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How to Avoid Smelling Delicious to Insects?

4/7/2021

Some scents such as floral, fruity and edible scented perfume can be very appealing to some. However, not only are these scents attractive to you, but it is also alluring to insects.
Unless we do not mind this likelihood of attracting insects, let’s try to avoid them as much as possible with these 4 methods!

Avoid Floral Scents

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Some floral scents simulate the real flower scents and is especially attractive to insects as potential food. Therefore, floral scents make you smell delicious to them!
If you would want to save the horror of being followed by insects, then do avoid wearing highly floral scents.

Skip Sweet Edible Notes

Not only are flowers’ nectar part of their diet, for some insect, fruits are in their diet as well. Similar to when you leave your ripe bananas or fruits out in the air, flies gather, forming their own friendly circle around your fruits.
Likewise, smelling like sweet ripe fruit may let them think that you are food on a platter for them to feast. Hence, to prevent that from happening, try skim on the sweetness of your perfume.

Cool Down

Body temperature is a factor in attracting insects, especially mosquitoes, since warmth relates to blood being in close proximity.
Furthermore, if you had just had an exercise, or an activity that increases your breathing, it increases your likelihood of attracting insects such as mosquitoes as well. Carbon dioxide (CO2) produced is also an indicator that warm blood is near, thus making you an easy target.

Keep Clean

Being clean is not only a good hygiene practice, but when there is moisture and dirt, it boosts the possibility of insects being attracted to you as well.
When we are dirty, it most likely has a mixture of sweat and dirt, where bacteria growth is very likely. Certain scents produced by bacteria display a distinctive scent that smells similar to cheese which also appeals to insects such as mosquitoes.

Try Personalizing Your Perfume!
Create one for yourself and determine the perfume composition to avoid smelling scrumptious to unwelcomed insects!

For more information, or to register for a class:
Perfume Workshop General links:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com

Team building:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html

Bridal Showers:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html

Avoid Applying Perfumes to These Areas -Discouraged for Perfume Application

4/7/2021

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Perfumes, like our skin care products, if not applied as instructed or suggested, can cause discomfort or irritation to our skin.
Therefore, to ensure that we are not applying perfumes on areas that are not recommended, here’s a guide to help us define which parts of our body are places we should not apply perfumes to.

Hair

Many perfume users have probably either heard or used this application method, to keep the fragrance long lasting. However, this method is too harsh on our hair.
Perfumes usually contain alcohol as their main solvent and alcohol is very drying in nature. Therefore, if you spray the perfume directly onto your hair, it could eventually damage your hair.
Spraying the fragrance on your comb first, allowing most of the alcohol to evaporate first, then combing it through your hair, can help to produce similar effect as spraying it onto your hair.

Underarms

Underarm is one of the most humid and hot areas on our bodies where perspiration is trapped, especially if underarm hairs are present.
Not only can the heat and humidity change the perfume fragrance profile, but more significantly, our underarms are also delicate areas due to the presence of our numerous sweat glands.
Spraying it directly onto the underarm can result increase the likelihood of pore blockage, causing itching, inflammation and even increasing sensitivity.

Sensitive, Flaky or Dry Skin

Dry, sensitive and flaky skins are more prone to broken and open sores. If these areas are clogged with perfume, it can further aggravate the skin condition. In addition, the alcohol’s drying nature can impart more dryness to the skin.
However, despite having dry skin, you are still keen on wearing perfume, one way is to firstly ensure that there are no open sores, then apply lotions or creams before spraying perfume on your skin.
Lotions are great adhesive medium that not only absorbs the applied perfume but also helps to moisturise your dry skin.

Personal Areas

It may come off as an unexpected place for people to apply perfume, but in reality, some do apply it on our genital areas, having the intention of removing any foul odours.
However, these places are very sensitive regions of our body and require appropriate and careful care.
Likewise, if perfumes are sprayed onto these sensitive areas, they can cause dryness, inflammation or even infection. Hence, it is not recommended to spray perfumes on this area of your body.

Finally

To be more involved and understand perfumes, while having fun, join us now in a Perfume Workshop class! Thorough guidelines on the perfume making process will be explained, while you can personalize your own perfume according to your preference and personality!
To book a Perfume Workshop class for yourself or your friends now, you can just enter the links below!
Perfume Workshop General links:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com

Team building:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html

Bridal Showers:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html

7 Points to Help Identify What Perfume Suits You

3/28/2021

A perfume could not only represent the image you present to others, but it could also connect a personal memory of yours to the scent, giving significance and meaning to the perfume.
Having the desire to create the scent that defines and emphasizes your personality is fantastic, however, it can be confusing and tedious to find out on where to start when there are such a huge variety to choose from, which makes it difficult to identify which one suits you best!
Hence, the list of pointers below can help give you a head start and prepare you to search for the perfume that best suits you!

Pick 3 Fragrances to Compare

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This first test is to find out your inclination and preference towards particular scents.
While selecting, try not to choose more than 3 fragrances to compare at one time as too many fragrances will cause more confusion and we may even forget the previous scents before we even reach the end.
Furthermore, most importantly, it is to not saturate your nose with too many scents and cause nose fatigue, as this will affect the accuracy of your judgement towards the scent.

Begin with the Milder Scents

Do you know that it is a fairly common trait in the human population to either not be able to detect a certain variety of musk or not be able to perceive musk at all?
Therefore, you can start by smelling fragrances containing musk, as they are one of the mildest scents and can be difficult to be identified for some individuals. Citrus scents can be the next on your list, followed by florals, sweet fruity notes, leaving the heavier scents like incense and woody notes last.

