Monotony is the law of nature. Look at the monotonous manner in which the sun rises. The monotony of necessary occupations is exhilarating and life giving.
Mahatma Gandhi (Young India, 18 August 1921, p. 262)
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Everyone has taken part to some meetings that proved to be a waste of precious time and energies.
In order to avoid attending pointless meetings that will lead to nowhere, it is important to be capable of identifying such events in advance.
Here are five questions by Paul Newton that “one should always ask himself before attending a meeting”:
1. What is its aim?
2. Does it have a timed agenda?
3. Are the communications clear?
4. Will it be well managed?
5. Is the chair effective?
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Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.
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Interested in public speaking? Laura Vanderkam, writer and speaker, on Fastcompany suggests some useful tips to engage the audience. Above all:
1. Don’t try to mentally ridicule your audience to get confidence. Simply be focused on the message instead.
2. Don’t think you’ll lose spontaneity if you rehearse. Rehearse to someone instead helps confidence, and confidence helps spontaneity.
3. Starting with a joke is risky to engage the audience. An anecdote is easier to tell and works better.
4. Don’t try to involve the audience anyway. Treat them like professionals.
5. Slides? Not Always. Many speakers give a better talk without.
6. Cutting charts and formulas not always works: numbers and charts may be of real help if clear.
7. Copy the pros? Be yourself instead: you’ll look more naturale and credible.
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The Diplo calendar 2017 realized by Stefano Baldi presents a selection of quotes for better living and better working.
Here is the selected quotation for the month of July
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it
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A true balance between work and life comes with knowing that your life activities are integrated, not separated. Michael Thomas Sunnarborg
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The largest change brought by social media has been the possibility of access to information. Vietnam, often called the ‘living room war,’ was the first war broadcast into our homes through our TVs. Many antiwar movements claimed that this mediatization helped fuel the movement and ultimately helped end the war. The advent of social media imposes to put the question: what is social media’s role and influence on war and conflict?
The answer, according to Sarah Jones author of this article, is digital diplomacy, disruption, hashtag revolutions/movements, and what I call iWars.
Sarah Jones defines the Digital diplomacy as “the communication and management of international relations in the digital sphere”.
In today’s world, foreign ministries, governments, politicians, and candidates around the world are actively trying to develop digital strategies. Some use them to threaten the enemy. Others to speak and to be heard. Others to monitor. Others to recruit. Few of them use them for the purpose they were intended: to answer people concerns.
The author of this article, Sarah Jones, selected in 2016 as one of the top one thousand most influential Twitter profiles from across the worlds of marketing, advertising, digital and media by The Drum, IBM’s Watson and Twitter, spoke about the impact of social media on war following the invitation of the US Central Command (CENTCOM).
To read more about this topic, read here the full article.
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Diversity the art of thinking independetly together. Malcom Forbes
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“We must recognize that this place where we’re increasingly living, which we’ve quaintly termed “cyberspace,” isn’t defined by ones and zeroes, but by information and the people behind it. This is far more than a network of computers and devices. This is a network composed of minds interacting with computers and devices.”
Cyberspace analyst Laura Galante describes in this alarming TED talk, the real target of anyone looking to influence geopolitics is dastardly simple: it’s you.
In order to be a diplomat one must speak a number of languages, including double-talk. Will Durant
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