Understanding Passion in the workplace and why it matters!

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Passion from someone else!

You’ve probably seen what passion or at least you understand the concept of two lovers who have a passion for each other but is that the only kind of passion?   We can only grasp that type of passion for some.    You can imagine two lovers entwined in each others arms and kissing.   They’ll probably even smiling and being so happy.   This is definitively one type of passion that we may have experienced in our lifetime.  We may never really understand what it truly is until we have it or we have lost it.  Although I rarely say this, you should never mix work with pleasure or even date someone from work.   There are too many ways it could go badly but people who are lonely or single rarely listen to the adage:

“Don’t eat where you poop!”2

I could go on and tell you other adages but that one has always been one that I hear more than once when people find out about co-workers dating.  Just don’t do it!

Should we have passion in the workplace?

This is a tough question to answer because there are so many ways people can think of when it comes to passion.   Is it physical, mental and even psychological?   What about metaphysical?  Can you be passionate about your job?  Is it even possible?

We can all imagine ourselves being passionate about something whether you are singing, dancing, writing, speaking, demonstrating or even talking customers about services you offer.   Nothing is written in stone when it comes to being passionate but there are a few differences that we need to talk about and they can bring more understanding as to why being passionate about your job is a positive way to go!

It’s a Driving force!

Being passionate about your job can leave a lasting impression in your coworkers mind and maybe even make them work harder for the same purpose or for the same passion.  You can imagine someone working hard to help another employee succeed because the feeling is so wonderful.   It can make a bond with employees when they work together.   Being passionate can bring a sense of self worth when you feel that passion from your coworkers because you want to aspire to be like them!   Passion will always be something that drives the workforce.   You will find that your employees will be happier and healthier and work even harder than you expected them to.

It’s a positively good feeling!

You may never have felt what it is like to be passionate about your job but when you find that one person who is, you’ll see just how the feelings of optimism and positive feelings will be overflowing.  It is almost the part of the process where your are over flowing with joy at doing a job that is much fun and enjoyable that you are giving other people the glimpse into that good feelings and that can help bring people together to work together on projects!

Do you know anyone who is passionate about something?  Why not tell them and be a part of the experience.   You’ll find that you can bond over this and make even more memories that you might ever experience.   Do you have story about this why not drop it in the comments and tell me your story!

How spammers are still able to send your voicemail!

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Spam in my Voicemail

If you haven’t seen this feature or had this feature done to you then your one lucky person.  They seem to be able to avoid being blocked.   Spammers are sending you voicemail and not ringing your phone.   This prevents you from being able to block them or hear their spam or scam.   For instance this came in my voicemail:

Hi this is Caroline Ferguson agent id is two four five one (#2451) I am following back up with you regarding the recent have a lawsuit filing your student loan has been accepted into the settlement which now entitled you to receive some forgiveness on all future payments what screen about this is the settlement offer applies to all loan status is including if your loans are in default a suggested you call today to have this activated before expiration. The settlement line is (202)921-7300. Make sure to supply your personal eligibility validation number one one two zero one nine (#112019) when calling in hope this helps and have a nice day.

This should be an Opt-in feature!

I’m currently using Cricket Wireless as my Cell company and most cellular companies think this is a great feature.   Some cellular companies have a way to send your voice messages to voicemail without calling your phone.   It’s been called send to voicemail and a lot of cellular companies have ways to do this without you even hearing your phone ring.  When phone companies started making this feature well known, you had to know spam was to follow.  I called Cricket Wireless and tried to find a way to disable people from doing this but they couldn’t find a way.   I should be able to disable this feature or it should of been an opt in feature for new customers.

There’s an App!

If you didn’t know, you could easily do this with your phone and make it even harder for people to ignore you.  This is why spammers/scammers are using this feature.   There’s a app that you can download to do just for this called Slydial.  New company that should allow people to be opted out of this wonderful feature.   I can’t even find a way to opt out or have a way to disable them from sending me voicemail.   I am hopeful that they start something like this for people who don’t want to be bothered with spam voicemails.

Have you had this done to you or know how to fix this issue?  Feel free to leave a comment below and tell me your experiences and what you did to solve this issue.    I’m curious to hear our story, why not leave a comment and tell me.   If you find this article informational then please feel free to share it on Facebook or other social networks!

Three ways to speed up your Laptop

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Laptops all around

You probably got a old laptop, which is probably slow and very sluggish. It is a single, double, or quad core low megahertz system and you really can’t do much with it because it is so unbearable slow. I grew up with 9600 baud rates, for the younger generation that is very slow internet. It can be very disheartening to have to just wait for the system to boot or a program to run. You could of even bought this laptop from a yard sale. So what can you do with this laptop besides make it a door stop? This article will tell you how I refurbish my laptops to make them faster and more responsive when I don’t want to buy a better laptop.

2x or 3x more RAM!

If your laptop can support another laptop memory module then you should install another RAM module. It however is dependent on what speed of ram you currently have installed. If your laptop only has one module slot you will need to go buy a bigger ram and install it instead the one you have. So you need to know how big you can install into the laptop. You can easily Google it and find out how much you can add to your laptop. I wouldn’t install anything to big, something like 8 GB to 16 GB will do to make it even faster. The faster the ram speed the faster the system will respond but it must be capable with the current module so I suggest installing the same speed if you aren’t going to replace the module.