Stick to the Fragrances that Fits you

It is actually good news to you if you found a perfume that suit you as it shows that the perfume scents have good interaction with your skin and this may not be true for other perfumes.
Therefore, you don’t have to be swayed by the trends, media or brands of the perfumes and is also a good choice to choose back the perfume with a fragrance profile that fits you. If you have found the right one, its scent could become your trade mark perfume to identify yourself from others. So, do not be afraid of to stay loyal to the perfume you have been using.

Don’t set Trends as your Sole Reference

As mentioned before, trends should not be set as your sole benchmark to the perfume you purchase. This is because not only are trends volatile and keeps changing as seasons pass but it also may not match your style and preference.
Ask questions such as “How does this smell make you feel?” and avoid those fragrances that gives your headache our is too strong or mild for your taste.

Understand What Fragrance Ingredient(s) You Like

It could be the citrus boost that you love in the fragrance. This is a good first find by recognizing your love for the citrus category, but if possible, go on further and find out what ingredients made up this citrus category that you love.
This is to help you to have a future reference on what kind of scents you love and would make it easier for you to point out other perfumes you may like.

Omit the Coffee Beans

You probably would have connected coffee beans to perfume shops as you may have been offered to sniff them after smelling a perfume to refresh your sense of smell.
Conversely, coffee intense aroma may actually not help in recalibrating your sense of smell but instead causing further saturation to your nose, as by itself, is another strong scent. Smelling your own skin is a better option, as your skin is odourless to you. Your own odour is more effective to readjust your sense of smell.

Spray and Wait Patiently

Fragrance profile change over time, therefore to judge if you are going to like this fragrance even as time passes, you will have to try it on yourself and wait to see how it changes.
Usually this can take hours but if you do not have that much time, at least try it on for around the first 30mins to an hour. During this waiting process you can smell it every 15 to 30mins and see how the fragrance profile alters and if you like the transformation it has made over time as a deciding factor to purchasing it.

Finally,

If you would just want to dive into a crash course to know what perfume suits you best, you could attend a perfume workshop.
The perfume workshop links are provided below. It offers a personality analysis to understand yourself and your perfume inclinations, and providing you with additional fragrance knowledge too. Finally, you can also personalize your own fragrance with the guidance of learned perfumers as well!

Perfume Workshop General links:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com

Team building:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html

Bridal Showers:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html

7 Key Team Management Skills to Effectively Guide a Team

3/18/2021

Guiding a team can be as tough as building a sandcastle near the shore if there is no right foundation in team management skills, problems that arise in the team can swallow up the team as a whole, collapsing and impeding the team’s performance and growth.
These skills stated below are effective management skills that many leaders have used and adopted to manage their teams better.

Clear Directed Goals

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When goals are clear and understood by all members of the team, this aids in giving a sense of purpose to the team working together as could they know and see what they are working toward.

Just take for example the contrasting difference between walking an endless trail with multiple routes, as compared to walking a trail where you know where the stopping destination is and which route to take to reach the place.

The latter would definitely give you more sense of purpose, and motivation as you can see the progress you have covered, how much distance you have to go before you reach the destination and how to go to where you are going.

Understand Team Communication Dynamics

Communication is very important in a team and by experience, you can know how unproductive, time consuming and conflict inducing miscommunications can be.

Effective communication is the fluent expression of your point in concise yet clear manner with no inconsistencies in your words and actions.

You have to be clear about the purpose of your point, your priorities, strategy to execute it and in a democratic and non-demanding manner.

In addition, you will also have to make time to understand the different communication styles each member uses, to understand how to harmonize your communication with theirs to help the team understand you better as well.

Instil Fairness

When a leader is bias, it divides the team base on the personal preference of the leader. This can cause a lot of misunderstandings, rifts and unwanted resentment in the team.
Therefore, equal treatment, communication and opportunities should be given to every member of the team.
Even if you favour one over the others, boundaries between personal and professional relations should be clearly set and not expressed at work.

Establishes Respect

Respect is very essential in managing a team. An effective leader gain respect not by demanding it nor it is by making everyone to accommodate and agree to your every speech or decision.
An effective leader leads by understanding that disagreements are not being disrespectful. Their oppositions, differing views and suggestions could possibly be another way to aid the team or boost team performance that you have never thought could be possible.

Possess Flexible Mindset

Change is inevitable especially dealing with the ever-change complexity of human minds and trends. Managing a team requires one to not be stuck in a rigid mindset, not accepting the new and avoiding the risk of uncertainties to settle for current security.

One has to gain understanding and be constantly learning and filtering the possible routes and direction your team can take to improve the performance and catch up to the ever-changing society.

Provides Strategic Guidance

Strategic guidance means to have well thought out plans and instructions that will make progress to the ultimate goal smoother, more effectively and efficiently.
Guiding a team will mean that the other members of the team will be following the plans of the one leading. Possessing the qualities to think strategically and make accurate decisions decisively, a leader should know and be clear on how to proceed when important matters need to be made.
Time can be taken each day to review and see how the dots can be connected together to make it happen.

Own a Team Mindset

A leader is also part of the team. Furthermore, as a leader it is more important to set an example to set the team’s needs before your needs.
It could mean to help out with the work of others, whenever possible, if you find the others are struggling or need help. It could also be to help rectify a careless mistake another made without grumbling and give gentle encouragements and words of appreciation, spreading positivity.
It is to be willing to so things that may inconvenience you but could help to improve the team’s productivity, growth and morale.

