According to this article in Time.com, researchers say that conscientiousness is the most important trait – both for your personal and professional success. And what it is? They say it is being “efficient, organised, neat, and systematic”. It’s an interesting read!
conscientiousness = Pflichtbewusstsein, Gewissenhaftigkeit
trait = Eigenschaft, Charakterzug
The popular sport of kicking a round ball into a large net (called the ‘goal’) is called ‘football’ in Britain and ‘soccer’ in America. What the Americans call ‘football’ is played with an oval-shaped ball. British speakers call this ‘American football‘ (link to: wikipedia.org) which should not be confused with ‘rugby’.
If you’re interested, you’ll find a nice chart comparing American football and rugby here (link to: diffen.com).
Patrick Brandt, CEO of the open source collaboration software company Zimbra, says you need to ask the right questions in an interview if you want to hire the right people for the job. His questions are rather unconventional, but he says he learns a lot about his candidates from them.
His last question is, “What questions do you have for me?”
And the others? Read this article (link to: inc.com) to find out.
In a workshop I held not long ago, a participant wrote the following on the flip chart: “Idea’s about new projects”. All he really wanted to do was to form the plural of the word ‘idea’. He should have just added an ‘s’ without the apostrophe.
If you’d like to know when to use the apostrophe, take a look at this excellent article (link to: Purdue OWL).
“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” Winston Churchill
I once caught a glimpse of the Queen when she was leaving Ascot. Don’t you think she always looks immaculately dressed? You might like to read about her style secrets (link to dailymail.co.uk)! Read about the cream and hairbrushes she uses, where she gets her gloves and who makes her handbags and umbrellas.
