A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age. Robert Frost
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. Marcus Aurelius
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In this TEDx, Patti Dobrowolski discusses the importance and power of imagination. Imagination is the engine of our life. It can be used in an expected and confined way and we call ii “brainstorming”. However we can also use imagination in unconstrained ways, as children do. In these cases, imagination becomes the fuel of everything, as the experience of genius like Eisntein can prove.
Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities. Charles de Gaulle
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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 March. Some food for thought that will hopefully make your life easier.
Curiosity is the engine of Achievement
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Organization is important, but what you really need is focus. According to the author of this article, being able to sit down and concentrate intensely on your work is the real key of success.
Here are some tips to help concentration:
1) Cut Off the Noise: Answer your e-mails at scheduled times. Request that people don’t interrupt you when working on a big project. If you are required to answer phones and drop-in’s immediately, schedule work when the office is less busy.
2) Structure Your Environment: Try to locate yourself so you are facing potential distractions such as doors, phones or windows. This way you can take a glance to assess sounds that would otherwise break your focus.
3) Clarify Objectives: If you aren’t sure what the end result is, the confusion will make it impossible to focus. Unclear objectives often result in having to redo sections of work.
4) Divide Blobs: Taking a few minutes to plan not only your end result, but the order you will complete any steps, can save hours in wasted thinking.
5) Know the Rules: If the rules aren’t clear from the outset, you will slip out of concentration as you ponder them later.
6) Set a Deadline: A deadline can make it easier to forget the non-essential and speed up your working time. Time limits have also disadvantages when they cause you to worry about the time you have left instead of the task itself.
7) Break Down Roadblocks: Break down roadblocks by brainstorming or planning on a piece of paper. Writing out your thought processes can keep you focused even if you might become frustrated.
8 ) Isolate Yourself: Unless your work is based on other people they will only break your focus. Create a private space and refuse to talk to anyone until your work is finished. Put a sign on your door to steer away drop-ins and don’t answer your phone.
9) Healthy Body, Sharper Mind: Try to cut out one of your unhealthy habits for just thirty days to see if there is a difference in your energy levels.
10) Be Patient: If you need strong concentration, periods of 90-120 minutes of work are recommended. Any less than that and you will waste too much time getting started before the flow can continue.
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Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young
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If you can’t afford to ignore the annoying and troublesome people in your life, then Dealing with Difficult People is the book for you. Learning the 21 ‘tried and true’ tools will be useful in many situations. For example, to be a viable and successful business person, you have to be able to deal with all sorts of people.
To discover more here is the full book.
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