Sex and the Modern Man

Let’s deal with some societal archetypes in our world today. While women-chasing predators are labeled as players and sexually irresponsible, the modern man who is worth his salt is meant to engage in sex only several times a year with a woman to whom he is almost subservient.

Well, that is a far cry from the sexual archetypes of the past.

Men were once encouraged to channel, not suppress, their naturally sexual and aggressive strengths into acts of fighting, bravery, protection, production, and many other types of physically enduring and emotionally stabilizing activities. While we have the modern conveniences of today, these things are not necessary. Creativity and nurturing and traditional female archetypes are pushed onto the modern man, attempting to redefine the masculine nature. Of course, manipulation of any sort is ineffective against raw, primal energy, and both men and women have suffered from the current archetype of the modern man. When employees in a firm or business attempt to reestablish their own primal energy in various ways, the attempts themselves can be destructive when they do not fulfill their purpose. For example, when an employee feels TOO subservient to their boss, they may try to regain control over their environment by lashing out. Of course, this is inappropriate professional behavior, and there must be a system in place which prevents the next step in aggression or in self denial, which in many cases entails drugs abuse or alcohol abuse while on the jobsite.

Workplace drug testing is perfect for this occasion. Employees feel more in control of their workplace, managers and executives are able to keep a discerning eye on things without being too controlling, and order is established through actual performance and reputation, rather than perceived workplace politics.

Onsite drug and alcohol screening enables businesses to retain some of this primal energy. This helps their employees without demoralizing them through a series of verbal control mechanisms. The idea that control is the most important thing is ludicrous. Management must help people to work together and to form cohesive teams. Using drug & alcohol testing as a tool can help this to be accomplished.

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Letting Go of Control

When you ride on a really exciting rollercoaster or go see a scary movie, there is so much to enjoy. You experience what would be a very real danger if it wasn’t for all the safety precautions, like the rollercoaster track or the fact that the movie isn’t actually real. For a brief instant, though, you feel as if you really are experiencing an exhilarating, dangerous moment, and of course the adrenaline and endorphins leave you feeling very good afterward.

If they didn’t, then the movie and amusement park industries would have been out of business a long time ago.

It feels good to let go of control every once in a while.

This same principle applies to people who wish to abuse drugs or alcohol. It feels good to feel out of control sometimes. Then, after a while, you get used to that sensation, and it becomes normal. So you abuse a little more each time, so that you still feel the rush that you felt the first time. Eventually, even if you are not looking for a rush, the resulting crash after the drug high is so unpleasant that you begin looking for a continuous supply of money and more drugs…and more alcohol. It is rare that you find an addict who is not addicted to both. They have very similar effects in the body, and they both leave you feeling both good and a little heady. That is a really cool feeling.

What makes workplace drug testing so necessary is that addicts still need an income to supply their needs. Drug screening has to be used because anyone can get a job for any reason, not just healthy reasons. Workplace drug testing laws are in place to protect certain industries from dangerous conditions caused by careless workers or employees who are under the influence when working around heavy machinery or explosives. Obviously, these are very important, but so is every office or jobsite. Alcohol testing is necessary because it helps gauge who is letting go of control during their free time, and who is doing it during business hours. 

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Intuition versus Logic

Intuitively, we can all feel what we believe to be “reality” when we step out our front doors and enter the world of business. Of course, that is not truly the case. We all see our realities through highly subjective lenses, and that is a good thing. Studies on optimism show that highly optimistic people tend to have self fulfilling prophecies about their expectations about themselves and their abilities. If something good happens to them, then they associate it with their own talents and abilities. If something bad happens to them, they believe that it is just a fluke and that they would succeed if they just try a little harder next time. Of course, neither of these statements is necessarily the case, either way, but it very much affects how they see the world and therefore their decisions about what they will do next and how they will interact with the world in the future.

If you have a high opinion of your talents and abilities, then you optimistic nature is likely to keep your very interested in continuing to develop those talents and abilities in the future. If something unfortunate occurs, your optimistic nature will assume that it was an accident or a coincidence, and that you should try harder and be more thorough in the future, but never give up. This facilitates trying again, succeeding, and therefore becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. People who are depressed do not have these mental habits, are far less likely to try again, and therefore have overall a far smaller percentage of successes compared with optimistic people.

Isn’t that interesting?!

This means that with your combined intuition and logic in an optimistic nature, you are likely to require a happier workplace, which is only possible with drug and alcohol testing. Onsite drug and alcohol screening allows you to see which employees are abusing substances and therefore which ones are most likely to be depressed or negative at work, thus bringing down the morale of their entire work unit. As an optimistic person, you know how powerful this is, and so you are more motivated to use drug screening in the future in order to raise your own company standards. Call Mediscreen today to learn how to do this: (+61) 1300 79 70 40.

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If Only There Were Workers

When an economy takes a downturn, employment rates tend to also fall. However, an interesting situation takes place. While there If Only There Were Workersare fewer jobs available, there are also fewer good workers available. Many people don’t even look to become qualified for a position, because they often do not believe that such positions would be available for them. Then, poorer quality workers are hired, the economy suffers more because of it, and the downwards cycle continues.

If we humans did not think so emotionally, we would not allow this cycle to continue, but it is really difficult to keep an objective, emotionless perspective when the world around us looks bleak.

That being said, it is important to hire the best workers you can, no matter how much it cuts into your own income if you are a business owner. High quality workers increase the value of your business, and they are job security for you and everyone else in your company. That is a huge deal, and it should not be taken lightly.

