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Hey Americans, it’s fall 2023 and the adult Covid vaccines are STILL FREE at certain pharmacies. Even if you have no health insurance. Even if you have health insurance but the insurance company likes to whine about CVS being “out of network” for vaccinations.
Find out more FAQ stuff from the CDC here:
And find your local locations with free vaccines below. Once you’ve put in your zip code and hit “go”, on the next page, make sure to click the checkbox that says “BRIDGE Access Participant” so you know these locations have the free shots.
#text post#Covid#covid19#covid 19#covid vaccine#covid pandemic#pandemic#vaccine#signal boost#boost#please boost#vaccination#covid-19#I am just putting as many tags that I can think of on this post to help it get to people#because I was unaware that the government was continuing to fund free vaccines#because the national health emergency ended in May#so finding out I could still get it for free even if my insurance wanted to be annoying was a relief#and I want to make sure others know it too
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Hiii I hope youre doing alright. <3 I remember you mentioning you use a certain mouth wash to help with covid protection and Im just wondering what mouth wash it was? Im not sure what ingredients to look for so I figured Id ask. Tysm for the help! I hope this isnt too annoying to respond to. 😅🙈
Hi I love asks like these bc I love sharing information and this is straightforward n easy to answer!! I hope you don't mind me answering publicly bc I think more people should know about this!!
Cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) is the mouthwash ingredient that kills covid virus in the mouth and upper throat!
Ideally paired with other preventatives, it can drastically reduce risk since it reduces the amount of live virus at the point of infection. I use it right after being around people I don't live with, and during long events I have a travel bottle in my purse to refresh every couple hours. I use this mouthwash (under $4 for a big bottle): https://www.walmart.com/ip/Equate-Alcohol-Free-Multi-Action-Antiseptic-Oral-Rinse-Zesty-Mint-33-8-fl-oz/26441079
(If you end up buying it elsewhere, double check for "Cetylpyridinium chloride" in the active ingredients. Some search results are misleading.)
Nose sprays can also help mitigate covid risk: https://www.okdoomer.io/nose-sprays-offer-a-last-line-of-defense/?ref=ok-doomer-newsletter
Fun fact, even if you DO get covid, studies have shown the fewer virus particles you're exposed to when you first get infected, the less severe the infection itself is likely to be for you!!
#obvs masking is still hugely effective and the best line of defence but i do all 3 masking + nose spray + cpc mouthwash#i'm immunocompromised & it's a huge relief to have other forms of protection as my community largely stops caring abt protecting each other#anyways just search cpc mouthwash covid to find studies on how effective cpc is#covid19#asks#krystabella#also another fun fact in some studies cpc was more effective even than clorhexidine gluconate (hibiclens)!!!#in 2021 researchers were already like ''wait why aren't we putting this in soap then and other preparations to prevent spread''
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We are a South African Christian charity founded in 2011, motivated by compassion and social well-being i.e. medical, education and bursary support, food and shelter assistance, disaster relief, and all other activities beneficial to the public interest and or common good through raising of funds, the formation of long- and short-term partnerships and solicitation of sponsorships. Pastor Alph Lukau.
AL Foundation went down to Durban, KwaZulu-Natal to give much needed donations to the victims of the floods. The donations were received by the Mayor of eThekwini.
Our country, like the rest of the world is grappling with the effects of the Covid19 pandemic which saw the President of the Republic of South Africa announcing a complete economic and social lockdown of the country on the 26th March to date with gradual levels but still with tight regulations. Pastor Alph Lukau
#AL#Foundation#Covid#Relief#April#2020#Sponsorships#Pastor#Alph#Lukau#KwaZulu-Natal#Mayor#eThekwini#Economic#Social#Lockdown#Covid19#Tight#Regulations
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Between TV commercials, daily calls, and email/IMs everyone wants to know “Have you signed up for the ERC program????”Things to know:
Money is a grant not a loan – monies do not have to be paid back.
Only 16% of eligible companies have applied for the ERC program, so if you have not, you are not alone.
Countless businesses were erroneously informed by a tax advisor or CFO they were not eligible but are in fact eligible.
If your business had 5+ employees during the pandemic, you are most likely eligible.
Under President Trump businesses could choose either PPP or ERC monies but not both. Under President Biden businesses however are eligible for both. Most businesses chose PPP because there was more money at the time.
To be eligible for an ERC “Covid Operational Impact” grant any change in your business due to Covid qualifies such as change in hours, days open, in person vs pick up/delivery, increase/decrease staffing, protective changes in offices/stores.
Grant monies are a reward to your business for paying their w2 employees during the pandemic. Grants may be used for the business to use as they please. There are no limitations or requirements on how monies are spent.
NPOs, NGOs and any other entities that had W-2 employees and paid taxes most likely are eligible. Government agencies are among the organizations that would not be eligible.
Most common items required of the business owner
Spreadsheet of employees
Tax form allowing for the amendment of tax return for years receiving ERC monies
Form allowing for ERC company to act on your behalf to get ERC monies
What to expect:
ERC grant amounts will vary based on your specific business and if the business accepted PPP monies.
2 PPP loans: 8k to 10k,
1 PPP loan: 12k to 14K,
No loan: 16k to 20k (can be as much as $26,000)
Your timeline will vary based on the number of employees. After meeting with your ERC advisor, the timeline will most likely be approximately:
1 – 2 weeks for letter with how much grant money to expect.
3 – 6 months for letter from IRS with amount being paid including accrued interest
Approximately 1 week for payment from IRS. Please be aware your businesses will receive one check per employee: 500 employees = five hundred checks addressed to the business.
Be cautious when working with any ERC assistance firm if:
Companies formed specifically to assist with ERC grants may not be available for any follow-up issues.
Upfront payment before monies received from IRS
50/50 split of monies identified.
Companies that are promising a specific amount before reviewing your individual situation: “Multiply the number of employees by $26,000 to see how much you will get!” (Yes, a business could receive 26k for each employee but those are unusual cases)
Always ask “If my business is audited, will your company assist in the audit and if necessary, refund the contingency fee?” *Whenever dealing with the IRS always be prepared in case of follow up questions or auditing of returns*
Why CoPilot Cat chose to partner with Bottomline Savings:
Bottomline was founded in 2009 as a government aid assistance firm working with Fortune 100 companies.
Bottomline identified and began the process for over 3.5 billion in client ERC grants in 2022 and is by far the largest in this field.
