On setting an example
“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.” Albert Schweitzer
Western manners are all the rage
Read BBC’s article on how China’s nouveaux riche are learning to behave in an international environment. Good manners are more and more being seen as a status symbol. And there’s so much to learn – how to hold your tea cup, how to pronounce those luxury brands correctly, how to raise children, how to behave at table – the list is never-ending!
all the rage = very stylish or fashionable
nouveaux riche = newly rich (link to: de.urbandictionary.com)
The new employee
A few weeks after a young woman had started a new job, the head of Human Resources called her into his office.
“What is the meaning of this?” he asked. “When you applied for this job, you told us you had four years experience. Now I’ve discovered that this is the first position you’ve ever had.”
“That’s true”, the young woman replied with a smile. “In your advertisement you said you wanted a person with imagination!”
Workplace stress is dangerous to your health
According to a new study conducted by researchers at Stanford and Harvard, workplace stress is just as dangerous to your health as secondhand smoke.
As Geoffrey James writes in this article published on inc.com, long hours are killing us. “Working more than 40 hours a week only creates the impression that more is getting done, when in fact burned out people make bad decisions that require costly do-overs.”
Now that is food for thought!
food for thought = Stoff zum Nachdenken
The differences continue …
Here are more words with different meanings in American and British English:
British American
film movie
ground floor first floor
holiday vacation
lift elevator
lorry truck
Can you see how this can cause confusion? For a British person, the ‘Erdgeschoss’ is the ‘ground floor’. For an American, it’s the ‘first floor’. So sometimes, before anything dramatic happens, you might need to double check to make sure you’re both speaking about the same thing! 😉
New business ideas
If you’re thinking of starting your own business, you might like to look at these 17 best new business ideas for 2015. What do you think of starting a box subscription service, offering software training or even getting a food truck on the roads?
There are no limits to your creativity!