Replace the HDD with SDD

If you’re considering doing this, I strongly recommend you backup your current system. Remember the rule of 3. You should always have at least 3 different ways to restore your current system. What’s is an SSD? It is short for Solid State Drives and don’t use mechanical plates to write data. Think of a HDD has having several layers of DVD plates that are much smaller and use magnetism to read and write data. SSD are almost like RAM and have no moving parts and thus are more responsive to reading and writing which makes booting the system way faster than you probably ever realize. You can find some SSD at Amazon if you need one. You can find some really cheap SSD because you probably don’t need a lot of space for your old laptop,\.

Install Linux

I’ve talked about this before but I will say this again. If you are using a really old laptop you probably can’t use Windows 10 and since Windows 7 is at it’s End of life. You really can’t go wrong, by going to opensource operating system. I personally love Linux Mint but I am sure there are other Linux system that might be better for your laptop because it might require a very simple Linux desktop. You want your system to boot up and be able to use your laptop with ease this is definitely the best recommendation I can give you. If you are planning to install windows 10, you should make sure your laptop can support it.

Got a favorite Linux system? Or maybe something else to make your Laptop speed up and more responsive why not leave a comment and let me know and others.

The Infamous SSL Issues and what I’ve learned!

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It happened to me!

If you were watching my site the last day or so you would of come to notice a message. The messages was ‘ERR_SSL_UNRECOGNIZED_NAME_ALERT‘. I really don’t know how it happened or even why it happened. I have been using the free SSL certificate from Let’s Encrypt, I really believe that they want to do everything in their power to give bloggers and other websites a chance to encrypt their data even if they don’t have to. I’m currently using Hostgator and I have always keep with them, when I am using my blog. They walked me through the process of fixing this issue.

My experience with it all!

I was told by Jetpack that my sit was having intermittent connections and that my site appears to be offline. This is strictly and automatic support for WordPress and it is basically just pinging the server from time to time. I proceeded to my website and saw the error. I’m not a novice at this and went searching through Google. I can usually find what I am needing to solve this issue. I found at Stackflow Community Questions sections about this same exact error. Then I tried the same exact process the guy did to see if I could resolve this issue. It seemed to work for the most part. I tried to force WordPress back into non secure connection and I could log in to WordPress dashboard. I couldn’t connect to my FTP server with and I knew it had to be an issue with the SSL certificate. I’ve never known this issue to be anything but that because I couldn’t login with FilleZilla to my server.

Hostgator Tech Support

I chatted on live support with Tech support for about an Hour and we continued back and fourth about what is causing this problem. I honestly thought it might be having to do with Sitelock and Let’s Encrypt but we moved through the process of getting this issue fixed and finally he uninstalled the certificate and couldn’t reinstall it but couldn’t due to Sitelock. Then the site started giving me the error Code 30. I talked to support all the while and he tried a few more things but ultimately he had to create a ticket for them to fix it. I wasn’t too worried that my site would be down too long but I did at least want to tell you my story. They fixed my site with in an 2 hours of the ticket being created and everything seems to be working. In the end, they had to install the SSL certificate manually and configure the server to accept Let’s Encrypt. It’s free and I am hopeful that this will only happen once and nothing else will happen.

More Security equals more Problems!

I’ve always believed in security and I will always believe it in. Even though we have more security we will have even more problems but the more problems we solve the quicker the problem can be identified and we can go back to what we do best. Nothing will ever be fool proof and I am sure I won’t be the last website to have to deal with this type of technical issue! Did it happen to your website, why not tell me what you did to solve the issue? Got any advice for others why not leave a comment.

How much is your identity really worth to you?

Identity is Everything!

I’ve been talking about this my whole life about security and you but it seems it might of happened to me.   I am sending off my information snail mail to Equifax to get my mail version of the Credit report!

If it wasn’t for Lastpass and their Free Credit Monitoring that you get with your 12$ a month subscription to their lastpass Mobile service.  I was alerted earlier than I ever thought possible.   Almost as soon as it hit the credit monitoring services.  I am so glad I took the option of having them monitor my credit report for me.   It reminded me through pop ups and push notifications on my phone and tablet.

Identity theft and you!

It can happen to anyone and at any time.   I found out that I might be a victim and I put a Credit Reporting Freeze on my account on Equifax, Experian, and Transunion.   It only cost me 15$ on all three credit bureaus that prevent it from going any further than that!  I also went with LifeLock (affiliate link) to help protect my identity for 10$ a month.   Currently I am going to offer peope a 30-Day Free Trial + 15% Off 6 Months LifeLock Service with code SHAREASALE15S30 (affiliate link) to encourage you to keep your identity safe.

I will be talking more in depth on what to do if your identity is stolen, but first I have to fix the problems I have and see if I can make it even better for myself.   This post will not be long but the ones that come up with be more in depth on how to avoid this misfurtune fro yourself!