Get your brain in motion
In a short video, Brian Tracy, motivational public speaker, provides 7 simple tips that can help us to be more effective. Some of them are well know, but it does not mean that they are put in practice:
If you want to know more watch the full video.
You pay the same price for doing something halfway as for doing it completely. So you might as well do it completely.
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What are the ingredients of a great conversation? Honesty, brevity, clarity and a healthy amount of listening. Celeste Headlee, in her TEDx talk shares 10 useful rules for having better conversations.
Here are some of them:
1) “Be present (in the conversation)”
2) “Don’t pontificate”
3) “Use open ended questions”
4) “Go with the flow”
5) “If you don’t know, say it”
6) “Don’t mix your experience with theirs”
7)”Try not to repeat yourself”
8) “Stay out of the details”
9) “Listen”
10) “Be brief”
In his post for DDI, Bill Hester speculates on what it takes to be a gifted leader. Being passionate about drumming, Hester makes a comparison between leadership and drumming.
“Like a drummer, a leader sets the tempo, keeps everyone aligned, and—when he or she is really good—inspires us to do great things.”
Like good drummers, also for leaders it takes a lifetime of learning to really excel.
To know more read the original full post
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The Diplo calendar 2018 realized by Stefano Baldi presents a selection of quotes with simple advice that could help us to prevent or solve a problem.
Here is the selected quotation for the month of January. Some food for thought that will hopefully make your life easier.
How do you see your glass
Image: Original watercolours drawings by Beatrice Baldi (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
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