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How to leave your comfort zone with confidence

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 achieving more in life and work. I am not saying that's not true: I am always searching for new things to experiment with, and looking for innovations. I also believe taking risks is a fundamental part of […]

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Dramatically improve your forehand with the correct weight placement

I 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 right foot before hitting the forehand. In order to do that you will need to prepare the position correctly with an approaching step, then you can

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Fitness for managers

How to make a great italian apple cake

Apple 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 grated lemon zest. You need a pan for cakes, 30 cm diameter. The width determines how long you will need to cook it for. The larger the pan, the thinner the cake will be,

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3 underestimated skills that will help you get ahead in business

1) 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 your problems. One day my boss told me “I am impressed with your ability to think low level”. I didn't know whether to take it as a compliment or to be offended, but I think she meant it as a positive skill I showed. 2) Attention to detail. Devil is in the

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Management

Agile doesn't necessarily mean faster or cheaper

The agile approach to project management does not necessarily mean saving time or costs. The very idea that requirements can be continually refined contains within it the possibility of infinite work cycles and possible reworks with the consequent unpredictability of the completion times of a project. Agile is in fashion. It is an attractive concept according to which projects can be managed without the need to apply the principles and techniques of waterfall project management.

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Project Management
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5 rules to make plans that work

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 them and they should be convenient to track for the project managers. REMEMBER: the project plan should only be as detailed as you are prepared to follow

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Project Management

Learn the serve in Top Spin with these 3 videos

Step 1 - Practice these two simple exercises to get the right topspin feel. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRaONZgUg-k&w=420&h=315] Step 2 - Follow the progression as shown in this video to develop the correct technique [youtube https://www.youtube. com / watch? v = nNvD7-KbcEA & w = 420 & h = 315] Step 3 - Learn to add power by bending your legs more and throwing the ball further into the court. A quick tennis serve is also the result of a softer arm. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZxK8YBJqNQ&w=420&h=315]

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Fitness for managers

New Year's resolutions and how to make them happen

2015 has arrived… and what are your good intentions for this year? I have at least three, but the one I like the most is this: “make every day count!”, that is, make sure that every day counts, that every day contributes, even if only in a small way, to achieving a goal. Not a day should go by in which I have done nothing to achieve a goal, be it in the workplace, family or personal sphere. It could be 'improving something

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Time management. How to make the most of your time and be more productive

“Yes.. I understand.. who has the time? ..who has the time? ..but if we never take the time, when will we ever have the time?” The quote above is not from a management book but from Matrix Reloaded. What do Matrix and management theory have in common? Probably nothing, but evidently time management is an issue that goes far beyond the workplace. Here are some food for thought for a better

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Management

Have you ever wondered why projects fail? (english)

1. Projects with realistic budgets and timetables don't get approved. 2. The more desperate the situation the more optimistic the progress report. 3. A user is somebody who rejects the system because it's what he asked for. 4. The difference between project success and failure is a good PR company. 5. Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it. 6. Every failing, overly ambitious project, has at its heart a series of successful small ones trying

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