Working over 80 hours a week is necessary at times, but should not occur EVERY week. A workaholic will lose track of time and will forget to come home until you have called them and reminded them how late they are working. A workaholic will have a list on paper or in their head of things that they wish to accomplish before they will consider leaving for the day. If they have not finished that list of items, they will continue working on them until they are satisfied. You can not easily change their mind and do not ever make them feel guilty about the number of hours that they work.
IF the workaholic has a problem, they will sometimes get absorbed in the problem excluding all else until the problem is solved, no matter how many hours that it requires. A workaholic may also get so tired that they will make mistakes that they have to correct the next day. A workaholic will make choices, and a few mistakes will be made, but the successful person will learn from their mistakes and not continue to repeat them. Here is a book that may help to understand the workaholic.
A child that is hyperactive can be diagnosed with ADD and you need to examine the child's diet to make sure that he is not eating or drinking something that can be contribuiting to the "problem". Too much sugar in the diet can cause ADD symptoms. A child with a high IQ can also be diagnosed with ADD and putting the child on drugs is an "easy" answer. The pharmaceutical industry is making millions of dollars selling drugs and they spend a lot of money advertising those drugs. Just remember those possible "side effects". It should also be known, but the pharmaceutical industry is suppressing the fact that many of the kids that have been responsible for the shootings in schools have been taking these drugs for ADD!
The fewer drugs we take, the better off we will be. Here are three suggested books that will help you with this difficult decision.
I think that this lack of respect has been the cause of the higher divorce rate in this country. Another related problem is that many people have become very materialistic and think that they should get everything for nothing.
It is possible that this lack of respect is because more people do not have a strong religious upbringing that does teach the difference between right and wrong. This lack of respect is also causing us to lose the freedom of speech here in this country, and this concerns me a lot. Our ancestors fought with their lives for freedom of speech, and and we are slowly losing that freedom. Once we lose the freedom of speech, we will be in trouble as a country. Still, even with this happening, this is still one of the best countries in the world to live. People continue to die just trying to get here.
You will generally be called for a week of jury duty starting on Monday. You better remember to bring something to read with you, because you may not be called to be on a selection list for a possible jury. If not called, you will usually be sent home by about noon or so. Once all of the different courts have enough potential jurors selected for the week, you will not have to report for the rest of the week, unless something unexpected happens.
The next step is the actual selection process to be on the jury. This can take a day or more for an important case. They may call forty (40) people to select the 6 or 12 jurors plus two or more alternate jurors. You will be asked several questions and the lawyers will decide if they want to have you on the jury by observing how you respond to the questions.
The first jury I was served on was a murder case in superior court. It was two teenage boys that had robbed a convience store and killed the person in the store at 3AM in the morning. The jury selection process started on Monday and the trial started Tuesday afternoon. Be prepaired to listen carefully because you may hear conflicting testomony and will have to decide who is really telling the truth. These two teens told their friends how they were going to do this crime, and after they did it, they bragged that they did it. A person was killed and they got less than $50 in cash. We started our deliberation on Friday afternoon and was sent home for the weekend and we finished on the next Monday and came back with guilty for both of the teens. Even though one of the teens did not actually pull the trigger, he was judged just as guilty as the person that pulled the trigger because they had discussed how the crime was to be done in advance. After we were dismissed, we found out that this was the second trial for these two teens for this robbery and murder and the first trial had resulted in a hung jury. The jury I was on had no difficulty coming up with the verdict of guilty. Those teens have already served their time and are back out on the streets by now. I hope they have learned their lesson.
The second jury I served on was a person that was accused of DUI and driving without proof of insurance. Since this was the second jury I had served on, I was elected forman of the Jury. As forman I was responsible for leading our discussion of the facts of the case and conduting the voting to convict the person. After we had given our guilty verdict, we stayed in the courtroom to listen to the sentience and found out that this was not the first time this person was guilty of DUI. He essentially got a slap on the hand and has probably been caught again. Jury selection for this trial started on Tuesday and the trial started on Wednesday. We were finished by late Friday.
It varies from court to court but you will get a fixed amount of money per each day that you show up for potential jury duty. Your company is required to let you serve on a jury, and most companies will pay you the differnece between your jury pay and your regular pay. The second time I was on a jury, I was able to schedule my work around the jury duty and get paid by both. Jury duty is an important part of the judicial system and I encourage you to welcome the opportunity to be a part of the system that guarantees everyone the opportunity of having a trial by jury. Not every country in the world gives the accused a fair trial.
