Problem: Article: An easy way to stand out to your colleagues and superiors is by offering help without being asked for it. If you're practicing empathy and working on your leadership skills, you should be able to notice when others are having a hard time on a project. Most people you work with will help when they're asked, but offering your assistance before anyone else has to ask will set you apart from your peers. Don't just offer general or vague help. Take note of what others are working on or struggling with and offer specific ways to assist on that project. Depending on the field you work in, it may be easy to feel that your job is more important than other peoples' jobs. However, that simply isn't true. No position at your place of employment could function without the tireless efforts of countless other workers, many of whom may remain largely unseen from your office. If you want to build strong professional relationships, you must respect and appreciate everyone you work with and everyone who works for you. If someone makes a mistake, don't jump right to confrontation. Let your colleague or employee know that you appreciate his/her efforts and understand that they tried. Praise that person for what was done correctly and offer guidance (rather than criticism) on how that task could be better completed in the future. Be sincere in your praise of others. Let others know that you appreciate the work they do and the effort they contribute towards all of the projects that come through your office. In many corporate jobs, it's easy for employees to feel like cogs rather than individuals. If you want to build and foster strong professional relationships, take a real interest in your coworkers' and employees' lives. Remember that each employee is a human who has meaningful experiences and has personal thoughts and feelings. Remain professional when you show an interest in others at work. Don't ask inappropriate questions and don't poke fun at anyone. Instead, ask whether your coworkers or employees had a good weekend/holiday/vacation, and if the individual you're talking to elaborates on what he did, use that as an opportunity to get to know him better. Practice listening instead of talking. Get to know what others in your workplace like or dislike, and try to understand them on a human level without judging them. A good business retains employees, not just recruits them. Networking is an important way to build and expand on professional relationships. But a poorly-executed networking attempt smacks of desperation and desire. Instead of going into a situation hoping blindly for some kind of connection to form, go in prepared to network and equipped with the proper skills. Attend networking events in your field, and consider any professional get-together through your work as a potential opportunity to network with others. Don't dismiss anyone. You may want to hone in on the person you perceive to be most "valuable" to you or your career, but there's a good chance that person doesn't want or need to network. Anyone you meet in any professional capacity could be important, and you could be important to that person. Have a plan, but not an agenda. It's important to know what you want to talk about and what kind of professional relationship you'd like to develop, but don't go into an interaction thinking you'll be able to walk away with an offer from a stranger. Be open, honest, and friendly at all times. This will help you come across as the kind of person others want to work with and invite into their own professional networks. Follow up with contacts you made, and be sure to follow through on any offers you may have made to others. It will show others that you're a person of your word and that you may be a mutually beneficial person to network with in the future.
Summary: Offer help without being asked. Show appreciation at every step. Take an interest in coworkers and employees. Practice networking.

Problem: Article: Though you want the air passage along your palette to be narrow, too little space produces just as breathy a sound as too much. Similarly, you must work to find the ideal distance between the front of your tongue and your teeth. Once you strike a balance between these two, you will be able to move your tongue back and forth in your mouth to produce different pitches. It's all with the tongue and the cheeks. When you "blow" air through your lips, the main problem is either you're blowing too much air, or the pucker is not quite right. A larger pucker (larger 'o' shape) and more air will increase volume; a smaller 'o' and less air will make your whistle quieter. It's important to pucker, but not too much; just enough to make a small 'o' with your lips. Try blowing; and if there is a sound, move your tongue around to how and what position gives you the best tone and output. The pitch comes from the amount of volume (physical volume) in the cavity you create between the opening in your lips and the back of your throat. The smaller this is, the higher the pitch will be and thus the larger this cavity is, the lower the pitch will be. In other words, the closer your tongue is to your mouth, the higher the pitch you produce. There are many ways of modulating the pitch of your whistle with your tongue: you can slide it back and forth like one of those cane whistles (actually very much like one of those) or you can bend it up and down creating a smaller or larger space. As you get better, you can use your throat as well to expand this area and reach even lower notes. The vibrato effect comes from moving your tongue back and forth very slightly to waver from two notes. As said before, it's all with the tongue and cheeks and practice. If you can whistle, whistle all the time.
Summary: Blow air out of your mouth slowly, experimenting with your tongue positioning. Adjust your volume and pitch. Experiment with pitch modulation and positioning.

Problem: Article: Now draw lines and write the word "News" on the first rectangle. Do so by drawing a series of small elongated rectangles on the first rectangle. Do so by drawing the small elongated rectangles on the second rectangle. Then clean up your drawing by erasing your penciled artwork. Use shades of gray to make it as realistic as possible.
Summary:
Draw two rectangular shapes placed on top of each other. Erase the lines inside the first rectangle. Illustrate the content on the front of the newspaper. Repeat the previous step for the back of the newspaper. Outline your artwork by inking over your penciled drawings. Color!