Put CoPilot Cat and Bottomline Savings to the test, we work on a contingency basis, your business negotiates the commission, and it is not owed until the monies from the IRS are received by your company. Even if you feel your business is not eligible, it is in your best interest to schedule a 10-minute explanatory call to discuss what your business should expect from the ERC program: http://copilotcat.com
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#erc#ercgrant#erc2023#employeeretentioncredit#employeeretentioncreditscams#irs#covid19#covid recovery#covid relief#irs help#copilotcat#grants#grant help#grant funding#small business#small business owner#ppp#ppp loans#employee retention#employer support#employer tips#employers who care
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The Republican pleaded guilty to charges including wire fraud and money laundering
Joe Harding, the author of the Ron DeSantis, “Don't Say Gay” Law, was just sentenced to prison for defrauding taxpayers by stealing money from the COVID19 Relief Fund.
#politics#republicans#ron desantis#joe harding#lgbt#homophobia#gop hypocrisy#florida#republicans are evil#lgbtq
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can I get BTS for any part of A Beautiful Poison?
A Beautiful Poison on AO3:
Writing this story was a personal catharsis for me. I pretty much exorcised my COVID19 demons into it.
The pandemic was a window into both the brightest and darkest aspects of human nature. As it wound down, I struggled to process all that. And what better way to work through Stuff than to mold it into a fanfic starring one's favorite blorbo?
Elrond is the light: altruism, kindness and persistence in the face of despair. The courage to do what needs to be done, even if that thing is hard, exhausting or unpopular. Valor without renown, and all that.
Tarlanc, his foil, falls to the siren song of a simple cure, an easy way out that will save nothing and no one but himself, and not even that.
I've never done as much historical research for any fic as I did for ABP. That, too, was therapeutic. Reading about historical plagues and the people who lived through them made me feel less alone. Humanity has gone through this before, and then, as now, we were being humans at our very best and very worst.
I cried over the quote from the 14th century Italian chronicler at the end of chapter 1 because his description of the horrors of he Black Death exactly matched my fear at the peak of the pandemic: what happens when there are too many bodies to fit inside the morgue?
Turns out that in the 21st century you can simply rent a mobile one, and so there was no tossing in rivers or dogs dragging bits through the streets. Even so, the best fictional horror is just this side of real, and the opening chapter was born. I'm still proud of how vivid and effectively terrifying it turned out.
Ancient alchemy, too, was a strange comfort. Orpiment and mercury and the Golden elixir, ... People of all times have believed in wacky and toxic cure-alls. Hydroxychloroquine, horse dewormer, and Facebook knows what else are just another iteration. There truly is nothing new underneath the sun. Somehow, that's a relief.
And then came the final fight, and I decided to just write an opulent horror scene and have some pure, self-indulgent fun. Elrond and Tarlanc duking it out in a pool of blood and poison, smashing the room to bits was pure stress relief, and a joy to write. (I'm aware that this sounds weird, said about a mutilation scene, but writing is a craft and I took a craftsperson's joy in trying to do it well)
Even a couple of years later I'm still proud of A Beautiful Poison. I think it's among the best things I've ever written and I'm always tickled pink when people mention it, so thanks for asking!
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My first blog : a bit of history of a big challenge I was presented 18 months ago to define who I am today : Christopher J Bonelli 2.0
I came down with a very serious case of COVID-19 Delta Variant. I was placed in a medically induced coma for 55 days FROM July – Sept 2021, in the ICU. I had to be intubated and put on a ventilator, and eventually they had to do a tracheotomy, because they couldn't extubate me otherwise. While there they did a number of surgeries on me, on top of the tracheotomy, included a feeding tube, three chest tubes and multiple central lines.
On the 55th day I woke up with tubes coming out of all parts of my body. I was there for another week and a half, after being released from the ICU. When I was discharged, couldn’t walk or talk, and quickly realized the enormous feat I would have in front of me in order to recover. I had to learn how to walk, talk, eat, breath, and perform daily activities of living, all over again. I’m still on the big oxygen machine and my lung capacity is on 53% , doctors say I should make a recovery between 16-24 months. It currently has been 15 months since being discharged.
I’ve been a loyal tenant for three years now and this is the first time I am late on rent due to a financial hardship from getting sick and having over a year of rehabilitation? This complex has tried to evict due to a few weeks late on rent smh . Why Should I need to be penalized, the government did not help with ANY COVID RELIEF PROGRAMS …the state of FLORIDA did not find me temporary disabled granting me with SSDI although I met all the criteria. ERAP and SNAP declined me probably because my taxes showed I was making more than the threshold but what was I supposed to the in the following months with a 14 month no work order should help because I was making 6 figures and I will again when im fully healthy.
The leasing office knew everything that was going on and put me into another apartment 1406 at the same address 405 ne 2nd st apt 1406 fort Lauderdale fl 33301. There was no exchange a move in fee they handed me a key and I signed a lease. During the move I passed out twice and had to be hospitalized again because my lungs arent capable of that much endurance yet. So I have received an eviction notice and 3day notice to vacate on my door. I’m trying to keep a positive mindset that I will get better soon but I was the only survivor with delta variant from imperial hospital and have not received any funding from government. Im at the point where I need assistance from the government . I really need help.
Having a fiancé cheat on me during my recovery , losing my finances , job , relearning to become a human again of course I’m going to deal with mental issues that I have been overcoming through therapy
Im constantly getting my organs checked and my immune system is at the lowest. I lost everything in a snap of a figure but instead of sitting there an sulking I’ve been pushing myself to be strong and get passed this I went in the hospital at 195lbs came out at 120, I’m finally putting the weight back on, but there seems to be an obstacle in my way every time. I have major PTSD, Major Depression and anxiety disorder all diagnosed by a psychiatrist as well as permanent fibrosis in both my lungs. I went into AFIB 3 times as well. I’m only 32 and it’s a mission for me to bend over and put the dishes away or to walk just one block, I was a bodybuilder before my life was turned upside down.
It’s been 17 months and I have made a 90% recovery I believe it’s time Now its time for me to get back on my feet and others in need of my support and share my story to help overcome obstacles such as mine.
#covid19 #covidawareness #longcovid #covid #coviddelta #coma #survivor #covidreovery #recovery #covidisnotover #covidhelp #covidrelief #coronavirus #covid #corona #stayhome #quarantine #lockdown #staysafe #love #pandemic #share #shareyourstory
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Woke up feeling mentally better today. I'll keep myself busy with sewing, and not focus on the cause of my anger or frustration.
