Live, Work, Play and Learn Here!

One of our area communities has the motto –Live, Work and Play Here!!  At Iowa Lakes we can say “Live, Work, Play and Learn Here!!”  With all of this you will most likely find yourself pulled in many different directions while trying to balance the areas of your life. Too much studying may create stress while too much playing may also get in the way of goals.

The juggling act of your personal life (LIVE),   a job or family demands of keeping the household running (Work), a social life and entertainment (Play) and taking a class or classes (Learn Here).  With all this you will most likely find yourself pulled in different directions.  Too much studying may create stress, while too much play and fun will get in the way of your educational goals. The juggling of Live, Work, Play and Learn Here” is about making good decisions and focusing your energy in positive ways.  

Make sure you are aware of resources to assist you at Iowa Lakes Community College. The Student Services area encompasses a wide range of services including the Success Center, Educational Counseling, the Career Resource Center, Registrar’s Office, Library and Financial Aid.

http://www.iowalakes.edu/student_services/

Happiness -> Success

"Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence."
                                                                                                              Aristotle
"If we were to ask the question:  'What is human life's chief concern?' one of the answers we should receive would be:  'It is happiness.'  How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness, is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure."
                                                                                                             William James
"Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, the very purpose of our life is happiness, the very motion of our life is towards happiness."
                                                                                                             Dalai Lama
Happiness -> Success
 - Happy people are successful.
 - Happiness precedes success.
 - Happy people are better workers.
     - Get more promotions, earn more.
Ancient wisdom:  Bad to Good
     Rabbi Nachum said:  "Even this can be good."
     Epictetus said:  "No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage."

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Copyright 2010 by Lynn D. Johnson, PhD

Body Language

Body Language

Body language is the unspoken communication we all use every day whether in classroom or communicating with others. Body language is more powerful than all the words we speak. Ninety-three percent of our communication is nonverbal! Sometimes what body language says is not the message you want to deliver.  You tell people a lot with how you present yourself.

Remember you want to come across to others as calm, assertive, and confident:

• Don’t get too close! Vision a hool-a-hoop to maintain good distance.
• Maintain eye contact.
• Look at the other person, with square shoulders.
• Stand or sit straight in the chair — do not lean back or slouch..
• Lean forward slightly when listening – show you are interested.
• Use gestures for emphasis and care.
• Do not twist your mouth or purse your lips.
• Maintain a pleasant facial expression and do not do facial exercises, grimace, frown, etc.
• Keep your voice calm.

• Speak at an even tone and at a tone for pleasant conversation.

Try these tips and people WILL listen to what you’re saying!

Live, Work, Play and Learn Here!

One of our area communities has the motto –Live, Work and Play Here!!  At Iowa Lakes we can say “Live, Work, Play and Learn Here!!”  With all of this you will most likely find yourself pulled in many different directions while trying to balance the areas of your life. Too much studying may create stress while too much playing may also get in the way of goals.

The juggling act of your personal life (LIVE),   a job or family demands of keeping the household running (Work), a social life and entertainment (Play) and taking a class or classes (Learn Here).  With all this you will most likely find yourself pulled in different directions.  Too much studying may create stress, while too much play and fun will get in the way of your educational goals. The juggling of Live, Work, Play and Learn Here” is about making good decisions and focusing your energy in positive ways.  

Make sure you are aware of resources to assist you at Iowa Lakes Community College. The Student Services area encompasses a wide range of services including the Success Center, Educational Counseling, the Career Resource Center, Registrar’s Office, Library and Financial Aid.

http://www.iowalakes.edu/student_services/