Category Communication
Agonizing over Decisions
The human condition: to be aware that we are free to take decisions and that these decisions can turn out to be poor choices. It is normal to suffer and regret decisions. Nobody has an anxiety-free life: not even in the movies, not even in romantic songs. Alain de Botton shares a wise insight into existential crises […]
How to Put Together a Killer Presentation
How to Put Together a Killer Presentation A simple infographic that will take you through the steps to create a killer presentation, presented by London Speakers Bureau. Thanks to London Speaker Bureau😉
How can I get an influencer to respond to my emails?
The following is part of an email I received from Noah Kagan, entrepreneur and founder of Appsumo. You can read the full email on his Okdork.com blog. Personally I get plenty of requests for help/connections/ideas/reviews, and this particular process might help me say yes to a few more requests… Over to Noah: Question 5: How […]
First Impressions
I was skiing with Florian, Rose and Alvaro yesterday in the Andorran resort of Pas de la Casa. There was not much real snow, but the Grandvalira resort have worked magic with the artificial snow production machines… and so we were able to ski most of the pistes. Nice day for skiing with @florianmueck pic.twitter.com/ciTcinGEtW […]
Communication requires 2 people
Communication happens in the recipient. If there is no recipient, it is not communication. It is called noise, or as the Irish say: “shouting at the storm”. Communication can only begin when you understand what the recipient wants, what their goals are, what is missing in their current way of life. If you don’t know […]
How to Make a Country Rich, Build Attractive Cities and Become a Better Person (in 27 minutes)
Three wonderful short videos from The School of Life youtube channel, total duration 27 minutes: How to Make a Country Rich If you were setting out to make a country rich, what kind of mindsets and ideas would be most likely to achieve your goals? We invent a country, Richland, and try to imagine the […]
3 Ways Negative Self-Talk Damages Us
Psychologist Martin Seligman explained that there are three ways in which our internal beliefs or narratives become damaging: we make them personal, pervasive, and permanent. Personal: I failed, so I must be a failure. Pervasive: I failed in this instance, so I’ll probably fail in every instance. Permanent: I failed once, so I’ll probably fail […]
How I Stopped Email Overload
“Inbox zero?” I haven’t seen anything near zero for a decade. I think email is a hugely useful tool, and also a massive black hole that can suck up my time and energy. I haven’t tried to manage email for the last few years on the view that almost nothing of great value ever arrives or […]
[Infographic] The World as 100 People
The world has 7.323 billion people living on it (as of 20 June 2015, source Worldometer). The World as a Village of 100 If the world was a village of 100 people, 48 live on less than $2 a day. 21 are overweight and 16 are hungry. 12 speak Chinese, 5 spanish and 5 english. 49 […]
Iraq Explained — ISIS, Syria and War
I came across a wonderful series of explanation videos on youtube this morning (sometimes random internet clicking has its benefits!). Kurz Gesagt, a Munich based design studio founded by Philipp Dettmer & Stephan Rether in 2013 creates 5 minute animated explanations on some of the most complex topics there are. Here are 4 of my […]