Seeing as it's unlikely I'll meet my goal nor acquire the necessary game console to play DATV, my time will be spent sewing. That, and playing other games on my PC. I need to buy a wrist brace for my left wrist, the kind that will support my pink and ring finger. For some reason, holding my game controller results in those two fingers messing with my wrist. The brace will be inexpensive, and I'll talk to my doctor about options. If you have any suggestions, please share them.
Please send me asks*. They'll provide me with something to read during my breaks. As for what to send, here are some suggestions, but you're not limited to these.
Tell me about your day.
Share your recent achievements, and yes, housecleaning counts.
Did you get a new job? A promotion at your current one?
Feel free to ask me about my Rook. I have most of her backstory written up, and haven't gotten to her "immediately prior to the start of the game" history done. Namely because I don't know what the circumstances are for this in-game. I would like to wait regarding that.
Tell me about your Rook. Are you waiting to play before you begin their history? Then how about their fav things, preferred outfit, foods they find disgusting, or whatever else.
Want to interview my OCs? Awesome! I have Jasmine Amell, Ghanima Lavellan, and Anabel "Rook" Amell/Laidir (yes, she's Jasmine's daughter). I've never gotten attached to any Hawke I made, so don't really bother with that. What I can tell you is that my Hero of Fereldan, Hawke, Inquisitor, and Rook are all mages.
Anon is unavailable because rude af assholes and cunts decided to be cowards and send hate and or ignorance into my asks. They claim to be superior, but hide behind the mask of anon. That's un-fucking-acceptable. I'll permit anon again in a few months. Possibly February. Anon is an option that should be available for the shy, not the cowards. There is a fucking difference.
*I don't want to talk about my medical fuckery right now. It's still too raw. The short version for the unaware: there's a 99.9999% chance I have SCDS, just like my sister. The next several years will be hell-on-earth as I slowly lose my hearing. Look up the symptoms, and know I have been dealing with nearly all of them since having contracted covid19 in 2022. I'm going deaf, it's painful, I have tinnitus and it takes nothing to trigger it. My balance is a joke, dizzy spells are frequent, my ears get stuck mid-pop and will remain that way for days or even weeks on end, requiring anti-inflammatory steroids to relief, my voice and the sounds of eating are getting louder inside my head as the bones continue to deteriorate/thin and eventually I will start hearing my eyes moving within their sockets, sound is becoming more and more painful, and the only cure is brain surgery. The brain is slightly lifted to make space to apply medical cement to the holes and reinforce the strength of especially thin parts inside my ears. Courtesy of my epilepsy, I likely don't even qualify for this.
I also don't want to talk about politics, but this is what I have to say regarding current politics: Vote Blue No Matter Who. This isn't about you satisfying your moral code. This is about protecting those around you. Do you want Agent Orange and his fascist government taking over? Or would you rather have Harris in charge and keep our democratic government alive? Anyone who tells you not to vote, discourages voting, or suggest a third party is trying to suppress your vote. Third party members, like Jill Stein, have been proven supporters of Agent Orange and Russia. This isn't a rated in preference system we have. It's two-party only. Any votes you give to third parties will essentially be votes for Trump. It's how he won before. If you still think no party is good enough for your vote, that your morals are superior to all around you, stfu. Your ignorance will kill us all. There will be no escaping Agent Orange and the choices he makes. Get over yourself and vote for Kamala.
Asking me about either of the above two topics will result in me either ignoring and deleting it, or I will straight up block you.
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COVID-19 has affected the finances of people all over the globe, whether salaried or self-employed professionals, everyone is suffering in this financial crunch. In these crises, it’s difficult for all of us to pay loans. Thus, RBI has come up with a relaxation period to maintain cash flow in the middle-class people.
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Mindfulness: Letting go
Replacements
After completing the Freud series I was thinking a lot about how difficult it is for people to change, and I especially was thinking a lot about 'The Wolfman,' on his inability to move on and become an agent in his own life. One can be stuck in helplessness or in a victim mentality like he was for the rest of his life. Sergei Pankejeff in his later years talked about Freud's suggestion that patients must make the choice to get better. One of the ways of doing that Freud hinted in his review of Serge was the value of concentration. So much of Positive Psychology confirms that Flow states don't happen without persistent absorption. You basically have to string together one immersive task after another without too many long breaks between activities where depression and boredom can derail the momentum.
'The Wolfman' Pt. 3: https://rumble.com/v1gulsf-case-studies-the-wolfman-33-freud-and-beyond.html
Freud also talked about remorse and paying attention to desires where one can organize them based on priority. Some pleasures are poor replacements for greater desires that people find more satisfying and blameless in the long-term. Desire is a dangerous thing because if what it wants isn't available, it immediately pushes for a short-term replacement, and they are often of lesser value. Also, if you desire something that hurts oneself and or others, pleasure quickly turns into pain. Another problem is having people openly talk about how people should behave. It can easily lead to hypocrisy since normal patterns of human behaviour show that people don't follow their own rules. The mind can disagree with itself even while it's being didactic about "shoulds." It's easier to give advice than follow it. Following "shoulds" can also be inauthentic because people are only motivated by getting praise and avoiding blame. In Freudian language, it's to satisfy the Super-ego and to reinforce repression against Id desires and Ego targets for satisfaction. In other words, people behave differently only because they feel they are being watched. As soon as they are in a private life, which isn't as private anymore, the old habits return.
The Ego and the Id - Sigmund Freud: https://rumble.com/v1gvdo1-the-ego-and-the-id-sigmund-freud.html
Freud then naturally looked at desires and saw that excessive repression was very damaging and it could lead to all kinds of psychological problems like depression, and maladaptive defense mechanisms. The goal was to learn how to discharge pleasure in a way that is reciprocal and reduces remorse. Yet, it's been decades since Freud died, but his questions are still important since COVID19 lockdowns disrupted the economy. Lost jobs and crushed dreams make people precisely look for replacements. Of course, this can happen during normal times, but especially so when there is a crisis and people are depressed. Twelve-step groups point out experiences of HALT, or Hungry, Angry, Lonely, and Tired as typical precursors for an impulse to get something addictive as a replacement.