In Summary

To manage a team and have a leader mindset, these are the following attributes one should focus, develop and possess:

Clear Directed Goals
Understand Team Communication Dynamics
Instil Fairness
Establishes Respect
Possess Flexible Mindset
Provides Strategic Guidance
Own a Team Mindset

Searching a suitable activity for your team to bond and learn more about one another? Team building workshops could be a team bonding activity to opt for!
The links below shows a Perfume Workshop offers services that support better understanding of each other such as personality quizzes, mini interactive team building games and also a fun and creative learning process of building your very own perfume!

To book a session for your team or find out more about this Perfume Workshop, head down to the links below:
Perfume Workshop Team Building links for more information:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com

OR:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html

Couple & Bridal Showers Perfume Workshop:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html

4 Reasons to wear perfume

3/8/2021

I’m sure you have at least a bottle or two perfumes lying around on your dressing table. But have you ever thought of the reason why people purchase perfumes? Has perfume become a necessity?

#1. Smelling pleasant throughout the day

This is probably the most common reason why people purchase perfumes. Imagine you’re stuck in a crowded train with someone that smells like they haven’t showered in days? Ew, right? Perfumes keep unpleasant body odour away and keeps us smelling pleasant and presentable throughout.

#2. Confidence booster

So many people wear perfume on their first date. When we know we smell good, we automatically feel better about ourselves. They also make us feel more desirable and alluring to the opposite sex. It’s fascinating how such a small bottle of perfume can make you feel like a million dollars, isn’t it?

#3. Our sweet escape

There is a strong connection between fragrance and memory. When you walk past a bakery, the smell of pastry might bring back memories of you baking with your mother when you were younger. Likewise, the smell of rain can make you feel relaxed and calm. This is how scent is associated with our memory. Connecting ourselves to these memories through fragrance can uplift our mood and spirits.

#4 Leaves a good impression

When a person smells good, you are automatically more attracted to them. Choose to stick with one perfume. The next time someone bumps into you wearing the same scent, they’ll be reminded of the pleasant memories that you brought the last time you met.

Remember, you don’t need a strong perfume to make a statement. A mild classic perfume does the same magic! These are the reasons why perfume has become a staple in my daily life. What about you? How do you feel about wearing perfume?

6 Types of Persona You Will Likely Encounter at Work

2/26/2021

If you have yet to start working and wanted to find some information on the people who you may meet at work, you are at the right place!

But if you are already working and just here for a fun read, you will also be in for a treat as it may point out some glaring personas you have also fortunately or unfortunately encountered in your workplace.

I have also pointed out some suggestion you could adopt to manage such personas while you work with them. So, let’s start introducing these creatures to you, one by one.

Independent One

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These people typically assume a quiet and introverted personality. You will find that they often sneak their way out of social gatherings, volunteer works, lunch or pantry gatherings with the other colleagues.

This is because communicating with people isn’t their best trait and hence, often feel drained and frustrated after trying. Since they recognize that it is inevitable to communicate and work with others in an organization, they will save their energy and avoid other unnecessary mingling with colleagues outside of work.

Although these people are introverted in nature, they are the ones that get their work done. They analyse hard data well and are often fairly meticulous in their work.

Handling the Independent Ones: They work best and more productively alone or in smaller groups, forcing them to work in large teams could often be counter-productive to their performance and efficiency.

However, it is inevitable to work in teams, so when this happens, allow them more time to process and internalize their thoughts. Acknowledge their achievements and provide constructive feedback so they can improve the next time round.

Social Butterfly

This persona is a complete flip side of the Independent One and one that the Independent One will fiercely avoid because of their large difference in energy levels.
You will often see the social butterfly everywhere but at their work desk. They could be in the pantry talking about the juicy gossips, or at their colleagues’ desk chatting about what to have for lunch. They are most energetic while socializing and not doing work.

Even though they may look like they are not working during working hours, mysteriously much of their work is completed on time. This is mostly due to their wide connections. They are more resourceful in finding out information from their friends and colleagues to complete their work faster. They may even have friends who are willing to help them complete their work.
These people usually are quick witted and knows how to smoke their way through their persuasive skills.

Handling Social butterflies: Set clear objectives to meet and what end results they have to achieve, and but allowing them to have freedom to choose the methods to achieve the goals. If they are distracting the other colleagues from working, do let them know as well, to adjust their priorities between socializing and working, while also preventing any decrease in workplace productivity.

Ninja Turtle

The person is one who is Missing in Action (MIA) most of the time. These people can have an amiable front, but steps on people’s nerves when we urgently need them, yet are almost always uncontactable. Their workplace status is almost always offline and they take ages to reply a simple email. Do not that sometimes, not only our colleagues, this can also be our bosses.

Handling Ninja Turtles: Grab them whenever you see them and remind them of the tasks to be completed. Be thick skin and send them frequent interval online reminders (in case they miss the previous emails) especially when you see that they are not doing any work at the moment.

Angry Bird

Like a ticking time bomb, you handle them with care. They are individuals that often speak their minds but on the other hand, are not ready to receive the same treatment. In a good way, it helps them projects a personality of honesty and straightforwardness. However, in the bad way, it causes tension in the workplace, and decreases work productivity.

