An insult and a compliment
Isn’t it amazing how a person can compliment and insult you at the same time? Recently, when I greeted a colleague of mine, she said, “You look so lovely, I didn’t recognise you.”
Want to boost your productivity?
Listen to Randy Komisar explain how he boosts his productivity – and stays healthy at the same time. (In a nutshell: he cycles and meditates.)
Ono … what?
According to VOA, every language in the world has words that express sounds. English examples are “Pow”, “Bam” or “Whizz”. Words you’ll find in comics. They’re called onomatopoetic words. More examples are the sounds a dog makes: Woof Woof! or the sounds of a cat: Meow Meow!
Listen to the audio to find out more about English onomatopoetic words.
Watch your body language
Watch this slideshow (link to: inc.com) to see whether you are making any of these 21 common body language mistakes.
And remember that body language has different meanings in other cultures.
The biggest email mistake
If your email messages are longer than three paragraphs, you might find that they’re not being read, according to Minda Zetlin. Just keep them to one paragraph or less if you can.
On leading
“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” Theodore Roosevelt
