“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”
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In this really interesting TED talk, Knut Haanaes talks about the importance for both companies and individuals of striking the right balance between exploration and exploitation.
Exploration means being open to new things, adopting an innovative approach and always trying to renew oneself.
Exploitation means using the knowledge and know-how that we already possess to ameliorate ourselves, our products, our services.
Though exploitation may seem like a safer option, it only reduces risk in the short term. Though exploration may seem like the best option in the fast-paced world we are living in, veering too far off from certainty can lead to failure and loss.
Finding the right balance between these two attitudes is difficult because there are many traps that keep us where we are; two traps in particular can determine failure:
- The perpetual search trap
- The success trap
To learn more about these two traps and how to avoid them, listen to Knut Haanaes’ TED talk:
“You probably wouldn’t worry about what other people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.”
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It is very likely that sooner or later we will be required to organise a meeting in our professional careers. While it may seem like a fairly simple task, setting up a successful meeting means thinking about certain issues beforehand in order to avoid unpleasant situations.
It can be useful to clearly state where the meeting will take place, at what time, what the objectives are and therefore who must be present and who needn’t be. A very useful model to do this is the PALACE model.
Preparation
Agenda
Logistics
Agree timing and objective uprfront
Communication styles
Efficient follow-up
To read more about each step of this model, be sure to check out the full article!
“How to conduct the perfect meeting for account managers”
What can we learn from horses?
The Diplo calendar 2019 realized by Stefano Baldi presents a selection of quotes for better living and better working.
All the quotes are about animals and their behaviours, their instincts and the complexity of their social dynamics.
Here is the selected quotation for the month of June
A horse gallops with his lungs,
Perseveres with his heart,
And wins with his character
Federico Tesio
For more quotes from Diplocalendar
2019 Diplocalendar is all about animals and their behaviours, their instincts and the complexity of their social dynamics. It is an invitation to pay close attention to all that nature and its beings can teach us about life; sometimes we just have to take the time to notice and be
willing to be open to new perspectives. It is a reminder that important lessons can come from anything or anyone surrounding us, including our very own pets. This Yearly calendar has become a tradition appreciated by those who have received it in the past. This is a great motivation for me to try to find new interesting ideas, quotations and images to accompany you through the year.
And never forget to ….. Count your blessings!
Not only does a company waste valuable time and money conducting business meetings that don’t produce results but employees will begin to loathe attending these functions.
Here are 10 suggestions on how to get the most out of business gatherings by Stan Popovich:
1. Know what you want to accomplish. Write down a list of goals you want accomplished before your meeting and then present this to the attending members.
2. Develop a plan. Ccreate a plan on how you will communicate your goals.
3. Write a one-page summary of your meeting. Hand out a one-page summary of the major points that you want to cover during your meeting to everyone.
4. Make sure you stay on topic. If the meeting isn’t going anywhere or someone is off on a tangent, politely circle back to the important topic that needs to be addressed.
5. Ask the right questions. Write a list of questions that relates to your current business concerns.
6. Encourage participation. Create a friendly atmosphere where everyone feels comfortable expressing their opinions.
7. Determine a timeline. Make sure you have specific deadlines of when you would like your objectives to get accomplished.
8. Don’t leave the meeting right away. Don’t just finish your presentation and then leave.
9. Learn from your mistakes. Learn how to improve your company’s business meetings by reviewing past presentations.
10. Change things up. Add some variety to your meetings and do not do the same thing all of the time.
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“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
Ergonomics is the science of designing the workstation to fit within the capabilities and limitations of the worker, in order to design office work station so that it fits the worker and allows for a comfortable working environment for maximum productivity and efficiency.
An ergonomically correct office work station will help avoid fatigue and discomfort.
This article, provides simple tips to avoid fatigue and significantly improve office work station:
1) Make sure that the weight of your arms is supported at all times.
2) Watch your head position, and try to keep the weight of your head directly above its base of support (neck).
3) Use the lumbar support of your chair and avoid sitting in a way that places body weight more on one than on the other.
4) The monitor should be placed directly in front of you, with the top no higher than eye level. The keyboard should be directly in front of the monitor.
5) Talking on the phone with the phone receiver jammed between the neck and ear is really bad practice.
6) The keyboard and the mouse should be close enough to prevent excessive reaching which strains the shoulders and arms.
7) Avoid eye strain by making sure that your monitor is not too close, it should be at least an arm’s length away.
8) Take steps to control screen glare, and make sure that the monitor is not placed in front of a window or a bright background.
9) You can rest your eyes periodically for several seconds by looking at objects at a distance.
10) The feet should not be dangling when you are seated.
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“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
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The fact the good sleep is a key factor for an healthy life, while a chronic lack of sleep ups your odds of diabetes, depression, cardiovascular disease, even weight gain is well known.
If you have tried everything without effective results, try these unexpected tweaks, and wake up feeling incredibly well-rested!
- Avoid caffeine and similar substances after 2pm
- Choose snooze-friendly foods for dinner
- Avoid alchoolic drinks after 10pm
- Avoid hot bath/shower right before going to bed
- Try a little gentle, restorative yoga before going to bed
- Install low-watt lamps in your bedroom
- Turn off your smartphone one hour before going to bed
Here you will find the full article.
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