A brief search of DSM-5 addictions shows a wide variety of options: Alcohol, Tobacco, Opioids, Prescription drugs, Cocaine, Marijuana, Amphetamines, Hallucinogens, Inhalants, PCP, and many more. Addictions can also include behavioural ones: Gambling, Kleptomania, Pyromania, Food, Sex, Pornography, Playing video games, Surfing the net, and Shopping. There are also healthier types of addictions that can be rewarded in society: Workaholism, Excessive Exercise, and Spiritual Obsessions. Even pain itself can be addictive if the person is looking for the relief that happens after a behaviour like Cutting for example.
Lost Souls - Doves: https://youtu.be/dxAilm72Y4M
Many people go through one or more addictions in their lives and it creates a stigma where the person is essentially labeled based on their addiction. Much like how most names are based on some activity, work, or source of pleasure, one can be labeled permanently that way. It's like your last name changed. It's like being named Miranda Cokehead, or James Workaholic. People often don't change precisely because they take in those external labels and continue on the same behaviour patterns, along with low self-esteem. Any compassionate methods of change have to help people find a way out of these labels. Part of the problem is that society requires people to be pure, yet if you're pure, you don't need development. In reality, nobody is pure. Learning from psychopaths and narcissists, especially in person, the purity game is what they are about and they know how to dress the part and manipulate leverage. This is why they end up shocking people when they become your boss, or they marry you. You finally see the other side. But then it's too late and it takes years to extricate yourself from their sphere of influence.
The problem with labels is that they are usually misleading and don't predict future behaviour changes. Labels are only accurate if behaviour continues, but are detrimental and can trigger relapses when people have made strides towards improvement only to be shamed for past behaviour again. For example, a stigmatized person feels lonely, like part of the acronym HALT, and then looks for addictive replacements: a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Some people even want these patterns to continue because they make money off of them. If you look at the list above, a lot of our economy depends on these addictions, especially consumerism. Moderation with some of the above activities, especially behavioural ones aren't attacked by psychologists as much, but when a person's life is devoured by a single activity, then it's considered an addiction. Certainly working and exercising are healthier choices and it won't be noticed that something's wrong until a person realizes they don't know their kids, or that their excessive exercise has caused an injury.
What all these substances or activities have in common is a need to regulate emotions. How we are typically conditioned in our society is to take any bad feelings, especially stress and boredom, and to find some substance or activity that relieves anxiety, even if only there are temporary results. The problem of course is that the mind requires ever more intense substances or activities to create a reward large enough to stave off boredom, which is called tolerance. Also painful withdrawal symptoms, a biological response to the lack of the substance, propels people to keep on the addiction treadmill.
Being shameless is good for you - Marisa Peer: https://youtu.be/PBg7iSdDZBM
Healthy nihilism
Naturally, people turn to things like meditation because of all the talk of Letting Go, and all the promises of change. But even in meditation practice, the mind quickly co-opts the practice and continues in the same direction of habits and people often don't approach that tipping point of change. With Psychoanalysis, one can piece together a developmental past and there is some relief in knowing one's influences, causes, and effects. "I am this way because of these past events...I felt like garbage so I looked for replacements." Grieving about past mistakes, or missed opportunities can discharge affect by allowing oneself to feel remorse completely. When the grieving is exhausted the emotions are free to exercise more choice. Deep meditation can also banish that sense of lack for periods at a time.
All these psychological modalities help to deal with self-stigma at a basic level so that the person can still enjoy their addictions with less self-attacking, and hopefully, they may moderate their consumption, but maybe not. It's commonly called a Nihilism phase that people find very common in a person's meditation practice. There are many beautiful experiences that one can attain with Jhanas, and as the Super-ego judging begins to recede from consciousness, one can be free to enjoy conventional life without caring what people think and also what one thinks of oneself.
Concentration and mindfulness can also enhance common pleasures in life. For example, mindfulness helps to eliminate distractions when one is trying to enjoy something. The book Savoring by Bryant and Veroff talks about this benefit of being able to eliminate "Killjoy thinking." Many of us have been there where we create our own unhappiness with mental talk. Mental talk is really important because most of it is not exactly pleasant. Most mental chatter is actually one form or another of judging or complaining. Judgment releases stress, so endless judging means endless stress, and it's self-inflicted. Some good examples of negative talk the book provides involve ruining a vacation.
I was so homesick.
I worried that I would run out of money.
I took too many drugs.
The trip wasn’t as good as I thought it would be.
I drank too much.
Collapse - Aphex Twin: https://youtu.be/SqayDnQ2wmw
The Big Lebowski - The Dude meets Bunny: https://youtu.be/upUjNZRAapQ
On the positive side of nihilism, and when circumstances and the environment are cooperating, one can enjoy activities with a quiet mind and no distractions. Like in my Heraclitus video, being one with the environment and learning to appreciate can make mundane experiences become filled with a sense wonder. This comes from comparing what exists to non-existence. We didn't have to be born, and opportunities like these don't have to exist right now. In the book, they called this comparison pleasure Marveling. Some other verbs they list include basking, which is reflecting on accomplishments, and luxuriating which is enjoying physical pleasure. Luxuriating is a reminder that we do get pleasure from pleasant thoughts, but we don't want concepts to crowd out the actual experiences themselves. It's so hard to enjoy things as adults precisely because we are habitually thinking about experiences instead of actually experiencing them. It's nice to just engage in the activity and let psychological rewards happen naturally.
Heraclitus - https://youtu.be/15JZXiHsD6A
I talked about the vacation with my friends.
I took a lot of photos.
I bought gifts to bring back for other people.
I thought about how much better it was than just sitting at home.
I just went along with what was happening one day at a time.
I replayed the highlights in my mind over and over again.
Savoring was such a nice book in that you could turn to any page and find something useful. Positive Psychology books often need more examples and fewer reminders that we should try to be happy. We already know that, so what are some recommendations?
Choose experiences where there's a lower chance of failure.
Reduce distractions.
Focus your attention more on what is excellent.
Learn a skill well enough so that fear of failure decreases when using it.
Recount positive stories.
Add variety to experiences.
Add gaps in pleasure to avoid spoiling and psychological tolerance.
Share experiences with others which creates bonding and shared memories.
Enjoy pleasurable activities after going through stressful experiences.
Rehearse or journal highlights so they can be recalled later.
Compare poor experiences to even poorer ones. "Things could've been worse."
Plan experiences to reduce obstacles. Planning has a side benefit in that it also creates a pleasure in anticipating.
Celebrate important events.
Become engrossed in activities with mindfulness.