Although they have a poisonous tongue, these people can actually be good at heart. They just fail to express their emotions appropriately due to their insecurities which often leads them into misunderstandings and conflicts.

Handling Angry Birds: Be calm and rational while speaking to them. Try to counter their sharp words with polite and tactful ones. When they see that you mean no harm and threat, they will tone down their defensive words and the communication flow will get better.

Slacker

Slackers are can be labelled as a species of sloths while possessing the intellect, reaction time and physical form of humans and it is not as uncommon as you would think. They seem to have been hired due to their perfectly crafted set of resumes but did not pull their own weight when placed in a team. Instead they cleverly delegate work away, so that they do not end up with much to do.

They procrastinate a lot and causes many delays in the work flow of the team. Ultimately, needing others finish up the work for them. Even in meetings, they often give excuses to leave early, come late or even the obtain the permit to be absent.

Handling Slackers: When they are given a task, assign a member of the team to keep tabs on them and if necessary, sit down and work on the project together with them.

The carrot and the stick working style may work to give them some drive and motivation to work on the project themselves.

Boot-Licker

They are people who are diligent in making connections with the big shots in the company to pave a faster way to advance the corporate ladder. Due to being overly ambitious, they often see and split workplace relationships into ones that benefits them, and ones that don’t. Therefore, it may be difficult to form a genuine friendship with them.
On a positive note, they can be great to work with and have a certain level of competency in their field of work.

Handling Boot-Lickers: Ensure that they do not compromise on their work assignments and affect the workplace performance and productivity with their social behaviours. Set boundaries so that they cannot cross and not let their flattery of you or others cloud your judgements. And if necessary, point out their inappropriate behaviours in a constructive and tactful manner.

To End Off,

I would not limit and box our workplace to only possess this 6 types persona but these are the common ones we may encounter while working. Therefore, having some mental preparation and ways to manage them while working could help to smoothen out your working experience.
I will drop some links below to introduce to you a Perfume Workshop that also helps to test our you and your colleagues of friends’ personality while providing you bottles of amazing personalized perfumes to bring home!
Perfume Workshop Team Building links for more information:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com

OR:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html

Couple & Bridal Showers Perfume Workshop:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html

5 Factors to creating a positive work environment

2/16/2021

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Clear Communication

An honest and open communication is extremely important and can be the key to success in an organisation. It is important that a common understanding between the employee and boss is established and clear instructions are given, especially for the newly-hired staff. Employees must have a clear idea of what is expected of them and the bosses should also do regular check-ins.

When issues are raised, there should be a meeting to discuss what could be done and improved. When the employees feel that their voices are being heard and addressed, they naturally feel happier to work in the environment and thus deliver better results.

Work-Life Balance

I can’t emphasize this enough, but work-life balance is a big must-have to create a positive work culture. Imagine enjoying your off day with your family only to have your boss calling you to check on work related matters, how does that sound?

Did you know that chronic stress is one of the most common health issues in the workplace? Creating an environment that prioritizes work-life balance can help to reduce stress and increase work efficiency. If the employees regard the workplace as their second home, you’ll be surprised to see how much more they are able to achieve!

Positive Reinforcement

Recognising hard work put in by employees is crucial, it will encourage them to strive for better results. A reward here doesn’t have to be monetary in nature, something as simple as a verbal recognition is enough to make employees feel valued for what they’ve put in.

Here are some ways that you can promote positive reinforcement:

1.    Promotions
2.    Year end bonuses
3.    Certificates
4.    Gift vouchers

Encouragements are not hard to give, and even something as simple as letting your employees knock off work an hour early or come in work an hour later is enough to work it’s magic!

Facilitate Opportunities for Learning

It is important for a company to keep up with changes and train their employees accordingly. Adapting to change is crucial as those who don’t, get replaced. Professional development can enhance the productivity of the organisation as a whole.

Providing skills and knowledge learning opportunities allows employees to upgrade themselves, and the company to progress together as well.

Team Work

Coworkers having similar mindset and values makes it much easier for them to work together and get things done. Employers should make it a point to hold team bonding sessions monthly if allowed, to keep staffs bonded and happy.

Here are some ways for team bonding:
●     Have a monthly dinner with the staffs to sit down and trash out issues (if any)
●     Team retreat - could be a simple bowling session or short trip to a neighbouring country
●     Doing volunteering work together

In summary, creating a positive work environment doesn’t need to be costly or difficult. Simple actions such as addressing an issue immediately, and keeping an open mindset can greatly increase work productivity. The better the employees feel, the more likely they’ll take pride in their work and strive to do their best.

Perfume Workshop Team Building links for more information:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com

OR:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html

Couple & Bridal Showers Perfume Workshop:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html

4 Tips to Setting Achievable Goals for Your Team

2/6/2021

A team without a goal can be dangerous on different level. It can cause a lot of disorganization not just within the team but also affecting the other departments and even the whole organization.
Every single team makes a difference and this difference could be the one to trigger a positive ripple to your company. It will start with these following steps.

Identify Clear Team Vision

Team Vision is an important guide and direction for everyone in the team to follow and stay on track.
So, to identify and set a vision, you must have a future image (vision) of what you want your team will be successful at, so that your goals could be set to align to your visions.
Without a clear team vision, goals set would be messy, unproductive and uncertain. But with a vision, your team will be able to easily craft out action plans and goals that align to your team vision.

