I often hear people say that they ‘lived’ in a lovely hotel while away on business. For short periods we use ‘stay’. Such as:
I’m staying at the Regent’s Hotel in London.
I will stay at the Charlton when I go to Paris next month.
I live in a small German village. At the moment I’m staying with friends in Cologne.
‘Kwik Learning’ provides us with a clear explanation of the Pareto principle. Although the proportion is not always 80/20, the message is generally the same: “the smaller part of the investment generates most of the results”.
And here are four steps we can use to introduce the principle into our lives.
And now I’m just wondering if it’s true that 80% of the work in a company is completed by 20% of the team …
Of course, you can choose whether you’d rather use the American or British way of writing. Just be consistent.
And what are yours?
According to the Chinese zodiac calendar, 2014 is the ‘Year of the Horse’. China Daily’s photo gallery entitled ‘Paper cutting – The Year of the Horse‘ shows some amazing horse-themed paper cuts created to welcome the new year.
And the Guardian has eight interesting facts you probably didn’t know about the year of the horse …
“Do you believe in life after death?” the boss asked one of his employees.
“Yes, sir,” the clerk replied.
“That’s good,” the boss said. “After you left early yesterday to go to your grandmother’s funeral, she stopped in to see you.”
We know it, don’t we? If we tell a lie, even one of those small white lies, we’ll get caught in it eventually, won’t we?
