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“The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.”
- Lee Iacocca
Ever since Moses came down from Mt. Sinai with the original Top 10 List, humans have obsessed over numerical rankings. We don’t do well with fuzziness and uncertainty. We like things clear, concise, and (as with the 10 “thou shalts”) set in stone.
We’re each on our own quite march to greatness, and that march puts us ahead of — or behind — everyone else in the universe. Indeed, here are the top ten reasons we love lists in the only format that matters.
“The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.”
- Tony Blair
How can you confidently respond when someone makes a request you’d prefer not to accommodate?
This article shares some ideas you can use to make sure you don’t find yourself doing something you’d very much prefer not to do.
“To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.”
- Anonymous
From childhood we are sold on an ideal image of beauty, one few of us ever see reflected when we look in the mirror. This article will show you how you can look in the mirror and despite the ideal, see only a beautiful you.
“The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old problem, of what to say and how to say it.”
- Edward R. Murrow
Note: The Blarney Stone is a historical stone, or actually part of the Blarney Castle in Ireland where it was believed that kissing the stone can grant you the gift of gab (great eloquence or skill at flattery).
There will always be people who seem to have the ‘gift of the gab’ — they can talk their way into any job, out of any awkward situation and make others laugh. It seems effortless on their part but there is a lot more for you to know about conversation than you may realize. Talk shows; radio programs; public speaking; ordinary conversations; certain rules still apply when it comes to interaction through words.
It may sound tedious, I know, but even though it’s your mouth that’s doing the work, your brain works extra hard to produce a lot of things you know.
So what better way to start being a more effective communicator than knowing the very person closest to you: yourself.
1. What You Know
Education is all about learning the basics, but to be a confident and effective orator is to practice what you’ve learned.
“Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.”
- Arnold H. Glasow
Note: This guest post was written by Mark McManus. Check out his website here.
Want to look better and burn more calories even when resting?
You will if you add some muscle to your frame.
Whether you want to be the next Ronnie Coleman or just want a more defined / toned physique like Brad Pitt or Jennifer Aniston, you’ll need to build some muscle mass.
So here’s 10 tips to help you build pounds of lean muscle and get the body of your dreams.
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”
- Marcel Proust
Note: This guest post was written by Lea Woodward. She runs Project Woodward with her husband whilst they travel the world permanently as Location Independent Professionals (LIPs).
Do you spend most of the year looking forward to that 2 week holiday you’ve booked in August? Or just daydreaming about what it would be like to waltz around the world, exploring the exotic destinations you see on TV?
Let’s start by exploring the reasons why many people like to travel:
To broaden your horizons. To provide some excitement and an escape from the hum drum of ‘ordinary’ life. To see the world beyond your four corners. To recharge your batteries. To challenge yourself. To meet interesting and like-minded people. To experience new cultures and lifestyles. To have some fun.
This advice comes from having spent the past 12 months travelling to and living in Panama, Buenos Aires, Toronto, Grenada, Dubai and now South Africa. Sounds like a dream lifestyle right? Yes in some respects you’d be right; but on the other hand it has its challenges.
What I have learned along the way however, is that many of the things we came looking for on our journey, we could have found right on our doorstep.
Here’s 5 ways you can experience the benefits of travelling without leaving town:
1. Start a new hobby.
Travelling helps us escape the hum drum of normal life. Starting a new hobby — something that you’re passionate about — has a similar effect. It helps you engage with other like-minded people, encourages you to learn a new skill and challenges you — depending upon the hobby — both physically and mentally.
The next step after reading this, is to find an activity you’re passionate about and pursue it. Even if it’s on your own, just get to it and try it.
