How often do you wash your towel? Some people wash once a week, while some, once a year. The towel is a fertile breeding ground for millions of microbes, especially those found on human skin and on the gut. No wonder the towel is one of the objects that facilitate fecal-oral contamination (literally connecting the two ends of the gut). Worse still, most people keep towels in the bathroom (near the toilet). Every flush of the toilet sends mist with millions of microbes, ranging from H.pylori, salmonella and other deadly bacteria and viruses. When you wash your hands ready for a meal, and dry them with your body towel, there's high chance you are directly ingesting your fecal matter, or, if in a shared lavatory, someone else's faeces. Unless cleaned well, viruses such as human papillomavirus (causes warts, anal cancer and cervical cancer) can be transmitted when towels are shared with infected individuals. So, what to do? 1. Launder towels once a week. 2. Use hot water and det...
During an interview, the interviewer wants to see the real you, the genuine you and the authentic you; but what many people bring to the table is a fictional or pretentious version of themselves — and it’s so easy for the interviewer to notice this.
An interviewer easily sees through you during an interview, and one major thing that interests almost every interviewer is authenticity — and these tips would show you how to sound authentic in an interview.
1. BE COMFORTABLE
You can never sound authentic when you are uncomfortable, tension filled or jittery. Take it like an interview and not the end of the world; be relaxed, be comfortable and feel like you can handle the situation. When you are comfortable, this would set the path to being authentic.
2. PREPARE AND NOT MEMORISE
This is another place where many job candidates get it wrong. Rather than being authentic in an interview, many job candidates give a memorised version of themselves.
Be prepared, practice interview questions and be ready for the interview and any question you would be asked. But never memorise answers — this would kill your authenticity.
3. BE ENGAGING
Answering the interview questions correctly might not always get you the job, especially if it’s a job that requires your communication skills to be on point. Rather than juts answer the questions, try to engage with the interview; communicate properly and be excited about the whole process.
4. YOUR SPEECH
The way you talk also reveals your authenticity; talk calmly and try not to rush through sentences. Be audible and pause when necessary.
If your speech shows originality, you would definitely win your interviewer over.
5. PRACTICE
Your body language, posture and gestures should be practiced. When you practice, you feel prepared, and when you feel prepared you feel comfortable — this would help you sound authentic in that interview.
Not everyone knows this, but your interviewer expects you to sound authentic and original during an interview, and if you can achieve this, it would be a big plus.
An interviewer easily sees through you during an interview, and one major thing that interests almost every interviewer is authenticity — and these tips would show you how to sound authentic in an interview.
1. BE COMFORTABLE
You can never sound authentic when you are uncomfortable, tension filled or jittery. Take it like an interview and not the end of the world; be relaxed, be comfortable and feel like you can handle the situation. When you are comfortable, this would set the path to being authentic.
2. PREPARE AND NOT MEMORISE
This is another place where many job candidates get it wrong. Rather than being authentic in an interview, many job candidates give a memorised version of themselves.
Be prepared, practice interview questions and be ready for the interview and any question you would be asked. But never memorise answers — this would kill your authenticity.
3. BE ENGAGING
Answering the interview questions correctly might not always get you the job, especially if it’s a job that requires your communication skills to be on point. Rather than juts answer the questions, try to engage with the interview; communicate properly and be excited about the whole process.
4. YOUR SPEECH
The way you talk also reveals your authenticity; talk calmly and try not to rush through sentences. Be audible and pause when necessary.
If your speech shows originality, you would definitely win your interviewer over.
5. PRACTICE
Your body language, posture and gestures should be practiced. When you practice, you feel prepared, and when you feel prepared you feel comfortable — this would help you sound authentic in that interview.
Not everyone knows this, but your interviewer expects you to sound authentic and original during an interview, and if you can achieve this, it would be a big plus.
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