Whether you’re in the final research stages of a major paper, or on a Zoom (a calling app) call for work, a dropped WiFi connection at zero hour is something annoying. 【小题1】 One of the most common reasons it happens is that too many devices are connected.

【小题2】 Now, with smartphones, iPads, smart TVs and so much more, it doesn’t take long for WiFi to hop aboard the struggle bus. Actually, even if a connected device isn’t actively sending or receiving data, it will still consume some of the available bandwidth. It means that if you have many devices connected, you can start to see slowdowns or drops in your WiFi connection. 【小题3】

The first and easiest fix is to disconnect unused devices from your WiFi. The easiest way to do this is to simply change your WiFi password, which will kick everyone off. Then, you can allow only certain devices to rejoin. 【小题4】 It is workable to stop gaming or downloading a movie.

【小题5】 First, run a speed test to check your current speed. (Google “speed test” to see a list of websites where you can do this.) You may have too many devices connected for the internet speed you’re paying for. If this is the case, contact your internet provider about upgrading to a higher speed. But you may want to try some of our other fixes first before spending the money.

How to Improve Leadership Quality

To be a good leader required a variety of qualities and skills, which, fortunately, can be gained through continuous learning and practice. 【小题1】

Ask yourself what kind of leader you are.

【小题2】 Doing this will enable you to identify the areas you need to improve, and make you more aware of how you act and behave. Start by asking yourself “what kind of leader am I?” Perhaps you are someone who leads by example, and doesn’t get too involved in other people’s work. Or maybe you are a leader who helps to solve problems, and takes a more active role.

Improve Your Communication Skills

Communication is perhaps the most important leadership quality, and one that runs through all of the other important qualities. One of the key factors to good communication is enabling positive dialogue on problems and solutions. 【小题3】 If you make the effort to listen to somebody, he will see that and come to think of you as someone he can talk to.

Take responsibility.

To set a strong example as a leader, it’s important that you take responsibility for your individual tasks and your team as a whole. 【小题4】 Besides, it means removing responsibilities from those who are unable to manage the tasks arranged to them.

Cooperate (合作) instead of competing.

If you are trying to be a strong leader, it can be attractive to try to inspire better work by creating a competitive environment among your colleague’s. In fact, developing a more cooperative work culture often leads to more effective working and better relationships. 【小题5】 Any battle that arises in a competitive culture cost valuable time and resource to deal with.

It is reported that critical thinking, creativity, and their practical application(应用)are widely accepted as the top three skills that young people need to have when they take jobs in their future. Critical thinking is about becoming a better thinker in every aspect of your life: in your career, and as a consumer, citizen, friend, parent and lover. Critical thinking helps you make wiser decisions. It helps you avoid wasting time, money and so on. Therefore, do look before you leap.

Whenever a good critical thinker needs to do something, he would usually firstly check why he needs to do it and whether he really needs to do it. Then, he tries to find out what it really is and the best way to do it.

And then he makes sure whether he is able to do it and how to do it well. Finally, he makes the decisions and takes actions. Take the “Double 11” (a popular online shopping day in China) as an example. A few days before it, he checks carefully what he needs and whether he really needs them, and makes a shopping list. He goes to the online shops to compare the quality and the prices of things that he is going to buy. He compares the shops that sell these things. Then he checks whether he can afford them and in which shops he is going to buy them.

Then what would happen if he didn’t think critically before he made the decisions? After the crazy “Double 11”, there were usually a lot of complaints on the Internet. There were regrets about buying more things than they needed. There were complaints about the poor quality and the prices of the things they bought. There were also complaints because they received wrong things or simply received nothing. There were all kinds of regrets and complaints. Why so? They had not thought critically before they made the decisions.