Believing in Good Things

Good things come your way when you are always expecting them. Of course, it can be difficult to expect them when things like bills are being left unpaid, you have problems with your relationships at home, you are physically or mentally exhausted, or you simply don’t trust the people with whom you work. Expecting good things becomes even more difficult when the distrust of your coworkers becomes really founded on actually irresponsible behavior. Naturally, you want to do something about it, but you can over time become more and more angry and bitter. This means that you must strive to protect yourself, not only from the incompetency of your coworkers, but also from the angry bitterness which may rear its ugly head at the least expected and least appropriate times. To this end, we recommend that you use our onsite drug and alcohol screening services in order to help your company control the unproductive aspects of the business, as well as to help you control your own temper when things seem to really be getting out of hand. After all, people should take responsibility for their actions.

Fortunately, Mediscreen provides a service that few other companies can boast as proudly of. You see, we really bring an attitude of careful attention to detail and of quality professionalism to your workplace. By allowing a drug screening company within the walls of your workplace, you are defining the space not as a home away from home, but as a professional environment which enables people to do their best work, receive their best pay, and to go home with some measure of pride and self accomplishment under their belts. This means that everyone should be tested for both drugs and alcohol and that this procedure should be done on a regular basis in order to keep everyone on their toes if some people are more likely to stray over this boundary line than others. Quality standards must be kept, and people must retain some semblance of pride and dignity in their job. After all, what would it say if everyone, absolutely everyone, despised going in to work every day? Pride must be retained. 

This article has been taken from http://mediscreen.net.au/articles/?p=2437

Good things come your way when you are always expecting them. Of course, it can be difficult to expect them when things like bills are being left unpaid, you have problems with your relationships at home, you are physically or mentally exhausted, or you simply don’t trust the people with whom you work. Expecting good things becomes even more difficult when the distrust of your coworkers becomes really founded on actually irresponsible behavior. Naturally, you want to do something about it, but you can over time become more and more angry and bitter. This means that you must strive to protect yourself, not only from the incompetency of your coworkers, but also from the angry bitterness which may rear its ugly head at the least expected and least appropriate times. To this end, we recommend that you use our onsite drug and alcohol screening services in order to help your company control the unproductive aspects of the business, as well as to help you control your own temper when things seem to really be getting out of hand. After all, people should take responsibility for their actions.

Fortunately, Mediscreen provides a service that few other companies can boast as proudly of. You see, we really bring an attitude of careful attention to detail and of quality professionalism to your workplace. By allowing a drug screening company within the walls of your workplace, you are defining the space not as a home away from home, but as a professional environment which enables people to do their best work, receive their best pay, and to go home with some measure of pride and self accomplishment under their belts. This means that everyone should be tested for both drugs and alcohol and that this procedure should be done on a regular basis in order to keep everyone on their toes if some people are more likely to stray over this boundary line than others. Quality standards must be kept, and people must retain some semblance of pride and dignity in their job. After all, what would it say if everyone, absolutely everyone, despised going in to work every day? Pride must be retained. 

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All the Safe Places

When did we all decide that it was cool to be dangerous? It’s understandable that, during our teen years, we embrace danger as part of our individuation from our parents or guardians. But to accept it as a whole lifestyle change is a bit much. It means that, as a whole, our lives have supposedly become too predictable. But we all know that that is not true. So, what could it be? Are all the cool kids doing it, so to speak? That’s a laugh. Safety does not mean being dull or boring.

Safety does not even mean security forever.

We, as humans, embrace the beauty and inspiration around us on a daily basis. Beautiful pictures, beautiful people, and wild, out-of-control storms. There are rollercoaster rides and scary movies. None of these are dangerous.

So, what are we talking about when we say all the safe places?

We are talking about the private place in your heart where you determine your identity, determine who you are and who you will be in the future, and why you are on this earth in this space doing these things. All the safe places are the spaces within our souls which rise up in judgment at too much law or too much lawlessness. All the safe places are the wild dreams we keep inside our heads which are fed by a desire to become more and to do and experience further.

Drug abuse and alcoholism in any form takes these safe places away from us. When a drunk or an addict try to contemplate their role in this world and the meaning of their own lives, their answers become more and more meaningless. There is no fire. There is no cold white fury. There is no unleashing of the spirit onto mankind. Instead, there is helplessness, impotence, and weak batting at the truth.

The purpose of workplace drug testing is to identify these people so that you can make decisions about their future employment in your company. It’s as simple as that. 

This article has been taken from http://mediscreen.net.au/articles/?p=2430

All’s Fair in Love and War

The phrase that all is fair in love and war might slip off of the understanding of some people, so let us define it a little more clearly. For example, if you were to screw a friend over in your attempt to win a mutually admired girl, then this phrase would apply. Also, if the rules of the game or the international agreements were broken in order to get a particularly helpful initiative through and win a favorable position, then it would also be considered fair under the heading of this phrase.

The only time this phrase does not apply when people use it unilaterally to abuse their friendships and other people in their lives on a regular basis. There must be special circumstances to illicit the use of this appropriate action.

And, as for what is fair, many workers believe that management is screwing them over, while many managers have stated that their employees are just trying to get more and more out of them. The result is a tyrannical and unsafe environment of mistrust. It is therefore necessary to create some tools which both sides can use to determine the competency of the other. This is where employee drug & alcohol testing comes in. Both drug screening and alcohol testing are part of this scenario and everyone is to be tested, from senior executives down to the lowliest janitor or electrician. In this manner, many people can look at the situation, know that everyone is required to pass, and they will feel more protected by each party while at work.