Begin Setting Small Goals

Using the guides of your team Vision, start by creating small goals. This is because small goals are more achievable. When see that the goals could be easily completed, we are more likely to feel motivated to work towards it as compared to a daunting and ambitious goal.

Setting small goals could not only spur and inspire the team, but also show them their quantifiable progress that they have made, giving them a boost in team morale and sense of achievement as well.

Be Realistic

Yes, be realistic. Check if the small goal you plan is feasible and that your team has the authority, resources and ability to do it.
If the goals are unrealistic, it not only creates more chaos in the team as you have no feasible way to work towards it, but also cause your team to lose their energy, time and morale along the way if the goal is not achieved.

Allow Team Discussion and Consensus

Clearly it should be a team effort, so team goals should be made known and be given permission for the team to voice their opinions, make suggestion for improvements and seek agreement before the team goal could be made effective.

If any one of the team members disagrees, uncooperative or do not know about the team goals, then the team work towards to goal will be messy and can cause the team to go off track from its vision.

Therefore, it is important to take time to allow team to know, understand and agree to work together towards the same goal for the team goal to reach its maximum potential and effectiveness.

In Summary

Team goals are meant to be shared, they must be understood, achievable and aligned to your team’s vision.
Lastly, “If you want to go fast, go alone; but if you want to go far, go together.”
If a team building session with fun, creative, interesting and self-discovery activities is aligned to your team goals or vision, then click on the links below!
Those links lead to Perfume Team building Workshop that provides personality analysis, interactive and fun team building activities and allows you to learn a novel and creative skill in personalizing your own fragrance!
Perfume Workshop Team Building links for more information:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com

OR:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html

Couple & Bridal Showers Perfume Workshop:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html

Managing the Challenges at Work

1/27/2021

As adults, work would have integrated and become a major part of our everyday lives. Each day, you could very possibly encounter a new and different challenge - be it dealing with demanding clients, or facing our boss’s ever changing requests or the working on the next big project.
Therefore, to make things easier for us at work, we have to equip and prepare ourselves well beforehand to know how to face these challenges when they arise. The following few points could give you some tips on what to prepare and be more equipped to face your challenge.

Stay Calm and Cool-headed

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Emotions can blind us, causing us to fail to see what was most important at the moment, resulting in negative actions and consequences – which often happens in the heat of the moment.
Therefore, when a challenging or difficult incident occurs, we sometimes need to take a few minutes or even hours (if time allows) to internalise our surroundings, understand your circumstances and what lead to this situation before we can move on.

At times, a great solution to try to calm down is to seek help from a close colleague, friend or family that could help you soothe your feelings or help you resolve the problem. Or if nobody is available, you spend time to pen down your feelings.

But if nothing works to calm you down, and you cannot leave the premises, close your eyes and breathe long, slow and deep breaths using the 4-7-8 method. Breathe in deeply for 4 seconds, hold for 7 seconds and exhale from your mouth for 8 seconds.

After you have calmed down, start focusing on solving the issue rather than dwelling on the anger, self-condemnation, or even starting a blaming game in your mind. Refocusing your thoughts helps you to not only solve your problem by tackling it, reducing your anxiety and anger as the issue has been solved.

Track back to your Falling Point

Falling point is the potential first step where you have made that have caused this mistake. For example, an issue has aroused due to a careless mistake made from your forgetfulness. The falling point will be the moment when you received the information and did not note it down.

When the issue occurred, take time to trail back to the moments before the issue arose. It maybe due to a certain remark, a decision made or not made or it could be a mixture of both.

But do note that we can never please everyone or avoid things that we cannot and have no authority to change. So, consider if this issue is a professional and technical work problem that you have to tackle, or it is an issue on a more personal level. If it is on a personal level, you can have the option to decide if the issue is worth salvaging. But on a professional level, we have to take into account of the consequences and thus, may need to manage it as best as you can.

Split the Challenge into Smaller Loads

Big projects, presentations or events can be very daunting, especially if they are important or of a topic that is new and foreign to us, as we may not know how or where to start and progress.

I would suggest to never just dive straight into the project without any understanding of it. Start by identifying the purpose and goals of the project and from there, think of the small sequential steps you need to take to reach the purpose and goals.

Small steps should be completed in sequential order which is heading towards your end goal and each task should not take more than a day to complete – best is that it can be done within several hours.

In addition, they should be easy to complete because easier tasks are more likely to make you feel more motivated to complete since it doesn’t take much effort or time.

The faster and more tasks you complete could also help give you more sense of achievement as it makes you see that you have made good progress, giving you an even better boost in motivation and productivity. Hence, a task that originally seemed challenging can now appear more manageable and even more enjoyable.

Reframing your Perspective

Most of the time, the circumstance or experience appears bad to us, may actually not as bad as it seems. It may be because we get caught up in our negativity and failures that we could not see the joy or opportunities that they may actually have.

Furthermore, most of the times, failures or challenging circumstances are stepping stones and learning steps towards success. There may be little and simple joys you have missed as well while we dwell in the negativity.

We can begin by searching for the advantageous and beneficial points you can get to stop yourself from dwelling in your negativity and start looking at the issue in a different perspective.
For example, if you had a work conflict and negative consequences starts flooding your mind. Reframe it by seeing what you can gain out of it (be it when you resolve the conflict, or during the conflict’s cool down phase). This conflict may be help you to manage conflict better the next time round and could also help you improve on your communication and stress management skills.

