Have you always wanted to take up running? Perhaps you tried but you felt badly and abandoned the project? I was in the same situation too few year ago, I started running but all I got was sore knees and frustration. Then I finally improved and now I am able to run about 8KM in […]
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Fitness for managers
Some people asked me recently why do I use more Twitter than Facebook or Instagram. Well… the answer is: Twitter works much better for my type of Job. I am a Digital and E-commerce professional in the Fashion Industry. 3 reasons why First. You get immediately the updates on your smart phone. This means that
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Ecommerce
Is there a relationship between strong character and business performance? Can integrity and empathy lead to better management? According to a recent research by Fried Kiel (KRW), YES! In an article called Measuring the return on character based on the research by Kiel, recently published on the Harvard Business Review (link) they show the connection
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Management
This recipe is one of the series healthy>quick>cheap ones. The prawns are good for you because they are low fat and rich in good proteins, check out nutritional facts about prawns here. They are also reasonably priced. To make a good starter for 2 people you only need 200 gr. The ingredients are: Fresh king prawns (or
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Home Cooking
The necessity to leave our comfort zone in order to achieve more is nowadays considered a must do. In management discussions online and off-line everybody says you must leave your comfort zone, because your comfort zone is what is keeping you from changing your old habits and achieve more in life and work. I am not saying that’s
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ManagementI am constantly trying to improve my tennis technique. Recently I made this discovery: you can actually hit a killer forehand standing on one foot. Guess which one it is? See picture below for the correct answer So the next time you train or practice with your mate, try to balance the weight on the
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Fitness for managersApple cake is definitively one of my favourites! To make a great italian apple cake it’s super easy. Get 4 apples, 180 grams of 00 flour, 50 grams of butter, 170 grams of sugar, 16 grams of yeast, 200 ml of semi-skimmed milk, 4 eggs, 1 lemon zest grated. You need a pan for cakes,
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Home Cooking1) Pragmatism. The ability to be pragmatic or in other words the ability to find practical solutions in complex situations. Not always a high level approach will solve you problems. One day my boss told me “I am impressed with your ability to think low level”. I didn’t know wether to take it as a
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ManagementL’approccio agile alla gestione dei progetti non significa necessariamente un risparmio né in termini di tempo né di costi. L’idea stessa che i requisiti possano essere continuamente ridefiniti contiene in sè la possibilità di infiniti di cicli di lavorazioni e possibili rilavorazioni con la conseguente imprevedibilità dei tempi di completamento di un progetto. Agile è di moda.
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Project Management
The best plans of mice and men fail. So stop working on the best plan possible and start working on a plan that will work! Rule number 1) Work on a simple plan rather than a complicated, over detailed and too long-term one. The plans that work should be logical, easy to understand by the people who have to implement
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Project Management