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The Diplo calendar 2016 realized by Stefano Baldi and Ed Gelbstein presents a selection of quotes from the Classical World for living and working better.
For the month of April the selected quotation is by Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was a tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero.
If one does not know to which port one is sailing no wind is favourable
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“Global beliefs are the giant beliefs we have about everything in our lives: beliefs about our identities, people, work, time, money, and life itself, for that matter. These giant generalizations are often phrased as is/am/are: “Life is . . .” “I am . . .” “People are …”
As you can imagine, beliefs of this size and scope can shape and color every aspect of our lives. The good news about this is that making one change in a limiting global belief you currently hold can change virtually every aspect of your life in a moment! Remember: Once accepted, our beliefs become unquestioned commands to our nervous systems, and they have the power to expand or destroy the possibilities of our present and future.
If we want to direct our lives, then, we must take conscious control over our beliefs. And in order to do that, we first need to understand what they really are and how they are formed.”
“Re-awaken the giant within” by Anthony Robbins
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If you see all grey, move the elephant (Indian proverb)
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Coaching is very close to leadership principles. Coaches are leaders who devote their life not simply to the victory at a championship. They help individuals grow and improve.
Thsi is why many companies ask famous coaches to talk to their employees about teamworking, goal-setting, identifying strenghts and weaknesses, learning form experience, fostering humilty and trust.
In this article, Robert Prior identifies 5 NFL coaches who have much to teach to every leader.
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The contemplative life requires discipline and hard work, for sure. But it also seems to require some time indulging pleasures.
There is much fascinating variety in the daily habits of celebrity and creative humanists to be discovered browsing their biographies.
Monkish and lonely Nietsche used to eat incredible amounts of fruits at lunch, and a much loved beefsteak, before setting himself for long mountain walks in the Swiss Alps.
Prodigious Karl Marx was accustomed to working long hours at night, accompanied by ceaseless smoking.
Rather predictable and orderly Immanuel Kant tried to stick to the rule that he would smoke only one pipe, but the bowls of his pipes increased considerably in size as the years went on…
Remember Gustave Flaubert’s maxim?
“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.” Maybe, the addition of a little “bad habit” or two might help too!
Discover more here…
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Yesterday is dust, tomorrow a dream, our gift is now. Gabriel Byrne
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The way how you give an information is as important as the information you are giving. This is why improving your presentation skills is crucial in order to capture your audience and pass your message.
In this article, Sarah Kessler provides a guide to teach us how to preprare and deliver a good presentation and to answer questions on it.
The first step is to prepare your presentation. While preparing you must:
- Research your audience (Who is it?)
- Structure the presentation (opening, body, closing)
- Practice, practice and practice but not memoryse (videotape yourself!)
The second step is to deliver your presentation. The delivery of your presentation depends on:
- Verbal delivery: be brief, ask questions to keep the audience engaged, work on your tone, avoid fill words, avoid speaking softly
- Body delivery: stand at comfortable distance, eye contact
- Power point
The last step are the questions that could arise after the end of your presentation. You must be prepared to them and anticipate them while preparing your presentation. It is a good idea to take questions before the end of your presentation. Anyway, remeber that you don’t have to answer to all the questions you receive from the audience.
Read here the full article
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The same things can be seen in a different way from people belonging to different countries. This fact could treathen your work team and impair business relationships with your partners.
In an article by Paul Sanders and Donnie MacNicol, you can find ten steps for dealing with different culture:
- Learn about how your values, attitudes, behaviors and communication style may be perceived by someone from another culture
- Relate to each person as an individual and not as a stereotype
- Understand who can make what decisions as it may be at a different level than in your own organization
- Identify if their management style is more typically masculine or feminine―assertive and competitive or modest and caring respectively
- Understand if they have a short-term or long-term view as this will affect the way and the speed at which projects are assessed, justified and decisions made
- Identify their need for structure and certainty as this may vary and affect the level of control, definition, risk taking and governance
- Develop your empathy skills and show people you are making every effort to see and feel things as they do
- If you are unsure what is appropriate, be more structured and have more explicit communication rather than less
- Ask each person how they would like to be addressed and treated
- Assume nothing―a smile and handshake are not necessarily an agreement, “yes” can mean “no”, unsmiling may not mean unfriendly, silence may not mean disagreement
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