: About Me

I'm still under 25, but I've had about 30 paying jobs since i was old enough to bug my parents for extra cash. I'm Australian, but I'd love to relocate somewhere slightly less Australian. Maybe New Zeland...

I love to write, simply for the creative release, but also for the thrill I get from even a little bit of feedback.

My passion is ...

Learning something useless.

I know too much about ...

Useless things. And Drag Kings.

My parents always told me ...

"That thing is dangerous! Put it down!"

My childhood ambition ...

Beating my Dad in an armwrestle. Still can't do it.

My favorite memory ...

Easter when I was five, it was raining, but me and my sister still went egg hunting. Problem was, my Dad hadn't hidden any because it was raining.

Why I write ...

Creative stimulation and release.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

All kinds of things. But New Scientist mag. I'm slightly frightening if I don't get me gene-therapy news fix.

My first job ...

Oh wow. First job? I think it was field clearing. I was young.

My best moment ...

Being born. Go me!

My inspiration ...

Rain on the desert on Christmas day.

Jobs & Careers > Getting Ahead Listening skills: The key to effective work relationships

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People who feel important are happier than those who don't. Happy people are productive, generous, more lenient people too. So whether you're the worker or the queen bee, it will always benefit you if the people you work with are happy. The easiest way to make people happy is to listen to them. By listening to a person, you are actively and noticeably giving them your attention, thereby making them important to you, and they will feel happier because you deem them worthy of your attention. The effect is normally subconscious but it is significant in affecting the way that person views you ...

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