To End Off,

Do not give up in the face challenges and persevere on when you encounter them as these challenges more often than not provide you with life skills you can learn along the way in your life.
If you or your team at work need to place to for new challenges or learning skills, the links below could give you a suggestion to help!
They are a perfume workshop that not only helps you to understand yourself better, but also give you the spark and learning challenge to learning something novel yet fun!
For more information, or to register for a workshop, do head down to the links below.

Perfume Workshop Team Building links for more information:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com

OR:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html

Couple & Bridal Showers Perfume Workshop:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html

4 Keys to Improve on Recognising and Meeting Client’s Needs

1/17/2021

Clients can be important financial support to businesses – be it freelancers or huge organizations. Therefore, the front liners who are meeting and liaising with the clients plays a significant role as they are the face of the company and projects the company image to others.
Hence, to make sure you grab the attention and wallet of the clients, knowing your clients’ needs are significant. It is only when the clients can see that your service or product has the capability to help them that they will recognize the worth of giving you their attention and money.

Do Your Homework

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You can easily identify if the pitch you are presenting to your client is well-prepared or not, what’s more the client that you are facing.
Before you jump into crafting and presenting your pitch, research on the client’s profile, the organization they are representing, what’s their organization’s vision and goals, and what service and products they provide etc.
These are very important information to help you to make an intelligent inference on what kind of needs your client may be seeking. Furthermore, from the information and inference gathered, you can craft a better script, tailoring it to the needs of your clients.

Listen with Understanding

Active listening – a good method to use in trying to listen for why your client is saying what he/she is saying, and why it is important to them and the company.
Ask questions to clarify when there are any unclear points that needed clarifications, do not jump into conclusions and fall into the trap of assumptions.
Minimize all distractions from your surroundings as much as possible that will take away your focus on the client such as your electronic devices like your phone – watches included, as it can distract you from taking too much notice of the time instead.
All these can help you to focus better and understand the client before you, to recognize their needs, helping you to plan possible ways to proceed in presenting you work in relation to their needs.

Offer Feasible Suggestions and Ideas

By this time, you probably already have a clearer idea on what your client may or would need.
What you can do now is to mentally and briefly formulate plan on how you can match the needs of your clients using your existing resources, and service you provide or offer other possible feasible ideas.
If you do not have any ideas or suggestions that could help the clients, you can carry on and continue to show interest, give your full attention to listen and understand the clients you are facing.

Follow Up with the Client(s)

Give a simple, polite and sincere message or email after your meeting with the client to show your appreciation for the time he/she gave you and offer further assistance or clarifications if your client needs it.
In addition, to not forget, quickly jot down your client’s profile, their possible and recognizable needs in a notebook or your phone, where you can analyse them more deeply later and research on ways you how you can assist them further. It is also good to note down how to improve your pitch better the next time round as well.
If you have found other ideas to help the client, you can then send her another follow up message to request another meet up or an email to give her the information you have found that may help.

In Summary

To be understand the client’s needs better, pre-preparation such as researching on the client’s profile, which company the clients are representing, and key information on the organization should be made before making the appointment.
During the appointment, make an effort to actively seek understanding in what you are listening, and do a follow-up with the client after the appointment to understand their needs better and improve on your previous pitch for the next session.

Activities together with your clients can also help you kill any awkwardness while understanding your client better as well. The links below provide Workshop sessions of a Perfume Workshop.
They provide personality quizzes to understand yourself and one another better, mini interactive games, and even a novel and fun experience to personalize your very own perfume.
You can book a session for 2 people or for a larger group for team building now using the links below or just to find out more!
Perfume Workshop Team Building/General links for more information:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com

OR:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html

Couple & Bridal Showers Perfume Workshop:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html

Characteristics of a Passion-driven Team

1/7/2021

Characteristics of a Passion-driven Team

Statistics have surveyed and shown surprisingly high percentage of young adults did not enter a job for their passion, often settling for a routine job that could secure a livelihood for themselves and their family.
Do not misunderstand, there will definitely be days where we feel lethargic, losing the momentum and drive to work, however, if this happens on a daily basis, we have to re-evaluate why we have lost the drive we have promised ourselves or the company and if our original purpose in joining this organization is now still as important to you.

Always Trying New Things

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People in a passion-driven team has an open-minded mindset towards learning and is willing to try new things to broaden their perspectives – not restricting their learning to only the scope of their field.
Using their wide world view and experience, they are able to solve things in a creative and out-of-the-box method that often produces amazing results.

Gains and Treasures Exposure

They are usually people in the job for not just the money but the experience they can get and learn from it. They collect experience, skills and the knowledge gained from the exposure rather than just being in it for the money.
To them, the adrenaline, joy, sense of accomplishment and fulfilment weighs more than what money could give them.

Taking Initiative

Passion are great driving force that motivates people to take initiative. These people recognize opportunities, grabs it and make sure they complete them without the need for others to push them to do it, even if this task is not within their job scope.
They are also friendly and approachable people who are willing to share and contribute their ideas as a team. Teaching others is a advantages trait that helps both the individual as well as the team as it reemphasizes your learning and skill and help others to do it too.

Unafraid of Failures

Since their learning takes priority, more often than not, they are not afraid of failing as they recognize that failure is one effective way for them to learn and recognize where they can further improve their skill.
Just like Albert Einstein who invented the light bulb by effort and perseverance, failing thousands of times, but never giving in to peer pressure, nay-sayers or self-condemnation because of their failures.
It is more often that we only able to see the glorious side of success but forget the process of it is the more important part to reaching success. Therefore, a team that is fuelled by passion possess a great culture of not falling and feel discouraged in the face of failure.

