Are you celebrating?
Not long to go now and it will soon be Valentine’s Day. If you’d like to learn more about it, read this article here (link to timeanddate.com).
Shorter hours
Worker to colleague: “I hear the men are going to go on strike.”
Colleague to worker: “What for?”
Worker to colleague: “For shorter hours.”
Colleague to worker: “Good for them. I always did think that 60 minutes was too long for an hour.”
5 great tips
What do you do to recover after a long day at work? This article from lifehack.org gives us five tips. My strategies are: changing into comfortable clothes and getting some exercise (but only after I’ve had a bite to eat!).
How do you pronounce this?
The word ‘executive’ means ‘Führungskraft’. Listen to how it’s pronounced by following this link and clicking on the little loudspeaker icon on the left-hand side of the page.
Deadly mistakes
Are you making these mistakes (link to linkedin.com) when presenting in front of an audience? Do you cram too much information on to one slide or use too many animations? And are you well organised? Start working on your presentation skills today. 😉
Thank you so much
You’ve been given a present or some good advice, been invited out to a meal or to a job interview, or someone has helped you? And you want to say thank you either in person or in writing. So what could you say?
Here are some suggestions:
- Thank you for the lovely present. It’s such a beautiful pen …
- Thank you very much for helping me yesterday. It was a difficult decision to make …
- Thank you so much for your hospitality / for the wonderful dinner party last week …
- Thank you so much for inviting me to your company. It was very interesting to learn about your organisation …
- Thank you for the time you spent helping me to …
