“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.”
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926 – 2004, a Swiss American psychiatrist and a pioneer in near-death studies)
You would like to learn a bit more about New York before you go on a business trip or just out of interest? Take a look at the short video here.
A young executive was leaving the office late one evening when he found the Managing Director standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his hand.
“Listen,” said the CEO, “this is a very sensitive and important document here, and my secretary has gone for the night. Can you make this thing work for me?”
“Certainly,” said the young executive. He turned the machine on, inserted the paper, and pressed the start button.
“Excellent, excellent!” said the CEO, as his paper disappeared inside the machine. “I just need one copy …”
Why not do the BBC’s personality test and find out what kind of person you are? Are you more the planner or more the spontaneous type. Are you a facts or an ideas person? Are you a head or a heart person? And are you an introvert or an extrovert?
Get to know yourself a bit better …
The Telegraph has collected a lot of strange signs – all to do with restaurant menus! I mean who would like to eat “chicken of your mother” or “water melons of mother-in-law? I wouldn’t. Would you?
This makes me wonder whether people really order these dishes.
‘Kwik Learning’ explains the interesting time management method called the Pomodoro technique (we talked about some time ago) in simple language.
If you decide to give this technique a try, I’d love to hear from you.