Count your blessings.
Chain positive experiences with each other. Eg. A good vacation, but an even better romance.
Planning activities that all participants can enjoy.
Remind oneself of impermanence and the limited time we all have.
Find meaningful associations. Eg. Learning something meaningful while attending a museum. Learning spiritual insights that you can take home with you.
Don't force savoring experiences with those negative judgmental thoughts. Let flavours and sensations happen and pass away naturally. Not all experiences are 100% intense and excellent. Glide with the ebb and flow by relaxing any psychological pushing or pulling. Slowing down to pay attention helps, but trying to make the sensations and flavours last longer is just another judgmental stress release that pollutes the experience. The self controls with pushing and pulling. Reminding oneself that pushing and pulling won't make flavours last longer also helps one to enjoy letting go. It's an inverse pleasure of an absence of stress. "I don't have to make it last longer."
Ibiza Spliff - Aphex Twin: https://youtu.be/NoRB6zN3ZbY
As one begins to learn about Positive Psychology and get some wisdom about how it works, there's a natural tendency to want to control life so that it conforms with happiness more. The book suggests that the social aspect can't be ignored, and negative social experiences can mar your pleasure.
Find people where enjoying pleasure around them isn't a problem.
Free yourself from activities that involve social and esteem concerns.
Give priority to close relationships.
There are also individual preconditions for savoring.
Focus on the present.
Enhance attentional focus on a positive experience.
Take control of your time.
Seek activities that engage your skills.
Become more physically active.
Get an adequate amount of sleep.
Include humor.
Journal your experiences.
What isn't highlighted in the book, or in any Buddhism that I have been taught, is that the general public has a common sense understanding that when people have many experiences as described above, it's hard for people in old age to say that they haven't lived when their life story has so many highlights. One can't do everything, but if one has done a lot, a natural thankfulness can emerge. No matter what anyone says, or is too jealous to admit, a life full of savoring is very good.
[Slo]w early morning clissold sunrise - Aphex Twin: https://youtu.be/eCFn4c1QpTM
Letting go
Where spirituality can have some points against the above pleasures is the clinging and addiction we can encounter when life gets out of balance. This is especially true when only one pleasure is emphasized over all others. It can be a problem that was long-standing for a yogi and has to be faced. Even if we enjoy alcohol, cigars, food or whatever else we like, there can be a problem with the advice above to focus on positive experience and to ignore negative experiences. You can even see a hint of it in some of the suggestions to plan to reduce the chances of negative experiences interfering with activities. You couldn't achieve that without some perception of negativity. In Buddhism, imagination and anticipation can actually be used to help practitioners gain some counterintuitive pleasures related to letting go. It's the desire for peace beyond sensual pleasure.
The late Rob Burbea had some great suggestions, and certainly, my prior video on Jhanas is a good place to start for many. We emotionally feed, and as Freud described, there is constant pressure from the Id to feed. This is partially the reason for hypocrisy because any principles people make for themselves will be subject to that libido/craving pressure. The pleasure experienced in meditation is a form of emotional feeding, except you didn't ingest any substances or engaged in any process addictions that constantly want setups and payoffs. One could use the acronym HALT and see if consistent attention to the breath with few gaps, lots of scanning the body for tension, and relaxing it, can regulate the emotions enough so that substances and process activities aren't needed. Meditation of course can take longer than a substance, but persistence here for a few minutes is often enough. Self-retreats for an hour or more can replace TV and other scatterbrained internet activities so that the brain achieves success in draining tension. When the brain is emotionally satisfied, letting go happens naturally. It's kind of like making sure you eat a meal before going shopping where food cravings would lead to restaurants, maybe alcohol, and bigger bills.
There is also the benefit of reduced conflict. If I don't have to compete for pleasure against other people, because the breath is inherently mine, and I'm going to breathe anyways, then the A part of HALT is also taken care of. Like most pleasures, we want to defend against someone else getting them, but instead, we can protect our concentration from conditioned thoughts that chip away at the benefits.
"When we talk about samadhi, that’s almost by definition a nourishing state: I’m just going to hang out in this field, in this bubble, and make it nice and warm and just as comfortable as can be, and just dwell in that, let myself rest in that and be nourished by it. Often we grasp at things and we can’t let go because our level of nourishment, the reservoir is too low... Even if it feels completely futile, over time that muscle gets – we get better at just dropping and returning. So to have faith in that. It’s kind of very, very simple."
The Jhanas: https://rumble.com/v1gqznl-the-jhanas.html
Emotional Feeding: https://rumble.com/v1gqvl1-emotional-feeding-thanissaro-bhikkhu.html
The Ego and the Id: https://rumble.com/v1gvdo1-the-ego-and-the-id-sigmund-freud.html
Rob also liked to use timelines. You're going to return to that normal state no matter what you get or achieve in the future. It's already here. Just make the trip in your mind. "We get caught in wanting this thing or that thing or this thing to unfold or that person or whatever it is, and how many times have we been through this before? How many times has it really satisfied us? So sometimes a little bit of reflection: what is this thing, what is getting this thing really going to give me? Am I really going to be fulfilled getting it? Sometimes it’s a matter of going deeper into what I want: is this thing what I really want? Do I even really want it? I’m so caught up there, but is that really what I want? What I deeply want? And recognizing it’s not what I really deeply want, there can be more ease in letting go. Sometimes it’s remembering how often in the past we’ve got what we wanted but...it ended up not being quite what we had imagined it might be before we got it. Almost always, things turn out differently than what we think. So it’s like, just bring that wisdom at the starting instead of at the end."
Many of us already have life experiences we can turn to when joining a practice like this, so it's a good reminder that we tend to return to old habits many times before a perceivable change occurs. Realistically, many people will still act on their wanting, depending on how strong their habits are, and how weak their practice is. Each individual brain is different. To move further for many people, it requires that they add more negative detail that no one wants to look at. It's a practice that many in the west try to avoid, which is to actually look for disgust and downsides to our pleasures. In Pure and Simple, Upasika Kee Nanayon makes it pure and simple indeed.
