Leading can be a daunting task. In some ways it can be positively thrilling. In other, it can be old pain in the ass. Just as the freedom, responsibility, and respect starts to lift you to cloud nine, the paranoia, fear, and anxiety can bring you crashing back down to earth. Like all things, being the recognized leader can have its heights and lows. Here’s look at the lawns on both sides of the fence.

The Good:

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY!!!

We might be dreaming, but if you’ve gotten, we’d like to assume a nice, whopping raise came along with it. Hopefully you will never again have to struggle to make ends meet and face your credit card bills at the end of the month in tears. Even if the new job doesn’t mean a giant windfall, being the boss should put you in a better financial position than you were in before. Ultimately, if you succeed, the prestige and glow of success will make all the mistakes and missteps worthwhile. There is no greater feeling in the world than a job well done.

The Bad:

TRAINING ANYONE?

The sad reality is there’s never enough training offered to employees. Even among the companies that have well-established training programs, there will be plenty of times when you just don’t know what to do. You would think that when a new person is hired they would be handled all the necessary tools to do a job effectively. Maybe the person before you fled the job or was fired, and the people who remain don’t really know what she did. Perhaps everyone is too busy to sit and go through your job in details. Whenever the reason, your training will probably consist of “Here’s your office Good luck.” It’s up to you to figure out how to achieve your goals using the best resource you have-your staff.

The Ugly:

NOWHERE TO GO BUT DOWN

With each step you climb up the corporate ladder, the farther down you will go if you fall if you fall off. You will exist in constant fear of living up to expectations (although the rest of the group shouldn’t know it), getting the job done effectively, and accomplishing the team’s goals. The higher you go, the more you’re under scrutiny from the ones beneath you who think they can do your job better and the ones above you who think they are paying you too much. If you don’t create positive relationship from the get-go, those go-getters will take every opportunity to prove that they are more suited to your job. We’re not suggesting you become paranoid, but suggest that you remain aware of the changing dynamics of your senior position.

It has been hot news when people around the world were informing that there’s been an emerging influenza virus, the H5N1 virus, far worse than the latter influenza virus we last encountered the H1N1subtype.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1, has a new strain that has been known to kill six out of ten people who are affected. Influenza is a viral disease which is also known as “bird flu” or simply H5N1. This new bird flu virus can cause illness in humans and many other animal species. H5N1 is easily transmissible among birds facilitating a potential global spread of H5N1. Because this is highly contagious among birds, it can be also deadly to them. It is enzootic in many birds’ populations, especially in Southeast Asia.

Eleven outbreak of H5N1 were reported worldwide in June 2008 in five countries namely; China, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Vietnam. After appearing first in Asia, one strain of H5N1 flu virus is spreading around the globe effecting animals of many species, especially over a wide area, and killing tens of millions of birds, and spurring the culling of hundreds of millions of others to stop its spread.

The H5N1 (bird) flu virus doe not usually infect people, but scare infections with these viruses have occurred in humans. There is some evidence of limited human-to-human transmission of the virus. And almost all the human cases have direct or close contact with H5N1-infected poultry of H5N1-contaminated surfaces.  Symptoms of the H5N1 bird flu virus in human have ranged from typical human influenza-like symptoms (fever, cough, sore throat, and muscles aches) to eye infections, pneumonia, severe respiratory diseases, such as acute respiratory distress, and other severe and life-threatening complications.

Although there weren’t any reported human cases, yet, in our country we should all be aware and prepared for any occurrences that are possible. It’s still in our hands to take care of ourselves. We should take extra care and cautions for our health’s safety.

Two people living together are going to rub each other the wrong way now and then. It’s inevitable. You’re unique individuals. You each have foibles, bad habits, and annoying personality traits. Nobody is perfect, and nobody is perfectly accepting.

If you can get angry with yourself, there are also going to be times when you’re angry with your partner. Preventing outbursts of anger is probably impossible. Limiting the damage is what is important.

For some couples, fighting is a form of foreplay. It gets their adrenaline going and their juices flowing. Afterwards, when they make up, they feel better and their love is stronger.

For others, the fighting only brings on bad feelings that can take hours, days, or weeks to heal. The response may not always seem to be appropriate, but anger can trigger emotions from the past that magnify the emotional reaction to events in the present.

It’s difficult to guess what will happen during a fight. The damage may be similar to other such disputes and can eventually be repaired. Or it could be the proverbial straw that breaks the camel’s back and ends the relationship.

You can’t stop anger from arising. But you can control it-at least somewhat. If you love the person in your anger’s path, you owe it to that person to exert as much control as you can.

When the furies invade psyche, even if they can’t be avoided entirely, take a deep breath before thinking or uttering that next thought. Those few seconds may take some of the edge off the emotional sword you are wielding, perhaps even enough for the blade to bounce off the other party without causing any damage.

This incurable STD in on the rise. Here’s how to protect your health:

Genital herpes now affects one in four women and one in five men in the United States. In fact, infection rates have arisen 82% since 1970, according to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.

Condoms are the best way to protect yourself against the virus, which can cause painful, recurring sores in and around your vagina. A recent study found that using condoms regularly can reduce a woman’s risk of getting genital herpes from an infected man by 75%. However, you must skip sex entirely if your partner has an outbreak. Also, forgo oral sex if either one of you has a cold sore-the oral strain of herpes can cause the genital variety as well.

The feeling of wiped out when you get you period:

Your slump may be caused in part by the natural drop in estrogen-at hormone associated with increased feelings of energy-at the end of your cycle. You can help alleviate fatigue by getting adequate sleep, exercising regularly, and eating a healthy diet.

Another possibility:

If you have heavy periods, you may suffer from energy-sapping anemia due to iron deficiency. Your doc can check for anemia due with a blood test; it’s usually treated with OTC iron supplements.