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The happy secret to better work

A decade of research, proves that happiness raises nearly every business and educational outcome. Raising sales by 37%, productivity by 31%, and accurancy on tasks by 19%, as well as myriad of health and quality of life improvements.

In this fast-moving and entertaining talk, psychologist Shawn Achor, in his Ted Talk, argues that actually happiness inspires productivity.

Teambuilding

J. Adair , a British academic who is a leadership theorist, describes a team as “a group in which individuals share a common aim and in which the jobs and skills of each member fit in with those of the others”.

So, how do you build a high performance team?

Teambuilding written by Eric Garner, downloadable for free at Bookboon.com, provides  some advices to transform a group of people into a winning team.

Acknowledging , appreciating, accepting , are the 3 A’s features of great teams and stand in contrast to the 3 C’s  of poor teams : Criticising, Complaining, Condemning.

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Be the best of whatever you are

If you can’t be a pine on the top of the hill,
Be a shrub in the valley—but be
The best little shrub at the side of the hill;
Be a bush if you can’t be a tree.
We can’t all be captains,
We’ve got to be crew.
There’s something for all of us here;
There is big work to do, and there’s lesser to do
And the task we must do is the near.
If you can’t be a highway, then just be a trail,
If you can’t be the sun, be a star;
It isn’t the size that you win or you fail—
Be the best of whatever you are.

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Persuasion, trust and personal credibility

Persuasion is at the heart of the diplomatic process and in turn depends on credibility and inter-personal communication qualities of the envoy to function in effectively.
The essay “Persuasion, trust and personal credibility” by Kishan Rana, former Indian ambassador, explores the linkage between persuasion and trust, given that the one is impossible to practice without the other.

Read more at: http://goo.gl/5XRGA

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10 Ways to Make Yourself Smarter

Whether you are trying to survive an intensive schedule or just want to seem smarter in front of your friends, you can do a lot of things to both look and be smarter.

In his article “Top 10 Ways to Make Yourself Look (and Be) Smarter” published on lifehacker.com, Whitson Gordon, senior editor of lifehacker blog, provides ten simple tricks for boosting your real (and perceived) brain power:

  1. Read faster and better
  2. Speak up
  3. Don’t fall prey to BS
  4. Focus on what you know
  5. Get some exercise
  6. Talk to yourself
  7. Learn a second language
  8. Do things the hard way
  9. Know what won’t make you smarter
  10. Just believe you can be smarter

You can read more at: http://goo.gl/6TFL0

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