a very broad range of conflicts including three of the four definitions of the word. A person conflicting with their environment can scale from hitting their foot on a desk while going to the bathroom at night, to hurricane Katrina decimating New Orleans. Person vs. environment is a competition between two opposing or incompatible forces because humans just don’t get along with their surroundings all the time.

A person’s foot slamming into their desk in the dark is not what would be called a desired effect; therefore it is a conflict between the desk (environment) and the person’s foot. The levees in New Orleans greatly conflicted with hurricane Katrina, and in this conflict Katrina won by a long shot. The outcome of this conflict brought a lot more conflicts to the city of New Orleans on a devastating scale. Although it was a tragedy what happened, we learned and grew from our mistakes to prevent this from happening again. The hurricane and the levee was both a clash of two opposing forces and material substances (bring water in vs. keep water out). This covers the other two definitions, being that the hurricane was a force that brought the substance water against the levee’s structural integrity. We can learn from person vs. environment conflicts by experiencing the outcome of what can go wrong, and learning and building upon the outcome, by building better levees and being careful while walking to the bathroom.

The person vs. society conflict is when one person has and idea or does and action that the majority of a population disagrees upon. This can range from fundamentalist protesters making everyone else annoyed at the remarks they make, to terrorists carrying out a plot to harm an entire population. A person vs. society conflict fits into all four definitions of conflict. It is a clash of incompatible qualities because this person or small group of people doesn’t mix in with the rest of society. They cause annoyance or harm to the rest of the population with protests or attacks upon the rest of society. Impeding the way society would operate normally. It is a clash of two opposing forces; even though one force may be smaller than the other force it is a clash of opposing forces nonetheless. When two forces clash the larger of the forces tend to overcome the other, but it doesn’t mean the smaller force will not make an impact in the other. Galileo was conflicting with the rest of society when he said that the Sun was the center of the galaxy, not the Earth. He was thrown in jail, overcome by the larger force (society). Years later his “insane” statement made an impact when we discovered that he was right all along. This example proves that we need that one person or small group of people to go against what everyone else believes, because every once in a while, they can be right and change the way we see the world we live in (literally).

In conclusion conflicts have shaped the world we live in today, because no progress has ever been made without a conflict that needed to be solved. The entire universe is based on conflicting forces, beings, and ideas that have been solved making the world we live in today. It all started with opposing atoms clashing and fusing together creating a more complex substance, and it goes all the way to the wars we fight in today that shape our future. How we recognize conflicts and address them will determine the future of the human race and beyond.