Archive for May, 2010
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Monday’s puzzle: When you introduce yourself to the other people in heaven, who will you be?
24 May 2010Do you find it hard to sum up your life in 30 seconds? Try this puzzle. A prompt for clear thinking.
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. . . build all your roads on today because tomorrow’s ground is too uncertain for plans
23 May 2010After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much. So you plant your own garden, and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. A poem by Veronica Shoffstall
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Your CV: Your story in words other people recognize
22 May 2010When we are trying to join the mainstream 'from off the beaten track', writing our CV can be tough. Here are 3 goals I learned from an experienced member of the 'rare man' committee. Oh, read it for yourself! We can learn from people who are different!
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Get done 2x as much (or more) by doing less. Some facts.
20 May 2010We think linearly. If we want to achieve more, we should do more? Right? Here is a link to well conducted research that shows that professors who follow this approach achieve 1/7 of the those work little-and-often. With that differential, it's worth taking a look.
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One of the all time classics: Viktor Frankl via TED
19 May 2010A must see! A 1972 clip of Viktor Frankl via TED. A positive view of life. But is it valid in a concentration camp? Another link to Dr Frankl speaking on YouTube, quotations, and books.
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Time for some evidence-based management in UK
17 May 2010Time to subject the target and box-ticking culture of UK to some evidence-based trials? Psychologists would say so.
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Does it only take giving credit where it is due?
11 May 2010What doe it take to feel good about the world around us? And to succeed as a team?
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Step 7: Consolidating my online strategy – Redirecting my WordPress.com blog to self-hosting
09 May 2010When you set up a self-hosted blog, you have two exactly same blogs on the net. People will visit your old deserted blog and you want them automatically redirected to your new blog at your new host. This is how.
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Ah, an intelligible (and funny) article about the Euro-zone
09 May 2010“we get it, we’re drunk drivers, we’re selling our cars and resolving to get around on a German-piloted bus.” Read the rest of this easy-to-understand article on the euro-zone and the European Central Bank