"The first requirement when you come to practice is that you need to be the sort of person who loves the truth and you need to have endurance to do what's true. Only then will your practice get anywhere. Otherwise, it all turns into failure and you go back to being a slave to your defilements and cravings just as before. When you don't contemplate yourself, how much suffering do you cause for yourself? And how much do you cause for others? These are things we should contemplate as much as we can. If we don't, we keep trying to get, get, get. We don't try to let go, to put things aside, to make any sacrifices at all. We just keep trying to get, for the more we get, the more we want...If you're going to let go of anything, you first have to see its drawbacks. If you just tell yourself to let go, let go, the mind won't easily obey. You really have to see the drawbacks of the thing you're holding onto, and then the mind will let go, of its own accord. It's like grabbing hold of fire: When you feel the heat, you let go of your own accord and will never dare grasp it again."
Stop eating roadkill - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2020/200806_Stop_Eating_Roadkill.mp3
Adjust the flame - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2020/200916_Adjust_the_Flame.mp3
Where your mind gravitates - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2020/201019_Where_Your_Mind_Gravitates.mp3
Spiritual Bypassing: https://rumble.com/v1gpm57-spiritual-bypassing-and-inner-bonding.html
It's better to welcome the impulse, but instead of acting, only act in the imagination. The mind swirls around pleasurable details, and as expected, it ignores negative details. The swirling creates pressure to act. To move the imagery towards realistic details of costs, health consequences, and potential conflicts can turn off the craving. When the internal conflict ends, the dualism ironically allows one to regain mental peace and relax in Oneness again.
The great thing about disenchantment is that it's an authentic feeling. Instead of mimicking someone else's judgment in a Super-ego, you are following the imagery of yourself going through the pleasure-procedures and feeling the pain as if it happened to you in concrete reality. We react to fake movies, why not make realistic documentaries in your mind instead? This time you're changing not because someone told you to. People are not readily going to give you validation and a pat on the back, which is ultimately not a stable reward. Deep down the wishes and desires are trying to take out of the environment what it wants to, regardless of whether reality has enough to support those wishes. The mind can push and pull against reality, building up a sense of self in the background. "It's hard to see the drawbacks of sensual passion, but even harder to see the drawbacks of more subtle things, like your sense of self."
One of the great explainers of how to see through the sense of self is Adyashanti. One of his tests is to let go of being for or against anything and watch the mental noise decrease with equanimity. It's like a radio where the volume control can turn up or down depending on how much resistance there is. This clinging, the sense of self, is also a sensation and has to be accounted for in the cause and effect of sensations that we note in our mindfulness practice. "Somehow we've came to this conclusion, that where there is a sense of self, a sense of me, that there actually is a Me." Seeing the self as a sensation disidentifies from it because it's seen by the same awareness that notices other sensations, though albeit with more complexity that needs to be deconstructed for the different ways the self arises in thoughts and feelings. Instead of a self here noting an experience over there, all experiences can be noticed, including the Ego play-acting as a meditator. Cause and effect involve what we include as self which pushes/pulls/resists/is for, or is against, what is. The pushing and pulling, against what is very difficult or impossible to control, is what makes the intense solid sense of self. Controlling makes the sense of a Controller, but this sense of solidity is in fact a moving target that increases in tension as it resists what's here, or recedes into the background when it surrenders. Instead of a self manipulating a marionette body, the efforting, strategizing, planning, and controlling part of the mind is a natural part of the cause and effect of the Universe. The sense of separation comes from the thought construct of ME, self-measurement, and a projected self through time.
"It would almost be like...somebody spraying perfume without you even knowing it...Let's say you smell...roses...and almost immediately your first conclusion [would be] 'where are the roses?' You look around and you expect to find a dozen roses...and then you don't find [them] and then relatively quickly you realize, there are no actual roses, there's just the scent of roses." Noticing the self-belief instead as a sensation dissipates the illusion of a solid controller, which relaxes over-efforting that has always been connected with that old belief. The irony is that when you let go of the sense of a separate self, it allows you to be yourself more fully. Self-sensations are finally included with all other sensations that awareness is aware of. With letting go, human emotions are allowed, including humility, without a sense that one has to be a pure person.
Cornish Spreek5b [St. Nectan S Glen Waterfalls Mix] - Aphex Twin: https://youtu.be/H6yPLpfaGQI
Resources:
Savoring: A New Model of Positive Experience - Bryant and Veroff: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780805851205/
Of Hermits and Lovers: The Alchemy of Desire - Rob Burbea and Catherine McGee: https://dharmaseed.org/retreats/3383/
Pure and Simple - Upasika Kee Nanyon: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780861717514/
Tracy, N. (2012, January 12). Types of Addiction: List of Addictions, HealthyPlace. Retrieved on 2020, September 5 from https://www.healthyplace.com/addictions/addictions-information/types-of-addiction-list-of-addictions
Adyashanti - August 26, 2020 - https://youtu.be/heW7w3cQtDk
Contemplative Practice: http://psychreviews.org/category/contemplativepractice/
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New Rule: American Kleptocracy | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Embezzlement is SO BAD in the United States that NEARLY HALF of the COVID19 Relief Fund was stolen from the people.
That’s money for households and money for charitable organizations.
We are not suffering simply because the rich exist. We suffer because the government allows the rich to steal, and then lies about its own actions.
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The @WorldBank conducted rapid surveys of businesses and households in #Cambodia, #Indonesia, #Malaysia, #Mongolia, the #Philippines, and #Vietnam to analyze #COVID19’s impacts on them.
In the Philippines, the existing social protection programs ensured timely aid to those in need which was effective in preventing severe food insecurity. Cash transfers provided valuable income support to poor households, which, mitigated 40% of the increase in poverty and inequality.
-https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2023/07/12/size-of-relief-timely-assistance-were-key-to-east-asia-s-covid-19-response-world-bank-study-finds
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We are a South African Christian charity founded in 2011, motivated by compassion and social well-being i.e. medical, education and bursary support, food and shelter assistance, disaster relief, and all other activities beneficial to the public interest and or common good through raising of funds, the formation of long- and short-term partnerships and solicitation of sponsorships. Pastor Alph Lukau. KZN FLOODS AL Foundation went down to Durban, KwaZulu-Natal to give much needed donations to the victims of the floods. The donations were received by the Mayor of eThekwini. AL FOUNDATION PROJECTS"- 1 SOUTH AFRICAN COVID-19 PANDEMIC Our country, like the rest of the world is grappling with the effects of the Covid19 pandemic which saw the President of the Republic of South Africa announcing a complete economic and social lockdown of the country on the 26th March to date with gradual levels but still with tight regulations. Pastor Alph Lukau.