At Mediscreen, our onsite drug and alcohol screening services help business owners to identify which of their employees may be abusing drugs or alcohol, and continued drug screening and alcohol testing helps to locate repeat offenders. These are people who may like their jobs, but who are not taking their valuable employment very seriously. And, as we all know, if they do not take themselves seriously, then there is no reason for you to take them seriously, either.

Where are all the workers? They probably are already employed, and they keep themselves employable through company loyalty, high quality workmanship, and by upholding the quality of their own reputation. Onsite drug and alcohol testing is instrumental in being able to identify these high quality employees. Screening tests are absolutely necessary when it comes to running your business well, and only hiring the best. In addition to that, testing does not cost very much, especially onsite testing, so you are covered, no matter what. That, of course, is a relief.

Now, to begin, you will want to check out our website to find out more on onsite screening services, and then you will probably want to give us a call: (+61) 1300 79 70 40.

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Do You Like History? Do You Like Currencies?

If you are one of a group of people who love history, you understand how important it is in order to determine how the future might turn out. Even if you don’t know enough history to determine possible outcomes of the future, you may get just enough knowledge of human nature throughout history in order to see that knowing the future may not be as possible as you would think. While some markets are slightly predictable and offer predictors which affect direct trading, when it comes to political movements, there is really no way to know for sure. The thing about human nature is that you cannot always see who is really pulling the strings of the show in the background or in the foreground. So, predicting what may occur in a political election or after an officer gets elected is actually quite unrealistic.

Fortunately, in the simplistic and numbers-only markets available in the world, such as the currency based foreign exchange market which can be neither cornered nor controlled, it can be possible to tell what can happen in the future. If you are really cold hearted and cold in the head, you can perhaps become pretty talented at understanding how to read and predict the trends and movements in these simplistic, predictable schemes.

Of course, that causes a problem.

As soon as humans believe that they can predict one market, they often believe that they can predict another.

This can lead to a LOT of problems.

We often think that we can read people easily, when we cannot. We often think that we can predict humans easily, when humans are the ONE thing that we cannot fully and knowingly predict.

In workplace drug testing, you cannot predict who will pass certain tests, and who will not. However, you can follow a pattern of old abusive behavior, and hope that it will not continue in the future.Drug & alcohol testing is hard to implement when you care about your employees a lot. However, it is necessary, just like all other parts of your business. Call Mediscreen today to schedule your onsite drug and alcohol screening services: (+61) 1300 79 70 40.

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Unemployment and Reemployment

When workers become unemployed due to bad results from drug screening or something like alcohol testing they are put in a bad Alcohol Testingposition. They must find new work, all the while knowing that a potential new employer is not going to see them in a favorable light due to their previous drug screening results. Now, not all companies release that information, but what do you tell a potential new employer when they ask you why you were fired from your previous job?

Sometimes, companies request their employees to put in for a leave of absence while they go and get cleaned up, and sometimes workers are requested to turn in a resignation. That is a much softer way to go when getting rid of an unwanted employee. That way, the individual is not fired, but they are not recommended, either. Workplace drug testing takes the guesswork out of decisions which, forty years ago, used to be much more difficult to make. Anyone who could lie well and put up a really good front could weasel their way into a company, and many people understand that addicts can be quite talented at lying, whether or not they keep up the front after becoming employed.

After hiring someone who has shown addiction to or at least abuse of illicit substances at the workplace, they should not be tested with any more frequency than other employees, unless of course they show up to work and seem obviously drunk. Treating your employees with equal favor concerning alcohol and drug testing shows them that their behavior determines their success, not your preference for any one of them. That really helps when it comes to remaining an impartial observer of your jobsite’s activities. Your workers must see that you value what they put into the company, not efforts put into you individually. Onsite drug and alcohol screening can really be your way in to the big leagues when you are dealing with a lot of employees. Large businesses especially have to have a system in place to deal with a lot of faceless names. It must be a foolproof one. That’s where we come in: (+61) 1300 79 70 40.

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Trust and Your Guardians

Trust is necessary in any human interaction and, for that matter, any animal interaction, as well. Of course, not everyone is capable of or perhaps worthy of trust, but trust is still one of the absolutely most necessary aspects of human relationships. Without it, or without enough of it, distrust can make everything go to pot. It can dislodge people’s faith in each other, not just in one person, and it can make people less likely to demand appropriate action from an individual who has harmed them.

You guardians are people without whom you are unable to live in the manner to which you are accustomed. Your guardians protect and look after the particular part of humanity which you yourself occupy. Without your guardians, you will be alone and without resources or connections with which to perform even the most elementary tasks and goal achieving.

Sometimes, guardians come in the form of parents, of siblings, of friends, or even of coworkers. If, at any point, these people who are meant to guard over your lifestyle are under the influence of drugs or alcohol, they can no longer protect you and they can and perhaps will be able to attack you. This is a dangerous position to be if one of your guardians falls victim to the vices of the earth. Hmm, perhaps that is why vice is so forcibly punished in our day and age.

Drug testing Australia is enabled by companies such as Mediscreen, which help you to maintain this trust between employees and between the different levels of your company. There is so much competition in the workplace already that it is best to not have a ton of additional rivalry or lack of faithfulness in the business itself. Allow your workers to enjoy the atmosphere of your business by giving them the gift of safety and growing. This can only happen in a place where drugs and alcohol are not allowed on the premises. Drug &alcohol testing is perfect for this venue and onsite drug and alcohol screening is really convenient, so that you don’t have to send your employees to a laboratory. Call Mediscreen to set up an appointment: (+61) 1300 79 70 40.

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