In Short

In a team where passion is their distinct trait, you could see their shine when they work as they have a sense of purpose in working what they are working on and because of that find the sense of accomplishment in their job.
Wanting to try out new things with your team? A fun and novel experience like a Perfume Workshop could be your next team building or skill building activity for your team!

To find out more or book a session for your team, head down to the links below!
Perfume Workshop Team Building links for more information:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com

OR:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html

Couple & Bridal Showers Perfume Workshop:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html

3 Easy to Prepare Team Building Games with No Materials Needed

12/8/2020

Need to find last minute team bonding games that do not need any materials and any intensive preparations? Then you’re looking at the right page!
The game ideas below are suitable for casual team building activities that you can play with your team mates anywhere, anytime!

Alphabet Sequential Game

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First, sit the participants down in a circle.
The game will start with one person choosing a generic theme. For example, the theme could be ‘food’, ‘movies’, ‘occupation’ and etc.
The person who gave the theme will start the game and name a word starting with the letter ‘A’ in relation the theme. For example, if the theme is food, the words that could be mentioned would be ‘Apple’, ‘Avocado’, ‘Aloe Vera’ etc.
The next person will follow up with a word also starting with ‘A’ but different from what has been mentioned before.
Each person will be given 5 seconds to think and the round will end when one participant in the group made a mistake or could not come up with a name in time.
Once the first game round ends, the Alphabet will change to ‘B’. The theme could change or remain the same. The person who made the mistake the previous round will now be the person who name the theme of the game and start the game with a word.
This game can carry on till the game reaches ‘Z’ or end it after several rounds.

Duration: 5 - 10mins

Charades

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Spilt the team evenly into groups (there must be at least 2 people in each group). The game organizer will be the allocating the points to all the groups and coming up with words on the spot for each presenter of the group to act out. Example of words could be ‘joy’, ‘sadness’, ‘boss’, ‘plant’, ‘baby’, ‘teacher’, etc.
The game can start with group 1. The first group will select a person to go up front to present and act out the word they will be guessing, without speaking.
If the group members could not guess the word within 1 min, the guessing rights will be thrown to the floor, allowing the other groups to gain points by guessing the correct word.
After the group 1 has done with the first word, sequentially, group 2 will start the next round. The same set of game rules apply to every group.
The game will end after several full rounds are completed where the winner goes to the group with the highest number of points.

Duration: 20 mins

Imagery Touch

Line up your team with in a straight row of 5 to 10 people, with the person in front having their backs facing the person behind. If there are more participants you can split them up evenly.
The last person, (the person at the end of line who is facing the back of the person in front) will be the person receiving a simple word quietly from the game organizer. Word examples could be ‘apple’, ‘leaf’, ‘tree’, ‘cat’, ‘turtle’, ‘lady’, ‘man’, etc.
After knowing the word, the last person will return to his original position in line and starts to draw the word on the back of the person in front of him/her using his finger as best to his abilities as possible.
The second last person cannot turn around, and only by feeling the how the image is drawn, will now draw the image he/she has interpreted by touch to the next person in front of him, using the same method of drawing using his fingers.
This action of drawing using your finger will continue till it reaches the very first person at the front of the line. The first person will have to guess the word issued by the game organizer through the interpretation of the drawing.

Duration: 5-10mins

Conclusion
These are some simple game ideas you could play with your team if you are searching for activities that do not require much preparation and do not need for any materials.
If you want to participate in a team building workshop that have mini interactive games and also allow you to learn something new, novel yet fun, do take a look at the perfume workshop link below!
They provide team building workshops with interactive games, personality quizzes and even allow you to learn and experience a novel and fun activity together with your team members.
Perfume Workshop Team Building links for more information:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com

OR:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html

Couple & Bridal Showers Perfume Workshop:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html

Top 6 Reasons to Attend Perfume Team Building Workshops

11/28/2020

Many would not refute the significance of team play - its necessity extends not only in work organizations but also in social circumstances of our lives.
But there are so many team building workshops available, so Why Perfume Workshop? Here are six vital takeaways you can gather from attending one.
Without further ado, let’s start unveiling these benefits to you!

1. Global Relevance

Fragrance Notes: Everything You Need To Know

11/18/2020

Fragrance Notes: Everything You Need To Know

4 Effective ways to Boost Team Morale

11/8/2020

4 Effective ways to Boost Team Morale

Have you wondered why there are teams out there with so high a morale, enthusiasm and even performance which outshines so distinct and even positively infectious to every member of the team but not sure why and how to incorporate this for your own team?
Below are effective ideas that could possibly be what your team need to have that same or even better team morale and culture.

1. Set Realistic Goals

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10/29/2020

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5 Interactive Games for Team-building

10/19/2020

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1. 2 truths and 1 lie

Team Bonding Games that Strengthens Trust

10/9/2020

Team Bonding Games that Strengthens Trust
Each functional team must be bonded with trust to know when and how to rely on one another to succeed and maximize their own potential.
What’s better than games to lighten up the usually tensed and awkward mood and have fun together?
Once the first step of breaking the ice is completed, the following steps about building trust can be attained with the game’s objectives catered to your team’s needs.

What Role Suits You?