2 HEAL OUR LAND MARCH The Heal Our Land MARCH was a great success and signaled a CHANGE in our country and worldwide.
MOZAMBIQUE CYCLONE RELIEF The AL Foundation and Alleluia Ministries International extended a helping hand to the survivors of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique as it is always done to any other victims of natural disasters.
CHILDREN’S MINISTRY Every weekend we find ourselves with hundreds of children from different walks of life at our church premises, coming along with their families to AMI to fellowship. More than half of these children are sent without necessities such as lunch packs, toiletries, and proper/adequate clothing. Alph Lukau
FEEDING SCHEMES Currently, we offer services to our surrounding locations such as Alexandra, Soweto, Tembisa, Cosmos City and Limpopo children’s and old age homes. However, we wish to extend help to more areas across the country and beyond with better permanent solutions. Pastor Alph Lukau
SOCIAL CAUSES We utilize the seasons in our country in our plan to continue to combat issues relating to poverty and as an effort to rewrite the future. The legacy of the AL Foundation will live on in generations to come through our process of social enlistment.
EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE We have centered this program around children who do not have families of close relatives to care for them, but also taking into consideration those individuals who have families but lack the resources.
HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION A cause that is very close to our hearts, is to assist underprivileged people living in unimaginable bad conditions with better housing structures. It is clear to all of us that a life without secure housing is a life without basic needs being met.
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Nasal Sprays Market Share, Top Operating Players, Recent Enhancements and Regional Analysis 2033
Future Market Insights (FMI) has forecast a positive outlook for the nasal spray market in a recent study. The rising cases of allergic rhinitis and the demand for better accuracy in drug delivery are identified as chief growth drivers. Growth is expected to remain bullish as various countries showcase high healthcare spending.
Nasal Spray Market is expected to expand at a moderate CAGR of over 6.1% over the next ten years, and be valued at more than US$ 3.21 Bn by 2030-end. As per product, the demand for nasal steroid spray will remain considerably high, accounting for the leading share in the market though the course of the forecast period.
According to a study by the Research and Development (RAND) Review blog published in 2017, nearly 60% of Americans have at least one chronic health condition, which often results in accelerating healthcare spending each year. With the incidence of chronic ailments and resultant spending on healthcare projected to spur, nasal sprays market will have positive growth on cards.
As per the report, the market’s overall valuation is likely to surpass US$ 15 Bn by 2021. Growth will continue at a positive rate, thanks to recent approvals to nasal migraine and hormonal therapies.
Among products available, nasal steroid spray will prove exceptionally lucrative, accounting for over 42% of sales in the market. Besides their improving availability, potential to offer relief from nasal allergies and hay fever will drive growth in the category
Key Players:
Astra Zeneca Plc.
Cipla Ltd.
Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc. (Johnson & Johnson Pacific Pty Limited)
Glaxosmithkline Plc.
Novartis International AG
Procter & Gamble
Sanofi S.A. (Sanofi-aventis LLC.)
Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH
AdvaCare Pharma
Bayer AG (Bayer Consumer Health
Covis Pharma S.a.r.l.
Nipro Corporation (NIPRO JMI Pharma Ltd.)
Viatris Inc. (Meda Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
Perrigo Company plc
AptarGroup, Inc.
Berry Global, Inc.
URSATEC GmbH
Gerresheimer AG
Bona
Avantor, VWR International, LLC
Spectrum Laboratory Products, Inc. (Spectrum Pharmacy Products)
SKS Bottle & Packaging, Inc.
Coster Tecnologie Speciali S.p.A
For More Information: https://www.futuremarketinsights.com/reports/nasal-spray-market
Key Takeaways from Nasal Spray Market Study
Rising at above 6% CAGR between 2021 and 2031, nasal sprays market will report consistent surge in demand
The market in the U.S. is projected to a fast-growing one, accounting for more than 90% share in the North America market
Government spending on healthcare has created a conducive environment for growth in the U.K.
Germany will emerge as a leading market for nasal sprays sales in Europe backed by increasing healthcare spending and presence of leading manufacturers
Focus on health and wellness will continue rising in Japan and South Korea, driving nasal spray sales in East Asia
Government Initiatives toward Nasal Spray Consumption
Governmental support for ongoing clinical research, consumption of Nasal Spray, and restricting misuse have favoured growth in demand for Nasal Spray. For instance, there has been a call for rise in production capacity of budesonide nasal spray which shortens COVID19 recovery time.
Since, nasal sprays are also used for depression patients, the market is likely to grow highly.
Who is Winning?
Nasal spray manufacturers with patented drugs are successfully allocating their distribution rights to local companies that are operational in the pain management business. This strategy provides momentum to the growth of these companies’ business, owing to strong demand for generic drugs.
For instance, In November 2019, Sandoz announced that it has entered into a binding agreement for the planned acquisition of the Japanese business of Aspen Global Incorporated (AGI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited.
