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Improve by slowing down.
Geschrieben am 28. Sep. 2007 von Robert Günther.
Martijn over at Fresh Creation.nl posted a great video of Journalist Carl Honore speaking at TED about slowing down. His main point is that by slowing down you are more productive, more creative and you live healthier. 20 minutes worth watching. //
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Learn to accept criticism.
Geschrieben am 28. Sep. 2007 von Robert Günther.
Do you like negative criticism? Me neither. But I and maybe you as well, get it from time to time. I noticed for myself that I really do have a problem taking it. I instantly started to defend myself, sometimes I even played the ball back and answered with a negative (and often rude) response. [...]
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5 tips on how to learn a foreign language.
Geschrieben am 23. Sep. 2007 von Robert Günther.
Learning a foreign language is one of the most amazing things you can do in your life. Discovering the beauty of words in other languages, for me these were French, English and Spanish, improved my overall understanding of speech, my personal way of speaking and articulating. Learning a foreign language is challenging though it offers [...]
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Why being a generalist is a great thing.
Geschrieben am 23. Sep. 2007 von Robert Günther.
Tim Ferris, author of the stunning book “The 4-Hour WorkWeek” explains on his blog why being a generalist, a Jack Of All Trades as he calls it, is making a comeback. The devout specialist is fond of labeling the impetuous learner–Da Vinci and Ben Franklin being just two forgotten examples–a “jack of all trades, master [...]
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How to attract and manage new customers.
Geschrieben am 23. Sep. 2007 von Robert Günther.
The Lifeclever blog published an interesting article by Will Chen, mainly focusing on freelancers and web2.0 startups, on how to attract and manage novice clients. Most of the items he addresses I would call common knowledge but I know from my personal experience that too often they’re not. Will gives advice on how to deal [...]
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Great thoughts on communication.
Geschrieben am 09. Sep. 2007 von Robert Günther.
In Bert Deckers blog I found a list of great thoughts on communication he got from Nido Qubein – “one of the best communicators out there” as he calls him. Read each of the following points and you’ll notice that all can be applied to everyday and business communication. Competence leads to confidence. Don’t interrupt, [...]
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Optimize your email output.
Geschrieben am 09. Sep. 2007 von Robert Günther.
We all write emails. Every day. Every hour. When you start your computer at work every morning very often your “new email count” goes double, sometimes trible figures. From that huge amount of email you have to select the most important mails, urgent tasks and followups. This process often consumes precious work tim and is [...]
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Learn more in less time.
Geschrieben am 04. Sep. 2007 von Robert Günther.
Does that topic sound stupid to you? If so you couldn’t be more wrong. Don’t be too fast with early judgements, learning and learning are two different things. There are lots of ways out there to improve your learning and methods and procedures you learned at school might not work at university or on your [...]
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Improve your trend watching skills.
Geschrieben am 03. Sep. 2007 von Robert Günther.
If your working close or directly in marketing or any business development department you might be quite familiar with the term “trend watching”. It basically describes the process of keeping your eyes open for everything new coming up that might turn into something more than just an idea. trendwatching.com defines a trend as: A manifestation [...]
