Get your brain in motion
We often spend years and years, day after day in job we don’t really love. Or we struggle trying to find out which job we would really love.
Scott Dinsmore shares what he learned from his personal experience in this deceptively simple TED talk about finding out what really matters to you — and then getting started doing it.
The first step? Understand yourself!
The Diplo calendar 2015 realized by Stefano Baldi and Ed Gelbstein presents a selection of the wisdom accumulated by humanity over the centuries that has stood the test of time and remains as valid as ever. The hope is that it will inspire you and lead you to explore the thoughts of the people who in one way or another have changed human history for the better .
For the month of November the selected quotation is an ancient Japanese proverb.
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What are the first questions you generally put when you meet someone for the first time? Ivan Misner, founder of BNI, a business networking organization, lists 10 of them in his book “The 29% solution”. These questions refer to an initial conversation about business. Two of them, in particular, can be very helpful to get a better idea of your intelrocutor and to build a lasting relationship with him. The first one is about about what he likes most about what he does. The second one, about the challenges he has to face in his business. Of course, there’s the right time to put both them in order to build confidence with your interlocutor.
Here the video you can find on the Business Networking website.
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“Why should we support gender equality? Of course, it’s fair, it’s right and it’s just. But more than that, gender equality is also in our interest as men”.
Gender equality has been a long-debated issue during the recent years. Nevertheless, the way how Michael Kimmel deals with it in his TED Talk is original and amazing. According to him, men have changed and, if you look to what they now look for, gender equality is the best way for them to get the lives they want.
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR‘S PRINCIPLES OF LEADERSHIP
Source: Leadership now
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The Diplo calendar 2015 realized by Stefano Baldi and Ed Gelbstein presents a selection of the wisdom accumulated by humanity over the centuries that has stood the test of time and remains as valid as ever. The hope is that it will inspire you and lead you to explore the thoughts of the people who in one way or another have changed human history for the better .
For the month of October the selected quotation is by Alvin Toffler (b. 1928) – American writer and futurist known for his works discussing the digital, communications and corporate revolutions arising from technological innovation.
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The Roman philosopher Epictetus once said, “Books are the training weights of the mind”.
Reading is an exercise that enriches the way we think, feel, and behave. Reading makes it possible to reach a new understanding about ourselves and the world and to expand our knowledge.
In this article, Paul Jun draws up a subjective list of the books he feels are timeless and helpful in both our personal and professional endeavors. Actually reading reflects a willingness to learn and change minds, to be open to new ideas and concepts that may indeed bolster both personal and professional endeavors.
Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. Hannah Arendt
If you judge people, you have no time to love them – Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
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According to Lolly Daskal (), to stay on top you need to keep innovating.
These 7 habits will help you:
1) Constantly connect the dots, in order to gain new insight and see relationships that were invisible before;
2) Commit to asking questions, by asking new questions you get new perspective;
3) Actively try new things, the real innovation is not in seeking new horizons but seeing the horizon in a new light;
4) Find points of intersection with Others, for ideas to germinate a diverse set of perspectives, thinkers, questioners, and doers is required;
5) Have a sense of purpose, great innovators are powered by their passion and use it as a sense of purpose;
6) Cross-pollinate ideas, creativity happens when two things collide to create a whole new idea;
7) Make innovation a daily routine, if you want to become a master of anything, it takes discipline and commitment;
Image: Flickr: Jurgen Appelo – Innovation Adoption Curve (CC BY 2.0)
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