The “all’s fair in love and war” phrase then is rendered partially mute by the use of drug testing in Australia. We have established a community with checks and balances, not unlike a democratic government, where everything is designed to work together to arrive at safe and sure decisions.

That is precisely what drug screening does. It helps people to understand for sure that their coworkers and employees are ready and willing to be professional while at work. It helps companies keep their established policies. It helps everyone. 

This article has been taken from http://mediscreen.net.au/articles/?p=2427

Water and Fire

When drug screening in the workplace was first brought en masse approximately thirty years ago, many people protested against it. They said that it was a violation of privacy, freedom and a few other things. For a little under three decades now, drug and alcohol testing has gained wider spread recognition and it is now recognized as an effective employee evaluation tool. In fact, many employees support workplace drug testing because it really does ensure their own safety.

The controversy that first rose around this subject had to do with privacy rights and personal liberties. However, many companies recognize these rights to privacy by not disclosing test results outside of the business, unless compelled to do so by extraordinary circumstances.

In the past, people protested against the fire of intrusion.

Today, onsite drug and alcohol testing has built itself such a fine reputation that it shines bright to all who work in the company. It became soothing water.

Now, we have a difference in opinion about the best ways to drug test employees. No longer are privacy and freedom controversial topics. Now we have controversy over how to catch the pests who try to cheat the drug screening. How do we better catch them in the act or find out if they have adulterated the test in some way? How do we make sure that the data we receive from the tests is accurate and honest? That has become the new topic of conversation at companies specializing in drug testing in Australia. Fortunately, we have Mediscreen.

Today, drug screening has become very sophisticated, testing for really rare drugs and indicating a non-negative result if chemically something seems suspicious. Drug & alcohol testing has become synonymous with safety and protection and legal asset guardianship. It has become the norm for small businesses everywhere, worldwide, to implement screening in their employees. And, indeed, testing streamlines the process of employee evaluation and hiring. It has become convenient to use testing rather than to try to spend time and money establishing a personal rapport between employer and employee. Now, workplace drug testing laws are only in place in high hazard industries, though companies from every industry and every location and size use it heavily. 

This article has been taken from http://mediscreen.net.au/articles/?p=2371

The Human Spirit Dominates

The human spirit dominates over all life. It is Biblical, it is evolutionary, and it is basic common sense. There is very little argument with the notion that the human spirit, be it arrogant or divine, dominates over everything and does it well and completely.

When humans are driven into destruction, it is amazing what they are capable of enduring and for how long they are capable of enduring this. Drug screening is a living testament to how resilient the human body is to long term drug abuse and how little it can show when done on a regular basis. There will always be a few employees who test positive on their drug screening and who you would not expect to do so.

Drug and alcohol testing is a living testament to how much the human body can put up with before it collapses completely. Drug abuse and alcoholism are both high toxic forms of self abuse and they both carry very serious long term side effects. Even if the body does not show these effects on the outside, it certainly shows up on the inside. The individual can suffer from sickness, disease, decay and many other forms of physical abnormalities because of their disease of self abuse. Drug screening and alcohol testing come into play heavily with regard to keeping both the physical disease and the self abuse disease out of your jobsite. It is not just a matter of safety. It is also a matter of life and of morale.

The human spirit also dominates when it comes to overcoming these physical and emotional abnormalities. Overcoming addiction is one of the hardest things to do, but it helps a great deal. The difference between before and after the addiction is like night and day, if each human spirit has the will to dominate over this pestilence. Alcohol and drug screening are available for any business in Australia which would like to keep their company clean and drug free. Onsite drug & alcohol testing is available through Mediscreen, and we would love to hear from you today.

This article has been taken from http://mediscreen.net.au/articles/?p=2368

The Difference between Tradition and Wisdom

Isn’t it interesting how tradition is always cited as the founder of great and ancient wisdom? Of course, we know this to not be true. As we progress through technology and other forms of rapid economic growth, we see how much more we can achieve by pushing the boundaries of the universe.

Of course, wisdom can still be obtained by studying old processes. Sometimes, understanding how something was done for centuries is necessary in your attempts to understand why we are doing it differently today. Perhaps, for your particular project, the old way is preferred and more effective. It all depends upon how much knowledge you have of people, the system you are using, the systems available to use, and the personality of this specific situation.

Not everyone wants the same thing or has the same goals. In fact, not everyone is sure of what they want. It all becomes a lot clearer when you find yourself realizing truths that you should have picked up on at an earlier age, or so it seems. The more we understand the world around us and our lives within this universe, the more we can distinguish between good advice and empty, space filling junk.

Alcohol testing, as well as drug screening, is meant to help you distinguish between truly reliable and unreliable employees. When someone is lacking general knowledge or life experience, they will find that typical workdays stress them out and that they feel attacked on a pretty regular basis. Of course, this does not have to be the case.

Tradition would dictate to use workplace drug testing because it has always been used. Wisdom, however, would dictate that using onsite drug and alcohol screening is a reliable process in the search to understand and better lead your employees. It means finding reliable workers and keeping them. It means being able to identify the ones who cannot or will not hold it together on the worksite. In fact, workplace drug testing laws exist to make this mandatory in certain industries which are labor intensive but not emotionally intelligent intensive. The difference is dramatic. 

This article has been taken from http://mediscreen.net.au/articles/?p=2362