4 Scents that Calms Anger & Irritation

9/29/2020

4 Scents that Calms Anger & Irritation - According to aromatherapists

Feel that boiling anger inside you but with no outlet to vent or soothe it? Chamomile, Jasmine, Neroli, and ylang-ylang are scents that are listed in the World Health Net to display abilities that help in this problematic area of our lives.
More information about them are provided below, feel free to read them to find out more if they are the scent that you would like to go for!

Chamomile

Aroma Therapy of The Three Doshas

9/19/2020

Aroma Therapy of The Three Doshas - Ancient way of living a balanced life

Ayurvedic aromatherapy is an ancient science that gives us a complete paradigm of life. It covers the medicinal aspect, and also touches our consciousness, mind, thoughts, feelings, and emotions.

Ayurveda believes that every living being on Earth is made up of five basic elements – fire, earth, water, ether and air. It further believes that these elements will combine in various forms and leave us with at least one of the three doshas. Doshas are functional intelligence within the human body that are responsible for all the physiological and psychological processes. Three doshas are Kapha, Pitta and Vata.

3 Ways to Cultivate Positivity at Work

9/9/2020

3 Ways to Cultivate Positivity at Work

Positivity, like negativity, can be influenced and held as a powerful weapon of choice to lead the team to greater heights.
However, how to use it may be tricky as we are dealing with the complex psychological part of humans.
These are the 3 methods that can help to boost up the team’s positivity which can simultaneously bring about positive benefits to your team; such as having better working relationships, culture, workplace satisfaction, performance and productivity! So, let’s dive in, and find out more!

Having a Positive Team Leader

4 Engaging Game Ideas to Build Your Team’s Creativity - Also try Aromatheraphy with personality scents

8/20/2020

It is a misconception to think that creativity is inborn and cannot be developed.

With practice, everything we once could not do could be easily done (except for those that defies our human capabilities, like flying on earth - please don’t try this even with supervision).

Let me give you a simple example. It’s not like we know how to walk right after we are born. We learn; by falling, by observing, by trying to stand up again and by not giving up and learning from our previous mistakes. So I would say perseverance and practice are keys to building creativity or learning anything else, for that matter.

Hence here are some simple games you can play with your peers to make your practice even more enjoyable!

1. Complete the Piece

What Benefits Can Fragrances Offer?

8/10/2020

You may have clicked into this page with the intention of conducting some pre-purchase preparation for a fragrance, saving yourself from any post-purchase regrets. Or, very possibly, you may be here just out of sheer curiosity.

Whether you are here for the former or latter reason, I hope that this article could shed some light to your queries and help you gain a new perspective towards the benefits of fragrances.

1. Cognitive Processing

5 Social Cues to Note While Working in a Team

7/31/2020

As social creatures roaming on this planet called earth, social cues are very important in our lives since we interact so much with these creatures.
Have you met with mystifying situations where you just had a great time with a colleague or a friend but the very next day, they were just plain cold to you? And suddenly you doubt if this person was the very same person you’ve been together with since yesterday.
So, let’s check the facts together to help you identify what are some of the possible causes behind this hot and cold behaviours of our fellow homo sapiens.

Personal Bubble

5 Interactive Games that Significantly Encourages Team Bonding At Work

7/21/2020

Planning for your next Team bonding event but still haven’t got a clue on what activities to do?

Take a look at these game ideas! They are games that aim to form connections and build understanding and develop friendly relationships among your colleagues!

When all you have to do is read up the step by step guidelines in each point, you will be all set for your team building game plan!

1. “Do I know you?

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Avoid Floral Scents​

Skip Sweet Edible Notes​

Cool Down​

Keep Clean​

Hair

Underarms

Sensitive, Flaky or Dry Skin

Personal Areas

Finally

Pick 3 Fragrances to Compare

Begin with the Milder Scents

Stick to the Fragrances that Fits you

Don’t set Trends as your Sole Reference

Understand What Fragrance Ingredient(s) You Like

Omit the Coffee Beans

Spray and Wait Patiently

Finally,

Clear Directed Goals

Understand Team Communication Dynamics

Instil Fairness

Establishes Respect

Possess Flexible Mindset

Own a Team Mindset

In Summary

#1. Smelling pleasant throughout the day

#2. Confidence booster

#3. Our sweet escape

#4 Leaves a good impression

Independent One

Social Butterfly

Ninja Turtle

Angry Bird

Slacker

Boot-Licker

To End Off,

Clear Communication

Work-Life Balance

Positive Reinforcement

Facilitate Opportunities for Learning

Team Work

Identify Clear Team Vision

Begin Setting Small Goals​

Be Realistic​

Allow Team Discussion and Consensus​

In Summary

Stay Calm and Cool-headed

Track back to your Falling Point

Split the Challenge into Smaller Loads

Reframing your Perspective

To End Off,

Do Your Homework

Listen with Understanding

Offer Feasible Suggestions and Ideas

Follow Up with the Client(s)

In Summary

Characteristics of a Passion-driven Team

Always Trying New Things

Gains and Treasures Exposure

Taking Initiative

Unafraid of Failures

In Short

Need to find last minute team bonding games that do not need any materials and any intensive preparations? Then you’re looking at the right page!The game ideas below are suitable for casual team building activities that you can play with your team mates anywhere, anytime! Alphabet Sequential Game

​3 Ways to Cultivate Positivity at Work

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Avoid Floral Scents

Skip Sweet Edible Notes

Cool Down

Keep Clean

Begin Setting Small Goals

Be Realistic

Allow Team Discussion and Consensus

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