Nasal Spray Market by Category
Product
Decongestant Sprays
Nasal Steroid Sprays
Nasal Antihistamine Sprays
Nasal Cromolyn Sodium Sprays
Nasal Anticholinergic Sprays
Nasal Triamcinolone Sprays
Formulation
Aqueous
Hydroalcoholic
Nonaqueous-Based Solution
Suspension
Emulsions
Dry Powder/Micro particles
Packaging
Pressurized Canisters
Pump Bottles
Distribution Channel
Institutional Sales
Hospitals
Community Clinics
Specialty Clinics
Public Health Agencies
Veterinary Hospitals & Clinics
Retail Sales
Retail Pharmacies
Drug Stores
Mail Order Pharmacy
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Chapter 16 Reflection
Based on the article shared with us earlier this month, “What Did the Fed Do in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic?” put out by the Brookings Institute, the Fed did so much to lessen the affect(s) of the pandemic on the economy (https://www.brookings.edu/research/fed-response-to-covid19/). They eased monetary policy by cutting the federal funds rate; used “forward guidance” to communicate future monetary policy and build confidence, or at least, provide a vague outline to investors and consumers; and resumed quantitative easing by buying back large amounts of government backed debt. The Fed also supported financial markets by lending to securities firms and backstopping money market mutual funds by relaunching the “Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility” which lent money to mutual funds that were having a hard time meeting depositors withdrawals. The Fed also encouraged banks to lend by loaning money to banks directly and by relaxing regulatory requirements, allowing banks to use reserves that were just waiting for such “rainy day” conditions. The Fed also made it possible for small and mid-sized businesses to access emergency loans, as well as state and municipal governments. Because these actions were all carried out by the Fed, they would be examples of monetary policy, tools that the Fed can use to affect interest rates and the money supply. I feel like I’m only really scratching the surface here of all that the Fed did in response to the pandemic to keep the US economy from total disaster. This was combined with the government’s various fiscal policies that were passed in a similar effort. All together, there were four stimulus and relief packages passed (though the last one is deemed 3.5) between March 6th 2020 and April 24th 2020 (https://www.investopedia.com/government-stimulus-efforts-to-fight-the-covid-19-crisis-4799723). I would say that their combined efforts were successful seeing as the US economy did not completely tank in the face of the global pandemic. However, such expansionary policies may be responsible for current economic conditions, namely, the inflationary cycle we have been in for the last year and a half now. In response to higher inflation, which began in mid 2021, the Fed has been increasing interest rates by .25-.5 percentage points over the last year. Since it’s only been one year since the Fed began raising interest rates, we are only now just starting to feel the effects. I can’t say that they have been successful or unsuccessful so far as it is still too early to tell. As far as the government and any fiscal action that they might take, I have no idea if they have done anything in response to inflation. Theoretically, the government could raise taxes, which would help suck some of the excess money out of the system, but I have not seen nor heard any hint of this happening. What politician is going to successfully run on a platform of raising taxes? On top of that, while everyone is struggling to make ends meet due to inflation, no voter is going to happily start paying higher taxes. If only there was some magical way to get citizens making over $250k/year to pay higher taxes… if only the wealthiest citizens among us could be persuaded to pay a fairer amount of taxes proportionate to their absurdly and unnecessarily high earnings so that they rest of us might be even just slightly better off… Unfortunately, I can’t ever see that happening in our country. The wealthiest members of the US economy also hold the most sway over fiscal policies that would reduce such massive inequality by charging them a higher tax rate. I feel that, in order to amass such amounts of wealth and gain such disproportionate amounts of power, these folks can’t have been the most civic minded to begin with. And, if I know anything about humans by now, it’s that, for all of our technological and societal advances, our brains have not evolved all that much from our days on the African Savannah. That being said, we are biologically wired to be greedy, to hoard resources beyond our immediate and even foreseeable future needs. How would you reason with a monkey sitting atop a 3 ton pile of bananas? How would you convince the monkey that it couldn’t possibly eat even a fraction of all of those bananas in its lifetime and that many more monkeys could be made better off if only it would give up 1 ton of its banana pile? Let’s say that it’s even a pretty smart monkey that has a small band of monkeys working for bananas to keep the 3 ton pile safe. How in the world do you reason with greedy, scared, overprotective monkeys?
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Aligning an employee Monitoring Software with already existing business Processes
Quick Summary: Every organization is trying to align the employees with a common vision. They follow different conventional tactics. But, when it comes to practice, they fall short on both the Productivity and Monitoring side. Here we will discuss how with how Employee Monitoring software, we can ensures the success of the Employer and employee.
Not Sure about the Integrating an Employee Monitoring Software at your workplace?
Sounds like you? Then, you are in the right place — Do read the full writeup !
This blog will not just gives you the wordy description of why employee monitoring software is required at the workplace.
Rather, it will try to showcase the real-time flow of how it easily attaches well with your existing workflow and your team. Organizations from various domains face certain concerns and a Tracking Software has been helpful to almost all of them. Let’s check out some examples observed by the Award winning employee Monitoring software We360.ai.
For Freelancers & Part-time workers — it assists to track the assignment hours For IT Industry — Identifying the time taken for various tasks or projects
For workforce Providing Agencies — By using the Activity Tracking Software the average time spent by employees on various portals can be detected to analyze employee productivity and performance.
Integrating an Employee Monitoring Tool could potentially be a step towards transforming the work culture and being transparent.
During the covid19 pandemic, there have been numerous instances wherein with the assistance of employee monitoring software the managers have been able to tackle issues related to remote work management and keep an eye on employees. This has resulted in enhancing the company profits, productivity and edging over competitors under conventional ways, if managers start supervising employee tasks, there is a hefty possibility of human error. These small loopholes pave the ways for larger errors to happen. Employee tracking is a kind of surveillance and as such a fragile issue, so managers mostly are dicey about whether to go for it or not.
But if we change the perception a bit, when the employee monitoring software is Integrated then this gives a sign of relief to both employee and employer.
Let’s discuss some advantages of using an employee monitoring tool like We360.ai
1. Health360
By the help of this feature Admin or Manager can have a proper estimation of employee workload and can discuss the shortcoming with the teams.
2. Avoiding filling Time-Sheets
Due to an Employee Tracking Software, the attendance management and leave management will be easier for employers, and also the employees will find it easier as compared to the previous methods of filling timesheets, punching, or thumb impressions
3. Security concerns
If you are working on something personal, you know how essential is to enhance the company’s security system. While your employees are working remotely, there are high chances of malware attacks on their respective systems. This gives relief to the employees rather than manually coordinating with the support team to solve the problem.
4. Better Workflow
Many companies still rely on WhatsApp-based communication, messaging, etc, but with Employee monitoring, you can see the results witness the results on your own. It will help your employees to manage the workflow and task Assigned. Also, you can analyze the task allotment and workload balance. It will help the remote workers to access the files and tasks assigned rather than reaching them again and again.
5. Accurate statistics
This can help to enhance productivity and also improve employee relations, increases transparency, open communication, and provides a fair result for entire
6. Real Time Analytics
The Real Time analytics feature helps to track the ongoing activity on the employee screen. At the workplace there are multiple departments. These Multiple Departments uses different websites and application. With the help of Real time analytics the employer can track which app and website is being used by the employee. If that website is useful for the team then he can allow it otherwise with the help of domain blocking feature he can block the platform which is not relevant to the particular department.
7. Self Analysis For Employees
With the help of a productivity analysis option in a monitoring tool, managers can share the stats with each employee which helps them see which apps are making them unproductive and they can find the solution. Employees can self-evaluate themselves and can see during which part of the day they are more productive. You can also see if your team members have problems with something and check if they need extra training.
8. Project & Task Management
One can manage the deadlines and the submission or completion date for the particular project.
Conclusion
Finally, we recommend that you must not be in dilemma before using an employee productivity monitoring tool like We360.ai to ensure better overall results and if you have second thoughts do check the below website or book a software demo using the provided links.
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